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Vol.  27. 


SAN  FEANOISOO,  SATUEDAY,  JANUAEY  27,  1877. 


No.  1. 


oiiii'i".  of  i  in-  Sun  Francisco  News  l.ci  i<t,  <  hlun  Mail,  Calif  or- 
uia  Mall  Bait,  South  aide  Merchant  street.  No.  1307  to  tiir»,  San  Francisco. 

GOLD  BARS-JB0@900-Sii.ver  Bars—  3(ff  12  $  cent,  disc.  Treasury 
ura  selling  at  MJ.     Buying,  93£    Mexican  Dollars,  1  per 
prem.     Trade  Dollars,  1  (g  2  per  cent,  preiu. 

«W  Exchange  on  New  York,  45-100@'i  per  cent,  for  Gold  ;  Currency,  5?  ; 
l*.-r  ct- nt,  premium.  On  London,  Bankers,  49fA<§  IwmL  ;  Commercial, 
49}@S0d.     Paris,  5  francs  \»jt  dollar.     Telegrams,  }$'$  per  cent. 

«3"  Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  Jan.  26th,  at  3  p.m.,  1064..  Latest 
price  of  Sterling,  483@486. 

«3"  Price  of  Money  here,  9@1  per  cent,  per  month— bank  rate.  In  the 
open  market,  l@li-    Demand  active. 

Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.  —  New  York,  January 
96,  1876.— Gold  opened  at  106i;  11  a.  m.,  at  1061  ;  3  p.m.,  KXVJ.  United 
States  Bonds  —  Five-twenties  of  1867,  113|  ;  1881,  112$.  Sterling  Exr 
ehaii"<\  4  84 r«  4  sii,  short.  Pacific  Mail,  25jJ.  Wheat,  $1  50@'l  66.  West- 
ern Union,  771-  Hides,  dry,  23»(ff24,  quiet.  Oil  —  Sperm,  SI  40@J?1  45. 
Winter  Bleached,  81  86  (5  1  70.  Whale,  f0@75  ;  Winter  Bleached, 
Wool-Spring,  fine,  20f«?28  ;  Burry,  14(218;  Pulled,  25@38. 
Fall  Clips,  17@20  ;  Burn-,  17@20.  London,  January  26th. — Liverpool 
Wheat  Market,  10s.  8d.@10s.  lid.  Club,  lls.@lls.  4d.  United  States 
Bonds,  107$.     Consols.  %  1-16. 


READY    FOR    TRIAL. 

On  Wednesday  we  shall  be  ready  to  go  to  trial  with  the  greatest  of 
our  libel  cases.  There  has  been  no  unnecessary  delay  on  our  part.  Three 
or  four  weeks  ago  the  Grand  Jury  found  the  indictments,  which  we  de- 
sired they  should  find,  because  we  desired  the  trial  to  be  hi  public,  and 
already  we  are  prepared  with  our  defence.  When  that  is  all  before  our 
fellow  citizens  it  will  be  conceded  that  we  have  used  marked  diligence  in 
getting  no  much  ready  in  so  brief  a  period.  By  the  evidence  we  shall  ad- 
duce, as  judged  by  the  whole  people,  we  are  content  to  stand  or  fall.  The 
libel  to  be  tried  first  is  the  broadest  in  its  language,  and  the  most  danger- 
ous in  its  wording.  When  one  receives  such  a  letter  as  we  did  from  Mel- 
bourne; wheu  the  bank  here  disastrously  fails,  goes  into  the  hands  of  a  re- 
ceiver, and  he  reports  as  he  did,  one  is  liable  to  grow  a  little  lax  in  the 
fihraaeology  necessary  to  describe  such  things.  That  is  the  particular 
ibel  selected,  of  which  we  make  no  complaint.  It  is  best  that  the  larger, 
which  includes  the  smaller,  should  be  encountered  at  the  beginning.  We 
are  fully  ready  to  encounter  it;  and  whilst  we  make  no  predictions  as  to 
what  the  findmsrs  of  a  petit  jury  may  be,  we  do  repose  the  utmost  con- 
fidence in  the  overwhelming  character  of  our  evidence,  and  in  the  final 
judgment  of  our  patrons.  We  are  sure  that  when  the  trial  is  over  the 
general  verdict  will  be,  that  never  was  there  a  newspaper  article  more 
completely  justified,  nor  one  more  imperatively  demanded  in  the  public 
interest.  • 

Steamers  for  China  and  Japan.— This  week's  issue  of  the  Commercial 
Herald  has  the  following  editorial  paragraph :  We  herewith  give  correct 
litmus  of  our  exports  only  to  China  and  Japan,  by  steamer,  for  the  year 
1876.  Reports  of  the  inward  trade  have  not  yet  been  perfected.  The 
Pacific  Mail  Company  carried  the  following  quantities  of  merchandise  to 
the  ports  specified,  viz.:  To  Hongkong,  7,867  tons;  Shanghai,  685  tons; 
Yokohama,  1,310  tons;  Hiogo,  195  tons;  Nagasaki,  133  tons— total,  10,190 
tons.  The  amounts  of  treasure  forwarded  were:  To  Hongkong,  §4,290,- 
527;  Yokohama,  §185,773;  and  Hiogo,  §118,2:53— total,  §4,589,533.  During 
the  same  year  the  steamers  of  the  O.  and  O.  S.  S.  Co.  took  away  12,562 
tons  of  freight  to  Hongkong,  590  to  Shanghai,  827  to  Yokohama,  149  to 
Hiogo,  and  43  to  Nagasaki— total,  14,171  tons.  The  treasure  exports  by 
this  line  were  §4,627.287  to  Hongkong,  §215,362  to  Shanghai,  §731,377  to 
Yokohoma,  and  §205,792  to  Hiogo— total,  §5,809,818.  Total  merchandise 
exports  by  both  lines,  24,361  tons.  Total  treasure  by  both  lines,  §10,399,- 
351— a  sum  sufficiently  large  to  indicate  a  growing  and  prosperous  trade 
with  China  and  Japan. 

Finance.  — Nothing  of  note  has  transpired  this  week.  Money  remains 
very  abundant,  and  no  signs  of  any  change  are  visible.  Loans  can  be 
effected  in  large  amounts  against  gold  collaterals  at  from  5  to  6  per  cent. 
Our  good  local  securities  are  gradually  absorbed  at  high  figures.  Bonds 
are  scarce,  and  command  extraordinary  prices.  Silver  remains  steady  at 
581  pence  in  London.  Fine  bars  are  quotable  at  2S  to  3  per  cent,  discount. 
Mexican  and  Trade  Dollars  are  1£  to  2  per  cent,  premium. 


Mr.  F.  Algar.  No.  8  Clements  Lane,  London,  Is  authorized  to 

receive  subscriptions,  advertisements,  communications,  etc.,  for  this  paper, 

teytjjr^*  Published  with   this  weelc's  issue  a  Four- 
Hl»i  «*   •>    Page  I*ostsci*ipt. 


LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 

Stocks. — The  horse  struck  in  the  1650  foot  level  of  the  Con.  Virginia, 
in  the  early  part  of  the  week,  was  sufficient  to  cause  a  serious  depression 
all  along  the  line.  It  is  therefore  satisfactory  to  know  that  the 
obstacle  was  a  very  small  one,  and  that  rich  ore  has  again  been 
reached.  The  effect  of  the  news  was  at  once  apparent,  Con.  Virginia 
touching  491  yesterday  afternoon.  The  market  took  an  upward  turn  yes- 
terdas',  and  closed  with  a  strong  tendency  to  go  still  higher.  Our  compila- 
tion of  the  week's  prices  in  another  column  is  the  most  accurate  table  of 
the  kind  prepared.  It  shows  each  day  the  rise  and  fall  of  every  stock 
called  in  the  three  Boards,  and  is  acknowledged  as  an  indubitable  autho- 
rity on  prices.  It  has  always  been  a  feature  of  the  New*  Letter,  and  at- 
tention is  only  called  to  it  as  a  reminder  to  those  who  do  not  read  their 
paper  carefully. 

Beerbohm's  Telegrams.— London  and  Liverpool,  Jan.  26th,  1877. — 
Floating  Cargoes,  heavy;  Cargoes  on  Passage,  very  dull;  Mark  Lane, 
slow;  No.  2  Spring  Off  Coast,  50s.;  California  Off  Coast,  53s@53s.  6d.; 
do.  nearly  due,  53s.  6d.;  do.  just  shipped,  55s.;  English  and  French 
Country  Markets,  cheaper.  Liverpool,  dull;  California  Club,  10s.  lld.@ 
lis.  4d.;  do.  average.  10s.  9d.@lls.:  Bed  Western  Spring,  10s.  3(L  @ 
10s.  lid.  

The  ' '  Benmore,  "  commanded  by  Captain  McClellan,  now  lying  at 
the  Gas  Company's  wharf,  is  one  of  the  finest  specimens  of  marine  archi- 
tecture that  has  ever  entered  this  port.  She  is  1,530  tons,  and  sits  on  the 
water  like  a  duck,  her  lines  being  as  graceful  and  beautiful  as  a  yacht. 
She  is  built  for  speed,  and  Captain  McClellan  has  found  her  all  he  could 
desire.  She  is  owned  by  Nicholson,  McGill  &  Co.,  of  Liverpool,  and  is 
the  crack  ship  of  that  employ. 

The  Australian  Mail  Steamer  "  Zealandia's  "  defects  have  been 
remedied.  The  cabin  accommodations  now  seem  all  that  can  be  desired. 
Trimness  of  the  officers  is  all  that  is  needed  to  make  the  Zcalandia  popu- 
lar with  the  traveling  public.  Bradley  &  Kulofson  flattered  them  when 
taking  their  photographs. 

The  ' '  Bulletin"  took  care  to  omit  all  mention  of  our  last  triumph 
over  the  enemy.  Next  week  will  show  whether  it  has  honesty  enough  to 
print  fairly  the  evidence  we  shall  adduce  about  its  friend,  companion  and 
ally— the.  man  Clay.  We  shall  take  care  that  it  does  not  overlook  the 
trial,  by  making  both  Pickering  and  Fitch  witnesses. 

Quicksilver.  --  We  think  there  is  a  strong  indication  that  the  50c. 
monopoly  ring  is  about  to  be  dissolved  and  broken  one  month  prior  to  the 
time  agreed  upon.  It  is  not  to-day  safe  to  quote  the  market  better  than 
47ic,  although  50c.  is  the  nominal  price. 

The  Directors  of  the  Hibernia  Bank  yesterday  declared  a  dividend  of 
8?;  percent,  per  annum  for  the  past  six  months,  payable,  immediately. 

The  Liverpool  wheat  market  was  given  yesterday  at  10s  8d@10a 
lid  for  average  California,  and  lis  to  lis  4a  for  club.. 


The  Agenor  sailed  from  Boston  yesterday  for  San  Francisco,  and  will 
be  followed  by  the  new  ship  Palestine. 

Brokers  are  buying  Half  Dollars  at  7@7J  $  cent,  discount,  and  are 
selling  them  at  6^<£t6£  |?  cent,  discount. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Bank  of    San   Fran- 
cisco will  be  held  to-day. 

The  coast  steamers  to  sail  to-day  are  the  Ajax  for  Portland  and  the 
Orizaba  for  San  Diego. 

Legal  Tenders  here  are  irregular  at  94{S;94;i  buying,  and  94&@94$ 

selling.  __ 

Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  in  this  market  at  101  buying  and  102  selling. 


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick   Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco,  California. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Jan.   27,   1877. 


FAITHFUL    AMONG    THE    FAITHLESa 

Once  in  a  while,  in  this  world  ^o  strange, 

To  lighten  our  sad  regrets, 
We  may  find  a  "  heart  that  is  true  through  change," 

A  heart  that  never  forgets. 
But  rare  as  a  rose  in  December, 

Aa  a  bird  in  an  Arctic  clime, 
Is  a  heart  that  can  ever  remember, 

Through  son-ow,  and  change,  and  time. 
Once  in  a  while  we  find 'a  friend 

That  will  cling  through  good  and  ill ; 
Whose  friendship  follows  us  e'en  to  the  end, 

Be  it  up  or  adown  the  hill. 
But  the  heart  so  true  and  the  love  so  tender, 

And  frindsbip's  faithful  smile, 
Whether  we  dwell  in  sadness  or  splendor, 

We  find  but  once  in  a  while. 


THE  WOMEN  MEN  LIKE. 
Speaking  broadly,  there  are  only  two  sDrts  of  women  whom  the  gen- 
erality of  men  positively  like— those  who  are  honestly  fools,  and  those 
who,  though  very  far  from  being  so,  have  the  talent  to  assume  the  role. 
There  is  a  comfortable  belief,  securely  rooted  in  the  masculine  brain,  that 
vanity  is  an  exclusively  feminine  attribute;  and  it  would  be  difficult  to 
persuade  them  of  what  is  nevertheless  a  positive  fact,  that  for  touchy  and 
sensitive  vanity  and  self-conceit  no  woman  was  ever  a  match  for  the  ordi- 
nary male.  It  is  not  chiefly  his  appearance  on  which  he  prides  himself, 
but  his  superior  intellect,  and  the  less  of  that  valuable  commodity  he  really 
possesses  the  more  edifyingly  and  impressively  supercilious  does  he  be- 
come on  the  subject  of  women's  minds.  In  truth,  there  is  nothing  lie  dis- 
likes so  much  as  a  woman  with  a  shadow  of  reasoning  power  ;  and  all 
those  estimable  persons  who  are  laboring  so  earnestly  in  the  cause  of  what 
they  term  the  '  higher  education  of  women1  may  be  useful  to  those  who 
cannot  or  will  not  marry,  but  are  doing  all  that  lies  in  their  power  to  ren- 
der homes  miserable,  husbands  sulky,  and  wives  discontented.  I  here 
never  was  a  greater  fallacy  on  this  earth  than  to  suppose  that  the  average 
man  wishes  for  a  wife  as  an  intellectual  companion:  he  only  requires  her 
to  say  'O1'  and  *  Ah!'  admiringly  at  intervals,  and  accord  him  the  unrea- 
soning homage  unaccountably  denied  him  by  his  fellow  men.  Parmi  les 
aveugk*  le  borgnt  est  roi.  If  a  woman  has  no  brains  she  accepts  her  hus- 
bands lucubrations  as  gospel,  is  totally  unable  to  detect  the  fallacies  of  his 
reasoning  or  the  looseness  of  his  statistics  ;  and  though  his  words  are  to 
her  but  sounds  '  signifying  nothing/  she  takes  it  for  granted  that  there  is 
wisdom  in  them,  and  reveres  him  accordingly.  Educate  her  to  the  due 
comprehension  of  the  subjects  of  usual  masculine  interest,  teach  her  logic, 
enable  her  to  detect  errors  of  reasoning  and  to  appreciate  the  niceties  of 
argument,  and  the  happiness  of  a  home  is  ruined  ;  for  it  is  too  much  to 
expect  of  any  human  being,  still  more  of  a  woman,  who,  however  she  may 
be  educated,  will  still  in  virtue  of  her  sex  be  impulsive,  systematically  to 
keep  silence,  nay,  even  to  give  an  admiring  assent  to  propositions  which 
are  manifestly  absurd. 

But  the  average  man  resents  a  word  implying  his  wife  s  divergence  from 
his  views  excepting  in  household  matters,  which  he  calls  contemptuously 
'  woman's  province,'  and  which,  warned  by  the  disastrous  results  produced 
by  his  occasional  attempts  at  interference,  he  wisely  leaves  to  her  admin- 
istration. He  meets  her  mild  representation,  that  she  cannot  help  hav- 
ing an  opinion,  with  a  sneer  that  '  of  course  she  goes  in  for  Woman's 
Eights,  and  wants  a  vote  ;  which,  being  a  sensible  woman,  is  about  the 
last  thing  she  would  desire  ;  and  she  probably  fails  to  see  why  such  an 
accusation  should  arise  from  her  gentle  divergence  of  opinion  on  the  ulti- 
mate designs  of  Russia,  She  is  quiteaware  that  she  has  read  and  thought 
a  great  deal  more  on  the  subject  than  her  husband  has,  and  his  imperative 
command  to  *  hold  her  tongue  and  not  be  foolish,'  fails  to  secure  complete 
obedience.  She  feels  aggrieved  and  discontented,  aud  inclined  to  wish 
herself  an  utter  fool,  like  pretty  Mrs.  Featherbrain,  who  does  not  know 
that  two  and  two  make  four.  She  endeavors  not  to  express  an  opinion, 
but  her  silence  is  a  protest  which  woiands  her  husband's  aggressive  vanity; 
he  has  an  uneasy  consciousness,  which  he  would  not  allow  torture  to  make 
him  confess,  that  she  is  cleverer  than  he  is,  and  he  hates  her  for  the  su- 
periority, and  snubs  her  to  relieve  himself  of  the  feeling  of  it. 

But  matters  are  not  greatly  improved  if  the  wife  is  not  an  intellectual, 
but  a  sensible,  honest,  and  straightforward  woman.  She  loves  her  hus- 
band dearly,  gives  up  her  pleasure  and  her  comforts  for  his  without  a 
murmur,  dinies  herself  any  little  indulgence  if  it  in  any  way  interferes 
with  his  slightest  whim,  and  keeps  silence  when  money  which  should  be 
spent  on  the  house  or  on  her  comfort  is  squandered  on  his  selfish  amuse- 
ments. But  she  is  honest,  and  cannot  say  that  she  thinks  a  thing  either 
wise  or  desirable  when  it  appears  to  her  distinctly  the  reverse  ;  and  loving 
her  husband  with  all  her  heart,  and  being  both  sensible  and  straightfor- 
ward, she  cannot  refrain  from  expostulation  when  she  sees  him  about  to 
do  something  which  appears  to  her  to  be  either  wrong  or  foolish.  And 
this,  showing  that  she  does  absolutely  adore  and  blindly  worship  him, 
thinking  that  he  can  never  be  either  wrong  or  mistaken,  is  a  sore  griev- 
ance, quite  sufficient  to  extinguish  all  thought  of  her  constant  and  patient 
self-abnegation.  Indeed  this,  which  is  like  most  other  supreme_  virtues  its 
own  reward,  is  seldom  honored  by  having  its  existence  recognized.  _  Has 
she  not  the  excessive  honor,  glory,  and  pride  of  being  his  wife ;  and  is  not 
that  sufficient  to  render  it  the  duty  of  any  mortal  woman  daily  to  thank 
Providence  for  her  unspeakable  good  fortune? 

As  has  been  already  said,  the  women  men  really  like  are  the  real  fools, 
and  those  who  have  the  superlative  talent  to  appear  so:  the  former  they 
love,  though  in  a  slighting,  contemptuous  manner,  regulated  chiefly  by 
personal  attraction  ;  the  latter  they  adore,  and  are  led  unsuspecting  slaves 
by  the  fair  gaolers,  who,  if  outwardly  adoring,  inwardly  laugh  at  and  de- 
spise them.  The  fools  attract  men  by  physical  beauty,  by  their  utter  ab- 
sence of  intellect,  and  therefore  of  any  power  of  wounding  the  cherished 
masculine  idea  of  mental  absolutism,  and  by  their  generally  kittenish  and 
coaxing  ways.  As  a  rule,  they  are  utterly  devoid  of  any  deep  feeling,  but 
petting  and  kissing  are  about  the  only  occupations  besides  dressing  and 
flirting  of  which  they  are  capable  ;  and  they  have  just  the  instinct  to 
know 'that  men  are  very  amenable  to  the  caresses  of  a  pretty  woman.  It 
is  true  that  the  charm  only  endures  while  she  is  young  and  pretty  ;  but 
even  when  she  is  old  there  is  the  fact  that  she  has  never  wounded  her  hus- 
band's egregious  vanity  as  have  her  intellectual  or  her  straight- forward  sis- 
ters ;  she   has   equivocated   and    romanced   and    made    things  generally 


pleasant,  aud  receives  a  certain  amount  of  toleration.  Moreover,  she  haB 
no  sensitive  feerrhgs,  no  comprehension  of  the  value  of  the  words  justice 
or  injustice;  her  husband  has  called  her  a  fool  times  beyond  number; 
and  if  he  has  spoken  loudly  or  crossly  she  has  cried,  at  his  tone  rather 
than  his  words;  but  the  word  itself  has  made  little  or  no  impression  upon 
her,  and  the  next  time  he  gives  her  a  careless  kiss  she  dries  her  tears  and 
adores  him  more  than  ever. 

The  assumed  fool  is  the  mistress  of  the  situation  ;  she  has  a  compre- 
hensive brain  with  a  distinct  turn  for  intrigue,  and  both  honor  and  truth 
are  to  her  words  and  nothing  more.  She  knows  how  dexterously  to_flat- 
ter  a  man's  vanity,  to  let  him  believe  himself  the  wisest  of  mankind  when 
in  truth  every  word  he  utters  is  due  to  her  direct  inspiration ;  she  can 
with  an  imperturbable  countenance  hear  him  say,  when  some  one  ad- 
dresses her  on  a  particular  subject  'O,  it's  no  use  your  talking  to  my 
wife  about  such  things,  I  never  can  make  her  understand  them,'  while 
she  is  conscious  that  every  argument  he  has  used  has  been  learnt  directly 
from  her.  Her  powers  of  invention  are  both  unbounded  and  artistic. 
When  a  storm  is  seen  to  lower  on  her  lord's  brow  she  is  ready  with  some 
pleasing  fiction,  some  lauditory  phrase  of  an  apocryphal  admirer,  and  she 
has  her  recompense  in  the  renewed  sunshine.  Naturally  she  soon  acquires 
supreme  command ;  and  it  is  power  which  such  women  love,  and  for 
which  they  are  willing  to  undergo  any  trouble  or  discomfort.  She  lets 
her  lord  know  nothing  but  what  she  judges  requisite,  suppressing  all  pos- 
sible disagreeable  details  and  softening  those  that  must  of  necessity  be 
known  ;  and  she  reaps  her  reward  in  an  adoration  which  knows  no  bounds. 
It  is  true  he  has  not  the  faintest  conception  of  what  he  owes  her,  nor 
yet  a  suspicion  of  the  utterly  double  life  which  his  wife  lives.  He  is 
happy,  delighted,  and  adoring;  she  is  sublimely  contemptuous  of  the 
vanity  of  which,  nevertheless,  she  takes  such  full  advantage,  and  utterly 
careless  of  the  affection  she  excites  excepting  in  so  far  as  it  conduces  to 
her  own  ends.  She  disguises  her  intellect  as  carefully  as  if  it  were  a 
deadly  sin,  and  not  uufrequently  passes  among  her  husbands  friends  as  'a 
frivolous  silly  woman,  but  always  pleasant  and  good-tempered  ;'  and  it  as 
hardly  demonstrative  of  the  doctrine  that  men  like  to  find  real  intellect- 
ual companionship  in  women  to  observe  that  while  clever  women  in  a 
room  are  left  to  talk  to  each  other,  the  fools,  whether  real  or  only  as- 
sumed, whose  talk  is  of  balls,  either  chat  of  Prince's,  and  their  serious 
conversation  of   scandal,  have  all  the  men  around  their  chairs. 


SAVINGS    AND    LOAN. 


COLLATERAL    LOAN    AND    SAVINGS  BANK,    CORNER    POST   AND 
KEARNY    STREETS,    SAN    FRANCISCO- 

Incorporated  Under  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  California. 

President J.  S.  SPEAR,  JR.  I  Secretary F.S.CARTER. 

Vice-President ROB'T  STEVENSON.  |  Appraiser GEO.  O.  ECKER. 

nniiis  Bank  is  prepared  to  loan  money  upon  collateral  secn- 

1       rities,  such  as  iionds,  Stocks,  Savings  Bank  Books,  Diamonds,  Warehouse  Re- 
ceipts, etc.,  at  from  l£  to  4  per  cent,  per  month.     The  Bank  will  also  receive  Term 
Deposits,  and   allow  the  following  rates  of  interest :    Term  Deposits  of  six  months, 
1  per  cent,  per  month  ;  Twelve  months,  1J  per  cent,  per  month. 
November  4. F.  S.  CARTER,  Secretary. 

GERMAN    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 

Guarantee  Capital  $200, 000. ---Office  526  California  street, 
North  side,  between  Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets.  Office  hours,  from  9  a.m 
to  3  p.m.     Extra  hour  on  Saturdays  from  7  to  S  p.h,  for  receiving  of  Deposits  only 
Loans  made  on  Real  Estate  and  other  collateral  securities,  at  current  rates  of  interest. 
President L.  GOTTIG.  |  Secretary GEO.  LETTE. 

DlRECTOItS. 

F.  Roeding,  H.  Schmieden,  Clias.  Kohler,  Ed.  Kruse,  Dan.  Meyer,  George  H.  Eg- 
gers,  P.  Spreckles,  N.  Van  Bergen.  Feb.  1. 

MARKET     STREET     BANK     OF     SAVINGS, 


President. . 
Secretary  . . 


634  Market  St.,  Opposite  Palace  Hotel 


THOMAS  B.  LEWIS. 
VV.  E.  LATSON. 


Interest  allowed  on  all  deposits  remaining  in  Bank  over 
thirty  days.  Interest  on  term  deposits,  12  per  cent,  per  annum.  Deposits  re- 
ceived from  one  dollar  upward.  No  charge  for  Bank  Book.  On  receipt  of  remit- 
tances from  the  interior,  Bank  Books  or  Certificates  of  Deposit  will  be  forwarded  or 
delivered  to  agent.     Bank  open  on  Saturdays  till  9  o'clock  p.m.  October  28. 

SAN    FRANCISCO    SAVINGS    UNION, 
<*TQ£>  California  street,  corner  Webb.      Capital    and    Re- 

OdX  serve,  $231,000.  Deposits,  $6,919,000.  Directors:  James  de  Fremery, 
President ;  Albert  Miller,  Vice-President ;  C.  Adolphe  Low,  D.  J.  Oliver,  Charles 
Baura,  Charles  Pace,  Washington  Bartlett,  A.  Campbell,  Sen.,  George  C.  Potter; 
Cashier,  Lovell  White.  Dividends  for  two  years  past  have  been  7.V  aud  9  per  cent,  re- 
spectively, on  ordinary  and  term  deposits.  Dividends  are  payable  semi-annually,  in 
January  and  July.  Money  loaned  on  real  estate  and  on  United  States  Bonds,  or 
equivalent  securities. October  30. 

PIONEER  LAND  AND  LOAN  BANK  OF  SAVINGS  AND  DEPOSIT. 

Southeast  corner  California  aud  M  ontgomery  streets,  Safe 
Deposit  Block.  Incorporated  1SIS9.  Guarantee  Fund,  5200,000.  Dividend  No. 
102  payable  on  December  5th.  Ordinary  deposits  receive  9  per  cent.  Term  de- 
posits receive  12  per  cent.  This  incorporation  is  in  its  eighth  year,  and  refers  to 
over  4.900  depositors  for  its  successful  and  economical  management. 

'                                                                                             H.  KOFAHL,  Cashier. 
Tnos.  Gray,  President.       J.  C.  Duncan,  Secretary. March  27, 

MASONIC    SAVINGS    AND    I0AN    BANK, 

No.  6  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco,  Cal.«- 
Moneys  received  on  Term  aud  Ordinary  Deposits  ;  dividends  paid  semi- 
-umuallv  ;  loans  made  on  approved  security.  This  bank  solicits  the  patronage  of  all 
persons'.  [March  25. J H  T.  GRAVES,  Secretary. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK —GUARANTEE  CAPITAL,  ©300,000. 

Officers:  President,  Jobn  Parrott;  Vice-President,  Jerome 
Lincoln  ■  Secretary,  W.  S.  Jones  ;  Attorney,  Sidney  V.  Smith.  Loans  made  on 
Real  Estate  and  other  Approved  Securities.  Office :  No.  215  Sansome  street,  San 
Francisco.  l0ct-  u- 


411 


FRENCH    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 
Eusli  street,  above  Kearny,  G.  Malie.  Director,  loans 

made  on  real  estate  aud  other  collateral  securities  at  curreut  rates  of 


s 


A.  t.  Elliott, 

nip  and  Grain  Brofcer,  and  Exporter  of  Bops,  123  Calif  or. 

ma  street,  San  Francisco.  October  28. 


Jul   87,   1877. 


CALIPORN1  \     Al»\  ERTISER. 


SILENCE    AND    SOLITUDE. 

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\  <■   ;t\\  hi!    >.  h  bo  i*<>nie 

nr  prey,  X°  eveI>  r,int  l;""'  "f  ',arl,V 
wn from  birth todeith.  R°*  ■•■  lv  Hl  ' 

1  uwni  fchi  mty  "i   your 

ft  law  oi  w  herabloi  n  oi  thl 

whm  ton  «"•«  On  v     l  lean  n,v  lonely  limhe, 
.       ,  .      ,     ,         1  neatlfl  toward  your  breathing  sides: 

•!"! 8 terUianriloareMthboni 

It  tonmt  v,  than  forlorn.     N  '""' ndcm  l'"""  ""  wi'"'1' :""1  ti,U's- 

1  wloTt.withrtnwming.yM,  V"'"  '>  "1"'  ,",:,rt  tl,:"  liv'"'  wl"  " 

We  shudder  in  the  iipeeohleas  tfloum ;  ,  i  .,         *  „      i  .  i . 

And  when  your  »»  ..I  form.  ,„., .      :  ro™«  ""ll  £«  "*™[  J***! 

Ourhei^rnufltdietogivnyeroom.   J?  1,:,Vi  a  F!06  V  hft  *     i'    di 
Above  the  wave,  above  the  shroud. 

d  ancient  audi  ye  wet,         jw  in   vonr  presence,  there  alone 
( .urvcn    In    rtona,    where   uuant  The  holy  spirit  calls  to  each; 

thought  Xot  t<>  another,  but  to  one, 

Wnppdyeutemr8.ahApe0unb]eat;WQ   sUn,|  t0  hear  your  80Unules9 
l  ^raaarul,  by  might  oi  ogee  wrought.  Bpeeoh. 

Egypt's  shore    The  mysteries  of  the  earth  are  then 
rerywhere  Whrought  into  energy  of  days; 
That  joy  hath  been,  and  u  no  more,  Action  that  knows  no  fear  of  men, 
May  be  the  desert  of  despair.  Duty  that  knows  no  devious  ways. 

Like  carven  stone,  our  joy  may  sit  Ye  show  the  lovely  way-side  rose, 
Forever,  while  we  stand  and  gaze.     Whose  antique  grace  is  born  anew 
Till,  bending  all  our  hearts  t<>  it,    For  our  Bad  eyes:   Grief  only  knows 
"We  vanish  like  the  autumn  haze.        How  tender  is  the  sunset's  line! 

t  loch  of  the  desert  !  speak  to  me!       Heart  of  the  Unseen!    By  the  hands 
Ye  draw  me  to  your  swelling  breasts;  Of  these  thine  angels  are  we  brought 
Through  your  calm  eyes  now  first  I  To  find  thy  peaceful  pasturedands, 
see  And  drink  of  fountains  else  unsought. 

— Appkton  for  January,  1877. 

GROWTH    OF    LONDON. 

The  following  figures  in  connection  with  the  increased  rateable  value 
of  certain  London  districts  is  interesting: 

There  are  eight  localities  with  a  rateable  value  exceeding  £1,000,000. 
Next  below  this  group  we  have  the  Wandsworth  district,  with  £857,422, 
followed  by  Plomstead  and  Lewisham  with  £718,403,  and  Hackney  with 
£695.580,  The  Fulhain  district  has  also  made  an  advance,  rising-  from 
the  thirty-fifth  place  to  the  twentieth,  the  houses  being  more  than  doubled 
and  the  rateable  value  trebled.  Poplar  has  taken  a  step  upward  from 
the  twenty-first  place  to  the  thirteenth,  the  houses  having  increased  in 
number  by  about  one-half,  and  the  rateable  value  raised  from  £218,256  to 
£558,466.  In  rateable  value  Poplar  now  stands  next  to  St.  James,  West- 
minster. St.  George,  Hanover  Square,  despite  its  fashionable  repute,  has 
fallen  from  the  fifth  place  to  the  seventh,  but  stands  second  for  rateable 
value,  whereas  it  was  third  on  that  account  in  1856.  Its  rateable  value 
has  gone  up  from  £803,976  to  £1,469,954,  the  latter  being  about  half  the 
rateable  value  of  the  City.  But  St.  George's  has  lost  ground  since  1856, 
for  at  that  period  it  had  nearly  three-fourths  the  rateable  value  of  the 
City,  although  very  far  short  in  the  number  of  houses.  This  wealthy 
parish  does  not  increase  greatly  in  the  number  of  houses,  but  the  average 
rateable  value  of  a  house  in  St.  George's  is  exceptionably  high,  being  £142. 
The  City  average  is  about  twice  as  high,  but  we  see  that  the  average  for 
all  Loudon  is  only  £55.  Of  course  all  parishes  cannot  rise  in  relative  im- 
portance,  but  it  is  satisfactory  to  find  that  all  the  localities  specified  in 
the  list  are  making  some  progress.  A  marvelous  increase  in  rateable 
value  is  shown  by  the  parish  or  St.  John,  Hampstead,  the  amount  twenty 
years  ago  being  only  about  £77,000,  whereas  now  it  is  nearly  £326,000. 
Yet  Hampstead  has  only  risen  from  the  thirty-ninth  place  (last  but  one) 
to  tin-  thirty-third.  Bethnal  Green  has  increased  its  rateable  value  more 
than  threefold,  although  it  has  fallen  from  the  twelfth  place  to  the  six- 
teenth. 

A  visit  to  the  convict  Orton,  at  Dartmoor,  was  paid  on  December 
22d  by  Mr.  Guildford  Onslow,  Mr.  Helsby,  and  aJMr.  Stubbs,  whose  fam- 
ily have  been  tenants  on  the  Tichborne  estates  for  the  last  two  hundred 
years.  Instead  of  seeing  the  prisoner  in  the  deputy-governor's  office,  as 
on  previous  occasions,  the  newly-appointed  governor  wisely  insisted  on 
the  prison  rules  being  observed,  and  the  interview  taking  place  in  the  or- 
dinary three -compartment  room,  with  a  warder  between  the  convict  and 
his  friends.  Orton  was  more  down-hearted  than  on  any  previous  occasion, 
and  complained  that  he  was  treated  cruelly,  and  expressed  a  hope  that 
the  matter  would  be  brought  before  Parliament,  so  that  there  might  be 
a  commission  of  inquiry  into  his  case.  He  seemed  to  be  in  good  health, 
but  complained  of  an  affection  of  the  throat  and  head  resembling  erysip- 
elas. The  Home  Secretary  had  declined  to  allow  more  than  the  regular 
twenty  minutes,  and  at  the  expiration  of  that  period  the  visitors  quitted 
the  prison  and  left  for  Plymouth  in  company  with  members  of  the  Tich- 
borne Release  Association. 

Useful  Knowledge.— The  Literary  World  gives  off  a  regret  that 
daily  papers  are  not  more  careful  in  their  reports.  "Only  last  week  we 
saw  a  report  of  a  banquet  in  whtch  it  was  stated  a  gentleman  took  the 
chair,  whereas  the  chair  was  taken  by  a  very  different  person."  Well, 
well;  but  we  should  like  to  learn  the  process  by  which  the  L.  W.  dis- 
covered the  real  chairman  was  "quite  different"  from  a  gentleman.  Un- 
less he  made  the  fact  tremendously  patent,  the  way  in  which  the  decision 
was  arrived  at  would  be  wrinkled  indeed  to  all  whose  misfortune  it  is  to 
move  much  in  the  "literary  world" — which  in  this  instance,  and  to  avoid 
confusion,  means  the  world  of  literature.  —Fun. 


Those  who  are  tronbled  with  neighbors  who  keep  fowl  should  follow 
the  example  of  the  Yankee  statesman  who  was  very  much  annoyed  at  the 
havoc  his  next-door  neighbor's  poultry  committed  in  his  garden.  He  put 
some  old  hats  and  hay  under  his  steps  and  in  the  stable,  and  when  the 
fowl  came  to  scratch  they  remained  to  lay.  He  has  had  all  the  fresh  eggs 
he  wanted  this  summer,  and  has  even  sold  some  dollars'  worth  to  the 
owner  of  the  hens. 


.BANKS. 


SWISS    AMERICAN    BANK. 

Incorporated  In  G«aeva,  twllserlnnd,  January  S4th,  1*73. 
1    ipltal,    K'J.IIOII.UIHI.  i*ld 

.     ,   in   n  ft*  ii      sin    i  nmelflco  [trail-  h,    u<  c«     oi     to 
on,  587  Ulaj  itreel      D  i  n  I'ON  and   ROBERT 

»  vi  r 

Credit  on  I  urope,  and  to  traiuael  evarj 

kind  of  Banking,  Beroantllo  and  Ezcbangi    Busuu     , tie  negotiate  American  So- 

ourlUu  in  Europe     Deposit*  ret  i  Ived 

Bills  of  Exchange Now  y/ork,  Philadelphia,  London,  Liverpool.  Parle, 

1  ■   "     ue  .  Bordi    ox,  Oloroo,  Bruesale,  Berlin,  Hamburg,  Frankfort,  Geneva, 

Lausanne,  Ohaux  de  Fonda,  fteuchatel,  Frlbourg,  Bern.  Aarn,  Boleure,  Baden,  Baele, 
Zurich,  wlnterthur,  Bhaffhaueen,  St,  Gallon,  Lueern,  crrar,  Beninaona,  Locarno,  Lu- 
gano, Uendrislo.  Qonoa.  Turin,  Milan,  Florence,  Rome, 

An  A*t**ay  oilier  is  tnnoxod  to  the  Bank.  Aesaye  of  gold,  silver,  quartz  ores 
arid  nilphursta     Retunu  In  ooln  or  bare,  e1  tl ptlonol  the  depositor. 

AdvnruTH  made  mi  bullion  and  nn       l>uni  and  bullion  can  '"■  forwarded  from  any 
|Hirt  of  the  country,  mid  retunu  made  through  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  checks, 
[September  18. 1 

n  THE    BANK    OF    CALIFORNIA,    SAN    FBANCISCO. 

Capital 85,000,000. 

».0.  MILLS President.       |      WM.  ALVOKD.    Yice-Frewt. 

lHOM.vs  BROWN Cashier. 

Aoknth  : 

New  York.  Apencv  of  the  Bank  of  Oalforuia  ;  Boston,  Trcmont  Nationnl  Bank  ; 
Chicago.  Union  National  Bank;  St.  Louis,  Boatman's  Saving  Bank;  New  Zealand, 
the  Bank  "f  New  Zealand  ;  London,  China,  Japan,  India  and  Australia,  the  Oriental 
Bank  Corporation. 

The  Bank  has  Agencies  at  Virginia  City  and  Gold  Hill,  and  Corresi>oudcnt8  in  all 
the  principal  Mining  Districts  and  Interior  Towns  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued,  available  in  all  parts  of  tho  world.  Draw  direct  on  Lon- 
don, Dublin,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Antwerp, 
Amsterdam,  St.  Petersburg]],  Copenhagen,  Stockholm,  Christiana,  Locarno,  Mel- 
buurne,  Sydney,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shanghai,  Yokohama.  Nov.  4. 

THE    NEVADA    BANK,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO. 
Paid  Op  Capital $10,000,000. 

Louis  M<  La  no President,      j      J.  <J.  Flood..  Vice-President. 

X.  Ii.  Mas  ten Cashier. 

Directors  :— J.  C.  Flood,  J.  W.  Mackay,  W.  S.  O'Brien,  Jas.  G.  Fair,  Louis  McLane. 

Correspondents:— London—  Smith,  Payne  &  Smiths,  Paris— Hottingu or  &  Co. 
Hamburg— Hesse,  Newuian  &  Co.  New  York— "  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A." 
Chicago— Merchants' National  Bank.  Boston—Second  National  Bank.  New  Orleans 
— State   Na-tional  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  receive  deposits  on  open  account,  issue  certificates  of  de- 
posit, buy  and  sell  exchange,  purchase  bullion,  and  transact  a  general  banking  busi- 
ness.    Collections  made  and  proceeds  remitted  at  current  rates  of  exchange.       Oct.  '9. 

THE  FISST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid  np  Capital  $2,000,000,  Gold.  President,  R.  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  1).  Callaghau  ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Rodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  W.  Ritchie. 

Directors  :— R.  C.  Woolworth,  D.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  James  C.  Flood,  Edward  Martin,  James  Moftitt,  N,  Van  Bergen. 

Correspondents— London  :  Baring  Bros.  &  Co. ;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China.  Dublin  :  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg :  HesSe, 
Neuman&Co.  Paris:  Hottinguer&  Co.  New  York:  National  Bank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Elackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business.  Deposits  in  Gold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  in  Europe,  China  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  13. 

BANK    OF    BRITISH    COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter. — Capital  paid  up,  91,800,- 
000,  with  power  to  increase  to  -^10,000,000.  Southeast  corner  California  and  San- 
soine  streets.  Head  Office — 5  East  India  Avenue,  London.  Branches — Portland,  Or- 
egon; Victoria  and  Cariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows  : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada— Bank  of  Montreal ;  Liverpool — North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company  ;  Ireland — Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America — London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America ;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dec.  9. W.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Manager. 

LONDON    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANK    (LIMITED). 

Capital,  $5,000,000,  of  which  83,000,000  is  fully  paid  np  aa 
present  capital.  San  FranciHCO  Office,  424  California ;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  S.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STREETEN  ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  CAMILO  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 
Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world.  October  23. 

THE    ANGL0-CAHF0RNIAN    BANK    (LIMITED). 
4  b)»)  California  street,  San  Francisco.—- London  Office.  3 

4fc/^>/^  Angel  Court ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligman  &  Co. ,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  $6,000,000.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buy  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FRED.  F.  LOW,         )  „ 

Oct  4.  _^ 1CN.  STEINHART,    f  Manager3- 

THE  MERCHANTS'  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

Capital,  85,  OOO,O0O. — Alvinza  Hay  ward,  President ;  B.  O. 
Sneath,  Vice-President;  H.  F.  Hastings,  Cashier  ;  R.  N.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities,  Collections  made  and  a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 

SUTRO    &    CO., 

Bankers  and  Brokers,  408  Montgomery  street.— Highest 
price  paid  for  U.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bonds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin. 
Exchange  drawn  on  New  .York. „__ May  20 

MONEY    TO    LOAN. 

Jonn  T.  liittle,  Money  Broker  and  Real  Estate  Agent,  dis- 
counts notes  and  loans  money  on  all  kinds  of  collaterals  in  large  amounts  ;  buys 
and  sells  real  estate.  OFFICE  :  405*  CALIFORNIA  "STREET, 

Dec.  25.  Opposite  Bank  of  California. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Jan.   27,  1877. 


AFTER  THE  BROKERS. 
More  than  a  year  ago  the  Noes  Letter  yave  the  raining  stock  oper- 
ators about  the  must  thorough  ventilating  they  have  ever  received  since 
they  began  the  most  unfair,  unequal  and  dastardly  game  of  gambling  that 
the  world  has  ever  known.  We  cleared  out  some  half  dozen  of  the  lanie 
ducks.  We  compelled  others  to  go  slower,  and  to  deal  their  game  with 
more  discretion.  We  pointed  out  to  what  uses  the  diamond  drill  was^  be- 
ing put,  and  forged  the  truth,  that  has  only  become  more  apparent  since 
then,  that  no  man  was  safe  in  going  to  bed  the  owner  of  stock,  unless  he 
could  know  when  he  awoke  in  the  morning  what  the  diamond  drill  had 
been  doing  during  the  night.  We  showed  with  clearness  unmistakable 
the  manifold  evils  of  the  system  of  buying  on  margins,  by  which  the 
broker  uses  his  customer's  capital  and  stock  to  his  own  great  gain,  but  to 
the  terrible  loss  and  ruin  of  his  too  confiding  client.  The  homilies  which 
certain  of  the  dailies  are  now  so  busily  engaged  in  reading  to  their  sub- 
scribers are  but  weak  imitations  of  the  weakest  part  of  the  good  work  we 
did  so  long  ago.  It  will  be  remembered  that  passing  from  mere  general- 
ities we  went  to  the  very  root  of  the  matter,  and  fortified  our  position  by 
precise  facts,  exact  dates,  and  distinctive  names.  There  was  no  dodging 
the  issue.  The  wrongs  done  were  mentioned  specifically,  and  they  were 
sheeted  right  straight  home  to  the  wrong-doers.  There  was  fear  and  trem- 
bling on  California  street.  Thousands  of  the  News  Letter's  issue  were  sold 
there  before  the  Boards  opened  on  Saturday  mornings.  Lawyers  were 
employed  to  read  our  every  line  with  a  view  to  a  "Wheeler  injunction,"  a 
libel  suit,  or  some  of  the  many  legal  devices  which  in  these  latter  times 
have  been  gotten  up  to  protect  those  who  are  properly  amenable  to  public 
censure.  In  open  board  it  was  declared  that  we  should  be  prosecuted 
civilly  and  criminally.  We  reprinted  our  language  and  bid  the  blusterers 
come  on,  but  they  came  not.  They  discovered  that  discretion  was  the 
better  part  of  valor,  as  it  undoubtedly  was  in  their  case.  We  continued 
our  work  until  the  subject  was  well  nigh  exhausted.  As  a  consequence 
we  have  the  proud  consciousness  of  knowing  that  hundreds  of  the  News 
Letter's  patrons,  who  appreciated  the  force  of  its  showing  and  the  power 
of  its  logic,  have  escaped  the  dire  calamities  that  have  overtaken  the  less 
thoughtful  crowd  who  have  been  beguiled  by  certain  daily  trumpets  that 
have  been  blowing  so  vociferously  in  the  interest  of  themselves  and 
others.  Just  now  would  seem  to  be  quite  a  good  time  to  resume  our 
labors  in  this  portion  of  the  vineyard.  Since  we  left  off  the  News  Letter 
has  acquired  many  hundreds  cf  new  readers,  who  need  to  be  posted  as  to 
what  is  going  on  in  the  inside.  Moreover,  the  old  ones  may  need  a  little 
strengthening  in  the  faith  which  was  first  instilled  into  them  by  the 
teachings  of  this  wise  expositor  of  sound  business  principles.  We  don't 
boast  of  our  orthodoxy  in  matters  theological,  but  when  it  comes  to  ques- 
tions of  solid  silver,  the  mighty  dollar,  and  the  soundness  of  finances 
generally,  and  of  our  own  in  particular,  it  must  be  confessed  that  we  are 
quite  at  home.  Those  who  have  known  these  columns  for  many  years 
know  that  in  this  direction  we  preach  excellently  well,  arid  those  who 
know  us  nearer  home  knnw  that  we  practice  what  we  preach.  Precept 
is  nothing  if  not  followed  by  example.  For  ourselves,  then,  we  buy  not 
stocks,  becaus?  our  money  is  better,  more  securely,  and  more  usefully  em- 
ployed in  a  legitimate  business  which  we  understand.  If  we  should 
change  our  mind,  when  we  have  more  money  than  we  know  what  to  do 
with,  and  make  an  investment  in  mining  shares,  we  shall  pay  the  whole 
cost  of  them,  take  them  out  of  our  broker's  hands,  and  be  content  to  sell 
them  just  so  soon  as  we  can  make  a  profit  on  the  investment  adequate  to 
the  risk  we  run.  Above  all,  we  shall  take  care  to  own  the  diamond  drill, 
or  else  be  quite  sure  of  our  intimacy  with  the  man  who  does.  That  is  our 
advice  in  general  with  regard  to  stock  buying.  Just  now  the  value  of  that 
advice  may  undoubtedly  be  well  and  usefully  illustrated  by  numerous 
lessons  taken  from  "the  street."  The  truth  is  being  told  there  at  an  al- 
together exceptionally  rapid  rate  at  present.  More  is  to  be  learnt  now  in 
one  day  than  can  be  found  out  during  a  whole  month  of  inquiry  at 
ordinary  times.  This  loaning,  borrowing  and  selling  customers'  stock  is  a 
field  of  roguery  fertile  in  marvelous  developments.  We  mean  to  prospect 
it  for  the  benefit  of  all  whom  it  may  concern.  He  who  fills  his  "shorts  " 
with  his  customer's  stock,  and  thus  runs  the  risk  of  being  unable  to  buy  it 
back,  is  a  fraud  and  a  thief.  When  he  avails  himself  of  stock  confided  to 
his  keeping  and  sells  it  to  break  the  market,  to  the  injury  of  his  client,  he 
is  a  fraud,  and  when  he  takes  the  risk  of  being  unable  to  buy  it  back  if 
it  goes  higher  he  is  a  thief.  The  naming  of  many  such  frauds  and  thieves 
would  not  at  present  be  a  difficult  task. 

TT.T.  -  SOUNDING    TICKS    FROM    THE    TELEGRAPH. 

The  secret  ticks  of  the  telegraph,  are  being  read  to  us,  and  of  a 
certainty  they  do  not  constitute  pleasant  reading.  We  are  now  being  in- 
troduced to  some  of  the  doings  of  the  party  leaders  just  subsequent  to  the 
late  Presidential  election,  and  of  a  truth  some  of  those  doings  had  better 
have  been  left  undone.  That  §8,000  draft  sent  to  Oregon,  and  which, 
strange  to  say,  was  returned  unused,  may  have  been  conceived  in  inno- 
cence, but  it  would  have  been  a  happier  circumstance  if  Mr.  Tilden's 
private  secretary  had  nothing  to  do  with  it.  The  most  astounding  revela 
tions,  however,  are  those  made  in  regard  to  a  high  Cabinet  officer,  the  re- 
doubtable Zach  Chandler.  That  official  was  particularly  anxious  to  count 
outTilden  and  to  count  in  Hayes  for  the  States  of  llorida,  Louisiana 
and  South  Carolina,  and  his  dispatches  for  that  purpose  to  Governor 
Stearns  of  Florida  have  come  to  light.  He  opened  his  business  in  this 
wiBe  :  "  We  are  certain  of  so  many  votes  for  Hayes  that  we  must  now 
have  Louisiana,  South  Carolina  and  Florida  by  fair  means  or  othej'wise," 
Then  again  he  says  :  "  Send  a  courier  to  each  county  and  secure  the  re- 
turns. They  must  be  made  to  show  a  majority  for  Hayes."  To  all  of 
which  the  Governor  agrees,  "  but  says  :  "We  cannot  carry  the  State  for 
Hayes  unless  we  have  troops  and  money  immediately."  The  great 
Chandler  is  equal  to  the  occasion  and  responds  :  "  I  have  seen  the  Presi- 
dent and  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  was  authorized  by  them  to  say  troops 
and  money  will  be  furnished."  As  a  matter  of  fact  both  troops  and 
money  were  furnished  and  Hayes  was  counted  in  for  Florida,  although 
with  all  the  "  fixing"  they  received  the  returns  on  their  face  showed  a  ma- 
jority for  Tilden.  No  dispassionate  observer  could  have  doubted  at  the 
time  that  this  was  the  kind  of  work  that  was  going  on  in  the  inside.  The 
outward  signs  were  sure  evidence  of  the  inward  grace  that  was  producing 
such  astounding  results.  It  is  refreshing  now  to  read  of  the  coolness  with 
which  the  infamy  progressed. 

The  sole  agents  for  Krug  Private  Cuvee  are  Hellmann  Brothers  & 
Co.,  525  Front  street. 


THEATRICAL^  ETC. 
California  Theater.—The  advent  of  another  great  comedy  light,  and 
another  week  of  crowded  houses,  gives  further  point  to  the  axiom  tint 
people  go  to  the  theater  to  laugh  rather  than  weep,  and  that  the  cap  and 
bells  will  draw  pounds  where  the  mask  and  daggers  attract  pence.  The 
simple  fact  that  Mr.  Sothern  has  played  "  Lord  Duudreary  "  nearly  Wr- 
teen  hundred  times  shows  how  little  the  critic  has  left  to  say  on  the  sub- 
ject. There  is  hardly  a  theater-goer  in  the  laud  but  who  has  Our  Ameri- 
can Cousin  by  heart.  The  only  wonderful  thing  about  the  matter  now  is 
that  there  is  anything  left  of  the  original  Sothern  in  private  life.  He 
manages  to  keep  up  a  sort  of  identity,  however,  through  his  practical 
jokes.  The  hoary-headed  old  comedy  appears  about  the  same,  excepting 
a  few  new  "gags  "  and  a  more  convenient,  but  less  attractive,  splitting  of 
the  third  act*  "  My  Lord  "  is  as  densely  excruciatingly  funny  as  ever, 
and  presents  the  genius  of  idiocy  with  no  diminution  of  the  old  success. 
Mr.  Bishop  gives  a  capital  "Asa  Trenchard,"  making  as  much  of  the  part 
as  any  one  we  remember,  save  possibly  Clarke.  The  scene  with  Miss 
Harrison,  when  he  burns  the  will,  was  very  perfectly  done  by  both,  and 
is  the  only  bit  of  real,  unforced  pathos  in  the  play.  The  rest,  especially 
Miss  Wilton,  played  the  "airy  nothings"  of  their  roles  most  satisfactorily. 
Mr.  Wilson's  Abel  Murcott  "  is  a  very  strong,  not  to  say  slightly  over- 
done, bit  of  acting.  As  usual,  Mr.  Sothern  presents  a  new  and  hand- 
some face  in  his  train.  This  time  it  is  Miss  Storrs,  a  young  lady  with  an 
undeniably  pretty  face,  albeit  a  most  generous  mouth,  and  who  wisely 
permits  her  good  looks  alone  to  speak  for  her.  This  apparently  immortal 
extravaganza  has  many  traditions  gathered  from  its  long  career.  Our 
readers  will  remember  that  it  was  this  play  President  Lincoln  was  laugh- 
ing over  when  he  was  killed.  "Asa  Irenchard"  had  just  winked  the 
shocked  "  Mountchessingtons "  off  the  stage  when  rang  the  report  of 
Booth's  pistol,  injecting  the  most  real  of  tragedies  into  the  most  unreal  of- 
comedies.  We  notice  underlined  A  H&rncVs  Nest,  in  which  we  can,  and 
Daiy  Garrkk,  in  which  we  cannot,  praise  Mr.  Sothern. 

Grand  Opera  House.— The  novelty  this  week  has  been  the  farce  of  A 
Bull  in  a  China  SJtop,  in  which  Mr.  Wheatleigh's  "  Bagshot"  shows  us 
what  that  actor  can  do  when  in  earnest,  and  in  which  he  richly  earns  his 
recalls.  Kenilworth  is  kept  on,  to  the  satisfaction  of  everybody.  The 
company  have  entered  into  the  spirit  of  this  cleverest  of  burlesques,  and 
play  it  with  a  very  telling  heartiness  and  \im.  Mr.  Polk  and  Mr.  Ken- 
nedy are  very  happy  in  their  "gags,"  and  funny  generally.  Bound  the 
World  in  Eighty  Days  is  the  next  attraction,  and  in  which,  we  suppose, 
the  San  Francisco  Bcene  will  be  somewhat  enlarged  and  localized. 

Fabbri  Opera. — The  very  large  house  drawn  by  William  Telllmst 
Sunday  gave  evidence  of  the  hit  made  the  previous  week  by  Tlie  Merry 
Wives  of  Windsor.  The  last  given  opera,  however,  was  hardly  so  suc- 
cessful, and  we  express  the  general  feeling  when  we  ask  the  management 
to  repeat  the  other  capital  performance  next  Sunday.  Nothing  finer  or 
more  genuinely  satisfactory  than  the  sustained  duet  between  Formes  and 
Muller  has  been  heard  here  for  a  very  long  time.  It  quite  deserves  all  its 
applause.     By  all  means,  let  us  have  Merry  Wives  again. 

A  lady,  the  wife  of  a  well  known  citizen,  who  has  been  studying  for 
the  stage  for  the  last  two  years,  will  shortly  make  her  debut  at  the  Cali- 
fornia Theater,  under  her  maiden  name  of  Kose  Moss.  The  part  she  has 
chosen  for  her  first  appearance  is  the  role  of  "  Camille,"  to  the  study  of 
which  she  has  long  and  assiduously  devoted  her  energies.  Great  expecta- 
tions are  entertained  with  regard  to  the  lady,  as  her  ability  is  said  to  be 
undoubted.     The  evening  fixed  for  her  appearance  is  the  16th  proximo. 

Died.— At  Jesus  Maria,  Chihuahua,  Mexico,  on  December  19th,  of 
congestion  of    the  brain,  John  Phillips  Clemes,  a  native  of    England. 
[London  papers  please  copy.] 

"When  that  libel  trial  is  over  next  week,  Judge  Wheeler  will  learn 
the  class  of  acts  and  the  character  of  the  man  that  he  would  restrain  us 
from  describing  during  all  time  to  come. 

GEAND    OPEEA    HOUSE. 

Mission  street,  between  Third  and  Fourth.—  Fabbri  Opera. 
Sunday  January  2Sth,  LAST  FABBRI  OPERA  NIGHT— FREISCHUTZ  ! 
Grand  Opera,  in  four  acts,  by  Carl  Maria  Von  Weber.  The  Chorus  will  be  strength- 
ened by  the  famous  Singing  Society— SCHWEIZER-BUND.  "  Ottocar,  Prince  of 
Bohemia,"  Jac.  Mueller;  "Caspar,  First  Huntsman,"  Carl  Formes;  "Max,  Second 
Huntsman,"  Tiieo.  HabEIOUNk;  "Agatha,"  Inez  Fabbri;  "Anne,"  Louisa  Beckmann; 
Supported  by  Messrs.  Lefoxtaisb,  HlRSCH,  Forti,  etc.  Grand  Incantation  Scene  in 
the  third  act,  with  Splendid  Scenery  and  New  Appointments.  Conductor,  Mr. 
RinoLi'ii  Hbrold;  Acting  Manager,  Mr.  Chas.  Fiutsch.  Seats  can  be  reserved  on 
Friday  and  Saturday  from  10  to  4  o'clock,  at  Messrs.  Sherman  &  Hyde's  Music  Store, 
corner  Kearny  and  Sutter  streets,  and  on  Sunday  from  10  to  4  o'clock  at  the  Grand 
Opera  House. Jan.  27. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  street,  between  Third  and  Foarth.— Acting"  Man- 
ager, Mr.  Chas.  Wheatleigh  ;  Scenic  Artist,  Mr.  Win,  Voegtlin.  Immense 
success  of  Dion  Bouccica nit's  intensely  amusing  Comedy,  A  BULL  IN  A  CHINA 
SHOP  !  "  Bagshot,"  MR.  CHARLES  \VlIEATL£lGH;  and  also  of  the  popular  and  ac- 
complished BEAUCLERC  SISTERS,  in  the  Comic  Extravaganza,  KENILWORTH  < 
Received  with  great  enthusiasm  by  large  and  delighted  audiences.  Every  evening  at 
8  o'clock.  Saturday,  January  27th,  grand  Matinee  at  2  p.  m.  In  active  preparation, 
with  new  and  elaborate  appointments,  THE  TOUR  OF  THE  WORLD  IN  EIGHTY 
DAYS  !  Bv  Jules  Verne.  Sunday  evening,  January  28th,  Fourth  FABBRI  Opera 
Night— FREISCHUTZ. Jan.  27. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Bush  street,  above  Kearny.--- John  McCulIongrh,  Proprietor 
and  Manager  ;  Barton  Hill.  Acting  Manager.  Brilliant  reception  to  MR. 
SOTHERN,  as  LORD  DUNDREARY.  Everv  evening  until  further  notice,  andatthe 
Saturday  Matinee,  OUR  AMERICAN  COUSIN.  Iu  rehearsal.  H.  J.  Byron's  new  and 
uri-ina! 'farcical  Comcdv  (written  cxpresslv  for  Mr.  Sothern)  entitled  A  HORNETS 
NEST  IN  THREE  BUZZES  AND  A  STINGER!  After  which  will  be  produced— 
GARRICK,  HOME,  and  DUNDREARY'S  BROTHER  SAM,  in  each  of  which  MR. 
SOTHERN  will  appear  in  his  original  characters. Jan.  27. 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER. 

Kearny  street,  between  Washington  ami  Jackson. —Samuel 
Tetlow,  Proprietor.  CHARLEY  REED,  Ethiopian  Comedian,  Character  Ar- 
tist and  Stump  Speech  Orator.  THE  WYMANS,  ALFRED  and  LULU,  Specialty  and 
Sketch  Artists.  CARRIE  LEON  and  SAM  SWAIN,  the  Celebrated  Acrobatic  Song 
and  Dance  Artists.  SHED  LeCLAIR,  the  Great  Flying  Trapeze  Artist.  MADGE 
AISTON,  Song  and  Dance  Artist.  EDWARD  GLOVER,  the  Celebrated  Australian 
Comic  Singer.     The  Gr^it  Double  Company  in  Comedy,  Farce  and  Drama.     Jan  27. 


Jul  1*7,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


HIS   SATANIC   MAJ.  INVESTIGATES    FOR    HIMSELF,   AND 
STALKS  ABROAD  THROUGH  THE  STREETS  OF  FRISCO. 

[//.  &  A/      f;  :•■>  r  Hand  ObnJri&wfen] 

What,  hoi  tu]  ulaUd  toribfalwl  yon  litti*  thought)  1  men, 
To  delightful  ioen«| 

.■it  I.  it.  it"  what  1  nld  "as  true, 
:  ]i..l  for  pantim  1*1*11  take,  ai  I  often  do  «rhaa  "blue*" 

So  Ikl  u.l.  if  ynu'll  bfl  m\ 

\**    .!  put  run  tin  I-  v  and  axplore  it  tax  and  « Ida, 

Nov  quit  v'ur  fooling!  left  be  "ff:  tho'  1  dont  want  to  Hurry— 

1  m  \vf'.  \  Depntj  in  charge,  and    well,  I'm  in  ■  hurry. 

s..  those  an  your  police  coin!    By  thunder]  who's  that  beanty? 

:  ah,  wall,  when  tkt  ge>ta  grimed  and  sooty] 
Like  all  my  other  rrabjecta,  the  change  will  be  bo  great 
That  Mayor  Bryant's  ramored  love  will  turn,  I  fear,  t<»  hate. 
And  this  Ea  Clarke,  the  ambenler,  ah  ?  who,  smart  enough  En  stealing, 
Unlike  your  genuine  Yankee  Bharp,  lacked  mnartDeai  in  oonoealing. 
me  waa  poor  old  Bennett's  fault,  f'-r,  not  being  op  to  Bnuff, 
•  had  to  collar  Aim,  :*t  last,  f>>r  not  collaring  enough. 
\\  hv,  fchia  is  i  talifornia  street?     Wlmt  rtiKhim;!     What  a  nuise! 

these  your  brokers?    Count  me  out;  Cm  not  one  of  "the  hoys;" 
They're  knocked  me  endways.    I  am  dry;  and  here's  a  place  1  know — 
[From  hearing  it  oft  mentioned  by  <>iir  thirsty  souls  below)— 
The  Pantheon;  let's  w  in  and  Bee  if  Wainwright's  tact 
Can  mi\  a  "  Devil's  Pick-me-up;"  if  n.it,  we'll  get  him  sucked. 
1 1  ughes  S  i  '•>.  have  busted!    I  knew  their  nam-1  full  well; 
Their  little  game  was  "  Puts  and  Calls  "—a  rotten,  swindling  sell! 
You'd   put,  Indeed,  your  money  down,  but,  when  yon  came  to  "call," 
You'd  End  your  shares  had  gone  to  "pot,"  and  you  had  lost  your  all. 
Hold  onl    As  I  waa  leaving  home,  my  ferryman,  old  Charon, 
Overburdened  with  Ids  treasure-trove    he's  nigh  as  rich  as  Sharon — 
Commissioned  me  for  hell's  sake  to  deposit  in  his  name 
This  thousand  dollars  in  some  bank— I  suppose  they're  all  the  same?— 
No  interest  on  deposits?    Times  must,  indetd,  be  hard; 
Or,  are  their  coffers  uli  too  full?    But,  hold  on     steady,  pardl 
The  Bank  of  California— they  always  do  what's  fair — 
At  least,  they  did  when  Ralston  lived — I  guess  they're  still  all  square. 
Yon  gave  me  quite  a  turn,  however,  for  such  news,  indeed,  is  sad — 
No  wonder,  as  1  told  you,  then,  j'ou're  all  going  to  the  bad. 
Oh,  see  that  girl!  how  graceful!  what  bustling  charms  adorn  her! 
Let's  drink  her  health  in  British  beer  at  "  Bailey's,"  round  the  corner; 
Hi-  place  seems  strangely  tome-like,  tho'  why  I  cannot  tell, 
'Cept  that  he's  full  of  "broken  Britishers,"  and  so,  you  know,  is  Hell. 
How  'bout  a  game  of  faro?     I've  heard  of  Phil.  McGovern — 
"  No  hogging— -just  one  game,  and  then  wind  up  with  Sothern; 
They're  both  :dike  in  one  respect — they've  each  the  happy  art— * 
The  one  can  make  your  packets  light,  the  other  one  your  heart* 
And  so  they  have,  by  Jupiter!  for  oil  Charon's  coin  is  spent! 
Confiding  boatman,  it's  all  right,  we'll  only  call  it  lent. 
To  "  Happy  Jack's  ?  '    I'll  go,  my  boy,  tho'  I  heard  they  had  to  close 
For  selling  whisky  on  the  sly  to  girls  in  scanty  hose. 
Och!  tear  anages!  who  are  these?    Your  hoodlums?    Let  us  go; 
I've  seen  enough.     You  promised,  too,  your  Chinatown  to  show. 
From  bad  to  worse!     Thin  Chinatown?    Blue  blazes!  what  a  stiukl 
My  home's  a  perfect  Paradise,  compared  with  this.  I  think. 
What  street  is  this?    Dupont,  you  say?    As  sure  as  I'm  alive 
I'll  swear  I  saw  a  preacher's  face  in  von  low,  filthy  dive. 
Get  out  of  this!     It  "caps  the  lot!     This  is  your  darkest  curse, 
I  doubt  if  I  have  got  in  Hell  a  place  that's  any  worse. 
Well,  just  another  "sulphur  punch,"  and  then  I  must  "  vamoose," 
Or  else  that  jealous  spouse  of  mine  will  think  I'm  on  the  loose. 
Next  week  we'll  push  this  further,  and,  with  "Marriotts  Patent  Flyer," 
Will  take  a  trip  thro'  Cloudland  regions,  in  each  walk  getting  higher, 
Till  we  can  gaze  upon  creation  in  one  grand  birdseye  view, 
And  report  on  our  discoveries  to  the  world  at  large.     Adieu. 


FAILING  FANCIES  AS  TO  RUSSIA. 
The  fancies  aa  to  the  great  power  of  Russia  are  failing  very  fast  of 
late.  Long  she  has  been  regarded  with  almost  superstitious  dread  by 
Western  Europe,  but  now  doubts  begin  to  spread  as  to  her  ability  to  deal 
in  a  summary  manner  with  Turkey  alone.  People  used  to  repeat  as  a 
sort  of  half  truism  Napoleon's  mot  that  "in  fifty  years  Europe  would  be 
either  Republican  or  Cossack."  Nicholas  hightened  this  feeling  when  he 
made  Russia  such  a  hard  place  to  get  into  and  get  out  of  that  people  felt 
about  it  somewhat  as  children  feel  about  the  dark,  as  if  it  were  a  quarter 
out  of  which  terrible  things  might  come  at  any  time.  It  is  now  becoming 
very  apparent  that  Russia's  recent  expansions  of  territory  have  been  car- 
ried on  at  a  cost  which  at  this  moment  threatens  the  State  with  bank- 
ruptcy, and  is  likely  to  make  the  process  of  transforming  the  serfs  into 
peasants  one  of  considerable  danger,  particularly  if  the  expected  struggle 
with  Turkey  should  prove  stubborn  and  protracted.  The  Revue  des  Deux 
Moiides  brings  out  in  a  strong  light  the  impediments  to  great  exertions  of 
any  kind  created  by  the  smallueas  of  the  accumulated  wealth  of  the  Em- 
pire, and  the  poverty  of  the  great  bulk  of  the  population,  and  the  conse- 
quent inelasticity  of  the  taxes.  The  country  has  not  the  reserved  nor  the 
recuperative  power  of  England,  France  or  America,  in  which  the  savings 
are  enormous,  and  in  which  the  people  have  reached  a  high  degree  of  in- 
dustrial activity  and  intelligence.  The  implements  of  war  in  these  days 
have  become  terribly  costly,  and  it  is  now  more  than  ever  it  was  that 
money  is  the  god  of  battles.  Moreover,  the  population  of  Russia  is  not 
homogeneous.  It  is  made  up  of  nobles,  serfs  and  barbaric  Asiatics.  To 
keep  these  in  subjection,  to  govern  them  with  peace  and  security,  and  to 
endeavor  to  raise  them  in  the  scale  of  nations,  is  a  work  so  gigantic  as  to 
give  full  employment  for  perhaps  ages  to  come.  There  can  be  little  doubt 
that  the  revelations  which  the  world  is  receiving  of  this  intestine  weak- 
ness may  powerfully  affect  European  politics,  by  removing  the  British 
dread  of  aggression  on  the  side  of  India. 

A  new  hotel  is  about  to  be  erected  on  the  corner  of  Stuart  and  Fol- 
soni  streets,  solely  for  the  entertainment  of  the  hoodlum  to  the  manner 
born.  The  accommodations  will  be  excellent,  and  in  addition  to  many 
other  attractions  the  caravansary  will  contain  an  office  and  two  cells. 
The  whole,  when,  completed,  will  be  known  as  the  "  Tar  Flat  Branch 
Police  Station." 


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SANITARY  NOTES. 
One  hundred  and  thirty  five  deaths  occurred  this  week,  as  compared 

with  134  last,  Seventy-eight  males  and  57  females.  Forty-seven  were 
under  5  years  of  age;  IS  between  5  and  20  years;  63  were  between  20  and 
fit)  years;  and  7  over  150  years.  Of  the  deaths  from  zymotic  diseases,  14 
were  small-pox,  typhoid  fever  8,  diphtheria  21,  scarlatina  2.  Of  diseases 
of  the  brain  3  were  apoplexy,  2  brain  disease,  and  2  paralysis.  Ten  per- 
sons died  of  consumption,  10  of  pneumonia,  4  of  bronchitis,  and  4  of 
crou|w.  There  was  one  death  from  heart  disease,  1  hoanoptysis,  1  liver 
disease,  2  hepatitis,  1  dropsy,  and  2  Bright's  disease.  There  were  three 
casualties  and  two  suicides.  Small-pox  appears  to>  be  again  on  the  in- 
crease, 64  fresh  cases  having  been  reported  in  the  week.  Diphtheria  con- 
tinues to  be  fatal  to  the  young,  and  a  considerable  number  of  adults  are 
suffering  under  mild  attacks.  It  is  an  error  to  suppose  diphtheria 
is  necessarily  fatal.  Like  all  other  complaints,  its-  severity  is 
of  various  degrees,  and  is  determined  by  a  variety  of  causes,  such 
as  the  health  of  the  person  affected,  and  the  sanitary  conditions  under 
which  he  lives.  No  sore  throat  should  be  thought  of  lightly,  and  many  a 
child  has  been  the  subject  of  diphtheritic  poisoning  who  has  escaped  tho 
diphtheritic  deposit,  in  consequence  of  judicious  care  and  treatment.  We 
would  therefore  urge  upon  all  parents  to  seek  medical  advice  for  their 
children  in  all  cases  of  sore  throat,  however  mild,  remembering  that  the 
atmosphere  is  charged  with  diphtheritic  poison  which,  once  installed,  is 
by  no  means  easily  dislodged  even  by  the  very  beBt  treatment.  It  is  futile 
to  speak  of  the  sanitary  defects  under  which  the  city  groans.  The  foul 
dust  was  temporarily  laid  by  the  rain,  but  is  now  as  rife  as  ever.  It  would 
be  interesting  to  know  how  much  sewer  deposit  has  been  swept  away  by 
the  rain.  We  are  inclined  to  think  less  than  the  mud  which  has  been  put 
into  the  gully  holes  by  the  street-sweepers.  In  the  early  part  of  the  week 
we  observed  a  large  force  of  men  on  Montgomery  street  thus  engaged  in 
sweeping  the  streets  and  choking  up  the  sewers  with  the  sweepings.  In 
most  European  cities  this  would  constitute  an  indictable  offense,  but  on 
Montgomery  street  the  sewers  are  so  level  that  a  little  more  or  less  deposit 
is  probably  of  no  consequence. 

PARACRAPHIANA. 

Pro  Bono  Publico. 

All  the  old  boys  and  a  host  of  the  youngsters  have  been  accustomed 
to  fill  their  demijohns  and  buy  their  claret  and  champagnes  at  Oilman's. 
His  judgment  in  the  selection  of  the  finest  brands  of  each  has  been  long 
unquestioned.  We  rejoice  to  see  that  our  old  friend  has  taken  a  new 
start,  and  with  a  freshly  replenished  stock,  in  serving  his  customers,  as  of 
old,  at  308  California  street.     Give  him  a  call. 


The  Americus  Club  will  give  a  grand  ball  at  Union  Hall  on  the  5th 
of  next  month,  when  the  aristocratic  sum  of  $5  will  be  charged  for  tick- 
ets. The  "  Americus,"  like  its  namesake  in  New  York,  is  the  leading 
Democratic  club  in  this  city,  and  its  balls  are  simply  reunions  of  the  man- 
aging elements  of  the  party. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Masonic  Savings  and  Loan  Bank,  Xo.  6  Post  Street, 
MasoDM  Temple,  San  Francisco. — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of 
this  Bank,  held  January  18th,  1877,  a  Dividend  was  declared  at  the  rate  of  Nine  (9) 
per  cent,  per  annum  on  Term  Deposits  and  Seveu  and  One-Half  (7A)  per  cent,  per  an- 
num on  Ordinary  Deposits,  for  the  Semi-Annual  Term  ending  January  21et,  1877, 
payable  on  and  after  January  25th,  1877,  free  of  Federal  Taxes. 
Jan.  27. H.    T.  G RAVES,  Secretary. 


0BEG0N  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

Regular  Steamers  to  Portland,  leaving:  San  Francisco 
weekly  Steamers  GEORGE  W.  ELDER,  J.  L.  STEPHENS,  ORIFLAM.ME, 
and  AJAX,  connecting  with  steamers  to  SITKA  and  PUGET  SOUND,  and  O.  andC. 
R.  R.  Co.  and  Oregon  C.  R.  R.  Co,  through  Willamette,  Umpqua,  and  Rogue  River 
Valleys,  Oregon.     Tickets  to  all  points  on  tho  O.  and  C  R.  R.  sold  at  reduced  rates". 

K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
June  14. 210  Battery  street. 

FOR    PORTLAND,    OREGON. 
he  Only   IHrect  Line— Steamship   Ajax,   Mackie,    Com- 
mander,  leaves  Folsom-strect  wharf,  SATURDAY,  Jan.  27th,  at  10  A.M. 
January  27 K.  VON  OTERENDORP,  Agent,  210  Battery  street. 


T 


THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every  variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Gilt, 
Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clocks  and  fine 
Bronzes;  also  a  full  line  of  Plumbers'  Goods.  122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco.  Jan.  27. 

JOHN    BUTLER, 
calcr  in  Wines  and  Liquors,    Engrlish  Ales  and  Porter,  7 

Sutter  Street  and  506  Market  Street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  27. 


D 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Jan.  £27,  187?, 


COLUMN     FOR     THE     CURIOUS, 

In    Nature,    Science,    and    Art> 

An  extraordinary  report  appeared  some  time  ago  in  the  papers,  of 
an  explosion  and  sudden  disappearance  of  an  unknown  vessel  off  Portland. 
A  still  more  extraordinary  explanation  of  the  matter  is  given  by  a  corre- 
spondent of  the  Dorset  County  Chronicle,  who  states  that  when  on  the  look- 
out at  Portland  Bill  on  the  morning  when  the  alleged  explosion  occurred, 
he  saw  what  at  first  appeared  a  long,  low,  dismasted  ship,  with  short, 
stumpy  jury-masts,  about  one  mile  S.S.W.  off  Portland.  IShe  looked 
like  a  vessel  broken-backed,  as  her  stem  and  stern  were  well  out  of  water, 
anil  something  like  smoke  or  steam  was  rising  up  in  midships.  To  his 
surprise,  on  looking  through  a  telescope,  he  saw  it  was  a  "  monster  6sh, 
with  head  and  tail  rising  high  above  the  swell  of  the  sea,  and  the  back 
nearly  down  to  the  level  of  the  water,  and  what  appeared  at  first  to  be 
smoke  or  steam  was  large  jets  of  water,  thrown  up  like  a  big  whale  blow- 
ing. The  stumpy  masts  were  immense  long  fins.  All  at  once,  with  a 
tremendous  bound  at  least  thirty  or  forty  feet  high,  and  down  again  al- 
most like  lightning,  the  huge  monster  disappeared."  This  statement,  it 
is  said,  is  confirmed  by  Captain  Cosens,  Gibbs  and  Mace,  who  went  out  in 
the  Commodore  in  search  of  the  crew  and  fragments  of  the  supposed  vessel. 
They  saw  "an  immense  monster  of  the  deep*1  throwing  up  jets  of  water 
and  making  itself  painfully  conspicuous  by  its  eccentric  proceedings. 
This  remarkable  creature  is  evidently  not  the  sea  serpent,  but  something 
far  more  interesting  and  disagreeable.  Indeed,  it  is  impossible  not  to  feel 
sorry  for  the  sea  serpent,  whose  charms  are  entirely  eclipsed  by  the  Port- 
land monster. 

Philadelphia  Longevity.—  The  Philadelphia  Ledger  says;  The  total 
number  of  the  deaths  of  octogenarians  announced  in  the  Ledger  during 
1876  was  699,  there  being  226  men  and  433  women,  the  latter  being  more 
than  three-fifths  of  the  whole  number.  The  total  for  1876  is  24  greater 
than  for  1875,  and  all  the  statistics  show  that  the  women  living  over  80 
years  not  only  outnumbered  the  men,  but  they  also  were  the  longest  lived, 
there  being  many  more  women  than  men  who  lived  beyond  90.  Of  the 
men  who  died  at  or  beyond  the  age  of  80,  the  following  numbers  reached 
the  various  ages  designated:  90  years,  eleven  ;  91,  two  ;  92,  three  ;  93,  five; 
94,  two;  95,  two  ;  96,  four ;  97,  one ;  98,  one  ;  99,  one  ;  100,  one  ;  104, 
one  ;  107,  one  ;  110,  one.  Of  the  women  who  died  at  or  beyond  the  age 
of  80,  the  following  numbers  reached  the  various  ages  designated:  90 
years,  twenty -four  ;  91,  thirteen ;  92,  six  ;  93,  five  ;  94,  ten ;  95,  six  ;  96, 
six ;  97,  seven;  98,  four ;  99,  two  ;  100,  five. 

Consul  Stevens,  in  his  report  on  the  trade  of  Nicolaieff  during  the 
past  year,  states  that  that  part  of  South  Russia  continued  free  from  cattle 
plague.  But  his  attention  was  drawn  in  the  summer  to  several  cases  of 
sudden  baldness  of  oxen  and  cows,  and  the  loss  of  tails  and  manes  among 
horses.  He  recollected  that  a  former  servant  of  his,  prematurely  bald, 
had  got  the  habit,  when  trimming  the  lamps,  of  wiping  his  petroleum-be- 
smeared hands  in  the  scanty  locks  that  remained  to  him,  and  the  result 
was  a  much  finer  head  of  black,  glossy  hair  than  he  ever  had  before.  At 
the  Consul's  suggestion,  the  owner  of  several  black  cattle  and  horses  af- 
fected as  above  mentioned,  tried  the  remedy,  and  found  that  it  effected  a 
quick  and  radical  cure.  The  Consul  observes  that  the  petroleum  should 
be  of  the  most  refined  American  qualities,  and  be  rubbed  in  vigorously 
and  quickly  with  the  palm  of  the  hand  at  intervals  of  three  days,  six  or 
seven  times  in  all. 

A  ' '  rummy "  (in  a  double  sense)  temperance  anecdote,  used  by  an 
ex-chaplain  of  the  Duke  of  Buckingham  in  illustration  of  the  evils  of 
drink,  really  deserves  immortalizing  (says  a  contemporary)  even  though  it 
was  too  rich  to  be  true.  The  reverend  gentleman  stated  at  a  recent  Med- 
ical Conference  that  within  one  hundred  yards  of  the  Sailors'  Home  at 
Liverpool  there  were  forty-seven  public  houses,  and  the  publicans  actu- 
ally strewed  sawdust  in  front  of  them,  and  sprinkled  rum  over  it,  so  that 
tlic  smell  of  the  spirit  might  decoy  sailors  within  their  doors.  This  beats 
even  the  proverbial  pinch  of  salt  on  the  bird's  tail.  The  Rev.  E.  J.  Gar- 
diner has  had  to  "knuckle  down;"  the  secretary  to  the  Liverpcol  Li- 
cense Victualers'  Association  having,  in  a  letter  to  a  gentleman  at  Ban- 
bury, indignantly  denied  that  there  is  a  particle  of  truth  in  the  story. 
But  having  received  the  hint,  who  can  guarantee  that  the  experiment  will 
not  be  tried. 

The  ' '  Burger  Zeitung,"  of  Berlin,  makes  a  great  to-do  over  a  tele- 
graphic feat  lately  accomplished  in  that  inodorous  capital.  On  the  occa- 
sion of  the  delivery  of  Prince  von  Bismarck's  speech  on  the  Eastern  Ques- 
tion, it  says  w'.th  pride,  38,980  words  were  transmtited  in  one  night  from 
the  bureiu  in  the  Franzosische  Strasse.  This,  no  doubt,  was  a  great 
achievement ;  but  British  telegraphists  exceed  it  in  the  ordinary  routine 
of  business,  and  leave  it  simply  nowhere  sometimes.  One  night  during 
the  last  Session,  when  the  Bravo  case  and  a  great  debate  in  the  House 
happened  together,  half  a  million  of  words  were  sent  ;  and,  over  and 
above  that,  twenty  special  wires  at  work  trilled  onwards  to  the  extremi- 
ties of  the  provinces  an  average  of  20,  IKK)  words  each. 

A  machine  has  been  invented  in  England  for  utihzing  the  rolls  of  a 
Bhip,  caused  by  the  ocean  swell,  as  a  means  of  propelling  the  vessel.  By 
the  rise  and  fall,  air  is  compressed  into  cylinders,  which  can  be  used  as 
reservoirs  of  power.  The  inventor  thinks  that  an  average  Atlantic  wave 
will  give  as  much  impulse  as  a  200-horse  power  engine. 

It  appears  that  some  inventor  has  found  out  the  means  of  sending 
portraits  by  telegraph.  The  modus  operandi  has  not  yet  been  disclosed, 
but  experiments  have  been  made,  and — if  we  are  to  believe  the  papers — 
with  complete  success.  The  trial  was  made  by  the  police  authorities  of 
Paris  and  Lyons. 

A  French  chemist  makes  the  remarkable  announcement  that  the 
mere  presence  of  an  iron  bar  in  a  box  of  grain,  biscuit  and  the  like,  will 
prevent  both  decay  and  attacks  of  insects.  It's  not  an  expensive  experi- 
ment. Any  farmer  can  find  a  broken  plow-share  or  log-chain  to  put  in 
the  grain-bin. 

A  notice  in  the  Ostsee  Zeitung  accounts  for  the  frequent  deficiencies  in 
the  aroma  of  foreign  cigars  by  announcing  that  from  Guben  whole  wagon- 
loads  of  dried  cherry  leaves  are  weekly  exported  for  the  manufacture  of 
"tobacco," 

Dr.  Zeller,  of  Germany,  finds  caustic  ammonia,  internally  applied,  a 
pure  cure  fur  rheumatism. 


INSURANCE. 


INSURANCE    AGENCY    OF 
HUTCHINSON,  MANN  &  SMITH. 

NO    314    CALIFORNIA    STREET,    SAN     FRANCISCO. 

AGENTS  FOR  THE 

Franklin  Ins.  Co Indianapolis,  Ind  New  Orleans  Ins.  Ass'n New  Orleans. 

Union  Ins.  Co Galveston,  Texas  St.  Paul  F.  &  M.  Ins.  Co... St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Home  Ins.  Co Columbus,  Ohio  Atlas  Ins.  Co Hartford   Conn. 

People's  Infl.  Co Newark,  N.  J.  Revere  Fire  Ins.  Co Boston. 

National  L.  I.  Co.,  U.  S.  A..Wash"n,  D.  C.  JGirard  Ins.  Co- Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  Iff  ilions. 
POLICIES    ISSUED    ON    DESIRABLE   PROPERTY  aT   FAIR  RATES.     LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  PAID. 

HUTCHINSON,  MANN  A  SttlTIF.  General  Agents, 
Dec.  5.  314  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

HOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CAIIFORNIA. 
~VTo.  406  Calilornia  street,  next  door  to  Bank  of  California. 

Xl  Fire  Insurance  Company.  Capital,  §300,000.  Officers  : — J.  F.  Houghton, 
President ;  Geo.  H.  Howard,  Vice-President ;  Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary.  H.  H. 
BIGELOW,  General   Manager. 

D l recto aa.— San  Francisco— Geo.  H.  Howard,  F.  D.  Atherton,  H.  F.  Teschemacher, 
A.  B.  Grogan,  John  H.  Reilington,  A.  W.  Bowman,  C.  S.  Hobbs,  B.  M.  Hart.shorne, 
D.  Conrad,  Wm.  H.  Moor,  George  S.  Johnson,  H.  N.  Tilden,  W.  M.  Greenwood.  S.  L. 
Jones,  George  S.  Mann,  Cyrus  Wilson,  W.  H.  Foster,  Jr.,  Joseph  Galloway,  W,  T. 
Garratt,  C.  Waterhuuse,  A.  P.  Hotaling.  Oregon  Branch— P.  Wasserman,  B.  Gold- 
smith, L.  F,  Grover,  D.  Macleay,  C.  H.  Lewis,  Lloyd  Brooke,  J.  A.  Crawford,  D.  M* 
French,  J.  Lowenberg.  Hamilton  Boyd,  Manager,  W.  L.  Ladd,  Treasurer.  Marys- 
ville  —  D.  E.  Knight.  San  Diego  —  A.  H.  Wilcox.  Sacramento  Branch — Charles 
Crocker,  A.  Redington,  Mark  Hopkins,  James  Carolan,  J.  F.  Houghton,  D.  W.  Earl, 
Isaac  Lohman,  Julius  Wetzlar ;  Julius  Wetzlar,  Manager ;  I.  Lohman,  Secretarv. 
Stockton  Branch— H.  H.  Hewlett,  George  S.  Evans,  J.  D.  Peters,  N.  M.  Orr,  W.  F. 
MeKee,  A.  W.  Simpson,  A.  T.  Hudson,  H.  M.  Fanning  ;  H.  H.  Hewlett,  Manager ;  N. 
M.  Orr,  Secretary.  San  Jose  Branch— T.  Ellard  Beans,  Josiah  Belden,  A.  Pfister,  J. 
S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis,  N.  Hayes,  Noah  Palmer,  B.  D.  Murphy,  J.  J.  Denny,  Man- 
ager ;  A.  E.  Moody,  Secretary.  Grass  Valley — William  Watt,  Robert  Watt.  Ns- 
vada  — T.   W.  Sigourney.  Feb.  17. 

FIRE  AND  MARINE  INSURANCE.— UNION  INS.  CO.  OF  S.  F. 

The  California  Lloyds.— Established  in  1861.— Nos.  416  and 
■118  California  street.  Cash  capital  ¥750,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  $1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  !  !  Solid  Security  !  !  DIRECTORS. 
—San  Francisco— J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  II.  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Borel,  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  Lawrance  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Howes,  Nicholas  Luning,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Bauin,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Brandenstein ,  Gustave  Touchard,  G.  Brignardello,  George  C.  Hiekox,  T.  Lem- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Lindenberger.  Sacramento— Ed w.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Marvsville — L.  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  O. — 
Henry  Failing.     New  York — J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President.  N.  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 

Charles  D.  Haven,  Secretary.        Geo.  T.  Bohen,  Surveyor.  Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
FIKE    AND    MARINE. 

Clash  Assets,  Jan.  1st,  1876,  $478,000.— Principal  Office, 
J  21S  and  220  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  :— Peter  Donahue,  Pres- 
sident;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Cusiung,  Secretary ;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  ok  Directors  : — Peter  Donahue,  Jame's  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Bocqueraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailev,  E.  W.  Corbert, 
George  0.  McMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson,  Dr.  C.  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  Ivers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  Sonoma  Comity.  H.  W.  Scale,  Mayfield.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  business  of  I*ife  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  over  Foi'Rtees  Million  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  complied  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.] 313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

HAMBURG-MAGDEBURG  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  HAMBURG. 

This  Company  is  now  prepared  to  issue  policies  against 
Loss  or  Damage  by  Fire  at  current  rates.  Every  risk  taken  by  this  Company 
is  participated  in  by  three  of  the  largest  German  Fire  Insurance  Companies,  repre- 
senting an  aggregate  capital  and  surplus  of  over  SIXTY-FOUR  MILLION  MARK, 
equal  to  SIXTEEN  MILLION  DOLLARS,  U.  S.  GOLD,  thus  enabling  this  Company 
to  accept  large  Unes.  GUTTE  &  FRANK,  General  Agents, 
Sept.  23.  321  Battery  street. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE     FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN, 
GERMANY. 

Capital,  6,000,000  Reich-Marks,  81,500,000  \  .  S .  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAN,  HIRSCHFELD  &  CO., 
Nov.  4. Office:  No.  302  Sansome  street,  under  W.  F.  &  Co.'s  Bank. 

ESTABLISHED    1821. 

Capital,  Gold $10,000,000. 

GUARDIAN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  OF    LONDON. 

Dec.  16. Agents  :  BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO.,  23Q  California  st. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  915,000,000  ;  Accumulated  Funds,  up- 
wards of  56,750,000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurance,  ^l,8S0,O0O. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN   ASSURANCE   CO.,    OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

(lash  Assets,  81, 207, 483.™ London  Assurance  Corporation, 
J    of  London,   England.    Cash  Assets,  $14,993,466. — Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.  CROSS  &  CO.,  General  Agents, 

Jan.  20.  316  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 


C 


apital  85,000,000.— Agents:    Balfour,  Gutbrie  A  Co.,  No. 

230  California  street,  San  Francisco.  No.  18. 


E.  L.  Craig.  J.  Craig. 

CRAIG,    EDWARDS    &    CRAIG, 

Attorneys  and   Counselors  at  Law.     Land  Suits  and  Patent  Right 
Cases  a  Specialty.     No.  240  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco    California. 
[July  29.] 


E.  D.  Edwards. 


.Ian.   87,  1877.1 


CALIFORNIA    ADVEUTISEH. 


BLACK     MAIL       A      MEDLEY. 
Ami  tiiiwn  Uaraobeiai  Obobds. 

"  In  a  rtonit  tbofttrioal  action  th«  manager*  of  the  prinoipal  Loudon 
theateri  iwore   positively  that  they   Dover  dealt  throagfa  agents.    The 
wonder  must  be  now  bow  these  gentry  live  and  thrive.     They  also  swore 
that  they  know  ""thing  whatever  <-i  the  blaekmailui 
Of  theaters  m  an  the  heads,  Oommission  we've  heard  of,  and  then 

i  benignant,  ndol  hi  r  thing 

ch  manaanr  enede,  Likewise  ot  douceurs  to 

Juij  now  be*!  ->■  j'llv  indignant.        Fori  well  interceded. 

13ut  on  our  unitedest  word 

By  :ili  we  regard  as  unfailing 
Our  hearts  are  lull  bom  to  have  heard 


It  makt  i  as  feel  awfully  staid, 

Our  fine  sense  of  honor  prevailing, 
To  think  the  i  rufesaion*a  betrayed 


By  wretch 


tne  i  rutei 
eswno  re> 


reek  of  blackmailing.   <  (i  such  ;i  diagraoe  as  blackmailing. 


Tol  Lol 
Blaokrnailing^  a  terrible  w.n-.l. 

It  causes  .1  singular  Feeling, 
And  cannol  hai  mrred 

In  propel  theatrica]  dealing. 
To  think  -i  stage-manager^a  Bin 

Should  lead  to  professional  wailing! 
We'd  rather  pay  treble  the  tin  ing, 

Than  hear  nucha  word  aa  black-  Deductions  to  make  up  the  rent.— 
mailing.  Tun  honor,  but  never  blackmailing 

Tol  lol!  Tol  lol! 


Tbl  toll 

1  use  agents  at  all 
N'i  men  of  position  would  do  BO  : 

nnot  touch  what  IS  small. 
Anil    that's  lui\v  the  a-riK'ics  ^rtw  sk. 

We've  all  hear*!  of  Bixty  per  cent., 
And  extras  scarce  worth  the  retail- 


NOTICE    TO    MARINERS. 


United  States  of  America.  Pacific  Coast. — Change  in  Position   of 

Light  at  Point  Bonita  Ligrht  Station,  Entrance  to  San 

Francisco  Bay,  California. 

Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  on  and  after  the  1st  day  of  February, 
1877,  a  light  will  be  shown  from  the  light-house  recently  erected  at  the  ex- 
tremity <>f  Point  Bonita,  California,  in  place  of  the  one  which,  for  many 
years,  had  been  exhibited  abouf  j  ot  a  mile  inland. 

The  fight  will  be  fixed,  white.  The  illuminating'  apparatus  is  dioptric, 
of  the  second  order,  lighting  5-6th  degrees  of  the  horizon. 

The  focal  plane  is  21  feet  above  the  ground,  and  140  feet  above  mean 
low  water. 

The  light  should  be  seen  in  clear  weather  from  the  deck  of  a  vessel  15 
feet  above  the  sea,  1^  nautical  miles. 

The  structure  is  a  tower  with  two  wings,  and  painted  white.  It  is  363 
feet  in  a  southwesterly  direction  from  the  steam  fog-syren,  is  built  of 
brick,  the  low  tower  rising  through  the  center,  and  having  an  oil-room  on 
one  side  and  a  sleeping  room  on  the  other  side.  The  old  tower  is  painted 
white,  and  will  be  preserved  as  a  day-beacon.  The  dwelling  and  out- 
buildings are  near  the  old  tower,  and  are  painted  white. 

The  approximate  position  of  the  light-house,  as  furnished  by  the  Coast 
Survey.  ifi  as  follows  :  Latitude— 37  dee.,  48  min.,  48.1  seconds  north  ; 
Longitude— 122  deg.,  31  min.,  47.3  seconds  west.  Magnetic  variation  in 
February,  1877,  10  deg.  35  min.  east. 

Magnetic  bearings  and  distances  of  prominent  lights  and  objects  are  as 
follows  :  Point  Reyes  Lighthouse,  W.  £  N.,  25 J  nautical  miles  ;  South 
Farallones  Lighthouse,  S.W.  by  \V\,  23J  nautical  miles;  Fort  Point 
Lighthouse,  E.  &  N.,  24  nautical  miles  ;  Alcatraz  Lighthouse,  N.E.  by  E. 
I  }■].,  5j  nautical  miles  ;  Seal  Rock,  off  Point  Lobos,  S.E.  by  S.  A  S.,  21-5 
nautical  miles  ;  Point  San  Pedro,  S.  by  E.  §  E.,  13£  nautical  miles. 

By  order  of  the  Lighthouse  Board. 

(Signed)  Joseph  Henry,  Chairman. 

A  Discovered  Naturalist.— Mr.  Thomas  Edward,  of  Banff,  an  ob- 
scure, hard-working  naturalist,  has  been  selected  for  the  honor  of  a  pen- 
sion of  S50  per  annum  by  the  C^ueen,  and  has  received  the  intimation  of 
the  royal  intention  by  a  letter,  of  which  the  following  is  a  copy:  "2 
Whitehall  Gardens,  Christmas  Day,  1870 — Sir:  The  Queen  has  been  much 
interested  in  reading  your  biography  by  Mr.  Smiles,  and  is  touched  by 
your  successful  pursuit  of  natural  science  under  all  the  cares  and  troubles 
of  daily  toil.  Her  Majesty  has  been  graciously  pleased  to  confer  on  you 
a  pension  of  S50  a  year. — I  am,  etc.,  yours  faithfully,  Beaconstield. — Mr. 
Thomas  Edward,  Banff." 


The  grasshopper  States,  Missouri,  Illinois,  Kansas,  Nebraska,  Min- 
nesota, and  Dakota  Territory,  through  their  governors  appeal  to  Congress 
to  attach  an  entomological  commission  to  the  territorial  survey,  to  investi- 
gate the  locusts,  and  devise  a  means  of  preventing  their  ravages  ;  also  to 
authorize  the  signal  service  to  observe  and  announce  the  movements  of 
these  insects.  The  grasshopper  rises  nearly  to  the  dignity  of  a  national 
issue,  but  where  shall  we  stop  if  we  are  going  into  bug  politics  ?  The  de- 
partment of  agriculture  seems  to  be  the  proper  bureau  to  put  work  on  it. 

More  Propositions  for  the  Conference.— The  great  success  of  the 
highly  original  proposition  that  the  Belgians  should  occupy  Bulgaria  lias 
elicited  the  following  whimsicalities  from  certain  of  the  plenipotentiaries. 
That  the  Germans  shall  occupy  Leicester-square  under  Manteuffel.  That 
India  shall  be  occupied  by  the  Fenians.  That  Alsace  and  Loraine  shall 
be  occupied  by  the  Danes.  That  Gibralter  shall  be  occupied  by  Mr. 
John  Bright.  That  the  new  and  palatial  building  erected  at  153  Fleet- 
street,  after  designs  by  the  most  eminent  architects,  shall  be  occupied  by 
Mr.  Fun,  during  the  redecoration  of  Buckingham  Palace. — Fun. 

A  'cute  young  wife  says:  "When  I  want  a  nice  snug  day  all  to  my- 
self I  tell  George  dear  mother  is  coming,  and  then  I  see  nothing  of  him 
until  one  in  the  morning." 


An  Elgin  (I1L ),  newspaper  has  this  advertisement:  "Found— A 
buckskin  mitten.  If  the  owner  will  leave  the  other  at  this  office  he  will 
greatly  oblige  the  finder." 

In  view  of  the  fall  races  ladies  should  remember  that  Miss  Patter- 
son first  met  Jerome  Bonaparte  at  a  horse  race. 

With  a  nose 


The  Servian  army  has  a  Noseveloff  as  commander, 
well  off  there  is  no  need  of  blowing. 


DIVIDEND    NOTICES. 


DIVIDEND    NOTICE 

Odd  Follows'  Saving*  Bank.— The  Board  of  DJreeton  or 

wj)  per  un  on   Ponnan  oi    1 1  | 

(7  3*10)  par  oent,  per  annum  on  Short  Dei  innua]  terra  end 

cetnbersist,  1876,  payable  on  Mid  after  the  S2d  Instant. 

3m  i ■■■  [Jui   i.i  |  .i  UtfEfi  I 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Savings  and  Loan  society.  «i»  Clay  street.— A*  a  meetlngof 
1  i  Idend  wu  doctored  tor  the  term  ending  December 
■        'i    per  annum  on  Ordinary  Deposits,  free  ol 
Fed  i   i  rax,  and  payable  on  ana  after  January  I  ■ 
■'•'"   16.  CYRUS  W.  CARM  vnv,  Cashier. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICF. 

The  German  Havlngro  and  Loan  Society*-- For  the  half  year 
ending  December  SI,  187fl,  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  German  J 
Loan  Society  has  declared  the  Dividend  on  Terra  Deposits  at  the  ratool  uine  (Jb)  per 
cent  per  annum,  mid  Ordinary  Deposits  at  the  rate  of  Beven  and  oni  hall 
0  (per  cent,  per  annum,  tree  from  Federal  Taxes,  ami  payable  <>ii  and  after  the 
15th  «l;u  ><f  January,  1*77.    By  order,         [Dec.  :so.i         GEO.  LETTE,  Secretary. 


D 


DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

French  Mutual   Provident  Savings  and  Loan   Society..— A 
Dividend  of  nine  (9)  per  eont.  per  annum,  tree  of  Federal  Taxes,  tor  the  six 
months  ending  Decembor  81,  1876,  was  declared  at  the  Annual  Bleating  held  un  Jan- 
uary i:.,  US77,  payable  on  and  after  January  17,  1877.     Bv  order. 
Jan.  -li). GUSTAVE  MAIIE.  Director. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

San  Francisco  Savings  I'ulon.  532  California  street,  corner 
Webb,  —For  the  half  year  ending  with  December  81,  1876,  a  Dividend  lias  been 
declared,  at  the  rate  of  nine  (!i)  per  cent,  per  annum  on  Term  Deposits,  and  seven  and 
one-half  (7.J)  per  cent,  on  Ordinary  Deposits,  free  of  Federal  Tax,  payable  on  and  af- 
ter January  L5,  1877.  [Jan.  0.]  LOVELL  WHITE,  Cashier. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

The  Farmers*  mid  Mechanics'  Bank  of  Savings  have  de- 
clared a  dividend  for  the  half  year  ending  December  31st,  1870,  at  the  rate  of 
nine  percent,  per  annum  on  term,  seven  per  cent,  perannum  on  class  one  (1)  ordinary, 
and  five  per  cent,  per  annum  on  class  two  (2)  ordinary  deposit,  payable  on  and  after 
January  16th,  L877.     By  order.  (Jan.  6. J  G.  M.  (JONDEE,  Cashier. 

DIVIDEND     NOTICE. 

Dividend  \i».  5.— Collateral  Loan  and  Savings  Bank,  cor- 
ner Post  and  Kearny  streets. — An  extra  dividend  of  5  per  cent.,  for  the  six 
months  ending  December  31st,  has  been  declared  payable  January  5th,  to  stock- 
holders of  record  December  27th.  [Jan.  0.J  "  F.  S.  CARTER,  Secretary. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 
ivldend  No.  4. ---Collateral  Loau  and  Savings  Bank,  cor* 

,    r      ner  Post  and  Kearny  streets.— The  Regular  Monthly  Dividend  of  2  per  cent., 

for  December,  is  declared,  payable  January  5th,  to  stockholders  of  record  Dec.  27th. 

Jan.  0. F.  S.  CARTER,  Secretary. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Dime  Bank.— For  the  half  year  ending-  December  31st,  a 
dividend  as  follows  has  been  declared,  viz. :  on  Term  Deposits,  12  per  cent.  ; 
on  Ordinary  Deposits,  6'  per  cent.— payable  immediately. 

Jan.  0.     '  W.  McMAHON  O'BRIEN,  Secretary  and  Cashier. 

8.   F.   &    N.   P.    B.    B. 

(Change  of  Time.  —  On  and  after  Monday.  January  1st, 
J  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE,  Captain  W.  Warner,  will  leave  Green- 
street  wharf,  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  3  p.m.,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  cars 
for  Cloverdale  and  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Guernville  Branch  to  Korbel's  Mills  and  the  Great  Redwood  Forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cloverdale  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  G  a.m.,  connecting  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Close  connections  made  with  stages  for  So- 
noma, the  Geysers,  Ukiah,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  Mark  West,  Skaggs'  and  Littons* 
Springs.  Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  a.m.  to  2:30  p.m.  SUNDAY  Trips  —  L'ntil 
further  notice,  the  steamer  will  leave  Green-street  Wharf  every  Sunday  at  3  p.m.  for 
Cloverdale  and  way  stations.     General  Office,  420  Montgomery  street. 

A.  A.  BEAN,  Superintendent.  P.  DONAHUE,  President. 

Jan.  13.  P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Gen'l  Pas.  &  Ticket  Agent 

FOE  SALE. 
£N  p*A\  6\i\A\  First  Mortgage  Bonds  of  the  Nevada  County 
wOx '•'  "vr"  "  Narrow  Gauge  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1670,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  a  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  in  this  city.  No  more  desirable  investment  can  be  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit.        [Sept.  9.]        ANDREW  BAIRD,  No.  301  California  street. 

c.  main.]  MAIN    &    WINCHESTER,  [b.  ij.  wincuesteb. 

Manufacturers  and  Importers  of  Harness,   Saddles,   Bri- 
dles, Whips,  Collars,  Saddlery  Ware,  etc.,  Nos.  214  and  216  Battery  street,  San 
Fnincisco.    N.  B. — A  good  assortment  of  Concord  Stage  Harness  constantly  on  hand. 
[September  12.] 

EPPINGEB'S    SALOON. 

Louis  Epplnger,  formerly  of  Ualleck  street,  has  removed 
to  Nevada  Block  (entrance  on  Summer  street).     Will  be  happy  to  see  all  hie 
riends.     MILWAUKEE  BEER  a  Specialty.  Sept  30. 


[  J.  Lee.    D.  W.  Folqer 


B.  F.  Flint.    Flint,  Bixbt  &  Co.] 

A.   P.  FLINT    &    CO., 

Graders,  Packers  and  Dealers  in  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  29. 

CAREW    LEDGER    PAPERS 

Have  uo  equal  for  making  Blank  Books.    John  G.  Hodge 
&  Co.,  Importers  and  Manufacturing  Stationers,  327,  329,  331  Sansomestreet 
Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast.  Nov.  4. 

HIGHEST    AWARD    AND    MEDAL 
eceived  by  B-uryeas'  Celebrated  Starch.  Henry  C.  Egerton, 

Agent,  No.  109  California  street.  Nov.  18. 

P.    H.    CANAVAN, 
Real  Estate,   521  Montgomery  Street.   S.   F- 


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OFFICES  OF  THE  AEROPLANE  NAVIGATION  CO., 

No.  607  to  615  Merchant  street.  San  Francisco" 


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SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS 


LETTER 


AND 


Jan.   27,  1877. 


A  HIGH  COURT  OF  APPEALS  ON  WHEELER'S  IN- 
JUNCTION 
We  were  lawyers  enough  to  declare  from  the  word  go,  that  a 
Wheeler  injunction  was  as  destitute  of  legality  as  of  common  sense.  It 
turns  out  to  be  so.  We  call  special  attention  to  that  decision  in  another 
column.  An  injunction  to  restrain  the  publication  of  a  future  libel  is  torn 
into  legal  tatters,  then  laughed  at,  and  finally  scorned  by  one  of  the 
highest  courts  of  appeal  in  the  United  States.  It  will  surely  make  horri- 
bly suggestive  reading  to  the  author  of  that  illegal  monstrosity  now 
known  as  "A  Wh*  e'er  Injun  ct  on,"  the  fatal  lack  of  common  sense  of 
which  we  have  shown  with  a  force  and  pungency  that  have  made  our 
illustrations  stick  fast  in  every  reader's  memory.  The  redurtfa  ad  ab- 
surdum  we  have  ere  now  made  so  complete  that  there  is  no  getting  rid  of 
it.  Every  person  who  now  thinks  of  Judge  Wheeler,  inevitably  connects 
him  with  the  absurdity  that  if  he  and  his  injunction  had  been  in  existence 
at  the  time,  the  little  story  of  Judas  Iscariot  had  possibly  not  found  its 
w».'  in  o  the  gospels.  That  illustration  \\*i  so  apt,  so  appropos,  and  it  so 
amusingly  illumined  the  exact  point  involved,  that  it  at  once  took  hold  of 
the  public  fancy  and  passed  from  mouth  to  mouth  as  one  of  the  hits  of  the 
day.  It  was  seen  that,  though  a  man  might  be  a  saint  to-day,  it  was 
clearly  possible  for  him  to  become  a  sinner  to-morrow,  and  hence  the  in- 
conceivable mistake  of  shielding  him  from  censure  for  all  time  to  come. 
Fancy  the  infallibility  of  a  man  being  guaranteed  during  his  whole  future 
life  !  With  a  Wheeler  injunction  in  his  hand,  even  if  he  is  altogether 
lovely  to-day,  yet  to-morrow  he  may  be  hatching  treason,  contriving  the 
assassination  of  the  President,  and  the  overthrow  of  the  Republic,  but  we 
dare  not  so  much  as  hint  at  the  truth.  A  Wheeler  injunction  is  equal  to 
that  divine  right  of  kings  which  entitles  them  to  be  considered  in- 
capable of  wrong.  It  does  for  the  fellow  what  the  decree  of  the  Ecumeni- 
cal Council  does  for  Pio  Nono — it  declares  him  infallible.  It,  in  fact, 
tends  to  uphold  the  base  thought  that  the  poet  meant  to  render  obnoxious 
when  he  said,  "Whatever  is,  is  right."  Certainly  no  writer  dare  set  it 
down  as  wrong  if  a  Wheeler  injunction  stared  him  in  the  face.  Thus,  in 
considering  Judge  Wheeler's  decision,  we  reach  the  very  ultima  thithe  of 
absurdity.  Its  illegality  is  conclusively  shown  by  that  judgment  in 
another  column.  The  case  appealed  is  not  our  own,  but  it  is  identical 
with  ours,  only  that  the  court  below  refused  the  injunction,  and  it  was 
the  plaintiff  who  had  to  appeal.  It  would  almost  seem  as  if  that  court  of 
final  jurisdiction  had  had  Wheeler's  decision  before  it,  for  it  takes  hold  of 
his  argument,  cuts  it  to  pieces,  and  makes  mincemeat  of  it.  A  sensitive 
Judge,  affected  by  it,  would  begin  to  doubt  his  fitness  for  his  office,  and 
would  give  the  doubt  the  benefit  by  resigning.  Last  week  we  showed 
how  our  own  Supreme  Court  instantly,  and  with  an  almost  apparent  con- 
tempt, dealt  with  a  flagrant  error  of  his.  Now  comes  another  unanimous 
and  contemptuous  reversal  of  his  law  by  an  appellate  court.  Surely  when 
he  reads  tbat,  the  doubt  will  grow  into  certainty,  and  receive  the  benefit 
accordingly,  by  his  stepping  down  and  out.  whence  he  came,  thither 
may  he  return.  His  almost  clientless  chambers  of  two  or  three  years  ago 
await  his  return,  ready  to  remain  almost  clientless  stilL 


SHUFFLTNG    THE    POLITICAL    CARDS    AGAIN. 

It  is  an  old  trick  with  the  gambler,  when  he  sees  that  his  hand  is 
weak,  to  complain  of  some  irregularity,  with  a  view  to  a  new  deal,  and  in 
hope  that,  as  he  cannot  do  worse,  he  may  do  better  next  time.  This  is 
just  about  what  is  taking  place  in  regard  to  the  great  political  game  that 
is  now  being  played  at  Washington.  That  Tilden  carried  Louisiana  and 
Florida  there  is  no  manner  of  doubt.  That  the  House,  if  wisely  led, 
would  be  master  of  the  situation,  is  equally  clear.  Matt  Carpenter,  the 
ex-Republican  Senator,  is,  as  everybody  knows,  man  possessed  of  con- 
siderably more  than  average  ability.  The  other  day  a  friend  asked  him 
what  he  thought  of  the  political  outlook.  "If  I  was  a  Democratic  mem- 
ber of  Congress,"  said  he,  "I  could  answer  far  more  satisfactorily." 
"Why  so?"  replied  his  interlocutor.  "Because,"  rejoined  Carpenter, 
"  the  House  of  Representatives  has  the  whole  thing  in  its  own  hands.  If 
the  Democrats  have  the  brains  and  the  backbone  to  manage  their  case  as  it 
ought  to  be  managed,  they  must  win.  If  not,  they  will  lose."  That  was 
without  doubt  a  pretty  exact  summing  up  of  the  situation.  The  Repub- 
licans in  Congress  felt  just  about  like  that.  Their  game  was  up  unless 
they  got  a  new  deal,  and  they  have  got  it.  A  commission  is  now  to  deter- 
mine a  matter  about  which  there  ought  not  to  have  been  any  honest 
doubt.  Five  Republican  and  five  Democratic  members  are  to  form  part 
of  the  commission,  which  is  to  be  completed  by  the  addition  of  five 
Judges.  Four  of  these  are  to  be  the  senior  Judges,  who  are  equally 
divided  in  politics,  and  they  are  to  choose  the  fifth,  so  that  in  all  human 
probability  the  fifth  wheel  to  the  coach  will  be  its  real  propelling  power, 
and  we  shall  be  presented  with  the  extraordinary  exhibition  of  the  Presi- 
dency of  this  great  nation  being  determined  by  the  chance  involved  in  the 
selection  of  that  fifth  wheel.  This  is  all  bad,  but  bad  as  it  is,  it  is  better 
than  the  threatened  anarchy  with  which  Grant,  Chandler  &  Co.  would 
seek  to  inaugurate  Hayes,  and  even  better  than  the  House,  with  right  but 
not  might,  standing  by  Tilden.  The  nation  will  survive  whoever  is  Presi- 
dent this  time.  But  it  will  not  always  survive  if  subsequent  elections  are 
to  be  determined  in  this  way.  The  politicians  will  get  more  intemperate 
every  time,  and  resort  to  worse  and  worse  means.  The  evil  is  now  known. 
Some  fundamental  constitutional  amendment  should  be  passed  to  guard 
against  it  in  the  future. 

THE    FUGITIVE    PRESIDENT. 

Mexican  affairs  present  a  curious  phase  at  this  moment.  Lerdo,  the 
President  de  facto,  has  fled  the  country  on  a  merchant  vessel  for  Panama 
from  a  little  harbor  in  the  State  of  Guerero,  and  the  gentleman  who  as- 
sumed the  Presidency,  Senor  Don  Jose  Maria  Yglesias,  the  ex-Chief 
Justice  and  Vice-President  of  the  country,  has  had  also  to  flee  before  the 
conquering  hordes  of  the  revolutionary  General,  Porfirio  Dias.  Yglesias, 
with  his  entire  cabinet  and  some  retainers,  embarked  at  Manzunillo  on 
the  P.  M.  steamer  Granada  for  Mazaltan  on  the  17th  instant.  On  reach- 
ing that  port  it  was  apparent  to  all  of  the  officials  on  board  that  it  was 
unsafe  to  land,  as  a  battle  had  been  fought  the  previous  day  outside  the 
town,  and  the  revolutionary  General's  troops  were  victorious.  The  re- 
tainers on  board  were  paid  off  and  disembarked.  Don  Yglesias,  with  the 
whole  of  his  cabinet,  reached  this  city  on  the  25th  instant,  all  in  good 
health.  Should  the  tidings  from  the  State  of  Guerero  prove  favorable 
they  will  embark  for  Acapulco,  its  seaport,  and  there  form  the  seat  of 
government;  otherwise  they  proceed  East,  as  two  of  the  States  on  the 
Atlantic  seaboard,  Tampico  and  Vera  Cruz,  still  favor  their  cause. 


ARMED    PEACE. 

Peace,  typical  and  orthodox,  Through     Europe    fearful    warlike 

Has  changed  her  form,  and  seems       In  every  council  lurk;  [shades 

In  mien  and  garb  and  countenance  A  shot,  a  word,  and  Death  mows 

To  mock  the  poet's  dreams;  The  Muscovite  and  Turk;      [down 

Her  dove  has  fled,  and  o'er  her  head  Yet  still,  armed  to  the  teeth,  she 

A  carrion  vulture  screams;  To  watch  the  bloody  work,    [waits 

The  olive  drops,  and  in  her  hand       And  still  the  God  of  Battles  seems 

A  naked  saber  gleams.  His  fitting  place  to  shirk. 

Stripped  of  her  spotless  robes,  she  And  here  in  the   New  World  the 
Encased  in  glittering  mail ;  [standB      Is  held  against  the  stone,     [sword 
Before  the  flashing  of  her  eyes  And  brother  curses  brother  as 

Nations  and  kings  turn  pale:  He  hurls  the  gauntlet  down; 

The  lips  that  murmured  gentleness    The  harvest  ripens  slowly, 

In  hoarse  defiance  rail;  But  the  seed  of  Death  is  sown, 

The  presence  that  brought  holycalm  Yet  coward  War  shrinks  back  the 
Leaves  anguish  in  its  trail.  Unnatural  Peace  looks  on.     [while 

Better  the  stirring  battle-cry 

Than  covert  taunts  and  sneers; 
Better  than  wordy  buffeting 

The  clash  of  shields  and  spears; 
Better  than  stifled,  cankering  hate 

Widows'  and  orphans'  tears; 
Better  than  Peace  with  lifted  sword 
Grim  Mars  himself  appears. 


EUROPEAN    AFFAIRS. 

The  situation  is  virtually  the  same  as  before  the  conference,  with  the 
exception  that,  whereas,  prior  to  the  assemblage  of  the  Great  Powers, 
Turkey  was  absolute  for  good  or  for  evil;  she  is  now  powerful  only  for 
good,  and  utterly  incapacitated  for  evil.  For,  notwithstanding  the  check 
that  Russia  has  received,  and  spite  of  the  withdrawal  of  the  other  Pleni- 
potentiaries, the  Porte  is  warned  that  he  is  watched,  and  that  he  must 
carry  out  the  principles  of  reform  it  has  promised  to  effect,  but  not  under 
compulsion.  Everything,  bo  far,  appears  to  be  friendly  and  serene.  The 
Continent  ought  to  rejoice  that  war  is  averted.  Russia  particularly  should 
inwardly  be  glad  that  no  drain  upon,  nor  exposure  of  the  weakness  of, 
her  resources  takes  place;  England  complacently  accepts  the  solution  of 
her  problem;  Austria  and  Germany  are  satisfied  that  the  Colossus  of  the 
West  has  gained  no  footing  on  their  frontiers;  France  is  delighted  at  es- 
caping from  a  position  where  she  was  only  playing  second  fiddle  under 
pretense  of  impartiality,  and  Italy  has  quite  enough  to  occupy  her  at 
home  to  care  for  a  protracted  struggle.  If  the  telegraph  reports  truly, 
the  Ottoman  Government,  having  gained  the  day,  is  actually  patronizing 
the  various  Governments  that  presumed  to  dictate  to  it.  From  England 
it  demands  a  financial  adviser,  from  France  a  military  instructor  for  the 
new  gendarmerie  which  is  to  protect  the  new  Constitution;  the  German 
Emperors  are  entreated  to  advise  upon  the  new  system  of  reform,  and  the 
Czar  is  informed  that  a  special  treaty  will  be  entered  into  with  him. 
After  all,  the  Conference  did  not  come  into  Court  with  clean  hands — there 
was  no  one  without  sin  that  could  cast  the  stone.  Look  at  the  sects  that 
divide  the  kingdoms  of  the  Old  World — Catholic  and  Freethinker  in 
Spain,  the  men  of  the  White  Flag  and  the  men  of  the  Red  Flag  in 
France,  the  bitter  feuds  between  Dissenters  and  the  Established  Church 
in  England,  especially  on  the  question  of  Church  rates  and  interments; 
regard  the  jealous  animosity  between  the  German,  the  Magyar  and  the 
Slav  in  Austria,  and  the  intense  hatred  of  the  Roman  Catholic  to  the 
German  Lutheran,  headed  by  Bismarck,  and  the  decrees  from  the  Ger- 
man Emperor  limiting  the  papal  powers,  and  the  cry  of  the  Ultramon- 
taines,  and  then  see  whether  Midhat  Pasha  had  not  reason  to  say,  "  Re- 
form yourselves  and  then  preach  reform  at  Constantinople.  In  the  mean- 
time we  accept  your  advice,  and  intend  to  profit  by  your  suggestions." 


BAD   HEALTH  ARISING    FROM  CHOKED  SEWERS  AND 
IMPURE    WATER. 

The  city's  bill  of  health  continues  to  grow  from  bad  to  worse.  Fever, 
in  all  its  varied  forms,  is  rife  in  our  midst.  Nearly  all  of  us  have  |a 
relative,  friend,  or  acquaintance  down  with  disease,  the  result  of  the 
malaria  that  hangs  like  a  death-pall  over  San  Francisco.  Never  in  our 
city's  history  has  there  been  so  much  preventable  disease  stalking  abroad. 
When  we  think  of  the  well-known  causes,  we  only  wonder  that  things 
are  not  worse.  Our  word  for  it,  if  we  do  not  make  haste  to  remove  the 
evils  we  shall,  as  surely  as  effect  follows  cause,  some  day  be  attacked  with 
an  epidemic  like  unto  that  which  decimated  Buenos  Ayres,  a  city  which, 
as  its  name  implies,  was  naturally  noted  for  its  pure  air,  but  which,  be- 
cause of  its  neglect  to  provide  efficient  sewerage,  and  a  pure  and  abundant 
water  supply,  was  overtaken  with  a  scourge  that  in  these  latter  times  has 
hardly  known  a  parallel.  The  exciting  causes  to  which  that  epidemic 
was  clearly  traced  are  present  in  our  city  to  a  most  alarming  degree.  Our 
sewers  are  reeking  with  the  miasmatic  influences  that  they  are  constantly 
giving  forth.  Water  was  not  passed  through  them  in  time  to  prevent 
their  becoming  choked;  and  now,  as  a  consequence,  it  is  impracticable  to 
pass  it  through  it  at  alL  The  man-holes  will  all  have  to  be  opened,  and 
what  the  effect  of  letting  such  effluvia  escape  may  be  God  only  knows. 
Then  our  ordinarily  drinking  water  has  become  dangerous  to  the  last 
degree.  The  long  drought  has  led  to  the  Spring  Valley  Company's  catch- 
ments becoming  terribly  impure.  Bad  water  leads  to  all  sorts  of  disease, 
and  the  city's  water  at  present  is  bad  enough  in  all  conscience.  These 
things  must  be  attended  to,  and  that  right  speedily. 

Judge  Ferral's  court,  on  Montgomery  street,  is  likely  to  be  a  scene  of 
attraction  for  two  or  three  days  on  and  after  Wednesday  next.  Depos- 
itors and  outside  stockholders  in  savings  banks  might  be  worse  engaged 
than  in  listening  to  the  testimony.  Fleeced  depositors  and  wronged 
stockholders  in  the  late  Western  Savings  and  Trust  Company  will  be 
shown  by  the  evidence  how  they  can  make  good  their  losses.  Candi- 
dates for  the  Legislature  may  learn  the  defects  in  the  law  through  which 
the  savings  of  the  poor  are  made  away  with.  Much  more,  which  for 
obvious  reasons  we  do  not  mention,  will  come  out.  Visitors  had  better  be 
early,  as  our  witnesses  will  occupy  pretty  nearly  half  the  courtroom. 

It  is  with  sincere  sorrow  that  we  notice  the  death,  on  January  20th, 
of  Mattie  Palmer,  daughter  of  William  H.  Rulofson  of  this  city.  The 
deceased  was  a  child  of  infinite  promise,  and  died  at  the  early  age  of  12 
years  and  o  months. 


.Ian.   -J7,    1877. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER. 


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THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

"  tl»«*r  th*  trior What  t»»*  it*>il  art  thoa?" 

"On*  that  will  plaj  thi>  dtvU,  «ir.  with  jou." 


The  Black  Hills  bid  ran?  t"  b«  :»  popular  Summer  resort  shortly  and 

to  rival  the  sit  I    distoga  sou 

milliner's 
■tors  in  nil!  operation.     I "\  i  I  over  bj  two  man  mQlinsra,  after 

ihe  fa*lm>n  inaajroratod  in  Paris  bj  the  oalebratad  Worth.    <  Ins  stande  at 

outer  srttfa  a  ooeked  revolver  swarding  the  till,  while  the  other  tries 

.hi  bonnets  with  .i  bowls  knife  between  his  teeth.    There  is  hardly  any 

afternoon,  and  there  is  rarely  any  need  "f  a 

doctor1  Sotal  hops  are  mors  fashionable  than  private  soirees, 

and  mattv  «-f  tlu1  danoers  lay  aside  their  pistols  while  participating  in  the 

snuta  'riii.*  orchestral  night  lw  improved,  as  he  has  ran  out  of 
violua  strings,  end,  like  many  artists*  is  somewhat  addicted  to  drink.  On 
a  fine  afternoon,  when  the  youth  end  beauty  of  Custer  City  and  Dead- 
wood  meet  en  the  beautiful  promenade  lately  formed  by  the  wheels  of 
the  bullock  wagons,  the  most  reeAsrcAe  toilets  may  be  seen,  cardinal  red 
he  favorite  color  of  the  men's  shirts.  French  is  spoken  altogether 
by— those  who  do  not  understand  any  other  language,  and  the  elegance  of 
the  vehicles  as  they  are  whirled  along  by  the  high  mettled  oxen  forms  a 
scene  baffling  description.  Some  excitement  prevailed  during  the  last 
election  for  R&ayor,  owing  to  the  opposition  to  the  installation  of  Black 
Kill  by  the  friends  of  One-eyed  Mike.  The  diplomacy  which  exists  in  all 
fashionable  circles,  however,  avoided  any  pending  trouble,  settled  the 
D  satisfactorily,  and  tin*  former  was  elected  in  due  form.  The  lat- 
ter gentleman  was  interred  very  handsomely,  but,  owing  to  the  amount 
of  lead  in  him,  it  required  eight  men  to  carry  him.  The  fashionable 
season  ojwns  about  May. 

A  Great  deal  of  rubbish  has  been  written  about  Mr.  Cronin's  nose, 
and  the  papers  are,  without  exception,  exaggerating  its  appearance. 
While  in  this  city  Mr.  Cronin  was  interviewed  by  the  T.  C,  and  be  is 
therefore  enabled  to  give  an  exact  description  of  that  organ,  unbiased  by 

al  hate  and  untrammeled  by  the  sordid  gold  of  bribery.  An  ex- 
amination of  Mr.  C.'snose  discovered  the  usual  vertical  septum  dividing 
the  nas.il /'r/.v.*'/ ,  together  with  the  turbinated  bones  which  communicate 
with  Mr.  Cronin's  ethmoid,  sphenoid,  frontal  and  superior  maxillary  bones. 
Mr.  Cronin's  nose  externally  may  be  described  as  a  triangular  pyramid, 
projecting  from  the  center  of  his  face,  immediately  above  his  upper  lip. 
The  ramifications  of  the  olfactory  bulb  are  peculiarly  well  developed,  as 
are  also  the  sebaceous  follicles  and  his  cribriform  foramina.  The  rumor 
that  the  growth  of  Mr.  C.'s  proboscis  was  accelerated  by  the  presence  of 
a  pedunculated  polypus  is  entirely  untrue.  The  facts  of  the  case  are  that 
the  pedagogue  who  kept  school  in  the  village  where  Mr.  Cronin  lived  as  a 
child  used  to  punish  the  children  by  pulling  their  noses.  There  is  hardly 
a  schoolmate  of  Oregon's  last  Elector  who  has  not  an  enormous  nose — 
many  of  them  far  larger  than  the  one  under  discussion.  The  exuberant 
granulations  are  not  the  result  of  chronic  catarrh,  and  the  abuse  heaped 
upon  Mr.  Cronin's  nose  generally  is  entirely  undeserved.  The  develop- 
ment should  be  regarded  as  highly  creditable  to  him,  and  future  genera- 
tions will  look  upon  its  skeleton  with  pride. 

It  is  not  usual  to  put  advertisements  in  this  column,  so  the  follow- 
ing must  be  considered  an  exceptional  case  :  "  Wanted,  by  a  steady  young 
man,  a  situation  to  nurse  a  rich  invalid  lady  afflicted  with  an  incurable 
disease  and  without  relatives.  She  must  have  a  sympathetic  heart  and  at 
least  §150,000.  Address  immediately  Town  Crier,  A'eics  Letter  office." 
The  T.  C.  is  aware  that  his  retirement  from  the  rosy  and  highly  overpaid 
fields  of  journalism  will  be  severely  felt  in  literary  circles,  but  he  has 
come  to  this  determination  after  reading  in  yesterday's  Chronicle  the  af- 
fecting incident  relating  how  Mrs.  Maria  Isabel  Toomes  left  Mrs.  Butler, 
a  printer's  wife,  8141,000  as  a  token  of  her  appreciation  of  Mrs.  B.'s 
neighborly  kindness  during  her  last  illness.  Should  this  meet  the  eye  of 
any  rich,  relationless  and  chddless  male  or  female  invalid  soon  about  to 
expire,  let  him  take  comfort.  For  mixing  a  mustard  plaster,  uncorking  a 
bottle,  smoothing  a  pillow  and  throwing  flat  irons  at  burglars  the  T.  C. 
has  no  equal  on  this  coast.  He  refers  with  pride  to  the  members  of  the 
Bohemian  Club  as  to  his  ability  to  sit  up  at  night,  and  he  is  competent 
to  soothe  the  last  hours  of  any  sufferer  who  may  apply  to  him  with  the 
diverting  and  innocent  recreations  of  euchre,  pedro,  backgammon  or  crib- 
bage.  He  asks  no  reward  in  return  except  a  testamentary  document  be- 
queathing to  him  the  useless  dross  and  the  real  and  personal  property  so 
valueless  to  any  one  about  to  become  an  angel. 

A  correspondent,  who  has  eaten  at  Saulmann's  restaurant  for  several 
years,  writes  to  ask  what  the  proprietor  means  by  putting  up  pictures  of 
hyenas,  kangaroos,  tigers  and  skunks  on  the  face  of  the  building  he  occu- 
pies. The  Nevada  Stock  Exchange,  next  door,  is  similarly  decorated  with 
giraffes,  bears,  bulls  and  other  animals,  but  this  seems  to  our  querist  to  be 
less  inappropriate.  He  adds  that  he  is  afraid  to  go  into  the  restaurant 
since  it  has  been  turned  into  a  wild-beast  show,  and  concludes  his  letter 
by  saying  that  fearful  groans  are  nightly  heard  from  the  upper  stories  of 
the  house,  which  are  causing  all  the  lodgers  in  the  vicinity  to  seek  new 
quarters.  In  reply,  the  T.  C.  begs  to  assure  the  gentleman  that  he  mis- 
understands the  entire  matter.  The  fearful-looking  pictures  merely  refer 
to  the  enticements  of  an  itinerant  museum  temporarily  in  our  midst  and 
located  opposite  the  Alia  office.  The  fearful  groans  alluded  to  are  caused 
by  the  united  efforts  of  a  brass  band  and  a  barrel  organ,  and  are  not 
caused  by  any  of  the  occupants  of  the  menagerie,  which  are  all  dead  and 
stuffed  to  repletion.  These  noises,  however,  account  for  the  confused 
articles  which  have  lately  appeared  in  the  morning  newspaper  on  the  other 
side  of  the  street.     The  music  is  gradually  driving  the  editor  crazy. 

The  Call  and  Bulletin  have  at  length  taken  up  the  challenge  so 
repeatedly  thrown  down  to  them  by  the  Chronicle,  and  commenced  a  libel 
suit.  It  is  only  fair  to  warn  the  last  named  journal  that  Pickering  and 
Fitch  have  a  very  ugly  habit  of  writing  editorials  with  the  presumable 
intent  to  influence  the  Judges  as  far  as  possible  before  cases  come  off, 
though  luckily  for  Mr.  de  Young  he  will  probably  have  no  difficulty  in 
getting  an  injunction.  The  complaint  claims  that  Loring  Pickering's 
character  has  been  damaged  to  the  extent  of  £5,000  by  the  Chronicle, 
which  statement  affords  an  opportunity  for  rising  young  mathematicians 
to  distinguish  themselves.  The  problem  makes  a  very  pretty  equation  as 
follows:  If  P.  minus  character  equals  §5,000  plus  ^10,000,000  which  he 
didn't  get,  find  the  value  of  Fitch  plus  Czapskay  and  the  amount  of  dam- 
ages they  are  likely  to  obtain  from  the  jury. 


The  Gold  Hill  News  draws  a  happy  comparison  between  a  drou 
market  h  Botl 

only  in  the  oaae  of  ;i  drought '  talifurnia  has  the 
ii  the  olergy.  «  ho      13  iini   mil  tin   1 1  for  a  "  Why 

should  not  the  Nevada  clergy,"  pra)    foi  aboi 

1  bedly  they  ought,  to,   and   the  T,  (7.,  who  is  ai 

primate  and  grand  high  prayer  Boss  ol  the  Went  orders  herewith  that 
all  ministers  in  California  and  Nevada  shall  recite  the  following  pro 
matins  until  further  orders:  *'  0  Lord,  look  down  apon  these  diamond' 
drilled  mines  in  pity,  and  open  up  unlimited  v. -ins  of  rich  rock  to  th<  ©on- 
fo  Ion  of  the  ungodly  bears  and  the  relief  of  thy  suffering  children;  open 
Flood  ft  1  n'.rienV  hearts  with  the  safe  key  of  thy  undino.verahle  combina- 
tion of  mercy  and  giant  powder;  shower  upon  us  the  sweet  rain  of  divi- 
dends, and  send  *  Iphir  and  .1  ustice  up  higher  than  Michael,  the  archangel, 

and  we.  thy  chastened  servants,  will  have  more  fun  and  more  whisky  than 
ever  was  seen  in  our  city  since  Con.  Virginia  was  selling  at  §700,  and  we 
strictly  promise  to  repent  and  die  exemplary  Christian  deaths  if  you  will 
only  give  us  this  one  show  to  get  even  with  these  darned  brutes  who  are 
making  their  pile  on  selling  short." 

Frenchmen  are  always  in  difficulty  and  having  little  affairs  of  honor 
which,  on  account  of  the  stringency  of  the  laws,  are  very  difficult  to  settle 
on  French  soil.  The  latest  affair"  of  which  we  have  any  record  is  a 
difficulty  between  Monsieur  Salle-Linge-Bottes-de-Boue  and  the  Vicomte 
Jamaismelaver  Deteste-Savon.  The  principals  chartered  two  balloons 
aud  ascended  to  the  hight  of  1,000  feet  just  outside  Boulogne  harbor. 
Mons.  Bottesde-Boue  had  a  straw  figure  in  his  balloon,  which  he  held  up 
to  his  adversary's  view  as  soon  as  they  had  arrived  at  the  necessary  alti- 
tude. The  Vicomte  immediately  put  six  bullets  in  it,  and  seeing  the 
dummy  drop,  hid  himself  in  the  bottom  of  the  car  and  prepared  to 
descend.  At  this  juncture  his  adversary  opened  a  fusillade  from  a 
seventeen-shooting  rifle  at  the  gas-bag  of  Mons.  Bottes-de  Boue's  balloon, 
which  materially  assisted  and  so  quickened  his  descent  that  he  fell  with 
great  rapidity  into  the  sea.  The  enemy  pelted  him  with  ballast  and  sand- 
bags as  he  swam  ashore,  and  both  parties  landed  safely  shortly  afterwards 
with  their  honor  satisfied  and  avenged. 

The  T.  C.  ia  the  only  member  of  the  press  who  has  as  yet  successfully 
conversed  with  Seilur  Jose  Maria  Yglesias,  Constitutional  President  of 
Mexicc.  Speaking  seventeen  languages  and  frequently  dreaming  in  nine, 
it  was  mere  child's  play  for  him  to  take  down  the  whole  interview  in 
Spanish  short-hand.  This  is  a  system  invented  by  Seiior  Pittmano. 
'*  t^ue  quiere  V  tomar  Seiior  Don  Yglesias?"  we  remarked  (1.  e.  How 
many  troops  had  Diaz  when  you  left)  ?  "  Tomans  un  poco  de  aguadiente 
y  un  tabaco,"  was  the  answer  (about  8,000,  as  near  as  1  can  judge).  "No 
quiere  V  comer  alguna  cosa  ?"  we  asked  (what  are  your  intentions  as  to 
the  future)?  "  Gracias,  Sigfior?  ahorano!  notengo  hamlre  y  soy  lleno  " 
(as  soon  as  possible  we  shall  return  and  shed  every  drop  of  blood  we  can 
hire  in  the  holy  cause  of  Mexico's  salvation).  This  terminated  the  inter- 
view, and  six  of  the  staff  were  immediately  detailed  to  sit  on  the  doormat 
to  exclude  further  interrogators. 

Since  the  little  shooting  episode  in  Oakland  last  week  it  is  almost 
impossible  to  get  the  inhabitants  to  open  their  doors  after  dark.  Two 
gentlemen  called  on  a  prominent  Oaklander  this  week  about  7:30  P.  m., 
and  were  surprised  at  their  host  insisting  on  holding  a  conversation  with 
them  from  the  roof  of  the  house.  He  was  standing  behind  a  large  brick 
chimney  with  a  revolver  in  each  hand  and  a  brass  helmet  on  his  head. 
After  assuring  him  that  they  had  not  come  to  avenge  their  honor,  but 
merely  to  pay  him  a  social  visit  and  sample  his  Bourbon,  he  descended 
through  the  trap  and  finally  opened  the  front  door,  on  the  condition  his 
visitors  threw  up  their  hands  while  he  inspected  them  with  a  bull's-eye 
lantern  and  the  rest  of  his  family  kept  them  steadily  covered  with  Re- 
mington rifles,  so  utterly  has  public  confidence  been  shaken  to  the  roots 
by  the  late  tragic  occurrence. 

The  millennium  shows  rapid  signs  of  being  close  at  hand.  A  Chronicle 
reporter  has  refused  a  bribe  of  §60  and  exposed  the  c<  r  apt  and  venal  con- 
duct of  the  men  who  gave  it  him.  He  did  not  even  change  the  gold  into 
silver  and  make  his  little  commission  on  it  before  handing  the  blood 
money  to  his  chief.  The  story  sounds  incredible,  yet  it  is  true;  and  unless 
it  can  be  proved  that  the  astute  quill  driver  got  another  twenty  from  the 
enemy's  camp  for  exposing  the  matter,  the  world  will  be  obliged  to  re- 
luctantly confess  that  the  Ishmaelites  of  the  press  are  sometimes  honest. 
The  nobility  of  this  particular  reporter  is  further  apparent,  when  it  is 
added  that  he  implicated  a  journalist  on  a  rival  paper  in  the  affair,  got 
him  discharged  and  deprived  a  wife  and  family  temporarily  of  support. 

Cake  and  wine  is  undoubtedly  a  nutritious  diet.  At  least  so  thinks 
Mr.  Tapscott,  a  demented  legal  luminary,  who  abstracted  two  bottles  of 
wine  from  Kohler&  Frohling's  window  on  Thursday  morning  by  adroitly 
breaking  the  window.  An  examination  of  Mr.  T.'s  trunks  revealed  four 
large  fruit  cakes,  each  of  which  had  been  cut.  The  police  at  once  con- 
fiscated the  cakes,  and  at  eight  o'clock  last  evening  there  were  three 
officers  in  the  prison  hospital  suffering  from  the  effects  of  an  overfeed  on 
the  contents  of  Mr.  Tapcott's  larder.  The  Asylum  at  Napa  will  presum- 
ably be  Mr.  T.'s  future  home. 

The  latest  improvement  in  electric  calls  has  just  been  placed  in  the 
new  rooms  of  a  fashionable  club  in  this  city.  By  turning  a  needle  a 
member  can  summon  a  messenger,  a  coupe",  a  hack,  a  doctor,  a  ton  of  coal, 
a  policeman,  telegraph  boys  from  the  Western  Union,  the  Atlantic  and 
Pacific,  one  or  two  policemen  as  desired,  the  Fire  Brigade,  a  nurse,  wet  or 
dry,  an  undertaker,  a  bouquet  vender  or  a  minister  of  the  gospel.  The 
inventor  feels  that  it  is  as  yet  far  from  complete,  and  is  about  to  add  sixty- 
new  combinations  to  his  invaluable  machine. 

Mr.  Bottles  has  been  elected  a  School  Trustee  in  Texas.  He  was  the 
nominee  of  a  joint  cork-us. — (Alta).  Mr.  Bottles  is  a  most  useful  man 
when  he  is  full,  but  being  short-sighted  is  of  little  use  without  glasses. 
Last  Christmas  he  gave  every  child  a  hat,  remarking,  "  These  are  the 
capsule  wear."  Bottles  nearly  died  once,  and  the  doctors  came  to  open 
him,  he  lay  so  flat,  but  he  was  well  up  the  next  day,  and  gave  no  signs  of 
sickness  except  frothing  at  the  mouth.     Pass  it  along. 

The  ' '  Call  "  of  yesterday  gives  a  description  of  an  invention  called  a 
"  washing  list."  It  is  supposed  to  be  a  check  on  dishonest  laundrymen, 
but  it  is  difficult  to  see  how  the  subject  could  be  of  interest  to  Mr.  Pick- 
ering. Clean  linen  is  scarcely  his  forte,  A  new  hair  dye  is  far  more  in 
his  line. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND 


Jan.  27,  1877. 


BLARNEY. 

A  lake-side  dweller,  young  and  fair, 

The  dearest  little  maid  in  Kerry, 
With  blue-gray  eyes  and  blue-black  hair, 

And  Lips  as  red  as  any  cherry. 
No  shoe  or  stocking  to  her  mime, 

"Which  was  but  simple  Kitty  Brady — 
And  yet  a  lord  from  England  came 

Imploring  her  to  be  his  lady. 
She  had  another  worshipper — 

The  boldest  boy  about  Killarney, 
With  only  love  to  offer  her, 

A  little  cabin,  and — the  blarney. 
She  favored  him  with  many  a  glance, 

Until  the  lord  came  on  the  tapis  ; 
She  smiled  on  him  at  wake  and  dance, 

And  Paddy  as  a  king  was  happy. 
The  lord  was  just  a  trifle  glum — 

The  moral  of  an  English  lover! 
But  sure,  if  he,d  been  deaf  and  dumb, 

His  jingling  gold  could  talk  one  over. 
"  In  silk  and  satin  you  shall  dress, 

And  I  will  give  you  jewels,"  said  he, 
"  To  twine  in  every  glossy  tress, 

Sweet  Kate,  if  you  will  be  my  lady." 

Och,  but  them  words  were  eloquent! 

Poor  Kitty  was  no  more  than  human, 
And  very  fond  of  ornament^ 

Like  every  reasonable  womau. 
"  'Tis  true,  Pat  coorts  me  best,  but  still  " — 

Thought  she — "  tho'  with  the  talk  he's  ready, 
Arrah,  let  folks  say  what  they  will, 

It's  mighty  fine  to  be  my  lady ! " 
And  so  she  wouldn't  look  at  Pat, 

In  vain  he  watched  for  her  and  sought  her, 
Until  one  eveninsr,  when  he  sat 

Just  flinging  pebbles  in  the  water, 
His  downcast  face  and  heavy  sigh 

Might  have  moved  even  stones  to  pity; 
And  she  passed,  gaily  tripping  by, 

His  worse  than  stony-hearted  Kitty. 
She  tried  to  pass,  I  mean — as  cool 

As  any  cucumber  or  melon  ; 
But  though  in  love,  Pat  was  no  fool, 

He  sprang  to  meet  his  truant  Helen. 
She  would  not  take  his  outstretched  band ; 

"An'  is  it  you,  Miss  Kitty  Brady," 
Says  he,   "  that's  got  so  stiff  an'  grand  ? — 

Good-morrow  to  ye,  thin,  my  lady! 
"But  Kate,  agra,  now  stop  and  spake, 

If  but  to  tell  me  what's  come  o'er  you — 
Or  is  it  that  your  eyes  are  wake, 

An'  you  can't  see  me  here  before  you  ? 
Och,  sure,  alanna,  youVe  no  call 

To  murder  people  at  your  pleasure, 
An'  I  can't  live  at  all  at  all 

Without  your  purty  self,  my  threasure. 

"That  Englisher  has  wealth,  galore — 

A  rint-roll  longer  than  my  arm; 
Why  Bhould  he  stale  from  me,  asthore, 

That's  niver  done  him  any  harm  ? 
Just  give  me  something  he's  not  got, 

An'  that's  your  own  thrue  heart,  my  honey; 
Sure,  then,  I  wouldn't  change  my  lot 

With  him  for  all  bis  dirty  money." 
And  what  is  little  Kate  to  do  ? 

She  laughs,  and  frowns,  and  sobs  and  blushes  ; 
"Och.  Pat,  I  give  it  up  to  you, 

You'd  charm  a  bird  from  off  the  bushes! 
Well,  just  to  save  your  Life,  machree, 

An'  not  because  I  care  about  you, 
I'll  think  it  over" — so  said  she — 
"But  I  could  live  an'  thrive  without  you!" 
And  now  to  tell  the  lord  of  it, 

No  wonder  if  he's  rather  crusty. 
But  little  Kate  has  Irish  wit 

That's  never  suffered  to  grow  rusty. 
"Sure,  if  your  honor  I  refuse, 

It's  weLL  for  you — och  !  botheration — 
Whin  it's  yourself  can  pick  an'  choose 

Prom  all  the  grandeur  of  the  nation. 
"An  I  would  look  a  holy  show, 

Drest  in  the  beautifullest  bonnet, 
Even  if  all  the  flowers  that  grow, 

An'  feathers,  too,  was  stuck  upon  it ; 
An'  in  a  sthreelin'  satin  gown, 

I'd  still  be  only  Kitty  Brady — 
Sure,  thin,  if  I'd  the  queen's  goold  crown, 

'Twouldu't  make  a  raal  lady." 
At  first  his  lordship  felt  the  cross, 

Being  unaccustomed  to  rejection, 
But  thinking,    "It's  the  girl's  own  loss!" 

Pound  comfort  in  that  wise  reflection. 
And  ere  he  left  our  island  green, 

He  saw  a  wedding  at  Killarney, 
And  drank  in  genuine  potheen, 

"  Success  forever  to  the  blarney!  " 

— Janet  Tuckey,  in  " Temple  Bar." 


There  are  1,622  newspapers  and  periodicals 
published  in  the  German  Empire. 


Southern  pacific  railroad 

northern  division. 

Commencing-  \«v.  6th,  1870,  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  l>e- 
pot  on  Townsend  street  as  follows: 

8  0  A  A.M  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
•  0\_/  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  &^5~At  Pajabo  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forApros  and  Santa  Citrz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  It.  R.  fur  Montehev.  Stage 
connections  made  with  this  train. 


HO  Pi  A.    si-   (daily)  foiJIenlo  Park  and  Wav  Sta- 

3    9^  P«M.    daily  (Sundays    excepted)  for    San  Jose, 
*^*J   Gilroy  and  Way  Stations. 


4,40 


p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


C  OA  p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Mateo  and  Way  Stations. 


SOUTHERN      DIVISION. 

gW*  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Division 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Kail- 
road  via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner.  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Indian  Wells 
A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  Willcutt,  Gen'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 
[November  18.] 


C.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Tuesday,  January  16, 1877,  and  until 

further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 

San  Francisco: 

(Overland    Ticket  Office,  at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  of 
Market  Street.) ___ __________ 


7AA  A.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Market 
•V"  Street  Wharf)  —Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams.  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for    Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing. (Arrive  8:10  p.m.) 


8nn  A.M.  (daily),  Atlantic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
•""  land  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland  (O.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogdcn  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  p.m.  (Arrive  5:35  p.m.) 


3AA  P.M.  (daily)San  Jose  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
AJ\J  iand  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 


s  at  San  Jose  at  5:30  p.m. 


(Arrive  9:35  a.m.) 


4f\fi  P.M.  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
•  VJU  for  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton and  Indian  Wells  (Arizona  Stage  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  6:55 
p.m.  "  Sleeping  Cars  "  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les.   (Arrive  12:40  p.m.) 


4  A  A  P.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Market  St. 
•  V/vf  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  for  Calistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  p.  u.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  11:10  A.M.) 


4AA  P.M.  (Sundays  excepted)  Sacramento  Steamer 
,\J\J  (from  Market  St.  Wharf),  for  Benicia  and  Land- 
ings on  the  Sacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  a.m.,  daily.  (Arrive  8:00  p.m.) 


A    OA  P.M.  (daily),  Through  Third  Class  and  Freight 
^t.O"     Train,  via  Lathrop  and  Mohave,  arriving  at 

Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  A.M. 

(Arrive  7:30  A.M. 

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A.  M.,  and  6.05  p.  u. 

•Change  Cars  at  "Broadway,"  Oakland. 

A— Morning,     p — Afternoon. 


CREEK  FERRY  BOAT  "CAPITAL" 

Will  run  (tide  permitting)  from  6:00  A.M  to  5:00  P.M.,  £ 
follows  : 


jEAVE 

Leave 

5 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

OAKLAND 

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(Market 
9:25-,. 

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(Broadway  Wharf.) 

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For  dates  omitted,  use  prior  date. 

T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towne,  General  Superintendent. 


THOMAS 


PRICE'S   ASSAY   OFFICE 
— AND— 
CnElUICAL  HBOBATORT, 

Sacramento    Street,    San    Francisco,    Cal. 


524 

Deposits  of  bullion  received,  melted 
into  bars,  and  returns  made  in  from  24  to  48 
hours.  Bullion  can  be  forwarded  to  this  Office  from  any 
part  of  the  interior  by  Express  and  returns  made  in  the 
same  manner.  Careful  Analysis  made  of  Ores,  Metals, 
Soils,  Waters,  Industrial  Products,  etc.  Mines  examined 
and  reported  upon.  Consultations  on  Chemical  and 
Metallurgical  questions. 

Charges:  Gold  and  Silver  Bullion. 

Gold  Bars  on  all  amounts  below  $1,000 §2  00 

Gold  Bars  on  all  amounts  above  $1,600 \  per  cent. 

Silver  Bars  on  all  amounts  below  $400 $2  00 

Silver  Bars  on  all  amounts  above  $400 £  per  cent. 

Dore  Bars  for  the  Gold $2  00 

Dore  Bars  for  the  Silver \  per  cent. 

Determination  of  Gold  and  Silver  in  any  alloy $2  00 

Ores. 

Assay  for  Gold  and  Silver 83  00 

Assay  for  Gold,  Silver  and  Lead 5  00 

Assay  for  Gold,  Silver  and  Copper 5  00 

Assay  for  Copper 3  00 

Assay  for  Iron 3  00 

Assay  for  Tin 5  00 

Assay  for  Quicksilver 5  00 

Assay  for  Manganese , 5  00 

Assay  for  Chromium 5  00 

Test  for  any  single  metal 2  00 

Analyses. 

Qualitative  Analysis  of  Ores  $10  00  to  $25  00 

Qualitative  Analysis  of  Water 25  00 

Quantitative  Analysis  of  Water 75  00 

Quantitative  Analysis  of  Guano 25  00 

Proximate  Analysis  of  Coal 10  00 

Quantitative  Analysis  of  Coal 50  00 

Complete  Analyses,  qualitative  and  quantitative,  of  com- 
plex substances  at  special  rates.  [Aug.  5. 


JOSEPH    GILLOTTS    SI  EEL    PENS. 

Sold  by  all  Stationers  throughout  the 
World.     Sole  Agent  for  the  United  States :  MR. 


HENRY  HOE,  91  John  street,  N.  Y. 


Jan.  16. 


H.    H.    MOORE. 
ealer  in  Books  for  Libraries. —A  large 

assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
ano  for  sale  at  Wu  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
San  Francisco  Oct.  24. 


De 


.Inn.  iff,    1877, 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


11 


NOTABILIA. 


New  Verson  of  an  Old  Song : 
Of  all    th-  ffllU  \l-  Dl   t""r 

.   liki-  pretty  Sally,         Tbu  pura  brand  from  tin-  valley; 
in-  Long  may  the  Qerka  wine  be  found 
Ai  LOandki  '  Uloy.  At  10 and  13 Jones Alley. 

Some  idea  >>f  toe  extent  of  the  wardrobe  Bin.  Ploronoe  baa  for  wear 
.  be   Ui*t hty  Dollar,"  may  be  obtained  from  the  fact  that  it  tills 

twelve  larg*  tronJta.    There  an  tear  dc one   for  each  act    Which 

wen  made  by  Worth,   the  famous   "man-mUlmer,"  especially  for  this 

19,000,  but  an   aald  to  be  worth  much  moron 
Sli-.  I  rv  now  that  ihe  gol  them  from  Paris,  as  she  is  con- 

.,!■■  House  of  .1.  .t.  O'Brien  ft  Co.,  BW  t.>*r_'s  Market, 
has  |ost  as  1  tafai  mon  reaaonable  price. 


It  is  hard  v<  snow  an  American  anything  which  cannot  be  disputed. 

the  disputable  land,    One  thine  no  sensible  American  ever  >Mj 

ad  that  i-  the  excellence  of  Bush  &  Milnee'  gas-fixtures.    This 

tinn  is  ill--  agent  for  the  new  Silicated  Carbon  Filter,  which  nmovea  al] 

impuritii  -  from  water,  and  destroys  all  traces  of  animal  or  vegetable  life. 

.n  till  them  from  a* mud  puddle,  and  the  Bltrationis  just  :»  perfect 

They  can  be  seen  at  the  store  on  New  Montgomery  street,  imder  the 

Grand  Hotel  _ __ 

It  is  agonizing  to  see  a  young  man  escort  your  girl  to  the  cars,  car- 
rying an  umbrella  which  he  borrowed  from  you  the  day  before. 

Piano  playing  has  sadly  interteroil   with   the  art  of  running  cooking 

mil.-  a  family  has  a  Union  liange,  which  runs  itself.     Dp  La  Mon- 

lanya.  on  Jackson  street,  is  agent  for  these  excellent  stoves,  which  take 

ioecedence  of  all  others  in  point  of  draught,  small  consumption  of  fuel, 
leating  and  baking  power,  besides  convenience  of  arrangement.  Mr. 
1  to  La  Montanya  has  an  immense  stock  of  all  kinds  of  hardware,  which 
costs  in 'thing  to  inspect,  and  which  every  one,  contemplating  housekeeping, 
should  visit.  

George  H.  H.— Does  she  share  her  mother's  objection  to  you?  If  she 
does,  your  case  is  hopeless;  but  if  she  be  for  you,  one  of  those  days  her 
mother  will  see  herseU  compelled  to  yield.  A  good  plan  would  be  to 
ask  them  both  to  lunch  at  Swain's  Bakery,  on  Sutter  st.,  above  Kearny. 
A  delicate  repast  there  will  certainly  change  the  mother's  opinion  of  you, 
and  soften  her  heart  at  once.  Be  sure  and  give  her  some  hot  English 
muffins. 

Mrs.  Swissbelm  intimates  that  Tilden  is  an  emissary  of  Satan,  Grant 
a  fallen  angel,  and  Hayes  an  amiable  ass,  who  is  liable  to  do  more  damage 
than  either.  She  also  intimates  that  A.  P.  Hotaling  is  a  ministering  an- 
gel, because  he  is  sole  agent  for  the  "  Old  Cutter  Whisky."  Methuselah 
used  nothing  else  for  the  last  four  hundred  years  of  his  life,  and  only  died 
from  want  of  it.     A.  P.  Hotaling's  address  is  429  &  431  Jackson  street. 


If  a  man  is  in  the  station-house,  and  not  very  full,  he  can  be  bailed 
out  without  much  trouble. 

"How  many  a  race  I  should  have  lost,"  said  Hickox  the  other  day, 
"but  for  one  thing."  "  What's  that?"  we  asked,  as  we  trotted  the  News 
Letter  team  of  gray  mares  down  the  Cliff  House  road  at  a  2.30  gait.  "It 
is,"  replied  Hickox,  "that,  like  you,  I  never  use  uny  other  harness  except 
Main  &  Winchesters',  which  I  consider  the  best  in  the  world."  Their 
store  ia  at  214  Battery  street.  • 

Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis,  M.  D.,  etc. ,  may  be  consulted  at  his  office  and 
residence,  520  Sutter  street,  between  Powell  and  Mason  streets,  daily, 
from  10  a.  IS.  to  3  P.  M.,  and  from  6  to  8  P.  M.;  on  Sundays  from  11  to  2 
only.  N.  B.  — Dr.  Curtis'  medical  publications  can  be  obtained  from 
A.  L.  Bancroft  &  Co.,  sole  agents  for  the  Pacific  coast,  or  from  the 
author.  Dr.  Curtis,  520  Sutter  street,  S.  F. 


The  European  Conference  has  produced  nothing  but  discord,  and, 
so  far,  has  done  nothing  to  settle  the  European  question.  It  is  believed 
that  a  pleasant  conclusion  might  have  been  arrived  at,  and  harmony 
would  certainly  have  prevailed,  if  the  Conference  had  opened  their  pro- 
ceedings by  a  performance  on  a  Hallet  &  Davis  piano.  .Their  melody  is 
incomparable.     Badger,  13  Sansome  street,  is  the  agent. 

A  Backslider — The  man  who  slid  along  three  feet  of  sidewalk  on  his 
back,  and  got  up  making  some  remarks. 


Hens  are  at  a  stand-still  when  they  will  neither  lay  nor  set.  It  is  very 
poor  policy  depending  on  hens,  when  S.  Foster  &  Co.,  36  California  street, 
are  agents  for  the  condensed  eggs,  one  tin  of  which  contains  the  equiva- 
lent of  twelve  fresh  {not  doubtful)  eggs.  For  all  cooking  purposes  they 
are  as  good,  and  cheaper,  than  the  freshly  laid  offerings  of  the  meek-eyed 
fowl.     Housekeepers,  try  them! 

There  is  nothing  to  be  gained  by  interviewing  a  man  who  has  noth- 
ing in  him.  There  is  a  good  deal  to  be  gained  by  interviewing  F  &  P.  J. 
Cassin,  523  Front  street.  They  keep  the  best  and  purest  stock  of  family 
liquors  in  the  city,  and  you  need  never  be  afraid  of  sending  a  friend  away 
with  a  headache,  if  you  only  entertain  hiin  with  goods  purchased  from 
them.  

Never  turn  up  your  nose  with  cold  disdain.  It  might  freeze  that 
way.  And  then  think  how  pretty  you  would  look  if  you  went  to  Brad- 
ley &  Rulofsons'  to  get  photographed.  It  is  true  that  they  take  the  best 
photographs  in  the  world,  and  their  convex,  or  raised  photo,  has  all  the 
appearance  of  a  bas-relief.     Their  gallery  is  a  perfect  treasure-house. 

There  are  six  women  in  the  Black  Hills  and  only  one  milliner's 
shop. 

The  darkest  conspiracies  may  be  revealed,  and  the  flimsiest  pretexts 
seen  through,  if  a  man  only  wears  Midlers  pebble  spectacles.  His  selec- 
tion of  opera  glasses  and  optical  goods  is  the  largest  and  best  in  the  city. 


This  i  weather  that  enables  a  nu  bo  wear  i  paper  oollar 

"H  :i  Ion  ml  allows  him  to  turn  ii  and  wear  it  baod  again,     it 

i .  too,  when  .»  brighl  fire  and  ;.  ooey  arm  chair  are  In 
.  an  evening.     V  P.  Cole.  220  to  236   Bueh  st.,  make  the  '■■ 
e  found  anywhere. 


A  man  oannot  be  ■  tpeoted  to  live  on  salt  mackerel  and  keep  hi-  tem- 
perance pled  e, 


Tennyson,  in  his  pretty  poem  of  the  "Brook,"  lays  "but  I  flow 
forever.      The  same  may  be  said  <-t    the  exhaustless  springs  at  No 


low  on 
i. is  be  said  of  tbe  exhaustless  springs  at  Napa, 
which,  in  their  Bow,  yield  the  most  precious  mineral  water  known  to  the 
world.  Bfapa  Soda  is  indeed  the  Luxury  of  the  age,  and  an  invaluable 
discos  'tv. 


VERDICT   ALWAYS   FOE    THE  DAVIS'  VERTICIL   FEED    SEWING 
MACHINE. 

Tbe  Ccn  ten  n  la]  (..old  Modal  and  Diploma.  1876  J  the  Scott 
Uedal,  1876  .  the  Franklin  institute  Modal,  it+74.  The  Repon  ol  the  Centennial 
Commission  raja:  "The  DAVIS  la  awarded  the  Grand  Gold  Medal  "i  Honor  and 
Diploma  of  Merit  for  excellent  material  and  construction,  adapted  i<>  the  greatest 
r.in-.'  hi  wi-rk."  We  claim  sales  unprecedented,  and  satisfaction  universal  In  Ltd 
construe)  ion  it  differs  from  .ill  others,  and  i*  equaled  i>\  tiouo.  As  on  earnest  ol  b  ha1 
is  here  claimed,  the  Manufacturers  challenge  all  others  tor  ;l  friendly  contest,  either 
for  amusement  or  a  more  substantial  consideration.  The  Famllv  Machine  iu  light 
running  and  easily  comprehended  ;  basan  Ingenious dci  lee  "  t»  take  up"  tost  motion 
or  wear,  which,  to  a  machinist,  is  positive  proof  ol  durability.    We  are  pleased  t<> 

refer  tu  inui'liiiK'S  in  in;imifnct  tiring  establishments    here,  whore  thej  have    been    in 

constant  use  for  nearly  three  years,  to  verify  the  above.    Has  received  more  medals 
ami  complimentary  testimonials  than  any  other  in  tbe  same  length  of  time.    Manu- 
facturers are  especially  invited  to  examine  our  No.  l,  just  out.    Agents  wanted  in 
all  unoccupied  territory.           MARK.  SHEUJON,  Gen'l  Agent  for  tbe  Pacific  Coast, 
Dec.  23. No.  ISO  Post  street 

BOOKS    F  :R    PRESENTS! 

A  Splendid  Collection  of  Elegantly  Illustrated  ami  Beauti- 
fully tJound  Works,  consisting  Of  the  Finest  l-.ditions  of  Standard  Authors, 
including  AMERICA'S  ADVANCEMENT,  replete  mth  magnificent  illustrations  by 
t'n,  publisher  of  the  "  Art  Journal,"  elegantly  bound  in  full  morocco.  INDIA  AND 
ITS  NATIVE  PRliNCES,  in  full  morocco  gilt.  WORK  ON  ITALY,  by  Anthony  Trol- 
lope,  beautifully  illustrated.  DORE'S  SPAIN.  LACROIX  EIGHTEENTH  CEN- 
TURY, Shakspeare,  Scott,  Dickens,  Bulwer,  etc.,  in  new  and  elegantly  bound  edi- 
tions. Picture  Galleries,  including  the  Grand  Sets  of  the  Musee  Franeaise.  Gilray 
and  Hogarth's  Works.  Illustrated  Works  of  Gustave  Dore  in  French  and  English. 
Also,  Albums,  Bibles,  Prayer  Pooka,  Photographic  Works,  and  Children's  Books  in 
great  variety.  For  sale  by  H.  H.  MOORE,  b'0t)  Montgomery  st.,  near  Merchant. 
Catalogues  now  ready.  Dec.  23. 

A.    S.    HALLIDE, 

Importer,  I>ealer  a  ml  Manufacturer  of  Wire  Goods,  Wire 
Rope,  Wire  Screens,  Iron  and  Brass  Battery  Cloth,  etc.  Wire  Screens  for  win- 
dows and  doors,  and  all  kinds  of  Wire  Work  on  hand  and  made  to  order.  Sole  Agent 
for  Torrey's  Weather  Strips,  to  exclude  dust  and  rain,  and  Holloway's  Fire  Extin- 
guisher. Proprietor  of  the  Patent  Endless  Ropeway.  Experienced  workmen  always 
on  hand  to  fit  up  orders.     California  Wire  Works  :  (i  CALIFORNIA  ST.        Dec.  23. 

F.  C.  Snow,]  SNOW    &    MAY'S    ART    GALLERY.  [W.  B.  May. 

SNOW    A    MAT, 

IMPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 

Pictures,    Frames,    Moldings,    and    Artists'    Materials. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  Dec.  19. 


OPENING    OF    R4RE   AND    ELEGANT    ROOKS! 

HI!.  Moore  takes  pleasure  iu  announcing-  that  having  re- 
e  turned  from  his  annual  purchasing  trip  to  the  great  Eastern  and  European 
Literary  Depositories,  that  be  bus  received  and  now  has  open  the  largest  assortment 
of  ANTIQUE  and  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before  brought  to  this  city,  con- 
sisting of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
fail  to  find  tbe  most  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  either  old  or  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  varied  stock.  Gift  Books  in  Great  Variety.  Call  and  examine 
our  stock.  [Dec.  16.]  H.  H.  MOORE,  609  Montgomery  street. 

R0EDERER    CHAMPAGNE. 

Notice.— The  Trade  and  the  Public  Generally  are  informed 
that  we  receive  tbe  genuine  LOUIS  RoEDERfcR  CARTE  BLANCHE  CHAM- 
PAGNE, direct  from  MR.  LOUIS  ROL'DERER,  RhlMS,  over  his  signature  and  Con- 
sular invoice.  Each  case  is  marked  upon  the  side,  "  Macondray  6c  Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco," and  each  bottle  bears  the  label,  "  Macondray  &  Co.,  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pa- 
cific Coast."  MACONDRAY  &  CO., 
Dec.  30. Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 

AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  been  invented  by  the  Queen's  Own  Company  of  En- 
gland, tbe  edge  and  body  of  which  is  so  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  tbe  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  $2  for  buffalo  handles,  §3  for  ivory"; 
by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  by  tbe  sole  agents  in  the 
United  States.  NATHAN  JOSF.PH  &  CO., 
September  3. No.  641  Clay  street,  S.  F. 

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Jan.   27,   1877. 


JUDGE  WHEELERS  INJUNCTION  LAW  KNOCKED 
HIGHER   THAN   A   KITE. 

The  Liberty  of  the  Press  Maintained-- An.  Injunction  to  Re- 
strain  the   Publication  of  Future  Libels  Declared  a 
Legal    Absurdity* 

Owing  to  the  law's  delay,  we  cannot  get  Wheeler's  monstrously 
absurd  injunction  set  aside  at  this  term  of  the  Supreme  Court.  But, 
whilst  in  the  meanwhile  we  have  to  suffer  from  its  illegality,  it  is  comfort- 
ing to  receive  a  complete  exposure  of  its  injustice  and  unconstitutionality 
from  a  high  American  court  of  appeals*  The  Central  Imw  Journal,  just 
to  hand,  reports  the  following  case  which,  it  will  be  seen,  is  exactly  par- 
allel to  our  own,  even  to  the  imitating  of  Clay's  ridiculous  allegations 
against  the  News  Letter.  We  say  ridiculous,  because  it  is  most  absurd  to 
say  that  a  man  who  owns  a  valuable  newspaper  property,  and  whose  per- 
son is  here,  cannot  respond  for  any  reasonable  damages  that  may  be  as- 
sessed against  him.  The  decision  has  peculiar  interest  for  judges,  law- 
yers, the  press,  and  the  reading,  liberty-loving  citizen: 

LIFE    ASSOCIATION    OP    AMERICA    vs.     BOOGHEE. 

St.  Louis  Court  of  Appeals,  December,  1876. 

Hon.  Thos-T.  Gantt,  Presiding  Judge;  Hon.  Edward  A.  Lewis,  Hon.  Robert 

A.  Bakewell,  Judges. 

1.  Libel— Dependant  Insolvent — Injunction.—  Coarts  of   Equity  have  no 
power  to  enjoin  the  publication  of  a  threatened  libel,  thongh  its  publisher  be  in60 
vent,  and  the  damage,  therefore,  irreparable. 

2.  Constitution  Of  Missouri. —Such  power  is  expressly  denied  in  Missouri 
by  the  termB  of  the  Constitution. 

Appeal  I'rom  St.  Louis  Circuit  Court. 

/.  Z.  Smith,  and  B.  A,  Clover,  for  appellant ;  W.  H.  H.  Russell,  JR.  W.  Ooode  and 
Marshall  t6  Barclay,  for  respondent. 

Gantt,  J.,  delivered  the  opinion  of  the  Court: 

The  life  Association  of  America,  a  corporation  engaged  in  the  business  of  life 
assurance  at  St.  Louis,  filed  its  petition  charging  that  Boogher  and  one  Taylor  had 
been  for  a  long  time  engaged  in  the  composition,  publication  and  circulation  of 
falee,  slanderous,  malicious  and  libelous  statements  (setting  them  forth)  respects 
ins  the  plaintiff,  and  that  they  threatened  still  further  to  circulate  and  publish 
orally,  in  writing,  and  in  print,  said  false,  slanderous,  malicious  and  libelous 
statements,  for  the  purpose  of  injuring,   and  in  order   to  levy  blackmail  on  the 

Elaintiff;  that  the  said  Boogher  and  Taylor  were  wholly  insolvent  and  irresponsi- 
le,  and  that  plaintiff  had  therefore  no  available  recourse  to  an  action  for  dam- 
ages ;  and  it  asked  for  a  restraining  order  to  prevent  the  further  publication  of 
the  libel,  and  the  infliction  on  plaintiff  of  irreparable  injury  thereby. 

This  petition  was  verified  by  affidavit,  and  the  Court  granted  a  preliminary  in- 
junction, which  was  afterwards  dissolved  upon  a  demurrer  and  motion,  at  the  return 
term.    Tbc  plaintiff  dismissed  the  suit  as  to  Taylor. 

The  demurrer  assigned  for  reasons,  that  the  petition  showed  no  case  for  equi- 
table relief;  that  it  prayed  for  what  the  Constitution  of  the  State  forbade  ;  that  a 
court  of  equity  had  no  jurisdiction  to  restrain  the  publication  of  a  libel,  and  that 
the  application  for  a  restraining  order  was  not  seasonably  made.  The  Court  sus- 
tained the  demurrer,  dissolved  the  injunction,  dismissed  the  petition,  and  assessed 
damages  on  the  injunction  bond.    Plaintiff  appealed  to  this  Court. 

We  are  told  in  the  petition,  by  way  ef  aggravating  the  offense  of  the  libeler, 
that  his  purpose  was  to  levy  "  blackmail "  on  the  plaintiff.  No  explanation  is 
given  of  tbis  phrase,  and  its  ase  is  hardly  justifiable ;  for  it  cannot  be  considered 
quite  intelligible.  It  certainly  cannot  be  called  plain  English.  Originally,  we 
learn  from  philological  authority,  it  had  a  definite  but  provincial  meaning  familiar 
to  tlie  country  periodically  devastated  by  Highland  robbers.  It  was,  indeed,  the 
tribute  levied  by  these  last  on  the  peaceable  and  nnwarlike  inhabitants  of  the 
lowlands  ol"  Scotlaud,  which,  being  paid  promptly  and  at  regular  intervals,  waB  a 
substitute  for  complete  spoliation.  In  this  country,  the  phrase  has  been  Boraetimes 
used  in  a  metaphorical  sense  to  signify  any  unlawful  exaction  of  money  by  an  ap- 
peal  to  the  fears  of  the  victim  ;  and  we  may  conjecture  that  this  UBeof  it  was  in- 
tended by  the  draughtsman  of  this  petition.  Bnt  this  conjecture  cannot  supply 
the  demand  made  by  the  universal  rule  of  pleading  that  the  complaint  should  set 
forth  in  plain  language  a  statement  of  the  facts  constituting  the  plaintiffs  cause 
of  action.  In  the  case  before  ns,  no  change  will  have  been  made  in  the  opinion 
we  express  by  tbis  failure  to  explain  the  circumstances  or  aggravation  which  are 
charged ;  for  enough  is  stated  to  inform  us  that  defendant  has  uttered  a  malicious, 
false,  scandalous  and  libelous  statement  respecting  the  plaintiff,  and  that,  with 
the  purpose  of  inflicting  injury  on  the  plaintiff,  defendant  purposes  and  threatens 
to  repeat  and  enlarge  the  wrong  and  injary  inflicted  ;  that  the  resulting  loss  to  the 
plaintiff  will  be  great,  and  irreparable  by  civil  action  because  of  the  insolvency 
of  the  defendant ;  and  thereupon  the  aid  of  a  court  of  justice  is  claimed  to  pre- 
vent that  for  which,  if  perpetrated,  it  cannot  give  compensation. 

It  is  obvious  that,  if  this  remedy  be  giver,  on  the  ground  of  the  insolvency  of 
the  defendant,  the  freedom  lo  speak  and  write,  which  is  secured  by  the  Constitu- 
tion of  Missouri  to  all  its  citizens,  will  be  enjoyed  by  a  man  able  to  respond  in 
damages  to  a  civil  action,  and  denied  to  one  who  has  no  property  liable  to  an  ex- 
ecution. We  are  of  opinion  that  this  discrimination  was  not  intended  by  the  fra- 
me rs  of  theorganic  la*v.  **#***** 
In  such  a  case  as  this  petition  states,  there  is  a  punishment  provided  by  the 
criminal  law.  It  is  no  answer  to  say  that  tbis  punishment  is  not  adequate. 
Courts  do  not  listen  to  such  objections.  It  is  undeniable  that  in  snch  a  case  as 
the  petition  shows,  the  party  slandered  may  have  an  action  for  damages.  But  in 
Buch  an  action,  irrespective  of  the  suggestion  of  the  absolute  insolvency  of  the  de- 
fendant, there  is  much  room  for  saying  that  the  legal  remedy  falls  short  of  making 
full  compensation  for  injury  done,  or  of  giving  fall  protection  against  injury 
threatened.  To  infer  from  this  that  recourse  mdy  be  had  to  the  preventive  juris- 
diction of  a  court  of  equity,  is  clearly  not  allowable.  No  human  institutions  are 
perfect.  That  a  judgment  for  damages  is  less  efflcacionB  to  compensate  or  to  de- 
ter when  the  defendant  is  insolvent,  is  largely  dne  to  the  prohibition  of  imprison- 
ment for  debt.  The  exemption  of  a  limited  amount  of  a  debtor's  property  from 
execution,  will,  in  many  instances  disarm  a  judgment  of  its  terrors,  at  least  in 
part.  Yet  these  exemptions  of  the  person  and  property  of  the  defendant  are  part 
of  the  system  under  which  we  live,  and  coarts  of  justice  sit  to  administer,  not  to 
criticise  this  system.  It  remains  true  that  a  judgment  for  damages  against  any 
one,  though  incapable  of  enforcement  so  long  as  his  pecuniary  condition  is  very 
low,  can  seldom  or  never  be  a  matter  of  indifference  to  the  judgment-debtor;  that 
even  when  capable  of  complete  enforcement,  its  moral  effect  will  vary  with  the 
peculiar  disposition  of  the  defendant,  and  that  the  practical  result  is  that  the 
difference  between  the  influence  of  such  a  judgment  upon  a  person  in  a  condition 
of  Insolvency,  and  one  in  prosperous  circumstances,  is  only  one  of  degree- 
In  Great  Britain,  there  is  no  such  thing  as  what  we  understand  by  the  term  or- 
ganic law.  The  king,  lords  and  commons  of  that  country  can,  whenever  so 
minded,  effect  any  conceivable  change  in  the  institutions  of  the  United  Kingdom. 
Hence,  there  is  no  fundamental  or  constitutional  law  in  that  country,  securing 
freedom  of  speech  or  of  the  press,  though  there  is  no  land  in  which  that  freedom 
is  practically  more  assured.  But  not  even  in  that  country,  where  the  rigid  re- 
straints which  bind  our  government  do  not  exist,  have  any  of  its  coarts,  since  the 
abolition  of  the  Court  of  Star  Chamber  asserted  the  jurisdiction  which  the  plain- 
tiff invokes.  When,  in  the  hurry  of  a  trial  nisiprius,  an  expression  fell  from  the 
lips  of  the  presiding  jurige,  tending  to  the  assertion  of  such  jurisdiction, or  rather 
UoagEnfng  such  a  jurisdiction  to  be  vested  in  another  court,  the  intimation,  though 
plainly  obiter  dictum,  alarmed  the  vigilanee  of  the  English  Bar,  and  occasioned  an 


unmistakable  protest.  In  the  case  of  Du  Doet  vs.  Beresford,  2  Campb.  511,  Lord 
Elleuborough,  at  nisi  prim,  let  such  an  expresion  fall.  This  was  in  1H10,  a  time 
when  Tory  views  of  government  were  in  the  ascendant.  In  the  edition  of  the 
State  Trials,  by  Howell,  in  1816  {vol.  23,  note  to  page  79tf+ ,  the  learned  and  careful 
editor,  annotating  the  case  of  Rex  vs.  Home,  tried  before  Lord  Mansfield  in  1777, 
say;-:  "Not  unconnected  with  the  law  of  libel  upon  which  Mr.  Home  said  so  much 
in  this  case,  Is  the  dictum  of  Lord  Ellenboroiigh  in  the  case  of  Du  Bo3t  vs.  Beres- 
ford, 2  Campbell's  Nisi  Priue,  R.  511,  being  an  action  for  destroying  a  picture 
which  was  publicly  exhibited,  but  which  was  largely  defamatory  of  a  gentleman 
and  bis  wife,  who  was  defendant's  sister,  Lord  Ellenborongh  (C.J.BvK.)  said  '  If 
it  was  libel  upon  the  persons  introduced  into  it,  the  law  cannot  consider  it  valua- 
ble as  a  picture.  Upon  an  application  to  the  Lord  Chancellor,  he  would  have 
granted  an  injunction  against  its  exhibition,  and  the  plaintiff  was  both  civily  and 
crimiualy  liable  for  having  exhibited  it.'  "  "  I  have  been  informed  by  very  high 
authority,"  proceeds  Mr.  Howell  "that  the  promulgation  of  this  doctrine  rela- 
ting to  the  Lord  Chancellor's  injunction  excited  great  astonishment  in  the  minds 
of  all  the  practitioners  of  the  courts  of  equity,  and  I  had  apprehended  that  this 
must  have  happened,  since  I  believe  there  is  not  to  be  found  in  the  books  any  deci- 
sion or  any  dictum  posterior  to  the  days  of  the  Star  Chamber,  from  which  such 
doctrine  can  be  deduced,  either  directly  or  by  inference  or  analogy,  unless,  Indeed, 
we  are  lo  except  the  proceedings  of  Lord  Ellenborough's  predecessor,  Scrogga 
and  his  associates,  in  the  case  of  Henry  Care,  in  which  case  it  was  ordered 
that  the  hook  entitled  the  Weekly  Packet  of  Advice  from  Rome,  or  the 
History  of  Popery,  be  not  further  printed  by  any  person  whomsoever." 
The  case  of  Care  is  to  be  found  in  7  Howell's  State  Trials,  p,  11L1.  A  case 
was  tried  in  1C80,  in  the  reign  of  Charles  II.;  Scrnggs,  C.  J.,  presided,  and  Jeffries 
prosecuted.  This,  it  seems,  furnished  the  only  precedent  since  the  abolition  of  the 
Court  of  Star  Chamber,  on  whieh  Lord  Ellenborough  could  have  relied.  The  law,  as 
laid  down  in  England  by  Lord  Eldon,  in  2  Swanston  412,  418,  Gee  vs.  Pritehard,  and 
by  Lord  Langdale,  in  11  Beavan,  p.  112,  Clark  vs.  Freeman,  and  In  New  York  bv 
Chancellor  Walworth,  in  8  Paige,  24,  Brandreth  vs.  Lance,  utterly  repudiates  the  de- 
cision of  Scroggs  and  the  unguarded  dictum  of  Lllenborough.  The  last  authority  is 
that  of  an  American  court,  which  treats  almost  contcmytuously  the  suggestion  that 
the  publication  of  a  libel  may  be  enjoined.  To  the  same  effect,  see  §  9  48  (a)  of  2 
Story  Coram,  on  Eq.  Jurisp.  (11th  edition). 

No  case  is  cited  by  the  learned  counsel  for  appellant  in  which  the  jurisdiction  here 
claimed  has  heen  exercised.  All  that  they  venture  to  suggest  is,  that  the  various 
English  courts  which  have  refused  to  exercise  such  a  jurisdiction  have  placed  their 
refusal  on  grounds  which  do  not  make  such  refusal  certainly  apposite  to  the  circum- 
stances shown  bj"  this  petition.  The  refusal  has  been  uniform.  The  reasons  assigned 
for  it  have  been  various,  according  to  the  peculiarities  of  the  cases  in  which  they 
were  given.  To  argue  from  the  qualifications  of  so  many  concurring  refusals,  that  it 
may  be  inferred  that,  but  for  the  qualifications,  the  refusals  would  not  have  been 
made,  would  be  an  exceedingly  unsafe  line  of  argument  anywhere.  In  Missouri, 
where  we  are  expressly  forbidden  by  the  constitution  to  assume  the  power  we  are 
asked  by  the  plaintiff  to  exercise,  our  answer  cannot  be  doubtful.  It  is  hardly  neces- 
sary to  quote  the  familiar  language  of  our  organic  law,  whieh  has  always  declared 
"  that  every  person  may  freely  speak,  write  or  print  on  any  subject,  being  responsi- 
ble for  the  abuse  of  that  liberty."  If  it  be  said  that  the  right  to  speak,  write,  or 
print,  thus  secured  to  every  one,  cannot  be  constructed  to  mean  a  license  to  wantonly 
injure,  and  that  by  the  jurisdiction  claimed  it  is  only  suspended  until  it  can  be  de- 
termined judicially  whether  the  exercise  of  it  in  the  particular  case  be  allowable,  our 
answer  is,  that  wc  have  no  power  to  suspend  that  right  for  a  moment  or  for  any  pur- 
pose. The  sovereign  power  has  forbidden  any  instrumentality  of  the  government  it 
has  instituted  to  limit  or  restraiu  this  right  except  by  the  fear  of  the  penalty,  civil  or 
criminal,  which  may  wait  on  its  abuse.  The  General  Assembly  can  pass  no  law 
abridging  the  freedom  of  speech  or  of  the  press;  it  can  only  punish  the  licentious 
abuse  of  that  freedom.  Courts  of  justice  can  only  administer  the  laws  of  the  State, 
and  of  course  can  do  nothing  by  way  of  judicial  sentence  which  the  General  Assembly 
has  no  power  to  sanction.  The  matter  is  too  plain  for  detailed  illustration. 
The  judgment  of  the  Circuit  Court  is  affirmed.  All  the  judges  concurring. 
Note. —See  a  late  case  in  England,  Mackett  vs.  Commissioners  of  Heme  Bay,  3 
Cent.  L.  J,  555,  24  W.  R.  845,  where  an  injunction  was  issued  restraining  the  preach- 
ing of  a  sermon,  and  the  cases  there  cited  Daw  vs.  Ely,  17  W.  R.  245,  L.  R.,  7  Eq.  4S>; 
Tichborne  vs.  Mostyn,  15  W.  R.  1072,  L.  R  ,  7  Eq.  55;  re  Cheltenham  and  Swansea  R. 
R.  vs.  Wayne  Co.,  17  W.  R  463,  L.  R. ,  S  Eq.  5S0. 

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ports  on  TUESDAY,  Feb.  10th,  at  12  o'clock  m.,  from  Folsom-st.  Wharf,  connect- 
ing at  the  Mouth  of  the  Colorado  River  with  the  Steamboats  and  Barges  of  the  Colorado 
Steam  Navigation  Company  for  all  points  on  the  River.      Through  Bills  of  Lading 

will  be  furnished  and  none  others  signed.  Freight  will  be  received  on 

No  freight  rco-.-ived  for  Mexican  Ports  after  ,  at  12,  noon,  and  Bills 

of  Lading  for  those  ports  must  be  accompanied  by  Custom  House  and  Consular  Clear- 
ances.    SPECIAL  Notice:    No  freight  for  Mexican  Ports  will  be  received  on  board 
of  this  Steamer  without  an  order  from  this  office.     For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
January  20.  J.  BERM1NGHAM,  Agent,  10  Market  street. 


.hill. 


1S77. 


CALIFORNIA     Al>\  KHTISEH. 


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THE    DELHI    DURBAR. 
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ind  well  equipped  retatnen  "t  the 
otdefi  ind  the  shabby  veblcloe  and  ragged  Following  "f  the  petty  hill 
njaha  waa  very  remarkable  >»*  ii i* U.iN  sno  Holkar  drove  op,  eaon  at- 
tended,  u  beeame  Bdahratta  dbJefs,  by  ■  small  but  Boldier-nke  body  of 
l.an«-vrs;  m  body  of  EsJrly  mounted ouinsBlen escorted  the  tfaharajsiiat 
Ceahmere;  end  troopers  on  cameli  preoeded  the  plain  oloee  carnage  "f 
inn  of  BbopaL  Behind  her  oame  ten  or  twelve  horsemen,  and  at 
tlu-  end  of  tli--  procession  ;i  mi  arable  old  man,  riding  an  equally  miserable 
pony.  Now  and  then  ;i  chief  came  up  with  troops  dressed  in  what 
d  to  be  cast  "if  British  uniforms;  then  a  body  guard  clad  with  chain 
acme*  oarried  the  imagination  bach  t<>  the  Middle  Ages,  only  to  be  speed- 
By  racalled  t-»  the  present  by  the  appearance  of  a  motley  troop  repre- 
senting i.  military  type,  and  showing  in  their  equipment  that 
mixture  of  splendor  and  squalor  so  characteristic  of  the  East. 

One  of  the  most  intsrestnu  receptions  was  that  of  the  Kahn  of  Khelat 
on  Friday  Greater  Chiels  than  he  have  attended  the  Durbar  during  the 
we«_*k,  but  they  for  the  most  part  are  our  own  feudatories — men  who  are 
frequently  seen  at  the  Viceregal  Court.  The  Kahn  comes  from  beyond 
the  border,  and  had  never  entered  British  India  before  the  beginning  of 
the  present  month.  The  Kahn  was  quite  at  his  ease,  and  answered  the 
Viceroy's  questions  without  hesitation.     He  had  seen,  he  said,  in  British 

India,  three  things  which  greatly  surprised  him— namely,  steamboats, 
railways  and  telegraphs.  Lord  Lytton  replied  that  he  hoped  two  of  them 
might  shortly  be  introduced  into  His  Highness1  dominion*),  and  that  the 
British  Government  would  be  glad  to  assist  the  Kahn  in  establishing 
I  henx  Then  th«  Viceroy  said  a  few  words  by  way  of  exhorting  the  Kahn 
and  Sirdars  to  live  for  the  future  on  better  terms  with  one  another.  They 
had  come  here  peacefully  together,  and  he  hoped  they  were  ready  to 
forego  old  feuds  and  to  remain  friends.  Presents,  which  comprised  guns, 
shawls  and  a  variety  of  other  things,  were  brought,  and  His  Excellency 
handed  to  the  Kahn  n  commemorative  gold  medal  as  a  personal  gift  from 
the  Empress.  Then  binding  a  jeweled  sword  round  his  visitor's  waist,  he 
said  he  trusted  it  might  never  be  drawn  save  against  the  common  enemies 
of  England  and  Khelat.  The  interview  then  closed,  and  when  the  Kahn 
got  to  the  door  he  found  awaiting  him  another  gift  in  the  shape  of  a  mag- 
nificent elephant,  Which  yreatly  pleased  him. 

Each  chief  got  a  commemorative  medal— gold  for  greater  princes,  silver 
for  those  of  inferior  rank.  The  Viceroy  himself  hung  it  round  each 
chief's  neck,  while  the  Foreign  Secretary  made  a  short  speech  in  Hindus- 
tani, to  the  effect  that  this  was  a  personal  gift  from  Her  Majesty  in  honor 
of  her  assumption  of  the  Imperial  title.  The  medal,  which  is  large  and 
handsome,  bears  on  one  Bide  the  Queen's  head  and  on  the  other  the  Words 
"Kaiser  I.  Hind,"  in  Arabic  and  Sanscrit  characters.  Each  of  the 
greater  chiefs  also  received  a  heavy  and  beautifvdly  worked  banner,  em- 
blazoned  with  the  arms  of  his  house,  and  carried  on  a  gilt  pole,  which. 
bore  the  inscription,  "  From  Victoria,  Empress  of  India.  1st  January, 
1877."  Two  stalwart  Highlanders  supported  the  banner  before  the 
Throne,  and  the  Viceroy,  rising  and  grasping  the  pole,  addressed  to  his 
visitor  some  such  words  as  these  :  "  Whenever  this  banner  is  unfurled  let 
it  remind  you  of  the  relations  between  your  Princely  House  and  the 
Paramount  Power."  As  the  chiefs  left  the  Vice-Regal  presence  they 
were  again  saluted  according  to  their  rank  and  received  all  the  military 
honors  which  gunpowder  ami  music  could  bestow  upon  them. 

ART    JOTTINGS. 

It  is  understood  that  the  artists  are  busy  preparing  for  the  exhibition 
at  the  new  galleries,  to  open  on  the  8th  of  next  month.  The  room  allotted 
to  the  School  of  Design  is  already  in  order,  thanks  to  the  untiring  energy 
of  that  sincere  and  disinterested  friend  of  the  school,  Vice-President  Mez- 
zara,  who  has  personally  superintended  the  removal  of  the  property  of 
the  school,  and  placing  it  in  position  in  the  new  quarters,  so  that  when 
Director  Williams  returns  from  a  two  months'  visit  to  his  country  seat  he 
will  find  eveiy thing  arranged  for  the  opening  of  his  school.  Now  that 
quarters  have  been  procured  where  the  terms  of  the  school  cannot  conflict 
with  the  exhibitions  of  the  artists,  it  might  be  well  to  shorten  these  vaca- 
tions a  little,  and  make  the  school  more  remunerative  without  any  addition 
to  the  expense  account;  for  the  rent  is,  of  course,  continuous,  as  is  also 
the  Director's  salary,  and  it  must  be  admitted  that,  with  reference  to  the 
latter,  §3,000  a  year,  with  four  months'  vacation,  is  a  little  too  generous, 
while  so  many  worthy  and  competent  artists  are  devoting  all  their  time 
to  teaching,  without  earning  anything  near  this  salary. 

Thomas  Hill  has  completed  a  large  painting,  "  Purissima  Falls,"  show- 
ing the  spot  where  the  creek  of  that  name  empties  into  the  ocean  on  the 
coast,  in  San  Mateo  county.  It  is  a  warm  sunset  scene,  with  the  waves  of 
old  ocean  gently  rolling  to  the  beach,  where  numberless  sea  fowl  are  stationed, 
as  if  resting  after  a  day  of  wrestling  with  the  sea.  The  landscape  part  of  the 
picture  is  but  a  succession  of  ban-en  rocks,  only  made  attractive  by  the  glow 
of  the  setting  sun.  The  water  is  quite  as  good,  if  not  better,  tban  that 
found  in  any  marine  picture  ever  painted  or  brought  here.  It  is  exactly 
sea  water,  pure  and  simple,  in  color  and  action,  just  as  it  appears  to  one 
standing  on  the  beach  and  looking  seaward  towards  a  brilliant  sunset.  It 
is  to  be  regretted  that  Mr.  Hill's  first  picture,  after  his  victory  at  Phila- 
delphia, should  have  been  first  a  still  life,  and  now  a  subject  necessarily 
forbidding  the  exercise  of  his  highest  talents.  They,  however,  tend  to 
show  that  this  artist  can  make  a  good  showing  with  any  subject. 

Art  matters,  in  common  with  everything  else,  are  decidedly  dull,  and 
no  revival  is  looked  for  until  after  the  art  reception  above  referred  to. 


Mr.  Isaac  Allen  is  not  yet  out  of  his  troubles.  Miss  Rosa  Mailhouse, 
•whose  name  has  been  prominent  of  late  in  connection  with  the  late  Sec- 
retary's benevolence,  sues  him  for  §25,000  damages.  The  charges  which 
sbe  brings  against  this  elderly  Don  Juan  are  not  of  a  character  to  allude 
to  in  our  columns,  hut  one  of  the  offenses  charged  is  of  a  nature  to  insure 
him  a  long  residence  over  the  bay  if  proven.  What  use  is  it  to  buy 
pianos  for  young  ladies  and  help  them  in  distress  if  they  return  good  for 
evil  by  immediately  bringing  suits  of  this  nature?  This  last  blow  is 
enough  to  close  Mr.  Allen's  heart  to  all  charitable  appeals  forever. 


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Assessments  are  now  due  on  the  Stocks  above  marked  thus  * 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Belcher  Mining  Com- 
pany will  be  held  next  Tuesday.  The  transfer  books  were  closed  yesterday. 


14 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Jan.   27,   1877. 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Ten  Thousand  at  Home  and  Abroad. 

The  Empress  of  Brazil  has  presented  the  Queen  of  England  with  a 
dress  the  equal  of  which  has  never  been  seen.  It  is  woven  of  spiders' 
.vebs,  and  is,  as  may  be  imagined,  &  work  of  art  as  regards  quality  and 
beauty.  The  handsome  silk  dress  cannot  compare  with  it ;  but  it  can 
only  be  admired,  hardly  imitated.  There  have  already  been  many  at- 
tempts to  make  use  of  the  threads  spun  by  spiders,  but  up  to  the  present 
the  experiments  have  not  been  satisfactory  enough  to  encourage  any  fur- 
ther efforts  in  this  direction.  In  the  year  1710  it  was  discovered  that  to 
make  a  piece  of  silk  it  would  require  the  webs  of  700,000  spiders.  The 
Spaniards  had  already  tried  to  use  the  spiders'  threads  and  made  gloves, 
stockings,  and  other  articles  of  the  sort ;  but  even  these  were  so  trouble- 
some and  yielded  so  little  profit  that,  in  spite  of  the  fabulous  prices  paid, 
they  were  obliged  to  abandon  the  trade.  In  certain  parts  of  South 
America  garments  made  of  these  threads  are  worn  ;  but  the  spiders  in 
these  lands  are  unusually  large.  It  is  likely  that  the  above-mentioned 
dress  was  made  of  the  smaller  species  of  the  American  spider.  There  is, 
therefore,  some  hope  that  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when,  thanks  to  the 
progress  of  modern  industry,  fashionable  ladies  may  have  the  satisfaction 
of  wearing  elegant  silks  of  the  same  delicate  texture. — Court  Journal. 

The  Empress  Eugenie  continues  to  enjoy  her  sojourn  in  Florence. 
Victor  Emanuel  and  she  have  exchanged  visits.  She  receives  every  day 
at  five  o'clock  in  the  Turkish  room  of  the  Villa  Openheim,  and  thither 
flock  all  the  great  Italian  dames  and  the  most  distinguished  of  the  for- 
eign residents  ;  there  is  tea  for  those  who  like  it,  and  a  charming  hour  for 
all.  The  conversation  is  always  gay  and  animated  about  the  chair  of  the 
Empress,  and  she  speaks  of  the  public  matters  of  the  day  with  fine  acu- 
men and  without  any  trace  of  bitterness;  the  old  grace  and  seduisance  so 
celebrated  at  the  Tuileries  have  lost  nothing  of  their  infinite  fascination. 
When  will  the  brilliancy  of  France  ever  again  be  represented  by  two 
such  women  as  the  one  whom  France  did  to  death  in  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury and  the  one  whom  she  drove  into  exile  in  the  nineteenth  ? 

The  Marquis  of  Salisbury's  pace  is  too  fast  for  the  Marchioness. 
These  frequent  long  journeys  have  wearied  her  much,  and  she  has  bad  to 
rest  at  Florence,  than  which  there  could  hardly  be  a  resting-place  more 

fileasant.  The  Marchioness,  it  will  be  remembered,  is  a  daughter  of  the 
ate  Mr.  Baron  Alderson.  She  is  a  woman  of  great  ability,  and  when 
her  husband  was  only  Lord  Robert  Cecil,  and  glad  to  eke  out  a  very 
scanty  younger  son's  portion  by  the  pen,  she  aided  her  husband  in  the 
same  way,  and  was  for  some  years  a  frequent  and  caustic  contributor  to 
the  Saturday  Review.  She  has  now  became  a  prominent  leader  in  the 
great  world,  and  will  be  more  influential  than  ever  after  her  return  from 
Constantinople. — Court  Journal. 

One  of  the  fashionable  lions  of  the  present  month  is  the  Esquimaux 
Chief,  Olnik,  who  has  for  some  days  past  resided  in  Thavies-inn,  Holborn. 
On  Tuesday  week  he  dined  with  the  Prince  of  Wales  at  Captain  Allan 
Young's,  and  on  Sunday  he  was  to  be  seen  at  the  Zoological  Gardens.  He 
took  a  vast  interest  in  the  Polar  bears  as  old  acquaintances,  but  the  surly 
animals  did  not  take  much  notice  of  his  squat  figure  ;  in  fact,  the  mon- 
keys seemed  far  more  anxious  to  recognize  him  as  a  "man  and  a  brother." 

The  Empress  of  Austria  takes  a  keen  interest  in  English  literature 
and  its  "working  staff."  It  is  not  so  many  years  ago  that  she  might 
have  been  seen  daily  walking  and  chatting  by  the  side  of  a  young  English- 
man, a  poet  and  an  invalid,  who  used  to  be  wheeled  about  the  public 
gardens  in  Kissengen  in  a  Bath  chair.  The  Empress  has  recently  sent  to 
Isabel  Burton,  a  handsome  gold  locket,  with  her  monogram  and  an  impe- 
rial crown  in  diamonds  as  a  mark  of  her  appreciation  of  that  lady's  book 
on  The  Inner  Life  of  Syria. 

Victoria  Melita  is  the  pretty  name  that  has  been  chosen  for  the  in- 
fant daughter  of  the  Duke  and  Duchess  of  Edinburgh;  and  her  Majesty 
must  have  given  a  sigh  of  relief  at  the  intelligence  that  there  were  only 
two  additional  denominatives  to  remember  in  the  enlarging  circle  of  royal 
grandchildren,  whose  names  alone  previously  numbered   over  a  hundred. 

The  Duke  of  Westminster,  who  is  president  of  the  Metropolitan 
Drinking  Fountains  Assoiation,  will  hear  with  a  feeling  of  envy  that  a 
certain  refiner,  M.  Leguay  by  name,  has  died  and  left  by  will  £20,000  for 
supplying  Paris  with  fountains.  Happily  the  duke  can  do  better  than 
the  refiner — he  can  give  £20,000  for  drinking  fountains  in  London  without 
dying. 

One  of  the  most  artistic  and  valuable  presents  made  to  Lady  Muriel 
Talbot,  was  a  dessert  service  for  eighteen  persons,  specially  manufactured 
by  Minton.  Each  plate  was  painted  with  a  well-executed  sketch  of  the 
several  mansions  and  ancestral  halls  of   the  two  families. 

A  letter  from  Constantinople  states  that  Lady  Salisbury  often  goes 
out  for  a  drive  with  Mdme.  Ignatieff,  and  Lorn  Salisbury  is  constantly  to 
be  seen  strolling  arm-in-arm  with  General  Ignatieff  along  the  Grande 
Hue  de  Pera. — Court  Journal. 

The  Duchess  GaUiera  has  presented  an  addition  of  a  million  to  the 
Pope.  A  distinguished  body  of  collectors  of  Peter's  Pence  in  Borne  of- 
ferred  a  large  sum  to  His  Holiness  on  the  festival  of  the  Immaculate 
Conception  of  the  Virgin. 

A  Curious  Coincidence— The  Prime  Ministers  of  England  and 
France  are  both  Jews,  and  both  were  born  on  the  same  day  of  the  month, 
the  last  day  of  the  year;  but  Benjamin  Disraeli  was  born  nine  years  be- 
fore Jules  Simon. 

At  a  dinner  given  in  Turin  to  Herr  von  Flotow,  the  composer  of 
Martha,  he  proposed  the  following  toast:  *'  I  drink  to  Italy,  which  will 
always  be  the  native  land  of  melody,  and,  perhaps,  its  refuge!" 

Lord  Charles  Beresford  contributed  a  very  characteristic  present  on 
the  occasion  of  Viscount  Helmsley'e  marriage  to  Lady  Muriel  Talbot — 
six  silver  salt-cellars,  each  of  which  was  a  tiny  cradle. 

The  talk  is  that  the  Marquis  of  Salisbury  will,  if  he  returns  success- 
ful, be  made  a  duke,  and  succeed  Lord  Beaconsfield  as  Premier. 

M'lk  as  Food.  —There  is  said  to  be  an  old  gentleman  in  England  who 
has  found  the  true  elixir  of  life  to  be  the  food  of  infancy.  He  always 
has  five  wet  nurses  "on  tap,"  and  grows  "fat  and  well  liking  "  as  he 
verges  on  centenarianism. 


JV1EDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


DE.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 

Toronto  School  of  Medicine,  Toronto,  July  14th,  lS6S.-«- 
I  certify  that  the  bearer,  Dr.  James  A.  Hunter,  attended  lectures  at  this  insti- 
tution for  two  sessions,  viz. ,  18G1-02  and  1868-04,  and  obtained  license  to  practice  from 
the  Medical  Board  for  Upper  Canada.        (Signed)  H.  II.  WRIGHT,  M.D., 

Secretary  Toronto  School  of  Medicine. 
Dr.  Hunter's  Office  is  at  '22-2  Post  street.  September  16. 

TEETH    SAVED! 

Filling  Teeth  a  Specialty. —Great  patience  extended  to 
children.  Chloroform  administered,  and  teeth  skillfully  extracted.  After  ten 
years  constant  practice,  I  can  guarantee  satisfaction.  Prices  "moderate.  Office— 120 
Sutter  street,  above  Montgomery.  ]June  6.]  DR.  MORFFEW,  Dentist. 

DR.    J.    H.    STALIARD, 

Member  or  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians,  London,  etc., 
author  of  "  Female  Hygiene  on  the  Pacific  Coast."    37  Post  street.     Office 
Hours,  12  to  3  and  7  to  8  p.m.  Nov.  4. 

ARTIFICIAL   TEETH. 

Beautiful   celluloid   plates  made   by  JD>r.  Jessnp,   corner 
Sutter  and  Montgomery  streets,  at  $20  a  set,  are  for  superior  to  vulcanite  rub- 
ber, and  the  color  of  the  natural  gum.  Feb.  20. 

STEELE'S     SQUIRREL      POISON. 
[Patented  October  Wth,  1875.] 

Sure  death  to  Squirrels,  Bats,  Gophers,  etc.    For  sale  by  all 
Druggists,  Grocers  and  General  Dealers.     Price,  $1  per  box.     Made  by  JAMES 
G.  STEELE  &  CO.,  San  Fraucisco,  Cal.     Liberal  discount  to  the  Trade.        Aug.  21. 

PHYSICIAN,     SURGEON    AND     ACCOUCHEUR, 

J.    J.    ATJERBACH,    M.D., 

March  13.  310*  Stockton  street,  San  Francisco. 

0.    P.    WARREN,    M.D. 
clectic  Physician,  corner  of  Fourteenth  and    Broadway, 


E 


N.    MILLER,    M.D., 

Physician,  Oakland.  Oflice,  1004  Broadway ;  Residence,  364 
Eighth  street.  October  2. 

COMMISSION    MERCHANTS. 

D.  F.  Hutchinos.  D.  M.  Dunxe.  J.  Sakderson. 

PHC3NIX    OIL    "WORKS. 

Establishetl  1850.— Hutchings  A-  Co.,  Oil  and  Commission 
Merchants,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Sperm,  Whale,  Lard,  Machinery  and 
Illuminating  Oils,  517  Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  S. 

J.    G.    MERRILL    &    CO. 

Wholesale  Auction  House,  204  and  306  California  street. 
Sale  days,  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  at  10  a.m.     Cash  advances  on  consign, 
ments.  Dec.  14. 

CHARLES    LE    WAY, 
American  Commission  merchant,  -  -  I  Rue  Scribe,  Paris. 

WHOLESALE    GROCERS. 


Newtos  Booth,  C.  T.  Wheeler,  Sacramento.  |  J.  T.  Glover,  W.   W.   Dodge,  S.  F 
W.    W.    DOD&E    &    CO., 

Wholesale  Grocers,  corner  Front  and    Clay  streets,  San 
Francisco.  April  1. 

REMOVAL. 

L.  H.  Newton.]  NEWTON    BROTHERS    &    CO.,  [Morris  Newton. 

Importers  and  wholesale  dealers  in  Teas,  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed   to  204  and  20U  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. June  7. 


s 


TABER,    HARKER    &    CO., 
uccessors  to   Phillips,  Taber   A  Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 108  and  110  California  street,  below  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  15. 


A-    S.    ROSENBATJM    &    CO., 

Southeast  corner  of  California  and  Battery  streets,  invite 
the  attention  of  their  customers  and  others  to  their  large  assortment  of  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands  of  CHEWING  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  CIGAR1TOS.  Consignments  of  Choicest  Brands  of  Cigars  received  bv  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  18  ]  A.  S.  ROSENBAUM  it  CO. 

•\  K&-  PRINTS  *^a 

[■637   SACRAMENTO    STREET, 

)  BELOW    MONTGOMERY. 


BRUCE, 


BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY   OF    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  daily,   from  10  a.m.  to    1  p.m.,  by  the  under- 
signed, to  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  to  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.                                                    J.  P.  McCURRlE,  Secretary, 
Oct.  23. 730  Montgomery  street. 

BAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  &  CO., 

113  Clay  and  114  Commercial  Streets, 

Sax  Francisco.  [May  24. 

CASTLE    BROTHERS.— [Established,  1850.] 

Importers  of  Teas  and  East  India  Goods,  Nos.313  and  215 
Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  13. 

PERSONS    VISITING    THE    EAST 

Will  find  full  files   of  Pacific    Coast    papers  and  conve- 
niences for  letter  writing,  etc.,  at  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co. 's  Office,  65  Broadway, 
New  York.  March  25. 

REMOVAL. 

Sutro  A  Co.  have  removed  to  No.  408  Montgomery  street, 
opposite.  Jan.  6. 


.Inn.    8ft,   1877. 


CALIFORNIA    Al>\  EKTISER. 


15 


SPECIAL    BREVITIES. 


On  i*.  :  'i  fifty 

I    y,  :»inl 

'.■-.  |ii..\ i.lcl   wai  ,*  donki 

for  th«  patient,  but  stubborn  molf  mum- 

.  qr  thttir  spui 

•  I r»i.  i  of  tl..'  day.    Tiit'  flu  wu  l<»v^  oi 

iy,  and  the   laughter  wan  loud  and  long 
ut  ill-  figure  out  l>>  tome  oi  the  compeUton.     At  tut  one  asa,  evidently 
away  from   the  rat  1  to   be   winning, 

d  iwn,  in  ■*■  oanl  I  ering  wai  tremendous;  the  betting  wiw 

Bvea  t..  ona  and  do  taken.     He  nenred  the  winning-post    a  distance  "f  at 
him  from  the  second  moke.     Bis  rider,  secure 
be  thought,  determined  to  do  the  last  two  yards  in  style. 
He  applied  the  ipurs!     siss,  with  dire  effect,  for  the  brute  put  his  head 
down,  Itfoked  furious]  sd  short,  and  would  not  budge  an  inch! 

N..t  i\  moment  was  t->  be  lost!  Those  wn  i  were  running  second  and  third 
aan  their  comrades  difficulty,  and  redoubled  their  efforts.  Slowly  but 
surely  they  rum.-  aloo  them  to  the  goal!    The  ex- 

citement was  intense]  At  last  the  rider  oi  donkey  number  one  came  to 
the  conclusion  that  some  action  oughl   to  be  taken  and  that  at  once. 

Should  he  let  the  prize  *li|>  from  his  hands,  when  it  seemed  almost  within 
n       He  Sprang  to  the  ground  without  a  moments   hesitation,  and. 
il,  put   it   over  his  shoulder,  and    draped  the  unwill- 
ing  animal  backward  past   the  post!    Time   by    Benton  a  chronometer, 
outers  of  an   hour.    An  objection  was  Lodged,  but  the  decision 
n  in  favor  of  the  winner. 

The  Elephants  at  the  Zoological  Gardens.  —A  very  singular  ac- 
cident   occurred)   recently,  at  the    Zoological   Gardens,  London.    The 

smaller  African  elephant,  Alice,  which,  some  few  monthfi  ago  had  its  truuk 
unfortunately  torn  off,  was  turned  out  into  the  elephant-yard  while  her 
being  m  ept  out.  In  the  large  yard  in  question  some  new  pipes 
had  been  laid  down  to  supply  the  pond  with  water.  The  workmen  had 
not  filled  in  the  excavation  with  sufficient  firmness,  and,  Alice  treading 
with  her  right  fore-leg  on  the  soft  ground,  it  gave  way  below  her.  and  she 
was  immediately  buried  up  to  the  shoulder.  Her  present  keepers  came  to 
her  assistance]  but  the  animal  was  in  a  state  of  great  fury  and  excitement, 
and  the  only  person  that  dared  £0  near  her  was  Scott,  her  old  keeper, 
and  formerly  joint-keeper  of  the  elephant-house  with  Andrew  Thompson. 
Pulleys  and  hoisting  tackle  were  brought  to  the  spot,  and  planks  inserted 
under  Alice's  jaw.  The  pulleys  were  brought  to  work  on  these  planks, 
her  head  was  lifted,  and  then  beams  were  placed  under  her  chest.  Fi- 
nally, after  an  hour's  hard  work,  partly  by  digging  away  the  ground 
around  her,  and  partly  by  bringing  the  pulleys  to  bear,  she  was  rescued. 

The  Largest  Roasting  Jack  in  England. —Messrs.  Feetham,  of 
Snip,  square,  are  at  present  engaged  in  fitting  up  a  jack  for  the  kitchen 
of  the  residence  of  the  Duke  of  Westminster,  known  as  Eaton  Hall.  It 
is  22  feet  in  length.  The  motive  power  is  water,  which  is  conveyed  from 
the  cistern  to  the  water-wheel  by  a  /inch  pipe.  The  wheel  is  4  feet  in 
diameter  and  5  inches  in  breadth,  and  it  sets  in  motion  six  horizontal  and 
four  vertical  spits.  Over  the  wheels  which  communicate  motion  to  the 
spite  are  five  oil-boxes.  The  jack  is  capable  of  cooking  about  a  ton  of 
meat.  It  is  entirely  under  the  control  of  the  cook,  who  can  regulate  its 
speed  by  simply  turning  a  water-tap.  The  wheel  will  not  be  hidden  from 
view,  and  will  be  enclosed  in  a  glass  case,  and  surmounted  by  an  arch  in 
ornamental  brickwork. 

A  correspondent,  writing  from  Shoumla  on  December  1st.,  states 
that  on  November  5th  the  Bishop  of  the  Catholic  Seminary  of  Zytoraierz, 
in  Poland,  Mgr.  Kruzynski,  was  suddenly  banished  to  Simbirska,  without 
any  previous  notice  or  trial,  for  refusing  to  give  his  consent  to  the  ex- 
tinction of  the  Polish  language  in  the  said  institute.  After  this  act  was 
committed,  the  Russian  Government  sought  to  enforce  the  use  of  the 
Russian  language  in  the  ecclesiastical  seminary,  and  when  the  chapter 
refused  to  comply,  the  institute  was  surrounded  at  night  by  the  gend- 
armes, and  all  the  seminarists  were  the  same  night  forcibly  transported 
to  Wilno. 

A  Horse's  Food. — The  following  are  the  quantities  given  out  in  the 
stables  of  the  Lancashire  and  Yorkshire  Railway  Company:  771bs.  of  hay 
and  114lhs.  of  grain  per  horse  per  week;  or  lllhs.  of  hay  and  161bs.  of 
grain  per  horse  per  day.  The  following  are  the  quantities  given  out  at 
the  stables  of  Messrs.  Thompson  &  Kay,  carriers,  Manchester:  75lbs.  of 
hay  and  straw,  and  1331bs.  of  grain  per  horse  weekly ;  or  lOlbs.  of  hay 
and  straw,  and  lGlbs.  of  grain  per  horse  daily.  The  following  are  the 
quantities  given  out  in  the  stables  of  the  Scavenging  Department  at 
Manchester:  lOOlbs.  of  bay  and  1401bs.  of  grain  per  horse  per  week  ;  or 
141bs.  of  hay  and  201  bs  of  grain  per  horse  daily.  They  are  all  powerful 
dray  horses. 

The  Sporting  Gazette  states  that  there  is  a  likelihood  of  another  Po- 
lish expedition  being  fitted  out  next  summer.  It  is  to  be  a  private  under- 
taking, set  on  foot  by  the  united  yacht  clubs  of  the  kingdom.  Each 
yacht  club  has  guaranteed  a  subscription,  and  the  scheme  has  advanced 
so  far  that  the  distinguished  geographer,  Dr.  Petermann,  is  now  hi  Lon- 
don for  the  purpose  of  consulting  with  the  promoters  of  the  expedition  on 
the  best  route  to  be  adopted. 

It  is  understood  that  at  the  election  of  Governors  of  the  Bank  of 
England  to  be  held  in  April  next,  Mr.  Edward  Howley  Palmer,  the  pres- 
ent Deputy-Governor,  will  be  proposed  as  Governor,  and  Mr.  John  Wil- 
liam Birch,  of  the  firm  of  Mildred,  Goyeneche,  &  Co.,  for  many  years  a 
director  of  the  Bank,  as  Deputy-Governor. 

The  "Academy"  understands  that  the  first  volume  of  Mr.  Her- 
bert Spencer's  "  Principles  of  Sociology"  is  completed,  and  may  be  looked 
for  before  long.  It  will  form  the  sixth  volume  of  the  Synthetic 
Philosophy. 

A  saying  prevails  in  Turkey  that  it  takes  two  Turks  to  swindle  a 
Greek,  two  Greeks  to  swindle  a  Jew,  and  two  Jews  to  swindle  an  Ameri- 
can. 

A  new  tax  of  fifteen  piastres  for  every  male  between  five  and  sixty 
years  of  age  has  been  decreed  in  Turkey. 

The  religious  newspapers  are  discussing  the  propriety  of  using  ale 
in  the  Communion  service  when  wine  cannot  be  had. 


WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 


CUTlfcK    WHI&KV. 

AP.  HotedJnsr  4  <<►..  No.  ut  Jnckmn  jrtrees,  are  the  sole 
•     \  I    il   I  i   i  I  i  i:  mii    i.  . 

i  from  Lou  ■.■...  ,  tie  pur- 

n  brand*  oi  "J    H,  <  uttei  Old  Bourl "    Owing  i« 

■ 
ipadoa     1 1  i~  real!)  tfao  Bant  Wtnssv  in  thi  Ui States,  Maron    D 


A.    M 

Importer  nmi   Wholesale 
li  Pino 
'   Old  Port  and  Sh< 
Celebrated  CACHET   Hi. AM' 

hi  i  ri  ks. 


OILMAN, 
itcjaos1    Dealer,   son   California 

bon  '  1 1- 1   R]  a  W  i:i-i. ir  i,  Brsndli  -,  i  inf 
.  StUl  and  Sparkling  Wtnt  ant  for  the 

(.iiAMi'Ai.Ni;     Bole  agent  tor  mills'  STOMACH 

Bforofa  i 


i.i  Uou 


KOHLER    &    FROHLING, 

Grower*  Of  and    I>enler*  In   California  Wines   anil    Bra  inly, 
offer  to  the  public  their  large  itock  oi  ■  ■  I « i.  and  absolutely  pure  Wines  end 
Brandies,  In  lots  to  suit,    6S6  Montgomery  street,  and  southeast  corner  Sutler  and 

iMipnut  Mr.. els,  Slui    l-'runeihiro.  October  -1. 

J.    H.    CUTTER    OLD    BOURBON. 

(1    P.   Moorman   A    Co.,    Manufacturer*,    Louisville.   Ky.— 
j%    The  above  well-known  House1  ia  represented  here  by  the  undersigned,  who 

li;m'  I-  'ii  !i|i|tniiiU:il  tliur  Suk-  Au't-nts  fur  1 1 1 1_-  I'sicilic  (JoSSt 
July  3. A.  P.  HOTALINO  &  CO..  42B  and  431  Jackson  street.  S.  F. 

ROEDEREB    CHAMPAGNE. 

Cia  r  ( i'  Blanche,  the  Celebrated  Iiraiiri  of  Mr.  Louis  Koederer, 
J    of  Reims,  in  bund  or  duty  paid,  quarts  ur  pints,  for  sale  to  the  trade  in  lotn  to 
Mm,  bj  MACONDRAY  &  Co., 

Sept.  23.  Sole  Agents  for  the  Paeilic  Coast. 

J.    H.    CUTTER'S    OLD    BOURBON    AND    RYE    WHISKY, 
HiiuTactured  l>y  Milton  J.  Hardy  A  Co.,  Noiis-iii-Xaw  and 


M 


Successors  of  J.  H.  CUTTER,  Louisville,  Ky.  li.  MARTIN  lV.  CO., 

Aujrust  14.  No.  40S  Front  street,  Sole  Agents  (or  the  Pacific  Coast 

Samples  Free. 

P   O.  VIUKERY,  Augusta,  Maine. 


&  ?.?*tlllT,y  a  Week  loAsmis, 
MPtJtfHsPf     4       October  21. 


BROKERS. 


Thomas  Gahdixek, 
Late  of  the  Sacramento  "Union." 


R.  0.  Hooker, 
Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange  Board. 

GARDINER    &    HOOKER. 

(1«»m  mission  StoeK  Rrolicrs.  336  Pine  street,  north  side,  one 
J    door  below  Montgomery,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Buy  and  eell  only  on  commission. 
Liberal  advances  made  on  active  accounts,  I>ec,  23. 

JOHN    PERRY.    JR., 

Member  of  the  San  Francisco  Board  of  Brokers,  has  removed 
his  Office  to  824  CALIFORNIA  STREET,  under  Wells,  Fargo  &Co's  Bank.  Es- 
pecial attention  paid  to  the  purchase  and  sale  of  Water  and  Gas  Stock  ;  also,  City  and 

County  and  L'nitcd  States  Bonds,  and  other  local  securities. Sept.  9. 

REMOVAL ! 

JW.   Brown   A  Co.,  Stock  and    Money   Brokers,  have  re- 
•     moved  to  No.  317  Montgomery  street.  Nevada  Block, 
J.  W.  Brown,  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  Jan  8. 

J.  K.  S.  Latham.]  LATHAM     &    KING,  [Homer  S.  King. 

Successors  to  James  II.  Latham  A   Co.,  Stock  and  Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco.  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange 
Board.  Money  loaned  on  Stocks.  Stocks  bought  and  carried  on  margins.     Aug.  12. 

HUBBARD    &    CO., 

(Commission  Stock  Brokers,  324  1-2  Montgomery  street,  mi- 
j    dcr  Safe  Deposit  building,  San    Francisco,  will  transact  business  through   the 
San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 

E.    P.    PECKHAM, 
Commission    Stock    Broker   and    Member   S.    F.   Stock   Ex- 

J    change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 

[June.  19.  ] 

D.  M.  Hosmer.]  HOSMER    &    BOURNE,  IJB.Bolr.se. 

Stock   Brokers,  116  Halleck  street,   San  Francisco.    Post- 
office  Address,  Lock  Box  1837.  March  25. 


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M- 


LIBERAL    ADVANCES 
arte  on  active  stock  accounts  by  Callagban,  Lynch  &.  Co., 

llXi  Loidesdorff  street, June  17- 

REMOVAL. 

Lovelauil,  David  *  Co.,  from  108  Leltlesdorn"  street  to  JTo. 
421  California  street,  corner  Leidesdorff.  Feb.  2<i, 

TO    OWNERS    OF    REAL    ESTATE! 

Persons  Owning  Real  Estate  that  has  heretofore  been  as- 
sessed in  the  former  owner's  name,  are  requested  to  appear  personally,  or  send 
their  deeds  to  the  Assessor's  Office,  644  Merchant  street,  City  Hall,  immediately,  and 
have  the  proper  changes  made  for  next  year's  Roll.  The  work  on  the  Real  Kstate 
Roll  for  1S77  will  .'eminence  in  a  few  days,  after  which  it  will  he  too  late  for  any 
chances.  ALEXANDER  BADLAM, 

jan.  13.  City  and  County  Assessor. 

VEHICLE    LICENSES. 

License  Collector's  Office,  Boom  No.  7,  City  Hall,  San  Fran- 
cisco, January  4.  1877.     Licenses  on  Vehicles  are  now  due  and  payable  at  this 
office.     Will  he  delinquent  on  February  1st  next,  when  a  penalty  will  be  added.    Pro- 
duce Peddlers'  and  all  business  licenses  for  the  current  quarter  are  also  due. 
jon.  13.  R.  H.  SIMON,  License  Collector. 


SAFE    DEPOSIT    COMPANY,    OF    S4N    FRANCISCO, 

S.  E.  Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Sts. 

CAPITAL . S3.000.000. 

This  Company  is  now  open  for  thcrentingof  vaults  ami  the 
transaction  of  all  business  connected  with  a  Safe  Depository.  Pamphlets  jjii  me 
full  information  and  rates  can  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  Company.  Hours, 
from  8a.m.  to  li  r..M. September  18. 

G.    G.    GARIBALDI. 
Fresco    and   Decoration,    Nevada    Block,    No.'s   73    and   74. 

[January  13.] 


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SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTEft. 


Jan.  27,  1877. 


•'THE    MISSING    LINK." 

The  Tailed  Islanders  of  Kalili  —  Darwin  Trlum] 

It  is  with  no  ordinary  sense  of  the  responsibility  which  r« 
shoulders  that  the  NeiVs  Letter  undertakes  this  week  to  presl 
readers  the  well  authenticated  and  fully  verified  statements  of] 
George  Brown,  of  the  Wesley  an  Missionary  Society,  who  h' 
turned  from  his  field  of  labor  in  the  New  Britain  and  New  Ireland  group 
of  islands  on  the  east  coast  of  New  Guinea.  The  London  TiittA,  with  its 
usual  caution,  refrains  from  commenting  on  the  facts  as  related  by  its 
correspondent,  but  the  Daily  Ttleyrapk  of  the  28th  ult.,  tjie  Bristol 
Times,  and  other  prominent  European  journals  do  not  hesitate  to  discuss 
the  matter  fully  and  freely.  The  facts,  assent  to  the  London  Times,  are 
verbatim  as  follows  : 

"  The  natives  in  Blanche  Bay  affirm  most  positively  the  existence  of  a 
race  of  men  with  tails  at  a  place  called  Kahii.  They  deny  most  indig- 
nantly the  supposition  that  they  must  be  monkeys,  asking  if  monkeys 
fight  with  spears,  plant  yams,  make  houses,  etc.  They  say  that  the  ap- 
pendage is  hard  and  inflexible,  bo  much  so  that  they  have  to  dig  a  hole  in 
the  sand  before  they  can  sit  down,  as  they  die  at  once  if  the  tail  is  broken. 
They  also  say  that  any  child  born  without  this  appendage  is  destroyed, 
for  fear  it  should  be  ridiculed  when  it  grows  up." 

Blanche  Bay  is  in  the  New  Ireland  group  and  may  be  readily  found 
marked  in  any  modern  atlas.  The  presentation  of  such  a  statement  un- 
confirmed would  be  of  little  use  to  the  readers  of  the  News  Letter,  and  we 
should  not  have  noticed  the  occurrence  were  we  not  happily  in  a  position 
to  more  than  verify  the  alleged  existence  of  this  race,  and  go  still  further 
by  presenting  our  readers  with  a  picture  of  a  Kalilian  Islander,  which, 
together  with  the  statements  of  Mr.  Uruoco,  have  been  made  the  sub- 
jects of  affidavits  before  a  notary  public  of  this  city.  Before  proceeding 
to  the  details  of  the  narrative  regarding  these  islanders  it  will  interest 
our  readers  to  know  where  they  live.  The  northern  point  of  Australia  is 
Cape  York,  which  is  situated  eleven  degrees  south  of  the  Equator.  Torres 
Straits  divides  the  continent  of  Australia  from  Papua,  or  New  Guinea, 
to  the  east  of  which  lies  the  group  of  islands  known  as  New  Britain,  New 
Ireland  and  the  Salomon  Islands.  Dampier  Straits  separate  the  main- 
land of  New  Guinea  from  the  islands  of  New  Britain,  immediately  to  the 
east  of  which  is  the  New  Ireland  group.  Blanche  Bay  is  the  chief  harbor 
of  the  last  named  isles,  and  Kalili  is  the  principal  settlement  in  the  hills, 
situated  about  twelve  miles  from  the  sea  coast.  Kalila  is  in  the  northern 
portion  of  the  island  and  about  three  degrees  south  of  the  Equator. 

Now  let  us  hear  what  Mr.  Brown,  the  Sydney  missionary,  has  to  say 
about  the  islands,  after  which  we  will  append  the  statements  of  Don  Jose 
Uruoco,  an  old  resident  of  California,  and  proprietor  of  an  extensive  sil- 
ver mine  near  Cerro  Gordo,  Inyo  county,  California,  to  whom  all- further 
inquiries  may  be  addressed  by  the  curious  or  the  skeptical  among  our 
readers.  The  London  Daily  Telegraph,  in  an  editorial,  alludes  to  the 
strange  story  as  follows: 

"  The  Rev.  George  Brown,  a  Wesleyan,  has  lately  returned  to  Sydney, 
after  staying  about  a  year  in  the  New  Britain  and  New  Ireland  group  of 
islands,  on  the  east  coast  of  New  Guinea,  and  has  brought  back  with  him 
some  most  extraordinary  stories.  Instead  of  being  eaten,  Mr.  Brown 
had  a  very  good  time  of  it.  The  islanders,  so  far  from  knocking  him  on 
the  head  and  afterwards  "utilizing"  him,  have  let  him  alone,  possibly 
from  a  tradition  current  amongst  cannibals  in  the  South  Seas  that  white 
men  taste  abominably  salt,  which  fancy  probably  arises  from  the  fact 
that  they  usually  get  hold  of  well-pickled,  salt-junk-eating  sailors. 
Amongst  the  South  Sea  islanders,  morality,  in  the  more  technical  and 
limited  acceptation  of  the  term,  is  an  altogether  unknown  virtue.  The 
consequence  is  that  in  most  of  the  islands  the  leading  chiefs  taboo  their 
daughters  until  they  are  married— that  is  to  say,  they  confine  them  in  an 
inclosure  surrounded  with  a  taboo  fence,  and  any  sacrilegious  male  who 
may  enter  those  precincts  is  immediately  speared.  Mr.  Brown,  however, 
having  won  the  confidence  of  the  natives,  was  allowed,  as  a  tribute  to  his 
priestly  character,  to  pass  the  portals  of  one  of  these  mysterious  bounda- 
ries. Within  the  outer  fence  he  found,  he  telle  us,  '  three  conical -shaped 
structures  made  of  pandanus  leaves  sown  together,  and  about  four  feet  in 
circumference  at  the  bottom,  that  circumference  being  maintained  for 
about  four  feet  upwards.  From  that  point  the  structures  tapered  off  to  a 
sharp  point  at  the  top.  Each  place  was  closed  by  a  double  door  of  plaited 
cocoanut  and  pandanus  leaves.  In  each  of  these  structures,  and  raised 
about  three  feet  from  the  ground,  was  a  young  girl,  their  ages  apparently 
being  eight,  ten  and  fourteen  years  respectively.'  In  these  cages,  he  tells 
us,  the  girls  are  kept  until  they  are  married,  and  during  the  whole  of 
that  period  their  feet  are  not  once  allowed  to  touch  the  ground.  So 
strictly,  indeed,  is  this  rule  observed,  that  when  the  little  princesses  take 
their  limited  walks  abroad,  or  leave  their  huts  for  the  purpose  of  ablu- 
tion, a  carpet  of  bamboos  is  laid  down  for  them  to  tread  upon.  Extraor- 
dinary as  this  story  is,  it  yet  falls  far  short  of  what  Mr.  Brown  has  to 
tell  us  about  the  natives  of  Blanche  Bay,  in  the  New  Ireland  group. 
He  was  here  most  positively  assured  that  up  in  the  hills,  at  a  place  called 
Kalili,  is  to  be  fouud  a  race  of  men  with  tails.  The  appendage  in  ques- 
tion is,  they  told  him,  hard  and  inflexible — so  hard,  indeed,  that  before 
the  wearer  dares  to  sit  down  he  has  to  dig  a  hole  in  the  sand,  for  if  by 
any  accident  the  tail  is  broken,  death  immediately  ensues.  Mr.  Brown 
inclines  to  the  opinion  that  the  natives  »of  Blanche  Bay  were  telling  him 
the  truth,  for  they  kindly  volunteered  to  go  up  into  the  hills  and  spear  an 
adult  specimen  for  him — an  offer  which  he  firmly  declined,  on  the  ground 
that  it  was  contrary  to  his  religious  principles  to  allow  human  life  to  be 
thus  needlessly  taken.  It  seems,  according  to  Mr.  Brown's  information, 
that  these  tailed  men  are  adroit  handlers  of  the  spear  and  war  club,  that 
they  run  with  astonishing  rapidity,  that  they  are  devil  worshipers,  and 
that  they  are  so  profoundly  cannibal  in  their  tastes  as  to  prefer  '  long  pig' 
to  any  other  form  of  diet." 

Here  Mr.  Brown's  story  rests,  and  our  Californian  informant,  with  his 
sketch-book  and  affidavits,  comes  to  the  front.  The  following  is  the 
sworn  testimony  of  Don  Jose  Uruoco,  divested  of  the  usual  legal  pream- 
ble: "My  name  is  Jose  Uruoco.  I  am  51  years  of^age,  a  native  of  Anda- 
lusia, and  now  engaged  in  silver  mining.  My  claim  is  known  as  the 
Buena  Sera,  and  is  situate  37  miles  east  of  the  Cerro  Gordo  mines.  In 
1857  I  was  miuing  in  South  Australia,  and  in  '58  I  was  at  Ballaarat, 
Bendigo  and  the  Victoria  diggings.  Meeting  with  no  success  I  shipped 
as  clerk  on  board  of  the  trader  Ann  Courtenay,  bound  for  Papua.  The 
Dutch  Scientific  Commission  were  on  the  West  Coast  at  the  time  I  was 
there.  I  picked  up  considerable  of  the  Papuan  language  during  a  three 
mouth's  stay  at.  Dorey,  in  the  northwest   part  of  New  Guinea.     The  lan- 


guage I  learnt  is  the  Mafoor  dialect,  which  is  spoken  by  the  Papuans  of 
Mansinam,  onJRohn  Island.  We  traded  our  cargo  for  skins  of  Birds  of 
Paradise,  tortoise  shell,  wild  nutmegs,  and  tripang.  There  are  more 
brilliantly  plumaged  birds  there  than  anywhere  else  in  the  world  that  I 
have  seen,  and  after  making  a  successful  trip  we  returned  to  Port  Jack- 
son in  January,  '59,  to  discharge  cargo  and  reload  for  the  coast  of  New 
Guinea.  In  this  way  I  made  three  trips,  and  became  thoroughly  con- 
versant with  the  habits  and  customs  of  the  natives.  On  my  fourth  voy- 
age, in  1862,  a  strong  gale  from  the  west  drove  us  out  of  our  course,  and 
we  sighted  the  Salomon  Islands,  two  miles  to  the  east  on  the  morning  of 
the  3d  of  May,  of  that  year.  I  have  read  the  accounts  given  by  the  Rev. 
Geo.  Brown  of  the  inhabitants  of  Kalili.  The  account,  though  incom- 
plete, is  correct  as  far  as  it  goes,  with  one  exception.  THe  Kalilian,s  are  not 
cannil.als,  nor  are  they  hostile  to  the  coast  tribes  or  the  natives  of  other 
islands.  The  spine  contains  8,  9  and  10  lumbar  vertebra?,  instead  of  5, 
which  is  the  full  complement,  of  an  ordinary  spine.  It  cannot  well  b*e 
called  a  tail,  because  it  is  incapable  of  motion  and  extremely  tender  to 
the  touch.  The  vertebrae  do  not  diminish  in  stee,  bnt  on  the  contrary  are, 
if  anything,  larger  toward  the  last.  On  the  occasion  of  my  fourth  Voy- 
age, above  alluded  to,  we  put  into  Blanche  Bay  for  water  and  some  slight 
repairs.  The  inland  settlement  alluded  to  as  Kalili  is  noted  in  my  diary 
as  Manasvari-Kali;  but  the  error  probably  exists  with  me.  On  the  second 
day  of  our  stay  at  Blanche  Bay  numbers  of  the  natives  swam  out  to  the 
ship.  I  was  first  attracted  by  the  peculiar  appearance  of  these  vertebras 
in  the  water.  Those  who  came  on  board  remained  standing,  or  else 
crouched  on  their  knees.  In  no  instance  was  my  curiosity  satisfied  by 
seeing  them  attempt  to  sit  down,  and  I  heard  the  same  story  about  their 
digging  holes  in  the  ground,  which  Mr.  Brown  relates.  The  animals  on 
the  island  were  all  marsupial  except  the  Papuan  dog,  which  has  been 
taken  there,  and  the  hog,  winch  one  finds  on  all  these  islands.  The  Kali- 
lians  use  a  blow  gun,  with  which  they  are  very  skillful, and  they  kUlnumbers 
of  birds  with  this  weapon  without  injuring  their  plumage.  This  renders 
them  more  valuable  in  the  eyes  of  the  traders.  The  sketches  which  I 
made  of  the  natives  are  faithful,  as  far  aa  my  skill  permits.  With  regard 
to  the  continuation  of  their  spines  I  am  very  well  satisfied  with  the 
drawing  of  the  Kalilian  boy  which  you  offer  to  your  readers  this  week. 
The  tail  is  as  I  sketched  it,  though  afterwards  I  saw  many  full  three 
inches  longer.  My  only  objection  is  to  the  face.  The  lithographer  has 
not  made  the  lips  thick  enough." 

Our  picture  this  week  is  a  humorous  though  true  sketch  of  a  Kalilian 
boy  holding  converse  with  two  apes,  and  explaining  to  them  what  in 
sober  earnest  is  the  real  truth— that  his  tribe  are  truly  the  connecting 
link  between  the  tadpole,  the  quadrum  anous  arboreal  mammal  and  the 
bipes  implumis,  known  as  man. 

A  small  but  accurate  diagram  of  the  islands  is  appended  to  the  picture 
of  the  Kililian  Boy,  and  will  serve  to  enlighten  our  readers  as  to  the  ex- 
act position  of  the  New  Ireland  group.  This  was  deemed  advisable,  al- 
though the  description  already  given  of  the  locality  above  should  be  suffi- 
cient to  explain  the  position  to  all  careful  readers. 

A  BIT  OF  DIPLOMACY. 
Diplomacy  is  a  curious  science.  It  is  true  of  it  that  it  often  finds 
the  longest  way  round  to  be  the  shortest  way  home.  That  little  dispute 
between  Hamilton  Fish  and  Lord  Derby  about  the  extradition  treaty  will 
be  remembered  by  all.  Derby  claimed  that  a  local  act  of  Parliament, 
recently  passed,  forbade  ministers  to  give  up  a  prisoner  except  upon  an 
undertaking  that  he  would  not  be  tried  for  an  offense  other  than  the  one 
for  which  he  was  extradited.  Mr.  Fish,  in  a  most  able  paper,  contro- 
verted Derby's  position,  and  made  his  best  point  upon  the  argument  that 
no  act  of  Parliament,  or  of  Congress,  could  vitiate  a  treaty  solemnly 
entered  into  between  two  nations.  The  Ashburton  treaty  called  for  no 
such  assurances  as  to  what  should  or  should  not  be  done  with  a  prisoner, 
and  therefore  Mr.  Fish,  in  high  dudgeon,  refused  to  give  any.  For  a  time 
Derby  was  equally  persistent,  and  as  a  consequence  Winelow  and  others 
were  released,  and  President  Grant  announced  that  he  would  neither 
receive  nor  make  requisitions  for  offenders.  Suddenly  Derby  backed 
down,  and  confessed  that  whilst  he  had  no  doubt  whatever  of  the  right- 
eousness of  the  English  act  of  Parliament  passed  with  the  intent  to  pre- 
vent a  man  from  beiug  extradited  for  one  offense  and  tried  for  another, 
yet  with  the  very  sublimity  of  submission  he  confessed  himself  converted 
by  Mr.  Fish's  argument  that  a  treaty  could  not  be  set  aside  by  acts  of 
Parliament  or  of  Congress,  and  that  the  proper  course  was  to  negotiate  a 
new  treaty.  Meanwhile  he  agreed  to  continue  the  old  one  as  if  nothing 
had  happened,  and  Mr.  Fish,  delighted  with  his  evident  triumph,  con- 
sented to  enter  upon  the  consideration  of  a  new  one  embodying  the  prin- 
ciple contended  for  by  Derby,  which  is  admitted  on  all  hands  to  be  a  just 
one.  Thus  the  whole  thing  ended  lovely.  Our  Secretary  had  beaten 
England's  Foreign  Minister  in  a- fair  argument.  The  American  eagle  was 
prouder  than  ever,  and  the  good  feeling  between  the  two  nations  was  pro- 
moted by  our  vanity  being  soothed.  Now  comes  a  fact  that  illustrates 
how  diplomacy  often  finds  the  longest  way  round  the  nearest  way  home. 
Just  prior  to  Derby's  sudden  change,  Congress  had  accepted  the  Hawaiian 
treaty.  That  document  has  an  effect  which  we  pointed  out  at  the  time, 
but  which  our  politicians  do  not  seem  to  fully  realize  even  yet.  The 
shrewd  representatives  of  the  nation  of  "shopkeepers"  saw  it  directly. 
The  United  States  are  solemnly  pledged  by  treaty  to  admit  British  goods 
upon  equal  terms  with  the  most  favored  nation.  Hence,  as  the  Hawaiians 
have  sugar  and  a  long  line  of  other  articles  on  the  free  list,  it  necessarily 
follows  that  under  her  treaty  England  is  entitled  to  like  privileges.  It 
might  have  been  claimed  that  the  act  of  Congress  in  ratifying  the 
Hawaiian  treaty  virtually  set  aside  the  English  one.  But  the  able  argu- 
ment of  Mr.  Irish,  and  the  complete  submission  of  Derby,  takes  that 
ground  from  under  our  feet.  And  now  we  find  that  English  producers 
are  in  real  earnest  in  their  intention  to  avail  themselves  of  their  treaty 
rights.  The  European  Mail  of  the  22d  of  December  points  out  to  its 
British  colonial  readers  what  their  rights  are  in  the  premises,  and  promises 
to  follow  the  subject  up.  The  case  is  put  with  such  clearness  that  it 
would  seem  impossible  to  resist  its  conclusions.  We  wonder  if  Lord 
Derby  saw  all  this  when  he  was  submitting  to  a  principle  that  in  the  end 
was  to  prove  so  greatly  to  the  advantage  of  his  country  ?  Whether  lie  saw 
it  or  not,* the  effect  is  the  same. 

Judge  Wheeler's  bad  law,  upset  by  a  high  Court  of  Appeals,  as  re- 
ported in  another  column,  will  not  furnish  him  with  pleasant  reading  this 
morning.  Upholding,  as  it  does  most  nobly,  the  liberty  of  the  press,  it 
is  worthy  the  notice  of  our  contemporaries  everywhere. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO,  JANUARY  27,  1817- 


NUMBER  1. 


BIZ. 


Imports  during  January  have  been  quite  light,  while  the  exports 

have  i  «»_-*'  i  i  well  kept  up  by  shipments  of  Wheat,  Flour,  Quicksilver,  etc. 

'I'll.-  genial   weather  thua  Far  during  the  month  has  been  productive  of 

much  good  in  bringing  forward  grass  and  grain  rapidly,  and  giving  hope 

■.  to  the  perishing  sheep  and   cattle;   while  the 

ts    have  'if    l:iU'  iitrn  greatly  improved  by  the  rainfall  of  an 

men  with  which  we  were  visited  last  week.     Our  interior  exchanges  speak 

\  aa  to  the  good   effects   of    the  rain,  enabling  the  farmer  to 

ttivate  Ins  land  to  good  advantage,  while  the  warm,  growing 

:  ■  i  few  days  has  painted  the  hills  and  valleys  with  living 

Oui  merchants  and  ship-owners  begin  to  look  with  more  confi- 

as  to  the  future,  hoping  that  1877  will  give  us  full  average  crops, 

ami  thus  give  freight  to  the  large  fleet  of  ships  that  may  reasonably  come 

bis  Summer  and  Fall  seeking  business.     At  this  writing  tonnage  is 

a]  and  freights  low,  several  ships  having  been  chartered  during  the 
week   to  load   Wheat   for   Liverpool  at  £2.     Some  ship-owners  are  now 

j  for  a  alight   advance   in    Wheat   freights,  and  it  is  possible  that 
rement  may  be   realized  therefor  in  the  month  of  February, 
as  v.     have  remaining  about  150,000  tons  of  Wheat  yet  to  be  exported. 

Last  week  we  presented  some  valuable  statistical  figures  concerning 
the  business  of  this  coast,  taken  from  the  Commercial  BeraU£s  Annual 
Review.     We  now  purpose  to  allude  to  its  well  filled  columns  once  more, 

therefrom  some  Lumber  statistics  which  will  be  found  valuable  to 
our  readers. 

Our  Lumber  exports  in  187.">  aggregated  10,000,000  feet,  valued  at 
n.  The  same  in  1876  reached  10,800,000  feet,  valued  at  8200,000. 
Our  receipts  of  Lumber  seem  to  have  been  immense,  showing  how  vast 
the  local  consumption  has  become  within  the  past  few  years.  Of  Pine 
the  receipts  fur  1876  aggregated  161,300,000  feet ;  of  Redwood,  115,000,000 
feet;  of  Cedar,  10,500,000  feet;  of  Spruce,  17,000,000  feet;  of  Sugar 
Pine.  4,500,000  feet,  besides  other  kinds,  the  whole  reaching  upwards  of 
309,000,000  feet.  Then  of  sundries  we  find,  of  Shingles,  144,000,000; 
laths,  62,000,000;  besides  a  vast  number  of  Spars,  Piles,  R.  R.  Ties,  etc. 
\\  e  have  vast  unexplored  forests  of  Redwood  and  Pine  in  this  State,  as 
u.  11  as  I'ujet  Sound,  Oregon  and  Washington Teiritory.  The  opening  up 
of  the  Northern  Pacific  Narrow-gauge  Railroad  to  the  Russian  River 
country  opens  up  to  a  vast  territory  of  valuable  Lumber  that  will  be  of 
inestimable  value  to  the  trade  and  commerce  of  this  port.  The  Burrard 
Inlet  Mills,  British  Columbia,  also  furnish  considerable  timber  for  export, 
and  within  a  few  days  the  ship  Lookout  has  been  chattered  to  proceed  to 
that  point  for  a  cargo  of  Lumber  for  Australia.  The  freight  of  same  to 
Sydney,  £3  12s  6d  ;  to  Melbourne,  £3  17s  Od  ;  or  if  to  Adelaide,  £4  2s  fid. 

The  foregoing  lumber  exhibit  shows  an  increase  of  receipts  of  3,000,- 
000  feet  over  those  of  the  year  preceding.  Of  late  there  has  been  estab- 
lished at  Sancelito  a  Lumber  Depot,  where  the  Russian  River  product 
will  be  distributed.  This  promises  to  be  a  very  important  feeder  to  the 
lumber  trade  of  this  port. 

Quicksilver.  --The  New  Almaden  Mining  Company,  through  Mr.  J. 
B.  Kandol,  manager,  furnish  a  statement  of  its  product  for  24  years  and  3 
months,  starting  July,  1850,  to  December  3Lst,  1S7G,  showing  a  total 
product  of  all  the  mines  on  the  company's  property  of  027,002  flasks  of 
76i  lbs.  each,  or  in  pounds  47,965,653.  These  mines  were  first  worked  in 
1843,  but  on  a  small  scale,  and  no  records  kept  thereof  until  1S50.  Some 
500  or  fiOO  men  find  steady  employment  the  year  round.  The  reduction 
works  of  the  Quicksilver  Company  consist  of  nine  (9)  furnaces,  and  in- 
clude the  most  improved  methods  of  working  Cinnibar  ores  known,  and 
the  whole  working  force  as  perfect  and  complete  as  possible.  In  our  issue 
of  last  week  we  showed  that  the  total  quicksilver  product  of  California  in 
187fi  aggregated  75,074  flasks,  and  of  which  the  New  Almaden  produced 
20,031  flasks — present  market  price  50c. 

Treasure  Exports, —  Our  exports  for  1876,  through  public  channels, 
excluding  Post  Office  and  Sub  Treasury  transfers,  aggregated  £49,780,000, 
against  £43,000.000  the  year  preceding,  and  with  all  this  large  increase 
California  was  never  so  well  off  in  gold  and  silver  coin  at  the  banks  or 
monetary  reservoirs  as  they  now  are  and  have  been  for  months  past.  The 
accumulation  of  real  wealth  on  the  Pacific  Slope  the  past  few  years  is 
something  marvelous. 

The  Raisin  product  of  this  State  in  1876  was  not  less  than  38,000 
boxes  of  20  lbs  each,  and  had  it  not  been  for  the  early  rains  in  October 
and  November,  it  is  probable  that  the  quantity  would  have  reached  50,000 
boxes  at  least.  The  stock  here  is  large.  .  Some  of  the  Raisins,  particu- 
larly Blower's  Muscatel,  are  of  superior  quality,  yet  we  are  sorry  to  be 
compelled  to  say  that  more  than  half  the  product  is  not  up  to  the  full 
standard  of  trade  requirements.  Nevertheless,  we  feel  proud  of  Califor- 
nia's two  years'  experience  in  Raisin  making. 


The  Fruit  shipments  Eastward  of  green  and  ripe  fruits  in  1876  h 

the  Pacific  Railroad,  including  Pears,  Crapes,  etc.,  was  Large,  and  of  con- 
si  lerable  value.  Sacramento  and  other  growers  figure  up  several  hundred 
ear  Loads  to  Chicago,  New  York,  Boston,  Philadelphia,  St.  Louis,  etc., 
and  it  is  probable  that  by  the  use  of  refrigerator  cars  in  187b'  this  trade 
will  be  prosecuted  with  renewed  vigor. 

Hops.— Our  receipts  in  1876  aggregated  9,711  bales,  against  in  1875  of 
4,024,  an  increase  of  2,787  bales.  We  have  now  a  stock  on  hand  of  about 
,000  bales,  held  at  20(§  22£c  for  good  to  choice. 

Hides.  --  The  receipts  in  1876  were  16,300  less  than  in  1875,  and  the  ex- 
ports 33,000  less.  Low  rates  prevailed  until  the  closing  month  of  the 
year,  when,  by  reason  of  an  active  trade  in  New  York,  prices  here  rallied 
to  20('_'  22c  tor  Dry,  but  have  since  fallen  back  to  18c. 

Tallow. —The  market  is  quiet  at  6c  for  good  standard  quality. 

Butter  and  Cheese.  —  Our  Pacific  coast  product  shows  a  steady  gain, 
making  us  now  self-producing,  and  entirely  independent  of  Eastern  marts 
for  Butter,  although  some  people  will  have  a  little  Eastern  Cheese.  Our 
receipts  of  Butter  (home  dairies)  in  1874,  7,408,500  lbs;  1875,  9,500,000  lbs; 
1876,  10,000,000  lbs.  Of  Cheese  the  local  product  received  in  1874, 
5,000,000  lbs;  1875,  6,000,000  lbs;  1876,  7,000,000  lbs.  The  present  price 
of  good  to  choice  Table  Butter,  30(a.;35c;  of  Cheese,  good  to  choice,  10@  14c. 

Wheat.  ~  Our  exports  since  July  1st  consist  of  247  cargoes,  8,570,706 
ctls,  value  $15,356,053;  same  time,  1875,  126  cargoes,  4,558,863  ctls,  value 
810,142,187,  besides  considerable  Flour  in  same  ships.  We  have  at  date 
on  the  Liverpool  berth  22  ships,  of  29,566  registered  tons.  The  present 
price  of  shipping  cargoes,  S2  124@2  15;  choice  milling,  $2  17i@2  20  $ 
ctl,  market  firm. 

Barley.  ~  The  recent  advance  has  been  lost  in  some  measure,  yet  there 
is  a  strong  undertone  to  the  market,  with  sales  of  Feed  at  SI  25;  Brewing, 
SI  35@1  37i.     There  is  some  small  inquiry  for  Australia. 

Salmon.  —  There  is  a  pause  in  the  market  for  Oregon  1-th  Fish  for 
1876  catch.  The  last  sales  made  for  English  account  were  at  811  50  ■Is7? 
dozen.  It  is  probable  that  more  could  be  contracted  for  to  be  delivered  in 
midsummer  at  this  rate,  yet  prospective  holders  are  not  anxious  to  go  too 
far  until  they  know  something  more  of  the  probable  catch  in  Columbia 
River.  Very  large  calculations  are  made  for  a  big  haul  of  Salmon  in  the 
spring. 

Borax.  --  We  hear  of  nothing  doing  at  present.  Prices  low,  as  for 
months  past. 

Bags  and  Bagging.  —  There  is  a  demand  for  standard  Burlap  grain 
sacks  at  S-jsc,  but  holders  demand  9c.  Some  expect  the  Spring  market  to 
open  at  10c.  Of  course  much  depends  upon  the  Spring  season,  wet  or 
dry.     If  the  former  good  prices  will  rule. 

Coffee.  —  Owing  to  a  decline  of  l.J  c.  in  New  York  buyers  here  purchase 
sparing!}'.  Our  stocks,  however,  are  light,  and  leading  holders  will  not  be 
in  a  imrry  to  sell.  The  steamer  Granada,  from  Central  American  ports, 
brought  3,500  bags,  new  crop,  to  many  consignees  anxious  to  realize,  and 
this  perhaps  may  be  worked  off  at  20c.@21c,  according  to  quality. 

Rice.  —  Stocks  are  large  and  the  demand  light.  Hawaiian  has  been 
sold  at  5£c.@6c;  China,  5£c.@5;£c. 

Sugar.  —  There  is  an  invoice  of  1,000  bags  China  at  hand  per  steamer 
now  upon  the  market,  and  some  2,500,000  lbs.  Hawaiian  grocery  grades. 
All  the  balance  of  our  stuck,  7,500,000  lbs.,  is  held  by  the  Refiners,  which 
gives  a  firm  tone  to  the  market— say  13c.@13.lc.  for  White,  (.k:(<<  10!c.  for 
good  to  choice  Yellow. 

Teas.  — An  auction  sale  of  the  "  Hand"  brand  of  Japans  was  held  yes- 
terday at  S.  L.  Jones  &  Co.'s,  but  with  indifferent  success.  The  "  C.  B." 
brand,  "L."  in  a  diamond,  and  "  M.  &  Co."  are  the  three  brands  which, 
to  a  great  extent,  rule  this  market,  being  both  Black  and  ( rreen,  China 
and  Japans,  either  in  bulk  or  papers.  The  standard  price  of  Japan 
papers  is  35(5>37-^c.  There  are,  of  course,  many  other  brands  in  the  mar- 
ket, such  as  "  Comet,"  "  Oolong,"  "  Sutil,"  "  Dragon,"  etc.,  but  more  is 
sold  of  the  three  brands  first  named  than  all  of  the  others  combined. 

Coal. --By  reason  of  light  imports  of  late  from  the  colonies, *nd  the 
few  vessels  loading  at  Newcastle  at  last  mail  dates  for  this  port,  cargo 
sales  of  Australian  Steam  have  recently  been  made  here  at  $8  \>l\0~i  8  75, 
while  one  cargo  of  Wallsend  has  been  placed  at  §9.  Seattle,  Coos  Bay 
and  Bellingham  Bay  are  now  quotable  at  §8.  Wellington  and  Nanaimo 
are  held  higher. 

Metals.  —We  hear  of  nothing  doing  in  Pig  Iron,  Tin  Plate,  Sydney 
Tin,  etc.  The  trade  generally  is  very  quiet  at  present,  and  pi  ices  for  the 
most  part  favor  the  buyer. 

From  China  and  Japan.  —The  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Alaska  has 
arrived  from  Hongkong  via  Yukohama  since  our  last,  bringing  for  cargo 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAIST  FRAXCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Jan.   27,  1877. 


4,207  pkgs.  Tea,  3,440  mats  Rice,  1,000  bags  Sugar,  etc.,  for  this  point; 
also  in  transitu  for  the  East  by  Central  Pacific  1,248  pkgB.  Tea  for  New 
York,  1,744  pkgs.  Tea  for  Chicago,  103  pkgs.  for  Baltimore. 

Kerosene  Oils.  —The  ship  Mary  Whifcridge,  for  Hongkong,  in  Ma- 
condray's  hue,  will  carry  3,000  cs.  Devoe's  Coal  Oil,  price  45c.  Increased 
attention  is  being  given  to  the  production  of  California  Earth  Oil  by  the 
Star  Oil  Works  Company.  Several  capitalists  have  taken  hold  of  the 
matter  in  good  earnest,  and  supplies  are  now  arriving  quite  regularly 
from  the  southern  coast  counties. 

Wool.— The  market  at  present  continues  inactive,  with  only  a  mod- 
erate stock,  about  125,000  lbs,  fair  Northern  fleece  taken  this  week  by 
local  buyers  at  15J@20c,  according  to  quality. 

Flour.—  The  local  trade  continues  to  be  supplied  liberally  with  Baker's 
and  Family  Extras  by  the  Golden  Age,  Golden  Gate  and  Vallejo  Starr 
Mills,  at  $6  50C«  7  §  obi.  Shipping  Extras  can  be  bought  at  86;  Extra 
Superfine,  So  50;  Superfine,  65  W  196  lbs. 


CONDENSED    NEWS    OF   THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL. 

Saturday,  January  20th.  —Bennett,  ex-Pension  Agent,  was  sentenced 
to  two  years1  imprisonment,  or  $5,000  fine.— "Warrants  have  been  issued 
for  merchants  on  Clay  and  Davis  streets  for  obstructing  the  sidewalks 
with  their  goods.  '  ■■■  There  are  seventy-five  persons  aw  liting  examination 
by  the  next  Grand  Jury.  The  last  Grand  Jury  examined  168  present- 
ments and  found  134  true  bills.— —Louis  Foley,  a  wholesale  butcher,  was 
arrested  nu  a  charge  of  mayhem. 

Sunday,  21st.  —  Frederic  Luchs,  a  native  of  Germanj--,  thirty-one 
years  of  age,  died  suddenly  in  a  lodging  house,  No.  869  Market  street. 
The  body  was  taken  to  the  Morgue.— Charles  L.  Benham,  arrested  on  a 
charge  of  having  obtained  money  by  means  of  false  pretences,  has  waived 
examination  in  the  City  Court,  and  is  held  to  answer  before  the  Grand 
Jury.—  A  State  Convention  of  Turners  is  announced  to  take  place  in 
this  city  on  February  18th  and  19th.— Bishop  Kip  administered  the 
right  of  confirmation,  at  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church,  to-day.  —Father 
H.  P.  Gallagher  lectured  to-day,  at  St.  Mary's,  Oakland,  on  "Borne  and 
and  its  Impressions."  The  offertory  was  for  the  benefit  of  the  Hongkong 
Mission. 

Monday,  22d.  —  The  next  Palace  Hotel  hop  is  announced  for  Thurs- 
day evening,  the  1st  proximo. -^The  second  match  between  Crittenden 
Robinson  and  Captain  Bogardus  did  not  come  off  on  Saturday.  Both 
parties  were  on  the  ground,  but  could  not  agree  upon  the  selection  of  a 
referee.-^— Mary  F.  Howland,  forty-two  years  of  age,  and  a  native  of 
Massachusetts,  has  been  committed  to  the  Napa  Insane  Asylum.  The 
real  estate  agents  doing  business  in  this  city  have  petitioned  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  to  reduce  the  rates  on  license  which  it  is  proposed  to  issue  to 
them. 

Tuesday,  23d.  --  Judge  Dangeifield  to-day  rendered  judgment  for 
plaintiff  for  Sl,300,  in  the  suit  of  the  Boston  and  Savannah  Glass  Com- 
pany vs.  A.  P.  Bacon.  Annie  C  Frie  was  granted  a  divorce  to-day 
from  Andrew  J.  Frie  in  the  Fourth  District  Court,  on  the  ground  of 
habitual  intemperance.— —Francisco  Moreno,  for  making  a  burglarious 
entry  into  a  Dupont  store  and  carrying  off  a  clock  and  other  articles,  was 
to-day  held  to  answer  in  $3,000  bail.— The  divorce  suit  of  Gurnazzo  vs. 
Gurnazzo  has  been  referred  to  the  Commissioner  of  the  Third  District 
Court. -^— Judge  McKee  has  rendered  judgment  for  §10,808  in  favor  of 
the  plaintiff  in  the  suit  of  Tracy  vs.  Des  Rochevs  et  al. 

Wednesday,  24th.  —  The  estate  of  the  late  Frank  Swift  will  receive 
81,000  from  the  American  Mining  Board,  New  York,  he  having  been  a 
member  of  that  institution,  and  the  above  amount  being  from  the 
life  insurance  fund.— —  The  certificate  of  election  of  Gustave  Touchard, 
D.  J.  Staples,  Wm.  Olmstead,  A.  J.  Bryant,  C.  A.  Laton,  J.  O.  Grant 
and  Hugh  Craig,  as  Directors  of  the  Underwriters'  Fire  Patrol,  has  been 
filed.  —The  steamer  South.  Carolina,  which  has  been  lying  idle  in  port 
for  several  weeks,  sailed  for  Panama  at  noon  to-day. 

Thursday,  25th.  —  The  Bohemian  Club,  with  appropriate  ceremonies, 
removed  into  its  new  quarters  over  the  California  Market  last  evening. 
The  apartments  were  fitted  up  at  a  cost  of  §10,000,  and  the  club  enters 
them  free  from  debt.— —The  body  of  a  man  recently  found  hanging  at 
Saucelito  has  been  identified  as  that  of  David  Perkins,  sixty-nine  years  of 
age,  a  native  of  Maine,  and  a  house-mover  by  occupation.  <  The  Super- 
visors are  investigating  in  their  new  work  what  grade  is  suitable  for  the 
Fifteenth  avenue  extension. 

Friday,  26th.  —Ernest  Wagner,  a  farmer  of  San  Joaquin,  has  filed  his 
petition  in  bankruptcy.  His  liabilities  amount  to  814,931,  and  assets  to 
§12,000.  Also  Max  Wagner,  a  saloon-keeper  of  Stockton.  His  debts 
amount  to  55,712,  and  assets  §0,300.^— Janagen  Rene  was  assaulted  in 
his  room  in  a  lodging  house  on  Pacific  street,  between  Dupont  and  Kearny, 
last  night,  by  a  quartet  of  ruffians.^— Robert  Silbey,  for  a  long  time 
marine  reporter  for  the  Merchants'  Exchange,  died  at  Oakland  on  Wed- 
nesday, aged  Gl  years.— Ex- Assessor  Levi  Rosener  is  ill  at  the  Palace 
Hotel  with  plenro-pneumonia.— — Don  Yglesias  and  suite  arrived  as 
fugitives  from  Mexico. 


TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  January  20th.  —  The  ice  in  the  Potomac  broke  up,  doing 
great  damage.  The  sharp  running  ice  cut  down  and  sank  two  or  three 
schooners,  several  tug  boats  and  a  number  of  scows,  loaded  heavily.^— 
At  a  local  election  in  Delisle  village,  Canada,  some  forty  men  engaged  in 
a  brutal  free  fight.  The  Town  Hall  was  completely  sacked.— The  Sea- 
man's Protective  Society  of  New  York  to-night  passed  resolutions  author- 
izing the  President  to  inform  Mr.  PHmsoll,  M.  P.,  England,  that  crews 
of  fully  ten  vessels  are  starving  on  the  streets  of  New  York,  and  that  the 
British  Consul  had  been  appealed  to  and  can  do  nothing. 

Sunday,  21st.— The  President  has  signed  the  bill  authorizing  the  Van- 
couver Water  Company  to  lay  pipes  across  the  Military  Reservation.^— 
Tne  President  to-day  nominated  Solomon  Cooper  Receiver  of  Public 
Money  at  Humboldt,  California.—  -The   nomination  of  J.  L.  Burchard 


to  be  Indian  Agent  at  Round  Valley  Agency,  California,  was  confirmed 
by  the  Senate  to-day.— General  John  A.  Miller  leaves  Washington  to- 
night for  California.— Judge  Widney  has  arrived  in  Washington  to  urge 
the  enactment  of  a  bill  confirming  title  to  California  school  indemnity 
selections.  Horton,  of  San  Diego,  has  also  arrived  and  is  working  with 
Felsenheld  to  defeat  the  Texas  Pacific  Railroad  bill  unless  it  be  amended 
so  as  to  provide  for  a  direct  line. 

Monday,  22d.— By  order  of  General  Augur,  the  State  Librarian,  who 
was  deposed  by  Nicholls  yesterday  at  New  Orleans,  was  reinstated  to- 
day. Barron  left  the  Republican  House  to-day,  and  was  sworn  in  by  the 
Democratic  House.  —It  was  ascertained  to-day  that  the  President  has 
said  it  is  his  intention  to  sign  the  bill  providing  for  the  counting  of  the 
electoral  vote  in  case  it  passes  both  houses  of  Congress.  The  twenty- 
fifth  annual  meeting  of  the  B'nai  Brith  of  the  United  States  commenced 
at  Cincinnati  to-day.     About  one  hundred  delegates  have  arrived. 

Tuesday,  23d  —The  steamer  Lotus  sails  to-morrow  from  New  Haven 
for  Constantinople',  with  a  cargo  of  arms  and  ammunition  for  the  Turks 
valued  at  a  million  and  a  quarter.  Charles  W.  Chadwick,  one  of  the 
parties  implicated  in  the  forgery  of  the  check  for  -%4,000  on  the  Union 
Trust  Company,  was  arrested  this  afternoon.-^— John  R.  McPherson  was 
to-night  nominated  for  United  States  Senator  of  New  Jersey  by  the  Dem- 
ocratic caucus. -^At  a  meeting  of  leading  business  and  professional  men 
of  Richmond  the  Joint  Committee's  bill  was  indorsed. 

Wednesday,  24th.  — Grisley,  who  has  been  on  trial  at  San  Diego  for 
the  past  week  for  the  murder  of  the  stationkeeper,  Bowers,  at  Mountain 
Springs,  was  found  guilty  of  murder  in  the  second  degree.  The  prisoner 
will  receive  sentence  next  Tuesday.  Hon.  Charles  B.  LawreiKx-  was 
unanimously  nominated  by  the  Republican  caucus  for  United  States  Sen- 
ator of  Illinois,  General  Logan  having  peremptorily  declined  to  permit 
the  further  use  of  his  name.— -It  is  expected  that  the  special  House  com- 
mittees on  the  Presidential  election  in  Florida  and  South  Carolina  will 
make  their  reports  at  the  close  of  this  week.— The  House  Seryeant-at- 
Arms  left  New  Orleans  this  evening  for  Washington,  via  Mobile,  with 
t  lassaneuve  and  ICei.ner,  members  of  the  Returning  Board. 

Thursday,  25th.  —  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to-day  issued  the 
thirty-eighth  call  for  the  redemption  of  ten  millions  ot  five-twenty  bonds 
of  1805,  May  and  November.  The  principal  and  interest  will  be  paid  on 
and  alter  the  24th  "f  April  next,  and  interest  will  cease  on  that  day.-^ 
General  Belknap  has  informed  District  Attorney  Wells  that  he  will  apply 
on  the  29th  instant  for  a  trial  of  the  suit  against  him  in  the  Circuit 
Court.— At  7:30,  after  an  all-night  session,  the  Senate  passed  the  Com- 
promise bill  without  amendment.  Various  amendments  were  submitted, 
but  all  voted  down.     Eaton  was  the  only  Democrat  who  voted  against  it. 

Friday,  26th. —James  H.  Bland,  a  prominent  young  lawyer  of  Los 
Angeles,  died  of  malignant  diphtheria.  —In  the  Massachusetts  House 
to-day  resolutions  were  adopted  favoring  the  Electoral  bill  and  an  amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution  clearly  prescribing  the  mode  for  counting  the 
Electoral  vote.  Only  10  dissented.— —Judge  David  Davis  of  the  United 
States  Supreme  Court  was  elected  Senator  from  Illinois  on  the  first  ballot 
to-day. 


FOREIGN. 

Saturday,  January  20th.  —With  the  break  up  of  the  Conference 
ends  the  old-fashioned  policy  which  accepted  Turkey  as  an  hereditai-y 
responsibility  of  England.  Henceforward  Turkey  must  patch  up  its 
credit  the  best  way  it  can  and  fight  its  own  battles.  —The  Austrian 
Government  has  concluded  a  loan  of  70,000,000,  gold,  with  various  Lon- 
don, Vienna  and  Paris  banks.  This  loan  is  the  balance  of  110,000,000 
florins,  which  the  Keichstadt  authorized  the  Minister  of  Finance  to  raise. 
Two  important  engagements  have  been  recently  fought  on  the  island 
of  Cuba.  The  most  important  took  place  at  Farrallones,  where  the  Span- 
ish were  defeated  by  the  Cubans  under  Generals  Modesta,  Diaz  and  An- 
tonio Macea.  The  other  was  at  Zopata,  and  here  also  the  Spanish  forces 
suffered  another  reverse.-^— Russia  is  endeavoring  to  secure  the  neutral- 
ity of  Austria  in  the  event  of  war. 

Sunday,  21st.—  The  German  Government  has  decided  to  abolish  all 
honorary  Consulates  in  the  United  States  in  favor  of  paid  officials,  the 
Consulate  General  at  New  York  and  the  Consulate  at  San  Francisco  ex- 
cepted. ^— The  work  on  the  fortifications  at  Metz  and  Strasbourg  is  being 
pushed  forward  to  completion  with  the  utmost  haste,  and  provisions  for 
the  same  are  arriving. ^— The  coral  fishers  of  Terre  del  Greece  are  fitting 
out  vessels  for  an  expedition  to  a  newly  discovered  reef  between  Bermuda 
and  Nova  Scotia.  -—The  Porte  informed  Servia  that  it  would  on  no  con- 
sideration renew  the  armistice,  but  would  march  on  Belgrade  if  Servia 
did  not  treat  directly  with  Turkey  for  peace  before  March  1st.  Prince 
Milan  is  in  favor  of  such  peace. 

Monday,  22d.~ The  Marquis  of  Salisbury  and  suite  left  Constantino- 
ple to-day  for  Brindisi,  calling  at  Piraeus  and  Corinth.  He  will  return  to 
London  before  the  opening  of  Parliament.—  The  Porte  has  intimated 
that  soon  after  the  closing  of  the  Conference  it  would  spontaneously  offer 
considerable  concessions  to  the  Powers,  which  it  now  refuses  to  yield 
to  compulsion.—  A  cable  special  says  the  German  Government  possesses 
ample  proofs  of  the  existence  of  a  large  monastic  conspiracy  in  France  to 
gain  power  in  that  country  for  purposes  hostile  to  Germany. 

Tuesday,  23d.  —It  is  now  beyond  doubt  that  the  American  ship 
George  Green,  Captain  Wilcox,  has  been  lost  with  all  on  board.  An  in- 
quest has  been  held  at  Kingston,  Devonshire,  England,  on  a  body  winch 
has  been  identified  as  that  of  the  Captain's  wife.— —A  special  from  Vi- 
enna reports  that  the  officers  of  Russian  railways  have  been  ordered  to 
hold  their  roads  in  readiness  from  the  end  of  the  present  week  for  a  large 
increase  of  military  transportation.— Prince  Hohenlohe,  German  Em- 
bassador, has  lost  no  opportunity  of  assuring  the  Duke  de  Cazes  that 
Germany  regards  the  attitude  of  France  in  regard  to  the  Eastern  compli- 
cations with  the  best  feelings,  notwithstanding  the  attacks  of  the  German 
press. 

Wednesday  24th.--The  Registrar-General's  report  shows  that  small- 
pox in  London,  England,  is  decreasing,  70  deaths  occurring  last  week 
against  100  the  week  previous.- — ' 


-Commercial  intercourse  between  Rus- 


J  in.  87,    L877. 


POSTS*  RIPTTO  THE  SA»   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


MINING    STOCK    CONVULSIONS. 
The  following  article   ia   from  the  (  Berald,  probably  the 

best  tin;ii:.-i;U  authority  in  tin-  country.     We  reprint  it  without  comment : 
.ii"  time  p.ust  the  atmosphere  which  envelope  the  mining  stock 
market  hits  been  thick,  murky  ;m<l  pestilential,  by  reason  of    the  douhte, 
fears,  bickerings,  accusations  and  counter  accusations,  rings,  cliques  and 
rate  combinations  with  which  it  has  been  corrupted;   and  we  Bhall 
the  gloom  aud  let  in  a  little  pure  air  and  light.     From 
the  date  of  -n  rast  ami  rich  on-  bodies   in   the  ConistuL-k   lode. 

■  Ivanoed  and  n  ■•  d<  d,  and,  in  anmeroDs  cases,  in  accordance 
n  i tli  developments  in  the  mines.  Panics  and  serious  depressions  in  Btocks 
however,  occurred  without  satisfactory  reason.'  It  will  be  remem- 
bered that  January  loth  was  on..-  oi  the  darkest  days  ever  known  in  the 
!.  Its  approach  had  bees  heralded  by  constant  depressions  and 
downward  tendencies  for  a  week  preceding,  and  at  the  date  specified  the 
culminating  point  was  reacfied,  producing  something  very  near  a  panic. 
It  i-  a  well  known  attribute  uf  human  nature,  as  a  rule,  to  throw  the 
onus  "i"  misfortune  upon  the  Bhoulders  of  some  one  else,  and  especially  is 
this  true  of  those  whose  dishonorable  practices  have  procured  affliction 
!.  to  shelter  themselves  by  accusing  others.  It  is  also  undeniable 
that  the  pros]  •  cons  are  generally  objects  of  envy  and  malevolent  feeling 
to  the  unprosperous,  and  we  have  been  in  no  wise  surprised  at  the  malig- 
nant tone  and  character  of  the  charges  that  have  been  hurled  at  Messrs. 
Flood,  O'Brien,  Mackay  and  Fair,  the  envied  controllers  of  the  '*  bonanza 
mines.*1  But,  without  dwelling  on  that  significant  fact,  we  are  of  opinion 
that  a  natural  solution  can  be  reached  without  difficulty  by  simply  com- 
paring the  alternations  in  the  prices  of  a  number  of  mining  stocks  during 
•Inly  last,  when  very  serious  depressions  occurred,  and  those  ruling  in 
January,  culminating  on  the  13th.     We  annex  a  short  table: 

■/»!>/,  1870.        Jan.  13,  1877. 

Alpha $47  00  sn*  no 

Belcher 18  00  8  00 

Bullion 42  00  8  00 

Exchequer 17  00  4  00 

l  Ion.  Imperial (j  00  1  37A 

Justice 2G  00  9  50" 

Kentuck 13  00  4  00 

Ophir 50  00  16  50 

Savage 22  00  7  50 

Sierra  Nevada 17  00  5  00 

Union 17  00  7  00 

-Mexican 40  00  14  00 

Yellow  Jacket 30  00  9  50 

Crown  Point 12  00  4  75 

Chollar 100  00  40  00 

Attention  is  directed  to  the  exceeding  discrepancies  in  prices  of  the 
above  stated  stocks,  and  we  now  turn  to  a  consideration  of  those  which 
took  place  in  tlie  bonanza  stocks  during  the  same  period.  In  July  Cali- 
fornia sold  at  §56  per  share,  and  since  then  has  paid  dividends  to  the 
amount  of  $12  per  share,  while  its  selling  price  on  the  13th  of  January 
was  $45  per  share.  Con.  Virginia  sold  in  July  at  $45  per  share,  and  on 
the  13th  of  January  at  §35  per  share,  having  in  the  meantime  disbursed 
dividends  of  $10  per  share.  Furthermore,  we  state  right  here  that 
seventy-two  per  cent,  of  the  gross  yield  of  these  two  mines  have  been  paid 
to  the  stockholders  under  the  management  of  Messrs.  Flood,  O'Brien 
Mackay  and  Fair,  while  the  very  best  managed  among  the  other  mines 
of  the  Comstock  lode  has  never  paid  more  than  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  gross 
yields  to  the  shareholders.  Had  not  the  bonanza  firm  recently  sustained 
the  market  prices  would  have  reached  a  far  lower  depth  than  they  did, 
and  this  we  assert  positively.  It  has  become  quite  apparent  that  the  raid 
recently  inaugurated  upon  bonanza  stocks  is  the  work  of  a  combination  or 
"  ring,"  backed  up,  according  to  report,  by  a  fund  of  §7,000,000,  and  it  is 
beyond  question  that  what  is  known  as  the  "  borrowing  process,"  or  the 
duplicate  use  of  stocks,  has  been  carried  to  greater  extremes  than  ever 
thereby  placing  stocks  actually  owned  by  parties  other  than  brokers,  yet 
confided  to  brokers  for  negotiation,  in  the  most  jeopardous  and  precarious 
position.  We  learn  that  quite  a  number  of  brokers  have  been  warned,  by 
an  authoritative  source,  to  desist  from  such  questionable  operations  giv- 
ing a  limited  time  to  heed  the  warning.  After  a  cool,  dispassionate'  sur- 
vey of  the  facts,  we  express  our  conviction  that  grave  injustice  has  been 
done  to  parties  who  are  not  only  blameless  but  praiseworthy  for  the  gen- 
eral course  of  their  management  and  the  promptitude  with  which  they 
have  acted  to  put  a  quietus  to  unscrupulous  practices  which  endanger  the 
interests  of  a  large  number  of  stockholders. 


.  I  *till,  owing   to  prohibitory  di 

the  1  v 

■  niier.'^— A   lit--  broke  out  in  Si 
.■id.  to-day,  while  the   men  were  it  work,  and 

1  '  now  !i  t"  bai  i '  is  mi 

t-wr  the  bodiea.    ■ ' 'The  Turkish    Bml 
inaultatton   in   Peath   to-day  on  Turkeys   future  course,  informed 
-v  that  the  Porte  intended  to  make  paaoa  with  Servia  and 
tnd  requested  Aaidrasay's  mediation. 
Thursday,  25th.-- Safvet  Pasha  had  an  interview  with  General  tgnat* 
i  i  notified  him  of  the    Por  ication  to  France  and  England 

.  I  inf<  inwd  him  that   the  Porte  proposed  to  cany  out 
..1  bisown  tic- will   .dl    1 4 forma  demanded   by  the  Conference.— The 
irreepondent  of  the  Ttswi  states  that   M1dh.1t    Pasha  intimated  to 
If  that  upon  the  bre*Kiug   up  <<i  the  Conference   be  would  enter 
into  direct  negotiations  wil  b  Russia.— •  A  dispatch  from  Semlin  bi 

1  orkiah  Envoy  i>  waiting  in  this  place  with  powers  t<> 
te    preliminaries  of  peace   with  Servia.     The  policy  of  Servis  is 
mill  undivided. 

Friday,  26th.— Russia  and  Turkey  are  continuing  their  warlike  prepa- 
rations ' '  1  Servian  troops  are  again  marching  to  the  front.  —Peaceful 
measun  d  in  Cuba. ^— Tin-  French  Chamber  of  Deputies  has 

Committee.  The  saooeesful  candidates  are  Republi- 
cans, and  the  majority  are  Gambettists.  The  election  of  Gambetta  as 
President  of  the  *  Committee  1-  assured. 


CRADLE.  ALTAR.  AND  TOMB. 


CRADLE 

Arxmtin    In  this  city,  Januarj  if  1  a  son. 

.  .  ■       .1  El.  Brown,  a    00 

January  18  Corcoran,  a  ion. 

>  * ■  ■  ■       In  this  dty,  J  [J  ■■ .  hler. 

of  Ernest  Emmrich,  a  ion. 
Fbrkcu    In  this  city.  J&nuu  1  20,  to  I  hi   ■■  Ifi   ol  J    B    Fr<  m  b 

1    In  this  city,  J  uiuarj  21,  to  th  ol  1.  Goldsmith,  a  daughter. 

11  ls.ru    Id  ti  ■,    ■.■ ,-.-  ..in    11  iri  Is,  ad  lighter, 

lo  thU  dty,  Januarj  10,  to  the  wife  of  Wm   L  Joffory.ason, 
Kati    in  tonicity,  January  21,  to  the  wifo  ol  K.  Katx,  a  daughter. 
Loxa    in  i  a  in-  oi  11   Long,  11  son. 

In  this  city,  Januarj  L6»  tothi    *  Ife  ol  P    \.  UcDonald,  a  daughter. 
In  1  in-  city,  Januarj  20,    -  thi      Ife  ol  John  Marshall,  a. daughter. 
Pkckiuu    In  Ibis  city,  Januarj  16,  tol  a  ol  B    n    Peotcham,  ■ 

h  L8,  to  tho  v ■ Roberta,  a  ion. 

Simpson    in  Hij-  city,  Januarj  22,  to  the  w  lf<  of  Oapt  J.  Blmpson,  a  daughter. 

Inthl    city,  J .''■;,  L0,  to  thi  nrlfe  of  W.  J.  Vincent,  a  Bon. 

WuiTB    In  this  city,  Jai •}  10,  to  the  wife  ol  Wm.  11.  White,  a  daughter. 

ALTAR. 
r,  in  mi, 1. -si  am,  1  .v     In  Oakland,  Januarj  22,  T,  R,  Coghill  to  K.  E  Stanley. 
GiBSOtr-SiULLiNQ     in  this  city,  January  23,   i.  B,  Gibson  to  J   Shilling. 
11  muiv-Tuask     Is  Sun  Jose,  .January  'in,  M.  Ii.  llanli  to  E.  P.  Trask. 
Kisa  Shki.i     in  tbifl  city,  January  26,  T.  B  King  to  E,  a,  Noble. 
Uoro&n-Moonb  -in  this  dty,  January  is,  i;.  Morgan  to  M.  A.  Hoone. 
Norm  asn-simi.n  -in  this  city,  January     ,  L.  Nordmann  to  Ida  Simon. 
Olivbr-Harrok — In  this  city,  January  IS,  J.  Oliver  to  V  Harron. 

s,  m ;  Si  i:ismas  -In  i his  city,  January  21,  Wm.  Schreffer  to  L.  Stoinman, 

Todd-Qamppbr    iii  this  city,  January  21,  0.  W.  Todd  i"  s.  K.  Gampper. 
Wiiittman-Kaliiklkis.ii— hi  this  city,  January  21,  <;.  Whittman  to  L.  Kalbfleisch. 

TOMB. 
Abbott-- In  Oakland,  Jauuary  -22.  Mary  E  Abbott,  aged  71  years. 
Bahluw— In  this  city,  January  :!"-',  Alice  Barlow,  aged  SSy.ars. 
i  odb    In  thiscity,  January  21,  John  Code,  aged  51  years. 
Daly—  in  this  city,  January  21,  Peter  Daly,  aged  50  yearg. 

l-'oLKV     In  this  city,  January  '0,  Fernainl«'i  l-'nley,  a/etl  '.1  years'. 
Gallejo— In  thiscity,  January  24,  Sdanuel  Gallejo,  aged  27 years. 

linn  an      In  this  city,  Januarj  liii.  M;iry   Hogan,  aged  4,'.  year's. 

KitANznu    In  this  city,  Jouuury  22,  Joseph  Kranzer,  aged  S2yeara 
I    LAFFlN-  In  this  city,  January  23,  Walter  Latlin,  aged  '■'■'<  years. 
.Mult    in  this  city.  Januarj'  ^l,  George  Molt,  Dgea  28  years. 
McLkan  — In  tlm  city,  January  24,  (.'.  McLean,  aged  'S-i  years. 
O'Roi/rke— In  this  city,  January  10,  Dora  O'Bourke,  aged  54  years. 
Phillips— In  this  city,  January  21,  Elizabeth  Phillips,  aged  41  years. 
Ralph— in  Alvarodo,  January  20,  J.  FI.  Ralph,  aged  20  years. 
Kri.iusoN  -In  tins  city,  January  20,  Mattie  Palmer  Rulofson,  aged  12  years. 
Smith— In  this  city.  January  21,  Pauline  Smith,  aged  21  years. 
Trass— In  this  city,  January  25,  A.  B.  Traek,  aged  55  years. 
WlLLBOK— In  this  city,  January  2.i,  .h.hn  (_'.  Willson,  aged  23  years. 


LIES    OF    THE    DAY. 

A  lie  has  no  lepa,  and  cannot  stand:  but  it  has  wines,  and  can  fly  far  and  wide. — 
Wardortom.  With  the  adaptability  of  a  lie,  sin  has  many  tools,  but  a  lie  is  the  handle 
which  fits  them  all.— Lord  Brougham.  A  lie  begets  others:  one  lie  must  be  thatcbed 
with  another,  or  it  will  soon  rain  through.— Lord  Thurlowe. 

"And  the  Parson  made  it  his  text  that  week,  and  he  said  likewise, 
That  a  lie  which  is  half  alio  is  ever  the  blackest  of  lies; 
That  a  lie  that  is  all  a  lie  may  be  met  and  fought  with  outright. 
But,  a  lie  which  is  part  a  truth  is  a  harder  matter  to  fight.— Tennyson. 

San  Francisco  Lies.  —  It  is  not  true  that  the  clay  bust  presented  to 
Judge  W.  did  not  amount  to  much,  but  it  was  "  the  head  and  front"  and 
all  that  was  left  of  a  busted  bank.  ^— That  Moody  and  Sankey  are  likely  to 
be  worsted  in  their  proposed  wrestle  with  Satan  in  San  Francisco.—" 
That  "  a  wise  and  learned  judge  "  has  established  a  precedent  by  which  the 
Evangelists  will  be  injuncted  from  any  hostile  demonstrations  against  Mr. 
S.^— That  gravestones  being  "as  cheap  as  wood,"  it  behooves  the  poor  to 
lay  in  a  stock  thesre  ma'arious  times. ^— That,  though  a  Democratic  com- 
munity to  the  chore,  we  all  cry  in  chore-us,  "Vive  la  Heine."— That 
Schleswig  may  be  great  on  the  piano,  but  his /orfc  is  pedro.— — -That  I.  G. 

Al n's  favorite  maxim  ia   "charity  begins    at  home."— That  a  large 

portion  of  his  charitable  contributions  seem  to  have  stayed  there.— —  That 
he  is  about  to  join  the  angelic  choir  led  1  y  Kalloch,  who  are  preparing  to 
receive  the  Lord's  annointed,  viz.:  Moody  and  Sankey.  —That  the  dis- 
charge of  Moreno,  the  wife-beater,  was  in  order,  as  it  was  not  a  case  of 
assault,  but  only  a  little  game  of  "  poker."  That  the  next  time  she  in- 
tends to  hold  a  full  hand.— —That  the  Chronicle  reporter  declined  a  860 
douceur  to  hold  his  peace  on  the  "  paviug  outrage."— That  the  way  the 
contractors'  will  probably  take  is  always  well  paved — "  with  good  inten- 
tions. "^— That  "the  feast  of  reason  and  the  flow  of  soul  "  are  now  the 
sole  attractions  at  the  melodeons.  <  That  owing  to  the  unusual  moral 
demonstrations  of  the  police  the  whisky  will  henceforth  cease  to  flow.— 
That  a  ra  d  on  the  ladies  was  unnecessary,  as  they  were  arrayed  them- 
selver — though  in  scant  attire.——  That  Mordyand  Sankey's  first  efforts  in 
San  Francisco  will  be  for  the  conversion  of  the  News  Letter  and  the  other 
religious  press.^^That  Frodsham's  calves  were  not  padded  at  Crystal 
Fount  masquerade. 

British  Columbia  Lies.— It  is  not  true  that  the  Premier,  having  been 
politely  requested  by  expectant  office-holders  to  resign,  has  shamefully 
neglected  to  do  so.— ^That  Lord  Carnarvon  has  telegraphed  us  not  to 
disrupt  the  British  Empire  until  his  letter  arrives.—  That  unless  he 
gives  us  "  the  terms"  we  shall  secede,  and  annex  California  and  the  ad- 
jacent States.^— That  we  are  a  small  community,  but  full  of  the  devil 
when  riled.  

Central  Pacific  Railroad.  —  The  gross  earnings  of  the  Central  Pacific 
Railroad  for  December  were  reported  at  §1,411,000,  against  §1,279,000  for 
the  same  month  last  year.  The  total  earnings  for  the  year  1870'  are  given 
at  818,184,200,  against  §16,970,000  in  1875,  and  14,522,800  in  1874.  It  is 
needless  to  say  that  the  receipts  last  year  were  the  largest  yet.  A  force 
of  one  thousand  operatives  are  now  steadily  at  work  on  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  east  of  Indian  Wells  in  the  Colorado  Desert,  and  it  is 
estimated  that  the  line  to  Fort  Yuma  will  be  fully  completed  by  the  end 
of  March  next.  This  work  has  been  carried  out  with  tremendous  energy 
and  great  administrative  ability. — Com.  Herald. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER. 


Jan.  27,  1877. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

Keccrdsd  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco.  California,  for  tha 
Week  ending  January  25,  1877. 

Compiled  from  the  Record*  of  the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McEilloj)  tfc  Co., 
401  California  Street,  San  Fra7idsco. 


Friday,  January  19th. 


liHANTOR  TO  GRANTEE. 


DESCRIPTION. 


Edw  Pond  In  Chaa  Randall 

Thos  M  Smith  to  w"  II  Wieeter.. 

Wm  Hollis  toS  S  Wright 

J  s  <  lohen  to  A  Hay  ward 

TBReut  to  E  J  Baldwin 


Wm  Hollis  to  John  A  Remer |W  Buchanan,  25  s  Sutter,  23:6x87:6., 

Jno  Philippi  to  II  A  Philippi Und  %  s  O'Farrell,  137:6  e  Fillmore,  e 

68:9x120 

.  |Blk4(i4,  W  A 

.|Loes225&nd  227,  Gift  Map  1 

.  \V  Jessie.  216:6  n  21et,  21:Hx75  

,|Und  ';  blk  19.  N  B,  to  correct  error 

.  Se  Market.  275  ne  6th,  1 37:15x170  ;  also, 

so  Stevenson,  &70ne  6th,  137:6x70 

Annie  Coster  to  Wm  Levy lLot  1575.  Gift  Map  3 

IsancS  Allen  to  Alice  J  Allen  ....  IE  Dolores,  61  n  23d,  1S8xl  17:6;  also.  lots 
21  ro  -21,  I.Ik  829.  Tide  Lands,  subject 

tomort  for  $4,000 

N*wl7th  and  Folsom,  140x245 

N  O'Farrell,  62:6  e  Iiflgnna,  25x120 

N  O'Farrell,  87:6  e  Lacuna,  25x120 

ELaauna,  95  n  O'Farrell,  25x62:6 

Se  Market,  275  ne  6th,  137:6x170;  also, 

bc  Stevenson,  275  ne  6th,  1:37:6x75 

Portions  of  O  L  hlks  617.  646.  645,  614.. 

Lots  383.  385,  387,  Gift  Map  2 

Se  Sanchez  and  Valley,  100x26:6 

W  Buchanan,  25  8  Sutter,  22:6x87:6 


Wm  Center  to  Wm  A  Steele 

S  S  Wclton  to  Julia  Hunt 

Same  to  Pat'k  O'Connor ., 

Same  to  John  C  O'Mahony , 

F  McCrellish  to  E  J  Baldwin 


Lloyd  Tcvis  to  R  C  Wood  worth  . 
M  (i  Sullivan  to  Jane  Sullivan... 
.T  Steinbergerto  Jerry  Falvey... 
TR  E  A  to  J  A  Rnner 


$4,250 

Gilt 

yn.tioo 

300 

3.560 

4,200 

10 
125 


5 
5 

275000 

20,1  0  i 

250 

525 

4,250 


Saturday,  January  20th. 


Wm  Hollis  to  A  M  Goldsmith  ... 
S  P  O'Connor  to  John  II  Turney. 

RFlcniken  to  A  P  Willev 

Terminus  H  As  n  to  S  S  Eckfeldt 
F  L  APiocheto.I  M  Eckfeldt  ... 

Wm  Moody  to  Virginia  Farish 

A  Kronberg  to  J  C  Weir 

Paul  Roil«ael  to  Jno  Van  Berge 

B  .1  Shay  to  Geo  Tbistieton 

B  E  Arnold  to  City  und  Co  S  F. 
City  and  Co  S  F  to  B  E  Arnold. 
Bridget  Bannan  to  A  Spinetti.. 


D  L  Randolph  to  W  Bartlett.. 
AuneM  Randolph  to  same 


.  W  Buchanan,  02:6  n  Post.  23:6x92:6 

.  S  Jackson,  117  w  Dramm,  38x120 

.  W  Taylor,  34:6  n  Jackson,  40x125 

.  Lots  6  and  7,  blk  136,  Terminus  H'd 

.  Lot  20,  blk  13,  Junction  H'd 

.ISnndry  lots  in  various  homesteads ' 

.lL  Post,  110:6  w  Laguna,  27x137:6 

.|Nw  Baker  and  Fell,  275x396:10^ 

.  LotS  blk  F,  R  It  H'd 

.  Streets  and  highways 

.  N  24th,  116  e  Folaom,  37:6x100 

.  Com  at  a  pt  in  w  1  of  50-vara  374,  57:6  n 
Green,  20x5^:9 

.  Und  H  e  Tiylor,  S7:6  s  Turk,  25x85, sub- 
ject to  mortgage  for  $5,000 

.  X  Ellis,  210:7^  w  Powell.  34:4^x137:0, 

I     subject  to  mortgage  tor  $10,000 

John  Center  to  Thos  Cusack IE  Marrinou,  125  s^22d.  30x100 

W  J  Gunn  to  Ma.-y  A  Mowry Se  30th  and  Bartlett,  50x125;  also,  s  Val- 

I     ley,  289:10  e  Dolores.  27:6x114    

Jas  Young  to  Wm  Barclay I  Lot  6.  blk  14,  Market  St  H'd 

Sam'l  Hancock  to  John  Cody Nw  Natoma,  175  w  6th,  25x75 

B  W  Gunn  to  Jno  Wpoitiswood |Ne  Steiner  and  Wildey,  25x82:3 


$4,250 

3,700 

16.01(0 

1.000 

350 

2,000 

2.600 

40,000 

192 

1 


1,500 

6,000 

22,000 
2 

1,250 

700 

2,850 

1,350 


Monday,  January  S2d. 


II  Ens! man  to  E  H  Rixlord 

Ell  Rixford  to  Lafayette  Story  .. 
John  Martin  to  Mary  J  Martin... 

Luke  Stone  to  Mary  Stone 

loss  to  Bridget  Noonan  ... 

Q  Mc Williams  to  A  McNeil 

Same  to  Stephi  n  McNeil 

B  G  Lathrop  to  Emma  Luclers 

S  V  H'd  As'n  to  M  Housman 

J  W  Flood  to  A  Hem  me 

Wm  Ristenpart  lo  J  W  Flood.... 

Adam  Parker  lo  A  T  Corbus 

L  S  Wilton  to  Jane!  Patou 

T  D  Tobin  to  M  J  McDonald 

B  V  U'd  As'n  to  Jus  H  Page 

S  Gilmoreto  same 

J  H  Page  to  John  Taylcr 


O  F  Gifiin  to  Ann  Puree]! . 
W  J  Gunn  to  F  C  Kleebaui 


S  Clay,  53:4  e  Taylor,  3x60 

Same 

W  Van  Ness.  70  e  Ellis,  50x109:9.. 

S  Waller, 117  w  Bnchamm,  24x137:6.... 

N  Parker,  100  w  Cal'a  av,  50x100 

Sw  Prospect  av  and  Eugenia  si,  23:4x70 
S  Eugenia,  23:4  w  Prospect  av,  33:4x70  . 
N  Francisco,  68:9  e  Powell,  23:11x68:9. . 
Lot  5,  blk  18,  S  V  H'd 

s  Eddy,  137:6  e  Scott,  25x137:6 

Sume 

W  Jones,  52:6  n  Jackson,  311x87:10 

Se  Laguna  and  Pine,  80x47:6 

S  O  Parrel),  110  w  Larkin.  27:6x137:6  ... 

Lot  6,  blk  513,  Bav  View  H'd 

Ne29th  av,  35  nw  J  si,  75x150 

Same  ;  also,  lots  3  and  4,  In  blk  27,  F.x- 
celsior  H'd  :  also,  lot  6,  blk  513,  Bay 
View  H'd ' 

Se  Stevenson,  275  sw  7lh,  55x75 

S  Clipper,  202  e  Church,  52x114 


Gift 

Gift 

900 

267 

217 

1,500 

360 

1.210 

1.240 

7, 0U0 

15,500 

500 

1,080 


5 
5,500 


Tuesday,  January  23d. 


Jus  Kelley  to  Cecilia  Mahon iS  Tyler,  20  w  Dale  pi.  20x57:6 | 

J  B  Bourne  to  Mary  ABourne [Com  195  n  25th,  ana  117:6  e  Bartlett,  n 

I     n  25,  etc  ;  also,  e  BarMelt,  195  n  25th, 

1     n  65,  e  117:6,  s  5,  etc 

D  P  Barstow  to  Jae  R  Keene [Sundry  blks  in  Potrero  Nuevo 

L  s  We  lion  to  Janet  Paton 'BLajruna,  70  e  Pine,  22:6x80 

David  Wooslerto  A  A  Webster  ...|W  Webster,  SO  n  Fulton.  20x55 | 

Columbia  H  As'n  to  G  F  Waller. .  |E  Sanchez,  51:6  n  Valley,  75x100 

L  Dinke'.spiel  to  Rob'-.  Mitchell  ...(S  Turk,  1 10  w  Franklin,  37.11x1211.. . 


Geo  Kennedy  to  R  J  Uuekley  , 

A  Downey  to  Wm  Boyle 

Jas  Moore  to  J  Borncmann.. 


C  J  McFaddin  to  G  McWilliams  .. 

GeoMcWilliamstoEG  Clark  .... 
Mary  McFaddin  to  G  McWilliams. 

T  C  Cave  to  Louis  Schultz 

L  Desculso  to  M  C  do  Laveaga 

T  K  Southern  to  Jas  T  Getchell.. 

C  D  Olds  to  John  L  Stove 

E  F  Palmer  to  John  F  Ortmann  . . 
F  O  Wakerauu  to  C  McCormick. .. 

H  H  Whitcomb  to  A  A  Webber  . . . 
Nathan  Troll  lo  Allie  Cary 


G  McWilliams  to  John  White 

Chaa  Mayne  to  John  Patterson 

.1  i.  Kinnpke  to  B  L  Brandt 

SFLHiRR  Co  to  A  Buckiuan 
T  B  Lewis  to  same 


S  Pine,  23  e  Broderick,  21:6x07 

Lot  11,  b,lt3.  Noe  Garden  H'd 

Lotsl  to  3,  blk  D.  lot  1.  blk  Q,  lot  7.  blk 

Q,  Eureka  H'd:  also,  w  Dolores,  65  n 

34th;  55x117:6 

Sw  Guerrero  and  17th,  s  35x80  ;  also,  w 

Guerrero,  60  s  17th,  100x89 

W  Guerrero,  110  s  17th,  511x80 

W  Guerrero,  160  s  17lb,  50x80. 

X  Filbert,  187:6  W  Pierce,  40:1x137:6 

NeTnik  i.nd  Polk,  137:6x137:6 

Lots  1415  to  1417,  Gift  Map  3 

Sundry  lots  in  Western  Addition 

Nw  Pacific  and  Buchanan,  68:9x260:2^ 
Nw  Greenwich  &  Fillmore,  137:6x137:6; 

w  Fillmore,  155  n  Greenwich,  24x93.. 

Ne  Church  and  17th,  e  114:10,  etc 

N  Greenwich,  206:3  e  Dupont,17:2,.1s70; 

n  Fell,  55  W  Gongh.  27:0x126 

W  Cal'a  av,  -165  n  Virginia  av,  25x100  .. 

Se  Church  and  28th, 26:6x100 

SeTonquin  and  Webster,  4 12:6x875 

Blk  135.  and  Iota  8  .ml  9,  Univ'tv  M  S.. 
Same;  also,  lot  164,  blk  129 


$ 


Gift 

31,000 
5 
1,500 
1.200 
6,500 
3,600 
450 


9,000 
7,250 
3.383 
1.750 

35,000 
1,100 

13, cob 

75 
412 

5,210 

550 

3,50il 

1 

450 


Wednesday,  January  24th. 


T  II  Selby  by  exrs  to  M  S  Latham 


Henrietta  I  Selby  et  al  to  same.. 
Martin  Bllzzini  to  Joseph  Black 
John  While  to  Edward  Barron.. 


T  H  Holt  et  al  to  Jno  L  Jones.. 

Wm  Nelson  to  F  H  Di  uffer 

City  and  County  S  F  to  H  Gabb  Jr 
HGahh.Jr  to  G  Dietach  et  al.. .. 
Edward  E  Potter  lo  Wm  B  Ward.. 
City  and  County  S  F  to  J  Sullivan 
J  J  Reardon  to  City  and  Co  S  F. . 

Gui-eppe  Solari  toCath  Solori 

C  W  Bonynge  to  R  S  Bonynge 

Hib  Savand  Loan  Soc    to  S  Jones 

Same  to  Peter  Enright 

Bridget  Howling  to  Mlchl  Kenny. 
Patrick  Grady  to  Caleb  J  Doposs. . 


Wm  Hollis  to  Mary  E  Talcott  . 

W  Chapman  to  W  J  Gnnn 

M  de  Suza  to  Marg't  de  Suza.. 
Same  to  same 


Und    ^    aw  Market  and  Main,  45:10,  se 

45:tn,  se  91:8,  sw  22:11,  etc 35,000 

Same 10 

Lot  12,  blk  1,  Garden  Tract  Hd 300 

3  Eddy,  275  e  Mason,  S  94:9,  ne  161:9,  w 

131:3  to  commencement 250000 

Se  Buchanan  and  Chestnut,  e  27:5x137:6      1,0. ;s 
N  Filbert,  30  w  ol"  Taylor,  11  60,  e  30,  etc  10 

S  26th,  lOlie  Minion,  e  87,  s  100,  etc 

S  26th,  143:/;.  e  Mission,  n  43:6,  s  120,  L-tc     2.500 

S  Bush,  68:9  w  Lvon,  59x137:6 2,000 

Nw  Market  and  Polk,  n  16:31,  etc 

Streets  and  Highway? l 

Lots  5.  s,  8,  b;k  21,  West  Bod  Map  1....      Gilt 
N  California.  91:8  e  Dnimm,  e  88:1,  etc.       Gilt 

E  Hartford.  86  s  19th,  £9*125 525 

Nw  Clary,  100  sw  Ritch,  25x75 2,500 

Ne  Pacific  and  Salmon,  20x70 5.000 

S  19th,  155  e  Nop.  e  50x114— lot  6  blk  107 

Buena  Vistu  Hd— sub  to  mort  lor  $450        150 
N  O'Farrell,  337:0  w  Steiner.  22x82:6  . . .     3,790 

E  Sanchez,  101:6  s  Duncan.  25x100 234 

I W  Potrero  av.  20  n  23d,  25x100 :.|     Gift. 

|Lots  1  to  16,  hlk  235,  Tide  Lands |    1,400 


Thursday,  January  25th. 


Bailey  Sargent  to  H  Schmiedel  . . . 


Nw  Market,  175  ne  City  Hall  av,  25x100; 
UW  Market,  160  ne  City  Hal!  av,  25x100 

Nw  43d  av  and  D  st,  w  112:10,  etc 

Se  29th  and  Sanchez,  80x114    .. 

I, i>!  3,  blk  A.PacSuv  &  H'd  Ass'n 

W  Steiner,  125  s  Bush,  25x110 

Ne  Spiar,  1S3:4  nw  Folsom,  45:10x137:0. 

W  Kansas,  225  n  Nevada.  25x100 

X  Tyler,  125  w  Devisadero,  12:0x137:6  .. 

S  Sadowa,  50  w  Marengo,  25x125 

;Se  Howard,  275  sw  5th,  25x8  1    

j\V  Fair  Oaks.  122  s  2id,  36x117:6 

[Sundry  lots  in  Fairmount  and  G  Map  3. 


W  H  Grattun  to  Jno  M  Nichols. 
S  and  L  Soc'v  to  Jno  E  Treacey. 

Thos  N  Wand  to  C  CKane 

A  McNullanto  A  McNnllan 

S  F  Sinclair  to  A  B  Grogan 

T  P  Riordan  to  Mary  Crobcrt  . . . 
A  B  McCreery  to  Jim  Sullivan  .. 

John  MorrisloJ  B  Neuleus 

C  A  James  to  Susan  K  James   . . 

F  Pl'eiffer  to  W  J  Houston 

I  Co!m  to  M  B  Lichtenstein 

H  S  and  L  Soc'y  to  same Se  Pine  and  Scott,  62:6x82 

Benj  Dreyl'nss  toO^nlzer Sundry  lot-  in  P  N  263 

W  S wnd ley  to  A  Dohrmau E  41si  av,  225  s  O  5t,  50x120 

Geo  Anthony  to  E  W  Burr S  Bush,  30  w  Clara,  85x137:6 

E  W  Burr  to  Minnie  Anthony Same 

Morris  Shloss  to  Wm  Williams 'e  Powell,  115:6  n  Cal'a,  22x72,  subject  to 

I     mortgage  lor  $2.374 

RC  Rogers  toMDore IN  Kate,  81:3  e  Fillmore,  25x120 

Jno  Harrington  to  M  Harrington. .  N  Post.  162:6  e  Buchanan,  50x137:6 


880 
1,000 
Gilt 

125 

800 
150 
50 

Gift 

8,800 
800 

2,825 

4,000 

101 

3,000 

5 

3,625 
1,100 

G  ll't 


[Permanent    Advertisements.] 

A    ROGUE'S    RETROSPECT. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune,  June  6,  1849.]  . 
"  Loring:  Pickering-,  late  editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union,  absconded  recently, 
"  leaving,  it  is  said,  many  of  his  friends  in  the  lurch  for  large  amounts.  On  the  25th 
"  ult-  a  warrant  was  issued  for  his  arrest  on  a  charge  of  forgery,  preferred  by  Samuel 
"Treat,  Esq.  Officers  were  immediately  Bent  up  the  Missouri'  in  pursuit  of  him,  us 
"  it  was  supposed  he  had  started  for  California.—  Philadelphia  Bulktin." 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune.  June  IS,  1849.] 
"Arrest  of  Pickering:,  late  Editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union. — Subse- 
"  quent  accounts  do  not  entirely  confirm  the  reports  hitherto  received.  It  is  now 
"stated,  by  those  who  ought  to  know,  that  Pickering  was  arrested  in  St.  Joseph  by 
"  Messrs.  Treat  A:  Krumrun,  and  subsequently  committed  to  the  custody  of  Mi" 
"Sheriff,  or  one  of  Ins  deputies,  of  Buchanan  County.  While  in  custody  lie  fi 
"means  to  escape,  and  made  off  to  parts  unknown.  The  party  in  pursuit  of  him,  it 
"is  said,  only  succeeded  in  obtaining  5=700  L-om  him,  and  no  other  property  or  notes. 
"  Those  in  pursuit,  we  are  told,  were  not  prepared  with  any  authority  to  follow  him 
"  beyond  the  limits  of  the  State. —  St.  Louis  Republican,  UUh. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune,  June  20,  1849.) 
11  The  Abscjuatulator. — Information  was  received  from  St.  Joseph  yesterday 
"that  Messrs  krumrun  &  Treat  came  tip  with  Pickering  at  that  place;  that  they 
"compounded  with  him  for  his  offenses  by  receiving  some  $750  in  money  and  about 
"$4,000  in  notes  of  hand,  etc.,  and  then  let  him  go.  When  the  boat  left  be  was  fit- 
"  ting  out  for  California,  and  they  were  returning  by  easy  stages  to  St.  Louis.  —  &t. 
"  Louis  Republican,  9th. 

["The  above  named  Loring  Pickering  is  now  one  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  San 
Francisco  Duihj  Keening  Bulletin,  and  Mowing  Call,  two  papers  published  in 
this  city.] 

CENTENNIAL    SURGERY. 
The  foUowing  liniment  was  prescribed  for  a  broken  thigh-bone  by— 


Chloroform 

Tinet :  Arnica  (?).. 


Oakland.       |       Dr.  Babcock State  Medical  Examiner. 

i.  A.  F.  SaWYEB San  Francisco  : 

2  02.      I     Tinet:  Camphor 2  oz. 

2  oz.      I     Ol :  Origanum  (V) 1  oz. 

Ol  :  Olive 1  oz.  M. 


Ft  Liniment —  Sign — Apply  with  friction  two  or  three  times  a  day. 
Use  the  above  for  two  mouths,  and,  if  it  should  not  produce  the  effect  desired,  use 
t  on  your  boots.  THE  VI  (TIM. 

Is  it  Repudiation  ? — For  the  State  of  California  to  issue  bonds,  neglect  to  pro- 
vide for  tbeir  redemption  at  maturity,  refuse  payment  and  then  deny  the  holders  the 
right  of  trial  in  her  own  Courts. 


PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMsHIP    COMPANY. 

The  Company's  steamers  will  sail  as  follows  at  12  SI.: 
ALASKA,  February  1st,  for  YOKOHAMA  and  HONGKONG. 

GRANADA,  January  30th,  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  calling  at  ACAi'i"  [<(  i, 
SAN  JOSE  DE  GUATEMALA  and  PUNTA  ARENAS.  Tickets  to  and  from  ,  urope 
by  any  line  for  sale. 

ZEALANDIA,  January  31st,  or  on  arrival  of  the  English  mails,  for  HONOLULU, 
K.WOAVAU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT  CHALMERS.  To  Sydney  or  Auck- 
land— Upper  Saloon,  $210;  Lower  Saloon,  $200. 

DAKOTA,  Jan.  :«th,  CITY  OF  PANAMA,  Feb.  10th,  and  alternately  on  the  30th, 
10th  and  20th  of  each  month,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TOWNSEND.  SiiATTLK,  l  A 
COMA  and  OLYMPIA,  connecting  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  (or 
PORTLAND,  Oregon.    Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11  a.m.  oh  day  of  sailing, 

For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  comer  of  First  and  Branson  street  . 

January  T.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 


The  Special  Organ  of  "Marriott's  Aeroplane  Navigation  Co. "—Fred.  Marriott,  Patentee. 


Price  per  Copy,  15  Casts.! 


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Vol.  27. 


SAN  F&ANOISOO,  SATOBDAY,  FEBEUAE?  3,  18/7. 


No.  2. 


OlIiiM'*  of  i  In-  Nnn  Frnurlnrn  News  Totter,  Clilua  Mail,  Cull  lor- 
iiIh  Hail  Bnx<  South  siiiu  Merchant  street.  No.  607  to  (SIS,  San  Francisco. 

GOLD  BARS    880Q900    Silver  Bars- 3@12  t?  cent.  disc.  Treasury 
Notes  aw  Belling  ut  95.     Buying,   95.    Mexican  Dollars,  par@l 
per  cent  preiu.     Trails  Dollars,  par  (5  1  per  cent,  prera. 

<S"  Exchange  on  New  York.  45-100(5  !,  per  ceut.  for  Gold  ;  Currency,  4J  ; 

gtr  cent,  premium.    On  London,  Bankers,  49$d.;  Commercial,,  49Jd. 
aria,  5  franca  per  dollar.     Telegrams,  k&i  per  cent. 

*»*  Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  Feb.  2d,  at  3  P.M.,  106.}.     Latest 
price  of  Sterling,  484&®486. 

jO~  Price  of  Money  here,  3(2)1  por  cent,  per  month — bank  rate.     In  the 
open  market,  i(Etl&.     Demand  active. 

Latest  troru  the  Merchants'  Exchange.  —  New  York,  February 
2d,  1076.  Gold  opened  at  105J;  11  a.  Iff.,  at  105J  ;  3  p.m.,  10.54.  United 
States  Bonds  —  Five-twenties  of  1807,  113  ;  1881,  110&.  Sterling  Ex- 
change,  4  85@4  864,  short,  Pacific  Mail,  24J.  Wheat,  $L  50@1  65.  West- 
ern I'uion,  T'"'j}.  Hides,  dry,  22(522A,  quiet.  Oil — Sperm,  *1  35(5*1  40. 
Winter  Bleached,  $1  65  (5  1  70.  Whale,  70(5/75;  Winter  Bleached, 
76@85.  Wool-Spring,  fine,  32@30  ;  Burry,  12(5 17  ;  Pulled,  25@38. 
Fall  Clips,  17@22  ;  Burry,  16@22.  London',  February  2d. — Liverpool 
Wheat  Market.  10s.  (id.  (5  10s.  9d.  Club,  10s.  8d.@lls.  3d.  United  States 
Bonds,  1073.     Consols,  95  11-16. 

BUSINESS    PUFFS    BY    THE    WAT. 

Under  tbiB  heading  the  British  Trade  Journal,  just  to  hand,  makes 
the  futf  vwing  comments  on  the  News  Letter: 

"  We  know  of  no  paper  that  illustrates  more  faithfully  the  peculiar 
vein  of  humor  which  ruus  through  American  periodical  literature  than 
I  Mk-  San  Francisco  Newa  Letter.  In  this  uniqxie  publication,  political  satire, 
"J.'^j'ir  personalities,  scoffs  at  the  powers  that  be,  smart  generalities.  Yan- 
Kee  witticisms,  and  puffs  of  every  shade— from  the  direct  to  the  oblique — 
find  trenchant  expression.  But  full  of  extravagancies  though  it  be,  there 
is  an  undeniable  cleverness  about  the  Navs  Letter  that  covers  a  multitude 
of  sins  against  good  taste.  The  art  of  puffery  finds  in  it  an  original  ex- 
p.uieii.,  as  may  be  judged  from  the  following  specimens  of  the  way  in 
which  it  renders  the  qui  ft  pro  quo.     Name?  are  of  course  suppressed." 

[Here  follows  a  column  of  "  Notabilia,1'  which  are  every  week  so  pleas- 
ant a  feature  of  this  paper,  and  so  useful  a  medium  for  advertising.] 

Califtmj!tE3<£ibroad.--PAurs,  Jan.  6,  1877:  Mrs.  S.  L.  Bee,  James 
Bingham,  David  Bixler,  Mrs.  David  Bixler,  Mrs.  Bosworth,  Mrs.  Wm. 
I  iogswelL  Dr.  R.  B.  Cole,  Miss  Josie  Cole,  C.  Dorris.  Mrs.  C.  Dorris,  H. 
Epstein,  Horace  Hawes,  J.  B.  Hereford,  Mr.  Hilltown,  Mrs.  Hilltown, 
S.  L.  Simons,  San  Francisco.  London,  January  6th,  1877.  —  Louis 
Dunkelspiel,  A.  Hoffman,  Miss  Bella  Thomas,  San  Francisco.  Nice, 
January  6th,  1877.— Miss  Arner,  Mr.  Cook,  Capt.  Kohl,  Mrs.  Captain 
Kohl,  Mrs.  Natts,  San  Francisco.  GENEVA,  January  6th,  1877-—  G. 
Barnett,  A.  B.  Redman,  San  Francisco.  Rome,  January  4th,  1877.— 
William  and  Mrs,  Beckman,  Sacramento.  Naples,  January  4th, 
1877.  -F.  G-.  and  Mrs.  Merchant,  Baron  Dacier  Merchant,  San  Francisco; 
Charles  and  Mrs.  McCreary,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Mowe,  Miss  Mowe,  Mrs.  Gen. 
Redington,  Miss  Redington,  Mrs.  Mary  N.  Scudder,  Mrs.  S.  W.  Sander- 
son, California. — American  Register,  January  6,  1877. 

Beerbohm's  Telegram. --London  and  Liverpool,  Feb.  2d,  1877. — 
Cargoes  on  Passage  neglected,  and  no  business  doing;  Mark  Lane,  in- 
active; No.  2  Spring  Off  Coast,  50s.;  California  Off  Coast,  53s@53s.  6d.; 
do.  nearly  due,  53s.  6d.;  do.  just  shipped,  55s.;  English  and  French 
Country  Markets,  cheaper.  Liverpool,  quiet;  California  Club,  10s.  9d,@ 
lis.  Id.;  do.  average,  10s.  7d.@10s.  9d.;  Red  Western  Spring,  10s.  Id.  @ 
10s.  9d.  

Finance. —We  have  nothing  new  to  report.  Money  is  abundant  at  5 
to  6  per  cent,  against  collaterals.  Gas  has  risen  to  113J  to  114;  water  to 
106i  to  107,  with  an  upward  tendency.  Silver  has  declined  to  57J  pence 
in  London.  Mexican  and  Trade  Dollars  are  weak  at  par  to  h  premium. 
Silver  bars  are  quoted  at  31  to  4  per  cent,  discount. 


For  Hongkong  via  Yokohama.— The  Pacific  Mail  steamship  Alaska 
sailed  yesterday,  carrying  a  very  valuable  cargo  of  Quicksilver,  mer- 
chandise and  treasure. 


Mr.  F.  Algrnr.  No.  8  Clements  Lane.  London.  1m  Authorized  to 

receive  subscriptions,  advertisements,  communications,  etc.,  for  this  paper, 


Published  with  this  tveek's  issue  an  Eight- 
Page  Postscript. 


LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 


The  Man  Clay  Mulcted  in  Large  Damages.  —The  case  of  Weske  vs. 
Clay  has  resulted  in  a  verdict  against  Clay  for  $15,675  15.  The  trial 
occupied  two  days,  excited  much  interest,  and  was  determined  by  a  jury, 
but  the  Bulletin,  which  makes  a  specialty  of  court  business,  and  knew 
what  was  floitiy  on,  has  not  yet  so  much  as  mentioned  the  case.  We  are 
informed  that  two  other  judgments  have  been  recorded  within  the  past 
few  weeks  against  the  man  Clay  for  large  amounts,  but  they,  too,  have  been 
eluded  by  the  Bulletin.  That  is  the  way  it  attempts  to  carry  its  friend  and 
ally.  In  the  Weske  case  there  were  some  curious  developments,  which 
"a  Wheeler  injunction"  declares  we  must  be  silent  about,  however  much 
the  public  may  be  interested  in  knowing  them. 

Stocks. — The  market  closed  strong  for  the  bonanzas,  owing  to  good 
news  from  the  1650-foot  drift  in  Con.  Virginia.  The  market  generally 
looks  well.  We  have  had  a  quiet  week,  business  having  fallen  off  mate- 
rially compared  with  last  week.  The  Modoc  four-bit  dividend  knocked 
the  price  of  the  stock  from  $10  to  82  50  per  share.  The  Modoc  is  one  of 
Pierson's  favorite  mines.  J.  W.  has  treated  this  excellent  mine  with  the 
usual  consideration  given  mines  that  bave  come  under  his  control.  All 
are  looking  for  a  better  market  next  week,  owing  to  the  marked  im- 
provement in  several  of  the  mines. 

The  Mexicau  Government  through  its  representative  at  Washing- 
ton, handed  to  Hamilton  Fish,  the  Secretary  of  State,  at  the  stipulated 
hour  of  the  31st  ultimo,  $300,000.  This  is  a  part  of  the  Joint  Claims 
Commission  award.  The  total  amount  of  claims  allowed  are  about 
$4,600,000,  payable  yearly  in  the  above  stated  sum.  The  people  of  this 
country  should  be  thankful  that  Sir  Edward  Thornton  was  made  the 
umpire. 

For  New  York.— The  ship  Orient,  in  the  Dispatch  Line,  carries: 
Borax,  570,900  lbs;  beans,  2,000  sks;  brandy,  2,800  galls;  shingles,  1,000,- 
000;  horns,  2,825;  lead,  16,231  pigs;  copper,  50  tons;  iron  ore,  630  tons; 
rags,  720  bales;  jute  rope,  63  bales;   pelts,  48  cks;   wine,  42,727  galls,  etc. 

The  properties  of  Barron  Forbes  &  Co.,  seized  by  thePorfirio  Diaz 
party,  who  now  assume  the  affairs  of  that  unhappy  land,  will  probably  be 
released  ;  otherwise  serious  trouble  may  ensue. 


Senior  Yglesias  and  suite  leave  for  a  port  in  the  State  of  Guerero, 
Mexico,  in  a  few  da}rs,  as  the  prospects  for  a  revulsion  in  their  favor  are 
brightening. 

A  review  of  an  important  treatise  condemning  vaccination^ by  Ed- 
mund Proctor,  of  Newcastle -on-Tyue,  is  unavoidably  postponed  till  next 
week.  

"Why  not  supply  the  police  with  hoes  and  brooms,  and  let  them  keep 
the  crossings  clean,  instead  of  standing  on  the  corners  ? 


Brokers  are  buying  Half  Dollars  at  6|@7  per  cent,  discount,  and  are 
selling  them  at  6£(5j6J  per  cent,  discount. 

A  shipment  of    $4,288  from  the  Tybo  Consolidated  on  the  27th  ult. 
makes  $44,249  on  January  account. 

Supervisor  Strother  is  afraid  of  the  diphtheria  now,  and  will  vote  for 
cleaning  the  sewers.    

The  coast  steamers  Senator  and  George  W.  Elder  will  sail  for  the 
usual  ports  to-day.     

The  British  steamer  Zealandia  is  expected  to  sail  to-day  for  Hono- 
lulu and  Sydney.         

Legal  Tenders  here  are  irregular  at  95£  buying  and  95|  selling. 

Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  in  this  market  at  100  buying  and  100A  selling. 

Subscribers  not  receiving'  their  "News  .Letter"  regularly  will 
please  leave  word  at  the  office,  609  Merchant  street. 


Printed  and  Pnblished  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick    Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco,  California, 


HAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.   3,   1877. 


TOM    HOOD'S 

In  Brentford  town,  of  old  renown, 
There  lived  a  Mister  Bray, 

"Who  f«U  in  love  with  Lucy  Bell, 
And  so  did  Mri  Clay. 


COMPANIONS. 

But  first  they  sought  a  friend  apiece, 
This  pleasant  thought  to  give — 

When  they  were  dead  they  Btill  should 
Two  seconds  still  to  live.       [have 


To  see  her  ride  from  Hammersmith  To  measure  out  the  ground  not  long 

By  all  it  was  allowed,  The  seconds  then  forbore, 

Such  fair  outsides  are  seldom  seen,     And  having  taken  one  rash  step 

Such  angels  on  a  cloud.  They  took  a  dozen  more. 

Said  Mf,  Bray  to  Mr.  Clay:  They  next  prepared  each  pistol  pan 

"You  choose  to  rival  me,     [court      Against  the  deadly  strife, 
And  court  Mist)  Bell,  but  there  your  By  putting  in  the  prime  of  death 

No  thoroughfare  shall  be.  Against  the  prime  of  life. 

"Unless  you  how  give  up  your  suit,  Now  all  was  ready  for  the  foes  ; 

You  may  repent  your  love  j  But  when  they  took  their  stands 

I,  who  have  shot  a  pigeon  match,      Fear  made  them  tremble,  eo  they 

Can  ehoot  a  turtle  dove.  They  both  were  shaking  hands,  [found 

"  So,  pray,  before  you  woo  hermore,  Said  Mr.  G.  to  Mr.  B. 


Consider  what  you  do} 
If  you  pop  aught  to  Lucy  Bell, 

111  pop  it  into  you." 
Said  Mr.  Clay  to  Mr.  Bray: 

"  Your  threats  I  quite  explode  ( 
One  who  has  been  a  volunteer 

Knows  how  to  prime  and  load. 
"And  so  I  say  to  you,  unless 

Your  passion  quiet  keeps, 


Here  one  of  us  may  fall ; 
And  like  St.  Paul's  cathedral  now, 

Be  doomed  to  have  a  ball. 
"I  do  confess  I  did  attach 

Misconduct  to  your  name, 
If  I  withdraw  the  charge,  will  then 

Your  ramrod  do  the  same?" 
Said  Mr.  B. :  "I  do  agree; 

But  think  of  Honor's  courts! 


I,  who  have  shot  and  hit  bull's  eyes,  If  we  go  off  without  a  shot 


May  chance  to  hit  a  sheep's. 
Now  gold  is  oft  for  silver  changed, 

And  that  for  copper  red  ; 
But  these  two  went  away  to  give 

Each  other  change  for  lead. 


Thero  will  be  strange  reports^ 
"  Butlook,themorningnowis  bright, 

Though  cloudy  it  begun  : 
Why  can't  we  aim  above,  as  if 

We  had  called  out  the  sun  V* 


So  up  into  the  harmless  air 
Their  bullets  they  did  send  ; 

And  may  all  other  duels  have 
That  upshot  in  the  end. 


-Thomas  Mood. 


THE  READING  OF  THE  TURKISH  CONSTITUTION. 

The  Porte  is  a  large  building,  having  a  great  number  of  windows,  fa- 
cing the  square  in  which  the  crowd  thus  waited  ;  and  at  about  the  center 
a  kind  of  logia  was  fixed,  hung  with  rich  scarlet  draperies,  and  embla- 
zoned with  the  crescent  and  star.  This  overlooked  tae  great  mass  of  the 
people  and  the  old  Seraglio,  and  from  it  could  be  seen  not  only  the  Stam- 
boul  itself,  but  the  Bosphorus,  the  shores  of  Asia,  and  even  the  Sea  of 
Marmora.  The  day  was  hazy  and  damp — else  the  panorama  was  of  the 
grandest.  More  than  that,  it  was  full  of  suggestiveness  to  those  to  whom 
was  the  duty  of  proclaiming  the  new  Constitution  of  Turkey.  Presently 
troops  began  to  file  into  the  courtyard,  and  line  its  sides*, .  the  military 
bands  also  came  and  commenced  to  play  Turkish  national  airs.  At 
length,  as  one  o'clock  («  la  Franca)  approached,  a  large  fanfare  of  trump- 
ets announced  the  arrival  of  the  Sultan's  secretary,  who,  riding  on  horse- 
back, and  accompanied  by  a  splendid  escort,  bore  the  Imperial  firman, 
which  was  enclosed  in  a  magnificent  envelope  of  satin  and  velvet,  richly 
embroidered  with  gold  and  studded  with  diamonds  and  pearls.  Awaiting 
the  arrival  of  this  great  State  document  was  the  Grand  Vizier,  who, 
standing  in  the  logia  in  sight  of  the  people,  took  the  envelope,  kissed  it, 
pressed  it  to  his  forehead,  and  afterward  handed  it  to  other  great  offi- 
cials, who  repeated  the  ceremony,  significant  of  obedience. 

In  a  loud  voice  Midhat  Pasha  then  read  to  the  assembled  crowd  the 
terms  of  the  new  Constitution.  On  the  platform  temporarily  provided 
were  all  the  great  civil  and  military  dignitaries  of  Turkey,  the  great  ec- 
clesiastical chiefs,  and  the  naval  officers.  Sumptuous  costumes  in  every 
conceivable  variety  were  on  every  side,  from  that  of  the  Sheikul-Islam, 
who  wore  a  white  mantle  embroidered  with  gold,  and  .a  white  turban 
wreathed  with  cloth  of  gold,  to  that  of  the  Jewish  Rabbi,  who  was  attired 
in  a  blue  turban  embroidered  with  silver,  and  those  of  the  Armenian 
priests,  who  bore  the  curious  head-gear  of  their  nationality,  and  the  still 
stranger  veils.  Of- the  decorations,  too,  it  is  impossible  to  speak,  they 
were  so  numerous,  but  nearly  all  wore  either  the  broad  red  ribbon  of  the 
Medjidie  or  the  green  one  of  the  Osinanli. 

A  little  while  elapsed  after  the  formal  reception  of  the  firman  which 
was  to  confer  a  new  Constitution  upon  the  nation,  and  then  the  Imam  of 
the  Porte  came  forward,  and  in  a  grand  sonorous  voice  recited  ten  pray- 
ers. In  the  petitions  thus  offered  all  appeared  to  unite,  extending  their 
arms  simultaneously,  while  the  bands  joined  in  the  strange  chant,  and 
gave  even  greater  volume  to  the  deeper  amens  with  which  the  crowd  re- 
sponded. At  length  there  came  a  prayer  for  the  Sultan,  which,  couched 
in  Arabic,  supplicated  long  life  and  health  for  Abdul  Haniid;  and,  this 
being  received  with  loud  and  emphatie  cheers,  the  bands  struck  up  a 
lively  national  air  once  more,  while  the  guns  of  the  batteries  firing  an- 
nounced to  Constantinople  that  the  Constitution  had  been  proclaimed, 
A  general  salute  followed,  and  then  the  crowd  disbursed,  for  the  rain  was 
falling  heavily. 

As  night  came  on,  the  public  buildings  of  the  capital  were  illuminated 
in  honor  of  the  event,  and  a  grand  torchlight  procession  went  to  the  pal- 
ace of  the  Sultan.  Everywhere  the  populace  seemed  enthusiastic,  bands 
played,  lights  were  burned,  and  Stamboul,  with  its  scores  of  minarets  and 
domes,  presented  a  magnificant  appearance.  Only  one  thing  tended  to 
mar  the  brilliancy  of  the  scene — the  heavy  rain  which  fell,  and  which 
spoiled  in  great  measure  the  effect  of  the  strange  gathering  of  costumes 
and  faces  which  assembled  on  this  grand  historical  occasion. 


A  tailor  and  his  son  were  in  the  olden  days  doing-  a  day's  work  at  a 
farmhouse.  The  prudent  housewife,  to  secure  a  good  day's  work, 
lighted  candles  when  daylight  began  to  fade.  The  tailor  looked  to  his 
son  and  said:  "Jack,  confound  them  that  invented  workin' by  caunle- 
licht."     "Ay,"  replied  young  snip,  "  or  daylicht  either,  father." 


"Grace  before  meat,  "  as  the  young  lady  remarked  when  she  laced 
herself  so  tight  that  she  couldn't  swallow. 


Hissing  is  becoming  popular  in  London  theaters. 


BANKS. 


SWISS    AMERICAN    BASK. 

Incorporated  in  Geueva,  Switzerland.  Jitunnry  2-itb.  1873. 
Head  Office,  in  Geneva.  Capital,  $2,000,000.  subscribed.  $1,000,000  paid 
up.  President,  HEN'KY  HENTSCH.  San  Francisco  Branch,  successors  to  Mossrs. 
Heotsch  &  Bertou,  5»7  Clay  street.  Directors  :  FKAMCIS  BERTON  and  ROBERT 
WATT. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  grant  Letters  of  Credit  on  Europe,  and  to  transact  every 
kind  of  Banking.  Mercantile  and  Exchange  Business,  and  to  negotiate  American  Se- 
curities in  Europe.     Deposits  received. 

Bills  of  E.vclituij-o  on  New  York,  Philadelphia,  London,  Liverpool,  Paris, 
Lyons,  Marseilles,  Bordeaux,  OlOTOn,  Brussels,  Berlin,  Hamburg,  Frankfort,  Geneva, 
Lausanne,  Chaux-de-Fonds,  Neuchatel,  Fribourg,  Bern,  Aarn,  Soleure,  Baden,  Basle, 
Zurich,  Winterthur,  Shaffhausen,  St.  Gallen,  Lucem,  Chur,  Eellinzona,  Locarno,  Lu- 
gano, Mendrisio,  Genoa,  Turin,  Milan,  Florence,  Rome. 

An  Assay  Office  is  annexed  to  the  Bank.  Assays  of  gold,  silver,  quartz  ores 
and  sulphurets.     Returns  in  coin  or  bars,  at  the  option  of  the  depositor. 

Advances  made  on  bullion  and  ores.     Bust  and  bullion  can  be  forwarded  from  any 
part  of  the  country,  and  returns  made  through  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  checks. 
[September  1S.1 ^^ 

THE    BANK    OF    CALIFORNIA,    SAN    FiiANCttCO 

Capital ! $5,000,000. 

».  O.  AIIULS President.       |      WM.  ALVOR»...Vice-Pres»t. 

THOMAS  BROWN Cashier. 

Agents  : 

New  York,  Agency  of  the  Bank  of  Calfonua ;  Boston,  Tremont  National  Bank  ; 
Chicago,  Union  National  Bank  ;  St.  Louis,  Boatman's  Saving  Bank  ;  New  Zealand, 
the  Bank  of  New  Zealand  ;  London,  China,  Japan,  India  and  Australia,  the  Oriental 
Bank  Corporation. 

The  Bank  has  Agencies  at  Virginia  City  and  Gold  Hill,  and  Correspondents  in  all 
tbe  principal  Mining  Districts  and  Interior  Towns  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued,  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Draw  direct  on  Lon- 
don, Dublin,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Antweip, 
Amsterdam,  St.  Petcrsburgh,  Copenhagen,  Stockholm,  Christiana,  Locarno,  Mel- 
bourne,  Sydney,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shanghai,  Yokohama.  Nov.  4. 

THE    NEVADA    JiANK,    OF    SAN    FBANCiSCO. 
Paid  Up  Capital $10,000,000. 

Louis  MeLnne President.      |      J .  €.  Flood.  .Vice-President. 

>".  It.  Mas  ten Cnshicr. 

Directors  :— J.  C.  Flood,  J.  W.  Mackay,  W.  S.  O'Brien-,  Jus.  G,  Fair,  LouisMcLane. 

Correspondents  :—  London—  Smith,  Payne  &  Smiths,  Paris — Hottinguer  &  Co. 
Hamburg— Hesse,  Newman  &  Co.  New  York—"  The  Bank  of  New  York,  N.  B.  A." 
Chicago — Merchants1  National  Bank.  Boston— Second  National  Bank.  New  Orleans 
— State  Na-tional  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  receive  deposits  on  open  account,  issue  certificates  of  de- 
posit, buy  and  sell  exchange,  purchase  bullion,  and  transact  a  general  banking  busi- 
ness.    Collections  made  and  proceeds  remitted  at  current  rates  of  exchange.      Oct.  9. 

THE   FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid  up  Capital  $2,000,000,  Gold.  President,  R.  <\  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  D.  Callaghan  ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Kodinan  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  W.  Ritchie. 

Directors  :— R.  C.  Woolworth,  D.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolpb  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  James  C.  Floud,  Edward  Martin,  James  Mo ffitt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

CokRESi'ONDKNTs— London  :  Baring  Bros.  &  Co.;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China.  Dublin  :  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hainburjj :  Hesse, 
Neuman  &Co.  Paris:  Hottinguer  &  Co.  NewYork:  National  Lank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business.  Deposits  in  Gold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  in  Europe,  Chii.a  and  .Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Pixchange.  Dec.  13. 

BANK    OF    BRITISH    COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter.—- Capital  paid  up,  SI, SO** 
000,  with  power  to  increase  to  $10,000,000.     Southeast  corner  California  and  San- 
some  streets.     Head  Office — 5  East  India  Avenue,  London.'    Branches — Portland,  Or- 
egon; Victoria  and  Cariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  Deposits  received  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows  : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada— Bank  of  Montreal;  Liverpool— North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company  ;  Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  Amer"  "  d 
Japan  — Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  OrientaJ  «nfctt&a 
and  New  Zealand — Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dec.  9. W.  H.  TILLINGHAST.  Manager. 

L05C0N    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANK    (LIMITED). 

(Capital,  ^5,000,000,  of  which  $3,000,000  is  fully  paid  up  as 
J  present  capital.  San  Francisco  Office,  424  California;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  S.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STKEliTEN  ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  CA.MILO  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 
Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world.  October  23. 


42.2* 


THE    ANGLO-CAHFORNIAN    BANK    (LIMITED). 
California  street,  San  Francisco.--- Loudon  Office,  3 

Angel  Court ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  Sti,000,000.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buv  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  tbe  world.  FRED.  F.  LOW,         )  „ 

Oct  4. IGN.  STEINHART,    f  JU-inager8- 

THE  MERCHANTS'  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

Capital,  95,000. 000.-— Alvinza  Ilnyivard.  President:  R.  G. 
Sneath,  Vice-President ;  H.  F.  Hastings,  Cashier  ;  R.  N.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Trausfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and'a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 

SUTRO    &    CO., 

Bankers  and  Brokers,  408  Montgomery  street.— Highest 
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and  sells  real  estate.  OFFICE  :  405£  CALIFORNIA  STREET, 

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Arerlaeimlin  infinite  |>eat'e  and  rait,  ••,!!.:  lave  of  mine,  whose  -1 
\\  hiN- in  llu-ir  Iml.l  a  lily M.'. -in  t|,j, 

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deaths  white  mystery  awes  q |.by,  till  that  world  touohes  this. 

me  >■'. 
Willi  torch  of  gold  in  eupol  mow.    "For  iosl  a  little  Ume  good-bye. 
Dead!  .,,,.1  her  lips  may  not  unclose  f  *adow  dims  the  solemn  b! 
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still  lips,  dear  hands,  and  peaceful 

Dead!  and  the  heart  that  thrilled  bo  "eye. 

much,  Your  lover  breatheBearth'elastgood- 

At  whispered  word  and  bender  touch  bye." 


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I  dcU.ii  from  ..Vr  it,  heart  of  gold  S"1  "K^  ■  ■hrfo*  ls„  rt  . 
The  leave*  which  such  rarsswwtaess  l"  >im  "Heaven,  and  aUthinga 


A    CARLIST    CHIEF. 

The  Carlist  chieftain  was  tried  at   Pamueluna,  December  20th,  ami 

1  ,tt  daybreak  0x1  the  following  day.     This  man  waa  lieutenant  of 

the  *  larlisl  band  c  inunanded  by  the  now  famona  Roea  Samaniego,  and  his 

name,  tike  that  <>t"  Ids  captain,  and  of  Losano,  executed  two  years  since, 

nml  the  famous  Terron,  baa  long  been  a   byword  to  strike  terror  into  the 

of  the  peaceable  inhabitants  of  Ecala,  Bstella.and  Murieta.    The 

murders  proved  against  him  number  20  to  25,  but  the  number  of  which 

uilty  may  be  placed  at  double  that  number.    tXergoivs  career 

ol  crime  commenced   in  January,  1873,  with  an  unproved  crime.    In 

April  nf  the  same  year,  on  the  10th  day,  he  stabbed,  for  lust  of  blood,  a 

lame  old  man  named   Pedro  Muneta  in  the  neighborhood  id  Murieta. 

The  old   man  was  a  harmless  cripple.     Every  crime  was  proved  in  the 

of  the  trial.  On  that  same  day.  his  hands  reeking  with  blood,  he 
met  a  man  called  Juan  lira,  and  killed  him  at  once,  throwing  him  over 
a  precipice.     *  hi  Baater  day  of  the  same  year,  1373,  he   beat  to  a  jelly  a 

Jmor  tanner  of  Bstella,  and  Bung  him,  half  A'-x^,  over  the  precipice  of 
On  the  28d  of  dune  in  the  same  year  he  beat  to  death  a  little 
boy,  by  name  Felix  Chevarri,  and  threw  his  body  over  the  precipice  of 
Ecala.  In  the  same  summer  he  killed,  and  threw  over  the  precipice  of 
Seals  another  boy,  a  day  laborer,  called  Garin.  Needless  to  say,  he 
always  robbed  and  despoiled  his  victims  before  casting  their  mangled  re- 
mains, semi-conscious,  over  the  abysses  where  was  his  haunt.  On  July 
Sth  of  the  same  year  he  beat  to  death  Hipolito  Sanz,  casting  his  remains 
over  the  same  abyss.  In  fact,  the  abysses  of  Iguzquiza  and  Ecala  were 
turned  by  this  man  into  perfect  cemeteries  of  murdered  men's  bodies.  On 
August  20  of  the  same  year  he  captured  Louis  Pesado,  close  to  Estella, 
tortured  him  one  whole  day,  and  killed  him  the  next.  It  has  been  said 
by  the  CarHsts  that  the  victims  of  this  ruffian's  club  and  knife  were 
"  spies,1  and,  as  such,  lawful  game.  Let  us  see  by  what  follows.  It  was 
proved  in  evidence  that  on  the  same  day,  August  20,  he  outraged  two  un- 
happy married  women,  and  flung  them,  half  alive,  down  the  precipice  of 
Ecala!  On  the  next  day,  or  within  two  or  three  days,  he  robbed  an  old 
[  tai^mender,  aged  7",  "i"  hia  all,  killed  him,  and  flung  him  down  the  steep 
'"u  ^uzquiza.  Again,  within  a  few  days,  he  beat  to  death  a  gipsy,  and 
J' dung  bis  body  down.  In  Villatuerta,  in  the  same  year,  he  got  hold  of  a 
girl  of  gentle  birth,  ravished,  and  then  shot  her,  throwing  her  body  down 
the  precipice.  He  then  commenced  the  attempt  to  bury  victims  alive  ; 
when  they  struggled,  he  bayoneted  them.  A  string  of  eight  more  proved 
crimes  of  murder,  accompanied  with  every  sort  of  horrid  torture,  here 
follows.  Suffice  it  to  say,  that  one  of  these  victims,  whom  he  threw 
alive  over  the  precipice,  was  a  Carlist  soldier  named  Eusebio  Arrieta,  who 
tried  to  escape  from  participation  in  such  awful  and  bloody  deeds. 

HARRY    MEIGGS'    GREAT    SCHEME. 

The  following  is  an  extract  from  a  Peruvian  paper  of  a  late  date: 
"The  President  has  promised  to  sign,  within  a  few  days,  the  proposal 
made  by  Henry  Meigga  relative  to  the  prolongation  of  the  Oroya  railway 
to  the  Cerro  de  Pasco  and  the  drainage  of  the  flooded  mines  of  that  dis- 
trict, all  to  lie  performed  at  the  expense  of  the  contractor,  who,  in  re- 
turn, will  be  entitled  to  the  yield  of  the  mines  in  question,  now  aban- 
doned, less  ten  per  cent,  of  their  product,  which  will  be  handed  over  to 
the  guild  of  miners.  As  the  guild  itself  is  unable  to  incur  the  very  con- 
siderable expense  incident  to  the  transportation  of  the  requisite  machin- 
ery, etc.,  to  the  Cerro  de  Pasco,  Mr.  Meiggs  having  given  good  guaran- 
tees as  to  his  ability  to  carry  out  the  undertaking  successfully,  aad  as 
popular  opinion  is  decidedly  in  favor  of  the  scheme,  it  will  doubtless  soon 
be  an  accomplished  fact.  Persons  who  are  thoroughly  acquainted  with 
the  mineral  wealth  of  the  Cerro  assert  that  in  these  flooded  shafts  at 
h-ast  $200,000,000  in  ore  await  the  fortunate  explorer.  This  may  be  an 
over  estimate,  but  the  sums  of  money  already  unsuccessfully  expended  in 

Sumping  apparatus  and  skilled  labor  toward  the  object  now  proposed  by 
ir.  Meiggs  prove  that  great  results  have  always  been  anticipated." 

A  New  York  bookstore  has  in  its  window  pictures  of  Hayes  and 
Tilden,  with  these  lines  from  John  Byron,  who  flourished  early  in  the 
eighteenth  century: 

"God  bles3  the  King,  I  mean  the  faith's  defender, 
God  bless — no  harm  in  blessing— the  Pretender, 
But  who  Pretender  is,  or  who  is  King1 — ; 
God  bless  us  all,  that's  quite  another  thing." 

A  fashionably  dressed  young  woman,  putting  fancy  touches  to  the 
music,  was  heard  singing,  "  Backward,  pin  backward,  oh,  skirts  in  your 
flight,  make  me  look  small  again,  just  for  to-night." 

You  never  heard  of  an  Old  Man's  Christian  Association. 


HARD     DRINKERS. 
A  singular   instance  <d  the  power  of  absorbing  liquor  was  lately 
brought  t-.  light  at  a  Lobd<  rt     Three   Britons  and  01  a 

I  drank   at   a  single   sitting,  two  champagne  cups,  nine  bottl 

champagne,  thirtrj  ..f  brandy,  > 

mi.-  bottles  of  -.-la.  a  single  bottle  "f  very  old  brand; ,  end  fchey  smoked 
I  '11  the  day  following  th<  I  party 

again  assembled,  and  drank  nineteen  large  ami  thirty  two  small  gla 
brandy,  one  botUe of  oM  brandy,  one   bottle  of   ohablis,  *i\  bottles  of 
champagne,   nml    as    many  champagne    cups.    Numerous   dgai 
smoked  on  this  occasion,  but  no  Inventory  was  taken  thereof,    Thi 
nf  this  joyous  sacrifice  t"  Bacchus,  twice  repeated,  was  asserted  b 
Deen  a  conspiracy  on  the  part  of  three  of  the  revelers  to  obtain  the  Big 
nature  of  the  fourth  to  a  oill  of  exchange  for  £500.    Tin-  bill  appears  t-> 
have  '"''-ii  signed  and  put  into  circulation,  and  hence  theproceedli 
fore  the  London  police  court.    The  signer  of  the  bill,  a  certain  LeHunt 
Doyle,  i-  tin-  possessor  of  £3,000  per  annum,  and  it  came  out  in  the  '".i 
denes  that  one  «>f  the  jubilant  conspirators  had  do  tared  his  intention  t-i 
suek  it  all  out  of  the  hard  drinking  Doyle.    The  servant  of  Doyle  stated 
that  his  master  was  never  sober,  ami  that  as  soon  as  he  had  slept  off  the 
effects  of  one  drinking-bout  he  called  for  "a  split."  that  is,  soda-water 
ami  brandy,  and  recommenced  his  bibulous  practice.     The  circumstance 
is  only  worth  remarking  as  testifying  to  the   fact  that  the  race  of  hard 
drinkers  in   Great    Britain    is  not  yet  extinct.     In  the  time  of  James  II. 
hard  drinking  was  very  common  among  the  upper  classes  of  English  soci- 
ety.    It  is  even  stated   that  Jeffries,  when    Lord  High  Chancellor,   ran 
about  the  Strand  in  a  state  of  nature  after  a  nights  carouse  with  some  of 
Ins    subordinate  judges.     But   times   have  changed  during  the   reign  of 
0.ueeii  A  ictoria,  and  judges  drink  no  more,  but  fine  those  who  continue 
to  imbibe  a  superfluity  of  liquor. 

George  Francis  Train  says  he  has  "sunk  his  egotism  in  the  tiniver- 
sal."    >inthing  short  of  the  universal  would  hold  it. 

SAVINGS    AND    LOAN. 

COLLATERAL    LOAN   AND    SAVINGS  BANE,    CORNER    POST  AND 
KEARNY    STREETS,    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

Incorporated  Under  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  California. 

President ...J.  S.  SPEAR,  JR.  1  Secretary F.S.CARTER. 

Vice-President ROB'T  STEVENSON.  |  Appraiser GEO.  O.  ECKER. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  loan  money  upon  collateral  secu- 
rities, such  as  Uonds,  Stocks,  Savings  bank  Books,  Diamonds,  Warehouse  Re- 
ceipts, etc.,  at  from  1J  to  4  per  cent,  per  month.     The  Bank  will  also  receive  Term 
Deposits,  and  allow  the  following  rates  of  interest :    Term  Deposits  of  six  months, 
1  per  cent,  per  month  ;  Twelve  months,  11  per  cent,  per  month. 
November  4. F.  S.  CARTER,  Secretary. 

GERMAN    SAVIN33    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 

Guarantee  Capital  8200, OOO. —Office  526  California  street. 
North  side,  between  Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets.  Olfiee  hours,  from  9  a.m. 
to  3  p.m.     Extra  hour  on  Saturdays  from  7  to  8  P.M,  for  receiving  of  Deposits  only 
Loans  made  on  Real  Estate  and  other  collateral  securities,  at  current  rates  of  interest. 
President L.  GOTTIG.  |  Secretary GEO.  LETTE. 

DIRECTORS. 

F.  Roeding,  H.  Schmieden,  Chas.  Kobler,  Ed.  Kruse,  Dan.  Meyer,  George  H.  Eg- 
gers,  P.  Spreckles,  N.  Van  Bergen.  Feb.  1. 

MARKET     S  f  REET     BANK     OF     SAVINGS, 
634  Market  St.,  Opposite  Palace  Hotel. 

President THOMAS  B.  LEWIS. 

Secretary W.E.  LATSON. 

Interest  alloweil  011  all  deposits  remaining;  in  Bank  over 
thirty  days.  Interest  on  term  deposits,  12  per  cent,  per  annum.  Dejiosits  re- 
ceived from  one  dollar  upward.  No  charge  for  Bank  Book.  On  receipt  of  remit- 
tances from  the  interior,  Bank  Books  or  Certificates  of  Deposit  will  be  forwarded  or 
delivered  to  agent.     Bank  open  oa  Saturdays  till  9  o'clock  p.m.  October  28. 

SAN  FRANCISCO  SAVINGS  UNION, 
*T»Jb>  California  street,  corner  Webb.  Capital  and  Re- 
pJ*J  -*C  serve,  £-J:U,000.  Deposits,  £6\ 919,000.  Directors:  James  de  Fremery, 
President ;  Albert  Miller,  Viee-President ;  C.  Adolphe  Low,  D.  J.  Oliver,  Charles 
Bauin,  Charles  Pace,  Washington  Bartlett,  A.  Campbell,  Sen.,  George  C.  Potter ; 
Cashier,  Lovell  White.  Dividends  for  two  years  past  have  been  7A  and  9  per  cent,  re- 
spectively, on  ordinary  and  term  deposits.  Dividends  are  payable  semi-annually,  in 
January  "and  July.  Money  loaned  on  real  estate  and  on  United  States  Bonds,  or 
equivalent  securities. October  30. 

PIONEER  LAND  AND  LOAN  BANK  OF  SAVINGS  AND  DEPOSIT. 

Sonthcast  corner  California  and  Montgomery  streets,  Safe 
Deposit  Block.  Incoriiorated  IS'59.  Guarantee  Fund,  $200,000.  Dividend  No. 
102  payable  on  December  5th.  Ordinary  deposits  receive  9  per  cent.  Term  de- 
posits receive  12  per  cent.  This  incorporation  is  in  its  eighth  year,  and  refer*  to 
over  4,900  depositors  for  its  successful  and  economical  management. 

H.  KOFAHL,  Cashier. 
Tuos.  Gray,  President.       J.  C.  Dcnxax,  Secretary.  March  -11 

MASONIC    SAVINGS    AND    10AN    BANK, 

No.  6  Post  street.  Masonic  Temple.  San  Francisco,  Cal.— 
Moneys  received  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits  ;  dividends  paid  semi- 
annually ;  loans  made  on  approved  security.  This  bank  solicits  the  patronage  of  all 
persons.  [March  25.J  H.  T.  GRAVES,  Secretary. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK  —GUARANTEE  CAPITAL,  $300,000. 

Officers:  President,  John  Parrott;  Vice-President,  Jerome 
Lincoln  ;  Secretary.  w-  S.  Jones  ;  Attorney,  Sidney  V.  Smith.     Loans  made  on 
Real  Estate  and  other  Approved  Securities.     Office  :  No.  215  Sansome  street,  San 

Francisco. Oct-  14- 

FRENCH    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 
Bnsh  street,  above  Kearny,  O.  Mahe,  Director.  Loans 
made  on  real  estate  and  other  collateral  securities  at  current  rates  of 


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SAFE    DEPOSIT    COMPANY,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO, 

S.  E.  Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Sts. 

CAPITAL 82,000.000. 

This  Company  is  now  open  for  the  renting-  of  vaults  and  tbe 
transaction  of  all  business  connected  with  a  Safe  Depository.  Pamphlets  giving 
full  information  and  rates  can  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  Company.  Hours, 
from  8a.m.  to  6  p.m.  September  18. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.   3,   1877. 


HIS    SAT.  MAJESTY,  FROM   MARRIOTT'S   AEROPLANE,  DROPS   A 

TEAR,  AND  ADDRESSES   THE    "NEWS   LET1ER 

CONTRIBUTOR." 

"What  splendid  fun,  ballooning  !  such  a  rushing,  reckless  pace  ! 

Where's  some  lusty  little  cherub  now  ?    I'd  like  to  have  a  race  !  t 

There !     Port  your  helm  !     So  !     Gently.     Let's  rest  a  while  from  flying, 

And  gaze  in  sad  reflection  on  the  city  'neath  us  lying. 

How  small  it  seems  !     Mere  nothing  !     A  tiny  little  speck  ! 

Hold  on,  old  man  !  you're  dizzy:  take  care  !  you'll  break  your  neck  I 

This  rain's  a  cursed  nuisance  !     We'll  get  a  frightful  soaking. 

Bad  luck  to  Deacon  Fitch,  I  say,  who,  with  his  psalms  and  croaking, 

Has  been  praying  for  a  week  or  more  for  the  Lord  to  send  us  rain, 

As  if  the  Almighty  cared  a  fig  for  all  old  Fitch's  prayin' ! 

So  Piper's  got  his  monkey  up  ?  and  swears  the  count's  a  fraud  ! 

'Cause  "  Honest  Davis"  spent  more  cash  than  he  could  well  afford  ! 

Tho'  "  who  will  pay  the  Piper"  now  to  investigate  the  facts, 

I  suppose  will  be  decided  by  another  city  tax  ! 

But  who's  this  Captain  Douglass?  this  mentor?  did  you  hear? 

Who  objects  to  ladies  fiddling  and  to  Germans  drinking  beer  ! 

The  Tivoli's  surely  harmless;  but  if  he  wants  a  name, 

There's  the  "  Olive  Branch,"  or  "  ScottyV  place,  of  very  different  fame. 

This  "  Crooked  whisky"  business  seems  all  the  "go"  of  late, 

Tho',  like  Judge  Hoffman,  I  prefer  to  take  my  whisky  straight. 

I  like  a  "  nip"  myself,  you  bet  !  but  then  it's  on  the  square; 

No  "nightly  nippers,"  please,  in  mine  !  the  thought  I  cannot  bear  ! 

Franconi's  done  his  best,  'tis  true,  but  the  evidence  is  crushing, 

And  I  think,  as  "  Billy  F."  would  say,  it's  all  V.  P.  with  Cushing  ! 

You're  lucky,  tho',  in  one  respect,  that  Thistleton's  in  quod  ! 

You'd  be  luckier  still  if  only  he  was  safe  beneath  the  sod  ! 

That  blackguard  sort  of  howling;  that  sacrilegious  wail, 

Believe  me,  sounds  much  better  in  some  dismal  city  jail  ! 

There's  another,  too,  that  Post  man,  and  the  Bulletin,  his  mate, 

If  they  continue  in  their  lying  will  meet  no  other  fate. 

0  !  what  a  curse  is  money!— at  least  that's  what  they  say. 
For  faith  !  it  is  but  little  coin  that  ever  comes  my  way. 
There's  Hart  and  Harris,  brokers,  have  broke  a  judge's  heart, 
And  "han-is'd"  him  to  death  almost  by  playing  him  too  smart. 
Then  Johnny  Patrick!  Look  at  him!  That  check'll  raise  a  storm; 
He'll  have  to  get!  He  can't  stay  here!  He'll  find  the  place  too  warm. 
How  soon  before  election  comes?    A  change  is  good  you  know. 
Those  "Bromley  bills"  might  then  be  paid,  and  the  Co.'s  purse  is  low. 
'Twixt  pavements,  sewers  and  basalt  blocks,  poor  Strother  s  nearly  mad, 
And  Eaton's  "chain  gang  on  the  brain"  will  soon  make  him  as  bad. 

1  wish  you'd  tell  one  thing  I  can't  get  through  my  head: 
What's  up  with  all  your  married  folks,  or  why  thy  e'er  get  wed  1 
For  from  "cruelty"  or  "bigamy,"  or  both,  or  other  source, 

One  scarce  has  heard  they're  married,  when  they're  suing  for  divorce. 

"  Matches  made  in  Heaven"  may  sound  uncommon  well; 

But  it  seems  to  me  in  Frisco  they  must  be  made  in  Hell! 

Else  why  this  scandal?  What's  the  cause?    There  must  be  something  bad. 

It's  no  joking  matter,  I  assure  you,  when  it  makes  a  devil  sad  ! 

If  I  could  only  stop  awhile,  we'd  quite  reform  the  town. 

What  say  you  though?    It's  getting  late!    Let's  gently  wander  down. 

We'll  soon  be  reaching  Heaven!    The  distance  isn't  great; 

And  what  do  you  think  old  Peter  'd  say  to  the  devil  at  his  gate  1 

Here's  terra  firma,  once  again.     Let's  celebrate  our  trip! 

And  tackle  Gibbs'!     He's  close  at  hand!    I'm  dying  for  a  nip  ! 

Gibbs  can't  be  beat  for  cocktails.     His  brimstone's  hot  and  strong. 

But  "  Frank's"  for  toddies!     In  that  line  my  judgment's  never  wrong! 

Once  more,  old  man!    Good  bye,  then!     I  must  hurry  up  and  go, 

Those  imps  'U  play  old  Harry  with  the  whole  concern  below! 

Last  time  I  stayed  too  late  here.     They're  had  all  grown  cold. 

No  roasting!  but  a  general  drunk,  and  no  one  there  to  scold. 

A  LONG  STRIDE  IN  THE  RIGHT  DIRECTION. 
We  call  special  attention  to  our  medical  directory  published  with 
this  issue  of  the  News  Letter.  In  it  will  be  found  the  names  and  qualifi- 
cations of  the  different  practitioners  who,  up  to  date,  have  obtained  li- 
censes from  the  three  different  boards  thatwere  authorized  to  grant  the  same. 
These  men  are  now  the  only  persons  entitled,  under  the  law  recently 
passed,'  to  practice  medicine  or  surgery  within  this  city.  All  others  are 
quacks  and  pretenders,  who  may  be  summarily  dealt  with  in  the  Police 
Court  if  they  attempt  to  practice.  The  law  ought  to  be  put  in  motion 
forthwith.  The  dangerous,  advertising,  death-dealing  crowd  ought  to  be 
shut  up,  or  sent  to  jail  without  delay.  A  properly  organized  effort  in 
that  direction  should  be  set  on  foot  at  once.  There  ought  to  be  no  ques- 
tion as  to  whose  duty  it  is  to  see  that  means  are  provided  for  carrying  out 
the  law.  The  recognized  medical  societies  ought  to  have  no  hesitation 
about  the  matter.  We  refer  them  to  a  paragraph  in  another  column, 
taken  from  an  English  exchange,  which  shows  the  exact  modus  operandi 
by  which  the  medical  men  of  Birmingham  accomplished  an  exactly  simi- 
lar duty.  We  look  upon  the  law  that  is  now  in  force  as  a  long  stride  in 
the  right  direction.  It  recognizes  the  duty  of  regulating  the  practice  of 
the  profession,  and  for  the  first  time  it  puts  the  worst  class  of  quacks  out- 
side the  pale  of  legality.  The  classification  is  loose  enough  in  all  con- 
science. Many  men  are  admitted  who  ought  to  have  been  excluded,  but 
none  are  out,  who  ought  to  be  in,  and  perhaps  this  is  the  best  that  could 
be  done  at  the  first  attempt.  As  the  State  grows  in  population,  know- 
ledge, and  wisdom,  more  may  be  accomplished.  As  it  is,  the  qualifica- 
tions are  distinctby  given  in  our  directory,  from  which  the  public  can  se- 
lect their  physicians  from  among  those  possessing  diplomas  from  Euro- 
pean or  American  colleges  of  undoubted  merit.  We  congratulate  our 
readers,  and  ourselves,  upon  this  result,  to  a  fight  undertaken  and  main- 
tained by  the  News  Letter  single-handed.  Whilst  the  Bulletin  and  Call 
have  made  thousands  upon  thousands  of  dollars  out  of  the  advertisement 
of  the  quacks,  we  have  spent  thousands  to  end  this  wicked  portion  of 
their  business,  and  to  put  their  rascally  customers  where  they  ought  to  be 
— in  jail.     With  what  success,  everybody  knows. 

The  Chinese  ' '  physicians! "  are,  up  to  this  moment,  plying  their  vil- 
lainous compounds  on  the  demented  whites  who  have  the  coin  to  pay 
them.  Lipotai,  who,  we  understand,  formerly  toiled  as  a  fisherman,  has 
amassed  wealth  in  that  sphere.  The  United  States  is  the  only  known 
country  on  the  civilized  globe  where  such  rascality  is  allowed.  What  are 
the  Medical  Societies  doing  ? 


THEATRICAL,   ETC. 

Grand  Opera  House. —The  bill  this  week  has  chiefly  consisted  of  the 
comedy  A  Wonderful  Woman,  by  Dance,  and  a  burlesque  of  Chilperic.  The 
former  is  a  most  charmingly  written  trifle  in  two  acts,  and  was  given  by 
Manager  Wheatleigh's  company  in  capital  style.  Mr.  Lingham  in  the 
"  Marquis,"  possessed  a  role  of  great  opportunities,  of  which,  however,  he 
availed  himself  only  moderately.  He  carried  his  semblance  of  airy  im- 
perturbability to  the  verge  of  becoming  stilted,  but  in  other  respects  gave 
an  excellent  idea  of  character.  Miss  Carey  and  Mr.  Polk  both  did  admir- 
ably; the  latter's  "Cobbler"  being  as  well  rounded  and  intrinsically 
complete  a  performance  as  one  could  well  desire  to  see.  Chilperic  we  can- 
not applaud  as  a  success.  Containing  some  very  nice  little  songs,  and 
some  novel  effects,  such  as  the  umbrella  dance,  it  is,  notwithstanding,  an 
unattractive  piece.  The  relegation  of  Miss  Jennie  Beauclerc  into  her 
normal  petticoats  simply,  went  to  show  that  Mrs.  Oates  had  more  than  a 
rival  in  hoodlumism.  Her  sister  had  a  better  chance  in  her  peculiar  line. 
Obviously,  these  young  ladies  thrive  best  under  their  native  fig  leaves. 
Round  Uie  World  in  Eighty  Days  is  being  prepared  with  great  expense, 
and  much  elaboration  of  detail.  The  indefatigable  Voegtlin  is  at  work 
day  and  night  on  unlimited  new  scenery.  It  takes  the  boards  on  Monday 
next,  when  the  big  theater  will  be  all  too  small  to  hold  the  audience. 
Verne's  famous  Tour  has  been  a  success  everywhere. 

California  Theater.  —Mr.  Sothern  Dundreary,  or  Dundreary  Sothern, 
as  the  reader  prefers,  changed  the  bill  on  Thursday  night  t->  The  Hornet's 
Nest.  We  caunot  altogethtr  flatter  the  star  upon  his  new  piece,  or  his 
new  role.  The  former  is  a  remarkably  thin  farce,  stretched  by  main 
force  over  four  acts,  and  the  latter  is  more  like  a  reminiscence  of  "  Dun- 
dreary" than  anything  else.  The  plot  of  the  new  piece  is  the  old  story 
of  a  pretended  fool,  lived  on  by  a  motley  collection  of  sharpers,  and  turn- 
ing out  to  be  a  combination  of  "  Guy  Livingston  "  and  "Solomon  "  in  the 
last  act.  The  characters,  and  the  piece  itself,  are  forced  with  very  ap- 
parent effort  to  give  scope  to  a  deluge  of  "gags"  and  plays  upon  words, 
and  in  this  respect  especially  are  as  unnatural  as  may  be.  The  puns  are 
not  always  first  chop,  either.  Mr.  Sothern  is  often  very  funny  in  a  way 
that  instantly  recalls  "  my  Lord,"  and  has  one  bit  of  very  genuine  and 
now-a-days  sort  of  sentiment  in  his  scene  with  Miss  Wilton  in  the  last 
act.  The  other  parts  are  more  varied  than  noticeable.  Mr.  Edwards,  as 
the  bombastic  and  bibulous  old  officer,  being  the  most  amusing  of  the  lot, 
Mr.  Bishop  and  Mr.  Mestayer  doing  the  best  possible  with  small  material. 
In  brief,  the  new  comedy  is  simply  a  wild  absurdity,  and  worth  seeing  in 
the  sense  that  any  curiosity  is,  but  will  hardly  do  much  to  extend  Mr. 
Sothern's  renown.     An  early  production  of  Home  may  be  looked  for. 

Academy  of  Music.  — Manager  Maguire  opens  the  doors  of  this  beau- 
tiful house  again  on  Monday,  with  a  new  play,  -4?/  for  Cold,  especially 
written  for  the  lilipution  star,  Zoe  Tnttle.  Every  one  will  remember  this 
real  little  artist's  hit  as  "  Prince  John."  We  predict  a  good  business  for 
the  prodigy,  and  her  veteran  supporters. 

' '  Yours  in  all  sincerity,  A  Christian,  "  from  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Jan- 
uary 7,  1877,  will  pardon  our  delay  in  noticing  his  very  bright  and  kind 
notice  of  the  News  Letter,  as  he  states  he  is  one  who  regularly  reads  it  and 
says  so  much  in  denunciation  of  "rogues,  thieves  and  hypocrites." 
Our  friend  will  not  forget  that  the  best  locomotives  do  once  now  and  then 
run  off  the  track,  and  that  straight  lines  are  best  for  us  all.  If  our  Chris- 
tian friend  will  favor  us  with  his  private  address  we  shaU  have  great 
pleasure  in  hearing  from  him  not  necessarily  for  his  amiable  ef- 
fusions to  appear  in  print. 


Private  Cuve"e  are  Hellmann  Brothers  & 


"The  'Wolf  at  the  Boor." — Under  this  heading  an  occasional  con- 
tributor sends  us  the  following  remarks:  "  Many  of  our  good  citizens 
would  be  surprised  to  know  of  the  literal  poverty,  the  actual  hunger  :>nd 
want  of  comfortable  clothing  among  a  class  of  our  citizens  who  never 
fore  have  been  without  all  the  comforts  and  even  the  elegancies  of  lit*,. 
Ladies,  the  widows  and  children  of  old  pioneers  who  occupied  the  high- 
est social  position  in  California  ten  or  twenty  years  since,  have  been  to 
the  Benevolent  Association's  rooms  asking  for  bread  within  the  past 
week.     Think  of  that,  ye  rich  pioneers!  " 

The  sole  agents  for  Kru^ 
Co.,  525  Front  street. 

BALDWIN'S    ACADEMY    OF    MUSIC. 

Market  street,  between  Stocktou  ami  Powell. --Commenc- 
ing Saturday,  February  3d,  and  every  evening  of  the  following  week,  the  Lit- 
tle California  Favorite,  ZOE  TUTTLE.in  a  New  and  Original  Drama,  in  Five  Acts,  by 
John  D.  Graham,  Esq.,  of  this  city,  entitled  ALL  FOR  GOLD  !  Supported  by  the 
popular  young  actor,  MR.  M.  H.BROWN,  as  "Caleb  Cobb"  and  "  Prof.  Pogue." 
All  the  ladies  must  see  it  !  All  the  children  must  see  it !  New  and  Effective  Scenery 
by  Genrge  W.  Dayton.  New  and  Original  Music  by  George  F.  Evans.  Elegant  Stage 
Fittings  by  John  D.  Sherman.  Box  office  open  for  the  sale  of  seats  on  Monday,  Janu- 
ary 29th.     Grand  Sunday  Performance  on  Sunday,  February  4th.  Feb.  3. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  street,  between  Third  ami  Fourth.--- Acting:  Man- 
ager, Mr.  Chas.  Wheatleigh ;  Scenic  Artist,  Mr.  Wm.  Voegtlin.  This  Eve- 
ning, February  3d,  positively  last  appearance  of  the  popular  and  accomplished 
BEAUCLKRC  SISTERS  !  The  successful  operatic  extravaganza,  CHILPERIC !  Pre- 
ceded by  the  comic  drama,  A  WONDERFUL  WOMAN  !  Matinee  to-morrow  at  two 
o'clock  P.M.  Monday,  February  ftth,  with  new  scenery  (by  Voegtlin)  and  elaborate 
appointments,  THE  TOUR  OF  THE  WORLD  IN  EIGHTY  DAYS,  by  Jules  Verne. 
The  grandest  production  ever  witnessed  in  California.  Box  Office  now  open  for  sale 
of  reserved  scats. Feb.  3. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Bush  street,  above  Kearny.— .John  McCnllongh.  Proprietor 
and  Manager;  Barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager.  Second  week  of  MR.  SOTH- 
ERN. This  (Saturday)  Evening,  February  3d,  and  every  evening  until  further  no- 
tice, and  at  the  Saturdav  Matinee,  first  production  in  this  city  of  a  new  and  original 
farcical  comedy,  entitled  A  HORNET'S  NEST  !  IN  THREE  BUZZES  AND  A 
STINGER  !  Written  specially  for  Mr.  Sothern  by  H.  J.  Byron,  Esq.,  author  of  "Our 
Boys,"  etc.     Appropriate  Scenic  Illustrations.     "Sydney  Spoonbill."  E.  A.  Sothern. 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER. 

Kearny  street,  between  Washington  ami  Jackson.— Samuel 
Tetlow,  Proprietor,  CHARLEY  REED,  Ethiopian  Comedian,  Character  Ar- 
tist and  Stump  Speech  Orator.  THE  WYMANS.  ALFRED  and  LULU,  Specialty  and 
Sketch  Artists.  CARRIE  LE.">N  and  SAM  SWAIN,  the  Celebrated  Acrobatic  Song 
and  Dance  Artists.  SHED  LkCLAIR,  the  Great  Flving  Trapeze  Artist.  MADGE 
AISTON,  Song  and  Dance  Artist.  EDWARD  GLOVER,  the  Celebrated  Australian 
Comic  Singer.     The  Great  Double  Company  in  Comedy,  Farce  and  Drama.       Feb.  3. 


1V1..   8,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


PARACRAPH  IAN  A. 
Pro  Bono  Publico. 


Grest  Red  Estate  Sale.     At  Platt'a  II  .11.  M  »nday,  i 

.  mill  the  fori  ■!  i  lobb 

:■'.  ndj  I  City  Gartl 

Into  100  lota.     Thii   property  m   within  3,800  foot  of  the  New  City  II.,il. 

an>l  within  3,800  yards  Prom  the  P*hun   Hotel,  and  reached  by  five  tin  is 

one  ••!  th  in  passing  io   front  ot  the  property  every  five 

minute*  of  the  day.    Term*  the  most  liberal  ever  offered  in  this  city  or 

i  follow  ii  Twenty  per  oent  nab,  in   L'.  3.  guld  uoin,  the  balance 

In  eight  equal  yearly  payments,  to  bear  interest  at  the  rate   of  7'.  per 

cut.  perannumt  tlie  aeierred  payments  to  be  Bocured  by  mortgage.     To 

oirin  ■  to  pay  .ill  oasfa  a  deduction  of  one  years  interest,  or  1\ 

percent*,  will  be  made  "n  deferred  paymentai 

N.  l'..     Maps,  diagrams  and  catalogues,  as  well  as  all  information  re- 

S inline  this  fine  estate,  can  be  obtained  at  offios,  No,  410  Pine  street, 
evade  Block.    The  galleries  of  Piatt's  Hall  will  be  reserved  for  Indies 
wishing  t<>  attend  the  sale. 

o>  this  Pbopbbty  Pibpbct.  Living  water  Running  through 
the  sewers  In  tin-  driest  seasons,  thus  precluding  the  necessity  <»t  Sashing. 
This  and  the  positive  absence  of  Summer  fogs,  the  property  being  located 
in  the  sunny  belt,  ensures  a  healthy  neighborhood. 

■  i  .•.  M  Tula  property  is  surrounded  and  intersected  by  five 
great  thoroughfares  -three  ox  them  B0  feet  and  over  wide.  No  narrow 
uor  aUi  \  way,-  tn  breed  epidemical  diseases. 
Location  and  Gradb.  -Within  walking  distance  of  all  the  business 
parte  of  this  city,  and  has  been  graded  to  n  Little  above  the  highest  official 
grade,  and  the  neighboring  property  i?  uow  undergoing  a  more  startling 
oharure  and  desirable  improvement  than  any  other  part  of  the  city. 

[MVESTtfBNT.  No  property  within  the  city  (from  its  central  location) 
commends  itself  more  advantageously  to  buyers,  whether  for  residence  or 
speculation,  than  this.  The  sale  is  positive.  The  terms,  as  above,  so 
very  easy  that  it  is  brought  within  the  reach  nf  all. 

' '  Geo.  Francia  Train's  Paper.  "—We  have  received  the  first  number 
Of  "Geo.  Francis  Train's  Paper" — for  such  is  its  title  -a  neatly  printed 
Bight-page  weekly,  of  rather  small  dimensions.  It  is  to  be  published  for 
the  benefit  of  -Mrs.  Lant  and  her  family,  who  are  asserted  to  be  left  desti- 
tute by  the  committal  to  jail  or  the  father,  as  a  penalty  for  printing 
Train's  prayer  for  Henry  Ward  Beecher  in  the  Toledo  .Sun.  Geo.  Francis 
still  sits,  like  Diogenes,  in  his  tub;  and  in  despair  at  finding  an  honest 
man,  has  blown  out  his  lantern  and  taken  to  howling  anathemas  at  all 
mankind  through  the  bung-hole.  The  rain  of  his  execrations  falls  alike 
upon  the  just  and  the  unjust,  though  we  are  inclined  to  think  the  latter 
are  in  the  majority.  Hia  views,  on  the  innumerable  topics  of  the  day, 
are  given  in  imaginary  dialogues  with  a  mythical  editor.  They  are  cer- 
tainlv  original,  and  are  stated  in  language  which  it  cannot  be  denied  is 
most  brilliant  and  striking.  He  calls  his  ideas  "  psychologic  evolutions," 
and  whatever  may  be  their  real  value  it  is  well  worth  any  man's  while  to 
pay  one  dollar  a  year  (the  price  of  the  paper)  for  the  diversion  of  reading 
them.  

Steve  Massett— Twenty -six  years  ago,  as  the  proprietor  of  the  News 
Letter  was  coming  down  from  the  Yuba  river  with  a  few  ounces  of  gold 
in  a  glass  bottle,  he  first  made  the  acquaintance  of  Steve  Massett,  the 
ever  bright  and  genial  deems  Pipes,  of  1'ipesville.  tn  fact,  Mr.  Massett 
converted  our  dust  into  coin  of  the  realm,  and,  as  far  as  we  remember, 
was  a  remarkably  honest  broker.  He  is  now  in  Los  Angeles,  making  a 
little  tour  of  the  southern  country,  and  will  presumably  give  a  few  nf  his 
choice  drawing-room  entertainments  while  there.  His  repertoire  is  much 
larger  since  his  visit  to  Europe,  his  voice  as  sweet  as  ever,  and  his  powers 
'"  u'  mimicry  and  pathos  unabated.  We  sincerely  wish  Mr.  Massett  a 
pleasant  and  profitable  southern  trip. 

Madrona. — We  have  just  received  from  Roman  &  Co.  a  volume  en- 
titled "  Madrona,"  which  has  proved  a  veritable  surprise  to  us.  A  story 
more  interesting  and  more  neatly  told  in  poetry — more  subtle  or  refined — 
we  have  never  met  in  any  other  author.  Indeed,  the  wonder  is  that  any 
man  who  could  write  BUCh  a  beautiful  work  should  never  have  published 
before.  "Calderon,"  which  f  illows,  is  a  drama  of  intense  Interest,  abound- 
ing in  exciting  scenes  and  telling'  points,  and  is  characterized  by  the  same 
exquisite  language  as  "  Madrona.  '  Both  works  are  certainly  remarkable, 
deserving  to  rank  high  in  romantic  and  classical  literature,  and  evince,  on 
the  part  of  the  author,  the  rarest  quality  of  genius. 

In  these  days  of  adulterated  liquors,  when  druggists  manufacture 
their  own  brandy  and  whisky,  and  wine  merchants  fill  up  their  spare  time 
in  mixing  Sonoma  wine  with  French  claret,  and  labeling  it  Chateau 
Lafitte,  it  is  of  great  importance  to  know  where  to  go  for  good  wines  and 
spirits.  Mr.  John  Butler,  of  No.  7  Sutter  street,  and  506  Market  street, 
carries  on  one  of  the  few  houses  in  the  liquor  trade  which  is  entirely  free 
from  all  suspicion  of  keeping  mixed  or  adulterated  goods.  His  specialty 
perhaps  is  fine  old  sherry;  but  be  keeps  a  full  line  of  the  purest  wines, 
liquprs,  ales  and  porters  to  be  found  in  the  city. 

Dr.  Jessup  has  made  a  new  departure  in  dentistry  which  will  be  ser- 
viceable in  giving  a  new  lease  of  life  to  many  a  worn  out  old  grinder.  By 
a  system  of  his  own  he  affixes  a  gold  crown  to  the  stump,  thereby  render- 
ing it  serviceable  for  mastication  and  preserving  it  to  its  owner.  Dr. 
Jessup  says  he  can  apply  this  crown  to  the  veriest  remnant  of  a  tooth 
so  to  lender  it  as  good  as  ever  for  all  practical  purposes. 

A  Cincinnati  man  told  his  tailor  that  he  wouldn't  pay  for  "  that  last 
epilepsy."  It  was  discovered  that  he  meant  '"bad  fit."  There  is  no 
epilepsy  about  the  fit  of  J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.'s  clothes.  They  keep  the 
most  stylish  garments  in  the  city.  Their  place  of  business  is  on  the  corner 
of  Washington  and  Sansome  streets. 


St  John's  Presbyterian  Church,  Post  street,  between  Mason  and 
Taylor. — The  Rev.  Win.  A.  Scott,  O.  D.,  pastor,  will  preach  Sunday  at 
11  A.  M.  and  7a  P.  M.    The  public  very  cordially  invited  to  attend. 


J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.,  the  ('nobby,'tailors,  cornerof  Washington  and 
Sansome  streets. 


SIGNAL    SERVICE    METEOROLOGICAL    REPORT.    WEEa 
fiNDING  FEB.   1,   1877,  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

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SANITARY    NOTES. 

One  hundred  and  fifty-nine  deaths  occurred  this  week  as  compared 
with  135  last.  The  mortality  is  nearly  double  that  of  the  corresponding 
week  last  year,  and  is  the  highest  yet  registered  in  San  Francisco.  There 
were  1)8  males  and  Gl  females.  Fifty-six  were  under  5  years  of  age,  22 
between  5  and  20,  71  between  20  and  00  years,  and  10  over  that  age. 
Only  2  persons  died  of  old  age;  of  zymotic  diseases  the  deaths  were:  32 
diphtheria,  18  small-pox,  3  typhoid  fever,  3  scarlatina,  and  1  whooping- 
cough.  It  would  thus  appear  that  57  persons  died  of  preventable  dis- 
eases, the  32  diphtheria  and  3  typhoid  fever  being  directly  due  to  tilth, 
and  the  18  small-pox  to  neglected  vaccination.  One  person  died  of  apo- 
plexy and  3  of  brain  disease.  The  mortality  from  diseases  of  the  respira- 
tory organs  continues  excessive  notwithstanding  the  warm  and  damp 
atmosphere.  There  were  21  deaths  from  consumption,  11  from  pneumo- 
nia, 1  congestion  of  the  lungs,  and  3  croup.  It  is  remarkable  that  bron- 
chitis is  rarely  fatal  in  comparison  with  other  forms  of  lung  disease. 
There  were  three  deaths  from  inflammation  of  the  stomach  and  bowels 
and  4  from  heart  disease;  3  from  liver  diseases,  1  from  rheumatism  and  3 
from  cancer;  there  were  4  accidental  deaths  and  3  suicides.  Small- pox 
continues  to  prevail.  The  deaths  were  20  as  compared  with  14  last  week. 
Thirty  fresh  cases  have  been  reported.  We  have  reason  to  believe  that 
the  disease  has  been  occasionally  propagated  by  inoculation.  A  whole 
family  got  the  disease  in  this  way,  and  as  there  were  only  a  few  pocks 
they  ran  about  the  streets  unchecked;  nay,  they  even  went  to  be  vacci- 
nated at  the  public  vaccination  office.  Surely  it  is  desirable  that  the 
propagation  of  small-pox  by  inoculation  should  be  put  down  by  procla- 
mation and  punishment. 

The  rain  has  not  exerted  any  beneficial  influence  on  diphtheria;  31 
deaths  have  occurred,  as  compared  with  21  last  week. 

The  rain  has  continued  to  fall,  and  it  is  to  lie  hoped  that  some  of  the  sew- 
ers have  been  cleansed  out.  We  doubt,  however,  if  the  quantity  has  been 
sufficient  to  flush  the  lower  levels  of  the  city.  The  lakes  of  water  and 
sludge  attest  the  existence  of  an  almost  insurmountable  obstacle  to  nat- 
ural drainage.  In  Montgomery  street  we  saw  the  city  officials  removing 
the  sludge  from  the  gully  holes  which  was  put  into  them  last  week.  The 
city  will  find  this  a  profitable  operation.  It  seems  a  most  righteous  thing 
to  expect  the  Spring  Valley  to  wash  out  sewers  systematically  filled  up  by 
the  public  scavengers,  and  to  perform  the  herculean  task  of  Hushing  level 
Bewers,  which  fill  up  as  soon  as  the  stream  is  turned  off.  When  the  Su- 
pervisors have  water  works  of  their  own,  it  is  to  be  hoped  they  will  put 
them  to  a  better  purpose. 

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MAURICE    DORE    &    CO.,    AUCTIONEERS. 

HA.  Col»b,  Auctioneer. —Special  Great  Real  Estate  Sale, 
a  at  Piatt's  Hall,  Montgomery  street,  on  MONDAY,  February  12th,  1877,  at  12 
Noun.  We  will  sell,  on  the  most  liberal  terms  ever  offered  in  this  City  "r  State,  FOUR 
ENTIRE  BLOCKS  OF  LAND,  bounded  by  FoUmi,  Harrison,  Twelfth,  Thirteenth 
and  Fourteenth  streets,  well  known  as  the  CITY  GARDENS,  Subdivided  into  100 
Lartje  building  Lota. Feb.  3. 

0D0RLTSS 

Excavating  Apparatus  Company  of  San  Francisco.—Enipty- 
injj  Vaults,  Sinks,  Cesspools,  Sewers,  Cellars,  Wells  and  Excavations  in  the  day- 
time without  offence.  Orders  left  at  the  following  places  will  receive  prompt  atten- 
tion: Madison  &  Burke's,  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  streets;  Office  Super- 
intendent uf  Streets,  City  Hall;  Office,  U12  Commercial  street,  or  addressed  to  Presi- 
dent,  Post  Office  box  10,  City. Feb.  ?. 

W.  Morris.  Jos.  Schwab.  J,  F.  Kennedy. 

MORRIS,    SCHWAB    &    CO, 

Importers  and  Dealers    In  Moldings.  Frames,  Engravings, 
Chromos,    Lithographs,     Decalcomanie,    Wax  and  Artists'  Materials,  21   Post 
street,  nearly  opposite  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco.  Feb.  4. 

ARTIFICIAL    TEETH, 

Beautiful    Celluloid    Plates  made  by  Dr.  Jessup,  corner 
Sutter  and  Montgomery  streets,  at  §20  a  set;  are  far  superior  to  vulcanite  rub- 
ber, and  the  color  of  the  natural  gnini.  Feb.  3. 

STUART    S.    WRIGHT, 

Attorney  and  Counsellor  at  Law,  Sty.  504  Kearny  street, 
San  Francisco,  California.  Feb.  3. 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.  3,  1877. 


COLUMN     FOR     THE     CURIOUS, 

In    Nature,    Science,    and    Art. 

Talking  by  Telegraph. —On  Sunday,  November  2(3th,  Prof.  A.  Gra- 
ham Bell  experimented  with  the  "  telephone  "  on  the  wires  of  the  Eastern 
Railroad  Company  between  Boston  and  Salem.  Prof.  Bell  was  assisted 
at  the  Boston  end  of  the  line  by  two  operators,  and  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Wat- 
son by  one  operator  at  the  Salem  end.  According  to  the  account  pub- 
lished in  the  Commonwealth  of  Boston,  conversation  was  carried  on  with 
Mr.  Watson  at  Salem,  by  all  those  present,  in  turn,  without  any  diffi- 
culty, even  the  voices  of  the  speakers  being  easily  recognized.  Whisper- 
ing was  found  to  be  perfectly  audible,  but  was  unintelligible.  After  a 
time,  instead  of  grounding  the  wire  at  Salem,  it  was  connected  with 
North  Conway,  a  distance  of  one  hundred  and  forty-three  miles  from  Bos- 
ton, thus  leaving  Salem  as  a  way-station.  After  this  change  had  been 
made  there  was  a  slight  diminution  in  the  loudness  of  the  tones,  but  no 
difficulty  was  experienced  in  carryiug  on  conversation.  Another  change 
was  made,  whereby  the  electrical  current  was  sent  to  Portland  and  back 
by  another  line  to  Salem,  thus  making  Salem  a  terminal  station  at  the  end 
of  nearly  two  hundred  miles  of  wire.  The  result  of  this  change  was, 
that  the  tones  of  the  speakers  could  be  heard,  but  so  faintly  as  to  be  un- 
intelligible. With  electro-magnets  of  a  higher  resistance,  Prof.  Bell  is 
confident  that  the  sounds  would  have  been  perfectly  intelligible,  the  mag- 
nets used,  it  must  be  recollected,  being  only  intended  for  a  twenty-mile 
circuit. 

The  Scotsman  gives  a  review  of  the  work  done  in  the  ship-building 
yards  on  the  Clyde  during  the  past  year.  The  total  amount  of  tonnage 
launched— 204, 770  tons— is  under  that  of  last  year  by  23,430,  and  is  61.000 
tons  below  the  aggregate  for  1874,  and  56,700  tons  below  that  for  1S75, 
but,  considering  the  general  dullness  of  trade,  the  result  is  not  considered 
altogether  unsatisfactory.  The  number  of  vessels  launched  was  266 
against  276  in  1875,  225  in  1874,  and  194  in  1873.  Perhaps  the  most 
marked  feature  of  the  trade  during  the  year  has  been  the  continued  de- 
crease in  the  number  and  size  of  the  steam-vessels  turned  out,  their  place 
being  taken  by  iron  sailing-ships,  which,  for  the  first  time  for  many  years, 
exceed  in  tonnage  as  well  as  numbers  the  screw-steamers  launched.  The 
change  that  has  taken  place  in  this  respect  since  the  great  decline  in  the 
iron  and  coal  trades  is  brought  out  in  a  comparison  of  the  figures  of  1S73 
with  those  of  the  present  year.  While  in  the  former  125  screw-steamers 
of  218,000  tons  in  the  aggregate  were  built,  only  83  vessels  of  this  class,  of 
73,000  tons  in  all,  were  turned  out.  On  the  other  hand,  the  12  iron  sail- 
ing ships  of  1873,  aggregating  19,000  tons,  had  increased  in  1876  to  97  ves- 
sels of  96,000  tons.  Among  the  vessels  launched  this  year  were  four  war 
vessels  for  the  British  Government.  There  is  at  present  a  fair  amount  of 
work  in  hand  at  the  various  yards.  -   • 

The  Berlin  Gorilla.— At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  German  Association 
of  Naturalists,  I>r.  Hermes,  as  we  are  informed  by  Nature,  described 
some  interesting  characteristics  of  the  young  gorilla  in  the  Berlin  Aqua- 
rium. He  nods  and  claps  his  hands  to  visitors;  wakes  up  like  a  man  and 
stretches  himself.  His  keeper  must  always  be  beside  him  and  eat  with 
him  ;  he  eats  what  his  keeper  eats  ;  they  share  dinner  and  supper ;  the 
keeper  must  remain  by  him  till  he  goes  to  sleep,  his  sleep  lasting  eight 
hours.  His  easy  life  has  increased  his  weight  in  a  few  months  from 
thirty-one  to  thirty-seven  pounds.  For  some  weeks  he  had  inflammation 
of  the  lungs,  when  his  old  friend  Dr.  Falhenstein  was  fetched,  who 
treated  him  with  quinine  and  Ems  water,  which  made  him  better.  When 
Dr.  Hermes  left  the  gorilla  on  the  previous  Sunday,  the  latter  showed  the 
doctor  his  tongue,  clapped  his  hands,  and  squeezed  the  hand  of  the  doc- 
tor as  an  indication,  the  latter  believed,  of  his  recovery.  For  Pungu,  as 
the  gorilla  is  called,  a  large  plate-glass  palace  has  been  erected  in  the 
aquarium  in  connection  with  the  palm-house. 

How  to  Cook  a  Trout  at  the  River  Side.  —Kindle  a  fire  of  dry 
wood  ;  take  your  fish  when  just  out  of  the  water,  or  from  your  creel,  roll 
him  up  in  some  damp  clay,  then  lay  the  fish  among  the  embers  of  your 
fire  ;  when  the  clay  presents  a  white  color,  which  generally  occurs  when 
it  has  got  thoroughly  hard  and  cracked,  the  trout  is  properly  done,  and  a 
slight  blow  will  easily  remove  the  clay,  aud  display  to  the  hungry  angler 
a  delicious  meal.  Wandering  tribes  of  gypsies  frequently  may  be  seen 
cooking  various  dishes  in  the  above  manner.  The  fish,  I  may  observe, 
must  not  be  cut  open  and  cleaned'  During  the  firing  process  the  intes- 
tines and  other  impurities  will  draw  togetter,  and  not  in  tne  slightest  de- 
gree injure  the  trout.  In  the  absence  of  clay,  paper  may  be  used.  Two 
or  three  folds  of  old  newspaper  rolled  round  the  fish,  the  ends  being 
twisted  together,  the  whole  being  completely  soaked  iu  water  and  placed 
on  the  fire  until  well  charred,  will  answer  the  same  purpose.  Salt  will 
improve  the  flavor  of  your  trout. — James  Armstrong's  Treatise  on  Fishing, 

Lightning  in  a  Telegraph-office. — A  telegraph-operator,  in  an  office 
on  the  Boston  and  Providence  Railroad,  was  lately  killed  by  lightning. 
This  is  said  to  be  the  only  case  on  record  of  an  operator  killed  by  light- 
ning while  in  the  office.  Remarking*upon  this  casualty,  the  Telegraphic 
Jouriml  says  that  "so  far  from  being  a  source  of  danger,  the  electric  tele- 
graph must  be  regarded  rather  as  a  cause  of  safety,  as  a  network  of  lines 
spread  over  a  country  tends  to  prevent  an  accumulation  of  electricity  at 
any  particular  point,  by  continually  and  silently  discharging  it  to  the 
earth.  This  is  particularly  the  case  in  districts  where  every  pole  has  an 
earth-wire  fixed  to  it,  running  from  the  top  to  the  bottom.  That  these 
wires  effectually  discharge  a  lightning -flash  has  been  seen  in  cases  where 
the  wires  have  been  terminated  within  a  few  inches  of  the  top  of  the 
pole:  a  lightning-flash  striking  one  of  these  destroyed  the  portion  of  pole 
above  the  wire,  but  at  the  point  where  the  wire  commenced  all  damage 
ceased." 

Writing  of  elephants,  of  whom  1,000  were  in  the  late  Durbar  pro- 
cession at  Delhi,  a  very  noticeable  feature  in  the  march-part  of  the  Peck- 
war  garrison  before  Lord  Lytton,  on  Nov.  25th,  was  a  battery  of  40 
pound  Armstrongs,  irreverently  named  the  "Ark"  or  the  "  Menagerie," 
from  its  guns  being  drawn  by  elephants,  and  its  caissons  by  bullocks. 
The  well  drilled  pachiderms  raised  their  trunks  in  concert  as  a  salute 
when  passing  the  flag,  and  the  battery  under  salute  was  much  admired. 

An  annual  report  on  the  Kidderminster  carpet  trade  says  that  among 
the  Iatest'consumers  of  Kidderminster  fabrics  are  the  Chinese,  for  whom 
small  squares  of  carpets  on  which  to  say  their  prayers  have  been  made  in 

considerable  quantities  in  that  Jown. 


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INSTTEAWCE    AGENCY    OF 

HUTCHINSON,  MANN  &  SMITH. 

NO    314    CALIFORNIA    STREET,    SAN    FKANCISCO. 

AGENTS  FOB  TUB 

Franklin  Ins.  Co Indianapolis,  Ind  New  Orleans  Ins.  Ass'n New  Orleans. 

Union  Ins.  Co Galveston,  Texas  St.  Paul  F.  &  M.  Ins.  Co . .  .St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Home  Ins.  Co Columbus,  Ohio  I  Atlas  Ins.  Co Hartford   Conn. 

People's  Ins.  Co Newark,  N.  J.  Revere  Fire  Ins.  Co Boston. 

National  L.  I.  Co.,  U.  S.  A.  .Wash'n,  D.  C.  JGirard  Ins.  Co. ... , Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Capital  Kepi-Dented,  Twelve  M  ilions. 

POLICIES    ISSUED    ON    DESIRABLE  PROPERTY  jvT   FAIR  RATES.     LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  PAID. 

HUTCHINSON,  MANN  &  SMITH,  General  Agents, 

Dec.  5.  314  California  street,  San  Francisco. 


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HOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 
».  406  California  street,  next  door  to  Banh  of  California. 

Fire  Insurance  Company.  Capital,  §300,000.  Officers  : — J.  F.  Houghton, 
President ;  Ceo.  H.  Howard,  Vice-President ;  Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary.  H.  H. 
BIGELOW,  General  Manager. 

Directoks.— San  Francisco— Geo.  H.  Howard,  F.  D.  Atherton,  H.  F.  Teschemacher, 
A.  B.  Grogan,  John  H.  Redington,  A.  W.  Bowman,  C.  S.  Hobbs,  B.  M.  Hartshorne, 
D.  Conrad,  Wm.  H.  Moor,  George  S.  Johnson,  H.  N.  Tilden,  W.  M.  Greenwood,  S.  L. 
Jones,  George  S.  Mann,  Cyrus  Wilson,  W.  H.  Foster,  Jr.,  Joseph  Galloway,  W.  T. 
Garratt,  C.  Waterhouse,  A.  P.  Hotaling-.  Oregon  Branch — P.  Wasserman,  B.  Gold- 
smith, L.  F.  Grover,  D.  Macleay,  C.  H.  Lewis,  Lloyd  Brooke,  J.  A.  Crawford,  D.  M" 
French,  J.  Lowenberg.  Hamilton  Boyd,  Manager,  W.  L.  Ladd,  Treasurer.  Marys- 
vine —  1).  E.  Knight,  San  Diego  —  A.  H.  Wilcox.  Sacramento  Branch — Charles 
Crocker,  A.  Redington,  Mark  Hopkins,  James  Carolan,  J.  F.  Houghton,  D.  W.  Earl, 
Isaac  Lohman,  Julius  Wetzlar ;  Julius  Wetzlar,  Manager ;  I.  Lohman,  Secretary. 
Stockton  Branch— H.  H.  Hewlett,  George  S.  Evans,  J.  D.  Peters,  N.  M.  Orr,  W.  F. 
McKee,  A.  W.  Simpson,  A.  T.  Hudson,  H.  M.  Fanning  ;  H.  H.  Hewlett,  Manager  ;  N. 
M.  Orr,  Secretary.  San  Jose  Branch — T.  Ellard  Beans,  Josiah  Belden,  A.  Pfister,  J. 
S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis,  N.  Hayes,  Noah  Palmer,  B.  D.  Murphy ,  J.  J.  Denny,  Man- 
ager ;  A.  E.  Moody,  Secretary.  Grass  Valley — William  Watt,  Robert  Watt.  Ne- 
vada—  T.  W.  Sigoumey.  Feb.  17. 

FLEE  AND  MARINE  INSURANCE.— UNION  I&S.  CO.  OF  S.  F. 

The  California  Lloyds. ---Established  in  1S61.  — >os.  416  and 
418  California  street.  Cash  capital  ¥750,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  §1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  !  !  Solid  Security  ! !  DIRECTORS. 
—San  Francisco — J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Borel, .  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  Lawrauce  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
H'.nves,  Nicholas  Luning,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Baum,  M,  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Brandenstein,  Gustave  Touehard,  G.  Brignardello,  George  C.  Hickox,  T.  Lem- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Lindenberger.  Sacramento — Ldw.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Marvsville— L.  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  O. — 
Henrv  Failing.     New  York— J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President.  N,  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 

Charles  D.  Haven,  Secretary.        Geo.  T.  Eohen,  Surveyor.  Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO, 
FIRE     AND    MARINE. 

jMasn    Assets,    Jan.  1st,   1876,   8478,000.— Principal   Office, 

V>  21S  and  220  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  : — Peter  Donahue,  Pres- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Cushixg,  Secretary ;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  of  Directors  : — Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Bocqueraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailey,  E.  W.  Corbert, 
George  O.  McMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson,  Dr.  C  F. 
Buckley.  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  Ivers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  -Sonoma  County.  H.  W.  Scale.  Mayfield.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  business  of  T,ife  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.    Its  assets  amount  to  over  Fourteen  Million  Dollars.    The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  C*>»  £av 
pany,  dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.     This  is  the  Only  Com-    >» 
pany  on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.     This  company 
has  complied  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.] 313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

H&MBURG-MAGDEBURG  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  HAMBURG. 

This  Company  is  now  prepared  to  issue  policies  against 
Loss  or  Damage  by  Fire  at  current  rates.  Every  risk  taken  by  this  Company 
is  participated  in  by  three  of  the  largest  German  Fire  Insurance  Companies,  repre- 
senting an  aggregate  capital  and  surplus  of  over  SIXTY-FOUR  MILLION  MARK, 
equal  to  SIXTEEN  MILLION  DOLLARS,  U.  S.  GOLD,  thus  enabling  this  Company 
to  accept  large  lines.  GUTTE  &  FRANK,  General  Agents, 
Sept.  23. 321  Battery-  street. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN, 
GERMANY. 

Capital,  6,000,000  Reich-Marks,  $1,500,000  U.  S .  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  arc  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAN,  HIRSCHFELD  <fc  CO., 
Nov.  4. Office:  No.  302  Sansome  street,  under  W.  F.  &  Co.'s  Bank. 

ESTABLISHED    1821. 

Capital,  Gold 810,000,000. 

GUARDIAN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  OF    LONDON. 

_  Dec.  16. Agents^  BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO.,  230  California  st. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  £15, 000,000  ;  Accumulated  Fuuds,  up- 
wards of  $0,750,000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurancc,  £1,380,000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN    ASSURANCE   CO.,    OF   TORONTO,    CANADA. 

(^ash  Assets,  $1,207,483.-- -London  Assurance  Corporation, 
J    of  London,    England.    Cash  Assets,  §14,093, 46b'.— Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.  CROSS  &  CO.,  General  Agents, 

Jan.  20.  31(3  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 
lapital  95,000,000.— >• -Agents:    Balfour,  Guthrie  A  Co.,  No. 


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230  California  street,  San  Francisco. 


No.  18. 


E.  D.  Edwards. 


E.  L.  Craig.  J.  Craig. 

CRAIG,    EDWARDS    &    CRAIG, 

Attorneys  and  Counselors  at  Law.    Land  Suits  and  Patent  Right 
Cases  a  Specialty.     No.  240  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco    California. 
[July  29.] 


Feb.  8,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


HER    ANSWER. 
All  «Uv  long  iha  h.l-l  my  question 

In  hw  heui  ; 
Bhou  an  uu«ar ; 

M  .i\  •  ■■!    ii'  ii  t  ; 

Tbuobtd  my  hand  In  Good-ni  hi     rooting, 

n 
mamra     early? 

Then  Adieu  1 
Bent  lirr  head  in  farewell  courl 

i  >iiw  Krd  passed  ; 
While  a  ii »1*1  lmml  gripped  mv  heart-strinKS, 

1I»!. l  them  i.i-t. 
Still  I  waited,  still  I  listened  ; 

All  in1 
Trembled  in  tin-  eyes  thai  watched  her, 

And  she  stole 
l'l>  the  stain  with  measured  footsteps 

But  she  turned 
Where  a  lamp  in  braaen  bracket 

Brightly  burned, 
Showed  ma  all  the  glinting  ripples 

i  »f  her  hair 
Veiled  1  er  eyas  in  violet  shadow— 

<  rlimmered  where 
Curved1  her.  month  in  soft  compliance, 

A>  she  bent 
ard  me  from  the  dusky  railing 

Where  she  leant. 
Ah,  my  love]    *    *    *    One  white  hand  wanders 

Yi>  her  hair, 
Slowly  lifts  the  rose  that  nestles 

Softly  there  ; 
Breathe*  she  in  its  heart  my  answer 

Shyly  sweet, 
And  Love's  message  mutely  flutters 

To  my  feet. 

BOOK    REVIEWS. 

The  Adventures  of  Tom  Sawyer.    By  Murk  Twain.    The  American  Pub- 
lishing Company,  Hartford,  Conn.;  Chicago,  III.;  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  A.  Romun 

A:  Co  ,  Sun  Fr.Linis   0,  I  laL 

Tl.i- 1 k  i-  sold  only  by  subscription,  and  the  agents  for  it  are  A.  Roman 

<t  Co.,  of  this  city.  If  proof  were  wanting  to  show  that  the  possession  of 
humor  does  not  necessarily  imply  capability  to  write  a  book,  Mark  Twain's 
"  Adventures  of  Tbm  Sawyer*  would  furnish  all  the  necessary  evidence. 
1  nally  the  author's  faculty  of  presenting  the  comic  side  of  every- 

ropfl  out  but  the  story  is  a  failure,  devoid  of  interest,  lacking  in 
continuity,  and  without  even  the  redeeming  feature  of  probability.  It 
ends  as  it  begins  in  a  muddle,  and  the  volume  drags  through  nearly  90 
pages  before  Mr.  Clemens  considers  it  necessary  to  introduce  a  dramatic 
incident  involving  a  piece  of  body  snatching  and  a  murder.  Most  people 
will  read  it  because  it  bears  Mark  Twain's  name,  but  it  might  have  been 
easily  written  by  a  schoolboy  and  embellished  with  a  few  humorous 
touches  from  the  pen  of  the  author  of  the  "Jumping  Frog."  Here  and 
there  the  humorist's  pen  appears,  and  then  follows  a  blank  and  dreary 
waste,  devoid  of  either  interest  or  originality.  The  author  throws  down 
his  pen  at  the  end  of  the  thirty-fifth  chapter  without  rhyme  or  reason,  but 
with  a  half  threat  to  continue  the  history  of  Mr.  Tom  Sawyer  at  some 
future  day,  which  may  the  fates  prevent.  The  reader  is  forcibly  con- 
strained to  contrast  the  feebleness  of  the  book  with  the  vigor  of  such 
works  as  "Tom  Brown  "  and  other  standard  pictures  of  boys'  characters. 
It  is  to  be  regretted  that  Mr.  Clemens  should  have  supplemented  his 
works,  which  contain  so  much  that  is  the  type  of  American  humor,  with 
this  vapid  string  of  twaddle.  It  is  but  just  to  say  that  "  Tom  Sawyer  " 
is  profusely  and  capitally  illustrated,  though  by  whom  the  author  does  not 
state.  The  volume  presents  a  very  elegant  appearance  in  its  binding  of 
blue  and  gold,  and  is  beautifully  printed  on  toned  paper. 
An  Historical  Sketch  of  Los  Angeles  County,  Californa.  From  the 
Spanish  occupancy,  DJ  the*  founding  of  the  Mission  San  Gabriel  Archangel, 
September  a,  1771,  to  July  -i,  167(i.  Louis  Lewin  &  Co.,  Los  Angeles,  1870. 
This  interesting  history  of  the  queen  county  of  our  State  has  been 
carefully  and  excellently  compiled  by  J.  J.  Warner,  «Benj.  Hayes  and 
J.  P.  Widney.  It  contains  an  accurate  account  of  the  progress  of  the 
county  from  the  first  settlement  of  the  Fathers  at  San  Gabriel  up  to  the 
present  time.  It  is  a  very  valuable  addition  to  the  archives  of  our  State. 
The  CANADIAN  Monthly  for  January,  1877,  is  well  up  to  the  mark  of 
its  usual  excellence.  It  contains  some  capital  poetry,  notablv  "  Drifting," 
by  H.  L.  Spencer  ;  "  Visions  of  the  Night,"  by  Pearl ;  "The  Old  Year 
and  the  ^ew,"  by  Fidelis.  "Juliet,"  Mrs.  Swett-Cameron's  story,  and 
"  As  Long  as  She  Lived,"  a  novel  by  F.  \V.  Robinson,  are  continued,  and 
there  are  several  excellent  original  articles. 

Mrs.  F.  Hemans.— The  poetical  works  of  Mrs.  Hemans  have  been  re- 
published by  Gall  &  Inglis  of  London;  crown  8vo.,  584  pages.  We  have 
only  room  for  one  brief  poem.  What  words  more  full  of  genius  than 
those  of  a  "Butterfly  Resting  on  a  Skull?" 

The  thoughts  once  chambered  there 

Have  gathered  up  their  treasures  and  are  gone. 
Will   the  dust   tell   us   where 

They  that  have  burst  the  prison-house  have  flown  1 
Who  seeks  the  vanished  bird 

By  the  forsaken  nest  and  broken  shell  ? 
For  thence  he  sings  unheard, 

Yet  free  and  joyous  in  the  woods  to  dwell. 

A.  L.  Bancroft  &  Co.  have  just  published  a  capital  map  of  the  Black 
Hills  region,  showing  the  gold  mining  district  and  the  seat  of  the  Indian 
war.  The  map,  which  is  the  most  correct  in  existence  of  that  portion  of 
the  country,  gives  a  capital  idea  of  the  situation  of  the  new  diggings,  the 
drawings  having  been  made^by  Mr.  A.  G.  Bierce  from  the  actual  surveys 
ordered  by  the  War  Department. 


A  Western  editor,  speaking  of  a  concert-singer,  says  that  her  voice 
is  delicious — pure  as  moonlight  and  tender  as  a  shirt. 


[PssMAHsn    AnruTuuDJum  i 

A    ROGUE'S    RETROSPECT. 
Prom  ii"   Mm  fort  TOtnuw,  Jtut  I 
"  Lorlnf?  Pickering,    lal 

ifoi         .    .i  ,■■  mi        

"  ull   ■  wari  ."i  ■■  i        'i    i  foi 

1  ■         I     '  up  f '..   Ml  ■  ourj  In  put  mil  of  hliu,  *s 

"  ii  w»  suppuswi  iw  b  ■  ■'  ,i>     PAUaMpMa  dwfetta," 

t!i     Ne«    Bark  Tribune.  Jut 
"Arrest  of  Pickering?,  Into  Editor  of  the  St.  Louie  Union. — SuW- 
"quenl  accounts  do  not  eutfralj  confirm  the  reports  hitherto  i  weived.    II  Ii  now 

I,  bj  those  who  ought  lo  Know  .  I        I  ■   I .  i  In  31    J 

"  MeNsra.  Treat   .v   Krumrun,  and  subsequent!]  committed  i"  tba  custody  ■>(  th'o 
"  Sheriff,  or  one  of  hi    doputli     ef  But  i  Count        While  li      utody  he  found 

pe,  end  nwdo off  to  perts  unknown,    Tnopertj  In  pursuit  ol  him,  H 
■•  i.  ndd,  onlj  luoceedod  in  obtaining  1700  from  hhn,  amino  other  pro| 
■■  Those  in  pursuit,  we  are  told,  wars  not  prepared  with  was  authority  w  follow  hhn 
"  beyond  the  limits  <•(  thu  Stats,    St.  Louis  /tejwbHctin,  loth. 

[From  the  Now  York  Tribune,  June  20.  1849. ! 
"  The  Absquatulator. — Information  was  receiwd  from  St.  Joseph  yesti  r<l..\ 
"that  Messrs.  Krumrun  A  Treat  came  up  with  Pickering  at  that  place;  that  tbcj 
"  compounded  with  him  tor  bia  offenses  by  receiving  some  $760  in  money  and  about 
"$1,000  In  notes  of  hand,  etc.,  and  then  let  him  go.  When  the  boat  lufi  In-  uu-  lit- 
"  ting  out  for  California,  and  they  Were  ruturniug  by  uaay  stages  to  St.  Louis.—  St. 
"  Louis  Republican,  9th. 

| 'The  above  named  Loring  Pickering  is  now  one  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  San 
Francisco  Daily  Keening  Bullttin  and  Mond/if/  Call,  two  papers  published  in 
this  city.] 

CENTENNIAL    SURGERY. 
The  following-  liniment  was  prescribed  for  a  broken  thigh-bone  by— 

Dr.  Fish Oakland.      |      Da.  Babcqck State  Medical  Examiner. 

Du,  A.  F.  SaWVBB San  Francisco  : 

Chloroform 2  oz.      I      Tinct :  Cauiphor 2  oz. 

Tlnct :  Arnica  (?) 2  oz.      |     Ol  :  Origanum  (V) l  oz. 

Ol :  Olive 1  oz.  w. 

Ft  Liniment— Sign— Apply  with  friction  two  or  three  timea  a  day. 
Use  the  above  for  two  months,  and,  if  it  should  not  produce  the  "effect  desired,  use 
t  on  your  boots.  THE  VICTIM. 


Is  it  Repudiation  P — For  the  State  of  California  to  issue  bonds,  neglect  to  pro- 
vide for  their  redemption  at  maturity,  refuse  payment  and  then  deny  the  holders  the 
right  of  trial  in  her  own  Courts. 


DIVIDEND    NOTICES. 


DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Odd  Fellows4   Savings    Bank .---  The  Board  of  Directors  of 
the  Odd  Fellows'  Savings  Bank  have  declared  a  dividend  of  eight  and  one-fourth 
(8,1)  per  cent,  per  annum  on   Permanent  Deposits,  and  of  seven   and   three-tenths 
(7  3-10)  per  cent,  per  annum  on  Short  Deposits,  for  the  semi-annual  tenn  ending  De- 
cember 31st,  1876,  payable  on  and  after  the  22d  instant. 
San  Francisco,  Jan.  11,  1877.  [Jan.  13.]  JAMES  BENSON,  Secretary. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Masonic  Savings  and  Loan  Bank,  No.  6  Post  Street, 
Masonie  Temple,  San  Francisco.— At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of 
this  Bank,  held  January  18th,  1877,  a  Dividend  was  declared  at  the  rate  of  Nine  (!)) 
per  cent,  per  annum  OH  Tenn  Deposits  and  Seven  and  One-Half  (7£)  per  cent,  per  an- 
num on  Ordinary  Deposits,  for  the  Semi-Annual  Tenn  ending  January  21st,  1877, 
payable  on  and  after  January  25th,  1877,  free  of  Federal  Taxes. 
Jan.  27.  H.    T.  CRAVES,  Secretary. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

San  Francisco  Saving's  B  uioii,  532  California  street,  corner 
Webb.— For  the  half  year  ending  with  December  31,  1876,  a  Dividend  has  been 
declared,  at  the  rate  of  nine  <9)  per  cent,  per  annum  on  Term  Deposits,  and  seven  and 
one-half  (?i)  per  cent,  on  Ordinary  Deposits,  free  of  Federal  Tax,  payable  on  and  af- 
ter January  15, 1877.  [Jan.  6.)  LOVELL  WHITE,  Cashier. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Saving's  and  Loan  Society,  619  Clay  street.— At  a  meeting- of 
the  Board  of  Directors,  a  Dividend  was  declared  for  the  tenn  ending  December 
31,  1870,  at  the  rate  of  eight  (8)  per  cent,  per  annum  on  Ordinary  Deposits,  free  of 
Federal  Tax,  anil  payable  on  and  after  January  15,  1877. 
Jan.  15.  CYRUS  W.  CAKMANY,  Cashier. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Tlie  Farmers'*  and  Mechanics'  Bank  of  Savings  have  de- 
clared a  dividend  for  the  half  year  ending  December  31st,  187(i,  at  the  rate  of 
nine  percent,  per  annum  on  tenn,  seven  percent,  per  annum  on  class  one(l)  ordinary, 
and  five  per  cent,  per  annum  on  class  two  (2)  ordinary  deposit,  payable  on  and  after 
January  15th,  1877.     By  order.  [Jan.  6.]  G.  M.  CONDEE,  Cashier. 

"  DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

French  Mntnal  Provident  Savings  and  Loan   Society.. --A 
Dividend  of  nine  (9)  per  cent,  per  annum,  free  of  Federal  Taxes,  for  the  six 
months  ending  December  81,  1S76,  was  declared  at  the  Annual  Sleeting  held  on  Jan- 
uary 15,  1877,  payable  on  and  after  January  17,  1877.     By  order. 
Jan.  20.  GUSTAVE  MAHE,  Director. 

DIVIDEND     NOTICE. 

Dividend  No.  5.— Collateral  Loan  anil  Saving's  Bank,  cor- 
ner Post  and  Kearny  streets.— An  extra  dividend  of  5  per  cent.,  for  the  six 
months  ending  December  31st,  has  been  declared  payable  January  5th,  to  stock- 
holders of  record  December  27th.  [Jan.  0.]  F.  S.  CARTER,  Secretary. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Dividend  No.  4.— Collateral  Loan  and  Savisigs  Bank,  cor- 
ner Post  and  Kearny  streets.— The  Regular  Monthly  Dividend  of  2  per  cent., 
for  December,  is  declared,  payable  January  5th,  to  stockholders  of  record  Dec.  27th. 
Jan.  G.  F.  S.  CARTER,  Secretary. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Dime  Bank.— For  the  half  year  ending-  December  31st,  a 
dividend  as  follows  has  been  declared,  viz. :  on  Tenn  Deposits,  12  per  cent.  ; 
on  Ordinary  Deposits,  0  per  cent.— payable  immediately. 
Jan.  0. 


W.  McMAHi  >N  O'BRIEN,  Secretary  and  Cashier. 


*T  *T*6Lr%,'^>'  a  Week  to  Agents.    Samples  Free. 


%o5Z$77 


P.  O.  VICKERY,  Augusta,  Maine. 


8 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.   3,  1877. 


THE  "BULLETm"  A3  A  LEBELER. 
The  "  Bulletin"  reads  some  half-dozen  of  its  contemporaries,  and 
the  News  Letter  in  particular,  a  homily  upon  the  wickedness  of  libeling'. 
Angels  of  light  defend  us!  Fancy  Satan  reproving  sin!  Of  all  the  brutal 
verbal  assailants — of  all  the  vicious,  insinuating  maligners — of  all  the 
atrocious  libelers  San  Francisco  has  ever  known  the  Balletin  is,  and  ever 
has  been,  the  most  vicious,  the  most  insinuating,  the  most  brutal,  and  the 
most  atrocious  of  them  all.  Covert,  sneaking  and  cowardly,  as  have  been 
its  attacks,  yet  no  other  paper  has  been  so  often  convicted  of  libelling. 
Its  record  embraces  more  convictions  than  that  of  all  the  other  papers, 
daily  and  weekly,  put  together.  Its  malice  and  deviltry  have  hounded 
some  of  our  best  citizens  to  their  graves — aye,  and  have  followed  them  to 
their  tombs,  when  their  spirits,  no  longer  in  the  flesh,  have  taken  their 
flight  where  the  wicked  cease  from  troubling  and  the  weary  are  at  rest. 
It  is  only  a  little  more  than  a  brief  year  since  the  whole  city  cried  shame 
at  this  devilish  libeler.  The  entire  city  uttered  its  sentiments,  through 
the  vastest  and  most  representative  public  meeting  ever  assembled  in  San 
Francisco.  In  terribly  indignant  tones  it  gave  vent  to  its  feelings  in 
thoughts  that  breathed  and  words  that  burned.  .The  brutal  libeler,  who 
was  not  satisfied  even  with  the  death  of  his  victim,  took  refuge  in  a  bar- 
ricaded office;  and  even  there  had  need  of  the  bayonets  of  the  militia  to  pro- 
tect him  from  the  righteous  indignation  of  an  outraged  people.  We  know, 
from  his  own  whining  affidavits,  how  his  circulation  and  his  business 
generally  fell  off  in  consequence.  They  tell  the  tale  of  how  honestpublic 
opinion  regarded  him  as  a  libeler.  Truly  his  offense  was  rank.  He  had 
hounded  a  man  to  death,  who,  take  him  all  in  all,  we  shall  not  soon  look 
upon  his  like  again.  The  masses  had  that  day  followed  his  remains  to 
their  last  resting  place,  amidst  signs  of  mourning,  weeping  and  anguish, 
difficult  to  realize  in  these  cooler  times,  and  still  more  difficult  to  describe. 
The  mourners  were  returning  to  their  homes  after  the  funeral  of  the  dead 
Ralston,  hoping  that  any  little  ill  he  had  done  had  been  buried  with  his 
bones,  and  believing  that  the  memory  of  his  great  and  noble  deeds  alone 
would  be  permitted  to  live  after  him.  They,  too,  soon  learned  their  mis- 
take. On  every  hand  Bulletin  news  boys  met  them,  and  dinned  into  their 
ears  and  placed  before  their  astonished  eyes  libels  so  brutually  offensive, 
eo  utterly  devilish,  that  one  would  almost  naturally  look  for  their  author- 
ship amidst  the  damned  spirits  in  hell.  There  was  no  necessity  to  look  so 
far.  There  actually  lived  on  this  earth,  and  in  this  generous-minded  city 
of  San  Francisco,  a  creature  vile  enough  and  black-hearted  enough  to 
conceive,  print  and  distribute  them  at  such  an  hour.  Whilst  almost  the 
whole  city  was  performing  a  last  sad  rite,  and  was  cherishing  feelings 
almost  too  holy  for  adequate  expression,  this  savage  beast  was  in  his  den 
busily  engaged  in  satisfying  his  ghoulish  propensities;  and  so  blinded  was 
he  with  passion  that  he  had  the  indecency  to  rush  out  to  meet  the  mourn- 
ers, with  the  bloody  signs  of  the  wounds  he  had  inflicted  upon  the  dead 
body  of  his  victim  all  trickling  from  his  poisoned  fangs.  Great  God  !  It 
is  this  insensate  libeler— this  insatiable  ghoul — this  fiendish  hater— this 
hellish  monster,  who  now  coos  to  us  as  mildly  as  a  sucking  dove,  and  tells 
us  how  pretty  and  how  good  of  us  it  would  be  to  practice  the  doctrine  of 
the  meek  and  lowly  Jesus:  that  when  we  are  smitten  on  one  cheek  we 
should  turn  the  other  also.  Out,  thou  unconscionable  hypocrite!  A  whited 
sepulchre;  thou  art  within  all  rotten  and  putrid.  Thy  smell  long  ago  be- 
came offensive  to  this  people.  What  chloride  of  lime  and  carbolic  acid 
are  to  the  infected  small-pox  region,  that  the  News  Letter  is  to  the  plague- 
afflicted  spots  where  Bulletin  poison  rots  and  mortifies  all  it  touches.  That 
is  but  one  of  the  manifold  uses  of  the  News  Letter,  but  it  is  the  one  above 
all  others  that  may  be  relied  upon  to  never  fail.  If  it  were  possible  that 
all  other  virtue  should  go  out  of  us,  yet  so  long  as  our  right  band  knows 
its  cunning — so  long  as  one  muscle  of  our  body  responds  to  a  will,  whose 
tenacity  the  Bulletin  knows  and  dreads,  so  long  will  we  continue  our  self- 
appointed,  people-ratified,  and  heaven -confirmed  duty  of  fumigating 
Fitch,  and  of  holding  Pickering's  head  in  the  "rogue's  retrospect."  To 
that  end  we  are  patronized.  Pickering  and  Fitch  know  this;  and  that  is 
why  they  would  take  up  with  any  rascal  who  would  help  "  crush  the 
News  Letter. ,"    But  in  that  the  rascals  all  will  fail. 


THE  PRESIDENTIAL  COUNT. 
The  developments  made  during  the  past  week  in  regard  to  the 
Presidential  electoral  count  have  been  many  and  interesting,  though 
wretchedly  disgusting.  We  know  now  from  the  inside  something  about 
the  Louisiana  fraud.  The  secretary  of  the  Canvassing  Board  that  counted 
Tildeu  out  and  Hayes  in  has  made  a  clean  breast  of  the  bad  business,  and 
the  ramifications  are  instructive,  but  belittling,  in  the  extreme.  They 
furnish  a  curious  commentary  upon  the  position  taken  up  just  after  the 
election,  when  it  was  proclaimed  that  the  result  reached  by  these  legal 
wrong-doers  must  be  accepted  as  final,  and  absolutely  conclusive  beyond 
the  authority  of  any  tribunal  whatever  to  review  or  alter  it.  It  is  now 
fully  apparent  how  monstrous  it  would  have  been  to  have  accepted  that 
doctrine.  The  Republican  party  has  made  a  happy  escape  from  a  posi- 
tion that  subsequent  events  have  shown  it  coidd  never  have  maintained 
before  an  enlightened  world.  The  Democrats  have  shown  theirconfidence 
in  their  case  by  agreeing  to  submit  it  to  a  tribunal  that  may  or  may  not 
turn  out  to  be  impartial.  Now  the  whole  interest  centers  upon  the  do- 
ings of  that  tribunal.  As  we  go  to  press,  nothing  definite  is  known.  The 
Florida  case  is  under  consideration.  Before  another  issue  of  the  News 
Letter  is  out,  we  hope  the  long  agony  will  be  over,  and  that  we  shall 
really  know  who  our  new  President  is  to  be. 

WHEELER'S  BID  FOR  POPULARITY. 
When  a  Judge  descends  into  the  region  of  politics,  and  makes  a  bid 
for  votes,  which  is  manifestly  addressed  to  the  most  prejudiced  and  least 
thoughtful  class  of  the  community,  he  gives  signs  that  he  ought  to  step 
down  and  out.  Judge  Wheeler  was  particularly  anxious  to  testify  before 
the  commission  upon  the  Chinese  question.  Accordingly,  he  was  called, 
and  gave  anti-Chinese  testiruuny.  That  was  the  side  the  crowd  favored, 
and  evidence  on  that  side  was  calculated  to  win  votes.  Soon,  however, 
the  Judge  was  brought  up  with  a  round  turn,  that  exhibited  him  in  a 
most  unenviable  light.  The  astute  representatives  of  the  other  side  dis- 
covered that  Wheeler  had,  a  very  short  time  previously,  expressed  opin- 
ions just  the  other  way,  and  upon  cross-examination  he  was  forced  to  this 
humiliating  confession.  We  quote  from  the  Bulletins  report:  "  I  do  not 
recollect  any  conversation  with  Mr.  Clark  in  which  I  expressed  different 
views  from  those  given  here  in  evidence.  If  he  says  so,  it  must  be  true." 
As  Mr.  Clark  did  say  so,  it  was  of  course  true,  and  hence  Wheeler's 
dilemma.'  Surely  there  is  no  escape  from  the  conclusion  that  the  mind 
that  could  so  aqt  is  unfit  to  discharge  the  highest  judicial  functions  ! 


THE    NEWSPAPER    TOURNAMENT. 

1  When  Greek  meets  Greek  then    But  while    old  Pick  and   Czapskay 


comes  the  tug"- 
The  clash  of  Argive  spear 
On  Argive  helm  we  freely  grant 
Was  terrible  to  hear  ; 
But  quills  converted  into  swords 
Are  deadlier  weapons  far, 


Fitch 
The  ancient  Alta  prod, 
A  stronger  lance — a  nobler  foe — 
Extends  them  on  the  sod ; 
The  Cltronitfe  with  tempered  quill 
Spits  them  both  through  and  through, 
And  morning  versus  evening  sheet  And,  laughing  as  they  squirm  and 
Eclipses  Grecian  war.  Cries  Cock-a-doodle  -do  !        [curse, 

The  Alta  calls  the  Bulletin  Then  limping  from  the  inky  lists, 

A  shrunken,  toothless  hag;  Baffled,  disgraced  and  sore, 

Old  Pick  replies  that,  as  to  teeth,  The  recreant  warriors  hide  beneath 
The  All-a  shouldn't  brag  ;  The  apron  of  the  Law  ; 

The  Call  backs  up  the  Bulletin        And  stripping  off  their  suits  of  mail 
As  'tis  in  duty  bound,  (Blackmail,  the  reader  knows), 

When,  lo,  the  Uttle  Post  chips  in,  Each  dons  a  brand  new  libel  suit 
And  puny  squeaks  resound.  As  refuge  from  his  foes. 

So  let  the  fight  go  on,  say  we ; 
The  coward  never  wins  ; 
A  million  juries  could  not  cleanse 
Old  Pickering  from  his  sins ; 
Just  as  the  pen,  in  wordy  strife, 

Drops  from  his  nerveless  hand, 
So  sh'all  his  tongue  cleave  to  his  mouth 
When  on  the  witness  stand. 


IMPOSSIBLE. 
Judge  Ferral  the  other  day  laid  down  a  rule  for  the  guidance  of  news- 
paper men,  which  a  moment's  reflection  ought  to  have  satisfied  him  was 
impracticable.  He  held  that  a  publisher  ought  to  have  full  legal  pos- 
session of  evidence  required,  in  any  and  all  possible  libel  cases,  before 
proceeding  to  press.  The  Judge  in  his  time  has  been  something  of  a 
newspaper  man,  and  as  such  ought  to  have  known  that  his  rule  is  in 
effect  impracticable.  Telegrams,  for  instance,  come  from  all  parts  of  the 
world.  In  the  name  of  common  sense,  we  ask,  of  what  use  is  the  tele- 
graph if  the  press  must  needs  wait  for  the  written  proofs  of  its  utterances 
to  come  along?  And  then  even  those  written  proofs  would  not  be  re- 
ceived in  Judge  _  Ferral's,  or  any  other  Court,  as  really  "  legal"  proofs. 
The  same  necessity  would  still  exist  for  sending  a  commission  of  com- 
petent jurisdiction  to  take  the  testimony  of  the  parties  personally  ac- 
quainted with  the  circumstances.  This  opens  a  large  question,  which 
shows  how  difficult  it  may  be  made  to  supply  the  public  demand  for  in- 
formation from  everywhere.  At  present  the  press  lays  the  whole  world 
under  contribution  for  news,  and  all  it  can,  in  the  first  instance  do,  is  to 
take  reasonable  precautions  to  ensure  the  reliability  of  its  correspondents. 
Judge  Ferral  was  pleased  to  say  that  "it  was  not  to  be  expected  that  if 
witnesses  were  in  the  heart  of  Africa,  or  the  snows  of  Eussia,  the  trial 
could  be  postponed  until  they  could  be  heard  from.  That  he  considered 
unreasonable."  This  was  very  rhetorical,  but  very  fallacious.  Extreme 
as  is  the  case  imagined,  it  is  nevertheless  just  what  the  press  may  at  any 
moment  be  called  upon  to  do,  if  it  is  to  continue  its  functions  as  a  gatherer 
of  the  world's  news.  A  steamship  voyage  of  twenty  five  days,  however,  is 
very  different  from  a  trip  to  the  "  heart  of  Africa,"  wherever  that  may  be 
supposed  to  he. 

LEGAL  ADVICE  WITHOUT  A  FEE. 
"We  don't  like  promoting  litigation,  yet  under  the  circumstances  we 
feel  constrained  to  suggest  a  little  more  of  it  to  Pickering  and  Fitch. 
Their  hands  are  in  just  now,  and  they  might  as  well  complete  their  work 
while  they  are  about  it.  Why  does  not  the  good  deacon,  for  instance,  go 
after  the  Alta  for  publishing  that  little  Czapskay  story?  Simonton  went 
and  begged  to  have  it  taken  back,  and  almost  represented  Fitch  as  being 
with  tears  in' his  eyes.  Yet  the  record  stood  and  stands  unchallenged 
until  this  day,  which  is  not  a  pretty  or  a  pleasant  sight  for  a  deacon. 
Then  why  do  not  both  Pickering  and  Fitch  go  after  the  Chronicle  for  that 
atrocious  libel  representing  them  to  be  partners  in  puffing  a  dangerous 
poison,  and  pecuniarily  interested  in  making  the  ignorant  portion  of  the 
public  believe  it  to  be  a  safe  and  pleasant  cordial?  Then  why  does  not 
Pickering,  in  particular,  go  after  the  Chronicle  for  that  long  and  very 
precise  indictment,  in  which  his  flight  from  St.  Louis,  and  his  exploits 
with  the  wagoners  who  brought  him  across  the  mountains,  were  so  cir- 
cumstantially described  ?  So  long  as  these  really  serious  matters  remain 
unchallenged  it  is  idle  to  make  a  fuss  about  more  innocent  matters. 
Their  present  attitude  is  like  that  of  the  whining  urchin  who  sought  to 
escape  punishment  for  eating  the  whole  pudding,  upoa  the  plea  that  he 
had  not  made  away  with  the  last  plum  that  was  left  upon  the  plate. 


THE  EFFECT  OF  THE  HAWAIIAN  TREATY 
The  advocates  of  the  Hawaiian  reciprocity  treaty  loudly  pro- 
claimed that  it  would  greatly  increase  our  trade  with  the  Islands  and 
would  lessen  the  price  of  sugar.  Those  were  the  statements  before  the 
event,  now  for  the  results  after  it.  Our  exports  from  this  port  to  Hono- 
lulu show  no  appreciable  increase,  whilst  sugar  is  higher  than  before  the 
treaty  came  into  operation.  An  amount  represented  by  the  sum  of  the 
sugar  duties  is  wrung  from  the  taxpayers  of  this  country  and  goes  into 
the  pockets  of  some  dozen  English  and  American  planters,  residents  of 
Hawaii.  Now  come  England,  Spain  and  other  countries,  claiming  that 
under  "  the  most  favored  nation  clause  in  our  international  treaties  they 
are  entitled  to  like  privileges  to  those  enjoyed  by  the  planters  of  Kala- 
kaua's  kingdom.  We  are  paying  a  large  bounty  and  involving  ourselves 
in  troublesome  disputes  for  the  sole  benefit  of  a  small  class  possessing  no 
claims  to  such  special  consideration. 

It  is  a  truism  that  a  fault  of  youth,  if  repented  of  and  atoned  for  by  a 
pure  after  life,  ought  to  be  allowed  to  sink  into  oblivion.  But  if  the  wick- 
edness be  continued  from  youth  to  mature  manhood,  growing  from  bad  to 
worse,  surely  it  is  not  amiss  to  point  out  that  as  the  twig  was  inclined  so 
the  tree  grew  up. 

There  is  at  least  one  thing  ■worse  than  libeling  a  rogue,  and  that  is 
aiding  him  to  cover  up  his  tracks  and  get  away  quietly  with  his  booty. 
Bulletin  please  copy. 

What  Causes  Diphtheria  ?    Our  filthy  streets  and  sewers. 


l-vi..  8,   1877. 


CALIFORN1  \     Al>\  l-:i:il-li:. 


9 


THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

"llMr  Ihr   Qrtttf      '    Vt  ^>t  |)M  d«vU  *rt  ihooT" 
*On»  lh»l  will  liUjf  thr  ilovtl.  air.  with  »•  U." 


The  exciting  event  of  th«  week  has,  of  course,  been  the  rowing  match 
between  Mr.  bishop  end   .Mr.  Mestaver,  two  gentlemen,  uour 
know,  who  contribute  hugely  t.<  miki  the  company  o(  the  California 
one  of  the  1  ■<  -t  En  the  world.    The  c  turee  wae  From  the  end  of 
Long  Bridge  e  herf,  opposite  the  swinuninn  bathe.   to  the  Fisherman's 
long    .ui-l   tedious  row  of  Mme  300  yards.     In   spite  of  the  doeire 
of  the  prindpali  to  keep  the  affair  quiet  it  leaked  oat  among  the   hai 
ind  1  'in.-  of  the  1  Sty  Front  sp  irta,  an  i  there  was  ■  large  attend 
1  turned  the  scale  at  329  pounds,  and  was  richly  at- 
tired in  a  red  velvet  doublet,  :i  blank  wig  and  long  Hessian  boots,     lli- 
oondition  was  far  from  being  perfect,  but  as  he  donned  a  huge  beaver 
with  a  yellow  feather  and  stepped  lightly  into  the  mud-scow   which  be 
propel,  there  was  ■  loot  of  determination  in  his  eye   which  said 
plainly,  "  1  will  die  or  conquer."    Mr.  Bishop,  who  is  42  pounds  heavier 
Ulan  Mr.  Mestaver,  seemed  trained  too  fine.    There  was  not  a  imper- 
il flesh  t"  \»-  seen  anyn  here,  and  he  had  selected  the  costume 
of  .1  red-headed  stable-boy  as  being  the  most  advantageous  fox  the  display 
of  his  well  knit  and  iron  frame.     He  had  s  slight  advantage  In  the  choice 
of  scows,  which  he  tossed  for,  selecting  one   which  was  nearly  empty, 
while,  at  the  lowest  computation,  there  was  over  half  a  ton  of  mud  in  Mr. 
r's   shell.     At  the  firing  of  a  pistol   both  men  o,,t  away  well  to- 
gether, and  at  the  end  of  the  first  fifty  yards  they  were   neck  ami  neck. 
Here  Mr.  Meetayer  became  afflicted  with  temporary  blindness  from  his 

exertions   sad  Steered  wildly  into  the  wharf,  carrying  away    seven    of  tlie 

piles  and  precipitating  many  of  the  spectators  into  the  water.    At  this 

juncture,  abo,  Mr.  Bishop  threw  out  a  tow  rope  to    some   of    lift   friend* 

on  shore,  but  the  referee  decided  that  it  was  an  unfair  advantage  and  had 
the  cable  cut  loose.  The  first  one  hundred  yards  were  rowed  in  seventeen 
minutes,  Mr.  Bishop  leading  by  a  clear  length,  but  Mr.  Mestayer^a  in- 
domitable pluck  came   to  his   rescue,   and,  grasping  his  thirty-feet  oars 

hrmly.  he  put  in  a  spurt  which brought'his  boat's  nose  in  front  of  Mr. 
Bishop's  at  the  200  yards  post.  Time,  43 minutes  12  seconds.  From  here 
to  the  winning  post  it  was  a  desperate  struggle,  each  man  making  the 
most  frantic  efforts  to  win.  As  it  was  impossible  to  see  any  difference  at 
the  finish  the  judges  decided  that  it  was  a  dead  heat,  and  the  race  will  be 
over  again  to-morrow,  after  morning  service,  at  the  same  time  and 

place. 

About  twenty-two  miles  from  the  town  of  Oroville  is  a  small  min- 
ing camp  occupied  by  seven  or  eight  hard-working  partners.  At  the  time 
of  the  Presidential  election  they  clubbed  together  to  have  a  messenger 
sent  out  on  horseback  from  the  town  giving  the  result.  They  were  all4 
Tilden  men,  and  had  put  by  a  demijohn  of  whisky,  which  was  to  be  con- 
sumed in  the  event  of  his  election.  Late  one  evening,  as  they  were  sit- 
ting round  the  Log  tire,  a  boy  came  into  camp  with  the  long  expected 
tiding  in  an  envelope.  The  cover  was  easily  torn  off,  but  a  new  trouble 
arose  at  this  juncture,  as  none  of  the  party  could  read  except  Jack  Lee, 
and  he  had  to  spell  the  words  out  and  couldn't  even  do  that  at  night.  How- 
ever, they  put  »n  a  fresh  log,  made  a  blaze,  and  Jack  set  to  work.  After 
half  an  hour's  study  he  had  made  out  "  H-a-y  e-s  d-e-f-e-t-e-d,"  and  the 
crowd  gave  one  wila  hurrah,  fetched  out  the  demijohn,  and  swallowed 
about  six  drinks  apiece.  "  Hold  on,"  says  Jack  Lee,  who  was  still  study- 
ing  the  letter   over    the    tire;    "  Hayes    defeated  T-i-1-d-e-n,    Tilden."     A 

howl  of  anguish  swept  through  the  glen  as  the  last  word  was  read,  and 
silently  ana  sorrowfully  the  unhappy  politicians  drowned  their  grief  in 
further  applications  to  the  wicker-work  bottle.  "  Ah  dear  !  Oh  my ! " 
sobbed  Jack  Lee,  still  scanning  the  crumpled  paper.  "Here's  another 
word  after  'Tilden,'  but  its  a  queer  one,  and  I  guess  it'll  only  make 
things  wus  :  'Hayes  defeated,  Tilden  e-1-e-ck-t-ed,  elected.' "  With  a 
wild  shout  those  whilom  wretched  men  sprang  to  their  feet  to  frighten 
the  coyote  with  their  cries  of  joy.  "Lets  drink  to  the  health  of  Samuel 
. I.  Tilden,  President  of  the  United  States,"  they  yelled  together,  and 
with  one  mind  they  clutched  the- demijohn.  Alas!  it  was  too  late  ;  the 
investigation  had  beeu  a  long  one  and  the  bottle  was  empty! 

The  Call-Bulletin  combination  has  Ions  been  notorious  for  stealing 
dispatches,  special  reports  and  items  of  interest  from  the  columns  of  the 
■>' .  but  never  until  lately  were  these  journals  suspected  of  dressing 
u].  local  items,  like  the  renowned  "  Sleepy  Tommy,"  and  crediting  them- 
selves with  the  imperishable  renown  attached  to  the  narrative.  For  the 
benefit  of  our  readers  who  may  not  have  read  the  paragraph,  it  should  be 
Stated  that  Sleepy  Toniioy  was  either  a  real  or  a  suppositious  cat,  who  was 
honored  with  a  detailed  account  in  the  Chronicle  of  the  way  in  which  he 
was  crushed  under  a  broken  spittoon,  a  sharp  edge  of  which  entered  his 
vertebras  and  extinguished  his  vital  spark.  The  Bulletin,  of  course,  re- 
printed the  item  in  different  Language,  only  unfortunately,  while  vouch- 
ing for  the  truth  of  the  matter,  it  turned  "Sleepy  Tommy"  into  a  man, 
and  sent  f<  rth  into  the  world  the  singular  account  of  the  accident  by 
which  the  gentleman  met  his  death.  If  the  result  of  the  matter  should 
be  to  make  the  Bulletin  suspect  a  plant  in  all  its  contemporary's  items, 
and  inspire  it  with  a  wholesome  fear  of  stealing  news  for  the  future, 
"Sleepy  Tommy"  will  not  have  been  written  about  in  vain.  Just  at 
present,  however,  Mr.  Fitch  is  not  sweet  on  cat  stories,  and  it  is  rumored 
that,  after  finding  out  how  ridiculous  he  had  made  bis  paper  in  the  above 
instance,  he  went  home  and  drowned  four  kittens  and  their  mother,  a 
faithful  old  Tabby  who  had  lived  several  years  in  the  family. 

Pauline  Lucca  is  at  present  in  a  very  uncomfortable  predicament. 
She  paid  about  §8,000  to  her  lawyers  to  get  divorced  from  her  first  hus- 
band, so  as  to  enable  her  to  marry  her  second,  and  now  it  turns  out  that 
she  is  not  properly  separated  from  liege  No.  1,  and  has,  therefore,  com- 
mitted bigamy  in  uniting  herself  to  liege  No.  2.  In  addition  to  this  she 
has  the  pleasing  reflection  of  knowing  that  she  has  expended  a  small  for- 
tune in  the  operation.  If  the  divorce  is  held  to  be  invalid  and  Pauline 
fails  to  get  the  88,000  back  from  her  attorneys;  if  husband  No.  1  should 
come  over  here  and  shoot  husband  No.  2,  and  then  have  Pauline  arrested 
for  her  bigamous  union  with  the  deceased,  and  get  sentenced  to  be  hung 
himself  for  killing  his  rival,  it  would  be  a  magnificent  opportunity  fo. 
Pauliue  to  swallow  poison  just  as  husband  No.  2  falls  with  a  thud  throng] 
the  trap-door,  while  the  chorus  chant  a  plaintive  hvmn  and  the  apoti 
eosis  of  Pauline,  her  two  husbands  and  the  four  lawyers  takes  pi;. 
in  full  view  of  the  audience.  The  idea  is  commended  to  intending  pi.. 
Wrights  and  composers  of  operatic  librettos. 


Religious  principle -honld  always  I mmendi  when 

the  practice  o(  it  ent  r  ool- 

n,  a  whitewaaber  ny  trade  ami  \  Moan 

;■  i.'ii  hersi  was  calh  ■!    in   bj 

w.i*iiii<                                                                  upon  and  1  verj  thin 

eluded,  when  the  proprietor  told  him  hi    1  » as  not 

to    interfere    «  Itti     the    u.-.-k  <l:.y    trade.       "J    .  ;m    ,\ |Uuh  J  ob  M  dat, 

answi  <■  •!,  '■  ,1  breakln  an'  pollutui1  of    ds   holy   Babbut     Dat 

i,  I  .  ah  ulates  t"  |im  in  bli  ob  devotion,  and  to  nwul- 

h  r  de  word  ob  de  Mnel  High.     1  can  do  do  such  job,  sure  ami  sartin." 

Fiuding  him  obdurate  and  respecting  bis  sincerity,  the  saloon-keeper  did 

not  press  the  matter,  bul   changed  the  subject  adroitly,  and   remarked. 

"  I'll  tell  you  a  jo!  1  you  can  do  for  111c  right  away,      Ti  USt  full 

.  .  ami  if  you  can  steal  me  a  nice  terriei  dog,  TO  give  you  five  dol- 
lars."    "  Full  ob  rats  !  steal  yew  a  nit  terrier?    tiolly.  If    I    di  n't    know 
de  lubliest  little  dog.  Pr  lessor,  you  ever  bah  seen;  and  if  I  can't  nip  dat 
hj.  'fo  Saturday  afnoon,  I*se  a  black  thief,  and  de  Word  am  mi  a 

lie.  and  1  don't  BpecS  to  git  saved."     After  all,  the  maintenance  of  his  re- 

ligiooj  principles  was  no  pecuniary  loss  to  him. 

A  gentleman,  who  has  recently  newly  furnished  and  carpeted  his 
house,  Was  very  much  struck  by  tin-  elegant  appearance  of  some  excess- 
ively picturesque  porcelain  vessels  which,  in  a  community  where  so  many 

persons  chew  tobacco,  are  a  necessary  adjunct  to  the  parlors  of  every 

mansion.  lie  did  not  chew  himself,  but  many  of  his  friends  did,  and  he 
wisely  considered  that  their  purchase  might  save  his  carpets.  The  arti 
cles  in  question  were  elegantly  designed  in  blue  ami  gold  and  0/  the  new- 
est fashion,  like  antique  Roman  jugs.  On  his  arrival  home  his  wife  ran 
out  to  meet  him,  put  her  arms  round  his  neck,  and  said  :  "  Oh,  you  dear 
old  darling,  to  send  me  those  pretty  vases.  Come  and  see  where  I  have 
put  them.  There's  two  on  the  parlor  mantelpiece  and  I  have  planted 
Chinese  bulbs  in  the  other  two  and  set  them  in  the  bay-window."  He 
compromised  the  matter  finally  by  explaining  that  they  were  not  in- 
tended either  for  mantelpieces  or  flowerpots,  but  were  a  sort  of  a  !h>or 
vase  for  the  accommodation  of  his  friends  ;  but  he  could  not  understand 
why  she  Should  burst  out  crying  and  call  him  a  mean  thing  for  buying  a 
lot  of  dirty,  common,  ugly  spittoons  to  put  in  her  nice  parlors.  And 
then  she  locked  them  up  in  a  back  closet  aud  be  has  not  seen  them  since. 

Mr.  Mace,  the  renowned  pugilist,  has  a  very  charming  and  original 
way  of  getting  newspaper  notices  entirely  free  of  cost.  He  enters  the 
editor  s  sanctum,  and  after  cracking  all  the  bones  in  that  gentlemau's 
hand  as  he  shakes  it,  he  usually  lifts  him  by  the  seat  of  his  pants  off  the 
ground  and  inquires  what  the  cost  of  an  editorial  article  on  his  muscle 
would  be.  If  the  suspended  and  half-choked  editor  has  only  strength  of 
mind  enough  to  say  "  Nothing,"  he  is  immediately  restored  to  terra  jinna 
and  allowed  to  offer  Mr.  Mace  the  hospitalities  of  the  house.  Should  he 
remain  obdurate  on  the  subject,  Mr.  M.  immediately  produces  two  pair  of 
gloves,  with  a  friendly  offer  to  spar,  which  at  once  cloies  the  bargain. 
Under  these  circumstances,  and  after  every  opportunity  to  smell  Mr. 
Mace's  fist,  the  2\  C.  can  only  remark  that  the  renowned  champion  is  a 
perfect  geutleman,  a  very  Adonis,  and  one  of  nature's  noblemen.  It  is 
only  just,  however,  to  add  that  we  have  a  new  lock  on  our  door  and 
interview  all  strangers  hereafter  through  a  grating. 

The  character  of  our  city  is  slowly  changing  for  the  worse.  For 
over  four  weeks  there  has  not  been  a  single  prominent  defaulter  or  an  ab- 
sconder of  the  slightest  importance.  It  is  a  sad  acknowledgment  to  have 
to  make,  but  even  the  bankrupts  are  paying  75  cents  on  the  dollar  and 
newspapers  are  flagging  for  want  of  a  sensation.  There  is,  however,  a 
prospect  in  the  future  of  all  this  being  amended.  A  plot  is  on  foot  to 
blow  open  the  safe  of  the  Nevada  Bank  and  extract  its  contents.  As  we 
have  a  slight  interest  in  it  ourselves  (say  half  a  million),  we  decline,  of 
course,  to  give  the  names  of  the  intending  participants,  but  if  it  only 
comes  off  successfully  the  bloated  monopoly  will  be  broken  up,  the  T.  C. 
will  have  a  new  silk  nat  and  rafts  of  coin,  and  Cun.  Virginia  will  be  im- 
mediately boosted  up  to  S700  again  to  make  good  the  loss. 

The  Sacramento  Da'ly  Record-Union  is  fast  getting  to  be  a  re- 
spectable paper.  At  present  it  contains  only  eight  filthy  quack  advertise- 
ments, and  these  are  carefully  put  on  the  last  column  of  the  fourth  page, 
where  they  are  not  likely  to  be  noticed.  It  is  very  gratifying  to  mark  the 
steady  onward  march  of  this  well  edited  journal.  There  is  nothing  which 
makes  a  paper  so  purely  a  family  treasure  as  the  insertion  of  advertise- 
ments of  this  nature.  They  are  excellent  reading;  for  girls  and  boys  who 
may  come  across  them,  and  while  they  enrich  the  publishers  who  print 
them,  they  are  a  source  of  incalculable  profit  to  the  quack-harpies  who, 
under  the  name  of  doctors,  prey  on  the  ignorance  of  the  young. 

It  13  worthwhile  impaneling  juries  and  spending  a  great  many  hun- 
dred dollars  to  find  out  that  the  Ashtabula  disaster  occurred  through 
weakness  of  the  bridge,  or  that,  of  the  218  victims  of  the  Brooklyn  fire, 
two  were  burned  and  the  rest  suffocated.  Juries  always  were  the  most 
idiotic  bodies,  next  to  Supervisors,  known  to  modern  times,  anil  it  is  not 
too  much  to  assert  that  twelve  men  could  be  found  in  almost  any  city  of 
the  world  who  would  hold  an  inquest  on  a  skeleton  and  render  a  verdict 
that  death  had  resulted  from  congestion  of  the  lungs. 

"  It  is  ail  ill  wind  that  blows  nobody  any  good,"  and  on  the  same 
principle  the  many  beautiful  lakes  whicli  the  rain  has  formed  in  our  city 
have  not  been  an  unalloyed  evil.  On  Tuesday  last  a  large  flock  of  wild 
ducks  alighted  on  the  spacious  lagoon  recently  on  Montgomery  street, 
and  afforded  excellent  shooting  to  some  of  our  energetic  sportsmen. 
Should  the  rain  only  continue  to  fall  plentifully  the  Supervisors  will 
guarantee  that  the  sewers  shall  remain  choked,  and  an  exciting  regatta 
may  shortly  be  looked  for  on  Kearny  street. 

The  excellent  cu^crimination  of  our  police  force  was  admirably  illus- 
trated last  Sunday  in  the  subjection  of  the  Vienna  Ladies'  Orchestra  to  a 
most  uncalled-for  arrest.  Whilst  the  ophidian  reptiles  known  as  dives 
carry  on  their  nightly  career  of  sin  and  blasphemy  unrestrained,  this  ex- 
cellent combination  of  musicians    -    .«       ■  ■'    »   special   point  of  assault 

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10 


SAN"  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  A"ND 


Feb.  3,  1877. 


THE     LITTLE    DAUGHTER. 

Oh,  she's  a  flower! — within  our  home 

So  dainty-sweet,  so  gently  growing, 
That  every  day,  new  petaled  blooms 

To  our  delighted  eyes  are  showing. 
And  she  is  a  bird! — for  in  her  voice 

The  tiny  music-tones  are  hiding, 
Whene'er  she  speaks,  they  just  peep  out 

And  gaily  call,  our  fond  searoh  guiding. 

And  she  is  a  star! — her  bright,  pure  eyes 
Are  beaming  in  their  azure  setting 

"With  grave,  reproving,  mild  surprise, 
At  all  our  worldly-wise  forgetting. 

And  she  is  a  blessing! — ere  she  came, 

Our  boys  were  rough  and  often  ready 

For  cruel  sports,  but  now  they're  tame  ; 
Dear  little  Eva  has  made  them  steady. 

la  she  an  angel? — Ah,  no,  I  say — 

I'd  rather  think  the  angels  brought  her, 

For  their  strong  wings  can  tly  away  ; 

And  we  would  keep  our  little  daughter. 
— Mary  Standish  Kobhison. 

THE  HAYES-WHEELER  INTER  VIEW. 

The  cloth  having  been  removed,  the  Gov- 
ernor of  Ohio  pushed  the  decanter  toward  the 
gentleman  from  Malone.  "It  is  currant  wine," 
he  said,  "made  by  my  xincle  Birchard  in  1856. 
Don't  spare  it,  I  beg  of  you." 

"Thanks,"  said  Mr.  Wheeler,  making  a  wry 
face. 

"  It  is  perfectly  harmless,  I  assure  you,"  con- 
tinued the  Governor.  "As  my  uncle  neglected 
to  cork  the  bottles,  the  alcoholic  principle  has 
been  entirely  destroyed  by  the  process  of  fermen- 
tation.    Perhaps  you  notice  the  acetous  flavor. " 

"I  think  I  do,"  said  Mr.  Wheeler. 

"As  for  myself,"  said  Mr.  Hayes,  reaching 
for  the  milk  pitcher,  "I  prefer  milk  and  water — 
half  milk  and  half  water.  It  is  a  pleasant  and 
innocent  beverage,  and  it  stimulates  the  opera- 
tions of  my  mind." 

The  two  statesmen  then  settled  back  comfort- 
ably in  their  chairs,  and  the  following  conversa- 
tion ensued: 

Gov.  Hayes:  The  present  situation  is  one 
which  calls  for  stern  integrity  of  purpose  and 
high  patriotic  endeavors  on  our  part,  Mr. 
Wheeler.     Do  you  follow  me  ? 

Mr.  Wheeler:   I  catch  the  idea. 

Mr.  Hayes:  It  is  a  great  responsibility,  an 
awful  responsibility,  which  ha«  been  thrust  upon 
us  by  a  majority  of  our  countrymen. 

Mr.  Wheeler:  I  beg  your  pardon,  Governor. 
A  majority? 

Gov.  Hayes:  Yes,  a  majority— a  grand  popu- 
lar majority.  Murat  Halstead  has  shown  that 
the  fraudulent  votes  cast  for  Tilden,  and  the 
Republican  citizens  prevented  from  voting  by 
intimidation  and  force,  number  just  203,815 — 
which  leaves  us  a  grand  popular  majority. 

Mr.  Wheeler:  Do  you  swallow  all  that? 

Gov.  Hayes:  My  dear  Mr.  Wheeler,  I  told 
you  that  I  prefer  this  to  any  other  beverage.  It 
stimulates  my  mental  faculties.  I  swallow  it 
not  only  with  ease  but  also  with  enjoyment. 

Mr.  Wheeler:  I  meant — 

Gov.  Hayes:  Precisely.  As  I  was  saying, 
having  been  elected  by  an  overwhelming  major- 
ity of  our  fellow  citizens,  it  is  our  duty  to  stand 
firm,  not  for  ourselves,  but  on  the  poor  negro's 
account.  You  follow  me — the  poor,  oppressed 
negro  ? 

Mr.  Wheeler:  I  apprehend.  It  is  on  the  poor 
negro's  account.  But  about  this  infernal  count- 
ing business.     Zach  Chandler  says — 

Gov.  Hayes:  Zach  Chandler?  Will  you  per- 
mit me  to  inquire  who  Zach  Chandler  may  be? 

Mr.  Wheeler:  Why  Zach;  old, Zach!  He's 
engineering  our — 

Gov.  Hayes:  Pardon  me.  You  are  wandering 
from  the  subject.  I  have  no  acquaintance  with 
Mr.  Jack  Chandler,  the  engineer.  Why  do  you 
wink? 

Mr.  Wheeter;  Oh,  merely  a  chronic  affection 
of  my  upper  eyelid.     Don't  mind  me. 

Gov.  Hayes;  For  the  poor  negro's  sake  it  is 
important  that  the  country  should  sustain  the 
verdict  of  the  patriotic  Returning  Board  of  Lou- 
isiana, whose  decision,  a*  yon  truly  said  in  1875, 
is  entitled  to  great  respect. 

Mr.  Wheeler;  But  unfortunately  I  said — 

Gov,    Hay«s:    Precisely,     And   it    is   equally 

important  that  the  people  should  be  brought  to 

see   how  pure,  loyal,  aniL  patriotic   a  man  is   J. 

Madison     Wella,     who    was     hunted     through 

'  -  -  l    '  *    "U  1-'    ■'--,d   of  vV,,ni   (general 


VjOi  CiilfSt, 


now   come    down  to    common  i 


sense.  We  are  alone,  and  cannot  be  overheard. 
Now,  things  in  Louisiana  look  c!u?ty.  If  Don 
Cameron  could  only  persuade  the  old  man — 

Gov.  Hayes:  Don  Cameron?  I  have  never 
heard  of  him.  Is  he  the  Spanish  Ambassador? 
Mr.  Wheeler:  I  tell  you,  Go;ernor,  we  are 
alone.  We  must  look  matters  in  the  face.  It 
seems  ae  if  the  bottom  were  dropping  out  at 
New  Orleans.  Pinchback  and  Warmonth  and 
Casey  have  gone  back  on  us,  and  you  know 
Casey  means  a  good  deal.  Now,  there's  got  to 
be  a  compromise.  We  must  drop  some  more 
money  there.     Jay  Gould  has  promised— 

Gov.  Hayes:  My  dear  Mr.  Wheeler,  I  am 
sorry  for  you.  Drop  money,  compromise,  Jay 
Gould!  My  Uncle  Birchai'd's  wine  has  gone  to 
your  head. 

Mr.  Wheeler:  Well,  I  see  it's  no  use.  If  you 
won't  understand  you  won't.  But  I  have 
profited  by  your  conversation,  and  appreciate 
your  lofty  patriotism  and  devotion  to  the  poor, 
oppressed  colored  man.  If  I  should  be  elected 
and  you  not,  I  will  remember  this  point. 

Gov.  Hayes:  You  elected  ;  me  not!  What  do 
you  mean? 

Mr.  Wheeler:  If  there  should  prove  to  have 
been  no  choice  of  the  people,  and  your  name 
should  go  to  the  House  and  mine  to  the  Senate — 
Gov.  Hayes:  My  dear  Wheeler,  I  have  done 
you  injustice.  You  are  perfectly  sober.  Please 
forget  my  hasty  expression.  Why,  my  inaugu- 
gural  is  all  written,  and  in  type  in  the  State 
Journal  office.  I  am  sure  if  there  is  any  need  of 
money  my  uncle's  will  has  put  me  in  a  posi- 
tion—  Act  as  you  think  best,  my  dear  Mr. 
Wheeler,  for  the  interest  of  the  poor  negro.  You 
follow  me  ?     Mr.  Wheeler:  I  think  I  do. 

Gov.  Hayes:  And  as  you  are  going  East,  per- 
haps you  might  say  that  you  found  me  it  nly 
resolved  to  do  my  duty  as  a  patriot,  and  that 
my  heart  beats  warmly  for  the  poor  African. 
What,  winking  again  ?  What  a  merry  dog  you 
are,  Wheeler. — New  York  Sun. 


Mr.  Walter,  of  the  Times,  has  returned  to 
England  with  very  peasant  impressions  of  the 
United  States.  He  told  one  of  the  persons  who 
interviewed  him  that  the  Centennial  was  the 
best  Exhibition  which  had  been  held.  He  was 
amazed  at  the  generosity  of  the  railway  com- 
panies in  carrying  him  everywhere  gratuitously, 
and  at  the  infatuation  of  the  country,  which, 
after  having  by  its  Exhibition  called  all  the 
world  to  compete  with  it,  still  maintained  pro- 
tective duties.  He  had  admirable  opportunities 
of  witnessing  the  contest  for  the  Presidency, 
and  came  to  the  conclusion  that  it  costs  more 
to  make  a  President  than  to  keep  a  Prince. 
Some  one  was  bold  enough  to  ask  him  if  he 
had  seen  many  rivals  of  the  Times,  to  which  he 
replied  by  a   smile   and  a  shake   of  the  head. 


C.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Thursday,  Feb.  1st,  18'i7t  and  until 

further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 

San  Francisco: 

(Overland    Ticket  Office,   at    Ferry  Landing,  foot  of 

Market  Street.) 


7(\(\  A.  M.  (dailv),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Market 
,\J\J  street  Wharf) —Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for    Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.  (Arrive  S:10  r.M.) 


8(\{\  A.M.  (daily).  Atlantic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  \J\J  land  Kerry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland(0.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ugden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  r.M.  (Arrive  5:35  p.m.) 


3f\C\  P.M.  (daily)  San  Jose  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  \j\J  land  Ferry),  Stopping  at  all  VV 


rives  at  San  Jose  at  5:30  p.m. 


■  Stations.    Ar- 
(Arrive 9:35  a.m.) 


A    00  P,5L  t^i'y)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry). 

j^yjyj  for  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Indian  Wells  (Arizona  Stage  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  6:51 
p.m.  "  Sleeping  Cars"  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les. (Arrive  1-2:40  p.m.) 


A  AA  P.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Market  St. 
"±«V/VJ  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  for  Calistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  p.  si.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "  Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  11:10  A.M.) 


A  f\f\  P.M.  (Sundays  excepted)  Sacramento  Steamer 
*i.*\J\J  (from  Market  St.  Wharf),  for  Benicia  and  Land- 
ings on  fc^ftSsi^".!****"  1!iver;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
o\  onnect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
y. (Arrive  8:00  p.  m.  ) 


FERRIES     AND     LOCAL    TRAINS. 
From   ''SA3T    FRAXCISCO." 


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A.  M.,  and  6.05  p.  M. 

♦Change  Cars  at  "  Broadway,"  Oakland. 

A—  Morning,     p—  Afternoon. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Tow.ve,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC   RAILROAD. 

N  OfiTHEBN  DIVISION . 

Commencing;  Nov.  6th,  1S7G.  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  as  follows  : 

8  0  A  A.M  (daily)  for  San  Jo5e,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
•"v  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  g3?~At  Pa-iaro  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forApros  and  Santa  Carz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Moxtebev.  Stage 
connectionsmade  with  this  train. 


UOr  a    m.   (daily)  forMcnlo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
•^"->    tious. 

3  0  X  p.m.  daily  (Sundays   excepted)  for   San  Jose, 
•wf-'   Gilroy  and  Way  Stations. 


4.40 


p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


(\  ^  0  p'1'"  (daily)  *or  ^an  Mateo  and  Way  Stations. 

SOI  THEKV      DIVISION. 

ptg"'  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Division 
of  the  road  will  take  the  ears  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  rm.  daily,  and  making- 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Indian  Wells. 
A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  Willcutt,  Gen'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 
[November  IS.] 


JOSEPH    GILLOTT'S    S^EEL    PENS. 

Sold  by  all  Stationers  throughout  the 
World.     Sole  Agent  for  the  United  States  :  MR. 
HENRY  IIQE.  '.H  .I..hu  street,  X.  Y.  Jan.  10. 


H.    H.    MOOEE. 

Dealer  in  Boohs  for  libraries. --A  large 
assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
ano  for  sale  at  fiuo  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
San  Francisco  Oct.  24. 


Feb    8,    1877. 


i   ILIFORNIA     AH\  ERTISKR. 


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NOTABILIA. 


A  country  subscribe. 
I'"-  oil  I  in  fr..nt  ..i  it,  mi. I  he  won  bad 

■  ■   tie-  city  doily 

.1.  item  "ii  th.- 1. ill  ..i"  fan  .-t"  thai 

:i.|  excellent  ■ 
oi  thin  Htobllahment.  Their  oonfectionery,  caki  -.  etc,  are  loo  well  know  n 

There  is  no  comfort  in  housekeeping  unletsyoa  have  a  good  stove, 
and  so  man}  worthless  nuuroe  are  in  the  market  whii  b  ilce  and 

will  not  draw,  that  it  if  an  important  thins  t"  know  where  to  buy 
one,     !■  oya,  on    Batfa  beluw  JackBon,  is  sole  agent 

for  the  Union  Range,  the  bt  -t  ever  invented,      It-*  merits  tu  a  small  con- 
mmer  of  fuel.  a  perfect  baker  and  broiler,  are  now  universally  aoknowl- 
Mi.  !»■■   La  Uontanya  has  an  immense  Btock  of  all  kinds  «>f 
are. 

Old  Squire  B.  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Inferior  Court  of  Borne  count] 
in  Georgia.  When  he  went  home  bis  delighted  wife  exclaimed  :  "  Now, 
.,  you  are  Judge,  what  am  IV  "  The  same  darned  fool  yon  altera 
was  !"  was  the  reply.  She  never  forgave  him  that  remark  faraix  months, 
when  he  suddenly  propitiated  her  with  a  present  of  a  HalletA  Davis 
They  are  toe  beat  in  the  world.  Badger,  13  Sansome  street,  ia 
the  agent, 

An  Irish  baronet  had  tin  many  raKliits  on  hia  property  that  he  made 
candh  a  of  their  fat.  "'  And,  t.»  prove  the  fact."  said  he,  "  the  moment  a 
terrier-dog  comes  into  the  room  the  candles  immediately  be^in  to  Tim." 


'Tia  little  troubles  that  w..ar  the  ln-art  nut.  It  is  easier  to  throw  a 
1  e'.l  a  mile  than  a  feather,  even  with  artillery.  Forty  little  debt* 
of  a  dollar  each  will  cause  vou  more  trouble  and  dunning  than  one  big  one 
•»f  a  thousand,  but  one  bottle  of  Gerke  Wine  will  dissipate  all  the  troubles 
and  help  a  man  to  stem  them.  I.  Landsberger,  10  and  12  Jones'  Alley,  is 
the  agent  for  this  capital  dinner  wine. 


Many  a  man  who  pretends  to  dislike  pastry  always  has  his  finders  in 

i>  'a  pie.     The  best  pics  in  the  world  are  not  made  with  fresh  eggs, 

;   li  the  condensed  e'_'.L;s  sold  by  S.  Foster  &  (_'u.,  ;i(i  California  street, 

One  tin  contains  the  equivalent  of  twelve  eggs,  and  any  one  who  ever 
US)  d  them  once  will  tell  you  that  for  all  culinary  purposes  where  eggs  are 
required,  this  preparation,  in  its  condensed  form,  is  inimitable. 

"Why  is  fame  like  an  eel  ?  Because  it  is  very  hard  to  catch  and  a 
great  deal  harder  to  hold.  The  fame  of  the  Arcade  House,  of  J.J. 
O'l'.rien  &  Co.,  has  reached  all  over  the  Pacific  Coast.  Their  dry  goods 
are  a  by-word  with  the  ladies,  and  just  at  present  they  are  offering  some 
immense  bargains  and  clearing  out  their  stock.      The  address  is  924  to  928 

Market  street. 

Summer  is  proud,  and  goes  before  a  fall. 


There  is  a  growing  feeling  among  the  American  people  that  the  man 
who  ran  heaj  a  fellow  mortal  complain  of  a  cold  in  the  head,  and  abstain 
from  telling  him  what  to  do  for  it,  is  the  man  who  should  be  the  next 
President.  At  all  events  he  ought  to  get  photographed  at  Bradley  &  Ru- 
lofson's,  so  that  the  world  might  see  his  picture.  The  convex  photo  of 
Bradley  &  Rtdofson  has  no  peer. 


"Where  is  the  best  place  for  reflection  ?  In  a  mirror.  Yes,  pro- 
vided the  rooms  are  lit  with  gas  and  fitted  with  Bush  &  Milne's  elegant 
fixtures.  Their  place  of  business  is  on  New  Montgomery  street,  under  the 
Grand  Hotel,  and  they  are  also  agents  for  the  new  Silicated  Carbon  Filter, 
which  effectually  keeps  out  all  the  impurities  found  in  water,  and  makes 
it  perfectly  sweet  and  pure. 

Charles  Lamb,  when  speaking  of  one  of  his  rides  on  horseback,  re- 
marked that  "  all  at  once  his  horse  stopped,  but  he  kept  right  on."  Prob- 
ably a  girth  broke,  which  caused  the  accident.  If  he  had  only  bought  his 
harness  at  Main  &  Winchester's,  214  Battery,  the  catastrophe  would  not 
have  taken  place. 

Cain  was  the  first  bulldozer  on  record. 


If  falsehood  paralyzed  the  tongue,  what  a  death-like  silence  would 
pervade  society.  It  is  no  falsehood,  however,  to  say  that  A.  P.  Hotaling, 
429  and  431  Jackson  street,  is  agent  for  the  genuine  "Old  Cutter  Whisky," 
which,  far  from  paralyzing  the  tongue,  sets  it  going  cheerfully,  and  is  the 
purest  and  best  stimulant  a  man  can  swallow. 

' '  What  kind  of  a  carpet  shall  we  get  for  the  parson's  study  2"  asked  a 
church  committeeman  of  his  colleague.  "  Axminister,"  was  the  compre- 
hensive reply.  The  best  furniture  for  a  study,  or  any  other  room,  is  man- 
ufactured by  N.  P.  Cole,  220  to  220  Bush  street.  It  is  unrivaled  in  the 
city. 

A  social  club  strikes  a  stranger  favorably. 


What  is  Fashion  ?  Dinners  at  night  and  headaches  in  the  morning. 
A  bottle  of  Napa  Soda  will  soon  cure  the  headache,  however,  and  put  the 
system  to  right  as  well.  It  is  the  moat  perfect  copper-cooler  known  to 
science. 

Ia  the  ' '  real  onld  Irish  potheen  "  taxed  yet  1  No !  its  illicit  still. 
F.  &  P.  J.  Cassin,  523  Front  street,  keep  some  of  the  best  "  potheen  " 
ever  tasted.  Their  stock  of  liquors  is  remarkably  pure,  which  accounts 
for  their  large  family  trade.  Good  liquors  and  moderate  prices  is  the 
motto  of  the  firm.      

Heaven  has  no  sorrow  that  money  can  heal. 


"I've  taken  to  the  study  of  my  own  heart,"  said  an  old  miser. 
"Well,"  said  his  nephew,  "I  never  supposed  youd  spend  money  for  a 
microscope."  The  best  microscopes  and  optical  goods  of  all  kinds  are  to 
be  found  at  Muller's,  the  optician,  on  Montgomery  street. 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 

I)R.    HUNTEK'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 
nnoronto   s.i i  <>i    Medicine,  Toronto,  JdIJ    ilcli.  isiis..-. 

1       I  certify  i ...  ;  m.     .,,.,.  |  ■ 
tuuon  loi  .        , 

ii,.  Hi  Hi  a  Boon)  tor  Dppet  Cauda.  n   11   WHIOHT,  u.D  . 

i 
Dr.  UuiiUir let  la  il  '     I'o  t»tnrol  ., ,  i,, 

TEETH    SAVED! 

I/MlUnic   i. ...in   n  Speefnlty.— Great   pix / extended    i,> 
;:..:.               | 

1  I       iguu n      I.        in  .1.  i  .t..     i  ii:    ■        ■ 

Suitor  stfast,  above  jJuneO.]  DR.  M"i.iii.w,  xjontlst 

DR,    J.    H.    STAL1ARD, 
ember  or  the  Royal  College  of  Pnyalciana,  London,  ete., 

author  ol  "  Pemali   Kygiens  on  the  Paaiflo  coast"    ::.  Poll  street.    Offlci 
Uoura,  [2  to  :;  ;m<l  T  to  s  r.u.  vtm    I 


M 


ARTIFICIAL   TBETH. 

Beautiful    celluloid    platen    made    by   I»r.   Jcpmnp,    corner 
SMUT  illl.l   Mi. lit;. .TV  stlVi.K  ,Lt  -LIU  :,   :-,  ,  .  .1,     '"      ,,|,  ,  ,,,1    I-,    .ill-   null'    ruli- 

ber,  iiinl  the  color  of  tln_-  Daturalgura.  Feb,  Se\ 

PHYSICIAN,     8UROEOH     AXD     ACCOI  <  HEIR, 

J.    J.    AUERBACH.    M.D., 
Dfarcb  13.  310*  Stockton  street.  San  FrandBCO. 

STEELE'S     SQUIRREL      POISON. 
[Patented  October  IMS,  18T5.] 
tire  death  to  Squirrels,  Rats,  Gophers,  etc.    Tor  sale  l»y  all 

_J    Druggists,  Qrocersand  General  Healers.    L'riee,  si  per  box.    Uade  l.\  JAMES 
G.  STLELL  &  CO.,  Sim  Francisco,  Cal.     Liberal  iliseount  to  the  Trade.        Aug,  21. 

0.    F.  ~WARREN,    M.lT 

Eclectic  Physician,  corner  ol' Fonrteeuth  and    Broadway, 
Oakland. June  17. 

N.    MILLER,    M.D., 
T>Iiys>cian,  Oakland.  Oflice,  loot  Broadway ;  Residence,  304 


s° 


liliLTiiLli  street. 


COMMISSION    MERCHANTS. 


D.  F.  Hctcuings. 


J.  SA.NDEIWON. 


E! 


D.  M.  DONNE. 

PH03NIX    OIL    WORKS. 
stablished  1850.— llntchings  A-  Co.,  Oil  aiifl  Commission 

Merchants,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Sperm,  Whale,  Lard,  Machinery  and 


Illuminating  Oils,  517  Front  street,  San  Francisco, 


Jan.  8. 


J.    C.    MESBILL    &    CO. 

Wholesale  Auction  House,  20-1  and  206  California  street. 
Sale  days,  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  at  JO  A.M.     Cash  advances  on  consign, 
ruents.  Dec.  14. 

CHABLE3    LE    liAV, 
American  Commission  Merchant.  -  -  1  Rue  Scribe,  Paris. 

WHOLESALE    CROCERS. 


Newton  Boom,  C.  T.  Wheeler,  Sacramento.  |  J.  T.  Glover,  W.   W.   Donee,  S.  F 
W.    W.    DGDtiE    &    CO., 


W 


holesale  Grocers,  corner   Front  and    Clay  sUx-vds,   San 

Francisco.  April  1. 


L.  H.  Newton.] 


REMOVAL. 

NEWTON    BFOTHEES    &    CO., 


jfMWrs  JfBWTOX. 


JSiRTJCE, 


Importers  and  wholesale  dealers  in  Teas,  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed   to  204  and  2utf  California  street,  Sau  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. June  1. 

TABEE,    HAEKEB    &    CO., 

Successors  to   Phillips,  Taber  A  Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 108  and  110  California  street,  bclmv  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  15. 

A-    S.    EOSENBATJM    &    CO., 

Southeast  corner  of  California  and  Battery  streets^  invite 
the  attention  of  their  customers  and  others  to  their  lary;e  assortment  of  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands  of  CHEWING  and  SMOK1NCJ  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  CIGAKITOS.  Consign  men  ts  of  Choicest  Brands  of  Cijrars  received  by  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  18  ]  A.  &.  ROSENBAUM  &  CO. 

a^PRINTSIl 

537   SACRAMENTO    STREET. 
BELOW    MONTGOMERY. 

BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY   OF    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  daily,   from  10  a.m.  to    1  p.m.,  by  the  under- 
signed, l'  i  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  t .  >  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.                                                     J.  P.  McCUKRIE,  Secretary, 
Oct.  23. 730  Montgomery  street. 

BAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  &  CO., 

113  Clay  and  114  Commercial  Streets, 

San  Francisco.  [May  Si^ 

CASTLE    BR0THEBS.-- [Established,  1850.] 

Importers  of  Teas  and  £ast  India  Goo:ls,  Nos.213  auil  215 
Front  street,  San  Francisco.  -San.  13. 

PERSONS    VISITING    THE    EAST 

Will  find  full  flies   of  Pacific    Coast   papers  and  conve- 
niences for  letter  writing,  etc.,  at  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.  *s  Office-,  (55  Broadway, 
New  York.  March  i}5. 

REMOVAL. 
ntro  &  Co.  have  removed  to  No.  10S  Montgomery  street, 

opposite,  Jan-  6. 


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12 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.  3,   1877. 


THE    FESTIVE    SEASON. 
The  subjoined,  on  the  late  festive  seaaun,  is  from  the  Pall  Mall  Ga- 
ette: 

The  world  prepares  its  solemn  celebration, 

Of  that  awed  vifjil  of  the  shepherd  throng, 
To  whom  the  Aiurels  of  the  Incarnation 

Sang,  glory-girdled,  the  redemption  song. 
But  who  that  hears  those  jubilant  evangels, 

Proclaimed  this  year  in  lifted  Christmas- hymn, 
Looks  for  a  Heaven  made  white  with  hovering  angels, 

And  vocal  with  the  strains  of  Seraphim? 
The  sky  is  low  with  clouds  of  darkest  presage, 
The  Saved  are  making  ready  to  destroy — 
And  though  mankind  stands  waiting  for  a  message, 

It  counts  on  no  "good  tidings  of  great  joy." 
"Ring  out,  wild  bells!"  ring  from  a  thousand  steeples 
If  not  a  Christmas-chime,  a  tocsin  then! 
Our  "Peace on  earth's"  the  din  of  arming  peoples, 

"Down  with  the  Moslem!"  our  "Good  will  to  men!" 


ART    JOTTINGS. 

The  new  galleries  of  the  Art  Association  are  now  about  ready  for  the 
reception  of  pictures,  and  the  artists  have  evidently  been  preparing  for 
the  next  exhibition  by  putting  out  but  little  fresh  work  since  the  holi- 
days. It  is  generally  believed  that  there  exists  a  better  feeling  among  the 
artists,  since  it  is  made  clear  that  the  School  of  Design  can  no  longer  ex- 
clude them  from  the  gallery,  and  there  will  be  no  excuse  now  for  their 
not  contributing  their  best  work  to  the  exhibitions,  instead  of  exhibiting 
in  the  private  galleries.  There  are  artists  enough  here  to  keep  the  gallery 
reasonably  supplied  with  fresh  pictures  all  the  time,  so  as  to  make,  as 
near  as  possible,  a  continuous  public  exhibition,  where  visitors  from 
abroad  and  from  the  interior  can  always  be  certain  of  gaining  admission, 
affording,  too,  a  steady  revenue  to  the  Association. 

It  is  stated  that  the  Association  goes  into  the  new  quarters  free  of  debt, 
and  there  is  a  large  sum  in  the  treasury,  obtained  from  the  sale  of  life 
memberships,  which  is  sacredly  kept  as  a  building  fund,  so  that  whenever 
the  society  receives  as  a  gift  a  building  lot  from  some  wealthy  patron  of 
the  tine  arts,  the  means  will,  in  good  pat%  be  at  hand  with  which  to  erect 
a  suitable  building. 

The  exhibition  opens  to  members  on  Wednesday  evening,  and  to  the 
general  public  on  and  after  Thursday.  , 

LIES    OP    THE    DAY. 

San  Francisco  Lies. — It  is  not  true  that  Dr.  Bronson,  late  of  Vir- 
ginia City  (now  here),  and  who  acquired  a  fortune  out  of  the  bonanza 
mines,  is  bearing  the  bonanza  from  sheer  vexation,  having  lost  all  his 
money  in  trying  to  kick  over  the  milking  "  pail."  The  doctor's  diploma 
is  a  good  one,  although  his  pursuits  are,  of  course,  conjectural,  and  so,  in 

a   certain   degree,  are  mining  stocks.  ■   —That  H.  S s,  J.  B 1,  H. 

F in   and  J.  B 1,  jr.,  after   standing   outside  for   two  hours,  went 

away  with  the  firm   conviction   that   they  had   attended   the   Lombard- 
street  party. 

Don't  go  to  sleep  during  the  first  part  of  your  minister's  sermon. 
At  least  pay  him  the  compliment  of  supposing  that  he  will  be  both  in- 
structive and  entertaining.  If,  however,  after  fifteen  minutes  you  feel 
drowsy  you  can  go  to  sleep  with  a  quiet  conscience,  because  you  have 
given  him  a  fair  chance  to  keep  you  awake,  and  he  couldn't  do  it. 

"Oh,  I've  loved  before  !"  said  a  woman  to  her  fourth  husband,  as 
she  took  a  handful  of  hair  from  his  head  because  he  objected  to  hang  out 
the  week's  washing.    

J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.  are  positively  selling  out  their-ready-made 
clothing. 

LITEST  PRICES  OF  IMPORT  AND  EXPORT  STA  LEo. 


MBTALS. 

Pig  Iron, Scotch, No. 1... 
Bur  Iron,  assorted,?1  ft.. 
Metal  Sheathing,**  ft.... 
Tin  Plates. I  C,"¥  box... 
Tin  Plates. I  X,^box... 

Lead, Pig,  #  ft 

Lead,  Sheet,  $  ft 

BancaTin,  $  ft 

Quicksilver 

COAL. 

West  Hartley,  #ton 

A  us  trnl  ian 

Curaberl  and 

Anthracite 

Belliuyham  Hay 

Mount  Diablo 

COFFEE. 

Guatemala,  #  ft 

Java, Old  Government.. 

Manila 

Costa  Kica 

BICE 

China, No. 1,  *  ft „ 

Cbina.No.2 

Hawaiian 

WINES. 

Champagne,  #  doz 

Port,  according  to  brand 

*  gallon 

Slierry.do.  do 

OIL. 

Coal  and  Kerosene 


PRICES. 

>30  00  @  34  (P 

—  3  @—    S% 

—  ■iO  @  —  22 

7  .'0  @   8  SO 
10  5J  @ 

—  6  ©  —    ti>S 
@  _  lo 

—  25  ® 

-45  Yi% 

8  50  is.   9  00 
8  ,5  ®    9  00 

14  OJ  ©  17  00 

13  00  ©  14  00 

yi.O  ® 

5  75  @   7  75 


—  2) 

a.  - 

21 

—  23 

lU- 

24 

—  19 

rt- 

20 

-  ai 

a_ 

22 

-    5<4s>- 

— 

-  5543- 

—    5} 

ta- 

6 

2  00    ®    6  75 
1  75    @   7  00 

—  43    ©  —  50 


TEAS. 

Japans 

Oolong 

SUGARS. 

China, No. l.¥  ft 

Sandwich  Island 

Manila 

Crushed,  American 

Mnscovado 

Peruvian 

CANDLES. 

Sperm  Was,?*  ft 

Adamantine 

SPIRITUOUS  LIQUORS. 

Whisky,  Aim:]  iean 

Whisky,  Scotch 

Whisky  Irish 

Alcohol,  American 

li u in,  Jamaica 

U  randy,  French 

BAGS  AND  BAGGING. 

Chicken  Gunnies 

Gunny  Bags  in  bales 

Burlap  Bags 

Hessian, 45-lnch,¥  yard. 

DOMESTIC  STAPLES. 

Wool,  %t  ft 

Tallow 

Hides 

Wheat,?*  100  fts 

Barley 

Oats 

Flour.  ¥»  1U6  fts 


prices, 

S—  SO  @  —  50 

—  45  @  —  5.'. 

—  9  @  —  10H 

—  8  ©  —  \0X 

—  7  ©—    7* 

—  13  ©—  13'a 

—  0  ®—    8 

—  ©—  10 

—  30  @  —  42 

—  12X®  —  16 

2  25  @   5  50 

5  00  ®   5  50 

5  00  @   5  50 

2  25  ®   2  40 

4  50  @    5  25 

4  00  ©  10  00 

—  11  © 


2  10  @  2  15 

1  20  ©  I  30 

2  «l  @  2  25 
5  00  ©  7  00 


S.   F.   &    N.   P.    R-    R. 

(Ihaugre  of  Time.  —  On  and  after  Monday,  January  1st, 
j  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE,  Captain  W.  Warner,  will  leave  Green- 
street  wharf ,  daily  (Sundays  included^,  at  3  p.m.,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  cars 
for  Cloverdale  and  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Guemville  Branch  to  Korbel's  Mills  and  the  Great  Redwood  Forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cloverdale  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  6  A.M.,  connecting  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Close  connections  made  with  stages  for  So- 
uoma,  the  Geysers,  Ukiah,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  Mark  West,  Skaggs'  and  Littons' 
Springs.  Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  a.m.  to  2:30  p.m.  Scxday  Tkii-s— Until 
further  OOttee,  the  steamer  will  leave  Green-street  Wharf  every  Sunday  at  '6  p.m.  fur 
Cloverdale  and  wav  stations.     General  Office,  426  Montgomery  street. 

A.  A,  BEAN',  Superintendent.  P.  DONAHUE,  President. 

Jan.  13.  P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Gen'l  Pas.  &  Ticket  Agent. 


ARE    THEY    QUACKS? 

"  When  patients  comes  lo  I, 

I  physics,  blef-ds  and  sweats  'em  ; 
Then,  if  they  choose  to  die, 
What's  that  lo  I — I  let's  'em." — I.  Lettsom,  1770. 

Gentlemen,  You  Call  Yourselves  Doctors:  have  You  Diplomas*. 
Anderfon,  R.  C„  403  3d  and  75»fc  Mla'n.  i  Miller,  J.  A  ,  Havwarns. 

1  Miller,  Sr.,  Charles  L  ,  405  Kearny. 


Avechisa,  Vinccnr,  Green  above  K  rny. 

Baionidis,  G.  W.,  518  Green. 

tBarticlt.  Mr*.  A.  W.  M..  29  OFarrell. 

Blach,  Carl.  514  Kearny. 

B«-t9,  — ■ — ,  on  Die  wins. 

Bryant.  J  G,  42H  Kearny. 

Browne,  J.  M.  F. 

Clark,  Jena  than.  State  Senator  Humb'dt 

Cowan,  Robert  H,,  207  Kearny. 

Clawson,  J.  W.  C,  pone  lo  Arizona. 

Chapman,  C.  B.,  824  Montgomery. 

Crooker,  M.  J..S21  Marker. 

Curtis,  Alvali,  Oakland. 

Cobb,  A.  J.,  7tb  street,  Oakland. 

Cornell,  Japon  L,  420  Kearny. 

Chamberlain,  B.  A..  709  Mission. 

Evan?,  T.  W.,  473  7lh  st.  Oakland. 

Evory,  A.  F..  part  nostrums,  008  M'ket. 

Flattery,  Jonathan,  Bush,  below 
Montgomery. 

Fisb,  L.  VV\,  100  Stockton. 

Gottschalk,  Mary,  015  Larkin. 

Hendee,  M.  J.,  Mission  and  Third. 

Hobbs,  — ,  Los  Anseles. 

Hill,  A.  B.,  187  Montgomery. 

Hill,  R.  B.,  on  'he  wing. 

Hohvig,  Friedrich,  N.E.  Polb&  JackBon. 

H iiber,  David,  Santa  Clara. 

Hamilton,  L.  H.,  209  Kearnv. 

Haskell,  J.  S.,  540  Howard. 

Hamilton,  M.  A,,  traveling  aroand. 

Henderson,  Georjre  W\,  Chico. 

Harm, ,  1010  Pacific. 

Joscelyn,  "W.  Robert,  118  Post 

Joecetyn,  Aidrich,  118  Post. 

Johnson,  P.  T.,  104  Kearny. 

Krocholm, . 

Koon,  J.  M.,  Grayson,  Cal. 

tKellog",  M.  G-,  Direc'r  Cal. Med.  Soc, 
etc.,  Red  Men's  Ha'l,  Post  st. 

Lanszweert,  Louis.  400  Fourth. 

Lindenield,  Nicolas,  Los  Angelea. 

Maxwell, ,  114  Geary. 

Miliken,  A,  Redwood  City. 

Mayer,  H.  E.,  "  French  "  nostrnm  ped- 
dler, 7  Geary. 

McBride,  J.  J.,  etc.,  534  Market. 

Miller,  J.  A.,  San  Leandro. 

Mnndy, ,  Colusa. 

Moore,  S.,31  Second. 


tMonre,D.  C.,10  Post. 

tMonre,  Ellen,  10  Post. 

Matthews,  Charles. 

*Osbourne,  Wm  ,  6th  and  Folsom. 

Preshaw,  R.  G.,  on  the  wing. 

Preshaw,  Mrs.  S.  G.,  on  the  wing. 

Pratt,  P.,  with  "King  of  Pain." 

Percy,  P.,  on  the  Wing. 

Priug,  E.J. ,629  Clay. 

Rutley,  J.  H.,  nostrum  peddler,  745 
Mission  and  405  Kearny. 

Rowe,  J.  L.,  220  Third. 

Rahiigliuti,  N.,  S19  Montgomery. 

Reed,  Ambrose  M.,  B'dway  &23d.  O'kd. 

Renken,  Henry, 9th  and  B'dway,  OakPd. 

Handle,  P.  W. 

Rider,  Fred,  504  Bnsh. 

Steele,  Emma,  506  Third. 

Sturjlan,  Benj..  049  Howard. 

tSmith,  Barlow  J.,  035  California. 

Suclttzer,  ■ ,  traveling  about. 

Spinney,  A.  B.,  11  Kearny. 

Steinhart,  P-,  420  Kearny. 

Simmons,  alias  Carl,  777  Market. 

Smith,  \Y.  D.,  Calistoya. 

St  Clair,  A.  E.,  on  the  wing. 

Say  re,  Chas.  James,  Delegate  of  "Amer- 
ican University." 

Snell,  E.,  San  Jose. 

Schlotterback, ,  traveling  around. 

Taylor,  W.  C,  Chico. 

Thiele,  Emil,  1220  Eddy. 

Tirjemon, ,  405  Kearny. 

Thoiusen,  N.  L.,  74  Fourth. 

Trask,  Edw.,  Nucleus  Hotel 

TTruesdell,  A.  P. 

*Van  Den  Bergh,  J.  P.  P.,  Mission  be- 
low Third. 

Van  Den  Bergh,  Albert. 

Vundenbergh,  L.  C,  710  Montgomery. 

Wight  man,  Thomas  F.,  Cosmopolitan. 

Wood,  Wm.  H.,  01  Second. 

Walkejb,  Mary  K.,  110  Sixth. 

Woody,  J.  H.,  Lick  House. 

Webber,  R.,  328  Kearny. 

Wolff,  Max,  5  Telegraph  Place. 

Yeaton,  George  A.,  alias  Henry  Clay 
Wilkins,  Bigamist,  Wat?onville. 


Young.  J.  C,  OlSSacramento. 
Those  persons  whose  names  appear  in  small  capitals  claimed  to  have  diplomas 
from  institutions  whose  officers  repudiate  tho*e  claims. 

♦Claims  a  diploma  from  the  Quack  Medical  School  of  Philadelphia,  that  sold  them. 
tClaims  diplomas  from  the  Hygcio  Therapeutic  Water  Cure  College  in  New  York. 

PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

The  Company's  steamers  will  sail  ns  follows  at  12  M. : 
CITY  0FTOK1O,  March  1st,  for  YOKOHAMA  and  HONGKONG. 

CITY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  February  10th,  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  call- 
ing at  MAZATLAN,  SAN  BLAS,  MANZAN1LLO  and  ACAPULCO,  connecting  at  Ae- 
apulco  with  company's  steamer  for  all  Mexican  and  Central  American  ports  south  of 
Aeapulco.     Tickets  to  and  from  Europe  by  any  liue  for  sale. 

ZEALAND1A,  Februarv  3d,  at  0  o'clock  p  M.,  or  on  arrival  of  the  English  mails 
for  HONOLULU,  KANUAYAU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT  CHALMERS.  To 
Sydney  or  Auckland  —Upper  Saloon,  £210;  Lower  Saloon,  £200. 

CITY  OF  PANAMA,  Feb.  10th,  DAKOTA,  Feb.  20th,  and  alternately  on  the  10th, 
20th  and  30th  of  each  month,  for  VICTORIA,  POUT  TOWNSEND,  SEATTLE,  TA- 
COMA  and  OLYMPIA,  connecting'  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Pacifie  Railroad  for 
PORTLAND,  Oregon.    Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11  a.m.  on  day  of  sailing. 

For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  corner  of  First  and  Brannan  streets 

February  3. WILLIAMS.  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agenta,      ■ 

FOB    ARIZONA    AND    MEXIC&N    POETS. 

For  Cape  San  I.ikhs,  l,a  Paz,  Mazatlau,  Guaymas  ami  the 
Colorado  River,    touching  at   Magdalena  Bay,   should  sufficient  inducement 

offer. — The  Steamship  NEWBORN,  Master,  will  leave  for  the  above 

ports  on  TUESDAY,  Feb.  10th,  at  12  o'clock  St.,  from  Folsom-st.  Wharf,  connect- 
ing at  the  Mouth  of  the  Colorado  River  with  the  Steamboats  and  Barges  of  the  Colorado 
Steam  Navigation  Company  for  all  points  on  the  River.      Through  Bills  of  Lading 

will  be  furnished  and  none  others  signed.  Freight  will  be  received  on 

No  freight  received  for  Mexican  Ports  after  ,  at  12,  noon,  and  Bills 

of  Lading  for  those  ports  must  be  accompanied  by  Custom  House  and  Consular  Clear- 
ances.    Si-kcial  Notice  :    No  freight  for  Mexican  Ports  will  be  received  on  board 
of  this  Steamer  without  an  order  from  this  office.     For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
January  20. J.  BERMIXGHAM,  Agent,  10  Market  street. 

OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL   STEAMSHIP    COMPANY, 

Ijlor  Japan  and  China,  leave  wharf,  corner  First  and  Bran- 
1      nan  streets,   at  noon,   for  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONUKONG,   connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

OCEANIC January  10th,  April  17th,  Julv  17th  and  October  16th. 

BELGIC February  10th,  Mav  10th,  August  16th  and  November  16th. 

GAELIC March  16th,  June  16th,  September  18th  and  December  18th. 

Cabin  Plans  on  Exhibition,    and    Passage  Tickets  for  sale  at    No.    4  New  Mont- 
gomery street.     For  Freight,    pplyatthe  Pacifie  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 
GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY',  President.  Dec  23. 

OREGON  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

Regular  Steamers  to  Portland,  leaving1  San  Francisco 
weekly  Steamers  GEORGE  \V.  ELDER,  J.  L.  STEPHENS,  ORIFLAMME, 
and  A JAX,  connecting  with  steamers  to  SITKA  and  PUGET  SOUND,  and  O.  and  C. 
R.  R.  Co.  and  Oregon  C.  R.  R.  Co.  through  Willamette,  Umpqua,  and  Rogue  River 
Valleys,  Oregon.     Tickets  to  all  points  on  the  O.  and  C  R  R.  sold  at  reduced  rates. 

K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
June  14. 210  Battery  street. 

FOR   PORTIAND,    OREGON. 
he  Only  Direct  Line.- -Steamship  George  W.  fclder.  Con- 


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nor,  Commander,  leave 
Feb.  3. 


Folsom-street  wharf.  SATURDAY,  Feb.  3d,  at  10  a.  : 
K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent,  210  Battery  st. 


OFFICES  OF  TH£  AEROPLANE  NAVIGATION  CO., 

No.  607  to  615  Merchant  street,  san  Francisco* 


Feb.  B,    1877. 


<  A I  LFORNIA     Al»\  ERTISER. 


13 


BETTER     NOT. 

Ve:,r 

Drawetfa  n< 
Let  '■  be  fire, 

nqutrs 

II    ffl     '  !:■      b  >!■'".        Of   Lil 

Half  in  doubt, 
Ir"  the  rtorj  ol  oar  trading  will  be  bad, 

■  turniiu- "i  the  crowded  pages  ihowa 
■ 
Thai  our  fingers  long  t.«  wrench  away  and  I 

I  lid  we  dare; 
But  the  figures  thai  are  written  must  remain, 
I .  m   a  sain, 
the  Ledgei  is  as  heavy  aa  a  "Kruppw" 

slmt  it  up!  Pun. 

THE  MISSING  LINK  IN  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
The  subject  ol  the  illustration  in  our  hut  week's  issue  seems  to  have 
awaki  ned  a  holy  sense  of  gratitude  in  the  breasts  of  the  venerable  "Pick" 
and  the  "  Deacon.11  With  a  power  of  penetration  <>f  which  we  bad  bardly 
deemed  them  capable,  they  cudra  to  have  recognised  in  the  two  venerable 
in  ti;.-  picture  "f  the  "  Miming  Link  their  own  originals,  and 
hasten  to  congratulate  us  on  our  artistic  taste.  That  they  were  indeed 
the  models,  it  would  be  impossible  to  deny;  but  that  the  fault  is  entirely 
<hi<-  to  Dame  Nature's  caprice,  and  not  to  our  imitative  faculty,  must  be 
sufficient  apology.  So  intensely  Battered  do  they  Eeel  by  thus  being  al- 
lowed to  take  their  stand  amongst  the  "Men  we  Know/'  that  in  an 
unusual  moment  <>f  effusive  generosity  they  have  Forwarded  to  our  office  a 
bundle  of  soul  saving  tracts  and  an  accompanying  basket  of  chloral- 
hydrate.  The  ft I  n  suit  >-f  the  former  is  plainly  visible  in  the  excep- 
tionally religious  tone  of  this  week's  issue,  and  though  people  sometimes 
thmk  they  :<!-•■  pious,  when,  in  fact,  they  are  only  biUiuus,  the  depressed 
state  of  our  editorial  stomach  joints  strongly  to  the  latter  as  the  only 
However  much  we  in.iy  he  drawn  at  times  into  trifling  differences 
with  our  feUow-mortalaj  none  can  be  more  ready  than  ourselves  to  make 
the  amendt  honorabte,  and  nn  an  occasion  of  this  kind,  if  any  offence  has 
been  given,  any  odious  comparison  instituted,  we  can  only,  in  a  manly 
and  straightforward  spirit,  tender  every  reasonable  apology— to  the 
gorilla ! 

Seme  weeks  ago  we  exposed  the  Lns  comb  -Thorn  ton  partnership  and 
their  treatment  of  a  poor  man  staying  at  the  International  Hotel,  who 
had  been  •■■!}>/>"/  into  their  Institute^).  The  result  of  our  expose  was  that 
.Doctor  Thornton  published  in  the  Ghrenicfo  of  the  following  morning  a 
statement  of  his  dissolution  of  partnership  with  Mixta-  Luscomb.  The 
public  must  not,  therefore,  think  that  these  two  men  are  not  working  to- 
gether any  longer,  for  they  are.  They  still  carry  on  the  same  old  game  of 
touting  for  countrymen  who  come  to  the  city  to  get  treated  for  their  ail- 
and  who  lodge  at  the  more  moderate  priced  hotels.  This  week 
three  more  men  came  to  us  to  ask  advice.  Their  statement  was  that 
they  were  induced  l.y  a  gentleman  stopping  at  the  International  Hotel 
(the  tale  is  always  the  same)  to  visit  Dr.  Thornton,  who  never  charged 
anything  for  an  examination  and  was  an  excellent  physician.  He  (the 
capper]  had  been  very  sick,  but  was  being  rapidly  cured,  and  was  just 
going  for  his  medicine.  The  old,  old  story!  Mr.  <.).,  one  of  our  inform- 
ants, showed  us  a  receipt  for  8100;  Mr.  M.,  another  gentleman,  had  paid 
950,  and  the  third  dupe  $40.  None  uf  the  three  men  had  been  benefited 
by  the  medicine,  and  all  had  discarded  it.  They  had  all  seen  Luscomb 
there,  and  s:il  that  be  represented  himself  aa  Thornton's  assistant,  or 
businessman.  We  repeat  the  expose  in  the  hope  that  it  ma\*  catch  the 
eye  of  some  fool  who  might  otherwise  be  ensnared  into  this  Luscomb- 
Thomton  den.  ________^^^__ 

The  Return  of  Captain  McDonald.  -In  answer  to  numerous  inqui- 
ries as  to  the  prosperity  of  <':i]>r;nn  Mi-Donald's  braves  in  their  adopted 
land,  we  are  enabled  to  <|iiote  from  the  Captain's  latest  dispatches.  That 
they  have  quickly  assimilated  themselves  to  the  English  habits  is  proved 
by  the  fact  of  their  frequent  invitation  to  dinner  with  "Wales,"  and, 
with  the  exception  of  an  occasional  outbreak  of  their  native  peculiarities, 
induced  by  Royal  liquor,  they  seem  to  comport  themselves  in  a  most  sat- 
isfactory manner.  By  latest  accounts  the  victims  of  these  playful  experi- 
ments were  rapidly  decreasing'  in  number,  and  they  were  gradually  leav- 
ing the  subtle  differences  that  exist  in  that  country  between  meum  and 
tinmi,  in  relation  to  the  ownership  of  scalps  in  particular.  The  announce- 
ment of  a  matrimonial  alliance  between  one  of  their  number  and  the 
daughter  of  a  noble  Earl,  is,  however,  devoid  of  truth,  owing  to  the  fact 
that  the  expectant  bridegroom  having  breakfasted  off  the  Earl's  Chap- 
Iain,  found  to  bis  disgust  that  all  little  eccentricities  of  that  nature  had  to 
be  practiced  strictly  subrosa.  As  arule,  however,  their  morals  were  most 
exemplary. 

A  Novel  Danger.— Mr.  James  Greenwood  calls  attention,  remarks  the 
British  Medical  Journal,  to  the  very  common  and  dangerous  practice  of 
obtaining  novels  from  the  circulating  library  for  the  use  of  invalids  re- 
covering from  infectious  diseases,  and  returning  them  without  being 
properly  disinfected.  We  do  not  know  whether  the  full  extent  of  this 
danger  has  ever  occurred  to  Mr.  Mudie,  but  it  is  no  doubt  a  rather  seriouB 
one.  It  might  be  obviated  by  establishing"  an  invalids'  library."  Mean- 
time it  maybe  well  to  warn  the  good-natured  friends  of  such  invalids 
that  the  practice  of  returning"  such  novels  into  circulation  in  this  un- 
guarded way  exposes  them  to  a  penalty  of  £5,  and  that  the  proprietors  of 
a  library  are  not,  we  imagine,  altogether  free  from  legal  responsibility  if 
it  can  be  shown  that  they  are  the  conscious  accomplices  of  the  act. 


A  young  man  refused  to  attend  church  because  his  new  clothes  had 
not  been  sent  home.  "I  hate  the  devil  and  all  his  works,"  he  said, 
"  but  I  hate  an  old-fashioned  coat  more."  The  newest  styles  of  all  cloth- 
ing, the  best  workmanship  in  the  city,  moderate  priecs,  and  a  perfect  fit, 
are  all  guaranteed  by  J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.,  corner  Sansome  and  Wash- 
ington.    Their  new  style  overcoats  are  a  marvel. 

The  ready-made  clothing  of  J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.  fits  better  than 
the  custom-made  of  many  large  tailors. 


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Assessments  are  now  due  on  the  Stocks  above  marked  thus  * 

A  smart  school-boy  says  it  takes  thirteen  letters  to  spell  cow,  and 
provesit  thus:  "See  O!   double  you.1' 


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SAK    FKANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.  3,  1877. 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Ten  Thousand  at  Home  and  Abroad. 

A  very  valuable  ' '  sword  of  honor "  was  presented  to  Emperor 
William  on  New  Year's  Day  by  the  veterans  of  his  army  on  the  occasion 
of  the  completion  of  his  70th  year  of  military  service.  The  sword  was 
made  by  Messrs.  Sy  and  Wagner,  of  Berlin,  after  a  design  by  Herr  A. 
Wagner.  The  hilt,  the  scabbard,  and  the  belt  and  chain  are  of  massive 
gold.  The  ornaments  are  in  the  Romanic  style  of  the  13th  century,  the 
emblematical  tigures  introduced  purely  classical.  The  hilt  is  of  considera- 
ble thickness,  just  capable  of  being  grasped.  It  has  on  either  side  a  niche 
lined  with  blue  enamel,  and  setting  off  the  figures  of  '"Germania  "  and 
"  Borussia  "  placed  within  them.  Nearer  the  top  end  are  four  medallions 
representing  emblematically  the  four  cardinal  virtues— Strength,  with  a 
club  and  a  bull ;  Justice,  with  balance  and  sword  ;  Perseverance,  with  a 
stone  wall ;  and  Magnanimity,  with  a  lion.  The  figures  are  designed  by 
Calendrelli.  The  pommel  is  embellished  on  either  side  with  the  triangle 
emitting  rays  of  light,  symbolical  of  the  eye  of  God  ;  the  rays  are  repre- 
sented by  strings  of  brilliants.  The  scabbard  is  gold  fret-work  and  crim- 
son velvet ;  the  metal-work,  which  is  solid  gold,  representing  garlands  of 
laurel  leaves.  The  blade  of  the  best  damask  steel,  manufactured  at  Solin- 
gen.  The  names  of  the  twenty-six  battles  in  which  the  Emperor  has 
taken  part  are  engraved  upon  it,  surrounded  by  laurel  wreaths.  The  belt 
and  chain  are  embellished  with  figures  of  knights  and  dragons  set  off  by 
blue  enamel. 

The  following  is  the  text  of  Queen  Victoria's  telegraphic  message  to 
the  potentates  assembled  at  Delhi  on  the  occasion  of  the  declaration  of 
her  imperial  authority:  "We,  Victoria,  by  the  grace  of  God  of  the 
United  Kingdom  Queen,  Empress  of  India,  send  through  our  Viceroy  to 
all  our  officers,  civil  and  military,  and  to  all  Princes,  Chiefs,  and  peoples, 
now  at  Delhi  assembled,  our  Royal  and  Imperial  greeting,  and  assure 
them  of  the  deep  interest  and  earnest  affection  with  which  we  regard  the 
people  of  our  Indian  Empire.  We  have  witnessed  with  heartfelt  satisfac 
tion  the  reception  which  they  have  accorded  to  our  beloved  son,  and  have 
been  touched  by  the  evidence  of  their  loyalty  and  attachment  to  our 
House  and  Throne.  We  trust  that  the  present  occasion  may  tend  to  unite 
in  bonds  of  yet  closer  affection  ourselves  and  our  subjects,  that  from  the 
highest  to  the  humblest  all  may  feel  that,  under  our  rule,  the  great  prin- 
ciples of  liberty,  equity,  and  justice,  are  secured  to  them,  and  that  to  pro- 
mote their  happiness,  to  add  to  their  prosperity,  and  advance  their  wel- 
fare, are  the  ever  present  aims  and  objects  of  our  Empire. 

The  season  at  Nice  is  now  later  than  formerly,  but  it  gets  into  swing 
about  the  middle  of  December.  The  hotels  are  well  filled ;  prices  are  much 
the  same  as  in  Paris  or  London  ;  and  apartments  are  perhaps  a  little 
cheaper  than  they  were.  The  Italian  Opera  is  very  fair,  the  best  artist 
being  Signor  Adolfi.  Among  the  things  that  distinguish  Nice  besides  the 
beauty  of  its  site  and  its  delightful  climate  is  the  great  number  of  all  sorts 
and  conditions  of  men  of  many  countries  and  very  varied  distinction  who 
select  it,  after  an  interrupted  or  completed  career,  as  a  place  of  residence 
— discrowned  Sovereigns,  retired  Hospodars,  and  Ministers  of  State. 
There  are  here  at  least  three  Ministers  of  France— two  of  Louis  Philippe's 
and  one  of  Napoleon  III. — not  to  mention  Baron  Haussmann,  whose 
villa  was  formerly  occupied  by  Garibaldi,  and  to  which  he  has  added  one 
of  the  most  remarkable  gardens  in  this  region  of  gardens  ;  also  literary 
men  who  have  made  a  name  in  the  world,  and  Generals  who  will  live  in 
history,  the  last  who  has  made  a  stir  being  General  Klapka." 

The  latest  novelty  in  Paris  life  is  due  to  the  Princess  Lepanine,  one 
of  the  leaders  of  society,  a  Russian  lady  of  wealth  and  beauty.  She  has, 
whether  in  humility  or  from  a  desire  for  distinction,  temporarily  given  up 
driving  horses  in  her  carriage,  and  appears  daily  in  the  Champs  Elysees 
and  Bois  de  Boulogne  in  a  low  brake  to  which  are  attached  four  donkeys 
in  scarlet  trappings.  The  princess  drives  herself,  and  it  must  be  added 
that  the  donkeys  are  as  fine  as  Egypt  could  produce,  so  that  she  has  no 
difficulty  in  keeping  pace  with  the  most  rapid  horse-drawn  carriage,  whilst 
her  "  cattle  "  are  as  high-stepping  and  showy  as  any  of  her  rivals.  It 
would  be  interesting  to  see  whether,  in  the  event  of  the  Princess  Lepa- 
nine coming  to  London  for  the  season  and  driving  her  four-in-hand,  what 
would  be  the  opinion  of  the  judges  of  this  kind  of  flesh. 

The  Empress  Eugenie  and  her  son  do  not  seem  to  have  benefited 
their  cause  by  their  visit  to  Home.  The  Prince  Imperial  appears  to  have 
astounded  every  one  by  his  excessive  naivete.  He  asked  General  Kanzler 
as  he  entered  the  Vatican  whether  the  gorgeously-attired  guards  were  the 
"  Pontifical  Zouaves."'  On  learning  that  they  were  not  the  same  heroes 
who  were  so  unsuccessful  at  Castelfidardo,  he  supposed  that  they  were 
paid  by  King  Victor  Emmanuel,  and  asked  whether  the  King  kept  up  a 
large  army  for  the  Pope's  body-guard.  M.  Veuillot  sneers  at  the  Imperial 
visit  to  the  Vatican.  The  Univers  says  that  the  Prince  was  remarked  for 
his  "  taciturnity."  His  father  certainly  possessed  la  faeulte  de  se  taire,  and 
seldom  spoke  save  to  disguise  his  thoughts,  a  quality  which  his  son  seems 
not  to  have  inherited. 

In  the  days  of  the  late  empire,  a  certain  dissipated  French  duke  set 
the  pearl  of  his  picture-gallery — a  tine  Meissonier— in  the  lid  of  a  New 
Year's  casket  as  an  offering  to  one  of  the  queens  of  the  demi-monde,  who, 
indignant  at  receiving  nothing  better  than  a  box  of  candies  from  her  prod- 
igal and  profligate  admirer,  when  she  had  counted  upon  a  set  of  diamonds 
at  the  very  least,  flung  the  whole  affair  straight  out  of  the  window. 
Months  afcer,  the  box,  with  its  precious  painting  still  intact  upon  the 
cover,  was  discovered  in  a  bric-a-brac  shop  near  the  Temple,  was  pur- 
chased for  a  mere  song,  and  the  Meisspnnier,  cleaned  and  refrained,  now 
figures  honorably  in  a  well-known  private  gallery  in  England. 

Prince  Frederick  William  and  Henry  of  Prussia,  both  grandsons  of 
Queen  Victoria,  are  about  to  pass  their  examination  of  "maturity"  be- 
fore quitting  the  gymnasium  of  Cassel,  in  the  present  month.  The  princes 
on  this  account  left  Berlin  immediately  after  the  Emperor's  fete.  Prince 
Frederick  William,  the  elder  of  the  two,  is  about  to  serve  with  the  "body 
company  "  of  the  First  Prussian  Regiment  of  Foot  Guards,  in  order  to 
make  himself  practically  acquainted  with  military  service.  The  Prince 
will  be  stationed  at  Potsdam.  He  is  to  have  a  separate  establishment. 
Prince  Henry,  being  destined  for  the  naval  service,  is  about  to  pass 
through  a  course  of  instruction  at  the  Naval  Academy  at  Kiel. 

Three  hundred  bouquets,  sprinkled  with  diamonds,  was  what  Patti 
had  to  hop  over  to  get  off  the  stage  at  her'Moscow  benefit. 


BROKERS. 


R.  C.  Hookkr,  Thomas  Gahdixkr, 

Member  S.  E.  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  Late  of  the  Sacramento  "  Union." 

GARDINER    &    HOOKER. 
4  Commission  S took  Brokers,  336  Pine  street,  north  side?  one 

'Ly    door  below  Montgomery,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Buy  aud  sell  only  on  commiusion. 
Liberal  advances  made  on  active  accounts.  Dec.  23. 

REMOVAL ! 

JW.  Brown  A  Co.,  Stock  and   Money  Brokers,  have  re* 
•     moved  to  No.  317  Montgomery  strcot,  Nevada  Block, 
J.  W.  Brown,  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchauge  Board.  Jau  8. 

J.  K.  S.  Latham.]  LATHAM    &    KING,  [Homer  S.  King. 

Successors  to  Jaines  H'.  Latham  A  Co.,  Stock  and  Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco.  Member  S.  F.  Stock  aud  Exchange 
Board.  Stocks  bought  and  carried  on  margins.  Aug.  12. 

HUBBARD    &    CO., 

(Commission  Stock  Brokers,  324  1-2  Montgomery  street,  nn- 
J    der  Safe  Deposit  Building,  San    Francisco,  will  transact  business  through   the 

San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 

E.    P.    PECKHAM, 
/Commission    Stock    Broker   and    Member   S.    F.   Stock   Ex> 

*-/     change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
[June.  19.  ]  

D.  M.  Hosmer.]  HOSMER    &    BOURNE,  IJ  B.  Bourse. 

Stock  Brokers,  116  llalleck  street,   San  Francisco.    Post- 
office  Address,  Lock  Box  1837.  March  25. 

REMOVAL. 

Lovelaud,  David  A  Co.,  from  108  LeidesdorflT street  to  No. 
421  California  street,  corner  Leidcsdorff.  Feb.  26". 

VERDICT   ALWAYS   FOR   THE  DAVIS'  VERTICIL   FEED    SEWING 

MACHINE. 

The  Centennial  Gold  Medal  and  Diploma.  1S76;  the  Scott 
Medal,  1875  ;  the  Franklin  Institute  Medal,  1874.  The  Report  of  the  Centennial 
Commission  sa,\s  :  "The  DAVIS  is  awarded  the  Grand  Gold  Medal  of  Honor  and 
Diploma  of  Merit  for  excellent  material  and  construction,  adapted  to  the  greatest 
range  of  work."  We  claim  sales  unprecedented,  and  satisfaction  universal.  In  its 
construction  it  differs  from  all  others,  and  is  equaled  by  none.-  As  an  earnest  of  what 
is  here  claimed,  the  Manufacturers  challenge  all  others  for  a  friendly  contest,  either 
for  amusement  or  a  more  substantial  consideration.  The  Family  Machine  is  light 
running  and  easily  comprehended  ;  has  an  ingenious  device  "to  take  up"  lost  motion 
or  wear,  which,  to  a  machinist,  is  positive  proof  of  durability.  We  ure  pleased  to 
refer  to  machines  in  manufacturing  establishments  here,  where  they  have  been  in 
constant  use  for  nearly  three  years,  to  verify  the  above.  Has  received  more  medals 
and  complimentary  testimonials  than  any  other  in  the  same  length  of  time.  Manu- 
facturers are  especially  invited  to  examine  our  No  1,  just  out.  Agents  wanted  in 
all  unoccupied  territory.  MARK  SHELDON,  GenT  Agent  for  the  Pacific  Coast, 
Dec.  23. No.  130  Post  street. 

A.    S.    HALLID  B, 

Importer,  Dealer  and  Manufacturer  or  Wire  Goods,  Wire 
Rope,  Wire  Screens,  Iron  and  Brass  Battery  Cloth,  etc.  Wire  S-reens  for  win- 
dows aud  doors,  and  all  kinds  of  Wire  Work  on  hand  and  made  to  order.  Sole  Agent 
for  Torrey's  Weather  Strips,  to  exclude  dust  and  rain,  and  Holloway's  Fire  Extin- 
guisher. Proprietor  of  the  Patent  Endless  Ropeway.  Experienced  workmen  always 
on  hand  to  fit  up  orders.     California  Wire  Works  :  0  CALIFORNIA  ST.        Dec.  23. 

F.  C.  Snow.]  SNOW    &    MAY'S    ART    GALLERY.  [W.  B.  May. 

SNOW     A     MAY, 

IMPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 

Pictures.    Frames,    Moldings,    and    Artists*    Materials. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  Dec.  19. 


OPENING    OF    RARE    AND    ELEGANT    BOOKS! 

HH.  Moore  takes  pleasure  in  announcing1  that  having'  re- 
s  turned  from  his  annual  purchasing  trip  to  the  great  Eastern  and  European 
Literary  Depositories,  that  he  has  received  and  now  has  open  the  largest  assortment 
of  ANTIQUE  and  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before  brought  to  this  city,  con- 
sisting of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
fail  to  find  the  most  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  either  old  or  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  varied  stock.  Gift  Books  in  Great  Variety.  Call  and  examine 
our  stuck. [Dec.  16  j H.  H.  MOORE,  600  Montgomery  street. 

AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  been  inventeil  by  the  Queen's  Own  Company  of  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  so  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  faee  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECT!'  >N.  32  for  buffalo  handles,  S3  for  ivory  ; 
by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  by  the  sole  agents  in  the 
United  States.  NATHAN  JOSEPH  &  CO., 

September  2.  No.  (141  Clay  street,  S.  F. 

TO    0WNEBS    OF    REAL    ESTATE! 

Persons  Owning-  Real  Estate  that  has  heretofore  been  as- 
sessed in  the  former  owner's  name,  are  requested  to  appear  personally,  or  send 
their  deeds  to  the  Assessor's  Office,  644  Merchant  street,  City  Hall,  inmiedi  itely,  and 
have  the  proper  changes  made  for  next  year's  Roll.  The  work  on  the  Real  Estate 
Roll  for  ls77  will  commence  in  a  few  days,  after  which  it  will  be  too  late  for  any 
changes.  ALEXANDER   BADLAM, 

Jan.  13.  City  and  County  Assessor. 

VEHICLE    LICENSES. 

License  Collector's  Office,  Room  X«.  7,  City  mall.  San  Fran- 
cisco, January  4,  1S77.     Licenses  on  Vehicles  are  now  due  and  payable  at  this 
office.     Will  be  delinquent  on  February  1st  next,  when  a  penalty  will  be  added.    Pro- 
duce Peddlers'  and  all  business  licenses  for  the  current  quarter  arc  also  due. 
Jan.  13.  R.  H.  SINTON,  License  Collector. 

WILLIAM    HARNEY, 
"Vfotary  Public  and  Commissioner  ot  Deeds,  northwest  cor- 

_1^|      uer  of  Montgomery  and  Sacramento  streets,  San  Francisco,  office  of    Madison 
&  Burke.  Aprii  29. 

~  QUICKSILVER. 

or  sale— In  lots  to  suit,  by  Thomas  Bell,  5To.  305  Sansome 

street,  over  Bank  of  California.  Nov.  16. 


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NOTICE. 

For  the  very  best  photographs  go  to  Bradley  A  Rnlofson-s, 
in  an  Elevator,  429  Montgomery  street.  Oct.  29. 


Feb.  8,  L8f7. 


<   \l  [FOUNJ  \    ADA  EttiTlSER 


I.-. 


SPECIAL    BREVITIES. 


It  is  very  »eldom  that  in  I'"  dI  labor  is  utilised,  but  so 

« hich  Is  wo  !  i  :it  the  juno- 

Uon  nl  V  '■    rk*i    -i -.   I    n  :  ■■■.    ha    been    Istelj  ''I oken  up, 

sad  sn  omnibm  proceeding    from   Stunfara -street    toward   the   Wanda* 

■ 
I,  snd   «  bile  1 1**-  horses  a 
ing  in   vain  t--  get  nTer  the  piece  of  around  •>!!■•  «>f  Sang* 
,  under  the  charge  of  akee]  lung  the  road.     Seeing  the 

jsve  instruction!  to  the  elephant, 
who  lowered  hit  head,  and,  placing  t » i  —  Forehead  at  the  rear  of  the  >  mnl 
boa,  pushed  horses,  vehicle,  and  beyond  the  obstacle  which 

I  their  progress.     This   was  witnessed  bya  targe  number  of  per- 
il bo  loudly  •''•■  ors  in  this  inci  I 
A  cashier  at  the  Louvre  drapery  establishment,  named  Battandier, 
it  been  tried  tor  practicing  ■  singular  fraud  on  rs  deal- 
ing there,     ll                                      tving  change  to  commit  an  inten- 
tional error,  generally  of  a  fninc,  *•(  r.-ur<f  rv.-ain-t  the  purchaser.     If  the 
buyer  j                       mistake,  he  corrected  it.  otherwise  li»-  appropriated 
the  difference.     Complaints  having   been  made   he  was  put  to  the  proof, 
prietor  to  purchs        ooda  amounting  bo  16f. 
i  which  she  tendered  a  50f,  note,  and  lie  returned  only   321  70c. 
h  was  then  set,  and  he  was  observed  t<>  practice  the  fraud  five 
times  within  an  hour.    When  charged  with  the  act  he  at  length  ad- 
mitted it. 
Colonel  Home,  who  superintended  the  movements  <>f  the  English  en- 
en  engaged  for  nearly  ;i  month   in  surveying  Constan- 
tinople, with  the  object  of  urbanizing  the  defense  of  thai  city,  has,  during 
tin    last  week,  been  in  coi  stent  communication  with  the  War  <  >ffice.     He 
reports  thai  Constantinople  can  be  rendered  impregnable  if  the  plan  elab- 
orated by  \  "ii  Moltke  many  year   ■    -  be  pui  into  practice,  and  he  esti- 
mates the  number  of  men  required  at  60,000.     The  lines  which  he  has 
.1.*  twenty  miles  in   length,  and  extend  from  the  Sea  "f  Marmora 
lo  the  B                    The  officers   who  accompanied   Colonel  Some  have 
in  l  honored  by  the  Afahommedansof  Constantinople. 

Paul's  "warning  to  p nml  Christian  women  not  to  marry  with  unbe- 
lievers, was  discussed  in  Parson  Murray's  Bible  class,  the  other  day,  and 
one  young  woman  said  bos  didn't  tliink  it  was  "always  in  favor  of  a 
miiI  husband  because  he  i^  religious     Some  of  the 
meanest  hi  abends  that  I  know  of  among  my  acquaintances  are  church 
members;  and  the  stingiest  one  I  know  is  a  deacon.     I    think   ■*  young 
girl  makes  a  better  match,,  so  far  as  her  own  comfort  and  happiness  go, 
rous,  whole-hearted  sinner  who  loves  her  splendidly, 
\>\  takiiu'  a  stingy  saint."    And  Mr.    Murray  seemed  to 
think  she  was  right. 

The  graduates  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  who  art-  supposed  to  con- 
duct the  literary  part  of  the  New  York  Beraldj  arc  masters  of  elegance. 
The  familiar  passage  of  Tennyson — 

*■  An  infant  crying  in  the  night, 
An  infant  crying  for  the  light, 
And  with  no  language  but  a  cry — " 
appears   thus   in   an  "'interview"  furnished  to  the   Iltnthl   by  one  of  its 
correspondents: 

"A  child  crying  in  the  night, 

A  child  crying  for  the  light, 
And  nothing  in  its  language  but  a  cry." 
There  was  a  sensation  in  a  party  of  converts  standing  at  a  Sandusky 
(0.)  church  chancel  rail  ready  to  be  made  members,  when  a  beautiful  girl 
interrupted  the  ceremony  by  saying  that  -she   bad  a  confession  of  sin  to 
make.     Every  old  gossip  in  the  parish  was  agog  on  the  instant.     She  said 
Bhe  had  been  married  a  year;  that  the  ceremony  had  been  regularly  but 
privately  performed:  and  that  she  bud  kept  the  fact  a  secret  because  she 
was   not    ready  to   forego  the   fun  of  going  into  society  as  an  artless  un- 
d  maiden.    The  husband  Btepped  forward  and  corroborated  the 
wife's  story.     They  went  to  housekeeping  on  the  following  day. 

In  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  existing  theaters  don't  have  paying  houses, 
Strakosch'e  scheme  for  a  SI, 000,000  opera  house  in  New  York,  which 
body  called  visionary,  advances  as  though  it  were  a  reality.  Arthur 
Oilman,  the  architect,  has  finished  the  plans  for  a  splendid  building  in 
the  style  of  the  Italian  renaissance,  with  the  auditorium  of  the  same 
style  and  dimensions  as  that  of  La  Seals  at  Milan— the  most  perfect  in 
the  world — containing  3,000  seats,  thoroughly  fire-proof  in  every  detail — 
and,  in  fine,  intended  to  be  the  model  edifice  of  its  kind. 

The  Irish  Doomsday  Book  Bhows  that  20,157,557  acres  of  land, 
with  a  total  valuation  of  £13,418,358,  are  divided  among  68,716  propri- 
etors ;  that  the  owners  of  "in-  acre  and  under  10  number  6,892,  while  the 
owners  of  HH),0H0  acres  and  upward  number  only  three  ;  and  that  the  total 
holdings  of  1,108  proprietors  with  between  2,000  and  5,000  acre3  represent 
more  than  one-sixth  of  the  entire  area  of  the  country. 

A  lady  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  was  robbed  a  few  nights  since  by  a 
man  who  secreted  himself  in  her  chamber  until  she  had  retired.  The 
box  containing  her  jewelry  and  that  containing  her  rouge  were  just  alike, 
and  the  thief  took  the  wrong  box.  She  looked  pale  on  discovering-  her 
loss,  but  her  color  came  again  the  next  day. 

A  highly  esteemed  American  pastor  was  heard  to  remark  the  other 
day  that  he  would  be  very  willing  for  the  little  girls  of  the  families  under 
his  care  to  bring  their  dolls  with  them  to  church,  if  thereby  their  imagi- 
nation could  be  innocently  laid  hold  of  and  secured  as  an  ally  in  the  for- 
mation of  good  habits  and  proper  manners. 

Early  in  the  century  a  rich  Englishman  left  his  daughters  their  weight 
in  one-pound  bank  notes.  The  elder  got  £51,200,  the  younger  £57,344. 
The  handsomest  pair  of  paper  weights  on  record. 

Miss  Sophie  Barney  took  a  premium  at  a  Montgomery  (Alabama) 
fair  as  "the  young  woman  who  would  make  the  best  wife  for  a  poor 
man." 

An  apiarian  in  Utah  estimates  that  one  acre  of  mignonette  will  fur- 
nish sufficient  pasture  for  one  hundred  stocks  of  bees. 

New  York  City  eats  70,000,000  of  eggs  per  year,  and  several  mil- 
lions more  are  consumed  in  morning  drinks. 


CUTrER    WHISKY. 

A    i* .  iioiiiiiiiu  .i   ««►..  %«».  IB  I  JiukMiii  ■tree*,  are  ftbc  n«»i«> 
»    A  I  \.  HIHK1  ,  ihl] 

I 

it  [a  reallj  the  Ban  Wtnsai  in  U«  i    i 

A.    M.    OILMAN, 

1  in  porter  and    Wholesale    Liquor    Dealer)   SOS   rniifornia 
i  , 
10,0  ii-    t  and  Shorry  Wines,  8UIt  and  Bparkllnir  Wines,  etc    Agent  (or  the 
I  CACHE!    BLAKi    CHAMPAGNE      Boh     Wont  for  MILLS' STOMACH 
■  &  ■  i.  i 

JT.    H.    CUTTER    OLD    BOURBON. 

A   1     I*.    Moorman    «V    Co..     Mini  u  I  nvt  11  rers,    Louisville.    Ky.— 

\y»    The  nbovo  welMcnowu  Housi    I  I  hero  bj  the  undei  Ignod,  rho 

■  d  appointed  their  Sole  Agent    •■  r  tl  <■  Pacini  l  ■ 
July  a  A.  P,  UOTALJNG&  CO.,  120  and  481  Jackson  street,  s.  F. 


WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 


R0EDERER    CHAMPAGNE. 

Cliirte  lilaiiclii'.  the  Celebrated  Brand  of  Mr.  I, on  is  Iloedcrcr, 
j    *>f  Helms,  in  buml  or  dutj  paid,  quarta  or  pints,  for  sale  to  the  trade  in  Iota  to 

II  \'  I  INDRAY  ft  rii. 
Sept.  S3,  Sole  Agents  tor  the  Pacific  I 

J.    H.    C'JTTER'S    OLD    BOURBON    AND     BYE    WHISKY, 

Manufactured  by  Milton  J.  Hard.v  A-  Co.,  SniiN.iii.Lnw  anil 
Successors  n|  J,  n.  CTJTTKR,  Louisville,  Ky,  E.  MARTIN  fcCO., 

August  1 1.  No.  408  l'miit  street,  Solo  Agents  (<>r  the  Pacific  Coast 

JOHN    BUTLER, 
ealcr  In  Wines  mid   Lienors,    En;rllsh  Ales  and  Porter,  T 

suiter  Street  and  BOO  Market  street,  San  Ft ibco  Jan.  27. 


D 


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[ESTABLISHED  1820.] 

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Ammunition,  of  the  best  Quality,  now  in  general  use  throughout  England, 
India  and  the  Colonies :  Joyce's  Treble  Waterprool  -and  !■'  :i  Quality  Percussion 
Caps ;  Chomically-preparod  Cloth  and  Felt  QunWndding;  Joyces  Qas-Tight  Car- 
triages,  for  Pin*nrc  and  Central-Sre  Breech-loading  Guns  ;  Wire  Cartridges,  tor  killing 
game  at  long  distances,  and  every  description  of  Sporting  Ammunition.  Sold  by 
nil  gun-makers  and  dealers  in  gun]  owder. 

FREDERICK  JOYCE  &  CO.,  Patentees  and  Manufacturers, 
Dec.  30. 57  Upper  Thames  street,  London. 

LEA    AND    PEERINS1    SAUCE. 

In  consequence  of  spurious  imitations  of  WORCESTER- 
SEEiUENAl'Ci;.  which  are  calculated  to  deceive  the  public,  l,EA  A>1» 
1'EKICIXS  have  adopted  A  NEW  LABEL  BEARING  TIILIK  SIGNATURE, 
LEA  A  PEKKINS,  which  ia  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUCE, 
and  without  which  nuiiu  is  genuine. 

Ask  for  LEA  &  PERRINS'  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrapper,  label,  bottle  and  stop- 
per    Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  Blackwefl, 
Loudon,  etc.,  etc.,  and  by  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  be  obtained  of 
Dee.  30.  MESSRS.  CROSS  &  CO.,  San  Francisco. 

CAUTION— BETTS'S  PATENT  CAPSULES. 

The  public  nre  reauertfnlly  cau(ioi-«*fl  lh:.<  RelflOt  9*:ilcnt  Capnulvn 
are  being  Infringed.    BETTS'S  name  1b  upon  every  Capsule  lie  makes  lor  the 

lending  Merchants  al  home  and  abroad,  and  lie-  is  the  Only  Inventor  and  Sole  Maker 
In  the  United  Kingdom.  Manufactokis:  1.  V'daiif  Road,  Citv  Ruad,  Lokdok  , 
and  HommAu.Y,  Krakce. June  li>. 

ASTHMA    AND    CHRONIC    BRONCHITIS. 

The  most  cifpctun)  remedy  will  lie  found  to  lie  Datnra  Tn- 
I  iiia.  prepared  in  all  forms,  tor  Bmoking  and  inhalation,  by  SAVORY  & 
MOORE,  143  New  Bond  street,  London,  and  sold  by  them  and  all  Chemists  and  Store- 
keepers throughout  Canada  and  Uil-  United  States.  Dec.  30. 

FOR    SALE. 
Ci  X4 \   £\i\4\  First  Mortffase  Bonds  of  the  Nevada  County 

T?p>" 'f^FH/'r  Narrow  Oaugu  Uailroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1*76,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  8  per  cent.  )>cr  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  nf 
Wells,  Fargo  A;  Co.,  in  this  citv.  No  nmrv  desirable  investment  can  be  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit         [Sunt.  0.]        ANDREW  HAlRLi,  No.  304  California  street. 

NOBLE    &    GALLAGHER, 

Importers  and  Dealers  in  Painters'  materials.  House,  Si^n 
and  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper-Hangers  and  Glaziers,  No.  438 
Jwekson  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Sansome,  San  Francisco.  Ceilings  and 
Walls  Kalsomined  and  Colored.     Jobbing  promptly  attended  to.  May  13. 

THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every  variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Oilt, 
Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clocks  and  fine 
Bronzes;  also  a  full  Hoe  of  Plumbers' Goods.  122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Jan.  27. 


EPPINGEVS    SALOON. 

Lonis  Cpnln^er,  formerly  ol  II  n  I  leek  street,  lias  removed 
to  Nevada  Block  (entrance  on  Summer  street).    Will  be  happy  to  see  all  his 
riends.     MILWAUKEE  BEER  a  Specialty.  Sept  30. 

B.  F.  Flint.     Flint,  Bixby  &  Co.]  [  J.  Lee.    D.  W.  Foloer 

A.   P.   FLINT    &    CO., 

Graders,  Packers  and   I>ealers  in  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets.  San  Francisco.  Jan.  29. 

BLANK    BOOKS 

Sold  from  stock  or  manufactured  to  order  from  the  Carew 
Extra  Fine  Ledger  Paper,  by  JOHN  G.   HODOE  &   CO.,  Importers,    Manufac- 
turers and  Wholesale  Stationers,  827,  329  and  331  Sansome  street,  S.  F.        Nov.  11. 


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HEGHEST    AWAKD    AND    MEDAL 
eceived  !>y  Buryeas'  Celebrated  Starch.  Henry  C.  Eg-erton, 

Agent,  No    10U  California  street. Nov.  18. 

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G.    G.    GAHIBOLDI. 

Fresco    and    Decoration,    Nevada    Block,    No.'b    73    and    74. 
[January  13.] 


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SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER. 


Feb.  3,  1877. 


THE   MAN    CLAY. 

Hia  libel  suits  against  the  Hews  Letter — His  struggle  to  try  a  little  piece 
of  his  life,  and  not  the  whole— Ee  selects  the  Australian  episode,  know- 
ing that  the  legal  proofs  are  not  here  yet— The  News  Letter's  counsel 
challenges  him  to  an  immediate  trial  of  the  allegat  ors  against  his 
conduct  here,  defies  him  to  come  on,  and  says  the  witnesses  are  ready- 
It  is  not  the  tricks  of  youth  so  much  as  the  lcng  continued  acts  of  wrong 
of  his  matured  age  which  counsel  says  he  wants  to  try — Judge  Camp- 
bell's hard  nut  to  crack— Which  was  too  hard  for  Highton's  teeth, 
hence  more  delay,  etc.,  etc. 
Judge  Ferral's  commodious  court-room,  on  Wednesday  last,  pre- 
sented a  scene   livelier  than  is  common  there.     The  proceedings  were  of 
more  than  usual  importance,  involving   in   some  sense  the   liberty  of  the 
press  and  the  honesty  of  savings  banks.     The  witnesses  for  the  defense 
were  numerous,  and   taken  from  a  class  not   often  found  within   the  pre- 
cincts of  a  criminal  court.  Many  influential  citizens,  including  merchants, 
bankers,  depositors  in  savings  banks,  etc.,  were  present,  eagerly  watching 
the  proceedings.     The  prosecutor   evidently  did   not  like   the  gaze  of   the 
assembled  crowd,  for  he  retired  away  to  the  background.     The  proprietor 
of  the   Neivs    Letter  was  accompanied  by  his  counsel.   Judge  Alexander 
Campbell  and  J.  D.  Fay.     Messrs.  Highton  and  Sieberst  appeared  at  the 
instance  of  the  man  Clay,  though   professedly  representing   the   people. 
There  are  four  indictments  for  libel  against  the  defendant,  all  arising  out 
of  the  man  Clay's  doings.     The  first  in  importance  is   that  which  attacks 
his  acts  done  in  connection  with  a  savings  bank  in  this  city.     The   others 
followed  upon  that  criticism,  and  consist  merely  of  references  to  a  letter 
received  by  us  from  the  General  Manager  of  the  Union  Bank,  Melbourne, 
Australia.     The  News  Letter  was  quite  prepared  to  go  to  immediate  trial 
upon  the  largest  and  most  important  indictment,  which  involved  the  whole 
facts,  but  tbe  man  Clay,  knowing  that  the  proofs  from  Australia  were  not 
to  hand  yet,  would  only  go  on  first  with  the   indictment  referring  to   his 
transactions  there. 

JUDGE  Campbell  asked  the  prosecution  which  indictment  they  pro- 
posed to  proceed  with  first. 

Mb.  Highton  replied  that  they  proposed  to  take  up  indictment  No.  2. 
Judge  Campbell  said  he  had  only  recently  come  into  the  case,  and  had 
not  had  time  to  make  himself  familiar  with  the  whole  of  the  indictments, 
and  desired  a  postponement,  though  he  was  quite  willing,  if  necessary,  to 
proceed  with  the  indictment,  "  Clay's  Demands  Upon  Justice,"  which  re- 
ferred to  his  transactions  as  Vice-President  and  Cashier  of  the  Western 
Savings  and  Trust  Company  of  this  'city.  With  regard  to  the  other  in- 
dictments, it  would  be  necessary  that  a  commission  should  issue  to  take 
evidence  in  Australia.  The  Court  would  see  that  the  subject  matter  of 
the  libel  which  the  prosecution  desired  to  go  on  with  originated  in  Austra- 
lia.    Counsel  then  quoted  from  the  indictments  as  follows: 

*'  The  Rotten  Bilk,"  (meaning  the  said  Frederic  Clay). 
"  The  following  speaks  for  itself:" 

"  Inspector  and  Gknkkal  Managers'  Office,  Union  Bask  of  AUSTRALIA,      ) 

Meleol'rne,  July  15th,  1876.  f 
"  Editor  News  Letter:  My  attention  has  been  called  to  an  article  in  your  journal 
"  of  May  12th,  respecting  a  party  named  Frederic  Clay  (the  said  Frederic  Clay  mean- 
"  tag),  and  his  connection  with  several  monetary  and  commercial  institutions  in  Cali- 
"  [ornia,  in  which  article  it  is  stated  that  he  (the  said  Frederic  Clay  meaning)  was  at 
"  one  time  a  teller  in  the  Union  Bank  of  Australia,  and  absconded  from  its  service.  I 
"cannot,  of  course,  identify  tbe  person  to  whom  you  allude  with  the  Mr.  Clay  (the 
"  said  Frederic  Clay  meaning)  who  was  formerly  employed  by  this  bank,  but  if  he  be 
"tbe  same,  the  information  you  have  given  is  substantially  correct,  and  I  deem  it 
"  right  to  acquaint  you  that  every  effort  was  made  to  bring  him  (the  said  Frederic 
"  Clay  meaning)  to  justice.  A  reward  of  £100  was  offered  by  the  bank  for  his  appre- 
"  hension,  and  a  policeman  was,  at  great  expense,  sent  after  him  (the  said  Frederic 
*'  Clay  meaniny),  with  a  view  to  his  capture.  The  i>olicemau  never  returned,  nor  was 
"  anything  further  heard  of  Clay  until  the  appearance  in  your  paper  of  the  article  re- 
ferred to.     1  am,  sir,  your  obedient  servant. 

Jons  McMiTLLKS,  Inspector  and  General  Manager." 

Judge  Campbell  proceeded  to  say  that  that  letter  came  to  the  defend- 
ant, and  he  published  it  in  good  faith;  but  it  would  be  seen  that  the  trans- 
actions to  which  it  referred  took  place  in  Australia,  and  it  was  there 
where  the  legal  evidence  was  obtainable.  A  commission  would  be  re- 
quired for  that  purpose.  At  any  rate  he  needed  time  to  look  into  the 
matter.  Some  three  months  ago  the  name  of  the  witnesses  had  been  sent 
fur  t<>  Melbourne,  aud  were  expected  by  next  steamer,  so  that  the  com- 
mission to  examine  the  proper  parties  could  then  issue. 

Mb.  Highton  argued  that  that  Court  had  no  power  to  grant  such  a 
commission,  whatever  a  court  of  civil  jurisdiction  might  have  power  to 
do.  He  cited  authorities,  and  said  that  if  every  word  in  the  letter  were 
proved  to  be  true  that  would  be  altogether  insufficient  justification  of  the 
libel.  The  publication  must  be  made  with  "  good  motives,"  and  for  "jus- 
tifiable ends."  It  was  80  or  90  years  ago,  and  he  believed  it  was  still  a 
great  legal  answer,  that  "  the  greater  the  truth  the  greater  the  libel."  A 
man,  might  for  instance,  have  beenfyuilty  of  some  mistake  in  his  youth, 
which,  by  a  subsequent  life  of  rectitude  and  honor,  ought  to  be  considered 
fully  condoned.  There  are.  anil  ought  to  be,  statutes  of  limitation,  written 
and  unwritten,  which  are  recognized  in  all  civilized  societies. 

Judge  Campbell. — Well,  now,  we  concede  that.  But  it  is  just  because 
the  state  of  facts  in  this  case  are  the  exact  opposite  of  those  yon  have  con- 
jured up  that  we  are  prepared  to  meet  you  on  the  real  issue.  It  was  be- 
cause this  man  Clay  was  doing  certain  things  in  a  bank  here  that  he  was 
attacked,  and  it  was  only  then  that  it  came  oufthat  he  had  done  similar 
things  in  a  bank  in  Australia.  I  may  be  prepared  to  admit  that  the  er- 
rors and  indiscretions  of  a  man's  youth  may  be  atoned  for  by  the  virtue 
and  purity  of  his  maturer  years,  and  that  a  statute  of  limitations  may  be 
set  up  as  a  bar  against  their  being  subsequently  referred  to.  But  those 
are  not  the  circumstances  of  this  case.  We  claim  and  expect  to  show 
that  the  "  errors  "  and  "  indiscretions,"  so  called,  of  this  man  Frederic 
Clay,  in  Australia,  over  twenty  years  ago,  resulted  in  swindling  certain 
people  of  that  country  out  of  large  amounts  of  money  by  fraudulent  bank 
transactions.  We  claim  and  expect  to  show  that  be  left  Australia  in  dis- 
guise under  an  assumed  name,  and  came  to  this  city,  and  instead  of  aton- 
ing to  society  for  his  "  error  of  youth"  by  a  purer  and  more  virtuous  life 
in  bis  maturer  years,  he  pursued  precisely  the  same  course  of  life  and 
acted  in  the  same  way  that  he  had  done  in  Australia  twenty  years  before. 
Let  us  try  here  and  now  what  he  has  done  in  this  city,  and  then  we 
can  judge  whether  it  was  proper  and  pertinent  to  show   that   the   rascali- 


j  ties  of  his  maturer  years  were  but  a  repetition  of  those  of  twenty  years 
before.  That  contest  we  invite.  There  is  no  need  of  a  commission  for 
that.  The  witnesses  are  right  here.  The  transactions  took  place  in  our 
midst.  There  is  no  necessity  to  so  back  twenty  years  to  prove  them, 
They  took  place  the  other  day.  When  the  evidence  of  all  that  is  in,  it 
will  be  for  the  jury  to  say  whether  the  Newa  Letter  was  not  fully  justified 
in  calling  attention  to  the  past  because  of  the  present  dereliction  of  this 
man  Clay. 

Mb,  Highton— While  I  object  to  such  denunciatory  attacks,  I  will  not 
to-day  reply  to  them.  The  question  now  is  whether  the  commission 
asked  for  ought  to  issue  or  not.  If  counsel  on  the  other  side  has  not  had 
time  to  investigate  this  matter  thoroughly,  let  there  be  a  postponement  of 
all  the  cases,  to  enable  him  to  make  an  application  in  due  form,  at  which 
time  the  complaining  witness  will  be  prepared  to  meet  such  application. 
We  have  the  power  to  dictate  which  indictment  shall  be  tried  first,  and 
we  mean  to  use  it. 

Jidge  Febbal— With  regard  to  the  question  of  the  commission,  I  do 
not  at  present  see  my  way  clear  to  grant  it.  The  counsel  ought  to  make 
such  a  statement  by  affidavit  of  the  facts  as  to  satisfy  the  requirements  of 
the  law. 

Judge  Campbell— We  are  waiting,  your  Honor,  the  arrival  of  the 
steamer  to  give  us  the  names  of  the  witnesses,  to  enable  us  to  make  such 
a  statement. 

Jud«e  Febbal  was  willing  to  allow  a  continuance  to  enable  counsel  to 
prepare  himself,  but  expressed  an  opinion  that  the  publisher  of  a  libel 
ought  always  to  have  at  hand  the  full  legal  proofs  before  he  ventured 
upon  publication. 

Finally  the  10th  of  February  was  agreed  upon  by  all  parties  as  the  date 
at  which  the  matter  should  come  up  again. 

BLACKMAIL. 

Fitch,  it  appears,  has  become  suddenly  enamored  of  bringing  libel 
suits  against  his  competitors  in  the  newspaper  business.  He  has  actions 
on  hand  against  the  Alta  and  the  Chronicle.  If  a  man  who  has  two 
papers,  both  daily,  and  who  may,  therefore,  morning  and  night,  answer 
his  opponents  effectively,  yet  confessedly  fails,  what  possible  chance  has 
an  outsider  against  the  attacks  of  the  newspapers  ?  In  San  Francisco 
his  best  plan,  if  his  case  is  a  good  one,  is  to  appeal  to  the  Neva  Letter,  the 
mentor  and  whip  of  them  all.  It  knows  them  each  and  all,  through  and 
through.  Scores  and  hundreds  of  our  citizens  have  ere  now  found  this 
out,  to  their  great  joy.  Our  clients  have,  time  and  time  again,  wondered 
at  the  skill  with  which  we  put  their  case,  and  silenced  the  enemy.  They 
have  thanked  that  wise  providence  which,  in  this  gutter-snipe  press-cursed 
city,  provided  a  News  Letter  to  silence,  or  at  least  disarm,  an  unfair  press, 
that  never  takes  back  a  falsehood  or  rights  an  injustice.  If  the  Chronicle 
misrepresents  a  man,  and  he  goes  with  a  card  to  the  Bulletin,  he  has  to 
pay  for  it  at  the  highest  scale  price.  That  is  all  right;  it  is  altogether 
lovely;  it  is  not  blackmail,  for  is  it  not  the  act  of  an  unctuous  deacon  ? 
In  nine  cases  out  of  ten  the  man's  card  does  not  serve  his  intended  pur- 
pose, because  it  is  written  by  his  own  unskillful  hands.  He  really  does 
not  get  what  he  needs  for  his  money.  If  he  comes  to  the  News  Letter  he 
has  to  do  precisely  what  he  is  required  to  do  by  the  Bulletin — namely,  pay 
for  it.  Just  that  andnothingmore.  But  he  gets  from  the  News  Letter  what 
he  cannot  get  from  the  Bulletin.  He  obtains  value  for  his  payment.  His 
case  is  put  for  him,  if  needs  be,  by  a  traiued  satirist,  a  sound  logician,  or 
clear  expositor  of  facts,  as  the  circumstances  may  require.  The  public 
ear  is  effectively  reached,  justice  is  done,  the  right  prevails,  and  our  client 
is  happy.  If  that  is  blackmail,  how  much  more  so  is  a  fee  to  a  lawyer, 
who  will  argue  the  wrong  side  as  well  as  the  right,  which  the  News  Letter 
never  does,  unless  its  judgment  is  in  error,  which  it  seldom  is.  The 
truth  is,  there  is  a  very  great  deal  of  hypocrisy  about  this  whole  thing. 
The  line  has  got  to  be  drawn  somewhere.  We  draw  it  at  swindling',  mur- 
dering quacks  and  death-dealing  nostrum  peddlers.  Their  patronage  we 
have  persistently  refused  at  any  price.  --The  Bulletin  has  no  such  diffi- 
culty. It  disfigures  its  pages  with  unsightly,  immoral  and  dangerous 
quack  advertisements,  and  it  even  enters  into  a  partnership  in  the  sale  of 
a  deadly  drug,  which  it  forthwith  puffs  as  a  heaven-sent  cordial.  "Vet  it 
holds  up  its  righteous  hands  against  the  News  Letter,  and  says,  "lam 
holier  than  thou."  Bah  !  The  law  that  has  just  gone  into  operation  de- 
clares virtually  that  he  who  makes  money  by  quackery  makes  it  by  thiev- 
ery. That  being  a  righteous  law,  does  it  not  follow  morally  that  he  who 
receives  the  stolen  goods  is  worse  than  the  thief?  Good  deacon,  take  the 
beam  out  of  thine  own  eye,  so  that  thou  mayest  then  see  clearly  to  take 
out  the  mote  which  is  in  thy  neighbor's  ! 

PROSECUTION  OP  QUACK  DOCTORS. 

The  Birmingham  Post  says  that  proceedings  are  being  taken  against 
the  principal  quack  doctors  of  Birmingham,  numbering  all  together  be- 
tween twenty  and  thirty.  The  cases  will  come  on  in  the  Birmingham 
County  Court,  the  proceedings  having  been  instituted  under  the  Apothe- 
caries1 Act  for  the  recovery  of  the  £20  penalties.  Under  this  Act  the 
penalty  named  is  recoverable  from  any  person,  not  being  a  surgeon  or 
apothecary,  prescribing  and  dispensing  drugs.  It  was  decided  to  proceed 
under  this  Act  owing  to  the  great  difficulty  there  has  always  been  in  this 
town  of  obtaining  a  conviction  under  the  Medical  Registration  Act.  It 
is  likely,  however,  that  some  of  the  quacks  will  also  be  proceeded  against 
under  the  latter  Act  before  the  magistrates.  Voluminous  evidence  hae 
already  beeu  obtained,  and  many  of  the  leading  surgeons  of  Birmingham 
will  go  into  the  witness  box.  Many  of  the  patients  will  be  called  to  give 
evidence  on  subpoena. 

It  is  a  truism  that  a  fault  of  youth,  if  repented  of  and  atoned  for  by  a 
pure  after  life,  ought  to  be  allowed  to  sink  into  oblivion.  But  if  the  wick- 
edness be  continued  from  youth  to  mature  manhood,  growing  from  bad  to 
worse,  surely  it  is  not  amiss  to  point  out  that  as  the  twig  was  inclined  so 
the  tree  grew  up. 

There  were  hopes  entertained  of  having  the  prisoners  in  the  County 
Jail  clean  the  streets.  They  proved  futile,  for  the  " birds"  preferred 
poker  and  pedro  to  wallowing  in  the  slush  up  to  their  waists. 

There  is  at  least  one  thing  worse  than  libeling  a  rogue,  and  that  is 
aiding  him  to  cover  up  his  tracks  and  get  away  quietly  with  his  booty. 
Bulletin  please  copy. 


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NUMBER  2. 


BIZ. 


The  mouth  of  January  Furnished  us  a  rainfall  for  on  of  about 

■  hi-  halt  the  quAntit)  ''.'-  two  preceding  cor- 

am) ami 
Kciii.il.  bringing  forth  the  gi  ■  Those  of  t  ax  farm- 

Bra  behindhand  in  plowing  and  Bowing  have  now  abundant  time  in  which 

and   they  are  impro\  ing   pi  >&  ■■'' 
unities  to  the  full"  at  extent  of  their  ability,  and  we  see] 
t.i  prevent  our  ha\  ing  in  1877  nd  bounteous  crops  of  cereal  grains, 

fruits,  etc.,  as  in  any  former  year.     Ship-owners  and  others  doin 

■  1 1  this  coast  can  now  wit!  California  for  protit- 

■ 
Wheat  and  Flour.  —  Thi 
during  n    da;  - 

SO,  have  now   receded  to  82  05@2  10  per 
cental,  with  only   m  ither  for  milling  or  export. 

W.  Elder,  from  Oi  bulk  of 

\  $  bbL    The  price  of  Superfine  rules  from 
Superfine,  $5  75@6.     The   Golden   Age,  Golden   Gate  and 
Vallejo  Stan-   Mills  Extra  continue  to   furnish  the  city  trade  with  the 
:  i  t  all  in  cloth. 

Barley  and  Oats.  --There  is  a  manifest  easing  off  in  the  price  of  Bar- 
■   i  ;        ing  purposes.     We  quote  Feed  at  $1  15(3 
'■  $1  ild,     The    George    W.   Elder,   from 

i  3,000  bags   Oats,  the   market  for  which  maybe 
mes,  the  latter  rate  for  choice  milling. 

Oil  Cake  Meal  has  now  been  reduced  to  ¥35  I  '<  ton. 

Ground  Barley.—  $30  !<  ton.     Corn  Meal. --$30  \j  ton. 

Bran. --sis  £  ton.    Middlings.-- 930  I    ton.     Hay.--$11_18  f  ton. 

Potatoes.-::.  !.<2  %\  \  \  ctL    Onions.— 51  50(2  1  6S  1 '  ctl. 

Hops. --'riii.'  market  i>  ^lu-jj.-di  at  l.S'./i'i",:-. 

WooL— There  is  very  little  demand  at  10@12c  for  Southern  Burry 
Fl<  ■■■    .  b ad  '  •  ■■    ,!  .  for  <  Hear  Northern. 

Hides.  —There  is  a  good  demand  for  Dry  at  17(3  18c;  Salted,  8(3  9c. 

Tallow  is  in  d 

Leather  is  the  turn  dearer. 

Dairy  Products. --The  maaket  is  well  supplied  with  the 
of  Grass  Butter  at  28@30c;  Pickled  do.,  25c     l  !hi  es  ■,  8_  15c.,  according 
to  quality.     Eggs  are  very  plentiful  at 25(2  28c.  i-  doz. 

Fruit. —Oranges  from  Log  Angeles  in  quantities  now  reach  us,  both  by 

:. ■!  steamer,  selling  at   {10  a  25    i    ML,  according  to  size.     California 

Limes  and  Lemons  are  also  plentiful  and  cheap.     Raisins  are  also  very 

abundant  and  cheap,  and  we  notice  shipments  of  some  to  Sydney,  etc.,  by 

tin  outgoing  steamer.     Apples  are   exceedingly  plentiful  and  cheap,  and 

if  of  choice  quality  find  ready  purchasers  at  g 1  priceB.     Dried  Apples, 

Peaches,  etc,  are  in  good  stock,  and  those  put  up  by  the  Alden  process 
in  small  boxes  continue  to  find  purchasers  at  good  prices. 

Borax.  —We  note  shipments  to  New  York  via  Panama,  per  Granad  t, 
of  1 ,000  centals.  The  ship  Orient,  for  New  York,  carried  570,900  lbs. 
These  exports  affords  some  relief  to  the  market,  which  we  quote  at  6c. 
for  Crude,  7£c,  for  Concentrated,  9J@9|c  for  Refined,  latter  in  eases. 

Bags  and  Bagging. —It  is  said  that  large  orders,  sent  early  in  the 
season  to  Calcutta  for  Grain  Sacks,  have  been  countermanded.  The 
present  spot  price  for  22x30  Wheat  Bags  is  84(5  8|c.  cash. 

Canned  Goods.  --Sales  of  Oregon  Salmon  for  forward  delivery  are  said 
fcp  have  been  made  to  a  considerable  extent  at  $1  55$  dozen,  some 
400,000  cases  of  the  catch  of  1877  reported  already  contracted  for,  chiefly 
for  the  English  market. 

Coffee. —The  market  seems  to  be  quite  firm  at  20(5  22c.  for  Central 
American  Greens  ;  Kono,  21c;  Rio,  22c;  Java,  23\c.  There  is  no  (  losta 
Rica  in  first  hands.  A  carload  of  250  bags  Central  American  Greens 
went  East  this  week  by  rail. 

Coal.— There  is  an  improvement  to  be  noticed  in  Australian  cargoes. 
Wallsend  is  now  quotable  at  SO  ;  Scotch  and  English  Steam,  $8;  Belling- 
ham  Bay,  Coos  Bay  and  Seattle,  $8  ;  California,  Mount  Diablo  Steam. 
$o  75  ;  Black  Diamond  (screened),  $7  75. 

Dry  Goods. —We  note  arise  in  all  Cottons— Domestics  of  .If^'lc.  1' 
yard— owing  chiefly  to  enhanced  railroad  freights  across  the  Continent. 

Chemicals.  —  Sales  are  reported  of  600  drums  Caustic  Soda,  to  arrive, 
at  6c;  300  bbls  English  Sal  Soda,  to  arrive,  at  lfc. 


French  Goods.  —  Tie  Nemesis,  from  Bordeaux,  brings  a  w<  N  assorted 
cai     i  to  A,  Vignier,  consistii  L525  cs  Olive  Oil,  3500  pkga  Wine  and 

■ 
Lead. --The  Granada,   for  New   York,  carried  380,000 lbs  Pig  Lead, 

■        il    Eor  same,  1,664, 191  tbi  same     pric  .  5  a 
Metal?.  —  The  market  for  Pig  Iron,  Tin  Plate,  etc.,  is  well  supplied, 
and  prices  nominal. 

Molasses  —There  ia  a  g 1  stock  of  Hawaiian  here,  with  only  a  mod- 

Li   therefor  al  L5  j  25c,  according  to  quality. 
Nails. -- Sales  for  the   week,   5,000  kegs,  quotable  at  $3  25@3  37 h  for 

-  |  ;:  II.  i.  I  I   d. 

Naval  Stores.  —  Spirits  Turpentine  is  plentiful  at  50c;  No.  1  Pale 
Rosin,  $4  75(2  5. 

Oils.  —  We  continue  to  receive  daily  supplies  of  Calif ornia  Earth  Oils 

from  the  Southern  part  of  this  State,  and  this  interest,  with  good  manage- 

promises,  fit  no  distant    day.    to   be  a  very  valuable  and  important 

local  interest.     Already  capitalists   are   turning  their  attention  to  a  more 

full  development  of  these  long  neglected,  natural  Oil  wells. 

Orchiila,  Ores,  Etc.-- The  steamer  yewburn,  from  Arizona  and  Mex- 
ican  ports,  continues  to  make  her  regular  monthly  trips.  On  her  last  trip 
up  she  brought  49  bales  orchiila,  4,000  sacks  galena  and  copper  ores,  38 
bars  base  bullion,  and  $250,000  in  treasure,  mostly  Mexican  dollars. 

Kerosene  Oils.  --  The  market  is  well  supplied  with  Devoe's  Brilliant; 
price  44c  @50c.   for  the  various  brands.     Downer's  50c,  Photolite  43c, 

Crystal  40c.,  Elaine  50c 

Quicksilver.  —  The  Alaska,  for  Hongkong,  carried  some  2,000  flasks. 

Price,   45c. 

Rice. —The  imports  are  large,  stock  heavy,  and  the  market  sluggish, 
at  5|e.@6c.  for  No.  1;  China,  5.jc.(f>5.U\  for  No.  2,  and  for  Mixed  5c; 
■  Li   .  ii.  5c;  Hawaiian,  6c. 

Salt  —  There  is  a  fair  stock  here  of  Liverpool,  which  we  quote  at  $20 
for  Stoved  -factory  filled. 

Spices. —  The  market  is  well  supplied  with  Black  Pepper,  Nutmegs, 
etc.     The  demand  is,  however,  light,  and  prices  more  or  less  nominal. 

Sugar. —The  ship  Connaught  Ranger,  from  Hongkong,  brought  13,352 
mats:  (he  ">■  Igic,  from  same,  2,024  pkgs;  the  J'.  C.  Murray,  from  Hono- 
lulu. 3,900  pkgs,  and  the  H.  W.  Alray,  from  same.  3.(121  pkgs.  The  de- 
mand is  good  for  Hawaiian  grocery  grades  at  S.'. f«  10 Ac;  Cube  and  Crushed, 

i;-;v:  Fellow  Golden,  9(5  LOjc. 

Teas.—  The  Belgic  brought  3,400  pkgs  Japans  and  3,600  pkgs  for  East- 
ern account,  to  go  by  rail  overland. 

Breadstuff  Exports.-- The  exports  of    "Wheat  and  Flour  from   this 

Sort  for  two  seasons  past,  dating  from  the  beginning  of  the  harvest  year, 
uly  1st  to  February  1st,  stand  thus: 

Flour,  bbls.         Wfieat,  ctls. 

1876     340,857  8,770,072 

1875 281,031  4,647,900 

Breadstuffs  to  Great  Britain  and  the  European  Continent  from  duly 
1st    1875-6,  to    February    1st,    129    vessels,    with    4,647,0.17    ctls    Wheat, 

valued  at  $10,354  91;  1876-7,  251  vessels,  with  8,699,918  ctls  Wheat, 
1  at  $15,634  78,  besides  considerable  Flour  not  enumerated.  We 
have  at  date,  on  the  berth,  21  vessels,  of  30,480  tons  registered  tonnage. 

Freights  and  Charters.— Several  important  engagements  have  been 
entered  into  this  week,  including  the  ship  Three  Brothers,  for  Liver]  ool, 
at  £2.  It  is  now  hard  to  get  ships  under  62  2s.  6d.  We  have  a  fleet  of  27 
vessels  disengaged  in  port,  of  29,000  registered  tonnage. 

For  the  Australian  Colonies.—  The  Pacific  Mail  steamer  Zealandia, 
for  Australia,  via  Honolulu,  this  evening,  will  carry  the  Government 
mails,  pa.-„-»n<j;ers.   ;in>\  for   cargo,    to    New    Zealand— Brooms,  204  dozen; 

Salmon  244  cs;  Coffee,  1,64.0  lfcsj  Hops,  6,122  lbs;  Seeds,  etc.,  107  pkgs. 
For  Australia— Brooms,  601  dozen;  Doors,  549;  Dried  Fruit,  23  :  e  ;  1  fried 
Apple**,  217  hf  bbls;  Honev,  60  cs;  Plaster,  150  bbls;  Quicksilver,  232 
flasks;  Salmon,  1,300  cs  and  200  bbls,  besides  the  usual  assortment  for 
H lulu.  The  business  by  this  line  appears  to  be  steadily  on  the  in- 
crease.  

There  is  at  least  one  thing  worse  than  libeling  a  rogue,  and  that  is 
aiding  him  to  cover  up  his  tracks  and  get  away  quietly  with  his  booty. 
Bulletin  please  copy. 

The  only  street  crossing  in  town  that  is  clean  is  in  front  of  Super- 
visor Wise's  residence.     He  didn't  like  hiring  a  boat  to  go  home. 


Napoleon  believed  in  destiny  and  good  guns. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Feb.   3,  1871 


CONDENSED    NEWS    OF   THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL 

Saturday,  January  27th.  —Coroner  Swan  held  an  inquest  in  the  case 
of  the  boy  David  Kinfander.     Th«  jury  rendered  a  verdict  of  suicide.— - 
'i'li>.-  California  Thi  a  ■  r    Boat  Cluh  is  making  arrangements  for  a  r 
on  Washington's  Birthday.    <  ■  Among  the   th< 

Office  was  that  of  a  pet  deer  from    No.   f2  :  I ■"■       m  street. »— The  fifty- 
centqni  has  been  dissolved,  and  a  new  an 

ment  entered  into  fixing  the  rate  at  47^  cents. 

Sunday,  28th.  —  The  wife  of  E.  L.  Rexford,  pastor  of  the  First  Uni- 
it  Church  of  tl                       ad.     Theladyi  lighter  of  Rev. 

Isaac  George,  of  Springfield,  p.—- Sixty-  i                asea  of  Small-pox  were 
verified  by  the  i  ef  during    the  past  week. Captain  Harri- 

son's yacl  tins'  Bock,   will  be  finished  early  in 

March,  and  will  Lave  the  yawl-rig.—— The  ladies  of  the  Mite  Souic : 
neeted  with  St.  Luke's  a  lunch  at  Piatt's  Hall  on  February 

7th,  8th  .".'I  9fch,  for  the  benefit  of  .St.  Luke's  Hospital. 

Monday,  29th. — A  barge  forty-seven  feet  long,  for  six  or  eight  oars, 
on  the  Karlem  and  Schuylkill  model,  is  being  built  by  the  Pioneer  Row- 
ing ( 'lu!>.— —The  Palace  Hotel  hop,  announced  to  take  place  next  Thurs- 
day, has  been  postponed  for  one  week.-^— The  ship 
just  completed  another  fine  passage  of  ninety-nine  pays  from  tins  port  to 
New  York.  ^^A  dinner  of  the  Veteran  Association  of  the  New  York 
Seventh  Regiment  was  held  at  Frank's,  718  Montgomery  street,  this  even- 
in  l'. 

Tuesday,  30th.— A  buoy  has  been  placed  over  Blossom  Rock.—— The 
ffrai  ada  sailed  for  Panama  at  noon  to-day.^— Judge  Ferralhas  dismissed 
the  char  i1  -t  Charles  S.  Pries.— —The  suit 

D.  Manlove  vs.  W.  H.  Gratton  was  dismissed  yesterday  by  Judgi   . 
rison.— ^The  will  of  Lafayette  Maynard,  who:  valued  at  $553,- 

000,  has  1  een  admitted  to  prob:  te, 

Wednesday,  31st. — The  Ge<  W.  Elder  has  arrived  from  Portland 
with  a  full  list  of  passengers.— The  battalion  drill  of  the  Second  In- 
fantry has  been  postponed  till  next  Tuesday  evening.—  The  Befyic,  from 
Japan  and  China,  b]  f  Tr<  adwell  & 

Co.,  in  bankn  Hoffman  lias  granted. a  certificate  of  final  dis- 

charge to  -T.  F.  Place  and  W.  0.  M.  Berry,  surviving  partners  of  Baid  firm. 

Thursday,  February  1st.— A  pictorial  diploma  has  been  prepar 
the  Society  of  Territorial    Pioneers.     The  design  is  emblems  ic 
events  in  the  history  of  <  lalifornia,  from  the  landing  of  Sir  Francis  Drake 
to  Admission  Pay.        Supervisor  Eaton,   it  is  reported,  will  resuscitate 
the  proposition  to  utilize  the  basement  of  the  Hall  of  Records  for  prison 

:-s.— -Thomas  J.  Dixon,    Clerk  of  the  Police  Court,  repor 
during  the  month  of  January  the  fines  collected  by  him  amounted  to  84,- 
125. 

Friday,  2d.  —The  Italian  Mutual  Benefit  Society  jives  a  ball  at  Union 
Hall  to-morrjw  night.— The  grading  of  Jones  street,  between  Sacra- 
mento ami  *  lalifornia,  is  aeaj  iy  completed.  The  "  Ligue  Rationale 
d  ball  at  Horticultural  Hall  to-morrow  night. 
— ^It  is  likely  that  the  Babe]  i  i  i  Savings  Bank  will  soon  pull  down  the 
present  bank  buildb.  luilding  on  Montgomery  Btreet  adjoining 

■  oorth,  which  is  also  owned  by  the  Society.— The  branch  police 
station  on  the  corner  od  Steuart  streets  has  been  completed.    It 

has  two  cells,  9x7i  feet  each,  and  an  office. 

TELEGBAPHIC. 

Saturday,  January  27th.  ~ What  is  known  as  the  double-wheel  mill 
at  the  Santa  Cruz  Powder  .Mill,  blew  up:  cause  not  known.  No  lives 
were  lost.  The  Supreme  Court  has  rendered  a  decision  in  the  qu  i  war- 
ranto  proceedings  against  the  Hayes  Electors,  dismissing  the  case  on  the 
ground  that  the  ally  presented  on  the  part  i 

State  instead  of  the  Unil  s.^—  A   number  of  officers  of  tl: 

war  have  determined  to  offer  President  "5  A  exico,  their  services. 

Sunday,  28th.—  Davis  gives  as  his  reason  fur  not  resigning  before  the 
4th  of  March,  that  lie  has  several  opinions  assigned  to  him  to  write,  and 
that  he  cannot  complete  them  sooner  than  that.— Senator  Jones  has 
gpne  to  New  York  on  a<  count  of  the  ill-health  of  his  wife,  who  is  detained 
there  under  care  of  physicians.— Senator  elect  Hill  visited  the  Sen- 
ate chat.iU  r  and  v  as  warmly  greeted  by  Senators.  I  tlaine  was  . 
tii.'  first.— The  House  <  lominittee  on  Commerce  are  at  work  preparing 
the  annual  River  and  Harbor  Appropriation  bill,  but  have  not  yet  reached 
consideration  of  the  Pacific  coast  estimates. 

Monday,  29th.-0.Iou.lv  and  Sankey  began  revival  meeting's  at  the  New 

Tabernacle  on  Sunday  afternoon.     The  building,  which  seals  6,000,  was 

tilled  in  evei  y  poi  tion,  and  it  is  estimated  that  10,000  i  eople  were  unable 

i  admission.— The  President  signed  the  Electoral  bill  at  12:10  this 

morning. ^— G.  W.    Griffin   has  yrived  at  Washington,   bringing  full 

as  Minister  from  the  Governmeut  of  the   Samoan  Eslands  to  treat 

with  ours  in  its  behalf.— A   Columbia  dispatch   says  "On  the  27th,  at 

Timmousville,  S.    C,   B.    O.   Holloway,  Chamberlain's  trial  judge,   was 

shot  by  unknown  parties  near  his  door.     The  assassination  was  committed 

by  blacks,  who  immediately  armed,  and  the  whites   organized   a   strung 

police  force." 

Tuesday,  30th. --The  Trustees  of  Dartmouth  College  to-day  elected 

Rev.  Samuel  G.  Bartlett,  of  Chicago,  President  of  the  College. Lit- 

d,  clerk  of  the  Returning  Board,  testified  before  Morrison's  House 
to-day,  that  on  thi  3d  of  December   he   altered   the  original 
returns   from   two   of  the    polls   in  "Vernon  parish  soastotransp 
Democratic  votes  over  tii  the  Republican  candidates:  that  he  did  this  by 

■i  direction  of  Governor    Wells. At  Albany  the   £ 

■ 
there!-  re  ;:  ;..te..I. -—!.'. miel  O'Neill,  editor  of  the  Pittsburg  Daily 

Vispatch,  died  . 
"Wednesday,  31st. -Four  batteries  of  artillery,  stationed  atthear- 
■.ni  Washington  to  nnroe.— Mar- 

shal Pitkin,  of  Louisiana,  was  examined   last  night  at  his    rooms   by  the 
sub-Committee  of  the  Louisiana  Committee.     Wells  is  ill  this  morning. 


The  Louisiana  re  in  close  confin  m  nt.—  A  gang  of 

broken  up  by  the  arrest  of  Wil- 
liale.  of  Plainfield,  X.  J.     The  Bwmdlii  that  of  Hale, 

■■•.  Potter  &  Co.,  having  its  office  at   176  Broadway.     Over  fifty 

victims  have  been  swindled  out  of  sums  rauuing  from  £5  to  $2,500, 

Thursday,    February  1st. -Says   the   Tribune i  "It  is   due   to   our 
sense  of  national  hospitality  to  give  Sglesias  a  fair  hearing,  especially  as 
repelled  the  svej-'^iMiis  (lf  the  adventurers  who  wanted  to  make 
:  itel  at  San  Fj  -    of  operations  against  the  Mexi- 

co Republic."™— Mr.  Plumb,  i  t  'ivp.  ka,  Kan  'ted  to 

the  United  States  Senate.  then   adjourned  until   February 

6th.     Colonel  Plumb  is  a  printer  by  trade,  and  formerly  published  the 
s.—  .   II.  of  West  Swansea,  X.  PI.,  was  to-day 

nominated  for  Governor  by  the  Prohibitionists. 

Friday,  2d. -Patrick  Dolan,  insane,  living  at  New  Dorp,  Staten  Island 
murdered  his  mother  and  fatally  injured  his  sister. ■■  A  young  woman 
confined  in  the  County  Jail  i  I  I ..■■  I  7  ■•  le  committed  suicide  last  night  by 
setting  fire  to  her  clothes.  She  was  burned  to  a  crisp.— Keeper  Casler, 
d  with  a  squad  of  convicts  cleaning  the  walks  in  front  of  the 
prison  this  afternoon,  rr,  a  convict,  and  horribly 

man  ded  about  the  head.— The  New  York  Senate  passed  unanimously 
a  resolution  favoring  the  speedy  resumption  of  specie  payment. 

FOREIGN. 

Saturday,  January  27th.—  Bucharest  telegrams  say  matters  seem  to 
have  taken  a  serious  turn.  Russian  pioneers  have  arrived  on  the  Danube 
and  are  examining  sites  for  bridges.  Work  on  the  Roumanian  railway 
and  the  Summer  residence  of  the  Prince  has  been  stopped,  as  war  is  be- 
lieved to  be  imminent.— -Great  excitement  continues  in  the  Basque 
ncerning  the  conscription.  Several  war  steamers  have  ar- 
rived at  Balboa  and  been  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  military  authori- 
ties.—Distressing  accounts  are  received  of  scarcity  in  Pondicberry,  and 
sidered  imminent.— Max  Outrey.  appointed  Minister  to 
dted  States,  leaves  for  Washington  next  ■ 

Sunday,  28th.— The  Pope  has  been  indisposed  since  Sunday.  He  was 
lip  to-day  for  an  hour,  and  will  endeavor  to  give  an  audience  to-morrow. 
— lgnatieif,  Russian  Ambassador,  left  Constantinople  to-day.— In 
.  lity  Persia  is  likely  to  observe  a  pacific  policy 
(<■■■:.  ard  Turkey  unless  great  pressure  is  exercised  by  Km  .-ia.— Arumor 
a  bed  Paris  that  Prince  Gortschakoff,  the  Russian  Chancellor,  has 
tendered  his  resignation.  He  favors  a  declaration  of  war  against 
Turkey. 

Monday,  29th. — The  Russian  telegraphic  agency  announces  that  the 
■  :   peace  proposed  by  Turkey  t<>  Mo  a  I  Servia  is  moderate 

and  very  conciliatory.  ■  The  Porte,  in  accordance  with  the  friendly  ad- 
vice of  France  and  Austria,  has  requested  Servia  and  Montenegro  to  send 
delegates  there  to  arrange  for  peace.  It  is  thought  the  proposal  will  be 
accepted."  The  Servian  Cabinet  met  Saturday  and  decided  to  accept 
Midhat  Pasha's  3f  pa  will  be  taken  to  open  regular 

negotiations  with  the  Porte.  Should  there  be  no  outside  influence  we  may 
expect  peace  to  be  finally  concluded. 

Tuesday,  30th. — Professor  Lankester  took  out  a  new  summons  to-day 
against  the  Spiritualist  Slade,  and  Simmons,  his  assistant,  for  conspiracy, 
also  against  Slade  under  the  Vagrant  Act.— We  may  hope  that  in 
the  course  of  next  month  assurances  will  be  given  which  will  ratify  the 
strong  expectations  now  entertained  that  the  prospect  of  a  European  war 
i&  obviated.  ■  The  <  rovernment  has  dismissed  several  Mayors  for  attend- 
ing masses  in  memory  of  Napoleon,  and  has  decided  to  treat  severely  all 
!  participating  in  Bonapartist  demonstrations. 

Wednesday,  31st.— A  dispatch  from  Constantinople  says:  "It  is 
believed  that  peace  will  be  concluded  with  Servia,  and  there  is  a  rumor 
that  Montenegro  has  received  Turkey's  overtures  for  peace  favorably.— 
Countess  Howe  yesterday  threw  herself  from  the  window  of  her  mother's 
residence,  in  Be  iare,  London,  and  died  from   her  injuries.     The 

r's  jury  rendered  a  verdict  that  the  act  was  committed  while  the 
is  in  an  unsound  state  of  mind,  caused,  by  grief  at  the  death  of  Earl 
Howe,  her  husband.— Fine  sugars  advanced  Eufly  one'  shilling   per  cwt. 

in  Glasgow  to-day.     Other  qualities  6d.,  with  a  g 1  business  doing.— ^ 

Eighty-six  deaths  from  BmaUpox  occurred  last  week  in  London. 

Thursday,  February  1st.— Three  hundred  persons  have  been  massa- 
cred in  the  city  of  Kali,  Colombia.— Russia  h;  ah,  but  unsuc- 
l,  attempts  to  raise  a  loan  in  Amsterdam  and  Germany,  and  will  be 
obliged  to  have  recourse  to  an  increase  of  her  floating  debt  and  issue 
■■■-.  binds.  Russia  is  employing  her  time  well.  War  preparations 
continue  with  energy  and  on  a  larger  scale  than  ever  before.-*— Hen? 
Baiith,  the  German  explorer,  engaged  in  surveying  Poi  ^sessions 
in  Africa  for  the  Government  of  Portugal,  committed  suicide  in  Loanda 
while  delirious  with  fe 

Friday,  2d.— Negotiations  have  been  commenced  between  Spain  and 
the  United  States  for  a  revision  of  the  treaty  of  1 7-'5,  so  that  in  the  future 
citizens  of  either  country  when  in  the  other  can  be  judged  only  by  civil 
courts,  even  in  Cuba,  unless  taken  in  armed  rebellion.—  Servia  is  willing 
to  raise  her  fortifications  at  Deligrad  and  Alexinatz  if  Turkey  leaves  the 
other  fortresses  in  her  hands. —  The  Roumanians  are  erecting  batteries 
opposite  the  Turkish  redoubts  at  Widdin.  It  is  understood  that  the 
mobilization  of  the  Russia  guards  has  been  resolved  upon.— The  publi- 
cation of  the  journal  Les  Droit*  (!>■/  Homme  has  been  suspended  for  six 
months  by  the  Government  and  its  editor  sentenced  to  three  months  im- 
prisonment for  insulting  the  President  of  the  Republic  and  justifying  the 
<  lommune. 

It  is  a  truism  that  a  fault  of  youth,  if  repented  of  and  atoned  for  by  a 
pure  after  life,  ought  to  be  allowed  to  sinkinto  oblivion.     But  if  the  wick- 
be  continued  from  youth  to  mature  manh I.  growing  from  bad  to 

worse,  surely  it  is  not  .  miss  to  point  out  that  as  the  twig  was  inclined  so 
-  up. 

The  crossing  in  front  of  the  City  Hall  is  to  be  cleaned  every  M 
in  future,  so  that  the  Supervisors  can  attend  their  meetings  on  Monday 
evenings  without  taking  life  preservers  with  them. 


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USEFUL    KNOWLEDGE. 
■:  and  Memoranda  in  th  "ol  Jan.,  1877.] 

Electric  Clocks  for  Paris.  -The  French  capital  is  going  to  treat  it- 
self i"  four  electric  timekeep  ire,  which  v 

■  in  bj  September  30th  next,     The  clocks  are  . 
n  manufacturers  have  already  entered  for  the  c 
tation.     Three  prizes,    £120,  680,  rill  be  allowed  respectively 

in  addition  for  the  tl  icks. 

"What  Constitutes  an  American  Car-Load. —Nominally  .in  Amer- 
ican railroad  car-loa  i  i-  20,00011  3.     It  is  also  70  ialt, 70 of  lime, 

•oi  I   of  soft-wood,  i 
Li  l         i  of  sheep,  6,000  fei  I 
wheat,   100  of  e<  rn,  40U  of 

pples,  430  of  Irish  potatoes,  300  of  sweet 
:.'    0  bran. 

The  Value  of  Fur3.     Since   the  year   1872  the  value  of  furs  has  suff- 

ons  iquence  of  the   low    prices  they 

he  great  Eur  traders  of 

the  world     wei  i   t  at  their  last  meeting'.    The 

i/  are  martens  and  minx. 
In  1872  a  marten's  -  fid.    'J  is  1  Is.  Gd, 

In  1872  ;t  minx'  .skin  brought  only  a  few  pence  less  than  a  &  vei   igu.    The 

Beavers  have  fallen  7  per  cent,  and 
skins  20  per  cent. 

Califoruian  Wool. --The    colossal    development  of   the  Californian 
wool  production  is  highly  characteristic,    for,  whereas  the  total  ■■  i 
duction  of  this  country  only  amounted  to  l,000f0001bs.  a  few  year 
it  reached  12,000,0001bs.  in  1872,  and  is  estimated   at  50,000,0001bs.  for 
1876.     The  greater  portion  of  this  produce  remains  in  America   to 
cnand. 

Repeal  of  the  German  Iron  Duty.— The  remaining  protective 
duties  "ii  mannfactui  p  irted  into  Gen  from  this  day 

forward.     Here,  then,  ia  a    gleam  of   light  in  the  sombre  horizon  which 
confronts  the  British  ironmaster. 

Costa   Rica  Prohibits   Spirit  Imports.— Hns  the  Government  of 
this  little  Central  American   State  all  at  once  "turned  teetotal"  is  the 
■  I  !m    :  de  iree  which  prohibits  the  importation  of  nil  spirit- 
uous liquors.     For  importations  from  Europe  this  decree  comes  into  oper- 
ation on  the  4th  inst. 

A  Welcome  Bonus. —Mr.  Thomas  Jessop,  of  Sheffield,  wh  ise  re- 
nowned steel  manufacturing  concern  is  being  taken  over  by  a  limited  !ia- 
bility  company,  has  made  a  gift  of  £30, to  the  shareholders  by  accept- 
in-'  as  payment  for  his  property  the  sum  of  £400,000,  the  value  being 
B430,00O. 

Large  Steel  Rail  Contract— Krupp,  the  great  German  ironmaster, 
has  recently  tendered— ami  successfully  for  supplying  6,000  tons  of  steel 
rails  (to  be  delivered  at  Stargard,  in  Upper  Silesia)  at  £9  6s.  perton. 
This  price  is  considered  to  be  equivalent  to  £7  12s  6d.  per  ton  at  Essi  n, 
the  place  of  manufacture. 


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Adolplul-.  II.-: 

1      .  .       i  I     I 

■    amy. 
■ 
Bush. 

Baluu  is,  iror  Medical   So- 

rand, 
■  ■■  Hotel. Oakl'd. 
■ 
liniwn    .1.  (colored).  62i  Union, 
.     iP.IU    F.742  Ma 
■ 
Hurler.  A  R    U     O'Flirn 
v.    i 

■      kton. 
Farro*. 
riinna. 

■   . 
I'.lanchai  .  n'r  Stockton. 

I  ■      ■  .    i.  u      ; 

i     ■ 
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■  a. 
i  Luzeraifl  House,  S  Jose 

CaL 
,■.:;  I  iluinia. 
Burke,  '■  '■ .  ■"■       in  cei . 

G  w.  6  ii  Sacramento. 
Rurr,  C.  i  8  Third. 
■ 

■:.  ;■■■-;. 
Carr,  A  L,  ISj  Bnsh, 
Ciililll,  — .  U)i.  Stockton. 
i  la  kk,  Jons  Kp,  gone  '"  nealdsburg. 
Close,  W  N,  (ex-PolIcemao)  S22MlbB'n. 
,  i.  ,1.  traveling  around. 
3lmon,  ("oidcio"),  i05Kearny, 
Cinpp.<j  H.  (Farmer),  Sonoma. 

i    .  .   -.  .v  m^'y  audSuttor. 
Dotierty,  ffm  K.G49  <  Hay. 
Pacific. 

i  ISSlOU. 

ith. 

[>c  Bel;  on,  M.  traveling  arnund. 

J  j i n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' .  1  >,  S.w  .  .[;ii-l-,-.>ii  ,v  S;m^mie. 
1 1, .,|-r,  I'    I-'..  *..■•■>  kii^.-l.i'r.  !■.':■  Kills. 
I     i      :ilr-  l-"n\.  <  mkhind. 

merclal. 

■.  ■ 
l,  i    .       .  Scary. 
i;:vil.  M  i:.:-.M  Second. 
Kliuoru.  .V  <',  in  :'.  Washington. 
.  :  . 

■ .  pre  i  i  Peddler), Los  Angeles, 
Euten,  J,  Ii  f  Stockton. 

■..].■      [or      imory. 
;.  Eitliis,  A  s,  8  2  Howard. 

i       ...    ■     ■■■:.'.  81  l  Stockton. 
Fell, 
knderx,  Munut'l.  '.'!.">  Kcurnv. 

nakcr j,  621  Post. 

J    LCkHOD. 

,     .  ,   .  I    I..     I'    " 

Fillmore,  " I'd  ' '  '   528  Third. 

■  mg,  Sam,  8  3  Pacific. 
French,  K  C,  181  Minna. 
:■  Iclituer,  Gustave,  gone  lo  N.York. 

■■.-.  Charles,  M  Fell. 
Gibbon,  J   F,  comer  Commercial  and 

Kearny. 
i ; .;...  -i   John  P, '.-!.'  Breads  ay. 
\,  'ii  avellna  round. 
Rates,  Dan  Virgil,  609Sao'to. 
Grover.  a  J,  on  the  wing. 
Gogs,  W,   i    Third. 

Holland,  Oustave,  late  Hospital  Stew- 
,-tv.l,  413  Bush. 

II  \T'  ii.   II.  813  Pacific. 

Hall.  S  HaSTINOs  (alias  Sam  1,001  Cal- 

. 
Fiodgdon,  C  L,  H  I :;  Hi  ward. 

-.1-, ii7.i.  Tom,  Peddler. 
it,  i   p.  Post. 
Hanrlt,  i    i ',     ttc  .i  113 . 

i  .  .'.i  &  Stockton. 

cl  ton. 
Holtlstcr,  ti  W,  (i  Montgomery,  A  Oak- 
land. 

• .  Mna  A  M.  1 122  Folsom 


The  long-er  \- 

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Doctor! 
tnj  lor.    In  view  of  ti 

assured  that  we  shall  h«  equally  serving  the  prof 
generally  when  wc  pnbllclyaah  certain  men:  "Ha1  I 

them  an  »<i\> 
on  uifiion  in  obvious,  and  the  duly  of  their 
plain.    Wo  append  a  list  of  practicing  m  m  wo  now  pat  that 

qaeatlon.    Wo  shall  add  to  ii  from  tlmetotlme. 

1   "  ZHpiomasf 
I 

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Mil  i  \  .-II,  .1  S,  Incarcerated 
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■■<■'    ;  ■  ■  o.Jo  ..>i.!        T  !i  una, 
Mi    ton.  W    i    11 

■   .traveling  uround. 
Mi  spai  a,  i  I'avel'g around. 

ra  Thi  iter  liulld- 

■  Bush 
lC,   0O*l  arrcll, 

Mnrpliy,  n   -,'.■,   Honl   'y 

■  .   ■ 
■ 

M mt rii  Kfi      .  i  .  i-i  and. 

M  ir-lu.ll.M  I-.    --  .L.ekson, 

Morton,  Albert,  n  O'Farrell. 

',[■,>.  ,,   i ,;,  — ,  7i  Fourth. 

.  I  M,  38  Rnss. 
Merril.A  P,   -  O'Farrel. 

Mulier    I'Var.z.  L-»  Turke, 

,i   ".  '  allfornla. 
Newton,  .1  !:.  traveling aronnd. 
Noble,  W  B,  iiuse  House. 

!    v.     an  l>,:.0i  Front. 
i    i  Kearny  street. 

Owens,  Evan,  i  raveling  aronnd. 
Parsons.  Lorenzo,  542  Second,  corner 

Brannan. 
PBo  i  Bi  ■!-('.  (  ',  113  Third. 
PiiM'h.'inl.  .i  r.  i  l'.;u-i(  niii'D.  17  Third. 
I'iMr.i  ..  K  i:,  -:.j  ^v,-h:„L.ton. 
DC,  13  i  «  lelnentlna. 
Querlllecq,  M,  IllOMjeeion. 
Illchard,  K.l.  n:iv,-|ii,-  around 

IIllS-,-1,    I.    P..     !.. 

Rap  In.G,  LSli  Stockton. 

i;. M't-i. ■,.]•  i ;,  travel**  round  In  Idaho. 
Koyer  LC  i  liarnesH  maker),  Idaho. 

.   ■  ■     ■  .ml  Pliy- 
1  i  ;  mi  i:  i  lot  pital,  i  l'J  i'uwell. 
Regal,  C  01     .. 

ll'dl,  .Inlui.^P    I'iicllh:. 

■  !'--.   II.  I'l  SlXth 
K-MV.-ll.  Will   1\   ■>  Sl„r„-. 

Si      ET.C  M.fl  H  Fourth. 

S<  i|.h:m;i  RO.G,  ISlfi   Powell 

,  J  A. '.' i '  Montgomery. 

■  ;  er  B  (Tanner),  109  Dupout 
and  L8I3  Powell. 

■  .  II,  ■  i    v. ,  i,;i,  r.Oakland. 
Third. 

Uipoi  i 
Szarl  .i-h,  \  s  T.  i.p  ■  Hup. .tit. 

■        'I  Pi. -inc. 

Smith,  I?  D,  :.•.;  Kearny. 
Sto      '.I     tf.    '■■  K  larny. 
Smith,  v.   D,  Calbtpsa. 
SeUer,  Edward,  SOS  Davis. 

ci,  S,  Stpokton. 
"Snmmers,  \i  A  M.  77H  Howard. 

Talt.J  G,  PiM i, 

'i  ill    n.O    p..   .  i  ■  Mission. 

■  I'hom  ia.Gi  o.  i-".  trni  ellna  ruuiui. 

p..  ii->  .Marked. 
Tozer,  Cliiirles  H, Oakland. 
Tli  i  ■     ,-.   \  A.  :  ')-.  Suiter. 

i     -  w. ;,-.',;  Krjirnv. 

rhoni Wm  (alias  "  Old  Dr.  T.")  U 

i  tear; . 
Tm.  i.  Il.-iirv,  13'MPost. 
Vlgouruaux,  A   w,  corner  Third  and 

Mission, 
Vjl-iii  iue,  C  II  tcolored  cobblor.)  825JJ 

Fourth. 
VasiiL  F  8.306  Fiarny. 
Von  Kaismer,  0,  bootblaok,  783  Folsom 

Vanrlenlierg. Jr,  —  .drifting  round. 
Wright,  .i  w,  ■  Kearny. 
Wilbok,  )Vm,  653  Howard 


fTownrd,^  [colored harbor j,  1159 Mle-     W11 ,H    Roberts,29  Uinnn  &  Oak- 


■  Po  '  ■ 

.Toroan,  Louie  .1,21    Geary. 
JoBselvn.  BenJ  F,  i  -  Saeramento. 

Jo        .  Wit,   cor.  New  Montgomery  and 
Natoma. 

...  .i  H,22  ;  Sutter. 

'.'■.    ,i.    n::  Third. 

ff.  153  Third. 

,i  ,  ike,  E,  013  Powell. 


. .  John,  17h  Mason. 

.  If,  <;:;«i  MNvion. 
Willi. -i-l, v.  I,.  .:    K..-II. 

Second. 

WlLKINS.  T  J, 815  i'-n-li. 

R  HI    ]  ..'  .■■!:.:-!    Sixth. 

Wultc.SS        ■  Larlcln. 
Whltmore,  D  H  , 


vii'iPt..  nnmes  appear  In   Bmall  capitals  claimed  to  have  diplo- 
id:!- from  Instil  atlons  whoBe  ofllcera  rep  claims. 

•Has    a   diploma  from   the   Quack   Mctllcul   School    ol   PhUid-;l*)Ya,   thit 
sold  them. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO   THE   SAN"  FRANCISfO   NEWS  LETTER. 


Feb.  3, 1877. 


The  News  Letter's  Medical  Directory  of  §an  Francisco. 

Issued   Moutlily    "vritli    Corrections'. 


At  the  cost  of  considerable  time  and  labor  we  herewith  present  our  readers  with  a  complete  list  of  the  whole  of  the  medical  men  in  San  Fran- 
cisco authorized  by  the  California  State  Medical  Society,  and  all  those  in  the  City  and  State  authorized  by  the  Homeopathic  and  Eclectic  Boards,  to 
practice  under  the  new  law,  and  who  therefore  are  entitled  to  practice  medicine  and  surgery  within  the  State  of  California.  For  the  first  time  such 
practitioners  as  Flattery,  Luscomb  &  Co.  are  under  the  ban  of  the  law,  and  may  be  arrested,  fined  or  imprisoned  if  found  pursuing  the  business  of 
quackery.  To  have  gained  so  much  for  the  profession  and  the  public  is  an  achievement  worthy  of  note.  That  we  did  not  succeed  in  making  the  re- 
form mnre  effective,  was  entirely  owing  to  charlatans  in  the  profession  itself,  who  at  heart  have  been  the  quacks'  friends  all  through  the  struggle.  So 
long  as  they  could,  they  resisted  all  reform  whatever,  and  when  at  last  they  found  that  we  had  excited  a  public  feeling'  that  would  not  down,  they  so 
engineered  matters  that  the  Minimum  rather  than  the  mayiuinm  uf  reform  was  obtained.  If  something  like  half  the  names  that  have  found  their  way 
into  the  qualified  list  represent  men  who  ought  to  be  without  the  pale,  and  amidst  the  quacks,  then  to  Gibbons,  Bates  &  Co.  attaches  the  credit  of 
having  been  the  principal  means  of  opening  the  door  that  let  them  in.  But  if  the  public  will  preserve  our  Directory,  they  will  always  have  at  hand 
a  ready  and  safe  guide  by  which  to  select  a  qualified  medical  man.  Not  that  we  recommend  every  man  whose  name  appears  in  the  list  as  having  se- 
cured a  license.  Not  by  any  means  !  But  our  Directory  shows  ho  ,v  the  licenses  were  obtained,  whether  upon  the  presentation  of  diplomas,  upon  per- 
sonal examination,  or  by  means  which  the  respective  Boards  do  not  state.  The  public  will  do  well  to  select  a  Doctor  who  appears  as  the  owner  of  a  di- 
ploma from  somc  well-known  Emvpcan  or  American  Medical  College.     For  ourselves,  we  should  leave  all  others  severely  alone  : 


Licenses   to   Practice  Medicine   in  the   State   of  California,  Granted  by  the  California   State  Medical  Society. 


SAME, 


Aubert.  James  M 

Aver.  Washington 

Aiigell,  W.  C  

Alers,  Augustus 

Auerbach.  J.  J 

American,  Samson . . . 

Aikin.X.J 

Anderson,  Jerome  A  . 
Anthony.  Albert  G... 

Arensberg.  H 

Aronstein,  A 

Benn,  John  E 

Baldwin. H.  S  

Blach,  Carl 

Barton.  T.  J 

Burleigh.  Wm.  E 

Babeock.H.P 

Buck,  E."W 

Buokiiall,  G.J 

Bc-hr,  II.  Herman 


Bird,  N.  J 

Bruner,  W.  H 

Bradbury,  W.T 

Brown,  charlotte  B.. 

Bryan,  E.  H  

Blake,  James 


Baldwin,  A.  S 

Bolan,  M.J 

Bluxome,  Joseph . , 


Buckley,  Cornelius  F. . 


•Belinge,  F.  A.  A.. 
Bennett.  Thomas. . 


Bates,  0.  M  

Brigbam,  Charles  B 

Bette,  J.  M 

Barkan,  A. 

Bun-ell,  Charles 

Burgess,  O.  0 

'Blake,  Charles  E 

Breeze  Charles  K 


Brown,  S.  E 

Brady.  Owen  C 

Bertody,  Charles  — .. 

Bowie,  A.  J 

Bechl  merer,  J 

Buckuell,  Mrs.  M.  E.. 

Bak.  II 

Bazan,  B.  F 

Boyson.J.T 

Beuiley.  r.i.h'.ui 

Boone,  Hy.  W 

Bun-ill.  J.  S 

lVm-1,  Charles  W   .... 

Blake.  James  W 

Curr,  E/.raS 

Chase.  ]!.  Hilton 

Cox,  Thomas  a 

CaslMiun,  Frc-d'k  C  .. 

Dole,  R.  Beverley 

Ohesl»y,  Charles  P 

Callagban,  John  D.... 

Coryell.  John  R   

'Chismorc,  George 

Cassily,  John  P 

Coon,  Henry  P 

Crook,  John  T 

Chamberlain.  Phelps,. 

Carman,  William 

Colin,  David 

Chase,  Kob't  P 

"Cachot,  M.  A 

Cashing,  Juo.  J 

Cummings,  Ralph  W.. 

Clark,  L.  A 

Crosnaw.  Mary  E 

Chapman,  C.  B 

Dausuianu.  H.  L 

Doering.E.J 

Dayton,  Eli 


i.UAIU'AI  i:l>   AT 


-iiu  Kearny 

109  O'Farrell 

~il  Montgomery., 

:il(i^  Stockton  .. 


15  8  Mission 

51)4  Kearny 

Ill*1    Folsom 

Bth  and  Willow,  Oakland.... 


•Jii  Kearny  . 


6i2Clay,   ... 

•■i  1 4  Kearny 

14  Eddy 

S.E.  Sixth  and  Harrison 

Cor.  Wash'n  ft  lutb.i  fckiM.. 
Cor,  WebsterA  Nth.  Oakl'd 

aa :  Kearny 

5th  and  Bryant 


331  Geary... 
■J'Jl  Kearny  . 
426  Sutter., 


3UH  Stockton  . 
64(i  Market. . . . 


703  Market.., 
209  Kearny  . 
305  Kearny... 


'&£A  Geary 

106  Hayes 

718  OTarrell . 

7  O'Farrell  . . . 


ium.i  Stockton 

1016  Bush 

Till  Sacramento,  cor.  Kearny 

2d]  Powell 

■Hi  Montgomery 

Tv.  enty-first  and  Howard. . . 


f  Stockton 
S.  Str.  Haslaoz' ... 

P.  M.  S.  S.  Co 

233  Sixth 

IfiHKEddy      

Cor.  Webstorft  12th,  Oakl'd. 
462  Tenth,  Oakland 

[032  .Mission 

16  Geary 


University  of  France,  Montpelier 

Harvard  Unr.  crsity,   Masi-aeliuseUs 

Bfllpvut  il'i-]«ii.'l  .M  iiical  i  ollege,  New  York 

Erlungf  a  University,  Bavaria,  Germany 

\  University  of  Bonn,  Germany 

'  Hospital  and  Army  Sur.,  U.S.A. ;   Fr.  Ger.  war  . 

i  '.ill ■  "j'.:  nt  [Jltyr-ici;in*  and  Surgeons,  X.  Y 

Collegi    of  I'Lydcians  and  Surgery ,  Cincinnati  .. . 

University  of  ( 'alifornia 

University  Vermont 


Albany  Medical  College,  New  York  

University  Maryland 

University  of   Buffalo,  New  York 

Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York 

College  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Xew  York 

i  Frederick  William  University,  Merlin 

H  louncilor  Slate  Examination,  Ooethen,  Ger'.v. .. 

Queen's  College,  Canada 

Jefferson  .Mcdk-.il  College,  Pennsylvania 

Rush  Medical  Ci.lle;  e.  i  'iik-ago 

Woman's  Medical  College  of  Pennsylvania 

University  of  Missouri 

,  1  i'ivcr-iij  uf  London,  England 

IF.  It    O.  S.,  England 

'■'■  "  i    !'i       i-  ■     c,  ,  .  i  jhiii 

Medical  < 'ollege  of  Cenrgia 

Universit)  of  (  ity  of  New  York 

^  Queen's  University,  Ireland 

Licentiate  R.  C.  P.,  Edinburgh 

'  Licentiate  R.  C.  Surgeons.  Edinburgh 

Medical  Department  University  of  Pacific 

I  King-  i  lollege,  Aberdeen 

'M.  R.  C.  S..  England 

i-  r  ■misyhauia 

Harvard  University,  Massachusetts 

i  M-dical  i'i,  11. -ge,  Pennsylvania 

' ' '  ■  ersifcj  of  Vienna 

College  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York 

<  lollege  Physit  ians  and  Surgeons.  New  York 

Medical  Department  University  College.  San  Fran. 

lM.  i:.  c.  s,,  Loiionii 

<L.  R.  C.  P..  Edinburgh 

University  of  .Michigan 

Apothecaries'  Hall.  London,  England 

Harvard  University,  Massachusetts 

University  of  Maryland 

University  of  Vienna,  Aus.,  IshI :  Univer.  of  Mex.. 

Xew  England  Female  Med.  Col.  of  Boston 

University  of  Vienna 

Medical  faculty  of  Paris,  France 

University  of  ( lopenhagen.  Denmark 

University  of  City  of  .New  York. 


852  Folsom  .. 

431  Pine 

SHI  Mission.. 


406  California. . 


B2B  Howard 

31  Third 

319  Geary 



Folsom  and  Third.. 


University  of  l.-'iy1  of  Xew  York 

College  Physicians  and  Surgeon?.  Xew  York 

University  of  Munich.  Bavaria,  Germany 

University  id'  I  'alifornia 

I  .is  tic  ton  Medical  College.  Vermont. 

Detroit  Homeopathic  Med.  College.  Michigan 

i'uivcr-ity  M f  t  ':ili forma 

University  of  Michigan 

Med.  Col.,  18  M;  M.  B.  C.  S.,  England.... 

University  of   Vermont 

University  of  Louisiana 

Ohio  Medical  <  College 

Medical  Depart  men  t  University  College,  San  Fran. 

St.  Louts  Medical  College 

University  nf  Pennsylvania 

College  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Xew  York 

St.  Louis  Medici  College 

College  Ph     icians  and  Sujgeons,  Xew  York.. 

Berlin,  Gcr'y 


I  . 


.  Y... 


■•■:. !  Muiitgoiuery 

313  Hush 

Aes't  Murine  Hospital.. 


Hiiiiin.'|iatlm-  Mcdiciil  CI  lege  of  Pennsylvania.. 

Xew  York  .Medical  Cnllege 

Ivllcv  in-  Hospital  Medical  College,  Xew  York., 

Eclectic  Medical  Institute.  Cincinnati 

Passed  examination 

L'nivcrsil;,    Wur/burg 

chicag..  Medical  College 

Cincinnati  Medical  Coitoge 


MM.  T.  WEXZELL, 

IMPORTER     AND     DEALER     IN 
Drugs,  Chemicals,  Toilet  Articles,  Perfumery,  Etc 
English,  French,  Spanish  and  German   Preecrip- 

ptions  Carefully  Compounded. 
July  10.]  N.  E.  Cor.  Market  and  Stockton  sts. 


B.  A.  and  M.  D.. 


See  note  elsewhere.. 


Not  practicing,. 


Not  practicing.. 


Feb.  :*.  1877. 


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Mac  kin  to-.h,  Robert ... 


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McMillan,  Robert.. 
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McLoy,  George  11  — 

Mel  lur  -,:<■■! 

Moofclar,  James  P. . . 

M  n  re,  Chas.  W 

McElroy,  Jas.  G 

'Murphy.  Jas 

Mouser,  B.  T 

Mayon,T.  H 

Miliken.A 

Merry,  Alphonse  — 
Nichols,  Henry  L ... 
Ne  tell,  D.  D.T  .  ... 
Neweomh,  \\  esley. .. 

Newell,  W.  A 

Nuttall,  R.  K 


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New  Montg'j  and  .  ■    boms 

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B30  Howard 

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903  Kearny 


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Department  Univoi   il  ■  i  olle  ;e,  San  Fran. 

.  i  .  i  . .  i  .  i  i . .  i  ■  c  i." ...... 

Harvard  l  -.ichuseiis '. 

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1    ;...-l:  i.i ;).-  1   Sur;  -  -  -  -  -  j  i  s,  Xcv»    Ynl'k 

■  Medical  i  iollege,  (  leveland,  Ohio 

■  i     ■  ichusettt 

t/aoulte  di  Paris,!  ranee 

univei   Ity  oil  ennsylvania 

Univerbii  .  ■  ■  ■  ,<:> 

I    iivi     ityCiiy  of  how  York 

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Harvard  I  nivei   it]    Massachusetts 

M<   tfbal  Dcpartinont  University  College,  S.  F 

it;  ..i  City  of  Mew  York 

■  1  iLn  .'i  i    ■  I i.1.-. i ■  1. 1  s  unii  Carolina 

i  ■    I  'aclie,    S;ui   I   laticiseo 

[  Diversity  of  Louisville,  Kentucky 

Atlanta  Medical  I  ,>n.-;_-t.*.  t.Jeurfiia 

University  of  New  York 

larylond 

I  ■■!  Pennsylvania 

Jefferson  Med.  OoL,  Penn,  WU2;  L.  I,  Med,  Col 

i  aivoi   ity  of  Louisiana 

i  ■  ity  of  Louvain,  Belgium 

University  of  Pacific 

University  of  Pacific 

Jefferson  Medical  College 

ityof  Loo .  liana 

Cm  ...i  -n>  ..f   [Vim-;,  hania 

Medical <  iollege  of  Pacifio,  San  Francisco 

University  Vienna,  .*i>i ;  University  Mexico,  1875. .. 


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Med.  Dir.  Dep.  Oal.,  U.  S.  A 
230  Kearny 


23S  Kearny 

1.1  Montgomery  . 


135  Kearny 

&i  Kearny 

722  Washington... 
Occidental  Hotel., 

I4Z  Sixth 

124  Geary 


:;d  and  Mission.. 


Mist  urn  and  -1st 

Hi*  Market 

■i.i  Post 

i;.vj  Mju-kc-i  

Xi."w  Marine  Mu^pital  ,. 
S.  E.  Clay  and  Kearny, . 


Redwood  City 

Montg'y  Av..  near  Stockton. 

Z'ii  Kearny 

714  Tenth,  Oakland 

B'dway,  bet.  Uthtfi  I2th,0kd 

630  Boword 

317  Geary 


■-''Jl-I  Sixtoonth  , 
'J'li  Market 


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Passed  examination 

,t.  !,.'i-..]i  Medit.-a)  College,  Pennsylvania. 

University  of  Pennsylvania  (late  u.  S.  Navy) 

Queen's  i  iollege,  Duhlih 

I    ii...  r-,';.   ..I  1'uuiric.  S.  F 

Universit    of  Pesth,  Hungary 

i :  i    ii  ':  I    '...''  i. Mi:,'.' i.-.  (.'Iijtujio 

Bellevm    H     .    Med.  I  ol.,  1874;  Med.  Col.  of  Pac. 

Medii  .■!  i  ..ii"  •■  "I  Pacific 

Bowdoin  Med.  I  lolli  ge  

Ri-1U-mi'>  H ■-.«.  .Mh.'I.  Colk-iri',  Ni'W  York.. 

Albany  Jluiln'M  '  "fl  ['■j-v,  New  York 

\  University  "i  Gottingen 

'!'.■.-■■■  1  St  ,t<'  Kx.-siiiiniiii.ni,  Bremen 

JetT«i  um  M   dica!  College.  Pennsylvania 

Stato  Medical  i  oil ol  South  airolinn 

Jefferson  Medical  i  nlloge,  Pennsj  Ivanin  ........   , 

Homeopathic  Medk-ul  I  ■oih.^v.  t.'lnveland,  O 

University  ol  New  York 

University  of  G riloj  ira, Mexico 

i'.    Ih-M  •:    ■-*  ■  '  I  i  ..li  i    C  .11.',-,  X.  V 

i  acultj  i -I  Medicine,  Paris 

i.  tiiversitj  of  Maryland 

Dartmoul  it  College. Nevi  Hampshire 

University  ol  Maryland 

,  M.  K.  i  '    S.,   i;,lHilmr-li 


I  B,  i '.  S.,  Edinburgh 

JR.  O.  P..  Edinburgh... 

'  University  of  Vermont 

Universit v  ui  t'"iin*'  Ivania 

Geneva  Mediual  College.  New  York 

i  nive  ait]  "i  Pennsylvania 

Univeraifa  of  Pennsylvania 

D  itroil  Medical  I  iollege 

,1  -Tii.Tsoii  Medical  ( 'olk^e,  Pennsylvania 

Cnivrrsity  nt'  Pisa.  Italy 

iM.  B.  C.  S.,  England 

'  A  p'ii  In  ■  t-  j  ■  ti..-,  I);  ii.  London 

Wtimi-ii't-  .Miilti-.ii  ( '..1  l.-fii.-  df  Pennsylvania 

1 '        ■   My  r,f  i  altforniu 

Detroit   iMedieal  l  'ulleuc,  Mii.-higan 

Univer  -ii.'.'  m  i  lalifornin 

Huyal  ( 'olli-.'e  id'  Pliysicijuis,  I  ,ii  in  Lurch 

[edical  I  ollege,  Pennsylvania 

.Mi.i1h.mI  >  ''iliece  of  Ohio 

■  '!.■■  i-.-i  I  (  ',,[|,     ,.  .,v  \\"i,uii,,|(ick,  Vt.Tim.int 

Rii-h  Medie:il  College.  I'hiea'.'o 

Medical  College  of  Pacific 

Bellevue  Huspital  Medical  College,  New  York.. 
Pushed  exam  ination 


Powell,  near  Market., 
Oakland , 


University  Odloge  Pacilic 

P.owilnin  Medicai  College,  Maine 

Am.;  hi  I   })<:■:  i  rt  inent  Cuiven-ity  of  New  York.. 

Castle  ton  Medical  College,  Vermont 

Universit  v  of  Burlalu,  New  York 

(R.  0.  Sy  Ireland 

'  Kind's  ColL.'t'",  Aherdeen 

University  i.f  t  'alifornin 

University  of  New  York 


JAMES    O.    STEELE    &    CO., 
ChexnUta    and    Apothouartos, 

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Bt  ;  ■  h        ■  I ■■  i 

I    i  ,.,,    Qi ..       .        ,  ! 

[Ducumber  4.  J 


II.  P.  WAKFJLEE, 

Wholesale    and    Retail    Druggrist. 

Importer  of  Foreign   and   Domestic  Drugs  and 

Chemicals,  and  Manager  of  the  Golden  City 

Chemical  WorkB, 

MO  Montgomery  st,  under  Occidental  Hotel.  S.  K 

July  10. 


C.      ItOETHE, 

Apothecary, 

S.  E.  Corner  Third  and  Bryant  Street*,  9.  F. 

Prescriptions  carefully  put  up  in  English,  French, 

Spanish  or  German.  July  10. 


(  'ollei/n  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York.. 
Harvard  University 


J.  W.  KITLE, 

Drugs,  Chemical  \,  Perfumes,  Cosmetics  and  liair 

Brushes  at  G  'eatly  Reduced  Prices. 

PTJBE  \>  Oi  Efi  AND   LltJDOIlS. 

July  10.  No.  300  ihird  St.,  cor.  Folsom,  S.  F. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN   FRANCISSO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Feb.  3, 1877 


GRADUATED  AT 


Pawlicki,  L.... 
Pau-h,  Win.J  . 
•Pernn.K 


Parson,  Edward  . 


Powers,  George  H 

Parry,  Isaac     

Pigne,  J.Baptiste 

Peabody,  W  F 

Pinching,  R.  L.  A.  C 

Perrault.  J.,  Jr 

Pardee,  E.  H 

Pritchard,  Maurice 

Prosek,  Joseph 

Hine hart,  M 

Rut  tan/ i,  A 

Rodgers,  Lee  O 

Richter,  Max 

Rockman,  Morris 

Ryer,  W.  M 

Rogers.  H,  D 

*Rowell,  Charles 

•Rowell.  Chester 

Rosenstira,  Julius 

Regensburger,  A.  E 

"Robertson,  Jno.  B 

•Robertson.  E.  B 

Rice,  Juo.  R 

Ruebar,  J.  G.  Rooseboom. . 

Regensburger,  Jacob 

Seaton.H.  L 

Shaffer.  James  C 

Stivers,  C.  L 

Stallard,  J.K 


Stowell,  C.  C  

Stewart,  Alexander  John.. 

Stout,  A.  B 

Smith,  W.F 

Sawyer,  A.  F 

Shorb,  J.  Campbell 

Soule.  A.G 


Stillman,  J.  D.  B  . 
Scott,  John 


Scott,  John  G 

Schlatter.  Charles  H.. 

Simpson,  James    

Swan.  Benjamin  R 

Steele.  Charles  H 

Sobey,  A.  L 


Sylvester,  J 

Sawtelle,  Chester  M. . 

Schmidt,  Ed 

Soule,  Milan 

Sharkey,  J.  M 

Sturgcs,  F.  D 

Sullivan.  Jos.  F 

Sprague.  Rains  Win.. 

Tolaml.  H.  II 

Taylor,  W.  0 

Tewkabury,  J.  M 

Todd.  David  B 

Tibbetts.  Stephen  M. 

Tallon,  John  Ed 

Thomas.  Frank  H.... 

Taylor.  W.  S 

Titus.  Isaac  S 

Thom.  Wm.A 

Valencia,  D 

Van  Vlack,  G.  J 


Sutter  and  Montg'y  . 


Imperial  University  St.  Vladimer,  Kijeff,  Russia.. 

Rush  Medical  College.  Chicago. 

University  "i  Pacific 

^  University  of  London. 


i  Mnutgomery.. 

4i:i  Kearny 

7:t    Clay 


S.E.Folsom  and  Third. 


IIS  Kearny  . 
30  Kearny  .. 


.earny 

— -  Kearny 

- —  Kearny 

Corner  Geary  and  Kearny. . 


—  Sixth 

Calaveras  Co 

789  Howard 

Broadway,  near  Stockton  . 
1. -J  Powell 


759  Market . 
514  Kearnv .. 
110  Kearny.. 


742  Howard.  . 
206  Kearny  ... 
110  Kearny  ... 

1)13  Bush 

302  Stockton  . 
alb  Sutter... 


810  Stockton  ... 

P.  M.  S.  S.  Co.. 
■Til  Valencia  ... 


7~><i  Folsoni 

652  Market 

P.  M.  S.  S.  Co.  . 
63-1  'Washington . 
P.  M.S.  S.Co... 
Ill]  Stockton  .... 
26  Muntgomery.. 
iji Hi  Merchant 


303  Powell . 


931  Howard 

U.  S.  A.,  Black  Point.. 
73fi  Geary 


Not  practicing... 

—  Kearny 

Not  practicing 

Not  practicing... 

—  O'Farrell 


Van  Zand t.  John  "W 

Warner,  Henry 

Webb,  J.  Philpot 

Wiss,  i '.  Win.  C  vista  ve     

Wo/eneraft,  O.  M 

*  Wagner.  John 

WvUie.  W.T 

Willev,  John  M 

Watson,  Wm.S :  

"Willsnn,  J.  D 

Wavman,  W.G I  16  Geary... 

•Whitney,  J.  D.,Jr 

Wooster,  David 701  Mission 


lb  Geary 

1109  Stockton 

Market,  near  Powell. . 


104  Mason. 


Wilson,  Win 

Wheeler,  Peter 

Wilhelm,  A 

Wadsworth,  0.  H 

Young.  H-  S 

Zeile,  Frederick 


653  Howard  .... 
Oakland  Point . 


Harvard  University.  Massachusetts 

University  oi  Pennsylvania 

Royal  College  of  Surgeons,  Edinburgh 

University  of  Maryland 

M.  R.  C.  S.,  England 

University  Queen's  ( '.dle^e,  I  'anadu 

linsh  Medical  College,  Chicago 

Detroit  Medical  (.'nil- *_-■.-.  Michigan 

University  of  California , 

University  of  Louisville.  Kentucky 

University  of  Pavia.  Itaiy * 

Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  (  oliege  of  New  York  .. 

University  of  Leipsig    

Medical  College  of  Pacific.  San  Francisco 

University  ..f  New  York 

Cleveland  Medical  College,  Ohio 

University  of  Pacific 

University  of  Pacific  

University  of  Wurzburg 

I  'idlege  Pii  'sk-ians  ami  Surgeons,  New  York    . 

Mi  d.cal  Department  University  of  Pacific 

Univeisi  y  of  Pacific 

II.  (  '.  IS..  London.  ls:jii:  M.  D.  Universitv  Glasgow 
University  Utrecht,  Netherlands, 


Kentucky  Medical  School,  Louisville 

College  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York. . 


iM.  R.  C.  P.,  London.  England 

'M.R.  C.  S.,  England.  University  of  London 

Electic  Medical  College,  Cincinnati,  0 

Fac.  of  Physicians  A  Surgeons,  Glasgow,  Scotland 

College  Physicians  ami  Surgeons,  New  York 

Miami  Medical  i  ''ill. *;,-.>.  Cincinnati.  Ohio 

Harvard  University,  Massachusetts 

University  oi  Pennsylvania 

\  Berkshire  Medical  College,  Massachusetts 

(Bellevne  Hospital  Medical  Colleee,  New  York... 
College  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York 

tF.  K.  C.  S.  Ireland 

'  Physician  St.  Andrews.  Scotland 

Jefferson  Medical  College,  Pennsylvania 

University  of  Pennsylvania 

University  City  of  New  York 

1'i.lle-e  Physicians  and  Sur-voi.s.  New  York 

University  City  of  Ncv  York 

' te  R.  C.  P.,  London 


>M.R.C.  S.. England.... 

I  niversity  of  California 

Willamette  University,  Oregon 

University  of  Wurzbtirg,  Havana 

University  of  Vermont 

Harvard  University 

College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York.... 

Harvard   University 

University  of  Harvard 

Transylvania    University  .if  Lexington,  Kentucky, 

Bellevup  H.-p.i.al  M  .heal  College.  New  York 

Bowdoin  M-  .  "■   i  i  '■  11-  ye,  Maine 

University  of  Michigan  

Berkshire  Medical  College 

University  of  Pennsylvania 

New  York  Hotnojnpathic  Medical  (.'nil eye 

Jetfersou  Medical  '  'oliege.  Philadelphia 

Cleveland  Medical  (  'ullcye 

Medical  College  Virginia,  Richmond 

University  of  Guadalajara,  Mexico  

IL.  R  C.  P.  and  S..  Kingston.  Ontario 

.  M.  D.  Univ'ty  of  Queen's  Col..  Kingston,  Canada 

'  Member  I  'id.  Phy'ns  ,t  Surgeons.  Canada 

College  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York 

Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College,  New  York 

R.  C.  P..  Edinburgh 

University  of  Wurzburg,  Bavaria 

University  of  Louisville.  Kentucky 

Medical  College  of  Pacific 

University  of  Pennsylvania 

L.  R.  C.  S-.  Dublii 

Bellevne  Hospital  Medical  College.  New  York 

University  of  Pacific 

Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College,  New  York 

University  of  Pacific 

\  Western  Reserve  Medical  College,  Ohio 

/University  of  Turin ■ 


Sixth  and  Harrison.. 

536  Sacramento 

Kl  Pacific 


iciatis  and  Surgeons.  New  York 

im  the  Sanitary  Commission,  Baden 

lersity.  t  levelaud.  Ohio 

Tubingen,  Wurtemburg,  Germany.. 


Medical  Department  University  College,  S.  P. . 

Medical  Department  University  College,  S.  F. . 
Medical  Department  University  College,  S.  F. . 


Licenses  to  Practice  Medicine  in  tho  State  of  California,  Granted  by  the  Board  of  Homeopathic  Practitioners. 


N  OIK. 


Angel!,  J.  W 

Arnold,  Kjwdon    ...    .. 

Adams,  Zftohary  P 

Barnes,  George  W 

Bennett.  Win 

Burrett.  Frances 

Baldwin.  Sherman  C 

Beach.  George  H 

Burr,  Agnes  C 

Breyfogle,  Edwin  S  ... 
Breyfogle.  Charles  W  . 

Berry.  John  L 

Clark.  Joseph  K     ..... 
Co  well,  Joshua  M 

Canney,  F.  E.  J 

Chailes.  K.  \\     

i  larpenter,  Henry  F  ... 

Cross,  Lester  E  

Crooks,  Edwin  K 

(.'nwlcs.  >.i'iri.l 

Dixon.  George  M 

Dean.  Tun. .thy 

Dobson,  Abel 

Elliott.  L   WVstiall.... 

Eckel.  John  L  

Ely.  Wallace  A 

Floto.  Jol.n  H       

Fuller.  James  P. 

Eraser,  Edwin  J 

GriBwold,  WalcottN.. 
Gt-Iher.  (   ha-   1'  . 
Hiller,  David  Albert .. 

Miller.  Fred.. Sr 

Hempstead    W.  0.  F  . 

Hollett,  Mattie 

Huribut,  E.  T.  N 

Miller.   F..  Jr 

Hummer.  J. din  N   .... 


ADD  11  ESS. 


GEAJJUATED  AT 


Medical  Society  oft  he  County  of  Orleans,  N.  Y 

Passed  examination 

Muui-Hi- <  i muty  Medical  Society.  Nov,  York 

Western  Homeopathic  Medical  Col.,  Cleveland.  0. 

Pasaed  examination - 

Westeru  Homeopathic  Med.  Col.,  Cleveland,  Chio 
Homeopathic  Med.  Col.  of  Missouri.  St.  Lcuis.  Mo. 

New  York  Homeopathic  Med.  Col.,  New  York 

Parsed  exam ination 

Hahnemann  Medical  (  'olley.c,  Fhit'a,  Pa. .. 

Hahnemann  Medical  College,  Phira,  Penn 


Los  Angeles 

Woodland  

Cyultervillo 

San  Diego 

San  Francisco — 

Santa  Cruz 

Oakland 

Oranire 

Safl  Francisco 

San  Jose 

Snn  Jose 

Modesto - Passed  examinat     ... 

San  Rafael Hoinenpailiie  Meiiieal  ( 'nlleye,  Phil'a.  Penn 

Santa  Rosa.. .     Hahnemann  Medical  clli  ^e.  rdd'a.  Penn 

Santa  Cruz - Hahnemann  Medical  College,  Chicago.  Illinois 

Nevada  City St.  Louis  Medical  College.  St.  Louis,  Mo .  . 

Valle'-i.    Passed  examination 

"nil";1   ( 'ul.  of  Missouri,  St.  Louis  . 

!!■■-    .  i   iiicinnati,  0 

■at!  ic  Med.  Col..  Cleveland.  O.... 
pathic  Med.  Col.,  New  York 


Stockton Home  oi 

Santa  Barbara Palte  Me 

San  Francisco Wesieri 

Srctamcnto New  Yo 

Fibs 

i  .ra-s  Valley  .. 

Stockton    

Sao  Francisco. 

San  Jose 

San  Francisco 

Sonoma 

San  Fr.mctSCO. 

San  Francisco. —   .....    .         CastletonMe 

Sui-uu  i  .iy .   [few  York  Homeopath]' 


Passed  examination 

Hahnemann  Medical  I  'oil eye.  Chicago,  III 

St.  Louis  Col.  of  Homeopathic  Phys.  and  Surgeons 
N   Y.  University  of  .nedicine  and  Surgeons,  N.  Y. 

Pennsylvania  Medical  College,  Phil'a 

Lansing  Homeopath  c  Med.  CoL,  Lansing,  Mich  ,. 
Hahnemann  Medical  College.  (  Chicago 

astJeton,  Vermont 

Medical  College 


San  Fr.inci<co I'assed  examina  timi . . .    . 

San  Francisco I  Fred'k  Wilhelm  Inst..  Staid  s  Exam.,  Berlin,  Ger. 

Mar> r- vi lie Homeopathic  Medical  '  'oliege  of  Mo..  St.  L"uis  . 

Los  Angeles Homeoi  athic  Hospital  College,  (Cleveland,  O 

San  Francisco I'niverMty  of  Butfalo.  BufTalo,  N.  Y 

San  Francisco Hahnemann  Med.  i  lollege.  Phil 

San  Jose Hahnemann  Medical  College,  Chicago 


REMABKS. 


DR.     J>.    VALENCIA, 

Physician     and    Surgeon,    Green  St.. 

Bet.  Montg'y  Ave.  and  Dupont. 
Graduate  of  University  of  Guadalajara.      Aug.  14 


IYI..  3,  L877. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  TIIE  SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


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WTLLIAH.    F.     HATHEW, 

.  ■   i  >  i   |  i .  i  |   i  •, 

SELECTED    DRUGS,    CHEMICALS, 
TOILET    ARTICLES,    ETC. 

1  .i  i  i,  ,i      i  ;i.  Boioala,  Toilet  An  |i 

PHYSICIANS"  PRE8I  ttlPTTONS 

Prepared,  and  at   Bfodorau  Ratea, 

July  10.1  141  F"i  i.i  ii   I  \ 


Licenses  to  Practice  Medicine  in  the  State  of  California,  Granted  by  the  Eclectic  Medical  Society. 


NAME.                                                           ADDB 

.     d  A1 

Vlt 

BJOIABHB. 

Adair.  C.  II 

■. 

J    II 



longo, _ 

1 
1    allege     1    .'ii.'.-  [0 

"1- 

JOHN  C.  MOODY  A-  CO., 

Apothecaries, 

No.  >H  Kearny  street,  be  ween  Sutter  and  Bush. 

a 



■  i 

Prescriptions  carefully  dispensed  with  the  purest 

of  Drugs  and  Chemicals. 

[September  11.  j 

Barrow*.  UiHirfftt  L 



M    i                 

... 

Eclectic  1  ■■■           '  .'■■".-.  i  pperMie. 

1  Institute,  Peti  nbura,  \  u 

■.:.  dienl  Institute. « jiuncinnati 

.  York 

Iledical  Institute,  Cincinnati... 

i  allege,  Philadelphia 



M  irkel  street,  near  '>tii 



■ 

'    '     ■      '     ■  ■   '  

S2U  Sutter 



■■;■  yfiV:-   il  '  ■..ll.\.-".   fliil.iii.'b.hia 

Homeopai  hie  Mi  dical  ■  kdlege,  Philadelphia 

■         

Oakland 

■    1 

IB      

i  i- 

!■:    li-.J  !.■  Mr-.lir-iil  In:  1  itntf,  ( 'incinnaii  .    , 

Eolecl  io  Medical  Coll     e.  New  Vork 

College,  Philadel]  nio 

|-]i.'!>'vtic  Mi-ilir.vi!  f                            i --.  M:-mesoia.... 

Homeopathic  M.i                             .w  York 

:  i                bio  Medical  College  of  Pennsylvania 

H. 

V.  H 

'  ■         R.  J    ... 

tiii.iw..  ii  M 

D  l<  ■         ■■  u ....... 

Kentucky  Eclectic  Scl  ool  ol  Medicine,  Louisville 

Uetropolit  in  Hcdioal  Collecp,  N.  Y>. 

■■I  idical  *  College,  Pi  torsburg,  Va 

COFFIN    *    MA1IIEW, 

Apothecaries. 

i.                         

HIM  Montgomery 

i  a  Co 

.IlitGeary 

Corner  Sixteenth  und  Yulencia,  und  Twenty-first 
and  Howard  streets.                   , 

L    I: 

Henry,  A   (; 

hi.  ■■■  -"■,.  Hiram  11 

J            i ..-«.  W 

Km.v.  1     ; 

Kin  ■.   v.  ,., 

i'rntr;il  1'. ■!■  -<  ri.'  t  '(.II.--.*.  Ni w  Y  .rk 

Eclectic  Medical  Instil  ute.  Cincinnati, , 

Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  Pennsylvania 

Medical  Institute.  <  inncinnnti 

.    in  Mj  d.  College,  Philadelphia 

None  hut  Fresh  and  Pure  Drugs  Dispensed. 

Our  Motto:   "  RELIABILITY."     Established    1862. 

[September  11.] 

University  MichiiMii , 

Eclectic  Medical  Institute,  Cinnoinnatl 

Rush  Medical  '  lollege.  ill 

Eclectic  Medical  Institute,  Cinneinnati 7... 

Bennett  Eclectic  Medical  College, '  hioogo 

Eclectic  Medical  College, '  liicago 

Wnnnin'-    ■ '                             f  at  Mfiw  York  .  , 

License  from  University  Prague,  Austria 

• 

Rnjtpin,  ("I.Lhri"! 

PRATT'S  ABOLITION  OIL. 

The   People's    Remedy  for   all   Lame- 

Eclectic Medical  Institute,  < 'inncinnal.i 

America n  Eclectic  Medical  College,  St   Louis,  Mo 

J.'ifvrMiti  M'-.'ir.-ul  I  'ollcrri-',  Philadelphia 

I,..-  ii    ■  !  ni\.T-irv  P  ramie,  Austria 

Eclectic  Medical  Institute,  Cincinnati 

Spedding,  R,  D 

ness  and  Pain. 
FOR  SALE  BY  ALL  DRUGGISTS. 

Self  ridKO.  J.  M 

A.  McEOYLE  &,  CO.,  Druggist*, -104  "Washington 
street.  Manufacturers  and  Proprietors. 

S. -i.r,.  W.    L, 

S:iiii.I.  1-    W.R.G 

POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISC'b  NEWS  LETTER. 


Feb.  3,  1877- 


NAME. 


ADDBESS. 


GRADUATES  AT. 


Taylor,  N.  O Placer  Co 

Thomas,  F.  14 Lns  Aneeles  Homoeopathic  MeO'cal  I  'ollece.  New  York., 

Towksbury,  M.R 'i"t  Second Central  Medical  Collcec,  !■;,,, .-In  stor,  X.  Y. . 

T afford.  J.  H Eclectic  Medical  Institute.  <  'inneinnati 

Underbill.  H.J Tulare 

Webb.  J.  Watson Oakland 

Wilson,  M.  T Stockton,  near  Geary., 

Warren.  Mrs.  H.  A San  Jose 

Wool  house.  0.  E 

Warren,  0.  P Oakland 

"Watson.  0.  P.  V Santa  Clara 

Whit  more.  Dan.  J ;  

Waimvright,  Chas.  C !  

Wilcox.  E.  A Santa  Clara 

Wolfe.  C.L.  de 

Wells.  E.W Yuba  Co 

Zwisler.  E.  H Butte  Co 


Bennett  Eclectic  Medical  I  oil  go,  Chicago 

Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  Philadelphia.. 

Western  Hooe'n;,:itl[ie   I   oileao.  t   IcvelalOl,  O. 
Eclectic  Medical  Institute,  t  inneinnati 


Eclectic  Medical  Institute.  Cinncinuati. 


<>«  vitt.r.s  n.  zr.n.r.. 

Apothecary,  and  Importer  of  German 
Drugs  and  Chemicals, 

.528  Pacific  street,  bet'n  Montgomery  and  Kearny 

streets,  at  Dr.  Zeile's  new  Roman-Turkish 
and  Russian  Steam  Bath  Building.        Sept.  11. 


Those  names  marked  with  a  star  have  Diplomas  from  the  Pacific  University  College,  an  institution  which  has  sold  Diplomas  for  coin.  A  Professor  of  the  College  is 
in  our  list  of  tioiitii mi  practitioners. 

The  graduates  of  Tola/id  College,  prior  to  the  time  of  its  nnion  with  the  University,  are  omitted  for  reasons  we  have  explicitly  stated,  and  which  have  been  approved 
hy  the  profession  generally.  Persons  holding  diplomas  from  the  Pam  Medical  Institute  and  Philadelphia  College  of  Medicine  are  also  omitted,  because  those  institu 
tions  having  sold  diplomas,  it  is  impossible  to  discriminate  between  those  who  studied  for  them,  and  those  who  bought  them  for  coin. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

Recorded  in  the  City  and  Connty  of  San  Francisco.  California,  for  the 

Week  ending  February  1,  1877. 
Compiled  from  the  Records  of  the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKillop  &  Co., 
401  California  Street,  ban  Francisco. 


Friday,  January  26th- 


GRANTOR  TO  GRANTEE. 


DESCRIPTION. 


Mary  Lehamun  to  H  Winterbottom 

O  D  Shadhourne  to  A  Berson 

Wni  B  Lake  to  A  Berson 

Jno  Fletoher  to  W  W  Davis 

W  w  Davis  to  Fred'k  Venting.... 

L  s  Wclton  to  Rob't  Bruce 

H  N  Torrey  to  W  in  L  Torrey 

Jno  Wiginore  to  Wm  Hollis 

Henry  Meyers  to  E  C  Kennedy 

Edw  Gulliver  to  Harriet  Gulliver, . 
S  and  L  Soc'y  to  J  de  HDenuislon 

J  de  H  Deuniston  to  S  and  L  Soc'y 

W  J  Gunn  lo  Jas  O'Donnell 

M  Dore  lo  Jno  T  Doyle 

D  DColton  toSam'l  Hurt 


Se  Noe  and  Hancock,  20:0x105 

Lot  IIP,  Bernttl  H'd 

S  Army,  lot)  e  Noe.  e  80x114.  subject  lo 

mortgage  for  $500 

Lol  1,  b!k  365,  Great  Park  H'd 

Same 

E  L;i_'ttna,  -17:0  s  Pine,  22:0x80 

Sw  Stic'to  and  Laguna,  137:6x127:8'-.,  .. 
Ne  Pacific  and  Lugiuia.  u  127:8&x68:9, 

shhject  to  mortgage  fur  $4,090 

Se  Clement  and  31st.  e  187,  etc:  also,  sw 

Turk  and  Devisadcro,  137:6x375   

S  Vallejo,  137:6  w  Fillmore,  37:6X137:6  . . 
E  Dolores,  1311:4  n  18th,  e  207:1(1.  nw  92, 

swi,  nw20,  w  181,  etc 

E  Dolores,  2411:4  n  Kith,  n  206:5.  ne  147:3, 

se  215:3.  w  184  to  com  

S  Valley,  003  e  Sanchez,  51:4x114 

Blk  612—  W  A  Tnrk.  Tyler,  Lyon,  Scott. 
Ne  Harrison  und  Spear.  275x270 


S    730 
300 

1.400 

425 

600 

5 

5.000 

8,700 

10,000 
1,500 

part'n 

part'n 
200 

12,800 


Saturday,  January  27>h. 


Egbert  Judson  to  C  J  Jansoo. 

Philip  Cadttc  to  same 

C  J  Janson  to  Wm  Hollis 


Annie  Sheridan  toThosSheridan 

B  V  H'd  As'n  to  D  FO'Neil 

Austin  Wilee  to  Jr.o  Martin 

T  R  E  A  to  J  E  Youugberg 


Sc21st  and  Valencia,  s  282,  e467.  n  liO,  e 
02:0  to  Mission,  n  120.  etc 

E  Valencia,   142:8  n   22d,  n  90:2,  e    to 
Bartlett,  s  130.7,  w  to  com 

E  Valencia,  142:8)1  22d.  n  377:4,  etc;  also, 
all  his  intin  M  B  05 

Nw  Laguna  and  Eddv,  01x51:01, 

Lot  17,  blk  108,  Buena  Vista  H'd 

Nw  Nspa  and  Wisconsin,  101x300 

N  Ridley,  255  e  Guerrero,  e  22x75,  War- 
ranty deed 

N  Ca I'a,  25  w  Lyons.  50x80 

Warranty  deed  tntd  3-1  ,  com  25  e  Scott, 
and  200  s  Walker,  w  to  Sco't,   n  to 

Walklr.  e  115.  etc 

M  Baldridge  to  Eliz'th  Baldridge. .  IN  Pine,  112  e  Octavia.  50:0x137:0 
C  FBiOcke  toGco  WCope.. 


M  Stachli  to  J  BT  Duhrkoop. 
TRE  A  to  Wm  Hollis 


Wm  Hollis  to  M  Selegman... 
A  Hennessy  to  T  P  Rioidau 


Ne  Eddy  and  Laguna,  120X137:0,  subject 

to  mortgage 

S  Geury,  300  w  Steiuer,  22x82:0  

S  OFurrell,  117:0  w  Jones,  22x10  1:0,  50 

v  1093  in  trust 

T  PR'ordun  to  A  Hennessy S  O'Furrell,  115:6  w  Jones,  22x08  0 

E  P  Whitmore  to  E  R  Worth Se  Folsom,  82:0  sw  Hawthorne, 35:6x75, 

I     100- vara  4t 


5      15 

5 

80,000 

1,025 

500 

1,000 

4,500 
2,100 


5 
Gift 


10 
4,254 


Monday,  January  29th. 


Jno  Sloan  to  City  and  Co  S  F  . 
B  F  Bohen  to  Solomon  Birre.. 
G  W  Granniss  to  F  Billings... 


Mich'l  Hyde  to  T  W  Haywards  . 
JosWorrall  lo  Annie  Worrall... 
Bennel  Fallen  to  Lalla  Fallen... 

Mary  Mnury  lo  F  M  Dober 

Fred'k  Lux  to  Wm  McAfee 

R  R  Nnttall  to  Jno  Parrolt 

Jno  PfolT  to  Martin  Wiegmann. 
WmH  Taylor  to  J  BHaggfo.... 


F  M  Smith  to  S  Wangonheim  — 
W  H  Furwell  to  R  D  Chandler. . . 
Jus  Phelan  to  Agnes  Howard  .... 
A  I  liamberlin  to  Curl  G  Wolff.... 
H  L  Valencia  to  Jno  Hutchinson. 

R  Green  to  Geo  Nicholas 

Edw  Martin  to  Rhody  Kelly 

Jacob  Linn  to  Paulina  Linn 

H  N  Bolander  to  A  M  Bolander. . . 
Jas  O'Brien  to  Marg't  J  Stevens  . 

Cbis  Mayne  to  Jno  P  Verges 

Owen  Connolly  to  Jno  H  Wise. . . 

Geo  Schultz  to  \V  T  Coleman 


Lnigi  Arata  to  Cath  Arata.. 


Streets  and  Highways 

N  Geary,  110  w  Polk,  27:6x120 

W  A  blk  106,  Sac  lo,  C'ul'u,  Octavia  and 
Laguna 

E  Liskic.  232  nw  Mission.  21:2x50 

E  Jessie,  210  n  20th .  25x75 

S  Cal'a,  81  w  Webster,  54x87:6 

S  Valley,  2S0:10  e  Dolores,  27:1x114  .... 

W  Guetrero,  183  n  2Jd,  01x117:0 

W  Mnntg'y,  65. 10"^  n  Cal'a.  25x70 

E  Fillmore,  59:6  e  tlaight,  26x90:6 

Und  'A  con)  in  center  of  Georgia  st,  49.) 
s  of  Sierra,  s  35,  etc  ;  also,  sundry 
other  properties .. 

N  Bush,  170  w  Cough.  37:6x130 

,'E  Stockton,  03:0  s  Chestnut,  44x137:0... 

Sw  Sansonie  and  Clay,  120x40 

X  cor  Worden  and  Porter  aves:  237x100. 

N  17th,  160  w  Guerrero,  w  50,  n  158:7, 
ne50,  s  168:3  to  com 

Lots  379  and  331,  Gift  Maps 

Ii  Shotwell,  134:3  n  24th,  22:3x122:0 

E  Camino  Real.  198  s  ot  Bernal  Reserva- 
tion, I)  25,  e  129,  s  52,  eto 

W  Folsom,  221:6  s  22d.  37:0x122:0 

Lot  1.  blk  5.  Mission  ami  30th  St  Ex  Hd 

W  Dolores,  51:0  1)  29th,  25x100 

Lot  27,  hlk  47,  tide  lands  -ranted  lo  Wm 

IDuuphy  and  others 
Se  California  and   Front,  e  91  :S,  s  89:6, 
w  51:8,  etc;  tilso.se  Suiter  uudGough, 
120x275 

|N  Broadway,  137:6  e  Kearny,  23x58 


$       1 
14,000 

60,000 

1 

Gilt 

Gin 

050 
3.000 
10,000 
1,100 


5 
15,000 
5,100 


100 
1,200 

Gift 
Gift 
Gift 

625 


Tuesday,  January  30th. 


Jno  Ormislon  to  Mich'l  0'K.eefe. 


C  F  Mentis  to  Caroline  Rnss 
Wm  J  Donovuu  toC  Miller 


ThOB  Prince  to  J  II  B  Wilkins  .... 

Julius  Jut  oils  to  same 

Julius  Newman  to  Rob  t  Mills 


A  J  Pope  to  Jas  K  Prior  . 


Chas  F  Webster  to  A  W  Starhirtl., 
.Minnie  Welkins  to  Sophie  Ravens 

Felix  Byrne  to  Mich'l  Cooney 

M  Llchtenstein  lo  chas  .lost 

1,  G  Harvey  to  H  A  Herlger 

Kale  Pnl'en  to  Chas  s  Capp 

R  de  Temple  to  E  L  Suliivun 

John  Morgan  to  Cath  Morgan 

T  II  Wil  tains  to  David  Bixier.  ... 

Rob1!  Watt  to  Chas  R  Steiger 

Ivlw  Morton  to  Solomon  Lorie 

A  Amltndsen  to  Cily  .Did  Co  S  F... 

W  II  Conk  to  Caroline  3  [[off 

E  VaillanttoL  E  Dcbonrge 

T  II  Selby  to  Thos  Menzies 

Marie  I  Cartro  lo  Maria  A  Cartro  .. 


Se  Prorita  av,  107  ne  Mission,  ne  26:8,  s 
146,  w  23,  n  137  n  com 

E  cor  Fol9om  and  Columbia.  60x125 

N  California.  225:3  e  Polk,  »  137:6,  w 
125:3,  n  9:8',.  c  175:6, etc 

E  Broderick.  100  n  Sac'to,  55:4^x110... 

Same 

S  Post.  107:11  w  Laguna,  8:9x137:0,  W  A 
231,  re-recorded 

Com  on  ii  I  ol  ,5i )- v  ooo,  lis. 9  e  of  nw  cor 

S'll  lol,   Ih  S  tO  Market,  etc 

S  Tyler,  55  e  Buchanan,  27:0x120 

s  Tv'or.  150  e  Scott,  25x137:0  

,N  Fell,  110c  Laguna.  27:6x120 

Lots  9  and  10.  hlk  335.  Great  Park  H'd  . 

N  Tyler,  120  w  Scott.  20x75 

lot  r,:.l,  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery 

Portion  of  blks  1042,  1028,1027,  O  L.... 

W  Diipnnt,  50:0  n  O  Parrel!,  21X50 

Und  y:  se  Davis  and  Cal'a,  s  137:0,  ele. . 

Ne  1st,  75  nw  Nutoma,  ne  187:0,  etc 

X  Ellis,  112:6  e  Jones,  25x137:0 

Streets  and  highways 

Lot  1357,  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery 

E  Dartmouth,  175  s  Henry.  50x120  

Sw  Fillmore  and  Grove,  412:0x137:0 

S  Grove.  50  e  Octavia,  154x120 


1    850 

12,000 

Gitt 

5 

2,000 

09S 

1.000 
6.500 
Gilt 
3,850 

500 
2,100 


14.505 

0 

451 

250 

40,000 

Gift 


Wednesday,  January  31st. 


G  T  Wulterson  to  M  Clements.... 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to  Thos  McGrath  .. 

S  s  Miller  to  Behrond  Joost 

Rudolph  Hcrold  to  N  Graft    

tl  F  t'eni'ty   lo  Thos  Ward 

I  F  Thompson  to  C  II  Livingston.. 

s  F  Sinclair  to  F  Cunningham  — 

C  J  Flatlet  alto  C  J  Flalf 

1!  Walt  to  City  and  Co  S  F 

Satn'l  rieitghu  tu  A  H  Rutherford. 
B  F  Rolilttree  to  Jos  Moititt 


E  Mayer  lo  W  Schteiden 

Market  &  14lh  St  H  A  to  Jas  Dalv, 
It  Avres  to  Franklin  T  Folsom..  .. 

L  S  Wclton  to  Win  Hollis 

Jno  R  Davies  to  E  Moriurtv 

S  V  H'd  As'c  to  Jas  McDatiiel.... 

Jos  II  t  oegdon  to  F  Buckley 

A  B  McCreery  toT  von  Borstel.. 
W  J  Gunn  lo  John  Slalile 


Jos  Bluxome  to  F  N  Bellisle 

M  Man  I  in  to  Cily  and  Co  of  S  F... 
Win  Hollis  10  A  G  Black 


Mary  Howe  to  Chas  G  Hooker 

M  J  then  lo  11.1  Shay 

Same  to  same 

Ben  Holladuy,  Jr,  lo  F  M  Holladay 
Gaston  Cassou  to  Thco  Le  Roy  . . . 


Se  Bryant,  9)  ne  Glh,  50x75,  subject  to 
mortgage  for  $4,600 

N  Day.  105  w  Church,  25x114 

Lot  10,  blk  4,  Market  St  lid 

S  Post,  137:0  w  Dupont,  3I.I>   xlil 

Lot  22.  Ahnn  Ben  Atlhem  Sec  Plat  2,  0  F 

s  Bush,  now  Stoiner,  192:0x137:6 

Lots  940, 942,  944,  Gift  Map  4 

E  10th  av,  75  n  G,  50x100 

Nw  Dupont  and  O  Furrell,  30:0x30 

N  Pine.  81:3  w  Buchanan,  25x110 

N  Clay,  137:0  w  Powell,  e  24:4#,  n  91:8, 

elo,  11  45:10,  etc 

E  K ny,  68:9  n  Vallejo.  63:9x137:0.... 

Sundry  lois  in  Market  &  14th  St  II  0  ... 

W  Douglass,  tills  21th,  100x125 

Ne  O'FalToll  and  Laguna,  55x05:0 

Lot  4,  hlk  Ii.  College  II  d 

I.oi  g.  blk  1,8  V  H'd 

S  Eddv,  125  w  Devisadcro,  2x137:6 

tfc  Broderick  and  Tyler,  137:6x147:6.... 
Se  Duncan  and  Sanchez,  5l:r,xUI0;  also, 

nw  Dolores  and  25th,  52X100     

W  Bryant,  1.57  s 24th, 25x100 

W  Dupont,  25  o  Post.  2  1:0x31:1  \.  

Ne  O'Furrell  and  Laguna,  02x95,  subject 

lo  mortgage  for  £2,000 

Me  Bush  and  Mason.  30x00 

Se  Bryant,  457:0  no  3d,  21:6x80 

Sw  8th,  115  so  Folsom,  25x75  

N  Wash')),  137:9  e  Gotigh,  58x127:8  .  .. . 
Uud  '„  of  property  described  in  844  D  31 


10.500 
375 
800 

25,000 
57 

16,000 
150 
500 

42.030 
2,000 

1 

I 

9,045 

1,000 

400 

200 
3110 

1 
7,500 

1.500 
750 
250 

5.S50 
13,500 
5.000 
5,000 
Gift 
10 


Thursday,  February  1st. 


J  R  Weller  to  Rockwell  Stone.... 

S  Cohen  to  Isktor  Colin 

Geo  Kennedy  to  P  F  Ferguson 

Job  Bigwood  lo  lUeh'd  Davis 

J  J  McDonnell  to  Win  S  Bell 

Jos  Bluxome  to  A  Morgaiisteiii.. 

B  Met  too  an  lo  same 

M  Wclton  to  D  McGowan 

C  Filz-iniiiions  to  C  FUzsimmons 
Sam  1  H  Kent  to  Mary  J  Kent 


Thos  Bertram  to  Jno  II  McKay.. 


E  O  Andrews  to  B  Whiting  &  Co. 
K  Mc.Miillan  to  Wm  H  Evans 


E  W  Burr  to  Pat-'k  McCoy 

R  F,  Wallace  to  Chas  G  Hooker  .. 
[■'  Cufittm.to  Cornelius  Buckley.:. 

Memo  Voigt  to  L  S  Clark 

I.  s  Chirk  io  W  STutlle 

Thos  B  Lewis  to  Chas  Crocker  .. 
E  E  Woodbury  to  J  H  Van  Reek. 

I,  C  1  evey  to  Sidney  M  Smith. 
W  J  Gnnii  to  Mala  A  Mowrv... 
Henry  II  Dunn  to  .Marg't  Duun 
Pil  Burnett  to  Rob't  Mills 


S  Cal'a.  137:6  wD  Dupont,  39:9x120  ... 
NTnrk,  112:0  e  Leav  th,  25x137:6 

Sw  Vicksburg  and  22d,  46:6x100 

Lot  800.  G'ftMapg 

F.  cor  1st  and  Harrison.  71:0x90 

N  Post,  137:6  e  Buchanan.  25x137:0. .. . 

Same 

Same 

Lois  35  and  88,  blk  332.  0  N  ,t  H  Trad. 
\\   Leav'lh,  137:6  n   Post,  27:0x110,  snbj 

to  mortgage 

Ne  11th.  140:8  se  Howard,  23:1x92,  SUhj 

to  mortgage  for  $1,400 

Lot  5.  blk  309,  S  S  F  H'd  &  R  R  Ass'u. 
N  17th,  120  e  Sanchez,  40x114,  subject  to 

mortgage  fee-  $400 

NT  Filbert,  247:0  w  Laguna,  27:0x137:0 

s  Bush.  111:11  e  Jones,  20x11m 

Lots  ISO,  284.  2113,  204,  Gift  Map  3 

s  Army,  240  w  Church,  55x114 

Same 

r,5  acres  com  at  nw  cor  of  Paul  Tract. 
Co  n  at  nw  cor  of  certain  tract  conveyed 
!    hy  Sullivan  to  Woodbury,  etc 

...  N  Grove.  105  w  Gotigh,  27:0x08:9 

...  W  Dolores,  151:0  l)  Vale,  25x100 

...  W  Hampshire,  I.sg  s  200,  25x100 

...;N  Washington,  195  e  Druinru,  20x00... 


5        5 

10,000 

1.300 

100 

is. ) 

2.050 

2,300 

90 

Gift 

Gift 

S.OOO 

437 

225 

B35 

10,000 

1,000 

I 

8'0 


000 
8,x50 


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Pric.  p.r  Copy.  15  Cem>. 


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Vol.  27. 


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No.  3. 


«»Hit  .-  ot    the Man  I  rift  It  4  in.  o  >nc  Letter,  <  lima  MnU,  Cnllfor- 

nlift  Stall  Bag.  South  side  Merchant  street.  Ho.  «07  to  U6,  San  Frnncisco. 

GOLD  BARS-  880@900— Sii.vkk  BaBS— 3@12  poent  disc.  Treasury 
■re  Belling  at  '.'"«.     Buying,  94$.     M-xican  Dollars,  par  @  1 
percent,  pram.     Trade  Dollars,  pur  ("  1  per  oent  prom. 

ay  Exchange  on  New  York,  \  per  oent  f<  *  Gold ;  Currency,  5\  per  cent. 
premium  On  London,  Bankers,  49  jd.:  Commercial,  4*9  ,ld.  ;  Paris,  £ 
trance  per  dollar.     'IV!*-i.Tam3,  \(aj  i>er  cent 

*3"  Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  Feb.  9th,  at  3  p.m.,  105|.  Latest 
price  of  Sterling,  485®486|. 


'Price  of  Money  here,  Jj§  1  per  cent,  per  month— bank  rate. 
open  market,  i^  U.     lMnand  a.  live. 


In  the 


Latest  from  the  Merchants'   Exchange.-- New  York,,  February 

'."tli.  1877.      Gold  Opened  atl05f  ;    11    \.  M..  at  Hi:.;  ;  ,t  p.m.,  10:>i.      United 

States  Bonds  Kve-twentiea  of  1867.  113f  ;  1881, 110J.  Sterling  Ex- 
change 1 85@4  86i,  ehort  Pacific  Mail,  24J.  Wheat  $160@1 60.  Wert- 
era  Union,  U*.  Hides,  drv,  226<  •_>-_"..  iiui..-t.  (til  — Sperm,  si  -Ajfaxi  40. 
Winter  Bleached,  91 65  4  l  70.  Whale,  70(a75;  Winter  Bleached, 
Wool  -Spring,  tine.  22@30  ;  Burry,  12@16;  Pulled,  25@38. 
Fall  Clips,  17(3  22  ;  Burry,  16@22.  London,  February  9th.— Liverpool 
Wheat  Market  LOe,  4d.@10a.  od.  Club,  10s.  7d.@lls.  3d.  United  States 
Bonds.  11175.     Consols.  95  11- Hi. 


FINANCE. 
The  prospects  for  the  coming  year  are  assuming  brighter  aspects ; 
if  our  spring  rains  do  not  fail  us,  we  may  predict  prosperity  on  all  hands. 
Rain  in  the  valleys  will  assure  good  crops;  snow  in  the  mountains  will 
give  a  supply  of  water  for  our  gold  diggings  ;  new  developments  are  re- 
ported on  the  Comstock,  and  if  only  one-half  of  what  is  said  becomes 
true,  additional  wealth  will  pour  into  our  lap:  not  that  the  benighted 
Stockholders  individually  will  derive  any  benefit  therefrom,  but  the  coun- 
try at  large  will  undoubtedly  be  the  gainer  of  whatever  millions  are  taken 
out  of  the  bowels  of  mother  earth.  Money  rules  very  easy,  and  goes 
begging  at  •  >  per  cent,  against  good  collaterals.  The  tendency  of  capital- 
ists is  to  invest  only  in  sterling  securities.  Small  returns  are  the  couse- 
naen.ee,  bat  perfect  security,  the  main  object,  is  gained  ;  we  therefore  see 
Gas  Bell  at  115;  Water,  109;  Bonds  bring  round  figures,  the  demand  ex- 
oeeding  the  supply.  Lastweektwo  hundred  and  twenty-four  thousand 
Virginia  City  Bonds,  bearing  12  per  cent,  were  taken  by  N.  Luning  ami 
Sntro  &  Co.  at  101— a  splendid  investment.  Silver  fluctuates  slightly— 
down  to  57  pence  to-day,  and  may  be  up  or  down  ;}  or  i  pence  to-morrow. 
We  quote  fine  bars  2@3  per  cent  discount ;  Mexican  and  Trade,  par. 

"Wooden-ware.— Strange  as  it  may  appear,  yet  we  find  that  Brigham, 
Whitney  &  Co.,  of  Front  street,  are  actually  importing  Butter  Tubs, 
three  in  a  nest,  by  rail  and  by  the  carload,  from  West  Randolph,  Ver- 
mont. This  seems  like  sending  coals  to  Newcastle.  Here  we  have  two 
large  Woodenware  factories  in  our  city,  making  Pails  and  Tubs  in  large 
quantities  and  of  the  best  quality  and  material,  and  yet  it  seems  that  the 
'Vermont  boys  work  even  cheaper  than  the  Chinese.  How  is  this?  We 
would  like  some  one  to  rise  and  explain.  We  quote  Califomian  as  fol- 
low-: Tails,  varnished,  $4;  do.  painted,  *3  25  |;'  dozen.  Tubs,  white  or 
varnished,  '■*>  large  in  nest.  $5;  do.  painted,  3  in  nest,  $3  25;  do.  do..  8  in 
nest,  S4  25  fc?  nest  Washboards,  zinc,  S4  I?  dozen,  subject  to  the  usual 
trade  discounts  in  round  lots. — &  F.  Market  Review. 

San  Franciscans  Abroad. —  Paris,  January  20th:  Mrs.  S.  L.  Bee, 
David  Bixler,  Mrs.  David  Bixler,  Dr.  R.  B.  Cole,  Miss  Josie  Cole,  C. 
Dorris,  Mrs.  C.  Dorris,  Mr.  Donnelly,  Horace  Hawes,  Mrs.  H.  Hawes, 
Mrs.  Fanny  Osbournc*.  Miss  Belle  Osboume,  Mr.  Trinson,  Mrs.  Triuson, 
J.  C.  Williamson.  Mrs.  J.  C.  Williamson.  London  :  A.  Hoffman,  Miss 
Bella  Thomas.  Nice  :  Miss  F.  C.  Gray,  D.  T.  Hewes.  Geneva,  January 
loth  :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gibbs,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rabstock.  Rome  :  W.  J. 
Younger,  Wm.  and  Mrs.  Beckman.  Naples,  January  15th  :  Charles  and 
Mrs.  McCreary,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Mowe,  Miss  Mowe,  F.  G.  and  Mrs.  Mer- 
chant, Baron  Dacier  Merchant,  Mrs.  Mary  N.  Scudder,  Mrs.  S.  W.  San- 
derson,'William  and  Mrs.  Beckman.— American  Register,  January  20th. 


Quicksilver.  —  The  exports  by  sea  in  January  were  5,017  flasks  against 
4,126  same  time  last  year.  The  present  spot  price  is  42^c.  _  There  is  an 
effort  making  to  get  up  another  combination,  but  we  think  it  wiirbe  un- 
availing. • 


Mr.  F.  AL-or.  No.  S  ClenientN  Lnne,  London,  in  authorized  to 
receive  subscriptions,  advertisements,  communications,  etc.,  (or  this  paper, 


fcfe^^f^  Published  ififh  this  iveefc's  issue  a  Four- 
Iflj^  fxt^    Page  Postscript, 


LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF^FACT  AND  THOUGHT- 

The  issuing  of  the  Medical  Directory  by  the  Newt  Letter  in  our  last 
number  was  of  great  importance  to  medical  practitioners.  Those  of  the 
interior  counties  who  were  omitted  have  called  at  this  office  to  know  why 
their  names  had  not  the  honor  of  being  published  in  the  Directory',  as 
licenses  had  been  granted  them  by  the  State  Medical  Society.  The  an- 
swer we  gave  them  will  possibly  stagger  the  community,  and  will  prove 
to  them  of  what  value  persons  like  Doctors  Gibbons.  Bates  and  Babcock 
are  as  Medical  Examiners  when  they  allow  their  Secretary  to  barter  for 
lucre  what  justly  belongs  to  the  public.  We  reluctantly  state  that  we 
have  applied  for  a  list  of  names  of  practitioners  who  hail  received  li- 
censes, and  at  last  were  advised  by  the  Secretary,  Dr.  W.  A.  Grover,  that 
he  wanted  some  coin  for  the  list,  as  he  was  not  sufficiently  paid  by  the 
State  Medical  Society.  We  signified  our  willingness  to  pay  him,  say  £50, 
for  the  privilege  of  copying  the  names.  The  amount  was  insufficient  to 
satisfy  the  greed  of  the  Society's  Secretary.  If  he  was  impecunious  the 
sin  might  be  condoned,  but  the  above  incorporation  has  a  number  of 
wealthy  practitioners  in  its  fold,  and  the  Secretary  receives  a  stipulated 
price  for  his  services.  The  Board  of  Examiuers  of  the  State  Medical  So- 
ciety deserves  the  anathemas  of  all  civilized  communities  for  its  course  in 
not  compelling  its  Secretary  to  furnish  the  public  with  the  names  of 
those  who  had  received  licenses. 

Australian  papers  state  that  the  Chief  Secretary  of  Victoria  has 
received  from  the  Acting  Colonial  Secretary  of  Western  Australia  a  copy 
of  a  notice  inviting  tenders  for  the  removal  of  guano  from  the  Lacepede 
Islands,  on  the  northwest  coast  of  that  Colony,  and  that  the  Government 
offer  to  grant  the  exclusive  right  of  removing"  guano  for  three  years  from 
July  1, 1877,  the  licensee  to  take  a  minimum  amount  of  40,000  tons  during 
that  period  on  a  royalty  per  ton. 

Beerbohni's  Telegram.— London  and  Liverpool,  Feb.  9th,  1877.— 
Floating  Cargoes,  steadly  held  ;  No.  2  Spring  Off  Coast,  49s. ;  California 
Off  Coast,  50s.;  do.  on  Passage  nearly  due,  51s.;  do.  on  Passage  just 
shipped,  52s.;  No.  2  Spring  for  shipment,  48s.;  English  Country  Markets, 
cheaper;  French  do.,  steadier;  Liverpool,  dull;  California  Club,  10s. 
8d.@llfl.;  do.  average,  10s.  5d.@10s.  8d.;  Red  Western  Spring,  10s.  Id. 
@10s.  9d.  

The  ship  '  'Twilight"  is  ten  years  old.  The  vessel's  ratine:  at  Ameri- 
can Lloyds  has  expired.  The  fwili<jhC$  destination  is  New  York,  laden 
with  California  wines,  rags,  bones,  scrap  iron,  etc.  The  captain  (Gates) 
feels  deeply  the  loss  of  his  brother,  who  was  master  of  the  never-heard-of 
wheat  laden  ship  C'rciitorue,  Captain  Gates  has  many  friends,  who  hope 
he  will  escape  being  overtaken  by  those  terrific  Antarctic  winter  storms. 

The  stock  market  is  very  quiet.  There  is  very  little  business  being 
done.  The  men  in  the  1650-foot  drift  of  Con.  Virginia  are  still  locked  in. 
It  is  expected  they  will  not  be  let  out  until  this  drift  is  actually  developed. 
This  U  all  wrong.  If  there  is  anything  in  the  1650-foot  drift,  the  public 
should  know  what  it  is  from  day  to  day.     Tlwit  are  stockholders. 

The  German  Bank  has  made  another  building  loan  to  the  Real  Estate 
Associates  of  6100,000  at  9  per  cent,  on  Geary  and  Webster  street  prop- 
erty and  Pacific  and  La  gun  a. 

The  Electoral  Commission  decided  last  evening,  by  a  strict  party 
vote  of  eight  to  seven,  that  the  four  votes  of  Florida  should  be  counted  for 
Hayes  and  Wheeler. 

H.  E.  Sir  Thomas  Wade,  K.  C.  B.  and  Lady  Wade  had  the  honor 
of  dining  with  Her  Majesty  at  Windsor  Castle,  on  the  9th  inst. 


Silver  is  quoted  in  London  at  57d.  per  ounce,  925  fine ;  Consols,  95f ; 
United  States  5  per  cent.  Bonds  107|,  and  103J  for  4i  per  cents. 

Brokers  are  buying  Half  Dollars  at  6£@6£  per  cent,  discount,  and  are 
selling  them  at  6f«  63  per  cent,  discount. 

A  list  of  publications,  received  within  the  last  week,  will  appear  in 
our  next  issue. 


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SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.   10,  1877. 


[From  the  Fortnightly  Renew.] 
THE  GEOGRAPHICAL  ASPECT  OF  THE  EASTERN 
QUESTION. 
One  special  feature  of  what  is  called  the  Eastern  Question  is  the  di- 
rect and  immediate  connection  into  which  it  brings  the  earliest  and  the 
latest  times  of  history.  In  the  lands  with  which  the  Eastern  Question  is 
concerned,  the  lands  between  the  Adriatic  and  the  Euxine — perhaps  we 
should  rather  say  the  lands  between  the  Adriatic  and  the  Euphrates— we 
are  brought  close  to  the  very  earliest  times  in  a  different  way  from  any- 
thing to  which  we  are  used  in  Western  Europe.  In  Western  Europe  earlier 
times  have  influenced  later  times  in  the  ordinary  way  of  cause  and  effect. 
In  Eastern  Europe  the  relation  between  the  present  and  the  past — even 
the  very  remote  past — is  much  closer  than  this  ;  we  may  say  with  truth 
that  the  past  and  the  present  are  in  being  side  by  side  ;  we  may  say  that 
several  different  centuries  are  in  those  lands  really  contemporary.  This 
last  fact  in  truth  presents  one  of  the  great  political  difficulties  of  the 
country.  In  a  newly  emancipated  state,  say  the  kingdom  of  Greece  or 
any  other,  some  part  of  its  area,  some  classes  of  its  people,  will  realty  be- 
long to  the  nineteenth  century,  while  other  parts,  other  classes  will  prac- 
tically belong  to  the  fourteenth  or  some  earlier  century.  Now  a  country 
which  has  reached,  say  the  level  of  England  in  the  fourteenth  century, 
if  it  stands  by  itself,  out  of  sight,  so  to  speak,  of  the  nineteenth  century, 
may,  if  it  has  inborn  life  and  a  spirit  of  progress,  develop  in  a  steady  and 
wholesome  way  from  the  starting-point  of  the  fourteenth  century.  But 
if  the  land  is  placed,  so  to  speak,  within  sight  of  the  nineteenth  century; 
if,  while  the  mass  belongs  to  the  fourteenth  century,  it  contains  parts  or 
classes  which  really  belong  to  the  nineteenth,  the  danger  is  that  its  devel- 
opment will  not  take  this  steady  and  wholesome  course.  The  danger,  like 
all  other  dangers,  may  doubtless  be  grappled  with,  and  perhaps  overcome; 
but  it  is  a  real  danger  which  has  its  root  in  the  history  of  those  lands. 
One  set  of  circumstances  has  caused  them  to  lag  behind  the  civilization 
of  the  West.  Another  set  of  circumstances  has  put  the  civilization  of 
the  West  in  their  full  view.  Now  an  outward  varnish  of  modern  civiliza- 
tion may  easily  be  put  on.  The  Turk  himself  can  do  that.  To  attain 
the  substance  of  sneh  civilization  must  be  the  work  of  time,  of  trouble, 
perhaps  of  difficulties  and  struggles.  In  such  a  state  of  things,  the  temp- 
tation to  grasp  what  is  easiest,  to  think  more  of  the  outside  than  of  the 
substance,  is  great  and  dangerous.  And  these  dangers  and  difficulties 
must  always  be  borne  in  mind  in  judging  the  amount  of  progress  which 
has  been  made  by  an  emancipated  Eastern  people.  Their  progress  is 
likely  to  be  real  and  lasting  in  exactly  the  proportion  by  which  it  is  na- 
tive, and  is  not  a  mere  imitation  of  the  manners  and  institutions  of  other 
countries.  But  the  temptation  to  imitate  the  manners  and  customs  of 
other  countries  is  in  such  a  case  so  strong  that  it  must  always  be  borne  in 
mind  in  passing  any  judgment  on  the  condition  of  Greece,  Servia,  Rou- 
mania,  or  any  other  state  which  may  arise  in  those  parts.  In  estimating 
their  progress,  we  must,  in  fairness  as  well  as  in  charity,  bear  in  mind  the 
special  difficulties  under  which  their  progress  has  to  be  made. 

This  is  a  line  of  thought  which  might  well  be  carried  out  at  much 
greater  length.  But  for  my  present  purpose  it  comes  in  only  incidentally. 
The  hints  which  I  have  just  thrown  out  show  the  way  in  which  what  I 
have  ventured  to  call  the  co-existence  of  the  present  and  the  past  in 
these  lands  has  worked  on  their  political  and  social  state  and  prospects. 
My  immediate  business  in  the  present  paper  is  different.  It  is  to  show 
another  result  of  the  working  of  the  same  cause  with  regard  to  the  land 
itself  and  its  inhabitants,  rather  than  with  regard  to  the  political  and 
social  development  of  its  inhabitants.  I  wish  now  to  speak  on  some  fea- 
tures in  the  political  geography  of  the  country  and  in  the  distribution  of 
its  inhabitants,  and  to  point  out  the  bearing  of  those  features  upon  the 
great  questions  of  the  present  moment.  Here  at  least  questions  of  this 
sort  cannot  beset  aside  as  mere  "antiquarian  rubbish."  They  are  the 
very  life  of  the  whole  matter. 

One  main  feature  of  the  south-eastern  lands  is  the  way  in  which-  all  the 
races  which  have  at  any  time  really  settled  in  the  country,  as  distin- 
guished from  those  which  have  simply  marched  through  it,  still  remain 
side  by  side.  In  many  cases  they  remain  as  distinct  as  when  they  first 
settled  there.  This  is  altogether  contrary  to  our  general  experience  in 
the  West.  In  the  West  national  assimilation  has  been  the  rule.  That 
is  to  say,  in  any  of  the  great  divisions  of  Western  Europe,  though  the 
land  may  have  been  settled  and  conquered  over  and  over  again,  yet  the 
mass  of  the  people  of  the  land  have  been  drawn  to  some  one  national 
type.  Either  some  one  among  the  races  inhabiting  the  land  has  taught 
the  others  to  put  on  its  likeness,  or  else  a  new  national  type  has  been 
formed  drawing  elements  from  several  of  those  races.  Thus  the  modern 
Frenchman  may  be  defined  as  produced  by  the  union  of  blood  which  is 
mainly  Celtic  with  a  speech  which  is  mainly  Latin,  and  with  a  historical 
polity  which  is  mainly  Teutonic.  Within  modern  France  this  one  na- 
tional type  has  so  far  assimilated  all  others  as  to  make  everything  else 
merely  exceptional.  The  Fleming  of  one  corner,  the  Basque  of  another, 
even  the  far  more  important  Breton  of  a  third  corner,  have  all  in  this 
way  become  mere  exceptions  to  the  general  type  of  the  country.  If  we 
pass  into  our  own  islands,  we  shall  find  that  the  same  process  has  been  at 
work.  If  we  look  to  Great  Britain  only,  we  shall  find  that  it  has  been 
carried  out  hardly  less  thoroughly.  For  all  real  political  purposes,  for 
everything  which  concerns  a  nation  in  the  face  of  other  nations,  Great 
Britain  is  as  thoroughly  connected  as  France  is.  A  secession  of  Scotland 
or  Wales  is  as  unlikely  as  a  secession  of  Normandy  or  Languedoc.  The 
part  of  the  island  which  is  not  thoroughly  assimilated  in  language,  the 
part  which  stl'l  speaks  Welsh  or  Gaelic,  is  larger  in  proportion  than  the 
non-French  part  of  modern  France.  But  however  much  the  northern 
Briton  may,  in  a  fit  of  antiquarian  politics,  declaim  against  the  Saxon, 
for  all  practical  political  purposes  he  and  the  Saxon  are  one.  The  dis- 
tinction between  the  Southern  and  Northern  English — for  the  men  of  Lo- 
thian and  Fife  must  allow  me  to  call  them  by  this  last  name— is,  speaking 
politically  and  without  ethnological  or  linguistic  precision,  much  as  if 
France  and  Aquitaine  had  been  two  kingdoms  united  on  equal  terms,  in- 
stead of  Aquitaine  being  merged  in  France.  When  we  cross  into  Ire- 
land, we  indeed  find  another  state  of  things,  and  one  which  comes 
nearer  to  some  of  the  phenomena  of  the  East.  Unluckily  Ireland  is  not 
so  firmly  united  to  Great  Britain  as  the  different  parts  of  Great  Britain 
are  to  one  another.  Still  even  here  the  division  arises  quite  as  much  from 
geographical  and  historical  causes  as  from  distinctions  of  race  strictly  so 
called.  If  Ireland  had  had  no  wrongs,  still  two  great  islands  could 
never  have  been  so  thoroughly  united  as  a  continuous  territory  can  be. 
On  the  other  hand,  in  point  of  language,   the  discontented  part  of  the 


United  Kingdom  is  much  less  strongly  marked  off  than  that  fraction  of 
the  contented  part  which  remains  non -assimilated.  Irish  is  certainly  not 
the  language  of  Ireland  in  all  the  same  degree  in  which  Welsh  is  the 
language  of  Wales;  The  Saxon  has  commonly  to  be  denounced  in  the 
Saxon  tongue. 

If  we  pass  further  toward  the  East,  we  shall  find  as  we  go  on,  that 
the  distinctions  of  race  become  more  marked,  and  present  nearer  ap- 
proaches to  the  state  of  things  in  the  south -eastern  lands  to  which  we  are 
passing.  We  mark  by  the  way  that,  while  the  general  national  unity 
of  the  Gt  rman  Empire  is  greater  than  that  of  either  France  or  Great 
Britain,  it  has  discontented  subjects  in  three  corners,  on  its  French,  its 
Danish,  and  its  Polish  frontiers.  It  will  be  at  once  answered  that  the 
discontent  of  all  three  is  the  result  of  recent  conquest,  in  two  cases  of 
very  recent  conquest  indeed.  But  this  is  one  of  the  very  points  to  be 
marked ;  the  strong  national  unity  of  the  German  Empire  has  been  largely 
the  result  of  assimilation ;  and  these  three  parts,  where  recent  conquest 
has  not  yet  been  followed  by  assimilation,  are  chiefly  important  because, 
in  all  three  cases,  the  discontented  territory  is  geographically  continuous 
with  a  territory  of  its  own  speech.  This  does  not  prove  that  assimilation 
can  never  take  place  ;  but  it  will  undoubtedly  make  the  process  longer 
and  harder.  But  this  very  distinction  will  help  us  better  to  understand 
the  special  character  of  those  parts  of  the  world  where  no  length  of  time 
seems  to  bring  about  thorough  assimilation. 

It  is  when  we  come  into  South-eastern  Europe,  that  is,  in  a  large  part 
of  the  Austro-Hungarian  and  in  the  whole  of  the  Ottoman  dominions, 
that  we  come  to  those  phenomena  of  geography,  race,  and  language, 
which  stand  out  in  marked  contrast  with  anything  to  which  we  are  used 
in  Western  Europe.  We  may  perhaps  better  understand  what  those  phe- 
nomena are,  if  we  suppose  a  state  of  things  which  sounds  absurd  in  the 
West,  but  which  has  its  exact  parallel  in  many  parts  of  the  East.  Let 
us  suppose  that  in  a  journey  through  England  we  came  successively  to 
districts,  towns,  or  villages,  where  we  found  one  after  another,  first,  Brit- 
ons Bpeaking  Welsh  ;  then  Romans  speaking  Latin;  then  Saxons  or  Angles 
speaking  an  older  form  of  our  own  tongue  ;  then  Scandinavians  speaking 
Danish ;_  then  Normans  speaking  old  French  ;  lastly  perhaps  a  settlement 
of  Flemings,  Huguenots,  or  Palatines,  still  remaining  a  distinct  people 
and  speaking  their  own  tongue.  Or  let  us  suppose  a  journey  through 
Northern  France,  in  which  we  found  at  different  stages,  the  original 
Gaul,  the  Roman,  the  Frank,  the  Saxon  or  Bayeux,  the  Dane  or  Cou- 
tance,  each  remaining  a  distinct  people,  all  of  them  keeping  the  tongues 
which  they  first  brought  with  them  into  the  land.  Let  us  suppose  fur- 
ther that,  in  many  of  these  cases,  a  religious  distinction  was  added  to  a 
national  distinction.  Let  us  conceive  one  village  Roman  Catholic,  an- 
other Anglican,  others  Nonconformist  of  various  types,  even  if  we  do  not 
call  up  any  of  the  remnants  of  the  worshipers  of  Jupiter  or  of  Woden. 
AH  of  this  seems  absurd  in  any  Western  country,  and  absurd  enough  it 
is.  But  the  absurdity  of  the  West  is  the  living  reality  of  the  East. 
There  we  may  still  find  all  the  chief  races  which  have  ever  occupied  the 
country,  still  remaining  distinct,  still  keeping  separate  tongues,  and  those 
for  the  most  part  their  original  tongues,  while  in  many  cases  the  national 
distinction  is  further  intensified  by  a  religious  distinction.  Or,  rather  till 
the  revival  of  the  strong  conscious  feeling  of  nationality  in  our  own 
times,  we  might  say  that  the  religious  distinction  had  taken  the  place  of 
the  national  distinction.  This  growth  of  strictly  national  feeling  has, 
like  most  other  things,  a  good  and  a  bad  side.  It  has  kindled  both  Greek 
and  Slave  into  a  fresh  and  vigorous  life,  such  as  had  been  unknown  for. 
ages.  On  the  other  hand,  it  has  set  Greek  and  Slave  to  dispute  with  one 
another  in  the  face  of  the  common  enemy. 

In  the  great  Eastern  peninsula  then,  and  in  the  lands  immediately  to 
the  north  of  that  peninsula,  the  original  races,  those  whom  we  find  there 
at  the  first  be^iunings  of  history,  are  all  there  still.  They  form  three 
distinct  nations.  There  are  the  Greeks,  if  not  all  true  Hellenes,  yet  an 
aggregate  of  adopted  Hellenes  gathered  round  and  assimilated  to  a  true 
Hellenic  kernel.  They  form  an  artificial  nation,  defined  by  the  union  of 
Greek  speech  and  Orthodox  faith.  This  last  qualification  is  not  to  be  left 
out ;  the  Greek  who  turns  Mussulman  ceases  altogether  to  be  Greek,  and 
he  who  turns  Catholic  remains  Greek  only  in  a  very  imperfect  sense. 
Here  are  the  oldest  recorded  inhabitants  of  a  large  part  of  the  land  abi- 
ding, and  abiding  in  a  very  different  case  from  the  remnants  of  the  Celt 
and  the  Iberian  in  Western  Europe.  The  Greeks  are  no  survival  of  a 
nation  ;  they  are  a  true  and  living  nation,  a  nation  whose  importance  to 
the  matter  in  hand  is  quite  out  of  its  proportion  to  its  extent  in  mere 
numbers.  They  still  abide,  the  predominant  race  in  their  own  ancient 
and  again  independent  land,  the  predominant  race  in  those  provinces  of 
the  continental  Turkish  dominion  which  formed  part  of  their  ancient 
land,  the  predominant  race  through  all  the  shores  and  islands  of  the 
^Egean  and  of  part  of  the  Euxine  also.  In  near  neighborhood  to  the 
Greeks  still  live  another  race  of  equal  antiquity,  the  Skipetar  or  Alba- 
nians. These,  as  I  believe  is  no  longer  doubted,  represent  the  ancient 
Illyrians.  The  exact  degree  of  their  ethnical  kindred  with  the  Greeks  is 
a  scientific  question  which  lies  without  the  ranireof  practical  politics;  but 
the  facts  that  they  are  more  largely  intermingled  with  the  Greeks  than 
any  of  the  other  neighboring  nations,  that  they  show  a  special  power  of 
identifying  themselves  with  the  Greeks,  a  power,  so  to  speak,  of  becoming 
Greeks  and  forming  part  of  the  artificial  nation,  are  matters  of  very  prac- 
tical politics  indeed.  It  must  never  be  forgotten  that,  among  the  worthies 
of  the  Greek  War  of  Independence,  some  of  the  noblest  were  not  of  Hel- 
lenic but  Albanian  blood.  The  Christian  Albanian  thus  easily  turns  into 
a  Greek  ;  and  the  Mahometan  Albanian  is  something  broadly  distin- 
guished from  a  Turk.  He  has,  as  he  may  well  have,  a  strong  national 
feeling,  and  that  national  feeding  has  sometimes  got  the  best  of  religious 
divisions.  If  Albania  is  among  the  most  backward  parts  of  the  penin- 
sula, still  it  is,  by  all  accounts,  the  part  where  there  is  most  hope  of  men 
of  different  religions  joining  together  against  the  common  enemy. 
[To  be  Continued.] 

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^P<LF*  *•"""" "  "  Narrow  Gauj,'e  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1S76,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  8  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  in  this  city.  No  more  desirable  investment  can  be  offered.  Will 
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ADVERTISER. 


CAME     AND    'WIIKT. 

V  .  I  tv\      t  r  ■  ■  f . .  ■  '.  -,  «  hi   h   I  bird 

inbent, 

I  ; 

I  <>iiiv  ki.  Hid  wont. 

\m  i-ln-Mw  loina  I :* k - ■ ,  by  gurti  unriven, 

Tin*  Mm'  doi  t<  ■  content, 

Bq  my  wo]  Ih'M  tlmt  moment*!  hMvatij 
I  oolj  know  aha  name  tnd  want 

An,  il  .>iL.   bound.  i>ur  iwifl  iprlng  heaps 
The  Qfcharaa  lull  of  bloom  rod  raant, 

So  olova  bar  May  my  wintry  sleepa;  — 
I  only  know  she  ouna  nnd  vent. 

An  ftngeJ  stood  end  met  my  - 

Through  the  low  doorway  <>f  my  tent; 
The  t.-nt  i*  Btrack,  the  vision  stays; 

I  only  knOW  Bhe  came  and  went. 

( >,  when  the  room  grows  slowly  dim, 

And  when  the  oil  is  nearly  spent, 
One  gosh  of  Ii,*lit  these  eyes  will  brim, 

Only  to  think  she  came  and  went. 

— Jtwtta  Jiussetl  Lowell. 

AS  OTHERS  SEE  US. 
Dr.  Petermann.  the  eminent  Goths  geographer,  paid  a  visit  to  Lon- 
don ret  for  the  purpose  of  attending  the  Arctic  meeting  of 
tli.'  <  Seographica]  Society.  1  (r,  Petermann  was  resident  for  a  oonsidera- 
bla  time  in  London  many  nan  ago,  end,  we  believe,  left  it  with  con- 
siderable reluctance  to  take  charge  of  the  geographical  department  of  the 
publishing  house  of  Perthes.  In  a  long  letter  which  he  has  written  to 
the  editor  of  the  IColnitcht  Z  itung  he  describes  some  aspects  of  the  life  of 
London  and  of  England  as  they  appear  to  him  after  a  1uiil,»  absence,  anil  from 
the  tone  of  his  remark?  one  may  inter  that  he  still  has  a  fund  regard  for 
OUT  metropolis,  and  looks  upon  it  as  in  the  fore  front  of  all  progress.  He 
is  not  blind,  however,  to  it-  gloomy  Bide.  In  speaking  of  Arctic  matters, 
he  states  that  London  ia  the  beet  way  to  the  Pole  ;  and  that,  to  judge 
from  the  meteorological  conditions  during  his  recent  visit  here,  a  short 
residence  in  I. on. [on  is  an  excellent  training  for  any  one  about  to  venture 
into  the  gloom  and  discomforta  of  s  Polar  winter.  But  the  general  tone 
of  I»r.  Petennann's  observati -ins  on  London  is  so  exceedingly  laudatory 
that  Londoners  ought  to  be  ashamed  to  grumble  any  more.  "I  have," 
B,  "this  summer  been  in  North  America,  and  visited  some  of  the 
chief  centers  of  culture  there  -Baltimore,  Washington,  Philadelphia, 
N<  u  York,  Boston,  Jersey,  etc,  but  I  can  assure  you  that  London  yet 
stands  at  the  summit  of  culture,  civilization,  humanity,  religion,  trade, 
industry,  commerce.  Had  it  remained  on  its  old  standpoint,  and  ceased  to 
make  continued  progress,  then  perhaps  it  might,  at  some  time,  be  out- 
stripped by  New  York  ;  but  London,  England,  the  English,  with  all 
their  Conservatism,  continue  to  make  rapid  progress.  Since  I  left  London, 
33  years  ago,  vast  changes  for  the  better  have  been  made.  England,  and 
its  heart,  London,  have  preserved  all  the  good  points  of  former  days  and 
have  added  new  ones.  London  will  yet  be  a  beautiful  town,  the  Thames, 
formerly  not  a  lovely  sight,  has  been  vastly  improved  by  its  magnificent 
granite  embankments.  Everything  in  London  has  markedly  improved 
and  will  continue  to  improve.  Public  life,  for  example,  in  the  streets  ia 
more  convenient,  more  free  from  danger,  more  pleasant,  more  refined, 
more  decorous,  than  formerly ;  the  streets  themselves  have  the  best  pave- 
menta  and  troittoira  in  the  world,  and  are  being  more  and  more  improved 
by  the  substitution  of  wooden  blocks  laid  upon  a^phalte,  producing  a 
roadway  liner,  smoother,  and  more  even  than  formerly  were  the  floors  of 
many  rooms.  Granite  refuges  or  standing  places,  provided  with  gas 
lamps,  are  everywhere  to  be  seen  in  the  middle  of  the  streets  for  the  con- 
venience and  security  of  the  public.'"  Dr.  Petermann  thinks  that  the  va- 
rious means  of  transit  in  London  are  the  best  and  most  complete  in  the 
world.  Omnibusses  and  tramcarts,  cabs  and  hansoms,  "  the  latter  un- 
surpassed anywhere,1'  halfpenny  steamers  on  the  Thames,  railways  below 
and  above  ground  take  one  everywhere  inside  and  outside  London.  "The 
whole  organization  of  this  place  of  four  millions  of  inhabitants  is  some- 
thing wonderful.  The  London  public,"  the  doctor  is  good  enough  to  say, 
*'is  more  refined  and  better  behaved  than  formerly  ;  a  comparison  be- 
tween the  English  and  German  capitals  would  probably  notresult  favorably 
to  the  latter."  Dr.  Petermann  speaks  favorably  of  the  discipline,  self-re- 
straint and  obligingdisposition  of  our  police.  He,  however,  thinks  them  badly 
educated,  or,  more  strictly  speaking,  not  remarkably  learned,  since  he 
failed  to  perceive  any  London  policeman  at  the  meetings  of  the  Geo- 
graphical Society,  while  the  gendarmes  of  Bonn  take  part  in  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  Antiquarian  Society  of  that  city.  England,  we  are  told,  pos- 
sesses all  the  products  of  the  world  in  the  best  quality;  and  Dr.  Peter- 
mann tells  the  readers  of  the  Kolnisfu:  Zeilung  that  there  is  better  eating 
and  drinking  than  anywhere  else.  "  Food  is  better  prepared  than  before, 
and  wine  and  beer  are  to  be  had  of  better  quality  here  than  in  wine  and 
beer  countries  elsewhere.  Our  social  democracy,"  he  goes  on  to  say, 
"  deny  God,  religion,  and  the  Sunday.  In  England  the  Sunday  is  kept 
as  a  day  for  God  and  man,  and  above  all  for  the  workman.  Oh,  that  our 
poor  misguided  socialists  would  come  to  a  place  like  London  in  order  to 
see  how  honestly,  industriously,  punctually,  vigorously,  and  orderly  work 
is  carried  on  there  throughout  the  week,  and  then  on  Sunday  comes  the 
rest."  Dr.  Petermann  speaks  highly  of  our  family  life,  and  of  the  com- 
fort of  our  houses  ;  he  speaks  in  terms  of  praise  of  a  well-known  large 
hotel,  in  the  Strand,  where,  he  says,  one  can  live  like  a  prince  for  what 
seems  a  mere  trifle,  and  can  dine  at  our  ordinary  restaurants  more  cheaply 
and  satisfactorily  than  in  any  other  town  in  the  world.  He  thinks  that 
our  compulsory  system  of  education  has  already  produced  marked  results 
for  the  better,  and  that  English  socialism  has  had  little  or  no  effect  on 
our  life  and  progress.  Altogether,  we  ought  to  feel  extremely  gratified  at 
praise  so  lavish  coming  from  so  intelligent  and  competent  an  observer  and 
critic,  and  if  we  go  steadily  grumbling  and  writing  to  the  papers  about 
all  sorts  of  abuses,  real  and  fancied,  we  may  continue  to  keep  as  far  ahead 
of  any  other  nation  as  Dr.  Petermann  seems  to  think  we  are  at  present. 

A  thirteen-toed  baby  is  on  exhibition  in  the  country.  If  that  boy 
can't  toe  the  mark  when  he  grows  up,  it  will  be  because  he  hasn't  the 
right  kind  of  parents. 


SAVINGS    AND    LOAN. 


COLLATERAL    LOAN    AND    SAVINGS  BANK,    CORNER    POST   AND 
KEARNY    STREETS,    SAN    FRANCIS. 0- 

Incorporated  Under  the  Laws  of  the  Bute  of  California. 


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....F.S.  CARTER. 
..GEO    "   H  KKIt 


Thin  Hunk  i-  |.r.  jiiir.    I  to  loan   money  upon  eollnternl  nceti- 
Bftvings  Bank  Booke,  Diamonds,  WarahooM  fa- 
te,at  from  l)  t'i  »  dot  eenl  per  month,    Tna  Bank  rill  au  , 
*  the  following  rates  of  Enteral 


Deposits,  and  allow  i 


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int.'tv-i  :    Term  i»>  poalti  ol  all  months, 
F  8.  CARTER.  Secretary. 


GERMAN    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 

Guarantee  Capital  8200,000.— Office  326  California  nIhtI, 
North  aide,  between  tfonteomerj  and  Keamj  streets    Offli     bouj  .fron  9 
to  8  p.m.    Extra  hour  on  Saturdays  from  7  to  8  r.H,  f"r  recerring  ol  Deposita  only 

Loans  made  on  Real  Estate  and  Other  collateral  securities,  at  current  rates  ol  I 

President L.  OOTTIO.  |  Secretary GEO.  LETTE. 

DIRECTORS. 
F.  Rm-dini;,  II    Bchmlodeil,  Chas.   Kohler,  Ed.  Kruse,  Dan.  Meyer,  George  H.  Eg- 

gera,  P.  BprscMos,  N.  Van  Bergen.  Feb.  1. 

MARKET      STREET     BANK      OF     SAVINGS, 

^  634  Market  St.,  Opposite  Palace  Hotel- 

President THOMAS  B.  LEWIS. 

Secretary w.  E.  LATSON. 

Interest  allowed  on  all  deposits  remaining  in  Bank  over 
thirty  days,  Interest  on  term  deposits,  LS  per  oenl  per  annum.  Deposits  n> 
ceivedfrom  one  dollar  upward.  No  charge  for  Bunk  Book.  On  receipt  of  remit- 
tances from  t|u;  interior,  Bank  Books  or  Certificate*  of  Deposit  will  be  forwarded  or 
delivered  u>  ajfcnt.     Bank  open  on  Saturdays  till  U  o'clock  P.M.  October  28. 

SAN    FRANCISCO    SAVINGS    UNION, 
STOO  California  street,  corner  Webb.      Capital    nnd    Re- 

*Ja_)  -^  Berve, $231,000.  Deposita,  96,619,000.  Directors:  James  do  Fremery, 
President;  Albert  Idler,  Vice-President;  u.  Adolphe  Low,  D.  J.  Oliver,  Charles 
Bauni.  Charles  Pace,  Washington  Bartlctt,  A.  Campbell,  Sen.,  George  C.  Potter; 
Cashier,  Lovell  White.  Dividends  for  two  years  past  nave  been  7£  and  9  per  cent-  re- 
!'  itivetyi  on  ordinary  and  term  deposita  Dividends  are  payable  semi-annually,  in 
January  and  July.  Money  loaned  on  real  estate  and  on  United  States  Bondx,  or 
equivalent  securities.  October  30. 

PIONEER  LAND  AND  LOAN  BANK  OF  SAVINGS  AND  DEPOSIT. 

Southeast  corner  Calif  omln  and  Montgomery  streets,  Safe 
Deposit  Blt.ick.     Incorporated  IjjuU     Guarantee  Fund.  $200,000.     Dividend  No    . 
102  payable  on   December  5th.     Ordinary  debits  receive  9  per  cent.      Term  de- 
posits receive  12  per  cent.     This  incorporation  is  in  its  eighth  year,  and  refen   to 
over  4,900  depositors  for  its  successful  and  economical  management. 

H.  K0FAHL,  Cashier. 
Thos.  Grat,  President.       J.  C.  Duncan,  Secretary.  March  27 

MAS3NIC    SAVINGS    AND    10AN    BANK, 

No.  6  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco,  Cnl.»-- 
Moneys  received  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits  ;  dividends  paid  semi- 
annually ;  loans  made  on  approved  security.  This  bank  solicits  the  patronage  of  all 
persons.  [March  25.]  H   T.  GRAVES,  Secretary. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK —GUARANTEE  CAPITAL.  S300.000. 

Officers:  President,  John  Parrott;  Vice-President,  Jerome 
Lincoln  ;  Secretary,  W.  S.  Jones  ;  Attorney,  Sidney  V.  Smith.  Loans  made  on 
Real  Estate  and  other  Approved  Securities.  Office  :  No.  215  Sansome  street,  San 
Francisco.  Oct.  14. 


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interest. 


FRENCH    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 
Bnsb street,  above  Kearny,  O.  Mahe,  Director.  Loans 

made  on  real  estate  and  other  collateral  securities  at  current  rates  of 


SAFE    DEPOSIT    COMPANY,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO, 

S.  E.  Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Sts. 

CAPITAL S2.O0O.000. 

This  Company  is  nonopen  for  the  renting  of  vaults  and  the 
transaction  of  all  business  connected  with  a  Safe  Depository.  Pamphlets  giving 
full  information  and  rates  can  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  Company.  Hours, 
from  Sa.ii.  to  6  P.M.  September  18. 

MAURICE    DOSE    &    CO-,    AUCTIONEERS. 

HA.  Cobb,  Auctioneer. —Special  Great  Real  Estate  Sale, 
•  at  Man's  Hall,  Montgomery  street,  on  MONDAY,  February  12th,  1877,  at  12 
Noon.  We  will  sell,  on  the  moat  liberal  terms  ever  offered  in  this  City  or  State,  FOUR 
ENTIRE  BLOCKS  OF  LAND,  bounded  by  Folsom,  Harrison,  Twelfth,  Thirteenth 
and  Fourteenth  streets,  well  knowu  as  the  CITY  GARDENS,  Subdivided  into  100 
Large  Building  Lots. Feb.  3.  _ 

ODORLJ SS 

Excavating:  Apparatus  Company  of  San  Francisco.--Empty- 
ing  Vaults,  Sinks,  Cessiwols,  Sewers,  Cellars,  Wells  and  Excavations  in  the  day- 
time without  offence.  Orders  left  at  the  following  places  will  receive  prompt  atten- 
tion: Madison  &l  Burke's,  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  streets;  Office  Super- 
intendent of  Streets,  City  Hall;  Office,  012  Commercial  street,  or  addressed  to  Presi- 
dent, Post  Office  box  in.  City. Feb.  3. 

W.  Morris.  Jos.  Schwab.  J.  F.  Kenned?. 

MORRIS,    SCHWAB    &    CO, 

Importers  and  Dealers    In   Moldings,  Frames,  Engravings, 
Chromos,    Lithographs,    Decalcomanie,    Wax  and  Artists'   Materials,  21    Post 
street,  nearly  opposite  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco.  Feb.  4. 

STUART    8.    WRIGHT, 

Attorney  and  Counsellor  at  Law,    So.  504  Kearny  street, 
San  Francisco,  California.  Feb.  3. 

QTJICKSILVER, 

For  sale—In  lots  to  snlt,  by  Thomas  Bell,  No.  305  Sansome 
street,  over  Bank  of  California.  Nov.  16. 


F 


NOTICE, 
or  the  very  best  photographs  go  to  Bradley  A  Rulofson's, 

in  an  Elevator,  429  Montgomery  street.  Oct.  29. 


G.    G.    GARIBALDI. 
Fresco    and   Decoration,    Nevada    Block,    No.'s   73    and   74. 

[January  13.] 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.    10,   1877. 


THEATRICAL,   ETC. 

Grand  Opera  House.  — Manager  Wheatleiph  may  be  said  to  have 
struck  pay  rock  at  last.  Mound  the  World  in  EigJity  Days  bas  proved  a 
genuine  success,  as  the  crowded  and  enthusiastic  audiences  of  the  week 
have  abundantly  testified.  The  piece  possesses  a  happy  union  of  the 
gorgeously  spectacular  with  an  amount  of  "go"  and  excitement  that  is 
very  telling.  The  first  praise  is  undoubtedly  due  to  ilr.  Voegtlin,  whose 
brush  never  gave  a  better  account  of  itself  than  in  the  new  scenery— the 
Pagoda  scene,  especially,  being  beyond  criticism  and  thoroughly  deserving 
of  'the  enthusiastic  call  given  the  artist  upon  the  opening  night.  The 
railroad  scene  is  another  excellent  effect,  and  may  be  set  down  as  the  very 
best  stage  representation  of  a  train  of  cars  ever  seen  in  this  country — 
not  excepting  New  York.  Among  the  company,  Mr.  Lingham's  part  of 
"Fogg,"  the  Englishman,  is  the  most  important.  While  he  has  a  very 
complete  idea  of  the  character,  Mr.  Lingham's  delivery  is  methodical  and 
automatic  to  a  fault.  It  becomes  pedantic  and  unnatural  at  times.  Mr. 
Wheatleigh  gave  an  impersonation  of  the  American,  "Bennett,"  that 
grows  perceptibly  stronger  each  evening,  and  could  easily  be  made  a  most 
capital  bit  of  character  acting.  Mr.  Polk  was  funny  as  "Passe-partout," 
but  did  less  with  the  part  than  with  anything  he  has  essayed  lately.  His 
idea  of  the  character  is  quite  correct,  however,  the  grumbling  of  some  of 
the  critics  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding.  Verne  wrote  the  faithful 
servant  as  a  very  Anglicized  Frenchman  indeed.  Miss  Carey  had  the 
female  portion  of  the  cast  very  much  to  herself,  and  did  what  little  she 
had  to  do  very  charmingly.  Her  costumes  are  all  extremely  striking  and 
becoming  all  through,  notably  her  Hindoo  dress.  Mr.  Kennedy  did  a 
variety  of  character  acting  throughout  the  piece,  the  success  of  which  can 
be  best  judged  from  the  fact  that  he  constantly  deceived  the  audience  in 
his  several  assumpti3ns.  The  same,  in  a  degree,  can  be  said  of  Mr. 
Bradley.  In  a  word,  the  new  piece  is  the  most  emphatic  success  as  yet 
made  by  this  house,  and  it  is  safe  to  predict  will  be  by  far  its  longest  run. 
The  only  thing  we  can  suggest  improvement  regarding  is  tWbalkt,  which 
could  well  be  omitted  on  its  own  merits,  as  well  as  what  might  be  called 
the  Spindle-shank  Parade  that  precedes  it,  and  which  is  led  by  an  attenu- 
ated siren  whose  "  visible  means  of  support"  certainly  does  not  lie  in  the 
lower  part  of  her  limbs,  and  whose  face  offers  no  compensation  for  the 
deficiency. 

California  Theater.— On  Thursday  evening  Mr.  Sothern  replaced  the 
Hornet's  Nest  with  Davy  Garrick.  We  cannot  leave  the  former  rather 
nondescript  production  without  reference  to  one  of  the  most  exquisite  lit- 
tle bits  of  acting  we  have  ever  seen  upon  the  stage  of  the  California. 
Theatergoers  need  hardly  be  told  that  we  refer  to  the  scene  in  the  last  act 
between  "Spoonbill"  (Mr.  Sothern)  and  "Carrie"  (Miss  Wilton.)  It  h 
the  love-making  of  to-day  done  in  the  most  admirably  natural  and  genu- 
ine manner— such  as  we  almost  never  see  upon   the  stage.     If,  as  is 

alleged,  Mr.  S wrote  the  scene  in  question  himself,  then  his  laurels  aa 

a  dramatist  bid  fair  to  equal  those  he  so  worthily  wears  as  an  actor. 
Davy  Oarrick  was  most  excellently  placed  upon  the  stage  and  charmingly 
played  throughout.  In  no  sense,  however,  can  it  be  considered  one  of  the 
comedian's  best  creations.  Mr.  Sothern  is  essentially  an  actor  of  modern 
parts.  He  is  absolutely  at  home  only  in  the  most  thoroughly  nowadays, 
conventional  characters  in  which  he  has  made  his  great  hits.  He  fell  par- 
ticularly short  in  his  power  of  individualizing  the  part;  notably  in  the 
drunken  scene,  where  he  acts  a  part  within  a  part.  Here  he  failed  chiefly 
in  impressing  his  audience  with  the  straiD  under  which  his  mimicry  of 
drunkenness  was  given,  and  the  mental  distress  of  the  man  underneath. 
Mr.  Bishop's  "  Squire  Olivy"  was  a  remarkable  piece  of  comedy,  and  one 
that  shows  the  versatility  and  keen  study  of  this  actor  in  a  very  marked 
degree.  Miss  Wilton  gave  us  some  of  her  best  work  as  "Ada  Ingot,"  and 
dressed  the  part  superbly.  It  has  long  passed  into  an  adage  that  Mrs. 
Judah  can  do  nothing  poorly.  The  other  characters  do  not  call  for  espe- 
cial mention,  if  we  except  Mr.  Edwards'  "Simon  Ingot,"  a  better  as- 
sumption of  which  dense  old  party  we  have  yet  to  see.  The  afterpiece, 
Dundreary  Married  and  Settled,  is  simply  the  magnificent  ninny  played  in 
a  somewhat  minor  key.  To-day  and  to-night  Our  American  Cousin  says 
good-by  to  San  Francisco  for  a  time.  On  Monday  evening  the  Edwin 
Adams  benefit  occurs,  to  be  followed  on  Thursday  by  that  of  Miss  Alice 
Harrison,  for  both  of  which  events  the  boxes  and  seats  are  going  very 
rapidly. 

The  ladies  of  San  Francisco  and  Oakland  have  not  forgotten  Camilla 
Urso's  generous  gift  of  $900  to  the  Brooklyn  sufferers.  This  sun  was  the 
gross  proceeds  of  her  first  concert.  The  long  and  seemingly  endless  list  of 
names  of  the  lady  patronesses  at  Madame  Urso's  benefit  on  Tuesday  next, 
the  13th  instant,  is  an  evidence  of  the  unanimous  desire  of  the  community 
to  express  their  admiration  of  Madame  Urso  as  an  artist  and  a  beneficent 
lady.  The  grand  chorus  at  her  benefi  t  embraces  150  voices  from  the  Handel 
and  Haydn  and  Harmonic  Societies,  with  an  orchestra  of  forty  musicians. 
M.  Auguste  Sauret  will  play  a  piano  solo,  and  Madame  Urso  is  under- 
lined for  two  numbers. 

Mr.  C.  B.  Bishop,  the  excellent  comedian  of  the  California  Theater, 
and  a  prince  of  good  fellows  withafe  is  underlined  for  a  benefit  on  Satur- 
day evening,  the  17th  February.  Tom  Taylor's  great  comedy  of  the 
Victhns  will  be  given  first,  to  be  followed  by  Byron's  burlesque  of  Alad- 
din, or  the  Wonderful  Scamp.  Apart  from  the  excellence  of  the  attrac- 
tions, it  is  worthy  of  note  that  this  is  Mr.  Bishop's  first  benefit  in  San 
Francisco,  and  as  no  one  ever  came  here  whose  popularity  has  equaled 
that  of  the  beneficiary,  it 
crowded  from  floor  to  dome. 

The  Urso  Concert  —This  long  talked  of  concert  will  take  place  at 
the  Academy  of  Music  on  Tuesday  next.  The  programme  is  a  most  ex- 
ceptionally fine  one,  ami  also  gives  unusual  scope  to  the  powers  of  this 
very  remarkable  artist.  The  affair  is  under  the  patronage  of  our  most 
fashionable  ladies,  and  may  be  considered  quite  a  society  event.  The  seats 
are  being  rapidly  taken. 

Academy  of  Music. --Little  Zoe  Tuttle  has  quite  fulfilled  the  ex- 
pectations of  her  friends  and  admirers,  and  her  part  in  All  for  Gold  may 
be  called  a  juvenile  hit  of  no  mean  character.  The  infantile  star  received 
a  very  well-deserved  complimentary  letter  from  Mr.  Sothern  this  week. 
The  piece  draws  well. 

Pacific  Hall.  —The  Tennessee  Jubilee  Singers  are  doing  a  somewhat 
slim  business  here,  inconsequence,  doubtless,  of  the  pressure  of  attractions 
elsewhere.  

The  sole  agents  for  Krug  Private  Cuvee  are  Hellmann  Brothers  & 
Co.,  525  Front  street. 


that  of  the  beneficiary,   it  is  fair  to  presume  that  he  will  have  a  house 


PARAGRAPH  IANA. 

Pro  Bono  Publico. 


Maurice  Dore  &  Co. ,  the  Real  Estate,  Stock  and  C4eneral  Auc- 
tioneers, of  410  Pine  street,  announce  a  special  great  real  estate  sale  at 
Piatt's  Hall,  on  Monday  next,  at  noon.  They  will  sell  on  the  most  liberal 
terms  ever  offered  in  this  city  or  State,  four  entire  blocks  of  land,  bounded 
by  Folsom,  Harrison,  Twelfth,  Thirteenth  and  Fourteenth  streets,  hith- 
erto known  as  the  City  Gardens,  subdivided  into  100  large  building  lots. 
This  property  is  within  2,800  feet  of  the  New  City  Hall,  and  within  2,800 
yards  of  the  Palace  Hotel,  and  reached  by  five  different  lines  of  street 
cars,  one  of  them  passing  in  front  of  the  property  every  five  minutes.  The 
terms  of  sale  are  20  per  cent,  cash  in  U.  S.  gold  coin  ;  "the  balance  in  eight 
(8)  equal  .yearly  payments,  to  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  seven  and  a  half 
(7i)  per  cent,  per  annum,  the  deferred  payments  secured  by  mortgage. 
To  those  desiring  to  pay  all  cash,  a  deduction  of  one  year's  interest,  or 
7A  per  cent.,  will  be  made  on  deferred  payments.  Maps  of  the  estate,  and 
all  other  information,  can  be  obtained  of  Maurice  Dore  &  Co.,  and  the 
galleries  of  Piatt's  Hall  will  be  reserved  for  ladies  who  may  wish  to  attend 
the  sale. 


The  dear  '  'Little  Sisters  "  gave  a  sociable  last  evening  at  Pacific 
Hall  for  the  benefit  of  the  "Infant  Shelter.''  Sociables  are  invariably 
pleasant  reunions,  only  this  notice  is  not  given  with  an  intent  to  describe 
the  features  of  the  happy  gathering.  Its  object  is  to  remind  our  readers 
of  the  good  work  being  done  by  the  "Little  Sisters,"  and  to  suggest  to 
them  that  they  can,  at  all  times,  subscribe  to  this  most  deserving  charity. 

The  sale  of  ready-made  clothing  at  the  store  of  J.  M.  Litchfield 
&  Co.  has  attracted  a  great  deal  of  attention  this  week.  The  reputation 
which  the  firm  has  long  enjoyed  for  keeping  first-class  goods,  both  ready- 
made  and  custom-made,  makes  it  a  very  easy  matter  for  them  to  clear  out 
any  line  of  clothing  at  short  notice,  but  at  present  they  are  offering  special 
advantages  to  the  public  such  as  rarely  occur. 

The  Baltimore  Evening  "Bulletin,"  in  addition  to  its  merits  as  a 
trustworthy  exchange  very  ably  edited,  is  also  one  of  the  liveliest  dailies 
published  in  tbe  United  States.  It  is  under  the  skillful  management  of 
Mr.  W.  Mackay  Laffan.  Some  years  ago  his  pen  graced  the  pages  of  the 
News  Letter,  and  it  is  with  unqualified  pleasure  that  we  note  Mr.  Laffan's 
success  in  his  new  sphere. 

The  "Examiner,"  under  the  able  editorship  of  Colonel  Philip 
Roach,  is  slowly  and  surely  getting  to  be  the  best  evening  paper  on  this 
coast.  It  has  of  late  improved  so  materially  and  exhibited  such  vigor  in 
all  its  departments  that  our  passing  tribute  to  its  worth  is  but  a  base  act 
of  justice. 

BATDWIN'S    ACADEMY    OF    MTJ3IC. 

Market  street,  between  Stockton  anil  Powell.— Madame 
CAMILLA  OftSO'S  BENEFIT  CONCERT  (under  the  patronage  of  the  ladies 
of  San  Francisco  and  Oakland)  will  take  place  on  TUESDAY  EVENING,  February 
13th,  with  the  assistance  of  MR.  AUGUSTE  SAURET,  the  eminent  Pianist,  THE 
HANDEL  AND  HAY'DN  SOCIETY  of  San  Francisco,  THE  HARMONIC  SOCIETY  of 
Oakland,  combined,  forming  a  Grand  Chorus  of  150  Voices,  under  the  direction  of  Mr. 
John  P.  Morgan,  and  a  Grand  Symphonic  Orchestra  of  Forty  Musicians,  conducted 
by  Mr.  R.  HeroM.  Scale  of  Prices :  Proscenium  Boxes,  $15  ;  Mezzanine  Boxes,  --'10  ; 
Reserved  Seats,  $1  50  ;  Admission,  $1.  The  sale  of  seats  at  Gray's  Music  Store,  No. 
105  Kearny  street. February  10. 

MAGUIRE'S    OPER&    HOUSE. 

Bash  street,  between  Montgomery  ami  Kearny.  —  Thos. 
Maguire,  Proprietor  and  Manager.  Monday  Evening,  February  12th,  and  ev- 
ery evening,  an  Array  of  Minstrel  Talent.  New  Faces  !  New  Aets  !  First  Appear- 
ance of  MAGUIRE'S  CALIFORNIA  MINSTRELS.  The  world-renowned  John  Hart, 
Billy  Arlington,  Johnson  and  Bruno,  R.  T.  Tyrrell,  Beaumont  Retd,  Ernest  Linden, 
Frank  Moran,  W.  Mureland,  Sheridan  and  Mack,  Joe  Noreross,  \V.  H.  Gilla.  James 
Morrison,  and  a  full  and  efficient  orchestra.     Grand  Matinee  Saturday  Afternoon. 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATEE. 

Kearny  street,  between  Washington  anil  Jackson.— Samuel 
Tetlow,  Proprietor.  CHARLEY  REED,  Ethiopian  Comedian,  Character  Ar- 
tist and  Stump  Speech  Orator.  THE  WYMANS,  ALFRED  and  LULU,  Specialty  and 
Sketch  Artists.  CARRIE  LE  )N  and  SAM  SWAIN,  the  Celebrated  Acrobatic  Son? 
and  Dance  Artists.  SHED  LeCLAIR,  the  Great  Flying  Trapeze  Artist.  MADGE 
AISTON,  Song  and  Dance  Artist.  EDWARD  GLOVER,  the  Celebrated  Australian 
Comic  Singer.     The  Great  Double  Company  in  Comedy,  Farce  and  Drama.     Feb.  10. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Bush  street, above Hearny.—.Iohn  McCnllong;h.  Proprietor 
and  Manager;  Barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager.  The  Testimonial  to  EDWIN 
ADAMS,  by  his  friends  in  San  Francisco  MONDAY  EVENING,  February  12th. 
Programme :  T.  H.  Bayly's  comedietta,  entitled  FORTY  AND  FIFTY,  by  the  Grand 
Opera  House  Company.  Specialties  by  MISS  KATIE  MAYHEW  (the  above  by  per- 
mission of  Charles  Wheatleigh,  Esq.)  Robertson's  charming  comedy  of  HOME,  by 
Mr.  Sothern  and  the  California  Theater  Company  ;  and  other  entertainments.  Feb.  10. 

BALDWIN'S    ACADEMY    OF    MUSIC. 

Market  street,  between  Stockton  anil  Powell. —This  Eve- 
ning, February  10th,  the  greatest  hit  of  the  season,  the  wonderful  child  ac- 
tress, LITTLE  ZOE  TUTTLE,  in  ALL  FOR  GOLD!  Immense  Success  of  H.  M. 
BROWN  as  "  Caleb  Cobb  "  and  "  Professor  Pogue."  Grand  Saturday  Matinee.  Mag- 
nificent Original  Scenic  Effects,  Music  and  Appointments.  Feb.  10. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATEE. 

John  3h-<  niiou-ih.  Proprietor  anil  Manager;  Barton  Hill, 
Acting  Manager  Lastnightof  the  engagement  of  MR.  SOTHERN.  Saturday 
Matinee  and  Night,  OUR  AMERICAN  COUSIN.  Lord  Dundreary,  MR.  SOTHERN. 
Monday  Evening,  February  12th— THE  EDWIN  ADAMS'  TESTIMONIAL.  Tuesday 
Evening,  February  13th—  Debut  of  MISS  ROSE  MOSS.  Thursday,  February  15th— 
Benefit  of  ALICE  HARRISON: February  10. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  street,  between  Third  and  Fourth.— Acting-  Man- 
ager, Mr.  Chas.  Wheatleigh  ;  Scenic  Artist,  Mr.  Wm.  Voegtlin.  THE  TOUR 
OF  THE" WORLD  IN  EIGHTY  DAY'S  !  The  most  magnificent  production  ever  wit- 
nessed in  California.  Every  evening  at  S  o'clock.  Grand  Matinee  on  Saturday  at 
2  o'clock  P.M. February  10. 

CA7I?0RNIA    THEATER. 

First  Benefit  in  San  Francisco  of*  Mr.  C.  B.  Bishop.  Satnrday 
Evening,  February  17th.  Tom  Taylor's  great  comedy,  THE  VICTIMS,  and 
Henry  J.  Byron's  laughable  burlesque,  ALADDIN  ;  or,  THE  WONDERFUL 
SCAMP !  February  10. 


Feb.   10,  i- 


OALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER 


HIS    SAT.    MAJESTY    "  P.TCHES    HIS    TINT  '    IN  'FRISCO,    AND 
DULY    OBSERV1S    THE    SABdATH. 

A  Devfl"!  II    a  -  yourself      Your  n  w  ,  air  1     I  am  glad 

I'm  nearly  driven  mad  I 
-  -  Washington?  and  pledged  the  loving  cop 

\\  ith  II  iy«  i!      I  '!,■  ii  itruck  old  Tilden,  ana  mi  tit  up  I 

t>  pair  of  duffera  '     B  tch  haa  bet  thai  he  will  win, 

\\  hi!.-  If  rant  smQea  iweetly  and  remains  tl i.\ 

Boards,  Courts  and  State  Committees,  tome  dosen  more  "r  leas, 
All  do  U  irk  like  men  and  oompUcate  the  men  ! 

. 'i  oan  beat  it,  I'm  back,  ana  think  I'll  stay: 
Bo  have  taken  up  my  quarters  with  an  old-time  chum,  Prod  G    y. 
11    -  use  1  I  ■  me  and  know.-  my  ways;  besides  1  have  no  scruple 
pting  slight  attentions  from  my  oldest  friend  and  pupil ! 
mpliment  '11  be  returned  him,  for  when  be  i.-*  my  guest 
He  U  -'.  v  Forever  !  on  thai  score  my  mind  ia  quite  at  rest  ! 

I  iv  !     Let's  decide  now    the  warning  church  l>ell  tolls — 
How  t"  pass  the  Sabbath,  and  In  passing  save  oar  souls. 
I'm  "tr  to  K-ill  mill,  as  1  hear  that's  where  to  go, 

If  1  want  t<»  form  th  acquaintance  of  my  future  friends  below  ! 

the  hypocritaa  !    The  beads  bowed  down  in  contrite  prayer, 

in  the  week  can  gamble,  drink,  embezzle,  rob  and  Bwear  ! 
Just  watch  their  tears  !    They're  priceless,  if  only  they  were  Bold; 

drop's  a  quart  of  brimstone,  and  it's  worth  its  weight  in  gold  ! 
Then  the  dry  old  "  sticks"  that  shed  them,n  bat  a  rousing  fire  they'd  raise; 
HI  bet  wi  down  in  hell  could  make  one-half  the  Maze  ! 

There's  Deacon  Fitch,  for  one.    111  swear:    ami  his  mate  in  crime.  Old 

Pick, 
Would  make  a  glorious  bonfire,  tho'  the  smell  would  make  one  sick  ! 
Where's  Michael  Reese?    They'll  miss    him  sore  when  it's  time  to  pass 

the  hat— 
1 1 ;  ■■  elcome,  for  it's  Boarce,  and  miiey  small  at  that ! 

\S  h  a  else  i-.  there!    The  weather's  line;  I'd  like  to  see  the  way 
Your  Christian  martyrs,  out  ol  church,  put  in  their  holy  day! 
North  Beach,  I  vote!     Let's  toddle  there,  and  see  the  " missing  link," 
The  kangaroos  and  cockatoi  >,  regardless  <-f  the  stink  ! 
Uore  "saving  grace  f    A  preacher  h(  re !    The  mixture's  odd  enough — 

tan  and  parsons,  all  combined— the  toughest  of  the  tough  ! 
The      Atlantic"  eh?     Let's  take  it  in  !     Von  say  they're  all  Pacific! 
Hurrah  !  for  beer  and  "  Peddler  Jim  !"  for  "  blues"  a  cure  specific  ! 
What's  this  they're  at  ?     "  Pull  down  your  vest !"     You  may  not  think  it 

wrong. 
Put  it's  hardly  what,  on  Sundays  too,  you'd  call  a  sacred  song. 
[Things  may  be  changed  since  I  was  there,  hut  I've  heard  old  Michael  say 
That  the  saints  abovi  are  mighty  strict  'bout  what  they  sing  this  day. 
But  whafs  the  odda?    They  know  their  "  biz;"  they're  old  enough  to  see 
Their  cban.es  tlurt  are  all  so  slim  that  they  are  practising  for  me  ! 
Maybe  I'm  judging  hastily,  tho'.     These  j;rimy  sons  of  toil 
Are  not  a  sample  of  your  "  ton  n — th1  idea  would  make  them  boil. 
Your  "upper  ten"  are  different.     'Tis  only  hard-worked  Pat, 
WIld,  "  wrestling1'  all  the  week,  to-day  enjoys  the  like  o'  that. 
All  right,  my  swells;  then  please  explain.     What  means  that  bill  of  fare: 
"Wade's  Opera  Bouse  to-night  at  eight?"    D'ye  see  that  placard  there  ? 
An  opera  only?     Sunday's  play  !     You  think  a  change  of  bill 
Don't  interfere  with  higher  needs, and  you're  all  "hunky"  still! 
A  ballet,  faith,  would  never  do  !     But  what's  the  reason  why? 
The  Beauclerc  Sisters  gone  away!      No  flirting  on  the  sly  ! 
The  same  with  concerts,  I  suppose?  When  there's  "nothing  on"  to  please 
You're  pious — stay  at  home,  and  play  religion  at  your  ease; 
But  let  Camilla's  winning  face  appear  again  once  more, 
Your  home's  a  pigpen — Sunday's  slow— your  wife  a  tattling  bore. 
If  that's  your  creed  it's  all  a  sham— a  lie — a  hollow  fraud. 
To  serve  iiourxilf,  then,  if  it  suits;  perhaps  to  serve  the  Lord — 
Convenient  doctrine!    Don't  you  know  this  compromise  with  evil, 
Instead  of  Heaven,  only  helps  to  send  you  to  the  devil? 
Such  cant!  such  humbug!  Be  a  man!     Have  pluck  and  learn  to  choose! 
Is't  Hell  or  Heaven  ?     Y  ou've  the  cards — then  play  to  win  or  lose. 
A  week  of  sin — a  day  of  prayer:  the  two  can  ne'er  agree. 
No  middle  course.     Make  up  your  mind — decide;  which  shall  it  be  ? 
This  blind-fold  faith  map  be  all  right;  you  may  come  out  all  clear — 
But  the  "  golden  maxim"  can't  be  beat— at  least,  that's  my  idea. 
An  honest  life,  a  blameless  course,  some  coin  to  pay  one's  dues; 
No  slandering;  and  when  asked  to  drink,  drink  always — don't  refuse! 
And  so  I  won't!  since  you're  so  kind,  tho' I  have  some  slight  compunction, 
For  Wheeler's  heard  I  like  it  so  that  he  has  issued  an  "  injunction  " 
To  stop  my  grog,  and  begs  to  hint  what  he  thinks  proper  tipple: 
Some  soft  stuff,  chloral  hydrate.     But  I  guess  I'll  make  the  "  riffle," 

Anxl  then  skedaddle     C y'll  be  mad.     I'd  hate  to  have  a  muss, 

Especially  with  so  old  a  friend  as  he.     So  long-,  old  cuss! 


THE    QUEEN'S    SPEECH. 

[From  the  Telegraphic  Dispatches  to  the  San  Francisco  "Chronicle."] 
London,  February  8th.  —Following  is  the  Queen  speech  in  full : 
My  Lords  and  Gentlemen  :  With  much  satisfaction  I  again  resort  to  the 
advice  and  assistance  of  my  Parliament.  The  hostilities  which,  before 
the  close  of  the  last  session  of  Parliament,  had  broken  out  between  Tur- 
key on  the  one  hand  and  Servia  and  Montenegro  on  the  other  have  en- 
gaged my  most  serious  attention.  I  anxiously  awaited  an  opportunity 
when  my  good  offices,  together  with  those  of  my  allies,  might  be  usefully 
interposed.  This  opportunity  presented  itself  by  the  solicitation  of  Servia 
for  our  mediation,  the  offer  of  which  was  ultimately  entertained  by  the 
Porte.  In  the  course  of  negotiations  I  deemed  it  expedient  to  lay  down, 
and,  in  concert  with  other  powers,  submit  to  the  Porte,  a  certain  basis 
upon  which  I  held  that  not  only  peace  might  be  brought  about  with  the 
principalities,  but  that  the  permanent  pacification  of  the  disturbed  prov- 
inces, including  Bulgaria,  and  the  amelioration  of  their  condition  might 
be  effected.  As  agreed  to  by  the  Powers,  they  required  these  conditions 
to  be  extended  and  worked  out  by  negotiation  or  'in  conference,  accompa- 
nied by  an  armistice.  The  Porte,  though  not  accepting  the  basis  and 
proposing  other  terms,  was  willing  to  submit  them  to  the  equitable  con- 
sideration of  the  Powers.  While  proceeding  to  act  in  this  mediation,  I 
thought  it  right,  after  inquiry  into  the  facts,  to  denounce  to  the  Porte  the 
excesses  alleged  to  have  been  committed  in  Bulgaria,  and  express  my 
reprobation  of  their  perpetrators.     An  armistice  being  arranged,  the  Con- 


lonle  for  the  oonridoration  of   these  ixl 
rdanoc  with  th.-  original  basis,  in  which  Conl 
nted  hj  o  ipeoial  onvoj .  as  woU  ai  by  n>\  Embassador  to  Turkey. 
In  takL 

of  (Europe  and  bring  about  n  betl  ul   for  the  dl 

provinces,  without  mfringing  upon  the  tudepi  i  of  the 

Ottoman  Empire.    Ths  proj  J 

not,  ]   regret  to  say,  been  accepted  by  th<   Porte,  bu  I  of  the 

i  Conference  baa  '■■  en  to  show  the  existence  ol  a  ■  ■  mi  d1  among 

tlic  European   Powers  which  cannot   fail  to  have  an 
upon  the  condition  and    overument  of  Turkey.     In  the  mean  time  the 
armistice  between  Turkey  and  the  Principalities  ha  i         .-.land 

is  still  unexpired,  and  mai .  I  trust,  lead  to  the  conclnsion  of  an  honorable 

in  these  affairs  1  have  acted  in  cordial  cooperation  with  mj 
with  whom  u  with  the  foreign  Powers  my  relations  continue  to  be  of  a 
friendly  character. 

Papers  on  other  subjects  will  be  forthwith  laid  before  you.  My  assump- 
tion of  the  Imperial  title  at  Delhi  was  welcomed  by  the  Chiefs  and  the 
people  of  India  with  professions  of  affection  and  loyalty  most  grateful  to 
my  feelings.  It  is  with  deep  regret  that  I  have  to  announce  a  calamity  in 
that  part  of  my  dominions,  which  will  demand  the  most  earnest  watch- 
fulness on  the  part  of  my  government  there,  A  famine  not  less  serious 
than  that  of  1S73  has  overspread  a  large  portion  of  the  presidencies  of 
Madras  and  Bombay.  I  am  confident  that  L-wry  resource  will  lie  em- 
ployed, not  merely  in  the  arrest  of  this  present  famine,  but  in  obtaining 
fresh  experience  for  the  prevention  or  mitigation  of  such  visitations  in  the 
future. 

The  prosperity  and  progress  of  my  Colonial  empire  remains  unchecked, 
although  the  proceedings  of  the  Government  of  the  Transvaal  Republic, 
and  the  hostilities  in  which  it  has  been  engaged  with  neighboring  tribes, 
have  caused  some  apprehensions  for  the  safety  of  my  subjects  in  Smith 
Africa.  I  trust,  however,  that  the  measures  which  I  have  taken  will  suf- 
fice to  prevent  any  serious  evil. 

Gentlemen  of  the  House  of  Commons,  I  have  directed  the  estimates  of 
this  year  to  be  prepared  and  presented  to  you  without  delay.  My  Lords 
and  Gentlemen,  bills  relating  to  the  Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cam- 
bridge, and  for  amending  the  law  as  to  bankruptcy  ami  letters  patent  for 
inventions,  will  be  laid  before  you.  You  will  be  asked  to  constitute  one 
Supreme  Court  of  Judiciary  in  Ireland,  and  to  confer  an  equitable  juris- 
diction on  the  County  Courts  of  that  country.  I  commend  to  you  these 
and  other  measures  which  may  be  submitted  for  your  consideration,  and 
trust  that  the  blessings  of  the  Almighty  will  attend  your  labors  and  direct 
your  efforts. 


SIGNAL    SERVICE    METEOROLOGICAL    REPORT,    WEEJ 
ENDING  FEB.  8,  1877.  SAN"  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Highest    and 

Lowest    Baromete 

*. 

Frl.  2. 

Sat.  3. 

Sun  4. 

Mou.  5. 

Tues  6. 

Wed  7. 

30.11 
30.05 

Thr  8. 

30.32 
30.18 

311.34 
30.23 

30.23 
30.15 

30.10 
30.12 

30.15 
30.08 

30.00 
29.98 

63 

50 

SO 
\V. 
142 
Fair. 

.01 


I 


Maximum  and  Minimum  Thermometer. 

02  I  04  I  61  I  03  I  64 

50  ,  50  I  60  49  |  50 

Mean  Daily  Humidity. 
72         |  62         |         78         |  67         | 

Prevailing  Wind. 
NW.        |       N.         |       NW.       |        N.        | 

Wind — Miles  Traveled. 
120  |        141  |        175  |  132        | 

State  of  Weather. 
Clear.      |     Clear.      |     Clear.      |      Fair.       | 
Rainfall  in  Twenty-four  Hours. 
III! 


Total  Rain  During  Season  beginning  July  t,  J876 


07        | 

79 

N.         | 

N. 

101         | 

83 

Clear.     | 

Fair. 

1 
76...  8.07 

inches 

SANITARY  NOTES. 

One  hundred  and  twenty -one  deaths  occurred  in  the  city  this  week, 
as  compared  with  159  last.  This  is  a  happy  improvement,  which  it  is  to 
be  hoped  will  continue.  There  were  50  deaths  under  5  years  of  age,  15 
between  5  and  20  years,  47  between  20  and  60  years,  and  9  over  that 
age.  There  were  77  males  and  44  females.  Of  deaths  from  zymotic  dis- 
eases 28  were  diphtheria,  4  fever,  4  small-pox  and  2  scarlatina;  2  persons 
died  of  paralysis,  3  of  apoplexy  and  3  of  brain  disease;  of  respiratory  dis- 
orders the  deaths  were:  3  croup,  2  bronchitis,  1  hemoptysis,  2  congestion 
of  the  lungs,  10  consumption,  7  pneumonia,  1  pleurisy;  there  were  7 
deaths  from  heart  disease,  and  1  from  aneurism;  there  was  only  one  acci- 
dental death  and  2  suicides.  _  Small-pox  is  again  declining;  only  17  fresh 
cases  have  been  reported  this  week.  The  mortality  from  diphtheria  is 
still  frightful,  but  with  this  exception  the  health  of  the  city  is  manifestly 
improving.  

The  Homeopathic  Board  of  Medical  Practitioners  have  granted 
licenses  to  two  men  who  had  simply  licenses  from  other  medical  societies. 
This  is  a  very  strange  proceeding.  The  other  medical  societies,  with  all 
their  faults,  would  have  rejected  such  curious  credentials.  Most  of  the 
respectable  Homeopaths  have  severed  all  connection  with  the  above  board 
and  have  taken  licenses  from  the  Eclectic  Medical  Society.  In  our  last 
issue  of  the  Medical  Directory,  under  the  heading,  "  Graduated  at," 
spaces  were  left  blank  that  should  have  been  filled  with  the  words, 
"Passed  examination." 

The  Palace  hop,  on  Thursday  evening,  was  the  most  brilliant  of  the 
season.  The  near  approach  of  Lent  will  put  a  stop  to  them  temporarily, 
but  the  last  party  crowned  with  triumph  a  series  of  the  most  elegant 
sociables  ever  devised  in  San  Francisco. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.   10,  1877. 


COLUMN     FOR     THE     CURIOUS, 

In    Nature*    Science,    and    Art. 

An  Archaeological  Art  Treasure. — Whilst  demolishing  the  houses 
for  opening  the  new  Boulevard  Henri  IV.,  a  splendid  bas-relief,  dating 
from  the  latter  portion  of  the  sixteenth  century,  was  picked  up,  represent- 
ing Hell.  This  valuable  specimen  of  Christian  iconography  had  been 
sunk  for  centuries  in  modern  decorations.  A  statue  of  the  Virgin  was 
standing  on  the  head  of  a  hideous  monster,  representing  the  entrance  to 
the  lower  regions.  The  gaping  mouth  of  the  monster  shows  a  female  Sa- 
tan seated  on  her  throne,  and  enchained ;  a  man  and  woman  in  an  obscene 
position,  suspended  by  their  tongues,  and  representing,  no  doubt,  un- 
conthness  ;  Judas,  hanging  likewise,  with  his  entrails  protruding  :  two 
caldrons  filled  with  the  lost,  and  one  wretch  impaled  from  end  to  end. 
Two  little  demons,  standing  right  and  left  on  the  monster's  feet,  are 
waiting  impatiently  for  a  cartful  of  reprobates,  amongst  whom  may  be 
noticed  a  monk,  a  bishop,  and  a  crowned  head.  The  bas-relief  is  rather 
mutilated,  but  probably  what  remains  yet  hidden  is  in  a  better  state  of 
preservation.  After  proper  restoration  this  curious  bas-relief  will  be  sent 
to  the  Musee  de  Cluny. 

An  Astronomical  discovery. — The  Spectator  says:  Our  readers  will 
be  interested  in  learning  that  a  sun,  constituted  apparently  of  very  much 
the  same  chemical  substances  as  our  own,  has  suddenly  assumed  a  bril- 
liance which  implies  an  enormous  addition  to  the  intensity  of  its  heat  as 
well  as  its  light,  so  that  its  planets — if  it  have  any,  and  if  they  were  pre- 
viously to  this  conflagration  the  abodes  of  life — are  probably  now  under- 
going combustion  themselves,  while  the  inhabitants  have  ceased  to  be. 
Will  our  sun  imitate  this  freak,  and  in  one  of  its  great  outbursts  of  hy- 
drogen flame  scorch  us  suddenly  to  a  cinder?  Or  may  we  hope  that  the 
planets  of  this  conflagrating  world  had  already  so  far  Cooled  down  as  to 
exclude  the  possibility  of  life,  and  that  this  sudden  outburst  of  new  light 
and  heat  may  rather  restore  past  possibilities  than  extimruish  new  ones? 
At  all  events,  our  astronomers  are  now  beholding  one  of  the  great  ca- 
tastrophes of  a  far-away  world. 

Mr.  Menier  has  invented  a  new  contrivance  for  the  steering  of  bal- 
loons. The  mechanism  is  placed  behind  the  car,  and  by  a  clever  ar- 
rangement of  network  acts  upon  a  belt  which  encircles  the  body  of  the 
baloon,  extending  about  four  or  five  degrees  above  and  below  a  horizontal 
plane  through  its  center — its  equator,  so  to  say.  The  rudder  is  plane, 
and  can  be  used  as  a  sail.  The  balloons  are  said  to  move  obliquely,  up- 
ward and  downward,  and  also  sideways,  according  to  the  position  of  the 
rudder.  The  sideway  motion  is  very  likely  facilitated  by  changing  the 
ballast.  One  circumstance,  which  may  be  of  special  practical  use,  is  that 
a  balloon  provided  with  this  new  apparatus,  when  falling  to  the  ground, 
can  be  made  to  touch  the  earth's  surface  very  obliquely,  and  thus  avoid 
any  sudden  shock,  and  at  the  same  time  facilitate  a  safe  anchoring. 

The  Compagnie  Francais  de  Materiel  de  Chemins  de  Fer,  at 
Ivry,  is  now  building  a  Bpecial  type  of  carriages  for  service  on  the  little 
railway  between  Bayonne  and  Biarritz.  The  designer  is  M.  Cariman- 
traud.  The  framework  is  entirely  in  iron ;  in  spite  of  their  large  size  the 
weight  of  the  carriage  is  relatively  small ;  the  panels  of  the  body  are 
made  of  thin  slips  of  wood,  covered  on  both  sides  with  varnished  canvass. 
There  is  a  covered  upper  story,  and  an  interior  staircase  ;  each  carriage 
is  arranged  for  three  classes,  and  has  a  goods  department  and  smoking 
platform  as  well.  The  open  spaces  are  as  large  as  possible,  to  permit  good 
views  being  taken.  Petroleum  is  used  for  lighting  ;  the  lamps  are  so  ar- 
ranged as  to  give  light  to  the  interior  and  at  the  same  time  show  the  sig- 
nals.    Each  carriage,  when  full,  accommodates  ninety-two  passengers. 

Flour  Packages  for  Shipment  —A  correspondent  of  the  Miller 
states  that  he  has  shipped  flour  packed  in  double-twilled  five-bushel  sacks 
made  from  hemp,  weighing,  when  new,  perhaps  four  pounds  each,  and 
holding  full  2801bs.  of  flour.  During  a  period  of  seven  years  no  case  oc- 
curred of  reduction  in  price  through  "shortage,"  and,  when  once  a  full 
sack  fell  overboard,  it  was  recovered  so  little  damaged  that  it  sold  for 
very  nearly  the  full  price.  It  is  further  alleged  that  flour  in  good  sacks 
need  not  be  pressed  so  much  as  in  barrels,  and  is  consequently  not  so  lia- 
ble to  become  sour. 

The  excavations  at  Olympia  have  produced  new  valuable  results. 
The  horses'  necks  of  a  quadriga,  and  the  torso  of  a  female  figure  have 
been  discovered,  so  that  only  four  or  five  figures  are  still  wanting  for  the 
reconstruction  of  the  whole  frontispiece  composition.  The  most  import- 
ant find  is  a  well-preserved  female  head,  the  creation  of  Alkamenes,  the 
11  second  master  after  Phidias,"  as  Pausanias  calls  him.  A  metric  dedica- 
tory inscription  was  also  discovered,  which  Pausanias  had  read,  but  not 
copied.     The  inscription  is  perfectly  preserved. 

Flames  Male  and  Female. — At  the  Royal  Institution,  the  other 
evening,  in  the  third  lecture  of  the  "juvenile  course,'1  Dr.  Gladstone  de- 
scribed "  the  various  kinds  of  flames."  Among  these,  however,  from  a 
report  of  his  lecture,  he  appears  to  have  made  no  mention  of  the  "old 
flame,"  remembered  by  most  men  as  once  so  extremely  bright  and  beau- 
tiful, but  as  liable  to  grow  in  the  hartf  hands  of  Time  quite  the  reverse  of 
either  beautiful  or  bright. 

A  correspondent  sends  us  the  intelligence  that  an  urn  of  old  coins, 
dating  200  years  after  Christ,  has  been  dug  from  the  Cloud-hill  lime 
rocks,  Bredon,  Leicestershire.  The  workmen  making  the  discovery,  it  is 
stated,  sold  them.  Subsequently  the  Secretary  of  State  became  ac- 
quainted with  the  circumstances,  and  by  a  special  representative  sent  to 
the  locality  and  claimed  them  as  "treasure  trove"  belonging  to  the  Crown. 

Shakspeare  in  Hindustani  —The  Pioneer  Mail  says:  "Parsee  dram- 
atists are  in  strength  at  Delhi.  Two  Parsee  theaters  have  been  opened 
there,  one  near  the  Jumma  Musjid,  and  one  outside  the  Lahore  Gate  of 
the  city.  The  performances  will  be  in  Hindustani  and  English.  One  of 
the  troupes  will  produce  several  of  Shakspeare's  plays.  Would  that  Ir- 
ving could  be  there  to  see." 

An  Invisable  Respirator.— Mr.  Nightingale,  a  well-known  London 
dentist,  has  devised  an  ingenious  respirator,  which  is  worn  without  incon- 
venience inside  the  mouth,  compelling  the  wearer  to  inspire  through  the 
nostrils.  It  is  quite  invisible.  The  export  agents  are  the  London  firm  of 
Burgoyne,  Burbidges  &  Co. 

In  the  village  of  Harbottle,  Northumberland,  no  child  has  died  du- 
ring the  last  twenty  years  ;  a  farmer  and  his  three  shepherds  have  between 
them  forty-seven  children,  and  during  the  last  thirty  years  not  a  death 
has  occurred  in  their  families. — T)ie  Sanitary  Record. 


INSURANCE. 


INSURANCE    AGENCY    OF 
HUTCHINSON,  MANN  &  SMITH. 

NO    314    CALIFORNIA    STREET,    SAN     FRANCISCO. 

AGEXTS  FOR  TUB 

Franklin  Ins.  Co Indianapolis,  Ind  New  Orleans  Ins.  Ass'n New  Orleans. 

Union  Ins.  Co Galveston,  Texas  St.  Paul  F.  &  M.  Ins.  Co..  .St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Home  Ins.  Co Columbus,  Ohio1  Atlas  Ins.  Co Hartford   Conn. 

People's  InB.  Co Newark,  N.  J.  Revere  Fire  Ins.  Co Boston. 

National  h.  I.  Co.,  U.  S.  A..Wash*n,  D.  C.IGirard  Ins.  Co- Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  M  dions. 
POLICIES    ISSUED    ON    DESIRABLE  PROPERTY  aT   FAIR  RATES.     LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  PAID. 

HUTCHINSON,  HANK  A  SMITH,  General  Agents, 
Dec.  5.  31-1  California  street,  San  Francisco. 


HOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 
~VTo.  406  California  street,  next  door  to  Bank  of  California. 

_l_l  Fire  Insurance  Company.  Capital,  §300,000.  Officers  :— J.  F.  Houghton, 
President ;  Geo.  H.  Howard,  Vice-President ;  Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary.  H.  H. 
BIGELOW,  General  Manager. 

Directors.— San  Francisco— Geo.  H.  Howard,  F.  D.  Atherton,  H.  F.  Teschemacher, 
A.  B.  Grogan,  John  H.  Redington,  A.  W.  Bowman,  C.  S.  Hobbs,  B.  M.  Hartshorne, 
D.  Conrad,  Wm,  H.  Moor,  George  S.  Johnson,  H.  N.  Tilden,  W.  M.  Greenwood,  S.  L. 
Jones,  George  S.  Mann,  Cyrus  Wilson,  W.  H.  Foster,  Jr.,  Joseph  Galloway,  W.  T. 
Garratt,  C.  Waterhouse,  A.  P.  Hotaling.  Oregon  Branch — P.  'Wasserman,  B.  Gold- 
smith, L.  F.  Grover,  D.  Macleay,  C.  H.  Lewis,  Lloyd  Brooke,  J.  A.  Crawford,  D.  M* 
French,  J.  Lowenberg.  Hamilton  Boyd,  Manager,  W.  L.  Ladd,  Treasurer.  Marys- 
ville  — D.  E.  Knight.  San  Diego — A.  H.  Wilcox.  Sacramento  Branch  —  Charles 
Crocker,  A.  Redington,  Mark  Hopkins,  James  Carolan,  J.  F.  Houghton,  D.  W.  Earl, 
Isaac  Lohman,  Julius  Wetzlar  ;  Julius  Wetzlar,  Manager ;  I.  Lohman,  Secretary. 
Stockton  Branch—H.  H.  Hewlett,  George  S.  Evans,  J.  D.  Peters,  N.  M.  Orr,  W.  F. 
McKee,  A.  W.  Simpson,  A.  T.  Hudson,  H.  M.  Fanning  ;  H.  H.  Hewlett,  Manager ;  N. 
M.  Orr,  Secretary.  San  Jose  Branch— T.  Ellard  Beans,  Josiah  Belden,  A.  Pfister,  J. 
S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis,  N.  Hayes,  Noah  Palmer,  B.  D.  Murphy  ,  J.  J.  Denny,  Man- 
ager ;  A.  E.  Moody,  Secretary.  Grass  Valley — William  Watt,  Robert  Watt.  Ns- 
vada— T.  W.  Sigoumey. Feb.  17. 

FIEE  AND  MARINE  INSURANCE— TTNION  IllS.  CO.  OF  S.  F. 

The  California  Lloyds. —Established  in  1861.— Nos.  -116  and 
418  California  street.  Cash  capital  $750,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  $1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  !  !  Solid  Security  !  !  DIRECTORS. 
—San  Fraxcisco— J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Borel,  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  Lawrance  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
H'iwes,  Nicholas  Luning,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Baum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Brandenstein,  Gustave  Touchard,  G.  Brignardello,  George  C.  Hickox,  T.  Ltm- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Lindenberger.  Sacramento— Edw.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Makysville — L.  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  O. — 
Henry  Failing.     New  York— J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President.  N.  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 

Charles  D.  Haven,  Secretary.         Geo.  T.  Bohen,  Surveyor.  Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
FIKE     AND    MARINE. 

Clash  Assets,  Jan.  1st,  1876,  8478,000.— Principal  Office, 
j  218  and  220  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  : — Peter  Donahue,  Pres- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Cushino,  Secretary;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  of  Directors  :— Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Bocqueraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailey,  E.  W.  Corbert, 
George  O.  McMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson,  Dr.  C.  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  Ivers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County.  H.  W.  Scale,  Mayfield.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NSW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  business  of  Iiife  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  over  Fourteen  Million  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  complied  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California.  m 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.]  313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

HAMBURG-MAGDEBURG  FIEE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  HAMBURG. 

This  Company  is  now  prepared  to  issne  policies  against 
Loss  or  Damage  by  Fire  at  current  rates.  Every  risk  taken  by  this  Company 
is  participated  in  by  three  of  the  largest  German  Fire  Insurance  Companies,  repre- 
senting an  aggregate  capital  and  surplus  of  over  SIXTY -FOUR  MILLION  MARK, 
equal  to  SIXTEEN  MILLION  DOLLARS,  U.  S.  GOLD,  thus  enabling  this  Company 
to  accept  large  lines.  GUTTE  &  FRANK,  General  Agents, 
Sept.  23. 321  Battery  street. 


OF    BERLIN, 


C 


BERLIN-COLOGNE     FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 
GERMANY. 
apital,  6.000,000  Reich-Marks,  $1, 500,000  U.  S.  Gold  Coin. 

Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAN,  HIRSCHFELD  &  CO., 
Nov.  4. Office :  No.  302  Sansome  street,  under  W.  F.  &  Co.'s  Bank. 

ESTABLISHED    1821. 

Capital,  Gold $10,000,000. 

GUARDIAN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  OF    LOXDO\. 
Dec.  16. Agents  :  BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO.,  230  California  st. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  $15,000, 000  ;  Accumulated  Funds,  up- 
wards of  $0,750,000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurance,  Sl,3S0,OOO. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN    ASSURANCE   CO.,    OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 
/  1ash  Assets,  81,207,483.— London  Assurance  Corporation, 

\^/    of  London,    England.    Cash  Assets,  $14,!)93,4tS6. — Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.  CROSS  &.  CO.,  General  Agents, 

Jan.  20.  316  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 
Capital  85,000,000.— -Agents:    Balfour,  Guthrie  A  Co.,  No. 


C° 


230  California  street,  San  Francisco. 


No.  18. 


E.  D.  Edwards. 


E.  L.  Coaig.  J.  Craig. 

CRAIG,    EDWARDS    &    CRAIG, 
ttorneys  and  Counselors  at  Law.    Land  Suits  and  Patent  Right 

i      Cases  a  Specialty.     No.  210  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco    California. 
[July  29.] 


Feb,   in,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVEKTISKK. 


ZARA8    EARRINGa 
[An   i  1 1  i.   u tiss    Ballad.] 

"  M\  .  «rriags!  m>  r*v»  drop!    int.*  the  wi-11. 

Anil  ' 

•  (hin  *  irunntU'*  fountain  by,  -»|»-  ik*-  Ubuhuw*  daughter 
■•The  «•  it  i-  deep,  for  down  thi  y  lie,  beneath  tli<-  oold  blue  water — 
T«>  ma  <li'l  \l>i<b  i  giva  tli.  in,  when  In-  ipeJta  In*  r*ji.l  Farewell 
And  what  t"  iny  when  ha  oomea  l-ack,  alas!  1  cannot  fcalL 

"  My  i  wring*  I  they  were  pearli  in  >ilv<T  aet, 

Thai  when  my  Moor  wai  Far  away,  1  peer  ihould  him  fnryet, 

Tluit  1  ne'er  t"  other  tongues  ihnuld  lift,  nor  nnile  "ii 

Hut  remember  he  my  tint  had  Irlmnd.  pare  as  th< 

\\  hen  If  cornea  back  and  bean  that  1  have  dropped  them  in  the  well, 

oh  what  will  Muoa  think  of  nu-,  I  cannot,  cannot  tell. 

"  M\  i  urringa!  my  Barrings!  he'll  say  they  should  have  been. 

ii. 1  of  silver!  but  >>r  gold  an.!  glittering  sheen, 
Of  jaaperand  ol  onyx,  and  of  diamond  shining  clear, 

ii-  t..  the  chaninng  light,  with  radiance  insincere 
That  changeful  mini  unchanging  gems  are  not  befitting  wall— 
Thus  will  he  think     ami  what  to  say,  alas!  I  can  nut  tell. 

He'll  think  when  1   to  market  went.  1   loitered  by  the  way  ; 

He'll  think  :»  willing  ear  I  tent  t"  all  the  Lads  might  say  : 

H.  H  think  some  "'her  lover's  hand  among  my  tresses  noosed, 

From  the  ears  where  he  had  placed  them,  my  rings  of  pear]  unloosed; 

H.'ll  think  when  I  e  to  beside  this  marble  well, 

My  |K-;irls  fall  in  -and  what  t->  say,  alas!  I  cannot  tell. 

"■  H.'ll   say   I  am  ;i  wmn;in,  and   we  are  nil   the  same  ; 

He'll  say  1  loved  when  he  was  here  t>>  whisper  of  his  flume — 
Hut  when  he  went  t<>  Tunis  my  ring  in  troth  had  broken, 
Ami  thought  no  more  oi  Muca,  and  cared  not  for  his  token. 
My  earrings!  my  earrings!  ohl  luckless,  luckless  well! 
For  what  to  say  to  Uuca,  alas!  I  cannot  tell. 

"■  I'll  tell  the  truth  to  Mnea,  and  I  hope  he  will  believe 

That  I  have  thought  of  him  at  uiorniny/,  ami  thought  of  him  at  eve  ; 

That  musing  "ii  my  lover,  when  down  the  sun  was  gone, 

1         n  ings  in  my  hand  I  held,  by  the  fountain  all  alone  : 
And  that  my  mind  was  o'er  the  sea,  when  from  ray  hand  they  fell, 
And  that  deep  his  love  lies  in  my  heart  a*  they  lie  in  the  welL" 

A  recent  letter  from  Paris  has  this  to  say  of  the  hats  worn  in  the 
Hois  de  Bolougne:- "  Think  of  anyone  of  the  modest,  pretty  girls  you 
may  know,  mid  fancy  her  pink-and -white  dimpled  face  in  a  close  cottage- 
shape  of  downy  white  beaver,  trimmed  with  crumped  pink  silk  and  bor- 
dered with  lame,  the  whole  constituting  a  piece  of  head-gear  that  is 
Strapped  on  with  a  buckle  under  the  left  ear.  This  is  the  unconscious, 
unknowing  and  innocent  '  baby'  style.  The  other  style  is,  of  course,  a 
-t.  A  glowing  brunette  darts  by  in  an  otter  velvet  coup  de  vent, 
which  means  that  the  hat-shape  is  all  flying  back  as  if  blown  in  a  gale. 
On  the  top  are  three  full  rosettes  called  cabbages,  or  cfuiun.  They  are 
made  of  pinked  ..ut  orange  silk  in  three  tints.  It  is  a  refulgent,  flashing 
coronal,  which  young  matrons  call  sunrise,  but  as  mixed  orange  is  equally 
1h.  oming  to  the  elderly  who  have  silver  hair,  these  latter  call  it  sunset. 
Blondes  have  their  novelty  likewise.  It  is  a  mixture  of  absinthe-colored 
velvet  and  pale  azure.  Absinthe  is  a  murky  green  with  a  yellow  tinge, 
the  shade  of  dormant  ponds  that  run  deep.  A  very  blue-eyed  maid 
Bhould  try  the  combination  without  delay,  out  if  she  have  already  in- 
vested in  a  linden  or  white  plush  she  might  attempt  an  absinthe  head- 
dress, and  select  for  the  purpose  grasses  of  the  color  above  mentioned,  in 
which  she  will  entwine  sprays  of  forget-me-nots.  It  is  Ophelian  and  me- 
di.-v;d  -two  indispensable  qualities  for  a  blonde  on  the  threshold  of 
1877. M  -Washington  Gazeite. 


Deaf  and  Dumb.  —  At  the  Guildford  County  Bench,  recently, 
Lord  Middleton  in  the  chair,  a  man  named  James  \Villiams  was  brought 
up  on  a  charge  of  soliciting  alms  by  the  presentation  of  a  petition  couched 
in  the  most  plaintive  terms  of  charitable  appeal.  The  Superintendent  of 
Police  said  he  had  reason  to  believe  that  the  prisoner  was  simulating  to  be 
deaf  and  dumb. .  The  noble  chairman  said  he  was  acquainted  with  the 
deaf  and  dumb  alphabet,  a  knowledge  he  had  acquired  for  judicial  pur- 
poses, and  he  would  test  the  prisoner.  He  then  put  the  question  to  the 
prisoner  by  means  of  the  digital  alphabet,  "  What  have  you  to  sav  to  the 
bench  ?"  The  prisoner  immediately  responded  on  his  fingers,  "Nothing, 
but  that  I  wish  to  be  released,  as  I  have  committed  no  offence  in  law." 
The  chairman  replied,  "  Your  petition  is  well  written,  and  as  it  has  not 
been  shown  that  it  is  otherwise  than  a  statement  of  facts,  you  are  dis- 
charged." The  prisoner,  with  digital  emphasis,  responded,  You  are  the 
first  magistrate  I  ever  met  who  could  converse  with  a  dumb  man,  and  it 
is  to  this  fact  I  owe  my  discharge.  I  shall  ever  remember  you  with  grat- 
itude." The  translation  of  the  prisoner's  answers  by  the  chairman  caused 
great  laughter  in  Court. 

It  is  frequently  said  that  English  and  French  muslins  produced  by 
machinery,  rival  in  fineness  of  texture  and  beauty  of  finish  those  woven 
in  the  East,  but  this  is  not  true,  and  the  recent  introduction  of  these  fab- 
rics into  the  English  market  is  the  consequence  of  that  fact.  A  native 
woman  with  her  fingers  and  spindle  alone,  and  a  native  man  with  his  toes 
and  loom  alone,  will  spin  a  thread  and  finish  a  piece  of  muslin  which  can- 
not, by  the  application  of  the  most  delicate  machinery,  be  produced  out- 
aide  of  India.  There  is  one  quality  of  Decca  muslin,  for  example,  which 
is  termed  "woven  air."  It  is  made  only  for  kings1  daughters.  So  short 
is  the  staple  of  the  raw  material,  snd  so  brittle  its  fibres,  that  it  must  be 
spun  by  a  woman  under  twenty  five,  and  before  the  dew  has  left  the  grass 
in  the  morning.  As  a  substitute  for  natural  moisture,  the  evaporation  of 
water  from  a  shallow  pan  is  sometimes  used,  but  the  quality  in  that  case 
is  inferior.  And  yet  the  most  delicate  and  finest  of  fabrics,  a  piece  four 
yards  in  length  by  one  in  width,  weighing  less  than  one  ounce  avoirdupois 
often,  is  very  durable,  and  will  wash.  Since  the  disappearance  of  many 
of  the  native  rulers  of  India,  this  "  evening  dew,"  as  it  is  also  called,  is 
not  largely  made. 

It  is  said  that  no  Boston  girl  is  admitted  to  society  until  she  has 
written  at  least  one  poem  on  the  immortality  of  the  soul. 


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Cashier,  \V.  Ritchie. 

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Donahue,  James  C.  Flood,  Edward  Martin,  James  Momtt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

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dia, London  and  China.  Dublin  :  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg :  Hesse, 
Neuman&Co.  Paris:  Hottingueri  Co.  New  Y'ork:  National  Bank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
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cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  in  Europe,  Chii.a  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  IS. 

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Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows  : 

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Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company  ;  Ireland—  Banl'  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America — London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America  ;  China  and 
Japan -Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank*  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Comj>any  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

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ant Manager,  CAMILO  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
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Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world.  October  23. 

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~xi/^'/^'  Angel  Court ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  §6.000,000.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buy  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FRED.  F.  LOW, 

Oct  4.  IGN.  STEINHART, 


Managers. 


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Capital,  85,000,000.— Alvlnza  Hayward,  President :  R.  O. 
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Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and  a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 

SUTRO    &    CO., 

Bankers  and  Brokers,   408  Montgomery  street.—  Highest 
price  paid  for  IT.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bonds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin. 
Exchange  drawn  on  N"ew  .York. ^ May  20 

MONEY    TO    LOAN. 

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counts notes  and  loans  money  on  all  kinds  of  collaterals  in  large  amounts  ;  buys 
and  sells  real  estate.  OFFICE  :  405i  CALIFORNIA  STREET, 

Dec.  25.  Opposite  Bank  of  California. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS 


LETTER 


AND 


Feb.  10,  1S77. 


IS  THE  GOOD  DEACON  CZAPSKY  FITCH  A  BLACK- 
MAILER? 
That  the  unctious  deacon  is  a  skilled  and  inveterate  blackmailer 
we  do  not  care,  in  these  days  of  libel  suits,  to  assert.  Epithets,  however, 
may  be  left  to  take  care  of  themselves.  It  is  with  the  facts  we  propose 
to  concern  ourselves.  Those  supplied,  the  reader  may  suit  himself  in 
applying  the  name  which  best  befits  their  character.  A  roistering,  night 
prowling,  saloon  frequenting,  whisky  guzzling,  pioneer  of  hoodlum  life, 
he  is  found  first  coming  into  prominence,  in  the  halcyon  days  of  stealing, 
as  State  Printer.  The  laws  of  the  State  had  to  be  printed  in  English 
and  Spanish.  Double  prices  were  allowed  for  the  type  setting  of  the  Span 
ish  matter.  That  was  a  fat  arrangement  to  start  with,  but,  as  we  shall 
see,  it  was  not  fat  enough  for  deacon  FitcQ.  The  record  shows  that  tinder 
color  of  that  arrangement,  and  by  virtue  of  an  account  most  clearly  un- 
derstood by  an  expert,  he  actually  had  the  effrontery  to  charge  and  col- 
lect double  prices  for  the  press  work  also.  Of  course,  everybody  knows 
that  whether  the  type  be  set  up  in  Spanish  or  English.  Irish,  Dutch  or 
Hindustani,  the  cost  of  printing  from  it  is  equally  the  same.  Here, 
then,  we  have  the  fellow  face  to  face  with  a  transaction  which,  if  not 
blackmaU,  what  is  it?  The  influence  that  got  him  his  appointment  was 
doubtless  also  that  which  secured  the  payment  of  his  thieving  bill.  Does 
it  not  follow  that  by  aid  of  that  influence  he  blackmailed  the  State  out 
of  that  large  sum  which  laid  the  foundation  of  his  two  papers,  both  daily? 
Just  look  at  the  transaction  !  Notice  the  nice  subtlety  of  that  mind 
which  twisted  an  arrangement  for  double  prices  for  Spanish  type  setting 
so  as  to  mean  also  double  prices  for  printing  from  it.  Truly,  the  concep- 
tion was  great !  It  was  worthy  of  a — well,  suppose  we  say — of  a  Czapsky 
Fitch.  So  much  for  that  fact!  We  turn  tn  another.  If  the  proprietor 
of  a  paper  says  in  effect,  if  not  in  precise  words,  to  a  druggist :  "Yon 
are  the  agent  for  the  sale  of  a  deadly  drug.  It  is  insidious.  The  taste  for 
it  grows  upon  what  it  feeds.  It  will  become  a  fashionable  but  too  terrible 
substitute  for  whisky.  At  best  it  will  render  a  man  a  body-wrecked,  soul- 
destroyed  curse  to  himself  and  to  those  around  him.  It  will  find  its  way 
into  the  boudoirs  of  the  beautiful,  the  fair,  and  the  frail.  Under  its  stu- 
pefying influences  thousands  with  unsteady  hands  and  blunted  senses  will 
till  their  glasses  with  the  potion  even  unto  the  level  of  death.  Never- 
theless, this  deadly  thing  I— a  censor  of  other  men — I,  a  guardian  of  the 
public  health  and  morals — I,  Czapsky  Fitch,  will  not  only  advertise  it, 
but  will  puff  it  and  write  editorials  recommending  it  as  a  heaven-sent  cor- 
dial; but  mark  you  well,  Mr.  Druggist,  I  must  be  paid  for  it,  and  that  in 
no  mean  fashion  !  Every  man  has  his  price,  and  I  have  mine.  I  am  ready 
to  sell  my  columns  and  deceive  the  public  for  a  consideration.  I  must  be 
a  partner  in  the  profits.  My  price  must  go  on  increasing  in  proportion  to 
the  evil  I  do.  Every  suicide  by  chloral-hydrate  must  contribute  to  my 
gains.  Every  woman  who  eats  out  her  own  life  by  this  damnable  com- 
pound, and  poisons  that  of  her  offspring,  must  be  evidence  that  a  portion 
of  the  hard  earnings  of  her  sorely  afflicted  husband  have  passed  into  the 
coffers  of  the  Bulletin.  Every  soul  that  is  damned  by  your  brutalizing 
drug  must  pay  me  toll  whilst  on  the  road  to  hell  or  elsewhere.  Then,  and 
then  only,  will  I  do  this  thing.  Those  are  my  terms."  The  transaction 
by  which  Pickering  &  Fitch  entered  into  a  partnership  to  puff  chloral- 
hydrate,  and  so  push  it — a  dangerous  thing — into  general  use.  is  known  to 
the  whole  city.  Fac  simiiies  of  the  partnership  agreement  have  been 
published.  We  ask  in  what  does  that  agreement  in  its  essence  and 
meaning  differ  from  the  interpretation  of  it  which  we  have  just  put  into 
good  plain  English  ?  We  defy  even  the  indirection  of  a  Pickering,  or  the 
sophistries  of  a  Fitch  to  get  rid  of  that  inevitable  and  logical  interpreta- 
tion of  it.  That  being  so,  does  it  not  follow  that  it  was  the  least  of  their 
offenses,  but  nevertheless  a  grave  offense,  that  they  blackmailed  the  drug- 
gist? If  it  was  proper  to  advertise  bis  drug,  why  not  advertise  it  in  the 
ordinary  way  only,  and  at  the  ordinary  prices  ?  Why  editorially  lie  about 
it,  and  why  as  a  requital  become  interested  in  its  extensive  sale  ?  As  all 
roads  lead  to  Rome,  so  all  logical  argument  upon  this  subject  points  to 
the  unmistakable  conclusion  that  this  arrangement,  in  its  dire  calami- 
t'es  and  infamous  conception,  stands  alone  as  the  one  unrivaled  and  unsup- 
passable  act  of  perfidy  of  which  a  free  press  has  yet  heen  guilty.  So 
much  for  that  Fact.  We  proceed.  The  people  of  this  State  know  how 
Fitch  hounded  everybody  connected  with  the  great  railroad.  Everj'thing 
that  its  managers  did,  as  well  as  everything  they  left  undone,  was  the 
subject  of  misrepresentation,  abuse  and  villifi cation.  As  many  as  two 
and  three  leading  articles  a  day  were  devoted  to  these  purposes  for  two  or 
more  years.  The  insensate  hate  of  Fit&h  toward  Stanford  seemed  more 
like  a  monomania  than  any  feeling  one  can  imagine  as  being  born 
of  a  rational  mind.  The  railroad  king  could  not,  according  to  Fitch's 
siniiter  imaginings,  run  even  a  horse  race  houestly,  but  must  needs  "sell 
it."  The  man  who  in  the  pride  of  his  victory  made  a  present  of  the 
whole  of  the  stakes  to  his  successful  rider  had  at  the  next  occasion  sunk 
so  low  that  he  sold  hit  horse,  his  rider  and  himself  in  order  to  plunder  the 
poorer  thousands  who  assembled  to  witness  the  sport.  But  suddenly,  as 
if  in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye,  all  this  is  reversed.  The  whole  people  see, 
and  marvel  at,  the  change.  Pickering  is  seen  hob-nobbing  on  the  southern 
route,  and  rejoicing  that  the  second  #r  competing  line  across  the  conti- 
nent is  in  the  good  hands  of  the  men  who  control  the  first.  Two  years 
ago,  when  fares  and  freights  were  slightly  increased,  Fitch  day  by  day 
grew  wild  over  the  evils  that  he  declared  were  to  befall  the  State  in  conse- 
quence. A  greater  increase  has  lately  been  made,  when  lo  !  the  Bulletin 
comes  rmt  with  an  article  saying  in  effect  that  the  increase  ie  a  blessing 
in  disguise,  as  it  will  act  as  a  protection  to  home  industries.  Why  this 
going  back  upon  itself  ?  Why  this  base  tersgiversation  ?  Is  it  by  any 
process  of  reasoning  that  Fitch  has  been  led  to  abandon  his  principles,  and 
to  disgracefully  forsake  the  anti-railroad  party  he  was  at  such  pains  to 
buildup?  "Process  of  reasoning,"  indeed  !  We  are  greatly  mistaken  if 
the  "process"  were  not  of  a  very  different  kind.  In  short,  has  he  black- 
mailed the  railroad  ?  Ah  !  thereby  hangs  a  tale.  The  facts  of  what  he 
was,  and  of  what  he  is,  are  read  and  known  of  all  men.  An  intelligent 
mind  will  be  lost  in  a  labyrinth  if  it  attempts  to  explain  the  change  upon 
any  hypothesis  save  one.     So  much  for  that  Fact.     More  anon. 


It  is  $  truism  that  a  fault  of  youth,  if  repented  of  and  atoned  for  by  a 
pure  after  life,  ought  to  be  allowed  to  sink  into  oblivion.  But  if  the  wick- 
edness be  conntinued  from  youth  to  mature  manhood,  growing  from  bad  to 
worse,  surely  it  i$  not  anjiss  to  point  out  that  as  the  twig  was  inclined  so 
the  tree  grew  up. 

Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  iu  this  market  at  100  buying  and  100J  selling. 


THE    GREAT    TOSS-TJF. 

We  are  weary,  so  weary,  of  waiting, 

We  really  are  sitting  on  thorns  ; 
Stop  spouting  and  shouting  aud  swearing, 

Stop  blowing  your  penny  tin -horns, 
And  however  you  "fix  up"  the  question, 

However  disgraceful  the  plan. 
Just  give  us  a  Hayes  or  a  Tilden, 

And  make  all  the  haste  that  you  can. 
Come,  rattle  the  national  dice  -  box, 

No  matter  how  loaded  the  dice  ; 
When  it's  plain  the  thing  can't  be  done  fairly, 

It  won't  do  to  be  over  nice  ; 
As  elections  have  proved  to  be  farces, 

We'll  take  any  sort  of  a  man  ; 
Let  the  biggest  rogue  throw  "  double -sixes," 

But  make  all  the  haste  that  you  can 
We  won't  have  a  king  or  a  kaiser. 

We're  bound  to  be  free  as  the  air; 
No  heirship  of   thrones  will  we  suffer  — 

We'll  "stiake"  for  the  President's  chair; 
This  is  primitive,  simple  and  easy, 

Yet  we  bungle  sj  over  the  plan 
That  really  all  Europe  is  laughing, 

So  make  all  the  haste  that  you  can. 
It  is  grand  to  be  quite  independent 

Of  kings  who  are  monarchs  by  birth; 
It  is  fine,  sirs,  to  know  we  are  governed 

By  rulers  made  such  for  their  worth  ; 
But  settle  at  once  on  the  copper, 

It's  time  that  the  tossing  began , 
Well  all  take  a  drink  with  the  winner, 

So  make  all  the  haste  that  you  can. 

THE     COMPROMISE    COMMISSION    A    FAILURE. 

We  were  never  among  those  who  admired  the  compromise  bill. 
Somebody  was  elected  President,  and  that  somebody  ought  to  have  been 
found  out  by  honest  inquiry,  and  not  by  the  chance  which  determined  the 
selection  of  a  fifth  judge.  The  Democrats  had  all  the  trumps  in  their 
hands,  but  seem  to  have  nevertheless  lost  the  odd  trick.  The  Commis- 
sioners have  been  tried  and  found  wanting.  They  were  to  rise  above 
party  and  decide  according  to  the  demands  of  truth,  abstract  justice,  and 
the  eternal  fitness  of  things.  The  Floiida  case  was  before  them.  It  was 
urged  on  the  one  hand  that  they  must  accept,  without  question,  Governor 
Steam's  certificate,  false  though  it  admittedly  was.  On  the  other  hand  it 
was  contended  that  if  one  man,  by  fraud,  could  rob  the  people  of  their 
choice,  there  was  virtually  an  end  of  Republican  government,  and  that  if 
the  inquiry  could  not  reach  the  facts  of  that  fraud,  then  there  remained 
no  excuse  for  the  existence  of  the  Commission.  It  was  shown  that  the 
wrong  of  Governor  Stearns  has  since  been  passed  upon  by  the  duly  elected 
Governor  of  Florida,  by  the  Legislature  and  by  a  Republican  State 
Supreme  Court,  and  that  by  all  oi  these  it  has  been  clearly  ascertained 
that  Tilden  has  an  unmistakable  majority.  All  this  was  without  avail. 
The  Commis&ion,  in  effect,  decided  that  fraud  once  committed  must  be 
perpetuated.  The  vote  by  which  that  most  extraordinary  decision  was 
arrived  at  is  the  utter  condemnation  of  the  Commission.  Loud  have  been 
the  protestations  that  the  members  would  rise  above  party  considerations 
and  determine  each  for  himself,  under  the  solemnity  of  an  oath,  and 
with  all  candor  and  truthfulness,  the  very  grave  question  that  has  arisen. 
To  the  dismay  of  all  who  hoped  that  at  last  a  tribunal  had  been  created 
in  which  the  love  of  right  prevailed  over  the  love  of  party,  it  has  turned 
out  that,  though  the  Commission  is  outwardly  clothed  with  forms  of 
decency,  it  is  inwardly  aud  at  heart  as  unscrupulously  partisan  as  that 
famed  Louisiana  Canvassing  Board.  The  P.epiesentatives,  Senators  and 
Supreme  Judges,  each  and  all  alike,  voted  according  to  their  party  prede- 
lictions.  Accordingly  the  vote  stood  eight  for  the  view  which  is  likely  to 
elect  Hayes,  and  seven  for  that  which  favors  Tilden,  and  so  we  doubt  not 
the  vote  will  stand  all  through.  Though  how,  in  the  face  of  the  decision 
already  reached,  the  Oregon  difficulty  is  to  be  got  over  we  do  not  clearly 
see.  Meanwhile  this  compromise  business  is  a  failure.  Compromises 
nearly  always  are. 

WHEHLER  REBUKED  BY  HIS  PEER. 
We  have  heretofore  seen  the  absurdity  of  a  Wheeler  injunction. 
We  have  witnessed  our  Supreme  Court  snubbing  the  judge  who  dis- 
charged a  prisoner  over  whom  he  had  no  jurisdiction.  We  have  read  the 
ironical  terms  in  which  the  High  Court  of  Appeals  of  Missouri  referred 
to  an  injunction  to  restrain  the  publication  of  future  libels.  We  have 
seen  how  Wheeler  testified  to  popular  anti-Chinese  allegations,  he  having 
previously  expressed,  in  private,  opinions  of  a  directly  opposite  character. 
This  week  we  find  him  rebuked  by  his  locum  tenens,  Judge  Wallace.  Just 
before  Judge  Wheeler  left  for  his  holiday  he  granted  an  ex  parte  appli- 
cation for  a  receiver  to  take  possession  of  the  Lady  Bryan  Mining  Com- 
pany. The  other  side  applied  to  the  Country  Judge,  who  temporarily  sup- 
plied Wheeler's  place,  to  have  that  order  set  aside  as  illegal  and  void. 
Judge  Wallace  expressed  his  regret  that  the  law  allowed  him  no  discre- 
tion in  the  matter,  otherwise  he  would  have  avoided  reviewing  the  de- 
cision of  the  regular  Judge  of  the  Court,  but  he  had  no  option,  and  so 
proceeded  to  undo  the  absurdly  illegal  acts  of  Wheeler.  How  long  are 
we  to  be  afflicted  with  a  judge  who  seems  incapable  of  rendering  a  de- 
cision, even  upon  the  simplest  matter,  that  will  hold  water?  Put  him  in 
the  next  class  that  applies  for  admission  to'  the  bar  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
and  we  will  bet  the  News  Letter  property  against  his  game  leg  that  he  will 
fail  to  pass.  In  the  name  of  common  sense  we  demand  that  our  judges 
shall  at  least  be  lawyers. 

San  Francisco  Medical  Benevolent  Society.  —  An  institution  ha» 
been  granting  licenses  to  practice  medicine  that  has  no  legal  right  to  do 
so.  We  refer  to  the  San  Francisco  Medical  Benevolent  Society.  The 
legal  fraternity  will  be  delighted  at  this  phase  of  affairs,  as,  in  case  a  pa- 
tient dies  that  was  attended  by  one  of  the  latter  societ}',  the  important 
question  arises  as  to  who  can  sign  a  death  certificate.  It  leaves  loop-holes 
for  much  litigation  in  cases  of  trials  for  murder  and  matters  of  life  insur- 
ance and  expert  evidence. 


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THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

"RtU  tb*  l*rt»r!"    "What  lh.  d»*tl  *M  ihottT" 
"On*  that  will  |<Uj   lb*  .1,  ,,i,  .it,  oil 


There  wm  roceutly  n  (.uuily  living   in  Sooth  Sun  Prancleoo,  th« 

■  nf   which  ttvn    never  kuown    to  invito   any  neighbor  to  enter 

on   the   street    without 

.  ti  ntlj .  i'ii.1  looked  in  at  fell 

dows,  affirm  that   the  inmates  kepi  -  on  whan  al  homo,  and  in 

.M."r  ixtulil  any  une   testify  to  hat  ing  wen  either  father,  mother  or 

the  two  ■"■■!.-.   and   three  daughter!  ungloved.     It    Is  two  years  since  the 

i  *imls  cam<  there,  md  as  the]  helped  the  exweaunn  to  put  the  furniture 

int"  th.  i  by  laughed  al   the  circumstance  of   the 

II  wearing  thick   brown  cloth  gloves.     Little   by  lit.il- 
cnrioeil s  tiding    the  exclusive  ami    perpetually  gloved 

ut,  tike  all  mysteries,  the  interest   soon  died  out,  ami   i 
i  makti   remarks  on  a  subject  which  had  long  grown  stale.     At 
Mr.  tJulightly  (the  head  of  the  family  in  question)  was  compelled 
ring  medical  man   to  I  sirl,  who  was  sick. 

In  feelii  iked  permission  to  take  her  glove  otE,  alle  rin 

that  the  I  by  it  prevented   him  from  Judging  accurately  of  the 

Lion  of  her  blood.  The  request  was  refused;  and  Dr.  3. 
then  noticed  that  alt  the  other  members  of  the  family  wore  gloves.  Fever 
let  in,  and  the  sick  young  lady  became  delirious.     During  one  of  the 

visits,  while  he  was  Feeling  her  pulse,  the  girl  struggled 
lenUy  that  one  of  her  gloves  fell  >'tf  and  disclosed  a  tons  thin  band,  with 
a  bunch  of  toft  hair  growing  right  in  the  palm.  Befbn  '■  iving  the  house 
the  other  members  of  the  family  threatened  the  doctor  severely  if  he  ever 
(very,  the  sons  especially  being  very  hot  in  their 
menaces,     Di    5.  ul  necessary  promises,  but  prior  to  his  departure 

persuaded  thi  other  members  of  t  he  family  t..  show  turn  their  hands  also. 
Tin-  hair  was  visible  in  all.  It  was  very  wft  and  covered  the  entire  palm, 
being  thickest  on  the  outside  and  scanty  in  the  centre.  When  the  Dr. 
called  the  next  day,  the  family  hail  moved  and  left  no  trace  of  their 
a  note  enclosing  bun  $30  for  his  professional  Bervioes, 

N ie  knows  where  they  have  migrated  to,  ami  it  may  be  perhaps  for 

the  best  to  leave  them  undieturbea  in  the  possession  of  a  secret  about 
which  they  are  evidently  very  sensitive, 
A  well  known  newspaper  reporter  lately  came  into  possession  of  a 
I  piece,     It  matters  little  where  he  got  it  ->r  how,  but  he  had  it. 
Twaa  his,  and  pern  ips  had  been  slave  to  thousands,  and  he  took  it  into  a 
broker's  office  to  change  it  into  silver.     The  clerk,  knowing  his  customer 
■  iporter,  merely  shook  his  head,  and  remarking  that  he  did  not  care 
into  trouble,  declined   to  change   it.     The  saddened   journalist 
thought  of  bis  restaurant,  where  he  owed  six   dollars,  and  tendered  the 
double  eagle  to  the  proprietor  in  payment  of  his  bill.     To  his  surprise  the 
man  of  mutton  shook  his  head  and  pushed   the   gold    piece  hack,  with  an 
observation  about  its  being  unnecessary  for  him  to  liquidate  his  indebted- 
1'hen  lie  got  mad  and  tendered  it  to  a  barkeeper  for  a  drink,  and 
the  whisky  dispensei  sighed  and  shoved  it  back  at  him   with  a  look  of 
pity.     Finally  he  sought  out  a  friend,  and  begged  him  to  convert  the  ob- 
noxious   cart-wheel   into    silver   and   to   keep   the  discount.     The  friend 
shook  his  head  doubtfully,  but  slowly  cashed  the  money,  and  as  he  leaned 
over  the  counter  lie  whispered:  "Say.  old  man,  I  don't  want  to  ask  any 
questions,  only  it  is  evident  you  have  money,  and   it  is  also   known  that 
you  write  for  a  daily  paper.     If  you  have  been  accepting  any  bribes  from 
tors,  or  doiug  anything  crooked,  don't  let  on  that  you  changed 
your  gold  here,  because  1  might  have  to  make  it  good.     I  hope  you  have 
not  shown  it  to  any  one,  because  public  confidence  is  a  little   shaken  just 
now,  and  your  being  seen  with  £20  would  not  strengthen  it."  The  reporter 
hong  his  hi  ad,  took  up  his  money,  and  went  home,  feeling,  poor  fellow! 
that  newspaper-writers  with  money  in  their  pockets  were  just  objects  of 
suspicion.      Then  he  wrote  a  note  to  his  employer,  and   asked    him  to  pay 
his  salary  for  the  future  in  dimes,  so  that  he  might  regain  his  character 
for  honesty  as  time  rolls  on.  3 

A  capital  actor,  an  indefatigable  scientist  and  entomologist,  and  a 
ruter  in  Bohemia— such  is  Harry  Edwards.  Therefore,  his  tortures  may 
be  conceived  when  it  is  stated  that  at  a  recent  performance  of  Julius 

( 'asar  he  saw  a  beautiful  specimen  Of  a  very  rave  beetle  flying  round  the 
in  perfect  freedom,  and  no  pin  through  it.  The  audience  could  not 
unite  make  out  why  "Caesar"  kept  looking  about  as  if  his  neck  was  com- 
ing off,  and  were  somewhat  surprised  to  hear  him  say  to  "  Antony," 
"  Forget  not,  in  your  speed,  Ahtonrns,tO  catch  that  melolonthian,  I  mean 
to  touch  Calphurnia,"  and  they  were  more  puzzled  to  observe  a  huge  but- 
terfly-net making  frantic  sweeps  at  something  in  the  wings  whenever 
11  Caesar"  was  off  the  Stage.  In  the  second  scene,  "  Antony"  remarked 
to  "  Caesar"  that  "  Cassius"  was  "  a  noble  Roman  and  well  given,"  and  he 
was  sta^ei-e.l  to  hear  "  I  'a-sur"  reply,  "  Would  he  were  fatter.  By  Jove, 
it's  a  BrachinuB  crepitans,"  The  audience  smiled  at  their  old  favorite, 
but  seemed  puzzled  as  "  Ciesar"  jumped  three  feet  into  the  air,  ami  evi- 
dently missed  some  object  lie  was  trying  to  grab.  As  the  curtain  fell 
after  the  first  act,  a  gentleman  in  the  stage  box  heard  Mr.  Edwards1  voice 
yelling  behind  the  curtain,  "  I  know  it's  either  an  efophorvn  or  a  sphoerid- 
turn,  and  I'm  bound  to  have  it."  The  supers  were  astonished  to  see 
"  Julius  Csesar,"  with  a  gauze  net  five  feet  deep,  rushing  up  the  ladders 
into  the  flies,  and  they  marveled  more  to  notice  the  depressed  appearance 
of  the  Vice-President  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences  as  he  came  down 
again.  Bishop  will  do  these  sort  of  things,  and  hi  had  stolen  a  valuable 
beetle  from  Mr.  Edwards'  collection,  fastened  it  to  invisible  pieces  of 
horsehair,  and  hid  himself  in  the  flies,  just  where  he  could  dangle  the 
specimen  in  front  of  "  CiBsar's"  nose. 

Senator  Simon  Cameron  is  the  latest  distinguished  defendant  in  a 
breach-of -promise  case.  The  playful  young  deceiver  is  only  about  77  years 
old,  aud  if  he  has  made  any  rash  promises  to  the  plaintiff,  Mrs.  Mary  H. 
Oliver,  the  jury  will  doubtless  excuse  him  on  the  score  of  his  youth. 
However,  it  should  be  a  warning  to  the  Hon.  Senator,  and  as  he  grows 
older  he  will  doubtless  be  more  cautious  in  offering  his  hand  and  heart  to 
coy,  virgin  triflers  with  men's  affections.  It  is  true  that  the  Senator  is 
somewhat  young  to  marry,  and  if  he  sets  up  the  plea  of  inexperience 
combined  with  a  hot-blooded  temperament,  his  peers  will  probably  con- 
done the  breach  of  his  unfulfilled  vows.  In  years  to  come  the  T.  C.  hopes 
to  see  young  Simon  settle  down  in  the  quiet  and  happy  matrimonial  state, 
but  at  present,  unless  he  is  sure  that  he  has  sown  all  his  wild  oats,  he 
ought  not  to  dream  of  any  such  foolishness. 


An  interesting  trial  oi  ..  at  ■  well  known 

r  with 

rare  that  h old  eat  lOOyarus  mure  inacearunf  than 

the  latter  gentleman.  were  drawn  up,  and 

decided  that  tl  dd  each  contain  thirty  flvi    j  u  I  .  oi  10 

of  the  b  I   vortheirplal 

i  -ni\  kind  ol  lauoa  they  pi  ofi  rred.     M 

in  ;    his  opponent  two  hundred  and  four- 
ids  behind.     Here  be  pauseo  and  walked  up  and  down  the  room 
until  be  was  informed  that   signor    Bevere   was  only  fifty  yards   behind 
him,  whereupon  he  sat  down  and  commenced  his  second  mil 

tie  had  consumed  over  i<h»  yards,  and  was  going  well  within  him- 
self,  wh  lew  re  was  observed  to  be  in  distress.     Hi 

button  ■  and  undid  bis  shlrl  collar,  but  be  was  man- 
ifestly out  of  condition  and  unable  t<>  continue  The  struggle 

IW   virtually  over,  though   Mr.  S]  010  :.iinlu    tOOll    another  Spin  of   a 

quarter  of  a  mile  merely  to  show  how  game  he  was,  afb  t  which  the 
stakes  were  handed  over  to  him.  It  is  reiwrted  that  the  champion  mac- 
oaroni  eater  ol    Milan  is  now  on  his  way  bare,  and  it  is  thought  that  he 

will  meet  in  Mr.  S.  a  foe  Worthy  of  his  steel,  should  a  mateh  be  made. 
News  ConiSS  from  Kngland  that  the  Visiting  Justices    of  the    Surrey 

County  Jail  have,  with  a  liberality  and  a  delicate  compassion  for  | r 

ii  in  the  United  States,  ordered  a  new  gallows  with 
'  all  modern  conveniences  and  the  latest  improvements."  This  unobtru- 
sive and  quiet  forethought  on  the  part  of  the  Justices  is  well  worthy  of 

imitation  mi  tliis  side  of  the  water.      The    latest  improved    gallows  haf  a 

hand-organ  concealed  under  the  woodwork,  which  plays  the  "  Rogue's 
March  and  other  pieces  of  soothing  music  to  the  condemned,  and  is  so 
regulated  that,  just  as  the  tune  changes  to  a  breakdown,  the  platform 
sympathizes  an  I  there  is  n  breakdown  all  round.  A  circular  iron  bolt, 
weighing  MX)  pounds,  with  a  hole  in  the  center,  which  is  suspended  close 
to  the  beam  by  a  thread,  now  falls  down  the  tightened  rope  on  to  the 

neck  of  the  condemned  and    instantaneously  puts  an  end  to  Ins  sufferings. 

The  Bad  duty  being  completed,  the  organ  immediately  commences  play- 
ing,  "Tommy,  make  room  for  your  uncle,"  to  keep  the  spirits  of  the 
Sheriff  up,  changing  the  melody  to  "  Now  I  lay  me  down  to  rest,''  as  the 
deceased  is  put  in  his  coffin  and  carried  away.  This  new  and  unproved 
gallows  deprives  an  execution  of  half  its  unpleasant  features,  and  several 
gentlemen  who  have  been  hung  on  it  have  given  very  flattering  testimo- 
nials as  to  its  efficacy  and  the  pleasant  mode  of  its  operation. 

The  latest  English  swindle  consists  in  a  wine  merchant  sending  out 
cases  of  champagne  to  clergymen  and  others  just  before  Christmas  with- 
out any  clue  to  the  identity  of  the  donor.  The  parson  supposes  that  it 
is  a  present  from  a  charitable  parishioner,  drinks  the  wine  with  his 
friends,  aud  gets  a  letter  three  weeks  afterward  from  the  merchant  an- 
nouncing that  the  wine  was  forwarded  in  the  hope  of  its  moderate  price 
being  an   inducement  to  purchase.     "A  careless  clerk  omitted  to  send 

an    explanatory    letter     with    the  hamper  and    Mr.    will    please 

either  return  it  or  remit  so  many  dollars."  There  is  no  liquor  mer- 
chant in  the  United  States  so  insensate  as  to  try  this  dodge  on  an  Amer- 
ican community  because  there  is  no  American  so  utterly  devoid  of  sense 
as  to  refuse  the  wine  or  accept  the  bill  for  it.  If  any  dealer  doubts  it  let 
hiiu  send  a  few  cases  out  on  this  plan,  including  one  to  this  office,  and 
see  whether  he  ever  gets  his  wine  back  or  his  money  either. 

A  story  is  going  the  rounds  about  a  quiet  gentlemen  who  was  relating 
his  war  experiences,  at  the  Palace  Hotel,  in  company  with  a  number  of 
ex-generals,  colonels  and  majors.  He  had  evidently  seen  gTeat  service, 
but  when  asked  his  rank  replied  that  he  had  only  been  a  private.  Tlie 
next  day  the  quiet  man,  as  he  was  about  to  depart,  asked  for  his  bill. 
"  Not  a  cent,  sir,  not  a  cent,"  answered  Mr.  Leland.  You  are  the  very 
first  private  I  ever  met."  The  curious  part  of  the  history  is  3*et  to  comet 
All  the  shoddy  majors  and  colonels  round  town  have,  without  exception, 
dropped  their  titles  ;  there  are  none  to  be  found  in  the  clubs,  and  Mr. 
Leland  is  daily  in  receipt  of  piles  of  affidavits  from  gentlemen  who  would 
like  to  live  at  the  Palace  free  of  charge,  on  the  ground  that  they  never 
were  promoted  from  the  rank  and  file. 

The  new  Ulster  overcoats  reach  right  down  to  the  ground,  and  are 
very  fashionable  in  the  Eastern  States.  They  are  expensive  when  re- 
garded as  an  original  outlay,  but  very  economical  as  a  saving  in  other 
branches  of  clothing.  It  is  not  at  all  necessary  for  a  gentleman  who  pos- 
sesses one  to  wear  any  other  garment  except  a  hat  and  a  pair  of  boots. 
Those  made  with  a  train  are  not  so  advantageous  in  respect  of  economy, 
as  they  draggle  in  the  mud,  and  the  wearer  is  liable  at  any  moment  to 
hold  up  his  skirts  too  high,  and  expose  the  fact  that  he  has  no  pants  on. 
An  additional  charm  about  this  overcoat  is  that  there  is  no  necessity  for 
the  occupant  to  undress  at  night.  The  Ulster  makes  a  splendid  night- 
gown, and  the  wearer  is  saved  the  trouble  of  making  his  toilet,  while  he 
is  clad  in  the  bight  of  fashion. 

A  colored  family  on  Hyde  street  hangs  out  the  following  sign  :  "All 
kinds  of  false  work  done."  After  a  long  struggle  with  his  conscience,  the 
T.  C.  concluded  to  call  there  and  see  if  he  could  make  arrangements  to 
have  one  or  two  of  his  enemies  privately  assassinated  on  moderate  terms, 
or,  failing  that,  to  get  some  of  Mr.  Pickering's-  chloral-hydrate  adminis- 
tered to  them.  On  explaining  his  errand  to  an  aged  African  female,  he 
was  at  once  convinced  how  greatly  he  had  misunderstood  the  meaning  of 
the  sign.  The  lady  in  question  explained  tlutt  it  referred  solely  to  the 
manufacture  of  chignons,  puffs,  cm-Is  and  false  hair  generally,  but  she 
received  so  many  cash  offers  from  gentlemen  who  supposed  she  kept  a 
private  slaughter-house  that  she  seriously  contemplated  going  into  the 
business. 

"I  want  to  descend  to  the  ground  floor,"  said  an  irascible  old 

fentleman  standing  near  the  elevator  on  the  sixth  story  of  the  Palace 
lotel.  "Get  right  in,''  replied  the  clerk,  "  this  is  the  elevator."  And 
then  the  old  gentleman,  who  bad  just  come  from  the  mountains  and  had 
never  seen  a  big  hotel  before,  swore  at  the  boy  and  threatened  to  report 
him,  and  asked  him  how  he  dared  make  fun.  of  him  and  offer  him  the  use 
of  an  elevator  when  he  was  six  stories  up  and  wanted  to  descend. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Loomis  advertises  for  sale  "trees,  scions  and  seeds" 
of  the  "  fruit  of  the  gods."  In  a  Christian  land  it  is  very  sad  in  this  ad- 
vanced age  to  see  a  Christian  minister  offering  for  sale  such  pagan  goods 
as  "fruit  of  the  gods."  It  is  bad  enough  to  have  Dr.  Schliemann  rifling 
Agamemnon's  pockets  at  Mycenae,  but  it  is  worse  for  a  clergyman  to 
hawk  the  idolatrous  diet  of  an  exploded  set  of  deities. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND 


Feb.  10,  1877. 


A    TURNED-DOWN    PAGE. 

There's  a  turned-down  page,  as  some  writer  says, 

In  every  human  life — 
A  hidden  story  of  happier  days 

Of  peace  amid  the  strife. 
A  folded  leaf  that  the  world  knows  not — 

A  love-dream  rudely  crushed: 
The  sight  of  a  foe  that  is  not  forgot, 

Altho'  the  voice  be  hushed. 
The  far-distant  sounds  of  a  harp's  soft  strings, 

An  echo  on  the  air  ; 
The  hidden  page  may  be  full  of  such  things, 

Of  things  that  once  were  fair. 
There  is  a  hidden  page  in  each  life,  and  mine 

A  story  might  unfold  ; 
But  the  end  was  sad  of  the  dream  divine — 

It  better  rests  untold. 


THE    CONFERENCE. 

The  proceedings  of  the  Conference  at  Con- 
stantinople are  still  but  very  imperfectly  known 
to  us,  aud  all  that  we  learn  is  from  telegrams 
which  must  be  incomplete,  and  which  may  be 
more  or  less  erroneous.  Still,  some  points  seem 
to  come  out  clearly. 

first,  as  we  said  last  week,  Kussia  clearly  does 
not  wish  to  go  to  war  alone  with  Turkey  if  she 
can  avoid  it.  Some  months  ago  she  was  ap- 
parently quite  ready  to  do  so,  but  now,  somehow 
or  other,  she  is  not  ready.  Secondly,  Prince 
Bismarck  seems  to  have  spoken,  though  exactly 
what  he  has  said  we  do  not  know.  But — this 
much  seems  certain — he  has  intimated  that  he 
thought  "  concessions  enough  "  had  been  granted 
to  the  Turks,  and  that  if  they  would  not  agree 
to  what  has  been  proposed  to  them,  the  Confer- 
ence had  better  break  up,  even  without  arriving 
at  any  result 

Probably  the  second  of  these  facts  is,  at  least 
in  some  degree,  the  explanation  of  the  tirst. 
This  sudden  activity  of  Prince  Bismarck  is  most 
likely  the  reason  why  Russia  hangs  back.  Last 
week  there  seemed  likely  to  be  peace,  because 
Russia  and  Turkey  seemed  to  be  likely  to 
agree  on  something  more  or  less  good,  and  no  one 
else  was  likely  to  interfere.  But  now  Prince 
Bismarck  has  interfered,  and  the  whole  prospect 
of  the  future  is  again  postponed  and  embroiled. 
Possibly,  Prince  Bismarck  may  have  good  mo- 
tives both  for  his  long  delay  and  for  this  sudden 
action;  but  he  has  certainly  given  strong  argu- 
ments to  those  who  impute  bad  motives  to  him. 
They  say  that  he  would  wish  to  see  Russia- 
weakened,  because  she  may  threaten  Germany 
from  the  East,  and  may  be  the  ally  of  France  in 
the  next  great  war  which  German  statesmen  are 
always  thinking  of.  What  would  weaken  Rus- 
sia, they  say,  is  a  war ;  and,  therefore,  it  is  a 
war  which  Prince  Bismarck  wishes  for  Russia — 
any  war,  so  long  as  it  is  not  with  Germany.  For 
this  purpose,  they  contend,  he  has  till  now  prac- 
tically encouraged  Turkey ;  he  staid  quiet  at 
Varzin  when  every  other  statesman  was  active  ; 
he  said  that  he  would  not  spend  the  blood  of  a 
single  Pomeranian  soldier  in  coercing  Turkey  ; 
he  never  made  any  proposals  for  her  reform  when 
proposals  from  him  would  have  been  as  effectual 
almost  as  commands  ;  he  said  only  that  he  would 
act  with  Austria  if  possible,  though  Austria  was 
certainly  not  likely  to  propose  anything  excess- 
ively stringent :  till  now  the  German  representa- 
tive at  the  Conference  is  believed  to  have  acted 
quibe  as  much  witJa  Turkey  as  against  her.  But 
now  Prince  Bismark  turns  round  and  says  some- 
thing 'real,'  must  be  done.  And  this  change 
is  certainly  at  the  very  moment  when,  but  for  it, 
peace  was  imminent.  Prince  Bismarck  cannot, 
therefore,  wonder  that  his  enemies  allege  that  he 
was  quiet  as  long  as  quiet  promoted  war,  and 
that  he  only  began  to  act  when,  if  he  had  re- 
mained quiet,  there  would  have  bCen  peace. 

What  has  been  done  and  said  at  the  Confer- 
ence is,  however,  as  yet  too  little  known  for  crit- 
icism in  detail,  and  we  shall  probably  have  many 
opportunities  of  writing  on  them  after  they  are 
fully  known.  Bat  two  things  seem  to  be  dis- 
tinct: First— that  if  Russia  and  Turkey  neither 
wish  to  go  to  war,  Prince  Bismarek  will  hardly 
be  able  to  make  them  unless  we  help  him.  He 
has  said  he  will  not  send  a  smgle  German  soldier 
to  help  either  party ;  and  unless  he  ean  get  us  to 
meddle  where  he  will  not,  there  will  be  peace. 
Secondly — that  we  onght  to  he  very  watchful  of 
any  apparently  philanthropic  considerations 
which  would  lead  us  to  interfere  in  the  matter. 
We  may  wish  to  reform  "Bulgaria,"  .and  may 
elaborate  long  schemes  for  so  doing.  But,  in 
case  of  need,  we  cannot  get  at  Bulgaria  to  carry 
them  out.  Tbe  real  upshot  of  the  matter  lies 
with  the  great  military  Empires  who  are  near, 
and  the  events  of  this  week  are  a  warning,  if  a 
warning  were  needed,  how  difficult  it  is  to  pene. 
trate  their  motives,  and  how  different  they  may 
be  from  ours. — From  the  Economist,  January  13. 


THE  SEA  SERPENT  AGAIN. 
At  the  Liverpool  Police-court  on  the  9th 
ult.  Captain  George  Drevar,  of  the  bark  Pauline, 
appeared  before  Mr.  Raffles,  the  stipendiary 
magistrate,  and  asked  that  his  worship  would 
receive  an  affidavit  signed  by  himself,  his  officers, 
and  half  of  his  crew  as  to  their  having  seen  the 
great  sea  serpent.  He  said  his  vessel  had  just 
arrived  in  the  Mersey  from  Akyak  after  a  voy- 
age occupying  altogether  twenty  mouths.  They 
had  sighted  the  great  sea  serpent  on  three  diff- 
erent occasions,  and  it  had  evidently  followed 
the  ship,  which,  owing  to  a  broad  white  streak 
around  it,  might  have  been  taken  for  another  of 
its  kind.  Each  time  they  saw  the  monster  it 
was  sporting  itself  by  catching  and  crushing 
whales  in  its  coils.  The  captain  went  on  to  state 
that  he  had  been  invited  by  several  scientific  so- 
cieties in  London  to  relate  to  them  what  he  had 
seen  of  the  mysterious  and,  as  hitherto  supposed, 
fabulous  creature,  and  he  intended  to  proceed  to 
London  in  a  few  days  for  that  purpose.  The  af- 
fidavit was  as  follows:  "We  the  undersigned, 
captain,  officers,  and  crew  of  the  bark  Pauline, 
of  London,  do  solemnly  and  sincerely  declare 
that  on  July  8th,  1875,  in  lat.  5.13  S.,  long.  35 
W.,  we  observed  three  large  sperm  whales,  and 
one  of  them  was  gripped  around  the  body  with 
two  turns  of  what  appeared  to  be  a  huge  ser- 
pent The  head  and  tail  appeared  to  have  a 
length  beyond  the  coils  of  about  thirty  feet  and 
its  girth  eight  or  nine  feet.  The  serpent  whirled 
its  victim  round  and  round  for  about  fifteen  min- 
utes, and  then  dragged  the  whale  to  the  bottom 
head  first.  Again,  on  the  13th  of  July,  a  simi- 
lar serpent  was  seen  about  200  yards  off,  shoot- 
ing itself  along  the  surface,  head  and  neck  being 
out  of  the  water  several  feet.  This  was  seen 
only  by  the  captain  and  an  ordinary  seaman, 
George  Drevat.  A  few  moments  afterwards  it 
was  seen  elevated  some  sixty  feet  perpendicular- 
ly in  the  air."  The  affidavit- declaration  conclu- 
ded in  the  ordinary  legal  form. 

If  tQe  promise  contained  in  the  following 
advertisement  cut  from  the  Irish  Times  is  per- 
formed, the  linguistic  powers  of  Balaam's  ass 
will  cease  to  be  marvelous:  "To  be  sold,  six 
cows. — No.  1.  A  beautiful  cow,  calved  eight 
days,  with  splendid  calf  at  foot ;  a  good  milker. 
No.  2.  A  cow  to  calve  in  about  fourteen  days, 
and  great  promise.  The  other  two  cows  are 
calved  about  twenty-one  days,  and  will  spmk  for 
themselves.  For  particulars,  apply  at  15  Upper 
Buckingham -street  for  four  days." 


M.  de  Gamond,  the  originator  of  the  Chan- 
nel Tunnel,  is  among  the  list  of  recorded  deaths 
of  representatives  of  Art  and  Science  who  passed 
away  last  year. 


G.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Thursday,  Feb.  1st,  1877,  and  until 
further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 
San  Francisco: 
(Overland    Ticket  Office,   at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  uf 
Market  Street.)  


Street  Wharf)  —  Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Lauding  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for    Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.  (Arrive  8:10  p.m.) 


8f\f\  A.M.  (daily),  Atlantic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  VJU  land  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland(0.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  p.m.  (Arrive  5:35  P.M.) 


3f\f\  P-M.  (daily)San  Jose  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  VHJ  land  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 
(Arrive  9:35  a.m.) 


Ferry),  stopping 
rives  at  San  Jose  at  5:30  p.m. 


4f|A  P.M.  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
•  \J\J  fc>r  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Indian  Wells  (Arizona  Staye  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  6:55 
P.M.  "  Sleeping  Cars  "  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les. (Arrive  12:40  p.m.) 


4f\f\  P.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Market  St. 
•  W  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  for  Calistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  aud  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  p.  it.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "  Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 
(Arrive  11:10  a.m.) 


4f\f\  P.M.  (Sundavs  excepted)  Sacramento  Steamer 
.\J\J  (from  Market  St.  Wharf),  for  Benicia  and  Land- 
ings on  the  Sacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  a.m.,  daily.  (Arrive  8:00  p.m.) 


A.  *-\(\  P-M.  (daily),  Throngh  Third  Class  and  Freight 
"tt:»0\/  Train,  via  Lathrop  and  Mohave,  arriving  at 
Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  A.M. 

(Arrive  7:30  a.m. 


FERRIES     AND      LOCAL     TRAINS. 


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A.  M.,  and  6.05  p.  M. 

♦Change  Cars  at  "  Broadway,"  Oakland. 

a— Morning,     p— Afternoon. 
T.  H:  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towne,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION  . 

Commencing;  Nov.  6th,  1S7«,  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  as  follows: 


8  0A  a.m  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
•Ov  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  fe^T"  At  Pajaro  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forApros  and  Santa  Cruz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Monterey.  Stage 
connections  made  with  thistrain. 


nOr  a    M.   (daily)  for  Menlo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
•AO    tions. 

3    0K  r-M-    daily  (Sundays    excepted)  for    San  Jose, 
•  ***J   Gilroy  and  Way  Stations. 


;    Afi  P-M-  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


6.30 


p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Mateo  and  Way  Stations. 


SOUTHERN      DIVISION. 

f^~  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Division 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Indian  Wells. 
A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  Willcctt,  Gen'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 
[November  18.] 


JOSEPH    GILLOTT'S    S'EEL    PENS. 

Soltl  by  all  Stationers  throughout  the 
World.     Sole  Agent  for  the  United  States  :  MR. 
HENRY  HOE,  91  John  street,  N.  Y. Jan.  1C. 


H.    H.    MOORE. 

Dealer  in  Books  for  Librarles.—A  large 
assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
ano  for  sale  at-  'iog  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
San  Francisco  Oct.  24. 


1-Vb.    10,    1S7T. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER. 


11 


NOTABILIA. 


J.  B.  FordA  Co  *s  Affairs. --X>:u  York,  Jan.  90.    Thssaeond  bank- 
ruptcy of  .1    :  .  which  was  imnuni  terday, 
»1  form  for  ■                       >  nvttlrro«nta  of  the  Brat, 
.rt.lit.T  who  bail  rvfUM'tl  to  ackliowla 
ent  on  tin?  _i.'Mii'i  that  he  had   not  been  "uotified.*1    This 
is  taken   by  i                    tion  of  the   principal  creditors,  and   meets  the 
nee  "I  nil,  with  the  one  exception  named.    The  "30  0BDtBM 
in  nut  ui-'ii  the  composition  Amount,  lmt  upon  the  unpaid  propor> 
inal  debt     in  short,  it  i>  tin-  carrying  "<it  of  the 
original                      ,.  which   lias   already  been  reduced   from  >* 1 10,000  to 
iMKt « .-lit in_'.  nt  cliiini  if  imt  against  the  firm,  (ml 
lividual  memben  ol  it,  who,  with  wren  othsr  parties,  are.  sned  m 
trustees  of  the  Christian  Union   Polishing  Co,  for  ipristin 
made  in  England  and  rejecting  it  as  not  aooording  tooontmct    The  cred- 
■  .I  resolutions  to  the  effect  that  the  business  shall  continue 
without  interruption. 

Success  in  business  is  never  attained  by  keeping  a  lot  of  goods  on 
the  shelves  until  thej  are  old  fashioned.  Tne  active  business  principle 
of  the  nineteenth  century  seems  to  be  to  constantly  and  quickly  turn  over 
stock  into  money,  and  back  again  into  fresh  stink.  Even  though  the 
profits  nail;  yet  they  are  constant,   and  the  public  gets  the 

benefit  of  thi  Chis  is  the  plan  adopted  by  J.  J.  O'Brien  4  Co., 

of  the  Arcade  House,  BSH  to  928  Market  street.  From  morning  to  nighl 
the  busy  clerks  wait  on  the  oei  seless  line  of  customers,  and  there  was 
never  ;*  run  on  a  bank  in  ■  time  of  panic  where  as  mam  people  attended 
n  out  their  money,  as  may  be  seen  daily  depositing  their  coin  in  ex- 
change for  the  beautiful  goods  of  the  Arcade  House. 

A  mother  ami  her  daughter  recently  married  brothers  in  Tuscaloosa, 
Ala.,  and  the  mother  got  the  younger  husband. 

Many  men  j.'ivo  up  housekeeping  ami  go  boarding  on  poor  hash 
and  worse  ->--ip.  becau  ■  ■  iK-  >  -et  tired  of  home  cookery,  and  dissatisfied 
with  it.  Tney  little  knew  that  it  was  a  bad  stove  which  caused  all  the 
trouble.  Any  one  who  ever  purchased  a  Union  Range  of  Mr.  De  la 
Montanya,  on  Jackson  at.,  below  Battery,  will  tell  you  how  much  actual 
health  and  domestic  comfort  are  derived  from  the  possession  of  this  non- 
i  ■.■.  K  i  n<  my  in  Fuel,  and  perfection  of  baking,  broiling,  and 
roasting,  are  among  its  merits,  fall  and  examine  de  la  Montanya's  va- 
ried and  extensive  stock. 

A  great  deal  has  been  written  about  sisterly  love,  but  you  just  find 
a  sister  who  will  give  up  a  rocking-chair  and  a  new  dime  novel  to  the  best 
brother  in  the  world,  unless  he  promises  to  take  her  out  to  lunch  next 
.lay.  The  most  comfortable  restaurant  to  take  your  sister  to,  is  Swain's 
Bakery,  on  Sutter  st.,  above  Kearny.  It  is  quiet  and  high-toned,  the 
■■..  is  excellent,  and  the  company  select.  Besides,  their  ice  cream, 
cakes,  and  confectionery,  are  superb,  and  not  to  be  excelled  anywhere. 

Disturbing  the  Grave— Making  a  sober  man  laugh. 

It  is  a  queer  country  that  allows  Dr.  Schlieraann  to  go  about  break- 
ing 'pen  the  tombs  of  respectable  old  people  like  Agamemnon,  although 
the  doctor's  researches  have  been  very  useful.  He  has  sent  all  the  de- 
signs "f  the  old  Grecian  furniture  which  he  found  to  N.  P.  Cole  &  Co., 
220  to  22b"  Bush  St.,  who  are  utilizing  them  largely  in  their  new  styles. 
The  enterprise  of  this  firm  is  illimitable. 

''Jemima  Susan,  did  you  get  my  letter?"  "Yes,  Dick."  "  I  sent 
it  in  the  hopes  of  raising  a  flame."  "  Dick,  you  succeeded,  for  it  lit  the 
Ran."  The  best  gas  fixtures  in  San  Francisco  are  imported  and  made  by 
Bush  ft  Milne,  under  the  Grand  Hotel,  on  Xew  Montgomery  street.  This 
firm  is  also  agent  for  the  new,  patent,  silicated  Carbon  Flter,  which  ren- 
ders all  water,  however  foul,  sparkling,  wholesome,  and  agreeable. 

A  Clerical  Error— A  parson's  entry  into  politics. 


It  is  said  chat  George  Washington  shaved  himself,  and  it  is  sublime 
to  think  of  the  father  of  his  country  in  shirt  sleeves,  with  a  towel  on  his 
arm,  tearing  about  the  house  for  a  piece  of  paper.  George's  hand  was 
very  steady  with  a  razor,  because  he  never  drank  anything  stronger  than 
pure  Gerke  Wine.     I.  Landsberger,  10  and  12  Jones  Alley,  is  sole  agent. 

What  a  bad  man  gets  unlawfully  in  this  world  is  as  nothing  to  what 
he  will  get  in  the  next.  Even  bad  men  have  some  redeeming  quality, 
and  the  best  way  for  them  to  have  it  brought  out  is  to  be  photographed 
at  Bradley  &  Rulofsons'.  Their  pictures  are  incomparably  beautiful,  and 
will  often  show  a  bad  man  his  true  features  while  there  is  time  to  amend. 


Planets  govern  not  the  soul  nor  guide  the  destinies  of  man,  but  trifles 
lighter  than  straw  are  powers  in  the  building  up  of  character.  The  char- 
acter of  "  Old  Cutter"  whisky  needs  no  building  up.  It  is  the  purest 
and  finest  spirit  in  the  market,  and  it  is  sold  only  by  A.  P.  Hotaling,  429 
and  431  Jackson  street. 

Where  to  Find  Eternal  Spring— In  the  circus  business. 

VvTienever  a  lot  of  men  undertake  to  crowd  women  out  of  a  legiti- 
mate calling  they  make  St.  Paul  responsible  for  it.  Woman's  most  legiti- 
mate calling  is  piano-playing,  and  the  best  piano  in  the  world  is  the  Hal- 
let  &  Davis.     Badger,  13  Sansome  street,  is  agent. 

The  printer  cannot  entirely  compose  himself,  although  he  is  able  to 
get  a  little  set  up.  In  such  a  condition  the  best  thing  he  can  do  is  to 
dump  a  bottle  of  Napa  Soda  into  his  galley.  It  is  the  coolest  and  most 
refreshing  mineral  water  made. 

An  apple  "woman  says  her  business  is  at  a  stand  still.  Muller's  busi- 
ness is  carried  on  at  the  same  old  stand  on  Montgomery  st.,  where  he 
sells  the  best  spectacles  and  optical  goods  in  the  city. 


Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis.  M.  D.(  etc.,  may  be  consult  d  at 

■  0  Suttei    street  betw  I  daily, 

bum  10  a.  \i.  to  3  P.  m.  and   from  0  to  8  P.  ».:  i  11  to  3 

only.     Dr.   Curtis  is  licensed  to  pi  ine  under  the   oe*  MedJ 

on]  Act;  his  publics!  [ned  from  A.   I..  Bancroft 

eoi  the   Pacific  coast,  or  from  the  author,   Dr.  Curti 
Sutter  street,  S.  I". 

The  Turks  claim  to  be  better  loldlen  than  the  Russians,  bnosnae  they 
do  n't  drink  brandy.     Perba]  family 

to  defend.     If  the  Turka  could  only/get  such  bian.lv,  and  other  liquors, 
as  are  kept  by  K.  ft.  P.  J.  <  they  would  fight  n* 

tin. 


VERDICT  ALWAYS   FOR   THE  DAVIS'  VEBTICU,   FEED    SEW1NO 
MACHINE. 

The  4Viitrinih*l  4>ol<l   Mcilal  mid   Diploma.  1H76:  the  s...i( 
Uedal,  1876  .  the  Franklin  Institute  Medal,  1874,  Tho  Ebopon  oi  theOenU  an  si 

C mission  aajs :    "The  DAVIS  is  awarded  the  Grand  Qold  Medal  ol  Bon< 

Diploma  ol  Merit  for  excellent  material  and  construction,  idapted  to  tne  greatest 
range  ol  work."  We  claim  Bales  unprecedented,  and  satisfaction  universal.  In  its 
construction  ii  differs  from  all  others,  and  Is  equaled  by  nous  As  an  earnest  ft  what 
i-  here  i  Isimed,  the  Manufacturers  uhallenge  all  others  for  s  frtondiy  contest,  either 
for  amusement  or  a  more  substantia]  consideration.  The  Family  Machine  i>  light 
running  and  i  isllj  comprehended;  basati  ingenious  'lev  ice  "  !■■  take  up"  lost  motion 
or  wear,  which,  to  a  machinist,  is  positive  proof  of  durability,  We  are  ploased  to 
refer  to  nmeliiiieH  in  manufacturing  establishments  lure,  where  thej  have  been  In 
constant  use  for  nearly  three  years,  t"  veriTj  the  above.  Has  reo  Ived  more  medals 
and  complimentary  testunordale  than  any  other  In  the  same  length  <>f  time.  Haau- 
Eocturcrsars  especially  Invited  to  examine  our  No  It]nstoul  Agents  wanted  in 
nil  unoccupied  territory,  MARK  SHELDON,  Qen'l  Agent  for  the  Pacific  Coast, 
Dec.  23. No.  180  Post  street. 

A.    S.    HALL1D  E, 

Importer,  Dealer  nml  Manufacturer  of  Wire  Goods,  Wire 
hope,  Win.-  Si'iven.s,  Ir-m  and  I'.rcus  Batten  Cloth,  etc.  Wire  Screens  for  win- 
dows and  doors,  and  all  Kinds  ol  Wire  Wort  on  hand  and  made  to  order.  Bule  Agent 
for  Torrey'B  Weather  Strips,  to  exclude  dust  and  rain,  and  Holloway's  Fire  Extin- 
guisher. Proprietor  of  the  Patent  Endless  Ropeway.  Experienced  workmen  always 
on  hand  to  fit  up  orders.     California  Wire  Works.:  0  CALIFORNIA  ST.         Dec.  E8. 


F.  C  Snow]  SNOW    &    MAY'S    ART    GALLEEY.  [W.  B.  Mat. 

SNOW     A     MAY, 

IMPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 

Pictures,    Frames,    Moldings,    and    Artists'    materials. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  Dec.  19. 


OPENING    OF    RARE   AND    ELEGANT    BOOKS! 

Hit .  Moore  takes  pleasure  in  announcing:  that  bn  \  lug  re- 
0  turned  from  his  annual  purchasing  trip  to  the  great  Eastern  and  European 
Literarj  Depositories,  that  lie  has  received  and  now  has  open  the  largest  assortment 
of  ANTIQUE  and  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before  brought  to  this  city,  con- 
sisting of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
fail  to  find  the  most  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  either  old  or  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  varied  stock.  Gift  Books  in  Great  Variety.  Call  and  examine 
our  stock. [Dec.  16.] II,  H.  MOURE,  Gftl  Montgomery  street ._ 

AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  been  Invented  by  the  Queen's  Own  Company  of  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  so  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  $2  for  buffalo  handles,  S3  for  ivory  ; 
by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  libera]  terms  by  the  sole  agents  in  the 
United  States.  NATHAN  JOSEPH  &,  00., 
September  2. No.  641  Clay  street,  S.  F. 

TO    OWNERS    OF    REAL    ESTATE! 

Persons  Owning  Real  Estate  tbat  bas  heretofore  been  as- 
sessed in  the  former  owner's  name,  are  requested  to  appear  personally,  or  send 
their  deeds  to  the  Assessor's  Office,  614  Merchant  street.  City  Hall,  immediately,  and 
ha\  e  the  proper  changes  made  for  next  year's  Roll.  The  work  on  the  Real  Estate 
Roll  for  IS77  will  commence  in  a  few  days,  after  which  it  will  be  too  late  for  anv 
Changes.  ALEXANDER    BADLAM, 

Jan.  13.  City  and  County  Assessor. 

LEA    AND    PERRINS*    SAUCE. 

In  consequence  of  sparlous  imitations  of  WORCESTER- 
SHIRE SAFCE,  which  are  calculated  to  deceive  the  public,  LEA  AND 
PERRINS  have  adopted  A  NEW  LABEL  BEARING  THEIR  SIGNATURE, 
LEA  &i  PERRINS,  which  is  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUCE, 
and  without  which  none  is  genuine. 

Ask  for  LEA  &  PERKINS'  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrapper,  label,  bottle  and  stop- 
per    Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  Rlackwell, 
London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  by  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  be  obtained  of 
Dec.  30. MESSRS.  CROSS  &  CO.,  San  Francisco. 

CAUTION— BETTS'S  PATENT  CAPSULES. 

The  public  nrc  r<**p*><  <l"utl,v  <-:cittIoi;ed  lh:  I  t:<-lNM':in>ni  Cnpftiilea 
are  being  infringed.  BETTS*S  name  18  upon  every  Capsule  be  makes  lor  the 
leading  Merchants  at  home  and  abroad,  and  be  Is  the  Only  Inventor  and  Pole  .Maker 
In  the  United  Kingdom.    Manufactokis:  1.  Wharf  Road,  City  Road,  London, 

ANT'  BORMKAtTX.  KBA.NTK. Jane  IS. 

BEST    FOUD    FOR    INFANTS, 

Supplying  the  highest  anion ut  of  nourishment  In  (he  most 
digestible  and  convenient  form.  SAVORY  &  MOORE,  148  New  Bond  street, 
London,  and  all  Chemists  and  Storekeepers  throughout  Canada  and  the  United 
States. Dec.  30. 

CAREW    LEDliER    PAPERS 

Have  no  equal  for  making:  Blank   Books.    John  O.  Hoclg-e 
&  Co.,  Importers  and  Manufacturing'  Stationers,  327,  329,  331  Sansomestreet 
Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast.  Nov.  4. 

WILLIAM    HARNEY, 
"lyrotary  Public  and  Commissioner  of  Deeds,  northwest  cor- 

_13l      ner  of  Montgomery  and  Sacramento  streets,  San  Franeiscj,  office  of    Madison 
&  ljurke- Aprii  2i). 

-btPINuEtt'S    SALOON. 

Louis  Eppinger,  formerly  of  Ilalleck  street,  has  removed 
to  Nevada.  Block  (entrance  on  Summer  street).     Will  be  happy  to  see  all  his 
friends.     MILWAUKEE  BEER  a  Specialty. ^^P1  30- 

B.  F.  Flint.     Flint,  Bixby  &  Co.]  [  J.  Lkk.     D.  W.  Foloer 

A.  P.   FLINT    &    CO., 

Graders,  Packers  and  fkealers  iu  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  29. 


12 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS 


LETTER 

»       — 


AXD 


Feb.   10,   1877. 


ART    JOTTINGS. 

The  reception  of  the  Art  Association,  at  their  new  galleries,  or. 
Thursday  evening,  gave  evidence  of  the  deep  interest  the  members  feel  in 
the  success  of  the  institution,  and  it  is  to  be  regretted  that  our  local 
artists  do  not  sufficiently  appreciate  this  feeling  by  giving  to  it  their 
hearty  support  and  contributing  fresh  work  instead  of  pictures  which 
have  been  previously  shown  in  the  windows  and  galleries  of  dealers. 
Take  from  this  collection  the  pictures  sent  in  by  private  parties  and  the 
showing  would  be  meagre  indeed.  Of  course,  works  the  equal  of  some  of 
these  are  not  looked  for  from  any  of  our  local  artists,  bnt  that  is  no  reason 
why,  if  they  exhibit  at  all,  they  should  not  contribute  pictures  which 
have  not  been  shown  before,  and  there  are  several  in  the  gallery  which 
are  veritable  shopkeepers. 

S.  M.  Brookes,  an  ex-President  of  the  Association,  whose  name  is 
opposite  No.  1  on  the  catalogue,  contributes  several  much  exhibited 
pictures. 

No.  3  is  by  Miss  Dugan,  a  pupil  of  Mr.  "Williams.  It  is  understood  to 
have  been  a  commission  from  Col.  Eyre.  It  is  a  library  scene,  and  quite 
equal  in  merit  to  anything  we  have  yet  seen  from  any  of  the  pupils  of  this 
school. 

No.  4,  "  Job's  Peak,"  is  the  only  new  work  from  Marple.  The  princi- 
pal features  of  the  picture  are  the  brilliant  and  glowing  light  upon  the 
mountain  and  the  deep  shadow  of  the  valley.  _It  is  a  picture  of  effects 
only,  void  of  detail,  yet  powerful  and  commanding ;  in  great  contrast  to 
its  neighbor,  No.  6,  "Hetch  Hetchy  Valley,"  by  Eierstadt.  This  work 
is  full  of  minute  detail ;  so  much  so  that  it  weakens  the  picture  and  ren- 
ders the  grandest  points  in  it  valueless  except  as  they  may  serve  to  make 
a  panorama  of  the  scene- 
No.  9,  "  Gipsy  Dancing  Girl,"  by  E.  J.  Bush.  We  do  not  know  where 
Mr.  Bush  has  seen  a  "  Gipsy  girl"  looking  like  this  one,  unless  in  Central 
America,  and  she  is  even  too  black  for  that.  The  pose  of  the  figure  is 
good,  as  is  the  drawing,  but  in  color  it  lacks  that  brilliancy  which  belongs 
to  flesh,  even  if  it  is  black. 

In  No.  10  we  have  an  excellent  portrait  by  Wolf,  good  in  color  and 
expression,  and  withal  a  speaking  likeness. 

Mr.  Narjot  gives  us,  in  Nos.  12  and  44,  a  couple  of  sporting  scenes, 
which,  although  crude  in  color,  are  quite  good  in  drawing.  Mr.  Narjot 
has  lately  much  improved  in  portrait  painting,  and  it  is  to  be  regretted 
that  he  has  not  seen  fit  to  exhibit  one  of  his  latest  efforts  in  that  direction. 

"  Penelope  awaiting  Ulysses,"  No.  14,  is  the  title  of  a  very  attractive 
picture  by  Cabanel,  a  French  artist  of  note.  To  our  mind,  however,  th/ 
flesh  tints  are  not  quite  natural  nor  the  figure  perfect  in  drawing,  notably 
the  lower  part  of  the  right  leg — it  is  too  short. 

No.  3.6,  The  Morning-  Call,"  is  a  new  departure  in  painting  for  Virgil 
Williams.  We  have  been  so  used  to  seeing  figures  from  him  of  the  Ital- 
ian type  that  any  others  look  odd,  and  judging  from  the  outcome  of  this 
effort  it  has  been  something  of  a  task  for  him  to  thus  turn  aside  fnm  the 
beaten  track  so  assiduously  traveled  for  about  twenty  years.  Many  of 
Mr.  Williams'  smaller  Italian  pieces  are  gems  of  their  kind,  and  now  and 
again  he  has  given  us  a  bit  of  landscape  which  was  really  good.  In  this 
picture,  however,  we  are  unable  to  see  any  merit.  The  figures  are  unnat- 
ural and  stagey  looking.  The  woman  with  her  hand  on  the  door-latch 
reminds  U3  of  Billy  Ashcroft  when  personating  "  Dinah."  The  drapery 
is  void  of  texture,  the  fence  is  sadly  out  of  drawing,  and  the  foliage  is  of 
that  uncertain  character  which  is  not  admissable  in  a  picture  where  details 
are  set  forth  with  such  exactitude. 

Irwin  gives  ui  in  No.  17,  a  large  portrait  of  Mark  McDonald,  which  we 
consider  one  of  the  best  portraits  in  the  room.  The  pose  is  most  natural, 
the  coloring  excellent  and  expression  inimitable.  No.  20  is  another  large 
portrait  by  this  artist,  of  a  little  eirl.  It  looks  crude,  as  if  not 
quite  finished.  The  flesh  wants  a  good  deal  of  toning  to  bring  it  to  that 
of  a  miss  of  6  years.  No.  18,  called  "  The  Isle  of  Monte  Cristo,"  by 
James  Hamilton,  is  supposed  to  be  a  marine  view,  but  is  in  reality  a  huge 
and  fantastical  nonentity.  At  the  left  hand  of  the  picture  we  have  Mr. 
Hamilton's  usual  sunset,  and  on  the  right  a  mass  of  what  are  supposed  to 
be  rocks,  over  which  tumbles  what  is  intended  for  a  stream  of  water. 
This,  together  with  a  waste  space,  which  we  are  to  imagine  is  the  sea, 
completes  a  picture  6x12  feet  (more  or  less),  occupying  the  choice  position 
in  the  gallery,  and  must  have  cost  Mr.  Hamilton  at  least  ten  hours  hard 
work  to  produce.  No.  19  we  take  to  be  the  "Choir  of  the  Church  of 
San  Severino,"  in  Naples,  and  not,  as  per  catalogue,  "  The  Chair  of  San 
Severius."  It  is  one  of  the  best  pictures  in  the  collection — quiet,  unob- 
trusive and  poetical  in  both  quality  and  subject.  The  scene  is  evidently 
just  after  church.  The  choristers  have  all  gone  but  one,  and  the  officiat- 
ing priest  is  just  stepping  down  from  b»  reading  desk,  while  another  is 
passing  through  the  door.  All  three  of  these  figures  are  so  naturally  ren- 
dered that  with  the  evident  truth  and  rich  texture  of  the  object  paint- 
ing in  it,  we  have  a  really  superb  work  of  art.  No.  21,  "  Love  Making," 
by  Bouguereau,  is  another  fine  picture  from  a  private  collection.  Of  the 
many  works  from  this  artist  shown  here,  we  remember  none  as  brilliant  in 
color  and  rich  in  tone  as  this  excellent  picture  which  is  loaned  from  th« 
collection  of  Gen.  Colton. 

Mr.  Denny,  a  prime  mover  in  founding  the  Association,  and  for  a  time 
a  most  enthusiastic  contributor,  gives  us  but  two  pictures,  both  of  which 
have  been  exhibited  before. 

No.  27,  by  Wilsch,  of  Milan,  "A  Carpet  Bazaar  at  Cairo,"  is  quite  good 
in  color  and  drawing,  but  wanting  in  the  brilliant  effects  the  subject  is 
capable  of  producing  under  the  hand  of  a  master. 

Mr.  Keith,  one  of  our  most  popular  artists,  is  represented  by  quite  a 
number  of  works,  all  of  which,  it  is  to  be  regretted,  have  been  before  ex- 
hibited. 

No.  30.  "  The  Monastery  in  Arms,"  by  Vibert,  of  Paris,  is  a  notable 
picture,  having  attracted  much  attention  in  Europe  as  well  as  New 
York,  where  it  was  for  some  time  on  view.  The  perfect,  and  notably 
different,,  expressions  of  each  of  the  twenty  monks  in  line,  the 
one  at  the  foot  being  as  carefully  rendered  as  any  of  the  others,  is  a  feat 
in  genre  painting  which  would  establish  the  fame  of  any  artist.  The 
effect  of  light  as  it  comes  through  the  door,  where  stands  the  grotesque 
commander,  is  superb  and  in  striking,  yet  harmonious,  contrast  to  the 
monasterial  surroundings.  The  scene  is  supposed  to  represent  a  Spanish 
convent  in  1811,  and  the  picture  was  painted  in  18i>8,  not  having,  it 
seems,  found  a  purchaser  until  last  season,  when  it  was  purchased  by  Mr. 
Charles  Crocker,  who   is  the  owner   of  four  other  works  in  the  collection. 

No.  31  is  a  landscape  by  "  Corot,"  a  French  artist,  now  deceased.  The 
works  of  this  painter  were  much  sought  after  by  art  collectors  imme- 
diately after  his  death,  but   the   high  prices   offered  brought   upon   the 


at  12  M.: 


Paris  market  in  1874  such  an  avalanche  of  "  Corots  "  that  prices  fell,  and 
it  is  thought  that  his  works  have  been  imitated  and  sold  to  a  great  extent; 
not  a  very  difficult  task,  judging  from  this  specimen.  It  has,  perhaps, 
a  good  quality  of  color  and  a  certain  breadth  of  execution,  but  if  it  can 
be  called  a  picture,  what  would  a  sketch  by  the  same  artist  look  like  ? 

No.  35,  by  Beard,  of  New  York,  is  a  comical  subject.  A  number  of 
dogs  and  a  monkey  are  made  to  represent  the  poverty  and  affluence  of 
Gotham.  The  delicate  hound  draped  in  clothing  with  armorial  bearings  is 
typical  of  the  real  aristocrat,  and  the  porkish  pug  fastened  to  his  collar  of 
wealth  gives  the  type  of  shoddy  so  prevalent  in  that  metropolis. 

A  superb  picture  is  the  "  Standard  Bearer,"  No.  39,  by  Gues,  of  Paris, 
the  most  brilliantly  finished  piece  of  figure  painting  in  the  room.  The 
handling  of  the  background  is  of  such  character  as  to  highten  the  effect 
upon  the  one  object,  the  figure. 

No  42  is  a  good  example  of  one  of  the  early  portrait  painters  of  Amer- 
ica— Gilbert  Stewart.  Its  chief  merit  is  in  the  freshness  of  its  coloring, 
and  proves  that  the  old  painters  were  stronger  colorists  than  their  fel- 
lows of  the  present  day. 

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CITY  OF  TOKIO,  March  1st,  for  YOKOHAMA  and  HONG>K<  'NO. 

CITY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  February  IGth,  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  call- 
ing at  MAZATLAN.  SAN  BLAS,  MANZAN1LLO  and  ACAPULGO,  connecting  at  Ac- 
apulco  with  company's  steamer  for  all  Mexican  and  Central  American  ports  south  of 
Acapulco.     Tickets  to  and  from  Europe  by  any  lina  for  sale. 

CITY  OF  SYDNEY,  Febrtiarv  28th,  at  12  o'clock,  noon,  or  on  arrival  of  the  En- 
glish mails,  for  HONOLULU,  KANDAVAU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT 
CHALMERS.    To  Sydney  or  Auckland— Upper  Saloon,  $210;  Lower  Saloon,  $200. 

CITY  OF  PANAMA,  Feb.  10th,  DAKOTA,  Feb.  20th,  and  alternately  on  the  10th, 
20th  and  30th  of  each  month,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TOWNSEND,  SEATTLE,  TA- 
COMA  and  OLYMP1A.  connecting  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for 
PORTLAND,  Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  II  a.m.  on  day  of  sailing. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  corner  of  First  and  Brannan  streets. 

February  10. WILLIAMS.  BLANCH AKD  fr  CO.,  Agenta. 

S.    F-    &    N.    P.    H.    R. 

(Ihange  of  Time.  —  On  and  after  Saturday,  February  10th, 
J  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DuNAHUE,  Captain  W.  Warner,  will  leave  Washington 
street  wharf ,  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  3  p.m.,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  can 
for  Cloverdale  and  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Guernville  Branch  to  Korbel's  Mills  and  the  Gre^t  Redwood  Forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cloverdale  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  G  a.m.,  connecting  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Close  connections  made  with  stages  for  So- 
noma, the  Geysers,  Ukiah,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  Mark  West,  Skaggs'  and  Littons' 
Springs.  Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  A.M.  to  2:30  P.M.  Sunday  Trips— Until 
further  notice,  the  steamer  will  leave  Green-street  Wharf  every  Sunday  at  3  p.m.  for 
Cloverdale  and  way  stations.     General  Office,  426  Montgomery  street. 

A.  A.  BEAN,  Superintendent.  P.  DONAHUE,  President. 

P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Gen'l  Pas.  &  Ticket  Agent. 

Notice.— Change  of  Wharf.— On  and  after  SATURDAY,  February  10th,  1S77,  the 
steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE  wiil  leave  Washington-street  Wharf.  Feb.  10. 

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Colorado  River,  touching  at  Magdalena  Bay,  should  sufficient  inducement 
offer.  — 'Die  Steamship  NEWBERN.  Wm.  Mctzger,  Master,  will  leave  for  the  above 
ports  on  WEDNESDAY,  Feb.  14th,  at  12  o'clock  m.,  from  Folsoni-st.  Wharf,  connect- 
ing at  the  Mouth  of  the  Colorado  River  with  the  Steamboats  and  Barges  of  the  Colorado 
Steam  Navigation  Company  for  all  points  on  the  River.  Through  Bills  of  Lading 
will  be  furnished  and  none  others  signed.  Freight  will  be  received  on  Wednesday,  Feb. 
7.  No  freight  received  for  Mexican  Ports  after  Tuesday,  Feb.  13,  at  12,  noon,  and  Bills 
of  Lading  for  those  ports  must  be  accompanied  by  Custom  House  and  Consular  Clear- 
ances. For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
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FOR    PORTLAND,    ORE30N. 
he  Only   Direct   Line.— -Steamship   Ajax.  Maekie,    Com- 
mander, leaves  Folsom-strcet  wharf,  SATURDAY,  Feb   10th,  at  10  a.m. 
February  10.  K.  VON  OTERENDORP,  Agent,  210  Battery  street. 

NOBLE    &    OALLAGHTR, 

Importers  and  Dealers  in  Painters''  Materials.  House,  Sign 
and  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper-Hangers  and  Glaziers,  No.  438 
Jsckson  street,  between  Montgomery-  and  Sansome,  San  Francisco.  Ceilings  and 
Walls  Kalsomined  and  Colored.     Jobbing  promptly  attended  to.  May  13. 

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Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clocks  and  fine 
Bronzes;  also  a  full  line  of  Plumbers' Goods.  122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Jan.  27. 


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DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Home  Mutual   Insurance  Company  .—This   Company  will 
pay  a  dividend  of  1  per  cent,  upon  the  capital  stock  on  and  after  February 
10,  1877.  CHARLES  R.  STORY,  Secretary, 

February  10.  40li  California  street. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE 

Odd  Fellows*   Savings  Bank.— The  Board  of  Directors  of 
the  Odd  Fellows'  Savings  Bank  have  declared  a  dividend  of  eight  and  one-fourth 
(8JJ  per  cent,  per  annum  on   Permanent  Deposits,  and  of  seven   and  three-tenths 
(7  3-10)  per  cent,  per  annum  on  Short  Deposits,  for  the  semi-annual  term  ending  De- 
cember 31st,  1S7G,  payable  on  and  after  the  22d  instant. 
San  Francisco,  Jan."  11,  1877. [Jan.  13.]  JAMES  BENSON,  Secretary. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 
~asonie    Savings    and    Loan    Bank,     Xo.    6     Post    Street, 

_  Masoui*  Temple,  San  Francisco. — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of 
this  Bank,  held  January  18th,  1877,  a  Dividend  was  declared  at  the  rate  of  Nine  (9) 
per  cent,  per  annum  on  Term  Deposits  and  Seven  and  One-Half  (7.J)  per  cent,  per  an- 
num on  Ordinary  Deposits,  for  the  Semi-Annual  Term  ending  January  21st,  1877, 
payable  on  and  after  January  25th,  1877,  free  of  Federal  Taxes. 
Jan.  27.  H.    T.  CRAVES,  Secretary. 


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DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Savings  and  Loan  Society,  019  Clay  street.-<-At  a  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Directors,  a  Dividend  was  declared  for  the  term  ending  December 
31,  1876,  at  the  rate  of  eight  (8)  per  cent,  per  annum  on  Ordinary  Deposits,  free  of 
Federal  Tax,  and  payable  on  and  after  January  15,  1877. 
Jan.  15.  CYRUS  W.  CAJtMANY,  Cashier. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

French  mutual   Provident  Savings  and  Loan   Society.. —A 
Dividend  of  nine  (9)  per  cent,  per  annum,  free  of  Federal  Taxes,  for  the  six 
months  ending  December  31,  1870,  was  declared  at  the  Annual  Meeting  held  on  Jan- 
uary 16,  1877,  payable  on  and  after  January  17,  1877.     By  order. 
Jan.  2a  QUSTAVE  MAHE,  Director. 


LO,    1877, 


CALIFORNIA    ai»\  I  i;n>i  u. 


1:; 


SWINDLING    LIQUOR    DEALERS 
Tho  follow mt  conespoisdeiK  ■  I  t..  tho   London 

mi. I  will  provoke  many  ■  smlla  un  ilii-    i 

On  ih.-  23d  of  wine 

aa  that   of    all   my   family. 
I  found  it  t<  of  champagne.     Ail  our  wil 

«t  work   to   find  out   who  oould   b«  the  generous  donor.     1  at  but  fixed 
■pon  i  to  thank  bim   raf  lii->  generous  gift.     B 

lliv     thank-,  :ill.l  fbt  the  DOSt  of    IVUODa      In*  did  DOt 

■and  it.    Upon  receiving  *  call  from  :i  neighboring  rector,  I  found  that  be 
mi  the  Mine  day  bad  received  ■  similar  caaa.     He  wai  equally  ;tt  ■  I 
know  who  had  sent  it.     At  last  we  both  fixed  upon  ■  noble  earl  who  owned 
rable  property  in  our  pariahea,  and  reaofvad  to  tender  our  thanks 
upon  the  hrst  opportunity,  whan  behold  tlii--  morning's  post  solved  the 

London.  January  4tb. 

DiB  ;  On  the  13th   I   wrote  the  enclosed   letter  to  you,  and  have  only 

i  that,  through  the  i  ■  one  of  my  clerks,  it  was, 

with  many  other  Letters  and  documents,  mid  on  one  side  and  not  posted, 

which  neglect,   1   nan  assure  you,   lias  ooused  me  much  annoyance,  as 

many  ol  them  were  of  the  greatest  importance.    I  sincerely  hope,  alter 

explanation,  you  will  exonerate  me  from  all  blame.     At  the  same  time  1 

much  regret  any  trouble  caused  by  you  having  a  oaae  of  wine  and  not 

knowing  from  whom  it  came     My  late  clerk,  in  whom   I  placed  implicit 

confidence,  baa,  1  am  sorry   to  say,  lately  given  way  to  intemperate  halt- 

its,  ;ui.l  it.  was  ii"t  until  after  hit*  mnmifiaal  that  I  discovered  such  discrei  - 

.,-    1    haw-   mentioned  above.     Again  arjoliguung  for  the  trouble 

I,  awaiting  your  reply,      1  am.  Sir,  yours  obediently,        " ." 


,  which  is  an  amusing  addition 


The  Kttcr  that  accompanied  tin-.  En  the  same  enclosure  is  a*  follows  ■ 

"  London,  Dec  L2.  1876. 

"TbiRev.- — -:    Sir,     Having  bought  a  large  quantity  of  Baron  la 

Tour  Champagne  under  the  value,  would   yon  permit  me  to  semi  a  dozen 

ample,    'carriage  paid'!     5Tou  will   be  at   perfect  liberty  to  try  a 

bottle   free  of  chai  ge.     Enclosed  is  a  stamp  to  reply,  and  in  tin-  event  of 

my  ii"t  hearing  anything  from  you  to  the  contrary,  1  shall  conclude  1 

may  take  the  liberty  of  tending  you   the  sample  dozen.    The  prices  as 

f«.li,»us  :    l  to  G  do*.,  36s.  per  doe.;  12  doc,  36a.;  24  dot  and  upwards. 

i  dor.     I  enclose  a  list  of  a  few  of  my  patrons,  who  I  am  sure  will 

testify  to  the  quality  of  my  wines.  1  am.  Sir,  yours  obediently. 

"  1\  S.  -I  have  no  hesitation  in  Baring  you  will  find  the  wine  very 
elo-ap,  and  much  muter  the  usual  price." 

This  wine  came  just  before  <  'hristmaa  Ihiy,  was  considered  as  a  present, 
has  been  partly  consumed  on  the  occasion  of  a  Christmas  dinner,  the 
health  of  the  unknown  donor  drunk,  when,  behold,  11  days  after  Christ- 
mas the  above  explanation,  and  the  poor  parson  called  upon  to  pay  fur 
what  he  never  would  have  thought  of  ordering. 

I  hope  some  of  your  readers  will  advise  me  what  to  do  on  the  occasion. 
I  am,  sir,  A  COUHTBY  Pabson. 

The  Pali  Mail  Oaeette  adds  the  following 
to  t  he  foregoing  : 

Chbisthas  Hampers.— Under  this  head  some  very  useful  and  also 
amusing  letters  have  appeared  in  the  daily  papers.  There  is  no  doubt  that 
a  healthy  exposure  now  and  then  of  city  ways  docs  a  world  of  good.  The 
light  that  hits  fallen  upon  the  Stock  Exchange,  company  promoters, 
11  financial  agents,"  liquidators,  and  others  has  done  good  service.  It  is 
now  being  turned  upon  smaller  men,  and  the  custom  of  certain  architects 
of  exacting  commissions  from  builders  has  been  fully  discussed.  But  the 
most  startling  experience  is  connected  with  the  wine  trade,  of  which  it  is 
not  yet  clear  whether  country  clergymen  or  scheming  wine  importers  are 
to  be  tic  sufferers,  though  there  18  not  much  difficulty  in  deciding  who 
might  to  be.  It  seems  that  a  number  of  country  clergymen  received  ham- 
pers of  wine  at  Christmas  which  were  assumed  to  be  presents  from  some 
unknown  friend  ;  but  when  half  the  wine  had  been  consumed,  came  an 
intimation  that  it  was  a  sample  dozen,  of  which  the  receiver  was  at  perfect 
liberty  to  try  a  sample  bottle.  There  have  been  many  suggestions  about 
what  shall  be  done,  but  the  following,  we  should  think,  effectually  dis- 
poses of  the  difficulty : 

Sik  :— If  you  deem  my  reply  to  the  purveyor  of  "  The  Christmas  Ham- 
per" this  year  of  any  use  to  those  who  have  asked  advice  how  to  act  in  the 
matter,  I  shall  be  obliged  by  your  insertion  of  it.     It  is  as  follows: 
"  From  the   Rev.  Gerard   Baneks,  Cobham  Vicarage,  Surrey,  to  Mr.  A. 

Fielding,  importer  of  high  class  wines,  etc.,  Denbigh  Hall,  Old  Jewry. 
'•Cob.  Vic,  Surrey,  Jan.  10,  1877. 

"Sib:  On  Dec.  23,  1©76,  I  received  a  case  containing  one  dozen  of 
champagne,  addressed  to  me  as  above,  but  without  any  letter  of  advice. 
On  Jan.  5,  1H77,  I  received  a  letter  from  you,  informing  me  that  the  case 
had  been  sent  by  you  as  a  sample,  and  that  the  letter  of  advice  had  been 
delayed  owing  to  the  intemperate  habits  of  your  '  late  clerk,'  and  also 
inclosing  the  delayed  letter,  dated  the  12th  or  the  17th  of  December,  1876. 

'■Assuming  the  wine  to  be  a  present  from  some  friend,  1  gladly  shared 
it  with  friends,  and  we  enjoyed  five  bottles  out  of  the  dozen  before  yours 
of  the  4th  inst.  came  to  hand.  You  will  wish  to  know  what  I  intend  to 
do  in  the  matter,  so.  I  now  write  to  tell  you  that,  under  advice,  I  do  not 
intend  to  pay  one  farthing  for  those  five  bottles  of  wine,  nor  shall  I  pur- 
chase the  remaining  seven  bottles,  or  return  them.  But  I  must  request 
you  to  send,  during  the  next  few  days,  a  duly  authorized  agent,  whom  I 
will  allow  to  go  into  my  cellar  and  remove  them;  but  1  will  not  myself, 
nor  permit  any  one  in  my  employ,  to  take  the  very  slightest  trouble  in 
the  matter. — Gerard  Bancbs,  Vicar  of  Cobham,  Surrey." 

If  you  can  find  space  for  this,  my  reply  to  Mr.  A.  Fielding,  you  will 
much  oblige.     Yours,  very  faithfully,  Gerard  Bancks. 

Cobham  Vicarage,  Jan.  10. 


ASSESSMENT    NOTICE. 

Orig-innl  Comstock  Golil  and  Silver  Milling-  Company.— 
Location  o(  principal  place  of  business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Location 
of  works,  Storey  county,  Nevada.  Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Directors,  held  on  the  .Hli  day  of  February,  1877,  an  assessment  (No.  1)  of 
50  cents  per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  im- 
mediately, in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  Company, 
330  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  California.  Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment 
shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  5th  day  of  March,  1877,  will  be  delinquent,  and  adver- 
tised for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on 
TUESDAY,  the  20th  day  of  March,  1S77,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together 
with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale.     Bv  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

THOMAS  E.  ATKINSON,  Secretary. 
Office— 330  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  California  February  10. 


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AlU 

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Up.. 

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Belcher 

Belcher    . 

Balto  Con 

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Baltic 

Boston . . 

Li  tmont 



•Crown  Point . .. 

Cbollu 

Con.  Virginia 

California 

I  tall  donia 

Cosmopolitan-  .. 
Cons  Imperial . .. 

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Confidence  

Con  Comstock  . . 

ChallangD 

Dayton. 

Dardanelles.  .  ■  - 

Eureka  Con 

Exchequer 

Globe 

Gould  &  Currj  . 
Great  Eastern*. .. 

Gilo 

Golden  Chariot  . . 
General  Thomas. 

Crand  Prize 

Cold  Bun 

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Julia  J. 

Justice 

Jackson 

■fornix  Glynn  ... 

Jefferson 

Kossuth 

Kentuck  

Knickerbocker  . 

K.  K.  Cons 

Lady  Bryan 

Leopard  

Lady  Wash'n  . . . 

Lt-\  Mtlian   

Loyal 

Leeds 

Mexican 

Monumental 

•Mint 

Mansfield 

Mode  

Manhattan , 

Meteor 

Meadow  Valley  .. 

Melonea 

Martha  61  Bessie, 

New  COSO 

Northern  Belle  . . 
N.  Con.  Virginia. 

Nevada  

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The  Rev.  Wm.  A.  Scott,  D.  D. ,  will  preach  Sunday  in  St.  John's 
Presbyterian  Church,  Post  street,  between  Mason  and  Taylor,  at  11  A.  M. 
and  7$  P.  M.     Public  cordially  inviter1. 


14 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS 


LETTER 


AND 


Feb.   10,   1877. 


How  oiice  a  king  in  evil  hour 
Hung  musing  o'er  his  castle  wall, 
And,  lost  in  idle  dreams,  let  fall 
Into  the  sea  his  ring  of  power. 


BIRTHDAY    VERSES. 

WRITTEN  IN"  A  CHILD' S  ALBUM. 

tTwaa  sung  of  old  in  hut  and  hall  Therein  are  set  four  jewels  rare: 

Pearl  winter,  summer's  ruby  blaze, 
Spring's  emerald,  and,  than  all  more 

fair, 
Fall's  pensive  opal,  doomed  to  bear 
A  heart  of  fire  bedreamed  with  haze. 
Then,  let  him  sorrow  as  he  might, 
And  pledge  his  daughter  and  his  To  him  the  simple  spell  who  knows 

throne  The  spirits  of  the  ring  to  sway, 

To  who  restored  the   jewel  bright,  Fresh  power  with  every  sunrise  flows, 
The  broken  spell  would  ne'er  unite;  And  rnyal  pursuivants  are  those 
The  grim  old  ocean  held  his  own.       That  fly  his  mandates  to  obey. 

Those  awful  powersonman  thatwait,But  he  that  with  a  slackened  will 
On  man,  the  beggar  or  the  king,         Dreams  of  things  pastor  things  to  be, 
To  hovel  bare  or  hall  of  state  From  him  the  charm  is  slipping  still, 

A  magic  ring  that  masters  fate  And  drops,  ere  he  suspects  the  ill, 

With  each  succeeding  birthday  bring.  Into  the  inexorable  sea. 

— James  Russell  Lowell  in  the  Atlantic. 


ANECDOTES  OP  THE  FRENCH  STAGE. 

Playgoers,  to  whom  the  theaters  at  the  season  of  damp  nights  and 
pantomimes  do  not  offer  so  much  attraction  as  usual,  might  spend  a  pleas- 
ant evening  just  now  in  company  with  Victor  Fournel's  "  Theatrical  Cu- 
riosities "  or  Charles  Maurice's  "  Anecdotical  History  of  the  Theater,"  to 
name  only  two  of  the  better  known  out  of  the  thousand  and  one  books  on 
the  traditions  and  scandal  of  the  French  stage.  One  is  inclined  to  say 
the  French  stage,  not  because  the  country  of  Shakspeare  and  Sheridan 
has  a  less  splendid  or  interesting  dramatic  history  than  the  country  of 
Moliere  and  Racine,  but  simply  because  in  the  matter  of  theatrical  history 
the  Gaul  is  apt  to  write  in  a  livelier  fashion  than  the  Briton,  eschewing 
the  tedious,  however  valuable  it  might  seem,  and  being  moreover  remark- 
ably free  from  the  trammels  of  a  too  strict  conventionalism.  France 
having  long  been  a  Catholic  country,  the  stage  was,  of  course,  vigorously 
proscribed  by  the  clergy,  and  yet  stories  of  remarkably  "  pious  "  actors 
are  among  the  most  ancient  which  have  been  handed  down  by  successive 
generations  of  the  histrionic  race.  Racine  the  Younger  assures  us  that 
he  knew  an  actor  and  actress  belonging  to  an  Italian  company  "  who 
lived  like  two  saints,"  and  never  went  on  the  stage  without  previously 
donning  each  a  hair  shirt.  Mme.  Gonthier,  who  made  her  first  appear- 
ance at  the  Comedie  Italienne  in  1778,  was  also  extremely  religious. 
Often  when  she  had  to  play  a  new  part  she  might  be  seen  falling  on  her 
knees  behind  one  of  the  slips  and  praying  with  emotion,  "  Mon  Dieu, 
faites-moi  la  grace  de  bi-cn  savoir  mon  role!"  In  Brazier's  "Ckronique  des 
Petits  Tfieatres"  there  is  cited  a  still  more  homely  instance  of  devotional 
sentiment. 

A  strolling  troupe  were  playing  the  Two  Hunters  at  the  time  of  the 
thunder  storm.  At  the  most  critical  moment,  when  it  behooved  the  bear 
to  remember  he  was  a  beast,  a  terrible  peal,  following  upon  an  unusually 
vivid  flash,  frightened  the  animal  out  of  all  self-possession.  He  solemnly 
rose  on  his  hind  legs  and  made  the  sign  of  the  cross.  In  spite  of  these 
edifying  examples,  the  stage  is  still  thought  immoral  by  the  French  pre- 
cisians, who,  in  theory,  are  perhaps  even  more  strait-laced  than  our  own. 
Sophie  Arnould,  who  ought  to  be  an  authority,  considered  that  the  whole 
duty  of  an  actress  was  to  be  prudent;  "  never  to  fall  in  love  except  with 
a  fortune,"  as  she  told  a  very  youthful  lady  who  had  been  indiscreet 
enough  to  think  of  marrying  a  second  violin.  The  mother  was  present 
while  her  daughter  was  being  gravely  but  not  unkindly  lectured  by  Mile. 
Arnould,  and  when  the  latter  had  ceased  speaking,  she  exclaimed  with 
rapture,  "  Oh,  Mademoiselle,  why  is  not  my  child  like  you!  It  is  not 
surprising  you  are  so  rich."  Many  indeed  are  the  stories  told  of  Mile. 
Arnould,  who  was  as  witty  as  she  was  pitiless.  Baehaumont,  in  his  "  Se- 
cret Memoirs,"  says  that  one  day,  provoked  beyond  endurance  by  the 
jealousy  of  M.  de  Lauraguais,  she  determined  on  breaking  with  him,  and 
accordingly  ordered  round  the  carriage  he  had  given  her,  placing  in  it 
every  present  she  had  ever  received  from  him,  including  some  valuable 
diamonds  and  two  children,  and  dispatched  the  whole  to  the  Countess  de 
Lauraguais,  with  her  compliments. 

One  day,  when,  in  a  period  of  political  trouble,  she  was  about  to  give  a 
supper,  it  was  suspected  that  some  of  her  guests  were  gentlemen  very 
much  wanted  by  the  authorities  of  the  Bastille.  The  Lieutenant  of  Police, 
a  high  and  mighty  personage  in  the  days  of  the  old  regime,  sent  for  her 
and  asked  their  names.  Sophie  had  forgotten.  "But  a  woman  like  you 
ought  to  remember  these  things."  "Yes,  Monseigneur;  but  before  a  man 
like  you  I  am  no  longer  a  woman  like  myself."  Of  course  the  supper  was 
put  off,  and  the  conspirators— if  conspirators  they  were — had  timely 
warning  conveyed  to  them.  Possibly,  too,  if  she  seemed  heartless,  it  was 
that  the  iron  of  poverty  had  once  entered  her  soul.  Some  one  happened 
in  her  presence  to  make  use  of  tUe  expression,  "  Pays  of  innocence  and 
youth.'  "Ah.  yes,  I  remember  them,"  interposed  Sophie  Arnould,  quite 
gravely;  "  how  wretched  I  was  !" 

Sophie  Arnould  did  well  to  be  courageous,  for  much  is  forgiven  to 
hardihood.  It  is  related  of  a  living  celebrity  of  the  French  stage  that  he 
was  playing  before  a  provincial  audience.  Having  a  headache  he  acted 
indifferently,  and  the  piece  was,  moreover,  a  bad  one.  A  storm  of  hisses 
arose  from  the  pit.  "  Idiots  !"  exclaimed  M.  X.,  and  withdrew  without 
further  ceremony.  The  public,  by  a  continuous  roar,  signified  its  deter- 
mination that  he  should  apologize.  The  inevitable  commissaire  de  police, 
who  might  almost  be  called  the  deus  ex  maehina  of  French  history,  was 
not  slow  in  making  his  appearance,  and  M.  X.  was  compelled  to  come 
forward  and  make  his  excuses,  which  were  ingeniously  turned.  "Gentle- 
men," he  began,  "  I  said  you  were  idiots,  it  is  true.  I  beg  your  pardon, 
I  am  wrong."  The  idiots  proved  themselves  generous,  as  well  as  men  of 
sense  by  applauding  him  to  the  echo.  It  would  not  be  well,  however,  to 
take  such  liberties  with  an  audience  as  were  taken  by  Mdlle.  Laguerre, 
of  the  Opera,  who  drew  her  inspiration,  as  our  classic  grandfathers  might 
have  phrased  it,  from  Bacchus  rather  than  from  the  Muses.  She  was 
called  "  Iphigeuia  in  Champagne,"  from  the  original  manner  in  which 
she  impersonated  "  Iphigenia  in  Tauris." 

There  is,  by  the  way,  a  curious  story  told  of  the  manner  in  which 
Frederic  the  Great  could  deal,  where  other  men  had  failed,  with  a  prima 
donna  of  the  period  who  was  inclined  to  set  too  little  store  by  the  public. 
Tnis  great  artist  seemed  to  catch  a  cold,  which  had  the  effect   of   render- 


ing her  hoarse,  and  consequently  unable  to  sing,  whenever  anybody  or 
thing  had  displeased  her.  One  day  a  certain  opera  was  to  be  performed 
at  Berlin  before  the  King  himself.  At  the  appointed  hour  the  manager 
come  forward  and  said  :  "Ladies  and  gentlemen,  we  grieve  to  inform  you 
that  our  prima  donna  has  a  sore  throat,  and  that  the  representation  an- 
nounced cannot  therefore  take  place."  The  stolid  Teutonic  audience 
seemed  no  whit  surprised,  and  was  moving  out  tranquilly,  when  the 
King  rose  and  commanded  the  musicians  to  keep  their  places.  The 
audience  sat  down  again  and  waited  patiently  on  events.  In  less  than  a 
quarter  of  an  hour  the  manager  reappeared  and  spoke  as  follows  : 
"  Ladies  and  gentlemen,  I  have  the  most  unfeigned  pleasure  in  informing 
you  that  our  prima  donna  is  completely  cured  of  her  sore  throat,  and 
will  have  the  honor  to  sing  before  you  tonight."  Surely  enough  the 
famous  singer  soon  appeared,  and  never  had  she  sung  better.  Her  tri- 
umph was  cainplete.  The  King's  prescription  had  been  a  very  simple 
one.  The  prima  donna,  having  dismissed  the  unhappy  manager, 
was  sitting  comfortably  before  the  fire  in  her  own  room,  and  rather 
pleased  at  the  idea  of  having  spoiled  the  pleasure  of  several  hun- 
dreds, of  persons,  when  the  door  was  violently  thrown  open, 
and  there  entered  an  officer,  followed  by  four  dragoons. 
"Mademoiselle,"  quoth  the  officer,  "the  King,  my  master,  has  sent 
me  to  ask  after  your  health."  "The  King  is  very  good  ;  I  have  a  bad 
sore  throat."  "  His  Majesty  knows  it,  and  has  charged  me  to  take  you 
at  once  to  the  military  hospital,  where  you  will  be  cured  in  a  few  days." 
Mademoiselle  turned  pale.  "You  are  jesting,"  she  simpered  ;  but  Prus- 
sian officers,  she  was  informed,  never  jested.  The  lieutenant  gave  the 
order  to  his  men,  who  seized  Mademoiselle  and  carried  her  out  of  the 
theater.  A  coach  was  in  attendance  ;  the  lady  was  deposited  therein  ; 
the  officer  took  his  place  beside,  after  shouting  the  address  to  the  driver, 
"  The  military  hospital;"  and  off  they  went,  the  dragoons  riding  along- 
side. In  a  few  seconds,  "  Stay,"  said  the  lady  ;  "  I  think  I  feel  better." 
"  The  King  is  anxious,  Mademoiselle,  that  you  should  feel  quite  restored, 
and  even  that  you  should  sing  to-night."  "I  will  try,"  murmured  the 
prisoner.  "  Back  to  the  theater,"  cried  the  officer  to  the  coachman.  Ar- 
rived there,  Mademoiselle  began  to  think  she  had  yielded  too  easily.  "I 
will  sing,  since  his  Majesty  commands  me,"  she  said,  "but  God  knows 
how."  "You  will  sing,"  replied  the  officer,  "like  the  great  artist  you 
are."  "I  shall  sing  like  an  artist  with  a  bad  cold."  "I  think  not." 
"And  why?"  "  Because  a  couple  of  dragoons  will  be  in  attendance  be- 
hind the  scenes,  and  at  the  least  couac  they  have  orders  to  arrest  you  and 
carry  you  again  to  the  military  hospital."  The  hoarseness  was  now  com- 
pletely goue. — Pall  Mall  Budget. 

WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 


A.1 


CTJTTEB    WHISKY. 
P.  Ilotaliiicr  «l-  Co.,  -\o.  431  Jackson  street,  are  the  Hole 

Agents  on  this  Coast  for  the  celebrated  J.  H.  CUTTER  WHISKY,  shipped  di- 
rect to  them  from  Louisville,  Kentucky.  The  Trade  are  cautioned  against  the  pur- 
chase of  inferior  and  imitation  brands  of  "J.  H.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon."  Owing  to 
its  deserved  reputation,  various  unprincipled  parties  are  endeavoring  to  palm  off 
spurious  grades.     It  is  really  the  Best  Whisky  in  the  United  States.  March  19. 

A.    M.    OILMAN, 

Importer  and  Wholesale  Liqnor  Dealer,  308  California 
street,  offers  for  sale  Fine  Old  Bourbon  and  Rye  Whiskies,  Brandies,  vintage  of 
lS20and  1S30,  Old  Port  and  Sherry  Wines,  Still  and  Sparkling  Wines,  etc.  Agent  for  the 
Celebrated  CACHET  BLANC  CHAMPAGNE.  Sole  Agent  for  MILLS"  STOMACH 
BITTERS. March  i. 

J.    H.    CUTTER    OLD    BOTTREON. 

CP.  Moorman  *  Co.,    Manufacturers,  Louisville,  Hy.— 
•    The  above  well-known  House  is  represented  here  by  the  undersigned,  who 
have  been  appointed  their  Sole  Agents  fur  the  Pacific  Coast. 
July  3.  A.  P.  HOTALING  &  CO.,  429  and  431  Jackson  street,  S.  F. 

J.    H.    CUTTER'S    OLD    BOURBON    AND    RYE    WHISKY, 
"\Tanuf  acl  ared  by  Milton  J.  Hardy  A-  Co.,  Sons-in-Law  and 


Successors  of  J. 
August  14. 


.  CUTTER,  Louisville,  Ky.  E.  MARTIN  &,  CO., 

No.  408  Front  street.  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast 


JOHN    BUTLER, 

Dealer  in  Wines  and  Liquors,    English  Ales  and  Porter,  7 
Sutter  Street  and  506  Market  Street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  27. 


BROKERS. 


R.  C.  Hooker,  Thomas  Gardiner, 

Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  Late  of  the  Sacramento  "  Union." 

GAB  DINER    &    HOOKER, 

(Commission  Stock  Brokers,  336  Pine  street,  north  side,  one 
J    door  below  Montgomery,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Buy  and  sell  only  on  commission. 
Liberal  advances  made  on  active  accounts.  Dec.  23. 

REMOVAL ! 

JW.  Brown  A  Co.,  Stoek  and    Money  Brokers,  have  re- 
»    moved  to  No.  317  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block, 
J.  W.  Brown,  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  Jan  S. 

J.  K.  S.  Latham.]  LATHAM    &    KING,  [Homer  S.  Kino. 

Successors  to  James  H.  Latham  A   Co.,  Stock  and   Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco.  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange 
Board.  Stocks  bought  and  carried  on  margins. Aug.  12. 

HUBBARD    &    CO., 

Commission  Stock  Brokers,  334  1-3  Montgomery  street,  un- 
der Safe  Deposit  Building,  San  Francisco,  will  transact  business  through   the 
San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 


E.    P.    PECKHAM, 
Broker   and    Member   S. 


F.  Stock   Ex- 


/Commission    _ 

*^     change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 


vances made  on  active  accounts. 


Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
[June.  19.] 


Sfc 


D.  M.  Hosmeju]  H03MER    &    BODRNE,  IJ  B.  Bourne. 

itock  Brokers,  116   Hal  look  street,   San  Francisco.    Post- 

'     office  Address,  Lock  Box  1837. March  25. 

REMOVAL. 

Lovelaud,  David  A  Co.,  from  108  I*eidesdorfT  street  to  No. 
421  California  street,  corner  Leidesdorff.  Feb.  26. 


ftb.    1".  L877. 


COURT    CHAT, 

Ani  the  Upper  Ten  Thou-uud  at  Home  and  Abroad. 


CALIFORNIA    AI>\  ERTISER. 

MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


16 


The  Countess  de  Bpaxre,nnc«  Mile.  Nmldi,  an  intimate  friend 

cUj  General  de 
In  r,  nnil  miule  hrr  In-  wife.     She  wai  exl 
ul,  it  i»||".u-,  .in.!  fur  twenty  yean  and  more  formed    i     ■ 

F  Paris,  both  for  her  great  beauty  and  horwunder- 
fully  sym|>athetic  voice.     In  the  drawim]  room  shs  excelled  (n  dramatic 
■  tic-  "Mail  t.iri,"  th*  "  Hunter's  W  ife,"  etc.,   a  hich  are  "f 
the  Heurj  Run*  ll  school,  but  now  entirely  ont  of  fashion.     Although  ra- 
llied from  th  lame  de  Spam  sane  frequently  for  charitable 
M.t,  Indeed,  tin-  greater  part  of  her  lift*  was  spent  in  «:liarita- 
iili-  deeds.     And  yet  ihe  dit  she  van  leaving  her  village 
church,  after  hat  ing  attended  •  midnight  mass,     sin-  died  almost  on  the 
threshold  of  the  little  church,    The  last  accents  of  her  voice  were  raised 
.  raises  to  Him  who  sendoth  peat  e  and  bli  isingB  upon  earth. 
a ho  knew  her  intimately  writes  thus  of  her:   "If  I  were  to  reveal 
all  that  she  wished  c                      I  revealed   the  fabulous  sums  which  she 
distributed  to  the  poor  in  France,  Italy.  Guadeloupe,  and  the  whole  world 
it  would  be  seen  that   by  her  voice  only  she  gave  more  than  all  oar  mill- 
lanaires  with  their  bags  "f  gold." 

One  of  the  strongest  men  in  Europe  (a  the  Osarewitch.  He  could 
easily  beat  uGuy  Livingstone"  in  crashing  pewter  pots  with  lii*  hand. 
:  ■  .i  remarkable  story  told  of  him  which  runs  as  follows:  He  found 
that  lus  private  tetters  had  been  opened  while  pa*«i"B  through  th--  Post- 
office.  IK-  went  to  tin-  Cur  and  begged  t<>  know  if  tin*  was  done  by  hia 
orders  ;  it  it  were,  lit-  [the  *  laarewitch),  a.-*  a  dutiful  sun,  would  submit;  if 
nut.  he  deman  The  Csar  sent  f'»r  the  guilty  party,  the  Chief 

of  Police,  severely  reprimanded  him  in  the  presence  "f  the  Czarewitch,  and 
bade  him  be  gone,  Terrified,  he  was  hastening  out  of  the  loom,  when 
the  Osarewitch,  who  had  been  a  silent  spectator,  placed  in  the  chiefs 
hands  a  small  object.  It  was  a  silver  rouble  which,  oaring  the  interview, 
he  had  twisted  round  and  round  like  n  corkscrew.  With  this  startling 
proof  of  the  concentrated  wrath  **f  the  heir  to  the  throne  the  luckless 
functionary  took  his  departure. 

Mr.  Chevalier  has  just  finished  f->r  the  Prince  «>f  Wales  a  water-color 
drawing  of  the  ball  at  the  Winter  Palace,  St.  Petersburg,  which  took 
puce  after  the  marriage  of  (he  Duke  and  Duchess  of  Edinburgh.  The 
bride  is  just  being  led  forward  by  her  father,  and  the  bridegroom  is  lead- 
ing forward  his  mother-in-law  into  the  centre  of  the  ball  room,  while  close 
around  are  other  members  "f  the  two  Royal  Houses,  our  eldest  Prince 
very  conspicuous  among  them  :  and  the  background  is  made  up  of  innu- 
merable distinguished  persona  and  courtiers  in  brilliant  costumes.  Mr. 
Chevalier  has  now  very  nearly  completed  his  great  picture  of  the  opening 
of  the  Vienna  Exhibition,  which  ie  also  a  Royal  commission,  and  he  waits 
only  for  a  portrait  of  one  of  the  officials  in  order  U>  linish  his  long  and 
difficult  task. 

The  first  meet  of  this  year  at  Rome  took  place  at  the  Torre  delle  Val- 
le,  -i\  miles  from  the  Porta  St.  Paola.  A  fair  field  was  out,  but  only  four 
Englishmen  of  the  number.  .Amongst  those  present  were,  the  Duke  of 
Gr&zaoli  and  hie  brother,  Prince  Doria.  II  Marbhese  Calabrhii,  Prince 
Borghese,  Prince  Udescalchi,  Prinze  Altieri,  Messrs.  Hadow,  Victor  Pa- 
get,  tiraham  (of  Netherby),  and  J.  C.  Reade.  The  hounds  were  well 
turned  out,  and  the  huntsman  and  whip,  who  are  both  Englishmen,  were 
remarkably  well  mounted.  After  drawing  the  first  cover  blank,  a  fnx  was 
found  iu  the  open,  which  gave  a  good  run  of  about  twenty  minutes,  but 
1  by  running  to  ground.  On  the  whole  the  first  meet  of  1877  was 
decidedly  a  great  success. 

All  readers  of  history  know  the  important  part  which  Russian  ladies 
have  played  in  the  secret  diplomacy  of  that  Power  at  foreign  Courts.  An 
extremely  clever  Russian  lady  who,  during  the  last  twelve  months  has 
settled  in  London,  has  been  of  great  use  to  her  Government,  and  has  ably 
seconded  Count  Schouvaloff  in  his  necessarily  more  open  diplomacy.  The 
lady,  from  her  i"»iti<>n,  is  able  to  devote  her  whole  energies  to  what  may 
be  called  the  diplomacy  of  the  salon.  She  is  highly  connected,  and  has 
therefore  found  easy  admission  into  English  society,  and  her  wit,  enthu- 
siasm, and  intelligence  arc  said  to  have  had  a  powerful  effect  on  more  than 
one. 

Indian  loyalty  has  produced  a  flood  of  native  poetic  productions  in 
commemoration  of  the  Imperial  proclamation  at  Delhi.  One  Hindoo 
Mus.  Doc.  has  brought  out  a  description  in  Sanskrit  poetry  of  the  Queen's 
dominion,  set  to  the  national  music  of  the  various  countries,  and  entitled 
Victoria  Samrajgun,  and  a  history  of  England  and  India  in  Bengali  verse, 
Bet  to  Bengali  music,  and  intended  to  represent  the  union  of  the  two  na- 
tions. Lord  Lytton,  too,  comes  in  for  his  share  of  honors,  as  the  same 
author  has  translated  several  of  "Owen  Meredith's  poems,  and  adapted 
them  to  Hindoo  music,  while  the  Nawab  of  Loharoo  has  composed  a  lyr- 
ical biography  of  the  Viceroy. 

The  Duke  of  Wellington  is  going  to  issue  a  sixth  volume  of  the  Civil 
and  Political  Correspondence  <>f  his  father,  in  continuation  of  the  former 
series.  This  volume  bears  upon  the  Eastern  Question  in  the  years  1828 
and  1829,  etc.,  as  the  following  extracts  from  the  list  of  contents  show: 
The  Eastern  CJuestion  iu  18211;  Designs  of  Russian  Intrigues  ;  Affairs  of 
Turkey ;  the  Greek  Question  ;  the  Duke's  Observations  on  the  Treaty  of 
Adrianople  ;  Remonstrance  to  Russia ;  Sovereignty  of  Greece,  etc. 

Count  Luigi  Maatai,  the  nephew  of  the  Pope,  has  just  died  at  San 
Benedetto,  near  Sinigaglia,  whither  he  had  gone  in  quest  of  health.  The 
Voce  tttUa  Verita  and  the  Osscrratore  Romano  are  full  of  solicitude  lest 
this,  the  latest  of  so  many  bereavements,  may  impair  that  Life  on  which, 
says  the  Voce,  rest  our  hopes.  Count  Luigi,  born  in  1814,  was  the  son  of 
Pope'3  brother  Gabriel,  and  was  married  to  one  of  the  Princesses,  del 
Drago. 

It  is  announced  from  Rome  that  on  the  episcopal  Jubilee  of  bis  Ho- 
liness (May  21st)  there  will  be  a  grand  reception  at  the  Vatican,  and  a 
presentation  of  the  gifts  of  all  the  Catholic  world.  These  will  be  pre- 
viously exhibited  in  the  hall  of  the  Vatican.  All  the  gifts  intended  for 
this  occasion  to  be  forwarded  before  the  end  of  March  to  Prince  Altieri, 
at  the  Palazzo  Altieri. 

Piincesa  Charles  of  Prussia,  the  sister  of  the  German  Empress,  is 
seriously  ill. 


TH.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 

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children     Chloroform  administered,  and  tooth  itkUtfuIh  extracted     Alter  ten 


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DE.    J.    H.    STALTARD, 
ember  of  the  Royal  College  of  IMiyslclaiiM,  London,  cic, 
,    author  ol  '*  Female  Hygiene  on  the  PecUtaGouL"    B.E.  Peat  and  Kearny, 

iuiilv  H.mr-'.  ij  iu  :i  ami  7  t<-  ?  i.u.  Febnurj  i". 

ARTIFICIAL  TEETH. 

Beautiful    rcllnlold    plates   made    by    Dr.   Jcssup,    corner 
Sutter  and  Montgomery  streets,  at  |S0  a  set,  are  (or  tmperlur  to  vulcanite  nib- 
ber,  and  the  duIox  ol  the  natural  gum.  Feb  20. 


I'lMMdW.     MIU.H»\     AND     ACCOITHEIB, 

J.    J.    AUERBACH,    M.D.. 
March  13.  310A  Stockton  street,  Sun  Francisco. 

STEELE'S     SQUIRREL      POISON. 
[Patented  October  1HM,  167S.] 

S are  death  to  Squirrels,  lints,  Gophers,  etc.    For  sale  by  nil 
Druggiste,  Grocers  and  General  Dealers.    Price,  81  per  box.    Made  by  JAMES 
Q.  STEELE  a:  CO.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.     Liberal  discount  to  the  Trade.        Aug.  21, 

0.    P.    WARREN,    M7D\ 
clectie  Physician,  corner  of  Foarlecnth   and    Broadway, 

Oakland.  June  17- 


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N.    MILLER,    M.D., 

Physician,  Oakland.  Oflicc,  1004  Broadway ;  Residence,  364 
Eighth  street.  Octulivr  2. 

COMMISSION    MERCHANTS. 

D.  F.  HiTCHisos.  D.  SI.  Domra,  J.  Sakdbrson. 

PHCEVIX    OIL    WORKS. 

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Merchants,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Sperm,  Whale,  Lard,  Machinery  and 
Illuminating  Oila,  517  Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  8. 

J.    C.    MERRILL    &    CO. 

Wholesale  Auction  House,  204  and  206  California  street. 
Sale  days,  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  at  10  a.m.     Cash  advances  on  consign- 
ments. Dec.  14. 

CHARLES    LE    WAY, 
American  Commission  Merchant,  -  -  1  Kne  Scribe,  Paris. 

WHOLESALE   grocers. 


Newton  Booth,  C.  T.  Wheeler,  Sacramento.  |  J.   T.  Glover,  W.    W.    Dodoe,  S.    F 
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L.  H.  Newton.]  NEWTON    BROTHERS    &    CO.,  [Morris  Newton. 

Importers  and  wholesale  dealers  in  Tens,  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed   to  204  and  200'  California  btrcet,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. June  7. 


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TABER,    HARKER    &    CO., 
nccessors  to   Phillips,  Taber  A*  Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 108  and  110  California  street,  below  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  15. 


A-    S.    ROSENBAUM    &    CO., 

Southeast  corner  or  California  and  Battery  streets,  invite 
the  attention  of  their  customers  and  others  to  their  lar^c  assortment  of  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands  of  CHEWING  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  CIGAR1TOS.  Consignments  of  Choicest  Brands  of  CiKars  received  hv  every 
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\  it-  PItIXTS'31 

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)  BELOW    MONTGOMERY. 


BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY   OF    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  daily,   from  10  a.m.  to    1  p.m., by  the  under- 
signed, to  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  to  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.                                                     J.  P.  McCCRRIE,  Secretary, 
Oct.  23. 730  Montgomery  street. 

BAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  &  CO., 

113  Clay  and  114  Commercial  Streets, 


SAN"   FRANCISCO. 


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PERSONS    VISITING    THE    EAST 
ill   Gnrt   full   flies   or  Pacific    Coast    papers  and  conve- 
niences for  letter  writing,  etc.,  at  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co. 'a  Ollice,  65  Broadway, 


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SAN     FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER. 


Feb.   10,  1877. 


THE  QUEEN'S  SPEECH. 
The  speech  delivered  yesterday  from  the  throne  by  Her  Majesty- 
Queen  Victoria,  will  be  read  to-day  in  many  different  tongues  and  by  mil- 
lions of  people.  Not  that  it  is  of  great  moment  because  of  the  intrinsic 
importance  of  its  utterances.  It  rather  derives  its  value  and  significance 
from  the  fact  that  matters  of  State  were  at  least  satisfactory  enough  to 
call  for  no  very  grave  announcements.  The  speech  shows  that  nothing 
has  heretofore  been  kept  back,  but  that  the  people  on  the  outside  were 
about  as  well  informed  of  what  was  taking  place  within  as  were  the 
Cabinet  officers  themselves.  That  being  so,  there  was  no  story  left  to 
tell.  It  is  a  good  sign,  read  and  understood  by  subjects  of  the  Empire 
everywhere,  when  the  speech  from  the  throne  is  commonplace.  It  is  evi- 
dence that  nothing  but  commonplace  topics  remain  to  talk  about.  Of 
course  the  Russo-Turkish  difficulty  received  prominent  notice,  but  there 
was  nothing  to  tell  that  the  world  did  not  already  know.  Lord  Salisbury 
had  been  to  Const  intinople,  had  there  taken  part  in  a  conference  with 
the  Plenipotentiaries  of  all  the  great  Powers,  had  agreed  to  recommend 
certain  reforms  to  Turkey,  which  that  Power  had  refused  to  adopt,  where- 
upon he  returned.  His  mission  was  not  a  failure.  He  went  to  accom- 
plish two  purposes.  First,  to  prevent  Russia  from  dismembering  the 
Turkish  Empire  for  her  own  gain;  and  secondly,  to  keep  England  out  of  . 
war.  He  succeeded  in  so  mixing  up  things  that  both  those  ends  were 
achieved.  That  was  the  whole  story,  with  which  the  whole  people  were  al- 
ready familiar.  The  proclamation  at  Delhi  of  the  Queen's  Indian  title  of  Em- 
press was  pleasantly  alluded  to.  The  papers  to  hand  show  that  the  occa- 
sion was  a  most  brilliant  one,  hardly,  perhaps,  equaled  by  any  pageantry 
of  modern  times.  At  the  Governor- General's  reception  there  was  a  moun- 
tain king,  who  had,  for  the  first  time,  come  within  British  territory.  He 
said  that  the  three  things  which  most  excited  his  admiration  were  rail- 
ways, steamships  and  telegraphs.  We  have  not  to  go  so  far  back  in  our 
own  history  to  find  ourselves  at  the  same  point  as  this  great  chieftain.  It 
is  to  his  advantage  that  all  these  things  will  be  brought  to  him  in  a  state 
of  perfection.  The  Queen's  commonplace  speech  will  be  an  assurance  to 
her  subjects  everywhere  that  no  war,  or  other  calamity,  threatens  to  dis- 
turb that  peaceful  sway  which  best  promotes  the  progress  of  railways, 
telegraphs  and  steamships. 

THE  ELECTION  OF  JUDGE  DAVIS  AS  A  SENATOR. 
Judge  Davis,  a  warm  personal  friend  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  has  been 
elected  to  the  United  States  Senate  from  Illinois.  Perhaps  the  Demo- 
crats lose  as  much,  or  more,  than  they  gain  by  this  election.  Had  Judge 
Davis  remained  outside  politics  be  would  almost  certainly  have  been 
chosen  the  fifth  judicial  member  of  the  Compromise  Commission,  and  in 
that  case  Tilden  almost  as  certainly  would  have  been  declared  the  right- 
ful President.  Judge  Davis,  however,  will  in  every  way  be  a  gain  to  the 
Senate,  especially  as  he  succeeds  so  objectionable  a  man  as  Logan.  He 
is,  of  course,  a  lawyer  of  high  standing  and  character,  and  he  has — 
what  in  these  days  is  of  importance — a  large  fortune.  But  then  it  must 
be  said  that  something  is  also  gained  by  having  him  leave  the  Supreme 
Court.  Ever  since  he  went  on  the  bench  he  has  had  one  eye  turned 
towards  politics,  and  at  every  Presidential  election  he  has  been  talked  of 
or  urged  as  a  candidate  by  some  party  or  sect,  a  process  which  could  not 
have  gone  on  withoxit  his  knowledge  or  sanction.  The  mischief  of  any 
judge's  occupying  such  a  position  has,  of  course,  always  been  very  plain  ; 
but  the  reference  of  the  present  Presidential  dispute  to  members  of  the 
Supreme  Court  emphasizes  it  in  a  remarkable  degree.  The  Nation  urges 
that  when  any  attempt  is  made  to  provide  regular  machinery  for  the  de- 
cision of  these  disputes  by  Constitutional  Amendment,  we  trust  a  serious 
effort  will  be  made  to  insert  a  provision  making  every  man  who  takes  a 
place  on  the  Supreme  Bench  ineligible  ever  after  for  any  political  office, 
or,  at  all  events,  for  four  years  after  his  resignation.  Allowing  the  judges 
to  canvass  or  intrigue  for  the  Presidency,  and  for  Senatorship  and  other 
elective  offices,  goes  far  to  neutralize  the  provisions  made  for  their  inde- 
pendence in  the  life  tenure  and  the  prohibition  of  any  reduction  in  their 
salaries  during  their  continuance  on  the  bench. 


■WALL    STREET. 

Califoraians  seem  to  have  a  peculiar  faculty  of  turning  up  where 
ever  there  is  a  chance  for  a  splurge  or  prominence.  The  late  Presidential 
election  has  brought  one  or  another  of  them  into  exalted  notice  in  many 
different  places.  Wall  street  is  the  latest  objective  point  to  which  their 
attention  has  been  directed.  Keene,  who  left  California  street  because 
his  health  was  not  good  enough  to  stand  the  excitement,  has  plunged  into 
the  New  York  whirlpool.  The  stories  that  come  along  the  wires  as  to 
his  doings  are  too  inconsistent  to  furnish  any  reliable  idea  of  what  his 
exact  course  has  been,  but  that  he  has  taken  a  strong  hand  in  the  deal 
going  on  there  is  certain.  Wall  street,  however,  during  the  past  two 
weeks,  has  been  exercised  by  other  interests  which  have  more  concern  for 
the  whole  country.  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  at  the  request  of  the 
Syndicate,  issued  a  notice  that  the  interest  on  810,000,000  more  six  per 
cent.  5-20  bonds,  known  as  the  old  Go's,  will  cease  April  24th,  when  the 
bonds  will  be  redeemed.  This  notice  implies  that  the  Syndicate  have  sold 
or  have  a  market  for  810,000,000  more  of  the  uew  4A  per  cent,  bonds. 
They  had  before  marketed  800,000,000  of  these  bonds.  "Partly  as  the  re- 
sult of  this  notice  of  redemption,  but  more  because  of  utterances  of  the 
President  to  the  effect  that  the  remaining  $240,000,000  of  U  per  cent, 
bonds  can  and  will  be  sold  as  rapidly  as  they  can  be  handled,  and  that 
specie  payments  can  he  resumed,  in  his  opinion,  eighteen  days  hence  — 
that  is,  on  the  first  of  March — the  price  of  gold  expressed  in  paper  cur- 
rency fell  to  105i.  The  President,  if  correctly  reported  by  the  daily  press 
of  New  York,  has  been  "  loaded"  on  the  subject  of  specie  payments  in  a 
way  which  has  left  him  very  much  confused,  and  one  paper  fears  that  he 
has  been  made  the  victim  of  a  practical  joke.  Be  that  as  it  may,  it  is 
certain  that  these  financial  movements  are  of  grave  national  importance. 


Ex-Assessor  Levi  Rosener  died  at  the  Palace  Hotel  yesterday 
morning.  The  cause  of  his  death  was  congestion  of  the  lungs.  For  sev- 
eral years  Mr.  Rosener  filled  the  office  of  Assessor  of  the  city  and 
county,  being  succeeded  by  Mr.  A.  Badlam,  the  present  holder.  Mr. 
Rosener  was  3i5  years  of  age,  and  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Merrifield  & 
Rosener,  brewers.  He  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  and  married  only  a 
few  months  ago  in  ISew  York.  His  death  is  a  bitter  blow  to  his  young 
wife  and  his  many  friends.  The  funeral  will  take  place  on  Sunday, 
frum   the  residence  of  his  brother,  904  O'Farrell  street. 


GREECE  LN  TURKEY. 
The  Russo-Turkish  difficulty  is  prolific  of  curious  historical  inci- 
dents. For  a  time  Servia  and  Russia  were  fast  friends.  The  Servians 
looked  to  the  great  Bear  of  the  North  as  their  coming  savior.  But  closer 
familiarty  bred  contempt,  and  now  Lord  Derby  openiy  declares  in  Parlia- 
ment that  "Russia  and  Servia  have  become  reciprocally  disenchanted 
with  each  other,"  and  we  find  Servia  busily  engaged  in  making  peace  on 
her  own  account  with  the  Porte.  Perhaps  the  mo4  curious  incident  is 
the  changefin  the  relation  between  Greece  and  Russia.  From  the  period 
of  the  Greek  insurrection  down  to  the  Crimean  war,  Greece  was  the 
favorite  protege  of  the  Czar,  and  looked  to  Russia  as  the  source  of  all 
good  things,  the  bond  at  that  time  being  a  religious  one.  The  Panslavic 
movement  having  substituted  race  for  religion,  the  attitude  of  Greece  has 
completely  changed,  and  now  the  Greeks  rather  sympathize  with  the 
Turks  against  the  Russians,  and  if  they  fight  want  to  do  so  on  the  side  of 
England.  They  are  eager,  indeed,  to  play  some  part  in  any  trouble  that 
may  arise,  and  though  their  army  at  present  only  numbers  12,000  men, 
their  Parliament  has  been  passing  some  very  belligerent  measures— one 
providing  for  a  levy  of  200,000  men,  another  for  an  increase  of  taxes  and 
the  raising  of  a  loan  of  812,000,000,  all  for  military  purposes.  We  can 
hardly  believe,  however,  that  these  formidable  preparations  will  really  be 
carried  out.  Bismarck,  with  his  usual  bluntness,  suggested  that  the  great 
Powers  would  doubtless  wait  and  see  what  would  happen  when  Russia 
and  Turkey  have  fought  a  campaign  or  two.  He  was  right.  England 
evidently  means  to  so  wait.  Germany  ditto.  Greece  will  necessarily  be 
no  exception  to  the  rule.  Russia  sees  the  game,  and  evidently  does  not  at 
present  intend  to  place  herself  at  the  mercy  of  these  waiters  upon  Provi- 
dence. 

TRYING    LEGAL    INDICTMENTS    LN    THE    PRESS. 

It  has  been  well  pointed  out  by  a  daily  contemporary  that  an  infa- 
mous practice  is  growing  up  in  this  city  of  trying  and  determining  cases 
by  the  press,  that  are  still  subjudicc.  In  England  such  a  system  would 
not  be  tolerated  for  a  moment.  During  the  celebrated  Tichborne  trial, 
reports  slightly  colored  emanated  from  certain  journals,  only  to  meet 
with  stern  rebuke  from  the  Judges  and  to  bring  down  condign  punish- 
ment upon  the  offenders.  The  Bulletin  and  Call  have  again  and  again 
tried,  condemned  and  sentenced  us  for  libels  not  more  severe  than  they 
themselves  published  upon  the  same  subject.  Yet  these  self-same  libels 
are  matters  remaining  for  judicial  determination.  In  good  time  we  shall 
meet  them,  and  have  no  reason  to  fear  the  result.  "We  shall  triumph,  but 
the  Bulletin  will  not  even  then  take  back  its  false  and  wicked  judgment. 
It  won't  even  print  fairly  the  testimony  by  which  we  shall  justify  our- 
selves, and  if  it  can  avoid  giving  the  verdict,  if  it  can  be  one  of  acquittal, 
it  will  do  so.  Day  by  day  it  is  busily  engaged  manufacturing  public  opin- 
ion, and  that,  too,  whilst  it  knows  that  we  are  silenced  upon  the  main 
issues  by  a  monstrous  and  illegal  injunction  that  will  not  hold  together 
one  moment  after  we  can  reach  the  Supreme  Court,  but  which  in  the 
meantime  is  accomplishing  its  purpose  by  indirection  and  perversion  of  the 
law.  This  is  not  the  fair,  manly  way  of  fighting  which  dispassionate 
onlookers  like  to  see.  But  despite  all  that  we  are  quite  capable  of  hold- 
ing our  own.  It  will  doubtless  be  perceived  that  we  give  quite  as  good 
as  they  send.    We  can  stand  it  if  they  can. 

THE    GRAND    JURY. 

The  present  Grand  Jury,  in  and  for  the  city  and  county  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, has  been  in  session  but  a  short  time,  yet  it  has  already  accomplished 
a  task  that  is  usually  left  to  the  last,  and  then  performed  in  haste  and  in 
indifference.  It  is  one  of  the  important  duties  of  a  Grand  Jury  to  thor- 
oughly inquire  into  the  management  of  the  various  public  institutions  of 
the  city,  and  to  report  with  firm  integrity  of  purpose  the  result  of  their 
inquiries.  No  doubt  previous  Grand  Juries  fully  intended  to  perfurm  this 
duty  up  to  the  highest  mark  of  its  requirements,  but  the  pressure  of  other 
business  caused  it  to  be  left  to  the  last,  and  hence  it  too  often  occurred 
that  there  was  not  time  to  make  a  searching  investigation.  The 
present  Grand  Jury  has  made  a  new  departure  by  changing  this  practice. 
As  early  as  9  o'clock  on  Thursday  morning  they  started  out  on  this  busi- 
ness, and  have  already  visited  the  Alms  House,  Industrial  School,  House 
of  Correction,  City  and  County  Hospital,  Magdalen  Asylum,  the  New 
City  Hall,  and  the  new  Hall  of  Records.  At  none  of  the  institutions 
was  there  any  notification  given  of  their  intended  visit,  but  they  just 
dropped  in,  creating  not  a  little  surprise.  Every  institution  was  taken  in 
its  every-day  attire,  no  opportunity  being  given  to  fix  up  things.  The 
reports,  therefore,  from  the  present  Grand  Jury  ought  to  be  specially  val- 
uable.    The  precedent  thus  established  may  be  followed  with  advantage 

hereafter. 

NAMES    WITHHELD. 

It  is  a  new  and  disgraceful  thing  for  the  State  Medical  Society, 
which  ought  to  be  representative  of  a  liberal  profession,  that  they  have 
permitted  their  Secretary  to  withhold  from  the  public  the  names  of  those 
to  whom  licenses  to  practice  medicine  have  been  recently  granted.  It 
would  seem  as  though  the  Society  were  ashamed  of  what  they  have  done, 
and  we  shall  not  be  surprised  to  find  that  our  Quack  List  has  been  seri- 
ously curtailed  by  their  efforts.  Dr.  Grover's  duty  is  clearly  pointed  out 
in  the  Medical  Act,  which  provides  that  all  licenses  granted  by  this  Soci- 
ety shall  be  registered  in  the  county  record  office,  and  that  the  public  shall 
have  free  access  to  this  record  during  proper  hours.  As  Dr.  Grover  is 
thus  permitted  by  the  State  Medical  Society  to  trade  upon  the  knowledge 
belonging  to  the  public,  it  is  only  fair  to  suspect  that  he  and  his  examin- 
ers have  also  traded  upon  the  licenses  they  have  been  permitted  to  issue. 
We  dare  the  Examiners  to  exhibit  the  examination  papers,  and  in  the 
name  of  the  cheated  pubbc  we  demand  an  immediate  publication  of  the 
names  of  those  who  have  received  licenses  and  those  who  have  been 
rejected. 

It  is  a  truism  that  a  fault  of  youth,  if  repented  of  and  atoned  for  by  a 
pure  after  life,  ought  to  be  allowed  to  sink  into  oblivion.  But  if  the  wick- 
edness be  continued  from  youth  to  mature  manhood,  growing  from  bad  to 
worse,  surely  it  is  not  amiss  to  point  out  that  as  the  twig  was  inclined  so 
the  tree  grew  up. 

There  is  at  least  one  thing  worse  than  libeling  a  rogue,  and  that  is 
aiding  him  to  cover  up  his  tracks  and  get  away  quietly  with  his  booty. 
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SAN  FRANCISCO,   FEBRUARY  10,   18;7. 


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BIZ. 


Iu  commercial  circles,  the  most   important  event  of  the  week  has 
been  the  rise  in  the  price  o!  Sugar  of  \c  per  pound  on  all  Yellow  Groo  i  ■■ 
.  and  Jc  per  pound  on  all  White  Refined.     This  advance  was  not 
ther  unexpected,  and  will  be  good  Dews  for  the  Sandwich  Wanders, 
who  boa  look   to  this  market  almost  exclusively  for  an  outlet  for  their 
steadily  increasing  product.    A  contemporary  takes  up  and  discusses  the 
i  >n  of   Sugar   Beet   production  upon  the  Pacific  Slope,  contending 
that  not  a  pound  of  Beet  Sugar  hoe  e<  er  be  in  produced  on   this  coast  to 
profit,  quoting  from  a  letter  just  received  From  the  late  secretary  of  the 
,  t.i  the  effect  that  the  establishment  in  that  city  is 
dow   closed,  and   most   likely  will  not  resume  work  again,  as  it  doa  not 
i       S  Sugarie  has  also  dosed  it-  season's  work,  the  two  com- 

',  in  1876,  making  less  than  1,000,000  pounds  Beet  Sugar.  We  may 
add  to  this  that  the  Snquel  Sugarie  have  resolved  not  to  plant  any  Beets 
in  1876.  The  fact  is  that  the  Boil  of  California  lias  too  much  alkali  in  it 
Beets  t>>  good  advantage. 
3318  contrary  is  probably  true  of  Cotton  raisin-  in  California.  This 
staple  can  be  raised  to  good  advantage  in  Colusa,  Kern  and  Merced  coun- 
ties, and  perhaps  in  Others,  but  in  these  the    experiment  ha-  been  success 

fully  made.  The  only  barrier  found  to  be  in  the  way  is  the  want  »»f  a 
home  market  fur  the  Cotton.  Ha«l  we  Cotton  mills  in  the  State  to  man- 
ufacture raw  material,  the  business  of  raising  it  would  he  prosecuted  with 
vigor.  The  staple  is  long,  the  fibre  strong,  and  our  Woolen  mills  prefer 
it  Lw'hat  little  they  -1"  use)  to  the  best  Southern  Cotton,  and  will  pay  a 
t"'-r  tic  home  product.  But  when  the  Cotton  raisers  have  to 
export  their  crops  to  Liverpool  for  a  market.it  don't  pay,  as  they  have 
learned  by  dear-bought  experience.  The  freight- commissions  and  an  end- 
less list  of  extraordinary  expenses  eat  up  the  whole  venture.  This,  we 
are  credibly  informed  by  a  grower  in  California,  is  the  result  of  his  expe- 
rience in  raising  hundreds  ol    acres  in  this  State, 

The  weather  is  glorious  since  the  January  rains,  and  vegetation  is 
now  coming  forward  rapidly.     Pasturage  is  now  Bplendid  for  both  cattle 

and  Bheep,  and  the  herdsmen  are  jubilant  at  the  pro-specs  before  them  of 
a  heavy  wool  clip  and  a  plentiful  supply  of  fat  cattle  for  the  stall.  The 
early  planted  Wheat  and  Barley  is  now  up  knee  high,  and  in  many  large 
fields  it  has  been  deemed  advisable  to  turn  in  the  cattle  to  feed  it  down, 
which  i=  really  an  advantage  to  the  growing  grain. 

The  plowman  is  busy  night  and  day,  running  his  furrows  by  lamp- 
tight,  ami  straining  every  nerve  to  plow  and  sow  every  acre  that  it  ;s  possi- 
ble to  do  while  this  warm,  genial  growing  weather  lasts.  A  fortnight's  con- 
tinuance of  this  fine  weather  will  enable  our  belated    farmers  to  cultivate 

many  thousand  acres  of  virgin  land,  thus  swelling  the  aggregate  of  culti- 
vated lands  in  the  State  beyond  any  former  experiences. 

We  are  glad  to  see  that  our  people  are  turning  their  attention  more 
ami  more  to  the  manufacturing  of  Agricultural  Implements  upon  this 
coast  than  heretofore.  These  large,  bulky  goods  cost  heavily  for  freight, 
be  it  by  sea  or  rail  from  the  East,  thus  adding  greatly  to  their  cost.  This 
extra  cost  our  people  propose  to  save  by  erecting  large  factories  at  Sacra- 
mento and  San  Jose  for  the  purpose.      Success  to  them. 

Our  people  have  already  done  something  in  the  way  of  manufacturing 
Grain  Sacks  for  the  farmer.  It  is  true  we  import  the  jute  in  its  raw 
state  from  Manila,  and  at  Oakland  make  every  year  souu>  3,000,(J00 
Bags  therefrom.  We  also  import  Hessian  piece  goods  from  Dundee  and 
Calcutta,  and  make  therefrom  in  this  city  as  many  more  Groin  Sacks. 
Set  f.u-  all  this  we  are  compelled  to  import  every  year  ten  to  fifteen  mill- 
ions band  sewed  Bags,  with  which  to  export  our  Wheat  and  Barley,  and 
besides  we  use  mauy  millions  of  Cotton  Bags  every  year  iu  this  State, 
with  which  to  pack  all  our  Flour,  and  though  we  have  the  soil  to  produce 
the  Cotton,  yet  we  have  no  cotton  mills  in  the  State,  and  have  to  go  to 
New  Eu-land  and  New  York  for  all  our  Cotton  Goods.  This  is  not  true 
economy. 

Mention  ought  here  to  be  made  of  our  half  dozen  or  more  Canning 
Establishments  in  this  State  for  the  putting  up  of  Fruits,  Vegetables, 
etc.  Ibis  branch  of  business  is  steadily  and  rapidly  expanding,  and  our 
packers  are  now  reaching  out  after  paying'  markets  for  the  same.  We 
now  send  fresh  Peaches,  Apricots,  Cherries,  Honey,  etc.,  to  London  and 
Liverpool,  Tomatoes,  Apricots,  etc.,  to  New  York,  Philadelphia,  etc., 
while  the  Territories  and  the  boundless  West  draw  heavily  upon  us  for 
all  son-  i  Jams.  Jellies,  Fruits,  etc.,  and  that  in  quantities.  Oregon 
hopes  t"  n  in  18T7  over  500,000  cases  of  Salmon.  Half  this  quantity 
and  mori  as  exported  to  Liverpool,  etc.,  last  year,  wiih  good  results, 
and  eve  exertion  is  now  heing  made  for  an  extended  business  in  this 
line.  Our  sister  State  has  also  made  a  good  beginning  in  putting  up  Beef 
in  tins  for    he  English  market. 


Freights,  —very  little  business  has  been  done  in  Grain  charters  thus 
far  in  February,  and  Wheat  freights  to  Liverpool  are  nominal  at  62,  and 
i  he  usual  advance  to  *  !ork  or  Falmouth  for  a  market.  We  hai  e  some  26 
or  more  disengaged  vessels  in  port  of  28,500  tons  registered  capacity,  be 
sides  20  vessels  under  engagement  and  now  on  the  Liverpool  berth  to  load 
\\  beat,  Flour,  etc.,  iu  all  this  month. 

Wheat  exports  since  July  1st  to  date  aggregate  nearly  9,000,000  ctle., 
\;ilu.  J  at  Mil. '.'oil, (Hin,  the  same  embracing  2-u  cargoes  dispatched  to  the 
I  uited  Kingdom  iu  about  seven  months  time,  against  L34  vessels  for  the 
same  time  bust  year,  carrying 4,800,000  ctls.  Wheat,  valued  at  511,000,000. 

The  present  price  of  Wheat  is  s-_'e,  $2  1"  |:''  ctl.,  which  is  quite  a  decline 
fram  the  highest  point   reached  this  Winter. 

Flour.— The  ship  Voyager  has  come  down  from  Vallejo  with  the  bulk 

of  10. U00  bbls.  Starr  Mills  K\tra  for  Liverpool,  and  is  to  be  followed 
speedily  by  the  ship  Tenby  Castle  with  a  full  cargo  of  same.  We  note  a 
sale  to  the  Government  of  1800  100  lb  sacks  National  Mills  Extra  private. 
The  Xealandia,  for  Australia,  carried  i>120  quarter  sacks  Golden  Age, 
etc  The  price  of  Superfine  is  $5;  Extra  Superfine,  $5  50@$6;  Golden 
I  rate,  Starr  Mills  and  Golden  Age  Silk-dressed  Extras,  si;  50(§  7  I-'  bbl. 

Barley.  -There  is  a  good  healthy  tone  to  the  market,  but  at  some  de- 
cline from  the  highest  rates  ruling  in  January.  Choice  Bay  brewing  is 
very  scarce  at -SI  35  gold  ;  Coast  Brewing,  SI  25  gold;  do.,  feed.  !?1  20  H? 
ctl.  The  stock  is  large,  but  with  a  fair  Eastern  demand  and  a  good  local 
requirement  we  hope  to  see  present  rates  sustained. 

Oats.  —The  chief  supply  now  comes  from  Oregon  ;  price,  $2(2  $2  25  {• 
cental. 

Hops.  —  The  Australian  steamer  carried  0.122  lbs.  There  is  at  present 
an  Eastern  overland  demand,  with  sales  during  the  week  of  00  bales 
Choice  at  21c  ;  32  Medium,  ISc  ;  28  Washington  Territory  at  10c. 

Hidea.  —There  is  a  good  demand  for  Dry  at  18c  ;  Wet,  salted,  8@9c. 

Tallow.  --There  is  a  fair  demand;  sales,  100,000-lbs.  for  the  week  at 
iVV"  iUe,  according  to  quality  and  package. 

Wool .  —The  demand  is  at  present  light,  and  prices  more  or  less  nom- 
inal, say  I0(q  12c  for  Burry  and  Earthy  Southern,  and  15(«  20c  for  clean 
Northern  fleece. 

Oil-Cake  Meal.  —The  mill  price  is  now  832  ."'0  per  ton  less  discount  : 
Ground  Barley,  $29  per  ton  ;  Corn  Meal,  feed,  £30  per  ton  ;  Bran,  $16  ; 
Middlings,  |27  50  ;  Hay,  $11@$16  per  ton. 

Salmon.  --Some  30,000  cases  Oregon  1-lb  tins  have   been  sold  on  con- 
tract for  summer  delivery  at  a  price  equal  to  si  52^@$]  55  per  dozen  de- 
livered in  this  city.     The  Zealandia,  for  the  Colonies,  carried  2,0"i<) 
Oregon  Salmon,  chiefly  2-th  cans  ;  price,  $3. 

Coffee.  —The  market  is  firm  for  all  Greens  at  20(fij22c.  Three  car  loads, 
450  bogs,  have  recently  been  sent  to  St.  Louis. 

Sugar. —The  market  is  strong  at  the  rise  of  .'.c  on  Yellow.  Jc  I  <'  R  on 
White.  We  now  quote  White  Cube  and  Crushed,  13£@l3£c;  Yellow 
Coffee,  94(3  Lie. 

Rice.  --Stock  large  and  the  market  sluggish  at  5(5  Gc  for  China  ;  6c  for 
Hawaiian. 

Metals.  —  We  have  no  sales  of  Pig  Iron  to  record.  Price,  S30@34  for 
Scotch  and  English.     The  market  for  all  goods  in  the  line  sluggish. 

Coal. —There  is  a  good  demand  for  Wallsend,  at  S9;  Scotch  and 
and  English  Steam,  $8@8  oil  ;  Seattle,  $8;  Anthracite,  S15. 

Borax.  --  The  spot  market  is  sluggish,  yet  free  shipments  have  recently 
been  made  to  New  York,  the  ship  Orient  carrying  20  tons,  and  the  Gran- 
ada, via  Panama  to  same,  570,000  lbs.  Prices  as  heretofore,  Gc  for  crude, 
7c  for  concentrated,  9£@9fc  for  refined. 

Spirits  --The  Government  has  been  unsuccessful  in  all  their  suits  of 
late,  the  claimants  coming  out  with  clean  hands;  yet,  with  all  this  in  their 
favor,  distillers  in  Nebraska  and  Illinois  continue  to  send  us  large  sup- 
plies of  Spirits,  which  they  sell  here  for  less  than  it  actually  costs  to  make 
it.  Hence  it  is  that  our  "distillers  are  crippled,  and  run  only  half  their 
capacity. 

Salt.—  A  sale  is  reported  of  1,000  ba^s  Marshal's  Liverpool  Stoved,  ex 
Patterdale,  private— supposed  to  be  $20.  It  is  said  that  the  Carmen 
Island  Company  are  intending  to  import  more  laigely  of  Mexican  this 
Spring  than  usual. 

Wines.--  Our  exports  of  Native  in  January  amounted  to  31,000  galls 
and  624  cases,  valued  at  $21,880.  The  ship  Orient,  for  New  York,  car- 
ried 42,727  galls  and  240  cases.  Thus  it  is  that  our  Native  product  is 
gradually  bein-  uniolded,  and  will  in  time  be  of  vast  importance  to  this 
coast.  The  exceeding  excellence  of  Kohler  &  Frohling's  Old  Port,  Sherry, 
Hock,  etc..  and  Isaac  Landsberger's  Sparkling  Eclipse,  commend  them- 
selves to  all. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Feb.  10,  1877. 


CONDENSED    NEWS    OF   THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL. 

Saturday,  February  3d  —Mayor  Bryant  has  announced  that  nn  and 
after  the  1st  of  March  he  will  revoke  all  special  permits  to  maintain 
signs,  fruit  stands,  etc.,  on  the  puhlic  sde  walks.— Frank  Hamilton,  the 
veteran  thief,  was  held  to  answer  on  c\  a"ges  of  burglary  and  grand  lar- 
ceny in  the  Police  Court,  with  bail  stt  at  S3, 000  in  each  case.— The 
fumigation  of  the  sewei-s  was  commenc  d  yesterday  under  the  direction  of 
the  Health  Officer.  The  sewers  were  found  to  be  in  an  extremely  un- 
filthy  condition  and  almost  entirely  choked  up.  ^— -The  charges  preferred 
by  Frank  G.  Edwards  against  William  Shew  having  been  inquired  into  by 
the  California  Ri8e  Association,  have  been  dismissed. 

Sunday,  4ttL  —Baron  Scblippenbach,  of  the  Imperial  Russian  Navy, 
is  at  the  Palace  Hotel.—  Ex-Governor  Pacheco  took  Senor  Yglesias 
and  staff  on  a  junketing  tour  outside  the  heads  in  his  yacht  Consuelo.— — 
Benjamin  H.  Josselyn  was  arrested  on  complaint  of  Dr.  Grover,  who 
charges  him  with  a  violation  of  the  law  regulating  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine. It  is  alleged  that  he  has  been  practicing  medicine  without  a  certifi- 
cate as  required  by  law.— Hon.  Schuyler  Colfax  has  accepted  an  invita- 
tion to  deliver  his  celebrated  lecture  on  "Abraham  Lincoln,  '  iu  this  city, 
in  the  Spring.  The  proceeds  will  be  given  to  the  Odd  Fellows*  Library 
fund. 

Monday,  5th.  —The  crusade  against  driving  over  crossings  has  had  a 
noticeably  good  result,  and  the  streets  are  much  safer  for  pedestrians 
than  formerly.— Judge  Daingerfield  appointed  a  Committee  to  draw  up- 
resolutions  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  the  late  General  John  Wilson. 
— Alonzo  W.  Carll  was  granted  a  divorce,  by  Judge  Morrison,  from 
Susie  W.  Carll,  on  the  ground  of  willful  desertion.—  Judge  Wheeler 
dismissed  the  suit  of  Nicholas  Luning  vs.  Alexander  Austin  for  want  of 
prosecution.— —The  amount  of  Customs  dues  paid  at  this  port  last  week 
was  $122,271. 

Tuesday,  6th. —Judge  Louderback  has  ordered  Bailey,  the  assumed 
proprietor  of  the  Belden  Place  gambling  house,  to  cover  his  8500  bail 
already  up,  or  furnish  an  acceptable  bond  in  82,000.— —An  intoxicated 
man  named  Charles  Peters  fell  on  Sacramento  street,  near  Dupont,  and 
cut  his  head  badly  by  contact  with  the  curbstone.  He  was  taken  to  the 
City  Prison  Hospital. —Housebreaking  is  alarmingly  on  the  increase  in 
the  Western  Addition.— The  Verein  Eintracht  will  give  a  masked  ball 
on  Thursday  evening,  February  22d. 

Wednesday,  7th.  -The  divorce  suit  of  Cardiff  vs.  Cardiff  has  been 
referred  to  the  Nineteenth  District  Court  Commissioner.—  The  amount 
of  import  duties  paid  at  this  port  last  month  was  $577,500  against  $579,- 
400  in  January,  1876,-^— Judge  Dwindle  has  dismissed  the  case  of  Frank 
Cornitz  against  L.  Peiser  for  want  of  prosecution.  --'The  bark  William 
H.  Basse,  regarding  whose  safety  some  fears  were  felt,  has  arrived  at  Vic- 
toria all  right. — Judge  Daingerfield  has  granted  Raphael  Boradori  a 
divorce  from  Josephine  Boradori  on  the  ground  of  adultery. 

Thursday,  8th.— The  examination  of  N.  V.  C.  Den,  on  a  charge  of 
embezzlement  was  finished  in  the  Police  Court  yesterday,  and  resulted  in 
the  discharge  of  the  accused.  The  needles  and  "gift-distribution11 
swindle  is  being  extensively  advertised  by  small  handbills  scattered  over 
the  city.  No  intelligent  person  will  be  taken  in  by  it.— Apoplexy  was 
the  cause  of  death  in  the  case  of  the  Frenchman  Paul  Reni,  who  died  at 
No.  5  Polk  Lane,  and  also  in  that  of  Charles  Jaeger,  head  waiter  of  the 
Philadelphia  House.— Owen  Hickey,  a  boilermaker,  has  been  sent  by 
the  Commissioners  of  Lunacy  to  the  Home  of  the  Inebriate  for  a  few 
days.     Robert  Powers,  a  carpenter,  was  also  sent  to  the  Home. 

Friday,  9th.--St.  Alban's  Literary  Society  will  give  an  entertainment 
at  German  Hall  on  February  16th.— ^A  -Chinese  tan  game  on  Dupont 
street  was  raided  and  11  gamblers  arrested.^— The  Assistant  City  and 
County  Attorney  has  in  hand  for  collection  492  street  assessments,  aggre- 
gating §867,474,  upon  which  there  is  due  §80,607.  There  are  now  1,278 
assessment  suits  pending.— -Jerry  Jones  and  John  and  Theodore  Cash- 
man  are  under  arrest  on  charges  of  assault  to  murder,  preferred  by  Win. 
Alexander.  James  Garrity  is  also  charged  with  threats  against  his  life. 
The  difficulty  grew  out  of  land  troubles. 


TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  February  3d.  — It  is  learned  that  Governor  WTells  will 
testify  that  two  prominent  and  wealthy  New  Orleans  gentlemen  offered 
him  a  heavy  bribe  to  count  the  State  for  Tilden.  He  rejected  their  offer 
and  promised  secrecy.  Maddox  was  to-day  removed  from  his  position 
as  Agent  of  the  Internal  Revenue  Bureau.  The  removal  was  determined 
upon  by  the  President  yesterday,  and  he  consequently  sent  for  Colonel 
Chamberlain,  now  of  Virginia,  and  formerly  an  officer  of  the  regular 
army,  and  tendered  the  place  to  him. ^— The  span  of  the  T.  W.  &  W. 
R.  R.  bridge,  150  feet  in  lemrth,  which  crosses  the  Wabash  at  Logans- 
port,  Iud.,  was  entirely  carried  away  this  morning  by  heavy  floating  ice. 
The  bridge  was  being  rebuilt  of  iron. #  A  portion  of  the  irou  for  the  new 
bridge  was  also  swept  away. 

Sunday,  4th. -- Unemployed  working  men  in  New  York  in  mass- 
meeting  to-night  call  upon  the  Legislature  for  an  appropriation  of  $2,000,- 
000,  to  give  work  to  55,000  idle  men  in  that  city. ^— The  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  says  he  has  sufficient  silver  to  meet  the  legitimate  demands,  and 
declines  to  reexchange  U.  S.  notes  for  silver  brought  to  the  Department 

in  sums  varying  from  ten  to  five  hundred  dollars. -The  Yale  University 

Boat  Club  has  voted  not  to  accept  the  challenge  of  Cornell  to  row  the 
winner  of  the  eight-oared  race  between  Harvard  and  Yale.— A  fire  at 
Memphis,  in  Veccars  &  Co's  wholesale  liquor  store,  on  Front  street,  last 
night,  damaged  the  stock  and  building  -$40,000;  insured. 

Monday,  5th.  —  Charles  O'Conor,  in  company  with  Secretary  Fish, 
called  upon  President  Grant,  and  was  received  by  him  with  cordiality 
and  with  expressions  of  congratulation  on  Mr.  O'Conor's  extraordinary 
recovery  from  his  dangerous  illness.  —  The  Senate  Military  Affairs  Com- 
mittee have  agreed  to  recommend  the  passage  of  the  bill  urged  by  the 
Oregon  Senators  and  approved  by  the  Interior  Department,  providing  for 
the  appraisement  and  sale  of  the  Dalles  Military  Reservation  to  the  high- 
est bidders,  at  not  less  than  -SI  25  per  acre.  ^— The  Silver  Commission,  of 


which  Senator  Jones  is  Chairman,  will  probably  make  their  report  in  ten 
days.  The  report  will  undoubtedly  be  the  most  valuable  document  on 
the  silver  question  that  has  been  published. 

Tuesday,  6th. --D.  E.  Barrett,  attendant  in  the  Northampton  Asy- 
lum, Mass.,  was  murdered  by  a  lunatic.— The  total  amount  of  appro- 
priations in  the  River  and  Harbor  bill  is  82,275,800.-^  A  lawyer  of  New 
York  has  received  a  letter  from  a  friend  on  the  Inman  steamship  City  of 
Richmond,  stating  that  James  Gordon  Bennett  and  his  party  were  among 
his  companions  on  the  voyage  to  Europe.— In  the  Senate  yesterday,  at 
Springfield,  the  House  resolution  requesting  Congress  to  remonetize  silver- 
coin  was  unanimously  concurred  in.  -T3y  the  caving  of  an  iron  mine 
near  Allentown,  Pa.,  yesterday,  three  men  were  killed  and  three  severely 
wounded. 

Wednesday,  7th.  --  The  bill  to  amend  the  Pacific  Railroad  Acts  so  a  i 
to  create  a  sinking  fund  for  the  liquidation  of  the  indebtedness  due  the 
Government  by  the  Pacific  Railroads,  was  taken  up.  —  The  House  Ways 
and  Means  Committee  to-day  heird  arguments  urging  the  repeal  of  all 
Federal  taxation  on  circulating  deposits  and  capital  of  banks.— —The 
Silver  Commission  held  a  session,  at  which  Henri  Carnuchi,  the  eminent 
French  writer  on  financial  subjects,  gave  an  extended  expression  of  his 
views  concerning  the  relative  values  of  gold  and  silver  and  the  advisability 
of  establishing  bimetallic  standards. 

Thursday,  8th.  —  Sheridan  Shook  has  forwarded  to  the  treasurer  of 
the  fund  for  the  relief  of  the  B  ooklyn  Theater  sufferers  810,000,  seventy- 
five  per  cent,  of  the  sum  realized  by  the  benefits  at  theaters  in  that  city. 
The  remainder  of  the  money  will  be  divided  between  the  families  of  Mur- 
doch and  Burroughs.— -The  Chicago,  Danville  and  Vincennes  Railroad 
was  sold  at  public  auction  yesterday,  under  decree  of  foreclosure  in  favor 
of  the  first  bondholders.  The  price  paid  was  81,450,000.  The  purchasers 
ware  a  committee  appointed  by  the  New  York  bondholders.  The  entire 
indebtedness  of  the  road  is  87.500,000.-^— Peryear  &  Co's  racing  stable 
has  been  sold  to  settle  the  estate  of  David  Crawford,  deceased.  Nineteen 
horses  were  sold  for  89,000,  the  stallion  "Narraganset  "  bringing  §1,000. 
—  —Rear  Admiral  Wildes  died  this  morning. 

Friday,  9th.  —  Keene,  Park,  Rufus  Hatch  and  others  were  in  the  re- 
cent pool  operating  for  a  rise  in  Western  Union,  Keene  taking  20,000 
shares.  There  was  no  bad  faith  among  the  operators.  There  were 
differences  of  opinion,  and  they  agreed  to  dissolve.  Park  promptly  sold 
out.  Hatch  and  others  hold,  confident  that  it  is  a  good  speculation.— 
The  citizens'  reception  and  ball  given  to  the  General  Assembly  and  State 
officers  to-night,  at  Columbus,  O.,  was  a  large  and  brilliant  affair.  Gov- 
ernor and  Mrs.  Hayes  were  present. -^In  the  case  of  James  Harrington, 
sentenced  to  be  hanged  at  Virginia  City,  Nev.,  a  stay  of  proceedings  has 
been  granted  by  the  Supreme  Court.  The  execution  was  to  have  taken 
place  to-day. 

FOREIGN. 

Saturday,  February  3d.-- It  is  asserted  that  the  Prince  of  Monte- 
negro telegraphed  that  it  was  impossible  for  him  to  entertain  direct  nego- 
tions  for  peace,  as  his  subjects  would  dethrone  him  if  he  did. ^— The 
Porte  has  sent  a  dispatch  to  its  representatives  abroad  giving  notice  of 
the  appointment  of  three  Christians  to  governorships  of  provinces,  and 
declaring  that  the  application  of  reforms  is  proceeding  unremittingly.-^ 
The  Public  Prosecutor  at  Berlin  has  instituted  proceedings  against  the 
son  of  Count  Von  Arnim,  on  account  of  offensive  newspaper  articles.-^— 
The  severe  sentence  passed  on  the  Droits  del'Homme  is  creating  great  ex- 
citement in  French  parliamentary  circles. 

Sunday,  4th.  —  The  result  of  the  German  elections  are  deeply  discour- 
aging to  the  supporters  of  the  Empire.  Bismarck  will  still  be  able  to 
command  the  majority  by  skillful  maneuvering,  but  his  successors  may 
be  unable  to  control  the  social  forces,  which  have  acquired  such  dangerous 
intensity.— At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Sheffield  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, the  President  said  Sheffield  manufacturers  and  workmen  had  only 
themselves  to  blame  for  the  loss  of  trade  with  America,  and  successful 
American  competition  with  foreign  countries.  Sheffield  workmen  had 
not  come  up  to  the  make  and  style  required  by  their  customers.— The 
Government  at  Bogota  has  condemned  the  acts  of  General  Pera,  bul 
iug  to  his  popularity  and  influence  in  that  region  it  was  found  impractica- 
ble to  remove  him  from  his  command.  There  were  no  foreigners  killed 
in  the  massacre,  but  their  property  has  been  confiscated  in  the  most 
shameful  manner. 

Monday,  5th.--  If  peace  is  not  made  with  Servia  before  March,  con- 
verging columns  will  march  on  Krajuvatz,  the  former  capital,  and  call  to- 
gether the  Servian  Assembly  there,  which  shall  overturn  the  present  Gov- 
ernment and  make  a  satisfactory  treaty  with  the  Porte.— Prince  Gort- 
schakoff  considers  that  Europe,  by  its  united  diplomatic  action,  has  proved 
that  it  is  deeply  interested  in  the  maintenance  of  peace  in  the  East,  and 
that  it  is  recognized  to  be  its  duty  as  well  as  its  right  to  co-operate  for 
that  end  on  behalf  of  the  general  interest.— Gortschakoff's  circular  will 
not  lessen  the  distrust  with  which  Russia  is  viewed  in  England.  It  will 
be  regarded  as  an  invitation  to  begin  a  war  from  wdiicb,  if  Turkey  has  no 
allies,  Russia  would  certainly  profit. -^The  Prince  of  Montenegro  ac- 
cepts the  proposals  of  the  Grand  Vizier  to  open  peace  negotiations,  and 
will  treat  directly  with  the  Porte. 

Tuesday,  6th.--  It  is  said  that  a  formidable  Russian  ironclad  squadron 
will  enter  the  Mediterranean  in  the  Spring.  The  Grand  Duke  Constan- 
tine  will  command,  and  Admiral  Popoff  will  be  his  chief  of  staff.  —  The 
Turkish  Ambassador  in  Rome  has  notified  the  Porte  that  arms  for  Crete 
are  being  purchased  in  Italy.  The  Turkish  garrisons  iu  the  island  have 
consequently  been  strengthened.  — E.  H.  Charles  Lonais,  proprietor  of 
the  Dominion  Foundry  in  Montreal,  has  made  an  assignment.  Liabili- 
ties estimated  at  8100,000;  assets  large.— The  worst  apprehensions  are 
felt  of  a  strike  of  the  Denham  colliers,  in  consequence  of  differences  with 
masters  about  the  recent  arbitration  awards.  A  strike  would  directly  af- 
fect from  30,000  to  40,000  men,  and  involve  the  stoppage  of  the  Cleveland 
iron  industry. 

Wednesday,  7th.  —  The  British  man-of-war  Bittern,  which  was  about 
to  quit  Constantinople,  has  been  detained,  by  order  of  the  English  Charge 
<T Affairs,  for  the  protection  of  foreign  residents. ——A  prospectus  is  pub- 


Feb.  10,   1877. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  8AN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER, 


■   booth  for  UK- 
I'll.'  boiiiln  nrv  t..  be  pi  rdaro.  Berlin, 

,  Antwerp  and  B  \  of  the  Mm 

ac  i  iporta  of 
the  liiit.-i  St.it-  -.  which  formerl]  offei 
iw  nil,  an. I  there  i 
r  thrice  manufactured  in  America,— -The   English  Court  "f 
ikt  U\-  .ittiriD'.l  tin-  .!<■.  i-i-'ii  of  tin-  Hudriertfield  magistrate,  eon 
Dr.  M-'U'k.  tin-  npiritualiRt   medium,  under  ' 
ii,-  him  t<>  tin  iment 

Thursday,  8th---  Tit--  session  --f  t >»«■  British  Parliament  for  1*77  was 

lii.-  Prince  and  Princess  of  Wales 

1  i  ave  reached  Belgrade  <-t    great  mUitarj 

itv  along  the  Black  Sea  and  the   Pruth.  the  Russians  having  placed  pon- 
river.— —It  is  believed  Euidhat  Pasha  still   really  controls 
tin-  Turkish  Government,  and  only  retired  temporarily  t>>  permit 

—All  hut  three  of  t!i<-  students  who,  on  St.  Nicholas'  'lav-,  during 

le  a  demonstration  and  unfurled 

i»  red  flag,  bearing  tin-  inscription,     Union  ami   Liberty,"  have  been  sen- 

nr  transportation.    "The  British    : 
bound  from  Bullaoa  t->   Newport,  Wales,  wont  ashore  at    Lundy  [aland, 
and  became  a  t"t.il  wreck,     nineteen  persona  were  drowned. 
Friday.  9th.  —  A  socialist  demonstration  lias  just  been  made  in  I 

■  i  demand  relief  from  taxation  and  assistance  for  a  large  Dumber 

n*  unemployed,  who  wish  to  found  a  colony  in  Russian   America. 

he  Saghalien   I  slain  Is  lias  failed.     The  -a  tilers 

I  great  privations,  ami  ask  permisiion  t>>  return.— Tt    R 

Bankruptcy  has  decided  in  favor  of  the  CFnii  an  ap- 

m  the  decision  of   tn--  Trustee   in   the  liquidation  case  of  Clews, 

Tliis  decision   will  enable  tin-  United  States  to  prove  a 

which  the  Trustee  rejected,  on  the  ground  that  it  was  due 

from  the  New  York  house.     "In  tin-  Bouse  of  Commons,  the  Marquis 

■i  Partington  pointed  out  I  rence  bo  the  American 

E  :'i"ii  treatv  in  tli-'  Queen's  speech.     He  also  criticized  the  Marl  of 

The  American   ship   CorneUt  which  arrived  at  Q 

town  January  5th,  bom  San  Francisco,  has  been  ordered  t>>  Hull. 

LIES    OF    THE    DAY. 

A  Ii--  hat  ii"  legs,  «"■!  cannot  sUnil ;  but  it  has  winjts,  and  can  fly  f.ir  ami  vvulv.— 

tools,  but  ii  li>-  is  i  be  handle 
which  ti  Lord  B    icqiiasi.    AUeb  ■■■■<:  lie  most  be  ttaatobed 

her,  or  it  «ill  soon  rain  through.— Loan  Tbuiilowk. 

"And  the  sal  week,  nnd  ho  said  likewise. 

Time   a  lie  wllicb  n  ball"  a  In?  in  »»v.t  the  blackest  of  lies; 

That  a  lie  tbat  isaJI  a  lie  may  be  no- 1  ami  fought  with  outright, 

Itut  a  lie  which  ll  part  a  truth  is  a  harder  mat  lor  to  ii  :ln  —  Ti  NNTSOH. 


San  Francisco  Lies.— It  is  not  true  that  our  San  Francisco  belles 
have  the  finest  complexions  in  the  world.— —That  Jim  Steele,  the  drug- 
gist, is  largely  accountable  for  them-  'That  the  lunch  fiends  at  Piatt's 
Hall  have  done  yeoman  service  for  the  benefit  of  St.  Luke's  Hospital 
That  the  arrangements,  as  also  the  gourmands,  were  thoroughly 
.-—That  Satan  is  laying  in  wait  for  Moody  and  Sankey  in  San 
■  co.     Thai    the   odds  are  largely  in  favor  of  S.^— That  the  Rev. 

Hemphill   includes  in   his  Protestant  Orphan  Asylum  prayers  a  fulsome 
financi  d   report  of  the  Association.    That  the  Lord  takes  it  as  read  and 
U  accordingly.-^— That  Helen  is  very  prolific,  and  there  is  a  great 
id  for  "  Helen's  babies.*'— That  Helen  may  be  as  fair  as  her  name- 
I  ["toy,  but  scarcely  as  chaste  aa  Diana.    '-That  two  ambitious  police- 
ire  contending  for  the  honors  of  the  arrest  of  the  Tivoliladies.— ^ 
That  the  "  honors  are  easy,  "and  if  the  distinguished  officers  themselves  are 

Eermitted  to  take  a  rent  both  sides  will  he  even.— That  the  Christians 
ave  this  week  converted  three  barbarians— to  sausage  meat.— That  the 
AfatTssporting  editor  regards  the  sanctumas  holy  ground,  and,  like  Moses  of 
old.  takesoff  bis  sandals  on  entering.— -That  it  will  be  welcome  news  for 
alike  Reese  on  his  return  to  know  that  the  Grand  Hotel  is  daily  distributing 
its  broken  victuals  among  the  virtuous  ponr.^^Tbat  we  object  to  "come 
an  I  see  the  mammoth  whale  open  night  and  day  at  the  Dashaway  Hall." 
That  not  being  Jonahs,  we  decline  t<>  do  the  inside  whale  business.-^— 
That  Supervisor  Strother  won't  be  bulldozed,  being  already  over-dozed 

with  bovine  accomplishments. That  he  is  too  bully  a  boy  to  stand  any 

:ims- of  the  kind.  —That  the  circulation  of  the  Mail  is  largely  in 
if  their  modest  statement.— That  overtures  have  been  made  to  the 
CaWt  circulation  affidavitist  to  put  the  matter  right.— —That  we  have  also 
I  this  expert  to  edit  our  "Lies  of  the  Day."— That  Dr.  Toland, 
alter  introducing  to  this  State  a  more  than  fair  proportion  of  bipeds,  is 
now  increasing  and  multiplying  quadrupeds  in  the  way  of  Shetland 
I ies  -price  $100  to $160  each.— —That  Toland  Medical  College  did  pro- 
duce some  other  members  of  the  equine  family,  several  of  which  have 
become  obnoxious  to  our  citizens  by  their  immense  power  of  braying,  with 
correspondingly  long  ears. 

Oakland  Lies— It  is  not  true  that  a  prominent  merchant  of  Alameda 
bad  an  altercation  with  the  cars  on  descending.-— That  the  cars  were 
inebriated  and  abusive  aud  had  to  be  separated  to  save  personal  trouble. 
^— That  a  recent  aristocratic  wedding  was,  as  asserted  by  the  Bulletin, 
attended  by  the  "  ton  "  of  society.— -That  the  average  weight  of  the 
particeps  crimi nta  did  not  exceed  250  at  the  outside.—  That  the  reform- 
atory exercises  of  our  prisoners  are  largely  composed  of  lively  poker  and 
belligerent  crihbage  boards. 

British  Columbia  Lies.  -It  is  not  true  that  Dave  Higgina  was  burnt  in 
effigy.— —That  David  will  disappoint  his  friends  if  he  is  not  burnt  in 
another  pl;Ke.— — That  Storey,  the  undertaker,  is  in  league  with  the  pro- 
prietor of  "  Boyd's  Blend. "^—  That  there  are  countless  patriots  anxious 
to  immolate  themselves  fur  their  country's  good  as  Cabinet  Ministers  for 
the  paltry  consideration  of  84,000  a  year. 

It  is  a  truism  that  a  fault  of  youth,  if  repented  of  and  atoned  for  by  a 
pure  after  life,  ought  to  be  allowed  to  sink  into  oblivion.  But  if  the  wick- 
edness be  continued  from  youth  to  mature  manhood,  growing  from  bad  to 
worse,  surely  it  is  not  amiss  to  point  out  that  as  the  twig  was  inclined  so 
the  tree  grew  up. 


CRADLE.  ALTAR,  AND  TOMB. 


CRADLE 

Ubert  w  Allen,a  dau 

;  .  to  of  J.  U  I 

■  in.in  4,  lo  the  wife    i  r  I     ft,  a  daughter 

of  A.  I  ■■><<<• .  Ji  . 
io  wife  of  M.I  tor. 

■ 
How  viii'    Iii  UiU  i 

in.. ..in-     [d  this  city,  Pel 

JtHl  tXNSRK— ]  .......    i      i 

K  i  ■  atari  :-,  i"  tli, 

i  ■      i  to  the  wife  of  G,  v  i..,  .. 

i  February  0,  to  the  wife  of  0,  m   Ledei  i 

Mi  iM'iiy    in  tin  ■■.  i fhtar, 

Uadsbh    iii  this  city,  February  I,  to  the  wifo  of  O  Mad    i 
\i  v  m.    in  ■  ■  i  ■  ■  u  urj   ■■  to  'in  wlti  ■  i  m    Ub  ■-.  .»  §on. 

\  mii  is     i  ,  Pi  bruarj  i .  to  thi  w  ife  ol  I     N  ith  in,  a  d  lu  fhter, 

l'v  u    in  s. hi  , in  i,  February  S,  to  the  wife  "t  l»r.  P.    L  Paulle 
In  this  city,  Pebraary  4,  to  thi  wifeofM   Bchmitt,  i 
in  ti.i-  city,  Pebruarj  i,  to  thi   wife  of  J   W    lamm,  s  daughter. 
i ,  this  city,  February  ■_'.  (■>  the  wife  •  >(  ll    Weber,  ads 
Waiiknkr- in  this  rit>,  February  6,  to  the  wife  ol  F.  0.  w  sgeni  r,  a  son. 

ALTAR. 

ESllis-Hibisllb    in  this  city.  February  7,  Frank  n.  Bills  to  Jennie  MJbielle. 
Qoi  ld  '>iui    in  thlfi  city,  Pobruary  7.  0.  B.  Qould  to  Mary  Orr. 
ESabrmbss-McOamts    in  ihi>  .it  \ .  February  6,  F  M.  Harlcnoss  to  Emma  D,  U 
.i  uii  ---Willi  i^     In  this  city,  Januar)  24,  Capt  H.  James  to  Haffcio  E.  ffil 
i  i       (ViLLUue    [nthlacity,  February  5,  L  i>.  Lake  to  Jennie  Wlmanu 
McDonald-Haddock    Id  this  city,  Kcl.rmir.v4,  N.  T.  McDonald  to  E.  EJEadd  ■  I 
McMabtbbs-MoN  m-v    Inthlscitv,  February  7.  c  McMasti  re  to  it.  McNapsy. 
NawjiAs-Fsisi  cd     In  this  city,  February  >■  |:-  Newman  to  F.  Foiniucl . 
i:         ■  Smitii    in  this  city,  Jaouarj  31,  Capt.  T  M    Rogers  to  W.  V.  Smith. 

Bi Cuafbl    lu  this  city,  February  4,  James  Smith  i"  Marj  Chapel 

Wbrtitsimer  si  i:  U3SBR  -In  this  city.  February  4,  W.  Wertbeimcr  u<  F,  Strasser. 
VTates-Blascuard— In  Oakland,  Pcbniarj  l,  k   It,  fates  to  Mrs.  H.  T,  Qlanchard 

TOMF. 

Ali.hn    lu  this  city,  February  ."-,  Eliza  Allen,  aged  06  | 
Aldbn—  in  tlii-  city,  February  6,  Jainea  Allien,  U,  s.  .\.,  aged  66  years. 
Bdrns    in  this  city,  February  -"..  James  J.  Burns,  age  I  23  j  ears, 
Cotiv— In  Redwood  Citj ,  February  -i.  Gusaie  Cory,  aged  21  years, 
Doylk— In  this  city,  February  4,  Bridget  Doyle,  aged  17  years. 
I'li;i  itv  -In  thi   city,  February  ii.<;ij.t.  Jean  Fleury,  aged  76  years. 
Goad—  In  t'lis  city,  February  ■•,  Ellen  F.  Goad,  aged  26  year 
Hall— In  this  city,  February  7,  Edward  Hall,  aged  47  years, 
Kahn— In  this  city,  February  6,  Therase  Kahn,  aged  S]  years 
Lbadhbb — 1 1  this  city,  February  6,  Solomon  \ .  Leadner,  aged  7.'.  years. 
Mokoan' — In  this  city,  Februarj  6,  Sarah  a.  Morgan,  aged  37  years. 
I'EitKMAN.s— In  this  city,  February  5,  Catherine  Peremans,  aged  42  years. 

Ryan—  In  thia  city,  Februnry  :i.  Sarah  Ryan,  a^vil  4.".  years. 

Stuffs  -In  this  city.  Februarj  .'-.  Ostils  Stuppe,  aged  47  years. 
Slosb    In  this  city.  February  6,  Emma  Sloss,  aged  36  years. 
TSWKSBDRV—  In  this  city,  February  4,  Jacob  M.  Tcwksbtiry,  aged  02  years. 
\\  i  B1  n.iiK— In  this  city,  February  7,  Carl  Wusthofl,  aged  39  years. 


Q0ACKS,     BEWARE  ] 


Any  person  practicing  medicine  or  surgery  in  this  State  without  a 

license,  as  required  by  the  Medical  Act,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not 
less  than  $50  nor  more  than  S500,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail 
for  ;i  period  of  not  less  than  30  days  nor  more  than  365  days,  0T  by  both 
such  tine  and  imprisonment  for  each  and  every  offence.  [Medical  Act, 
Section  13.]  Any  person  shall  be  regarded  as  practicing  medicine  who 
shall  profess  publicly  to  be  a  physician  and  prescribe  for  the  sick,  or  who 
shall  append  to  his  name  the  letters  M.  D.  [Medical  Act,  Section  11.] 
Henceforth  the  public  will  find  in  our  quack  list  those  only  who,  if  they 
continue  to  practice  medicine  or  attach  M.  D.  to  their  names,  are  liable 
to  fine  and  imprisonment  under  the  foregoing  sections  of  the  Medical  Act. 
These  persons  are  hereby  warned  to  take  down  their  signs,  to  close  their 
offices,  and  cease  their  deadly  practices.  We  hereby  invito  the  co-opera- 
tion of  the  public  to  convict  such  persons,  and  to  punish  them  according 
to  the  law. 

Pick  and  the  Deacon's  libel  suit  is  already  becoming  the  subject  of 
many  and  interestiug  discussions.  General  opinion,  however,  all  points 
in  the  same  direction,  the  only  conflicting  points  being  the  actual  and 
re]  iuted'  value  of  the  characters  which,  they  claim,  have  been  so  wantonly 
destroyed.  It  is  being  generally  whispered  that  evidence  will  be 
forthcoming,  by  unimpeachable  witnesses,  that  the  amount  of  damages 
claimed  is  largely  in  excess  of  the  actual  market  value  of  the  characters, 
and  that  commodities  of  that  description  are,  as  a  rule,  perfectly  unsale- 
able. Others,  again,  distinctly  aver  that  they  were  not  previously  aware 
that  the  parties  in  question  had  a  character  at  all,  thougn  the  Deacon,  it 
is  believed,  has  secured  the  services  of  a  Gospel  dispenser  in  the  city  who 
has  promised  for  a  consideration  to  report  most  favorably  on  his  sanctity. 
At  all  events,  they  have  laid  themselves  open  to  a  very  serious  charge. 
To  claim  $5,000  for  an  article  not  worth  as  many  cents  is  a  species  of  vil- 
lainy of  which  they  only  could  be  guilty  ;  whilst,  on  the  other  hand,  to 
claim  that  amount  for  something  that  does  not  and  never  did  exist,  can 
come  under  no  other  head  than  that  of  obtaining  money  under  false  pre- 
tenses !  Out  of  the  frying  pan  into  the  fire  !  The  best  course  would  have 
been  to  have  remained  silent,  and  not  to  have  published  to  the  world  any 
more  about  themselves  than  the  public  already  knew  ! 


There  is  at  least  one  thing  worse  than  libeling  a  rogue,  and  that  is 
aiding  him  to  cover  up  his  tracks  and  get  away  quietly  with  his  booty. 
BuHi'tin  please  copy. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER. 


Feb.  10, 1877. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

.Recorded  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco.  California,  for  the 
Week  ending  February  8,  1877. 

Compiled  from  the  Records  of  the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKillop  ilk  Co., 
401  California  Street,  San  Francisco. 


Friday,  February  Zd 


GHANTOU  AND  GRANTEE. 


DESCRIPTION. 


8  V  mi  Abb'd  in  Benj  nail 

Jane  Mclpy  to  Thos  I  Bergen 

Geo  Ellis  to  Caleb  Bnrbank 

H  F  A  Schnssler  lo  Geo  Edwards  . 
City  mid  Co  S  F  to  Jhs  Dexter.... 
Hush  VVliitlfctl  to  A  BMagrrire.... 

T  W  Voll  toJRHamilton... 

J  McDonongh  to  M  Cunningham  . 
Geo  Kennedy  to  E  F  Woodhull... 
S  and  L  Soc'y  to  Jno  Mc  Adams  . . 
E  H  Cnrdinei  to  R  KPuttridge.... 
Wm  Dnmpby  to  Jno  Wagner 


Lot  14.  bile  28,  S  V  Hd 

Nw  Hai-ht  nnd  Octavia,  68:9x137:0 

E  Mission,  210  f  17th,  s  75,  etc 

S  Clipper,  KiO  e  Diamond,  160x114 

Nw  Tt  nnesaee  and  Bnfte,  100x100 

W  Mission,  185  n  19th,  25x80 

N  Post,  137:6  w  Buchanan,  27:15x137:0  .. 

E  Church,  156  e  21sr,  26x135 

S  Clay,  27:0  e  Broderick,  47:0x100 

S  29th,  SO  w  Church,  25x114 

Ne  Lombard  and  Taylor,  e  137:6,  etc 

Lot  1,  blk  57,  Butchers'  Tract 


J  Mcf 

Louis 

Sloss  to  E  K  LIHentl 

1  Lot 

nl IN  C 

-III:;  unci  1" 
al'a,  87:6  w 

.  Gift 
Franl 

Map4 1          I 

liD,  50x127:0 1          i 

Saturday, 

February 

3d. 

tfargM  J  Bralj  to  Thos  Knight.. 
L  8  Wu:ton  to  Amy  \V  Vfci  Mebr, 


Ne  Tyler  and  Leav'th,  137:6x137:6... 
I' ml  i  — t •  so  acres,  known  as  the  Welton 

&  Horslall  T'ct,  excepting  50  v  1  and  6 

blk  275,  and  50  v  1  in  hlk  230,  W  A  ... 
SametoWmHale L'nd  8-9 -ame  t'ct,  except  50-vara  1  nnd 

6,  blk  275.  WA 

Same  t'ct,  except  50-v  2,  blk  197,  W  A 
W  Broderick.  sit  s  of  n  I  50-v  1  in  bik 

500,  W  A,  70:9x60:9 

W  Broderick,  at  intersection  of  n  1  50  v 

1,  W  A  500,  w  137:0,  etc 

Ne  Fillmore  and  Waller,  137:6x537:6.... 

W  Mission,  390  s  22d,  30x125 

N  Geary,  77: 1  w  Octavia,  25:10x120 

Ne  Downey,  1S1  se  Bryant,  36x80,  snbj'l 

to  mortgage 

Sw  Larkin  iind  Green,  s  126,  etc,  subj'r 

to  mortgage  lor  *io,o00" 

Sw  Pine  and  Pierce,  275x137:6 

N  nth,  100  w  Church,  220x85. 


Amy  W  Vol  Mebr  to  same 

Henry  Wilson  to  John  Mile  .. 


J  Mile  toll  Wilson. 


ChaP  D  Olds  to  TL  Elliott.., 
Wm  Wyune  to  Jae  Rowland. 
Geo  R  Starr  to  Louis  Mendel, 
S  Goldberg  to  Jno  Henley... 

Stephen  Otis  to  Thos  Price.. 


City  and  Co  S  F  to  Jas  Mee, 
M  Lynch  to  T  M  JDehon... 

ThosDorland  to  same IN  17th,  160  w  Church,  220x3 

T  M  J  Dehon  to  F  McOanney N  17th,  230  e  Sanchez,  25x82 

Jas  Mee  to  City  and  Co  S  F Streets  and  highways 

S  A  Woodbury  to  Q  W  Phelps lb*  acres,  com  at  ne  cor  of  sw  Jtf  of  sect  2. 

I     t  2  s,  r5w,  th  s  5  ch.etc 


1 

5 

part'n 

part'n 
100 

3.100 
6,600 

1,650 

11,000 
.... 

1 

1,150 

1 


Monday,  February  5th. 


F  Thompson  to  Wm  Klecman  . . 

DMonagban  io  Peter  Shiel 

A  D  Marcband  to  M  L  Marehaud 
S  Cailaghan  to  John  D  Collins.. 


Thos  Fallon  to  T  E  Beans INw  3d  and  Minna,  n  75x75;  nw  Montg'y| 

and  Sutter,  34:4Jix60,  and  property  in 
other  counties  in  trust 

Nw  Masonic  avand  Frederick,  100x186:3 

N  Pine,  82:0  e  Baker.  22:0x137:0 

N  Hush.  121:3  w  Webster,  50x127:6 

Ne  15lh  and  Noe,  30x105;  nlso,  n  15th, 80 
e  Noe,  e  100,  etc  ;  also,  s  Henrv,  1U5  e 
Noe,  75x115,  stibj  to  mort  $2,000 

Sw  Washn  av,  137  6  nw  Hovv'd. 55x113:4 

Sundry  lots  in  S  S  F  H'd  and  R  It  As'n. 

Se  Winters1  Lane  and  Mason  st,  69x21.. 

|W  Steiner,  27:0  n  Oek,  55x110 

I  Lot  45,  blk  042,  Pt  Loboa  AvH'd 

iSame ' 

N  Bush,  111:7  e  VV.bsu-r, 22:11x137:0.. . . 


E  R  narri?  lo  Wm  II  Warden  ... 
E  -J  Minium  to  Mary  L  Griffith  .. 
Wm  E  Mclnlyre  to  Ann  Mclntyre 

Emma  Hayes  to  Mary  Hayes 

A  V  Sprn&UB  to  Jno  W  Nye 

Jno  W  Nye  to  Jno  F  Byxbee 

J  C  Weir  to  Cims  Ranfman 


J  H  Van  Reek  to  H  Degroot  .  . 
(i  McWil  iams  to  Bernard  Sloan.. 
Edw  Norton  to  P  A  McDonald  — 
City  and  Co  S  F  to  Geo  Mearns.. 

Geo  Mearns  to  Rob't  .Murdoch 

Rob't  Murdoch  to  Jno  Mullany... 

Geo  Hearst  to  B  J  Shay 

BJ  Shay  to  Jno  Multany 

M  Houdley  to  same , 


W  Weal  38th  st,  375  n  D.  25x120  . 

W  Tehama,  775  n  Prospect  PI,  25x80... 

Se  Fo'som,  95  sw  41  h,  40x90 

|Nw  Baker  and  Jackson,  n  22l:0>i,  etc 

s  Jackson,  2:3  w  Baker,  s  50,  eic 

N  Jackson,  17:2  e  Lyon,  li  49:0,  eic:  also 

n  Geary,6S:9  w  Baker,  68:9x137:6... 

S  Jackson,  25:0  e  Lyon,  e  387,  etc 

Sw  Jackson  and  Biker,  w  3,  s  57.  ere 
Sw  Jackson  and  Baker,  w  8,  s  59,  etc. 
Se  Jackson  and  Lyon,  e  25:0,  etc 


$3,500 
'750 


ie,ooo 

0,51X1 

2,000 

5 

1 

300 

400 

5,750 

200 

400 

11,100 


5,000 

2.7^0 

120 

750 

8,000 


Tuesday,  February  6th. 


Jno  I>  Frost  to  CT  Pearson  ..., 

W  S  and  T  Co  to  same 

J  O'Mahonev  to  P  Abeam 

J  D  Hooker  toCCRohlffs 

C  C  Roh Ift's  to  P  K  Genereaux.. 
A  Morgenstern  to  B  J  Shay 

Wm  Hollls  to  N  D  Arnot 

N  D  Arnot  to  Amanda  Arnot  .. 
Eugene DaUoo  to  MaryDalton., 

Thns  Maece  to  Jas  Wall 

Andrew  Btrrell  to  C  T  Pearson., 


s  and  L  Soc'y  to  Jno  Furlong 
Eclw  Norton  io  A  II  Wilcox... 
Same  to  Benj  M  Harthorne 


O  F  Von  Rhein  to  Jno  Greenwood 
Marg't  Dunn  to  C  L  Dinglcy 


Rosa  Whitney  to  same 

Chae  H  Burton  toE  Cleveland  ... 


Wm  Hollls  to  A  Weinshenk , 

Jno  Pforr  to  Mich'l  J  Crowley 

T  E  Beans  to  Carmcl  Fallon 

H  K  Clarke  to  C  G  Hooker , 

C  G  Hooker  to  W  Dodge 

Jos  Hamilton  to  Mathew  Barry 

Wm  Hollis  to  A  M  Goldsmith  ... 
S  P  O'Counor  to  John  II  Tumey. 
II  FlenikeO  to  A  P  Wiley  ...... . 

Terminus  H  As'n  to  S  S  Eckfeldt 


S  Ore-on.  75  w  Davis,  44x05 

Same 

E  Mission,  275  n  17lb,  25x105 

S  Fulton,  60  w  Webster,  22:0x137:0 
W  Websfr,  114:6  s Fulton,  23x82:6 
N  24tb,  253:7  w  Sanchez,  158:8x114 
N  Liberty,  110  w  Valencia,  50x115. 

Same 

N  Washington,  103:1#  <"  Broderick,  e 

31:4't;xt27:8K 

N  b'i^'g,  SO  w  Church,  20:8x114 

Se  $th,  250  tt  se  cor  4th  and  Bryant,  se 

25,  no  119,  nw  80,  etc 

S  Day,  155  w Chinch, 25x11 1 

Nw  Howard,  45:10  ne  Spear,  05:10x137:6 
Nw  Silver  av,  2:10  ne  fr  se  cor  ol  College 

ll'il,  nw  937,  Be  21.7.  etc 

\V  San  Jose  a v,  30  s  24th.  55x90 

No  Fremont,  85:0  nw  Harrison,  nw  25, 

ne  77:6,  n  w  27,  etc 

I  Same 

iNe  Fulton  and  Webeter,  137:6x137:6;  also 
1     s  Tyler,  137:0  w  Steiner,  137:0x137:6  . 
N  Geary,  137:6  c  Webster, 27:0x137:6... 

E  Fillmore!  85:6  8  Haight,  26x90:6 

INw  3d  and  Minnie,  75x75 

IS  Bush,  171:10&  w  Taylor,  34:4^x187:6 

SBush,  171: 10 j*  w  Taylor,  20x137:0 

|Lot7,  blk  329,  S  SF  H  &  R  R  As'n..., 
[W  Buchanan,  92:0  n  Post,  22:6x92:0... 

|S  Jackson,  117  w  Drnmm,  38x120 

[WTuvlor,  31:0  n  Jackson,  40x125  .! | 

(Lots  6  and  7,  blk  130,  Terminus  ll"d....| 


117,500 
3,500 
8,500 
1,800 
500 
4.500 

Gin 

Gift 
425 

9.0U0 

375 

10,500 

3,000 
4,400 


7,022 

1,100 

1 

14,000 
8,800 
1.500 

$4,250 
2,700 

10.000 
1.000 


Wednesday,  February  7th. 


Chas  Neft'  to  Barbara  Neff 

J  E  Foye  toChasTidd  

R  C  Johnson  to  R  B  Kellosg  . 

Pat'k  Rush  to  Anne  Rush 

II  M  Sackctt  to  Wm  Hale 

Jas  Mofhtt  to  Wm  Williams  .. 
Karl  Grimm  to  E  Bitrkhardt.. 

M  Kelly  to  Jae  Ambrose 

J  Hepworth  to  TR Toggle.... 

J  D  Ramsey  lo  Chae  Main 

S  V  H'd  As  n  to  Thos  Young  , 


W  J  Guon  to  Martha  Dudley  . 
Lloyd  Tevis  to  Carl  Precht.... 

T  Mclnemey  to  Wm  Hcatey  .. 
N  G  B'k  &  T  Co  to  Geo  Plate. 

Jno  F  Cobb  to  Wm  Hale 

Wm  Hale  to  Benj  F  Hardy.... 
Wm  Mucy  to  Dan  1  F  Maty... 


.|Ne  Ellis  and  Jones,  37:0x87:6 

.IE  Polk,  SO  s  Lombard,  7:0x71  :in# 

.IW  Fillmore,  53  n  Sac'to,  25x90:3 ~. 

.iUhd  X  se  Brvant  and  Gilbert,  80x30 

.  Lot  150,  Gift  Mapl 

.  N  Clay,  137:0  w  Powell,  e 24:4^,  etc.... 

.IN  Pad  'fie.  100:0  w  Jones,  23x120 

.  J  Lots  l  and  2.  and  por  of  3,  B  Roche  City 

.  I  Lot  23,  blk  65,  Borntra'  Addition 

.  lLot  28 ■',  Precita  Valley  Land 

Sundry  lots  in  Sunny  V  H'd,  in  trust  lort 
11  p  Share 

S  Clipper,  126  e  Church,  25x114 

Und  4-9  of  l-lu  of  lot  under  wuter,  b  ded 
by  various  sin  ets 

N  Eugedia,  150  e  San  -Jose  R'd,  50x100.. 

Lois  281  to  286,  Gift  Map  3 

Lot  225,  Ilolliday  Map  A 

Se  Clay  and  Webster,  137:6x127:8^ 

S  28th,  280  e  Dolores,  25x1 14 


~Gl.t 

1H7 
4,350 

1 ,300 

25 

7,500 

3, 51 10 

51  ill 

1.475 

2,000 

2,100 

375 

1 

600 

750 

5 

5 

800 


Thursday,  February  8th. 


GustaveErlin  to  Chas  Groeziuger 
Jos  Stewart,  Jr,  to  Jos  Stewart  . . 
O  F  Cem'lv  As'n  to  CT  McDowell 

D  Douthitl  to  S  M  Folder 

PE  McCartbyto  S  M  McCarthy. . . 
J  C  Flood  to  Nevadak  B'k  of  S  F  . 

Same  to  John  W  Mackay 

D  Cszneanx  to  Isai  Riheau 

J  B  Dorr  to  C  E  Haseltine 

J  A  Comboio  to  J  M  Gillono 

M  E  &  A  McMahon  to  M  Cur  ran . . 
M  Cb'l  Carran  to  Marg't  McMahon 

T  A  Sutherland  to  R  Kirkham 

C  L  Taylor  to  Wm  Hollis 

Wm  Hale  to  same 

E  B  Bad'am  to  Chas  R  SieL-er  ... 
Edw  Le  Breton  to  Jtitiu  Le  Breton 
H  S  Dorland  to  Jane  Mecredy  .... 

J  C  Flood  et  al  to  J  G  Fair 

Same  to  J  \V  Mackav    

J  C  Flood  toWraS  O'Brien 


Same  to  J  G  Fair 

J  W  Mackay  to  J  C  Flood  . 
Wm  S  O'Brien  to  same 


JC  Flood  etal  to  WS  O'Brien.. 

Same  to  J  VV  Mackay 

Same  to  J  G  Fair 

A  Fleishhacker  to  S  Glazier  . . . 
F  S  Wensinger  to  Wm  Hollis.. 


Se  Natoma,2509w  61b,  25x75 

Cud  14  n  Posi,  110  w  Larkin,  27:0x1*0.. 
Lot  2,  Robekah  Grove  Sec  3,  O  F  Cemty 

N  15th,  320  w  Sanchez,  25x230 

N  Clipper,  30  p  Diamond,  50x114 

Nw  cur  Pine  and  Montgy,  1-J5sl38:6  ... 

Und  \i  same 

Se  cor  Eugenia  and  Mission,  70x100 

50-vara  322 

5  acres  in  the  vicinity  of  Mount'n  Lake. 

Ne.  Clinton,  75  se  Brannan,  25x80 

Same 

Nw  Harrison,  137:0  sw  4th,  sw  131:0,  etc 
Nw  Geary  and  Webster,  w  221:3,  etc  . . 

Same 

tJeach  and  water  lots  367  and  370 

Sundry  properties  in  various  p'ts  of  city 

W  Church,  S3  n  18th,  n  41,  ere 

Cud  '.,  ecor  Market  and  4th,  175x170.. 

Und  H  same 

Und  li  sw  Pine  &  Sansome,  222:0x137:0; 

und  ,■«"  s  Pine,  165  e  Mon'g'y,  25x147:6, 

Same 

Same 

S  Pine,  137:0  w  Sansome,  85x137:6:  aiso 

und  \  s  Pine,  105  e  MoiHl',  25x137:6. 

sL'  Market,  :;>  ne  4th,  100x170 

E  cor  Market  and  4th,  75x170 

Sw  Pine  and  Sansome,  137:0x137:0 

Ne  Cal'a  and  Octavia,  137:0x205: 2'..-  ... 
N  Geary,  197:6V  e  Fillmore,  8:8^x137:6 


s-s.iuhj 

1,375 

285 

800 

Gift 

"io 
2,600 

100 

1,000 

650 

650 

5 

32,250 

5 

5 

Gilt 

900 

10 

10 

10 
10 

10 

10 
10 
10 
10 

35.000 
2 


[Permanent    Advertisements.] 

A    KOGrTJE'S    RETROSPECT. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune,  June  «.  1849.] 
"  Loring  Pickering,''  late  editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union,  absconded  recently, 
"  leaving,  it  is  said,  many  of  his  friends  in  the  lurch  for  large  amounts.  On  the  25th 
"  ult.  a  warrant  was  issued  for  his  arrest  on  a  ebarg_e  of  forgery,  preferred  by  Samuel 
"  Treat,  Esq.  UtficeiT*  were  immediately  sent  up  the  Mi-s..uri  in  pursuit  of  him,  as 
"  it  was  supposed  he  had  started  for  California,—  PhUaddiilua  Bulletin." 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune.  June  \l.  1S4S.] 
"Arrest  of  Pickering,  late  Editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union. — Subse- 
"  quent  accounts  do  not  entirely  confirm  the  reports  hitherto  received.  It  is  now 
"  stated,  by  those  who  ought  to  know,  that  Pickering  was  arrested  in  St.  Joseph  by 
"Messrs.  Treat  &  Kruuiruii.  and  subsequently  coniro itt'ed  to  the  custody  of  the 
"Sheriff,  or  one  of  his  deputies,  of  Kuehanan  County.  While  in  custody  be  found 
"means  to  escape,  and  made  off  to  parts  unknown.  The  party  in  pursuit  ot  him,  it 
'•  is  said,  only  succeeded  hi  obtaining  S700  from  him,  and  no  other  property  or  notes. 
"  Those  in  pursuit,  we  are  told,  were  not  prepared  with  any  authority  to  follow  him 
"beyond  the  limits  of  the  State.—  St.  Louis  ftfpublican,  10M. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune,  June  20,  1849.] 
11  The  Absquatulator. — Information  was  received  from  St.  Joseph  yesterday 
'■  that  Messrs,  Kruinrun  &  Treat  came  up  with  Pickering  at  that  place;  that  they 
■■  compounded  witb  bim  for  bis  uiiuises  bj  receiving  some  -t75u  in  money  and  about 
"  $4,000  in  notes  of  hand,  etc.,  and  then  let  hini  go.  When  the  boat  left  he  was  fit- 
'"  tin-  mil  lor  California,  and  they  were  returning  by  easy  stages  to  St.  Louts.—  &t. 
"Louis  jRepublicati-,  9th. 

[•The  above  named  Loring  Pickering  is  now  one  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  San 
Francisco  Daily  Ehiening  Bulletin  and  Morning  Cull,  two  papers  published  in 

this  eity.] 

CENTENNIAL    SURGERY. 
The  foUowing  liniment  was  prescribed  for  a  broken   thigh-bone  by— 

Dr.  Fish Oakland.      |      Dr.  Baecock State  Medical  Examiner. 

Dlt.  A  F.  Sawykr San  Francisco  : 

Chloroform 2  oz.      I      Tinet:  Camphor 2  oz. 

Tinet  :  Arnica  (?) 2  oz.       \      Ol  :  Origanum  ( .) 1  02, 

Ol  :  Olive 1  oz.  M. 

Ft  Liniment— Sign— Apply  with  friction  two  or  three  times  a  day. 
Use  the  above  for  two  mouths,  and,  if  it  should  not  produce  the  effect  desired,  use 
t  on  your  boots,  THE  VICTIM. 


Is  it  Repudiation? — For  the  State  of  California  to  issue  b  tuds,  neglect  to  pro- 
vide for  their  redemption  at  maturity,  refuse  payment  and  then  deny  the  holders  the 
right  of  trial  in  her  own  Courts. 


OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL   ^TSAiVSHI?    COMPANY, 

ITtor  Japan  anil  China,  leave  wharf,  corner  First  nn<"  Bran 
"      nan  streets,  at  uoon,   for  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONGKONG,   connecting 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

OCEANIC January  10th,  April  17th,  July  17th  and  October  LCth. 

BELGIC February  10th,  May  16th,  August  Kith  and  November 

GAELIC March  10th,  June  10th,  September  18th  and  Deo  r  1 

Cabin  Plans  on  Exhibition,    and    Passage   Tickets  for  sale  at    No.    4  New    Mont 
goniury  street.     For  Freight,    pply  at  the  Pacific  Mai!  Steamship  Company's  \\  barf 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 
GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President.  Dec.  l:'. 


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No.  4. 


of  (hr.Han  Frnncliwo  \»*»  «*  l.w  ler,  «  Iiina  Mall,  (ttlilor- 
uln  .Mall  Bhk,  South  side  Merchant  slrcei.  '• 


GOLD  B.\KS-880@900 -Silver  Babs— 3@12  fc*  cent.  dis,-.  Treasury 
ue  Belling  .it  95$.     Buying,  94-f.      Mexican   Dollars,   par. 
Tra-I.   1  '"Hnrs,  par  <»   \  per  cent.  pram. 

•9"  Exchange  on  Now  York,  h  per  cent  for  Gold  ;  Currency,  B  per  cent 
p-miim  On  London,  Bankers,  49}  1.;  Commercial,  49f&  ;  Paria,  6 
franc*  [>er  dollar.     Telegrams,  $(5  j  per  cent 

«"  Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  Feb.  9th,  at  3  p.m.,  105J.  Latest 
price  or  Sterling,  484@48C>A. 

*»*  Price  of  Honey  here,  K?  1  l*?r  cent  per  month— bank  rate.     In  the 


open  market,  \<"  U.      Demand  active. 


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latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.--  NewYork,  February 
16th  1S77  -Gold opened  at  1066  \  ll  A-  M.,at  105S  ;  3  p.m.,  105$.  United 
States  Bond*  Five-twentiee  of  1867,  11-'/;  1881,110*.  Sterling  Ex- 
change 4  84A@4  86,  short  PacifioMail,  26i.  Wheat,  $1 50@1 60,  West- 
ernUnion.  7li.     Hides,  dry,  21g<$22L< quiet   Oil—Sperm,  SI  37(5  $1  40. 

Winter     Hleai-h.-d.    $1  U5  <<'    1    70.         Whale,     ?0U'?."»;     Winter     Bleached, 

Wool  -Spring,  fine,  22@30:  Burry,  12@16;  Pulled,  25@38. 
FaS  '  Hi1-.  17@2B  ;  Bnrry,  L6@22.  LONDON,  February  16th. — Liverpool 
Wheat  Market,  10a  7d.@0j0e.9d.  Club,  10s.  10d.(g<lls.  2d.  United  States 
Bonds,  107A.    Consols.  96  13  L6. 


FINANCE. 
Our  imports  of  merchandise  of  late,  owing  partly  to  dullness  in 
trade,  have  been  very  light,  consequently  our  indebtedness  abroad  has 
been  and  is  now  less  than  ever  before;  add  to  this  the  low  premium  of 
gold,  making  any  shipments  of  coin  for  speculative  purposes  unprofitable; 
couple  with  this  the  immense  production  of  our  mine",  and  yon  have  a 
ready  solution  of  the  glut  in  our  money  market.  Money  is  superabun- 
dant. We  know  of  5-per-ceut.  loans  repaid;  plenty  can  be  had  at  the 
name  figure  against  good  collaterals.  Good  local  securities  are  still  in  de- 
mand, although  Gas  and  Water  have  weakened  a  little.  Bonds  remain 
scarce,  and  top  prices  are  paid  for  choice  lots.  Silver  has  receded  to  56id. 
in  London,  and  as  a  consequence  Trades  and  Mexicans  are  weaker. 

We  have  received  that  which,  some  years  back,  would  have  been 
looked  upon  with  curiosity,  namely,  the  fifth  report  of  H.  Mayesima,  the 
Postmaster-General  of  Japan,  for  the  fiscal  year,  being  the  ninth  year  of 
Meiji,  or,  in  common  parlance,  1876,  The  actual  revenue  from  the  sale 
of  postage  stamps,  postal  cards,  stamped  envelopes,  newspaper  wrappers, 
box  rents  and  money  order  fees,  amounted  to  595,201  83  yen  (a  yen  is 
about  a  dollar),  whilst  the  expenditures  were  713,244  19  yen.  Over  thirty 
million  letters,  etc.,  passed  through  the  post  office  during  the  year.  There 
are  in  operation  3,691  post  offices,  124  receiving  agencies,  835  stamp  agen- 
cies, and  703  street  letter-boxes.  In  January,  1875,  the  post  office  savings 
bank  system  was  established,  and  the  deposits  were  more  than  doubled 
the  second  year.  The  report  is  very  interesting  as  showing  the  progress 
of  the  nation,  and  our  thanks  are  due  to  Mr.  John  \V.  Clark,  of  Naga- 
saki, for  sending  it  to  us. 

New  York,  February  16th,— The  Tribunes  editorial  says  :  "  There 
is  said  to  be  a  small  but  adroit  lobby  at  work  in  Washington  on  a  scheme 
to  get  through  another  subsidy  for  the  hopelessly  rotten  Pacific  Mail 
Steamship  ( "otiipany,  i-n  the  ground  that  the  China  and  Japan  mails  could 
not  be  carried  without  it.  Congressmen  should  understand  that  this  sub- 
sidy, if  granted,  would  be  simply  a  robbery  of  the  United  States  Treas- 
ury to  that  amount.  There  is  no  need  of  giving  a  dollar  to  get  these  mails 
carried.  In  fact,  a  better  organized  company  is  already  offering  to  carry 
them  over  this  precise  route  merely  for  the  ocean  postages.  Legislation 
at  Washington  nas  been  sufficiently  disgraced  by  Pacific  mail  corruption 
already,  and  he  would  be  a  pretty  bold  Congressman  who  should  favor 
this  last  scheme." 

Beerbohm's  Telegram. —London  and  Liverpool,  Feb.  16th,  1877.— 
Floating  Cargoes,  improving ;  Cargoes  on  Passage,  firm  ;  Mark  Lane, 
dearer  ;  No.  2  Spring  Off  Coast,  49s.;  California  Off  Coast,  50(6  51s.;.  do. 
nearly  due,  52s.;  do.  just  shipped,  53s. ;  English  Country  Markets,  up- 
ward tendency  ;  Liverpool,  steady;  California  Club,  10s.  10d.@lls.  2d; 
do.  average,  10s.  7d.@10s.  10d.;  Red  Western  Spring,  10s.  ld.@10s.  9d, 

Legal  Tenders  here  are  irregular  at  94^  buying  and  95J  selling. 


Mr.  V.  Al^nr,  \<».  H  <  Irtiuni  h  Lane.  Lomloii,  In  authorized  to 

rvi  ,i\.  suhsi  riptknis,  advertisements,  communications,  etc.,  for  this  paper. 


Published  with  this  week's  issue  a  Foitr- 
Paf/e  Postscript, 


LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT- 


Some  months  ago  there  came  to  San  Francisco  from  Australia  an 
Englishman  who  parted  his  hair  in  the  middle,  was  given  to  dropping  his 
h's,  and  had  married  an  actress.  For  all  these  things  in  general,  and  for 
the  latter  cause  in  particular,  he  was  savagely  attacked  by  a  certain 
daily.  We  thought  the  attack  an  outrage  and  said  so.  Since  then  the 
gentleman  has  become  himself  the  proprietor  of  a  daily,  and  another 
Englishman  has  arrived  from  Australia  who  parts  his  hair  in  the  middle, 
drops  his  h's,  and  lias  married  a  great  prima  donna.  Strange  to  say,  the 
man  who  was  so  unjustly  attacked  assails  the  latest  arrival  in  even  worse 
terms  than  those  of  which  he  had  himself  so  much  reason  to  complain, 
and  with  still  less  cause.  We  think  the  last  attack  lower  and  more  vulgar 
than  the  first,  and  avail  ourselves  of  this  opportunity  to  Kay  so. 


J.  R.  Keene,  the  California  operator;  John  D.  Munroe  &  Co.,  Mr. 
Selover  and  several  others,  have  been  admitted  to  the  New  Stock  Ex- 
change, New  York.  The  Sun  says:  "A  war  between  the  old  and  new 
Boards  is  probable.  The  New  Yrork  Stock  Exchange  opened  the  ball  the 
other  day  by  secretly  leasing  the  rooms  occupied  by  the  Gold  Exchange. 
This  was  done,  a  member  says,  to  head  off  the  new  Board,  which  is 
largely  composed  of  members  of  the  Gold  Exchange.  Salem  L.  Russell, 
President  of  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange,  says  the  Stock  Exchange 
requires  more  room,  and  hence  it  took  a  lease  of  the  Gold  Exchange 
rooms  for  three  years.     It  is  understood  the  price  paid  is  820,000  a  year. 

By  one  of  those  errors  which  are  impossible-  to  be  avoided  at  times, 
we  recently  gave  credit  to  Mr.  Reese  Llewellyn,  of  the  Columbia  Foun- 
dry, for  the  beautiful  iron  work  of  the  Baldwin  Hotel.  The  praise  should 
have  been  awarded  to  Savage  &.  Son,  and  the  mistake  is  more  unpleasant 
inasmuch  as  "The  Baldwin"  was  young  Mr.  Savage's  first  contract.  Mr. 
Reese  Llewellyn's  work  was  merely  that  of  sub- con  tractor,  he  having  done 
some  of  the  castings  for  Savage  &  Son.  The  immensity  of  the  work  will 
be  better  understood  when  it  is  added  that  the  first  story  of  the  building 
is  entirely  composed  of  iron. 

Just  as  We  Expected.— Since  the  article  which  appears  in  another 
column  gotinto  type  a  telegram  announces  that  the  Electoral  Commission, 
by  a  strict  party  vote  of  eight  to  seven,  has  refused  to  inquire  into  the 
evidence  of  fraud  connected  with  the  Louisiana  case.  If  such  testimony 
could  not  be  inquired  into  it  is  difficult  to  imagine  any  possible  excuse  for 
the  existence  of  the  Commission.  Mr.  Hayes  will  now  undoubtedly  be 
declared  duly  elected  President  of  the  United  States. 

In  preparation,  and  will  shortly  be  issued  and  criven  away  gratix 
with  the  News  Letter,  an  elegant  map  in  three  colors,  showing  the  entire 
telegraphic  cables  laid  over  the  whole  world.  This  beautiful  present 
shows  at  a  glance  the  exact  wire  communication  existing  between  the 
various  countries  of  the  Old  and  New  World,  and  will  be  accompanied  by 
an  explanatory  diagram  illustrating-  the  whole. 


Quicksilver  for  Hongkong,  Etc.— The  O.  and  O.  steamship  Belgic, 
hence  for  China  and  Japan  yesterday,  carried  nearly  4,000  flasks,  valued 
at  §175,000.  The  Pacific  mail  steamship  Citv  of  San  Francisco,  for 
Mexican  and  way  ports,  carried  550  flasks,  and  the  Newbern  for  Colorado 
and  way  ports  carried  150  flasks.  This  larere  export  movement  to  China 
is  indeed  noteworthy.     Price,  45c. 

The  Vallejo  Boat,  which  has  hitherto  started  from  the  Market  street 
wharf  at  7.00  a.m.  and  4.00  p.m.,  as  also  the  Sacramento  Boat,  which  has, 
up  to  the  present,  left  Market  st  wharf  daily  at  4.00  p.m.,  will  in  future 
leave  Washington  st.  wharf.  The  change  of  landing  is  a  very  important 
thing  to  notice,  and  our  readers  will  find  the  correction  duly  made  in  the 
authentic  table  of  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad,  elsewhere. 


The  suits  of  A.  W,  Thornton  and  Edward  Henderson  against  the 
Eclectric  Medical  Board  of  Examiners  have  been  withdrawn.  The 
former  characters  having  become  convinced  of  their  folly  in  attempting  to 
get  licenses  by  any  such  means. 


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco,  California. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.   17,  1877. 


[From  the  Fortnightly  Review,] 

THE     GEOGRAPHICAL     ASPECT     OF     THE      EASTERN 

QUESTION.  —  [Continued.] 

Here  then  are  two  ancient  races,  the  Greeks  and  another  race,  not  in- 
deed so  advanced,  so  important,  or  so  widely  spread,  but  a  race  which 
equally  keeps  a  real  national  being.  .  And  I  would  adrl,  as  what  is  my 
own  belief,  though  I  cannot  assert  it  with  the  same  confidence  as  in  the 
other  two  cases,  that  a  third  ancient  race  also  survives  as  a  distinct  race 
in  the  peninsula.  These  are  the  Vlachs  or  Roumans,  in  whom  I  am 
strongly  inclined  to  see  the  surviving  representatives  of  the  great  Thra- 
cian  race.  Every  one  knows  tliat,  in  the  modern  principality  of  Rouma- 
nia  and  in  the  adjoining  parts  of  the  Austro -Hungarian  monarchy,  there 
is  to  be  seen  that  phenomenon  so  unique  in  the  East,  a  people  who  not 
only  still  keep  the  Roman  Came,  but  who  speak  neither  Greek  nor  Turk- 
ish, neither  Slave  nor  Skipetar,  but  a  dialect  of  Latin,  a  tongue  akin,  not 
to  the  tongues  of  any  of  their  neighbors,  but  to  the  tongues  of  Gaul, 
Italy,  and  Spain.  The  assumption  has  commonly  been  that  this  outlying 
Romance  people  owe  their  Romance  character  to  the  Roman  colonization 
of  Dacia  under  Trajan.  In  this  view  the  modern  Roumans  would  be  the 
descendants  of  Trajan's  colonists  and  of  Dacians  who  had  learned  of  them 
to  adopt  the  speech  and  manners  of  Rome.  But  when  we  remember  that 
Dacia  was  the  first  Roman  province  to  be  given  up — that  the  modern 
Roumania  was  for  ages  the  highway  of  every  barbarian  tribe  on  its  way 
from  the  East  to  the  West — that  the  land  has  been  conquered  and  settled 
and  forsaken  over  and  over  again— it  would  be  passing  strange  if  this 
should  be  the  one  land,  and  its  people  the  one  race,  to  keep  the  Latin 
tongue  when  it  has  been  forgotten  in  all  the  neighboring  countries.  Add 
to  this  that  the  Roumans  are  not,  and  never  have  been,  confined  to  the 
modern  Roumania — that  they  are  still  found,  if  in  some  parts  only  as 
wandering  shepherds,  in  various  parts  of  the  peninsula — that  their  estab- 
lishment in  Dacia  seems  to  be  of  comparatively  recent  date.  All  this 
may  lead  us  to  look  for  some  other  explanation  of  this  most  singular  and 
puzzling  phenomenon.  It  has  indeed  been  thought  that  the  modern 
Rouman  is  not  strictly  a  Roman  language,  but  rather  a  language  akin  to 
Latin,  a  trace  of  primseval  kindred  between  the  tongues  of  the  Italian 
and  the  Byzantine  peninsula.  This  would  be  carrying  things  back  very 
far  indeed.  Such  a  belief  would  indeed  be  the  greatest  strengthening  of 
my  position  as  to  the  abiding  character  of  nations  and  language  in  South- 
eastern Europe.  But  we  need  not  go  back  so  far  as  this.  It  will  be 
quite  enough,  if  we  look  on  the  Roumans  as  Romanized  Thraeians,  as  the 
representatives  of  the  great  Thracian  race  which  lived  on  in  the  inland 
parts  of  the  peninsula  while  the  Greeks  occupied  the  coasts.  Their  lands, 
Mcesia,  Thrace  specially  so  called,  and  Dacia,  were  added  to  the  Empire 
at  various  times  from  Augustus  to  Trajan.  That  they  should  gradually 
adopt  the  Latin  language  is  in  no  sort  wonderful.  Their  position  with 
regard  to  Rome  was  exactly  the  same  as  that  of  Gaul  and  Spain.  Where 
Greek  civilization  had  been  firmly  established,  Latin  could  nowhere  dis- 
place it.  Wherever  Greek  civilization  was  unknown,  Latin  overcame  the 
barbarian  tongue.  It  would  naturally  do  so  in  this  part  of  the  East  ex- 
actly as -it  did  in  the  West.  But,  though  the  question  of  the  origin  of 
the  Roumans  is  of  deep  historical  and  ethnological  iuterest,  the  questions 
which  I  have  just  been  discussing  are  of  comparatively  little  moment  for 
my  present  purpose.  In  any  case,  the  Roumans  represent  a  people  more 
ancient  than  the  Slavonic  setlements.  If  they  really  represent  the  Ro- 
man and  Romanized  inhabitants  of  Trajan's  Dacia,  their  time  of  endu- 
rance would  be  somewhat  shortened,  but  the  difficulties  of  their  endu- 
rance would  be  increased  tenfold. 

Here  then  we  have  in  the  South-eastern  peninsula  three  nations  which 
have  all  lived  on  at  least  from  the  days  of  the  early  Roman  Empire. 
Two  of  them,  I  am  inclined  to  think  all  of  them,  have  lived  on  from  the 
very  beginnings  of  European  history.  We  have  nothing  answering  to 
this  in  the  West.  It  needs  no  pr&ofs  that  the  speakers  of  Celtic  and 
Basque,  in  Gaul  and  in  Spain,  do  not  hold  the  same  position  in  Western 
Europe  which  the  Greeks,  Albanians,  and  Roumans  do  in  Eastern  Eu- 
rope. In  the  East  the  most  ancient  inhabitants  of  theland  are  stiU  there, 
not  as  scraps  or  survivors,  not  as  nations  lingering  on  in  corners,  but  as 
nations  in  the  strictest  sense,  nations  whose  national  being  forms  an  ele- 
ment in  every  modern  and  political  question.  Thej'  all  have  their  memo- 
ries, their  grievances,  and  their  hopes  ;  and  their  memories,  their  griev- 
ances, and  their  hopes  are  all  of  a  practical  and  political  kind.  High- 
landers, Welshmen,  Bretons,  Basques,  have  doubtless  memories,  but  they 
have  hardly  political  grievances  and  hopes.  Ireland  may  have  political 
grievances  ;  it  certainly  has  political  hopes  ;  but  they  are  not  exactly  of 
the  same  kind  as  the  grievances  or  hopes  of  the  Greek,  the  Albanian,  and 
the  Rouman.  Let  Home  Rule  succeed  to  the  extent  of  setting  up  an  in- 
dependent king  and  parliament  of  Ireland,  yet  the  language  and  civiliza- 
tion of  that  king  and  parliament  would  still  be  English.  Ireland  would 
form  an  English  state,  politically  hostile,  it  may  be,  to  Great  Britain, 
but  still  an  English  state.  No  Greek,  Albanian,  or  Rouman  state  that 
can  be  conceived  would  be  in  the  same  sense  a  Turkish  state. 

On  these  primitive  and  abiding  races  came,  as  on  other  parts  of  Europe, 
the  Roman  Conquest.  That  conquest  planted  Latin  colonies  on  the  Dal- 
matian coast,  where  the  Latin  tongue  still  remains  in  its  Italian  variety 
as  the  speech  of  literature  and  city  life— it  Romanized  in  any.case  some 
part  of  the  earlier  inhabitants,  be  they  Thracians  or  be  they  Dacians — it 
had  the  great  political  effect  of  all,  that  of  planting  the  Roman  power  in 
a  Greek  city,  and  thereby  creating  a  state,  and  in  the  end  a  nation,  which 
was  Roman  on  one  side,  and  Greek  on  the  other.  Then  came  the  Wan- 
dering of  the  Nations,  on  which,  as  regards  men  of  our  own  race,  we  need 
not  dwell.  The  Goths  marched  at  will  through  the  Eastern  Empire  ;  but 
no  Teutonic  settlement  was  ever  made  within  its  bounds,  no  lasting  Teu- 
tonic settlement  was  ever  made  even  on  its  border.  The  part  of  the  Teu- 
ton in  the  West  was  played  far  less  perfectly  indeed  by  the  Slave  in  the 
East.  On  the  points  of  likeness  and  unlikeness  between  the  part  played 
by  the  Teutons  in  the  WTest  and  that  played  by  the  Slaves  in  the  East,  I 
cannot  enlarge  here.  The  great  point  to  be  borne  in  mind  is  that  the 
Slave  in  the  East  does  answer,  however  imperfectly,  to  the  Teuton  in  the 
West,  that  he  is  there  what  the  Teuton  is  here,  the  great  representative 
of  what  we  may  call  the  modern  European  races,  those  whose  part  in  his- 
tory began  after  the  establishment  of  tlje  Roman  power.  The  differences 
with  which  we  are  here  concerned  between  the  position  of  the  two  races 
are  chiefly  these.  The  Slave  in  the  East  has,  as  we  have  seen,  pree-Ro- 
man  races  standing  alongside  of  him  in  a  way  in  which  the  Teuton  has 
not  in  the  West.  He  also  stands  alongside  of  races  which  have  come  in 
since  his  own  coming,  in  a  way  which  the  Teuton  in  the  West,  is  still  | 


further  from  doing.  That  is  to  say,  besides  Greeks,  Albanians,  and  Rou- 
mans, he  stands  alongside  of  Bulgarians,  Sfagyara,  and  Turks,  who  have 
nothing  to  answer  to  them  in  the  West.  There  arena  people,  Latin  or 
Greek  in  speech,  who  have  been  brought  under  Slavonic  influences  in  the 
same  way  in  which  the  Romance  nations  have  been  brought  under  Teu- 
tonic influences.  We  might  say  that  the  Greeks  answer  to  the  Welsh  in 
both  senses  of  the  word,  at  once  to  the  Celtic  and  to  the  Latin-speaking 
people  of  Western  Europe.  The  causes  of  all  these  differences  I  hope  to 
explain  in  another  shape  ;  we  have  now  to  deal  only  with  the  differences 
themselves.  The  Slave,  in  the  time  of  his  coming,  in  the  nature  of  his 
coming,  in  the  nature  of  his  settlement,  answers  roughly  to  the  Teuton  ; 
his  position  is  what  that  of  the  Teuton  would  be,  if  Western  Europe  had 
been  brought  under  the  power  of  an  alien  race  at  some  time  later  than  its 
own  settlement.  The  Slaves  undoubtedly  form  the  greatest  element  in 
the  population  of  the  Eastern  peninsula,  and  they  once  reached  more 
widely  still.  Taking  the  Slavonic  name  in  its  widest  meaning,  they  oc- 
cup3r  all  the  lands  from  the  Danube  and  its  great  tributaries  southward 
to  the  strictly  Greek  border.  The  exceptions  are  where  earlier  races  re- 
main, Greek  or  Italian  on  the  coast-line,  Albanian  in  the  mountains.  The 
Slaves  hold  the  heart  of  the  peninsula,  and  they  hold  more  than  the  pen- 
insula itself.  Here  comes  in  a  fact  which  bears  very  directly  on  the  poli- 
tics of  the  present  moment,  the  fact  that  the  present  frontier  of  the  Aus- 
trian and  Ottoman  Empires,  a  frontier  so  dear  in  the  ej'es  of  diplomatists, 
is  no  natural  or  historical  frontier  at  all,  but  simply  comes  of  the  wars  of 
the  last  century.  The  Slave  lives  equally  on  both  sides  of  it;  indeed  but 
for  the  last  set  of  causes  which  have  affected  Eastern  Europe,  the  Slave 
might  have  reached  uninterruptedly  from  the  Baltic  to  the  ^gean. 

This  last  set  of  causes  are  those  which  specially  distinguish  the  histories 
of  Eastern  and  of  Western  Europe,  those  which  have  caused  the  special 
difficulties  of  the  last  five  hundred  years.  In  Western  Europe,' though 
we  have  had  plenty  of  political  conquests,  we  have  had  no  national  mi- 
grations since  the  days  of  the  Teutonic  settlements — at  least,  if  we  may 
extend  these  last  so  as  to  take  in  the  Scandinavian  settlements  in  Britain 
and  Gaul.  The  Teuton  has  pressed  to  the  East  at  the  expense  of  the 
Slave  and  the  Old  Prussian ;  the  borders  between  the  Romance  and  the 
Teutonic  nations  in  the  West  have  fluctuated;  but  no  third  set  of  nations 
has  come  in,  strange  alike  to  the  Roman  and  the  Teuton  and  to  the  whole 
Aryan  family.  As  the  Huns  of  Attila  showed  themselves  in  Western 
Europe  as  passing  ravagers,  so  did  the  Magyars  at  a  later  day  ;  so  did 
the  Ottoman  Turks  in  a  day  later  still,  when  they  besieged  Vienna  and 
laid  waste  the  Venetian  mainland.  But  all  these  Turanian  invaders  ap- 
peared in  Western  Europe  simply  as  passing  invaders;  in  Eastern  Europe 
their  part  has  been  widely  d  ffcrent.  Besides  the  temporary  dominion  of 
Avars,  Patzinaks,  Chazars,  Cumans,  and  a  crowd  of  others,  three  bodies 
of  more  abiding  settlers,  the  Bulgarians,  the  Magyars,  and  the  Mogul 
conquerors  of  Russia,  have  come  in  by  one  path  ;  a  fourth,  the  Ottoman 
Turks,  have  come  in  by  another  path.  Among  all  these  invasions  we 
have  one  case  of  thorough  assimilation,  and  only  one.  The  original  Fin- 
nish Bulgarians,  like  Western  conquerors,  have  been  lost  among  Slavonic 
subjects  and  neighbors  ;  the  modern  Bulgarian  is  a  Slave  bearing  the 
Bulgarian  name,  as  the  modern  French  is  a  Gaul  bearing  the  Frankish 
name.  The  geographical  function  of  the  Magyar  has  been  to  keep  the 
two  great  groups  of  Slavonic  nations  apart.  To  his  coming,  more  than 
to  any  other  cause,  we  may  attribute  the  great  historical  gap  which  sepa- 
rates the  Slave  of  the  Baltic  from  his  southern  kinsfolk.  The  work  of 
the  Ottoman  Turk  we  all  know.  These,  later  settlers  remain  alongside  of 
the  Slave,  just  as  the  Slave  remains  alongside  of  the  earlier  settlers.  The 
Slavonized  Bulgarians  are  the  only  instance  of  assimilation  such  as  we  are 
used  to  in  the  West.  All  the  other  races,  old  and  new,  from  the  Alba- 
nian to  the  Ottoman,  are  still  there,  each  keeping  its  national  bein^  and 
its  national  speech.  And  in  one  part  of  the  ancient  Dacia  we  must  add 
quite  a  distinct  element,  the  element  of  Teutonic  occupation  in  a  form 
unlike  any  in  which  we  see  it  in  the  West,  in  the  shape  of  the  Saxons  of 
Transylvania. 

We  have  thus  worked  out  our  point  in  detail.  While  in  each  Western 
country  some  one  of  the  various  races  which  have  settled  in  it  has,  speak- 
ing roughly,  assimilated  the  others,  in  the  East  all  the  races  that  have 
ever  settled  in  the  country  still  abide  side  by  side.  And  it  is  important 
to  remark  that  this  phenomenon  is  not  peculiar  to  the  lands  which  are 
now  under  the  Turk ;  it  is  shared  equally  with  the  lands  which  form  the 
Austro-Hungarian  monarchy.  We  may  for  the  moment  set  aside  those 
parts  of  Germany  which  are  so  strangely  united  with  the  crowns  of  Hun- 
gary and  Dalniatia.  In  those  parts  of  the  monarchy  which  come  within 
our  present  survey,  the  Roman  and  the  Rouman — we  may  so  distinguish 
the  Romance-speaking  inhabitants  of  Dalmatia  and  the  Romance -speak- 
ing inhabitants  of  Transylvania— the  Slave  of  the  north  and  of  the  south, 
the  Magyar  conqueror,  the  Saxon  immigrant,  all  abide  as  distinct  races. 
That  the  Ottoman  is  not  to  be  added  to  our  list  in  Hungary,  while  he  is 
to  be  added  to  Bulgaria,  is  simply  because  he  has  been  driven  out  of  Hun- 
gary, while  he  is  allowed  to  abide  in  Bulgaria.  No  point  is  more  impor- 
tant to  insist  on  now  than  the  fact  that  the  Ottoman  once  held  the 
greater  part  of  Hungary  by  exactly  the  same  right,  the  right  of  the  strong- 
est, as  that  by  which  he  still  holds  Bosnia  and  Bulgaria.  It  is  simply 
the  result  of  a  century  of  warfare,  from  Sobieski  to  Joseph  the  Second, 
which  has  fixed  the  boundary  which  to  diplomatists  seems  eternal.  That 
boundary  has  advanced  and  gone  back  over  and  over  again.  As  Buda 
once  was  Turkish,  Belgrade  has  more  than  once  been  Austrian.  In  the 
old  days  of  Austrian  intolerance,  the  persecuted  Protestant  of  Hungary 
deemed  the  yoke  of  the  Sultan  less  heavy  than  that  of  the  Emperor- 
king.  In  days  of  better  rule  in  the  Hungarian  kingdom,  the  Servian 
rayah  welcoined  the  Emperor-king  as  his  deliverer  from  the  Sultan.  The 
whole  of  these  lands,  from  the  Carpathian  Mountains  southward,  present 
the  same  characteristic  of  permanence  and  distinctness  among  the  several 
races  which  occupy  them.  The  several  races  may  lie,  here  in  large  con- 
tinuous masses,  there  in  small  detached  settlements ;  but  there  they  all 
are  in  their  distinctness.  It  would  be  hard  to  trace  out  in  these  lands  a 
state  of  the  same  scale  as  any  of  the  great  states  of  Western  Europe 
which  should  consist  of  one  race,  language,  or  religion.  The  point  to  be 
specially  borne  in  mind  is  that  this  characteristic  belongs  equally  to  the 
Austrian  and  to  the  Turkish  Empire,  and  that  the  frontier  which  divides 
the  two  is  a  purely  artificial  one,  the  result  of  several  fluctuations  during 
the  wars  of  the  seventeenth  and  eighteenth  centuries. 
[To  be  Continued.] 


OFFICES  OF  THE  AEROPLANE  NAVIGATION  CO., 

No.  607  to  U15  Merchant  street,  san  Francisco* 


ivi..  17,  is;:. 


CALIF0RN1  \    -\l»\  ERTISKR. 


THE    LEAF    PROPHETIC 

Row    I    Um  :\i<  d  ftl  •   !"llv, 

Afl  in  |ii.i\    b«  r. -i.l  iiiv  fortune 
i  leal  -<i  ■hlidng  h«>llv. 
-.iiil  kht  !■  it  prop] 
"  N-'.t  v.  ;»r,"  softly  whispered  some 
WhiK-  I  ntd  wiu  ttiah, 

"  I   -hill  w.-.l  next   vi.ir  with   i: 
NChri  u&d  *  'hriatnufl  goeth  : 

1  have  said  if 
Whan  the  next  \  i        trass  oometh 

It  thai)  find  da  Ntilt  unweddi 

But  the  spring-tune  nine  with  Mussoma, 

Left  B   Bad   M   fWeitlv   I,: 

'Which  the  iierfumed  breetE  of  sutnnier 

Penned  into  ■  fion 
And  when  autumn's  golden  (rlory 

Gleamed  o'er  6eldi  and  purple  heafhar, 
Then  our  love  reached  its  fulfillment 

When  two  hands  wire  olaBpad  together. 
And  the  frosts  and  snows  of  winter 

Brought  us  nr.t  .me  thought  of  BadneaBj 
For  the  outer  doaolation 

Uade  more  bright  the  inner  gladness. 
istanai  oame!  and  some  one  fastened 

In  my  hair  a  leaflet  golden: 
''Wear  this  as  a  penance,  darling, 

For  the  sake  of  memorial  olden." 

— Chamber's  Journal. 


A    NOVEL    SUGGESTION. 
The  Queen  of  Madagascar  baa  heen   "spreading"  herself  on  the 
temperance  question,  and  has  suggested  a  novel  expedient  for  quashing 
of  drunkenness  among  her  swarthy  subjects.     She  proposes  to 
hold  every  liquor  deal  ile  for  the  acts  of  his  customers,  on  the 

theory  that  the  origin  at  all  crime  is  due  more  or  less  to  alcoholic  influ- 
ence. However  beoefieial  in  its  results  it  may  prove  "  in  the  sweet  bye 
and  bye,*1  at  the  present  moment  it  has  been  the  cause  of  a  few  startling1 
embarrassments.  An  innocent  compounder  of  cocktails  suddenly  one 
If  under  arrest  for  an  alleged  wife  beating,  owing  to 
the  fact  that  an  !t'tJ>>t»-  of  his  saloon,  having  contributed  a  solitary  dime 
to  his  till  during  the  day,  had  taken  it  into  his  head  to  caress  his  better 
half  affectionately  over  the  eyebrow  with  a  tin  coffee-pot  !  Having  pro- 
bail,  he  started  back,  in  a  meditative  mood,  only  to 
i"  awaiting  his  arrival  with  a  double  charge  of  burg- 
lurv  and  garrotmg.  Onable  to  clear  himself,  he  is  now  anxiously  waiting 
for  further  developments.  Should  Dur  <  'ity  Fathers  think  fit  to  introduce 
this  improved  system  of  legislation,  an  additional  feature  will  be  neces- 
sary in  the  professional'acQuirementa  of  the  San  Franciscan  bartender. 
Apart  from  the  knowledge  of  the  due  proportion  of  limes  to  a  corre- 
sponding amount  of  alcohol,  this  new  creature  must  be  able  to  prove  his 
muscular  superiority  over  any  amount  of  bull-dozing  specials,  and  an  in- 
stinctive  acquaintance  with  the  temperaments  of  his  customers.  Other- 
wise his  attendance  at  his  boss1  bar  will  be  slightly  irregular,  and  the 
greater  part  of  his  board-biU  will  be  contributed  by  the  united  tax  of  a 
ted  body  of  rate-payers  ! 

LORD  DUFFERIN  SPEAKS  AGAIN. 
On  Thursday,  Feb.  8,  Lord  Dufferin  opened  the  Dominion  Parliament 
at  Ottawa,  Canada.  He  expressed  his  pleasure  at  visiting  Brit.  Columbia, 
and  said  :  "The  provincial  surveys  of  the  Pacific  Railway  have  been 
prosecuted  with  the  utmost  vigor,  and  at  a  larger  cost  during  the  past 
than  in  any  former  year,  but  it  had  not  been  found  possible  as  yet  to 
complete  the  location  of  the  Pacific  end  of  the  line,  and  that  in  conse- 
quence tenders  for  construction  on  the  terms  indicated  by  the  Act  of  1874 
had  to  be  postponed."  In  speaking  of  the  Canadian  treatment  of  the 
Indian  races,  he  said  that  "  his  government  had  made  an  engagement  to 
negotiate  a  treaty  with  the  remaining  tribes  east  of  the  Rocky  Mountains. 
The  expenditure  incurred  by  the  Indian  treaties  was  no  doubt  large,  but 
the  Canadian  expenditures  are  nevertheless  cheap  if  we  compare  results 
with  those*  of  other  countries,  and  it  is  above  all  a  humane,  just  and 
Christian  policy.  It  is  a  notable  fact  that  notwithstanding  the  deplorable 
war  waged  between  Indian  tribes  in  the  United  States  territories  and  the 
government,  no  difficulty  has  arisen  with  the  Canadian  tribes  Living  in  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  the  scene  of  hostilities."  It  is  certainly  true  that 
the  Canadians  are  more  successful  in  their  management  of  the  Indians 
than  we  are.  We  strongly  suspect  that  much  of  the  cause  is  to  be  found 
in  the  fact  that  they  place  no  swindling  agents  in  a  position  to  fatten  upon 
warfare. 

A  "WIFE'S  LETTER. 
My  Dear  Husband:  I  got  here  last  night  all  safe,  and  was  met  at  the 
station  by  uncle  and  aunt.  They  were  so  glad  I  had  corae,  but  were  sorry 
that  you  were  not  along.  I  miss  you  so  much.  We  had  hot  rolls  for 
breakfast  this  morning,  and  they  were  so  delicious.  I  want  you  to  be  so 
happy  while  I  am  here.  Don't  keep  the  meat  up  stairs.  It  will  surely 
spoil.     Do  you  miss  me  now?     Oh  !  if  you  were  only  here,  if  but  for  an 

hour!     Has  Mrs.  O'R brought  back  your  shirts?     I  hope  the  bosoms 

will  suit  you.  You  will  find  the  milk  tickets  in  the  clock.  I  forgot  to 
tell  you  about  them  before  I  came  away.  What  did  you  do  last  evening? 
Were  you  lonesome  without  me?  Don't  forget  to  scald  the  milk  every 
morning.  And  I  wish  you  would  see  if  I  left  the  potatoes  in  the  pantry. 
If  I  did,  they  must  be  sour  by  this  time.  How  are  you  getting  along? 
Write  me  all  about  it.  But  I  must  close  now.  Oceans  of  love  to  you. 
Affectionately  your  wife.  P.  S. — Don't  set  the  teapot  on  the  stove.—  Aus- 
tralian Journal. 

Photography  by  night  is  being  largely  practiced  in  the  City  Road  and 
Islington  neighborhoods.  Several  persons  have  been  taken  from  life  quite 
recently.     The  process  is  generally  the  Daggerytype. 


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from  Sa.m.  to  0  p.m.  September  18. 

ODORLISS 

Excavating:  Apparatus  Company  of  San  Franclsco.--Empty- 
inn  Vaults,  Sinks,  Cess] K  Sewers,  Cellars.  Wells  and  Excavations  in  the  day- 
time without  offence,  orders  left  at  the  following  places  will  receive  prompt  atten- 
tion: Madison  A;  Burke's,  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  streets;  Office  Super- 
intendent of  Streets,  City  Hall;  Office,  012  Commercial  street,  or  addressed  to  Presi- 
dent, Post  Office  box  10,  City.  Feb.  3. 


W.  Morris. 


J.  F.  Kennedy. 


Jos.  Schwab. 
MORRIS,    SCHWAB    &   CO, 

Importers  and  Dealers    in   Moldings,  Frames,  Engravings, 
Chromos,    Lithographs,     Dflbalcomanie,    Wax  and   Artists'   Materials,  '21    Post 
street,  nearly  opposite  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco.  Feb.  4. 

OREGON  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

Regular  Steamers  to  Portland,  leaving  San  Francisco 
weekly  Steamers  GEORGE  W.  ELDER,  J.  L.  STEPHENS,  OR1FLAMME, 
and  AJAX,  connecting  with  steamers  to  SITKA  and  PUGET  SOUND,  and  O.  andC. 
R.  R.  Co,  and  Oregon  C.  R.  R.  Co.  through  Willamette,  Umpqua,  and  Rogue  River 
Valleys,  Oregon.     Tickets  to  all  points  on  the  O.  and  C  R.  R.  sold  at  reduced  rates. 

K.  A' AN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
June  14.  210  Battery  street. 

STUART    8.    WRIGHT, 

Attorney  and  Counsellor  at  Law,  No.  504  Kearny  street, 
San  Francisco,  California.  Feb.  S. 

QUICKSILVER. 
or  sale—In  lots  to  soit,  by  Thomas  Bell,  No.  305  Sansome 

street,  over  Bank  of  California.  Nov.  lfl. 


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NOTICE. 
or  the  very  best  photographs  go  to  Bradley  A  Rnlorsou's, 

in  an  Elevator,  429  Montgomery  street.  Oct.  29. 


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G.    G.    GAEXBULDI. 

Fresco    and    Decoration,    Nevada   Block,    No's   73    and   74. 
[January  13.] 


SAN     FRANCISCO     NEWS    LE^ER    ASD 


Feb.   17,  1877. 


THEATRICAL,  ETC. 
California  Theater.  —  The  present  week  has  been  given  up,  except  on 
one  evenin"  to  benefits.  That  of  Edwin  Adams  was  in  some  respects  the 
most  remarkable  occasion  of  the  kind  ever  seen  in  this  city,  and  proves 
more  emphatically  than  ever  that  Califomian  big-hearted  niimihcuice  is 
no  myth.  Whatever  our  citizens  do  they  do  with  a  royal  good  mil,  and 
on  this  occasion  the  densely  crowded  house  was  not  large  enough  by  halt. 
The  boxes  were  sold  at  fabulous  prices  by  auction,  and  one  friend  of  the 
beneficiary.  Mr.  Sothern,  paid  five  hundred  dollars  for  a  particular  seat 
We  are  sure  no  other  city  in  the  country  could  produce  so  wholesome  and 
hearty  a  scene  as  the  reception  given  the  invalid  young  star  as  the  curtain 
rose  upon  him,  seated,  and  surrounded  by  the  California  s  immense  com- 
pany. He  must  have  indeed  felt  that  from  every  part  of  the  huge  audi- 
ence "outstretching  hands,  in  true,  though  voiceless  greetings,  clasped 
his  own,— to  quote  from  Mr.  Jessup's  beautiful  little  poem  of  welcome, 
and  which,  we  are  sorry  to  say,  Mr.  Hill  altered  for  the  worse  in  two 
instances.  The  bill  contained,  verv  appropriately,  Home,  most  delight- 
fully played,  and  showing  Mr.  Sothern  to  the  greatest  advantage  yet : 
followed  by  some  farces.  Miss  Rose  Moss  made  her  debut  on  Tuesday  as 
Camille,  which  part  she  repeats  at  to-day's  matinee.  Possessing  much 
ease  of  manner  and  knowledge  of  stage  business  for  a  novice,  we  are  still 
compelled  to  say  that  Miss  Moss  adds  another  to  the  list  of  those  who 
be"in  at  the  wrong  end  of  the  ladder.  Another  remarkable  beneht  was 
that  of  Miss  Alice  Harrison,  on  Thursday  evening.  It  is  generally  esti- 
mated as  the  largest  house  of  the  year.  Over  six  hundred  people  were 
turned  away  from  the  door,  and  the  gross  receipts  exceeded  three  thou- 
sand dollars.  The  popularity  of  this  clever  little  Proteus  in  petticoats  was 
illustrated  by  the  way  in  which  her  belated  friends  bought  their  tickets 
all  the  same,  and  went  away  good-naturedly  tearing  them  up.  Ike  bill 
was  School,  most  admirably  played,  and  the  burlesque  of  Lucretia  Borgia. 
The  latter  was  very  cleverly  localized,  but  in  it  the  utter  physical  exhaus- 
tion of  the  company,  consequent  upon  rehearsing  four  separate  plays 
every  day  for  a  week,  was  very  visible.  The  audience  was  in  a  thorough 
good'  humor,  however,  and  deluged  its  favorite  with  applause  and  flowers. 
In  response  to  the  "call"  of  the  evening,  Miss  Harrison  returned  thanks 
in  a  quaint  and  telling  little  speech,  which  concluded  with  the  wish  that 
her  friends'  mouths  could,  for  the  moment,  be  all  made  one,  so  that  she 
could  kiss  them  good  night.  To-night,  Mr.  Charles  Bishop  takes  his 
benefit  with  what  can  safely  be  called  a  "  screaming"  bill.  He  appears  m 
his  famous  original  character  of  "Butterby,"  in  the  Victims,  and  as 
"Widow  Twankey,"  in  the  burlesuue  of  Aladdin.  In  the  latter  part  he 
is  said  to  be  enormously  funny,  and  we  understand  the  piece  has  been 
written  full  of  fresh  local  fun  by  some  of  the  cleverest  pens  in  town.  Mr. 
Bishop,  take  him  all  in  all,  is  probably  the  most  popular  comedian  ever 
seen  in  San  Francisco,  and  besides  being  one  of  the  most  thorough  schol- 
ars and  admirable  actors  now  on  the  stage,  has  countless  very  well 
deserved  friends  in  private  life.  It  is  safe  to  predict  another  literally 
jammed  house,  and  the  wise  man  is  he  who  gets  into  his  seat  before  the 
crush.  On  Monday,  Miss  Jeffries  Lewis  opens  in  Pique,  a  powerful  and 
successful  play  gracefully  stolen  piecemeal  from  other  men's  brains  by  the 
light-fingered  Daly.  . 

Maguire's  Opera  House.  -The  new  troupe  of  minstrels  are  playing 
to  good  houses,  and  have  evidently  made  an  excellent  impression.  Some 
of  the  performers  are  unusually  good,  and  the  sketch  of  The  Court  of  Ap- 
peals sets  the  benches  "on  a  roar"  nightly.  Suck  names  as  Frank  Moran, 
John  Hart  and  Sheridan  and*  Mack  are  immense  attractions,  even  when 
taken  singly.  It  is  undoubtedly  the  most  expensively  organized  troupe 
ever  seen  here.  The  improvement  made  in  the  song  and  dance  business 
by  Johnson  and  Bruno  are  immense,  the  very  amusing  additions  being 
the  gems  of  the  whole  performance.  Such  artists  as  these  are  sure  to 
keep  up  the  popularity  of  the  minstrel  show. 

The  Opera  House. —  As  the  diamond  brightens  by  attrition,  so 
Bound  the  World  in  Ehhtu  Days  improves  by  repetition.  The  large  houses 
still  continue,  and  anything  more  thoroughly  enjoyable  and  worth  seeing 
than  this  performance  it  would  be  hard  to  imagine. 

Piatt's  Hall.  -Joe  Taylor's  Comedy  Company  is  playing  to  poor  busi- 
ness at  this  most  uncomfortable  of  halls.  Little  Mattie,  their  chief  at- 
traction, is  well  worth  better  business. 

CROSBY-BRYANT  NUPTIALS. 
At  eight  o'closk  on  Thursday  evening  Miss  Mary  J.  Bryant,  eldest 
dau"hter  of  A.  J.  Bryant,  Mayor  of  our  city,  was  united  to  Dr.  George 
A  Crosby,  of  Manchester,  New  Hampshire.  The  ceremony  took  place 
in  the  Unitarian  Church,  which  was  elegantly  decorated.  The  Rev 
Horatio  Stebbins  tied  the  nuptial  knot,  and  an  elegant  reception  was  held 
afterwards  at  822  Sutter  street,  the  residence  of  the  bride  s  father,  ihe 
weddin"  presents  were  numerous  and  costly,  and  the  eSlite  of  the  city 
offered  their  congratulations  to  the  happy  pair.  The  bride  was  attired  in 
an  elegant  white  gros  grain  silk  dress,  covered  with  white  illusion,  and  with  a 
lon<-  train  The  front  of  the  skirt  was  draped  in  folds  and  orange  sprays; 
cuirass  waist,  cut  high,  with  ruchvng  around  her  neck  and  orange  blos- 
soms at  the  throat.  Her  hair  was  in  a  braid,  looped  at  the  back  and 
fastened  with  a  bunch  of  orange  flowers.  A  bridal  vail  covered  the  head 
and  fell  gracefully  in  folds.  The  ornaments  worn  were  chiefly  white  roses 
and  orange  blossoms.  All  the  bridesmaids  were  likewise  exquisitely 
dressed  During  the  evening  congratulatory  telegrams  were  received 
from  ex-Governor  Smith,  of  New  Hampshire,  and  ex-Mayor  Wickham, 
of  New  York.  The  young  couple  started  early  yesterday  morning  on  a 
wedding  tour  through  the  Southern  counties. 

With  regret  we  have  to  announce  the  death  of  Mr.  H.  A.  Siegfried, 
one  of  the  lessees  of  Piatt's  Hall.  He  was  returning  from  a  meeting  of 
the  10  of  Red  Men,  a  week  ago,  when  he  slipped,  on  the  corner  of 
Dupont  and  Bush  streets,  striking  his  knee  heavily.  Inflammation  set  in, 
in  spite  of  medical  attendance,  and  he  died  on  Thursday  evening  last,  at 
7  o'clock.  Mr.  Siegfried  was  an  honored  member  of  four  societies— the 
Odd  Fellows,  Druids,  Red  Men,  and  the  Teutonia. 

A  correspondent  writes  us :  "  The  art  critique  (?)  of  the  Bulletin 
and  Post  are  most  respectfully  informed  that  abuse  is  not  criticism. 
Also  that  when  any  fellow  is  silly  enough  to  rush  into  print,  upon  snb- 
ie-ts'upon  which  he  is  grossly  ignorant,  ordinary  eyes,  without  specks, 
can  see  the  ass'  ears.  The  "hanging  committtee  "  of  the  Art  Association 
is  also  informed  that  their  refusal  to  hang  Reichart's  Niagara  on  the 
plea  that  it  had  been  previously  exhibited,  is  worthy  of  the  Committee. 


One  cannot  help  feeling  the  profound  truth  of  the  words  which  Shak- 
speare  puts  into  the  mouth  of  Ulysses: 

Time  hath  my  lord,  a  wallet  at  his  back, 

"Wherein  he  puts  alms  for  oblivion, 

A  great  siz'd  monster  of  ingratitudes: 

Those  scraps  are  good  deeds  past ;  which  are  devour'd 

As  fast  as  they  are  made,  forgot  as  soon 

As  done. 

Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Home  has  been  refused  entertainment  at  a  "Min- 
nesota hotel  because  she  is  a  female  lecturer.  Oh,  brave  Boniface!  Oh 
brave  defender  of  men's  rights  !  Send  on  your  name  and  address  to  this 
office  and  you  shall  receive  post  free  a  copy  of  the  San  Francisco  News 
Letter  for  a  whole  year,  provided  you  give  proof  that  you  are  the  genuine 
man  who  turned  the  lady  out,  and  enclose  810  in  gold  coin  as  your  sub- 
scription.   

The  sole  agents  for  Krug  Private  Cuvee  are  Hellmann  Brothers  & 
Co. ,  525  Front  street. 

CALIFORNIA    THE4TER. 

Bush  street,  above  Kearny.— John  McCnllongh,  Proprietor 
and  Manager  ;  Barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager.  Saturday  Matinee,  February 
17th  (Bv  Request),' MISS  ROSE  MOSS,  ay  CAMILLE.  Saturday  Evening,  February 
17th,  FIRST  BENEFIT  of  MR.  C.  B.  BISHOP.  Monday  Evening,  February  Kith, 
Mr.  Auguitine  Daly's  Great  Drama,  PIQUE,  a  Play  of  To-Day,  as  acted  250  consecu- 
tive times,  or  a  season  of  eight  months,  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theater,  will  be  produced 
under  the  direction  of  Mr.  John  Moore,  with  MJSS  JEFFREYS  LEWIS,  as  MABEL, 
from  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theater,  New  York.  Feb.  17. 

MAGUIRE'S    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Bush  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Kearny . ---  Thos. 
Maguire,  Proprietor  and  Manager.  Saturday  Evening,  February  17th,  and  ev- 
ery evening,  an  Array  of  Minstrel  Talent.  New  Faces  !  New  Acts  !  First  Appear- 
ance of  MAGUIRE'S  CALIFORNIA  MINSTRELS.  The  world-renowned  John  Hart, 
Billy  Arlington,  Johnson  and  Bruno,  R.  T.  Tyrrell,  Beaumont  Reid,  Ernest  Linden, 
Frank  Moral],  W.  Moreland,  Sheridan  and  Mack,  Joe  Norcross,  W.  H.  Gilla,  James 
Morrison,  and  a  full  and  efficient  orchestra.     Grand  Matinee  Saturday  Afternoon. 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER. 

Kearny  street,  between  Washington  and  Jackson.— Samuel 
Tctlow,  Proprietor.  This  Evening,  Male  and  Female  Minstrels.  CHARLEY 
REED,  in  his  Great  Specialty  ,|  THE  FUNNY  OLD  GAL!  SUED  LeCLAIR  on  the 
Invisible  Wire!  CARRIE  LEON  and  SAM  SWAIN,  Acrobatic  Song  and  Dance 
Sketch  !  CARRIE  LAVARNIE,  in  her  Serio-Comic  Gems  !  MONS.  ANDRE  CHRIS- 
TOL,  in  his  Feats  of  Strength  !  The  whole  to  conclude  with  the  Two- Act  Sensational 
Melo-Drama.  entitled  JONATHAN  BRADFORD!  OR  THE  MURDER  AT  THE 
ROADSIDE  INN"  !  Monday.  February  19th,  first  appearance  of  the  Celebrated  Char- 
acter  Artist,  MR.  GEOBGEC  STALEY. Feb.  17. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

John  McCnllongh,  Proprietor  and  Manager:  Barton  Hill, 
Acting  Manager.  ROSE  MOSS,  its  CAMILLE  !  at  the  California  Theater,  at  the 
Saturday  Matinee.  The  repetition  of  last  Tuesday's  performance  does  not  only  es- 
tablish the  fact  that  the  debutante  is  of  great  promise,  but  that  the  Management  has 
done  well  in  thus  acknowledging  her  ability.  Feb.  17. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  street,  between  Third  and  Fourth.— Acting?  Man- 
ager, Mr.  Chas.  Wheatleic:h  ;  Scenic  Artist,  Mr.  Wrh.  Voegtlin.  This  Satur- 
day Evening,  February  17th,  THE  TOUR  OF  THE  WORLD  IN  EIGHTY  DAYS  ! 
The  most  magnificent  production  ever  witnessed  in  California.  Every  evening  at  8 
o'clock,  and  Grand  Matinee  at  2  o'clock  on  Saturday,  February  17th.  Feb.  17. 

FOR    PORTIAND,    OREGON. 
he  Only  Direct  Ijine.— Steamship  ©eorge  W.  Elder,  Con. 

_    nor,  Commander,  leaves  Folsom-street  wharf,  SATURDAY.  Feb.  17th,  at  10 A.  M. 
Feb.  17. K.  VAN  OTEREN DORP,  Agent,  210  Battery  St. 

CAHF0RTUA    THEATER. 

First  Benefit  in  San  Francisco  or  Mr.  C.B.  Bishop.  Saturday 
Evening,  February  17th.  Tom  Taylor's  great  comedy,  THE  VICTIMS,  and 
Henry  J.  Byron's  laughable  burlesque,  ALADDIN  ;  or,'  THE  WONDERFUL 
SCAMP  ! February  17. 

SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

NORTHEaN    DIVISION. 

Excursion  Season,  1877. --The  Southern  PaciGc  Railroad 
Company  respectfully  calls  the  attention  of  Military  Companies,  Sunday 
Schools,  Societies,  Private  Parties,  etc.,  to  the  Superior  Facilities  afforded  by  their 
Line  for  Reaching  with  Spied,  Safety  and  Comfort,  the  most  popular  Pleasure  Grounds 
in  the  State,  including  those  well  known  retreats,  Belmont,  Redwood,  Menlo  Park, 
Santa  Clara,  San  Jose,  etc.  For  rates,  terms  and  other  information,  apply  at  Room 
34  Railroad  Building,  corner  of  Fourth  and  Towusend  streets. 

A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  Willcittt,  General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. Feb.  17. 

NOIICE-A    NEW    FEATURE. 

To  Principals  of  loini;-  radios'  Seminaries,  Bonrding 
Schools  and  Colleges— MR.  PETER  JOB,  the  San  Francisco  Pioneer  French 
Chief  Cook  and  Confectioner,  well  known  as  a  first-class  Caterer  and  Cook,  having 
kept  in  this  city  the  best  Restaurant  and  Ice-Cream  Saloon  for  the  last  twenty  years, 
offers  his  services  as  a  Teacher  of  the  Culinary  Art;  also.  Fancy  Dishes  and  Pastry. 
To  those  wishing  to  form  a  class,  arrangements  could  easily  be  made  at  terms,  by 
sending  names  and  address  to  PETER  JOB, 
No.  2.119  California  street,  San  Francisco. 
No  objection  to  go  out  of  the  city.  New  York,  London  and  Paris  have  suoh 
classes  for  ladies. Feb.  17. 

"BUGS    IN    SPRING    VALLEY    WATER." 

Jewett's  Water  Filter  and  Cooler  Should  be  Used  in  Every 
Family  Hotel,  Restaurant,  Saloon,  etc.     For  sale  by     E.  K.  HOWES  &  CO., 
Feb.  17.  lis.  120  and  122  Front  street. 


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E.    MALLANDA1NE,    ARCHITECT. 
fflce  318  California  Street,  Boom  IS. 


Feb.  17. 


SUTRO    &    CO., 

Bankers  and  Brokers,  408  Montgomery  street. —Highest 
pricj  paid  for  U.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bonds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin. 
Exchange  drawn  on  New  .York. May  20 

MONEY    TO    LOAN. 

John  T.  Little,  Money  Broker  and  Beal  Estate  Agent,  dis- 
counts notes  and  loans  money  on  all  kinds  of  collaterals  in  large  amounts;  buys 
and  sells  real  estate.  OFFICE  :  405*  CALIFORNIA  STREET. 

Dec.  25.  Opposite  Bank  of  California. 


Feb.   IT,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER 


DIPHTHERIA. 
The  long-continued  high   mortality  from  diphtheria  affordi 

which  prevails  on  question*  oi 

health.  Mill  it]  i.itirv  officials  .iti  !  II 

■   put   >%  check   "ii   the  epidemic  or  prevent  the  fatal  issue  of  its 
For  imut}  m. .nth-  |uut    thia   ilUeaiw   han  prevail 
ohildp  ■  ui  irt  boon  thej  en  playing  ah  ml  and  lying 

Mountain  i-  crowded  with  the  tinv  nu 
formal  consult  ttioni  Iheir  head*,  acknowlodgin 

flatten  it-  feeble  wingi  and  tries 
iu  rain  to  J  win  feci  I  .  and  the  < '  i  t  >-  Pathei  •  hope  that 

the  rains  will  reoiuve  tin-  reeking  deposits  from  the  Beware,  and  thai  the 
wibcUtuf  Spring  will  soon  be  here  to  aave  the  little  ones,  Bui  Dearly  all 
ihi-  i-  lament  The  day  foi  tioh  dis- 

ks providential  i  i  long  gone  by,     Nobodj  now  relies  upon 

I  yet,  alas!  nobody  can  say 
that  thi  advent  of  applied  knowledge  is  near  at  hand.  The  time  will 
•ome  when  the  Coroner  will  bold  inqueeta  on  these  murders  by  default, 
and  people  will  know  that  they  may  escape  diphtheria  fust  :i*  surely  aa 
they  do  tli.'  ;  u  times,     In  plain  terms,  diphtheria  if 

-  "filth."    It  exists  only  in  the  presence  of  a  polluted  atmosphere, 
It  baa,  in   fact,  exactly  th  the  plagues  which  have  long 

■  hssed  away.     It  i-  not  so  deadly  in  it-*  action  as  some  of  them,  but 
on   thai  more  easily  escaped     Compared  with 

other  diseases  of  tb  --.  iti-  neither  the  most  intractable  m  r 

Small-pox  kills  old  as  well  as  young,  whilst  the  adults 
only  succumbs  to  diphtheria  when  the  poison  has  been  taken  in  :i  concen- 
trated form  and  the  recipient  is  in  actual  bad  health,  The  contagion  of 
diphtheria  is  not  to  persistent  aa  that  of  scarlatina,  nor  is  it  bo  easily  dif- 
rnsed.  There  is  do  ei  idenos  that  it  clings  bo  perm  tnently  to  articles  of 
clothing,  nor  is  it  so  easily  propagated  in  pure  air.  The  dipnthi  ria  poison 
i-  tees  generally  diffused  It  can  Boarcely  exist  without  a  continual'  sup- 
ply of  tilth.  Sporadic  cases  may  occasionally  occur  in  wholesome  houses 
and  well  ventilated  districts,  but  the  real  poison  is  maintained  and  propa- 
gated by  damp,  ill  drained  ground,  foul  Bubsoils,  choked  sewers,  del 

trains,  unwholesome  ill-ventilated  houses,  impure  air  in 

bed-rooms,  and  by  the  systematic  neglect  of  the  most  reasonable  protect- 
*  .iti. hi-. 

mxjous  to  carry -'iit  a  system  of  protective  hygiene  we  would 
say:  Look  first  to  the  basements  of  your  housee,  Btop  op  the  rat  holes 
through  which  the  sewer  gases  escape  into  the  houses.  Have  the  house 
drains  dashed  and  ventilated  See  that  the  water  pipes  of  your  baths 
and  wash-basins  empty  themselves  into  the  open  air  outside  the  houses, 
and  thu  ted  from  the  sewers,  so  Bhall  your  bed  moms  be  free 

t"r»>in  poison.  Let  the  BoO  pipes  of  your  closets  be  carried  upwards  to  the 
roof  and  then-  be  Left  open.  See  that  there  is  an  opening  for  the  escape 
of  gas  between  the  public  sewer  and  the  bouse.  Have  the  water  tanks 
well  cleaned  out  and  boil  and  filter  all  the  water  that  is  drunk.  Warm 
your  rooms  with  open  fir.-  grates  and  spare  not  coal  at  night.  Keep  the 
ature  of  the  nosrcry  at  62*  Fahrenheit.  Burn  no  gas  in  the  bed- 
rooms. Open  the  windows  so  that  there  is  a  small  opening  between  the 
d  bottom  saah  but  none  at  the  bottom  of  the  window.  Cloth  the 
young  in  warm  flannel,  particularly  at  night.  Keep  your  young  onea  in 
th,  house  •!"■/  all  your  child  mi  -it  home.  Cars  and  schools  and  crowded 
places  are  all  dangerous.  Catarrhs  and  sore  throats  are  easily  taken  out 
of  doors  and  invite  diptheria.  Feed  the  young  on  milk  in  the  morning 
and  a  little  meat  and  vegetables  in  the  middle  of  the  day.  Avoid  candy, 
cakes  and  heavy  suppers.  So  shall  your  children  be  'both  strong  and 
healthy  and  become  aa  well  able  to  resist  diptheria  as  adults. 

And  when  the  disease  arrives  remove  the  healthy  right  away,  and  give 
the  sick  plenty  of  pure,  coo]  air.  Send  for  your  physician  quickly  and 
believe  not  quacks  and  newspapers.  He  who  believes  in  a  specific  is  a 
He  who  says  that  he  can  cure  all  is  a  liar.  It  is  no  doubt  to  be 
regretted  that  do  tors  differ  in  their  treatment  and  vary  as  to  their  ability 
and  means.  But  if  they  acquire  not  knowledge  and  experience  who 
should  '.'  When  there  is  danger  there  will  be  satisfaction  if  not  safety  in  a 
multitude  of  counsellors.  Let  reason  be  your  guide.  Brandy  and  whisky 
are  poi-on  to  an  infant  at  the  breast,  but  yet  may  be  the  saving  of  a 
life  when  wisely  given.  Choose  your  own  consnlters,  for  in  this  city  there 
is  a  practice  much  to  be  deprecated,  of  calling  in  friends  who  are  sure  to 
agree  in  all  that  has  been  done. 


PARACRAPHIANA. 

Fro  Bono  Publico. 


HOW  THE  CONTAMINATION  SPREADa 
The  allegations  of  swindling,  bribery  and  fraud,  which,  with  too 
much  reason,  have  for  months  past  filled  our  dailies,  exercise  a  contami- 
nating influence  much  wider  than  is  seen  at  first  sight.  The  newspapers 
circulate  among  the  illiterate  and  the  simple-minded,  who  are  ready  to  be 
molded  by  the  influences  around  them.  These  people  read,  and  believe 
what  they  read,  and  the  misfortune  is  that  they  have  often  too  much 
cause  for  believing.  They  hear  of  corruption  in  high  quarters  and  of  dis- 
honesty on  everyside  of  public  life.  They  are  taught  that  there  is  no  vir- 
tue anywhere  within  the  region  of  politics.  One  man  has  just  now,  in  a 
most  simple-minded  way,  evidenced  a  strong,  abiding  and  practical  faith 
in  the  teaching  of  the  times.  Mr.  Tassey  Stewart,  farmer,  of  Yuba 
county,  implicitly  believed  that  old  Zach.  Chandler,  as  Secretary  of  the 
Interior,  would  jump  at  a  bribe  of  even  $300,  in  gold.  That  Zach. 
might  be  just  a  little  careful  about  not  accepting  it  in  such  a  way  as  to  be 
found  out,  does  not  seem  to  have  entered  Tassey's  imagination.  He 
wrote  directly  to  the  Secretary  and  asked  for  a  direct  reply.  Detective 
Fiunegrass  accommodated  him  with  a  favorable  communication,  laid  a  trap 
for  him.  which  he  walked  into  with  all  the  innocence  of  an  honest  farmer 
unconscious  of  any  wrong,  and  now,  for  learning  his  lesson  too  well,  he  is 
likely  to  suffer  imprisonment  for  a  considerable  period  to  come.  Mr. 
Tassey  Stewart's  simple-minded  faith  is  the  natural  outcome  of  the  state 
of  affairs  existing  at  Washington,  as  described  by  the  newspapers.  If 
any  citizen  of  this  Republic  believes  that  he  can  get  justice  from  the  De- 
partments without  money  and  without  price,  he  must  base  his  faith  upon 
some  occult  imaginings  not  known  to  students  of  the  daily  press. 

The  staple  attraction  in  gentleman's  clothing  still  continues  to  be 
the  sale  now  going  on  at  J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.'s,  corner  of  Washington 
and  Sansome  streets.  Their  ready-made  goods  are  hard  to  distinguish 
from  the  most  expensive  custom-made  suits,  and  are  being  disposed  of  at 
a  bargain.  Any  one  now  in  need  of  a  good  cloth  suit  at  a  reasonable  price 
should  at  once  pay  them  a  visit.     Corner  Washington  &  Sansome  streets. 


The  Second  Report  oj   that  excellent  Institution,   "St.   J 
Youth  ".i  i'    i  ■ 

■i.  1 117  How  trd  iti 
statistics  of  the  growth  of  I  1 1     lays : 

"  Two  thousand  five  hundred  and  fori  rer  sight 

per  day,  have  presented  themselfos  and  found  places,  linos  Uarcfa  I,  1876, 

whom  1,786  were  born  In  California),  an   entered  m 

1         d  St  it.  -  ;  and  the  remaining  435  are  of  foreign  birth. 

-  tween  *  and  [0  ye  trs  old;  727  < 

L0andl4;    1,475  bel  id    LB;    and  290  between  LB  and 21,     01 

Catholics  there  are  L823,  Pro  J    ■  i  28,  and  89  avow  d    ■ 

ious  convictions  i  1*267  bavi  moth<  i  ■  only,  298  have  fathers  only,  667  have 

parents  living,  and  323  are  orphans:  039  have  never  l d  hired  out, 

and  to,  of  whom  9  were  reared  In  this  city,  can  neither  read  nor  write. 
Surely  this  answers,  in  a  measure,  the  question,  "What  to  do  with 
our  boys,"  and   the  good  that  it  has  already  done  is|only,  we  trust,  the 
shadow  of  what  it  will  accomplish  in  the  future. 

The  Pantheon,  321  California  street,  that  favorite  resort  of  the  weary, 
worn  out  stockbroker  and  the  careful  banker,  has  just  passed  into  the 
hands  of  Friend  Dawson,  whose  pleasant  face  has  been  a  feature  of  the 
place  For  sis  years.  Mr.  Dawson  has  bought  out  Mr.  Wainwrfght,  and 
started  a  hitherto  unknown  luxury  to  business  men- -an  afternoon  lunch. 

This  will  consist  of  deviled  crabs,  clam   chowder,  lobster  naiad,  scolloped 

oysters,  with  a  varied  programme  every  day.  Under  Mr.  Dawson's  man- 
agement, with  a  supply  of  wines  and  liquors  of  th*-  first  class,  die  Pan- 
theon bi.ls  fair  to  increase  its  great  popularity  as  the  talon  det  takmt  for  a 
good  lunch  and  a  quiet  smile. 

There  is  nothing  of  such  vital  importance  to  the  appearance  of  a 
person  as  a  good  set  of  le*th.  Dentistry  in  America  has  reached  a  far 
higher,  and  more  perfect  degree  of  science  than  in  any  other  quarter  of 
the  globe.  The  latest  advance  known  to  the  prof ession  is  the  celluloid 
plate,  made  by  1  >r.  Jessup,  corner  of  Sutter  &  Montgomery  streets.  These 
plates  are  not  costly,  as  they  can  be  6tted  for  $20,  but  they  are  far  supe- 
rior to  vulcanite  rubber,  and  are  the  color  of  the  natural  gum. 

Dr.  J.  M.  Hiulcie,  a  graduate  of  the  Medical  Department  University 
of  New  York,  has  received  a  license  from  the  Eclectic  Medical  Society 
here.  The  New  South  Wales  Government  is  very  anxious  that  the 
Annapolis  Institute  (which  Dr.  Hinkle  represents)  should  found  a  brat.ch 
hospital  in  Sydney  similar  to  the  one  on  Bush  street,  over  which  Dr. 
Hinkle  presides.  The  Government,  it  is  stated,  have  offered  to  contribute 
half  the  expenses. 

Peter  Job,  the  San  Francisco  pioneer  French  chief  cook  and  confec- 
tioner, advertise-  his  services  as  a  teacher  of  the  culinary  art,  fancy 
dishes  and  pastry.  He  is  desirous  of  making  arrangements  with  princi- 
pal- oi  seminaries,  schools  and  colleges,  to  teach  classes  of  young  ladies 
the  art  of  cooking.  His  address  is  2519  California  street,  and  his  adver- 
tisement will  be  found  in  another  column. 

Joe  Taylor's  Comedy  and  Concert  Company  have  been  an  agreea- 
ble diversion  to  the  ordinary  class  of  entertainment  this  week.  Mr.  Tay- 
lor has  not  been  iu  this  city  for  eleven  years,  but  is  as  Protean  as  ever. 
His  family,  consisting  of  his  wife,  two  daughters  and  a  son,  display  an 
amount  of  talent  which  to  be  appreciated  iflust  be  seen. 

We  would  call  attention  to  the  card  of  Mr.  Mallandnine,  architect, 
in  another  column.  Plans  and  specifications  of  public  and  private  build- 
ings can  be  seen  at  his  office,  318  California  street. 

St.  John's  Presbyterian  Church,  Post  street,  between  Mason  and 
Taylor. — The  Rev.  Dr.  Scott,  pastor,  will  preach  Sunday  at  11  a.  m.  and 
7i  P.  M.     Public  very  cordially  invited  to  attend. 

EARNESTNESS  THAT  IS  WORTHY  OF  SPECIAL 
MENTION. 
Eearnest  men  are  the  want  of  the  hour  and  of  the  country.  Half- 
hearted, insincere,  and  at  best  indifferent  men  occupy  positions  that  re- 
quire the  whole-souled  services  of  thorough-going  citizens  with  well  de- 
fined aims  and  purposes.  From  the  schoolmaster,  who  is  abroad  in  the 
land,  to  the  President  in  the  White  House,  more  downright  earnestness 
is  what  is  wanted.  Our  City  Fathers  have  no  convictions  save  the  one 
that  it  is  personally  advantageous  to  be  on  the  make.  Hence  our  streets 
are  an  abomination  and  our  sewers  a  plague.  Our  City  Prison  and  our 
County  Jail  are  a  disgrace  to  our  so-called  civilization,  yet  little  quibbles 
are  allowed  to  stand  in  the  way  of  an  effective  remedy.  No  less  than 
six  hundred  and  twenty  persons,  some  of  whom  have  been  guilty  of  no 
crime,  but  are  simply  detained  as  witnesses,  are  confined  in  those  black 
holes,  and  all  this  whilst  the  House  of  Correction,  capable  of  accommo- 
dating four  hundred  inmates,  is  almost  empty.  This  state  of  matters  has 
been  going  on  for  months,  but  our  half-hearted  Supervisors  fail  to  remedy 
it.  Our  streets  were  allowed  to  go  from  bad  to  worse  because  of  a  squab- 
ble over  a  street  sweeping  contract.  The  sewerage  was  permitted  to  ac- 
cumulate and  to  become  an  alarming  nuisance  for  a  similar  reason.  If  all 
be  true,  however,  that  we  hear,  there  are  some  earnest  men  among  the 
present  Grand  Jury.  That  body,  we  are  told,  are  overhauling  street 
contracts,  insisting  upon  the  House  of  Correction  being  applied  to  its 
proper  purposes,  and  are  making  inquiries  about  the  sewerage  question. 
All  this  is  a  welcome  surprise.  These  earnest  men  have  our  very  best 
wishes.  If  they  can  succeed  in  galvanizing  city  officers  into  something 
like  life  they  will  well  deserve  the  gratitude  of  the  whole  people. 

SANITARY  NOTES, 
One  hundred  and  twenty -five  deaths  occurred  this  week  as  com- 
pared with  121  last.  There  were  85  males  and  only  40  females.  Forty- 
five  were  under  5  years  ;  22  between  5  and  20  years ;  48  between  20  and 
60  years,  and  10  over  that  age.  Only  three  persons  died  of  natural  decay. 
Of  the  zymotics,  15  were  smallpox,  27  diptheria,  1  whooping  cough  and 
1  typhoid  fever.  Of  diseases  of  the  brain,  2  were  apoplexy,  1  congestion. 
1  paralysis,  2  hydrocephalus.  Thirteen  persons  died  of  consumption,  8  of 
pneumonia,  4  of  indefinite  lung  disease,  1  of  bronchitis  and  5  of  croup, 
There  were  5  deaths  from  acute  inflammation  of  the  stomach  and  bowels,  2 
from  aneurism  and  1  from  hepatic  abscess.  There  were  3  accidental 
deaths,  1  homicide  and  2  suicides.  Smallpox  is  again  on  the  increase,  53 
fresh  cases  having  been  reported  during  the  week,  as  compared  with  17 
last  week. 


SAN     FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.   17,  1877. 


THE    VENUS    OF    MILO. 

[  Ed.  N.  L:  If  you  know  of  anything  lovlier  than  the  enclosed,  name  it. 
Here's  the  dignity  of  Minerva,  the  fidelity  and  devotion  of  Andromache, 
and  the  fondness,  passion  and  despair  of  Dido  all  combined.     Yours,  V.] 

Goddess  of  dreams  !   mother  of  love  and  sorrow  ! 

Such  sorrow  as  from  Love's  fair  promise  flows, 
Such  love  as  from  Love's  martyrdom  doth  borrow 

That  conquering  calm  which  only  sorrow  knows. 
Venus,  Madonna !  so  serene  and  tender, 

In  thy  calm  afterbloom  of  life  and  love, 
More  fair  than  when  of  old  thy  sea-born  splendor, 

Surprised  the  senses  of   Olympian  Jove. 
Not  these  the  lips  that  with  impassioned  plaining 

Poured  subtle  heats  through  Adon's  languid  frame, 
'Till,  over  cheek  and  brow,  their  kisses  raining, 

Thrilled  to  his  heart,  and  turned  its  frost  to  flame. 
Thy  soul  transcending  passion's  wild  illusion, 

Its  fantasy,  and  fever,  and  unrest, 
Broods  tenderly  in  Thought's  devout  seclusion, 

O'er  some  lost  love-dream  lingering  in  thy  breast. 
Thy  face  seems  touched  with  pity  for  the  anguish 

Of  earth's  disconsolate  and  lovely  hearts ; 
For  all  the  lorn  and   loveless  lives  that  languish 

In  solitary  homes  and  sordid  marts  ; 
"With  pity  for  the  faithlessness  and  feigning, 

The  vain  repentance  and  the  long  regret, 
The  perfumed  lamps  in  lovely  chambers  waning, 

The  untouched  fruit  on  golden  salvers  set ; 
"With  pity  for  the  patient  watches  yearning 

Through  lovely  casements  over  midnight  moors, 
Thrilled  by  the  echo  of  far  feet  returning 

Through  the  blank  darkness  of  the  empty  doors; 
With  sorrow  for  the  coy,  sweet  birds  that  cherish 

In  virgin  pride  Love's  luxury  of  gloom, 
And.  in  their  fair  unfolded  beauty  perish. 

Fading  like  flowers  that  knew  not  how  to  bloom ; 
With  sorrow  for  the  ever  blown  pale  roses 

That  waist  their  perfumes  on  the  wandering  air  ; 
For  all  the  penalties  that  life  imposes 

On  Passion's  dream,  on  Love's  divine  despair. 

WHO'S    WHO    IN    1877? 

The  following  interesting  facts  are  taken  from  the  well  known  little 
volume  bearing  the  above  title: 

The  oldest  member  of  Her  Majesty's  Privy  Council  is  Viscount  Strat- 
ford de  Redcliffe,  G.  C.  B.,  aged  89;  the  youngest,  His  Royal  Highness 
Prince  Leopold,  aged  24.  The  oldest  Duke  is  the  Duke  of  Portland,  aged 
77;  the  youngest,  the  Duke  of  Montrose,  aged  25.  The  oldest  Marquis  is 
the  Marquis  of  Donegall,  aged  80;  the  youngest,  the  Marquis  Camden, 
aged  5.  The  oldest  Earl  in  the  House  of  Peers  is  Earl  Bathurst,  aged  86; 
though  the  oldest  bearer  of  that  title  is  the  Earl  of  Kilmorey,  an  Irish 
Peer,  aged  89;  the  youngest  is  the  Earl  of  Hopetoun,  aged  17.  The  oldest 
Viscount  is  Lord  Stratford  de  Redcliffe,  aged  89;  the  youngest,  Viscount 
Clifden,  aged  14.  The  oldest  Baron  is  Lord  Chelmsford,  aged  83;  the 
youngest,  Lord  Southampton,  aged  10.  The  oldest  member  of  the  House 
of  Commons  is  the  Right  Hon.  Joseph  Warner  Henley,  M.  P.  for  Ox- 
fordshire, aged  84;  the  youngest,  the  Hon.  William  O'Callaghan,  M.  P. 
for  Tipperary,  aged  25.  The  oldest  Judge  in  England  is  the  Right  Hon. 
Sir  Fitzroy  Kelly,  Lord  Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer  Division  of  the 
High  Court  of  Justice,  aged  81;  the  youngest  is  Sir  Nathaniel  Lindley, 
Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas  Division,  aged  49.  The  oldest  Judge  in 
Ireland  is  the  Hon.  James  O'Brien,  of  the  Court  of  Queen's  Bench,  aged 
71;  the  youngest,  the  Right  Hon.  Christopher  Palles,  LL.  D.,  Lord  Chief 
Baron  of  the  Court  of  Exchequer,  aged  46.  The  oldest  of  the  Scotch 
Lords  of  Session  is  Robert  Macfarlane,  Lord  Ormidale,  aged  75;  the 
youngest,  Alexander  Burns  Shand,  Lord  Shand,  aged  48.  The  oldest 
Prelate  of  the  Church  of  England  is  the  Right  Rev.  Alfred  Olljvant, 
Bishop  of  Llandaff,  aged  79;  the  youngest  is  the  Right  Rev.  Edward 
Parry,  Suffragan  Bishop  of  Dover,  aged  47.  The  oldest  Prelate  of  the 
Irish  Episcopal  Church  is  the  Right  Rev.  John  Gregg,  Bishop  of  Cork, 
aged  79;  the  youngest  is  his  son,  the  Right  Rev.  Robert  Samuel  Gregg, 
Bishop  of  Ossory  and  Ferns,  aged  43.  The  oldest  Prelate  of  the  Scotch 
Episcopal  Church  is  the  Right  Rev.  Robert  Eden,  Bishop  of  Moray  and 
Ross,  aged  73;  the  youngest,  the  Right  Rev.  George  R.  Mackarness, 
Bishop  of  Argyll  -  and  the  Isles,  aged  54.  The  oldest  Baronets  are  Sir 
Richard  John  Griffith  and  Sir  Moses  Montefiore,  each  aged  93;  the 
youngest,  Sir  Henry  Palk  Carew, ,  aged  7.  The  oldest  Knight  is  Field- 
Marshal  Sir  John  Forster  Fitzgerald,  G.  C.  B.,  aged  91;  the  youngest, 
Sir  Ludlow  Cotter,  aged  24. 


A  PRACTICAL  SUGGESTION. 
The  "New  York  Times"  has  discovered  a  way  of  reaching  the 
North  Pole  which  is  likely  to  be  eminently  satisfactory  to  our  latest  ex- 
plorers. It  is  that  the  track  shall  be  first  planned  out  and  smoothed  be- 
tween Smith's  Sound  and  the  Pole,  and  half-mile  stations  for  rest  and  re- 
freshment erected.  The  sidewalks  are  to  be  properly  swept  and  garnished, 
and  a  light  is  to  be  kept  burning  at  night  in  the  front  kitchen  window  of 
each  of  these  refuges  for  belated  and  weary  explorers.  A  hero  *'  could 
warm  his  feet  at  one  station,  lunch  at  another,  and  sleep  at  a  third." 
Supplementing  this,  we  should  propose  that  Arctic  Twins  be  kept  at  each 
half-mile  astablishment,  so  that  there  should  not  be  too  much  strain  on 
explorers' minds,  and  that  medals  and  orders  of  the  Bath  should  be  handed 
round  occasionally  with  the  supper  beer  just  to  keep  the  determined 
pecker  up,  and  show  that  Englishmen  who  live  at  home  at  ease  are  not 
gblivious  of  the  hardships  undergone  by  their  never-to-be-turned-back  or 
in-any-way-diverted  heroes.  Shares  in  the  new  movement  are  expected 
to  be  largely  taken  by  those  at  present  interested  in  Dr.  Richardson's  Hy- 
gejopoli?. 

There  are  more  independent  thinkers  than  independent  actors. 


INSURANCE. 


INSURANCE    AGENCY    OF 
HUTCHINSON,  MANN  &  SMITH. 

NO    314     CALIFORNIA    SXRKET,    SAN    FKANCISCO. 

AGENTS  FOR  TUB 

Franklin  Ins.  Co Indianapolis,  Ind  New  Orleans  Ins.  Ass'n New  Orleans. 

Union  Ins.  Co Galveston,  Texas  St.  Paul  F.  &  M.  Jus.  Co..  .St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Home  Ins.  Co Columbus,  Ohio  I  Atlas  Ins.  Co Hartford   Conn. 

People's  Ins.  Co Newark,  N.  J.  1  Revere  Fire  Ins.  Co Boston. 

National  L.  I.  Co.,  U.  S.  A..Wash'n,  D.  C.  iGirard  Ins.  Co- Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  U  ilions. 
POLICIES    ISSUED    ON    DESIRABLE   PROPERTY  aT  FAIR  RATES.     LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  PAID. 

HUTCHINSON,  MANN  A  SMITH,  General  Agents, 
Dec.  5.  314  California  street,  San  Francisco. 


HOME  MUTUAL  INSUEANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 
"V°-  *oe  California  street,  next  door  to  Bank  or  California. 

Xyi  Fire  Insurance  Company.  Capital,  $300,0u0.  Officers  : — J.  F.  Houghton, 
President ;  Geo.  II.  Howard,  Vice-President ;  Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary-.  H.  H. 
BIGELOW,  General  Manager. 

Directors.— San  Francisco— Geo.  H.  Howard,  F.  D.  Atherton.H.  F.  Teschemacher, 
A.  B.  Grogan,  John  H.  Redington,  A.  W.  Bowman,  C.  S.  Hohbs,  B.  M.  Hartshorne, 
D.  Conrad,  Wm.  H.  Moor,  George  S.  Johnson,  H.  N.  Tilden,  W.  M.  Greenwood.  S.  L. 
Jones,  George  S.  Mann,  Cyrus  Wilson,  W.  H.  Foster,  Jr.,  Joseph  Galloway,  W.  T. 
Gatfatt,  C.  Waterhouse,  A.  P.  Hotaling.  Oregon  Branch— P.  Wasserman,  B.  Gold- 
smith, L.  F.  Grover,  D.  Macleay,  C.  H.  Lewis,  Lloyd  Brooke,  J.  A.  Crawford,  D.  M* 
French,  J.  Lowenberg.  Hamilton  Boyd,  Manager,  W.  L.  Ladd,  Treasurer.  Marys- 
ville  —  D.  E.  Knight.  San  Diego  —  A.  H.  Wilcox.  Sacramento  Branch  —  Charles 
Crocker,  A.  Redington,  Mark  Hopkins,  James  Carolan,  J.  F.  Houghton,  D.  W.  Earl, 
Isaac  Lohman,  Julius  Wetzlar;  Julius  Wetzlar,  Manager;  I.  Lohman,  Secretary. 
Stockton  Branch— H.  H.  Hewlett,  George  S.  Evans,  J.  D.  Peters,  N.  M.  On-,  W.  F. 
McKee,  A.  W.  Simpson,  A.  T.  Hudson,  H.  M.  Fanning  ;  H.  H.  Hewlett,  Manager ;  N. 
M.  Orr,  Secretary.  San  Jose  Branch— T.  Ellard  Beans,  Josiah  Beldeu,  A.  Pfister,  J. 
S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis,  N.  Hayes,  Noah  Palmer,  B.  D.  Murphy ,  J.  J.  Denny,  Man- 
ager ;  A.  E.  Moody,  Secretary.  Grass  Valley— William  Watt,  Robert  Watt.  Ne- 
vada—T.  W.  Sigourney. Feb.  17. 

FIRE  AND  MARINE  INSURANCE— UNION  INS.  CO.  OF  S.  F. 

The  California  Lloyds.— Established  in  1861.— Nos.  416  and 
■118  California  street.  Cash  capital  $750,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  $1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  !  !  Solid  Security  !  !  DIRECT<  )KS. 
—San  Frantisco — J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Borel,  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  Lawrance  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Howes,  Nicholas  Luning,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Baum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Brandenstein,  Gustave  Touchard,  G.  Brignardello,  George  C.  Hickox,  T.  Ltili- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Lindenberger.  S.u'rajiknto— Edw.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A,  Booth.  Marysville — L.  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  Portlaxd,  O. — 
Henry  Failing.     New  York — J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President.  N.  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 

Charles  D.  Haven,  Secretary.         Geo.  T.  Bohen,  Surveyor.  Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
FIKE     AND    MARINE. 

C^ash  Assets,  Jan.  1st,  1876,  8478,O00.— -Principal  Office, 
j  218  and  220  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  : — Peter  Donahte,  Pres- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Cushinq,  Secretary ;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  of  Directors  : — Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Bocqueraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailev,  E.  W.  Corbert, 
George  O.  McMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixlcy,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson,  Dr.  C.  F. 
Euuklcy,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  Ivers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County.   H.  W.  Seale,  Maynt-ld.   Pop.  Rutherford,  Sun  Jose.        Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  business  of  Iiife  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  overForRTEKN  Million  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  complied  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.]  313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

HAMBURG-MAGDEBURG  FIRE  INSURANCE  C0-,  OF  HAVBURG- 

This  Company  is  now  prepared  to  issue  policies  against 
Loss  or  Damage  by  Fire  at  current  rates.  Every  risk  taken  by  this  Company 
is  participated  in  by  three  of  the  largest  German  Fire  Insurance  Companies,  repre- 
senting an  aggregate  capital  and  surplus  of  over  SIXTY-FOUR  MILLION  MARK, 
equal  to  SIXTEEN  MILLION  DOLLARS,  U.  S.  GOLD,  thus  enabling  this  Company 
to  accept  large  lines.  GUTTE  &  FRANK,  General  Agents, 
Sept.  23. 321  Battery  street. 


OF    BERLIN, 


BERLIN-COLOGNE    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY, 
GERMANY. 

Capital,  6,000,000  Reich-Marks,  81,500,000  V.  S.  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  -TIDEMAN,  HIRSCHFELD  &  CO., 
Nov.  4. Office:  No.  302  Sansome  street,  under  W.  F.  &,  Co.'s  Bank. 

ESTABLISHED    1821.  ~~ 

Capital,  Gold 810,000,000. 

GUARDIAN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  OF    LO\DO\. 
Dec.  16 Agents  :  BALFOUR,  GUTHKIE  &  CO.,  230  California  st. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  $15,000, 000  ;  Accumulated  Funds,  up- 
wards of  $0,750,000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurance,  $1,380,000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN    ASSURANCE   CO.,    OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

(lash  Assets,  $1,207, 483.— London  Assurance  Corporation, 
j    of  London,   England.     Cash  Assets,  $14,993,406.— Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.                     CROSS  &  CO.,  General  Agents, 
Jan.  20. 316  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

Capital  85,000,000.—  Agents:    Balfonr,  Gntbrie  A  Co.,  No. 
£10  California  street,  San  Francisco.  No.  18. 

J.  Craig. 


E.  D.  Edwards. 


E.  L.  Craig. 
CRAIG,    EDWARDS    &    CRAIG, 

Attorneys  and  Counselors  at  Law.    Land  Suits  and  Patent  Right 
Cases  a  Specialty.     No.  240  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco    California. 
[July  29.] 


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rVl>.    IT,  1877.] 


i  AUKOKNIA     ADVKKT1SBK 


TAIRTRS. 

b  ni ■<■■]*  n't  moan  ; '  Un  bmndi 

In  mist)  n  .  aa  hmiil  in  hand, 

■ft  mini  mnaio  thaj  their  gaunboU  pXayttL 

Mut.-  arc    th.ir  \  ■  dull 

man  within  the  cow  ilip'a  ball. 
In  aoiTOW  u  »        ti   Tit.ihi.i  ro 

On  other  ihoree  with  nil  her  elfin  luu 
Nathli  uJden  nenrtha  and  home*, 

Our  dnrUng  babes    our  blue»eyed,  fair  haired  sprite;*, 
Thee«  dainty  Aii.]-.  u  they  climb  nur  ami 

With  prattling  tongues,  and  hearta  ;*I  1  Ereah  from  heaven, 
Aesnrt-  aa  that  the  Cays,  lik>-  anmmer  been, 

\«t  Hit,  where'er deiur  ohildren  hive  been  given. 

^ — Austin  Griffin, 

WOMEN'S    APPETITES. 
Among  the  many  unal!  injustices  t*>  whioh  women  arc  subjected  .it  the 
one  of  the  most  sorely  aggravating  oon- 
csnu  iii<  ii-iii-  ol  their dauy diet.  As  children  they  cave  usually  as  much 
liberty  in  this  particular  ;i*  their  brothers,  excepting,  perhaps,  that,  being 
nnder  d  Uii  m,  they  devour  fewer  green  currants  >-i  nn- 

rips  blackberries;  but  from  the  day  that  they  'corns  out1  they  an  no 
lit-,  and  ar  I  utterly  onhealthy  want  "f 

appetib  'She  eata  asmnchaa  a  man,'  ia  the  condemnation  unhesita- 
tingly pronounced  on  any  _irl  who,  having  walked  fur  mon  than  ia  good 
[lor  her  with  ■  party,  or  exhausted  herself  with  an  afternoon  of 

bar  1  exercise  at   lawn  tennis,  ventures  at  dinner-time  to  allow  that  Bhe  in 
really  hungry,  and   to  sat  the  food  of  which  Bhe  atanda  in  need.     A  little 
aoup,  about  a  mouthful  of  some  entree,  bnt  aa  much  cream,  jelly,  and  ice 
ia  what  n  lord  of  the  creation  deems  amply  suffi- 
cient for  a  woman  who  baa  taken  nearly  a*  much  exercise  during  the  day 
hk  he  has  himself,  merely  because  he  cannot  disabuse  himself  of  the  anti- 
quafc  •!  notion  that  it  i*  '  unfeminine1  for  ;i  woman  to  eat  enough  bo  sup- 
port  nature.     It  was  this  unwritten  but   imperative  social   law  against 
■it   beinc  openly  partaken  of  by  women  which  ted  to 
of  the  modern  meal  of  five-o'clock  tea,  with  all  its  dis- 
,    effects  od  the  nervous  system  of  its  devotees,  as  a  means  of  satis- 
fying the  craving's  uf  hunger,  ami  enabling  the  fair  sex  to  appear  serenely 
t  m>  sublunary  and  prosaic  a  matter  aa  dinner.     It  gave  rise  also 
t«>  the  morning  cupoi  tea,  with  it-  attendant  pile  of  bread-and-butter, 
which,  mi  country  houses  well  know,  makes  its  way  to  the 

apartment  of  nine  in  ten  of  their  lady-guests  at  --i-'lit  o'clock,  and  enables 

them   I  nsible  breakfast  tit  only  for  a  dyspeptic 

Sparrow  :  t->  the  sandwich  and  sherry  at  twelve  o'clock,  privately  demol- 
ished upstairs,  with  the  effect  of  causing  the  luncheon-hour  to  be  a  matter 
of  indifference,  and  its  consumption  infinitesimal  if  spectators  are  pres- 
ent ;  and  to  the  somewhat  substantial  refection  which  is  frequently  par- 
taken of  in  the  bedroom  at  night. 

The  result  of  all  these  meals  cannot  but  be  disastrous:  digestion 
becomes  deranged  and  impaired,  and  proves  one  of  the  most  fertile  causes 
of  the  undue  recourse  to  stimulants  by  women  against  which  the  grave 
Voice  of  medical  warning  has  of  late  been  frequently  raised.  And  it  is 
entirely  the  fault  of  the  absurd  creed  set  up  by  men  ;  in  the  exclusive 
nee  of  their  own  sex  women  eat  rationally  what  they  require,  but 
have  not  generally  the  moral  courage  to  set  the  opinion  of  their  lords  at 
defiance.  It  is  the  nature  of  women  to  do  and  suffer  much  to  render 
themselves  attractive  to  men:  and  they  would  probably  regard  the  sup- 
pression uf  their  hunger,  and  the  necessity  of  gratifying  it  in  private  and 
almosl  by  stealth,  with  as  much  equanimity  as  many  other  sacrifices  made 
with  a  similar  object  But  it  is  an  aggravation  of  their  deprivation  to 
have  to  undergo  teasing  on  the  subject.  A  healthy,  active  girl,  whose 
natural  hunger  not  even  hve-o'elock  bread-and-butter  has  sufficed  to  stifle, 
ally  allows  dish  after  dish,  of  which  Bhe  would  gladly  partake,  to 
pass  her,  and  is  rewarded  by  being  told  that  'she  ought  to  take  more  ex- 
■  1 1  i  ■  ■  and  get  an  appetite,'  that  'ladies  have  such  an  unfair  advantage  in 
having  five-o'clock  tea,'  the  speaker  forgetting  most  conveniently  that  he 
avails  himself  of  the  institution  at  every  possible  opportunity  ;  or,  if  her 
neighbor  be  elderly,  'he  supposes  she  thinks  it  interesting  not  to  be  hun- 
gry, and  only  to  eat  that  trash  '—spoken  contemptuously  of  the  sweets. 
It  ia  not  unnatural  that  she  should  feel  somewhat  wrathful,  for  she  knows 
full  well,  from  the  remarks  she  hears  made  upon  others,  that,  let  what 
may  be  said  to  her,  she  must  persevere  in  her  abstinence  if  she  would  not 
be  classed  among  those  who  are  characterized  as  'fast*  and  'loud,' and 
who  are  as  independent  as  to  the  satisfaction  of  their  appetites  as  they  are 
as  regards  any  other  social  amenity.  Those  women  whose  chief  ambition 
it  appears  to  be  to  be  occasionally  mistaken  for  men  have  much  to  do  with 
keeping  up  the  creed  of  the  iniquity  of  feminine  hunger  in  the  minds  of 
those  of  the  sterner  sex  sufficiently  old  fashioned  to  conceive  that  Provi- 
dence intended  the  two  sexes  to  be  diverse  in  their  manners  and  customs, 
ami  thereby  perpetuate  a  sore  grievance  to  their  softer  sisters.  Those  are 
the  women  who  disdain  anything  but  claret  for  breakfast,  loudly  profess 
their  preference  for  'devilled'  bones,  prefer  braudv-and-soda  to  tea  at 
five  o'clock,  are  very  critical  of  the  champagne  at  dinner,  talk  loudly  of 
the  cuisine,  and  not  seldom  finish  the  evening  in  the  smoking-room  and 
with  a  'gin-sling.'  At  kettledrums  they  require  lobster-salad  and  cham- 
pagne, and  at  a  garden-party  are  sure  guides  to  the  often  remote  refresh- 
ment tent.  At  balls  their  capacity  for  food  is  enormous,  and  wue  be  t© 
the  partner  who  does  not  prove  himself  an  adept  in  catering  for  them. 

It  may  be  at  once  conceded  that  this  sensual  type  is  a  worse  evil  than 
the  suppressed  appetites  of  ordinary  women ;  but  surely  there  might  be 
found  a  hapny  medium,  and  those  who  are  hungry  might  be  permitted 
to  eat  in  moderation  without  the  terror  of  at  once  finding  themselves 
branded  as  coarse  and  fast.  The  prejudice  began  long  ago  when  it  was 
not  usual  for  women  to  devote  themselves  much  to  outdoor  pursuits,  and, 
as  is  generally  the  wont  of  prejudices,  it  has  long  survived  its  raison 
d'etre.  A  devotion  to  sedentary  pursuits  is  the  last  charge  that  can  be 
made  against  the  ladies  of  the  day ;  indeed  men  would  very  often  not  be 
inconsolable  if  their  fair  friends  insisted  somewhat  less  persistantly  on 
sharing  their  every  amusement,  and  allowed  tbem  some  short  respite  from 
the  duty  of  making  themselves  agreeable.     It  must   be  surely  conceded 


that  the  trihV  and  Jelly  that                                          ent  f"ra  young  huly 
in  the  -1                                irn  once  <-r  twice  along  the  flow<  i 
tbaexUntof  conventional  femah  r  for  a  damsel 

who  is  out  all  day,  either  riding  to  noun  I                  with  the  guns  ovsr 
round,  or  tasun                             In  a  hot  sun  nt  lawn 
tennis.    As  a  matter  ol  common  wnse,  it  i-  time  that  the  Idas  ■■! 
ing  unfeminine  for  s  woman  to  sat  what  she  requires  ahonld  be  regarded 
as  an  effete  superstition,     77-.   World, 
=-'■        '        ""■  "      -  -  mi  ■       ■■ 

BANKS. 


SWISS    AMERICAN    BANK. 

Incorporated  lu  ticiiovu.  Bwltaerlanud,  January  Mffc,  1173. 
He.  I  "li,  s'J.OOO.OIMt.  -«i  paid 

up     President,  hknky  [Ikyi  vh 

a  Bertou, 5»7 Clay elroet     Directors:  FRANCIS  BKRTON  and  KWtMiT 
w  \w 

This  Bank  la  pi  at  Letters  of  Credit  on  Europe,  and  t<>  tranaad 

kind  of  Banking,  MercantUi  and  Exchange  Bualneaa,  and  to  negotiate  Amexi 
curltloa  in  Europe     Deposits  n   alvi  d 

Mills  off Eaccdbuanare  on  Nan  York,  Philadelphia,  London,  Liverpool,  l'arin, 
Lyons,  Hani       -.  Bordeaux,  Oloron,  Bnuaela,  Berlin,  Hamburg,  Frankfort,  Qenova, 

Lausanne,  Chaux<de  Fonda,  Neuchatel,  Fril a/,  Bern,  tarn.  Soleure,  Baden,  Basic, 

Zurich,  wlnterthur,  Shaffhausen,  si   Dalian,  Lucern,  Ohur,  Belllnsona,  Locarno,  Lu- 
gano, Uendriaio,  Genoa,  Turin,  tulan,  Florence,  Rome. 

An  AttHiiy  Office  fa  annexed  to  the  Bank.  Aaaaya  of  gold,  silver,  quartz  ores 
and  lulphureta     Returns  in  coin  or  bars,  at  the  opti i  the  depositor. 

Advanosa  undo  on  bullion  and  area    bust  ami  bullion  oan  be  forwarded  from  any 
part  of  the  country,  and  retunu  made  through  Wella,  Fargo  <v  Co.,  or  by  checks. 
[September  1S.1 

THE    BANK    OF    CALIFORNIA,    SAN    FKANCISCO. 

Capital $5,000,000. 

D.O.  MILLS President,      i     Was*.  ALVOltD ...VHe-PreH'i. 

THOMAS  BKOM'N Cashier. 

AeaHTfl : 

New  York,  Agency  of  the  Bank  of  Oalforaia  ;  Boston,  Tremont  National  Hunk  ; 
I'iii.'i--...  i  nioti  National  Hank  ;  St.  Louis,  Boatman's  Saving  Bank  ;  New  Zealand, 
the  Bank  ol  New  Zealand  ;  London,  China,  Japan,  India  and  Australia,  the  Oriental 
Bank  Corporation. 

The  Bank  baa  Agencies  at  Virginia  City  and  Gold  Hill,  and  Correspondents  in  all 
the  principal  Hinfng  Districts  and  Interior  Towns  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued,  available  in  all  ]>arls  of  the  world.  Draw  direct  on  Lon- 
don, Dublin,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort  on-the-Main,  Antwerp, 
Amsterdam,  St.  Pctersbunrh,  Copenhagen,  Stockholm,  Christiana,  Locarno,  Mel- 
bourne, Sydney,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shanghai,  Yokohama.  Nov.  -1 

THE    NEVADA    BANE,    OF    SAN    FBANCISC0. 
Paid  Up  Capital $10,000,000. 

Louis  McLane President.     |     J.  C\  Flood.  Vice-President. 

N.  K.  Mas  ten Caahler. 

Dirrctors  : — J.  C.  Flood,  J.  W    Mackay,  W.  S.  O'Brien,  Jas.  G.  Fair,  Louis  McLane. 

Correspondents:— London—  Smith,  Payne  v^  Smiths.  Paria— 'HotUnguer  &  Co. 
Hamburg— Hesse,  Newman  &  Co.  New  York— "The  Bank  of  New  York,  B.  N.  A." 
Chicago— Merchants' National  Bank.  Boston— Second  National  Bank.  New  Orleans 
-—State   National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  receive  deposits  on  open  account,  issue  certificates  of  de- 
posit, buy  and  sell  exchange,  purchase  bullion,  and  transact  a  general  banking  busi- 
ness.    Collections  made  and  proceeds  remitted  at  current  rates  of  exchange.      Oct.  9. 

THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid  up  Capital  $2,000,000,  Gold.  President,  R.  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  1).  Callaghan  ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Rodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  \V.  Ritchie. 

DlSBCTOBS :— R-  0.  Woolworth,  D.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  James  C.  Flood,  Edward  Martin,  James  Moliitt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

Corresi-osdests— London  :  Baring  Bros.  &  Co.;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  ami  China.  Dublin:  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg :  Hesse, 
Neuman&Co.  Paris:  Hottinguer&Oo.  NewYork:  National  Bank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business.  Deposits  in  Cold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Contineut.  Commercial 
Gredita  issued  available  in  Europe,  Chita  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  13. 

BANK    OF    BRITISH    COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter.— Capital  paid  up,  81,800,- 
000,  with  power  to  increase  u>  910,000,000.     Southeast  corner  California  and  Ban- 
Bome streets.     Head  Office— fi  East   India  Avenue,  London.     Branches— Portland,  Or- 

egon;  Victoria  am)  Carihuo,  British  Columbia. 

Tliis  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Ottice  and  Branches,  aud  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows  : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada— Bank  of  Montreal;  Liverpool — North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company  ;  Ireland — Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  Stiuth  America  :  China  and 
Japan  — Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
Kaa  tfew  Zealand— Rank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Comi>any  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dec.  0. W.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Manager. 

LONDON    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANE    (LIMITED). 

Capltp.1,  85,000,000,  of  which  $3,u00,O00  is  fully  paid  up  as 
present  capital.  San  Francisco  Office,  424  California;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  >L  S.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STREETEN  ;  Assist- 
ant. Manager,  CAMILu  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 
Third  '  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world.  October  23. 

THE    ANGL0-CALIF0RNIAN    BANK     (LIMITID). 
4  £}<•)  California  street.  San  Fraueisco.--- London  Office,  3 

~E/%/%  Angel  Court ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
Anthorized  Capital  Stuck,  -*o,000,000.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buy  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 


Credit  available  throughout  the  world. 
Oct  4. 


FRED.  F.  LOW,         I  „ 

IGN.  STEINHAitT,    j"  aianaSers- 


.  THE  MERCHANTS'  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  FBANCTSC0. 

Capital.  85,000,000. —  Vlvinza  Hayward,  President;  R.  O. 
Sneath,  Vice-President;  H  F.  Hastings,  Cashier;  R.  N.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and  a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS 


LETTER 


AND 


Feb.   17,  1877. 


A  SERIOUS  APPEAL  TO  THE  GRAND  JURY. 
The  last  place  in  which  oue  would  naturally  look  for  wholesale  rob- 
bery, swindling  and  fraud  would  be  in  the  management  of  Savings  Banks. 
These  institutions  ought,  by  every  principle  of  honor,  and  by  everything 
that  is  sacred  in  the  conduct  of  human  affairs,  to  be  the  very  embodiment 
of  the  genius  of  Integrity.  They  are  established  for  an  exceptionally 
noble  purpose.  They  are  professedly  the  guardians  of  the  hard-earned 
savings  of  the  poorer  many.  Our  sons  and  daughters  of  toil,  enticed  by  the 
high-sounding  title  of  "Savings  Bank,7'  bring  up  the  accumulations  they 
have  industriously  gathered  and  implicitly  entrust  them  to  the  safe  keeping 
of  officers  bound  by  law  to  certain  very  rigid  rules  of  action.  Many  sacri- 
fices have  undoubtedly  been  submitted  to  in  order  to  provide  a  fund  that 
shall  be  a  refuge  when  the  days  of  sickness,  old  age  or  peril  arrive.  A  strong 
will  has  resisted  the  temptations  to  needlessly  spend  money  that  are  met 
with  on  every  hand.  It  may  even  be  that  the  body  has  gone  ill  clad  and 
the  stomach  ill  fed,  and  many  another  privation  submitted  to,  so  as  to 
make  provision  for  a  growing  family  or  for  threatened  calamities.  It  is 
an  exalted,  noble  feeling,  this,  which  induces  the  poor  to  struggle  and  to 
save,  so  as  that  tbey  and  theirs  may  be  prepared  for  the  misfortunes  of 
which  life  is  so  prolific.  Good  government  has  no  higher  duty  than  to 
encourage  that  feeling  and  to  protect  it  in  its  exercise.  That  kind  of 
saving  reduces  pauperism  to  a  minimum  and  increases  manly  independ- 
ence and  general,  widespread  prosperity  to  a  maximum.  It  prevents 
poverty  and  its  accompaniment—crime.  Every  dollar  thus  saved  is  a 
dollar  less  required  from  the  general  community  in  support  of  almshouses, 
hospitals  and  prisons.  Thus  it  comes  that  all  wise  governments  cherish 
and  promote  the  desire  to  save  on  the  part  of  its  individual  and  poorer 
members.  In  England,  Parliament  sanctioned  a  scheme  of  Mr.  Glad- 
stone's by  which  PostoHices  are  made  Savings  Banks,  and  a  fixed  rate  of 
interest  is  allowed  which  has  proved  some  half  per  cent,  in  excess  of  what 
the  money  realizes  to  the  Government ;  so  that  a  premium  is  paid  for 
thrift  by  the  general  taxpayers,  so  desirable  is  it  thought  there  to  encour- 
age saving.  In  this  State  the  law  has  conceived  many  wise  safeguards, 
under  which  alone  a  Savings  Bank  may  be  legally  conducted.  It  is  made 
criminal  for  the  Directors  or  other  officers  to  be  guilty  of  embezzlement, 
fraud  or  false  entries.  To  misrepresent  the  amount  of  capital  actually 
paid  to  allow  stockholders  to  withdraw  any  part  of  the  capital,  to  receive 
notes  as  evidence  of  capital  actually  required  to  be  paid  in,  and  to  allow 
Directors  or  officers  to  become  indebted  to  the  Bank,  are  all  very  properly 
declared  by  the  codes  to  be  misdemeanors  punishable  by  fine  or  imprison- 
ment. If  two  or  more  Directors  or  other  officers  combine  together,  and 
by  false  entries  and  frauds,  skillfully  covered  up,  succeed  in  cheating  the 
Bank  out  of  the  whole  or  any  part  of  its  funds,  they  are  guilty  of  a  con- 
spiracy to  defraud,  and  may  be  put  on  their  trial  together  as  the  band  of 
rascals'that  they  are.  If  any  or  all  of  these  things  have  occurred  anywhere 
within  the  limits  of  the  jurisdiction  of  any  Grand  Jury  having  legal  existence 
within  this  State,  then  that  body  has  a  clear,  unmistakable  and  sacred 
duty  to  perform,  that  cannot  honestly  or  with  justice  to  their  oaths  be 
evaded  or  avoided.  Has  any  such  case  or  cases  arisen  and  now  demand- 
ing inquiry  at  the  hands  of  the  present  Grand  Jury  of  this  city  and 
county?  We  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  there  has.  Furthermore, 
we  demand  of  the  Grand  Jury  to  be  called  before  it,  and  to  be  permitted 
to  give  the  names  of  witnesses  who,  under  oath,  will  disclose  facts  of  em- 
bezzlement, fraud  and  wholesale  swindling  unparalleled  by  any  Bank  de- 
falcations which  have  come  within  our  knowledge  during  a  long  and 
eventful  life. 

THE    END    IS    NIGH,     BUT    WE    ARE    NOT    SAVED. 

The  confusion  worse  confounded  that  has  been  perversely  and 
wickedly  created  by  the  dishonest  count  of  the  Presidential  Electors  is 
nearing  its  end,  and  we  are  glad  of  it  for  many  reasons,  not  the  least  of 
which  is  that  we  are  sick  and  tired  of  writing  upon  a  subject  that  has  not 
one  bright  or  cheerful  side  to  it.  The  whole  thing  has  been  shapen  in  sin 
and  conceived  in  iniquity.  From  the  hour  at  which  the  polls  closed  un- 
til now  the  whole  country  has  been  flooded  with  lies,  falsifications,  frauds, 
and  evidences  of  partisanship  run  mad.  None  have  been  found  high 
enough  to  render  an  honest  judgment,  and  none  have  been  too  low  to  es- 
cape the  demoralizing  influence  of  the  debasing  ordeal  through  which  the 
country  has  been  passing.  The  Electoral  Commission  has  practically 
ended  its  work.  When  the  Florida  decision  was  reached  the  business  was 
virtually  over.  He  must,  indeed,  have  been  a  sanguine  man  who  sup- 
posed that  there  remained  anything  further  to  do.  Eight  partisans  against 
seven  gave  evidence  of  the  side  to  which  they  belonged,  and  that  substan- 
tially determined  the  whole  matter.  It  is  true  that  it  was  supposed  that 
an  impartial  tribunal  had  been  called  into  existence  that  would  hear  testi- 
mony and  determine  the  truth  from  a  love  of  it.  We  now  know  that  noth- 
ing lias  been  determined  except  that  might  is  right.  Fraud,  if  successful, 
who  dares  call  it  fraud  ?  That  is  the  sum  total  of  the  conclusion  reached 
bv  this  high  and  mighty  Commission.  The  Florida  case  presented  every 
phase  of  evidence  in  support  of  the  Tilden  side.  Every  legal  State 
authority  had  determined  it  in  one  way.  The  newly  elected  Governor, 
the  Legislature,  the  Republican  Congressional  Representative,  the  Repub- 
lican State  Supreme  Court,  and,  at  last,  even  the  partisan  Returning 
Board  declared  that  Tilden  had  an  undoubted  majority.  All  this  was  to 
no  purpose.  No  amount  of  testimony  must  be  a  feather's  weight  against 
the  certificate  of  Ex-Governor  Stearns.  Truth,  honor  and  justice  are  as 
nothing,  whilst  fraud  is  everything.  This  rule  some  are  foolish  enough  to 
suppose  will  be  applied  to  the  Oregon  case.  We  are  persuaded  that  will 
turn  out  to  be  a  mistake.  The  die  is  cast,  and  the  eight  partisans  will  do 
their  work  to  the  end.  Hayes  will  be  declared  elected  and  will  be  in- 
augurated, though  in  truth  and  in  fact  he  is  in  a  minority  of  both  the 
electoral  and  the  popular  votes.  There  has  been  much  talk  about  the 
horrors  of  "  Mexicanization,"  but  the  evils  we  have  reached,  are,  if  possi- 
ble, worse  than  the  doings  in  Mexico.  Diaz  has  secured  power  without 
any  false  pretenses.  His  has  been  the  open  avowal  that  might  is  right. 
Bad  as  that  is,  it  is  infinitely  better  than  the  sneaking,  demoralizing  pre- 
tense that  lying,  swindling  and  fraud  are  right.  The  way  of  Diaz  is 
vastly  the  more  open,  candid  and  honest  way.  It  looks  as  if  for  the  next 
four  years  we  shall  have  a  President  made  so  by  methods,  which  along- 
side of  those  resorted  to  by  Diaz  are  incomparably  despicable.  There, 
however,  may  be  this  comfort  in  store  for  us,  Hayes  may  prove  superior 
to  the  tricks  by  which  the  Presidency  has  been  secured  for  him. 

Brokers  are  buying  half  dollars  at  6(a':6^  per  cent,  discount,  and  are 
selling  them  at  5£@5g!  per  cent,  discount. 


OUR    SEWERS. 

"When'er  I  take  my  walks  abroad  "  Tho*  really  why  they  should  lament 
I  always  hold  my  nose  ;  Is  somewhat  hard  to  say ; 

Our  streets  not  having,  so  to  speak,  For  loafing  does'nt  clean  the  streets, 
Although  it  draws  the  pay. 


The  odor  of  the  rose  ; 

For  every  kennel  has  its  own 

Exclusive,  private  smell ; 

And  every  sewer  seems  to  be 

A  breathing-hole  of  helL 

On  here  a  rake  and  there  a  broom 

A  few  poor  loafers  lean, 

Lamenting  what  hard  work  it  is 

To  keep  the  gutters  clean. 


But  while  I  watch  these  sons  of  toil, 
A  solemn  hearse  goes  by,  [form 

And  I  seem  to  see  the  cold,  white 
Which  in  its  depth  doth  lie,  [words: 
And  a  hollow  voice  moans  low  these 
"  The  sewer's  fetid  breath  [brooms 
Hath  brought  me  here — those  idle 
Are  working  hard  for  Death." 


TO  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  MURPHY. 
This  city  and  county  has  a  District  Attorney  whose  abilities  are 
above  the  average.  That  he  is  possessed  of  an  honest,  conscientious  de- 
sire to  do  his  whole  duty,  we  have,  as  yet,  no  reason  to  doubt.  Indeed, 
we  have  had  much  personal  cause  to  know  that  he  can  be  a  most  active, 
zealous  and  pains-taking  officer.  He  did,  at  least,  all  that  was  required  of 
him  to  procure  indictments  against  the  News  Letter.  So  far  from  employ- 
ing one  word  of  censure  against  him  for  that,  we  accord  him  credit  for  ex- 
ceptional earnestness  in  the  discharge  of  a  duty  imposed  upon  him  by  his 
official  oath.  Complaints  coming  regularly  before  him,  from  whatever 
quarter,  demand  his  best  attention.  We  go  even  further  and  say  that 
whether  formal  complaint  be  made  or  not,  if  he  has  good  reason  to  believe 
that  crime  has  been  committed,  and  that  the  proofs  thereof  are  available, 
it  is  his  bounden  duty  to  bring  the  same  to  the  notice  of  the  Grand  Jury, 
of  which  he  is  the  sworn  legal  adviser.  In  this  country  the  common  law, 
in  re=pect  to  private  prosecutions,  has  been  wisely  set  aside  in  favor  of  a 
statute  law  which  insists  upon  prosecutions  being  conducted  by  and  on 
behalf  of  the  people  by  a  public  officer  in  the  pay  of  the  people.  It  is 
made  his  duty  to  prosecute  wrong-doers,  because  public  interests,  and  not 
private  malice,  demand  it.  In  that  view  of  the  functions  of  his  office, 
which  we  submit  is  the  true,  legal  and  common  sense  one,  it  is  obviously 
his  duty  to  prosecute  great  offenders  against  large  public  interests,  and  if 
their  offenses  have  become  notorious  he  ought  to  set  the  law  in  motion 
with  or  without  formal  complaints.  That  he  entertains  the  same  view  of 
his  duties  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  he  has  ere  now  pursued  the  exact 
course  we  are  suggesting.  We  call  his  attention  to  the  article  entitled, 
"A  Serious  Appeal  to  the  Grand  Jury,"  and  beg  leave  to  ask  him 
whether  he  is  prepared  to  enter  upon  the  difficult  but  imperative  duty  de- 
manded of  him  by  the  class  of  facts  we  therein  disclose  ?  In  order,  how- 
ever, that  there  may  be  no  mistake  about  the  matter,  we  tell  him  that 
high  crimes  and  misdemeanors  have  been  committed;  that  we  are  pre- 
pared to  name  the  offenders,  and  to  place  in  his  hands  overwhelming 
proofs,  and  that  whatever  formal  action  may  be  required  to  set  the  law  in 
motion,  we  are  ready,  in  the  public  interest  and  as  good  citizens,  to  take. 
Where  wholesale  frauds,  extending  over  a  period  of  two  years,  have  been 
committed,  and  where  intricate  entries  are  skillfully  made  with  the  intent 
of  covering  up  wrong,  the  prosecuting  officer  necessarily  has  to  bring  to 
bear  more  than  ordinary  patience  and  perseverance.  But  in  proportion 
to  the  bad  skill  used  in  covering  up  wrong,  so  ought  to  be  the  ratio  of  the 
wisdom  and  energy  of  the  prosecutor  of  evil.  An  indictment  against  a 
burglar  is  according  to  a  stereotyped  form,  and  therefore  is  easily  pre- 
pared. Burglars,  therefore,  seldom  escape  indictment.  Bank  conspira- 
tors are  masters  of  the  art  of  book-keeping,  which  District  Attorneys  are 
not,  hence  business  frauds  rarelyreceive  official  attention,  and  the  greatest 
rascals  of  the  age  go  unwhipped  of  justice.  But  in  the  case  to  which  we  now 
draw  the  attention  of  the  District  Attorney,  all  the  work  has  been  pre- 
pared to  his  hand.  The  felonies  and  misdemeanors  stand  stripped  of  their 
skillful  coverings,  and  stand  out  in  all  their  hideous  deformity  of  design 
and  execution.  Will  District  Attorney  D.  J.  Murphy  do  his  whole  duty 
in  the  premises?  We  believe  he  will.  Moreover,  we  don't  intend  that  he 
shall  escape  it,  even  if  he  would. 

CANNOT  CREDIT  IT. 
A  distinguished  member  of  the  New  York  Bar  Association  has 
sent  to  us  for  a  copy  of  the  decision  rendered  by  Judge  Wheeler,  grant- 
ing a  perpetual  injunction  against  the  publication  of  future  libels.  It 
appears  that  our  criticism  of  a  Wheeler  injunction  fell  into  the  great  law- 
yers hands  and  excited  his  curiosity  to  know  precisely  what  had  occurred. 
He  thinks  our  illustrations  "  are  racy  and  telling  in  the  extreme,  if 
any  such  injunction  has  been  issued  as  you  seem  to  describe,  but  it  appears 
incredible  that  the  well  established  principles  which  underlie  the  freedom 
of  the  press  should  be  so  violently  set  aside.  Not  until  I  receive  the  full 
text  of  the  decision  can  I  believe  that  your  comments  have  a  serious  pur- 
pose." Nowonder  that  area!  lawyer  finds  himself  unable  to  credit  that  a 
Judge  has  been  found  ignorant  and  incapable  enough  to  do  this  thing. 
But  the  fact  remains  nevertheless.  We  have  duly  forwarded  a  copy  of 
the  decision  which  is  destined  to  make  Wheeler  the  most  notorious  Judge 
in  the  United  States.  We  have,  furthermore,  taken  an  appeal  to  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  this  State.  It  requires  but  little  legal  lore  to  determine 
what  the  result  will  be.  The  charter  of  our  liberties,  the  State  Constitu- 
tion, expressly  guarantees  the  right  which  the  high-handed  proceedings  of 
a  District  Judge  has  deprived  us  of.  If  "every  person  may  freely  speak, 
write  and  publish  his  sentiments  upon  all  subjects,  being  responsible  to 
the  law  for  the  abuse  of  that  right,"  and  if  "  no  law  shall  be  passed  to 
restrain  or  abridge  the  liberties  of  the  press,"  then  there  is  no  color  of 
law  whatever  for  a  Wheeler  injunction,  and  the  Judge  who  issues  one 
seems  either  incapable  of  understanding  English  or  otherwise  he  wilfully 
defies  it.  We  notice  with  some  curiosity  that  the  Bulletin  and  Call  select 
Wheeler  as  the  Judge  before  whom  to  try  their  libel  litigation.  There  is, 
we  fear,  much  significance  in  this  fact.  Why  not  choose  an  older  and 
sounder  Judge,  whose  decisions  would  carry  moral  force  with  them? 
Why,  even  if  a  verdict  is  obtained,  endanger  it  by  the  bad  law  of  a  Judge 
whose  decisions  are  almost  daily  being  set  aside?  Is  there  an  unexpressed 
but  none  the  less  reliable  understanding  between  Wheeler  and  the  But- 
letin !  Certainly,  whether  there  is  or  not,  his  injunction  against  the 
News  Letter  was  just  what  the  Bulletin  desired.  It  knows  and  privately 
avows  that  the  thing  is  illegal,  but  rejoices  because  it  temporarily  serves 
its  purpose.     It  has  many  tools  ;  has  it  a  Judge  amongst  them? 

Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  in  this  market  at  100  buying  and  1001  selling. 


IVI..   17,   1877. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER. 


THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

*On»  that  will  t-U>  the  -l.-nl.  air.  with  >>  u ." 


With  a  desire  tn  know  all  about  the  Spring  Valley  watei  question, 

I  traveler  and  -<  lentist,  I  hr. 

x    I  niversitie*,  M.  I  v.  el 

tint  in   the  uu  filtered 

i  of   the  laboratory,   when 

■  x  lii  hi  tit  animals  apparently  the 

ims  .-I  i  tinka    "All  that  filtration 

"  i'  i"  keep  out   figurative  mastodons,  hippotaini, 

re  -'-''ii  -.'<ui 
ituly  alxmi  w  «  hich  are  not  i  unble  to  the  naked  eye.  and 

opinion  tlmt  they  are  very  useful  in  helping 

tion.     n  I  by  thousands  of  our  fellow  citizens 

tated  this  weak  on  the  water  question*     I  tar.  P. 

.  dead  fly  or  a  noose  or  a  beetle  in  the  water,  take 

them  out,  unli  n  you  tie  partial  to  them.    W  hat  yon  can't  §ee  won't  hurt 

Sum  if  you  are  at  all  doubtful,  shut  your  eyes  while  yon  an  drink- 
:."    Uany  sensible  persona,  the  P.  C.  among  them,  who  ha/e  hitherto 
\  thai  water  was  only  useful  for  bathing,  brushing  the  teeth,  wash- 
-.  boiling  meat  or  mixing  whisky,  are  much  surprised  at  the 
making  about  an  article  hitherto 
so  tittle  tasted  in  the  community.     If  scientists  can  only  prove  thai  "  red 
ire  .\s  stimulating  as  old  rye,  the  whisky  trade  will  be  rained,  and 
many  to  whom  the  taste  of  water  i*  as  yet  unknown  wQl  adopt  it  as  a 

Valentine's  day  is  alwayi  a  happy  day  for  the  T.  C,  nn«l  never  passes 
without  many  little  mementoes  of  the  good  old  SSsint  The  early  letter 
carrier tbu  yi  him  no  lace  bedecked  missives,  but  about  half- 

past    nine  the   faithful   All   Tong,  who  has  done  our  washing  tor  four 
months  without  any  coin  in  sight,  came  to  greel  us.     !!<■  bowed   himself 
out  with  the  remark  that  we  were  "  a  heap  d    n  thief."  and  our  second 
ae  was  already  to  hand  in  the  Bhape  of  a  cupid-like  corner    i 

man,  who  had  been  feeble  enough  in  'lay.-*  gone  by  t..  part  with  bis  g la 

without  money  and  without  price,    A  valentine  from  aweary  tailor,  an  out- 
raged 1 tmaker,  ami  a  man  who  na  rat  shirts,  made  the  morning 

rrily  til!   luncheon   time,   when  the  trustful   restaurant   keener 

banded  us  another  missive  in  honor  of  the  day,  containing  a  request  that 

s  valentine,  or  else  pay  up  three  week's  board. 

The  weather  was  all  that  could  be  desired  and  an  imaginative  mind  could 

almost  see  the  good  old  Saint  peeping  out  of  the  blue  sky  anil  smiling  at 

the  universal  joy  his  feast  oca  sioned. 

If  the  etories  about  the  <«aikwar  of  Baroda  are  true,  it-iuust  be  an 

tve  thing  for  a  Prince  to  be  sick.     For  a  slight  indisposition  he 

pulverises  a  lot  of  rubies  and  eats  them  in  the  form  of  a  Hue  powder 

sprinkled  over  cake;*.     Pulverised  diamonds  are  an  infallible  but  painless 

poison,  ami  the  Gaikwar  often  invite*  hi.-  enemies  tu  i.l i ne  on  them.     The 

iiggests  politely  to  si. me  of  our  rich  Californian  families  that  they 

should  not  be  outdone  by  the  Gaikwar  of  Baroda  or  of  any  other  place. 

In  fact,  it   is  their  bonnden  duty  to  chew  up  a  few  bracelets  every  time 

indisposed.     IHssolved  pearls  are  an  excellent  cure  for  bilious- 

ad  a  string  or  two  would  make  no  difference  tn  the  dwellers  on  Nob 

Hill  after  a  too  heavy  -upper.    The  T.  C,  will  be  happy  to  show  any  of 

mir  local  magnates   how  to   pulverize  rubies  and  dissolve  pearls  free  of 

charge,  ami  in  all  cases  they  can  rely  on  his  integrity  in  preparing  this 

jewel  diet  for  their  ailments  at  the  shortest  notice. 

A   celebrated  divine  who  converts  souls,  makes    election    stump 

hea.  and  is  agent  for  an  insurance  company,  recently  got  a  letter 

from  a  sinner  whom  he  had  converted,  saying  :      I  can   never  repay   you 

in  time  or  eternity  what  I  owe  you."    The  faithful  minister  replied  by 

return  mail  :  "  Von  owe  me  nothing  ;  there  is  one  who  will  place  it  to  my 

account.     Accept  my  receipt  in  full  for  anything  wherein  you  may  think 

you   are  Indebted  to  me."     The  young  man    treasured  the  note  and  often 

wept  over  it.      Se  know  he  was  insured  in  the  Doctor's  earthly   insurance 

company  for  a  quarterly  premium  of  $33,  and  every  time  the  collector 

came  round  lie  merely  showed  him    the    divine's    receipt.       The    collector 

"placed  it  to  the  Doctor's  account*1  and  marveled  at  his  charity,  and  now 
the  young  man  Lb  dead  and  the  company  is  out  §5,000  insurance,  in  addi- 
rix  quarterly  payments  which  were  accurately  and  carefully  deb- 
ited against  the  pious  agent. 

The  dailies  seem  to  thiuk  it  something  very  extraordinary  that  Mrs. 
Jennet  15.  Frost  should  have  argued  her  own  case,  this  week,  before  the 
Supreme  Court.  Where  the  cause  for  surprise  comes  in,  it  is  difficult  to 
see.  Women  will  argue  their  own  cases  anywhere  and  in  a  thousand  dif- 
ferent ways— with  kisses,  caresses,  tears  and  sighs,  broomsticks,  coffee- 
pots, plates  i*nd  legs  of  chairs  ;  on  their  knees  pleading,  on  the  sofa  faint- 
in..',  with  their  fingers  tight  in  a  man's  hair  or  their  nails  clawing  his  nose ; 
with  hysterics,  sulks,  favors,  snubs,  oglings,  passions  and  persuasion — but 
wherever  there  is  ;l  woman  she  will  argue  her  own  case,  whether  it  is  in 
the  Supreme  Court  of  California  or  the  back-parlor  of  a  one-story  tene- 
ment house.  Logic  she  may  never  have  heard  of,  rhetoric  she  may  de- 
spise, but  argue  sne  can  to  the  last,  and  the  best  definition  ever  given  of 
the  confusion  of  the  tower  of  Babel  is  at  once  supplied  by  the  idea  of  two 
women  talking  at  once. 

In  the  face  of  the  great  depression  of  trade  caused  by  the  unsettled 
Presidential  question,  it  is  sad  to  read  in  the  Bulletin  of  Thursday  last 
the  awful  news  that  "the  mud-hens  of  Sutterville  and  Riverside  lakes 
have  done  and  are  doing  much  damage  to  the  grain  in  the  fields  adjoin- 
ing." The  community  is  not  prepared  for  such  a  blow  as  this,  and  it  only 
wants  another  announcement  to  the  effect  that  rabbits  are  on  the  increase 
in  Los  Angeles  county,  to  precipitate  California  into  hopeless  bankruptcy. 
Better  had  we  heard  that  the  rats  had  eaten  up  the  whole  of  the  Corn- 
stock  Lode,  than  that  this  mud-hen  item  should  have  burst  upon  us  so 
suddenly  and  so  cruelly. 

In  a  recent  issue  notice  was  given  in  the  Toicn  Cririer  of  a  plot  to 
relieve  the  Nevada  Bank  of  some  of  its  coin.  We  remarked  :  "  We  de- 
cline, of  course,  to  give  the  names  of  the  intending  participants,  but  if  it 
only  comes  off  successfully  the  bloated  monopoly  will  be  broken  up,  the 
T.  C.  will  have  a  new  silk  hat  and  rafts  of  coin,  and  Con.  Virginia  will  be 
immediately  boosted  up  to  $700  again  to  make  good  the  loss."  With  the 
simple  statement  that  the  T.  C.  possesses  a  new  hat,  and  a  reminder  to  our 
readers  that  the  Nevada  Bank  was  lately  eased  of  §18,486,  all  further 
allusion  to  the  matter  must  here  cease. 


The  Napoleon  Club  i«  th.«  1*1  Tbs 

■ols  qualification  foi 

likeness  to  tfa  man  berahip  was 

considerably   .i  pplical  Ion   ol 

beaded  youth  «dli  •  w  the  club.     He   "•■-  Ini 

tint  do  one  bni  gentlemen  with  large  aquiline  noses  and  a  very  itsrn  look 
about  tin-  mouth,  could  possibly  be  admitted  The  discomfited  applicant 
retired  with  the  determination  of  setting  the  necessary  kind  of  nose  if  !■«■ 
could  only  find  out  what  it  was.    Bo  he  waylaid  ■  boy  neaf  m 

;■  II  him  the  moaning  of  aquiline, 
which,  with  the  help  of  a  Latin  dictionary,  was  found  □  aqua. 

water,  and  meant  ■  nose  with  a  ■■■■  '  ilr  ana 

square,"  murmured  the  would-be   Napoleonist.     "  It's  a  whisk]  i 
have,  anyway,  and  ■  fool  I  olufa  a> 

\nd  be  shook  his  head  and  went  and  took  a  drink. 

John  Smith  writ  '   for  condolence.     He  desires  to 

make  known  through  these  columns  that  be  is  blighted  for  life  and  a 
wretched  being,  all  through  bis  surname  being  Smith  and  bis  christian 
name  John.  'If  I  ever  become  great,"  h"  writes,  "  what  will  it  avail 
me,  while  there  are  thousands  of  insignificant  John  Smithsea  ready  to 
steal  my  thunder?"  To  console  this  particular  -John  Smith,  who  !■-  at 
ambition  into  a  dame  under  the  dispiriting  occupation 
of  washing  dishes  in  a  restaurant,   the  T.  V.   would  inform  him  that  he 

should  be  a  very  happy  man.      If  he  ever  becomes  great,  a  servile  L 

ture  will  gladly  changeius  name  for  him  to  Washington  Columbus  or  Adams 

■  iit'hiy.  uh-rea-s  should  J.   s.  adopt  a  burglarious  career,  or  wile 
a  way  his  time  with  raising  checks  and  forging  signatures,  the  title  of  John 

Smith  will  be  his  greatest  comfort  in  the  hour  of  his  dishonor. 

Mou  petit  chou,  as  all  the  world  knows,  is  a  very  delicate  term  of 

endearment  among  French  i pie,  although  Monsieur  Francois  Lallevert 

has  every  reason  to  regret  the  use  of  the  expression,     Se  was  engaged 

some  years  ago  to  be  married  tO  One  of  the  daughters  of  the  late  wealthy 
Commodore,  and  the  course  Of  true  love  ran  quite  smoothly  until  one 
unhappy  day  he  wrote  his  finances  a  letter  commencing  "  UCon  bien-aime1 
chou.  The  young  lady  had  struggled  Bomewith  the  language  of 
the  Parisians  and  possessed  a  dictionary.  The  result  of  her  investiga- 
tions only  brought  to  light  the  obnoxious  fact  that  her  intended  addressed 
her  as  bin  "  w*U-beloved  small  cabbage,"  and  it  took  five  minutes  bo  col' 
leet  all  his  letters  and  return  his  presents  by  an  elder  brother  who  ex- 
tracted an  apology  by  means  of  a  horse- whip,  and  left  the  unhappy 
fi  !•:  i .  oer  forever  desolate  and  ignorant  of  his  offense. 

It  appears  from  the  columns  of  an  Eastern  exchange  on  the  Atlantic 
coast  that  they  have  a  fog-bell  which  is  of  no  more  use  than  a  boiled 
carrot  hung  in  a  boot  leg.  If  that  community  desire*  to  confer  a  blessing 
on  this  city,  it  will  immediately  swap  fog  signals  with  us,  and  in  return 
for  the  incomparable  boon  of  the  soothing  tintinnalmluui  of  which  they 
complain,  we  will  guarantee  to  forward  them  the  most  demoniacal 
murder-shrieking,  wail-of-the-damned,  agony-creating  fog  horns  that  ever 
tormented  a  somnolent  population.  Ships  can  hear  it  for  ten  miles, 
babies  often  expire  at  its  first  blast,  and  we  can  recommend  it  as  a  good 
first  class,  respectable  fog-horn,  which  will  keep  the  inmates  of  a  deaf 
asylum  awake  all  night. 

Mr.  Biggs,  the  individual  who  shot  himself  this  week  in  a  rifle  gallery 
because  he  was  going  blind,  displayed  an  amount  of  foresight  hardly  recon- 
cileable  with  the  insanity  of  his  last  act.  He  was,  of  course,  crazy,  else 
he  would  not  have  tried  to  blow  his  brains  out,  and  he  was  eminently 
sensible  to  know  that  if  he  once  became  blind  he  could  never  see  to  take 
good  aim  at  himself.  Again,  had  he  waited  for  his  eyesight  to  go,  he 
never  could  have  found  his  way  to  a  shooting- gallery  or  had  any  excuse 
for  trifling  with  firearms.  Lastly,  if  he  had  gone  it  blind  he  might  have 
raised  the  bystanders  out  of  sight  without  giving  them  a  show  for  their 
money,  which  would  have  been  manifestly  unfair.  Under  the  circum- 
stances, Mr.  B.  did  the  square  thing. 

Education  is  at  a  terrible  discount  in  San  Francisco  just  now.  The 
dailies  teem  with  advertisements  from  "  professors  "  who.  will  teach  Span- 
ish. German,  French,  the  banjo,  piano,  organ,  theology,  mathematics, 
book-keeping  and  vocal  music  in  24  lessons  fur  the  sum  of  $5.  Not  to  be 
outdone  the  T.  C.  will  teach  Chinook,  Chinese,  Sanscrit,  plain  cooking, 
and  the  Jew's  harp  for  §1  50  a  month,  and  throw  in  lessons  on  the  has 
soon  and  the  double  trapeze  for  seventy-five  cents  additional.  He  is  in 
possession  of  the  worst  testimonials  from  the  most  immoral  clergymen 
and  school-teachers  in  Texas  regarding  his  ability  to  do  everything  else 
except  what  he  professes,  and  will  guarantee  to  make  every  pupil  perfect 
or  keep  the  money. 

The  latest  style  of  advertising  is  for  a  firm  to  offer  §500  reward  for 
the  conviction  of  an  imaginary  somebody  who  is  supposed  to  have  circu- 
lated rumors  about  its  solvency.  It  is  a  good  idea,  and  the  T.  C.  adopts 
it.  He  will  give  a  reward  of  §1,000  (United  States  some  sort  of  coin) 
for  such  information  as  will  lead  to  the  arrest  of  the  parties  who  planned 
and  circulated  a  report  that  he  was  not  open  to  invitations  to  French  din- 
ners and  '*  long  lunches."  Such  reports  are  cowardly  outrages  and  proceed 
from  deliberate  malice,  as  all  interested  parties  can  prove  for  themselves 
Signed:  T.  C,  No.  .It)  Cornhill  London  No.  3  Rue  Scribe,  Paris,  and 
615  Merchant  street,  San  Francisco. 

One  of  Casebolt's  conductors  is  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College, 
and,  it  is  said,  is  rapidly  accumulating  a  large  fortune  in  his  new  voca- 
tion of  clipping  tickets.  He  regards  himself  algebraically  as  X — an  in- 
definite quantity,  of  which  it  is  very  hard  to  find  the  value,  and  he 
knocks  down  all  the  dimes  and  quarters  he  can,  out  of  his  uld  luve  for  the 
classics,  which  taught  him,  in  days  gone  by,  "  Fortuna  fortibus  favet  " — 
none  but  the  brave  deserve  the  fare. 

Without  entering  into  the  merits  of  the  water  controversy  in  which 
Mr.  Pickering  has  played  so  important  a  part,  it  is  easy  to  see  why  the 
question  interests  that  old  gentleman.  Not  that  he  has  any  use  for  it 
now,  but  he  feels  that  there  is  a  hot  hereafter  where  a  pint  of  the  impurest 
water  that  ever  ran  through  a  faucet  will  be  of  more  interest  to  the  editor 
of  the  Cull  than  the  whole  of  the  San  Andreas  reservoir  is  at  present. 

Mr.  Solomon  Isaac  R— —  announces  in  the  pergonals  of  a  morning 
paper  that  he  has  arrived  in  San  Francisco  and  would  like  to  see  his 
brothers.  If  Solomon  will  call  at  this  office  and  exhibit  a  plethoric  bank 
account  and  a  disposition  to  be  generous  to  his  own  flesh  and  blood,  the 
T.  C.  will  give  him  ample  proof  that  he  is  his  only  surviving  relative,  and 
has  long  been  yearning  to  meet  him. 


10 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS 


LETTER 

»  = 


AND 


Feb.   17,   1877. 


-! 


THE    HEART    SKEIN. 

Slip,  yes,  slip  your  skein,  my  Kitty, 

O'er  my  hands,  and  wind,  aud  wind, 
All  the  while  with  little  pity, 

Tangling,  tangling  heart  and  mind. 
Kitty!  eyes  upon  the  wool! 
Not  on  me,  my  beautiful! 
Now  you  drop  your  eyes  completely, 

Winding,  winding  dreamily  ; 
Wherefore,  wherefore  smile  so  sweetly 

On  a  thing  that  cannot  see  ? 
If  you  must  smile,  smile  this  way! 
I  will  bear  it  as  I  may! 
Ah!  the  rosebud  fingers  flitting 

Swift  about  the  colored  ball! 
How  my  heart  beats  time  while  sitting; 

Still  I  try  to  bear  it  all. 
Kitty,  do  you  know  or  care 
'T is  my  heart  you're  winding  there  ? 
Kitty,  I  am  in  a  vision! 

All  the  world  to  mist  doth  die  ; 
Only,  in  an  air  Elysian, 

Little  fairy  fingers  fly. 
Surely,  if  they  flit  too  near, 
I  shall  catch  and  kiss  them,  dear! 
Tangled!  pout  not,  frown  not,  Kitty! 

Though  I  gladly  bear  the  pain  ; 
For  your  anger  is  so  pretty, 

It  may  make  me  sin  again. 
There!  'tis  well!    Now  wind  and  wind, 
Tangling  further  heart  and  mind! 
Now 'tis  done!    The  last  thread  lingers 

Sadly  from  me,  slow  to  part ; 
Canst  thou  see  that  in  my  fingers 

I  am  holding  up  my  heart  ? 
Wind  and  wind!     I  do  not  care! 
Smile  or  frown,  and  I  will  bear! 

Ah!  so  fast  and  quick  you  wind  it, 

I  no  more  can  keep  it  miue  ; 
Do  you  wonder  that  you  find  it 

Throbbing  now  close,  close  to  thine  ? 
Taugled,  tangled  are  the  twain: 
Kiss,  kiss,  kiss  them  free  again!    — Buchanan. 


CHINESE    EMBASSY  TO    ENGLAND. 

The  Chinese  Embassy,  of  the  composition 
and  movements  of  which  we  have  from  time  to 
time  given  particulars,  has  arrived  in  England. 
It  may  be  interresting  at  the  present  moment  to 
place  before  our  readers  the  opinion  which  is  ex- 
pressed of  the  Ambassador  Kuo,  by  one  of  the 
most  competent  judges  on  the  subject,  namely 
Sir  Thomas  Wade,  Minister  at  Peking.  In  a 
dispatch  which  he  addressed  to  the  Earl  of  Der- 
by, when  the  Embassy  was  first  spoken  of  in 
China,  he  writes  as  follows:  "Mr.  Hart,  who 
sees  him  to  great  advantage,  has  formed  a  high 
opinion  of  the  Envoy  Kuo,  as  a  man  of  honesty, 
clearness  of  sight,  and  determination  ;  and  this 
without  forgetting  that  the  Envoy  is  always  a 
Chinese,  and  that  the  chief  purpose  of  his  con- 
fidence is  probably  to  obtain  light  as  to  the  con- 
duct of  the  Yunnan  affair.  On  the  other  side, 
we  must  not  forget  the  remarkable  line  taken  by 
the  Envoy  Kuo  in  1859,  when  he  denounced 
Prince  Tsenjjolinsin  for  having  opened  fire  upon 
us  ;  nor  the  character  that  has  clung  to  him  of 
being  an  original  and  determined  man."  On  the 
whole,  we  may  conclude  from  the  facts  stated  in 
the  above  extract  that  the  chief  Ambassador  is 
likely  to  appreciate  the  importance  of  his  post 
and  to  use  his  endeavors  earnestly  and  fairly  to 
maintain  the  friendly  relations  between  England 
and  China.  His  colleague,  Lui-Si-Hing,  is  also 
well  spoken  of.  It  is  worthy  of  note  that  the 
present  Embassy  comes  direct  to  England,  that 
is,  without  visiting  any  Continental  Courts,  and 
that  having  taken  the  P.  and  O.  steamer  to  Gib- 
raltar, nearly  all  the  ports  they  have  touched  at 
have  been  British.  At  Malta  and  Gibraltar  the 
Envoys  were  received  with  due  ceremony.  At 
the  former  port,  at  which  they  arrived  on  the 
12th,  they  were  saluted,  and  had  the  customary 
honors  extended  to  them;  and  at  Gibraltar, 
which  they  reached  on  the  16th  ult. ,  they  landed, 
and  were  received  by  Lord  Napier  of  Magdala, 
Governor  and  commander-in-chief.  The  recep- 
tion wa3  held  at  tre  Government  House,  in  pres- 
ence of  the  Staff  and  the  heads  of  the  civil  and 
military  departments,  and  his  Excellency  and 
the  members  of  the  Embassy  drove  round  the 
Rock   and    visited    the  galleries. 

Some  doubts  have  been  expressed  in  the  com- 
ments in  contemporary  papers  whether  the  pres- 
ent Embassy  will  really  tend  to  create  a  more 
enlightened  feeling  in  China,  we  have  reason  to 
believe  that  this  will  prove  to  be  the  fact— there 
can  be  no  question  that  the  advance  which  has 
been  made  in  dispatching  it  is  one  of  a  very  im- 
portant  character,  and  that  it  will  tend  more 
than  anything  that  has  happened  for  many  years 
past  to  cement  friendly  relations  between  the 
two  countries. 


Liabilities  of  a  Telegrapb4Compsuy.— The 

Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas  Division  have  had 
before  them  a  case  in  which  a  firm  of  merchants 
sued  Eeuter's  Telegraph  Company  for  loss  occa- 
sioned through  their  naving  acted  upon  a  tele- 
gram which  had  been  sent  tn  them  by  mistake. 
The  Court  held  that  the  Telegraph  company 
did  not  guarantee  everybody  against  the  delivery 
of  messages  to  the  wrong  persons,  even  though 
those  messages  had  to  go  to  the  remotest  parts 
of  the  earth.  To  impose  such  a  responsibility 
would  be  to  hold  that  there  was  a  greater  liabil- 
ity than  the  law  could  imply  from  the  nature  of 
the  company  or  the  business  carried  on  by  them. 
Judgment  was  therefore  for  the  defendants. 
— London  Times. 


A  gentleman  residing  in  Chambers  in  Lin- 
coln's-inn -fields  has  applied  in  the  Westminster 
County  Court  for  an  injunction  to  restrain  an- 
other resident  in  the  same  house  from  playing  an 
organ.  The  applicant  said  he  was  engaged  in 
literary  work,  and  whenever  the  organ  played  it 
so  annoyed  and  interfered  with  him  that  he  was 
compelled  to  go  out.  Occupants  of  other  cham- 
bers bore  testimony  to  the  inconvenience  experi- 
enced in  consequence  of  the  playing  upon  the  in- 
strument. The  judge  said  the  nuisance  was  in- 
tolerable, but  was  not  actionable. 


Jean  Ingelow  thus  briefly  and  beautifully 
tells  the  whole  story  of  life: 

"Sweet  is  childhood — childhood's  over  ; 
Kiss  aud  part. 
Sweet  is  youth  ;  but  youth's  a  rover — 

So's  my  heart. 
Swfeet  is  rest ;  but  all  my  showing 

Toil  is  nigh. 
We  must  go.     Alas  the  going ! 
Say,  'Good-bye.'" 

A  live  gorilla  has  arrived  in  England.  He  is 
called  a  "baby,"  although  he  is  already  three 
feet  in  hight.  On  his  arrival  twenty-five  hun- 
dred dollars  was  at  once  offered  for  him,  and  re- 
fused, a  much  higher  price  being  demanded,  on 
the  ground  that  he  resembles  man  more  than 
any  gorilla  yet  discovered.  It  is  thus  apparent 
that  the  more  closely  a  monkey  resembles  a  man 
the  more  he  is  worth ;  while  the  rule  has  to  be 
reversed  to  work  the  other  way,  for,  by  common 
consent,  the  more  a  man  resembles  a  monkey  the 
less  he  is  good  for! — Australian  Journal. 

The  revolver  of  Elizur  Colburn,  of  Stafford 
Springs,  aged  28,  went  off  in  his  rear  breeches 
pocket,  lately,  shattering  his  leg,  which  must  be 
amputated. 


C.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Sunday,  Feb.  11th,  1877.    and  until 
farther  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 
San  Francisco: 
(Overland    Ticket  Office,   at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  of 
Market  Street.) 


7f\f\  A.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washing- 
•  "U  ton  St.  Wharf)  —  Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for     Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.        (Arrive  San  Francisco  8:10  p.m.) 


8AA  A.M.  (daily),  Atlantic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  VJU  land  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland  (0.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  p.m.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  5:3f>  p.m.) 


3fif\  P-M.  (daily)  San  Jose  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  "v  land  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 
rives at  San  Jose  at  5:30  P.M. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  9:35  a.m.) 


for  Latlirop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Indian  Wells  (Arizona  Stage  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  6:55 
p.m.  "  Sleeping  Cars  "  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les. (Arrive  San  Francisco  1:2:40  p.m.) 


4AA  P.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washington 
•  yjyj  St.  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  forCalistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  p.  M.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  11:10  A.M.) 


4AA  P.M.  (Sundays  excepted)  Sacramento  Steamer 
•  \J\J  (from  Wash'n  St.  Wharf),  for  Beniciaand  Land- 
ings on  the  Sacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  a.m.,  daily. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  8:00  P.M.) 


4      0A  P.M.  (daily),  Through  Third  Class  and  Accom- 
•  O"     modatiori  Train,  via   Lathrop  and  Mohave, 
arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  a.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  7:30  a.m. 


FERRIES     AND     LOCAL    TR  AINS. 
From    "SAW    FRAVCISCO." 


(K  7.1,0 
7.30 
8.0*) 
8.30 
9.00 
9.30 
10.00 
11.00 
12.00 
>  1.00 
2.00 
3.00 


Si 


(A  (i.10 
I  Pll.45 


"g  4?  -      11.30 
■ji  5  (  rl-2.3 


•  3.30 
4.00 
4.30 
5.00 
5.30 
6.00 
6.30 
7.00 
8.10 
9.20 
10.30 


a  7.00 
8.00 
9.00 
10.00 
12.00 
P  2.00 
4.00 
5.00 
6.00 


p -3.00 
*7.00 
*8.I0 

♦11.45 


All.00 

p   1.30 
*10  30 


>> 


A  7.30 
8.30 
9.30 

p  1.00 
3.30 


6.30 
7.00 
S.10 
9.20 
10.30 


A   U.10 

11.00 
P  11.45 


a  10. 30 
11.30 

P 12.30 


A  8.00 
t9.30 
rtl.00 
3.00 
4.00 
tS.10 


g 

3  3 


A  8.00 
t9. 30 

p  3.00 
4.00 
tS.10 


J  7.30 

11.00 

r  400 

5.00 

0.00 

i|-2 

u 

A  8.30 

A  9.00 

12.00 

p   1.30 


To  FERNSIDE— except  Sundays— 7.00,  9.00,  10.00  A.M., 
and  5  p.  M. 


To    "SAJT    FKAXC'ISCO." 


(i.  7.30 
10.30 
4.00 
5.00 
0.00 


ei  f 


A  7.00 
S.03 
9.00 

p  3.00 
4.00 1 
5.00 1 
6.0S| 

•10.00 


AtG.45 
7.55 
11.15 

til. 45 
3.40 


-■-■£ 


At7.03 
8.15 
11.35 

ptrios 

4.03 

t4.45 


FROM    ALAMEDA. 


A*5.00 

All. 30 

p-3.20 

•5.40 

p>1220 

•7.20 

»10.20 

1.30 

•S.30 

D 


A  9.00 
12.00 
1.30 


FROM  ALAMEDA. 


AlO.O0|All.O0|Pl2.OO 
I I      LOO 


A  6.40 
7.40 
8.40 
9.40 
10.40 

P12.40 
2.40 
4.40 
5.40 
6.40 
7.50 
9.00 
10.10 


A  5.10 
5.50 


All.40 
p  1.25 


OAKLAND. 
(Broadway.) 


a  6.50 
7.20 
7.50 
8.25 
S.50 
9.20 
9.50 
10.50 
11.50 

p  12.50 
2.50 
3.20 
3.50 


AlO.20 
11.20 

p  12.20 


p  4.20 
4.50 
5.20 
5.50 
6.30 
6.50 
8.00 
9.10 
10.20 


A  5.20 

6.00 

p  1.50 


p  1.20 
1.35 


From  FERNSIDE— Sundaj-s  excepted— 6.55,  8.00,  11.05 

A.  M.,  and  6.05  p.  u. 

♦Change  Cars  at  "  Broadway,"  Oakland. 

A— Morning,     p—  Afternoon. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  aud  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towxe,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

KOETHEBN  DIWSIOM 

Commencing  X«v.  6th,  1876,  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot  on  Townsend  street  as  follows : 

8  0Ai.n  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Trea 
.0\J  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  fe^At  Pajaro  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  for  Aptos  and  SANTA  Cruz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Monterey.  Stage 
counectionsinade  with  this  train. 


nO  C  A     M.   (daily)  for  Menlo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
•*"J    tious. 

3  0£Tp.M.   daily  (Sundays   excepted)  for   San  Jose, 
.UO   Gilroy  and  Way  Stations. 


A   AC\  p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


(>  0(\  p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Mateo  and  Way  Stations. 

SOrTHRR.V     DIVISION. 

fSg~  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Division 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Indian  Wells. 
A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  Willcutt,  GenT  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 
(November  18.] 


JOSEPH    GILLOTT'S    SIEEL    PENS. 

Sold  by  all  Stationers  throughout  the 
World.     Sole  Agent  for  the  United  States  :  MR 
HENRY  HOE,  91  John  street,  N.  Y. Jan.  16. 


H.    H.    MOOBE. 

Dealerin  Books  for  Libraries. --A  large 
assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
and  for  sale  at  609  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
San  Francisco  Oct.  24. 


Feb.    IT,    1-77. 


NOTABILIA. 


v   \l  LFORNIA     AD\  EUTISER, 

MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


11 


What  n  crowd  and  crush!    Ricb   Mid  j*..t.    Thtt  Ql-clftd  and  the 

■ 
.:  ig  in  count!)  i  nd  exits 

>\  lik--  'int.-  it.      W  ■■  itop  ii.. 1  ii       ■ 

itreet, 
at    tic-    -lr\    ..  i«  of  J.    .1.    if  fn  i. -n   __.  Co.      'I'll"  b.  ,uit\  -.  '  'V  ■  1 

■i  their  yoods  have  nttracted!  buyers  from   all  parte 
.if  til--  city,     Ncvi  r  did  '.!.•*  deposit  i  -  _u  ..  broken  l-.wik  appear  moi 

<t  their  money  out,  than  ■!•>  O'Brien'i  c__tom_ri  appear  to  put 
theirs  into  »  good  investment  of  bis  stock. 


The  water  bug,  <>f  which  then  in  millions  in  tin-  Sprint  Vallt 

tion  of  the   hour.     The  inexpressibly  nasty  creatures 
■tick  in  the  thmat  and  cftUM  diphtheria,  and  Fasten  and  ratten  upon  the 
rtomach,  and  »■  produce  lockjaw,  and  thus,  in  a  measure,  destroy  the 
i'..  prevent  these  aire  calamities,  tin.-  Carbon 
I  i     thin);.     1'  i*   t'i  be  procured  ol   Bush   _    Milne,  under 

i  mery  street    There  is  quite  a  rush  for 

tli.  -.  filters  j  nst  now.     Pui  old  do  well  t.'  hurry  up  before  they 

an  all  gone. 

"  Is  my  breakfast  ready  ?  "  said  an  impatienl  young  man  who  was 
trying  to  gel  hie  morning  meal  at  a  restaurant.     "Don't  know/' 

.  "  I'll  whistle  up  and  -■•■•."  "  Heavens,  no!  don't  do  that  :  I  or- 
dered sausage,  and  if  you  whistle  you'll  have  the  whole  pack  down!*' 
w  ! '.  sow  we  happen  t*>  know  tin-  neatest,  cleanest,  and  best  place  in  the 
city,  where  you  nave  neither  to  whistle  nor  wait.  Swain's  Bakery,  on 
Sutter,  above  Kearny,  is  the  right  place  t->  ^<>  to  for  a  clean,  cheap,  and 
square  meat 

A  Chicago  girl,  while  crossing  Lake  Superior,  lost  one  of  her  shoes 
overboard,  and  now  captains  "f  vessels  arriving  ;>t   Duluth,  ure  telling 

i  of  a  nivsU-rious  marine  monster  which  they  sighted  during 
their  trips.  

A  servant  who  plumed  himself  upon  living  in  a  genteel  family,  was 

nsk.-.l  tli-'  definition  of  the  term,     "where  they  have  two  or  three  kinds 

»'f  win.-,  and  the  gentlemen  Bwear,"  was  the  reply.    That  family  became 

:  by  buying  only  Gerke  wine  of  I.  Landsberger,  of  10  and  12 

Uley.    The  gentleman  gave  up  swearing,  and  subscribed  for  the 

An  Oregon  boy,  who  got  to  school  the  other  day  before  the  master 
and  lii-  fi  Uows,  declared  a  vacancy,  and  east  tlie  whole  vote  of  the  school 
in  Eavorof  ;i  bonday.  Watt's  his  namel  The  teacher  declared  it  a  Crowin 
infamy.  The  whole  crowd  have  been  photographed  by  Bradley  & 
Rulofson,  and  may  be  found  among  the  celebrities  at  their  world  re- 
nowned art  gallery  on  Montgomery  street. 

It  is  foolishness  for  a  man  to  try  to  make  game  of  a  boarding  house 
iking  at  it  under  the  impression  that  a  steady  gaze  of  the  hu- 
man eye  will  make  auy  animal  quau.     But  a  Union  Range,   bought  of 
Mr.  de  la  afontanya,  on  Jackson  st.,  below  Battery,  will  cook  to  a  turn 
fish,  flesh,  fowl,  .nut  even  good  red  herrings.     For  economy,  and  the  per- 
il of  its  results,  it  has  no  rival. 


Anything  But  -A  man  was  killed  recently  at  one  of  our  theaters 
"by  a  weight  which  fell  from  the  flies."  What  falls  from  the  flies  is  thus 
evidently  not  always  a  flyblow. 

Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis,  M.  D.,  etc. ,  may  be  consulted  at  his  office  and 
residence,  520  Sutter  street,  between  Powell  and  Mason  streets,  daily, 
from  1"  \-  '■'  toSP.  H.f  and  from  6  to  8  P.  M.;  on  Sundays  from  llto2 
only.  I'r.  Curtis  is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 
cal Art;  his  publications  can  be  obtained  from  A.  L.  Bancroft  &  Co., 
.■lit-  tor  the  Pacific  coast,  or  from  the  author,  Dr.  Curtis,  520 
Sutter  street,  S.  F.        _ 

A  thin  person  may  succeed  as  a  lecturer,  but  when  a  fat  man  sits 
down  he  always  makes'a  deeper  impression.  Particularly  is  this  the  case 
if  the  chair  or  lounge  baa  been  selected  from  the  softest  and  best,  to  be 
obtained  at  the  great  furniture  warehouse  of  N.  P.  Cole  &  Co.,  of  2_0  to 

226  I'.ush  street. 

A  youngster  said  to  his  mother,  "  I  should  think  if  T  was  made  of 
dust,  I  would  get  muddy  inside  when  I  drink  coffee/'    That  boy's  head 

>  !  vcl.  People  get  muddy  on  the  inside  of  the  upper  story  by  the  poor 
stuff  they  drink.  That  is  why  clear  headed  men  buy  good  "  Old  Cutter 
Whisky  "  from  A.  P.  Hotaling,  429  and  431  Jackson  street. 

The  young  man  who  wrote  and  asked  his  girl  to  accept  a  "  bucket" 
of  flowers  became  a  little  pale  when  she  said  she  wooden  ware  it. 

Music — divine  music— is  the  harmony  of  the  angels.  Heaven  is  one 
vast  opera  company.  There  is  but  one  instrument  on  earth  that  we  know 
of  which  is  fit  to  join  in  the  heavenly  chorusses,  and  that  is  the  piano  of 
Hallet,  Davis  &  Co.     Badger  is  the  agent,  at  13  Sansome  street. 

It  is  a  curious  fact,  but  no  less  curious  than  true,  that  of  the  hun- 
dreds who  have  died  of  small  pox  and  diphtheria,  not  one  drank  Napa 
Soda.  It  follows  that  as  all  who  drink  it  survive  epidemics,  it  is  the 
most  healthful  of  all  popular  drinks. 

What  a  silent  old  world  this  would  be  if  men  talked  only  as  much 
as  they  think.  A  fellow  would  have  to  carry  a  rattle  around  with  him  to 
make  a  noise  with.  But  a  man  may  both  think  .wisely  and  talk  well,  if 
he  will  but  take  in  moderation  a  little  of  heaven's  inspirer.  Go  and  talk 
to  F.  &  P.  J-  Cassin,  523  Front  Street,  about  their  best  liquors,  and  they 
will  tell  you  all  about  it.  

Near  sight,  farsight,  clear  sight,  and  double  sight,  are  all  adjusted 
to  an  exactly  normal  condition  by  Muller,  with  -the  aid  of  his  unrivaled 
spectacles. 


DR.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 
riioronfo   School  «>t    ■exUedne,  Toronto,  July   lllli.  Ihuh.... 
1       I  . .  rtitj  I 

the  Hsdlcsl  Board  for  Upper  a       ■  II.  H.  WHlutil    M.D., 

■ 
Di  liiinu-r'n  Office  l»  m  S18  Butter  rtn  1 1 

TEETH    SAVED! 

Filling:   Teefh    a    N|M<h.l. >.---*.  rv.it     patlOBlOfJ    euleiided     to 
Chloroform  edmlnl  Alter  ten 

instant  pmctloo,  I  oui  guarantee  ntlsfacttou.     I 

.  .bovo  llontgomi  (June  O.J  DR.  UORFFKW,  Dentist 


M- 
author  ol 
miii,  .  Bouts,  i 


DR.    J.    H.    STAL1ARD, 
ember  or  the  Royal  Collece  of  Physicians,  Lomion.  «ic.. 

Female  Qygloou the  Pacific  Coast11    B.B.  Post  and  Kearny. 

1  and  7  to  _  r.M. Februarj 

ARTIFICIAL  TrETH. 

Bountiful    celluloid    plates    uftAde    by   l>r.   Jessup,    corner 
Butter  and  Monl  ts,  al  |20  ;i  sot,  are  tar  superior  i»>  rules 

her,  mill  tin    ■  ■■'■  r  i.|  di-.'  natural  gum. 

niVSKIAN,     81ROEON     AND     ACCOI  CHE  I  It, 

J.    J.    AUERBACH.    M.D., 
March  13.  UOJ  Btoekton  street,  San  Francisco. 

STEELE'S     SQUIRREL      POISON. 
[Patented  October  ISM,  1876.] 

For  sale  by  nil 

Price,  81  per  box.    Made  by  JAMES 
<j.  STEELE  ..v  CO.,  Sao  Francisco,  Cat.    Liberal  discount  to  the  Trade.        Aug.  21. 


Sure  death  to  Squirrels,  Bats,  Gophers,  etc. 
Druggists,  Grocers  and  General  Dealers.    " 


E 


0.    P. 


WARREN,    M.D. 
clcctlc  Physician,  corner  of  Fourteenth   and    Broadway, 

t  ukkmd.  -  June  17. 

N.    MILLER,    M.D, 
)hyslclan,  Oakland.  Office,  lOO-l  Broadway  ; 

Eighth  street. 


Residence,  36-1 

October  2. 


COMMISSION    MERCHANTS. 


D.   F.   Hl'TCHINQS. 


J.  Sanderson. 


D.  M.  Dunne. 
PHOZNIX    OIL    WORKS. 

Established  1S50.— Hatchings  a  Co.,  OH  and  CommlsNfon 
Merchants,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Sperm,  Whale,  Lard,  Machinery  and 
Illuminating  Oils,  517  Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  8. 

J.    C.    MERRILL    &    CO. 
olesale  Auction  Honse,  204  ami  206  California  street. 

Sale  days,  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  at  10  a  m.     Cash  advances  on  consign. 

Dec.  14. 


w 


CHARLES    LE    UAY, 
American  Commlssiu.i  merchant.  -  -  1  Kne  Scribe,  Paris. 

WHOLESALE    CROCERS. 


Newton  Booth,  C.  T.  Wheeler,  Sacramento.  ]  J.  T.  Glover,  W.   W.   Dodoe,  S.   F 
W.    W.    DODGE    &    CO., 

Wholesale  Grocers,  comer  Front  and    Clny  streets,   San 
Francisco. April  1. 

REMOVAL. 

L.  H.  Nbwtos.1  NEWTON    BFOTHERS    &    CO.,  [Morris  Newton. 

Importers  and  wholesale  dealers  in  Teas,  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed  to  204  and  206  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia.   June  7. 

TABER,    HAREER    &    CO., 

Successors  to  Phillips,  Tabcr  A' Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 103  and  110  California  street,  below  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  15. 

A.    S.    R0SENBAUM    ft    CO., 

Southeast  corner  of  California  and  Battery  streets,  invite 
the  attention  of  their  cusLoint_rs  and  others  to  their  large  assortment  of  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands  of  CHEWING  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  C1GAK1TOS.  Consignments  of  Choicest  Brands  of  Cigars  received  bv  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  18  ]  A.  S.  ItOSENBAUM  k  CO. 

\  £&'  PRINTS  TES 

JESJtlTJOE,  -637   SACKAEtENTO    STREET, 

J  BELOW    JIUNTGOMERY. 

BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY  OF    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  dally,  from  10  a.m.  to    1  p.m.,  by  the  under- 
signed, to  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  to  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.                                                    J.  P.  McCURRIE,  Secretary, 
Oct.  23. 730  Montgomery  street. 

BAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  &  CO., 

113  Clay  and  114  Commercial  Streets, 

San  Fr_u.c1-.co.  [May  24. 

CASTLE    BROTHERS.— [Established,  1850.] 

Importers  of  Teas  and  East  India  Ooods,  Nos.213  and  219 
Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  13. 

PERSONS    VJSITING    THE    EAST 

Will   find   full   files   of  Pacific    Coast    papers  and  conve- 
niences for  letter  writing,  etc.,  at  Wells,  Fargo  __  Co.'s  Office,  fiS  Broadway, 
New  York. March  25. 

P.    H.   CANAVAN, 
Real  Estate,   521  Montgomery   Street.   S.   F. 


12 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS 


LETTER    AND 


Feb.   17,  1877. 


ART    JOTTINGS. 

The  increased  attendance  at  the  exhibition  of  the  Art  Association 
gives  evidence  of  the  wisdom  of  the  removal  from  the  old  quarters  farther 
down  the  street ;  the  pictures  now  on  view,  howevei*,  have  been  more 
generally  noticed  by  the  press  than  those  of  any  preceding  collection,  and 
it  is  to  be  hoped  that  at  each  succeeding  exhibition  the  quality  of  the 
pictures  admitted  will  steadily  improve  until  the  gallery  will  cease  to  be, 
as  it  is  now,  free  to  all  comers,  regardless  of  quality.  The  hanging  of  poor 
pictures  sent  in  by  obscure  artists,  or  amateurs,  is  not  the  only  evil  result- 
ing from  this  leniency  ;  it  encourages  artists  of  note  to  impose  upon  the 
Association  by  sending  inferior  and  carelessly  treated  pictures,  and 
demanding  for  them  choice  positions  to  the  exclusion  of  more  meritorious 
works  by  other  artists.  It  is  folly  to  say  that  all  offerings  must  be 
accepted  in  order  to  fill  up  and  make  a  big  show.  All  must  admit  that  if 
one-half  the  pictures  by  local  artists  had  been  excluded,  together  with 
one-third  the  foreign  contributions,  the  present  exhibition  would  have 
been  greatly  improved  ;  it  is  with  good  pictures  as  with  good  people, 
being  seen  in  bad  company  is  detrimental  to  both. 

We  come  next  to  No.  47,  "  Coming  from  the  Shrine,"  by  Virgil  Wil- 
liams, a  picture  by  no  means  a  fair  example  of  this  class  of  subjects  so 
generally  treated  by  Mr.  Williams  ;  although  better  than  "The  Morning 
Call,"  referred  to  last  week,  in  that  it  has  no  particular  defects,  unless  the 
tad-polish  contour  of  the  little  girl's  head  would  be  considered  one.  The 
picture,  however,  is  weak  and  uncertain  in  color,  and  utterly  void  of  any 
of  the  qualities  which  comprise  a  good  picture.  Thomas  Hill  is  repre- 
sented by  two  large  pictures,  but  one  of  which,  No.  50,  "Rescue  of  the 
Innocents,"  is  new  to  the  public.  It  is  sume  months  since  Mr.  Hill 
returned  from  the  Centennial,  where  he  was  awarded  high  honors  for 
pictures  there  exhibited,  and  during  this  time  it  has  been  thought  by  his 
many  friends  that  he  must  be  engaged  upon  some  important  work,  which 
he  purposed  placing  in  the  gallery  of  the  Association  of  which  he  is  a 
time-honored  friend.  In  No.  50.  however,  we  have  a  picture  which, 
despite  its  large  size,  does  not  indicate  that  any  great  amount  of  labor, 
skill  or  care  was  expended  in  its  production — a  picture  which  evidently 
none  but  critics,  who  have  advanced  to  the  Corot  standard  of  art  lore,  can 
possibly  appreciate  or  successfully  defend.  The  picture  is  doubtless 
intended  to  portray  a  scene  more  or  less  tragic  in  character,  although  the 
title  applies  to  burlesque  quite  as  well,  and  whether  it  does  not  come 
nearer  the  latter  than  the  former  is  something  of  an  open  question.  A 
bald  eagle  has  attacked  a  flock  of  sheep,  and  selected  for  his  victim  a 
young  and  very  dead  lamb.  The  shepherd's  dog  comes  to  the  rescue,  and 
this,  with  the  supposed  fright  of  the  flock,  forms  the  subject.  The  small 
size  of  the  bird  would  indicate  that  it  was  a  young  eagle,  were  it  not  for 
the  white  head,  neck  and  tail,  which  are  only  found  upon  this  species  after 
they  are  thxie  years  old.  It  is  drawn  tolerably  true  to  nature,  except  the 
head,  which  shows  an  ignorance  of  ornithology  surprising  in  an  artist  who 
has  before  painted  the  "  bird  emblematic."  All  birds  of  prey  have  a  most 
important  and  distinguishing  feature  in  the  formation  of  the  beak 
called  the  cere,  and  consists  of  a  dense  membrane  saddled  on  the  upper 
mandible  at  the  base  and  extending  over  a  good  portion  of  its  length — say 
a  third—and  out  of  this  open  the  nostrils.  The  most  careful  observer 
will  fail  to  find  either  of  these  prominent  features.  The  upper 
mandible  is  hooked,  as  it  should  be,  but  the  lower  one  is  of  a  shape 
entirely  different  from  that  of  an  eagle,  which  is  quite  blunt  at 
the  apex,  enabling  it  to  fit  into  and  against  the  hooked  shape 
of  th  e  upper  one,  in  stead  of  sharp  as  is  this.  The  lower  bill 
should  be  heavy  and  thick  and  strong,  not  slender  and  sharp,  as  would  be 
a  wood-pecker's.  The  mouth  of  the  bird  is  open,  showing  plainly  the  tongue; 
and  here,  again,  Mr.  Hill  displays  his  carelessness  or  ignorance,  for  he  repre- 
sents it  as  being  smooth,  whereas  an  eagle's  tongue  is  bifid,  and  has  a  barb 
about  half  way  between  the  point  and  the  throat,  and  when  enraged  the 
mouth  is  usually  open  and  this  barb  quite  prominent.  We  are  to  sup- 
pose that  the  eagle  has  just  struck  the  lamb,  from  the  fact  that  a  com- 
panion is  staring  at  the  scene,  while  the  ewe  mother  comes  dashing 
up  to  protect  her  young.  That  little  lamb  was  struck  very  dead,  indeed; 
not  a  struggle  is  visible,  nor  the  indication  of  one,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
wooden  appearance  of  it,  as  well  as  of  the  one  looking  on.  -Again,  the 
ewe  must  be  as  tame  as  "  Mary's  little  lamb,"  and  inured  to  dangers  un- 
usual, that  would,  thus  face  death,  and,  as  it  were,  fight  for  her  young. 
Mr.  Hill  represents  the  flock  of  sheep  running  from  the  right  to  the 
left  in  full  view  of  the  scene.  This  is  quite  improbable,  though  possible, 
for  sheep  will  blindly  follow  a  leader  even  into  danger;  but  most  of  the 
sheep  have  their  mouths  open  in  full  bleat.  This  is  quite  unnatural,  for 
when  running  from  danger  they  are  always  silent.  The  dog  is  represented 
as  nosing  about  the  scruff  of  the  neck  of  the  eagle  as  if  in  play.  This  idea 
is  strengthened,  too,  by  his  position;  he  is  setting  backward,  just  as  a  dog 
will  when  in  play,  or  catching  food  thrown  him.  Of  course  his  face  is 
buried  in  the  bird's  feathers,  so  that  we  are  in  the  dark  as  to  his  expres- 
sion. Mr.  Hill  has  not  even  given  us  a  sight  of  one  of  his  eyes,  though 
the  place  where  the  eye  ought  to  be  is  in  plain  view.  This  pacific  ap- 
pearance is  still  further  confirmed  by  the  mild  mannered  actions  of  the 
eagle;  his  look  is  tame  and  kindly,  and  that  angry  eye  is  nearly  expres- 
sionless. Who  can  doubt  that,  in  a  real  scene,  such  as  is  sought  to  be 
shown,  those  talons  would,  in  an  instant,  be  buried  in  the  breast  of  the 
dog  ?  The  landscape  in  the  picture— the  hills,  sky  and  vegetation— are  all 
that  could  be  looked  for,  even  from  Mr.  Hill.  Of  course  these  latter  are 
made  accessories,  but  still  they  are  beautifully  rendered,  and  it  is  a  pity 
that  such  masterly  painting  should  be  marred  in  the  manner  we  have  set 
forth.  Even  the  shepherd  is  painted  in  the  most  conventional  manner, 
holding  a  long  stick  in  the  middle  and  both  arms  uplifted  to  the  full 
length,  just  as  we  have  been  used  to  seeing  women  represented  as  running 
after,  tumbled  over  or  otherwise  embarrassed  offspring.  Of  all  the  sheep  in 
the  picture,  but  one  gives  evidence  of  any  motion,  and  that  is  the  ewe 
coming  to  the  rescue,  and  even  the  natural  appearance  of  this  one  is  sadly 
spoiled  by  the  impossible  position  of  the  right  hind  leg.  _  Some  of  the 
sheep  in  the  middle  distance  have  the  hind  legs  stuck  as  straight,  even  and 
stiff  as  any  toy  lamb.  The  Jottings,  some  years  ago  took  occasion  to 
sharply  criticise  a  certain  composite  bird  of  Hill's,  wherein  he  gave  us  a 
fairly  good  eagle's  head,  with  an  equally  truthful  buzzard's  foot,  and  simi- 
larly to  the  first  one,  this  is  not  even  an  "  Eagle  bird  by  chance."  He 
seems  to  have  taken  our  criticism  in  good  part,  and  has  now  given  us  an 
elegant  pair  of  talons,  but  has  clearly  lost  his  grip  on  the  head.  The  plot 
is  too  thin  to  capture  our  halting  faith.  "  Innocence  "  is  dead — we  have 
no  need  of  the  "Rescue."  Let  us  not  be  understood  as  dispairing  of  this 
artist's  achieving  an  eagle  yet — in  fact  we  have  set  our  heart  upon  it — and 


shall  not  abandon  the  hope,  on  the  principle  of  "  three  times,  and  out" — 
unless  he  make  another  failure.  And  now  we  will  call  attention  to  a  really 
superb  work  by  Mr.  Hill.  It  can  be  seen  in  the  gallery,  No.  20  Post 
street.  It  is  a  full  length  portrait  of  the  artist's  little  son  with  his  favorite 
dog.  We  say  it  is  a  portrait,  yet  so  deftly  is  it  handled  that  one  looks  at 
it  with  no  feeling  that  it  is  one— nothing  of  the  realism  generally  found  in 
portraiture.  The  likeness  is  no  doubt  good,  albeit  it  is  a  fine  face,  full  of 
expression,  and  the  entire  figure  is  most  natural  and  boy-like.  The  dog, 
too,  is  life-like  and  natural,  as  he  lovingly  gazes  into  the  face  of  his  mas- 
ter. The  massing  of  wild  flowers  in  and  about  the  picture  takes  from  it, 
most  effectually,  any  idea  of  realism  it  might  otherwise  possess.  All  the 
accessory  painting  is  done  with  a  freedom  of  touch  and  delicacy  of  color 
such  as  is  seldom  seen  except  in  works  put  out  by  the  best  French  mas- 
ters.   Art  Association  catalogue  resumed  next  week. 


SEWERAGE,  SMALL-POX  AND  DIPHTHERIA. 
Poisonous  sewerage  and  disease  may  not  be  convertible  terms,  but 
they  have  a  close  alliance  one  with  the  other.  Our  wretched  sewers,  all 
choked  and  alarmingly  poisoned  as  they  are,  serve  as  the  cause,  of  which 
disease,  in  epidemic  forms,  is  the  effect.  The  present  death  rate  of  our 
city  is  terribly  high,  but  who  shall  say  that  it  will  not  soon  be  higher?  If 
the  winter  passes  away,  as  it  seems  as  if  it  will,  without  thoroughly  clean- 
ing out  the  sewers,  then  who  shall  tell  what  the  next  summer  may  bring 
forth  ?  The  exciting  cause  of  small-pox,  diphtheria  and  malarial  fevers 
will  remain  festering  under  our  feet,  and  as  positively  as  day  follows  the 
night,  as  certainly  as  effect  is  traceable  to  cause,  and  as  surely  as  miasma 
poisons  and  kills,  so  surely  will  our  long  pent  up  disease-laden  sewerage 
produce  a  terrible  epidemic,  whose  dimensions  may  well  alarm  the  world. 
The  case  of  Buenos  Ayers  cannot  be  too  often  mentioned,  or  too  vividly 
described.  A  great  city,  with  a  climate  almost  amounting  to  perfection,  was 
decimated  by  fever  resulting  from  neglected  sewerage.  Business  was 
brought  to  a  stand  still,  thousands  fled  the  city  and  tens  of  thousands  died 
premature  deaths,  so  that  there  was  hardly  left  sufficient  well  people  to 
bury  the  dead.  Horror  and  sorrow  took  hold  of  ev^ry  household.  The 
city  lost  its  fair  fame  for  "pure  air"  and  healthfulness,  and  is  shunned  to 
this  day.  We  have  all  the  exciting  causes  of  just  suck  an  epidemic  pres- 
ent in  our  midst.  Already,  too,  we  have  signs  of  its  possible  approach. 
Diphtheria,  small-pox  and  fever  having  made  their  appearance,  are  daily 
increasing  the  number  of  their  victims.  All  this  should  stir  our  citizens 
to  action.  Yet  no  adequate  effort  is  being  suggested,  much  less  put  forth. 
Nero  fiddled|whilst  Rome  was  burning,  and  the  people  of  San  Francisco 
remain  with  folded  arms  whilst  the  grim  visage  of  death  stares  them  in 
the  face.  That  seething  mass  of  corruption  which  remains  in  all  the  sew- 
ers between  Montgomery  street  and  the  water  front  must  be  speedily  sent 
on  a  voyage  through  the  Golden  G-ate  out  into  the  waters  of  the  broad 
Pacific  ocean,  or  else  a  terrible  scourge  must  inevitably  ensue.  City 
Fathers,  members  of  the  Board  of  Health,  Grand  Jurors,  members  of  the 
Mechanics'  Institute,  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  of  Mutual  Aid  Socie- 
ties, and  every  citizen  who  has  a  life  that  he  values,  should  be  up  and 
doing.  A  remedy  for  the  threatened  evil  ought  to  be,  can  be,  discovered. 
An  ounce  of  prevention  is  better  than  a  pound  of  cure. 


THE  EVENING  EMETIC. 
That  diseased,  old,  Czapskay-doctored  organ,  the  Bulletin,  vomits 
forth  half  a  column  of  hog-wash  in  its  last  issue,  purulent  with"  bilious 
spite,  against  the  News  Letter,  and  reeking  with  the  fetid  slime  of  its 
head  worm,  Fitch.  The  Bulletin  is  indeed  a  very  worm,  a  peculiar 
worm,  which,  when  the  head  is  lopped  off,  gathers  and  exudes  filth  from 
the  mutilated  and  wriggling  body  that  is  left.  It  is  a  noisome,  foul 
weed,  such  as  grows  in  a  green,  dank  pond,  and  poisons  the  birds  and 
animals  that  venture  to  bask  in  it.  The  Bulletins  friendship  is  a  dark, 
rotten  death;  its  enmity,  a  healthy  stimulant.  In  its  venomous  spleen  it 
mercilessly  spits  a  poor,  silly  correspondent  of  a  New  York  paper,  who 
has  maligned  San  Francisco  society,  as  an  excuse  for  wrapping  its  beastly, 
clammy  coils  around  all  who  are  opposed  to  its  daily  putrescent  issue  of 
sewerage.  It,  the  foulest  and  most  damnably-convicted  blackmailer 
known  to  the  community,  attacks  the  Chronicle  on  the  water  question, 
ourselves  on  general  principles,  and  couples  both  with  a  low  sheet  that 
shall  be  nameless.  With  the  pitiable  sneer  of  a  whelping  poltroon  it 
hints  at  several  "gross  libelers,"  who  either  are  or  will  soon  be  lying  in 
jail.  If  ever  Satan  tried  to  rebuke  sin  (which  we  doubt)  he  erred,  but  a 
still  greater  insult  to  vice  is  for  the  sloughing  sore  known  as  the  Bulletin 
to  express  its  approval  of  it.  To  be  condemned  by  this  hideous  journal- 
istic ulcer  is  to  have  surely  done  well,  and  so,  in  common  with  all  good 
men,  whom  it  has  killed  or  tried  to  kill,  from  James  King  of  William, 
Adams  &  Co.,  Palmer,  Cook  &  Co.,  and  Sullivan,  up  to  the  late  Wm. 
Ralston,  we  can  say:  "  Thank  God!  for  the  hate  of  that  leprous  sheet, 
the  San  Francisco  Bulletin.'"  It  has,  however,  not  yet  killed  us,  and  is 
at  present  not  likely  to  do  so.  If  the  Chronicle  feels  alarmed  it  has  a  cu- 
rious way  of  showing  it.  At  latest  dates  the  Bulletin  resembled  a  foul 
tarantula,  whose  dirty  blue  and  green  blood  was  being  slowly  squeezed 
out  of  it  by  the  relentless  heel  of  its  morning  contemporary. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICES, 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Home  Mutual  Insurance  Company.  — Tbis  Company  will 
pay  a  dividend  of  1  per  cent,  upon  the  capital  stock  on  and  after  February 
10,  1877.  CHARLES  R.  STORY,  Secretary, 

February  10.  406  California  street. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Masonic  Savings  and  Loan  Bank,  No.  6  Post  Street, 
ftlasome  Temple,  San  Francisco. — At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of 
this  Batik,  held  January  18th,  1877,  a  Dividend  was  declared  at  the  rate  of  Nine  (9) 
per  cent,  per  annum  on  Term  Deposits  and  Seven  and  One-Half  (7A)  per  cent,  per  an- 
num on  Ordinary  Deposits,  for  the  Semi-Annual  Term  ending  January  2lst,  1S77, 
payable  on  and  after  January  25th,  1877,  free  of  Federal  Taxes. 
Jan.  27.  H.    T.  CRAVES,  Secretary. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

French  Mutual  Provident  Saving's  and  Loan   Society. .--A 
Dividend  of  nine  (9)  per  cent,  per  annum,  free  of  Federal  Taxes,  for  the  six 
months  ending  December  31_1S7(>,  was  declared  at  the  Annual  Meeting  held  on  Jan- 
uary 15,  1877,  payable  on  and  after  January  17,  1877.     Bv  order. 
Jan.  20.  GUSTAVE  MAHE,  Director. 


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NED    ADAMS    AND    NED    SOTHERN. 
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|ii!ttn»ti'>n  "f   the  wiinniit'jtrt.  <i  friendship  and  brotherhood 
which  riutn  nui  no)}  don,  but  also, 

■t"  tip-  tmrtltii  "  "t  uur  A  uly  life,  auu>iup*t  the  public  of  San  Fran- 

that  evening  i-  noticed  elsewhere  in  oar  column**,  and  we 

.•nIv  revert  to  it  t->  lympathy  with  the  gnat  actor,  and  to 

kindly  action  "i  one  of  Mr.  A. lam--'  oldest  and  best  friends  "ii 

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M :   Sot)      i,  .mil  "  N<  .1"  Adams  have  been  acquaintances  and  "  chums" 

any  lime  for  the  paat  twenty  years,  and  ento  rtsun  for  each  other  that  ten- 

rr^rd  and  affection  which   is  hardly  to  I"-  found  except 

uch   men  s  friend  is 
ban  a  brother,  and  Damon  thinks  no  ■aerifies  i>  too  great,  no  self • 
i.  for  him   '..■  cheerfully  submit   to,  it   Pythias  can 
rvod  or  beneBted.     It  i-  weU   known  that   Mr.   Sothern 
i  in  San  Francisco  after  the  oonclusioDof  his  engagement  at  the 
Calif ornia  Theater,  for  the  purpose  of  adding  t"  the  attraction  of  Mou- 
oinir'a  performance,  and  thai  1"  For  $500  to  the  box 

the  pro  ■■  of  a  seat  in  the  house.  This  is  only  the  generous  con- 
duct that  might  have  been  expected  "f  the  man  by  all  who  know  his 
worth. 

It  may  not  be  so  generally  known  that  Mr.  Sothern  stul  remains  in 
San  Krai                                                    rams  of  money  that  will  be  the 
(.•iialiy  »>f  bis  failing  to  keep  his  en                    in  other  cities,  for  the  sole 
tending  what  may.  we  fear,  only  too  probably 
oe  the  hw»t  moments  of  his  beloved  friend.     Bines  Monday,  Mr.  Adams, 
whoattir>t  seemed  to  have  been  affected  for  good  by  the  excitement  of 
the  evening,  baa  gradually  declined    He  has  not  tasted  food  for  four 
days  :  and  bis  bile,  so  dear  to  all  who  ever  knew  the  good,  brave  fellow, 
conch  his  devoted  wife  and  his  beloved 
d  i  Sothern  keep  watch,  tearfully  striving  to  make  smooth  the  i»ntli 
i..  the  gateway  of  that  other  bright  and   happy  life  which  must  surely 
await  one  who  has  lived  here  bo  guilelessly  as  Ned  Adams.    Mr.  Sothern  s 
solicitude  for  his  friend,  exercised  as  it  is  at  a  sacrifice  which  few 
men  in  these  selfish  days  would  feel  called  upon  to  make,  needs  no  com- 
ment.   

DRAGONS  IN  THE  WATER  ! 
Many  years  ago  Professor  Pepper,  the  English  .scientist,  used  to  give 
lectures  at  the  Polytechnic  Institute  in  London.  One  of  his  favorite 
pastimes  consisted  in  mafnufying  filtered  water  forty  million  times,  and 
reflecting  it  on  a  huge  sheet  in  the  lecture  room.  The  result  showed  six- 
foot  drains  cavorting  arouud  with  enormous  zoophytes  ami  huge  eels, 
while  mammoth  snails  and  gigantic  worms  rolled  over  and  over  in  ceaseless 
and  unending  jollity.  A  precisely  similar  excitement  is  now  being  gotten 
it  the  Spring  Valley  water.  Nobody  pretends  that  the  water 
which  flows  through,  the  mains  of  any  gTeat  city  is  perfectly  pure.  House- 
-  mould  have  filters  in  .San  Francisco  just  as  people  do  elsewhere. 
Ths  whole  excitement  is  a  tempest  in  a  tea-pot  Every  child  knows  that 
animal  life  exists  in  ordinary  water,  and  it  the  idea  is  unpleasant  the 
.  is  at  band  for  a  small  outlay.  Our  California  boys  and  yirls  have 
do  peers  in  Bize  and  health,  and  the  "red  bugs,"  '*  cyclops,"  and  other 
denizens  of  our  faucets  do  uot  seem  visibly  to  affect  them.  But  times  are 
dull,  and  even  the  election  question  is  Btagnant,  so  a  little  hullaballoo 
about  the  impurity  of  our  water  comes  a  la  bonru  funrc  to  the  thought- 
racked  and  brain-drained  journalist.  If  the  Spring  Valley  Water  Works 
pretend  to  supply  each  house  in  this  city  with  charcoal  and  carbon  filtered 
water,  then  abuse  them.  As  long  as  they  give  just  as  pure  water  as  auy 
other    water  company  in  the  world  there  can  he  no  pretence  for  the  flimsy 

agitation  of  the  question,  except  the  omnipotent  argument  of  dollars  and 
cents.     Ine  iVeies  Letter**  wood  engraver  is  busily  engaged  on  a  cut  of  a 

beast  found  alive  only  in  very  old  and  pure  brandy.  It  has  a  very  jovial 
appearance,  nothing  herbaceous  or  crustaceous  about  it,  is  fitted  with  an 
armor  plated  back  and  a  corkscrew  head  which  will  work  its  way  through 
any  bottle.  Airain,  Madeira,  forty  years  old.  contains  insects  which,  we 
are  told,  can  be  resuscitated  after  their  long  "  drunk  "  the  moment  air  is 
admitted  to  the  wine.  The  last  Lord  Mayor's  dinner  exhibited  some 
animalculce  in  the  civic  water  decanters  which  were  freely  commented 
on.  It  was  found  that  they  were  the  result  of  excessive  rain  and  a  turbid 
condition  of  the  New  River.  The  Soring  Valley  mains  have  also  been  af- 
fi  cted  temporarily  and  slightly  by  tue  late  rains;  but  no  apology  is  needed 
in  the  premises,  as  the  troul.de  sought  to  be  created  is  not  even  an  eight- 
day  sensation.     The  cyclops  in  the  water  is,  indeed,  a  pig  in  a  poke. 


HI0HK3T  STOCK  QUOTATIONS  FOB  WEEK  ENDING  *Efi.  16, 1S77. 


Sauk  or  Ulna 


During  the  past  few  weeks  the  ZVews  Letter  office  has  been  inun- 
dated with  letters  from  females  of  every  age  and  creed,  asking  for  some 
information  as  to  the  condition  of  tiie  Baby  market!  Indisputable  as  our 
quotations  are  on  the  stock  and  other  markets,  we  have  as  yet  been  unable 
to  furnish  the  required  information,  and  in  fact  have  been  considerably  in 
the  dark  as  to  the  exact  purport  and  cause  of  the  inquiries.  At  the 
eleventh  hour  one  lady,  more  explicit  than  her  neighbors,  has  succeeded 
in  throwing  some  little  light  on  the  subject.  She  mentions  that  of  late  an 
advertisement  has  frequently  caught  her  eye  of  " 'Helen's  Babies  sold 
here  !  *  I  write  to  know  particulars  as  to  age,  color,  etc.,  and  whether 
Helen's  productions  claim  any  advantage  over  those  of  any  other  brand." 
She  also  finds  fault  with  the  low  figure  at  which  these  little  treasures  are 
quoted — "one  dollar,  in  cloth"— and  seems  greatly  agitated  over  the 
question  as  to  whether  the  cloth  iB  only  shoddy,  or  a  really  serviceable 
material  for  the  infant's  necessary  continuations !  To  these  inquiring 
matrons  we  can  only  reply  that  not  being  well  up  in  the  subject,  we  are 
loth  to  pass  an  opinion,  but  that  we  firmly  believe  that  Helen's  brand  is 
as  good  as  they  make  them,  and  the  cloth  not  to  be  sneezed  at.  In  fact, 
for  nursery  furniture,  the  infants  in  question  will  prove  a  decided  success, 
at  least  in  the  matter  of  keeping  tolerably  quiet ! 

Come  Veal,  Come  Veau.  -  A  town  pastor  preaching  in  the  country 
recently,  referred  to  the  "fatted  calf  "  as  one  that  had  been  loved  by 
the  prodigal's  family  for  many  years.  When  a  clergyman  re-veals  sucn 
gnorance  as  this  the  School  Board  should  look  calfter  him. 


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Assessments  are  now  due  on  the  Stocks  above  marked  thus  * 

There  is  at  least  one  tlrug  worse  than  libeling  a  rogue,  and  that  is 
anting  him  to  cover  up  his  tracks  anil  get  away  quietly  with  his  booty. 
Bulletin  please  copy. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND 


Feb.  17,  1877. 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Ten  Thousand  at  Home  and  Abroad. 

The  "Westminster  Gazette"  learns  on  good  authority  from  Rome 
that  the  young  Prince  Louis  Napoleon  has  been  initiated  by  Prince 
Humbert  into  the  mysteries  of  Italian  Freemasonry. — 

The  Pope  is  very  dissatisfied  with  the  conduct  of  the  ex-Empress  Eu- 

fle'ne  and  of  her  son.  Pius  IX.  had  advised  the  young  Prince  tr>  quit 
taly  as  soon  as  possible.  This  judicious  advice,  however,  has  not  been 
followed  ;  on  the  contrary,  the  Empress  has  been  very  assiduous  in  her 
visits  to  the  Quirinal,  and  is  in  constant  intercourse  with  those  of  the  no- 
ble families  in  Rome  who  are  partisans  of  King  Victor  Emanuel.  For 
these  reasons  the  Pope  refused  to  dispense  with  his  own  hands  the  Holy 
Communion  both  to  the  Empress  and  the  Prince.  As  the  Empres  Eu- 
genie's request  was  made  to  him  thePopesaid,  " Anche,  l'altro  presto  la  Santa 
Comunione,  a  Sant  Anna  dorata."  By  the  "other  "  the  Pope  meant  Na- 
poleon III.  The  Pope  held  up  as  an  example  to  the  Empress  and  the 
Prince  the  conduct  of  Don  Carlos,  who,  on  his  recent  visit  to  Rome  sought 
the  Apostolic  blessing,  and  ■  n  advice  at  once  took  his  departure  from 
Italy.  The  ex-Empress  and  ih:  Prince  Imperial  on  Jan.  9th  attended 
a  solemn  mass  at  the  San+a  Cruce  for  the  repose  of  the  soul  of  the  late 
Emperor.  On  New  Year  b  Day  the  Prince  sent  a  curious  greeting  to  each 
Cardinal  to  whom  he  had  been  presented — a  tine  eel  bearing  in  its  mouth 
a  visiting  card.  This  was  said  to  be  a  traditionary  gift  of  the  Bonapartes 
to  the  princes  of  the  Church. 

A  curious  rumor  is  afloat,  for  which  the  Spectator  does  not  vouch, 
that  the  Porte,  in  its  eagerness  for  money,  has  offered  to  sell  the  Heredit- 
ary Pashalic  of  the  Holy  Land  to  any  candidate  accepted  by  the  Jews, 
in  return  for  a  loan.  The  transaction  would  be  one  of  the  most  singular 
in  history,  but  is  is  not  beyond  the  range  of  possibility.  Palestine  needs 
nothing  hut  irrigation  and  trees,  and  though  the  Jews  dislike  agricul- 
ture, fellaheen  sufficient  might  be  attracted  from  Egypt.  The  restoration 
of  the  Jews,  with  Lord  Beaconsfield  for  first  King,  would  be  an  incident 
romantic  enough  to  satisfy  even  the  imagination  of  the  author  of  "  Alroy." 
If  the  Jews  refuse,  the  Turks  should  ask  Brigham  Young  to  make  a  bid. 
His  agents  were  said,  twelve  months  ago,  to  be  sounding  the  Porte,  and 
studying  the  capabilities  of  the  country,  and  the  Mormon  leader  would 
glide  easily  into  the  position  of  a  Pacha. 

Wig  Grace  of  Marlborough  in  his  first  public  appearance  as  Viceroy 
of  Ireland  has  been  true  to  himself,  as  witness  this  extract  from  his  ad- 
dress in  reply  to  the  congratulations  of  the  Town  Commissioners  of  Kings- 
town. "Landing  (said  his  Grace)  in  this  spacious  harbor,  which,  fa- 
vored by  natural  advantages,  is  evidence  of  the  highest  enterprise  and  en- 
gineering skill  which  is  a  monument  of  the  country,  and  tends  so  largely 
to  its  commercial  prosperity,  I  am  forcibly  reminded  of  what  Ireland  is 
capable  of  becoming."  If  his  Grace  really  did  land  in  the  harbor,  he 
must  have  got  very  wet.  Is  Ireland  defunct,  that  a  harbor  qr  anything 
else  can  be  called  its  monument?  And  how  can  a  man,  even  a  Viceroy, 
be  "reminded"  of  what  he  himself  declares  to  be  in  the  future  poten- 
tial ? 

The  marriage  of  Lady  Georgina  Seymour,  the  last  unmarried,  but  not 
the  youngest  nor  the  least  charming,  of  the  daughters  of  the  Marquis  of 
Hartford,  with  Captain  Moray,  was  solemnized  at  St.  Peter's,  Eaton- 
square,  on  the  23d  ult.  It  is  the  fashion  nowadays  to  display  the  bridal 
presents,  and  her  ladyship's  were  rich,  and  certainly  not  in  one  sense 
rare,  for  they  might  have  filled  a  shop-front  in  Bond-street.  Her  Maj- 
esty's present  had  not  arrived  when  I  inspected  them,  but,  said  Jeames 
de  la  Plushe,  'We  all  know  what  it  will  be — an  Indian  shawl.' — The 
World. 

The  first  great  ball  was  given  at  the  Elysees  lately.  Great  prepara- 
tions seem  to  have  been  made  for  it.  It  is  said  that  21,000  applications 
were  made,  and  5,000  invitations  given.  The  ordinary  drawing-rooms 
were  increased  by  supplementary  constructions.  The  buffet  received  pe- 
culiar attention,  and  champagne  flowed  amply.  The  Marshall  and  Ma- 
dame MacMahon  had  each  to  bow  4,000  or  5,000  times,  from  nine  in  the 
evening'  till  midnight. 

A  grand  mediaeval  tournament,  on  the  pattern  of  that  at  Egling- 
ton  Castle,  at  which  Prince  Louis  Napoleon,  afterwards  Emperor,  Count 
cTOrsay,  the  wild  Lord  Waterford,  and  other  preux  chevaliers  of  that  day 
took  part,  is  to  be  held  on  the  shaven  sward  of  Hurlingham  in  the  coming 
summer.  It  is  expected  that  the  Princess  of  Wales  will  consent  to  offi- 
ciate as  Lady  Paramount. —  Yorick. 

The  frontage  of  the  'leg  of  mutton'  piece  of  land  in  Northumber- 
land-avenue, opposite  Morley's  Hotel,  London,  has  at  last  been  sold  for 
a  new  hotel  at  the  enormous  ground-rent  of  £9,000  per  annum.  This  will 
leave  the  back  part  of  the  ground^or  other  speculators,  and  a  new  theater 
and  a  new  concert-hall  are  among  the  probabilities  of  the  position. — The 
World. 

Violets  have  been  so  plentiful  in  France,  owing  to  the  mildness  of  the 
season,  that  on  Jan.  15th,  the  anniversary  of  the  late  French  Emperor's 
death,  there  appeared  to  be  a  gmwth  of  Imperialism.  We  are  assured 
that  no  influence  other  than  warm  weather  favored  the  floral  exhibition, 
in  which  true  Imperialists  take  delight. 

The  brother  and  heir  of  the  dethroned  Taicoon  of  Japan  is  at  this 
moment  fixed  in  Paris  as  a  student.  He  is  a  gentlemanly  young  man. 
The  Mikado  allows  him  £200  a  year  for  his  expenses.  Iflii  lapsus.'  Ten 
years  ago  thirty  millions  of  people  trembled  at  his  name  I — The   World. 

We  hear  from  a  private  source  that  those  about  the  person  of  that 
fine  old  soldier  the  Emperor  of  Germany  are  not  a  little  concerned  at  the 
state  of  his  health.  His  Imperial  Majesty  is  suffering  from  dropsy  in  the 
feet 

It  is  announced  that  about  1,100  head  of  pheasants  were  killed  du- 
ring the  three  days'  stay  of  the  Prince  of  Wales  at  Eastwell  Park.  One 
day  the  Prince  in  a  hot  corner  shot  twenty-seven  birds  in  five  minutes. 

The  widow  of  the  late  Earl  Howe,  of  England,  jumped  from  a  win- 
dow of  her  residence  in  London,  recently,  and  was  killed.  The  Countess 
was  about  fifty  years  of  age. 


VERDICT  ALWAYS  FOR   THE  DAVIS'  VERTICAL  FEED    SEWING 
MACHINE. 

The  Centennial  Oolil  Meilal  and  Diploma,  1876 ;  the  Scott 
Medal,  1875  ;  the  Franklin  Institute  Medal,  1S74.  The  Report  of  the  Centennial 
Commission  sa.vs  :  "The  DAVIS  is  awarded  the  Grand  Gold  Medal  of  Honor  and 
Diploma  of  Merit  for  excellent  material  and  construction,  adapted  to  the  greatest 
range  of  work."  We  claim  sales  unprecedented,  and  satisfaction  universal.  In  its 
construction  it  differs  from  all  others,  and  is  equaled  by  none.  As  an  earnest  of  what 
is  here  claimed,  the  Manufacturers  challenge  all  others  for  a  friendly  contest,  either 
for  amusement  or  a  more  substantial  consideration.  The  Family  Machine  is  Hjrht 
running  and  easily  comprehended  ;  has  an  ingenious  device  "to  take  up"  lost  motion 
or  wear,  which,  to  a  machinist,  is  positive  proof  of  durability.  We  are  pleased  to 
refer  to  machines  in  manufacturing  establishments  here,  where  they  have  been  in 
constant  use  for  nearly  three  years,  to  verify  the  above.  Has  received  more  medals 
and  complimentary  testimonials  than  any  other  in  the  same  length  of  time.  Manu- 
facturers are  especially  invited  to  examine  our  No.  1,  just  out.  Agents  wanted  in 
all  unoccupied  territory.  MARK  SHELDON,  Gen'l  Agent  for  the  Pacific  Coast, 

Dec.  23.  No.  130  Post  street. 

A.    S.    HALLIDIE, 

Importer.  Dealer  ami  Manufacturer  of  Wire  Goods,  Wire 
Rope,  Wire  Screens,  Iron  and  Brass  Battery  Cloth,  etc.  Wire  Screens  for  win- 
dows and  doors,  and  all  kinds  of  Wire  Work  on  hand  and  made  to  order.  Sole  Agent 
for  Torrey's  Weather  Strips,  to  exclude  dust  and  rain,  and  Hoi loway's  Fire  Extin- 
guisher. Proprietor  of  the  Patent  Endless  Ropeway.  Experienced  workmen  always 
on  hand  to  fit  up  orders.     California  Wire  Works  :  b:  CALIFORNIA  ST.        Dec.  23. 

F.  0.  Snow.]  SNOW    &    MAY'S    ART    GALLERY.  [W.  B.  May. 

SNOW    A    MAT. 

IMPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 

Pictures,    Frames,    Holding's,    and   Artists'    Materials. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  Dec.  19. 


OPENING  OF  RaRE  AND  ELEGANT  BOOKS! 

HH.  Moore  takes  pleasure  in  announcing*  that  having1  re- 
»  turned  from  his  annual  purchasing  trip  to  the  great  Eastern  and  European 
Literary  Depositories,  that  he  has  received  and  now  has  open  the  largest  assortment 
of  ANTIQUE  and  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before  brought  to  this  city,  con- 
sisting of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
fail  to  find  the  most  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  either  old  or  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  varied  stock.  Gift  Books  in  Great  Variety.  Call  and  examine 
our  stock.  [Dec.  10.]  H.  H.  MOORE,  009  Montgomery  street. 

JOYCE'S    SPORTING    AMMUNITION. 

[ESTABLISHED  1820.] 

The  attention  of  Sportsmen  is  invited  to  the  following 
Ammunition,  of  the  best  quality,  now  in  general  use  throughout  England, 
India  and  the  Colonies  :  Joyce's  Treble  Waterproof  and  F  3  Quality  Percussion 
Caps;  Chemically- pre  pared  Cloth  and  Felt  Gun  Wadding;  Joyce's  Gas-Tight  Car- 
tridges, for  Pin-fire  and  Central-fire  Breech-loading  Guns  ;  Wire  Cartridges,  for  killing 
game  at  long  distances,  and  every  description  of  Sporting  Ammunition.  Sold  by 
all  gun-makers  and  dealers  in  gunpowder. 

FREDERICK  JOYCE  &  CO.,  Patentees  and  Manufacturers, 
Dec.  30. 57  Upper  Thames  street,  London. 

AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  been  invented  by  the  Queen's  Own  Company  of  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  so  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creatiug  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  $2  for  buffalo  handles,  $3  for  ivory  ; 
by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  bv  the  sole  agents  in  the 
United  States.  NATHAN  JOSEPH  &  CO., 

September  2.  No.  641  Clay  street,  S.  F. 

LEA    AND    PERRINS'    SAUCE. 

In  consequence  of  spnrions  imitations  of  WORCESTER- 
SHIRE SAUCE,  which  are  calculated  to  deceive  the  public,  Eli  A  AND 
P£UKI.\S  have  adopted  A  NEW  LABEL  BEARING  THEIR  SIGNATURE, 
LEA  &  PERRINS,  which  is  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUCE, 
and  without  which  none  is  genuine. 

Ask  for  LEA  &  PERRINS'  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrapper,  label,  bottle  and  stop- 
per Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  Blackwefi, 
London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  bv  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  be  obtained  of 


Dee. 


MESSRS.  CROSS  &  CO.,  San  Francisco. 


CAUTION— BETTS'S  PATENT  CAPSULES. 

The  public  ;nTir»|i*'((i'i:lS,"    <■:;  utioi  *'<!  that  B^Um'm  Patent  Capsules 
are  being  Infringed.    BETTS'S  name  is  upon  every  Capsule  he  makes  lor  the 

hauling  Merchants  at  home  r.nd  abroad,  and  he  is  (he  Onlv  Inventor  and  Sole  Maker 
In  the  United  Kingdom.    Manufactory:  1.  Wharf  Road,  City  Road,  London, 

Axr>  BoRTiKAUx.  France. .Tune  lh. 

CONSUMPTION,   INDCGE3TI0N    AND  WASTING   DISEASES. 

The  most  efficacious  remeflies  are  Pancreatic  Emulsion  and 
Pancreatine.  The  original  and  genuine  prepared  only  by  SAVORY  &  MOURE, 
143  New  Bond-street,  London.  Sold  by  them  and  all  Chemists  and  Storekeepers 
throughout  Canada  and  the  United  States.  Dec.  30. 

FOR  SALE. 
c  .^A  ftffefk  First  Mortgage  Bonds  of  the  Nevada  County 
^P?_#"  "a""^.""  "  Narrow  Gauge  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1876,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  8  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wells,  Fargo  &.  Co.,  in  this  city.  No  more  desirable  investment  can  be  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit.        [Sept.  9.]        ANDREW  BAIRD,  No.  304  California  street. 

BLANK    BOOKS 

Sold  from  stock  or  manufactured  to  order  from  the  Care w 
Extra  Fine  Ledger  Paper,  by  JOHN  G.  HODGE  &  CO.,  Importers,   Manufac- 
turers and  Wholesale  Stationers,  327,  329  and  331  Sansome  street,  S.  F.        Nov.  11. 

WILLIAM    HARNEY, 
"VTotary  Public  and  Commissioner  of  Deeds,  northwest  cor- 

J3I      ner  of  Montgomery  and  Sacramento  streets,  San  Franciscj,  office  of    Madison 
&  Burke. Aprii  20. 

EPPINGER'S    SALOON. 

Louis  Enplnger,  formerly  of  Hal  leek  street,  has  removed 
to  Nevada  Block  (entrance  on  Summer  street).     Will  be  happy  to  see  all   hie 
friends.     MILWAUKEE  BEER  a  Specialty. Sept  30. 


B.  F  Flint,    Flint,  Bixbt  &  Co.]  [  J.  Lee.    D.  W.  Folger 

A.  P.  FLINT    &   CO., 

Graders,  Packers  and  Dealers  in  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  29. 

CL  X  TCfii^^  a  Week  to  Agents.    §10  Outfit  Free. 

mPw/HwI     #       February  10.  P.  O.  VICKERY,  Auynsta,  Maine. 


!•>»..   IT.  1877. 


CA1  [F0RN1  \     ADVEKTISEK. 


15 


SPECIAL    BREVITIES. 


The  bod* 


l  in  a  im>t*llic 
WW  in 
from  the  coffin 

;.U.-II  .if    th.'    fOlploj 

it   linn.     Winn  tin-  train  >: 

I.     On  the  :ini\iil  of  the  body  at  I 

i  that  th-  in. ui  bad  cirt:»i:  nsneaf,  and  dTea 

ttb.     Hi*  hnmln  were  clinch*  I,  iii*<  bitten,  ami  month  full  of 

led  of  asphyxia.     Hmd  the  agant  Inrinttd  upon 

i  when  he  brat  heard  the  moans,  be  would  have 

rtae  atmospheric  disturbance  whiob  i*  deluging  Wsftern  Europe 
.-  now  Likely  to  be  accompanied  03  move- 
-nu»  in  (he  cruet  of  the  earth  it-It.-    Fornaarlj  rl   Blount 

shown  eigne  of  awakening  from  the  repose  which  - 

ntion  of   LB74     Professor  Palmiert,  who  reeidee  at  the 

.    ■mi Vesuvius, now s  the  apparent  approach 

rt.     The  instruments  in  the  i  tbservatory  have  shown  signs  *>f 

it.»tiMii,  and   the  amoke   ha*  boon  issuing  in  increased  quantitii  -     The 

iver,  more   than  usually  pent  up,  and  the  outburst,  if  there  is 

.-.  will  be  correspondingly  inl 

The  Lombard  Street  Poteutate.  —That  was  gaits  n  canard1  abont 
m  of  Mr.  Albert  Grant.     He   has  n>>  intention  of  adopting 
rofession,  and  the  light  of  his  countenance  will  *till  uradiate 
nbard  si  t  the  musty  purlieu  -  Inn.    Tin-  ex- 

auati"ii  of  the  ominous  rumor  referred  t"  in  our  Last  is  simple.    Mr. 
r.mc  anticipates  promotion  some  day  to  the  ranks  of  the  "great  unpaid,*1 

med  it   advisable  to  qualify  for  the  honor,     rjeno 
tent  appearance  in  the   "legal  quarter"  which  so  mystified  the  quid- 

inci  aIkiuc  town. 

Six  boys  have  undergone  an  extraordinary  adventure.  They  had 
dden  thi  mselves,  they  said,  in  a  covered  goods  truck  in  Plymout  b  Sta 
months  8th  inst.,  and  being  afraid  of  discovering  themselves,  tfieyre- 
:  traveling  up  and  dow  a  the  line  until  the  11th,  when  the  truck  was 
hunted  at  Cristol,  and  a  porter  found  the  boyafast  asleep,  nearly  dead 
ith  cold,  and  exhausted  tor  want  of  food,  which  they  had  aot  tasted  for 

nights. 
A  startling  disclosure  has  been  made  at  the  Burnley  Board  of  Guard- 
u>.     Iii  a  report  presented  by  the  medical  officer  of  health  it  was  stated 
hat  a  farmer  who  supplies  titty  families  with  milk  has  bad  typhoid  fever 
ii  his  house  unknown  to  the  sanitary  authorities  ;  that  no  precaution  had 
ten  taken  t->  prevent   the  spread  <>f  the  disease;  tliat  tifty-five  members 
f  these  families  have  been  attacked  with  typhoid  fever,  and  that  one  of 
hem  lias  died. 
A  diver  on  the  coast  of  Queensland  was  the  means  last  year  of  recov- 
ringfrom  a  wreck  which  was  haunted  by  sharks  attracted  by  the  corpses 
containing  69,000.     The  Colonial  Admiralty  Court  awarded  him 
boat  £3,000  aa  salvage,  and  the  owners  of  the  gold,  an  Australian  bank, 
□pealed  against  this  sum  as  excessive.     The  Judicial  Committee  have 
ismissed  the  appeal 

At  Chatham  Dockyard,  a  few  days  since,  a  party  of  convicts  were 
t  work  when  one,  named  Dickens,  a  desperate  character,  undergoing 
wenty  years'  penal  servitude,  made  his  escape.  He  attempted  to  swim 
■oss  the  river,  when  lie  was  seen,  and  hailed  to  comeback.  He  refused] 
ad  the  warders  tired,  wounding  him  in  the  ear.  He  then  held  up  his 
and  in  token  of  surrender,  and  returned  to  shore. 

The  short  report  by  Mr.  <  lonsul  rXnox  upon  the  trade  of  Siam  during 
ie  year  1875,  reproduced  from  the  Blue-book  just  issued,  gives 
discouraging  view  of  the  commercial  prospects  of  that  country.  It 
ppears  that  trade  is  shackled  by  heavy  imposts,  there  being  "no  busi- 
es of  any  sort  in  which  a  Siamese  can  engage  which  does  not  immediately 
ring  him  face  to  face  with  the  tax-gatherer." 

A  young  mail,  representing  himself  as  "Lord  Rossmore,"  whose 
-ats  of  social  mystification  have  been  those  of  a  higher  sort  of  Alfred 
ingle,  has  been  arrested  at  Rome,  and  now  awaits  his  trial,  for  obtain- 
tg  a  passport  under  an  assumed  name.  He  is  believed  to  be  identical 
ith  the  "Drummond  Hay"  who  similarly  hoaxed  the  best  Florentine 
ociety  into  giving  him  the  entree  of  its  charmed  circle. 
Mr.  GlacUtoae.  in  reply  to  a  memorial  from  a  meeting  of  Spiritual- 
its,  says  he  is  precluded  by  a  general  ride  from  adding  his  signature, 
ut  that  he  is  as  yet  wholly  ignorant  of  the  grounds  on  which  the  Gov- 
rnment  has  decided  that  the  country  shall  become  the  prosecutor  of  Dr. 
llade,  and  that  the  decision  is  to  him  a  surprising  one,  though  he  reserves 
is  opinion. 

At  the  Surrey  Sessions  three  women  have  been  sentenced  to  penal 
ervitude — one  to  seven  years  and  two  to  five  years  each — for  a  brutal 
ignway  robbery.  They  attacked  an  unoffending  woman  whose  husband 
ad  just  stepped  aside  for  an  instant,  and,  having  beaten  her  severely, 
ttempted  to  bite  her  fingers  off  in  order  to  obtain  possession  of  her 
rags. 
A  boy,  nine  years  of  age,  was  left  at  home  in  Sheffield,  Eng.,  to  take 
are  of  bis  little  baby  sister.  He  tried  to  set  her  clothes  on  fire ;  failing 
a  this,  he  began  cutting  her  throat  with  a  carving  knife.  The  neighbors 
ortunately  came  to  the  rescue,  when  the  barbarous  wretch  attempted  to 
ang  himself,  being  black  in  the  face  when  cut  down. 
Three  children  near  Spinal,  France,  drank  an  entire  bottle  of  brandy 
vithin  an  hour.  The  youngest,  aged  13,  died  within  an  hour,  the  next. 
6  years  old,  died  in  three  hours,  the  third,  aged  17,  recovered  in  time  to 
ttend  the  funeral  of  his  companions. 

The  question  whether  the  government  shall  get  anything  from  the 
irofits  of  the  centennial  exhibition,  instead  of  their  all  going  to  the  pri- 
ate  stockholders,  is  to  be  carried  up  to  the  full  bench  of  the  Supreme 
Jourt. 
At  the  close  of  1875,  the  number  of  sheep  in  Australia  was  63,847.- 
19 ;  of  cattle  there  were  6,884,527  ;  the  horses  had  increased  to  a  iniluon, 
nd  three  millions  and  a  half  of  acres  were  under  cultivation. 


Fechter's  daughter  has  appeared  on   the  stage  in  Paris.     This  is  bet- 
er  than  to  have  Fecbter  over  here. 


WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 


CUTTER    WHISKY. 

Al',  llotutink'  A    <«>..    No.    IS]    Jiirk-im   -trrtt.  i»r«   lh«-    *nlc 
•      \ 

. 

of  "J   ii    i  ui  Owing  to 

rved  reputation,  vmrioui  unprincipled  |  palm  oil 

ipurloui  padV  -     it  ta  roaQj  tiu  Ban  Wumi  In  lot  i  oiled  States  M«i 

A.    M.    OILMAN, 

Importer    aud    WbOlCMlC    LlCJBOY     l>cnlcr,    30*    <tiUI»riiLn 
Kino  I  uge  *4 

1830,  Old  Portw  uid  sparkling  Wlnat.etc    Agent  for  tin 

-     I  ill  r   BLANC  CHAMPAGNE     Bolt   Agent  tot  MILLS'  STOMACH 
BITTI  KS. M-..T   i 

J.    H.    CUTTER    OLD    BOURBON. 

("1     P.    Moorman   A    Co..    Manufacturers,    I,oolnvlllc.    Ky,... 
j%    Hi  known  Boom  i-  represented  here  bj  the  undendgni 

ban  been  appointed  their  Sole  taenia  ror  the  Pacific  I 
July  3.  \   v   iiotuiv-a  CO.,  Itt  anddU  Jaolawnstnee,  B.  F. 

J.    H.    CUTTER'S    OLD    BOURBON    AND    RTE    WHISKY, 

Minitif  HcturtMl  by  Milton  J.  Hardy  A  Co.,  Noiin-lii-l.nw  nnd 
Bucoawon  ol  J.  H.  CI  rii-.i:.  LoulaviUi .  }<■..  i:  MARTIN  fcCO., 

August  14.  No.  408  Front  street.  Sole  Amenta  for  the  Pacific  Coast 


D 


JOHN    BUTLER. 
ealer  in   \»  in.-,  mill    Liquor*.     English  Ales  nnd  Porli-r,  T 
Butter  Street  and  606  Market  struct,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  87. 


BROKERS. 


B.   C    LIOOKKR,  TlloMA.-*  liAKlUNCR, 

Member  S.  P.  Stock  ami  Exchange  Board.  Late  of  the  Sacramento  "  UliUm." 

GAi. DINER    &    HOOKER. 

Clommlwilon  stork  Brokers,  :t:ir,  i»in«-  street,  north  aide,  one 
j    dwr  below  Montgomery ,  Ban  Francisco,  Cal.  liuy  and  scl!  only  on  comml    ion 
Liberal  advances  made  on  active  accounts.  Dec  28, 

REMOVAL! 

JW.   Brown   A  Co.,  Stock  and    Money   Brokers,  have  re- 
«    moved  to  No.  :^17  Montgomery  .^trL-i.'i,  Nevada  Block, 
J.  w.  Brown.  Member  s.  F  stock  and  Exchange  Board.  Jan  8. 


J.  E.  8.  Latham.]  LATHAM    &   KING,  [Hombr  S.  Ktko. 

SnvceHMorN  to  JnincM  II.   I.m(1i;iiii  .V   Co.,  Stock  and   Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Member  S.F.  Stock  anal  Exchange 
Board.  Stocks  bought  and  carried  on  margins.  Aug.  12. 

HUBBARD    &   CO., 

Commission  Stock  Brokers.  331  1-2  Montgomery  street,  nn- 
der  Safe  Deposit  Building,  San    Francisco,  will  transact  business  through   the 
San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 

E.    P.    PECKHAM, 
(Commission    Stock    Broker   and    Member   S.    F.  Stock    I'.x- 

*  J     change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return, 
[June.  19.] 


l>.  M.  Hosmrr.] 


H0SMEB    &    BOURNE, 


tJ    B.   BOI'IINK. 


Stock   Brokers.  116  Ifalleck  street,  San  Francisco.    I'ost- 
office  Addrcs*,  Lock  box  lax.        March  Z&. 

KEMOVAL. 

Lovelaud.  I>avid  A  Co.,  from  108  LeidesdorfT  street  to  No. 
481  California  street,  comer  Lcidcsdorff.  Feb.  26. 

B.    F-    ft    N.    P.    E.    R. 

('uiaici'ofTiine.  —  On  and  after  Satnrday.  February  10th, 
j  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE,  Captain  w.  Warner,  will  leave  Washington 
Btreel  wharf,  dafly(Suudaya  included),  at  3  p.m.,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  eara 
for  Cloverdalc  and  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Ciuernville  Branch  to  Korbel's  Mills  and  the  Great  Bcdwood  Forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cloveruale  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  8  a. m.,  connecting  with 
Bteamer  at  Donahue  for  Sen  Francisco.  Close  connections  made  with  Btagea  for  Bo- 
fi<  m  i.i,  the  I  leyaers,  Dklata,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  Mark  West,  Skaggs'  and  Littons* 
Sorinffs.  Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  a.m.  to  2:80  P.M,  Sunday  Trips-  DntH 
further  notice,  the  stwmier  will  leave  Washingtnn-st    Wharf  even"  Sunday  at  3  P.M.  for 

Cloverdale  and  way  stations.    General  ottiee,  420  Montgomen  street. 

A.  A.  BEAN.  Superintendent.  1*.  DONAHUE,  President. 

P.  E.  DOUGHERTY.  Geii'l  Pas.  A:  Ticket  Agent. 

Notice.—  Chanoe  of  Wharf.— On  and  after  SATURDAY,  February  luth,  1*77,  the 
Bteamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE  will  leave  Washington-street  Whart  Feb.  10. 

ASSESSMENT    NOTICE. 

Original  Comstock  tiold  and  Silver  JVinlu^  Company.— 
location  of  principal  place  ol  business,  Sao  Francisco,  California  Location 
..[  works,  storey  county,  Nevada.  Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  at  a  meeting  ol  the 
Board  ol  Directors,  held  on  the  5th  day  of  February,  1877,  an  assessment  (No.  1)  of 
60  cents  per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  im- 
mediately, in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  oilice  of  the  Company, 
330  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  California  Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment 
shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  5th  day  of  March,  ls77,  will  he  delinquent,  and  adver- 
tised for  Bale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  swld  on 
TUESDAY,  the  20th  day  pi  March,  1877,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together 
with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale.     By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

THOMAS  E.  ATKINSON.  Secretary. 
Office—  330  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  California.  February  10. 

NOBLE    &    GALLAGHER, 

Importers  and  I>eaIerNin  Painters'  Materlnls,  Tlonse,  Sijru 
and  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper-Hanger?  and  Glaziers,  No.  438 
Jvekson  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Sansome,  San  Francisco.  Ceilings  and 
Walls  Kalsomined  and  Colored.     Jobbing  promptly  attended  to.  May  13. 

THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every  variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Gill. 
Steel  and  Bronze^  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clocks  and  fine 
bronzes;  also  a  full  line  of  Plumbers' Goods.  122  aud  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Jan.  27. 

E.    W.    SPRAGTJE,    M.D., 
Post  street,  corner  Kearny.   Office  Hours,  10  to  12:  2  to 

4  ;  7:30.     Diseases  of  Throat  and  Lungs  a  specialty.  February  10. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER. 


Feb.   L7,  1877. 


THE    CITY    PRISON    AND    HOSPITAL. 

We  are  glad  to  notice  that  the  utterly  disgraceful  condition  of  the 
City  Prison  and  the  Hospital  attached  has  at  last  attracted  the  attention 
of  the  authorities.  The  report  of  the  Health  and  Police  Committee  of 
the  Board  <>f  Supervisors,  presented  on  Monday,  contains  an  allusion  to 
the  overcrowded  condition  of  the  Prison  Hospital,  and  states,  moreover, 
that  the  "  Urgent  Necessity "  Fund  being  exhausted,  there  exist  no 
means  for  supplying  the  City  Prison  with  the  necessary  drugs,  etc.,  for 
the  patients  under  his  care.  The  Committee  do  not  offer  any  suggestions 
for  the  amelioration  or  remedying  of  this  distressing  condition  of  affairs; 
but  simply  represent  it  for  the  consideration  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 
Judging  from  the  ordinary  examples  of  the  names  in  which  the  public 
business  is  usually  transacted  by  these  talented  Solons.  we  should  imagine 
that  the  matter  will  receive  their  attention  about  the  same  time  that  the 
Washington  monument  is  completed,  unless  they  should  be  alarmed  into 
action  by  the  breaking  out  of  some  fngutiul  pestilence.  Situated  in  the 
low  lying  part  of  the  city,  badly  drained,  ill  ventilated,  and  of  dimensions 
totally  inadequate  to  the  requirements  of  the  place,  the  City  Prison  is  a 
deformity  and  disgrace  to  San  Francisco,  and  should  have  been  years  ago 
superseded  by  a  building  more  in  consonance  with  modern  ideas,  and  in 
keeping  with  the  surroundings.  It  is  monstrous  that  a  city  possessing  so 
many  fine  structures  should  be  disfigured  and  discredited  with  the  exist- 
ence of  such  a  dirty,  unsightly  charnel-house,  suggestive  of  the  worst 
days  of  Newgate  or  the  Marshalsea.  It  is  approached  by  a  dirty  alley 
abounding  with  liquor  saloons,  snrrounded  by  the  habitations  of  the  vi- 
cious and  criminal  of  both  sexes,  who  regard  it  as  a  haven  of  refuge,  where 
they  can  be  lodged  and  fed  when  out  of  luck,  and  is  altogether  unclean 
and  demoralizing.  Perhaps  the  worst  feature  of  the  whole  business  is 
the  dens  in  which  persons  arrested  and  awaiting  examination  before  the 
magistrate,  are  confined.  The  imagination  of  the  painter  Dure-  has  never 
conceived  any  "  inferno  "  that  can  surpass  or  even  equal  these  fearful 
realities.  They  consist  of  three  dark,  cellar-like  caverns,  hewn  out  in 
the  basement,  about  twenty  feet  square,  and  dimly  lighted  by  gas  jets  in 
the  bare  outside.  Iron  bars  separate  the  dungeon  from  the  outer  build- 
ing, and  the  whole  vicinity  is  dark  and  noisome.  Into  these  dens  are 
thrust  promiscuously  men,  women  and  children— the  ruffianly  desperado, 
or  hoodlum,  taken  red-handed  in  the  commission  of  murder;  the  foul- 
mouthed  and  ribald  drunkard,  male  or  female,  and  the  child  of  tender 
years,  whom  example  or  hunger  has  forced  into  crime.  Hereon  the  filthy 
floor,  just  barely  distinguishable  in  the  uncertain  light,  they  all  lie — a  vile 
and  heterogeneous  mass  of  criminality,  the  air  resounding  with  oaths  and 
curses.  Not  un frequently  some  wretch,  maddened  by  drink,  makes  a 
ferocious  attack  upon  his  fellow -prisoners,  and  the  most  horrible  scenes  are 
of  constant  occurrence.  It  is  not  uncommon  for  respectable  persons,  per- 
fectly innocent  of  any  offense,  to  be  arrested  by  our  police  and  confined  in 
these  loathsome  dens  upon  the  most  frivolous  and  unwarrantable 
charges,  until  the  moraing,  when  they  are  dismissed  without  even  an 
apology  for  the  indignity  and  horrible  ordeal  they  have  had  to  suffer. 
Some  radical  and  speedy  change  in  this  matter  is  imperatively  necessary. 
There  are  amongst  the  community  many  able,  energetic  and  competent 
men  who  will  not  be  content  that  such  a  blot  as  the  present  City  Prison 
should  continue  to  exist,  and  to  them  we  confidently  look  for  the  remedy. 
We  feel  sure  that  any  expenditure  which  may  be  needful  to  remove  the 
Prison,  or  at  any  rate,  the  Hospital,  and  to  substitute  for  the  present 
"  calaboose  "  something  a  little  less  like  the  lair  of  a  wild  beast,  will  be 
cordially  indorsed  by  the  taxpayers. 

HARRY    GEORGE    AND    THE     "POST." 

An  ungracious  and  ungrateful  attack  irpon  the  Post,  its  managers, 
and  its  principal  proprietor,  which  bears  the  distinctive  ear-marks  of 
Harry  George,  appears  in  a  daily  sheet.  It  falsely  claims  that  the  Post 
"made  a  success"  under  George's  management.  It  indecently,  presump- 
tuously, and  without  evidence,  asserts  that  the  public  had  confidence  in 
his  "honesty  of  purpose,1'  and  that  the  paper  was  then  a  power  in  the 
land.  In  that  condition  it  is  alleged  that  the  gentleman  who  held  a 
majority  of  the  stock  determined  upon  "filing  out  the  real  founders  of  the 
paper."  Now  all  this  is  untrue,  and  basely  ungrateful  in  the  extreme, 
i'he  Post,  so  far  from  a  success,  was  the  deadest  of  dead  failures.  It  was 
running  behind  every  week,  the  salaries  of  the  employe's  were  largely  in 
arrear,  its  influence  was  as  little  as  the  soul  and  much  less  than  the  body 
of  its  undersized  editor.  Its  utterances  were  little  puffs  of  wind,  which, 
like  the  snaps  of  a  popgun,  attracted  notice  by  their  souud,  but  bred  con- 
tempt by  their  utter  ineffectiveness.  Senator  Jones,  with  that  generosity 
that  is  peculiar  to  him,  and  in  a  moment  of  sympathy  with  a  better  man 
than  the  insignificant  George,  put  his  money  into  the  concern,  and  with- 
out really  serving  his  friend,  kept  on  losing  it  as  fast  as  he  put  it  in.  This 
went  on  for  a  long  while — much  too  long,  indeed  !  Unless  there  came  a 
change,  it  was  apparent  the  paper  must  die.  George  never  was  and  never 
can  be  other  than  a  newspaper-killer.  He  strangled  the  last  Herald,  and 
he  murdered  the  Sacramento  Reporter,  as  Governor  Haight  knows  to  his  cost, 
and  if  he  did  not  bury  the  Post,*it  was  because  of  the  change  which  he  now 
indecently  and  unjustly  assails.  He  says  "  the  present  manager  has  a  very 
dirty  job  to  accomplish. "  Be  that  as  it  may,  for  we  know  not  to  what  George 
refers,  the  present  manager  is  accomplishing  his  "job  "  in  a  very  cleanly 
way,  and  what  is  better,  lie  is  accomplishing  it.  He  is  making  the  paper 
bright,  readable  and  pecuniarily  successful.  No  doubt  his  fault  in 
George's  eyes  is  his  success.  He  is  producing  a  paper  that  has  tone,  spirit 
and  substance  to  it.  It  adheres  to  its  friends,  faithfully  serves  the  public 
and  is  respected.  In  George's  days  it  was  a  nondescript  thing,  neither 
fish,  flesh,  fowl,  nor  good  red  herring.  It  sold  its  friends,  fleeced  the  man 
who  generously  came  to  its  rescue,  for  which  he  is  now  roundly  abused, 
and  though  it  lost  money  for  everybody  else,  it  was  made  somehow  or 
the  other  to  bring  more  profit  to  George  than  he  had  ever  previously  de- 
rived from  any  other  source.  He  is  now  a  gas  measurer.  Fitting  em- 
ployment !  If  beyond  being  a  paper-killer  he  was  ever  anything  more 
useful  than  a  mere  gas-bag,  we  have  failed  to  discover  it.  He  was  a  swollen 
out  piece  of  pomposity,  who,  untrue  to  his  friends,  false  to  his  country 
and  an  unbeliever  in  the  party  he  uses,  is  now  almost  lost  to  view  in  a  fat 
office,  which  he  neither  deserves  nor  adorns.  Really  a  cockney  Austra- 
lian, he  deceives  those  who  don't  know  by  sticking  a  feather  out  of  the 
American  eagle  in  his  tail.  His  days  of  ephemeral  prominence  have 
passed  and  gone  forever,  and  he  is  now  unworthy  of  any  attention  save 
this  bad  notice  for  his  basely  ungrateful  attack  upon  his  most  beneficent 
benefactor. 


EUROPEAN    AFFAIRS. 

"When  "Our  Own  Correspondent"  has  nothing  new  to  communi- 
cate he  usually  telegraphs  that  Russia  has  ordered  a  fresh  mobilization  of 
her  army  corps.  It  would  seem  as  if  this  mobilization  were  somewhat 
in  the  nature  of  Penelope's  web,  put  together  one  day  and  disbanded  the 
next,  for  the  number  of  times  this  mobilization  has  been  asserted  would 
have  embraced  the  whole  population  from  the  Black  Sea  to  the  Amooi 
river.  Much  surmise  has  arisen  as  to  the  capability  of  Russia  to  support 
a  prolonged  and  exhaustive  war.  The  extent  of  her  territory  and  the 
necessity  of  protecting  her  frontiers  require  an  army  of  itself,  whilst  her 
lines  of  railways,  all  constructed  by  the  Government,  are  a  continual 
drain  upon  its  resources.  At  the  same  time  it  was  a  remarkable  fact  that 
when  the  Czar  called  upon  his  people  to  come  forward  and  subscribe  to  the 
voluntary  loan  the  Russian  people  of  all  classes  of  society  and  of  all  creeds 
hastened  to  place  their  money  at  the  disposal  of  the  Government,  and  that 
in  reality  the  loan  was  taken  up  by  the  two  cities  of  Moscow  and  St. 
Petersburg.  To  such  an  extent  was  this  spontaneous  response  carried 
that  a  journal  of  the  country  exclaimed  that  the  women  of  Russia  would 
proffer  their  jewels  should  the  Emperor  demand  them.  Herein  lies  the 
paradox.  The  bitter  animosity  of  the  various  sects  is  merged  in  the  filial 
love  of  the  subject,  for  in  order  to  give  an  idea  of  the  confusion  that 
might  arise  in  case  of  war  it  is  only  necessary  to  enumerate  some  of  the 
varied  religious  creeds  that  exist  in  the  empire.  There  are  in  Russia 
some  ten  or  twelve  millions  that  belong  to  the  strict  orthodox  Greek 
church,  and  these  again  are  divided  into  two  sects,  those  who  have  popes, 
or  papas,  as  they  call  them,  and  those  who  simply  follow  the  simple  rites 
of  the  church.  The  former  are  to  a  certain  extent  hypocrites,  for  whilst 
from  fear  of  the  police  and  from  interested  motives  affecting  orthodoxy 
they  nevertheless  maintain  relations  with  their  own  priests,  and  these 
latter  have  a  metropolitan  known  only  to  the  privileged  who  is  supposed 
to  reside  in  Bohemian  Austria.  The  Spasow-chinas  are  another  sect  who 
believe  in  the  reign  of  Antichrist  and  say  that  he  is  now  on  earth  and 
present  in  the  agents  of  the  Government.  They  believe  only  in  the  sac- 
rament of  baptism  and  salvation  by  prayer.  Other  sects  renounce  all 
sacraments  excepting  that  of  marriage  ;  others,  again,  preach  the  sacrifice 
of  suicide  ;  others  the  old  theory  of  mortification  of  the  flesh,  and  the 
"brotherhood  of  Adam"  are  only  allowed  to  possess  money  from  which 
the  image  of  authority  is  effaced.  The  sect  of  the  "infanticides"  think 
it  their  duty  to  people  Heaven  with  souls  without  sin  and  kill  young 
children  in  order,  as  they  say,  to  make  angels  of  them,  whilst  the 
"  stranglers"  believe  that  a  violent  death  is  a  sure  passport  to  Paradise. 
This  last  sect  has  over  a  million  of  followers,  the  majority  of  whom  rarely 
arrive  at  the  age  of  twenty  years,  consequently  they  are  hardly  to  be  met 
with  in  the  army.  The  "  prophets"  and  the  "  scourgers  "  abstain  from 
wine,  liquor  and  tobacco,  abjure  marriage  and  preach  abortion.  At  cer- 
tain seasons  they  meet  together,  strip  entirely  naked,  and  give  themselves 
up  to  stupendous  orgies.  The  Scoptes,  or  "mutilators,"  go  even  to  greater 
excesses  than  the  "  prophets,"  and  their  doctrine  is  so  gross  and  absurd 
that  thousands  of  them  have  been  lately  banished  to  Siberia.  One  of  the 
most  singular,  however,  is  called  the  sect  of  Napoleon.  It  dates  from 
1820,  and  its  followers  adore  the  bust  of  the  first  Napoleon,  to  whom 
they  pay  divine  honors.  All  these  sects  have  their  origin  in  the  gross 
ignorance  of  the  people.  They  hate  one  another  with  the  bitterness  of 
savages,  and  yet  are  united  on  one  point,  their  veneration  for  the  Czar. 
Herein  lies  the  strength  of  Russia,  and  if  war  with  Turkey  does  take 
place  it  will  not  be  so  much  for  the  cause  of  Christianity  as  in  obedience 
to  the  call  of  the  chief,  whilst  on  the  side  of  the  Sultan  will  be  ranged 
Moslem  fanaticism,  Greek  jealousy,  Catholic  loathing,  and  the  general  re- 
pression of  foreign  invasion.  It  is  hardly  yet  time  to  judge  whether  the 
Porte  and  its  newly  appointed  Prime  Minister  will  carry  out  the  prom- 
ised reforms.  Such  radical  changes  cannot  be  effected  by  a  stroke  of  the 
pen,  and  it  yet  remains  to  be  seen  whether  Turkey  will  not  gracefully  efl 
feet  that  of  her  own  free  will  which  she  would  not  accord  to  the  combined  I 
urgency  of  the  European  Powers. 

MR~HILL'S    LAST    PICTURES. 

Certainly  no  picture  ever  painted  by  Thomas  Hill,  the  artist,  has  at- 
tracted the  attention  which  the  portrait  of  his  son,  now  on  exhibition  at  ' 
No.  20  Post  street,  is  exciting.  No  one  ever  looks  for  portraits  from  Mr. 
Hill,  and  yet  he  quietly  produces  a  picture  which  for  tone,  color,  breadth 
of  treatment,  expression,  and  detail,  puts  in  the  shade  all  portraits  we 
have  hitherto  seen  in  San  Francisco.  The  subject  is  his  little  six-year-old 
boy— little  Tiff — carressing  a  collie,  or  sheep-dog,  which  is  looking  fondly 
up  into  its  young  masters  face.  The  background  consists  of  a  growing 
field  of  green  corn,  with  here  and  there  an  intrusive  poppy.  The  boy  is 
dressed  in  a  suit  of  warm  gray,  with  quiet  purple  stockings,  all  in  per* 
feet  harmony  with  the  background,  and  set  off  by  the  dun-colored  coat  of 
the  dog  by  his  side.  But  it  is  the  superb  fresh  coloring  of  the  face,  and 
the  natural  wave  of  the  golden  hair,  which  is  the  chief  charm  of  the  pic- 
ture, and  that — to  be  appreciated — must  be  seen.  The  dog  is  an  admirable 
piece  of  drawing  and  color,  and  it  is  no  exaggeration  tu  rank  it  with  some 
of  Landseer's  animals.  Another  picture  by  Mr.  Hill  is  also  on  exhibition, 
which  is  as  different  from  his  ordinary  style  as  is  the  portrait.  He  does 
not  tell  us  where  the  scene  is  laid,  but,  if  we  mistake  not,  the  view  is  on 
the  Alviso  Creek,  on  the  old  bay  route  to  San  Jose.  The  bold  treatment 
of  the  clouds,  and  of  the  far-off  corn-fields,  is  a  divergence  from  Mr.  Hill's 
usually  too  careful  brush,  and  a  happy  one.  A  sloop  is  coming  up  the 
creek,  and  in  the  foreground  some  hunters  are  shooting  ducks,  three  of 
which  are  on  the  wing,  and  flying  across  the  creek.  The  subject  is  ad- 
mirably handled,  and  boldly  treated.  The  two  pictures,  so  utterly  dis- 
tinct from  anything  Mr.  Hill  has  previously  done,  form  a  new  epoch  in 
his  career  as  an  artist. 

Our  Quacks.  —The  medical  frauds  who  still  continue  to  practice  their 
horrible  calling  have  their  signs  on  our  streets  and  scatter  broadcast  their 
circulars.  Runners  of  these  villains  will  be  fouml  to  infest  the  steamer 
landings,  and  are  in  all  parts  of  the  city  waiting  for  their  prey.  Some  of 
these,  such  as  Spinney,  Flattery,  Luscomb,  O'Donnell,  and  hundreds  of 
others,  seem  to  taunt  the  public  in  the  most  brazen  manner,  announcing 
with  perfect  nonchalance  that  they  are  robbers  and  abortionists,  vaunting 
oyer  their  success  in  "  sending  to'Hell  "  their  quota  of  the  mortals  of  this 
Ifbrld,  Can  it  be  possible  that  there  are  not  sufficient  numbers  of  public 
spirited  medical  men  in  this  State  to  take  in  hand  this  very  serious  mat- 
ter? The  Medical  Society,  as  now  constituted,  is  impotent,  caring  so  lit- 
tle for  the  welfare  of  its  profession  that  it  has  even  given  a  license  to  » 
partner  of  "  Dr."  Spinney. 


EJ5P1; 

CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


Oitlce— OO?    to    OlS    Merchant    Street. 


VOLUXE  81 


SAN  FRANCISCO.  FEBRUARY  17.  1677. 


NUM2ER 4 


BIZ. 


Business  in  i  U  departments  i*  more  than  usually  quiet    Trade  is  dull, 
U    this    in    khe  nee  of    an    unusual    plethora    ol    money.    The 
monetary  nstekyoira  mem  to  be  full  and   running  over,  and  yet  we  find  no 
disposition   abroad   to  operate   in   foods,  war,-  or  merchandise.     t lash, 
■  plentiful  upon  gilt-edged  securities,  and  yet  no  one  seems  inclined 
r  upon  ventures  of  any  description.     "  Why  i*  this?"  is  the  qui  ry 
.  ,|.     There  seems  to  be,  first,  a  want  of  confidence. 
We  all  desire  to  Bee  tin-  Presidential  question  settled,  and  we   wan)  more 
rain  to  secure  full  h\ •  rag    ci  >ps;  dispose  of  these  two  aU-absnrbing  ques- 
■i-l  then  we  think  business  w ill  soon  assume  n  more  cht  ei  ful  aspect, 
ded  imprpi  tment  can  be  expected  until  the  bulls  and   bears  of 
California  street  are  quieted  down  and  operators  content  to  Let  the  bo- 
and  mine  owners  work  their  way  out  of  threatened  ditfi- 
cnltie  . 
Freights  to  the  United  Kingdom  have  taken  an  upward  flight  onr- 
week,  with  quite  a  number  of  Grain  Charters  concluded  at  en- 
hanced] ken  for  Cork,  U.  K.,  at  £2  5s.@£27s.  6d. 
To  the  Continent,  £2  L0e.@£2 12s.  6d    To   Liverpool,  or  a  direct  port, 
I'.  K.,  we  quote   huge  wooden  carriers  £2  2s.  6d.,  and  for  British   iron 
ships  £2  As.     Not  lees  than  twelve  ships  For  Wheat  and  Flour  have  been 
secured  for  Great   Britain    the  past  week,  yet  leaving  17  ships  in  port 
. 
TheTeasaleof  Thursday  at  tlu' auction  lomiy  ..f  S.  I,.  Jones  A  Co., 
the  importation  of  C.  A.  Low  A  Co.,  was  not  altogether  a  - 
The  attendance  w  a  small  and  the  bidding  far  from  being  spirited.   Terms 
all  Bums   under  8300  net  cash;  over$3t)0,  90  days  for  ap- 
.  payable  in  gold  coin,  or  3  percent,  discount  for  cash.  The 
arly  all  of  ttiu  well  known  Diamond  "  L"  brand.    The 

..but  only   about    two-thirds  sold,  as  follows  : 

300  hi.  chests  Japan,  each  60  J-lb.  papers,  Soung  Hyson,  Bold  al  32a;  4(H) 

D.30]  tb.  papers,  same,  at  32c.;  600  mats,  each  4 5-lb.  flow- 

uung  Hyson,  32c ;  10  mats,  each  2  10  It.,  flowered  boxes,  do  . 

i  30-lb.  bulk,  Young  Hyson,   2S£@29c.;  10   hf.  chests, 

j  tbs.  bulk,  Toons  Hyson,  26c.;  300  hi",  chests,  each  ''•<>  '.  Ed.  papers, 

Japan   Oolongs,   30c;  225   bf.    chests,  each  30  L-lb.  papers,  Oolong,  30(S 

■  li  I  5-lb.  flow  ei   d         es,  Ooloi    ,  30c,     The  balance 

•  it  thi  Bsed,  prices  not  satisfactory  considering  the  superior 

of  the  Tea, 

Kerosene  Oils.  -  A  very  important  and  unlooked  for  decline  may  be 

D      ie's  Brilliant  oils,  which  toot  place  on  the  15th 

inst     Tht  decline  being  5c  V  gallon  in  cans,  we  now  quote  the  price  at 

i  .  For  Brilliant,  Nonpariel  Inc.,  Astral,  45c, 

Coffee.    -On  Tuesday  an  invoice  "f  about  1,000  bags  Boyntine  "Java" 

Id  at  auction  byj3.   L.  Jones  &  Co.  al   Lfi  ■■   I  -'  i      h  nich  ■■ 

d  dine  over  previous  like  offerings.     The  arrivals  of  Coffee  during 

the  week  under  review  have  been  liberal,  including  some  2,000  bags  per 

City  "i  Tokio,  same  description  as  that  above  noted  :  also  6,226  bags  < len- 

ii,  per  steamship  City  of  San   Francisco.     The  marl  i - 

primi  (ireen  Coffees  is  measurably  firm  yet  inactive,  within  tin,*  ran  :e  of 
m  22c. 
Spices.— Some  500  bags  Sinuapor-  Black  Pepper  was  offered  at  auction 

and  sole  in  part  at  13^ 
Candles. -- Our  local  factories  are  not  inclined  to  give  up  tin*  field  to 
■  arufacturere.     Sales  of    2,000   bxs    12  ounce   Adamant 
'  J  »nes&Co."    at  9A@10£c;  Harkness1  Patent   Wax,  19A@20c:  Werk's 
Steari  i  Acid,  16  (3  I8|c. 

Case  Goods.  —  Sales  of  2,000  cs  < Oregon  Ml.  ( lysters,  for  forward  deliv- 
i   istern  account,  atSl  52£  I-  i 

Borax:— We  have  no  change  in  price  to  note.  Tlie  Berkshire,  for 
Liverpool,  carried  74,428  h\s 

Quicksilver. --There  has  been  quite  an  unexpected  large  export  de- 
mand  fcr  Hongkong,  during  one  single  purchase,  of  2,000  flasks,  besides 
others  to  go  forward  per  Belgic;  price,  4oc.  The  Newbem,  for  Mexican 
ports,  carried  150  flasks. 

Ores  and  Orcbilla.-- We  note  upon  the  market  samples  of  Esing- 
glass,  lar^e,  transparent  sheets,  and  of  superior  quality,  from  a  new  and 
recently  discovered  mine,  some  one  hundred  miles  From  this  city.  It  is 
valuable.  The  Bhip  Berkshire,  for  Liverpool-,  carried  2,100  ctls  Copper 
Ore  and  107  ctls  Silver  Ore,  besides  884  bales  Mexican  Orehilla. 

The  Ha-niian  Trade  with  this  port  appears  to  be  very  steadily  if  not 
rapidly  augmenting.  The  Treaty  seems  to  have  given  quite  an  impetus 
to  the  Islanders.     The  steamship  City  of  Sydney  on  her  last  trip  over 


brought  as  4,748  pkgs  Sugar,  79  bags  Coffee,  AM  bunches  Bananas,  etc., 
and  in  return  therefor  we  have  dispatched  four  sailing  vessels  to  Bono 
lulu  within  a  week.  The  barks  D.  0.  Murray,  H.  W.  Almy,  Legal 
Tender  and  W,  H.  Almy,  all  with   full   cai    «  [eneral  mercnai 

some  passengers  and  •  »me  160,000  in  treasure.     Prom  II lulu  i 

advised  of  an  active  demand  for  Sugars,  and  that  the  Bav  Refinery  is  there, 
through  it.--  agents,  offering  to  buy  Sugar  at  one  cent  p  lb.  more  than  the 
<  !alifornia  Refinery  contracted  mouths  ago  for  several  million  pounds.  This 

and  other  circumstances  have  instilled  new  life  into  the  Island  planters, 
and  they  are  now  increasing  their  area  for  Sugar,  Coffee  and  Rice  culti- 
vation ;iud  ut  the  same  time  sending  us  large  quantities  of  1 -.ananas  and 
other  products  in  quantities. 

Rice.  —  Imports  of  i  Shina  have  been  heavy  for  some  time  past,  with  a 
I   demand,  at  prices  rutin1,'  from  5  to  6c    Japan  and  Hawaiian 

Tab!--  continue  in  fair  request,  within  the  same  range  Of  price. 

Bags  and  Bagging.  —  Stocks  are  large  and  the  demand  light.  Sales 
of  22x36  Wheat  sacks  are  reported  at8§@8c.  The  suspended  Bag  firm  of 
E.  Detrick  ft  Co.  have*  made  an  amicable  settlement  with  their  creditors, 
and  have  resumed  operations  a--  heretofore  at  their  Clay-street  factory. 


Sugar  and  Syrups. —The  price  of  all  "White  Refined  isl3i@13ic; 
Hawaiian,  74@n*£c,  according  to  quality;  Refined  Yellow,  9|@lljc. 
The  Navigator,  for  Hamburg,  has  1,500 bids  Golden  Syrup,  say  48,5110  galls. 

' '  Bringing  Coals  to  Newcastle.  "—  We  learn  that  the  United  States 
Government  has  now  en  route  to  this  port  from  New  York  several  hun- 
dred barrels  -A  Mess  Beef  for  the  EJ.  S.  Navy.  A  better  article  could  be 
bought  here  for  less  money  than  this  will  cost,  and  at  the  same  time  ours 
will  be  the  best  and  cheapest. 

Flour  and  Wheat. —Oregon  is  now  sending  us  her  surplus  Flour  to 
compete  with  local  mills.  The  Starr  Mills,  Vallejo,  are  now  loading  a 
ship  for  Liverpool,  while  the  Golden  Gate,  Golden  Vge  and  other  city 
mills  are  busy  turning  out  choice  extras,  se'liny  at  S'O'Sill  50  fc?  bbl;  Super- 
line,  So  50  for  standard  brands.  Wheat.  —  Large  purchases  for  export 
have  been  made  during  the  week  within  the  range  of  SI  95@2  I1  ctl.  for 
Pair,  $2  05  for  Choice  White.  Some  250,000  ctls.  Choice  changed  hands 
at  ■  ■'-  02-J(5  2  05  1  >  ctl.,  the  market  closing  firm. 

Barley  and  Oats,  --There  is  rather  more  tone  to  the  market  for 
Choice  Bright   Brewing  Barley,  with  sales  at  81  25(31  35^  ctl.     Oats 

from  Oregon  sell  freely  at  $2(a  2  25. 

Corn  and  Rye  —We  note  an  improved  demand  for  Corn,  with  sales  at 
si  25(5  1  30,  gold.     Rye  is  in  req  test  at  %l  75*@2  V  ctl.,  gold. 

Hay  and  Bran.  —We  quote  the  former  at  $10(5  15  [,?  ton;  the  latter  at 
$16. 

Potatoes  and  Onions.— The  market  is  flooded  with  the  former  at  i@ 

y<',  t-lb.;      the  latter  at   v^  I  e.    $  fl).  for  choice.      New    crop    Potatoes    are 

now  arriving  quite  freely,  and  so  also  are  Tomatoes.  Asparagus  and  Green 
now  appearing  in  the  vegetable  market. 

Hops  are  quite  plentiful  at  18(5j  20c.  for  g I  to  choice. 

Hides.  -The  demand  for  Dry  is  good  at  17(g  17$c.  ;  Wet  Salted,  8@9c. 

WooL  —The  market  is  quiet  at  present,  with  small  sales  I'loece  at 
17@18c, 

Butter  and  Cheesa. — The  I 'dry  supply  is  large  and  free.  Choice 
fresh  grass  Butter  in  rolls,  285j  30c;  ( Sheese,  12(5  Lbc.  Egg-  are  plentiful 
at  30c. 

Oranges  and  Apples.  —The  market  is  fully  supplied  with  both.  Los 
Angeles  Oranges  sell  at  $10(2  35  \,<  M.,  according  to  size.  Apples,  $1  25<§ 
1  5(i  |.'  Imx  for  good  tu  choice. 

Coal.  -There  is  more  tone  to  the  market  for  cargoes  to  arrive  from 
England  and  Australasia.     Spot  price  of  Wallsendj  $& 

Coffee  Imports,  1877.— The  total  imports  up  to  date  in  this  year  are 
far  in  excess  of  those  in  the  corresponding  period  of  187'i,  viz  : 

1877— Bafiw.    1S76  -Bags. 

( lentral  American 10,411  2,459 

Other  kinds 5,982  410 


Total 16,393  2,875 

Costa  Rica  Coffee.  —A  portion  of  recent  invoices  received  of  the  new 
crop  were  highly  colored,  and  were  not  appreciated  by  consumers  on  this 
coast. 


Brazil  Coffee. --The  last  Panama  steamer  brought  up  from  the 
Isthmus  849  bags  Rio  Coffee,  113,000  lbs.,  and  which  is  now  upon  the 
market  at  22c. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  KEWS  LETTER. 


Feb.   17,  1877. 


CONDENSED    NEWS    OF   THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL. 

Saturday,  February  10th.— Dickie  Brothers  are  building,  at  then- 
shipyard  in  Mission  bay,  a  propeller  for  the  Mexican  axithorities,  to  be 
stationed  at  Mazatlan.— Frank  P.  Coakly,  the  individual  who  was 
arrested  for  vagrancy  and  put  up  $100  in  gold  coin  as  bail  money,  was 
tried  in  the  City  Criminal  Court  and  acquitted.— —The  Ladies'  United 
Hebrew  Benevolent  Society  realized  81,800  from  the  twenty-tirst  anniver- 
sary ball  recently  given  in  aid  of  its  funds.— In  the  case  of  Belc-our  vs. 
the  French  Savings  and  Loan  Society,  Judge  Wheeler  has  rendered  judg- 
ment for  plaintiff  for  $2,215  45. 

Sunday,  11th. —Joseph  Lynch  is  under  arrest  charged  with  attempt- 
ing to  stab  a  woman  in  a  grocery  store  on  Seventh  street,  near  Fnlsom. 
—The  City  of  Tokio  brought  123  Chinese  passengers.— The  Chairman 
of  the  Finance  Committee  has  notified  the  attorneys  in  the  Registration 
Inquiry  that  they  must  conclude  their  cases  on  Tuesday  evening  next,  as 
the  Committee  desire  to  make  their  report  to  the  Board. 

Monday,  12th.— The  Supervisors  intend  to  give  the  Chinese  as  a 
burying  ground  six  acres  near  the  center  of  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery,  in  full 
view  of  the  Cliff  House  road.— —The  work  of  driving  piles  for  a  new- 
wharf  at  the  foot  of  Jackson  street,  to  conform  with  the  new  arrange- 
ment of  the  water  front,  has  been  begun.— =-There  are  369  Chinese  laun- 
dries in  this  city,  which  give  employment  to  about  3,500  washermen. 

Tuesday,  13th.  —The  track  of  the  Central  Railroad  Company  has 
been  taken  up  on  Davis  street,  beyond  Jackson,  and  continued  down 
Jackson  and  Washington  streets  to  the  water  front,  and  thence  to  the 
ferry  landing.—  The  charges  of  assault  to  murder  against  John  Guilfoyle 
and  James  G-.  Hayden,  the  men  charged  with  assaulting  Captain  Thomas 
F.  Baines  in  December  last,  were  again  continued  till  Friday,  February 
23d.—— On  motion  of  Joseph  P.  Hoge,  seconded  by  Walter  Van  Dyke, 
the  Fourth  District  Court  adjourned  out  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  the 
late  Samuel  F.  Reynolds. 

Wednesday,  14th.  — C.  D.  Crossman  is  on  trial  in  the  Municipal 
Criminal  Court  on  indictment  for  embezzling  a  horse  and  buggy.— —The 
case  of  Peter  Bauer  vs.  Henry  Matthews  has  been  dismissed  by  the 
Fifteenth  District  Court  by  stipulation.— -The  total  rainfall  for  the 
season  thus  far,  according  to  the  record  of  Resident  Signal  Observer 
Bealls,  is  9.29  inches.— — Health  Officer  Dr.  Meares  reports  641  deaths  in 
the  city  during  January. 

Thursday,  15th.  —The  habeas  corpus  case  in  regard  to  the  little  boy 
Miller,  whose  father,  Wilson  S.  Miller,  avers  that  he  is  wrongfully  held 
by  his  mother,  was  continued  to-day  in  the  Fourth  District  Court  until 
Saturday  morning.^— The  first  term  of  the  School  of  Design  opened  to- 
day. The  attendance  of  pupils  was  large.— —The  commission  suit  of 
Eugene  McCarthy  vs.  Seth  Pinkbam,  was  again  on  trial  before  a  jury  to- 
day in  the  Fourth  District  Court. 

Friday,  16th,  — Antonia  Apponig,  the  young  German  woman  who 
killed  Josephson,  has  been  acting  in  a  strange  manner  as  if  she  was  insane. 
^— A  meeting  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  was  held  this  afternoon  to 
consider  the  advisability  of  petitioning  Congress  to  grant  the  same  sub- 
sidy to  the  Occidental  and  Oriental  Steamship  Company  as  is  granted  to 
the  Pacific  Mail  Company.— —Biggs,  the  would-be  suicide,  is  walking 
about  the  prison  with  two  bullets  in  his  brain,  in  apparently  the  best  of 
health.  . 

TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  February  10th.  —It  is  arranged  by  the  Democrats  that 
objections,  signed  by  at  least  five  Senators  and  five  Representatives,  shall 
be  interposed  against  the  immediate  counting  of  the  Florida  vote.— A 
party  of  Indians,  supposed  to  be  Cheyennes,  made  an  attack  on  Chase's 
ranches,  on  Horse  creek,  thirty  miles  north  of  Cheyenne.— -Eph  Hol- 
land was  arraigned  to-day  to  answer  the  charge  of  being  implicated  in 
fradulent  voting  in  the  October  election. 

.  Sunday,  Uth.  —The  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  Railroad 
has  settled  with  the  widow  of  L.  C.  Crain,  killed  at  Ashtabula,  for 
85,175.— The  steamship  Bavaria,  which  was  burned  at  sea  on  the  6th, 
sailed  from  New  Orleans  January  28th.  The  vessel  and  cargo  are  valued 
at  about  half  a  million.— —The  Mexican  steamer  Maurice,  with  Vera 
Cruz  dates  to  the  8th,  reached  the  mouth  of  the  Rio  Grande  this  morning, 
having  on  board  General  Miguel  Blanco,  who  has  been  appointed  by  Diaz 
Military  Commander  of  the  Frontier. 

Monday,  12th.  —The  extradition  of  William  J.  Sharkey,  the  murderer 
who  escaped  from  the  city  prison  in  1873,  while  under  sentence  of  death, 
is  again  to  be  demanded  from  Spain  under  the  treaty  just  made  with  that 
country.— A  pastoral  letter  from  Bishop  O'Hara,  excommunicating  the 
Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians,  and  directing  the  clergy  to  deny  the  mem- 
bers of  that  order  the  sacraments,  was  read  in  the  Catholic  churches  of 
Scranton  Diocese  on  Sunday.— Gfneral  Crook  has  returned  from  Camp 
Sheridan,  where  he  has  been  several  days. 

Tuesday,  13th.  —At  the  meeting  of  the  Electoral  Commission  to-day 
Thurman  was  absent,  owing  to  sickness,  and  after  a  delay  of  fifteen  min- 
utes the  Senator  arrived.  Ten  minutes  later  the  argument  was  begun  by 
Senator  McDonald,  who  supposed  the  objections  to  the  Hayes  certifi- 
cates from  Louisiana.— —The  Democrats'  purpose  of  interposing  objec- 
tions to  the  Illinois  votes  was  abandoned  after  consultation  among  the 
leaders  of  the  party  because  the  Senate's  inevitable  decision  would 
merely  facilitate  a  decision  by  the  Electoral  Commission  against  similar 
objections  as  to  the  eligibility  of  Watts  or  the  two  alleged  ineligible 
Electors  of  Louisiana. 

Wednesday,  14th.  —A  Trenton  firm  has  purchased  the  hull  of  Com- 
modore Perry's  flagship,  the  Laivrence,  and  intend  to  manufacture  canes 
and  other  relics  from  the  timbers.  ^—Fred  May  has  arrived  in  New  York 
and  appeared  openly  on  the  streets.  There  was  no  action  taken  on  ac- 
count of  the  duel.— William  Beach  Lawrence  advises  the  Democrats 
on  the  Commission  to  resign,  and  gives  reasons  for  believing  that  the 
Commission  is  unconstitutional.— —The  Tribune's  Washington  corre- 
spondent says  Maddox  was  arrested  six  times  during  the  war  by  Stanton 
and  imprisoned  in  the  old  Capitol  Prison. 


Thursday.  15th.-- A  bill  has  been  drafted  to  meet  substantially  the 
recommendations  of  the  President  in'his  recent  special  message  with  re- 
gard to  early  specie  payments.  —  The  report  of  the  Silver  Commission 
will  not  be  ready  for  presentation  to  Congress  to-morrow,  as  required  by 
last  month's  concurrent  resolution.  About  noon  to-day  Governor 
Packard  was  shot  in  the  knee  by  an  assassin.  Tb*  party  who  did  the 
shooting  was  fired  upon  by  the  bystanders  and  wounded  in  the  arm. 

Friday,  16th. — The  man  who  tried  to  kill  Governor  Packard  says  that 
his  name  is  William  Henry  Weldon,  and  that  his  home  is  in  Philadelphia. 
He  says  he  has  a  mother  and  sisters  living  there.  With  regard  to  his  at- 
tempt to  kill  Packard  he  says  there  were  four  others  with  him,  who  were 
to  have  assisted  him  in  the  undertaking,  but  that  when  they  reached  the 
State  House  they  refused  to  go  in  and  left  him  to  carry  out  the  intended 
plan  of  assassination  alone.-— A  dispatch  from  Lieutenant  Hannah, 
who  is  now  scouting  in  the  southern  part  of  the  Territory,  in  the  imme- 
diate vidnity  of  where  Indian  depredations  are  said  to  have  been  com- 
mitted, reports  nothing  to  confirm  the  news  of  a  massacre  of  Mexicans, 
telegraphed  from  Tucson  on  Monday. 

FOREIGxV. 

Saturday,  February  10th.  —  Yarmouth  and  Lowestoft  fishing  vessels, 
with  200  persons  on  board,  are  missing,  and  vessels  are  searching  for 
them.—  Le  Nord  says,  if  Europe  renounces  its  right  of  action  under  the 
treaty  of  '56,  Russia  will  be  justified  in  assuming  the  attitude  she  held 
before  the  treaty.— The  Canadian  Government  has  sent  to  England 
advertisements  for  propositions  from  capitalists  to  build  the  remaining 
portion  of  the  Pacific  Railway  from  the  Red  river  to  the  Pacific  ocean. 

Sunday,  11th.  —  Minister  Ristics  and  the  Turkish  Delegate,  Pertef 
EiTendi.  have  agreed  on  a  basis  of  peace,  viz.,  saluting  the  Turkish  flag, 
conservation  of  Servian  fortresses,  and  the  prevention  of  armed  bands 
crossing  the  frontier.  The  Servians  declare  it  impossible  to  discuss  the 
stipulation  for  granting  privileges  to  Jews  and  Armenians  equal  to  thise 
enjoyed  by  other  Servian  subjects.  A  decree  has  been  issued  by 
Cap  tain -General  Jovellar,  in  which,  after  setting  forth  that  the  war  is 
resulting  very  advantageously  to  the  Spaniards,  he  pardons  all  political 
prisoners. 

Monday,  12th.  ~  Private  advices  from  Kieff  represent  that  Russia 
has  ordered  the  railway  companies  to  procure  ambulance  carriages  and 
prepare  to  convey  60,000  men  to  Kicbenev  (the  capital  of  Bessarabia,  85 
miles  northwest. of  Odessa).——  Earl  Russel  has  given  notice  to  the  House 
of  Lords  that  he  will  move  that  England  shall  cease  all  diplomatic  inter- 
course with  Turkey,  on  the  ground  that  that  nation  is  still  barbarous  and 
unworthy  to  rank  among  the  enlightened  people  of  Europe. 

Tuesday,  13th. —Russian  advices  confirm  the  reports  that  the  number 
of  arrests  made  of  Communist  and  Nihilist  conspirators  in  Moscow  and 
its  neighborhood  is  increasing  daily.  The  Russians  are  distributing  notices 
in  Poland,  threatening  with  severe  punishment  all  persons  who  join  the 
Turkish  army.— Uneasiness  on  the  Stock  Exchange  and  Paris  Bourse  is 
intensified  by  a  rumor  that  Russia  will  precipitate  a  conflict,  that  negotia- 
tions with  Montenegro  are  suspended,  etc.— -Few  deaths  from  want  are 
reported  near  Madras.  The  number  receiving  relief  has  further  decreased 
40,000  in  Madras  and  200,000  in  Bombay. 

Wednesday,  14th.  —  It  is  expected  that  the  Queen  of  England  will 
visit  Germany  about  Easter.—  Amiedee  Pichot,  a  French  writer,  is 
dead. ^— John  Morgan  Abbott,  member  of  Parliament  from  Oldham,  is 
also  dead.— —The  importance  of  the  attacks  on  the  Duke  de  Cazas, 
French  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs,  has  been  exaggerated.  The  Cabinet 
and  majority  of  the  Assembly  are  disposed  to  sustain  him. -^Colonel 
Gordon,  the  African  explorer,  has  been  appointed  Governor  of  the 
province  of  Soudan, 

Thursday,  15th.  —  Germany's  determination  not  to  participate  in  the 
Paris  exhibition  is  irrevocable.—  The  lower  house  of  the  Reichrath 
passed  a  grant  of  600,000  florins  to  promote  the  disylay  of  Austria  at  the 
Paris  exhibition.-^— The  Russian  army  is  ready  to  move  against  the 
Turks,  and  numbers  120,000  infantry  and  8,000  cavalry.  The  two  corps 
at  Odessa  would  make  the  total  180,000  infantry  and  12,000  cavalry.— 
The  Emperor  of  Brazil  visited  the  Pope.  He  expressed  a  hope  that  the 
Pope  would  act  in  accord  with  the  Braziban  Government,  and  assist  in 
removing  all  ecclesiastical  difficulties. 

Friday,  16th.  —  Thirty  corpses,  frightfully  mutilated,  so  far  have  been 
recovered  from  the  coal  mine  Graissessac,  in  France.— A  terrible  boiler 
explosion  occurred  at  Barro,  in  the  steel  works  in  St.  Etienne,  France, 
to-day.  Several  workmen  were  killed  and  many  badly  injured.— The 
semi-official  journals  declare  that  any  serious  variance  which  may  have 
existed  recently  between  Germanyand  France  has  passed  away,  as  France 
has  discontinued  her  efforts  to  form  an  alliance  with  Russia.— —The 
Standard's  correspondent  at  Brindisi  reports  an  interview  with  Midhat 
Pasha,  in  course  of  which  the  latter  pressed  the  opinion  that  there  would 
be  no  war.  

From  Calcutta,  per  Compta.— This  vessel,  to  Messrs.  Dickson, 
De  Wolf  &  Co.,  brings  for  cargo  6,500  bags  Linseed  to  the  Oil  Mill,  652 
bags  Saltpetre  for  Powder  Works,  200  bales  Jute  to  the  Oakland  Bag 
Factory,  633  bales  Gunny  Cloth,  286  bales  Gunny  Bags  and  696  bales 
Potato" Gunnies,  209  cases'  ShtUac,  50  bags  Ginger,  etc. 

PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMsHIP    COMPANY. 

The  Company's  steamers  will  sail  as  follows  at  13  M.: 
CITY  OF  TOKIO,  March  1st,  for  YOKOHAMA  and  HONGKONG. 

CITY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  February  16th,  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  call- 
ing at  MAZATLAN,  SAN  BLA3,  MANZANILLO  and  ACAPULCO,  connecting  at  Ac- 
apulco  with  company's  steamer  fur  all  Mexican  and  Central  American  ports  south  of 
Acapulco.     Tickets  to  and  from  Europe  by  any  line  for  sale. 

CITY  OF  SYDNEY,  February  23th,  at  12  o'clock,  noon,  or  on  arrival  of  the  En- 
glish mails,  for  HONOLULU,  'KANDAVAU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY"  and  PORT 
CHALMERS.    To  Sydney  or  Auckland— Upper  Saluou,  §210;  Lower  Saloon,  §200. 

DAKOTA,  Feb.  20th;  CITY  OF  PANAMA,  March  10th,  and  alternately  on  the  10th, 
20th  and  30th  of  each  month,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TOWNSEND,  SEATTLE,  TA- 
COMA  and  OLYMPIA,  connecting'  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for 
PORTLAND,  Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11  a.m.  on  day  of  sailing. 
For  frci"-lit  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  comer  of  First  and  Erannan  streets. 

February  17/  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 


IT,    1877. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER 


HIS   SATANIC   MAJ:s:Y,   ATTER   THE   tNlTSU.M.  LUXURY   OF  A 
TURKISH  BATH,  OROWi  ORACUIAB. 

■i  '     M  •  cloth  n  ..f  enul ! 

ii  iui/t-I,  oh!    WVH,  it"  they  ilo    th  y  mutt! 
th  the  pain ! 
■  il  '     I  feel  quite  voting  ag  un. 
-  rather  undo 

■  i  ted : 

dje  !    1  think  the  j  eople  Ul 
if  they  did,  :it  least     then  why  all  this  i 

fa •'       l.  ul  always  makes  me  glad ! 
For,  wh  in.  tho  I.  an:  ny  now  its  baa! 

1  .  moaning,  t'..-iiiu  folks  ato  thoae  who  sin  the  most! 

Aii'l  when  tt  -  oTer,  coma  bo  me    for  a  good,  old  health?  rn 
i  ■.  our  ii  ible  Mayor  has  been  sow  a  ■  swift, 

that  valentine]     Twas  Ryans  little  -itt. 
Hallelujah  Co  •  him  a  "teller 

inked  below  with  a  rebVand-white  umbrella  I 
"  that  ilk,"  tl 

■  their  views  on  "  i  'ity  Rings,"  an  i  then    just  take  them  back  ! 
There's  Drucker  busy  on  ■  book  (he's  been  behind  the 

In  pamphlet  form,  called  "What  I  Know  Isout  City  Fathers1  Means  1M 
Did  1  tell  yon  how,  the  other  night  while  rambling  round,  I  Btruck 
\  "Med  am  - '  pi    ■■.  k  Mrs.  I  made  her  tell  ray  luck! 

■  iin,  Fooled  round  a  wan  1.  and  mumbling  might 

mined  me  (nil  »  tth  a  ours  id  pack  •■'  ties  ! 
went  "if  to  "  Linda  nail's.11  and,  tho'  'twas  getting  late, 
<  Sailed  in  at  "  Prances1 "  just  v>  try  her  magic  writing  - 

They  do  more  harm  than  g 1 ! 

Their  proper  sphere's  the  'ity  Jail,  their  diet  prison  food 
Mere  vampires!  fattening  on  the  blood  of  unsuspecting  fools ! 

■  their  crafty  tools. 
The  love-sick  maid,  _ht. 

Tl  i  -    .in-  their  victims !  these  the  dupes  they  chuckle  o*er  when  caught'! 
zja  1  th  tt  Howard's  "  nabbed  "  at  last,  his  was  a  frightful  hoi 

■  i  for  Moody  then  :    I  claim  bis  pupils  -every  bou]  ! 
trd  lit-  hails  from  Truckee,  bnt  suspected  of  some  crime, 

iff  •■  for  change  of  air  "  t"  some  mure  genial  clime  ! 
What's  all  this  fuse  with  Reynolds  for!  this  tangle-footed  mess? 

'twould  erase  a  saint :  a  perfect  wilden  i 
I  believe  in  Brother  J  enlightened  time* 

To  poll  a  vote,  or  take  an  oath,  for  the  man  that  "planks  "  the  dimes  ! 
The  T  gone  to  "pot!"  since  this  Water  Company's 

That's  what  they  want  -  some  small  excuse  for  all  to  break  their  vow  ! 

The  idea  is  all  that  hurts  them  bo  !  while  if  they  should  get  ill. 

There's  "Steinharts  Essence"  that  will  cure,  if  not,  'twill  only  kill ! 

The  public  should  feel  thankful,  though  !  The  water's  meat  and  drink  ! 

What  is  a  "  wriggler"  after  all?    Why  kick  np  such  a  stink? 

They  should  be  glad,  and  Btop  their  fuss;  this  growling  every  minute. 

We'll  all  get  sick     at  least  we  ought—  they  say  there's  '*  millions"  in  it  ! 

The  Company  tho1  have  hurt  themselves  in  getting  Pick's  poor  aid— 

A  Bony  champion  !  any  cause  fu  helped,  would  be  unmade! 

"But  if  your  water's  filthy,  sure  your  whisky's  still  much  worse" — 

s..  lectures  1  luzer,  and  proclaims  the  liquor  trade  a  curse  ! 

"  lis  easier  far  to  kill  the  'bugs'  and  purify  your  tanks, 

"Than  banish  vitriol  from  your  blood  — so  says  Professor  Hanks. 

//e  says  your  gin  is  fusil  oil  I     Your  rum  an  alum  dram; 

Sour  brandy,  etc.,  poisonous  salts  ;  your  wine  not  worth  a  d— n ! 

A  cheerful  thought  !     No  wonder  then  there's  suicides  !     '  Tia  plain 

What  prompts  them  all !   or  makes  —still  w-'r^j—^i  many  men  insane  !  — 

I  bi   ouque  gone  out !     Let's  follow  suit  !     We've  sat  here  long  enough  ! 

Let's  la;.  :  aide  this  Turkish  rig',  and  don  some  Christian  stuff ! 

:  m  die  Dog's"  the  nearest  place  !    You'll  dine  with  me  to-night? 
I  crave  two  favors — don't  talk  "shop,''  and  mind,  don't  make  me — tight ! 


A  WSLL-MEANI  RULS   WHICH   NiJSDS  AMENDMENT 

Our  worthy  Chief  of  Police  recently  adopted  a  rule  which,  though 
designed  for  good,  may  work  evil.  He  proposes  to  give  policemen  credit 
in  proportion  to  the  number  of  arrests  they  make,  and  if  those  credits  fall 
far  behind  those  of  their  fellows  he  suggests  they  should  be  dismissed  the 
force.  It  has  undoubtedly  become  ne  :essary  to  apply  some  Bpur  to  Is 
policemen,  but  the  one  proposed  we  feel  assured  will  work  injuriously.  Al- 
ready there  are  signs  that  arrests  are  being  made  that  would  be  much  bet- 
ter avoided.  It  is  not  the  number,  but  the  quality— if  we  may  so  use  the 
phrase— of  the  arrests  which  should  count.  Better  to  send  one  desperate 
burglar  to  San  Quentin  than  to  provide  a  hundred  partially  intoxicated 
victims  with  a  night's  compulsory  lodging.  It  is  infinitely  more  to  the 
credit  of  a  policeman  to  help  a  half-drunken  man  on  the  road  to  his  home, 
wife  and  family,  than  it  is  to  needlessly  arrest  and  confine  him  in  that 
abomination  of  abominations,  the  I  'ity  Prison.  If  credit  is  to  be  given 
for  the  number  of  arrests,  the  temptation  to  the  latter  course  will  be  irre- 
sistible. The  rule  applied  to  the  London  police  is  a  very  much  better 
one.  There  every  offense  made  known  to  a  policeman  anil  committed  on 
his  beat,  must,  upon  pain  of  dismissal,  be  reported  by  him  at  headquar- 
ters at  the  first  opportunity,  and  if  he  fails  to  make  the  necessary  arrest 
he  receives  a  black  mark.  A  large  number  of  arrests  may,  indeed,  be 
evidence  of  the  worst  instead  of  the  beat  qualities  in  an  officer.  He  is 
the  highest  type  of  policeman  whose  vigilance  prevents  crime,  and  so  ren- 
ders arrests  unnecessary.  The  next  highest  is  he  who  can  show  that 
where  it  was  impossible  to  prevent  the  crime,  the  perpetrator  of  it  was 
arrested.  It  is  a  mistaken  policy  to  offer  a  premium  to  policemen  to  pro- 
voke and  promote  little  peccadillos.  The  policeman  who  gives  a  good 
account  of  the  perpetrator  of  every  burglary,  larceny  or  assault  that  has 
occurred  on  his  beat,  does  well,  but  he  whose  vigilance  prevents  these 
things  altogether,  does  better.  Hence  Chief  Ellis,  whose  motives  are  not 
to  be  impugned,  must  adopt  some  wiser  standard  by  which  to  judge  a 
good  officer. 


LIES    OF    THE    DAY. 


'    It**  Vlnss.  mkI  c*n  fly  f»r  «n.1  wtds, 


A  Ha  ii*«  no  hup,  »mi  i 

idtpUbllttj  "i 
whfab  OU  i  in' in  all.—  l.-'iii.  Hhouoiiam 

i  will  -■■■•ii  rata  through     i     ■    ■  i 

"Am!  '  la  It  hit  last  thai  weak,  ami  in-  »«|<|  UkowiM, 

That  a  lie  which  la  half  a  Hi 

! 

Hut  *  i<  i  truth  i- «  in.'  i' 


San  Francisco  Lies.  -- 1 

'  is  hashed  up  in  San  Francisco,  by  Jingo.  «^— Thai 
tittle   hope   for  our  tool otalers,  th  nod  with 

—  !         here  u  e\  en  teas  for  the  tip] 

■  'l'ii.   -  -That  th<'  only  safe  (and  I 
chloral-hydrate.  —That  a  zealou  ial    ol  tight  and  knew  thai 

.  he  arrested  the  wrong  man!  and  a  sober  one 
at  that.— That  the  recent  importation  from  AustraJii  was  not  badly 
woundi'd  d,  1ml    ma)  be  if  he    pel  iste   in  i ii:ming  against  tm 

I'n.it,       That  1  >r.  Briggs  finds  that  a  few  ounces  of  had,  more  or  leas, 

are  good  brain  f i  and  decidedly  appetizing. ■—■■■That   blue  glass  u  an 

antidote  for  blue  stockings  and  mother-in-law.  —That  Paul  Demidoff 
likes  to  send  autographs.  "That  Brother  Piokering  never  raises  hu  eyes 
from  the  sidewalk  or  looks  a  man  square  in  the  face. 

Healdsburg  Lies.  -  It  Is  not  true  that  F.  B.  M.  carries  "his  artil- 
lery '  with  li  it  ii  since  that  "eventful  night."— That  I.  K.  paid  $80  for 
that  overcoat—— That  G.  K.  EL  will  noon  be  admitted  to  the  bar.^— « 
That  Guns  has  a  new  wagon.— That  Foster  and  "Ferg"  are  training 
for  a  d  tuble  clog.  —  That  the  picnickers  went  as  for  up  as  the  fountain. 
—That  "Powell's  Theater"  is  about  to  be  leased  to  the  Campbellites. 
^^That  ('apt.  Norton  is  a  brother  to  Emperor  Norton  of  San  Fran- 
cisco..^—That  McClish  is  gutting  thin. 

Portland  Lies. --It  is  not  true  that  "  Count"  Vou  Wilson  declined  to 
attend  the  Breeden  reception.— That  it  was  beneath  his  dignity  on 
account  of  an  assistant  book-keeper  being  Charge  d'  Affairs.  ■—That  Bob 
Linden  had  his  black  eye  painted  before  going  to  same.— That  Mr. 
Hubner  played  wall  flower  all  evening.—'  That  Ed.  < lunningbam  thought 
he  was  a  '"perfect  daisy"  with  his  moustache  cut  off.-^— That  Dobbj 
can't  conceive  why  he  did  not  obtain  an  invite.  -^— That  he  "wants  to 
know  the  reason  you  know."  .—That  Norwood  Currie  buys  his  ferry 
tickets  at  half  ratee.— --That  Dr.  Littlefield  considers  himself  a  billiard 
sharp.^— That  Then.  Caileton  has  joined  the  church.  —That  Yin  Cook 
considers  himself  proficient  in  the  art  of  canning  salmon.  ■  —  ■  That  no  one 
else  thinks  so.  —  That  Commodore  Hatch  will  enon  lie  a  happv  benedict. 

That  when  he  dies  he  will  be  worth  -SSO, 000,000. That  it  will  melt 

if  he  takes  it  with  him.—  That  Col.  Dudley  Evans  wears  corsets.— 
That  Wall.  Henderson  sings  "We  sat  by  the  river  you  and  I."— That 
Ned  Hall  likes  to  hear  him.  That  Fred.  Bancroft  refrains  from  bum- 
ming with  the  boys  at  night.^— That  Ned  Withinyton  knows  how  it  is 
himself.— —That  Ike  Blum  makes  himself  too  fresh.— That  Fred.  Cur- 
rier has  made  a  fortune  in  stocks.  That  Charley  Sitton  is  afraid  to 
take  his  own  pills. 


THE    MARQUIS    OP    SALISBURY. 

The  proposed  mark  of  Royal  and  public  recognition  and  approval 
which,  it  is  announced,  is  to  be  conferred  upon  the  Marquis  of  Salisbury 
by  his  elevation  to  Ducal  rank,  has  been  made  the  subject  of  many  sneers, 
and  much  sarcasm  from  a  portion  of  the  Press.  We  think  in  such  dis- 
paraging comments,  aspiritofpettyUttgiousnessandadisposition  to  cavil  at 
trifles,  is  shown.  Even  supposing  that  Lord  Salisbury  has  achieved  no 
particularly  beneficial  result  by  his  participation  in  the  lately  dissolved 
Conference  (which  we  are  far  from  admitting)  what  possible  objection  can 
there  be  to  his  being  rewarded  in'Bome  way  for  his  having  exerted  himself 
with  his  best  ability  to  that  end.  In  these  days  when  a  quid  is  rigorously 
demanded  for  every  quo,  it  is  not  to  our  comprehension  quite  clear  that, 
because  a  man  happens  to  be  of  exalted  rank,  he  should  on  that  account 
receive  no  acknowledgment  of  his  services.  The  Conference,  it  is  true, 
has  come  to  a  somewhat  lame  and  abortive  conclusion,  and  the  position 
which  its  members  occupied  during  the  earlier  days  of  their  sojourn  in 
Constantinople,  was  certainly  not  enviable.  All  Europe  knows  that  the 
English  representative,  above  all  the  rest,  left  no  stone  unturned,  no  ar- 
gument unused,  to  urge  upon  the  Divan  the  expediency  of  accepting  the 
proposals  of  the  Powers,  or,  at  least,  of  meeting  them  half  way,  and  ef- 
fecting a  compromise  by  which  war  might  be  averted.  The  obstinate  and 
disdainful  refusal  of  the  Sultan  and  his  late  Grand  Vizier  to  entertain  all, 
or  any  of  there  propositions,  caused  the  failure  of  the  Conference,  and 
left  the  Eastern  Question  as  unsettled  at  it  was  six  months  ago.  This 
was  no  fault  of  the  distinguished  men  who,  for  over  a  month,  accepted 
cheerfully,  and  carried  out  with  dignity  and  sagacity  the  most  onerous 
and  responsible  duty  that  could  fall  to  the  lot  of  statesmen.  It  is  mod- 
erately certain  that  othernations  will,  in  some  way,  reward  their  represent- 
atives. WhyLord  Salisbury  should  be  grudged  an  accession  of  rank  that  will 
be  of  no  cost  to  any  body  except  the  recipient  of  the  honor  (who  will  have  to 
pay  for  the  ' '  patent"),  we  fail  to  see.  He  has  rendered  good  service,  now  and 
before,  and  it  should  count  for  something  that  he  is  descended  straight 
from  the  grand  Burleigh,  famous  as  the  "  one  time  friend ''  of  Queen  Eli- 
zabeth. 

A  reprehensible  practice  is  in  vogue  in  this  port.  We  refer  to 
shipping  merchants  and  agents  advertising  vessels  that  are  off  the  rating 
on  Lloyd's  register — as  first-class.  The  decadence  of  commercial  morality 
beyond,  this  is  hardly  perceptible. 

At  a  long  discussion  on  strata  at  the  house  of  the  learned  Professor 
Agassiz,  a  Mr.  B.  asked  if  there  were  any  strata  of  precious  gems.  "No, 
none  whatever,"  replied  Professor  Agassiz.  "  I  have  heard  of  one,"  said 
Mr.  B.  "Impossible!"  was  the  rejoinder.  "Oh,  yes,"  said  Mr.  B., 
"  and  it  was  called  a  stratagem. 


Late  Bullion  shipments  embrace  $6,857  from  the  Leopard  on  the  11th, 
and  $8,555  from  the  Chollar-Potosi  mine  on  the  14th. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER. 


Feb.  17, 1877. 


CRADLE.    ALTAR.    AND   TOMB. 


CRADLE 

Aiierx— In  this  city,  February  2,  to  the  wife*  of  Peter  Ahem,  a  daughter1. 
Co.vway— In  this  city,  February  5,  to  the  wife  of  James  Conway,  a  son. 
<  lOBBN— In  this  city,  February  11,  to  the  wife  of  Joseph  Cohen,  a  son. 
Fklla  —  !n  this  city,  February  12,  to  the  wife  of  George  Fella,  a  son. 
Hogan— In  this  city,  January  27.  to  the  wife  of  Owen  Hogan,  a  daughter. 
Minnie— In  this  city,  February  4,  to  the  wife  of  Win.  H.  Minnie,  a  sou. 
Maninng  — In  this  city,  February  13,  to  the  wife  of  T.  M.  Manning,  a  son. 
MlFkhlv  —  In  this  city,  February  14.  to  the  wife  of  F.  W.  McFeely,  a  daughter. 
NoRBIS — In  this  city,"  February  8,  to  the  wife  of  H.  J.  Norris.  a  daughter. 
O'Nbjll— In  this  city,  February  9,  to  the  wife  of  C.  W,  O'Neill,  a  son. 
I'annill— In  this  city,  February  12,  to  the  wife  of  W.  PainiiH,  a  daughter. 
STOCK  -In  this  city,  February  12,  to  the  wife  of  E.  C.  Stock,  a  son. 
Swan— In  this  city,  February  12,  to  the  wife  of  J.  S.  Swan,  a  daughter. 
Taylor— In  this  city,  February  14,  to  the  wife  of  Thomas  Taylor,  a  daughter. 
voigt — In  tibia  city.' February  10,  to  the  wife  of  F.  R.  Voigt,  a  daughter. 
WoLr— In  this  city,  February  12,  to  the  wife  of  Julius  Wolf,  a  son. 

ALTAR. 
IJriLNMAM-WiEDEL—  In  this  city,  February  14,  W.  F.  Eumham  to  Rosa  WindeL 
Conklino-Bkown— In  this  city,  February  11,  G.  W.  Conkling-  to  L.  I>.  Brown. 
Donaiiie-Powers— In  this  city,  February  11,  H.  Donahue  to  E.  Powers. 
Ellis-Mlbiklle — In  this  city,  February  7,  F.  H.  Ellis  to  Jennie  Mibielle. 
Fitschen-Pract—  In  this  city,  February  8,  J.  C.  Fitsehen  to  E.  0.  Pracy. 
Greknherg-Wulf— In  this  city,  February  11,  L.  Greenbergto  E.  Wolf. 
Heim-Martens — In  this  city,  February  11,  Franz  Heim  to  Mary  Martens. 
ttARBSTErs-MuMiER — In  this  city.  February  11,  Chas.  Karbstein  to  A.  C.  H.  Mullen 
Landurkkde-IIkkuann— Iu  this  city,  February  11,  W.  A  Lamlgrebbc  to  E.  Hermann. 
Martens-Leske— In  this  city,  February  11,  C.  H.  .Martens  to  M.  Leske. 

Sanhersun-Weltun— In  this  city,  February  12,  L.  A.  Sanderson  to  Emma  Walton, 
Tavlor-Gallagiier  — In  this  city,  February  8,  Samuel  TaUor  to  Margaret  Gallagher. 
\\  iLL-Srfc.1  PBSS— In  this  city,  February  S,  P.  H.  Will  to  M.  S.  Steffens, 

TOMB. 
Ar.io— In  this  city,  February  10,  Guadalupe  Arjo,  aged  32  years. 
Brown— In  this  city,  February  12,  Charles  Brown,  aged  39  years. 
Cavanagu — In  this  city,  February  13,  James  Cavunagh,  aged  41  years. 
Gallagher—  In  this  city,  February  9,  Qemphrey  Gallagher,  aged  52  years. 
Hogan — In  this  city,  February  1>,  Win.  H.  Hogan,  aged  64  years. 
Johnson— In  this  city,  February  12,  Sarah  Johnson,  aged  25  years. 
MomTT—  In  this  city,  February  10,  John  Muffin,  aged  47  years. 

Joyes— In  this  city,  February  14.  W,  A.  Noyes,  aged  2(i  years. 
Price— In  this  city,  February  0,  Hugh  Price,  aged  25  years. 
Reiniiarlt— In  this  city,  February  12,  H.  Rhinhardt,  aged  45  years. 
Stollek— In  this  city,  February  13,  Samuel  Stoller,  aged  30  years.* 
Wall— Iu  this  city,  February  12,  E.  S.  Wall,  aged  31  years. 


FROST    BITTEN. 

We  were  riding  home  from  the  Carroll's  ball 

Nelly  Sansargent  and  I,  you  know ; 
The  white  flakes  fluttered  about  our  lamps, 

And  our  wheels  rolled  silently  through  the  snow. 
We'd  danced  together  the  evening  through, 

For  Bernstein's  viols  had  "played  their  best;" 
Her  fair  head  drooped,  her  lids  were  low. 

And  her  dreamy  eyes  were  full  of  rest. 
Her  white  arms  nestled  along  her  lap 

Her  hands  half  holding,  with  weary  grace, 
Her  fading  violets  *  passing  sweet 

Was  the  far-off  look  on  her  fair  young  face. 
I  watched  her,  speaking  never  a  word, 

For  I  would  not  waken  those  dreaming  eyes  ; 
But  the  breath  of  the  violets  filled  the  air, 

And  my  thoughts  were  many,  and  far  from  wise. 
At  last  I  said  to  her,  bending  near, 

"  All,  Nelly  Sansargent,  sweet  'twould  be 
To  ride  together  our  whole  lives  long, 

Alone  with  the  violets,  you  and  me." 
Her  fair  face  flushed,  and  her  sweet  eyes  fell* 

Low  as  the  murmur  of  medow  rills 
Her  answer  came  to  me — "Yes,  perhaps; 

But  who  would  settle  our  carriage  bills?" 
The  delicate  blossoms  breathed  their  last ; 

Our  wheels  rolled  hard  on  the  stones,  just  then, 
Where  the  snow  had  drifted  ;  the  subject  dropped, 

And  has  never  been  taken  up  again. 

A  SCENE  IN  THE  SUPREME  COURT. 
There  was  a  scene  iu  the  Supreme  Court,  the  other  day,  which 
astonished  our  legal  lights.  A  neat  little  lady,  with  a  musical  voice,  had 
the  temerity  to  appear  as  her  own  lawyer.  She  was  plaintiff  in  a  suit  to 
i  iver  two  hundred  acres  of  land  situated  on  Pacific  and  Railroad  ave- 
nues, Alemeda.  As  long  ago  as  187J>  judgment  had  been  rendered  in  her 
favor  by  the  Third  District  Court,  but  according  to  the  dela3's  for  which 
oar  highest  Court  is  proverbial,  the  case  could  not  be  reached  until  Thnrs- 
day  «if  this  week.  The  lady's  courage  was  equal  to  her  appearing  in  pro- 
pria persona  against  such  redoubtable  counsel  as  Messrs.  Haight  and 
Taylor.  She  was  a  woman,  and  not  an  attorney-atdaw,  she  said,  and  did 
not  require  eminent  legal  talent  to  elucidate  so  plain  a  case.  She  wanted 
to  know  "  if  the  gentlemen  on  the  other  side  had  yet  to  learn  that  appear- 
ances were  deceitful?  They  say  that  the  paper  bore  marks  of  age. 
Though  it  were  as  old  as  Methuselah,  that  would  not  make  it  a  valid  docu- 
ment. They' say  it  is  fair  to  presume  that  the  paper  was  on  file  sixty 
days.  If  we  are  trying  the  case  on  presumption,  we  can  presume  almost 
anything.  They  can  presume  that  their  whole  case  is  complete,  and  that 
a  little  gauzy  vapor  is  hanging  over  and  causing  a  cloud  upon  this  title." 
In  this  way,  with  force  and  logic,  she  continue*!  her  argument  to  the  end, 
winning  compliments  from  a  critical  audience.  We  now  hope  she  maybe 
rewarded  with  a  speedy  decision,  though  if  she  is,  shewilllie  about  the  first 
litigant  that  was  ever  so  favored  by  our  own  Supreme  Court.  No  five 
learned  and  able-bodied  men  we  know  of  can  take  so  much  time  to  do  so 
little.  The  North  Pole  can  be  reached,  Africa  crossed  upon  foot,  and 
any  other  stupendous  work  can  be  undertaken  and  completed  in  less  time 
than  it  takes  them  to  determine  a  law  point.     We  allude  to  the  present 


case,  however,  iu  order  to  commend  to  others  the  common  sense  example 
of  the  lady.  There  is  altogether  too  much  law  and  too  many  lawyers  in 
this  State.  A  little  courage,  accompanied  by  a  plain  statement  of  the 
facts  by  the  person  best  acquainted  with  them,  would  often  win  speedier 
and  more/righteous  judgments.  The  efforts  of  lawyers,  in  these  days, 
are  too  often  directed  towards  retarding  justice,  rather  than  to  promo- 
ting it. 

' '  Un'y  a  pas  de  SaVon.— A  Liverpool  paper  says  that  "  washing  in 
Paris  costs  three  times  as  much  as  in  London."  That's  because  they  have 
three  times  as  little  of  it— and  washerwomen  must  live.  They  only  do 
that  here. 

LATEST  PRICES  OF  IMPORT  AND  EXPORT  STA  IE?- 


METALS. 

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Bar  Iron,  assorted, ¥>  B-. 
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Tin  Plates,  1  C.  #box... 
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Quicksilver 

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West  Hartley,  ¥  ton 

Australian 

Cumberland 

Anthracite 

Belllnghani  Bay 

Mount  Diablo 

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Java, Old  Government.. 

Manila 

Costa  Kica , 

RICH 

China, No. l,#  ft 

China, No. 2 

Hawaiian 

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Champagne,  V  doz , 

Port, according  to  brand 

*  gallon , 

Sherry, do.  do , 

OIL. 

Coal  and  Kerosene 


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Muscovado , 

Peruvian 

CANDLES. 

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SPIRITUOUS  LIQUORS. 

Whisky,  Anglican 

Whisky, Scotch 

Whisky  Irish.... 

Alcohol,  Amerie:m 

1  £  um ,  Jamaica 

'"randy,  French 

BAGS  AND  BAOGISG. 

Chicken  Gunnies, 

Gunny  Bags  iu  bales 

Burlap  Bags 

Hessian, 45-inch,  $»  yard 
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Hides 

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[Phrmaxkxt    Advertisements.] 

A    ROGUE'S    RETROSPECT. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune,  June  6,  1649.] 
**  Loving'  Pickering1,*  late  editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union,  absconded  recently, 
"  leaving,  it  is  said,  many  of  his  friends  in  the  lurch  for  large  amounts.  On  the  25th 
"  ult.  a  warrant  was  issued  for  his  arrest  on  a  charge  of  forgery,  preferred  by  Samuel 
"  Treat,  E&q.  Officers  were  immediately  sent  up  the  Missouri  in  pursuit  of  him,  as 
"  it  was  supposed  he  had  started  fur  California. — Philadelphia  Bulletin" 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune.  June  \\i.  1949.] 
"Arrest  of  Pickering,  late  Editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union. — Subse- 
**  quent  accounts  do  not  entirely  confirm  the  reports  hitherto  received.  It  is  now 
"stated,  by  those  who  ought  to  know,  that  Pickering  was  arrested  in  St.  Joseph  by 
"  Messrs.  Treat  &  Krtunrun,  and  subsequently  committed  to  the  custody  of  the 
"  Sheriff,  or  one  of  his  deputies,  of  Buchanan  County.  While  in  custody  lie  found 
"means  to  escape,  and  made  off  to  parts  unknown.  The  party  in  pursuit  of  him,  it 
"is  said,  only  succeeded  in  obtaining  8700  from  him, "and  no  other  property  or  notes. 
"  Those  in  pursuit,  we  are  told,  were  not  prepared  with  any  authority  to  follow  him 
"beyond  the  limits  of  the  State. — St,  Louis  Republican ,  10th. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune.  June  20,  184ft.] 
"  The  Absquatulator. — Information  was  received  from  St.  Joseph  yesterday 
"that  Messrs.  kruuiruu  &  Treat  came  up  with  Pickering  at  that  place;  that  they 
"  compounded  with  him  for  his  offenses  by  receiving  some  $750  in  money  and  about 
"  gi.OOO  in  notes  of  hand,  etc.,  and  then  let  him  go.  When  the  boat  left  he  was  fit- 
"  ting  out  for  California,  and  the*  were  returning  by  easy  stages  to  St.  Louis.— 67. 
"  Louis  Republican,  9/A. 

["The  above  named   Loriog  Pickering  is  now  one  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  San 

FraiK'i-co  Daily   Keening   JJu/le/in   and   Morning    Call,   two  papers  published  in 

this  city.] 

CENTENNIAL.    SURGERY. 
The  following  liniment  was  prescribed  for  a  broken  thigh-bone  by — 

Dii.  Fish Oakland.      j      Dr.  BABCOCK State  Medical  Examiner. 

Hit.  A.  F.  SAWYER San  Francisco  : 

Chloroform 2  02.      |     Tinct:  Camphor 2  oz. 

Tinct :  Arnica  (';) 2  oz.      |      01  :  Origanum  (:) 1  oz. 

01 :  Olive 1  oz  u. 

Ft  Liniment— Sign—  Apply  with  friction  two  or  three  times  a  day. 
Use  the  above  for  two  months,  and,  if  it  should  not  produce  the  effect  desired,  use 
t  on  your  boots,  - THE  VICTIM. 

Is  it  Repudiation  ? — For  the  Stat  of  I  lalifornia  to  issue  b  .mds,  neglect  to  pro- 
vide for  their  redemption  at  maturity,  refuse  payment  and  then  deny  the  "holders  the 
right  of  trial  in  her  own  Courts. 


F 'E    ARZi-  D     "lEXl'UN    PORTS 

For  Cape  San   Lucas,  La  Pax,  Jlazatlaii,  Ouaymas  aii'l  the 
Colorado  River,   touching  at    Magdalena   Lay,    should  sufficient  inducement 

offer.  —  The  Steamship Master,  will  leave  for  the  above 

ports  on at  I'l  o'clock  M-,  from  Folsom-st.  Wharf,  connect- 
ing at  the  Mouth  of  the  Colorado  River  «  ith  the  Steamboats  and  Barges  of  theCoIi  rado 
Steam  Navigation  Company  for  all  points  on  the  River.      Through  Bills  of  LadinLr 

will  be  furnished  and  none  'others  signed.   Freight  will  be  received  on 

.     No  freight  rt-ceived  for  Mexican  Ports  after      at  12,  noon,  and  iiills 

of  Lading  for  those  ports  must  be  accompanied  by  Custom  House  and  Consular  Clear- 
ances.    For  freight  or  passage  apph  to 

February  17.  J-   BERMINGHAM,  Agent,  10  Market  street. 

O^CID-ENTAL    A^TD    DB  1  T    i\  "SHIP    COMPANY, 

1^©r  Japan  ami  Cliina,  leave  wliarf,  corner  First  a»(i  Bran- 
'      nan  streets,  at  noon,   for  YOKOHAMA  A^D    HONUKONC,   connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

OCEANIC January  16th,  April  17th,  July  17th  and  October  lGth. 

BELGIC February  16th,  Mav  16th,  August  *HJth  and  November  loth. 

GAELIC March  16th,  June  16th,  September  ISth  and  December  ISth. 

Cabin  Plans  on   Exhibition,    and    Passage    Tickets  for  sale  at    No.    4  New  Mont- 
gomery street.     For  Freight,    pply  at  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
T.   II.  GOODMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 
GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY.  Presid  Dec.  23. 


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SAN  FKANOISOO,  SATUSDAY,  FEBEUAEY  24,  1877. 


No.  5. 


Oltln**  oi"  (heNnn  Friturlnro  Xew*  Letter.  Chlim  nuJI,  (ulfiur- 
■  In  Jf  all  B»»c.  South  fide  Merchant  it  i  015,  San  Francisco. 

G^ui  IVVRS-880@900- Silver  Bars     l®13  P  cent  disc.  Treasury 
ue  Belling  at  964,     Baying,  95.     Mexican  Dollars,  \\  per 
cent.  disc.    Trade  DolJan,  J<a  1  per  cent,  disc 


W  Exchange  on  New  York,  \  per  cent,  for  Gold  ;  Currency.  43  per  cent 
premium.  On  London,  Bankers,  49£d.;  Commercial,  idgd.  ;  r«ris, 5 
franc*  per  dollar.    Telegrams,  %  percent 


■  •-  L*U-«t  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  Feb.  23d,  at  3  p.m.,  105.     Latest 
price  of  Sterling,  483.\ft  4S5. 

«- Price  of  Money  here,  MSA  per  cent,  per  month— bank  rate.     In  the 
I  remand  active. 


THE  VERY  LATEST  ABOUT  THE  COUNT. 

Last  evening,   after  the  article  which  appears  elsewhere  was  in  type, 

ma  came  from  Washington,  radicating  that  perhaps,  after  nil,  the 

Presidential  count  will  not  end  without  further  trouble.     A  considerable 

number  of  Democrats   favor  the  idea  of  further  resistance,  and  certainly 

it  is  quite  within  their  power  to  put  the  decision  over  the  4th  of  March, 
which  would  have  the  effect  of  making  the  acting  Vice-President,  Ferry, 
President  until  a  new  election  could  take  place.  The  question  arises, 
Would  there  be  any  sufficient  justification  for  such  a  course?  It  will  be 
nrged  that  the  Democrats  agreed  to  the  submission  of  the  whole  matter  to 
the  Electoral  Commission.  But  then,  what  was  it  that  they  did  submit? 
It  was  well  known  that  they  claimed  that  clearly  provable  frauds  had  l>een 
committed  by  the  canvassing  boards  of  Florida  and  Louisiana,  which 

had    the    effect    to    wrongfully  count  Hayes  in.      To  determine  whether 

that  allegation  was  true  or  false,  was  the  business  for  which  the  Commis- 
sion was  created.  If  it  hail  not  that  duty  to  perforin,  then  there  was  no 
for  its  having  life  and  being.  But  it  altogether  ignored  its  only 
function,  and  by  a  strict  party  vote  declared  that  it  could  not  inquire  into 
even  palpable  fraud.  It  refused  to  do  its  appointed  work.  If  it  had 
gone  into  the  inquiries  referred  to  it.  and  then  decided  in  a  particular 
way.  both  sides  would  clearly  have  been  bound  in  honor  by  the  result. 
But  it  becomes  a  very  different  matter  when  it  shirks  the  only  work  it  had 
to  do.  Suppose  the  case  of  an  ordinary  arbitration.  If  a  majority  refused 
to  listen  ti>  the  proofs  tendered  in  good  faith,  and  said  "we  will  decide, 
fraud  or  no  fraud,  in  favor  of  the  man  who  belongs  to  our  party,"  could  it, 
urged  with  any  show  of  decency,  that  the  other  side  should  quietly  acqui- 
esce in  such  a  finding.  This  is  precisely  what  has  occurred  iu  regard  to 
th--  electoral  count  We  hope,  however,  that  for  the  Bake  of  business,  the 
trouble  will  now  end,  and  that  for  the  purposes  of  peace  every  fraud  will 
be  submitted  to,        

STOCKS. 
The  stock  market  during  the  past  week  has  exhibited  much  inanition, 
buyers  and  sellers  being  alike  unwilling  to  come  to  terms.  News  from  the 
Con.  Virginia  mine  informs  the  public  that  in  consequence  of  the  high 
temperature  which  existed  in  the  lower  levels,  rendering  it  impossible  for 
the  men  to  work  in  shifts  of  longer  than  ten  minutes'  duration,  a  winze 
has  been  run  iu  a  drift  from  California  necessitating  a  backward  strike. 
The  current  of  air  thus  obtained  will  admit  of  the  work  being  pushed 
forward  shortly,  and  the  prognostications  are  all  in  favor  of  the  most 
excellent  results  being  achieved.  Little  change  in  value  has  to  be  reported. 
Best  &  Belcher  have  risen  SI,  and  Overman  $4,  and  on  the  other  hand, 
Yellow  Jacket  and  Silver  Hill  have  fallen  $1  each.  Bullion  and  Alpha 
have  advanced  slightly,  on  the  strength  of  encouraging  reports  from  the 
Superintendents,  as  have  also  Hale  ft  Eforcross  and  Gould  &  Curry.  Cali- 
fornia and  Con.  Virginia  are  a  trifle  firmer  thau  during  the  previous  week. 
There  was  no  Board  on  Thursday,  being  the  anniversary  of  Washington's 
Birthday.  The  settlement  of  the  Presidential  election  question  will  no 
doubt  favorably  affect  the  market,  and  better  prices  may  be  expected  in 
the  next  few  days. 

Beerbohm's  Telegram.— London  and Liverpool,  Feb.  25th,  1877.— 
Floating  Cargoes,  steady  ;  Cargoes  on  Passage,  firm  ;  Mark  Lane, 
firm;  No.  2  Spring  Off  Coast,  51s.;  California  Oti"  Coast,  53s.;  do. 
just  shipped,  54$.;  do.  nearly  due,  53s. ;  English  and  French  Country 
Markets,  dear;  Liverpool,  quiet;  California  Club,  10s.("  lis.  2d.;  do. 
average,  10s.  8tt.@10s.  lid.;  Red  Western  Spring,  10s.  3d.@LLs. 


Mr.  F.   VliTitr.  No.  8  <  lenient*  Lnne,  Loudon,  In  authorised  to 

receive  subscriptions,  advertisements,  communications,  etc.,  for  this  paper, 


t?hS^*r**  Pitblishtfl  with  this  week's  issue  a  F<mr- 


Paye  Postscript, 

LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 

San  Franciscans  Abroad.  --  Paris,  January  27th  :  David  Bixler, 
Mrs.  David  Bixler,  Mrs.  Bnsworth,  Mrs.  Win.  Cogswell,  Dr.  R.  B.  Cole, 
Miss  Josie  Cole.  C.  Dorris,  Mrs.  C.  Dorris,  Mrs.  K.  M.  Gillan,  Horace 
Hawse,  Mrs.  H.  Bawes,  L.  Newfield,  11.  Newfield,  Mr.  O'Meara,  Mrs. 
O'Meara,  Mrs.  Fanny  Osbourne,  Miss  Belle  Osbourne,  F.  F.  Ryer.  Lon- 
don. Jan.  27th  :  Mrs.  K.  Cilbam,  Miss  Hartley,  A.  Hoffman,  William 
Shields,  Miss  Bella  Thomas,  J.  Wedderspoon.  NiOB,  Jan.  27th  :  Mrs.  S. 
L.  Bee,  Mr.  Livingston,  Mrs.  Livingston,  Geneva,  Jan.  24th  :  Mrs.  B. 
O.  Fetter,  F.  K.  Weigle,  Mrs.  S.  S.  Wright,  Miss  Lizzie  Wright  limit, 
Jan.  23d :  Charles  Sutro,  K.  B.  Birch.  Naples,  Jan.  22d  :  Mrs.  M.  V. 
Baldwin.  Miss  Virginia  Baldwin.  F.  G.  and  Mrs.  Merchant,  Baron  Dacier 
Merchant,  Charles  Sutro. — American  Register,  January  27(/i. 

Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.  —  New  York,  February 
23d,  1877.— Gold  opened  at  104J ;  11  a.  IS.,  at  104$  ;  3  p.m.,  105$.  United 
States  Bonds  —  Five-twenties  of  1867,  111?  ;  1881,1099.  Sterling  Ex- 
change, 4  8Si<5  4  85,  short.  Pacific  Mail,  25.?.  Wheat,  SI  50(oA  GO.  West- 
ern Union,  75.  Hides,  dry.  21@21i,  quiet  OH  — Sperm,  SI  31(5  81  32. 
Winter  Bleached,  §105(5170.  Whale,  70&75 ;  Winter  Bleached, 
73<?86.  Wool -Spring,  fine,  22(5130;  Burry,  12(3)16;  Pulled,  25(5  38. 
Fall  Clips,  17fo22  ;  Burry,  16@22.  London,  February  23d.— Liverpool 
Wheat  Market",  10s.  S.l/5  AOs.lOd.  Club,  10s.  10d.@lls.  3d.  United  States 
Bonds,  107$.     Consols,  96  1-16. 

The  appointment  is  gazetted  of  George  Mr.  PhilUppo  as  Attorney- 
General  of  Hongkong.  He  was  called  to  the  Bar  of  the  Inner  Temple  in 
1862,  and  was  Queen's  Advocate  in  Sierra  Leone  in  1868,  Attorney- 
General  of  British  Columbia  in  1870,  Puisne  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  British  Guiana  in  1871,  and  after  filling  other  appointments  was 
Senior  Puisne  Judge  of  the  Straits  Settlements  in  1874. 


To  Cork,  U.  K.  The  ship  Rembrandt,  1,414  tons,  has  been  chartered 
to  load  Wheat  to  the  United  Kingdom  at  £2  4s.,  and  the  British  ship  Ben- 
more,  1,530  tons,  chartered  for  Wheat  to  Liverpool  on  private  terms.  The 
ship  Eliza  McXiel  is  also  taken  to  load  Wheat  for  Cork.  The  rates 
indicated  are  at  a  decline  from  last  week's  charters. 


Tenders  have  been  received  for  £100,090  six  per  cent,  debentures  of 
the  City  of  Christchurch,  Province  of  Canterbury,  New  Zealand.  The 
applications  amounted  to  £400,000,  and  prices  ranged  from  £98  to  £102 
3s.  ild.  Tenders  at  £100  Is.  received  nearly  nine-tenths,  and  those  above 
that  rate  in  full  

Malta,  January  24th.—  The  Duke  and  Duchess  of  Edinburg  em- 
barked here  this  morning  on  board  Her  Majesty's  ship  Helicon  for  the 
Piraaus,  on  a  visit  to  the  Court  of  Greece.  The  children  remain  here  dur- 
ing their  Royal  Highnesses'  absence. 

The  St  Petersburg  PansUvonic  journal  Norope  Vrcmyo  says  that  the 
Turkish  Government  have  asked  the  Sheik  of  Mecca  to  lend  them  £20,- 
000,000  from  the  Treasury  of  the  Kaaba. 

The  Russo-Turkish  question  is  very  like  that  of  the  Presidental 
election,  still  in  abeyance,  and  nothing  decisive  can  be  said  on  either  side, 
therefore  we  defer.     _^ 

The  Directors  of  the  New'Zealand  Trust  and  Loan  Company  (Lim- 
ited i  announce  a  dividend  of  5.s.  per  share,  being  at  the  rate  of  10  percent 
per  annum. __ 

Mr.  A.  Bierstadt,  the  artist,  is  visiting  Estes  Park,  Colorado,  for  the 
purpose  of  securing  sketches  of  winter  scenery  in  the  high  mountains. 

The  Chinese  Government  has  officially  notified  to  the  French  Gov- 
ernment that  it  will  take  part  in  the  Paris  Exhibition  of  1S73. 

Placards  have  beeu  anonymously  posted  up  at  Moscow  demanding  a 
Constitution  for  Russia  on  the  Turkish  pattern. 

Our  usual  ' '  Sanitary  Notes  "  reached  us  too  late  for  insertion. 


Printed  and  Pnbliahed  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco,  California, 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.   24,  1877. 


[From  the  Fortnightly  Review.] 
THE  GEOGRAPHICAL  ASPECT  OP  THE  EASTERN 
QUESTION.  —[Conclusion.  ] 
Now  this  lasting  and  distinct  character  of  races  in  these  lands  leads  to 
a  geographical  feature  which  is  quite  unlike  anything  to  which  we  are 
used  in  Western  Europe,  but  which  was  familiar  enough  in  ancient  times. 
We  may  say  that,  till  the  establishment  of  the  Riman  Empire,  it  was 
the  rule  in  the  lands  round  the  Mediterranean  that  the  seaboard  and  the 
inland  part  of  a  country  should  be  held  by  distinct  nations.  First  Phoe- 
nicians, then  Greek  colonies,  spread  themselves  over  the  greater  part  of 
the  Mediterranean,  iEgean,  and  Euxine  coasts.  But  they  nowhere  went 
very  far  inland.  Thus  the  group  of  Greek  cities  of  which  Massalia  was 
the  head  were  scattered  along  the  Mediterranean  coast  of  Gaul  and 
northern  Spain  ;  but  in  the  interior  of  the  country  they  had  no  influence 
beyond  a  purely  commercial  one.  The  land  was  Celtic  or  Iberian,  with  a 
Greek  fringe  on  the  coast.  The  Roman  power  put  an  end  to  this  state  of 
things,  as  far  as  political  dominion  was  concerned.  Throughout  the  Em- 
pire, the  sea-coast  and  the  interior,  whatever  were  the  race  and  speech  of 
their  inhabitants,  were  alike  Roman  in  allegiance.  But  with  the  great 
Slavonic  movement  of  the  sixth  and  seventh  centuries  the  older  state  of 
things  revived  in  South-eastern  Europe,  and  it  has,  to  a  great  extent,  re- 
mained to  our  daj\  The  sea-coast  and  the  interior  of  the  land  have 
again  parted  company.  A  map  of  Europe  in  the  seventh,  eighth,  ninth, 
and  teDth  centuries,  carefully  marking  the  dominions  of  the  Eastern  Em- 
perors, brings  out  this  fact  in  a  wonderful  way.  Like  the  colonies  of  Old 
Greece  at  an  earlier  day,  like  the  dominions  of  Venice  at  a  later  day,  the 
dominions  of  the  Eastern  Caesar  were  cut  down  to  a  system  of  islands, 
peninsulas,  strips  of  coast,  maritime  possessions  scattered  here  and  there 
over  a  large  part  of  Europe.  From  the  coming  of  the  Slaves  till  the 
overthrow  of  the  Bulgarian  kingdom  at  the  beginning  of  the  eleventh 
century,  there  was  no  great  continuous  Imperial  territory  anywhere  but 
in  Asia  Minor.  Things  had  come  back  to  the  days  before  Roman  domin- 
ion. The  Greek,  as  for  this  purpose  we  may  call  him,  again  occupies  the 
JEgean,  Adriatic,  and  Euxine  coasts.  Hia  rule  reaches  from  Venice  to 
Oherson  and  Trebizond.  But  the  inland  part  of  the  wide  land  between 
the  Adriatic  and  the  Euxine  is  again  alien,  in  his  eyes  barbarian.  From 
the  Danube  to  Olympjs— for  a  while  from  the  Danube  to  Peloponnesos— 
the  inland  parts  are  Slavonic  or  Bulgarian,  while  the  coast  remains  Greek, 
or,  in  the  northern  part  of  the  Adriatic,  Italian— in  either  case,  Imperial. 
And  this  state  of  things  in  a  manner  abides  still.  The  disposition  of 
races  remains  much  the  same  ;  the  only  difference  is  the  political  one, 
that  Constantinople  in  Ottoman  hands  exercises  a  power  over  the  inland- 
regions  which  it  did  not  exercise  in  Byzantine  hands.  Now  as  then,  along 
a  vast  range  of  country,  the  coast  is  mainly  Greek  :  the  inland  regions 
are  mainly  Slave.  And  in  one  corner  the  older  state  of  things  is  still  more 
completely  brought  before  our  eyes  ;  the  coast  and  the  interior  are  sepa- 
rated, not  only  by  race,  but  by  political  allegiance.  There  is  no  more  in- 
structive lesson  in  history  than  that  which  is  taught  us  by  the  revolutions 
of  the  narrow  strip  of  Dalmatian  coast  and  of  the  vast  mainland  to  the 
back  of  it.  For  a  few  centuries,  Illyria  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
and  flourishing  parts  of  the  world,  renowned  above  all  things  as  the  land 
which  gave  the  world  its  rulers.  It  was  so,  because,  for  those  few  cent- 
uries only,  the  coast  and  the  interior  were  not  divided.  Before  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  Roman  dominion,  Illyria  counted  for  a  barbarous  land, 
hard  indeed  for  conquerors  to  subdue,  but  where  civilization  was  confined 
to  a  few  Greek  cities  on  its  coasts  and  islands.  Under  the  Roman  Peace, 
the  body  and  its  natural  mouths  were  brought  together.  Jadera  flour- 
ished; Pietas  Julii  flourished  ;  Salona  was  one  of  the  great  cities  of  the 
earth  ;  and  from  Salona  came  forth  Diocletian.  But  Diocletian  was  only 
the  greatest  of  a  long  line  of  IUyrian  princes  before  and  after  him.  The 
border-land  of  East  and  West  might  worthily  claim  to  supply  East  and 
West  with  its  rulers.  With  the  Slavonic  immigrations  all  this  ceased; 
the  body  was  again  cut  off  from  the  mouths  and  the  mouths  from  the 
body.  The  interior  became  barbarian  ;  civilization  was  again  shut  up  in 
the  coast-cities  which  still  clave  to  the  Empire.  Salona  fell,  and  Spalato 
rose  in  its  place  ;  but,  in  the  changed  state  of  things,  Spalato  could  not 
be  what  Salona  had  been.  Tossed  to  and  fro  between  various  masters, 
Byzantine,  Venetian,  Hungarian,  French,  and  Austrian,  the  Dalmatian 
cities  have  ever  since  bee»  cut  off  from  the  land  behind  them.  Ragusa, 
independent  within  living  memory,  was,  from  her  very  independance,  yet 
more  isolated  than  the  rest.  We  all  say,  and  we  say  truly,  that  Monte- 
negro must  have  a  haven.  We  feel  it  by  simply  looking  at  the  map ; 
but  we  feel  it  tenfold  more  keenly  when  we  look  down  from  the  Black 
Mountain  itself  on  Cattaro  and  her  mouths— the  Bocche,  the  city  and  ha- 
ven of  which  the  men  of  the  Black  Mouutain  were  so  shamefully  robbed 
—on  the  narrow  rim  of  lnnd  which  fences  in  the  Bocc/ie,  and  on  the  wide 
Adriatic  beyond.  We  feel  pent  up  in  prison  without  an  outlet.  But 
what  is  true  of  Montenegro  is  true  of  the  whole  land ;  the  body  is  still 
everywhere  cut  off  from  the  mouth  and  the  mouth  from  the  body.  Those 
lands  will  hardly  send  forth  another  Aurelian,  another  Diocletian,  an- 
other Constantine,  as  long  as  two  parts  of  them  which  is  essential  to 
theprosperity  of  each  of  the  other  *re  thus  unnaturally  kept  asunder. 
Here  then  we  come  to  some  of  the  great  difficulties  which  surround 
what  is  called  the  Eastern  Question,  difficulties  of  the  present  which, 
like  most  difficulties  of  the  present,  are  an  inheritance  of  the  events 
handed  on  from  the  past.  When  the  Turk  is  gone,  "  bag  and  baggage" — 
that  is,  of  course,  the  gang  of  official  oppressors,  not  the  Mahometan 
population  whom  no  one  wishes  to  injure,  and  who  may  in  truth  be 
counted  among  the  victims  of  the  official  Turk— when  the  Turk  in  this 
sense  is  gone,  there  will  still  be  other  difficulties  to  grapple  with,  difficult- 
ies which  were  in  full  force  before  he  came.  There  will  still  be  that  sepa- 
ration between  the  coast  and  the  interior,  which  exists  more  or  less  every- 
where, and  which  reaches  its  tnght  in  the  political  separation  between 
the  Illyrian  coast  and  the  Illyrian  mainland.  There  mil  still  be  the 
difficulty  of  drawing  any  frontier  which  will  satisfy  the  conflicting  claims 
of  Greek  and  Bulgarian.  There  will  still  be  the  difficulty  of  saying  what 
should  be  the  position  of  the  New  Rome  herself.  But  one  axiom  can  be 
laid  down:  the  New  Rome  must  ever  be  the  New  Rome;  she  must  be  the 
head  of  something,  be  it  empire  or  federation.  Eternal  as  she  is  in  a  far 
truer  sense  than  the  elder  Rome,  she  cannot  be  the  subject,  she  cannot 
even  be  the  equal,  of  any  other  city,  or  of  any  other  power.  But  of  what 
is  she  to  be  the  head?  I  need  hardly  speak  my  own  mind— of  a  federa- 
tion, if  federation  is  to  be  had ;  of  an  empire,  if  federation  is  not  to  be 
had.  And  the  latest  experiences  of  European  polity  have  taught  us  that 
federation  and  empire  are  not  incompatible.     The  states  which  already 


exist,  any  states  which  may  hereafter  be  formed,  must,  whatever  be  the 
nature  of  the  tie,  still  look  to  Constantinople  as  the  head  of  all.  There 
are  moments  in  Byzantine  history  when  we  are  inclined  to  curse  the 
foundation  of  the  New  Rome,  and  to  look  on  it  as  a  hindrance  to  the  na- 
tional growth  of  Bulgaria  or  Servia.  But  the  Imperial  city  is  there,  and 
the  Imperial  city  she  must  ever  be.  Soallow  indeed  are  the  thoughts, 
vain  are  the  fears,  of  those  who  profess  to  look  for  a  day  when  Constanti- 
nople shall  be  a  Russian  possession.  The  Russian  of  our  own  day  may 
win  her,  as  the  Russian  of  a  thousand  years  back  strove  to  win  her ;  but, 
if  he  wins  her,  he  will  cease  to  be  Russian.  A  prince  of  the  house  of 
Romanoff  may  sit  on  the  Byzantine  throne,  as  a  prince  of  the  house  of 
Hohenzollern  or  of  Coburg  may  sit  upon  it.  But  Constantinople  ran 
never  be  a  dependency  of  St.  Petersburg,  any  more  than  it  can  be  a  de- 
pendency of  Berlin  or  London.  Alarmists  may  shriek,  sentimental 
dreamers  may  chatter  ;  but  nature  and  history  are  too  strong  for  them. 

Constantinople  must  then  be  the  heart  of  whatever  it  has  to  be,  empire 
or  federation  or  federal  empire,  which  takes  the  place  of  the  rule  of  alien 
intruders  and  oppressors.  But  am  I,  is  any  one,  called  on  to  try  to  draw 
out  in  detail  any  scheme  for  the  future  ?  In  this  matter  we  are  placed  on 
the  horns  of  a  cruel  dilemma.  Frederick  the  Second  was  first  excommu- 
nicated for  not  going  on  the  Crusade,  and  when  he  did  go  he  was  excom- 
municated .'gain  for  going.  The  like  hard  fate  falls  on  him  who  ventures 
to  say  anything  about  the  affairs  of  Eastern  Europe.  If  he  points  out 
evils  and  does  not  propose  remedies,  he  is  unpractical  and  ' '  irresponsible. " 
If  he  does  propose  remedies,  he  is  still  unpractical  and  "irresponsible," 
and  he  is  speculative  and  dreamy  to  boot.  What  is  practical  or  unprac- 
tical is  a  question  which  often  admits  of  two  answers.  It  is  often  a  prac- 
tical course  to  take  an  inch  when  we  cannot  get  an  ell.  To  leave  the 
Sultan  at  Constantinople,  and  to  free  as  large  a  part  as  may  be  of  the 
land  which  he  oppresses  from  his  direct  rule,  would  be  a  great  and  prac- 
tical gain.  But  such  a  settlement  would  be  in  its  own  nature  temporary. 
What  it  does  for  some  provinces  will  have  at  some  future  day  to  lie  clone 
for  others.  Still  to  take  one  step  in  advance  is  a  gain,  and  we  may  be 
glad  to  take  that  one  step,  if  we  are  not  able  to  take  two.  But  nothing 
which  is  in  its  own  nature  temporary  is  practical  in  the  higher  sense. 
The  practical  view,  practical  in  the  higher  sense,  goes  much  further.  It 
is  not  pent  up  within  the  geographical  bounds  of  the  Ottoman  Empire. 
It  takes  in  all  South-eastern  Europe.  It  takes  in  the  Slaves  and  the 
Roumans  who  are  subjects  or  vassals  of  the  Turk.  I  will  not  draw  out 
schemes  ;  but  I  will  recall  certain  memories.  In  the  days  of  the  treaty 
of  Passarowitz,  when  the  Turkish  frontier  went  largely  back,  men  dreamed 
that  the  two  crowns  of  East  and  West  might  again  be  united  on  the  brow 
of  Charles  the  Sixth.  The  successes  of  the  Imperial  arms  had  been  so 
great  since  the  Ottoman  had  besieged  Vienna  that  the  advance  of  a 
Western  Emperor  to  Constantinople  hardly  seemed  a  dream.  But  for 
Charles  the  Sixth  to  have  become  Eastern  Einperor,  he  must  have  ceased 
to  be  Western  Emperor  and  German  King,  perhaps  to  be  Austrian  Arch- 
duke. The  same  man  could  no  more  reign  at  Constantinople  and  at  Vi- 
enna than  he  could  reign  at  Constantinople  and  at  St.  Petersburg.  By 
the  peace  of  Belgrade  the  Turkish  frontier  again  advanced  ;  in  the  days 
of  Joseph  the  Second  it  again  fell  back.  The  same  dreams  were  again 
cherished  then.  And,  at  least  as  a  momentary  thought,  the  same  dreams 
could  hardly  fail  to  arise  again  in  the  autumn  of  1875.  It  should  not  be 
forgotten  that  the  stirring  of  the  Slavonic  mind  which  followed  on  the 
visit  of  Francis  Joseph  to  his  Dalmatian  realm  had  not  a  little  to  do  with 
all  the  events  which  have  followed.  In  that  autumn  Austria  was  play- 
ing the  part  of  a  good  neighbor  to  Bosnia  and  Herzegovina  ;  patriots  were 
not  yet  "interned,"  nor  was  open  sympathy  anywhere  expressed  for  the 
cause  of  the  barbarian.  The  thought  could  not  fail  to  arrise  that  the 
lord  of  so  many  Slavonic  lands,  the  King  of  Slavonia,  Croatia,  and  Dal- 
matia,  to  say  nothing  of  Bohemia,  Galicia,  and  Lodomeria,  might  put 
himself  at  the  head  of  the  Slavonic  movement,  even  that  he  might  possi- 
bly exchange  his  sham  Imperial  crown  for  a  real  one.  The  wild  outburst 
of  Magyar  fury  has  checked  all  this.  Can  it  be  that  an  ethnical  kindred 
of  the  most  remote  and  shadowy  kind  is  really  a  practical  element  in  the 
case?  Can  it  be  that  the  strange  comedy  which  was  lately  played  at  Con- 
stantinople, the  fraternization  of  Turk  and  Magyar,  really  had  a  serious 
meaning?  Certain  it  is  that  Magyar  hatred  towards  the  Slave,  the  natu- 
ral hatred  of  the  oppressor  toward  the  oppressed,  a  hatred  which  shows 
itself  even  to  Slavonic  refugees  fleeingfrom  their  Turkish  destroyers,  is 
one  great  difficulty  of  the  moment.  But  it  cannot  remain  a  difficulty  for 
ever.  Millions  of  men  of  European  blood  will  not  endure  that  a  handful 
of  alien  intruders,  ostentatiously  proclaiming-  themselves  as  alien  intru- 
ders, shall  forever  hinder  the  natural  settlement  of  South-eastern  Europe. 
The  reunion  of  Austria,  Tyrol,  and  Salzburg  with  the  German  body  may 
not  suit  the  immediate  German  policy  of  the  moment;  there  are  obvious 
reasons  why  it  does  not.  But  it  must  come  sooner  or  later.  The  separa- 
tion of  those  lands  from  Germany,  their  union  with  Hungary,  Dalmatia, 
Croatia,  and  the  rest,  is  too  unnatural  to  be  abiding.  The  separation  of 
the  Slaves  within  the  Austro-Hungarian  monarchy  from  the  Slaves  to  the 
south  of  them  is  also  too  unnatural  to  be  abiding.  A  Byzantine  Empire, 
a  Byzantine  Confederation,  whenever  it  is  fully  and  finally  formed,  must 
reach  a  good  deal  further  to  the  north  than  the  artificial  limit  of  1739.  If 
the  Turk  stands  in  the  way  of  a  just  settlement  at  one  end,  his  agglutina- 
tive ally  at  Pesth  stands  in  the  way  at  the  other.  He  is  a  great  difficulty, 
but  surely  not  a  difficulty  that  can  last  forever.  It  is  a  strange  thought 
that,  if  the  Apostolic  Stephen,  well  nigh  nine  hundred  years  back,  had 
got  his  Christianity  from  the  New  Rome  instead  of  from  the  Old,  one 
great  hindrance  to  a  just  settlement  of  South-eastern  Europe  would  in 
all  liklihood  not  have  stood  in  our  way. 

Edward  A.  Freeman. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Masonic  Savings  and  Loan  Bank,  JFo.  6  Post  Street, 
Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco.— At  a  meeting-  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of 
this  Bank,  held  January  18th,  1877,  a  Dividend  was  declared  at  the  rate  of  Nine  (9) 
per  cent  per  annum  on  Term  Deposits  and  Seven  and  One-Half  (7A)  per  cent,  per  an- 
num on  Ordinary  Deposits,  for  the  Semi-Annual  Term  ending  January  21st,  1S77, 
payable  on  and  after  January  25th,  1877,  free  of  Federal  Taxes. 
Jan.  27. H.    T.  GRAVES,  Secretary. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

French  IHataal   Provident  Saving's  and  Loan   Society..-- A 
Dividend  of  nine  (9)  per  cent,  per  annum,  free  of  Federal  Taxes,  for  the  six 
months  ending  December  31, 1876,  was  declared  at  the  Annual  Meetine:  held  on  Jan- 
uary 15, 1877,  payable  on  and  after  January  17,  1877.     By  order. 
Jan.  20.  GUSTAVE  MAHE,  Director. 


Feb.  M,   1877. 


I   iLIFORN]  V     ADVERTISER 


:* 


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■ 
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PESTILENCES  OF  THE  FOURTEENTH   CENTURY. 

Tho  first  two  "f  tli.-  great  pestilences  of  the  fourteenth   century,  says 

is '*  Library  of  English  Literature,"  were  Buffered  by  England  in 

in  134  i  49  and  L360  51.     The  earlier  of  these,  known  es  "  tli--  Black 

or  "tin-  Great  Mortality,"  wraa,  of  all  plagues,  the  most 

in.'  c\»t  known  in  Burope.  It  wae  said  that  the  plague  entered  Italy  with 

a  thick  foul  mist  from  toe  east.    Unseasonable  weather  bad  emise-l  gen 

In  tin-  spring  of  1347,  before  tin-  plague,  bread  was 

being  diatributed  to  tin-  poor  in  the  Italian  cities;  94,000  twelve-ounce 

iven  away  aaQyfrom   lnrj-_  public  bakehousei  erected  in 

Florence  alone.     Famine  preceded   pestuenoe;  and  of  the  famine  many 

l  'li.-  "•  Black  Death  '  bad  raged  on  tin-  northern  shores  of  the  Black 

Sea  before  it  was  brought  thence  to  1  Constantinople.     Thence  it  passed,  in 

1347,  to  Cyprus,  SI  ily,  Marseilles,  and  some  of  the  seaports  of  Italy.  It* 
■Dread  over  tin-  Mediterranean  islands,  end  reached  Avignon  in  January, 

1348.  r.-tnirch's  Laura  was  then  among  it-*  victims.  It  spread  through 
Italy  Mi'l  Prance,  was  ii  Florence  by  April,  passed  intoQermany,  entered 
England  in  August,  but  three  monthi  then  passed  before  it  had  reached 
London.  In  1349  it  was  sweeping  over  northern  Europe,  hut  it  did  not 
reach  Russia  till  1361.  Those  wen  aotdaya  of  aceunite  Htntiatics,  and 
we  may  say  nothing  of  the  23,840,000  said  to  have  died  by  tins  plague  in 

it  ;  hut  of  western  towns,  civilised  enough  to  have  some  notion  of 

the  number  of  their  inhabitant-',  Venice  said    that  there    perished  100,000 

of  her  people,  or  three-fourths  of  the  whole  population  ;  Florence  saul. she 
had  lost  tW».(MW  ;  Avignon,  00.000;  Paris,  50.000;  London,  100,000  ;  Not- 
wicb,  51,100  :  Yarmouth,  7,052.  In  many  places  half  the  population  died; 
some  Little  villages  1« >>t  all  by  death  and  Bight.  *>f  the  Franciscan  Friars 
in  Germany  then  were  said  to  have  perished  r_'.\ -\'M,  an<l  in  Italy,  30,000. 
Merchants  sought  favor  of  God  bj  laying  down  their  treasures  on  the  al- 
tar; iiionks  shunned  the  gifts  for  the  contagion  that  they  brought,  ami 
closed  ii"  ir  gates,  and  still  had  tlie  vain  rielies  of  this  world  thrown  by 
despairing  men  over  their  convent  walla.  In  the  Hotel  Dieu  at  Paris, 
when  five  hundred  wen  dying  daily,  pious  women,  Kisttrs  of  Charity, 
were  about  them  with  humane  ministrationa  and  words  of  divine  consola- 
tion. These  nurses  wen  perishing  themselves  daily  of  the  disease  from 
which  they  would  not  flinch  in  tlie  performance  of  their  duty  ;  and  as  they 
fell  at  their  posts,  then  never  was  a  want  of  other  gentlewomen  to  press 

in  and  carry  on  their  sacred  work.  The  Black  Death  was  followed  in  En- 
gland bv  a  murrain  anions  cattle.  It  has  been  estimated  l»v  a  modern 
w  riter  tint  this  great  pestilence  destroyed  a  fourth  part  of  the  inhabitants 
of  Europe.  The  terr  »r  of  this  was  fresh  when  the  pestilence,  which 
broke  out  again  at  Avignon  in  1360,  waa  again  scourging  us  in  13G1.  Of 
ind  pestilence,  it  was  observed  that  the  richer  suffered  by  it  in 
larger  proportion  than  before. 

PAT.T.TWfl    INTO    A    VAT    OF    MOLTEN    LEAD. 
The  coroner  for  Southwark,  Loudon,  held  an  inquest  on  Jan.  13th  at 
Hospital  upon  the  body  of  c  man  named  dames  Cade.     The  de- 
I  was  in  the  employ  of  Messrs.  Bnthoven,  lead  merchants,  of  Rotb- 

erhithe,  and  on  Xew  Year's  ni.-dit  he  went  to  work  as  usual  at  ten  o'clock. 
His  duty  was  to  assist  in  removing  large  quantities  of  molten  lead  from 
one  pot  to  another  for  refining  purposes.  One  of  these  pots  contained 
about  nine  tons  of  metal,  and  another  25  cwt.  The  deceased  was  directed 
to  go  and  work  a  crab,  which  raised,  by  means  of  a  crane,  a  large  ladle 
full  of  boiling  metal,  and  was  about  to  obey  his  instructions  when  he,  by 
aome  unexplained  cause,  slipped  and  pitched  head  foremost  into  one  of  the 
pots  containing  over  25  cwt.  of  molten  metal.  His  heartrending  shrieks 
brought  assistance,  and  he  was  got  out  and  taken  to  the  hospital,  where 
he  lingered  and  died  on  January  10th.  The  jury  returned  a  verdict  of 
"Accidental  death." 

HEAVY    METAL. 

People  are  always  wondering  bow  it  is  that  the  great  Sea  Serpent 
only  appears  for  a  moment  at  a  time,  and  won't  stay  to  be  captured  and 
brought  to  shore  so  as  to  be  verified  and  subsequently  tanked  at  the 
Koval  Aquarium.  There  is  happily  no  necessity  for  them  to  trouble  their 
minds  any  longer  as  to  why  this  is.  According  to  latest  accounts  the  Sea 
Serpent  commits  suicide  as  soon  as  discovered.  From  an  influential  and 
ever  truth-distilling  daily  we  discover  that  on  July  13th  a  "  serpent  was 
Been  about  two  hundred  yards  off  the  Pauline  shooting  itself  along  the 
surface."  After  this  we  shall  never  hear  of  its  blowing  great  guns  at  sea 
without  thinking  the  Serpent  must  be  at  the  bottom  of  it.  Once  given  a 
Sea  Serpent,  it  would  be  a  paltry  mind  indeed  that  would  stick  at  the 
shooting.  

Advertisers  have  strange  ideas  of  what  constitutes  'a  comfortable 
home.'  One  such  wiseacre  at  Hayward's  Heath  promises  '  a  lady  '  a  lux- 
ury of  that  character  '  for  only  ten  shillings  a  week,  provided  she  will  sleep 
with  tlie  pupils  in  a  school  and  teach  plain  Enalish  two  hoars  daily.  Curi- 
ous comfort  it  will  prove  for  the  unhappy  lady  tempted  to  pay  half-a-sov- 
ereign  weekly  for  fourteen  hours'  mixed  sleep  and  teaching  per  week,  and 
the  dubious  pleasure  of  having  a  whole  school  for  bedfellows,  and  the 
school  itself  for  a  bedroom!  That  appears  to  be  the  plain  English  of  the 
ads  ertisement. 

Out  'West  where  there  is  a  scarcity  of  coal  and  wood,  cheap  machines 
have  been  invented  for  twisting  straw  and  hay  into  compact  sticks  for  fuel. 


INSURANCE. 


INSURANCE    AGENCY    OF 
HUTCHINSON.  MANN  &  SMITH. 

NO    314     (AI.IIOHMA     wTsaBBTfl    HAX     IKAMINCO 

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N.iiiMtiftl  L  i .  Co  ,  r  s  a,  Wftsh'o, D. a iGLrard  Ids. Co   Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  M  ,liona. 
POLICIES   ISSUED   ON    DESIRABLE  PROPERTY  aT  FAIR  BATES,    LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  !'.\ll> 

III    I  *  111  ,NM».\,  MASS  A  SMITH,  Oeiiprnl  Aumc, 
Dec.  6.  t  r.  <t,  San    I  i.  i 

HOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

No.  -flOO  Cnlllornla  street,  next  floor  to  Bank  »>i  «  nil  lomla. 
Fire   Iiimii.ukc   r«-inp;iti\        i  ;i|'il:tl,   #i00,0O0.     Oiticbrh  :  -J.    F.    H*-o.  ht. -ti, 

Preatdenl  ;  Geo.  ll  Howard,  Vtoe-Preaident ;  Charlea  It.  story,  Secretary,  il.  11. 
BIGELOn  .  Genera]    Manager. 

DmBOTOBS.  -  Sin  Francisco—  Geo.  H.  Howard,  F.  D.  Athcrton,  H.  F.  Tcuclienm.lier, 
a   i:  Grogan.  John  EL  Redington.  a  w.  Bowman,  0.  s    Hobba,  U.  M.  HartaJiornc, 

L>.  Oonraa,  we  ii  Moor,  George  s  Johnaon,  II    N.  Tflden,  w  m.  Green* I,  s  h. 

Jones,  George  s.  Mann,  Cyrus  A'Uaon,  W.  a.  Foster,  Jr.,  Joeenb  Galloway,  W.  t. 
Garratt.  C  Waterhonso,  A  P.  HotaUng.  Oregon  Branca  P.  VrasBerman,  i;  GoldV 
smith.  L.  F  Grover,  i>.  Hacleay,  0.  H.  Lewla,  Uoyd  Brooke,  J.  A.  Crawford,  D,  M' 
Frenen,J.  Lowenberg,  Hamilton  Boyd,  Manager,  W.  L  Lead,  Treasurer.  Marya- 
villu —  D.  K.  Knight.  San  Diego  -  A.  H.  Wilr..^.  SinTimiento  linui.li  Charles 
Crocker,  a.  Bedington,  Hark  Hopkins,  James  Carolan,  J.  F.  Houghton,  I».  W.  Karl, 
Isaac  Lnhmaii,  Julius  Wetzlur ;  Julius  Wetslar,  Manager;  I.  Lohman,  Secretary, 
si. "Ken  Branch— H.  H.  Hewlett,  George  S,  Evans,  J,  i>  Peters,  N.  M.  Orr,  W.  F, 
MoEee,  a.  W.  Simpson,  A.  T.  Hudson,  h.  m.  Fanning ;  H  H.  Hewlett,  Manager ;  X. 
M.  orr,  Seeretary,  San  Jose  Branch  T.  Ellard  Beans,  Joaiah  Belden,  A.  Pnster,  J. 
S  i  jarter,  Jackson  Lewfs,  N.  Hayes,  Noah  Palmer,  Ii.  D.  Murphy  ,  J.  J.  Denny,  Man- 
ager ;  A.  E,  Moody,  Secretary.  Grass  Vail oy— William  Watt,  Robert  Watt.  Na- 
vada  — T.    W.  Sigournoy.  Feb.  17. 

FIRE  AND  MARINE  INSURANCE.— UNION  INS.  CO.  OF  S.  F. 

The  California  Lloyda.— -£atabllsbed  In  lMfll.-.-Noi*.  416  and 
4ls  California  atreet.    Cash  capital  1760,000  in  Gold-    Assets  exceed  81. )(000 

Coin.  Fair  Bates  '  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  I !  Solid  Security  !  '■  DIRECTORS. 
S.v.s  FiiANciaco  J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
O'Connor.  W.  W.  Montague.  1'auiel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant.  Antoine  Borel,  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston.  1.  Lawranec  Pool,  A.  Weill,  X.  ii.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Howes,  Nicholas  Liming,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  I-atliam.  J  liaum,  M  l>  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Bratidcnstuin,  Gustavo  Touuhard,  G.  Brignardello.  George  C.  Hfckoz,  T.  Lem- 
men  Meyer,  J,  H,  Baird,  T.  K.  Lindenberger.  Sacramexto— Etlw.  CadwaJader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Marys  villi:— L.  Cunnigbam,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  0.— 
Henry  Failing.     New  York— J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President.                      N.  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 
Ciiarlks  P.  Haven,  Secretary.         Gko.  T.  Bqiikn,  Surveyor. Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
FIKE     AMI     MARINE. 

Claab  Asset!*,  Jan.  1st,  1876,  8478,000. — Principal  Office, 
j  21S  and  220  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Okficers  :  —Peter  Donaiiub,  Prea- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Cl'siuno,  Secretary  ;  H.  H,  Wat- 
son, Marino  Surveyor.  Board  or  Directors  :— Peter  Donahue,  James  I  nine,  C  D. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Bocqueraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailev,  E.  W.  Corbcrt, 
George  ( K  McMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M,  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson.  Dr.  C  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  I  vers,  John  Itoscnfcld. 
1*  11  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County.  H.  W.  Scale.  Maylield.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  bnainess  or  1*1  le  Insnrance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  over  Fourteen  Million  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
nany,  dividing  every  cent  of  Kiiqilus  among  Policy-holders.  This  ib  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  complied  with  the  uew  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.  ] 313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

H4.MBUR0-WAGDEBURG  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.,  CF  HAMBURG- 

This  Company  is  now  prepared  to  issue  policies  against 
Loss  nr  Damage  by  Fire  at  current  rates.  Every  risk  taken  by  this  Company 
is  participated  in  by  three  of  the  largest  German  Fire  Insurance  Companies,  repre- 
senting an  aggregate  capital  and  surplus  of  over  SIXTY-FOUR  MILLION  MARK, 
equal  to  SIXTEEN  MILLION  DOLLARS,  U.  S.  GOLD,  thus  enabling  this  Company 
to  accept  large  lines.  GUTTE  &  FRANK,  General  Agents, 
Sept.  23. 321  Battery  street. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN^ 
GERMANY. 

Capital.  6,000,000  Reich-Marks,  81,000.000  lr.S.  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  tho  usual  rates.  TIDE-MAN,  HIRSCHFELD  &  CO., 
Nov.  4. Office  :  X".  '■'■O'l  Sangome  street,  under  W.  F.  &  Co.'s  Bank. 

ESTABLISHED    1821. 

Capital,  Gold $10,000,000. 

a  i  a  it  in  a  v  .issri:  t.vci:  co.,  of  londox. 

Dec.  16^ Agents  :  BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO.,  230  California  st. 

NORTHERN  A8SURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  $15,000,000  ;  Accumulated  Funds,  up- 
wards of  $6,750,000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurance,  $1,380,000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN   ASSURANCE  CO.,   OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

(insh  Assets.  81,207,483.— London  Assurance  Corporation, 
j    of  London,    England.    Cosh  Assets,  $14,9°3,4(I0\—  Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.  CROSS  A:  CO.,  General  Agents, 

Jan.  20.  31G  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 
Capital  85,000,000.— Agents:   Balfour,  Guthrie  «v  Co.,  No. 


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230  California  street,  San  Francisco. 


No.  18. 


E.  D.  Edwards. 


J.  Craio. 


E.  L.  Craio. 
CRATG,    EDWARDS    &    CRAIG, 

Attorneys  and   Counselors  at  Law.     Land  Suits  and  Patent  Right 
Oases  a  Specialty.     No.  21U  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco    California. 
[July  29.] 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.   24,  1877. 


CHANGES. 

[BY  OWEN    MEREDITH.] 

Whom  first  we  love,  you  know,  we  seldom  wed. 

Time  rules  us  all,  and  life,  indeed,  is  not 
The  thing  we  planned  it  out  e're  hope  was  dead. 

And  then  we  women  cannot  choose  our  lot. 
Much  must  be  borne  which  it  is- hard  to  bear; 

Much  given  away  which  it  were  sweet  to  keep. 
God  help  us  all!  who  need,  indeed  His  care; 

And  yet  I  know  the  Shepherd  loves  His  sheep. 
My  little  boy  begins  to  babble  now 

Upon  my  knee  his  earliest  infant  prayer. 
He  has  bis  father's  eager  eyes,  I.  know; 

And  they  say,  too,  his  mother's  sunny  hair. 
But  when  he  sleeps  and  smileB  upon  my  knee, 

And  I  can  feel  his  light  breath  come  and  go, 
I  think  of  one  (Heaven  help  and  pity  me !) 

Who  loved  me,  and  whom  I  loved  long  ago. 
Who  might  have  been,  ah!  what  I  dare  not  think! 

We  all  are  changed,  God  judges  for  us  best. 
God  help  us  do  our  duty,'  and  not  shrink, 

And  trust  in  Heaven  humbly  for  the  rest. 
But  blame  us  women  not,  if  some  appear 

Too  cold  at  times;  and  some  too  gay  and  light. 
Some  griefs  gnaw  deep;  some  woes  are  hard  to  bear. 

Who  knows  the  past '!  and  who  can  j  udge  the  right? 
Ah!  were  we  judged  by  what  we  migftt  have  been, 

And  not  by  what  we  are — too  apt  to  fall! 
My  little  child,  he  sleeps  and  smiles  between 

These  thoughts  and  me.     In  Heaven  we  shall  know  all. 


A  WONDERFUL  SHOWING. 
That  a  great  English  speaking  empire  is  fast  growing  up  in  the 
Austialias  is  apparent  from  the  marvelous  showing  those  colonies  already 
make.  Their  total  amount  of  trade  is  §450,000.000,  dug  from  the  bowels 
of  the  earth,  or  gathered  from  its  surface.  Of  that  total  one-half,  or 
8225,000,000,  consists  of  the  precious  metals.  There  is  gold,  copper,  tin 
and  iron  in  all  the  colonies,  and  silver  in  New  Zealand.  In  miscellane- 
ous products  they  have  wool,  tallow,  sugar,  hides,  preserved  meats  and 
wine.  In  all  the  colonies  there  were  last  year  65,000,000  sheep  and 
7,000,000  cattle.  The  population  of  Australia  and  Tasmania  number 
2,000,000,  and  New  Zealand  400,000.  The  public  revenue  of  the  whole 
group  is  865,000,000  annually.  Comparing  these  colonies  with  Canada 
we  find  that  the  population  in  the  New  Dominion  is  4,300,000,  and  her 
total  trade  amounts  to  §225,000,000,  as  compared  with  8450,000,000  of  the 
Australias,  which  gives  the  latter  double  as  much,  with  a  population  only 
one  half  as  numerous.  The  Dominion's  exports  are  but  895,000,000, 
against  8225,000,000  from  the  Australias,  and  the  Dominion  revenue  is 
but  825,000,000  against  their  865,000,000.  Going  further  a-field  we  find 
that  the  Indian  Empire,  with  a  total  population  of  240  millions,  has  a 
total  trade  of  8435,000,000,  and  her  exports  are  8275,000,000,  against 
8225,000,000  from  the  Australias.  The  colonies  have  borrowed  consider- 
ably, but  every  cent,  except  in  the  case  of  New  Zealand,  has  been  spent 
in  useful  and  well  conceived  public  works.  "Victoria  has  borrowed  870,- 
000,000 at  a  little  over  4  percent.,  and  has  nearly  1,000  miles  of  railroads 
and  numerous  water  supplies  to  show  for  it.  Already  the  railroads  are 
paying  their  working  expenses  and  the  interest  upon  the  cost  of  con- 
struction, besides  which  her  public  lands  are  worth  at  least  ten  times  her 
total  indebtedness.  The  same  is  true  of  New  South  Wales,  Queensland 
and  South  Australia,  and  is  also  true,  though  in  a  less  degree,  of  New 
Zealand,  Tasmania  and  Western  Australia,  These  figures  indicate  the 
unmistakable  elements  of  a  great  empire. 


BLUE  GLASS. 
The  blue-glass  notion  is  naturally  one  of  the  most  delightful  objects 
of  the  daily  satirist,  says  the  Springfield  Republican,  and  we  are  pleased 
to  see  the  lively  pen  of  the  paragrapher  busy  in  its  illustration.  At  the 
same  time  it  is  very  useful  for  the  paragrapher  himself  to  know  some- 
thing, and  not  dub  poor  Gen.  Pleasonton's  catholicon  "  a  melancholy  bur- 
lesque of  science,"  until  he  is  quite  sure  he  is  right.  The  fundamental 
idea  that  light  coming  through  blue  glass  has  a  peculiar  stimulative  effect 
is  not  a  fancy.  The  use  of  blue  glass  in  graperies  or  peacheries  did  not 
begin  with  Pleasonton ;  nor  was  he  the  first  to  experiment  with  it  on  an- 
imal life,  for  there  are  no.t  a  few  poultry  raisers  who  have  proved  the 
virtue  of  blue-tinted  glass  in  the  superior  warmth  of  the  fowls'  houses, 
and  the  subsequent,  rf  not  consequent,  increase  in  the  production  of  eggs. 
Scientific  authority  has  long  ago  demonstrated  the  great  increase  in  the 
production  of  heat  by  the  use  of  bUie-stained  glass.  The  philosophy  is 
precisely  what  is  urged  in  favor  of  this  new  notion  of  Pleasonton's ;  that 
the  light  striking  with  a  velocity  of  186,000  miles  an  hour— a  force  not  the 
less  real  because  we  are  unconscious  of  it — is  decomposed  in  its  impact 
with  the  blue  glass,  and  electricity  generated  ;  the  results  being  augment- 
ation of  caloric,  and  vital  stimulation.  In  this  connection  we  have  a 
note  from  an  electrician,  suggesting  that  the  effect  of  the  blue  ray  may  be 
the  production  of  the  as  yet  uncomprehended  element  known  as  ozone. 
Of  course,  there  is  nothing  absolutely  fixed  by  the  experimentation  with 
blue  glass  excepting  this.  The  alleged  cures  of  nervous  disease,  bruises, 
debility,  etc. ,  by  its  means,  may  many  of  them  be  merely  instances  of  the 
power  of  imagination  on  sensitive  temperaments.  They  are  rather  more 
credible,  however,  than  the  miracles  of  the  Lourdes  grotto,  or  those  re- 
corded in  Dr.  W.  W.  Patton's  book  of  answer  to  prayer,  or  the  story  of 
Dorothea  Trudel.  They  at  least  have  a  basis  of  fact,  and  the  trial  of 
the  blue-glass  cure  is  both  harmless  and  comparatively  inexpensive. 


An  American  contemporary  says  the  wives  of  great  musical  com- 

Sosers  seem  to  be  very  unmusical.  Madame  Offenbach  detests  music  ; 
ladame  Verdi  never  goes  to  the  opera  ;  and  Madame  Gounod  is  a  devout 
member  of  the  Church,  and  thinks  her  husband  did  very  wrong  to  com- 
pose anything  for  the  stage. 

A  New  York  criminal  being  recently  asked  whether  he  was  guilty 
answered,  "I  guess  I  am,  judge  ;  but  I'd  like  to  be  tried  all  the  same." 


THEATRICAL,   ETC. 

California  Theater. — Pique  was  produced  on  Monday  last  at  this 
theater,  and  with  unusual  advantages  as  to  setting  and  cast.  In  no  sense 
can  it  be  called  a  success.  Like  everything  produced  of  late  by  that  ■ 
vampire  among  dramatists,  Daly,  it  is  painfully  redolent  of  the  sources 
from  which  its  chief  points  were  stolen.  To  speak  plainly,  Pique  is  a  re- 
hash of  all  the  goods  in  Daly's  very  limited  stock-in-trade — said  stock 
being  more  or  less  pilfered  in  the  first  instance.  The  child  business  is 
essentially  the  same  feature  from  Divorce,  from  which  play  the  last  act 
seems  to  have  been  bodily  adapted.  The  thieve's  den  act  is  the  last  act  of 
the  Two  Orphans,  not  very  well  disguised,  while  Under  The  Gaslight  crops 
out  all  through  the  piece.  The  character  of  the  old  mill  owner  is  coolly 
appropriated  from  a  play  of  a  gentleman  now  in  this  city;  and,  in  fine, 
the  fingers  of  the  literary  pickpocket  stick  out  through  almost  every  line. 
Miss  Jeffreys-Lewis  will  be  remembered  as  perhaps  the  cleverest  actress 
in  the  Fifth  Avenue  Troupe  that  visited  us  about  a  year  and  a  half  ago. 
She  has  undeniable  merit,  and  shows  occasional  glimpses  of  intensity;  but 
her  method  is  hard,  mechanical  and  studied  to  a  marked  degree.  Mr. 
Hill  has  a  part  which  he  plays  so  admirably  as  to  recall  his  Pierre 
Michel,  the  latter  a  most  remarkable  assumption.  The  best  bit  of  acting 
in  the  play  is  the  scene  between  "Mabel"  and  the  two  college  boys  in  the 
first  act,  which  Messrs.  Bishop  and  Long  render  extremely  funny.  Mr. 
Keene  presents  the  hero  of  the  piece  with  "  as  much  discretion  as 
modesty,"  and  naturally,  therefore,  with  an  increase  of  his  usual  power. 
Mr.  Decker  made  an  excellent  society  villian,  while  'Mr.  Mestayer  gave  us 
an  unmistakably  genuine  specimen  rogue  of  another  grade.  Miss  Harri- 
son was  in  her  elementas  "Eaitch,"  and  did  the  last  scene  very  effectively 
indeed.  The  play  is  excessively  wordy,  and  we  are  glad  to  see  was  cut 
very  much  later  in  the  week.  Mr.  Porter  has  outdone  himself  in  the 
scenery,  that  of  the  first  and  second  acts  being  far  excelled  by  anything 
yet  Been  in  this  city.  The  "draft"  of  the  play,  however,  is  deservedly 
far  from  encouraging,  and  we  look  for  something  more  original  to  succeed 
it  on  Monday. 

Maguire's  Opera  House.  —  The  new  minstrel  troupe  has  already 
become  an  established  favorite.  Philadelphia's  will  recognize  in  Frank 
Moran  the  famous  end  man  and  chief  attraction  of  Carncross  &  Dixey's 
Troupe.  The  sketch  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  has  made  a  decided  hit,  and 
Hart  nightly  convulses  the  audiences  with  his  imitation  of  a  well  known 
local  judge.  The  song  and  dance  men  are  immense,  and  Ernest  Linden 
also  adds  strength  to  a  very  strong  programme. 

Grand  Opera  House.  --  Round  the  World  in  Eighty  Days  continues  its 
run,  with  no  material  diminution  of  its  large  houses.  Mr.  Lingham's 
Englishman  has  become  a  shade  more  human,  and  the  company  act  gen- 
erally with  augmented  finish  and  elaboration  of  the  minutia  of  their  parts. 
The  "Heathen  Chinee,"  introduced  by  Mr.  Kennedy,  is  most  capitally 
done,  and  the  new  local  "gags"  go  nightly  with  shouts  of  applause. 

Maguire's  Theater.  —  This  house  has  been  turned  into  a  variety  thea- 
ter, and  sets  out  with  a  full  galaxy  of  stars.  The  Duvalli  Sisters  still 
present  their  burlesque,  and  the  other  attractions  are  many  and  increasing. 

BALDWIN'S    ACADEMY    OF    MUSIC. 

Market  street,  between  Stockton  and  Powell.—  The  Mu- 
sical Event  of  the  Season!  Saturday  Afternoon,  February  24th,  SECOND 
GRAND  CONCERT,  by  the  Lovely  Hungarian  Nightingale  and  Queen  of  Somr.  MLLE. 
ILMA  DE  MURSKA,  supported  by  the  celebrated  SIG.  SUSINI,  SIG.  HOLMAN 
SAVRINI,  SIG.  E.  BIANCHI.  Full  and  Efficient  Orchestra  !  Conductor,  GEORGE 
T.  EVANS.  On  this  occasion  MLLE.  ILMA  DE  Mt'RSKA  will  appear  in  the  Cel- 
ebrated Mad  Scene  from  LUCIA.  This  will  positively  be  the  only  Matinee  of  the 
Season.  Admission  to  all  parts  of  the  house,  SI.  No  extra  charge  for  Reserved 
Seats.  Sunday  Evening,  February  25th— Special  Performance  and  only  opportunity 
of  hearing  MLLE.  ILMA  DE  MURSKA  in  the  famous  SHADOW  DANCE  (Dinorah). 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER. 

Kearny  street,  between  Washington  and  Jackson.— Sam  nel 
Tetlow,  Proprietor.  This  Evening,  Male  and  Female  Minstrels.  CHARLEY 
REED,  in  his  Great  Specialty,  THE  FUNNY  OLD  GAL!  SHED  LeCLAIR  on  the 
Invisible  Wire!  CARRIE  LEON  and  SAM  SWAIN,  Acrobatic  Song  and  Dance 
Sketch  !  CARRIE  LAVARNIE,  in  her  Serio-Comic  Gems  !  MONS.  ANDRE  CHRIS- 
TOL,  in  his  Feats  of  Strength  !  The  whole  to  conclude  with  the  Two-Act  Sensational 
Mclo-Drama.  entitled  JONATHAN  BRADFORD!  OR  THE  MURDER  AT  THE 
ROADSIDE  INN  !  Monday,  February  19th,  first  appearance  of  the  Celebrated  Char- 
acter  Artist,  MR.  GEORGE  C.  8TALEY. Feb.  24. 

MAGUIRE'S    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Bush  street,  between  Montgomery  anil  Kearny.  —  Thos. 
Maguire,  Jr.,  Proprietor  and  Manager.  This  Evening,  at  S  o'clock,  and  every 
evening,  the  Greatest  Array  of  Minstrel  Talent  in  the  World.  New  Faces  !  New 
Acts  !  MORAN  and  HART  on  the  Ends.  Continued  success  of  MAGUIRE'S  MIN- 
STRELS, the  San  Francisco  Laughmakers.  Glorious  First  Part !  New  and  Original, 
Operatic  and  Comic.  Part  Second,  Varieties.  Hart's  Specialty  Extravaganza  of  So- 
ciety, PEAK!  THE  REGULAR  ARMY!  JUST  FROM  ARKANSAS!  Favorite 
Ballad,  W.  H.  TILLA.  To  conclude  with  the  screaming  farce,  entitled  MY  WIFE'S 
VISITORS  !    Saturday— Grand  Matinee. Feb.  24. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Bush  street,  above  Kearny.— John  Mct'nllonjrb,  Proprietor 
and  Manager  ;  Barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager.  A  Positive  Success  !  Augustine 
Daly's  Greatest  Drama,  PIl/UE  !  MISS  JEFFREYS-LEWISas  MABEL.  SumptUOU* 
Scenery  !     Remarkable  Cast !    PIQUE  every  evening  and  at  the  Saturday  Matinee. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  street,  between  Third  and  Fourth. ---Act lug;  Man- 
a«er  Mr.  Chas.  Wbeatleigh ;  Scenic  Artist,  Mr.  Win.  Voegtlin.  Every  Eve- 
ning during  the  week,  THE  TOUR  OF  THE  WORLD  IN  EIGHTY  DAYS  !  The  most 
magnificent  production  ever  witnessed  in  California.     Saturday  Matinee  at  2  o'clock. 

PACIFIC   MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

Freight  Department.— From  and  after  this  date,  Mr.  Geo. 
H.  Rice  will  act  as  Freight  Solicitor  for  this  Company.     He  can  be  found  at 
office,  218  California  street,  where  Shipping  Orders  may  be  obtained  until  12  o'clock, 
noon,  of  the  day  previous  to  the  departure  of  the  steamers.     Applications  after  that 
time  must  be  made  at  office,  comer  First  and  ISrannan  streets. 
Feb.  24.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

WANTED, 

By  a  gentleman  well  educated  and  experienced,  a  position 
is  Accountant,  Private  Secretary,  or  Amanuensis.  Can  open  and  close  books, 
and  rectify  disordered  accounts.  Address  X,  care  of  Rev.  Dr.  Brotherton,  St.  Luke's 
Hospital. '  __^ Feb.  24. 


STUART    S. 

Attorney  and  Counsellor  at  Law 
San  Francisco,  California. 


WRIGHT, 

No.  504  Kearny  street, 

Feb.  3. 


1VI..    M,  1877.1 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER 


•.    W.     AND    HIS    LITTLE    BIRTHDAY. 

I       h«     i  shod   "ii  Thur*diV   night 

old-fubtoni  iprito, 

Hut  i'iw  in  ••[•  tul-'t.-*  uii.i  irlf, 
Dltmnl  ju  ..  l*i  rig. 

Thai  sttitude  r 
aried,  "  Don't  think  dm  rode, 
.'i  it  i>.'     m\y  father'i  '■■■ii 
-  on  the  gp      I  •  aalngtoof1 

The  phantom  uawand  :    "I  am  ho 

\\  u->  >iuut«  lit*  dftddy*!  i-li'-rry  trve." 

"Then  tell  mo,  gta  ."  I  cried, 

"Doal  thou  not  with  pataraa]  pride, 
rra,  approval  indorse,  admira 

'I'll--  .i  n  ho  oall  thaa  iba? 

Look,  Father  (J.,  just  rianoB  around  J 

When  aaa  aaothar  land  !"•  band 

Whan  freedom  knows  no  kicking-strap — 

Whan  Liberty  oa*ar  doffs  bar  ou 

To  king  or  queen    when  every  Jack 

Is  batter  than  his  maeter   -whan 

The  Bagle  flaps  tin-  mountain  air n 

"i>  uhuuati  it:"  cried  the  Ghost,  " Enough 

Of  that  stale,  hackneyed  July  stuff; 

Pray  stash  the  racket— cork  up,  do— 

I  .     beard  enough  from  chapa  like  you. 

The  Bagle!  let  nia  draggled  wings 

Flutter  above  your  Whisky  Kings. 

Freedom  -t"  choose  a  President, 

Then  doubt  who  is  the  man— you  meant. 

Liberty    yea,  t«>  rob  and  cheat 

Bach  toobab,  honest  man  you  meet. 

Smart  !    ami  bo  is  the  fox,  but  then 

None  fear  bis  smartness  but  the  hen. 

I  tell  you  that  the  land  I  left 

Is  of  its  ancient  charm  bereft ; 

Men  may  be  tdngleaa.  yet  not  free, 

License  means  never  Liberty. 

Really,  to  bear  you  fellows  gush 

Doth  make  my  bloodless  spirit  blush  ; 

Things  are  not  as  they  used  to  be, 

So  celebrate  no  more  for  me." 

S..  savin..  (Jeorye  vanished  from  my  sight, 

Was  ever  Ghost  more  impolite? 


PARAGRAPH  IAN  A. 
Pro  Bono  Publico. 


Dr.  J.  M.  Hinkle,  a  graduate  of  the  Medical  Department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  New  York,  has  a  license  to  practice  medicine  in  California  from 
the  State  Board  of  Medical  Examiners.  Dr.  Hiukle  has  charge  of  the 
ii  Division  <>f  the  National  Surgical  Institutes,  located  in  this  city, 
in;,'  the  Alhambra  building.  The  Eastern  Division  is  located  in 
Philadelphia,  Penn.,  the  Southern  Division  in  Atlanta,  Georgia,  the 
Middle  Division  in  Indianapolis.  The  Government  of  New  South  Wales 
has  made  a  formal  proposition  to  this  institution  to  establish  a  branch  in 
that  country.  The  Western  Division  is  very  prosperous  under  the  man- 
agement of  Dr.  Hinkle,  having  some  1200  patients  under  treatment. 

The  suit  of  the  State  Medical  Society  vs.  B.  F.  Josselyn,  proves 
the  ineffectiveness  of  the  Medical  Law.  The  Medical  Society  acted  very 
unfairly  toward  the  community  in  not  taking  more  interest  in  the  suit 
then  pending  ;  it  being  left  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Medical  Board  of  Ex- 
aminers, Dr.  W.  A.  Grover,  to  prosecute  this  individual  as  a  test  case. 
Unfortunately,  Dr.  Grover  knows  aboufc  as  much  of  Latin  as  one  of  the 
aboriginal  inhabitants  of  California.  Possibly,  the  Medical  Department 
of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  could  prosecute  Josselyn  for  styling 
himself  a  graduate  of  that  College  in  the  villainous  pamphlets  he  has 
distributed  through  his  hired  men. 

J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.  are  rapidly  closing  out  their  sale  of  ready- 
made  clothing.  The  bargains  are  bona  fide,  and  necessitated  by  the  fact 
of  the  removal  of  the  firm  to  a  new  and  elegant  store  on  Montgomery 
street,  where  they  will  continue  to  make  their  elegantly  fitting  custom 
clothes.  Hitherto,  while  the  firm  was  doing  business  on  the  corner  of 
Washington  and  Sansome,  there  has  been  some  excuse  for  our  brokers 
being  badly  dressed;  hereafter,  when  the  removal  of  the  house  to  the 
new  premises  near  the  Stock  Exchange  is  consummated,  this  plea  will  no 
longer  hold  good.        

A  meeting  at  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  was  held  this  day  by  a  large 
number  of  the  wholesale  firms  of  San  Francisco  for  the  purpose  in  one 
respect  of  protecting  themselves  against  fraudulent  bankrupts,  for  the 
limitation  and  prescription  of  credit,  and  of  opposition  to  compromise. 
A  committee  was  appointed  to  devise  some  plan  of  operations.  There 
was  considerable  difference  of  opinion  expressed  at  the  meeting. 


The  celluloid  plate,  invented  by  Dr.  Jesaup,  one  of  our  leading  dent- 
ists, is  the  perfection  of  modern  inventions.  The  cost  of  the  process  is 
but  $20,  and  it  possesses  the  advantage  of  exactly  matching  the  gums  in 
color.  Dr.  Jessup,  whose  office  is  on  the  corner  of  Sutter  and  Montgom- 
ery sts.,  has  revolutionized  all  hitherto  existing  systems  of  false  teeth  by 
his  discovery. 

The  First  Christian  Congregation,  etc.,  is  the  subject  chosen  by 
the  Rev.  Wm.  A.  Scott,  D.D.,  for  the  5th  lecture  on  the  Acts  of  the 
Apostles,  to  be  given  next  Sunday  evening  at  7:30  o'clock,  in  St.  John's 
Presbyterian  Church,  Post  St.,  between  Mason  and  Taylor.  Dr.  Scott 
will  also  preach  at  11  o'clock.  The  public  very  cordially  invited  to  at- 
tend.   

The  sole  agents  for  Krug  Private  Cuvee  are  Hellmann  Brothers  & 
Co.,  525  Front  street. 


8IONAL 

SERVICE    METEOROLOGICAL    REPORT. 

WEEK 

ENDING  r  EB.  23.  1877.  SAN  FRANCISCO,  OAL. 

Iltahent    anil     l.ntrrnt     llaemnrter. 

Frl.  10. 

Sut.  17. 

Sim  18..]  Moil.  10  |  Tuck  20 

Wed21 

Thr23 

Ml  1  c 

90.10 

;icn:l              .'•  :  .        i      :.<•■- 

W.32 

80.11 

30.06 

30.13 

1       30  IS         |       30.211 

30.10 

»>1M 

MitJ-itnum  and    Minimum    Thermometer. 

di 

05 

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62                     59                    Ml 

Mean   Itaitii   llntnlditi/. 

to 

u 

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ro 

71         |         7»        |         04 
PrevaUtno  Wind. 

80           | 

89 

N. 

N. 

s\v.     |       s.       |     si:        i 

Wtnd--.MIIe*  Traveled. 

NW.        | 

SW. 

181 

07 

132          |        111          |         110       | 
State  of  Weather. 

118         | 

1311 

Cl«r. 

fluir.      | 

Fair.        |     Fair.       \    CKwdr.    | 

Clear. 

<Aw&$. 

RaiufaU  it*  Ticenty-four  llourt 

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1 

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1 

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Total  Ka 

ii    Ituriii' 

Season   heginntny  July  1,   1876...  0.3j  InohM 

SEWERAGE  GAS  AND  ITS  EFFECTS. 
We  nad  supposed  that  there  waH  an  almost  universal  agreement 
that  sewerage  j.i-  produced  disease,  and  we  have  said  so,  pointiug  to  the 
wretched  condition  of  the  city's  sewers  as  the  cause,  of  which  the  preva- 
lence of  diphtheria  and  fever  is  the  effect.  About  that  proposition  we  did 
not.  and  do  not  now,  presume  there  is  a  reasonable  doubt.  Yet,  there 
now  comes  a  learned  medical  correspondent,  who  in  effect  tells  us  that  wo 
have  fallen  into  a  great  mistake,  and  who  reasons  as  if  the  worse  the  sew- 
erage escape,  the  better  the  health  of  the  people.  It  may  be  incredible, 
but  ne^rtheless  it  is  a  fact,  that  our  correspondent  is  not  a  quack,  but  an 
old,  respected,  and  successful  practitioner.  We  should  be  quite  at  a  loss 
to  account  for  the  most  extraordinary  conclusions  at  which  he  has  arrived, 
if  we  did  not  know  how  much  allowance  is  to  be  made  for  professional 
idiosyncrasies.  There  are  evidently  two  different  troubles  afflicting  our 
correspondent.  First,  he  is  interested  in  preventing  a  defective  water 
supply  from  receiving  its  due  share  of  blame.  Secondly,  he  manifestly 
revels  in  the  delight  of  having  a  fling  at  the  professional  brother  whom 
he  supposes  is  the  writer  of  our  sanitary  notes.  In  regard  to  the  former 
purpose,  he  might  as  well  beat  the  wind  as  to  expect  success  in  that  di- 
rection. With  reference  to  his  second,  it  may  be  that  he  makes  one  good 
point.  We  give  him  the  benefit  of  it.  He  says  :  "  Your  writer  claims 
that  any  one  icho  saj/8  he  can  cure  diplttkeria  is  a  tiar.  These  are  rather 
bold  words.  From  them  I  know  that  he  has  never  read  nor  practised  a 
line  of  treatment  advocated  some  years  ago  by  Dr.  Jacob  BeQ,  of  Edin- 
burgh. Had  he  done  so,  he  would  not  have  written  as  he  has,  for  all 
those  who  know  that  line  of  treatment,  fearlessly  assert  that  it  is  as  true 
a  specific  for  diphtheria  as  quinine  is  for  malarial  fever."  For  humanity's 
sake  we  hope  our  correspondent  is  right.  He  would,  however,  better  have 
satisfied  the  lay  mind  if  he  had  tuld  us  precisely  what  the  Line  of  treat- 
ment is  in  reference  to  which  he  is  so  positive.  It  is  the  interests  of  the 
public  at  large,  and  not  the  differences  of  professional  men,  that  we  are 
concerned  about. 

THOSE  REGIMENTS. 
In  consequence  of  a  recent  article  in  one  of  the  morning  papers, 
hinting  at  the  expected  arrival  of  two  "crack  "  regiments  from  England, 
the  young  ladies  in  the  city  are  all  on  the  qui  vive  for  further  particulars. 
We  were  the  involuntary  listeners,  last  evening,  to  an  animated  conversa- 
tion, in  a  book  store  on  Market  street,  between  two  fair  inquirers  as  to 
the  proper  manner  in  which  to  address  an  Earl  in  polite  society — the  dis- 
pute being  eventually  settled  by  the  purchase  of  a  manual  on  etiquette. 
The  question  of  the  precedence  of  a  Duchess  over  a  Marquess,  or  vice 
venOr,  has  to-day  completely  usurped  all  local  questions  of  minor  interest; 
and  the  favorite  "Cardinal  Red,"  it  is  rumored,  is  already  on  the  wane 
before  the  new  popular  "Army  Blue."  The  excitement  is  also  spreading 
rapidly  amongst  the  numerous  titled  officers  of  exalted  rank,  and  we  un- 
derstand a  committee  of  some  dozen  Brigadier  Generals  and  a  spare 
Lieutenant  Colonel  or  two,  has  been  formed  to  superintend  the  arrange- 
ments for  the  reception  of  the  noble  visitors.  Our  neighbors  in  British 
Columbia,  being  more  directly  concerned,  are  already  anticipating  the 
vast  advantages  they  expect  to  derive  from  such  a  welcome  addition  to 
their  population.  Their  interest,  however,  is  mostly  of  a  selfish  nature, 
as  they  profess  the  moat  utter  unconcern  as  to  whether  the  Russians 
kill  the  English,  the  English  the  Russians,  or  whether  each  decides 
quietly  to  annihilate  the  other.  Already  a  computation  has  been 
made  as  to  the  probable  income  to  be  derived  from  the  expenditures  in- 
curred by  a  body  of  two  thousand  men,  and  the  Province  has  somehwhat 
extravagant  notions  of  paying  off  its  debt  with  the  surplus  revenue  of  a 
contemplated  poll-nut.  The  female  part,  of  the  community,  however,  is 
up  in  arms,  and  while  claiming  these  gallant  warriors  as  exclusively  their 
own  property,  are  a  trifle  jealous  of  any  appropriation  that  might  be 
made  during  their  sojourn  here,  disdaining  to  be  content  with  any  stray 
remnant  of  "  blue  blood"  that  may  still  be  heart-whole  on  their  arrival 
there. 

NOTICE. 

The  copartnership  heretofore  existing  under  the  firm  name 
of  FKY,  NEAL  .i:  CO.,  was  dissolved  February  Kith,  1S77,  by  mutual  consent, 
Edward  M.  Fry  retiring  from  the  firm.  FRY,  NEAL  &  CO.  will  pay  all  liabilities  of 
the  firm,  and  all  indebtedness  must  be  mid  to  thorn. 

J.  D.  FRY,  EDWARD  M.  FRY,  CHARLES  S.  NEAL. 

The  undersigned  have  formed  a  copartnership  under  the  firm  name  of  FRY,  NEAL 
&  CO.,  and  will  continue  the  business  of  buying  and  selling  mining  and  other  stocks 
on  commission  at  330  Montgomery  street. 

J.  I>.  FRY,  LAUREN  E.  CRANE,  CHARLES  S.  NEAL. 

San  Francisco,  February  16, 1877. Feb.  24. 

~~F0U  PORTLAND,  0BEG0N. 

The   Only    IMrect   Une.-» Steamship    Ajnx,   Machie,    Com- 
mander,  leaves  Folsom-street  wharf,  SATURDAY  (probably),    Feb.  24th,  at 
10  A.M.  [Feb.  24.)  K.  VON  OTERENDORR,  Agent,  210  Battery  street. 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.   24,  1877. 


CUPID    SCHOOLED, 

When  she  was  as  gay  as  a  linnet,       Dick,  if  you  wouldn't  wed  both  of  us, 

And  I  was  as  fresh  as  a  lark,  You  must  be  patient  for  uie! " 

Never  a  day  but  some  minute  Showers,  if  they  ruffle  its  foliage, 

We  met  betwixt  dawning  and  dark.  Freshen  the  green  of  the  grove  ; 

"Katie,  and  when  shall  we  marry  ?"  True  lovers' tiffs,  said  old  Terence, 

"Marry  ?"  she  said,  with  a  sigh —  are 

"That's cake  and  ribbons  on  Monday,  Only  fresh  fuel  to  Love. 

And  sorrow  ere  Saturday's  by.  if  j  flung  0ff  jn  a  pa3Sion— 

"You  are  as  lean  as  a  lizard,  If  she  crept  in  for  a  cry — 

I  am  as  poor  as  a  mouse  ;  Sunday  came  smiling  and  settled  it, 

Nothing  per  annum  paid  quarterly,  Katie  was  wiser  than  I. 

Scarcely  finds  rent  for  a  house.  .Love's  but  a  baby  that,  passionate, 

"  'Love  and  a  crust  in  a  cottage,'        Cries  to  be  mated  at  birth: 

Capital!  just  for  a  pair:  Time  isn't  lost  if  it  teaches  you 

What  if  the  hut  should  grow  popu-  What  a  good  woman  is  worth. 

lous  ■     .  "What  if  the  waiting  was  wearisome 

How  would  the  populace  fare?  "What  if  the  work-days  were  drear  ? 

"Oh,  ay!  the  uncle  you  reckon  on —  Time,  the  old  thief,  couldn't  rob  us 
Gouty,  and  rich,  and  unwed —  of 

Dick!  they  wait  ill,  says  the  adage,  Fifty-two  Sundays  a  year. 

°    .  *  How  long  was  Liberty  coming  ? 

Wait  for  the  shoes  of  the  dead.  Long  enough— ever  her  way: 

"Ah!  if  I  loved  you,  I'd  risk  it!      Lustrum,  or  decade,  or  century — 
That's  what  you're  thinking,  I  guess. "What  does  it  matter  to-day  ? 
"Why,  I  would  risk  it  to-morrow,        Nunky  died  single  at  sixty, 
Dick,  if  I  cared  for  you  less!  Granny  at  eighty  or  so: 

"Love's  apt  to  fly  out  at  the  window  Well,  if  we  didn't  weep  long  for 'em — 
When  Poverty  looks  in  at  the  door;  'Twasn't  in  nature,  you  know. 
Rather  I'd  die  than  help  banish  him.Graunieg  ^^  uncles  are  liable, 
Dick,  just  by  keeping  you  poor.  All  to  die  some  day,  that's  clear: 

"Kiss  me!  you'll  look  in  on  Sunday?  Sorrow  finds  wonderful  comfort  in 
Won't  my  new  bonnet  be  brave  ?       Five  or  six  hundred  a  year. 
June  at  its  longest  and  leafiest—        And  lovers  may  marry  at  forty, 
My!  what  a  ramble  we'll  have!  Ay,  and  live  happy  to  boot, 

"By-by!  There's  grandmother  waitingThough  Pbillis  be  gray  as  a  badger, 
Patient  at  home  for  her  tea  ;  And  Corydon  bald  as  a  coot. 


A    GAMBLER'S    BULL- TERRIER 

The  Oakland  dog,  which  found  an  almost  skeletonized  dead  body,  hid 
away  in  a  back  yard  last  week,  is  only  one  of  many  illustrations  of  the 
acute  scent  of  the  canine  race.  Many  people  can  testify  to  the  marvelous 
prescience  of  dogs  that  howl  at  night,  when  a  member  of  the  family  is 
dying,  and  that  have  been  carried  hundreds  of  miles  by  rail  and  yet  found 
their  way  back  home  on  foot  over  a  country  they  had  never  seen.  A  cir- 
cumstance, however,  occurred  in  some  private  gambling  rooms  last  week, 
which  more  than  discounts  all  anecdotes  yet  related^about  dogs,  and 
which  has  the  additional  advantage  of  being  strictly  and  corroboratively 
true.  Mr.  M.  Pv.,  a  well  known  sport  in  this  city,  had  until  recently  a 
large  bull-terrier  slut — the  same  which  on  one  occasion  suckled  a  tiger  cub 
at  Woodward's  Gardens.  She  was  christened  "Tigress,"  and  on  one 
occasion  her  master  made  a  joke  about  taking  her  down  some  evening, 
when  he  was  going  to  playfaro,  to  show  her  the  metaphorical  tiger,  whose 
dens  are  so  many  here.  Tigress  was  accommodated  with  a  chair  by  her 
master's  side,  and  manifested  the  greatest  interest  in  the  game,  and  seemed 
to  know  when  he  won  or  lost.  Once  she  put  her  paw  on  his  arm  and 
pointed  with  her  eyes  to  the  deuce  just  as  he  was  putting  a  very  heavy  stake 
on  the  nine.  The  nine  lost,  but  the  gambler  shook  off  the  superstition 
and  left  the  table  a  very  heavy  loser.  Occasionally  he  would  wonder 
whether  the  dog  might  not  see  or  know  something  that  he  did  not,  espe- 
cially as  she  sometimes  broke  her  chain  at  night  and  would  go  straight  to 
the  faro  rooms  and  evince  the  same  disquietude  when  he  lost.  One  even- 
ing, after  a  series  of  heavy  losses,  and  feeling  desperate,  he  took  Tigress 
with  him  purposely,  determined  to  risk  his  money  this  night  on  a  super- 
stition he  could  not  shake  off.  Seated  at  the  table,  he  watched  her  eyes. 
Wherever  she  looked  he  placed  his  stake,  sometimes  a  heavy  one,  some- 
times a  light  one.  He  never  lost  a  bet,  except  when  he  tried  to  fancy  the 
whole  thing  nonsense  and  disregarded  his  favorite's  glances.  At  midnight 
the  bank  was  broken,  and  he  went  home  with  the  largest  sum  of  money 
he  had  ever  won.  On  the  f  ollowing  evening  he  visited  some  other  rooms, 
taking  Tigress  with  him,  and  with  the  same  result.  The  superstition  was 
now  so  strong  within  him  that  he  determined  never  to  play  another  card 
after  the  following  evening,  but  to  retire  on  his  winnings  and  travel  with 
his  family.  On  the  third  evening  the  dog  was  manifestly  uneasy,  but 
went  with  him  to  the  scene  of  the  first  night's  winnings.  By  eleven 
o'clock  he  had  again  broken  the  bank,  and  every  face  around  him  betok- 
ened malice  and  hatred.  No  one,  however,  daaed  prevent  his  departure, 
but  as  he  passed  out  of  the  double  doors  they  were  shut  violently  behind 
him,  enclosing  the  faithful  terrier.  A  few  pistol  shots,  a  piteous  moan — 
and  he  knew  the  worst.  The  gamblers  had  wreaked  their  vengeance  on 
his  dog,  and  with  a  strange  fear  in  his  heart,  and  almost  hating  his 
immense  gains,  Mr.  It.  hurried  home  and  bade  his  wife  pack  up  every- 
thing and  start  East  at  seven  o'clock.  Before  leaving  he  sent  a  check  to 
each  of  the  Orphan  Asylums,  and  burnt  every  card  and  gambling  imple- 
ment he  possessed.  There  is  a  very  quiet  family  now  en  route  for  Europe, 
and  they  wear  black  in  memory  of  a  very  wonderful  and  faithful  dog 
named  "Tigress." 

The  following  great  fact  is  expressed  to  us  by  a  citizen  of  Danville, 

Pennsylvania:  One  A V ,  who  bears,  blushingly,  a  flaming  mass 

of  red  hair  upon  his  head,  was  delayed  recently  at  a  picnic,  and  with 
many  others,  found  it  necessary  to  return  to  town  on  the  train.  The 
dusk  of  the  evening  prevented  the  use  of  a  flag  for  a  signal,  and  the 
question  rose  and  went  eddying  round,   "  How  shall  we  stop  the  train  ?" 

Stepping   to   the  front,  and  quietly  pulling  off  his  hat,  Mr.  V said, 

"I  will  signal  the  train."    Which  Drought  down  the  brakes. — Harper's 


In  ' '  The  Echo  "  of  the  25th  ult.  the  want  of  a  cheap  index  to  the 
Bible  is  pointed  out.  The  idea  is  an  excellent  one,  and  we  hope  some 
spirited  publisher  will  read  the  article,  and  forthwith  proceed  to  carry 
out  th,e  suggestion.  — Public  Opinion. 


BANKS. 


SWISS    AMERICAN    BANK. 

Incorporated  in  Geneva,  Switzerland,  January  24th,  1873. 
Head  Office,  in  Geneva.  Capital,  $2. 000, 000.  subscribed.  $1,000,000  paid 
up.  President,  HENRY  HENTSCH.  San  Francisco  Branch,  successors  to  Messrs. 
Hentsch  &  Berton,  527  Clay  street.  Directors  :  FRAiNClS  BERTON  and  ROBERT 
WATT. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  grant  Letters  of  Credit  on  Europe,  and  to  transact  every 
kind  of  Banking-,  Mercantile  and  Exchange  Business,  and  to  negotiate  American  Se- 
curities in  Europe.     Deposits  received. 

Bills  of  Excban^e  on  New  York,  Philadelphia,  London,  Liverpool,  Paris, 
Lyons,  Marseilles,  Bordeaux,  Oloron,  Brussels,  Berlin,  Hamburg,  Frankfort,  Geneva, 
Lausanne,  Chaux-de-Fonds,  Neuchatel,  Fribourg,  Bern,  Aam,  Soleure,  Baden,  Basle, 
Zurich,  Winterthur,  Shaffhausen,  St.  Gallen,  Lucem,  Chur,  Bellinzona,  Locarno,  Lu- 
gano, Mendrisio,  Genoa,  Turin,  Milan,  Florence,  Rome. 

An  Assay  Office  is  annexed  to  the  Bank.  Assays  of  gold,  silver,  quartz  ores 
and  sulphurets.     Returns  in  coin  or  bars,  at  the  option  of  the  depositor. 

Advances  made  on  bullion  and  ores.     Dust  and  bullion  can  be  forwarded  from  any 
part  of  the  country,  and  returns  made  through  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  checks. 
^ [September  18.1 

THE    BANK    OF    CALIFORNIA,    SAN    FB  AN  CIS  CO. 

Capital : §5,000,000. 

».  O.  MILLS President.       |      WM.  4LVOKD ...Vice-Pres't. 

THOMAS  BROWN Casbier . 

Agents : 

New  York,  Agency  of  the  Bank  of  Calfomia ;  Boston,  Tremont  National  Bank ; 
Chicago,  Union  National  Bank  ;  St.  Louis,  Boatman's  Saving  Bank  ;  New  Zealand, 
the  Bank  of  New  Zealand  ;  London,  China,  Japan,  India  and  Australia,  the  Oriental 
Bank  Corporation. 

The  Bank  has  Agencies  at  Virginia  City  and  Gold  Hill,  and  Correspondents  in  all 
the  principal  Mining  Districts  and  Interior  Towns  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued,  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Draw  direct  on  Lon- 
don, Dublin,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Antwerp, 
Amsterdam,  St.  Petersburgh,  Copenhagen,  Stockholm,  Christiana,  Locarno,  Mel- 
bourno,  Sydney,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shanghai,  Yokohama.  Nov.  4. 

THE    NEVADA    BANK,    OF    SAN    FBANCISCO. 
Paid  Vp  Capital $10,000,000. 

Louis  SfcLane President.      |      J.  C.  Flood.. Yice-President. 

X.  K.  Mas  ten Cashier. 

Directors  :— J.  C.  Flood,  J.  W.  Maekay,  W.  S.  O'Brien,  Jas.  G.  Fair,  Louis  McLane. 

Correspondents:— London— Smith,  Payne  &  Smiths.  Paris— Hottinguer  &  Co. 
Hamburg— Hesse,  Newman  &  Co.  New  York—"  The  Bank  of  New  York,  B.  N.  A." 
Chicago— Merchants'  National  Bank.  Boston— Second  National  Bank,  New  Orleans 
— State  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  receive  deposits  on  open  account,  issue  certificates  of  de- 
posit, buy  and  sell  exchange,  purchase  bullion,  and  transact  a  general  banking  busi- 
ness.   Collections  made  and  proceeds  remitted  at  current  rates  of  exchange.      Oct.  9. 

THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid  up  Capital  $2,000,000,  Oold.  President,  it.  C.  Wool- 
worth;  Vice-President,  D.  Callaghan  ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Rodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  W.  Ritchie. 

Directors  :— R.  C.  Woolworth,  D.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolpb  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  James  C.  Flood,  Edward  Martin,  James  Moffitt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

Correspondents — London  :  Baring  Bros.  &  Co.;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China.  Dublin :  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg :  Hesse, 
Neuman  &Co.  Paris:  Hottinguer  &  Co.  New  York:  National  Bank  of  fctonimerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business.  Deposits  in  Gold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  in  Europe,  Chii.a  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  IS. 

UANK    OF    BRITISH    COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter.— Capital  paid  up,  81,800,- 
000,  with  power  to  increase  to  §10,000,000.  Southeast  corner  California  and  San- 
some  streets.  Head  Office — 5  East  India  Avenue,  London.  Branches — Portland,  Or- 
egon; Victoria  and  Cariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Olfice  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada— Bank  of  Montreal ;  Liverpool — North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company  ;  Ireland — Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America ;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dec.  9. W.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Manager. 

L0>ID0N    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANK    (LIMITED). 

Capital,  95,000,000,  of  which  $3,000, 000  is  fully  paid  ap  as 
present  capital.  San  Francisco  Olfice,  424  California ;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  S.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STREETEN  ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  CAMILO  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 
Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  iu  Londou  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world.  October  23. 

THE    ANGLO-CAHFORNIAN    BANK    (LIMITED). 
A  OO  California  street,  San  Francisco. —Loudon  Office,  3 

44:.-^.-^'  Angel  Court  ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  $6,000,000.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buy  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FRED.  F.  LOW, 

Oct  4. IGN.  STEINHART, 


■  Managers. 


THE  MERCHANTS*  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  EBANCISCO. 

Capital,  85,000,000.— Alviuza  Haywant,  President  :R.  G. 
Sneath,  Vice-President ;  H.  F.  Hastings,  Cashier ;  R.  N.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and  a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 

~ST7TR0    &    CO., 

Bankers  and  Brokers,  40$  Montgomery  street.— Highest 
price  paid  for  U.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bonds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin. 
Exchange  drawn  on  New  .York. May  20 

MONEY    TO    LOAN. 

John  T.  Little,  Money  Broker  and  Real  Estate  Agent,  dis- 
counts notes  and  loans  money  on  all  kinds  of  collaterals  in  large  amounts ;  buys 
and  sells  real  estate.  OFFICE  :  405£  CALI FORN1A  STREET. 

Dec.  25.  Opposite  Bank  of  California. 


1VK   24,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


THE    SEVEN     AGES    OF    GIRLHOOD. 

At.  two  she  is  ■  tiny   : 

And  joy  she  ■oareahf  knowi  from  Borrow; 
.ii'.:..-  conaulti  her  lookuu 

She  has  no  thought  of  s;ul  tO-Xnonow. 
At  Four  sin1  is  a  marry  maid, 

And  looks  on  aught  bat  play  as  folly; 
She  cant  believe  bright  flowers  lade — 

That  only  sawdust  Ea  her  dolly. 

At    Ki^ht    her  trmiliK-s  c..iih.'  in    m-i.j-i's, 

For  oft  she  is  potamq  and  haughty ; 
A  pouting  puss  iu  pinafores, 

Whoa  sometimes  whipped  whan  who  is  naughty. 
At  Twelve  she  i>  ;*  saucy  tease. 

Who  knows  full  well  her  stances  rankle; 
Her  petticoats  Bcaros  veil  her  knees. 

Ami  fairy  frills  scarce  kiss  her  ankle. 
At  Fifteen  she's  the  pearl  of  pats, 

Ami  feels  oaeured  her  pow*r  is  strengthened ; 
Her  snowy  school-girl  troweerettes 

Are  hidden  when  her  skirt  is  lengthened. 
At  sixteen  she's  the  sweetest   sweet. 

And  dresses  in  the  bight  of  fashion  ; 
She  feels  her  heart  'neath  bodice  beat 

In  earnest  for  the  tender  passion. 
At  Eighteen  pVapa  she  may  be  sold 

Her  lot  to  share  for  worse  or  better; 
She'll  either  sell  her  heart  for  gold — 

Or  give  it  for  a  golden  fetter ! 

— Boudoir  Ballads. 

TEARS. 

Properly  handled,  tears  arc  the  mo*i  efficient  weapons  a  woman  can  wield, 
her  arms  of  defence  us  well  as  of  attack.  With  tears  she  can  ward  off  any  blow, 
and  VHiiquish  all  resistance.  Whatever  may  he  her  object  in  life— or  for  the  mo- 
merit  —  a  new  dress,  for  example,  or  a  carriage  and  pair,  or  an  opera-box,  or  a  hus- 
band, there  is  nothing  so  well-fitted  to  accomplish  it  as  a  judicious  tear  -a  tear  In 
season.  In  courtship  especially,  wh^n  the  wooer,  as  unfortunately  Bomelirucs 
happens,  is  slow  to  come  to  the  point,  a  tear  will  often,  if  we  may  ose  so  vulgar 
an  expieSBlon,  "  bring  him  up  to  the  scratch  "  when  nothing  else  will.  But  In  this 
department  of  weeping,  ladies  will  be  pleaspd  to  rememher  that  punctuality  Is 
everything.  The  tear  must  he  shed  in  the  nick  of  time.  Some  ladies  weep  too 
soon,  anil  thus  quench  the  nascent  spark  before  it  lias  burst  iu'o  flame  ;  others  too 
lute,  when  it  has  flickered  and  pone  out  The  art  is  to  catch  the  happy  mean,  to 
weep  When  the  iron  is  hot.  Thus  many  a  husband  has  been  can^hi  who  would 
otherwise  he  wandering  fancy  free,  or,  perhaps,  murried  to  another  woman. 

Hitherto  we  have  been  writing  us  though  weeping  were  merely  a  woman's 
weapon.  But  the  "  manly  tear  "  deserves  likewise  a  word  of  notice.  The  "  manly 
tear  "' is  at  once  a  most  useful  friend  and  a  most  insidious  and  dangerous  enemy. 
For  the  whole  tribe  of  ne'er-do-wells  and  failures,  the  "  manly  tear,"  \vh>n  called 
upon,  is  always  ready  to  do  yeoman's  service.  Every  muu  who  has  expensive 
tastes,  a  lurne' family,  and  no  visible  means  of  subsistence,  should  cultivate  the 
"  munlyjteur.'"  It  will  often  enable  him  to  live  pretty  comfortably  at  other  people's 
expense.  Great  skill  got  s  to  the  shedding  of  the  "  manly  tear."  On  no  account 
must  It  he  permitted  to  shed  itself.  Once  it  begins  to  trickle  it  ceases  to  be 
"manly,"  find  loses  more  than  half  its  effect.  The  "manly"  weeper  is  well  aware 
of  this,  and  though  perhaps  weeping  from  house  to  house  during  a  whole  after- 
noon, he  never  lets  a  tear  actually  fall  of  its  own  weight.  His  method  of  pro- 
cedure is  this:  as  he  approaches  the  borrowing  point  of  his  story,  he  gathers  his 
tear  in  his  eye  till  it  is  quite  full— the  eye  thai  is  next  his  victim.  Then  hegives-a 
sort  of  cough  or  grant,  which  serves  the  double  purpose  of  calling  the  victim's  at- 
tention, and  ol  giving  the  tear  a  shake  which  makes  it  tremble  on  the  brink  of  the 
eyelid.  Then,  just  as  it  is  about  to  overflow— suddenly,  ae  if  he  had  only  just 
thought  of  it— he  raises  his  hand  and  rubs  it  roughly  away  with  the  back,  at  the 
sunn-  time  muttering  some  expression  of  impatience,  such  as  "  Pish  I"  "  Pshaw  I" 
"  What  a  fool  I  am  I"  In  this  way  many  a  h-n- pound  note  has  before  this  been  ob- 
tained. The  peculiarity  we  have  just  noted  is  not  the  only  thing  in  which  the 
"manly  tear"  differs  from  the  feminine.  There  is,  moreover,  the  further  distinc- 
tion, that  whereas  the  feminine  tear  may  be  successfully  shed  once  and  once  again 
In  the  same  company,  the  "n.anly  tear"  can  never  be  used  twice  on  the  same  person. 
This,  at  least,  is  the  general  rule  ;  there  are,  of  course,  exceptions.  When  caught 
weeping  a  second  time,  the  ehedder  of  the  "manly  tear"  runs  great  risk  of  being 
denominated  a  "sniveler."  To  shed  the  "manlv  tear"  with  full  effect  one  ought 
to  possess  a  manly  stature  and  appearance.  Tull,  brawny  men,  past  middle  age, 
with  shaggy  beards,  florid  complexions,  and  bald  heads,  men  who  look  as  if  they 
had  struggled  valiantly  with  adverse  fate,  and  only  snecumbed  in  the  last  extrem- 
ity, are  the  great  adepts  at  the  "manly  tear."  Old  soldiers,  bronzed  with  Eastern 
suds,  often  shed  it  splendidly,  so  do  old  Bailors  and  weather-beaten  men  generally. 

So  much  for  the  Art  of  Weeping— an  art,  as  we  began  by  saying,  perhaps  the 
most  useful  that  men  or  women  ever  availed  themselves  of.  and  one  capable,  iu 
skillful  hands,  of  being  carried  to  a  marvelous  degree  of  perfection.  Our  observa- 
tions may,  perhaps,  be  considered  cynical.  But  rightly  understood  they  are  not 
so.  Let  its,  before  we  conclude,  guard  ourselves  against  possible  misconstruction. 
We  say  that  there  is  an  art  in  weeping,  hut  not  that  all  tears  are  false.  Funerals, 
partings,  hrcakinge-np  of  families,  furnish  frequent  occasion  for  tears  that  are 
not  false.  The  bantings  of  boilers  und  of  bubble  companies  cause  oceans  of  real 
tears  to  be  shed.  What  with  railway  accidents,  shipwrecks,  strikes,  lockouts, 
murders,  and  executions,  there  are  genuine  tears  shed  in  abundance,  in  time  of 
peace  as  well  aB  in  time  of  war.  With  genuine  tears  we  have  had  in  the  observa- 
tions which  we  have  been  making  nothing  whatever  to  do.  As  we  have  already 
stated,  there  is  no  art  in  shedding  them  ;  they  well  up  from  the  heart  of  their  own 
accord.  Our  business  has  been  with  the  Art  of  Weeping— with  sham  tears,  tears 
shed  for  a  purpose,  and  to  gain  an  end,  and  the  moral  which  we  desire  to  enforce 
is— Do  not  be  taken  in  by  them.— Truth. 


After  the  overflow  of  the  Thames  in  November  1875  the  authorities  of 
Lambeth  erected  flood-gates  at  the  river-opening  of  the  Lambeth  free 
dock  on  the  Albert  Embankment.  In  ordinary  times  the  gates  were_  to 
be  kept  locked,  open  to  allow  the  river  free  access  to  the  dock.  During 
floods  they  were  to  be  closed,  to  shut  off  the  river  from  the  low-lying 
district  around  Lambeth  Palace.  Though  the  late  flood  was  foretold  for 
several  days,  when  at  last  the  tide  swelled,  the  key  to  unlock  the  flood- 
gates was  nowhere  to  be  found,  and  in  flowed  Father  Thames,  over  bank, 
road,  and  fields,  as  destructively  as  if  the  Lambeth  Vestry  had  not  spent 
£80  to  keep  him  out.—  World. 

A  company  has  been  formed  in  Switzerland  for  unearthing-  the  vil- 
lage of  Plurs  in  Graubunden,  which  was  overwhelmed  by  a  fall  of  rock 
1^1618,  nearly  1,000  persons  perishing.  A  rich  booty  is  hoped  for  from 
the  shops,  factories,  and  churches. 


SAVINGS    AND    LOAN. 


COLLATERAL    LOAN    AND    SAVINGS  BANK,    C0BNEB    P0BT   AND 
KE.vUNY    STREETS,    SAN    FRANC1S-0. 

Incorporated  Under  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  California. 


President 

Vice-Pn  sldenl 


'.  S  SPRAR,  JK 

.ROBT  8TK>  I  Nsi'N 


Secretary p.  8  CARTER. 

Appraiser GEO    0   I  CI 

Tiiis  it  a  nii  la  prepared  to  loan  money  upon  collateral  *een- 
riUei,  luch  m  I  .  BtocV  ,  Savings  Buib  Book*,  Diamond     B   i 

oelpta,«to.,  atfrotn  It  to  4  par  oont  jht  month.    Tim  Hank  will  *!«•  rooriva  Tern 
Depodta.aud  allow  the  following  ratoa  of  Intoreal 
i  par  oont  permonto.  ;  Twelve  monttte,  il  par  cent  par  moot* 
"■  ■  ■  ember  4. 

OEBM\N    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOW, 

Guarantee  Capital  8200,000.— Ofllce  5M  California  street. 
North  aide,  between  Montgomery  and  Kearoj 
to  :(  p.m.    Extra  hour  on  Saturdays  from  7  to8  p.m,  I  ■  -  only 

Loam  matte  on  Real  Estate  and  other  collateral  securities,  at  current  rates  ol  1 1 
President L.  GOTTIG.  |  Secretary GEO.  LETTE. 

DIRKCTOR8. 
F.  Roedlng,  H.  Schmieden,  Chas.   Kohler,  Ed.  Erase,  Dan.  Mover,  George  H.  Eg- 
gcrs,  P.  Spreckles,  N.  Van  Bergen.  Fob,  L 

MARKET     S  CREET     BANK     OF     SAVINGS, 
634  Market  St.,  Opposite  Palace  Hotel. 

President THOMAS  B.  LEWIS. 

Secretary W.  K.  LATSON. 

Interest  allowed  oil  all  deposits  remaining  In  Bank  over 
thirty  days.  Interest  on  term  dei>osits,  12  per  cent,  per  annum  l>u|iosits  re- 
ceived from  one  dollar  upward-  No  charge  for  Bank  Book.  On  receipt  of  remit- 
tances from  the  interior,  Bank  Books  or  Certificates  of  Deposit  will  be  forwarded  or 
delivered  to  agent.     Bank  open  on  Saturdays  till  9  o'clock  P.M.  October  28. 

SAN    FBANGISCO    SAVINGS    UNION, 
California  street,  corner  Webb.      Capital    and    Re- 

_  serve,  §231,000.  Deposits,  §0,919,000.  Directors:  James  de  Fremery, 
President ;  Albert  Miller,  Vice-President ;  C.  Adolphe  Low,  D.  J.  Oliver,  Charles 
Bauin,  Charles  Pace,  Washington  Bartlett,  A.  Campbell,  Sen.,  George  C.  Potter; 
Cashier,  Lovell  White.  Dividends  for  two  years  past  have  been  "J  and  9  per  cent,  re- 
spectively, on  ordinary  and  term  deposits.  Dividends  are  payable  semi-annually,  In 
January  and  July.  Money  loaned  on  real  estate  and  on  United  States  Bonds,  or 
equivalent  securities.  October  30. 

PIONEER  LAND  AND  LOAN  BANK  OF  SAVINGS  AND  DEPOSIT. 

Southeast  corner  California  and  Montgomery  streets.  Safe 
Deposit  Block.  Incorporated  1S09.  Guarantee  Fund,  §200,000.  Dividend  Nu. 
105  payable  on  March  5th.  Ordinary  deposits  receive  9  per  cent.  Torm  de- 
posits receive  12  per  cent.  This  incorporation  is  in  its  ninth  year,  and  refen  to 
over  5,700  depositors  for  its  successful  and  economical  management. 

H.  KOFAHL,  Cashier. 
Thos.  Gray,  President.       J.  C.  Ddxoan,  Secretary.  March  27 

MAS)NIC    SAVINGS    AND    I0AN    BANK, 

No.  G  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco,  Cal.--- 
Moneys  received  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits;  dividends  paid  semi- 
annually ;  loans  made  on  approved  security.  This  bank  solicits  the  patronage  of  all 
persons.  [March  25.J  H  T.  GRAVES,  Secretary. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK —GUARANTEE  CAPITAL,  8300,000. 

Officers:  President,  John  Parrott;  Vice-President,  Jerome 
Lincoln  ;  Secretary,  W.  S,  Jones  ;  Attorney,  Sidney  V.  Smith.  Loans  made  on 
Real  Estate  and  other  Approved  Securities.  Office :  No.  215  Sansome  street,  San 
Francisco. Oct.  14. 

FRENCH    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 
Bnsh  street,  above  Kearny,  O.  Mahe,  Director.  Loans 

made  on  real  estate  and  other  collateral  securities  at  current  rates  of 


53-2 


411 


SAFE    DEPOSIT    COMPANY,    OF    SA.N    FBANCISCO, 
S.  E.  Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Sts. 

CAPITA!. 7 82,000.000. 

This  Company  is  now  open  for  the  renting- of  vaults  and  the 
transaction  of  all  business  connected  with  aSafe  Depository.  Pamphlets  giving 
full  information  and  rates  can  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  Company.  Hours, 
from  8  a.m.  to  6  l'.M. September  18. 


E 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD, 
NORTHERN    DIVISION. 
xenrsiou  Season,   1*77. —The   Southern  Pacific  Railroad 

Company  respectfully  calls  the  attention  of  Military  Companies,  Sunday 
Schools,  Societies,  Private  Parties,  etc.,  to  the  Superior  Facilities  afforded  by  their 
Line  for  Reaching-  with  Speed,  Safety  and  Comfort,  the  most  popular  Pleasure  Grounds 
in  the  State,  including  those  well  known  retreats,  Belmont,  Redwood,  Meulo  Park, 
Santa  Clara,  San  Jose,  etc.  For  rates,  terms  and  other  information,  apply  at  Room 
34  Railroad  Building,  corner  of  Fourth  and  Townsend  streets. 

A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  Willcl'tt,  General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. Feb.  17. 

N0TICE-A    NEW    FEATURE. 

To  Principals  of  Young  Ladles*  Seminaries,  Boarrilug 
Schools  and  Colleges— MR.  PETER  JOB,  the  San  Francisco  Pioneer  French 
Chief  Cook  and  Confectioner,  well  known  as  a  first-class  Caterer  and  Cook,  having 
kept  in  this  city  the  best  Restaurant  and  Ice-Cream  Saloon  for  the  last  twenty  years, 
offers  his  services  as  a  Teacher  of  the  Culinary  Art;  also,  Fancy  Dishes  and  Pastry. 
To  those  wishing  to  form  a  class,  arrangements  could  easily  be  made  at  terms,  by 
sending  names  and  address  to  PETER  JOB, 
No.  2519  California  street,  San  Francisco. 
No  objection  to  go  out  of  the  city.  New  York,  London  and  Paris  have  suoh 
classes  for  ladies. 1'eb.  17. 

ODORLESS 

Excavating  Apparatus  Company  ofSan  Franclsco.—Empty- 
ing  Vaults,  Sinks,  Cesspools,  Sewers,  Cellars,  Wells  and  Excavations  in  the  day- 
time without  offence.  Orders  left  at  the  following  places  will  receive  prompt  atten- 
tion: Madison  &  Burke's,  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  streets;  Office  Super- 
intendent of  Streets,  City  Hall;  Office,  G12  Commercial  street,  or  addressed  to  Presi- 
dent.  Post  Office  box  10,  City. Feb-  3- 

"BU3S    IN    SPRING    VALLEY    WATER." 

Jewett-s  Water  Filter  and  Cooler  Should  be  Used  in  Every 
Family,  Hotel,  Restaurant,  Saloon,  etc     For  sale  by     E.  K.  HOWES  &  CO. , 
Feb.  17.  118,  120  and  122  Front  street. 


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E.    MALLANDA1NE,    ARCHITECT. 
ffice  318  California  Street,  Room  13. 


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SAN     FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.   24,  1877. 


PRESIDENT  HAYES. 
At  last  the  question  of  the  succession  to  the  Presidency  is  virtually 
determined.  Oregon  has  been  counted  in  for  Hayes  &  Wheeler,  and,  as 
that  case  ends  the  list  of  objections,  nothing  remains  but  to  officially  de- 
clare that  Hayea  has  been  elected  by  185  votes  against  184  for  Tilden. 
History,  we  are  persuaded,  will  not  fail  to  tell  a  sorry  tale  of  this  whole 
had  business.  With  a  popular  majority  of  a  quarter  nf  a  million  votes, 
and  with  a  majority  in  the  Electoral  College  of  27,  if  Florida  and  Lou- 
isiana had  been  honestly  counted,  Tilden  has  yet  been  ruled  out  by  the 
smallest  possible  minority  of  one  !  The  army  of  office-holders  have 
done  their  worst.  Fraud,  open,  shameless  and  proved  fraud  has  tri- 
umphed, and  the  monstrous  doctrine  that  there  is  no  power  to  prevent  it 
has  prevailed.  Fraud  is  not  above  the  reach  of  the  meanest  court,  but  it 
has  proven  to  be  above  that  of  the  highest.  Fraud  poisons  the  source  of 
all  action  :  it  vitiates  every  accomplishment ;  it  annuls  contracts,  it  re- 
vokes agi^^ients;  it  releases  obligations.  Inshort.it  is  the  revocation 
and  undoing  of  all  that  is  binding  in  men,  nations  and  governments. 
Every  other  transaction  of  life  can  be  reviewed  and  made  clean  if  tainted 
with  fraud  ;  but  the  one  great  transaction,  the  greatest,  indeed,  which  the 
people  in  their  collective  capacity  can  be  engaged  in,  is  the  one  and  only 
concern  from  which  fraud  cannot  be  eliminated  by  any  executive  legisla- 
tive or  judicial  proceeding  known  to  this  republic.  This  is  the  result  we 
have  reached.  We  have  tried  a  high  tribunal,  made  up  of  Representa- 
tives, Senators  and  Supreme  Judges,  and  by  strict  party  votes  of  eight  to 
seven  it  has  all  through  been  determined  that,  no  matter  how  palpable 
the  swindle,  no  matter  how  outrageous  the  mean?,  and  no  matter  how 
momentous  the  result,  the  greatest  fraud  of  this,  or  any  other  age, 
must  stand.  By  such  means  Hayes  is  President,  and  will  be  duly  and 
peaceably  inaugurated  on  the  4th  of  March.  We  are  strong  in  the  faith 
that  he  will  prove  a  disappointment  to  the  politicians.  It  may  well  be 
that  he  will  rise  superior  to  the  methods  by  which  he  has  been  forced 
into  his  high  office.  Reports,  apparently  well  founded,  are  current  that 
he  will  agreeably  surprise  even  his  opponents  by  the  independence  of  his 
action.  These  statements  are  made  by  men  who  have  some  show  of  right 
to  speak  on  his  behalf.  Let  us  hope  that  he  will  honor  all  the  good 
promises  made  for  him,  and  that  at  last  both  North  and  South  are  really 
to  have  peace. 

"WHAT  IS  TO  COME  OP  THE  WATER  BIDS? 
Is  the  water  question  approaching  a  settlement  at  last?  The 
troublesome  business  has  been  a  long  time  on  the  tapis,  has  assumed  many 
different  shapes,  and  has  at  one  time  or  another  been  the  cause  of  many 
accusations,  and  not  a  little  ill  feeling.  One  Commission  worked  at  it  a 
long  time,  employed  a  skilled  engineer,  and  spent  much  valuable  time  and 
money,  but  the  whole  thing  ended  in  the  Calaveras  cow  pastures.  Then 
came  the  last  Legislature  and  its  appointment  of  the  present  Commission- 
ers. Again  there  has  been  much  inquiry,  long  junketing  tours,  the  em- 
ployment of  a  highly  recommended  engineer,  the  expenditure  of  much 
money,  and  now  we  are  ready  for  the  result.  What  is  it  to  be  ?  Bids 
for  supplying  the  city  with  water  have  been  invited,  and  some  seven  or 
eight  have  been  received.  We  don't  pretend  to  be  in  any  body's  confi- 
dence. We  have  no  inside  knowledge  of  the  intentions  of  the  worthy 
Commissioners.  But  yet  we  will  bet  drinks  for  all  hands  of  best  Mar- 
tel's  cognac,  against  as  many  glasses  of  the  Chronicle's  shrimp  sauce,  that 
in  the  end  the  propositions  will  be  narrowed  down  to  two.  The  Spring 
Valley  Company's  works,  and  Alvinza  Hayward's  Blue  Lakes  scheme, 
are  all  that  may  be  considered  in  the  running.  The  others  are  outsiders, 
and  too  far  a-field  to  bet  upon.  Real,  live  interests,  center  around  the 
two  favorite  plans.  They  are  the  only  ones  in  which  there  is  money,  and 
hence  their  special  merit  in  the  eyes  of  Commissioners,  Supervisors,  news- 
papers, and  of  the  wire-pulling  politicians  who  control  votes.  One  or 
other  of  those  two  plans  will  be  submitted  to  the  people  for  their  ratifi- 
cation. The  time  is  propitious  for  a  favorable  popular  vote  for  an  effect- 
ive scheme.  The  city's  bill  of  health  is  bad,  and  the  want  of  water  to 
keep  the  sewers  flushed  out  is  promising  us  a  plague.  The  public  mind 
has  been  worked  up  to  the  necessary  pitch  of  excitement.  Now,  by  all 
means,  Messieurs  Commissioners,  let  us  have  the  selected  scheme,  and 
soon  thereafter  the  good  people  will  do  the  voting. 


WHEELER'S  BAD  LAW  AGAIN. 
ReaUy  the  nuisance  is  passing  endurance.  Once  again  we  have  to 
call  attention  to  Judge  Wheeler's  ridiculously  bad  law.  Some  time  ago  a 
hoodlum  was  very  properly  sent  by  Judge  Louderback  to  the  Industrial 
School.  Counsel,  who  probably  had  a  well  founded  belief  that  he  could 
force  any  absurd  proposition  down  the  throat  of  a  Judge  whose  lack  of 
legal  lore  has  become  notorious,  applied  for  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus  for  the 
young  rascal.  After  argument  of  the  case,  Judge  Wheeler  held  that 
Judge  Louderback  had  no  power  to  commit  to  the  Industrial  School,  and 
discharged  the  offender.  This  decision  would  have  had  the  effect  of 
turning  loose  upon  society  the  whole  schoolfull  of  *caught,  tried  and  con- 
victed hoodlums.  There  was  great  difficulty  in  making  up  a  case  for  ap- 
peal. It  was  foiuid  that  it  could  not  be  done  in  the  case  of  the  fellow 
who  had  been  liberated.  At  last  District  Attorney  Murphy  hit  upon  the 
plan  of  taking  proceedings  before  the  Supreme  Court  precisely  similar  to 
those  which  had  succeeded  only  too  well  before  Judge  Wheeler.  He  ob- 
tained a  writ  of  habeas  corpus  for  one  of  the  youths  confined  in  the  school, 
and  argued  it  upon  the  reasons  that  satisfied  Wheeler.  The  higher  court, 
however,  immediately  discharged  the  writ  and  remanded  the  offender  back 
to  the  place  from  whence  he  came.  Thus  we  are  spared  the  great  evil 
which  Judge  Wheeler's  bad  law  would  have  entailed  upon  the  community. 
In  the  course  of  the  past  few  weeks  we  have  found  Wheeler  discharging 
an  aged  offender  and  a  hoodlum,  over  neither  of  whom  had  he  any  such 
jurisdiction  as  justified  his  acts.  We  find  him  winding  up  a  public  com- 
pany which  his  locum  tenens.  Judge  Williams,  declared  was  illegal  and 
peremptorily  stopped,  and  we  know  how  he  has  set  at  defiance  the  consti- 
tutionally guaranteed  rights  of  the  press.  It  is  becoming  a  serious  ques- 
tion whether  the  community  should  put  up  with  such  a  judge  until  the 
period  comes  round  when  the  voters  may  relegate  him  to  his  cUentless 
chambers. 

A  correspondent  says  :  "Reading  last  week's  paragraph  about  Mr. 
Tooth's  case  in  the  World,  a  yet  simpler  method  of  dealing  with  him 
occurred  to  me.  He  undertook  when  ordained  for  a  certain  salary  to 
preach  certain  doctrines.     If  his  doctrine  is  bad,  pay  him  in  bad  money!' 


NOT  MUCH  OF  A  OS5SAR  AFTER  ALL. 
About  this  time  last  year  the  N.  T.  Herald  raised  the  cry  of 
Czesar,  and  so  industriously  worked  at  it,  and  kicked  up  such  a  din  about 
it,  that  other  papers  were  perforce  compelled  to  take  a  hand  in  the  row. 
General  Ulysses  S.  Grant,  because  he  had  some  longings  for  a  third  term, 
and  because  he  had  control  of  the  office-holders  and  of  the  army,  Was  the 
coming  dictator.  The  plan  was  mapped  out  for  him,  according  to  which 
the  road  by  which  he  might  become  Czesar,  was  made  to  appear  as  plain 
as  the  road  to  market.  Nothing  came  of  it.  The  whole  thing  ended,  like 
most  newspaper  sensations  of  these  times,  in  a  bottle  of  smoke.  The 
truth  is,  Grant  has,  after  all,  but  little  of  the  Caesar  in  his  composition. 
If  he  had,  his  opportunity  has  recently  been  greater  than  even  the 
Berald  in  its  wildest  moments  had  ever  dreamed  of.  An  ambitious  man 
having-  Caesarian  designs,  could  not  possibly  have  wished  for  a  better  occa- 
sion than  that  offered  to  Grant  by  the  position  in  which  the  Presidential 
election  embrolio  at  one  time  stood.  By  skillful  mischief-making,  he 
might  easily  enough  have  prevented  an  agreement  between  the  parties, 
and  with  the  possession  of  the  office  and  the  control  of  all  of  the  elements 
that  center  around  it,  he  might  certainly  have  managed  the  rest.  Impa- 
tience at  the  unsettled  condition  of  the  succession  would  have  prepared 
the  public  mind  for  any  settlement  that  promised  peace,  and  might  easily 
have  been  reconciled  to  the  one  man  who  in  that  state  of  affairs  would 
have  been  equal  to  the  task  of  letting  us  have  peace.  He  might,  too,  have 
made  a  fair  constitutional  show  that  he  was  entitled  to  the  offi  §  until  his 
successor  was  duly  elected  and  qualified.  But  the  opportunity  has  come 
and  passed.  But  that  it  might  have  been  availed  of,  shows  what  real 
danger  may  arise  in  the  future  if  better  and  surer  machinery  is  not  pro- 
vided for  the  election  of  our  Presidents. 


THE  EVILS  OF  FALSE  TELEGRAMS. 
Everybody  and  every  institution  seem  to  be  run  in  partisan  grooves 
now-a-days.  The  so-called  independent  press  never  was  more  wildly  par- 
tisan. Supreme  Court  Judges  specially  selected,  and  specially  sworn  to 
find  out  the  truth  and  to  declare  it,  are  found  to  be  in  effect  as  partisan  as 
that  infamous  canvassing  board  of  Louisiana.  The  Associated  Press  that 
was  never  really  free  from  bias,  has  become  as  cunningly,  as  unscrupu- 
lously, and  probably  as  corruptly  partisan  as  the  great  witness  Madison 
Wells  proved  himself  to  be.  All  through  the  Presidential  contest,  its 
statements  have  been  skillfully  gilded  devices  to  cover  ulterior  designs. 
It  has  been  wildly  and  wickedly  false.  If  any  paper  could  spare  the 
necessary  time  and  space,  and  was  independant  enough,  to  compare  the 
telegrams  it  receives  with  the  true  state  of  facts  as  given  by  reliable  Eastern 
exchanges,  the  showing  would  be  astounding.  For  months  past  we  have 
adopted  this  course  in  order  to  keep  ourselves  posted  with  the  course  of 
political  events,  and  we  have  reason  to  know  how  altogether  misled  we 
should  have  been  had  we  relied  upon  the  designing  fabrications  that  have 
reached  this  coast  through  the  medium  of  the  Associated  Press  telegrams. 
At  present  the  hand  that  guides  th;<i  mighty,  but  greatly  misused  power, 
is  busily  engaged  in  manufacturing  false  impressions  as  to  the  feeling 
which  prevails  at  the  East  about  the  settlement  of  the  Presidential  count. 
It  is  certain  that  it  irrossly  misrepresents  the  alleged  Democratic  content- 
ment with  the  result.  It  will  be  well,  if  by  any  means,  we  are  rescued 
from  this  curse  of  false  news.  It  is  said  that  a  formidable  opposition  to 
the  Western  Union  Telegraph  monopoly  is  being  gotten  up.  With  fer- 
vent ardor  we  pray  that  this  report  may  prove  to  be  true. 


BETTER  TTME  WANTED. 
The  Australian  mails  via  San  Francisco  are  being  delivered  in  better 
time  by  the  Pacific  Mail  Company  than  they  had  previously  been  by 
other  companies.  It  appears  that  this  is  not  saying  much  for  the  San 
Francisco  route,  though  it  is  saying  the  best  that  the  facts  will  permit. 
Recently  considerable  attention  has  been  focussed  upon  the  doings  of  the 
different  steam  mail  lines  between  England  and  the  Anstralias,  and  the 
comparisons  are  not  quite  as  favorable  as  we  could  wish  to  our  local 
service.  The  route  by  way  af  Brindisi  and  Suez  is  traveled  in  an  aver- 
age of  from  39  to  41  days.  The  average  via  San  Francisco  is  47  days, 
and  it  is  understood  that  it  will  now  be  lengthened  some  three  days  by 
changing  from  the  fast  vessels  between  New  York  and  Liverpool  to  ones 
of  slower  speed.  We  know  not  who  is  at  fault  for  this  change,  but  it  is 
one  that  must  not  be  adhered  to,  or  it  will  irretrievably  destroy  the  pop- 
ularity of  the  San  Francisco  service.  A  third  line  going  by  way  of 
Singapore,  Sumatra  and  Java,  for  the  purposes  of  trade  rather  than 
rapid  mail  communication,  is  accomplishing  the  through  voyage  in  51 
days,  and  a  fourth  service  is  by  vessels  steaming  the  whole  way  between 
Southampton  and  Melbourne,  many  of  them  calling  at  the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope,  and  making  excellent  time.  Passages  by  this  route  have  been 
made  in  42,  44  and  48  days.  As  no  transhipment  takes  place  this  is  a 
popular  route  for  passengers  and  a  useful  one  for  cargo.  We  should  look 
well  to  it  that  the  effectiveness  of  the  San  Francisco  service  is  rather  in- 
creased than  diminished. 


SLEDGE-HAMMERTNG  A  FLEA. 
Con  Piatt  is  undoubtedly  a  foolish,  silly  creature,  unworthy  of  even 
the  bad  notoriety  which  has  suddenly  been  forced  upon  him.  Silent  con- 
tempt was  his  best  and  roost  effective  punishment.  The  idle  balderdash — 
aimless  and  innocuous  as  it  was — which  he  wrote,  merited  a  mere  passing 
sneer  of  contempt.  Just  that  and  nothing  more.  To  bring  down  upon  so 
harmless  and  impotent  a  maniac  the  whole  weight  of  a  great  government, 
armed  with  an  indictment  for  treason  and  felony,  is  like  using  a  sledge 
hammer  to  crush  a  flea.  The  means  employed  are  wholly  disproportioned 
to  the  end  to  be  achieved.  Whilst  the  huge  sledge  is  being  raised  the 
nimble  rascal  has  escaped.  A  finger  and  thumb  would  be  fully  equal  to 
so  small  a  task.  Moreover,  it  is  possible,  byjmaking  a  martyr  of  even  a 
wickedly  foolish  man,  to  bring  him  a  notoriety  and  a  sympathy  which  may 
be  the  very  things  his  vanity  most  longs  for.  To  talk  seriously  of  this 
vain  coxcomb  "  compassing  treason"  is  certainly  dignifying  buncooibe, 
and  exalting  it  overmuch.  Such  stuff  as  he  wrote  would,  if  left  to  itself, 
have  been  forgotten  ere  this.  To  single  out  his  idle  words  and  treat  them 
as  having  grave  state  significance,  is  more  laughable  than  any  farce  that  we 
remember  to  have  witnessed  upon  the  boards  of  our  theaters  for  many  a 
day.  If  Don  Piatt's  wordy  effusions  do  even  the  slightest  harm  it  will  be 
because  of  the  ill  judged  consequence  that  has  most  stupidly  been  at- 
tached. They  would  have  passed  away  like  chaff  before  the  wind  if  only 
public  contempt  had  been  left  to  breathe  upon  them. 


Feb.   -'i,   1877. 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


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THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

"  Il»«r  lfa«  Cn«r WhaJ  IBS  devti  »rt  ibon!" 

"OH  tliat  will  i>lay  lh»  devil,  nr,  with  jiu  " 


Very  few  persons  kn.'w  th«  real  cause  of  all  the  sickness  in  San 
Pranouoa  It  eppearathal  daring  the  revolutions  of  the  earth  round  the 
ton  wn  have  come  into  contiguity  with  ;i  planet,  the  inhabitant!  of  which 
are  all  dead  Scientists  have  not  hitherto  mot  with  this  planet,  which  is 
I  to  have  gone  out  of  its  orbit  last  year  and  approached  the 
v  that  Its  <ntir.-  population  baa  perished  without  ex- 
.  Astrononu  re  assert  that  tins  eccentric,  Boating,  heavenly  morgue 
ting  in  tin-  same  direction  with  the  earth,  and  that  it  is  now  bo  de- 
composed aa  to  seriously  affect  the  health  of  our  globe.  Smallpox  i  i 
in  London,  and  Dearly  all  the  important  osntere  of  civilisation  are  Buffer- 
ing rroin  epidemics.  It  b  believed  that  on  the  slightest  collision  with  the 
earth  this  revolving  graveyard  would  at  once  fall  to  pieces,  and,  perhaps, 
seriously  damage  the  framework  of  the  other  bodies  which  happened  to 
be  directly  under  it  at  the  time  of  its  disruption.  The  greatest  minds  of 
the  day  differ  as  to  the  best  remedies  to  adopt  at  the  present  time.  The 
Emperor  of  Russia  proposes  i><  physic  every  one  of  his  subjects  and  put  a 
wall  of  blue  glass  around  his  empire,  The  Turks  are  in  favor  of  fumi- 
gating the  Ottoman  Empire,  while  England  and  France  incline  to  the  idea 
of  compulsory  sjid  immediate  vaccination.  Aa  the  planet  is  supposed  to 
present  its  most  decayed  side  to  America  about  the  4th  of  next  March 
many  aarsuna  are  in  favor  of  exploding  fifty  tons  of  gunpowder  in  the 
middle  of  the  Atlantio  Ocean.  The  concussion  of  air.  it  is  thought,  will 
knock  this  vicious,  played  out  and  useless  celestial  cemetery  into  a  mil- 
lion fragments.  

thing  "lit"  if  he  never  went  home,  for  the  Arcade  House,  of  J.  J.  O'Brien 
&  <',...  9SM  to  928  Market  st.,  invariably  has  something  later.  This  mag- 
nificent dry  goods  house  is  crowded  from  morning  to  night  by  purchasers, 
anxious  to  get  the  very  best  goods,  at  the  lowest  prices. 

Marriage  doesn't  transform  a  man  into  a  disciple  of  Wagner,  although 
it  often  inclines  his  mind  to  serious  reflections  upon  the  music  of  the  fu- 
ture. If,  however,  a  man  has  furnished  his  house  at  N.  P.  Cole's,  220  to 
226  Bush  >t..  the  baby's  music  will  seldom  annoy  him.  Such  splendid 
bedsteads,  cradles,  parlor  and  dining-room  furniture,  are  not  to  be  found 
elsewhere  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

There  is  no  happiness  in  sitting  down  to  an  ill-cooked  dinner,  and 
no  possibility  of  a  well  cooked  meal  without  a  good  stove.  The  perfection 
of  all  ranges  is  the  "Union."  A  visit  to  the  store  of  De  La  Montanya, 
on  Jackson  st.,  below  Battery,  will  convince  any  skeptic  that  the  Union 
stove  is  the  best  in  the  world.  Mr.  De  La  Montanya  has  an  endless  ar 
ray  of  splendid  hardware,  which  well  repays  inspection. 

Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis,  M.  D.,  etc.,  may  be  consulted  at  his  office  ant1 
residence,  520  Sutter  street,  between  Powell  and  Mason  streets,  daily  ^ 
from  10  a.  U.  to  3  P.  If.,  and  from  6  to  8  P.  M.;  un  Sundays  from  11  fa- 
only.  Dr.  Curtis  is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  nam  M 
Sixty-four  brokers  all  in  a  room,  looking  at  a  rooster  going  to  its 
d;if!m.  Sixty-four  brokers  all  in  a  court,  putting  up  bail  like  any  other 
sport.  Thus  far  into  the  bowels  of  the  land  had  our  facile  pen  strayed, 
when  we  were  aware  that  we  had  struck  a  Tennysonian  vein  entirely  in- 
appropriate to  the  columns  of  the  Town  Crier,  and  certain  to  create  jeal- 
ousy among  all  the  poets  in  the  city.  It  is  therefore  advisable  to  continue 
in  prose  and  to  remark  that  forty  odd  policemen,  all  on  the  run,  jumped 
the  arrangement  and  stopped  all  the  fun  (we  mean  the  amusement),  and 
then  each  particular  member  of  the  force  credited  himself  with  sixty-four 
arrests  in  order  to  swell  his  bloated  record.  Whether  cock  righting  is 
harmless  or  not,  it  is  certain  that  it  is  not  a  very  grave  offence  against  the 
laws  of  the  country,  and  for  years  it  was  a  licensed  and  favorite  sport 
in  England  and  France,  and  continues  so  to  be  in  Spain,  South  America 
and  some  other  parts  of  Europe.  These  immense  posses  of  policemen 
would  do  their  duty  infinitely  better  by  faithfully  walking  their  beats 
and  preventin  grobberies,  garrotings  and  assaults,  which  are  of  nightly 
occurrence.  The  moral  of  the  tale  is  that  it  is  dangerous  to  gaze  upon  a 
bellicose  rooster  in  this  sesthetic  community. 

Mr.  William  Quinn  has  a  very  rapid  way  of  collecting  bills,  which, 
in  these  busy  times,  might  be  universally  adopted,  with  infinite  saving  of 
time  to  the  peripatetic  and  much-abused  clerk,  whose  mission  it  is  to 
carry  round  a  large  canvas  bag  and  a  wallet  full  of  accounts.  Mr.  Quinn, 
being  unable  to  obtain  a  settlement  from  his  stockbrokers,  Messrs.  Lewis 
&  Gauthier,  conceived  the  idea  of  giving  that  firm  a  receipt  in  full  with  a 
revolver.  He  obtained  the  amount  of  his  bill,  §78  75,  in  less  than  two 
seconds  after  exhibiting  his  patent  bill- collector,  although  the  usual  cour- 
teous request  to  "call  again  when  you  are  passing  "  was  omitted  ou  this 
occasion.  Mr.  Q.  need  have  no  fear  for  his  future  prosperity.  He  can 
have  a  situation  at  this  office  at  a  large  salary,  simply  to  collect  bills  on 
this  principle  for  four  hours  a  day.  We  will  tit  him  up  a  private  shooting 
gallery,  where  he  can  practice  at  a  mark  the  rest  of  the  time,  and  supply 
him  with  powder  and  shot  gratis.  Any  man  who  starts  a  new  idea  is  a 
benefactor  to  his  country,  and  the  euphonious  name  of  William  Quinn 
will  go  down  to  posterity  side  by  side  with  that  of  Captain  Bogardus, 
Gordon  Bennett,  and  other  exemplifies  of  the  many  beautiful  uses  of 
improved  fire-arms. 

Adelina  Fatti  Marquise  de  Caux,  is  weary  of  her  husband,  the 
Marquis.  It  is  said  that  when  Adelina  is  singing,  the  Marquis  has  a  low 
habit  of  going  to  the  box  office  and  getting  five  dollars  by  forging  her 
name  to  an  order.  All  attempts  to  reform  him  have  proved  fruitless,  as 
he  cannot  even  be  trusted  to  take  tickets.  Adelina  got  him  a  position  as 
usher  in  the  opera  last  season,  but  he  was  always  taking  fifty-cent  bribes 
to  give  people  reserved  seats,  and  getting  hopelessly  intoxicated  before  the 
third  act  was  over.  She  has  fed  and  clothed  him  respectably  for  three 
years,  although  he  is  very  hard  on  shoes  and  is  always  losing  his  pocket- 
handkerchiefs.  It  seems  really  rough  on  this  deserving  cantatrice  that 
she  should  be  so  unhappily  mated,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  French 
courts  will  grant  her  a  speedy  divorce. 

The  remains  of  O'Mahony  are  creating  considerable  stir  in  Ire- 
land, just  now,  Cardinal  Cullen  having  declined  to  allow  them  to  lie  in 
state  in  his  cathedral.  Latest  advices  state  that  O'Mahony  himself  is 
quite  indifferent  in  the  matter,  and  will  take  no  action  either  pro  or  con- 


There  are  twelve  propositions  to  supply  the  .  itv.  before  the 
Commissioners,  all  of  which  ere  sealed  bldi  end  wot  in  cloth* 
The  7'.  0.  has  a  thirteenth  to  offer,  which  ha  disdains  to  hide  in  a  miser 
able  envelope,  and  boldly  offers  t"  tin-  community.     He  will  bring  a  daily 
supply  of  500,000,000  raDons  pure  water  Into  tbia  city  within  one  | 
the  consideration  of  112,873,094  37.    The  odd  money  i-  in 
thiji  article.     The  plan  is  simply  t..  convey  the  waters  "f  the  Willamette, 
Columbia,  Russian,  Sacramento,  Yuba  and  American  riven,  by  m 
mains  a  rard  m  diameter,  aaroas  Oregon  and  Arizona,  through  Washing- 
ton Territory  and  Dakota,  to  the  City  Hall,  on  Market  Street    Should 
the  supply  be  deemed  insufficient  he  will  throw  In  two  water  »hsdi  and  a 
JAgoon  "ii  the  bop  of  a  mountain  (u  Mexico,  ai  sn  additional  inducement. 
The  city  has  ii<>  used  t->  give  any  thirty  year  bonds,  the  T.  0.  being  per- 
fectly willing  t<>  allow  the  community  a  large  discount  f<>r  cash. 

Tbe  "T.  C."  takes  great  pleasure  In  reviewing  the  review  of  the  mili- 
tary review  which  appeared  in  the  columns  of  the  Alto  of  yesterday.   The 

able  Writer  of  the  article  says  :  "  The  column  wbh   passed    in    !■  .i 

fore  Gen.  McComb.  who  was  the  reviewing  officer.    The  passage  in  re- 
view, as,  indeed,  all  the  ceremonies  of  the   review,   received  the  hearty 

commendation  of  the  numerous  connoisseurs  present."  The  talented 
journalist  remarks  again  that  "  The  ceremonies  of  review  were  conducted 
as  prescribed  in  a  memorandum  order,  the  reviewing  officer  approaching 
from  the  right,  the  battalions  being  afterward  moved  across  the  sir. 
permit  a  review  of  the  rear  rank  and  file  closers."  It  is  this  terse  and 
vigorous  Saxon  which  obtains  for  the  Alto  such  prominence  iu  the  field  <>f 
journalism.  The  clear,  sharp,  incisive  English  bites  with  a  telling  force, 
clinching  every  descriptive  nail  that  it  drives,  with  a  ringing,  masterly 
blow  on  the  bright  anvil  of  intelligence  and  thought. 

Clay  street,  between  Kearny  and  Montgomery,  used  to  be  a  quiet 
and  passable  thoroughfare.  At  present,  the  rival  attractions  of  three 
employment  offices  have  transformed  it  into  a  bad-smelling,  pestiferous 
loanng-pl&ce  for  the  unemployed  and  unwashed.  They  crowd  the  pave- 
ment, blockade  the  right-of-way,  and  surge  to  and  fro — an  unpleasant 
and  malodorous  mass  of  humanity.  The  pedestrian,  whether  lady  or 
gentleman,  cannot  pass  them,  so  must  fain  plunge  into  the  mud  or  the 
dust,  as  it  may  be,  and  risk  being  run  over  by  the  passing  wagons.  The 
attention  of  the  police  is  called  to  the  matter,  and  if  the  evil  be  not  miti- 
gated at  once,  the  names  of  the  offending  firms  will  appear  in  our  next 
issue,  and  a  somewhat  stronger  reminder  to  the  guardians  of  the  public 
weal  to  attend  to  their  manifest  duty  in  this  highly-scented  and  powerfully 
obnoxious  matter. 

Thursday  last  was  a  happy  day  for  the  nation,  but  a  sad  one  for 
the  T.  C.  To  be  brief,  it  was  poor  Wash's  birthday.  Ah,  Wash  !  had 
you  lived  until  two  days  ago  you  would  have  been  a  hundred  and  forty -five 
•years  old,  but  you  didn't.  Memory  carries  us  back  to  childhood,  when 
George  and  ourselves  played  round  the  garden  in  white  frocks.  He  is 
gone  and  we  are  here  ;  he  is  at  rest  and  we  are  still  working  to  save  the 
republic.  But  the  day  will  come  when  we  shall  don  our  wings  and  fly  to 
realms  of  bliss  to  play  once  more  with  our  childhood's  friend,  the  dear 
old  companion  we  have  been  parted  from  so  long.  At  this  point  emo- 
tion blurs  our  manuscript  and  we  pause. 

A  new  organization  has  just  been  formed  in  thi3  city,  entitled— the 
"  Order  of  Caucasians."  The  newspapers  do  not  tell  us  how  many  Cauca- 
sians it  takes  to  make  a  caucus,  and  it  is  very  difficult  to  find  out  what  the 
objects  of  the  Society  are.  The  California  Minstrels  say  that  tbe  new 
club  is  not  a  black  cork-us,  but  the  Chinese  newspaper  published  in  this 
city,  has  a  recent  editorial  two  columns  long,  rejoicing  over  the  fact  that 
no  more  Mongolians  will  be  stoned  by  hoodlums,  as  a  club  has  been 
formed  to  preserve  order  among  white  men,  to  be  known  as  the  "Order 
of  Caucasians." 

The  "Arizona  Sentinel"  objects  to  the  officers  at  Fort  Whipple 
amusing  themselves  with  private  theatricals  and  low  comedy,  while  the 
Apaches  are  enacting  high  tragedy  in  the  Tonoita  Valley.  Lieutenant 
Hannah  appears  to  be  doing  all  the  fighting  in  "  boot  and  saddle,"  while 
his  confreres  are  flitting  round  in  "sock  and  buskin."  Probably  the 
young  warriors,  being  highly  educated,  prefer  chalk  and  rouge  to  Indian 
war-paint,  and  would  sooner  adorn  their  empty  craniums  with  a  blonde 
wig  than  surrender  their  capillary  attractions  to  the  scalping-knife  of  the 
demoniacal  savage. 

Mr.  Jordan  is  the  name  of  a  colored  preacher  in  Los  Angeles,  who  has 
a  very  happy  way  of  converting  the  obstinate.  During  a  recent  dispute 
with  an  obnoxious  brother,  named  Berry,  who  was  maintaining  that 
Habbakuk,  the  prophet,  was  not  first  cousin  to  Ananias  and  Sappliira,  he 
used  the  argumentnm  ad  pistolum,  and  tried  to  shoot  him.  He  is  convinced 
that  it  is  better  for  a  brother  to  enter  the  kingdom  of  Heaven  with  a  bul- 
letin him,  than  that  he  should  perish  eternally  through  the  possession  of  an 
obstinate  and  coarse-wooled  intellect. 

Mr.  Benjamin  Schneider  considers  the  heavy  end  of  a  bilb'ard  cue 
an  excellent  exponent  of  the  gospel  of  peace.  He  caromed  on  to  the  head 
of  a  quarrelsome  visitor  named  Bruce  last  week  with  a  finely  balanced 
IS  ounce  ivory-tipped  stick,  and  executed  several  pretty  masse  shots  on 
Mr.  B.'s  cranium  without  using  any  chalk  whatever.  The  victim  now 
sticks  close  to  the  cushion  in  a  comatose  state,  murmuring  feebly  during 
his  lucid  intervals,  "  From  all  appurtenances  of  billiards  good  Lord  de- 
liver us  !" 

The  S.  F.  C.  (San  Francisco  Chronicle)  has  a  heartless  way  of  alluding 
to  a  man's  misfortunes.  It  describes  this  week  the  robbery  of  Mr. 
Spiegel,  states  that  his  kantls  and  eyes  were  "filled  with  sand,"  and  hia 
person  robbed  of  §1,200.  The  item  concludes  with  the  words,  "  Mr. 
Spiegel  was  uninjured."  What  thegarotters  wanted  to  put  sand  in  "  his. 
hands"  for  is  not  clear;  but  it  is  hardly  possible  to  stuff  the  lachrymal 
glands  of  a  man's  optics  with  sand  and  then  to  assert  that  he  was  un- 
injured. 

A  very  truthful  but  somewhat  intemperate  child  of  Bohemia,  who  is 
fond  of  good  dinners  and  high  living,  says  that  whenever  he  sees  a  well 
roasted  canvas-backed  duck,  it  makes  his  mouth  whisky.  His  regard  for 
veracity  entirely  prevents  him  from  using  the  well-known  phrase,  "make 
your  mouth  water,"  as  that  highly-vilified-and-of-late-much-abused  bever- 
age is  an  article  he  cannot  criticise,  never  having  tasted  it. 

The  Carson  Assembly  has  recently  voted  $600  to  the  Committee  who 
visited  the  Insane  Asylum.  The  Coinmittee  is  now  trying  to  make  terms 
for  its  perpetual  incarceration.  It  considers  that  if  a  casual  visit  was 
worth  6600,  a  permanent  abode  there  ought  to  realize  a  small  bonanza. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Feb.   24,  1877. 


COLUMN  FOR  THE  CURIOUS, 

In  Nature,  Science,  and  Art. 


A  numismatic  discovery  almost  unparall- 
eled in  extent  has  been  made  near  Verona.  Two 
large  amphora  have  been  found  containing  no 
less  than  two  quintals,  or  about  600  English 
.  pounds  weight  of  coins  of  the  Emperor  Gallie- 
nus  and  his  successors  within  the  hundred  years 
following  his  reign.  The  number  of  coins  is  esti- 
mated at  between  50,000  and  55,000.  Of  those 
of  the  Emperor  Probus  there  are  more  than  4,- 
000.  The  majority  are  of  bronze,  but  there  are 
some  of  silver  and  others  of  bronze  silvered  {sub- 
(eratoe).  They  all  are  in  the  finest  state  of  pres- 
ervation, and,  with  the  exception  of  t!iose  of 
Gallienus,  which  are  a  little  worn,  they  are  so 
fresh  from  the  Mint  as  to  make  it  evident  they 
were  never  put  into  circulation.  The  discovery 
has  been  considered  of  sufficient  importance  for 
the  Miuister  of  Public  Instruction  to  dispatch 
Siernor  Pigorini  specially  to  Verona  to  report 
upon  it.  All  the  finest  examples  are  to  be  placed 
in  the  Museum  of  Verona,  and  the  remainder 
either  exchanged  in  sets  with  other  museums  or 
sold,  as  may  be  decided  upon. 

Curious  Aquatic  Birds.— The  Museum  of 
the  Jardin  des  Plantes  in  Paris  has  recently  been 
enriched  by  two  aquatic  birds  of  a  very  curious 
species,  which  is  only  met  with  in  one  part  of  the 
world— namely,  Virginia.  They  are  specimens 
of  Albatros  latea.  The  plumage  is  canary  yel- 
low, and  Bhines  with  dazzling  brightness  in  the 
sun.  The  female  is  the  smaller,  and  differs  from 
the  male  in  the  color  of  the  beak,  having  a  black 
one,  while  he  has  a  gray.  They  live  exclusively 
on  fish,  but  their  voracity  is  so  great  that  when 
in  a  famished  state  they  do  not  hesitate  to  attack 
quadrupeds.  The  greater  part  of  the  fine  stuff 
known  as  Virginia  barege  is  made  from  the 
down  on  the  feathers  of  the  bird. 


Celluloid  is  the  name  of  a  new  explosive  com- 
pound which  has  been  largely  used  in  America, 
and  which  has  recently  been  introduced  into  En- 
gland. It  is  composed  principally  of  gun-cotton 
and  camphor,  and  resembles  in  appearance  ivory 
so  very  perfectly  that  the  best  judges  have  been 
deceived.  Some  very  serious  fires  have  occurred 
through  the  combustion  of  celluloid,  Professors 
Charles  Seely  and  Phin  were  employed  to  exam- 
ine, and  have  reported  on,  this  compound.  They 
say  "it  contains  within  itself  the  elements  of  its 
own  combustion,  and  hence  it*  peculiarly  dan- 
gerous character."  This  cannot  be  too  widely' 
known.  

A  Gigantic  Bird  from  the  Eocene  of  New 
Mexico. — Professor  Cope  exhibited  recently  to 
the  Philadelphia  Academy  of  Sciences  the  skele- 
ton of  a  fossil  bird  discovered  by  himself  during 
the  explorations  in  New  Mexico,  conducted  un- 
der the  command  of  Lieutenant  Wheeler.  Its 
size  indicates  a  species  with  feet  twice  the  bnlk  of 
those  of  "the  ostrich.  The  discovery  goes  to 
prove  that  North  America  has  not  always  been 
destitute  of  the  gigantic  forms  of  birds  now 
chiefly  found  in  the  Southern  hemisphere. 

The  "American  Chemist"  announces  the 
discovery  of  a  new  element  by  Dr.  George  A. 
Koenig,  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
From  a  mineral  resembling  schorlamite,  occur- 
ring at  Magnet  Cove,  Arkansas,  be  obtained,  in 
the  place  of  titanic  acid,  a  white  oxide,  which 
differs  from  the  former  very  materially,  and  he 
regards  the  existence  in  it  of  a  new  metal  as 
highly  probable. 

A  curious  little  instrument  for  detecting 
counterfeit  coins  has  just  been  invented.  The 
suspected  coins  are  dropped  into  a  sort  of  hopper, 
where  they  are  weighed,  and  if  found  lacking 
they  fall  down  into  a  lower  receptacle,  where 
they  are  still  further  tested.  After  passing 
through  these  processes  acounterfeit  piece  is  bad- 
ly scarred,  while  a  genuine  coin  comes  out  with 
only  a  few  scratches. 

In  his  account  of  Angola,  Mr.  Joachim 
John  Monteiro  describes  some  gigantic  grasses  of 
Western  Africa,  as  attaining  a  hight  of  from 
five  to  sixteen  feet.  One  species  is  the  so-called 
knife-grass  of  the  Portuguese,  with  saw-like 
edges  of  such  stiffness  that  it  can  be  made  to  cut 
the  flesh  deeply  and  severely. 


"Nature, "  in  notes  on  comets,  says  that  no 
comet  is  certainly  known  to  have  been  situated 
nearer  the  earth  than  1,390,000  miles.  This  was 
the  distance  of  Lexell's  comet,  at  five  o'clock  in 
the  afternoon  on  July  1st,  1770,  according  to 
Greenwich  mean  time. 


BE    A    LADY. 

You  are  making  it  a  study, 

Amid  life's  perplexing  whirl, 
Just  how  to  be  "a  lady," 

My  pretty,  thoughtful  girl! 
Your  fashion-plates  are  perfect — 

Your  books  on  etiquette, 
That  treat  of  "style"  and  "manner. 

Are  gems  of  art,  my  pet. 
And  yet  look  up,  oh!  lassie, 

A  moment  from  the  pago  ; 
There  is  another  lesson, 

Soon  learned  at  your  sweet  age. 
'Tis  this:  the  heart's  the  fountain 

From  which  politeness  flows, 
And  mind  must  shape  the  manners 

As  sunlight  shapes  the  rose. 
If  you  are  harboring  envy 

Or  hatred  in  the  breast — 
If  you  are  proud  and  haughty, 

Albeit  in  fashion  drest — 
Then  yonder  humble  maiden, 

On  whom  you  may  look  down, 
Though  poorly  clad,  may  sooner 

Put  on  "  the  lady's"  crown. 
If  you  in  life,  ma  petite, 

A  social  queen  would  be, 
Then  study  well  the  graces, 

Faith,  Hope,  andL,--— 
Pay  deference  to  your""-" 


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EVILS    OF    FALSE    TELEGRAMS. 

Keep  soul  and  bo  )dy  and  every  institution  seem  to  be  run  in  partisan  grooves 

...ii;...i. i  a.         Ti ii i    -__!__ ]__.!_ l  .,  R 


And  cultivate  sweet  te,  The  so-called  independent  press  never  was  more  wildly  par- 
A  woman's  great*  reme  Court  Judges  specially  selected,  and  specially  sworn  to 
i-vDT^e-rrPTrw  wn  mp  trubh  and  to  declare  jt>  are  foun<*  to  be  in  effect  as  partisan  as 
urruuiiun  -LU  jnjj  us  canvassing  board  of  Louisiana.  The  Associated  Press  that 
From  the  virulence  wi  eally  free  from  bias,  has  become  as  cunningly,  as  unscrupu- 
at  new  discovery  has  unifi  probably  as  corruptly  partisan  as  the  great  witness  Madison 
might  reasonably  be  infer,  ed  himself  to  be.  AH  through  the  Presidential  contest,  its 
and  proper  province  of  ph  have  been  skillfully  gilded  devices  to  cover  ulterior  designs, 
mote,  but  to  retard  in  ei  wildly  and  wickedly  false.  If  any  paper  could  spare  the 
progress  of  knowledge.  (  me  and  space,  and  was  independant  enough,  to  compare  the 
son  of  philosophy.  The  receives  with  the  truestate  of  facts  as  given  byreliable  Eastern 
ordinarily  prone  to  treat  the  showing  would  be  astounding.  For  months  past  we  have 
as  they  do  a  new  animal.  5  course  in  order  to  keep  ourselves  posted  with  the  course  of 
with  a  look  of  suspicion  ;»ts,  and  we  have  reason  to  know  how  altogether  misled  we 
horror.  It  is  forthwith  y  been  had  we  relied  upon  the  designing  fabrications  that  have 
clamation. — Hem-is'  Skxat  >  coast  through  the  medium  of  the  Associated  Press  telegram: 


— Jhe  hand  that  guides  tha*  mighty,  but  greatly  misused  power, 

The  Constantinople  qgaged  in  manufacturing  false  impressions  as  to  the  feelin" 
Cologne  Gazette  writes  that  ^Is  at  the  East  about  the  settlement  of  the  Presidential  count 
to  give  striking  proofs  of  his\at  it  grossly  misrepresents  the  alleged  Democratic  content- 


He  has  ordered  that  5G4  superfluous  n"oTSe"B  "in 
the  Imperial  stables  shall  be  handed  over  to  the 
cavalry  regiments  at  Constantinople,  and  that 
the  wild  animals  collected  by  Sultan  Abdul  Aziz 
shall  be  presented  to  the  Zoological  Gardens  of 
London  and  Paris,  as  their  keep  costs  too  much 
money. 


C.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Sunday,  Feb.  11th,  1877,   and  until 

further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 

San  Francisco: 

(Overland    Ticket  Office,   at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  of 

Market  Street.) 


7(\(\  A.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washing- 
•  W  con  St.  Wbarf)  —  Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for     Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.        (Arrive  San  Francisco  S:10  p.m.) 


land  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland  (O.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  p.m.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  5:35  r.M.) 


3f\C\  P.M.  (daily)  San  Jose  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  \J\J  land  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 
rives at  San  Jose  at  5:30  p.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  9:35  A.M.) 


4C\f\  P.M.  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
■  V/v  for  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Indian  Wells  (Arizona  Stage  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  6:55 
p.m.  "Sleeping  Cars"  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les. (Arrive  San  Francisco  12:40  p.m.) 


A  f\f\  P.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washington 
~£-\jyj  gt.  Wharf)*  connecting  with  trains  for  Calistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  p.  m.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  11:10  a.m.) 


4Art  P.M.  (Sundavs  excepted)  Sacramento  Steamer 
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overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  a.m.,  daily. 

(Arrive  San  FranciBco  8:00  p.m.) 


4      0A  P.M.  (daily),  Through  Third  Class  andAccom- 
•  O"    modation  Train,  via   Lathrop  and  Mohave, 
arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  a.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  7:30  a.m. 


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A.  M.,  and  6.05  p.  m. 

♦Change  Care  at  "  Broadway,"  Oakland. 

A—  Morning,     p— Afternoon. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towne,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC   RAILROAD. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION  . 
pommeuclug  Nov.  6th,  187H,  Passenger 

v7     Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot  on  Townsend  street  as  follows : 

8  0Aim  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
•OU  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  fe^"At  Pajaho  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forArros  and  Santa  Cruz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Monterey.  Stage 
connections  made  with  this  train. 


U9  C  A    m.   (daily)  for  Mcnlo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
****J    tious. 

3  OC  p.m.   daily  (Sundays    excepted)  for    San  Jose, 
,*UfJ  Gilroy  and  Way  Stations. 


4.40 


p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


6.30 


p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Mateo  and  Way  Stations. 


SOUTHERN      DIVISION. 

p&~  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Division 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Indian  Wells 
A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  Willcutt,  Gen'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 
[November  18.  ] 


JOSEPH    GIIXOTT'S    STEEL    PENS. 

Sold  by  all  Statioiiers  tbrongrhontthe 
World.     Sole  Agent  for  the  United  States :  MR. 
HENRY  HOE,  91  John  street,  N.  Y. Jan.  16. 


H     H.    MOORE. 

Denier  in  Books  for  Libraries. --  A  I ar-p 
assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
ano  for  sale  at  609  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
San  fYancisco  Oct.  24. 


Feb.  24,    1877. 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


11 


NOTABILIA. 


A  boarder,  tin*  other  day,  after  vainly  endeavoring  t<»  maatloate  ■ 
piece  of  fofl  I,  laid  down  his  knife  end  fork.  *:i\  tog:  '"  All  the  teachings  >>f 
ray  youth,  and  the  commands  of  Holy  writ  compel  me  to  respect  old 
:»,'-•:  bnt  I  II  be  blowed  if  I  oaa  bring  myeeU  to  stomach  it  roasted  or 
bulled. "  [f  he  only  boarded  at  Swain's  Bakery,  on  Sutter  -t..  above 
Kearny,  he  would  never  be  annoyed  by  old  fowla.  It  is  the  Deal  restau- 
rant In  the  city ,  and  ladies  and  gentlemen  who  like  a  quiet  plane,  and 

punl  i*.Mikili£,  may  always  be  fuinul  there, 


"I  know  of  two  beautiful  things:  the  starry  heavens  above  my  head, 
ami  tbe  sense  of  duty  within  my  heart.'  TmmanuelJZant."  A  third  beau- 
tiful tbimriaa  Silicated  Carbon  Filter,  which  pnrifiea  the  most  noxious 
water,  ana  sweetens  it  perfectly.  No  danger  of  swallowing  a  "cyclope,*' 
a  " pulexi"  or  any  other  X  except  exoeUent  water,  if  you  only  go  to 
Bush  ft  MiliK-s',  at  their  celebrated  emporium  fur  gas  fixtures,  under  the 
Grand  Sotel  -and  buy  a  filter. 

Whiggle  Waggle.  —The  Edinburgh  Review  is  a  backslider.  In  the 
face  o(  the  Great  Libera]  party,  it  goes  for  the  bankrupt  butchers  of  Bul- 
garia. The  article  i*  probably  the  work  of  a  whigged  wag.  He  wants  a 
whigging.  If  this  sort  of  thing  is  to  be  tolerated,  the  great  Whig  Review 
will  be  unworthy  of  its  name.  We  might  call  it  the  "Hairdressers' 
Chronicle"  with  equal  justice. — Fun. 


A  man  with  a  night-key  may  be  said  to  be  a  stylish  fellow,  for  he  is 
generally  '"the  latest  thing  out."  He  would  not  be  quite  the  "latest 
thing  out"  if  he  never  went  home,  for  the  Arcade  House,  of  J.  J.  O'Brien 
&  (V..  024  to  928  Market  at.,  invariably  has  something. later.  This  mag- 
nificent dry  goods  house  is  crowded  from  morning  to  night  by  purchasers, 
anxious  to  get  the  very  best  goods,  at  the  lowest  prices. 

Marriage  doesn't  transform  a  man  into  a  disciple  of  Wagner,  although 
it  often  inclines  his  mind  to  serious  reflections  upon  the  music  of  the  fu- 
ture. If.  however,  a  man  has  furnished  his  house  at  N.  P.  Cole's,  220  to 
326  Bush  st..  the  baby's  music  will  seldom  annoy  him.  Such  splendid 
bedsteads,  cradles,  parlor  and  dining-room  furniture,  are  not  to  be  found 
elsewhere  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

There  is  no  happiness  in  sitting  down  to  an  ill-cooked  dinner,  and 
no  possibility  of  a  well  cooked  meal  without  agood  stove.  The  perfection 
of  all  ranges  is  the  "Union."  A  visit  to  the  store  of  De  La  Montanya, 
on  Jackson  st.,  below  Battery,  will  convince  any  skeptic  that  the  Union 
Btove  is  the  best  in  the  world.  Mr.  De  La  Montanya  has  an  endless  ar- 
ray of  splendid  hardware,  which  well  repays  inspection. 

Dr.  E.  de  P.  Curtis,  M.  D.,  etc.,  may  be  consulted  at  his  office  and 
residence,  520  Sutter  street,  between  Powell  and  Mason  streets,  daily, 
from  10  a.  M.  to  3  p.  m.,  and  from  C  to  8  p.  m.;  on  Sundays  from  11  to  2 
only.  Dr.  Curtis  is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 
cal Act;  his  publications  can  be  obtained  from  A.  L.  Bancroft  &  Co., 
sole  agents  for  the  Pacific  coast,  or  from  the  author,  Dr.  Curtis.  520 
Sutter  street,  S.  F. 


Man  may  learn  wisdom  from  a  postage-stamp.  It  sticks  to  its  legiti- 
mate business.  That  is  the  secret  of  the  success  of  F.  &  P.  J.  Cassin, 
523  Front  street.  They  keep  the  purest  and  best  family  liquors,  and 
stick  to  business  a  great  deal  closer  than  many  a  postage  stamp. 

An  exchange  speaks  of  woman  as  a  "golden  chord."  If,  however, 
we  permit  truth  to  temper  the  license  of  poetry,  we  might  more  appro- 
priately speak  of  her  as  "gilded  kindling  wood."  The  purest  "golden 
chords  "  come  from  a  Hallet  &  Davis  piano.  Badger  is  the  agent,  13  San- 
some  street. 

The  husks  of  emptiness  rustle  in  every  wind ;  the  full  corn  in  the 
ear  holds  up  its  golden  fruit  noiselessly  to  the  Lord  of  the  harvest.  The 
best  corn  goes  to  make  genuine  "  Old  Cutter  Whisky."  A.  P.  Hotaling, 
429  and  431  Jackson  st. ,  is  sole  agent.  There  isn't  an  'eadache  in  an  'ogs- 
head. 

"  Why  do  you  not  .take  wine  with  your  dinner,  Minnie?"  asked  a 
gentleman  of  a  little  five-year-old  at  the  dinner  table  of  a  Saratoga  hotel. 
"Tause  I  doesn't  like  it."  "But  take  a  little  then,  my  child,  for  your 
stomach's  sake,"  he  urged.  "I  ain't  dot  no  tommick's  ache!"  indig- 
nantly responded  the  little  miss. 

"I  was  blind,"  says  Henry  Ward  Beecher,  "to  the  beauty  of  reli- 
gion until  my  fourteenth  year."  Muller's  pebble  spectacles  would  have 
opened  his  eyes  long  before  that,  if  he  had  used  them.  The  best  optical 
goods  of  all  kinds  may  be  found  at  Muller's  Btore,  on  Montgomery  street. 

Success  is  full  of  promise  till  men  get  it,  and  then  it  is  as  a  last-year's 
nest,  from  which  the  bird  has  flown.     The  success  of  Bradley  and  Rulof- 
son's  photographs  is  agreed  upon  by  all  lovers  of  art. 
as  theirs  are  to  be  found  in  the  world. 


No  such  pictures 


Tall. — A  personal  sketch  of  a  Yankee  senator  closes  as  follows:  "He 
cannot  propel  himself  through  the  muddypool  of  politics  at  a  higher  rate 
of  speed  than  that  of  a  rudderless  pollywog  through  a  kettle  of  cold 
mush. 

TJse  what  talent  you  possess.  The  woods  would  be  very  silent  if  no 
birds  sang  there  but  those  which  can  sing  best.  Above  all  things  use 
Gerke  Wine  if  you  want  health  and  a  pleasant  beverage.  I.  Landsber- 
ger,  10  &  12  Jones  Alley,  is  the  agent. 

"How  did  I  win  the  battle  of  Waterloo?"  said  the  Duke  of 
Wellington.  "I  had  a  clear  head  from  the  daily  use  of  Napa  Soda." 
What  momentous  destinies  hung  on  the  use  of  that  magnificent  mineral 
water!    Use  it  and  it  will  win  all  your  battles  in  life. 

A  tart  temper  never  mellows  with  age;  and  a  sharp  tongue  is  the 
only  edged  tool  that  grows  keener  with  constant  use. 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


TR.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 

Toronto   School  oi    Medicine,  Toroi July  1  in,,  ikon.... 
l>r.             i    Runtar,  .Ucndod  locu 
tutlon  for  two  -.     on«,vli     18    d     ,ul  I 
ii'    iodlool  Board  i..r  I  pperl                      ■    i,  n   n.  «/RlGuT,  H  D 

it  Boater-! Offloa  i.  at  sia  Buttaritnat 

TEETH    SAVED ! 

I^illliiit  Teeth    n   Specialty.— .Qrenl    patience    extended    to 
Dnudrou     Chloroli  m  administered,  uid  teeth  1 1 h,  extra.  V  d.    Alter  tea 

years  constant  practice.  I  can  guaruta         (action.    Prices  i lerata    Offli 

gutter  street,  above  Montgomery.  Uunee.J  DR.  IfOBFFKVr,  Dentist. 

DR.    J.    H.    STAL'ASD, 
ember  of  the  Ito.nil  Colleice  of  Pliy.lclan..  London,  ete., 

"ii.ir  of  ••  Female  Hygiene  oil  tlio  Pacing  Coast,"    B.K,  Post  and  Kearov 
— ,  12  to  3  nud  7  to  8  r.ji.  February  10. 

ARTIFICIAL   TEETH. 

Beautiful   cellnlold   plates   made  by  Dr.  Jessnp,   corner 
Sutter  and  Montgomery  streets,  at  $20  a  set,  are  far  superior  to  vulcanite  rub- 
ber, and  the  color  of  the  natural  gum.  Feb.  20. 


M 


PHYSICIAN,    SUKGEON    ASTD     ACCOM  HEIR, 

J.    J.    AUERBACH.    M.D., 

March  13. 3ioi  Stockton  street,  San  Francisco. 

STEELE'S     8QUIRREL      POISON. 
[Patented  October  \Uh,  1875.] 
nre  death  to  Sqnirrcls.  Bats,  Gophers,  etc.    For  sale  by  all 

J     Druggists,  Grocers  and  General  Dealers.     Price,  81  per  box.     Made  by  .1AME3 
G.  STEELE  &  CO.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.     Liberal  discount  to  the  Trade.        Aug.  21. 

0.    P.    WARREN,    M.D. 
eleclic  Physician,  eorner  or  Fourteenth  and   Broadway, 

Oakland.  Junel7. 


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N     MILLER,    M.D, 
physician,  Oakland.  Office,  1004  Broadway ;  Residence,  361 

Eighth  street. October  2. 


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E.    W.    SPEAGTTE,    M.D., 
Post  street,  corner  Kearny.   Office  Hours,  10  to  12 ;  2  to 

■i  ;  7:30.     Diseases  of  Throat  and  Lungs  a  specialty.  February  10. 

COMMISSION    MERCHANTS. 


J.  Sanderson. 


D.  F.  Hutcuinqb.  D.  M.  Dunne. 

PHtEYIX    OIL    W0KK5- 

Established  1S50.-- -Hatchings  A  Co.,  Oil  and  Commission 
Merchants,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Sperm,  Whale,  Lard,  Machinery  and 


Illuminating  Oils,.  517  Front  street,  San  Francisco. 


Jan.  8. 


w 


J.    C.    MEKRILL    &    CO. 
holesale  Auction  House,  204  and  206  California  street. 

Sale  days,  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  at  10  A.M.     Cash  advances  on  consign. 

Dec.  14. 


CHARLES    LE    IjA*  , 
American  Commission  merchant,  -  -  1  Kne  Scribe,  Paris. 

WHOLESALE    GROCERS. 


Newton  Booth,  C.  T.  Wheeler,  Sacramento.  |  J.  T.  Glover,  W.   W.   Dodge,  S.   F 
W.    W.    DUDGE    &    CO., 


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holesale  Grocers,  corner  Front  and   Clay  streets,  San 

Francisco. April  1. 


REHfOVAIs. 

L.  H.  Newton.]  NEWTON    BBOTHERS    ft    CO.,  [Morris  Newton. 

Importers  and  wholesale  dealers  In  Teas,  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed  to  204  and  200  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. June  7. 


S 


TABER,    HARKER    ft    CO., 
uccessors  to  Phillips,  Taber  A  Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 108  and  110  California  street,  below  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  15. 


BBUCE, 


A.    S.    ROSENBAUM    &    CO., 

Southeast  corner  or  California  and  Battery  streets,  Invite 
the  attention  of  their  customers  and  others  to  their  large  assortment  of  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands  of  CHEWING  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGAES 
and  CIGARITOS.  Consignments  of  Choicest  Brands  of  Cigars  received  by  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  18  J  A.  S.  KOSENBAUM  it  CO. 

itar  prints  -a» 

B37   SACRAMENTO    STREET, 

BELOW    MONTGOMERY. 

BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY   OF   CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  daily,  from  10  a.m.  to   1  p.m.,  by  the  under- 
signed, to  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  to  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.                                                J.  P.  McCURRIE,  Secretary, 
Oct.  23. 730  Montgomery  street. 

BAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  Jl  CO., 

113  Clay  and  114  Commercial  Streets, 


San  Fra,vcisco. 


[May  21. 


CASTLE    BROTHERS [Established,  1850.] 

[mporters  of  Teas  and  East  India  Goods,  Nos.213  and  315 
Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  13. 


P.    H.    CANAVAN, 
Real  Estate,   521   Montgomery  Street.  S.  F. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETfER  AND 


Feb.  24,  18  r  7. 


LIES    OF    THE    DAY. 

A  He  bos  no  lejrs.  and  cannot  stand:  but  it  has  wings,  and  can  fly  far  and  wide. — 
Wabburtom.  With  the  adaptability  of  a  lie,  sin  has  many  tools,  but  a  lie  is  the  handle 
which  fits  them  all.— Lord  Brougham.  A  lie  besets  others:  one  lie  must  be  thatched 
with  another,  or  it  will  soon  rain  through.— Lord  Thubxowe. 

"  And  the  Parson  made  It  his  text  that  week,  aud  he  said  likewise, 
That  a  lie  which  is  half  a  lie  is  ever  the  blackest  of  lies; 
That  a  He  that  is  all  a  lie  may  be  met  and  foueht  with  outright, 
But  a  He  which  is  part  a  truth  is  a  harder  matter  to  fight. — Tennyson. 

San  Francisco  Lies.— It  is  not  true  that  Dr.  B— k— n  devotes  all  his 
professional  services  to  a  lady  patient  on  Pine  street.^— That  Weyl  Bros, 
made  the  thirteen  thousand  dollar  silver  service  presented  at  that  wed- 
ding last  week. -^—  That  "  Happy  Jack  "  was  released  on  his  character, 
and  not  by  virtue  of  his  brother  bar-keep's  sympathy.  That  the  Tivoh 
arrest  was  a  "put-up  job"  to  draw  attention  to  the  gardens  and  improve 
buein ess. — That  there  is  any  demand  in  this  city  for  clerks  "who  can 
loan  their  employers  8500  and  upwards.  "-^— That  this  must  be  a  gloriously 
free  country,  when  clerks  can  own  their  bosses  for  a  trifling  pecuniary 
loan. ^—  That  the  Bulletin  is  a  chloral-hydra  headed  French  savant,  and 
has  stomach  for  all  the  mongrel  French  that  comes  in  its  way.— That  it 
persists  in  detailing  marriages  which  occur  among  those  it  is  pleased  to  call 
the  "toD."^— That  it  will  ever  know  there  is  no  English  "ton"  except 
of  the  avoirdupois  persuasion,  and  that  the  French  word  is  rendered  ton. 
—  That  "Wabblej aw"  wabbles  through  his  nose  as  a  delicate  compli- 
ment to  American  institutions.-^— That  patriotism,  in  this  city,  lan- 
guishes, and  did  not  average  more  than  half  a  gallon  (of  Bourbon)  per 
capet  on  George's  birthday.^— That  more  than  one  man  in  three  was  glo- 
riously tight.  —That  the  call-boy  of  one  of  our  theaters,  being  asked  if 
the  ballet  was  nearly  ready,  replied,  "Yes,  they  have  got  most  of  their 

clothes  off."-^That  F s's  deputy  consular  appointment  gives  general 

satisfaction,  as  he  is  known  to  be  a  thorough  devotee  of  Pedro.— That 
he  is  studying  law,  and  qualifying  for  a  judgeship,  under  Professor  Ja- 
cobs.-^—That  an  enthused  Hibernian  was  overheard  to  remark  at  the 
race,  "Be  jabers !  and  Mollie  Macarthy  is  the  bi,  afther  alL"— That 
Piper  toots  his  feeble  horn,  but  the  House  declines  to  dance. 

THE    CHINESE    EMBASSY. 

Without  gauging,  says  the  London  Times,  very  precisely  the  compar- 
ative dignities  of  Chinese  officials,  we  may  assume  that  the  chief  of  the 
Mission  which  has  just  been  received  in  London  is  a  personage  of  of- 
ficial rank  equal,  or  nearly  so,  to  the  majority  of  European  Envoys. 
Kwoh-Sung-tao  is  an  officer  of  long  experience  and,  it  is  said,  of  pacific 
and  kindly  disposition  to  foreigners.  He  was  a  fellow-countryman  and 
an  early  friend  of  Tseng-Kwo-fan,  in  his  time  the  most  powerful  and  re- 
vered of  Chinese  statesmen.  Through  his  connection,  probably,  Kwoh- 
Sung-tao  rose  to  high  positions.  He  -was  Secretary  to  the  Governor  of 
Tien-tsin  when  the  treacherous  attack  upon  the  Taku  forts  was  planned, 
and,  in  spite  of  his  warnings,  perpetrated  in  1859.  Afterwards  he  filled 
the  most  responsible  offices  beneath  the  grade  of  the  Provincial  Govern- 
ors, and  acted  for  a  time  as  Govornor  of  Kwang-tuog,  the  Province  which 
has  for  its  capital  the  great  city  we  call  Canton.  He  fell  into  official  dis- 
grace for  some  reason  unexplained,  and  during  nearly  ten  years,  it  seems, 
he  remained  in  obscurity,  but  two  years  ago  he  found  his  way  back  to 
Pekiu  under  the  patronage  of  the  brother  of  his  eminent  friend,  Tseng- 
Kwo-fan.  He  became  Judicial  Commissioner  to  Foo-chow,  and  was  dis- 
charging the  duties  of  that  office  when  the  Embassy  was  offered  to  him. 
The  names  of  the  persons  and  places  we  have  mentioned  may  be  unfamil- 
iar to  our  readers  ;  but  it  is  not  difficult  to  understand  that  the  provin- 
cial governorships  and  judicial  comimssionerships  are  the  most  imporant 
offices  in  the  official  hierarchy  of  China.  The  fact  that  the  Chief  of  the 
Embassy  to  England  has  filled  all  but  the  highest  of  these  must  tend  to 
fix  the  attention  of  the  Chinese  people  more  than  might  otherwise  be 
possible  upon  this  strange  and  mysterious  communion  with  the  foreigners. 

The  official  and  individual  characters  of  the  remaining  members  of  the 
Embassy  are  less  important ;  some,  we  believe,  accompanied  Mr.  Bur- 
lingame's  mission,  others  have  been  trained  in  the  Pekin  University,  and 
one  or  more  have  a  certain  acquaintance  with  English.  But  the  indi- 
vidual impressions  of  Kwoh-Sung-tao  will  be  of  far  greater  consequence 
than  the  meagre  interpretations  of  his  subordinates.  It  is  worth  remem- 
bering that  rather  less  than  a  year  ago,  the  Chief  of  the  Embassy  paid  a 
visit  to  Mr.  Hart,  the  head  of  the  Chinese  Customs,  and  had  an  interest- 
ing conversation  with  that  gentleman  upon  the  relations  between  England 
and  China.  Some  points  in  this  conversation  Sir  Thomas -Wade  records 
in  his  dispatches  to  Lord  Derby.  According  to  Mr.  Hart,  the  Envoy  is 
strongly  in  favor  of  pacific  intercourse,  and  is  an  enemy  of  warlike  prepa- 
rations, which  a  year  ago  were  hastened  ostentatiously  by  the  Chinese 
Government.  Of  course,  this  "open  mind"  may  have  merely  been  as- 
sumed for  the  purpose  of  ignoring  the  Yunan  difficulty,  at  that  time  un- 
settled. We  aee  bound,  however,  to  admit  that  both  Sir  Thomas  Wade 
and  Mr.  Hart- -and  there  are  probablymo  two  men  who  know  China  bet- 
ter— have  expressed  the  highest  opinion  of  the  Envoy's  character.  The 
former  calls  him  "  an  original  and  determined  man,"  and  the  latter  speaks 
of  his  "honesty,  clearness  of  sight,  and  determination."  It  is,  at  any 
rate,  an  advantage  that  such  a  representative  of  Chinese  thought  and 
feeling  should  see  what  England  is  and  understand  for  himself  what  are 
her  aims  in  the  Far  East.  

The  "Times"  of  London  says  :  " The  Great  Northern  Telegraph 
Company  announce  that  their  London  station  has  been  placed  in  commu- 
nication by  pneumatic  tube  with  the  principal  post-office  telegraph  ata-. 
tions  in  the  city,  and  that  the  originals  of  all  messages  handed  in  at  these 
stations  are  forwarded  immediately  to  the  company's  station  for  further 
transmission.  It  is  also  announced  that  in  order  to  expedite  the  delivery 
of  messages  received  from  China  and  Japan  by  the  lines  of  the  company, 
arrangements  have  been  made  for  a  direct  delivery  by  the  company's  own 
messengers,  so  that  the  messages  will  not,  as  heretofore,  pass  through  the 
post-otfice." 

One  gets  a  vivid  idea  of  the  South  Carolina  situation  from  such 
little  local  items  as  this:  "The  nigger  Judee  of  Probate  of  Edgfield 
has  prevented  the  settlement  of  legal  cases  for  a  long  time  by  saying  the 
papers  and  moneys  were  in  his  safe  and  the  key  lost.  After  enduring  this 
a  long  time,  the  bar  of  Edgfield  went  into  his  office  and,  with  the  aid  of  a 
blacksmith,  broke  the  lock  and  found  nothing  in  the  safe.  The  black 
thief  had  stolen  it  all." 


WOT    TILL    THEN. 

Forgive  thee?    No!    Thy  pleadings  come  too  late 
To  calm  the  fury  of  my  soul's  deep  hate. 
We  are  apart.     Accursed  be  the  hour 
That  lured  me  first  to  thy  destroying  power. 
Aye,  I  was  maddened  by  thy  beauty's  charms, 
Tranced  in  the  rapture  of  thy  circling  arms  ; 
I  knew  not — cared  not— thought  not — what  might  be, 
So  that  the  future  robbed  me  not  of  thee. 
Life  held  no  glory,  naught  my  soul  could  prize, 
Like  the  soft  glances  of  thy  witching  eyes. 
I  held  thee  true,  and  in  my  blind  believing, 
Saw  not  the  blackness  of  thine  own  deceiving. 
Forgive!    And  can'st  thou— darest  thou — breathe  a  word 
Thy  soul  knows  not — thy  pity's  never  stirred  ? 
Yet,  when  thy  proud,  ambitious  heart  shall  know 
Life's  crowning  sorrow  ;  when,  in  weeds  of  wo, 
Thy  haughty  spirit  struggles  with  a  vain 
And  empty  passion  ;  when  the  Present's  pain, 
And  the  far  Future  holds  no  promis'd  bliss- 
Denies  thee  e'en  the  triumphs  of  thy  kiss  ; 
When  life  for  thee  is  but  a  long  regret, 
And  Hope's  fair  star  has  'mid  its  shadows  set ; 
When  thou  shalt  through  Love's  darkest  sorrows  live — 
And  thou  forgivest — then  will  I  forgive. 


ART    JOTTTJSTGS.     _ 


'  I've  been  taxed  twelve  dollars  a  year  for  the  privilege  of  loaning 
my  pictures  to  the  Art  Association  for  the  past  five  years,  to  enable  it  to 
pay  rent,  gas,  salaries,  etc.,  and  not  one  of  mypictures  have  been  sold,  nor 
have  they  sold  five  pictures,  all  told,  during  these  years  !  On  the  other 
hand  the  dealers  have  disposed  of  enough  to  enable  me  to  support  my 
family,  and  in  the  future,  if  I  exhibit  at  all  at  the  Art  gallery,  it  will  be 
suuh  works  as  I  happen  to  have  on  hand  and  that  have  been  shown  be- 
fore !"  If  these  remarks,  made  by  an  artist  in  our  hearing  lately,  are 
true,  it  certainly  goes  to  show  that  something  is  wrong  in  the  manage- 
ment, as  regards  the  sale  of  the  artist's  pictures.  Surely  the  public,  who 
are  constant  purchasers,  are  quite  willing  to  purchase  from  the  artists, 
through  the  association  :  perhaps  this  is  the  real  secret  of  the  apparent 
lukewarmness  of  many  of  the  artists.  It  is  for  the  Board  of  Directors 
to  consider  why  it  is  that  exhibitions  occur  one  after  another  and  no  sales 
made  when  there  are  from  thirty  to  sixty  new  pictures  on  the  catalogue 
marked  as  for  sale. 

We  pass  now  to  No.  59  on  the  catalogue,  "  On  the  Coast,"  by  Yelland. 
It  is  evident  that  this  is  another  scene  from  some  of  the  numerous  New 
England  bays  which  this  artist  delights  to  paint,  in  the  style  of  Hart  and 
Gifford,  which  is  better  adapted  to  a  different  class  of  subjects  ;  in  truth, 
Mr.  Yelland  has  been  with  us  now  quite  long  enough  to  have  given  us 
ere  this  an  example  of  his  skill,  as  applied  to  some  of  our  own  scenery, 
and  we  think  that  a  little  study  of  the  more  rigorous  and  crisp  Califor- 
nian  landscape  and  vegetation  will  tend  to  strengthen  his  hand  and  give 
to  his  pictures  a  certain  boldness  of  which  they  now  stand  in  need  ;  it 
would  also  have  a  tendency  to  rescue  him  from  the  imitative  style  which 
is  so  obtrusive  in  his  pictures ;  this  last  remark  will  apply  with  equal 
force  to  the  two  examples  exhibited  by  Mr.  J.  W.  Rix,  No.  s  62  and  65.  If 
Mr.Rix  is  not  so  wedded  to,  not  only  the  ■iyle,  but  the  subject*  as  well,  of 
the  artists  he  imitates,  let  him  give  us  a  picture  or  two  of  the  scenery 
with  which  he  is  quite  familiar,  having  lived  here  many  years  before 
going  East  to  study,  and  not  constantly  put  before  us  woodland  scenes 
purely  eastern  and  un-Californian  in  character  ;  let  us  by  all  means  have 
a  rendering  of  a  subject  near  home,  where  the  scope  is  ample  for  sunset 
or  sunrise — effects  quite  as  brilliant  as  any  to  be  found  at  the  east. 

Of  Deakin's  "  Mount  Shasta,"  No.  64,  but  little  need  be  said.  It  is 
neither  better  or  worse,  but  quite  similar  to  the  very  many  other  large 
pictures  of  this  character  which  Mr.  Deakiu  has  given  us  during  the  past 
five  years,  and  which  have  been  referred  to  in  the  Jottings  as  having  been 
utterly  void  of  artistic  merit  in  every  respect,  and  it  is  gratifying  to  see 
that  at  last  there  are  many,  whose  duty  and  privilege  it  is  to  discuss  art, 
who  entertain  the  same  opinion  of  this  artist's  productions.  Among  the 
privileged  are  not  a  few  who  are  owners  by  purchase  of  some  of  Mr. 
Deakin's  most  brilliant  efforts. 

In  No.  68  we  have  a  "fruit  piece"  from  the  easel  of  Mrs.  Keith — a 
most  brilliant  and  faithful  study.  Mrs.  Keith,  it  is  to  be  hoped,  will  ere 
long  give  us  something  of  a  character  other  than  still-life. 

Mr.  Prosch  exhibits  two  fruit  pieces,  Nos.  72  and  73,  which,  although 
labored,  are  yet  not  without  merit. 

Mr.  Straus  is  represented  by  two  pictures,  "Tules  Near  Monterey,"  No. 
74,  and  "Street  Scene,"  No.  77.  Of  the  former  but  little  can  be  said, 
except  that,  as  a  land-cape,  it  is  quite  natural  looking,  just  what  one  meets 
with  frequently  among  the  inlets  about  the  bay;  but  as  a  painting  it  is 
weak  and  uncertain  in  both  drawing  and  color,  an  indication  as  it  were 
of  what  might  be  made  of  the  subject.  As  to  his  No.  77,  we  overheard 
Hypercritic  assure  his  friends  that  a  "Street  Scene  in  Nuremberg"  had 
been  boldly  taken  from  the  "  Allemand  Illustrated  Magazine."  But  we 
doubt  this.  Indeed  we  are  not  advised  there  is  such  a  paper.  Hypercritic 
is  bilious,  as  the  artist  certainly  spent  many  years  of  his  life  in  the  old  city, 
whose  quaint  streets  must  be  Jequally  daguerreotyped  on  his  mind  with 
those  of  "  Rou'ln,"  of  which  he  gave  us  an  example  some  time  since,  arid 
which,  by  the  way,  bore  a  striking  resemblance  to  this  picture,  so  much 
so,  indeed,  that  it  is  little  wonder  our  hypercrital  friend  imagines  having 
seen  the  scene  before,  albeit  he  is  neither  a  foreigner  or  a  traveled 
American. 

Mr.  James  Hamilton  exhibits  a  bit  of  lively  sea-water  in  No.  71.  To 
be  sure  it  is  a  singularly  simple  subject — a  mere  study;  but  it  looks  like 
sea  water — cold  and  salty,  full  of  motion  and  of  excellent  quality.  It  is 
also  lacking  the  much  painted  sunset,  so  prominent  in  the  huge  affair 
which  occupies  twelve  feet  on  the  line  of  the  opposite  side  of  the  gallery, 
to  the  exclusion  of  many  gems  of  a  small  size — notably  several  of  Keith's, 
which  are  now  hung  so  high  that  none  can  see  their  beauties.  It  is  now 
Mr.  Keith's  turn  to  be  on  the  hanging  committee. 

The  Jottings,  in  the  last  three  numbers,  have  referred  exclusively  to  the 
works  on  view  at  the  Art  Association  galleries.  Next  week  we  purpose 
noticing  several  new  pictures  lately  received  at  the  private  galleries. 


Feb.  21,  1877. 


i  A I  !i  u|;ma    ADVERTISER 


18 


WHAT    THE    WORLD    SAYS. 

They  ny  that  men  and  woman  too  have  been  known  t->  rob  them 
Mlvee,  k  overpowering  wu  the  propensity  t.-  theft;  end  il  I 
tint  ■  m.»n  onofl  forged  ■  bftnh  note  tn  sheer  enjoyment  ol  the  thii 
without  the  ilightett  intention  to  defraud  L  out  of  that  which  it  hi 
Itootil  kli-|.t.iii;ini;t,  of  ;i  \'i>  extraordinary  ohimcter,  hen  Jnet 
.>  vnrr.-ii  in  Paris,  Tin-  onlprita  were  ■  udy,  the  wife  of  >  Russian  officer. 
with  an  independent  income  of  £1,000  :i  year,  and  her  daughter,  a  child 
eleven  yean  old.  They  had  Ions  been  suspected,  and  even  detected:  but 
tli.  shopkeepers  whom  they  made  their  victim*  were  forbearing,  until  the 
pilfering  became  t.>..  systematic  for  endurance.  Arrested  accordingly . 
they  li.nl  been  tried,  tin-  girl  being  acquitted,  am)  her  mother,  from  whose 
arm-  she  had  to  be  tonkin  court,  sent  to  prison  for  three  montha  In 
their  "apartment"  were  found  nil  sorts  "f  varieties  of  ;t  fanciful  deacrip- 
nob  ae  scent  bottles,  oard-caaee,  fans,  chatelaines,  glove  boxes,  and 
paper-knives,  none  <«f  which  appeared  to  have  been  cued,  bnt  all  heaped 
together,  like  the  cunning  ooBeotion  of  ■  magpie.  The  woman  denied 
her  ~'nilt,  but  tlu-  child  confessed  it,  and  declared  that  she  had  been 
prompted  by  '"the  Holy  Spirit."  [tie  probable  that«  ad  vantage  was  taken 
«>f  her  defective  intellect  t.i  incite  her  t*>  these  thefts;  a  circumstance 
which  would  (.luuhly  a-i,Tavatf  the  truilt  of  the  elder  criminal,  could  it  be 

.shown  that    thtrv    \v:us  any    motive    uiulerlyiniT    her  larcenies.      But  there 

Beams  to  have  been  none.  She  wanted  for  nothing.  Her  private  re- 
sources  were  ample,  she  never  displayed  the  gewgawB  which  she  stole; 
and  if  the  Parisian  OasseUe  i*  to  be  credited,  her  avowal,  upon  being  re- 
moved  from  Court,  was  that  she  ami  her  daughter  would  recommence 
operations  as  soon  ay  the  prison  door  was  opened.  Herliu^band,  however, 
who  was  a  witness  of  her  degradation,  will  probably  think  tit  to  transfer 
her  from  the  temptations  of  ParUand  the  Palais  Royal  to  some  garrison 
city  in  Russia,  where  the  bazaars  are  not  so  attractive,  and  where  lady 
thieves  are  apt  to  be  astonished  hy  the  summary  proceedings  of  the  police. 

"  Ignotus"  in  the  Figaro,  has  been  emulating  the  Fat  Boy  in  P.'ck- 
irirk.  In  an  article,  !'  La  Mor^nje,"  he  evidently  has  wished  to  make  our 
flesh  creep,  and  he  has  partially  succeeded.  Here  is  an  episode  :  "The  day 
before  he  visited  it,  a  young  locksmith,  nineteen  years  of  age,  had  leapt 
from  one  of  Notre  Dame's  towers  because  his  love  was  unrequited.  His 
body  was  lying  on  the  ghastly  slab  receiving  a  'visit  of  recognition.' 
From  whom  ?  From  six  young  ladies,  'as  laughing  and  fresh  as  only  Pa- 
risian girls  can  be'  before  they  have  taken  the  path  of  Mabille.  They 
were  the  companions  of  her  who  had  come  to  recognize  son  amoureux. 
Love  laughs  at  locksmiths,  as  we  know;  and  so  the  carroty-headed  little 
,t,tnitfnse  of  the  future,  although  un  peu  patotte,  smiled  at  the  distinction 
she  had  attained  at  the  cost  of  her  lover's  life.  I  leve  to  believe  that  this 
is,  as  French  papers  inform  us,  tout  cc  qa'il  y  a  de  plus  Parisicn,  and  rien 
de  plus .'"  ^___________^^_ 

How  times  flies,  to  be  sure  !  It  seems  "  a  far  cry"  back  to  1846, 
when  at  Covent  Garden  Mdlle.  Alboni  was  the  rival  attraction  to  the 
furore  caused  by  the  singing  of  Jenny  Lind  at  Her  Majesty's  ;  and  it  is 
now  fourteen  years  ago  since  the  great  contralto,  who  had  previously  be- 
come the  Countess  Pepolo,  bade  farewell  to  the  stage  whereon  her  long 
series  of  lyric  triumphs  were  won.  Yet  surviving  admirers  of  the  gifted 
artist,  now  in  her  fifty-fourth  year,  have  only  this  week  had  the  pleasure 
of  hearing  of  the  second  marriage  of  the  widowed  Countess,  a  Captain 
Ziegler  being  the  happy  man  who  has  dared  to  defy  Mr.  Weller  senior's 
injunction  to  "  beware  of  the  viddere." 


General  Tchernayeff,  who  was  accompanied  on  his  visit  to  Kischeneff 
by  M.  Chludoff,  a  gentleman  known  in  Russia  and  Servia  as  the  "Moscow 
Millionaire,''  was  very  well  received  by  the  Grand  Duke  Nicholas  ;  and 
the  day  after  his  arrival  was  devoted  to  a  close  inspection  of  the  army. 
Tchernayeff,  to  use  his  own  expression — he  is  a  man  who  does  not  waste 
words— found  "  things  very  bad,"  and  bluntly  told  the  Grand  Duke  that 
his  was  not  the  kind  of  army  that  could  hope  for  success  against  the  Turks 
in  defensive  positions.  I  need  not  waste  my  space  in  detailing  what  have 
been  the  results  of  an  estimate  at  once  so  honest  and  so  disparaging. 


I  am  glad  to  see  my  hint  with  regard  to  the  shuttered  solemnity  of 
the  London  streets  on  Sunday  has  been  taken.  A  picture-shop,  with  an 
ample  window  filled  with  prints  and  paintings,  is  now  to  he  seen  all  Sun- 
day in  the  Strand.  If  our  leading  picture-dealers  and  print-sellers  were 
only  to  follow  this  good  example,  we  might  have  a  free  Sunday  picture- 
gallery,  in  place  of  the  endless  studies  of  bad  graining  and  inartistic  iron- 
mongery that  the  streets  of  London  invariably  present  one  day  out  of  the 
seven. — Atlas.  ^___^^___ ___^_^^^_ 

At  the  theaters  where  the  orchestra  still  occupies  its  ancient  position  in 
front  of  the  footlights  we  venture  to  submit  there  should  be  a  variation  in 
the  prices  of  the  stalls.  A  man  who  has  his  view  entirely  obscured  by 
the  conductor's  back  or  interrupted  occasionally  by  the  double  bass,  who 
has  the  chance  of  the  trombone  in  his  eye,  and  who  is  deafened  by  his 
propinquity  to  the  big  drum,  ought  assuredly  not  to  pay  so  much  for  his 
Beat  as  he  who  has  a  fair  prespect  of  everything  that  is  going  on,  without 
being'  worried  by  the  nuisances  alluded  to. 


A  "writer  in  the  ' '  Sussex  Daily  News  "  has  been  told  that  Mr. 
R-ussel,  the  late  editor  of  the  Scotsman,  died  a  wealthy  man.  Until  1868 
he  had  little  to  call  his  own  besides  his  salary,  but  in  that  year  the  pro- 
prietors gave  him  an  interest  in  the  paper  which  had  been  made  by  his 
energy.  He  used  the  proceeds  of  his  share  to  buy  more,  and  in  this  way 
had  in  eight  years  so  large  a  proportion  of  that  journal  in  his  hands  that 
his  interest  was  sold  the  other  day  for  no  less  than  £30,000..  That  is  a 
tolerable  fortune  for  a  journalist  to  make. 


It  was  a  very  ingenious  idea  of  the  good  butchers  of  Manchester  to 
buy  up  all  the  old  cows  they  could  lay  hands  on,  and  sell  them  as  Amer- 
ican meat.  Protection  may  be  dead,  but  they  are  the  boys  to  protect 
themselves.  _^_^^_^_^_^^_______ 

In  the  six  days  before  Christmas  we  hear  that  the  Cooperative  Stores  in 
Queen  Victoria-street  and  Long  Acre  took  over  £72,000  in  hard  cash. 


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No.  607  to  615  Merchant  street.  San  Francisco. 


14 


SAN"  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND 


Feb.  24,  1877. 


LOVE. 

Thrones,  powers,  dominions,  all  the  world  calls)  great, 

Most  potent  empires  kings  e'er  held  in  sway, 

The  loftiest  monuments  of  every  state, 

Time,  the  Destroying  Angel,  sweeps  away ; 

All  glory  dies  when  it  has  had  its  day ; 

Love  only  stands  the  withering  test  of   time, 

For  it  pertains  not  to  our  mortal  clay, 

But,  born  Aloft,  it  soars  Aloft,  sublime, 

And  rears  earth'B  mightiest  monuments  in  every  clime. 

Love  is  the  touchstone  of  true  blessedness, 

The  mainspring  of  pure  joy  and  lasting  peace, 

The  one  oasis   in  life's  wilderness ; 

A  fount  whose  sparkling  waters  never  cease, 

For,  ever  as  they  flow,  they  still  increase  ; 

Love  is  not  bought  by  treasures,  or  by  gold; 

Love  Rome  inspired,  and  gave  her  songs  to  Greece  ; 

Love  still  is  young,  although  the  world  is  old  ; 

And  Love  is  warm  and  kind,  when  all  besides  is  cold. 

— Nile  Memories. 

THE  CONDITION  OP  THE  PEOPLE  IN  THE  FIFTEENTH 
CENTURY. 
In  spite  of  all  these  adverse  circumstances,  and  of  the  continual  drains 
of  the  people's  substance  to  maintain  these  great  armies,  such  is  the  in- 
domitable energy  of  the  British  race,  that,  even  during  the  most  distracted 
age,  there  appears  no  inconsiderable  progress  to  have  been  made  in  va- 
rious ways.  It  is  certain  that  the  common  people  came  out  of  the  depres- 
sing condition  of  serfdom  to  a  great  extent — a  very  important  step  or  pas- 
sage from  the  condition  of  slaves  to  that  of  free  men.  This  was  especially 
promoted  by  the  constant  demands  of  the  contending  parties  for  soldiers, 
f  hey  were  obliged  to  hurry  the  hind  from  the  plow,  and  the  artisan  from 
his  trade,  to  tight  for  one  side  or  the  other.  Whoever  once  took  up  arms 
never  consented  to  return  to  the  condition  of  a  villein.  Had  their  ancient 
lords  been  disposed  to  compel  them  to  renew  their  slavery,  they  were  now 
too  prodigiously  decimated  themselves  to  possess  the  power.  Thousands 
of  estates  had  lost  their  owners,  many  fell  to  the  crown,  and  others  passed 
over  to  their  enemies.  While  one  half  of  the  aristocracy  had  fallen,  the 
power  of  the  other  half  over  their  villeins  must  have  been  destroyed.  That 
race  of  arrogant  and  turbulent  barons  and  princes  of  the  blood,  which  for 
a  century  or  two  back  had  overshadowed  the  throne,  had  shaken  it  by 
their  ambition  and  their  jealousies,  was  now  entirely  cut  down.  More 
than  sixty  princes  of  the  blood  were  sleeping  in  the  dust,  and  the  country 
had  to  look  to  an  individual  of  so  remote  a  claim  as  Henry  VII.  to  oc- 
cupy the  throne.  This,  while  during  the  succeeding  dynasties  of  the  Tu- 
dors  it  augmented  extremely  the  power  of  the  crown,  also  contributed, 
and  that  immediately,  to  the  liberty  of  the  people.  The  decrease  in  the 
numbers  of  the  laboring  classes,  as  a  matter  of  course,  raised  their  value. 
Accordingly  we  find  that  while  the  contending  mouarchs  or  princes  found 
increasing  difficulties  in  bringing  large  armies  into  the  field— while  instead 
of  their  50,000  and  their  100,000  men,  they  could  scarcely  muster  10,000 
for  a  field— in  the  bust  year  of  Henry  V.,  1421,  an  Act  was  passed  to  re- 
peal one  issued  in  1340,  prohibiting  a  sheriff  or  escheator  remaining  more 
than  one  year  in  his  office,  and  permitting  them  to  hold  office  for  four 
consecutive  years,  on  the  ground  that  pestilences  and  foreign  wars  had 
reduced  the  number  of  gentlemen  in  every  county  of  England,  till  there 
were  not  sufficient  qualified  to  fill  those  offices.  Such  was  the  diminution 
of  the  gentry,  but  that  of  the  common  people  must  have  been  greater  ; 
and  this  fact  is  revealed  by  the  wonderful  rise  of  wages  and  the  mani- 
festations of  prosperity  in  the  bulk  of  the  population,  spite  of  the  re- 
peated hurricanes  of  war  which  had  swept  the  l&nd.—CattstlVs  Illustrated 
History  of  England. 

ROWLAND  HILL'S  SAYINGS. 
A  note  was  handed  to  Mr.  Hill  while  he  Was  preaching  for  a  charity,  to 
ask  whether  it  would  be  right  for  a  bankrupt  to  contribute.  "  No,"  said 
the  preacher,  but,  my  friends,  I  would  advise  you,  who  are  not  insolvent, 
not  to  pass  the  plate  this  evening,  as  people  will  be  sure  to  say,  '  There 
goes  the  bankrupt.'"  A  Scotch  minister,  assisting  at  an  ordination,  not 
being  able  to  reach  with  his  hand  the  head  of  the  candidate,  laid  his  cane 
upon  it.  "This,"  said  Mr.  Hill,  "did  equally  well.  It  was  timber  to 
timber."  (This  sounds  apocryphal.)  An  Antinomian  reproached  him 
with  preaching  "  a  legal  gospel."  "Do  you  acknowledge,"  asked  Mr. 
Hill,  "the  ten  Commandments  as  a  rule  of  life?"  "Certainly  not." 
"Charles,"  said  Mr.  Hill  to  the  servant,  "  show  that  man  to  the  door,  and 
keep  your  eyes  upon  him  till  he  is  beyond  the  reach  of  the  coats." 


Our  Japanese  friends  are  taking  kindly  to  the  manners  and  customs, 
volatile  and  austere,  of  the  civilized  West.  Each  day  his  majesty  the 
Mikado,  we  learn  from  a  correspondent  at  Yokohama,  undergoes  a  riding 
lesson  for  about  an  hour.  That  illustrious  potentate  has  a  gilt  coach  of 
state,  for  all  the  world  like  a  sarcophagus  on  wheels,  built  after  the 
fashion  of  my  Lord  Mayor's  chariot.  There  is  a  right  royal  rug  for  his 
coach,  made  from  the  skins  of  a  dozen  Siberian  white  foxes  ;  and  a  sedan- 
chair  has  been  ordered  for  the  august  lady  who  directs  the  mode  among 
the  Japanese  dames  of  quality.  But  while  the  fashion  is  thus  set  in 
things  luxurious,  the  graver  interests  of  morality  are  not  neglected.  Sing- 
ing and  dancing  girls  are  prohibited  from  performing  at  Kagoshima,  and 
fortune-telling  is  soon  to  be  prohibited  throughout  the  whole  empire. 

The  Spiritualists  have  had  another  great  lift,  in  the  'levitation,'  to  use 
their  own  language,  of  Lord  Archibald  Campbell  three  feet  from  the 
ground.  His  lordship  was  previously  such  an  unbeliever  in  spirits  that 
nothing  short  of  strong  measures  would  bring  him  round.  Therefore,  in 
a  private  house,  under  the  mediumship  of  the  daughter  of  a  baronet,  the 
society  being  'high,'  his  lordship  was  not  only  elevated,  but  raised  in 
the  estimation  of  his  wife,  to  whom  he  went  home,  pale  and  trembling, 
soon  after.—  World, 

For  His  Country's  Good.— Child:  "Who  paid  the  expenses  of  the 
Prince  of  Wales's  journey?"  Rich  Colonist:  "English  Gov'nment,  my 
dear  pot."  Child:  "Why?"  R.  C:  "Because  bWaprince."  Child: 
"  O'i!  Then  are  you  ft  prince,  too,  that  pa  says  English  Gov'nment  paid 
your  journey  to  Botany  Bay  when  you  came  first  ? "-—Melbourne  Punch. 


VERDICT  ALWAYS  FOR  THE  DAVIS'  VIRTICU.  FEED    SEWING 
MACHINE. 

The  Centennial  Gold  Mcilal  and  Diploma,  1876;  the  Scott 
Medal.  1S75  ;  the  Franklin  Institute  Medal,  1874.  The  Report  of  theCentennial 
Commission  Rajs  :  "The  DAVIS  is  awarded  the  Grand  Gold  Medal  of  Honor  and 
Diploma  ol  Merit  for  excellent  material  and  construction,  adapted  to  the  greatest 
range  of  work."  We  claim  sales  unprecedented,  and  satisfaction  universal.  In  its 
construction  it  differs  from  all  others,  and  is  equaled  by  none.  As  an  earnest  of  what 
is  here  claimed,  the  Manufacturers  challenge  all  others  for  a  friendly  contest,  either 
for  amusement  or  a  more  substantial  consideration.  The  Family  Machine  is  light 
running  and  easily  comprehended  ;  has  an  ingenious  device  "to  take  up"  lost  motion 
or  wear,  which,  to  a  machinist,  is  positive  proof  of  durability.  Wc  are  pleased  to 
refer  to  machines  in  manufacturing  establishments  here,  where  they  have  been  in 
constant  use  for  nearly  three  years,  to  verify  the  above.  Has  received  more  medals 
and  complimentary  testimonials  than  any  other  in  the  same  lengLh  of  time.  Manu- 
facturers are  especially  invited  to  examine  our  No  1,  just  out.  Agents  wanted  in 
all  unoccupied  territory.  MARK  SHELDON,  Gen"!  Agent  for  the  Pacific  Coast, 
Dec.  23. No.  130  Post  street. 

F.  C.  Snow.]  SNOW    &   MAY'S    ART    GALLERY.  [W.  B.  May. 

SNOW    &    AtAT, 

IMPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 

Picture*,    Frames,    Moldings,    aud    Artists'    Materials. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  Dec.  19. 


OPENING  OF  R%RE  AND  ELEGANT  BOOKS! 

HH.  Moore  takes  pleasure  in  announcing  that  having:  re- 
*  turned  from  his  annual  purchasing  trip  to  the  great  Eastern  and  European 
Literary  Depositories,  that  he  has  received  and  now  has  open  the  largest  assortment 
of  ANTIQUE  and  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before  brought  to  this  city,  con- 
sisting of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
fail  to  find  the  most  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  either  old  or  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  varied  stock.  Gift  books  in  Great  Variety.  Call  and  examine 
our  stock.  __     [Dec.  1C  ]  H.  H.  MOORE,  009  Montgomery  street. 

AN    EXTRAORDINARY   RAZOR 

Has  beeu  invcnteil  by  the  Queen's  Own  Company  or  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  so  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  $2  for  buffalo  handles,  $3  for  ivory  ; 
by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  onliberal  terms  by  the  sole  agents  in  the 
United  States.  NATHAN  JOSEPH  &  CO., 
September  2. No.  041  Clay  street,  S.  F. 

LEA    AND    PERRINS'    SAUCE. 

In  consequence  of  spurious  imitations  of  WORCESTER- 
SHIRK  SAUCE,  which  are  calculated  to  deceive  the  public,  LEA  AND 
PERRIES  have  adopted  A  NEW  LABEL  BEARING  THEIR  SIGNATURE, 
LEA  a  PERRINS,  which  is  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUCE, 
and  without  which  none  is  genuine. 

Ask  for  LEA  &  PERRINS'  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrapper,  label,  bottle  and  stop- 
per     Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  Blackwell, 
London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  bv  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  be  obtained  of 
Dec.  30. '  MESSRS.  CROSS  &  CO.,  San  Francisco. 

CAUTION— BETTS'S   PATENT  CAPSULES. 

T lie  public  are  i-espec  1  ru  1 1  >  esolloi  t-ii  that  ISi-iisV.  fitlent  Cni>ftulcn 
arehelng  infringed.  BETTS'S  name  Is  upon  every  Capsule  be  makes  tor  the 
leading  Merchants  at  home  and  abroad,  and  he  is  the  Only  Inventor  and  Sole  Maker 
lo  the  United  Kingdom.  AIanufactokis:  1,  Wiiakf  Road,  (.ity  Road.  L.OKPON, 
anp  Bordeaux.  Ekancr. June  15. 

ASTHMA    AND    CHRONIC    BRONCHTTIS. 

The  most  effectual  remedy  will  be  fouuil  to  be  naimii  in- 
tul.-t.  prepared  in  all  forms,  for  smoking  and  inhalation,  by  SAVORY  &, 
MOORE,  143  New  Bond  street,  London,  and  sold  by  them  and  all  Chcmistsand  Store- 
keepers throughout  Canada  aud  the  United  States.  Dec.  30. 

703    SALE. 
&  Xtf  ■   6  I4hd  n  First  Mort;'ftu-o  Bonds  of  the  Nevada  County 

^!P#J"  wo\  9\ w\  9  Narrow  Gauge  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  aud  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1870",  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  8  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wells,  Fargo  JS  Co.,  in  this  city.  No  more  desirable  investment  can  be  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit         [Sept.  9.  ]        ANDREW  BAIRD,  No.  304  California  street. 

OttEGOi*    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

Regular  Steamers  to  Portland,  leaving  San  Francisco 
weekly-  Steamers  GEORGE  W.  ELDER,  J.  L.  STEPHENS,  ORtFLAMME, 
aud  AJAX,  connecting  with  steamers  to  SITKA  and  PUGET  SOUND,  and  O.  andC. 
R.  R.  Co.  and  Oregon  C.  R.  R.  Co.  through  Willamette,  Umpqua,  and  Rogue  River 
Valleys,  Oregon.     Tickets  to  all  points  on  the  O.  and  C  R.  R.  sold  at  reduced  rates. 

K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
June  14. 210  Battery  street. 


W.  Morris. 


Jos.  Schwab.  J.  F.  Kennedy. 

MORRIS,    SCHWAB    &    CO, 

Importers  and  Dealers   in  Moldings,  Frames,  Engravings, 
Chromos,   Lithographs,     Decalcomanie,    Wax  and  Artists'  Materials,  21   Post 
street,  nearly  opposite  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco.  Feb.  4. 

EPPINGEVS    SALOON. 

Louis  Eppinger,  formerly  of  Ilallcck  street,  has  removed 
to  Nevada  Block  (entrance  on  Summer  street).     Will  be  happy  to  see  all  his 
friends.     MILWAUKEE  BEER  a  Specialty. Sept  30. 

B.  F.  Flint.    Flint,  Bixby  &  Co.)  [J.  Lee.    D.  W.  Folger 

A.   P.   FLINT    &    CO., 

Graders,  Packers  and  Dealers  In  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  29. 

PERSONS   VISITING   THE    EAST 

Will  And   full  dies   of  Pacific    Coast   papers  and  conve- 
niences for  letter  writing,  etc.,  at  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.'s  Office,  (J5  Broadway, 
New  York.  March  25. 

QUICKSILVER. 
or  sale—In  lots  to  snit,  by  Thomas  Bell,  No.  305  Sansome 

street,  over  Bank  of  California.  Nov.  16. 


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NOTICE. 
or  the  very  best  photographs  go  to  Bradley  A  Rulofsjon's, 

in  an  Elevator,  429  Moiit^miiury  street. Oct.  29. 


G.    0.    GAHIB  -LDI. 
Fresco    and   Decoration,    Nevada    Block,    No's   73    and   74. 

[January  13.] 


fits  f  *r©fifcrWr%'  a  Week  to  Affeuts.    810  Outfit  Free. 

^frtJtrblB  4    4      February  10. 


I'.  O.  VICKEKY,  Augusta,  Maine. 


Feb.  84,  187/. 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER 


15 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  tne  Upper  Ton  Thousand  ut  Home  and  Abroad. 


'When  tno  Emperor  Joseph  vu  traveling  in  Italy,  tht  tin-  .t  one 
of  Um  wheel*  ol  in-  v.-  on  kb«  road,     Having  reached  with 

roa.cn  difficulty  tin'  ntxt  viflagje,  be  alighted  at  tin-  Mackamith'i  <t.-..r,  and 
i  him  to  repair  Immediately  the  damage  which  prei  snted  him  con- 
kintting  hta  |ourney.     "  1  would  willhigl>  do  ".    laid  tin*  smith,  "  but  it 
day,  everyone  is  ;«t  mass,  and  I  nave  no  one  even  ti»  blow  tin-  be! 
|owa.M    "lb.  Dot  let  that  hinder  yon/'  iaid  the   Emperor,  "for  1  will 
blow  them  myself,  and  the  utercua  "ill  warm  me."    The  monarch  ac< 
oordingly  worked  at  the  bellows,  the  blaokamith  forged,  and  the  rracture 
!i  repaired.     "  How  much  is  there  to  pay  1 "    "six  sous."    Joseph 
i\  ducatain  the  man's  hand  and  went  away  :  but  the  honest  work- 
man ran  after  him  and  said:  "  sir.  you  have  made  a  mistake,  and  given 
:    ducat  piece  :  and  1  oouldnt  get  change  for  it  in  nil  the  village. N 
"Change  it  where  you  please,     I  give  you   what  is  over  six  sous  fur  the 
pleasure  1  have  had  in  blowing  the  bellows." 

General  Tcheroaieff  is  in  Paris.  A  sort  of  spasmodic  welcome  is 
extended  to  bhn  by  Bome  »>f  his  fellow  countrymen  ;  but  the  French  only 
view  him  as  one  curiosity  more  in  the  capital.  an<>tli«T  specimen  of  used-up 
greatness.  What  can  you  expect  from  Parisians,  blau  with  monarchs  re- 
tired from  business,  or  driven  from  it,  or  never  called  to  any.  Louis 
PbQUppe  II.  is  a  colonel  of  yeoman  cavalry,  and  exercises  his  vote  of 
manhood  suffrage  just  tike  his  valet.  Ex-Francois  of  .Spain  smokes  his 
!..!  takes  his  ••  hitters  "  on  the  Boulevards,  and  ex-Bomba  "whittles" 
sally  "ii  a  seat  i"  the  Bois  de  Vincennes.  The  ex-General,  being 
an  editor  and  a  tlieatrical  critic,  has  naturally  visited  the  newspaper  of- 
fices and  plays.  He  is  almut  fifty  years  of  age,  looks  more  a  fighting  sol- 
dier than  a  bellicose  editor.  His  arrival  is  a  godsend  for  the  printshops 
with  old  photographs  of  any  military  man  ;  all  that  is  necessary  is  to  call 
the  carte  Tchernaieff,  and  cry  it  for  "  five  sous  ;  only  twenty-five  cent- 
imes, MetsieuxB  and  Mesdames.'' 

Sir  Isaac  Newton  once  went  a-wooing,  and  had  the  greatest  atten- 
tion and  indulgence  paid  to  the  peculiarities  which  were  known  to  distin- 
guish him.  He  was  fond  of  smoking,  and  his  lady-love  provided  him 
with  a  pipe.  Sir  Isaac  smoked  a  few  whiffs,  and  seemed  at  a  loss  for 
something,  whiffed  again,  and  at  last  drew  his  chair  nearer  to  the  lady. 
A  pause  01  some  minutes  ensued,  and  Sir  Isaac  seemed  more  and  more 
uneasy.  The  lady  thought  he  was  bashful.  The  philosopher  whiffed 
with  redoubled  vigor,  and  seizing  the  hand  of  the  lady  drew  it  caressingly 
toward  him.  There  was  no  opposition  to  what  seemed  the  prelude  to  a 
declaration  ;  but,  horror  of  horrors,  the  fair  forefinger  was  incontinently 
thrust  into  the  bowl  of  the  pipe.  The  astronomer  had  absently  used  it  as 
a  tobacco -stopper.  The  lady  disengaged  her  hand,  uttering  a  cry  of  pain, 
and  the  courtship  was  brought  to  a  sudden  close. 

At  Plymouth  there  is,  or  was,  a  small  green  opposite  the  Government 
House,  over  which  no  one  was  permitted  to  pass.  Not  a  creature  was  al- 
lowed to  approach,  save  the  general's  cow ;  and  the  sentries  had  particu- 
lar orders  to  turn  away  any  one  who  ventured  to  cross  the  forbidden  turf. 

One  day,  old  Lady  D ,  having  called  at  the  general's,  in  order  to  make 

a  short  cut,  bent  her  steps  across  the  lawn,  when  she  was  arrested  by  the 
sentry  calling  out,  ami  desiring  her  to  return  and  go  the  other  road.  She 
remonstrated:  the  man  said  he  could  not  disobey  his  orders,  which 
were   to  prevent  any  one  crossing  that  piece  of   ground.     "But,"  said 

Lady  D ,  with  a  stately  air,  "do  yon  know  who  lam?"     "I  don't 

know  who  you  be,  ma'am,"  replied  the  immovable  sentry;  "but  I 
knows  who  youb'aint — you  b'aint  the  general's  cow." 

The  Moscow  Gazette  of  January  1st  (n.s.)  prints  the  following  commu- 
nication from  a  correspondent  at  Constantinople:  (  Lord  Beacons  field,  not 
placing  entire  confidence  in  his  colleague  in  the  Cabinet,  the  Marquis  of 
Salisbury,  sent  out  to  Constantinople  a  secret  agent  of  his  own  named 
Johnston,  who  passed  through  Russia,  stopping  at  Kishnief  on  the  way. 
Having  arrived  at  his  destination,  he  began  to  assure  the  Turks  that  Rus- 
sia was  not  ready  for  war,  and  to  urge  them  to  reject  all  the  propositions 
laid  before  them,  without  fear  of  the  consequences.  Lord  Salisbury,  it 
is  said,  becoming  aware  of  his  designs,  and  of  the  intrigues  of  Sir  Henry 
Elliot,  telegraphed  to  London  that  if  Elliot  was  not  immediately  re- 
called he  would  at  once  leave  the  Conference  and  Constantinople.  In 
consequence  of  which  Sir  Henry  Elliot  was  ordered  "to  go  on  sick  leave." 

The  decease  is  announced  of  the  Marquis  de  Cristizzoni,  at  a  very 
advanced  age,  in  a  miserable  lodging  in  one  of;  the  passages  leading  from 
the  Rue  Montpensier  to  the  Rue  Richelieu.  He  formerly  possessed  a 
lorge  fortune,  which  he  gradually  lost  in  gambling,  and  ended  by  having 
to  take  the  place  of  a  croupier.  In  his  room  the  only  money  found  was  a 
piece  of  50  centimes.  Some  family  papers  were  found  establishing  his 
identity. 

Her  Majesty  has  given  her  commands  that  a  miniature  far.  simile  of 
the  medal  given  to  the  Indian  Princes  at  Delhi  at  the  late  Imperial  assem- 
blage shall  be  executed  by  Mr.  G.  G.  Adams,  who  designed  and  struck 
the  original.  Mr.  Adams  was  the  sculptor  of  "The  Diver,"  in  the  last 
exhibition  of  the  Royal  Academy,  the  statues  of  the  two  Napiers  in  St. 
Paul's,  and  other  works. 

Lieutenant  Young,  of  the  Livingston  mission  to  Africa,  reports  that 
the  mission  has  had  a  great  effect  upon  the  slave  trade.  Only  thirty-eight 
slaves  were  sent  from  the  interior  of  Africa  to  the  coast  in  1876,  although 
the  traffic  before  amounted  to  many  thousands  every  year. 

Lord  Dunraven,  whose  recent  book,  The  Great  Divide,  has  been  bo 
highly  praised,  is  now  traveling  in  Colorado  with  Mr.  Bierstadt,  the  art- 
ist, making  sketches  of  winter  scenery.  Let  us  hope  he  will  soon  give  us 
another  volume. 

Lord  Lytton  has  acceded  to  the  request  of  his  Highness  the  Mahara- 
jah of  Cashmere  to  pardon  his  son-in-law  Jaswant  Rajah,  and  to  restore 
his  estate  to  him. 

Prince  Hans  of  Glucksburg,  uncle  of  the  Princess  of  Wales,  has  been 
nominated  a  Grand  Cross  of  the  Order  of  Charles  XIII.  by  the  King  of 
Sweden. 

It  is  said  that  the  Prince  and  Princess  of  Wales,  with  the  royal  child- 
ren, will  spend  a  part  of  the  summer  with  the  Danish  Royal  family. 

Don  Carlos  has  arrived  at  Constantinople. 


WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 


CUTTEK    WHISKY. 

A     I'.  Ilolnllntf  A    to..  Sto.  431   JiM'kmm  .Irrol,  nr<-  llir   S..I. 
.      » 
not  to  than  from  Uralsvllle,  Kontackj     Tbi    I  ib«    pur 

ohMooJ  Inferior  ■>"'*  Inutmuon  br u  ■  ■(  "J   M    CuMcrOld  Bourbon."    Owing  to 

I    '    I    " IP  I  ■■'  "".  i  u  lou 

spur *>,'r.L.Uv     It  isroally  thi  BrstWiiisky  in  the  l/nlUitl  m  ,t.  -  u.r.l.i" 

A.    M.    OILMAN, 

Importer   unit    Wholrule    I. or     ll.nl.  r.    :icis    <  „  n  i  or  uli. 
I    hll    til   i  In.  Old  B.  arl Rye  H  III  klc  ,   Brai  .1 

loSOwid  18 Id  Port  MrdBherrj  Wlnos,  SUllajid  Sparkling  Wines,  ote    in rtbi 

l   CACHET   BLANC  illwil'V.M      Bole   Agent  lor  MILLS' STOMACH 
U1TTEB8. S|,r. 

J.    H.    CUTrEE    OLD    BOURBON. 

/^1     P.    Moorman    *    «'«.,     )I|| iii-lici-.T..    l,on  1*1  III.  .    Mr.— 

\_>.    The  abore well-known  House  Is  roproaented  here  bj  the  undersigned,  »lio 
have  bom  appointed  their  Bole  Agente  for  the  PaolOe  OoasV. 
July  3. A.  1'.  IIOTALIXU  &  CO..  4-11  ami  431  Jackson  street.  8.  F. 

J.    H.    CSJTTEft'S    OLD    BOURBON    AND    RYE    WHISKY, 
Hiiuriirtiired  by  Hilton  J.  Ilnnly  *  Co.,  Soiih-Iii-I.hu  hi,, I 
Successors  of  J.  11.  CUTTER,  Louisville,  By,  E.  U  \ktin  .■.  CO 

August  it.  No.  ins  Front  street.  Snlc  Agents  r.r  the  Pacific  coast 


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D 


JOHN    BUTLER. 
calcr  In  Wines  and  Liquors,    Enfrllnti  Ales  nn.l  Porter,  T 

Sutter  Street  and  f.OU  Market  Street,  San  Fnineisc...  .Ian.  ^7. 


BROKERS. 


H.  c.  Hooker,  Tbohm  Qardikbr. 

Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  Late  of  the  Sacramento  "  Onion." 

GARDINER    &    HOOKER. 

(lommission  Stock  Broken.,  330  P3ne  street,  north  side, one 
j    door  below  Montgomery,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  buy  and  sell  only  on  commission. 
Liberal  advances  made  on  active  account*.  Dec.  88. 

REMO/AL! 

J    TV.   Brown   «V  Co.,  Stork  and    Money   Brokers,  have  re- 
•     moved  to  No,  817  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Mock, 
J.  W.  Biiown,  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  Jan  8. 

J.  K.  S.  Latham.]  LATHAM    &    KING,  (Homrr  S.  Kino, 

Successors  to  Jnmes  II.  Latham  A   Co.,  Stock  and   Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco.  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange 
Board.  Stocks  bought  and  carried  on  margins.  Aug.  12. 

HUBBARD    &   CO., 
£  lommission  Stock  Brokers,  32-4  1-2  Montgomery  street,  uu- 

Vy    der  Safe  Deposit  Building,  San    Francisco,  will  transact  business  through  the 
San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 

E.    P.    PECKHAM, 
/Commission    Stock    Broker   and    Member   S.    F.  Stock   Ex- 

*• J    change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 

[June.  19.  J 

D.  M.  HosMBR.]  HOSMER    &    BOURNE,  U  B.  Bourns, 

Stock   Brokers,  116  Hal  leek  street,   San   Francisco.    Post- 
office  Address,  Lock  Box  1887. March  25. 

REMOVAL. 

Loveland,  David  A  Co.,  from  108  I*eldcsdorfr  street  to  Wo. 
421  California  street,  corner  Lcidesdorff.  Feb.  2G. 


S.   F.   &    N.   P.    R.    R. 

C Change  of  Time.  —  On  and  after  Saturday,  February  10th, 
j  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE,  Captain  \\\  Warner,  will  leave  Washington 
street  wharf,  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  3  r.M.,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  cars 
for  Cloverdale  and  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Guernville  Branch  to  Korbel's  Mills  and  the  Orc.it  Redwood  Forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cloverdale  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  0  AM.,  connecting  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Close  connection;-  made  with  stages  for  So- 
noma, the  Geysers,  Ukiah,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  Mark  West,  Skaggs'  and  Litlons" 
Springs.  Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  a.m.  to  2:30  p.m.  Svsday  Tuns  Until 
further  notice,  the  steamer  will  leave  Washington-st.  Wharf  every  Sunday  at  3  r.M.  for 
Cloverdale  and  way  stations.     General  Office,  42b'   Montgomery  street. 

A.  A.  BEAN,  Superintendent.  P.  DONAHUE,  President. 

P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Gen*]  Pas.  &  Ticket  Agent. 

Notice.—  Change  of  Wharf.  — On  and  after  SATURDAY,  February'  10th,  1877,  the 
steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE  will  leave  Washington-street  Wharf.  Fob.  10. 

ASSESSMENT    NOTICE. 

Original  Comstock  Gold  and  Silver  Mimic  Company.— 
Location  of  principal  place  of  business,  San  Francisco,  California.  Location 
of  works,  Storev  county,  Nevada.  Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  at  a  meeting  ol  the 
Board  of  Directors,  held  on  the  5th  day  of  February,  1877,  an  assessment  (No.  1)  of 
SO  cents  per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  im- 
mediately, in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  Company, 
3.10  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  California.  Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment 
shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  5th  day  of  March,  1S77,  will  be  delinquent,  and  adver- 
tised for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  he  sold  on 
TUESDAY,  the  20th  day  of  March,  1877,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together 
with  costs  uf  advertising  and  exiwjnNes  of  sale.     By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

THOMAS  E.  ATKINSON.  Secretary. 
Office— 330  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  California.  February  10. 

NOBLE    &    GALLAGHER, 

Importers  and  Dealers  in  Painters'  Materials,  House,  Sign 
and  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper-Hangers  and  (..lazier*.  No.  r.iS 
Jnckson  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Sansome,  San  Francisco.  Ceilings  and 
Walla  Kalsomined  and  Colored.     Jobbing  promptly  attended  to.  May  13. 

THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every  variety  ofOas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Gilt, 
Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clocks  and  fine 
Bronzes;  also  a  full  Hue  of  Plumbers*  Goods.  122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
isco. _^ Jan.  27. 

CAREW    LED5ER    PAPEBS 

Havenoequnl  for  making  Blank  Books.    John  O.  Hodge 
&  Co.,  Importers  and  Manufacturing  Stationers,  327,  321),  331  Sansome  street 
Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast  Nov.  4. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER. 


Feb.  24,  1877. 


THE    WATER    QUESTION. 

There  are  no  leas  than  twelve  bids  now  before  the  Water  Com- 
missioners from  parties  interested  in  furnishing  a  sapply  to  the  city  of 
San  Francisco.  As  the  bids  are  sealed  and  their  amounts  as  yet  unknown 
to  the  public,  it  is  at  present  impossible  to  criticise  the  several  offers  from 
the  most  important  point — their  price.  The  first  proposal  before  the 
Commission  is  from  the  San  Francisco  Water  Company,  San  Gregoria 
and  Pescadero  Creeks,  ot  which  William  Burling  is  President.  This 
project  was  reported  on  by  Professor  Davidson,  five  or  six  years  ago,  and 
was  then  known  as  the  Milo  Hoadley  water  scheme.  It  proposes  tunnel- 
ing through  the  Santa  Cruz  mountain  range,  and  bringing  the  water  of 
San  Gregoria  and  Pescadero  Creeks  through  eighteen  miles  of  tunnels  to 
the  Canada  de  Raimonda,  some  two  or  three  leagues  west  of  Redwood 
City,  in  San  Mateo  County,  and  about  thirty-five  miles  south  of  San 
Francisco. 

The  second  project,  of  P.  M.  Randall,  to  supply  water  from  Feather 
River,  has  been  but  little  ventilated,  and  it  is  therefore  hard  to  say  what 
importance  should  be  attached  to  it.  The  El  Dorado  Water  and  Deep 
Gravel  Mining  Company,  of  which  Louis  A.  Garnett  is  President,  also 
submits  a  scheme  for  the  consideration  of  the  Board.  They  have  con- 
structed a  large  canal,  twelve  feet  wide  by  four  feet  deep,  to  carry  water 
from  the  South  Fork  of  the  American  River  to  the  Plaeerville  mines,  but 
it  will  require  at  least  one  hundred  and  sixty  miles  of  pipe  to  bring  their 
water  to  the  city.  The  Amador  Canal  and  Mining  Company  comes  next 
on  the  list ;  J.  S.  Emery,  President.  This,  like  the  preceding  scheme, 
was  originally  a  mining  enterprise,  to  give  cheap  motive  power  to 
machinery.  It  was  completed  in  1874,  and  carries  5,000  inches  of  water. 
The  Blue  Lake  scheme  is  presented  by  W.  V.  Clark,  and  endorsed  by  A. 
Hayward  and  A.  H.  Rose.  This  project  was  reported  on  by  Engineer 
Scowden,  at  an  expense  of  some  seventy  or  eighty  thousand  dollars. 
Many  rumors  were  afloat  at  the  time  as  to  the  financial  arrangements 
supposed  to  exist  between  Mr.  Clark  and  the  then  Board  of  Supervisors, 
but  Colonel  Mendell  can  be  safely  relied  upon  to  give  true  and  correct 
estimates  in  reference  to  the  value  of  this  and  other  mountain  projects. 
The  sixth  scheme  is  known  as  the  "LakeTahoe,"  and  is  Colonel  Von 
Schmidt's  pet  project.  Should  he  obtain  the  money  or  means  sufficient  to 
carry  out  his  ideas,  there  is  no  doubt  as  to  the  feasibility  of  inundating 
our  city  with  the  rippling  waters  of  Lake  Bigler.  Should  San  Francisco 
increase  to  the  size  of  London,  which  is  not  improbable,  these  waters  would 
be  ample  for  its  supply,  and  the  plan  will  doubtless  be  thoroughly  examined. 
The  seventh  scheme  is  the  Laguna  de  la  Merced,  presented  by  Colonel  P. 
Donahue,  Sol.  A.  Sharp  and  David  Mahouey.  These  waters  are  located 
within  the  city  limits.  The  proposition  includes  1,000  acres  of  land. 
Next  comes  tb'e  Eel  River  scheme,  which  is  presented  by  E.  S.  Bigelow. 
We  are  able  to  say  but  little  of  this  plan,  except  that  it  is  said  to  be  pure 
water,  and  is  an  immense  distance  from  San  Francisco.  The  Eel  River 
runs  through  Humboldt  County,  and  borders  on  Oregon.  The  San  Joa- 
quin and  San  Francisco  Water  Company  are  represented  by  A.  D.  Bacon 
and  John  O.  EarL  If  any  one  is  competent  to  ventilate  the  advantages 
of  the  project,  it  is  Mr.  Bacon,  the  President.  He  was  the  head  and  tail 
of  the  ten-million  Colorado  project,  and  in  our  next  issue  we  will  give  the 
details  of  his  plan.  10.  The  Mokelumne  and  Campo  Seco  Mining  Com- 
pany is  said  to  control  the  waters  of  the  Blue  Lake,  in  which  case  Mr. 
Clark  will  have  to  acquire  their  rights.  Otherwise,  he  will  have  nothing 
to  sell  to  the  city.  The  eleventh  proposition  is  from  M.  Louville  and 
others,  to  bring  the  waters  of  the  North  Fork  of  the  American  River  to 
the  city.  So  far,  we  have  been  unable  to  gain  any  important  details  for 
our  readers  as  to  the  merits  of  the  plan.  The  Spring  Valley  Water  Com- 
pany, through  Mr.  Schussler,  have  been  very  hard  at  work  on  their 
proposition,  and  it  being  one  of  great  magnitude,  the  Commission  granted 
them  an  extension  of  time  up  to  yesterday  evening  to  complete  their 
estimates.  The  Commissioners  will  hold  two  sessions  daily  until  their 
labors  are  completed,  and  at  their  expiration  will  order  an  election,  at 
which  the  people  will  vote  for  or  against  the  proposed  purchase  of  the 
water  rights.  Scheme  after  scheme  will,  if  necessary,  be  submitted  to  the 
people,  until  they  decide  from  what  source  they  will  select  the  future 
water  supply  of  our  city.  Next  week  we  propose  entering  more  minutely 
and  definitely  into  the  merits  of  the  various  propositions. 

SUBSIDIES. 
Subsidies  are  an  exceptional  remedy  for  an  exceptional  disease. 
They  were  first  devised  for  the  purpose  of  helping  the  weak  to  become 
strong.  They  were  like  unto  milk  for  babies.  Enterprises  that  at  first 
were  too  weak  to  run  alone  were  to  receive  pay  from  the  public  treasury 
for  awhile,  until  they  acquired  sufficient  strength  to  depend  upon  their 
own  legs.  It  was  always  understood  as  an  essential  requirement  of  grant- 
ing subsidies  that  the  institution  to  be  so  favored  was  one  capable 
of,  with  a  little  extraneous  aid  at  the  start,  of  achieving  its 
own  independence.  If  it  could  not  do  that,  it  was  unworth  of  being 
bolstered  up  by  subsidies  or  any  other  adventitious  means.  The  question 
of  subsidies  to  our  China  steam  lines  has  just  been  before  Congress.  The 
Pacific  Mail  Company  has  had  a  subsidy  for  the  respectable  period  of  ten 
years.  For  a  portion  of  that  time  it  had  a  handsome  State  bounty  of 
$1,000,000  per  annum,  whilst  it  never  received  less  than  $500,000.  This 
latter  amount  it  asks  to  have  renewed,  and  the  Senate  has  by  a  vote 
favored  its  renewal.  The  Occidental  and  Oriental  line  offers  to  carry  the 
mails  for  the  sea  postage,  which  amounts  to  a  mere  pittance.  Its  service 
is  as  regular,  and  more  speedy  than  that  of  the  Mail  Company.  Without 
constituting  ourselves  partisans  of  either  company,  we  would  call  atten- 
tion to  the  principle  upon  which  subsidies  are  first  granted,  and  which  is 
the  only  possible  excuse  for  their  existence.  It  is  that  they  are  but  a 
temporary  aid,  which  will  soon  enable  a  particular  enterprise  to  run 
alone.  I  he  question  is  when  has  that  point  been  reached  in  the  career 
of  the  favored  concern  ?  Surely  it  is  evidence  that  it  either  has,  or  ought 
to  have,  arrived  when  a  rival  company  can  successfully  compete  with  it 
without  a  subsidy  ! 

We  sometimes  hear  of  death-bed  marriages,  but  the  marriage  of  a 
condemned  criminal  in  his  own  scaffold  is  a  still  rarer  occurrence.  A 
somber  bridal  under  these  circumstances  happened,  last  week,  at  Las 
Animas  in  southern  Colorado,  where  James  N.  Miller,  a  colored  soldier 
and  murderer,  was  joined  to  Bithy  Anu  Millsed,  within  a  few  feet  of  the 
gallows  then  building  for  his  execution.  The  hanging  has  now  been  de- 
ferred two  weeks  by  the  governor,  presumably  that  the  couple  may  enjoy 
half  a  honeymoon,  at  least. 


THE  NORTH  PACIFIC  COAST  RAILROAD. 
There  is  probably  no  scheme  which  has  ever  done  so  much  for  the 
development  of  our  State,  as  the  railroad  which  is  the  subject  of  this 
article.  The  North  Pacific  was  incorporated  in  Decemher  1871,  with  a 
capital  of  §1,500,000.  The  following  year,  to  meet  the  large  prospective 
traffic,  the  capital  was  doubled  and  the  Company  subsidized  by  the  author- 
ities of  Marin  county  to  the  amount  of  §100,000.  As  it  progressed  in  its 
construction,  its  importance  manifested  itself  every  day,  until  at  last  the 
celebrated  Duncan's  Mills  are  being  moved  from  their  old  position  at  the 
mouth  of  Russian  River,  to  occupy  the  site  of  the  railroad  terminus.  The 
traveler  starts  from  the  San  Quentin  Ferry,  and  steaming  over  to  the 
Point,  enters  the  cars  of  the  Company— passes  through  San  Rafael, 
and  enters  on  fifty-eight  miles  of  the  most  beautiful  scenery  and  rich 
country  on  this  coast.  If  he  prefers  another  route,  he  can  cross  over  to 
Saucelito  and  reach  San  Rafael  in  that  way,  though  the  interest  of  the 
trip  either  way  does  not  commence  until  after  leaving  the  last  named 
town.  Thence  the  road  passes  over  White's  Hill,  down  on  the  other  side 
to  San  Geronimo  or  Paper  Mill  Creek.  Following  the  creek,  Olema  is 
reached,  from  which  point  the  railroad  runs  along  the  bay  of  Tomales  up 
to  the  town  of  that  name.  The  next  place  of  importance  is  Valley  Ford  ; 
the  country  to  the  west  of  the  road  being  the  best  for  dairy  and  agricultu- 
ral purposes  in  the  State.  From  Valley  Ford  the  route  is  due  north  to 
Freestone,  leaving  Bodega  to  the  west  and  passing  on  to  Howards.  At 
this  point,  the  redwood  forest  commences,  though  the  term  is  not  strictly 
correct,  as  pine,  laurel,  ash,  madrona,  live  oak,  beech,  willow,  and  alder 
trees  abound  in  the  forest  in  addition  to  the  wood  from  which  it  takes  it 
name.  From  Howards  to  Duncanville,  on  Russian  River,  the  scenery  is 
indescribably  beautiful.  To  give  some  idea  of  the  importance  of  the 
traffic  of  the  road,  it  may  be  stated  that  it  carries  every  day  about  6,000 
pounds  of  fish  for  the  San  Francisco  market,  and  double  that  amount  on 
Thursday  to  meet  Friday's  demand.  Large  quantities  of  fish  come  from 
Bolinas,  and  still  greater  shipments  of  fish,  oysters,  etc.,  from  Tomales. 
Butter,  eggs  and  poultry,  are  consigned  to  the  city  from  every  point  along 
the  line,  and  it  is  no  uncommon  thing  to  have  several  hundred  packages 
expressed  here.  The  time  consumed  from  San  Quentin  to  Howards,  58^ 
miles,  is  four  hours,  there  being  no  necessity  for  running  fast  passenger 
trains,  and  the  stoppages  being  very  numerous.  One  of  the  specialties  of 
the  road  is  lumber,  bark  and  wood.  From  Freestone  to  Tomales,  large 
quantities  of  potatoes,  oats  and  barley,  are  shipped  here,  and  from  Valley 
Ford,  tons  of  fruit  during  the  seasoa.  The  many  products  of  this  rich 
and  beautiful  section,  which  were  formerly  hauled  round  the  country  in 
teams,  now  come  direct  and  at  once  to  San  Francisco.  All  along  the  line 
the  country  is  being  built  up  and  improvements  are  going  on.  Land  has 
increased  in  value  in  many  places  one  hundred  per  cent — timber  land  being 
worth  to-day  from  §50  to  S75,  and  grazing  land,  §35  to  S50  per  acre.  The 
rapidly  developing  Salmon  Fisheries  of  Russian  River,  form  also  an  im- 
portant interest.  During  the  last  season  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  tine 
salmon  were  taken  in  one  haul,  and  the  bar  at  the  mouth  of  the  river, 
though  unappreciated  by  navigators,  is  no  doubt  a  benefit  to  our  queen 
fish  of  the  Pacific.  The  Northern  Pacific  are  rapidly  pushing  on  towards 
Duncamille,  and  a  trip  over  their  road  will  demonstrate  to  the  most  ordi- 
nary observer,  the  magnitude  of  the  work  they  have  undertaken,  and  the 
success  of  their  commendable  and  important  project. 


THE    NEW    CABINET. 


The  child  is  born,  and  its  name  is  Hayes.  The  next  President  is  at 
last  known,  and  his  name  is  not  Tilden.  iSlow  come  the  cabinet-makers. 
Having  but  a  short  time  in  which  to  work,  they  are  at  it  as  busy  as  bees. 
The  Pacific  Coast  is  to  be  represented.  That  is  a  settled  thing.  Carrying 
California,  Nevada  and  Oregon  was  a  feat  which  merits  and  demands 
reward.  If  it  could  be  clearly  determined  what  one  man  most  contributed 
to  that  result,  then  it  might  be  possible  to  predicate  upon  whom  the 
choice,  at  least  of  the  politicians,  might  fall,  for  is  not  the  husbandman 
worthy  to  reap  the  fruits  of  the  harvest?  Sargent,  though  he  cannot  be 
elected  back  to  the  Senate,  says  he  is  too  comfortable  there  to  leave  it  for 
the  present.  Booth  aspires  to  the  dignity  of  oratory,  and  as  he  could  not 
air  his  pretty  platitudes  in  a  Cabinet  office,  he  prefers  to  speak  to  the 
whole  people  through  the  Senate.  McCormick,  of  Arizona,  has  been 
mentioned,  but  he  is  nothing  and  nobody,  and  is  not  really  a  Pacific 
Coaster  anyhow.  The  name  of  a  better  man,  wrho  lias  much  larger  claims, 
is  being  urged  in  influential  quarters.  Ex-Governor  Woods,  of  Oregon, 
was  the  orator,  worker  and  manager,  par  excellence,  of  the  late  campaign 
on  this  coast.  To  him  probably  more  than  to  any  other  man  was  the 
success  owing.  A  gentleman  of  fine  presence,  ripe  scholarship,  sound 
judgment,  and  possessed  of  considerable  official  experience  and  an  unblem- 
ished record,  he  has  earned  the  position  and  would  adorn  it.  We  have  not 
heard  any  other  names  mentioned,  and  we  know  of  none  more  calculated 
to  achieve  and  deserve  success  than  the  one  last  mentioned. 


DEVELOPMENTS  WANTED. 

The  Stock  Market  is  in  a  state  of  anxious  expectancy.  Brokers, 
manipulators,  buyers  and  sellers  all  alike,  know  that  they  can  only  be  re- 
deemed by  one  process.  Nothing  can  save  them  but  developments.  Not 
on  paper,  by  street  rumors,  or  by  rose-colored  reports.  There  must  be 
real,  bona fide  unquestioned,  and  unquestionable  discoveries  of  large  and 
rich  ore  bodies.  The  days  of  easy  credulity  have  passed.  The  public  has 
been  too  long  fooled.  It  would  be  a  considerable  calculation  to  enumer- 
ate all  the  "dead  sure"  developments  that  have  turned  out  dead  sure 
failures  within  the  past  two  years.  Mexican,  Jacket,  Exchequer,  and 
many  more  mines  too  numerous  to  mention,  were  all,  beyond  a  question, 
developing  Bonanzas.  We  know  now  how  false  and  fraudulent  all  these 
very  positive  statements  were.  Wp  know  that  they  were  molasses  traps 
set  to  catch  flies.  Lately  the  great  promises  have  come  from  Overman 
and  the  lower  levels  of  Con.  Virginia.  Are  these  promises  any  more  sub- 
stantial than  thosegjwhich  preceded  them  ?  We  most  sincerely  hope  so. 
But  the  street  is  well  nigh  ready  to  exclaim,  "  hope  deferred  maketh  the 
heart  sick!"  There  seems  an  air  of  sincerity  about  the  manner  in  which 
the  Con.  Virginia  promises  are  made  that  ought  to  go  for  something,  es- 
pecially as  they  are  backed  by  large  purchases  by  those  who  really  do 
know  the  inside  condition  of  things.  The  Bonanza  mines  are  even  now 
selling  for  §50,000,000.  Let  us  hope  that  at  least  that  amount  of  divi- 
dends remains  to  be  paid.  Meanwhile,  another  great  development  is 
wanted  on  the  Comstock  lode. 


TO    THE 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


oiiu-t — «so~  to  «si.">  ]>rei-<'ii«ut  Street. 


VOLUME  £7. 


SAS  FRANCISCO,  FEBRUARY  24,  1877. 


NTTMBER  5. 


BIZ. 


During  the  week  under  review,  several  important  public  trade  sales 
have  been  held  at  the  auction  rooms  of  3.  L,  Jones  &  Co.,  consisting  of 
I  ,  Teas,  Tobacco,  Kice,  etc.     The   Japan   Teas,    in    paper,   were    of 

standard  qualities,  yet  Bold  at  the  extremely  low  price  of  30@32Ac    The 

Coffee  was  A  No.  1  prime  Green  new  <-rop  Costa  Kica,  and  sold  at  an 
average  of  20c,  which  is  a  decided  decline  from  late  ruling  rates,  and  will, 
we  conclude,  result  in  establishing  a  market  rate  for  the  new  crop  Centra) 
American  now  arriving  freely  from  Guatemala,  Salvador,  etc.  By  the 
last  Panama  steamer  an  invoice  of  Rio  came  to  hand  from  Brazil  via  the 
Straits  of  Magellan,  This  is  an  experimental  venture  by  this  route,  and 
we  hope  it  will  result  profitably  to  the  enterprising  shippers.  By  the  ship 
Simon  Vaughan  we  are  in  receipt  of  2,000  bugs  O.  Gr.  Java;  also,  by  the 
last  steamer  from  Hongkong  1,000  bags  of  same.  This  latter  parcel  has 
been  Bold  as  an  entirety  at  a  full  figure.  It  is  expected  that  the  late 
decline  in  Green  Coffees  will  open  a  door  for  free  shipments  to  St.  Louis 
by  rail. 

The  Tobacco  Sale  noted  consisted  entirely  of  Leaf— say  300  cases 
Pennsylvania  and  Connecticut.  The  former  sold  at  25c.  for  Wrappers, 
and  the  latter  at  26(5  20a  for  the  best  cases  down  to  12&@17ic.,  according 
to  quality.  At  private  sale,  250  bxs  Mayo  &  Knight's  Virginia  Manufac- 
tured sold  for  export  upon  terms  withheld.  There  has  recently  been  some 
advance  in  the  price  of  standard  brands  Virginia  Manufactured. 

Salmon.— The  contract  sales  of  Oregon  Fish  of  the  catch  of  1877  have 
thus  far  reached  425,000  cases,  each  4-dozen  1-Ib  cans,  at  the  opening 
price  of  $1  35,  running  to  SI  55  at  the  close.  Within  the  past  few  days 
Small  sales  of  Columbia  River  are  reported  at  SI  GO.  The  canners  having 
now  sold  so  very  freely  in  advance  of  the  catch,  are  disposed  to  halt  and 
wait  to  see  how  the  Spring  run  of  fish  is  likely  to  pan  out. 

Beef  in  Cans.-- This  interest,  like  that  of  Salmon,  now  promises  to 
be  of  considerable  importance.  Oregon  has  already  sent  us,  in  transit  for 
Liverpool,  several  thousand  cases  of  Beef  and  Mutton  of  good  quality, 
and  within  a  few  days  we  have  been  shown  samples  of  Corned  Beef,  put 
up  here  in  2-Ih  tins  by  the  Cutting  Company,  which,  on  close  comparison 
with  the  Oregon  packing,  as  well  as  of  the  best  brands  Eastern  exhibited, 
was  pronounced  the  best  in  quality.  Here,  then,  is  another  valuable  art- 
icle open  to  us  for  competition  and  export,  and  we  trust  shippers  will  not 
be  slow  to  avail  themselves  of  it.  By  the  American  ship  Three  Brothers, 
now  on  the  Liverpool  berth,  some  4,000  cases  2-lb  tins  of  canned  Meats 
have  ahead y  been  cleared  ;  also  646  cases  of  same,  61b  tins,  valued  at  $23,- 
000.  Also  1,500  cases  2,Vtb  tins,  ditto,  valued  at  89,000,  besides  400  cases 
Honey,  2-lb  cans,  valued  at  $2,600.  These  are  valuable  exports,  and  well 
worthy  of  special  note.  In  this  connection,  mention  ought  to  be  made  to 
the  half  dozen  large  establishments  here,  that  are  constantly  at  work 
packing  Fruits,  Vegetables,  Jams,  Jellies,  Berries,  etc.,  in  large  quanti- 
ties. These  Case  Goods  find  sale  in  London,  Liverpool,  Hamburg,  etc. 
They  go  to  China,  Japan,  Australasia,  and  to  all  the  States  and  Territo- 
ries of  the  American  Continent. 

Borax.  --The  market  at  date  is  sluggish  at  old  prices,  say  6c  for  Crude, 
7c  for  Concentrated,  9(S.9ic  in  cases  for  Refined. 

Bags. —The  market  for  Grain  Sacks  continue  to  be  well  stocked  at 
8f@9e  for  Standard  Hessians,  22x36. 

Coal.  —The  arrivals  of  Foreign  are  light,  and  the  market  quiet.  Coast 
Bituminous  sells  at  SS(5 .'.$9  ;  Mt.  Diablo,  85  75(S)S7  75  for  fine  and  coarse 
respectively  ;  Australian,  S9@$9  25. 

Candles.  —The  price  of  12  oz.  Adamantines  has  been  reduced  to  9£@ 
10ic;  Werk's  Stearic  Acid,  14  oz.,  16Ao ;  16  oz.,  18@18Ac  ;  Harkness' 
Patent  Wax,  19A(S;20c. 

Malt  Liquors.  --  Business  in  imports  is  very  sluggish,  and  sales  largely 
confined  to  the  best  standard  brands  of  Scotch  and  English  Ales  and 
Porter  of  good  repute. 

Metals.  —  There  is  an  increased  demand  for  Tin  Plate  for  Oregon  fish- 
eries, and  we  note  sales  of  400  pigs  Sydney  Block  Tin  at  184c.  Pig  Iron 
is  in  large  stock,  and  held  at  830(5:834,  according  to  brand.  The  ship  Mary 
Whitridge,  for  Hongkong,  carried  426,700  lbs.  Pig  Lead,  and  the  steamer 
for  New  York  via  Panama  carried  670,972  lbs.  same. 

Syrup.—  The  ship  Navigator  has  sailed  for  Hamburg  with  1,500  bbls 
Golden  Syrup,  say  46,500  gallons. 

Bone  Dust. — The  ship  Navigator  carried  to  Hamburg  8,394  sks  of  this 
article.  It  is  really  Burned  bones,  Charcoal,  etc.  The  refuse  from  the 
Sugar  Refineries  is  largely  used  in  Germany  as  manure. 

Kerosene  Oils. — Last  week  we  noticed  a  reduction  in  price  of  5c.  per 
gallon  for  Devoe's  in  tins.     The  Mary  Whiteridge  for  Kongkong  carried 


3,000cases.     This  article  may  now  be  quoted  at  38c. 6  50c    i    I       lion,  ac- 
cording ttt  quality  and  description  of  the  5  gallon  cans. 

Quicksilver.  —  As  intimated  in  our  last  issue,  the  0.  &  0.  steamship 
l'...'1-u-  oamt'd  the  largest  single  shipment  ever  made  hence  to  Hongkong. 
-:i\  3,572  flasks.  The  total  exports  Bince  January  1st,  9,344  flasks,  valued 
ai  s:;:w,426;  same  time  in  IS7k  1. 7 ■_'•'.  flasks,  valued  at  1224,008  ;  increase, 
1877,  4,618  flasks,  valued  at  8114,423.  The  ruling  price  in  this  month, 
46{S  42Jc  ;  closing  rate,  J4c.  The  daily  supply  is  free,  with  a  fair  demand. 
It  is  generally  believed  that  at  the  present  low  prices  the  Chinese  are 
hoarding  (Quicksilver,  and  it  is  sent  there  in  quantities  for  remittance  as 
ordered  by  cable  from  London. 

Rice. — There  is  more  demand  for  Japan  and  Hawaiian  Table  at  5c. 
and  6c,  respectively,  and  for  China  5@6c,  according  to  quality. 

Salt. — The  supply  of  Liverpool  is  free  at  818(520  per  ton. 

Spices. — The  market  is  sluggish  for  all  kinds.  We  quote  Black  Pep- 
per, 14c. 

Sugar.  — We  have  no  change  in  prices  to  record.  We  quote  all  White 
Refined,  13£@13$c.  cash;  Yellow  Coffees,  9(53  lie,;  Hawaiian  Grocery 
grades,  No.  1,  9(5jlOAc.,  No.  2  ditto,  7@8£c. 

Wine&  — There  is  an  increased  shipping  demand  for  Native  White  and 
Red.  The  City  of  San  Francisco,  for  Panama,  carried  en  route  to  New 
York  20,057  gallons. 

Brandy  and  Spirits.—  There  is  more  tone  to  the  market  for  French 
Cognac.  American  Whiskies,  such  as  Moorman's  J.  H.  Cutter's,  Gold 
Dust,  Miller's  and  other  choice  Bourbons,  sell  readily.  Pure  Spirits  in 
bbls.,  from  Chicago  and  Omaha,  command  old  rates,  while  Californian 
sells  at  SI  20@1  37$,  proof  gallons. 

Domestic  Produce.  — During  the  past  week  there  has  been  quite  a 
speculative  spirit  manifested  in  Wheat,  Barley,  Corn,  Beans,  and  Feed 
stuff-Mill  offal  generally.  This  is  occasioned  in  whole  or  in  part  by  a 
feeling  of  distrust  as  to  the  growing  crops  and  the  fear  of  drought— thus 
far  in  the  season  we  have  not  yet  had  one-half  of  our  usual  rain  fall,  yet 
the  weather  has  been  very  warm  and  moist— fogs  and  heavy  dews  help  out 
wonderfully,  and  vegetation  is  rank  and  very  forward  in  many  favored 
localities.  In  some  counties  crops  will  be  large  and  of  full  average-  in 
others,  a  half  crop,  and  in  some  large  grain  growing  valleys,  none.  Those 
believed  to  be  best  posted  say  we  will  have  300,000  tons  Breadstuff  for 
export  the  coming  season,  or  about  one-half  that  of  the  present. 

Wheat  — During  the  week,  has  advanced  from  S2  to  82  15  fc?  ctl,  with 
large  purchases  for  export  at  82  10(52  12.V.  At  the  close  sales  of  choice 
Milling  at  *2  15(5  2  111  \->  ctl. 

Barley.  --  Early  in  the  week  some  15,000  ctls  choice  Feed  changed 
hands  at  SI  25  It?  ctl,  silver,  and  since  then  prices  have  ruled,  for  Coast, 
81  20@1  25,  and  for  Bay  Brewing,  81  25@1  30,  gold.  Holders  firm  at 
these  figures. 

Oats.  —  The  supply  is  free,  and  the  market  steady  at  82  05@2  25  \i  ctl. 

Corn.  —  Early  in  the  week  speculators  entered  the  market  and  made 
free  purchases  at  81  25@1  30  p  ctl,  gold,  and  since  then  rates  have  been 
advanced  to  $1  45@1  50  $  ctl,  gold. 

Beans.— During  the  week  some  15,000  bags  changed  hands  at  old  rates. 
Since  then  prices  have  ruled  firm  at  a  slight  advance,  say  2c@3c  for 
choice  varieties. 

Hops.  — Holders  show  a  greater  willingness  to  sell  even  at  a  great 
reduction  in  rates.  25  bales  choice  selected  Russian  River  sold  at  20c ;  ."10 
bales  12Ac(5  15c  for  fair  ;  140  bales  No.  1  at  14c.  It  is  said  that  one  half 
this  latter  lot  sold  a  few  months  since  at  28c. 

Potatoes.  —The  market  is  glutted  and  overstocked  at  .i@lc.  t*  lb.  for 
fair  to  good  ;  the  best  old,  |c;  new  crop,  li@2c. 

Hides.— Dry  command  164@17c;  Salted,  8@9c, 

Tallow— The  extremes,  5i@64c.  The  Patterdale,  for  Liverpool,  has 
an  invoice,  contracted  for  some  time  since,  at  Ogc.  We  quote  Refined  at 
8@8ic. 

OU  Cake  Meal  —The  mill  price  is  832  50,  less  discount. 

Bran  and  Middlings. —The  mill  price  to  the  trade,  818(5830  tf?  ton, 
respectively. 

Corn  Meal  and  Ground  Barley.— The  mill  price  to  the  trade  is  S29@ 
832  50  tf  ton. 

Butter  and  Cheese. —SuppHcs  of  fresh  large  and  free.  The  former, 
25@30c.j  latter  at  10@12ic. 

Tonnage,  disengaged,  is  very  plentiful.  Some  24,000  tons  now  here, 
seeking.  Liverpool  grain  freights,  entirely  nominal.  No  charters  offer- 
ing.    Business  very  slack. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Feb.   24,  1877. 


CONDENSED    NEWS    OF   THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL. 

Saturday,  February  17th.  —  The  Board  of  State  Prison  Commis- 
sioners met  at  San  Quentin,  and  accepted  the  boilers,  engines  and  shaft- 
ings in  the  new  workshop  of  the  Prison.  <  -Articles  of  incorporation  were 
filed  by  the  San  Joaquin  and  San  Francisco  Water  Works  Company  for 
the  purpose  of  supplying  San  Francisco  or  any  other  city  with  water.— 
Judge  Louderback  received  a  telegram  from  the  Good  Templars' Home  at 
Vallejo,  offering  the  boys,  Frank  and  Willie  Carr,  a  home  at  then:  insti- 
tution. 

Sunday,  18th.  —  A  preliminary  meeting  of  the  annual  session  of  the 
Pacific  Turn  Bezirk  was  held. -^— About  3  o'clock  a  fire,  attended  by  loss 
of  life,  occurred  in  a  Chinese  lodging  house  on  Washington  a  ley.  ■ 
Charles  F.  Lutzen  and  Dr.  George  A.  Riech,  who  were  charged  with  assault 
to  murder  and  carrying  concealed  weapons,  were  released,  the  first  on  §525, 
and  the  latter  on  S475. 

Monday,  19th.  --  Alfred  "Ver  Mehr,  who  has  been  occupying  a  neat 
room  in  the  City  Prison,  removed  to  the  County  J  ail  with  his  furniture.— 
In  the  Fourth  District  Court,  Thomas  Bichard  sues  his  brother,  Nicholas 
Bichard,  a  wealthy  coal  dealer  and  shipowner  of  this  city,  for  five  months 
wages  as  mining  expert  in  Arizona.— —The  Mutual  Building  and  Loan 
Association  elected  the  following  officers  :  President,  Colin  M.  Boyd  j 
Vice-President,  H.  Levy;  Treasurer,  Ignatz  Steinart ;  Secretary,  G.  M, 
Berry  ;  Attorney,  Joseph  Naphtaly. 

Tuesday,  20th.  --The  old  Pacific-street  wharf  is  being  torn  down,  and 
a  pier  will  be  erected  to  conform  with  those  already  built.  -^— Louis  Spie- 
gel, of  the  jewelry  firm  of  Blumenthal  &  Spiegel,  was  attacked  by  a  party 
of  three  footpads  on  Devisadero  street,  while  on  his  way  home,  and 
robbed.  Theodore  Tiltun  is  expected  to  visit  this  coast  on  a  lecturing 
tour  in  April.  ^— Mr.  Andrews,  steward  of  the  Bachelor  Club,  corner  of 
Post  and  Kearny  streets,  discovered  a  Chinese  boy  named  Ah  Luug  in  a 
dying  condition  in  his  room. 

Wednesday,  21st.  —The  jury  disagreed  in  the  case  of  Bailey,  charged 
with  dealing  faro,  in  the  City  Criminal  Court  yesterday,  standing  ten  for 
conviction  and  two  for  acquittal.  Two  well  known  amateurs,  C.  J. 
Johnston  and  I.  C.  Rice,  both  members  of  the  First  Regiment,  will  test 
next  Sunday  their  powers  of  endurance  by  a  walk  to  San  Bruno,  and  upon 
arriving  there  will  fire  at  a  Wimbledon  target,  ^00  yards  range,  50  rounds. 

Thursday,  22d.  —  Thistleton's  application  for  bail  pending  his  appeal 
was  denied  by  Judge  Wright.  The  new  steam  propeller  for  Kalakaua 
is  to  be  completed  by  July  1st.  —Two  valuable  books  have  been  stolen 
from  the  office  of  the  Mexican  Consul.  '■■■■Judge  Blake,  of  the  County 
Court,  has  contributed  200  magazines  to  the  Almshouse  Library.^— B.  F. 
Watts,  severely  injured  in  the  Golden  Gate  Mills  on  the  13th  instant,  is 
now  thought  to  be  out  of  danger. 

Friday,  23d.  --  John  Dor-ham,  the  man  who  shot  himself  in  the  breast 
on  Bast  street,  near  Merchant,  on  Wednesday  evening,  died  yesterday 
morning  in  the  City  Prison  Hospital.  Albert  Smith,  the  Coroners 
messenger,  while  on  the  cattle  wharf  at  Long  Bridge,  for  the  body  of  the 
Norwegian  Captain  who  was  drowned  yesterday,  was  assaulted  by  hood- 
lums and  beaten  in  the  face  severely,  without  provocation.— ^Mollie 
McCarthy  won  the  four- mile -and -repeat  race  in  two  straight  heats  yester- 
day ;  time,  7:43£  and  7:42^. 

TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  February  17th.  —A  fire  in  Jersey  City  last  night  burnt 
O'Donnell  Brothers'  coopery.  Loss,  £50,000.  ^— The  Northumberland 
County  Bank,  at  Pottsville,  Pennsylvia,  has  suspended.  Before  the 
Committee,  D.  S.  McKenna  testified  that  Governor  Wells  had  told  an 
untruth  in  testifying  that  Kenna  offered  him  a  bribe  to  cast  the  vote  of 
Louisiana  for  Tilden.^— The  banking  house  of  King  &  Son,  on  William 
street,  was  robbed  this  afternoon  of  two  tin  boxes,  containing  875,000. 

Sunday,  18th.— A  fire  in  Sag  Harbor,  Long  Island,  destroyed  over 
thirty  buildings,  burning  an  area  of  a  quarter  of  a  mile  long  by  500  feet 
wide.— —It  is  probable  that  the  bill  to  amend  the  Pacific  Kailroad  Acts 
so  as  to  create  a  sinking  fund,  etc.,  will  be  laid  aside.— The  Mexican 
Government  has  protested  against  the  payment  of  several  large  awards 
found  in  favor  of  certain  American  citizens  or  corporations. 

Monday,  19th. — Gray,  Surveyor  of  this  Poit,  has  written  to  Sargent 
that  in  order  to  avail  himself  of  a  private  business  offer  he  wishes  imme- 
diately to  resign.  Sargent  and  Booth  have  notified  the  President.  — W. 
Griffin,  Consul  at  the  Samoan  Islands,  has  been  in  Washington  for  sev- 
eral weeks,  having  been  empowered  by  the  Government  of  the  country  to 
negotiate  a  treaty  of  friendship  and  commerce  'with  the  United  States.—— 
The  House  Committee  on  Appropriation's  has  inserted  in  the  Sundry 
Civil  Appropriations  bill  8360,000  to  pay  claims  of  Southern  mail  con- 
tractors for  services  rendered  before  the  war. 

Tuesday,  20th.  —Startling  developments  are  made  by  the  Real  Estate 
Pool  Committee  in  regard  to  Treasury  irregularities  in  Washington. 
James  M.  Wortmaugh,  Pay  Inspector  of  the  Navy,  has  been  appointed 
Paymaster-General.-^ An  extra  session  of  Congress  is  generally  deemed 
inevitable. -^— A  heavy  storm  has  prevailed  for  several  days  at  the  mouth 
of  the  Columbia.— —Cromwell  &  Company's  new  saw  and  grist  mill  was 
burned  this  morning,  in  Cambridge,  North  Carolina.     Loss,  S35,000. 

Wednesday,  21st.— The  President  has  signed  the  Act  to  encourage 
and  promote  telegraphic  communication  between  America  and  Europe. 
— —The  Grand  Jury  has  found  a  true  bill  against  Don  Piatt  for  seditious 
publication,  and  a  warrant  has  been  issued  for  his  arrest.—  The  mail 
from  New  York  to  New  Zealand,  via  San  Francisco,  passed  through  Chi- 
cago to-day. 

Thursday,  22d. — The  Democrats  claim  to  have  discovered  a  Repub- 
lican scheme  which  would  defeat  them  should  they  succeed  in  delaying 
the  count  until  after  the  4th  of  March.  The  plot  is  that  as  soon  as  the 
Republicans  are  confident  the  count  will  not  be  allowed  to  proceed,  John 
Sherman  will  tender  his  resignation  as  Senator.  A  vacancy  will  be  de- 
clared and  Hayes  elected  to  fill  the  unexpired  term  in  the  Senate.     Gov- 


ernor Hayes  will  be  made  President  pro  tem.  and  acting  President  until 
another  election  can  be  held.-^A  boiler  in  the  Clifton  Barrel  Works  at 
Pomeroy  exploded,  killing  four  persons  and  wounding  twelve  others. 

Friday,  23d.  —John  Becker,  of  Berenda,  was  found  dead  in  his  room 
in  the  El  Capitan  Hotel  at  Merced.  He  arrived  last  night  from  San 
Francisco  on  the  11  o'clock  train.  Cause  of  death  unknown.  An  inquest 
will  be  held  to-day.— A  telegram  to  Eureka  says  Mart.  Tupper  shot 
and  killed  a  man  in  Tybo  yesterday.  Tupper  was  also  fatally  wounded. 
—  Four  men  were  instantly  killed  by  the  explosion  of  the  boiler  of  a 
portable  saw  mill  two  miles  from  the  town  of  Alford,  Indiana.  Four 
others  were  severely  injured. 

FOBEIGST. 

Saturday,  February  17th. « Montenegro  has  asked  for  two  months' 
extension  of  the  armistice  for  the  consideration  of  her  claims.  It  is  not 
probable  Turkey  will  grant  the  request.— Negotiations  between  Turkey 
and  Montenegro  are  being  conducted  here.— The  Duke  of  Edinburgh 
has  resigned  command  of  the  steamship  Sultan,  and  is  returning  to  En- 
gland. 

Sunday,  18th.  --The  Rome  correspondent  of  the  Times  states  that  it 
has  been  resolved  that  any  Cardinal  may  be  elected  Pope,  on  the  death  of 
Pius  IX.,  irrespective  of  nationality.-^A  dispatch  has  been  received 
from  Constantinople  announcing  that  Edham  Pasha  has  been  requested 
by  the  Sultan  to  appoint  another  Grand  Vizier.— The  English  man-of- 
war  Valorous  returned  to  Yarmouth  on  Sunday  after  a  week's  unsuccess- 
ful search  for  the  missing  fishermen.  Twenty-five  vessels  and  150  hands 
are  given  up  as  lost,— — Herr  Mesen,  the  dramatic  actor,  is  dead. 

Monday,  19th.  —  Politics  in  Europe  has  produced  no  apparent  effect 
on  trade,  and  the  return  to  firmness,  combined  with  an  improvement  iu  the 
demand,  seems  to  result  from  continued  short  imports.— The  Turkish 
troops  along  the  Danube  have  been  increased  to  75,000.  The  garrison  of 
Rustchuk  numbers  12,000.-^— The  Russian  army  south  of  the  Caucasus 
on  the  Asiatic  frontier  of  Turkey  is  in  readiness  for  action.  It  numbers 
115,000  men,  with  35  field  batteries  and  250  heavy  siege  guns. 

Tuesday,  20th.  —The  amount  of  bullion  withdrawn  from  the  Bank  of 
England  to-day  was  £2,000.— —Sidney  Herbert,  conservative,  has  been 
returned  to  Parliament  for  Wilton,  defeating  Norris,  Liberal.— Twenty 
more  Bulgarians,  charged  with  complicity  in  the  May  insurrection,  have 
been  sentenced  each  to  twenty  years'  penal  servitude.  Russia  has 
C00,000  men,  or  two-fifths  of  her  army,  organized. 

"Wednesday,  21st— A  correspondent  at  Pera  telegraphs  that  peace 
with  the  principalities  is  considered  certain.-^— The   Standard's  dispatch 
from  Vienna  reports  that  the  Roumania  representatives  have  officially  in- 
formed Count  Andrassy  that  Roumania  desires  to  remain  neutral  in  any 
case,  and  the  Roumania  militia  will  be  disbanded  next  week.^— Aspeeial 
from  Pesth  says  it  is  rumored  in  Belgrade  that  Russia  has  informed  Ser- 
via  that  she  intends  to  cross  the  Pruth  within   ten  days.  —  A  cable   dia-    I 
patch  states  that  thirty  vessels,  with  their  entire  crew,  were  lost  in  a  gale    ; 
on  the  English  coast  on  the  night  of  the   19th.— Hutchinson  (Liberal)    : 
has  been  returned  to  Parliament  from  Halifax. 

Thursday,  22d  —  A  Times  dispatch  from  Berlin  represents  that  in  con-  j 
sequence  of  reports  of  the  Sultan's  illness,  anarchy  is  prevailing  in  the  j 
Government  circles  of  Constantinople. -^The  war  party  is  in  the  ascend- 
ant at  St.  Petersburg.  The  date  of  Russia's  attack  will  mainly  depend  on  | 
the  progress  of  events  in  Turkey.— The  election  for  members  of  the  ' 
Great  Skuptschina  has  been  held  throughout  the  country.  The  majority  ; 
of  the  delegates  elected  favor  peace. 

Friday,  23d.  —  Le  Monitmr  says  that  it  is  informed  by  a  friend  of  the 
lady  that  Adelina  Patti  has  applied  for  a  judicial  separation  from   the    ; 
Marquis  of  Uaux,  and  that  she  is  now  on  her  way  to  Paris  to  appear  with 
the  Marquis  on  February  27th  before  the  President  of  the  Tribunal  of  the    \ 
Seine.  —  The  German  steamer  Franconia,  plying  between  Hamburg  and    | 
Aspinwall,  has  been  wrecked  off  Point  San  Bias. —Cardinal  Cullen  has 
refused  to  allow  the  remains  of  John  O'Mahoney  to  He  in  state  in  the    ! 
Cathedral. 

HOPS. 

[from  a  correspondent.] 
The  Market  has  settled  down  to  a  point  which  exhibits  the  folly  of    ; 
sellers  holding  for  very  high  prices,  when  remunerative  rates  could  have    j 
been  obtained  some  months  ago.     In  my  previous  communications  this    j 
course  of  events  has  been  foreshadowed  as  the  inevitable  result  of  the    ! 
policy  followed  by  growers  and  speculators,   to  try  and  force  exporters  to    j 
pay  more  than  they  could  afford,  and  the  consequence  has  been  an  im-    | 
mense  loss  to  holders  in  proportion  to  the  capital  invested  in  this  branch    i 
of  the  productions   of  the   State.      At  date,  prices  may  be  quoted   14c.    I 
to  17c.  for  California,  and  13  to  15c.  for  Northern  Coast,  within  which 
range  I  report  the  purchase  of  about  400  bales.     The  ascertained  stock  in 
hand  is  larger  than  was  thought  to  be,  as  2,500  to  3,000  bales  are  yet  on 
the  market.  

The  officers  of  customs  in  London  have  just  stopped  what  wa8 
doubtless  the  commencement  of  a  most  nefarious  trade.  They  have 
seized  a  harmless  looking  fluid  which,  on  analysis,  proved  to  be  nicotine. 
The  importation,  which  was  from  Hamburg,  was  exceedingly  small  in 
bulk,  being  about  twenty-three  gills.  Its  terrible  potency  may,  however, 
be  imagined  from  the  fact  that  it  was  the  produce  of  2,500  pounds  of  to- 
bacco sweepings  mixed  with  alcohol.  The  presumed  intention  of  the 
Hamburg  chemist  was  that  it  should  be  used  as  a  ready  means  of  con- 
Terting  our  early  York  cabbages  into  the  finest  Havana  tobacco.  The 
Commissioners  of  Customs  retained  a  sample  for  their  museum,  and 
ordered  the  rest  of  the  fluid  to  be  returned  to  the  port  of  shipment. — 
London  Times. 


Homeopathy  is  steadily  making  headway  in  France.  There  are  now 
70  doctors  of  that  persuasion  in  Paris,  and  300  in  the  provinces.  Within 
eight  years,  three  homeopathic  hospitals  have  been  founded— two  in  Paris 
and  one  at  Lyons. 


Feb.  24,   1877. 


POSTS(  RIFT  TO  THE  SAN   FRANCIS*  <>  NEWS  LETTER. 


HIS  SAT.    MAJ.  DI3CU3SING  A  SHERRY    COBBLER    AT 
THE    PALACE    HOTEL, 

ll    9    U      STon   Morrealipl   nay  old  friend  C    yi    tvul 

tioO  ! 
I  btwrd  folia  nj  wt  looked  n  lik<\  I  muM  ba  a  relation. 

■    ■ 
Reports  tike  that  wonld  never  do  !    My  character  they'd  bloat '. 

i  night  Pd  oome  and  try  it  here  :    1  like  t<»  put  on  ityle, 

■  ]\  t!u*.-  British  swells:  their  "  irilU"  quite  raise  my  bile  ! 
Hut  what  a  trump  Host  Lelnnd  u  I     5Tou  don't  know  till  you  try  him  ! 
:  i  towVed  th<  fare  to  only  "three"  par  diem  I 
.  ;i  the  Grab  I    Why.  up  at  t '     s.  tVu  Oracken  night  and  day, 
Twould  rr'tri  ii  belt  mine  to've  kept  on  iu  that  way  .' 

1  the  deuce  already  here  I    Such  prank*  you  never  saw  ; 
I  the  *  looks  all  "  on  their  ear"    they  even  went  to  law, 
3am  M<K<  -■  been  "  up"  again.    There's  no  nse  hie  re 
On  lying  ont  of  all  hu  Borapea;  he  can't  succeed  with  Lyon, 

water  fiends"  are  "talking  back,13  ami  what  is  this  they  say- 
Well  wriggle  out !    No  water,  if  no  pay. 
your  Hall  of  Records  wants  some  pipe? :  we  _-n  s-  you   thought  you'd 

caught  a 
Mere  pack  of  fools,  who'd  take  your  '•  lip."  and  in  return  give— -water  ! 

Poor  Michael  Murray  mourns  to  find  there's  a  Supervisor  still 
To->  H  ■  bose  flagHBtaffia  with  the  amount  that's  in  the  bill. 

But  CUta  it  -town  to  nothing  !     Why.  what  mean;!  this  sudden  freak? 
Retrenchment,  eh.  I  at  this  late  hour?     You're  sure  it  isn't  pique  ? 
How  i  'hinee  John  seems  catching  tits,  his  heathen  heart  feels  sad 
'Bout  how  the  Christ  in  ii.i  get  him  here,  then — call  him  all  that's  bad. 
Thai  Pearson-Levee  fraud  >  n  ahame,  Wong  Yung  should  wring  his  neck. 
The  debt  was  fair,  the  coin  was  Ids.     Why  tamper  with  the  cheque? 
Then  out  come?  gallant  Dorney  now,  Caucasian  Chieftain  bold, 
Anil  calling  for  the  <  Ihinese  blood  proclaims  the  creed  they  hold. 
They've  quarreled,  too,  amongst  themselves — they've  learnt  that  Christian 

vice. 
And  feed  their  friends  [?),  to  b*:ow  their  love,  on  powdered  glass  in  rice. 
Oh!  what  a  novel  dodge  is  Quinn's  for  collecting  debts  when  due. 
So  simple  and  effective!     Why,  'tis  cheaper  than  to  sue! 
Right's  might,  he  says!     And  so  it  i>  when  a  pistol's  at  }'our  head 
\\ 'it'ii,  "  Here's  your  bill!    Just  ante  up!  or  else  I'll  shoot  you  dead!" 
The  fanny  dog  must  have  his  joke!  tho  his  joke  he'll  be  repentin', 
For   Gauthiers  mad,   and  swears  it's  right  that  a  Quintt  should  go  to 

Quint-  n. 
Have  you  been  to  see  the  new  hotel?    The  "Women's  Pioneer?" 
I  thought  to  go  and  stay  myself  !     But  their  notions  are  so  queer  ! 
They  won't  take  men!    They're  not  allowed  inside  the  mystic  walls, 
'Cept  Deacons.'    Lucky  beggars!  who  are  great  or  Mornituj  Calls! 
Twera  different  were  they  ugly  hags — all  toothless,  wrinkled,  old. 
One  would'nt  care.     But  then  they're  not — that's  why  I  feel  so  Bold! 
I  saw  just  one  !  and  when  I  thought  I'd  made  a  tidy  "  mash," 
She  screeched  "  Here  comes  old  Nick!"  and  plump  she  closed  the  darned 

old  sash! 
The  "  National  Party's"  scheme  sounds  big!    There's  nought  they  don't 

propose, 
Transfer  the  railroads;  put  down  bribes.     What  more  God  only  knows  ! 
They  claim  they've  solved  the  problem,  too,  to  pay  the  National  Debt, 
And  make  each  one  a  millionaire.     That  suits  my  book — you  bet! 
Then  female  suffrage!    That's  their  worst,  their  strongest  little  hobby! 
I  vote  myself  that  women  "wear  the  breeches"— they'd  look  nobby! 
The  draymen  think  they're  much  aggrieved,  and  swear  at  blocked-up 

streets! 
They're  not  alone?    One  hears  the  same  from  everyone  one  meets! 
I  can't  see  why  you  stand  it!     But  I  'spose  you've  no  redress, 

As  Hagan  said:  "It's  no  one's  fault!    To  d n  won't  help  the  mess!" 

Another  raid!    A  cockpit  now!    Some  sixty  sports,  or  more, 

Are  collared!    Well,  the  p'lice  are  right!    They've  got  to  swell  their  score! 

The  elite  of  all  the  brokers,  too!    All  high-toned  business  men. 

A  pretty  place  to  find  them  in! — in  Woods'  gambling  den! 

'Twas   "Wash's"   birthday!    Boards  were  closed!     Cut  gamble  still  they 

must 
At  faro,  cockfights!    Now  we  know  what  makes  these  brokers  bust! 
How  goes  the  time?    I  must  be  off  !    Old  "  Pick"  has  sent  me  word 
He  wants  to  see  me!     We're  in  Co.,  as  partners,  had  you  heard? 
He  finds  the  coin,  and  i"  the  brains;  thoJ  I've  lost  by  the  transaction! 
For  he  has'nt  got  of  cither  now,  if  e'er  he  had,  a  fraction! 

The  mines  of  Lanrium,  which  gave  rise  recently  to  such  lively  di- 
plomatic discussion,  are  generally  known  to  be  largely  encumbered  with 
scoria,  proceeding  from  the  working  of  the  ancient  Greeks,  but  still  con- 
taining enough  silver  to  repay  extraction  by  the  improved  modern  meth- 
ods. Professor  Hendreich  relates  that  under  these  scoriae,  for  at  least  5,- 
000  years,  has  slept  the  seed  of  a  poppy  of  the  species  Glaucium.  After 
the  refuse  had  been  removed  to  the  furnaces,  from  the  whole  space  which 
they  had  covered  have  sprung  up  and  flowered  the  pretty  yellow  corollas 
of  this  flower,  which  was  unknown  to  modern  science,  but  is  desbribed  in 
Pliny  and  Dioscorides.  This  flower  had  disappeared  from  fifteen  to 
twenty  centuries,  and  its  reproduction  at  this  interval  is  a  fact  parallel  to 
the  fertility  of  the  famous  "mummy  wheat." 

The  Americans  have  at  last  become  friends  with  the  English  spar- 
rows they  imported  for  the  benefit  of  agriculture.  At  first  they  disliked 
them  on  account  of  their  pugnacity.  Now  an  American  writer  makes  the 
following  pathetic  appeal:  "Do  not  forget  the  poor  little  sparrows  in  the 
snowy  weather.  They  need  but  a  few  crumbs — the  shakings  of  the  table- 
cloth. Remember,  too,  that  these  little  birds  exterminate  the  loathsome 
measuring-worms  that  infested  the  city  in  the  summer  months.  They 
are  not  idlers,  these  pretty  little  birds,  being  always  willing  to  scratch 
for  a  living,  but  they  cannot  scratch  subsistence  out  of  snow  and  ice." 
This  is  pathetic  enough  to  set  to  music. — Court  Journal. 

The  asylum  for  worn-out  railroad  employes  will  be  erected  by  Wil- 
liam H.  Vanderbuilt  on  the  late  Commodore's  farm  at  Low  Point,  about 
twelve  miles  below  Poughkeepsie. 


CRADLE.  ALTAR.  AND  TOMB. 


CRADLE. 

AlTMN      I,,  tin-  dty,   I     Uu..r\    IT,  tO  ll„-  Wttt  -t  John  II.  Ailk,  n.    . 

-s    Hi,  lolhe  *<<■     ••!    >     I 
Id  us-.     In 

■  ■  ill.-  wife  of  J,  I:    l 

Car  ii  iac  i  i  ,     , 

.     Iu  this  cltj  .1  i     i 

I    bruarj  18,  i"  the  wit*  -i  J    i 

i    I  ■  . 
I    bruarj  )-,  to  the  wih  of  Willi 
H  In  I  !  sbruary  81,  to  the  wilt  of  J.  o.  l 

Lawrkxi  i     ■  ■  .    |  L0,  to  the  «U< 

Mr  u  m.l    in  this  dtj  .  Februan  17,  I  i 
Ubtbr    in  (in-  oltj ,  Pobruaij  17,  !< i  tho  wife  ■•'  Nathan  Ueyer,  aeon 

ALTAR. 
Birbb-Waorsb— In  this  dty.  February  BO.  Hi  m    <     Ettri 
Oonrad-Eddt    fa  this  city,  Pebruarj  81,  F  I   ■  ■. 
iM'LbTiiwAiTi  .J i  i.aii    hi  tin-  .-iiy.  February  11,  F.  E.  Qoldthwt 
ELuiu-Oasu  -l"  this  .-iiy.  February  20,  Fr.mk  Hamm  to  Ann!* 
KoCallutor-Mosboi  -in  this  dty,  Febru&r)  IS,  J.  Md  Ulistei  to  i;   Monroe, 
Hurput-Gasd  -In  this  city,  February  20,  Mark  Uurphj  to  Eve  Gosb 
.\h.k..m-iiki[/..i  — in  this  city,  February  17,  Dr.  Negroni,  to  Mary  ilurzo. 
Patok-Albxandbb  -In  this  ofty.  Febnurj  18,  0,  J.  Paton  to  M  .  \    U 
Roberto-Heath— In  this  city.  February  21,  1>.  Yi.  Roberts  to  I 
Stanns-Steomaxn  ■  in  this  cite,  February  18.  J.  J,  Btana  to  A.  L.  8b 
Tdom-Warbbx— In  this  city,  February  u.  W,  A.  Thorn,  M.  l>..  to  J.  i 
Tonnemaciikr-Hart— In  this  city,  February  19  J.Tonnemaeher  to  A-  '■ 

WiLUAMs-KiciiAKLis— In  this  city,  February  81,  1>    L>   William*  t"  A.  L.  Richards. 

TOMB. 
Btnui  -In  tiiis  city,  February  18,  Lawrence  Burd,  aged  16  years. 
Brown— In  this  city,  February  18,  George  Brown,  aged  26  years. 
Britton— In  this  city,  February  18,  WllhaxD  II.  Britten,  aged  26 
Bdrns— In  tliis  city,  February  20,  David  Burns,  aged  89  3  ears. 
Cox— In  this  cit;.',  February  21,  Marj  Blanche  Cox,  aged  85  years. 
LH  Ni'iiy— In  this  city,  February  19,  Patrick  Dunphy,  aged  42  years. 
Favrr— In  this  city,  February  22)Francoia  Favre,  aged  4]  years, 
Gblirn-  -In  this  city,  February  20,  Rudnlphe  G.  GclWn   aged  59  years. 
Jounbon—  In  this  city,  February  19,  John  Johnson,  aged  88  year-. 
Kkllv— In  this  city,  February  is.  James  Relies ,  aged  15  pears. 
Khilmevkk— In  this  city,  February  19,  Anna  Maria  Kihlmeyer,  aged  28  yean. 
Lawsok — In  this  city,  February  20,  Robert  LaWBOn,  aged  84  years. 
McPtlAlL — In  this  city,  February  18,  Hannah  .Mef'hail,  aged  ;>2  years. 
McGovkrn  —  In  this  city,  February  18,  Thomas  Bicl  lovern,  aged  '-2  years. 
Ofkenbebo— In  this  city,  February  19,  Jacob  H.  Offenberg,  aged  53  years. 
Rows — In  this  city,  February  17,  Rufus  Bowe,  aged  "S  years. 
Stein — In  this  city,  Februan   ];>,  t'harle.-  Stein,  a^ed  -7' years. 
Sullivan— In  this  city,  February  ~0,  John  Sullivan,  aged  39  years. 
Warhl'rtun— 111  this  city,  February  19,  .Mary  Warburton,  aged  62. 


BOOK    REVIEWS. 

Inventional  Geometry.    A  Series  of  Problems,   intended  to  Familiarize  the 

Pupil  with  Geometrical  Conceptions,  and  to  Exercise  His  Inventive  Faculty.     By 

William  George  Spencer,  with  a  Preparatory  Note  by  Herbert  Spencer.     New 

York:    D.  Appleton   &  Co.,  549-551  Broadway;  San   Francisco;  A.    Roman   & 

Co.     1877. 

This  little  work,  though  not  originally  included  in  the  design  of  the 

Science  Primers,  is  a  most  valuable  addition  to  the  series.     The  book  was 

adopted  in  Rugby  School,  England,   several  years  ago,  but  is  otherwise 

little  known.     The  use  of  the  method  implies  capacity  in  the  teacher,  but 

as  a  means  of  producing  interest  in  geometry,  and  as  a  mental  discipline, 

it  has  no  superior  among  text-books. 

A  Mad.  World  and  its  Inhabitants.     By  Julius  Chambers.     New  York:  D. 
Appleton  &  Co.,  519-551  Broadway;  San  Francisco:    A  Roman  &  Co. 

The  story  of  a  "Mad  World"  is  a  sequel  to  the  efforts  of  Charles 
Reade,  the  novelist,  to  correct  the  evils  of  lunatic  asylums.  Under  the 
pseudonymn  of  Pelix  Somers,  the  author,  Julius  Chambers,  feigns  in- 
sanity, and  enters  the  establishment  of  Dr.  Baldric.  He  becomes  con- 
vinced that  at  least  twelve  of  the  patients  confined  there  are  sane,  and 
that  the  physicians  know  it.  The  paltry  and  sordid  ignorance  of  doc- 
tors who  commit  patients  as  insane  is  thoroughly  shown  up.  The  work 
is  divided  into  five  parts,  an  epilogue,  three  books  and  a  prologue,  and  is 
well  worth  perusal. 

The  Wine-Bibbers'  Temperance  Society.    Boston:    Lee  &Shoppard;  San 
Francisco:    A.  Roman  &  Co.    1&77. 

There  are  76  pages  to  this  book,  and  rather  a  good  wood-cut  of  a  cham- 
pagne bottle  and  two  glasses  on  the  cover.  The  cloth  binding  is  very 
neat  and  the  paper  and  type  are  excellent.  The  matter  of  the  story  is 
of  the  usual  milk-and-water  standard  of  all  works  in  which  every  one 
takes  the  pledge  and  the  saloons  are  all  shut  up. 

Sidonie  (Fromont  Jeune  at  Risler  Aine).    From  the  French  of  Alphonse 
Daudet.     Boston:    Estes  &  Lauriat;  San  Francisco:    A.  Roman  &  Co.    1877- 

This  is  an  excellent  translation  of  one  of  the  purest  and  best  French 
stories  ever  written.  The  character  of  William  Risler  is  one  not  easily 
forgotten,  and  on  the  treachery  of  Sidonie,  his  wife,  is  centered  the  chief 
interest  of  the  story. 

The  Canadian  Monthly  for  February  is  again  to  hand.  This  maga- 
zine has  entered  on  its  second  volume,  carrying  two  excellent  stories, 
"Juliet"  and  "As  Long  as  She  Lived."  The  original  articles  are  of 
various  merit  as  must  always  be  the  case,  but  the  poetry  is  not  always  up 
to  the  mark,  notably  "Sunrise"  in  this  number  and  a  comic  version  of 
Horace's  "  Quis  Multa.  Gracilis,"  by  Emma  E. 

The  Cadet. -A  sprightly  little  paper  published  by  the  cadets  of  the 
Oakland  Military  Academy  is  issued.  If  the  boys  show  as  much  ability 
and  aptitude  for  their  other  studies  as  they  evince  in  their  little  college 
journal,  they  are  surely  well  trained  all  around. 

The  fellow,  A.  W.  Thornton,  who  examines  patients  for  that  terri- 
ble villain,  Charles  Cornbloom  alias  Luscombe,  has  openly  confessed  at 
this  office  that  he  has  thirteen  hirelings  employed  in  this  city  alone  to 
catch  the  unwary  sick,  and  that  he  can  afford  to  pay,  and  actually  doeB 
hand  to  these  mercenaries  fifty  per  cent,  of  whatever  is  received  from 
those  who  fall  into  his  clutches.  Is  there  no  law  in  California  that  can 
prevent  such  astounding  malpractice  ? 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN"  FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER, 


Feb.  24, 1877. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

Recorded  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  California,  for  the 
Week  ending  February  15,  1877. 

Compiled  from  the  Records  of  the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKillop  &  Co. , 
401  California  Street,  San  Francisco. 


Friday,  February  9th. 


QUiNTOH  AND  GRANTEE. 

J  R  Mains  to  Hannah  B  Tyler  ... 

T  E  Beans  to  Thos  Fallon 

G  McWilliams  to  H  Dougherty  .. 

Joel  Howef  to  J  Donovan 

R  P  Olement  to  Chaa  H  Stanyan. 

PE  McCarthy  to  G  E  Bacon 

S  Stlevatcr  to  Philip  Herold 

Jacob  Gingg  to  Rob't  Harlock... 
AB  Orogan  to  Philip  G  Galpin... 
Edw  Norton  to  Lizzie  O'Brien... 
Sophia  Hansen  to  Chas  Hansen  . 


W  J  Gnnn  to  Mary  A  Mowry  . . . . 

Wm  Hollis  to  Jahez  P  Cowdery. 

Same  to  Geo  Tewes 

R  J  Tiffany  to  Ahira  Holmes 

Same  to  C  J  Flath 


DESCRIPTION. 


W  Webster,  137:6  s  Pacific,  OS:  0x34:4  «. 
Nw  Montgomery  and  Sutter,  34:4XxflO.  ■ 

Siv  Sanchez  and  23tb,  51:6x105 

S  83d,  75  »•  York,  25x104 

N  Washington,  72  e  Powell,  24x57:6.. .. 

N  26th,  80  e  Castro,  25x114 

Sundry  lots  in  Precita  Valley 

Lot  61,  Gift  Map  1 

Ne  Spear.  183.4  nwFolsom,  45:10x197:6. 
ENortoo  pi,  70  n  Filbert,  22:6x56:3  .... 
Und  %  Be  Fulton  and  Webster,  s  137:6x 

137:6;  ne  Fulton  &  Fillm'e,  137:6x137: 
W  Dolores,  126:6  n  Vale,  25x100;  also,  a 

Valley.  254:4  e  Sanchez,  25x114 

Sw20th  and  Valencia,  110x32 

E  Broderick,  92:6  n  O'Farrcll,  22:6x92: 

Sundry  lots  in  Hunter's  Tract 

Sundry  lots  in  Hunter'B  Tract 


}      50 
1 

soo 

1,100 
4,500 

280 
1,600 

107 
11,000 

180 

5,000 

1,100 
5,600 
2,750 
4.000 
3,200 


Saturday,  February  10th. 


Thursday,  February  15th. 


J  Nightingale  to  Giant  Powder  Co 
Eiihu  Ford  to  Giles  H  Gray 


Geo  Morrow  to  same 

G  H  Gray  to  Geo  Morrow 

Geo  Kennedy  to  W  G  Gordon.. 

ONFIorine  to  H  Ahrens 

Jno  T  Doyle  to  B  F  Swan 

Julius  George  to  P  HCroakley. 

M  J  O'Reilly  to  G  W  Lemont ... 


Chas  Lyman  to  A  W  Manning 

W  Scholle  to  Thos  Noble 

John  Stable  to  Jno  Cornish... 
S  and  L  Soc'y  to  P  Morgan  . . . 

Edw  Norton  to  P  Mulligan 

Same  to  Edmond  Foley 

Same  to  Edw  Collins 

Same  to  John  Stephens 

Same  to  Jarvis  Lennox 

Same  to  City  and  Co  S  F 


Same  to  Philip  Brown  ■ 


Se  23d  av  and  K  st,  e  72.08-100,  etc 

Se  C  st  and  46th  av,  100  -,  also,  sw  cor  C 
st  and  45th  av,  w  100,  etc 

Sundry  lots  in  Outside  Lands 

Sw  Cstand4tb  av,  110x140 

Se  Clay  and  Broderick,  27:6x100 

N  Pine,  620:6  e  Polk,  17x75 

W  Ablk499 

Sw  Clinton,  75  nw  Brannan,  25x80,  snbjj 
to  mortgage 

Lot  5,  blk  27,  Excelsior  H'd,  given  to  se- 
cure prom  note  for  $500 

Sw  Larkin  and  Jackson,  87:6x62:6 

N  Tyler  137:0  w  Webster,  98:9x137:6. . . . 

Se  S:mcbez  and  Duncan,  51:6x100 

W  S  Jose  av.  28:3  n  Elizabeth,  n  25,  etc 

E  Montg'y,  117:6  n  Filbert,  20x56:3 

E  Montg'y.  25  n  Filbert,  25x56:3 

E  Norton  pi,  92:6  n  Filbert,  22:6x56:3  ... 

Ne  Montg'y  and  Filbert.  25x66:3 

E  Montg'y,  60  n  Filbert,  25x56:3 

N  Filbert,  56:3  e  Montg'y,  25x137:6,  for 
public  street 

N  Filbert,  109:6  e  Montg'y,  28x70 


3,000 
1 

2,400 

1 

7,000 

5,000 

1,075 

1,000 

275 

350 

175 

40C 

350 

1 
625 


Monday,  February  12th. 


Wm  F  Gregory  to  L  E  Osgood. . . 
Edw  Norton  to  A  E  Hammond  .. 
JasE  McGinn  to  Alen  McGinn  . . 
Ralph  Kirkharn  to  Jno  Carroll... 
J  Harrington  to  Adolph  Leveque. 

Aimer  Doble  to  M  Morrissey 

E  Bowling  to  Maria  O'Connell... 

J  Bruckner  to  J  Bruckner,  Jr 

Same  to  Flora  Bruckner 

M  Dore  to  Mary  MacC'reUisb 


Jas  Cricbton  to  Wm  McKenzie... 

Ellen  Cosprovc  to  M  A  L  Whittle 
Geo  Edwards  10  Ellen  Oosgrove.. 
A  Redding  to  Calh  Redding 


Lot  41,Halevand  O'Nei!  Tract 

E  Montg'y.  97:6  n  Filbert,  20x56:3 

E  Morrell  PI,  91:6  n  Pacific,  22x58:6  .... 

Swlih,  137:6 nw  Harrison,  22:6x89 

Lot  602,  Gift  Map  1 

Com  80  n  Sac'to,  and  125w  Polk, 25x47:6 

S  Jessie,  16S  ne  5th,  32x70 

Lo's  2  and  3,  blk  57,  City  Land  Ass'n... 

Und  H  sw  Noe  and  19lh,  56x86 

Sw  Pine  and  Mason,  w  137:6x137:6;  also, 
s  California,  213  w  Montgomery,  w 
25x102:6 

Ne  cor  Howard  st  and  Howard  Court,  n 
75,  etc,  subject  to  mortgage 

W  Sherman.  149  n  19th,  66x125 

S  Clipper,  220  e  Diamond,  100x114 

S  Capp,210n  10th,  30x127:6 


I  200 
250 
2 
5 
75 
1 
2,700 


10 

1,500 

1,3110 
1 ,11(10 
Gift 


Tuesday,  February  13th. 


A  E  Head  to  Rebecea  H  Head 

Wm  H  Farvvell  to  W  J  Guun 

Wm  Wissing  to  Casper  Becker 

Henry  B  Piatt  to  Jas  Brooks 

Sani'l  T  Curtis  to  Maurice  Dore. . 
Maria  de  Laveaga  to  C  G  Mason.. 

Frank  Tilfordto  S  MMezeB 


Same  to  S  L  Johnson 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to  Philip  Fraher  ... 
C  de  St  Germain  to  T  St  Germain 

J  M  Mansfield  to  H  Liebes 

Wm  Hale  to  same 

Sanre  to  J  M  Mansfield 

Wm  G  Marcy  to  H  Scbussler 

Thos  O'Dea  lo  J  D  N  Loltge 


Nw  Taylor  and  Sac'to,  120x229:2 

Nw27th  and  Noe.  80x114 

Lots  1  to  4,  blk  12,  Fairmount 

Sundry  properties  in  various  p'ts  of  city 

S  Cal'a,  137:6  w  Jones,  68:9x132:6 

Nw  Market,  131:2  sw  Ellis,  sw  27:1!;,  n 

92:5^  to  Ellis,  etc 

Und  1-16  n  Pine,  137:6  e  Stockton,  137:6x 

137:6;  also,  com  at  a  pt  147:6  fr  Cal,  etc 

S  Cal'a,  177:3  w  Dupont,  29x120 

S  Day,  30  w  Church.  25x114 

Sundry  properties  in  various  p'ts  of  city 

Nw  Pine  and  Octavia,  137:6x137:6 

Same 

Same * 

N  Eddy,  27:6  w*Octavia,  27:6x120 

N  Church,  200  w  Dupont,  20x75 


Gift 

770 

500 

5,000 

5 

72,500 

5 

5 

375 

1,700 


5,500 
1,050 


Wednesday,  February  14th. 


Geo  Kennedy  to  Hor  P.  Fletcher. . 
Edw  Norton  to  Thos  Mclneruey. . . 
Eliza  Cleveland  to  J  S  Alemany.. . 

H  and  E  Cleveland  to  Same 

W  W  Davisjr  to  Thos  V  O'Brien. 

Thos  Palmer  to  James  Palmer 

Patk  HenneaBcy  to  Geo  Me  .rns... 
Geo  Edwards  to  W  S  Edwards — 
W  N  Hawley  fo  1st  Con'ga'l  Socy. 

Jos  Mansur  to  Jno  D  Hooker 

Michl  S  Griflin  to  Jas  Gilleece 

Chas  lleise  to  Wm  J  F  Oellrich... 

SametoTEH  Oelrich 

Susan  Murphy  to  August  Locwe... 

Wm  Hollis  to  Livay  Hansen 

M  Atkinson  to  Margt  MiGinney. . 
Robt  Wilson  to  Mchl  Cunningham 
Wm  Truhling  to  Jas  Kaiser 


Se  Pine  and  Broderick,  E  23x92 

E  Norton  PI,  115  N  Filbert.  N  22  6x137.6 
S  Tyler,  137.6  W  Steiner,  W  137.6x137. ( 

Same 

S  Liberty,  181.6  W  Guerrero,  W  30x114. 

subj  to  mortgage  for  $800 

S  Stevenson.  125  SW  7lh,  SW  50x75  .... 
Lots  land  5  blk  15,  West  End  Mapl.... 

S  Clipper,  160  E  Diamond,  E  60x113 

Se  Post  and  Mason,  S  137.6x110 

S  Sncto,  156.3  W  Filmore,  W  50x132.6.. 
W  Baker,  137.6 N  Geary, S  30x137.6.... 
W  Biedemau.lOOS  O'Farrcll,  S  25x90.. 
W  Biedeman,  25  S  O'Farrell,  S  25x90... 

Lot  59,  blk  26,  Fairmount  Hd 

N  O'Farrell,  25  E  Broderick,  E  82.6x92.6 
N  McAllister,  100  E  Octavia,  E  50x137.6. 

N  Haocock,  155  E  Noe,  E  50x114 

E  Reed,  68.9  S  Green,  S  34.4>fx46.6 


210 
5.375 
5,375 
1,600 

100 

600 

10 

4,000 

2,000 

725 

725 

500 

l,2.-.(l 

8,000 

850 

61 0 


Odd  Fell  Cem  Ass'n  to  E  Morton. .iLot  23,  Ahou  Ben  Adhera,  Sec  Plot  2... 
W  J  Gnnn  to  Alice  A  O'Donnell..  E  Dcvisadero.  125  N  Ellis,  N  50xe0. .  . . 
City  and  Co  of  S  F  to  P  Deagan...|W  San  Jose  ave,  112 N  26th,  N  52.6,  W 

I    192.3,  Sw  25.1,  S  48.8,  E  60.3,  F  12  E,. 

162.6 

Geo  F  Baker  to  Edw  Norton IE  Central  ave,  44.10&,  S  Post,  E  35.11,  S 

I     71,  W25.4,  N79  2hS 

Cath  Powell  to  Edw  Gratton E  Mission   25  N  Powell  ave,  N  50x100. 

Sol  Goldberg  to  Jno  Hanley |Ne  Downey,  181  Se  Bryant,  Se  36x80—. 

100vl38,  to  correct  error  in  former  ... 

deed 

Wm  Norris  to  Jas  Mclnerney.....  !W  Noe,  195  N  19th, N  85x185 

Nancy  Payne  to  Sarah  L  Hall ISe  Clay  and  Jones,  E  68.3x50  -50vs26.. 

Jas  F  LoubattoE  J  de  st  Marina. ,'Sw  Commercial  and  Front,  W  80x60... 

Tide  Land  Commrs  to  E  R  Harris.  ILots  8  toll,  blk  577,  Tide  Lands 

ER  Harris  to  Wm  K  Sloan Same :... 

Etlw  Norton  to  Alice  C  Mordecai..  |E  Montgy,  75  N  Filbert,  N  83.6x56.3. .. 


Geo  McWilliams  to  J  Wilkinson. 

Wm  Hollis  lo  Rosalie  Lewis.... 

Mary  Bannon  to  Hugh  Baunon  . 

Wm  Hollis  to  D  McKinley 

E  Norton  to  Jeremiah  Scnlley  .. 

Jas  Greeley  to  W  J  Gnnn 

P  R  Schmidt  to  M  Godley 


W  Prospect  ave,  23.4  N  Lizzie,  N  5 
79 

N  Geary,  137.6  W  Buchanan,  W  27.6x.. 
137.6 

W  Joice,  117:6  s  Cal'n,  20x53 

N  Gearv,  165  e  Webster,  27:6x137:6 
N  Filbert,  109:6  e  Montg'y,  28:3x70.... 

Lots  14  to  17,  blk  29,  R  R  Av  H'd 

N  Sac'to,  137:6  o  Franklin,  44xl27:8!-.i  . 


*      67 
2,100 


I   7,000 

210 
2,310 


600 
1 
46,000 
431 
450 
350 

350 

7,057 

Gift 

7,552 

510 

15 

15,000 


[PERMAXEXT      AnVERTlSEJlEXTS.] 

A    ROGTTE'S    RETROSPECT. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune,  June  6,  1849.] 
"  Lorinsr  Pickering, ^  late  editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union,  absconded  recently, 
"  leaving,  it  is  said,  many  of  his  friends  in  the  lurch  for  large  amounts.  On  the  25th 
"  ult.  a  warrant  was  issued  for  his  arrest  on  a  charge  of  forgery,  preferred  by  Samuel 
"  Treat,  Esq.  Officers  were  immediately  sent  up  the  Missouri'  in  pursuit  of  him,  aa 
"  it  was  supposed  he  had  started  for  California. — Philadelphia  Bulletin" 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune.  Jane  10.  1849.1 

"Arrest  of  Pickering:,  late  Editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union. — Subse- 
"  quent  accounts  do  not  entirely  confirm  the  reports  hitherto  received.  It  is  now 
"  stated,  by  those  who  ought  to  know,  that  Pickering  was  arrested  in  St.  Josepb  by 
"  Messrs.  Treat  &  Krumrun,  and  subsequently  committed  to  the  custody  of  the 
"  Sheriff,  or  one  of  his  deputies,  of  Buchanan  County.  While  in  custody  he  found 
"  means  to  escape,  and  made  off  to  parts  unknown.  The  party  in  pursuit  of  him,  it 
"  is  said,  only  succeeded  in  obtaining  $700  from  him,  and  no  other  property  or  notes. 
"  Those  in  pursuit,  we  are  told,  were  not  prepared  with  any  authority  to  follow  him 
"  beyond  the  limits  of  the  State. — St.  Louis  Tte2)ublican,  \Qth. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune,  June  20,  1849.1 
"  The  Absctuatulator. — Information  was  received  from  St.  Joseph  yesterday 
"that  Messrs.  Krumrun  &  Treat  came  up  with  Pickering  at  that  place;  that  tbey 
"  compounded  with  bim  for  his  offenses  by  receiving  some  S750  in  money  and  about 
"S4.000  in  notes  of  hand,  etc.,  and  then  let  him  go.  When  the  boat  left  he  was  fit- 
"  ting  out  for  California,  and  they  were  returning  by  easy  stages  to  St.  Louis.—  St. 
"Louis Republican,  9ih. 

("The  above  named  Loring  Pickering  is  now  one  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  San 
Francisco  Daily  Evening  HuUelin  and  Morning  Call,  two  papers  published  in 
this  city.] 

CENTENNIAL    SURGERY. 
The  following"  liniment  was  prescribed  for  a  broken  thigh-bone  by — 

Da.  Fish Oakland.      |     Dr.  Babcocr  —  State  Medical  Examiner. 

Dr.  A.  F.  Sawyer San  Francisco  : 

Chloroform 2  oz.      I      Tinct:  Camphor 2  oz. 

Tinct :  Arnica  ('.') 2  oz.      |      01  :  Origamim  (':) 1  oz. 

01  :  Olive 1  oz.  M. 

Ft  Liniment— Sign — Apply  with  friction  two  or  three  times  a  day. 
Use  the  above  for  two  months,  and,  if  it  should  not  produce  the  effect  desired,  use 
t  on  your  boots. ■  THE  VICTIM. 

Is  it  Repudiation  P— -For  the  State  of  California  to  issue  bonds,  neglect  to  pro- 
vide for  their  redemption  at  maturity,  refuse  payment  and  then  deny  the  holders  the 
right  of  trial  in  her  own  Courts. 


T 


PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPAHY. 
he    Company's   steamers  will   sail    as  follows    at  12  M. : 

CITY  OF  TOKJO,  March  1st,  for  YOKOHAMA  and  HONGKONG. 

CHINA,  March  1st,  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  calling  at  ACAPULCO,  SAN 
JOS  IS  DE  GUATEMALA  and  PTJNTA  ARENAS.  Tickets  to  and  from  Europe  by  any 
line  for  sale. 

CITY  OF  SYDNEY,  February  28th,  at  12  o'clock,  noon,  or  on  arrival  of  the  En- 
glish mails,  for  HONOLULU,  KANDAVAU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT 
CHALMERS.    To  Sydney  or  Auckland— Upper  Saloon,  $210;  Luwer  Saloon,  $200. 

CITY  OF  PANAMA,  March  1st,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TOWNSEND,  SEATTLE 
and  TACOMA,  connecting'  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for 
PORTLAND,  Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11  A.M.  on  day  of  sailing. 
Fur  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  corner  of  First  and  Brannan  streets. 

February  24.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

FOE    ARIZONA    AND    MEXICAN    PORTS. 

For  Cape  San  I-iicas,  La  Paz,  ftfazatlau,  Gnajmas  and  the 
Colorado  River,   touching  at  Magdalena  Bay,    should  sufficient  inducement 

otfer  —  The  Steamship Master,  will  leave  for  the  above 

porta  on at  12  o'clock  M. ,  from  Folsom-st.  Wharf,  connect- 
ing at  the  Mouth  of  the  Colorado  River  with  the  Steamboats  and  Barges  of  the  Colorado 
Steam  Navigation  Company  for   all  points   on   the  River.       Through  Bills  of  Lading 

will  be  furnished  and  none  others  signed.   Freight  will  be  received  on 

..  No  freight  received  for  Mexican  Ports  after     at  12,  noon,  and  Bills 

of  Lading  for  those  ports  must  be  accompanied  by  Custom  House  and  Consular  Clear- 
ances.    For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 

February  17.  J    BERMINGHAM,  Agent,  10  Market  street. 

OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL  STEAMSHIP    COMPANY, 

1?l or  Japan  and  China,  leave  wharf,  corner  First  and  Bran- 
1      nan  streets,  at  noon,   for  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONGKONG,  connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

OCEANIC January  Kith,  April  17th,  July  17th  and  October  Kith. 

EELGIC February  lGth,  May  16th,  August  16th  and  November  16th. 

GAELIC March  lGth,  June  16th,  September  ISth  and  December  18th. 

Cabin  Plans  on   Exhibition,    and    Passage   Tickets  for  sale  at    No.    4  New  Mont- 
gomery street.     For  Freight,    pplvatthe  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 
GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President.  Dec.  23. 


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No.  6. 


t'rnurlMco  Sews  Letter,  China  Hall,  Calif  or. 

South  side  Merchant  street.  No.  607  to  1115,  Sun  Francisco. 


GOLD  BAR.  -8S0O900  -Silver  Baks-4(5  1."  I',.nt.  disc  Treasury 
Notes  are  selling  at  961.     Buying,  95£.     M     '  an  Dollars,  2  per 
cent.  diac.    Trade  Dollars,  l<gj  1}  pet  cent  disc. 

«*-  Exchange  on  New  York,  i  |ier  cent,  for  Gold  ;  Currency,  4J  per  cent, 
preuiiutu.  On  London,  Bankers,  49}d. ;  Commercial,  49?d.  ;  Paris,  5 
francs  per  dollar.     Telegrams,  ?  per  cent. 

Latest 


104,'. 


«-  Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  March  2d,  at  3  P.M., 
prico  of  Sterling,  483j@485. 

aSF"  Price  of  Money  here,  3@1  per  cent,  per  month — bank  rate.     In  the 
open  market,  IfS  1  \.     Demand  active. 

Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.  ~  New  York,  March 
■M  1877.-  Gold  opened  at!04};  11  A.  M.,at  104§  ;  3  P.M.,  104.?.  United 
States  Bonds  —  Five-twenties  of  1807.  1113  ;  1881,  109}.  Sterling  Ex- 
change. 4  S4v  4  So1,,  short.  Pacific  Mail,  24;.  Wheat,  SI  50(5 1  GO.  West- 
ern fJni IV4I.     Hides,  dry,  21(521},  quiet.     Oil-Sperm,  SI  31(581  32. 

Wint.-r  Bleached.  SI  05  @  1  70.  Whale,  70(575  ;  Winter  Bleached, 
73@86.  Wool -Spring,  fine,  22(5)30  ;  Burry,  12(510;  Pulled,  25@38. 
Fall  Clips,  17(5  22;  Burry,  16®  22.  London,  March  2d.— Liverpool 
Wheat,  .Marked  10s.  Bd.@10s.  8d.  Club,  10s.  8d.@lls.  United  States 
Bonds,  107h.    Consols,  96  5-16. 

Wheat.--  Since  July  1st  we  have  received  from  the  interior  9,775,000 
ctls,  against  5,550,000  ctls  same  period  the  year  previous  (this  is  exclusive 
of  Flour  receipts).  Our  exports  of  Wheat  in  same  time  9,579,000.  ctls  ; 
the  year  previous,  5,237,000  ctls.  We  have  considerable  stock  yet  remain- 
ing in  the  State,  having  at  date  no  less  than  15  ships  on  the  berth  of 
20,612  tons  register.     In  February  22  vessels  cleared  with  Wheat  for  the 


Ctls. 

809,022 

1,699,918 


Value. 
§1,780,716 
15,034,385 


U.  K.,  carrying 

251  vessels  previously  since  July  1st  . 

Total  273  vessels  (1876) 9,508,940  17,415,101 

Total  145  vessels  (1875) 5,230,240  11,570,044 

This  is  exclusive  of  flour  shipments  by  same  vessels.  The  Wheat  market 
is  firm  at  S2  05@S2  15  for  fair  to  choice  lois  Shipping,  the  market  closing 
firm.  

Shipping  Intelligence. — We  have  had  a  dull  week  in  freights  and 
charters,  two  ships  only  taken  to  load  wheat.  The  Rembrandt,  1,414  tons, 
to  Cork  for  orders,  at  .62  4s.,  also  the  ship  Ben  more,  1,530  tons,  Liverpool, 
at  £2  4s.,  for  Liverpool  direct.  We  have  now  in  port  disengaged  25,883 
tons  register,  21  ships.  Some  of  them  will  no  doubt  go  elsewhere  seek- 
ing, rather  than  accept  a  £2  freight  to  a  direct  port  in  the  United 
Kingdom.  The  ship  Valley  Forge,  1,287  tons,  goes  in  ballast  to  Manila 
seeking.  

Beerbohm's  Telegram. —London  and  Liverpool,  March  2d,  1877. — 
Floating  Cargoes,  firmer;  Mark  Lane,  quiet  but  steady;  No.  2  Spring 
Off  Coast,  50s.  6d. ;  do.  for  shipment,  48s.;  California  Olf  Coast,  52s. j  do. 
nearly  due,  52s.  6d. ;  do.  just  shipped,  53s.  0d. ;  English  and  French  Conn- 
try  Markets,  firm  ;  California  Club,  10s.  8d.@lls. ;  do.  average,  10s.  5d.@ 
10s.  8d.;  Red  Western  Spring,  10s.  2d.@10s.  lid;  Liverpool,  dulb 

For  Australasia  and  the  Hawaiian  Islands. —The  P  M.S.  S.  Co.' 
steamship  City  of  Sydney  takes  her  departure  this  day,  carrying  the 
Government  mails.  Barley  and  other  merchandise  of  value.  This,  it  is 
understood,  is  the  last  stoppage  that  the  Colonial  steamers  are  to  make  at 
Honolulu,  or  until  the  Hawaiians  consent  to  pay  the  subsidy  required  for 
carrying  the  Island  mails. 

To  New  York  via  Panama.  —  The  Colima  carried,  via  the  Isthmus: 
Borax,  40,307  lis. ;  Brandy,  1,443 glls.;  Lead,  1,013,032  Bis.,  pig;  Oils,  3,900 
glls,  whale  and  fish;  Wine,  11,547  glls. ;  Hides,  1,734;  Mustard  Seed, 
4,800  Bis.,  etc.,  the  whole  valued  at  $98,363  71. 

Answers  to  Correspondents.  — B.  B:  Send  the  "History"  referred  to. 
Elko  Lies:  You  are  evidently  "  wide  awake,"  but  have  too  much  ref- 
erence to  ladies,  which  we  wish  to  avoid.     Try  again. 


Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  in  this  market  at  98t  buying  and  99i  selling 


Mr.  F.  Alfcar,  No.  8  Clement*  Lane.  Lontlou,  is  antliorlzeu  to 

receive  subscriptions,  advertisements,  communications,  etc.,  for  this  paper, 


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LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT 


A  valuable  and  recently  issued  pamphlet,  describing  the  intended 
new  Nicaragua  canal,  has  just  been  issued  in  Paris,  with  numerous  en- 
graved  and  colored  maps,  accompanied  by  descriptions.  It  has  been  sent 
to  us,  but,  we  regret  to  say,  the  work  has  been  purloined  from  our  office. 
Stolen,  not  strayed,  and  any  one  giving  us  any  information  of  this  pamph- 
let shall  receive  So  reward,  so  that  we  may  give  the  thief  into  the  hands  of 
the  police. 

It  is  with  much  regret  that  we  announce  the  sudden  death  of  Mr. 
Samuel  Hermann,  at  the  age  of  seventy  years.  Mr.  Hermann  came  to 
California  in  its  infancy  as  an  American  State,  and  has  been  an  honored 
citizen  to  the  day  of  his  death. 

For  Hongkong  via  Yokohama.— The  P.  M.  S.  S.  Co.'s  steamer 
City  of  Tokio  sails  this  day  at  noon  for  China  and  Japan,  carrying  sev- 
eral thousand  bbls  of  Flour,  Quicksilver  and  general  cargo. 

Barley  for  Australasia.— The  outgoing  steamer  City  of  Sydney  will 
carry,  it  is  said,  5,000  centals  brewing  barley,  3,000  centals  of  which  is  said 
to  lie  of  the  Chevalier  variety. 

"The  Best  Time  on  Record." — The  British  ship BavXetbury,  hence 
for  Antwerp,  Oct.  29th,  arrived  out  Feb.  5th,  99  days  out,  said  to  be  the 
best  time  on  record. 

Flour  for  Central  American  Ports.  — The  steamer  Colima  carried 
15,900  qr.  sks.  Golden  Gate  and  other  extras;  also,  for  Panama,  700  half 
sks.  and  324  qr.  sks. 

Silver  was  quoted  in  London  yesterday  at  56}d.  per  ounce,    925  fine  ; 
96+  ;  United  States  5  per  cent.  Bonds,  107A,  and  103}  for  4J 


pel- 


Consuls,  96} 

cents. 

The  P.  M.   S.  S.  Co.  's  Steamer  China  sailed  on  the  1st  inst.  for 
Panama  and  way  ports,  carrying  a  miscellaneous  cargo  of  value. 

The  Nevada  Board  reports  sales  of  82,000  Sacramento  City  Bonds  at 
28.',,  and  S20,000  Stockton  City  8  per  cent.  Bonds  at  92. 


The  Liverpool  Wheat  Market  yesterday  was  at  10s.  5d.@10s.  8d. 
for  average  California,  and  10s.  8d.(S)ll8.  for  Club. 

From  Honolulu. —The  schooner  Fannie  Hare  arrived  yesterday  from 
the  Sandwicli  Islands,  with  3,474  packages  sugar. 

Treasure  to  France  via  Panama.  —The  steamer  Colima  carries,  via 
the  Isthmus,  silver  bars  valued  at  S27,850  53. 

Brokers  are  buying  Half  Dollars  at  0@6i  per  cent,  discount,  and  are 
selling  them  at  51@5J  per  cent,  discount. 

The  California  Insurance  Company  has  loaned  S15.000  on  Western 
Addition  Block  400  for  two  years  at  9  i«r  cent. 

Flour  for  Liverpool.—  Starr  &.  Co.  have  cleared  the  ship  Tenby  Castle 
with  20,460  half  sacks,  valued  at  $60,357. 


Quicksilver  for  the  Orient.  -Up  to  this  hour  of  writing  the  City  of 
Tokio  has  on  board  l,245flasks. 

For  Central  America. 
S34.000  gold  coin. 


-The  Colima,  en  route  for  Panama,  carried 


A  lot  of  400  shares  Spring  Valley  Water  will  be  offered  by  auction 
on  Monday. 

The  steamer  George  W.  Elder  will  sail  for  Portland  at  10  a.  m. 
to-day. 

Legal  Tenders  here  are  irregular  at  95?  buying  and  96  selling. 

Business  continues  very  light  at  the  Stuck  Boards. 


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprie^Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  616  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco,  California, 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March   3,   1877. 


LADIES,  DOES  THIS  FIT? 
The  following  article  from,  the  "World,"  a  weekly  paper  which 
is  especially  the  or^an  of  the  English  aristocracy,  seems  just  as  applica- 
ble to  San  Francisco  society  as  to  the  particular  world  of  fashion  for 
which  it  was  originally  indited.  It  is  worthy  of  reprint  in  every  paper 
in  the  land,  and  while  its  censure  is  couched  so  delicately  as  to  offend  no 
one,  its  point  will  hit  the  target  of  the  creme-de-la-creme  wherever  it  is 
read.     The  World  says: 

NAKED,    AND   NOT   ASHAMED. 

Burns's  well-known  aspiration  that  we  might  see  ourselves  as  we 
are  beheld  by  our  neighbors,  and  derive  wisdom  from  the  melancholy 
spectacle,  must  present  itself  forcibly  to  such  thoughtful  members  of  so- 
ciety as  chance  to  find  themselves  in  a  ball-room,  and  have  rather  the  in- 
clination to  observe  and  moralize  than  to  become  themselves  whirling 
members  of  the  giddy  throng.  Every  woman  present  firmly  believes  that 
the  dress  she  has  herself  adopted  is  absolutely  becoming,  however  hideous 
she  may  declare  its  stj'le  to  be  when  exhibited  on  the  persons  of  her 
friends.  And  certainly  the  fashions  now  prevailing  are  not  only  some- 
what startling  to  those  embarrassed  with  any  remnant  of  that  old-world 
commodity  propriety,  but  demand  a  grace  and  beauty  of  figure  very  far 
from  being  general.  Formerly  when  a  lady  was  of  so  generous  a  disposi- 
tion as  to  be  anxious  to  expose  her  charms  to  general  observation,  all  she 
could  do  was  to  cut  her  dress  lower  than  her  neighbors  were  willing  to  do  ; 
but  modern  enlightenment  enables  her  to  progress  far  beyond  this.  To 
say  nothing  of  the  fashion  that  permits  her  to  dispense  altogether  with 
sleeves,  and  to  exhibit  to  the  admiring  gaze  of  men  the  vaccination  marks 
inflicted  in  her  infancy  and  at  any  subsequent  period  of  panic,  or  the  con- 
traction of  skirt  which  impedes  the  freedom  of  her  movements  and  defines 
the  shape  of  her  lower  limbs  as  closely  as  a  damp  bathing-dress,  there  is 
an  institution  known  as  a  'Cuirass  bodice,1  which,  lengthened  far  below 
the  waist,  leaves  not  an  indentation  of  the  female  form  divine  to  the  im- 
agination. It  really  seems  the  ambition  of  each  fashionable  woman  to 
render  her  dress  more  like  a  skin  than  that  of  her  neighbor,  besides  exhib- 
iting as  large  a  portion  of  the  real  flesh  as  can  be  done  without  the  apology 
for  raiment  absolutely  dropping  off. 

Of  course  to  argue  against  all  this  on  the  score  of  decency  and  propri- 
ety would  be  worse  than  useless  ;  for  such  words  and  all  that  the}-  imply 
and  entail  are  absolutely  abhorrent  to  the  fast  woman  whose  greatest  am- 
bition is  to  look  like  third-rate  burlesque  actresses  ;  but  they  may  perhaps 
not  be  impervious  to  the  suggestion  that  such  dressing'  excites  in  the  men 
it  is  designed  especially  to  captivate  a  feeling  very  far  indeed  from  ad- 
miration. However  much  men  may  admire  actresses  and  applaud  their 
most  daring  approaches  to  absolute  nudity,  there  is  not  one.  even  of  the 
fastest  among  them,  who  likes  to  see  the  same  style  imported  into  the  so- 
ciety of  which  his  mother  and  his  sisters  are  members.  He  has  not  yet 
come  to  regard  those  who  from  their  position,  even  if  not  from  their  man- 
ners, are  supposed  to  be  ladies  precisely  in  the  same  light  as  the  coryphees 
of  the  ballet;  and  a  woman  who,  while  professing  to  be  dressed, 
stands  with  every  line  and  every  crease  of  her  form  distinctly  revealed  is 
not  to  him  an  attractive  object ;  he  would  prefer  a  little  of  the  mystery 
it  seems  the  chief  endeavor  of  the  women  of  the  day  utterly  to  discard. 
Besides  this,  all  follow  the  fashion  like  a  flock  of  unreasoning  sheep  ;  the 
woman  whose  every  bone  stands  out  in  bold  relief  cuts  her  dress  as  low 
as  does  her  plump  sister,  and  resembles  nothing  so  much  as  a  carefully  ar- 
ticulated skeleton ;  the  portly  matron  wears  her  cuirass  as  long  and  as 
tight,  and  ties  her  skirt  round  her  as  closely,  as  does  her  slender  daugh- 
ter, imagining  fondly,  but  vainly,  that  she  presents  a  precisely  similar 
appearance  ;  while  all  are  alike  careless  of  the  undoubted  fact  that  the 
portion  of  the  arm  between  the  elbow  and  the  shoulder  is  the  least  beau- 
tiful part  of  that  member,  being  generally  either  too  thin  or  too  stout, 
and  not  seldom  extremely  red.  Few  things  are  more  unlovely  than  a  thin 
skinny  arm  unveiled  by  tulle  or  sheltering  amenity  of  any  sort,  issuing 
hard  and  severe  from  the  tiny  shoulder-strap  that  alone  withholds  the  in- 
delicately low  cuirass  from  absolute  collapse.  A  woman  who  exhibited 
some  great  natural  beauty  might  find  admirers,  even  though  the  admira- 
tion might  be  largely  mingled  with  reprobation ;  but  either  the  wo- 
men of  the  day,  blinded  by  vanity,  conceive  themselves  to  be  gifted  with 
faultless  forms,  or  they  have  read,  without  comprehending,  the  story  of 
Phryne,  and  believe  the  fascination  to  have  lain  in  the  exposure  rather 
than  in  the  rare  and  startling  beauty  disclosed. 

Naturally  enough  the  freedom  of  ball-room  dress  has  also  extended  to 
ball-room  manners,  and  those  who  from  any  cause,  such  as  absence  from 
England,  have  not  for  two  or  three  years  joined  the  festive  throng,  will 
on  their  return  to  the  scene  feel  somewhat  startled  at  the  changes  they 
will  find.  The  ladies  lean  on  their  partner's  shoulders  in  a  manner  which 
would  formerly  have  been  thought  suggestive  of  dancing  salons  of  far 
from  good  repute,  and  leave  there,  if  the  gentlemen  may  be  credited,  dis- 
tinct traces  of  the  foreign  substances  with  which  they  have  sought  to 
render  themselves  'beautiful  forever.'  Strange  modes  of  dancing,  too, 
have  been  introduced,  endowed  if  possible  with  even  stranger  names  ;  the 
old-fashioned  valse  with  its  graceful  gliding  movement  is  almost  a  thing 
of  the  past,  having  given  way  to  such  twirls  and  springs  as  are  known  as 
tin-  ' Manchester  Swing,'  the  '  Boston  Drop-step,'  the  '  Liverpool  Lurch,' 
and  many  more.  Of  course,  if  the  dancers  like  the  polka,  there  is  no 
reason  why  it  should  not  be  revived;  but  surely  quiet  members  of  the 
community  may  protest  against  the  loud  stamp  with  which  si.me  of  the 
gentlemen  think  it  necessary  to  enliven  their  performance,  and  which  is 
suggestive  rather  of  a  clog-dance  or  theatrical  hornpipe  than  of  the  grace- 
ful refinement  of  private  life.  Can  anything  either  be  conceived  more 
idiotic  than  the  innovation  introduced  into  the  third  figure  of  the  Lan- 
cers, where  the  gentlemen,  linking  their  arms  together,  go  through  a  per- 
formance more  suggestive  of  Ojibbeway  Indians  setting  out  on  the  war- 
path than  of  civilized  beings  in  the  nineteenth  century? 

All  these  may  be  called  small  and  insignificant  matters,  but  like  straws 
they  show  the  force  of  the  current,  and  indicate  as  marked  a  declension 
in  manners  as  the  style  of  dress  does  in  morals.  Of  course  many  women, 
especially  very  young  ones,  put  on  their  dresses  because  it  is  the  fashion, 
and  really  do  not  consider  either  the  indecency  or  the  suggestiveness  of 
their  appearance ;  but  it  is  otherwise  with  many,  and  especially  with  those 
who  are  responsible  for  setting  the  fashions  of  the  day.  At  present  a 
ball-room  forcibly  suggests  a  number  of  actresses  rehearsing  the  toilettes 
of  Orpkce  aux  Enfers,  or  some  equally  decollete  piece,  excepting  indeed 
that  it  has  not  yet  become  the  fashion  to  exhibit  the  ankles,  and  that  in- 


terminable trains  still  survive  to  entangle  and  trip  up  the  footsteps  of  the 
unwary.  Many  and  grievous  are  the  falls  consequent  thereon,  and  in 
these  days  when  a  lady  falls  her  skirts  are  far  too  closely  swathed  around 
her  for  it  to  be  possible  for  her  to  rise  unassisted.  So  she  remains  in  any 
position,  graceful  or  the  revei'se,  in  which  she  may  happen  to  fall,  until 
help  arrives,  her  partner  not  unfrequently  being  more  occupied  in  lament- 
ing his  bruises  and  anathematizing  the  delinquent  train  than  in  helping 
her  to  recover  herself.  Certainly  if  a  little  of  the  redundant  drapery 
that  floats  uselessly  on  the  floor  could  be  judiciously  applied  to  other  por- 
tions of  the  costume,  comfort,  decency,  and  appearance  would  all  profit 
immensely  thereby. 


SAVINGS    AND    LOAN. 


C0LLAT££AL    LOAN    AND    SAVINGS  BANK,    CORNER    POST   AND 
KEARNY    STREE1S,   SAN    FRANCISCO. 

Incorporated  Under  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  California. 


President J.  S.  SPEAR,  JR 

Vice-President ROB'T  STEVENSON. 


Secretary F.  S.  CARTER. 

Appraiser GEO.  O.  ECKER. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  loan  money  upon  collateral  secu- 
rities, such  as  bonds.  Stocks,  Savings  Lank  Books,  Diamonds,  Warehouse   Re- 
ceipts, etc.,  at  from  1£  to  4  per  cent  per  mouth.     The  Rank  will  also  receive  Term 
Deposits,  and  allow  the  following  rates  of  interest :    Term  Deposits  of  six  months, 
1  per  cent,  per  month  ;  Twelve  months,  1J  per  cent,  per  month. 
November  4. F.  S.  GARTER,  Secretary. 

GSRMiN    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 

Guarantee  Capital  8200,000.— Office  526  California  street, 
North  side,  between  Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets.  Office  hours,  from  9  a.M 
to  3  p.m.     Extra  hour  on  Saturdays  from  7  to  S  P.M,  for  receiving  of  Deposits  only 
Loans  made  on  Real  Estate  and  other  collateral  securities,  at  current  rates  of  interest. 
President L.  GOTTIG.  |  Secretary GEO.  LETTE. 

DIRF.CTORS. 

F.  Roeding,  H.  Schmieden,  Chas.  Kohler,  Ed.  Kruse,  Dan.  Meyer,  George  H.  Eg- 

gers,  P.  Spreckles,  N.  Van  Bergen.  Feb.  1. 

MARKET     STREET     BANK     OF     SAVINGS, 

634  Market  St.,  Opposite  Palace  Hotel. 

President. THOMAS  B.  LEWIS. 

Secretary W.  E.  LATSON. 

Interest  allowed  on  all  deposits  remaining  in  Bank  over 
thirty  days.  Interest  on  term  deposits,  12  per  cent,  per  annum.  Deposits  re- 
ceived from  one  dollar  upward.  No  charge  for  Bank  Book.  On  receipt  of  remit- 
tances from  the  interior,  Bank  Books  or  Certificates  of  Deposit  will  be  forwarded  or 
delivered  to  agent.     Bank  open  on  Saturdays  till  0  o'clock  p.m.  October  2S. 

SAN    FRANCISCO    SAVINGS    UNION, 
California  street,  corner  Webb.      Capital    and    Re- 

,^£-  serve,  §231,000.  Deposits,  $6,919,000.  Diiiectors:  James  de  Fremery, 
President ;  Albert  Miller,  Vice-President ;  C.  Adolphe  Low,  D.  J.  Oliver,  Charles 
Baum,  Charles  Pace,  Washington  Bartlctt,  A.  Campbell,  Sen.,  George  C.  Potter; 
Cashier,  Lovell  White.  Dividends  for  two  years  past  have  been  7}  and  !i  per  cent,  re- 
spectively, on  ordinary  and  term  deposits.  Dividends  are  payable  semi-anmiLilly,  in 
January  and  July.  Money  loaned  on  real  estate  and  on  United  States  Bonds,  or 
equivalent  securities.  October  30. 

PIONEER  LAND  AND  L0  4.N  BANK  0?  SAVINGS  AND  DEPOSIT. 

Sontheast  corner  California  and  Montgomery  streets,  Safe 
Deposit  Block.  Incorporated  18tS9.  Guarantee  Fund,  §200,000.  Dividend  No. 
105  payable  on  March  5th.  Ordinary  deposits  receive  9  per  cent.  Term  de- 
posits receive  12  per  cent.  This  incorporation  is  in  its  ninth  year,  and  refer!  to 
over  5,700  depositors  for  its  successful  and  economieal  management. 

H.  KOFAHL,  Cashier. 
Tnos.  Gray,  President.       J.  C.  Du.ncax,  Secretary.  March  27 

MAS3NIC    SAVINGS    AND    I0AN    BANK, 

No.  6  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco,  Cal.--- 
Moneys  received  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits  ;  dividends  paid  semi- 
aunually  ;  loans  made  on  approved  security.  This  bank  solicits  the  patronage  of  all 
persons.  [March  25. J  H  T.  GRAVES,  Secretary. 

SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK —GUARANTEE  CAPITAL,  5300,000. 

Officers:  President,  John  Parrott;  Vice-President,  Jerome 
Lincoln  ;  Secretary,  W.  S.  Jones  ;  Attorney,  Sidney  V.  Smith."  Loans  made  on 
Real  Estate  aud  other  Approved  Securities.  Office  :  No.  215  Sansome  street,  San 
Francisco. Oct.  14. 

FRENCH    SAVINGS'   AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 
Bush  street,  above  Kearny,  0.  Mane,  Director.  Loans 

made  on  real  estate  and  other  collateral  securities  at  current  rates  of 


532 


411 

interest. 


SAFE    DEPOSIT    COMPANY,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO, 

S.  E.  Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Sts. 

CAPITAL 92,000.000. 

Tbis  Company  is  now  open  for  therentiiig  of  vaults  and  the 
transaction  of  all  business  connected  with  a  Safe  Depository.  Pamphlets  giving 
full  information  and  rates  can  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the*  Company.  Hours, 
from  Sa.ii.  to  0  r.ai. September  IS. 

SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD, 

NO  XT  TERN    D.  VIS  [ON. 

Excursion  Season,  lS77---Tlie  Southern  Pacific  Railroad 
Company  res  peel  fully  calls  the  attention  of  Military  Companies,  Sunday 
Schools,  Societies,  Private  Parties,  etc.,  to  the  Superior  Facilities  afforded  by  their 
Line  for  Reaching  with  Speed,  Safety  and  Comfort,  the  most  popular  Pleasure  Grounds 
in  the  State,  including  those  well  known  retreats,  Belmont,  Redwood,  Menlo  Park, 
Santa  Clara,  San  Jose,  etc.  For  rates,  terms  and  other  information,  apply  at  Room 
34  Railroad  Building,  corner  of  Fourth  and  Townsend  streets. 

A.  0.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  WiLLcrrr,  General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent.  Feb.  17. 

N0TICE-A.    NEW    FEATURE. 

To  Principals  of  "Young-  Ladies''  Seminaries,  Boarding- 
Schools  and  Colleges— MR.  PETER  JOB,  the  San  Francisco  Pioneer  French 
Chief  Cook  and  Confectioner,  well  known  as  a  first-class  Caterer  and  Cook,  having 
kept  in  this  cit>  the  best  Restaurant  and  Ice-Cream  Saloou  for  the  last  twenty  years, 
offers  his  services  as  a  Teacher  of  the  Culinary  Art;  also,  Fancy  Dishes  and  Pastry. 
To  those  wishing  to  form  a  class,  arrangements  could  easily  be  made  at  terms,  by 
sending  names  and  address  to  PETER  JOB, 

No.  2.^10  California  street,  San  Francisco. 
No  objection  to  go  out  of  the  city.     New  York,    London  and  Paris  have  suoh 
classes  for  ladies.  Feb.  IT. 


Marota  :i,    L877. 


CALIFORK1  V     Al>\  ERTISER. 


8 


OUR     LONDON     AND     PARIS    LETTER. 

—  r.k  a.  \m. 

[We  have  beeu  compelled  tb.ii  week   I 
■ 
want  ol  not   permit  the  original  and  vwy  interesting  ' 

The  rain  is  over    and  th<  with  it.    The  rain  baa  been  re- 

placed with  f",->*.  and  I  il<>  not  know  which  the  mass  of  people  in  London 

l"l      .     li:i',  Oft] 

the  ooontry  good,  that  it  makes  the  turnipa  prow,  that  turnips  grow  all 
tr  round,  and  tlmt  agricull  [ways  ready  to   wi 

i  It  may  be  a  mistake  and  :i  nuisance  in  London!     But 
a  fog   is  ol  uo  use  to  a  single  bou]  ■■ .  I        Link-boys,  and 

perfaaps  they  could  do  without  it.     It  seta  everybody  sneezing,  shouting, 
or  swearing    the   last  most  ■•["  all,   1   am  Borry  to  Bay,  and  1  know  of  no 
phvsioal  use  to  ;i  fog  to  a  it  off  its  mora]  vexations,     lint  I  hope  we  b  1 1 
seen  the  worst  of  the  winter. 

it  is  a  splendid  triumph  for  Turkish  diplomacy.     Uidhat  Pasha,  sin- 

t'lehan.  If.i,  has  foiled  all  Europe,  not,  perhaps,  because  be  is  astuter  than 

!  [gnatiefl  and  the  rest,  but  because  he  knows  that,  anxious  as 

ee    the   lot  "I  tlie    <  'hristiaus    improved,  there  is  unly 

oue  Power  that  will  li-ht   t<>  improve  their  condition,  and  that  the  only 

Power  which  has  war  in  her  heart    is  not  prepared  for  war.      1  mean  Kius- 

sia,  of  course.     The  Turkish  Constitution  concedes  to  us  all  that  we  have 
uod  that  Constitution  is  the  triumph  of  imr  diplomacy.    But  the 

Turks  have  drawn  a  sharp  distinction    between  what    England  has  asked 

and  v.  hat  Russia  has  demanded  under  threat  of  war.  It  was  not  a  Con- 
stitution that  the  Russians  wanted  It  was  a  province,  or,  as  they  prefer 
to  call  it,  a  materia]  guarantee,  and  that  the  Turks  refuse,  refuse  in  every 
form,  refuse  even  in  the  form  pf  an  International  ( 'omndssion  to  assist 
tin   Turkish  VaJifl  in  the  administration  of  their  nrovnces. 

The  onlv  people  who  are  grieving  over  the  collapse  of  the  Conference 
are  the  Military  ami  Xaval  Men,  and  the  Special  Correspondents  of  the 
newspapers.  A  Special  Correspondent  who  has  once  lived  in  camp  al- 
ways  wants  to  live  in  camp,  always  wants  to  be  sending  off  sensational 
telegrams,  scribbling  sensational  letters,  riding  out  with  troops  on  forlorn 
and  earning  Iron  Crosses,  votes  of  thanks,  and  handsome  cheques. 
Tlii'  Boldiersand  sailors  are  eating  their  hearts  out  for  something  to  do, 
and  if  the  Conference  ended  in  failure  they  promised  themselves  a  little 
active  service,  a  rapid  flow  of  promotion,  a  Qazetti  now  and  then,  perhaps 
one  all  to  themselves,  and  vet  now  the  wordgoes  round  that  there  is  to  be 
no  lighting.  It  is  a  great  disappointment  to  many  of  them,  and  perhaps 
a  still  greater  disappointment  to  those  who  have  been  promising  them- 
service  with  the  Turk.  Valentine  Baker  is  one  of  these.  Don 
Carl. >s  is  another  ;  Colonel  Home  a  third.  But  these  are  only  the  most 
conspicuous  of  the  soldiers  of  fortune  who  are  wanting  to  hang  a  Turkish 
sword  at  their  side,  and  to  take  their  chance  of  a  Russian  bullet.  Con- 
stantinople is  full  tif  them  ;  and  there  are  scores  here  who  at  the  first  sig- 
nal i  if  war  would  have  packed  up  a  clean  shirt  and  a  tooth  brush  and  been 
off  by  the  first  train  from  Charing  Cross  to  the  Golden  Horn. 

There  are  836  journals  and  periodicals  published  in  Paris,  of  this  num- 
ber fifty-one  are  published  daily,  and  are  exclusively  devoted  to  politics. 
Imagine  the  punishment  of  the  editor  who  has  to  wade  through  all  that 
matter;  there  are  forty-nine  journals  devoted  to  religion;  sixty-six  to 
jurisprudence  ;  eighty-live  to  political  econoui}*  and  commerce  ;  twenty 
to  geography  and  history;  twenty  to  public  education  ;  fifty-two  to  liter- 
ature; fifteen  to  fine  arts  ;  sixty-five  to  fashions  ;  three  to  hair  dressers; 
seventy-seven  to  divers  industries  ;  seventy-four  to  medicine;  forty-three 
to  science,  etc.  There  can  be  no  doubt  many  of  these  publications  do 
double  duty  ;  in  any  case  about  one-fourth  only  of  the  total  are  serious, 
and  not  one-fifth  of  them  pay.  France  beats  America  in  a  sense  in  start- 
in  g  papers. 

There  is  a  war  taking  place  respecting  the  rebuilding  of  the  Tuilleries. 
The  best  idea  broached  is  to  convert  the  building  into  a  central  postal  and 
telegraphic  office.  Long  ago  an  American  proposed  to  erect  a  cosmopoli- 
tan hotel  on  the  ruins,  agreeing  to  go  halves  in  the  profits  with  the  govern- 
ment. 

General  Tchernaieff  is  within  our  walls.  What  can  you  expect  from 
Parisians,  blase  with  ruonarch3  retired  from  business,  or  driven  from  it,  or 
never  called  to  any.  Louis  Philippe  II.  is  a  colonel  of  yeoman  cavalry, 
ami  exercises  his  vote  of  manhood  suffrage  just  like  his  valet.  Ex-Fran- 
cois of  Spain  smokes  his  cigar  and  takes  his  "  bitters"  on  the  Boulevards, 
and  ex-Bumba  "whittles  "  occasionally  on  a  seat  in  the  B013  de  Vincennes. 
The  ex-General,  being  an  editor  and  a  theatrical  critic,  has  naturally  vis- 
ited the  newspaper  offices  and  plays.  He  is  about  fifty  years  of  age, 
looks  more  a  fighting  soldier  than  a  bellicose  editor.  His  arrival  is  a  god- 
send for  the  printshops  with  old  photographs  of  any  military  man  ;  all 
that  is  necessary  is  to  call  the  carte  Tchernaieff,  and  cry  it  for  "  five 
sous  ;  only  twenty-five  centimes,  Messieurs  and  Mesdames."  The  repre- 
sentative Russians  keep  aloof  from  him. 

I  hope  the  end  of  the  Eastern  Question  will  not  interfere  with  the  sale 
of  Kinglake's  Cabinet  Edition  of  his  History  of  the  Crimean  War.  It 
outfit  to  have  been  published  six  months  ago,  and  then  it  might  have  had 
a  tremendous  run.  It  is  said  to  be  selling  in  Russia  in  large  numbers, 
and  I  hope  it  is,  for  Mr.  Kinglake  has  never  yet  received  anything  like 
the  profits  from  his  work  that  he  ought  to  have  received.  He  has  put  his 
heart  and  soul  into  the  work,  spent  years  and  years  upon  it,  and  it  is 
perhaps  the  most  conscientiously  written  book  that  has  made  its  appea- 
ance  in  our  own  time.  Yet  I  know  a  novelist  who  turns  out  a  story 
every  three  months,  and  makes  out  of  these  light  o'  love  trifles  two  or 
three  times  what  Eothen  will  make  out  of  his  history.  He  has  written 
the  greatest  historical  work  of  our  day,  and  he  is  a  poor  man. 

Talking  of  Literature,  I  am  reminded  of  the  death  of  Lord  Milton,  the 
heir  of  the  Fitzwilliam  estates,  a  young  man  who  made  a  great  hit  with 
a  book  a  few  years  ago  describing  his  journey  with  Dr.  Cheadle  across 
the  Rocky  Mountains.  It  was  a  terrible  jouruey,  a  journey  that  even 
startled  the  Yankees,  and  not  the  least  surprising  thing  about  it  is  that 
the  Doctor  or  his  companion  returned  to  tell  the  tale.  You  would  never 
have  thought,  to  look  at  Lord  Milton,  that  he  had  anything  of  the  hero 
in  him.  He  was  a  thin,  spare  youth,  with  a  clean-shaven  face,  and  in 
public  without  a  couple  of  words  to  say.  Yet  he  dug  out  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains  the  gold  with  which  he  fashioned  his  bride's  ring  on  his  return 
home,  and  the  reputation  made  by  his  account  of  his  travels  was  enough 
to  carry  him  through  a  severe  Parliamentary  contest  in  Yorkshire  without 


his  once  opening  In  **haJ  hi-  polltii    I  n 

cold  traverses  continent  that  bad,  till  then,  never  been 
cept  I".  I  Indians  and  trappers;  but  In-  could  no)  m 


:   I  Dulhuu  and   I 
and  I  believe  "<•■   Yorkshire  men  put  him  at  the  top  of 
thonole   *■•  mark  their  contempt  for  eloquence,  and  tl  tion  of 

His  son.  the  heir  of  all  the  FitiwilUam  a  child 

old. 

■  ■■■/  and  the  h  ■      :■  relnl 

The  Pi  .  rtunoa  nut  of  them  :  they 

al  the  in  ■!,,   |  poii  t  it  la  ;  reach  in  circul 

vertia  tmenl  -  ;  and  you  may  buy  them  if  you  have  the  money.     1  I        I 
suspect,  i*  th"  diffl  nky.    The  prii  inle  of  an  En- 

glish county;  but,  Mr.  Jotmston and    Mr.  Uevj  are  personalij  M  ; 
counl  in  tin-  politics  i  I  this  country  than  the  smallest  mm  in  the  House 

"I  Cm ons.     It   i     a  very  ourioua  fact  that;  but  it  a  a  fact     Society 

doee  aol  open  its  doors  in  wealth,  when  it  is  only  wealth,  and  the  House 

ol    Commons  cannot  relish  the  tin  night  of   recognizing  in  the  Propi  ietor  of 

a  London  newspaper  a  man  who  can  make  or  mar  their  reputations,   They 
give  him   th.-  cold  shoulder.     Even   Mr.  Walter,  the    Proprietor  of  the 

Times,    is    not    popular    at  St.  Stephens,  and   it,  is  only  because  it.   El    di 

tinctly  understood  that  he  has  nothing  t"  do  with  the  political  conduct  of 
the   paper  that  he  does  n«.t  receive  the  cold  shoulder  all  round.     The 
weekly  edition  of  the  Times  is  said,  by  the   bye,  to  I"-  a  failure,      li    dot 
not  sell.     But  Tarn   not   surprised.     It  is   a  wretched   "get  up"     pitch- 
forked together,  in  fact,  ami  you  never  know  where  to  find  anything  in  it. 


ASSESSMENT    NOTICE, 

Oriental    Coiustock   GoM    an!    Silver    Mining    Company.— 
Location  of  principal  place  of  busiuasg,  San  Francisco,  California,    Location 

<ii  wurfcs,  Storey  county,  Nevada.  Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  at.  a  meeting  Ol  th. 
Board  of  Directors,  held  on  the  5th  day  of  February,  1*77.  an  as-iei-sunm)  iNn.  i)  .if 
50  cunts  per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stoek  of  the  corporation,  payable  Im- 
mediately, in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  otnee  ol  the  Company, 
330  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  California.  Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment 
shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  6th  day  of  March,  1877,  will  be  delinquent,  and  adver- 
tised for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on 
TUESDAY,  the  20th  day  of  March,  1S77,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together 
with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale.     liy  order  of  the  Hoard  .if  Directors. 

THOMAS  F.  ATKINSON,  Secretary. 
Office — 830  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  California,  February  10. 

OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL  STEAMSHIP    COMPANY, 

ITIor  Japan  and  China,  leave  wharf,  corner  Firs!  and  Bran- 
1      nan  streets,  at  noon,   for  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONGKONG,  connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

OCEANIC January  16th,  April  17th,  July  17th  and  October  loth. 

BELGIC February  16th,  Mav  16th,  August  "mth  and  November  Kith. 

GAELIC March  Kith,  Juno  Kith,  September  1Mb  and  December  lftth. 

Cabin  Plans  on   Exhibition,    and    Passage   Tickets  for  sale  at    No.    4  New  Mont- 
gomery street.    For  Freight,    pplyatthe  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 
GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President. Dec.  23. 

NOTICE. 

The  copartnership  heretofore  existing'  under  the  firm  name 
of  FKY,  NEAL  &  CD.,  was  dissolved  February  16th,  1877,  bv  mutual  consent, 
Edward  M.  Fry  retiring  from  the  firm.  FKY,  NEAL  &  CO.  will  pay  all  liabilities  of 
the  firm,  and  all  indebtedness  must  be  paid  to  them. 

J.  D.  FRY,  EDWARD  M.  FRY,  CHARLES  S.  NEAL 

The  undersigned  have  formed  a  copartnership  under  the  firm  name  of  FRY,  NEAL 
&  CO.,  and  will  continue  the  business  of  buying  and  selling  mining  and  other  stocks 
on  commission  at  330  Montgomery  street. 

J.  D.  FRY,  LAUREN  E.  CRANE,  CHARLES  S.  NEAL. 

San  Francisco,  February  10,  1377. . Feb.  24. 

PACIFIC    MATL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY- 

Freight  Department.— From  and  after  this  date,  Mr.  Geo. 
II.  Rice  will  act  as  Freight  Solicitor  for  this  Company.  He  can  be  found  at 
office,  21S  California  street,  where  Shipping  Orders  may  be  obtained  until  12  o'clock, 
noon  of  the  day  previous  to  the  departure  of  the  steamers.  Applications  after  that 
time  must  be  made  at  office,  corner  First  and  Brannau  streets 

Feb.  24.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

0D0RL5S8 

Excavating  Apparatus  Company  ofSan  Francisco.— Empty- 
ing Vault--.  Sinks,  Cesspools,  Sewers,  Cellars,  Wells  and  Excavations  in  the  day- 
time without  offence.  Orders  left  at  the  following  places  will  receive  pr pi  atten- 
tion: Madison  &  Burke's,  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  streets;  Office  Super- 
intendent of  streets,  City  Hall;  Office,  <J12  Commercial  street,  or  addressed  to  Presi- 
dent,  Post  Office  box  10,  City.              Feb.  3. 

NOBLE    &    GALLAGHER, 

Importers  and  Dealers  in. Painters'  Materials.  House.  Si^n 
and  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper-Hangers  and  Glaziers,  No.  488 
Juckson  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Sansome,  San  Francisco.  Ceilings  and 
Walls  Kalsomincd  and  Colored.     Jobbing  promptly  attended  to.  May  13. 

THOMAS    DAT, 

Importer  of  every  variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Gilt, 
Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clocks  and  fine 
Bronzes;  also  a  full  line  of  Plumbers' Goods.  122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran - 
iseo. Jan.  27. 

BLANK    BOOKS 

Sold  from  stock  or  manufactured  to  order  from  the  Care w 
Extra  Fine  Ledger  Paper,  by  JOHN*  G.  HODGE  ft  CO.,  Importers,    Manufac- 
turers and  Wholesale  Stationers,  327,  329  and  331  Sansome  street,  S.  F.        Nov.  11. 

"BUGS    IN    SPRING    VALLEY    WATER." 

Jeu-ett\s  Water  Filter  and  Cooler  Should  be  Used  In  J'very 
Family,  Hotel,  Restaurant,  Saloon,  etc.     For  sale  by 
Feb.  17. 


E.  K  HOWES  &  CO., 
IIS,  120  and  122  Front  btrcet 


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E.    MALLANDAINE,    ARCHITECT. 
Ilice  318  California  Street,  Room  13. 


Feb.  17. 


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QUICKSIIVER. 
or  sale— In  lots  to  suit,  by  Thomas  Bell,  Wo.  305  Sansome 

street,  over  bank  uf  California. Nov.  !<-■- 


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NOTICE. 
or  the  very  best  photographs  gro  to  Bradley  *  Itnloi'son's, 

an  Elevator,  429  Montgomery  street.  Oet.  29. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTEP*    AND 


March  3,   1877. 


ART    JOTTINGS. 

The  water  color  department,  so-called,  at  the  art  galleries  on  Pine 
street  seems  to  be  made  up  of  a  little  of  everything  in  the  shape  of  pictures, 
other  than  oil  paintings.  Conspicuous  in  the  collection  are  the  superb 
drawings  in  black  and  white  by  Welsh,  a  San  Franciscan  now  studying 
in  Munich.  Truly  this  city  will  soon  become  famous  as  the  home  of 
many  artists  of  note.  Among  them  will  be  Welsh,  judging  from  these  ex- 
cellent beginnings.  Arthur  Nahl  has  three  portraits  in  the  collection 
done  in  crayopaque,  besides  a  small  water  color  of  flowers.  All  are  fin- 
ished in  the  highest  degree,  and  give  evidence  that  they  are  the  works  of 
a  most  painstaking  artist.  A  small  still  life  by  Prosch  (No.  S),  is  far  bet- 
ter than  his  more  pretentious  efforts  in  oil  in  the  adjoining  gallery,  but 
his  "Antiquarians  Retreat,"  No.  33,  is  utterly  void  of  any  merit,  and 
shows  that  in  thisattempttheartistcannotyet  go  beyond  still  life.  "Cook's 
Folly"  on  the  Avon,  by  Miss  Edwards,  is  another  water  color  of  the  old- 
fashioned  sort  but  possessing  some  merit.  A  large  pastel  portrait  from 
the  establishment  of  Bradley  &  Rulofson  has  claims  to  merit  and  artistic 
excellence.  While  speaking  of  water  colors  we  are  reminded  of  a  number 
of  very  fine  specimens  just  at  hand  and  on  view  at  Messrs.  Morris, 
Schwab  &  Co.'s.  Perhaps  the  best  in  the  collection  is  the  one  of  "Jim- 
inez,"  an  Italian  painter,  although  the  "Darkey  Artist,"  by  F.  M.  Woods 
of  New  York,  may  be  most  admired.  The  old  darkey  has  a  most  natural 
look,  the  pose  is  good,  and  the  drawing  of  the  figure,  although  apparently 
exaggerated,  is  yet  within  the  range  of  the  possible.  "Drawing  the 
Wine,"  by  Leloir,  is  a  good  picture,  although  not  one  of  this  artist's  best 
efforts.  The  two  "marine  views"  by  Britcher  are  excellent  examples. 
The  water-color  school  is  peculiarly  adapted  to  water  paintings.  In  Eng- 
land, where  great  attention  is  paid  to  marine  painting,  water  colors  are 
almost  the  universal  medium  used,  noris  this  class  of  work  tabooed  because 
of  its  delicate  nature  when  compared  with  oil  paintings  which  are  executed 
on  either  linen  or  wood.  Snow  &  May  had  on  exhibition  in  their  gallery  a 
few  days  since  thirteen  water-color  paintings,  nearly  all  of  which  were  of 
fine  quality.  The  best  of  them  having  been  sold  it  is  unnecessary  to  refer  to 
the  few  remaining  ones,  as  they  are  mere  apologies  for  pictures.  At  this 
gallery  they  have  received  a  large  picture  by  Michis,  a  Milanese,  which 
tills  the  space  lately  occupied  by  the  "Salvator  Kosa" — sold.  It  is 
called  "The  Double  Indiscretion."  The  mistress,  having  been  out  the  pre- 
vious evening,  is  indiscreet  enough  to  leave  a  billet-doux  in  her  dress 
pocket,  which  her  confidential  maid  is  showing  to  the  other  servants.  The 
grouping  is  natural,  the  expression  animated,  and  the  drawing _  good. 
There  is  no  doubt  some  inharmonious  coloring  in  the  picture — that  is,  col- 
ors are  brought  near  together  which  tend  to  confuse  the  eye,  but  on  the 
whole  it  is  a  good  picture  and  will  doubtless  be  much  admired. 

We  are  pleased  to  notice  a  decided  effort  on  the  part  of  the  artists  to 
sell  their  own  pictures  through  the  Art  Association,  and  thus  save  the  com- 
mission heretofore  given  to  dealers. 

The  School  of  Design  appears  to  be  on  an  excellent  basis,  the  attend- 
ance this  term  exceeding  that  of  any  previous  one.  This  is  doubtless  ow- 
ing to  the  new  and  increased  accommodations,  as  well  as  the  excellent 
showing  made  by  the  pupils  so  far. 

THEATRICAL,   ETC. 

California  Theater. —On  Thursday  evening  Pique  was  superseded  by 
The  BigBonama,  a  piece  with  which  mostof  our  theater-goers  are  familiar, 
it  having  been  played  both  by  Hooley's  Comedy  Company  and  the  Fifth 
Avenue  combination.  The  piece  drags  a  little,  there  being  a  considerable 
amount  of  "fill-in"  twaddle  which  might  advantageously  be  left  out. 
Mr.  Bishop,  as  the  Professor,  was  the  center  of  attraction,  and  enacted 
his  role  in  a  manner  which  showed  his  thorough  appreciation  of  the  part. 
Miss  Jeffreys -Lewis,  as  the  girl  fresh  from  schooldom,  was  very  lively, 
and  astonished  her  audience  by  the  marvelous  power  she  possessed  over 
her  eyes.  Mr.  Keene,  as  Robert  Ruggles,  was  hardly  up  to  his  usual 
standard,  apparently  not  understanding  his  part,  and  almost  making  a 
burlesque  of  it.  Mr.  Long's  DeHaas  was  fair,  but  does  not  compare 
with  that  of  Kennedy.  Mr.  Edwards  acted  well  as  usual,  but  was,  we 
regretted  to  observe,  specially  noticeable  for  the  rheumatism  still  linger- 
ing in  his  right  extremity.  H13  conception  of  the  character  is  undoubt- 
edly the  best  we  have  seen.  The  balance  of  the  company  played  their  re- 
spective roles  in  a  manner  which,  as  usual,  showed  thorough  acquaintance 
with  their  business.  The  play  will  probably  hold  the  boards  for  a  few 
days. 

Grand  Opera  House.  —  Round  the  World  in  Eighty  Days  still  holds 
the  boards,  with  an  almost  nightly  succession  of  new  localisms  that  are 
exceedingly  well  received.  Miss  Carey  has  made  a  change  that  speaks 
well  fur  her  conception  and  desire  to  carry  out  the  probabilities  of  her 
role.  She  now  wears  her  beautiful  Hindoo  costumes  for  some  two  acts 
more,  instead  of  changing  it  for  European  habiliments  immediately  after 
her  rescue,  an  obvious  impossibility.  After  Dark  is  underlined  to  take 
the  place  of  the  present  success,  and  that  to  be  followed  by  another  gor- 
geous spectacle,  A  Midsummer  Night's  Dr<:»i,(. 

Maguire's  Opera  House.— The  new  minstrel  troupe  plays  to  better 
business  every  night,  and  appears  to  profit  by  being  the  only  really  new 
performance  of  the  present  week.  The  first  part  of  the  programme  is 
unusually  good,  and  the  jokes,  for  a  marvel,  unusually  funny.  The  spe- 
cialty artists  are  fully  up  to  the  mark,  and  upon  the  whole  the  entertain- 
ment equals  in  variety  and  merit  anything  of  the  kind  we  have  ever  seen. 

Alhambra  Theater. —This  better  class  variety  hall  is  doing  a  good 
business,  to  which  the  Duvallis  largely  contribute.  The  three  lady  char- 
acter singers  are  the  best  in  the  profession,  and  are  appreciated  accord- 
ingly-   

The  map  exhibiting  the  entire  telegraphic  communication  of  the  world 
is  in  active  preparation,  and  will  shortly  be  issued  in  conjunction  with 
the  News  Letter.  It  cannot  fail  to  be  of  great  interest  to  our  readers,  con- 
veying, as  it  does,  a  perfect  illustration  of  the  electric  cables  which  run 
around  the  entire  globe.  If  possible,  the  map  will  appear  with  our  next 
issue  ;  in  auy  case  its  publication  will  not  be  delayed  beyond  the  follow- 
ing week. 

Madame  Anna  Bishop,  after  traveling  professionally  over  the  world, 
is  again  in  London,  with  the  intention  of  pursuing  her  artistic  career. 


The  sole  agents  for  Krug  Private  Cuve'e  are  Hellmann  Brothers  & 
Co. ,  525  Front  street. 


SIGNAL    SERVICE    METEOROLOGICAL   REPORT,    WEEK 
ENDING  MARCH  1,  1877,  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAX. 

Highest    and    Lowest    Jiaromrtrr. 


Frl.  83.    Sat.  24.    Sun  25.    Mon.  26    Tues  27    "Wed  28    Thr  1 


29  97 


00 
52 


29  91  29.84  30.02  30.14  30.13 

29-82  29.75  29.89  30.07  30.10 

Maximum  and  Minimum  Thermometer. 


57 
48 


59 
49 


61 
49 


(10 
49 


58 
51 


30.  US 
29.92 


63 
55 


I 


I      w. 


Mean  Daily  Humidity. 
65  |  62  |  75  |  70  |  80 

Prevailing  Wind. 
W.         |      W.  |        SW.       I      NW.         |       W. 

Wind — Miles  Traveled. 
210         |       17S         |       208         [       144  |         150       |       340         |       220 

State  of  Weather. 

Clear.      |       Fair.       |     Rainy.      |      Clear.      |      Fair.        |    Cloudy.    |    Rainy., 

Main-fall  in  Twenty-four  Hours. 

I  |  .16        |  |  |  |        .04 

Total  Main  During  Season  beginning  July  lf  J87G...  9.55  inches. 


SANITARY    NOTES. 

One  hundred  and  twenty-three  deaths  were  registered  this  week, 
the  average  for  the  same  week  for  five  years  being  only  84 '2.  There  were 
76  males  and  47  females.  Forty-one  were  under  5  years  of  age  ;  21  be- 
tween 5  and  20  years  ;  53  between  20  and  60  years,  and  8  over  that  age. 
Seven  deaths  were  Chinese  ;  cause  unknown.  Of  zymotic  diseases,  4  were 
typhoid  fever,  3  small-pox,  34  diphtheria,  1  erysipelas,  1  scarlatina.  Of 
diseases  of  the  nervous  system,  3  were  apoplexy,  3  paralysis,  1  brain 
disease,  1  epilepsy.  Of  respiratory  diseases,  0  were  consumption,  only  1 
pneumonia,  1  pleurisy  and  1  croup.  Seven  persons  died  of  heart  disease 
and  2  of  delirium  tremens.  Two  women  died  of  puerperal  disorders. 
There  were  4  accidental  deaths,  1  homicide  and  1  suicide. 

The  monthly  report  for  January  has  just  been  issued.  The  notable 
facts  are  that  53  deaths  were  from  small-pox,  129  fiem  diphtheria,  20  from 
typhoid  and  typhus  fevers,  71  from  phthysis  and  57  from  pneumonia.  In 
January,  1876,  the  deaths  numbered  355  ;  in  January,  1877,  641.  In  Jan- 
uary, 1876,  the  deaths  from  zymotic  diseases  were  58  ;  iu  January,  1877, 
they  were  255.  In  January,  1877,  it  may  be  fairly  stated  that  200  deaths 
were  caused  by  the  increase  of  filth  in  the  city  since  last  year.  If  nothing 
be  done,  what  will  become  of  San  Francisco  next  year? 


The  Poet  Shelly'sOnly  Daughter.— The  following  quaint  but  beau 
tifully  touching  epitaph  has  been  inscribed  on  the  mural  tablet  to  the 
memory  of  Mrs.  Esdaile  of  Cothelstone,  near  Taunton,  Somerset.  A  dove 
most  artistically  sculptured,  with  an  olive  branch  iu  its  mouth,  heads  the 
inscription: 

"  In  sweet  memory  of 
IANTHE, 
The  attached  wife  of  Edward  Jeffries  Esdaile,  of  Cothelstone. 
She  lived  to  die,  June  25,  1813, 
And  died  to  live,  June  16,  1876, 
Until  the  day  breaks,  ami  the  shadows  flee  away." 

MAGUIRE'S    OPEKA    HOUSE- 

Basil  street,  between  Montgomery  anil  Kearny.  -— Thos. 
Maguirc,  Jr.,  Proprietor  anil  Manager.  This  Evening,  at  S  o'clock,  and  every 
evening.  First  Appearance  of  the  Celebrate!  Comedian,  Jilt  JOHN  FOSTER.  MO- 
RAN  and  HART  on  the  Ends.  Continued  success  of  MAGUIRE'S  MINSTRELS,  the 
San  Franeiseo  Laughmakers.  Part  Second,  Varieties.  Operatic  Gems,  ERNEST 
LINDEN.  SHERIDAN  and  MACK  in  their  Original  Sketch,  written  by  J.  F.  Sher- 
idan, entitled  DAT  LITTLE  HOUSE  OFEB  DK  RHINE.  John  Hart's  Amusing 
Sketch  of  RAZORMANIA!  JOHNSON  and  BRUNO  in  DARKIES  FROM  THE 
NILE!  To  conclude  with  the  new  Extravaganza,  cntitlul  BENNETT  AND  MAY  ; 
or,  THE  DUEL  IN  THE  SNOW  !     Saturday— Grand  Matinee.  March  3. 

BA/'DWIS'S    ACADEMY    OF    MUSIC. 

Market  street,  between  Stockton  anil  Powell.— Saturday 
Evening,  March  3d,  Seventeenth  Annual  Gymnastic  Exhibition  of  the  OLYM- 
PIC CLUB,  consisting  of  Groupings,  Fencing,  Boxing,  Indian  Club  Exercises,  Hori- 
zontal Bar,  Acrobatics  and  Double  Trapeze.  The  following  artists  will  ossiBt  in  the 
entertainment:  Miss  Carru  True,  Miss  Lilv  H.  Post,  Mr.  Walter  Campbell,  Mr  S. 
Ackorman.  Tu  conclude  with  a  grand  exhibition  of  GR.ECO-ROMAN  WRESTLING, 
by  two  members  of  the  Club.  A  full  orchestra,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  George  T. 
Evans,  Reserved  Seats  can  be  secured  at  Sherman  tc  Hyde's  Music  Store,. on  and  af- 
ter Monday,  February  26th,  and  at  the  theater  Saturday,  March  ad.  March  3. 

NEW    BELLA    UNXOfl     THE  AXES- 

Kearny  street,  between  Washington  and  Hi acksou.— Samnel 
Tetlow,  Proprietor.     GEORGE  C.  STALEY,  Celebrated  Character  Artist  and 

Vocalist.  THE  LAVAliNlES,  CARRIE  and  FRANK,  Burles-|ue  Specialty  Artists  and 
Vocalists.  CHARLEY  REED.  CARRIE  LEON  and  SAM  SWAIN,  the  Celebrated 
Acrobatic  Song  and  Dance  Artists.  SHED  LkCLAIR.  MADCE  AISTON,  Song  and 
Dance  Artist.  EDWARD  GLOVER,  the  Celebrated  Australian  Comie  Singer.  The 
Great  Double  Company  in  Comedy,  Farce  and  Drama.  March  3. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATEK. 

Bush  street,  above  Kearny. — .John  Mct'nlloug-h,  Proprietor 
and  Manager  ;  Barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager.  This  (Saturday)  Evening,  will 
be  presented  Augustin  Daly's  play  of  THE  BIG  BONANZA!  "Eugenia,"  the 
Banker's  Daughter,  MISS  JEFFREYS-LEWIS.  This  (Saturday)  Afternoon  — LAST 
PIQUE  MATINEE.  Monday  Evening,  March  5th—  DIVORCE.  In  Rehearsal—  ALIXE. 
Wednesday  Afternoon,  March  7th,  Extra  Matinee— Benefit  of  MONS.  and  MADAME 
SCHMIDT. _____ March  3. 

CA1IF0ENIA    THEATER. 

Extra  Matinee. — Wednesday  Afternoon.  March  7th,  Com- 
plimentary Benefit  tendered  to  MONS.  ami  M'ME  SCHMIDT,  by  the  CALIFOR- 
NIA THEATER"  COMPANY,  assisted  by  Miss  Jeffreys-Lewis,  Grand  Opera  House 
-Company,  Maguire's  Minstrel  Company,  Alhambra  Theater  Company,  German  Stadt 
Theater  Company,  Orchestra  of  Forty  Musicians,  A  Host  of  Volunteers.  Regular 
Matinee  Prices. March  3. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  street,  between  Third  ami  Fourth.— Acting-  Man- 
ager, Mr.  Chas.  Wheatleigh  ;  Scenic  Artist,  Mr.  Win.  Voegtlin,  This  Even- 
ing, March  3d,  Fourth  Week  of  the  Great  Sensation,  THE  TOUR  OF  THE  WOULD 
IN  EIGHTY  DAYS.  Every  Evening  at  8  o'clock.  Grand  Matinee  this  Afternoon  at 
_  o'clock.  March  8. 


Maroh   8,    1  ^7 7. 


CALIFORNIA     ADA  ERTISEft. 


ST.     DAVIDS    DAY. 

Under  the  auspices  of  the  Cambrian  Mutual  Aid  Society  the  nana] 
Mill  on  Thui 
and  we  en  happy  to  say  with  more  than  customary  im 

Th.-  programme  »u  as  follows,  =  a.  1 1   tin*  partialpanti  in  the  d* 
■esnninft  to  exert  their  utmost   efforts  t.>  render  their  respective   parts 
acceptable  to  the  nuinerouaand  respectable audience, audi  apparently  with 
the  happiest  n 

Overture  hj  the  band,  "firms  of  Welshire,*1  J, 
H«clcer;  •_'.  Piano  solo,  Mr.  L.  Bodecker;  i  Chortle,  Nortonville  Choral 
Union  j  4.  Original  poem,  "Faith,  Bope  and  Charity,"  Mi.  Qnmer  Ev 
uns ;  6.  Chorus,  "Pan  fo'rheulwen  weai  ffoi,"  Glee  Club{  &  Cambrian 
WarSonA  Prof.  Jaokscn  j  7.  Duet,  "I  saw  a  tiny  Streamlet,"  Muses 
Nellie  and  Qracs  Pierce  ;  8.  Annual  address,  by  the  President,  Mr.  Sam* 
uel  Williams ;  9.  Song,  "Difyrwuh  A.rglwyddes  Qwain,"  Mrs.  Von  der 
Mehden:  10.  Chorus,  "There's*  Letter  in  the  Candle,"  Glee  Club;  11. 
9ong,  "Cambria/1  Mr,  Philip  Jones;  IS.  Chorus,  nortonville  Choral 
Union ;  13.  Re*  Elation,  "'I'm'  Maniac,"  in  character,  Mis*  Grace  1>. 
Pierce;  14.  Song,  tfGogerddan,"  Mr.  Wm.  Reea  ;  15.  Chorus,  Glee  Club. 

Mr.  Williams,  the  President,  gave  :t  glowing  account  of  the  Society's 
finances,  Bhowing  assets  amounting  to  $13)000,  ami  felicitously  alluded  to 
the  high  moral  standing  of  the  Welsh  people!  ;^  exhibited  by  prison  sta- 

The  following  poem,  read  by  Gomer  Evans,  was  warmly  received,  and 
is,  we  think,  worthy  of  reproduction  : 

Faith,    Hope,     Charity. 

Of  those  divinities,  the  heaven-born  three, 
Wlu»  influence  men— Faith,  Hope,  and  Charity — 
1  sing:    Prolific  theme !—  or  short  or  long — 
Kind  Muses,  deign  invigorate  my  song. 
And  first  of  Faith;  who,  with  effective  fan, 
Intensifies  the  flickering  eeal  of  man: 
Life-giving  breath  that  helped  the  Jewish  fold 
To  follow  Moses  while  it  worshipped  gold ; 
And  nerves  the  Moslem  who,  witli  equal  profit, 
Thinks  he  may  trust   the  Koran,  and  the  Prophet. 
The  Creeds  of  Christians,  Faith,  disposed  to  chide, 
Would  more  approve  if  less  diversified: 
Yet,  with  her  fan-  she  feeds  each  feeble  flame; 
And  if   they  flicker  still  she's  not  to  blame. 
Be  this  enough!     I  handle  not  a  dirk 
To  stab  at  Judah,  Protestant,  or  Turk. 
By  Faith  untaught  no  noble  work  is  done  ; 
No  enterprise  installed,  no  battles  won ; 
Tis  at  her  bid  man  boldly  braves  the  main, 
Explores  the  wilds,  and  cultivates  the  plain. 
Had  she  not  sped  Colombo's  tiny  bark, 
By  tempest  toss VI,  and  groping  in  the  dark, 
This  land  of   Railroad,  Telegraph,   and  Press 
Would  still  have  been  a  howling  wilderness. 
By  her  impelled  Watt  realized  his  dream 
And  broke  to  harness  the  impetuous  steam  ; 
Whilst  Franklin  and  his  aids  conceived  a  plau 
To  tame  the  lightning  for  the  use  of  man. 
See — Fulton's  thought  to  navigate  by  steam 
Triumphant  now  on  every  sea  and  stream-*- 
Despite  of  currents,  scorning  wind  and  tide, 
The  stately  steamer  through  the  water  glide ; 
And  Stephenson's  horses  snorting  on  the  plain, 
As  if  to  mock  the  thunder-storm  and  rain. 
Of  benefactors  such  as  these  mankind, 
With  one  accord,  should  congregate  to  bind 
With  evergreen  the  brows,     A  crown  for  Morse, 
Illustrious  champion  of  electric  force. 
Who  greatness  would  attain  must  first  resign 
To  walk  by  Faith  and  worship  at  her  shrine: 
Thus  qualified,  by  application,  he 
May  overturn  the  Mountain  to  the  Sea. 

Although  with  Campbell's  soaring  muse  to  cope 
Unworthy  mine  ;  yet  must  I  write  to  Hope 
A  modest  line.     Kind  charity  will  gauge 
With  lenient  hand  my  unassuming  page. 
O  blessed  Hope!  beneath  whose  tender  care, 
The  wretched  rise  triumphant  o'er  despair ; 
The  smallest  spark,  at  thy  behest,  a  ray 
Converts  their  sombre  night  to  cloudless  day. 
Review  on  land  the  oft-recurring  scene, 
Alive  with  hope,  internally  serene, 
The  Prospector,  with  thought  fulness  and  care, 
His  frugal  outfit  for  a  tramp  prepare. 
At  early  morn,  ere  yet  the  dusky  gray 
Had  left  the  sky,  behold  him  on  his  way — 
His  trusty  mule,  upon  a  sturdy  back, 
Bears  off,  with  ease,  the  miscellaneous  pack — 
O'er  many  a  league  of  rugged  wilds  to  roam  ; 
Nor  felt  fatigue,  nor  even  thought  of  home. 
Hope  led  the  way,  and  graphic  stories  told 
Of  silver-bearing  rocks  and  veins  of  gold. 
But  lo  !  a  boulder,  with  terrific  hiss, 
The  mangled  mule  hurled  down  a  precipice: 
Dismayed,  the  man  bebeM  his  store  of  bread 
Where  human  foot  had  never  dared  to  tread: 
The  vultures  screamed,  delighted  with  the  sight, 
The  mule  for  morning  meal — the  man  at  night! 
For  he  with  grief,  and  many  a  deep-drawn  sigh 
Had  laid  him  down  as  if  foredoomed  to  die. 
His  trials  thence,  in  vivid  words  to  paint, 
Would  moist  the  eye  of   sinner  and  of   saint: 
Yet  he  survived  and  tells,  from  hunger  grim, 
How  Hope  and  Charity  had  rescued  him. 
By  Faith  deserted  on  the  troubled  sea, 
Alas  !  beyond  the  reach  of  succor,  see 
Exhausted,  faint,  no  comrade  left  to  cheer, 
The  ship- wrecked  sailor  on  his  raft  appear  ; 


With  »wards  th.-  horUon, 

I  i mar  dawn  to  sal  ••(  tun  ; 

Yet  qo4  r  Hop     till   Lin  si     m  .i 

■■'.  uspen  m  "i 

B i   litl       inon  a  distant  ■  ail 

tiny*  glimpse  «>i'  hope    alack  without  avail. 

Succumbed  at  last,  a  glimmer  in  hi 

Reveals  that  Sops  ban  taught  him  how  to  die* 

Permit  me  now,  benignant  Charity, 
i  ■  d<  licate  my  humble  \ sree  i"  i nee. 
Omnipotent  art  thou.     With  potent  A  r', 
Canst  touch  the  Miser  and  dispose  his  heart 
ai  rou   deeds,  and  « ith  bis  hoarded  pelf 
Tu  consecrate  »  temple  t<>  thyself. 
Controlled  by  thee  a  virtue  love  <»f  gain  - 
Nor  Licks  nor  mis.  r-s  ever  live  in  vain  ; 

But   like  the  l>t.*es  their  busy  tiiui-  employ 

To  gather  stores  for  others  to  enjoy. 
For  Lick  and  Smith,  Peabodyand  Girard 

Accept  a  wreath  bestowed  by  Cambrian  bunk 
If,  haply,  pain  and  misery  were  hurled, 
To  dwell  with  Pluto  in  the  nether  world, 
Blest  eharity,  without  vocation  here. 
Would  Beek  employment  in  another  sphere. 
For  Cliarity  as  cosmopolitan  - 
Scorns  not  at  China  nor  disdains  Japan; 
Reeks  everywhere  her  duty  to  fulfill, 
In  cold  Kamschatka  as  in  warm  Brazil. 
By  aid  of  Artists,  Masons  of  renown,   * 
Her  score  of  mansions  ornament  the  town. 
Fear  not,  ye  mariners,  the  treacherous  wave, 
Her  arm  is  strong  and  all  her  sons  are  brave; 
Are  not  fog  whistles,  life-boats,  beacons,  bells. 
And   lighthouse -beams  her  faithful  sentinels? 
And  nerved  by  her  a  Darling,  as  before, 
With  gentle  hand  shall  ply  the  saving  oar. 
The  breath  of  Scandal,  falsely  whilst  unking 
Reports  the  Welsh  of   mercenary  mind  £ 
Let  Charity  decide,  be  not  afraid 
To  show  the  purse  she  holds  f«r  Cambrian,  aid. 
Go  en,  my  Cambrians,  steadfastly  believe 
Bless'd  those  that  give  and  blessed  who  receive. 
O'er  brothers'  faults,  let  brothers  cast  the  vail 
Of  charity,  and  peace  will  long  prevail ; 
In  counsel  wise,  all  selfishness  suppress, 
And  He  who  rules  afoe-ve  will  grant  success. 

PARACRAPHIANA. 

Fro  Bone  Publico. 

The  Loring  Club  will  give  their  first  public  rehearsal  at  Mercantile 
Library  Hall  on  Monday  evening  next.  The  Society  is  a  musical  and 
social  organization,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  D.  W.  Loring,  and  consists 
of  sixty  active  gentlemen,  members  and  a  number  of  associate  or  honorary 
members.  The  officers  of  the  Society  are  F.  F.  Low,  President;  Oliver 
Eldridge,  Vice-President;  C.  P.  Low,  Secretary;  A.  McF.  Davis,  Treas- 
urer; P.  Loring,  Librarian.  They  will  undertake  tbe  following  choice 
programme;  L  Pestgesang,  Mendelsohn;  2.  I  Jong  for  Thee,  Haertel; 
3.  In  May  Time,  Billeter;  4.  Ave  Maria,  Abt;  5.  Always  more,  Scifert; 
6.  The  Spring  again  rejoices,  Duerrner ;  7.  Trooper's  Song,  Cade;  8.  Sol- 
dier's Farewell,  Kinkel;  9.  Miller's  Song,  Zoellner;  10.  Rhine  Wine 
Song,  Zoellner;  LL  Sparrow's  Twitter,  Otto;  12.  Loyal  Song,  Kuecken. 

The  Olympic  Club  will  give  their  seventeenth  annual  gymnastic  ex- 
hibition this  evening  at  Baldwin's  Academy  of  Music.  The  entertain- 
ment will  consist  of  Groupings,  Fencing,  Boxing,  Indian  Club  Exercises, 
Horizontal  Bar,  Acrobatics  and  Double  Trapeze.  The  following^  artists 
will  assist  in  the  entertainment :  Miss  Carro  True,  Miss  Lilly  H.  Post, 
Mr.  Walter  Campbell  and  Mr.  S.  Ackerman. 

GJ-reco-Ronaan  wrestling  will  be  a  special  feature  of  the  entertainment, 
and  as  the  contest  will  be  between  two  gentlemen  amateurs,  it  will  doubt- 
less prove  very  exciting.  Our  people  admire  a  real  struggle  just  as  much 
as  they  detest  the  sham  swindles  to  which  professional  athletes  occasion- 
ally treat  us.  

Mr.  W.  H.  Haverstick  has  succeeded  to  the  business  of  tbe  late  firm 
of  Stairley  &  Haverstick,  at  410£  California  street.  As  a  money  broker 
Mr.  Haverstick  has  long  been  favorably  known  to  this  community.  He 
is  now  conducting  the  business  single-handed,  and  his  admirable  business 
tact,  and  the  unquestioned  liberality  of  his  transactions,  will  doubtless  se- 
cure for  him  in.  the  future  the  patronage  he  so  fully  merits. 

Horatio  Alger,  Jr. ,  author  of  the  "  Ragged  Dick  Series,"  "  Luck  and 
Pluck  Series,"  and  other  popular  juvenile  books,  is  at  present  visiting  Cal- 
ifornia. It  is  his  intention  to  write  one  or  more  stories  descriptive  of  Cal- 
ifornia life,  and  his  visit  is  undertaken  with  the  object  of  gathering  the 
necessary  material.  Mr.  Alger  proposes  to  remain  in  California  several 
months,  making  his  headquarters  in  San  Francisco. 


Dr.  Jessnp,  the  celebrated  dentist,  on  the  corner  of  Montgomery  and 
Sutter  streets,  is  revolutionizing  the  profession.  His  new  celluloid  plate 
is  the  latest  and  best  invention  known  to  science.  Less  expensive,  more 
durable  and  natural  than  any  other  substitute  for  natural  teeth,  it  is  fast 
superseding  all  other  apparatus  supplied  by  the  professors  of  toothology. 

Litchfield  &  Co.  are  closing  out  their  entire  stock  previous  to  moving 
into  their  new  store  on  Montgomery  street.  No  such  bargains  have  ever 
been  offered  before.  It  is  a  very  alight  exaggeration  to  say  that  they  are 
giving  away  their  stock  in  the  old  store  on  the  corner  of  Sansome  and 
Washington  streets. 

Procured.    Total  Cost,  #33,  Including 

Government  fee.    Send  for  pamphlet  to 

KNKJHT  &  KNIGHT,  Washington,  D.  C. 


PATENTS 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March   3,  1877. 


SPECIAL    BREVITIES. 


Pulverized  diamonds  are  in  some  parts  of  India  reputed  to  be  the 
least  painful  but  the  must  active  and  infallible  of  all  poisons.  Rubies, 
however,  reduced  to  powder  are,  it  seems,  considered  to  be  rather  bene- 
ficial to  the  health  than  otherwise.  At  least  such  is  the  opinion  of  the  ex- 
Gaikwar  of  Baroda,  who,  according  to  one  of  the  Indian  papers,  is  now 
engaged  in  repairing  his  constitution,  and,  with  this  view,  is  in  the  habit 
of  eating  rubies  in  the  form  of  a  fine  powder  sprinkled  over  cakes.  His 
Highness,  it  is  stated,  entertains  a  very  high  opinion  of  the  medicinal  qual- 
ities of  rubies  taken  in  this  form,  and  expends  a  considerable  portion  of 
his  incom.fi  in  buying  these  gems  for  conversion  into  physic.  He  also 
takes  other  precious  stones,  not  as  pills  but  as  powders,  to  assist  in  the 
restoration  of  his  health,  and  has  engaged  a  large  number  of  native  cooks, 
who  have  orders  to  leave  no  stone  unpowdered  which,  when  mixed  with 
confectionery,  may  be  eaten  with  advantage.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the 
cooks  do  not  abuse  the  confidence  thus  reposed  in  them  by  appropriating 
the  gems  to  their  own  use  ;  but  the  temptation  must  be  one  which  no 
British  cook  could  withstand,  and  it  would  be  hardly  prudent  for  any 
wealthy  invalid  in  this  country  who  adopts  a  jewel  diet  in  imitation  of 
the  unfortunate  Mnlhar  Rao  to  allow  the  pulverizing  process  to  be  carried 
on  in  the  kitchen. 

Our  latest  letter  from  London  says:  "  At  a  time  when  trade  is  so 
depressed  that  employers  have  either  to  reduce  the  wages  or  the  number 
of  their  workmen,  the  latter  will  not  welcome  the  intellicence  that  one  of 
our  leading  collierly  proprietors,  whose  fame  for  his  wealth  in  black  and 
other  diamonds  is  very  considerable,  has  resolved,  in  spite  of  what  has 
taken  place  in  California  and  Australia,  to  import  a  number  of  coolies 
into  the  country,  and  give  us  a  specimen  of  Chinese  cheap  labor.  Non- 
conformity is  very  powerful  in  the  district  into  which  it  is  proposed  to  in- 
troduce the  Chinese,  and  the  clergy  are  up  in  arms  against  them  on  ac- 
count of  their  Confucianism  and  Buddhism,  and  the  immorality  which 
Chinese  immigration  is  said  invariably  to  bring  with  it.  Then,  again,  the 
miners  are  said  to  be  1  .r spared  to  take  their  cue  from  a  belligerent  speech 
which  was  delivered  a  year  or  two  ago  by  Mr.  Macdonald,  M.P.,  and  to 
(  ratten  '  in  Australian  fashion  the  strangers  when  they  make  their  ap- 
pearance. Nothing  daunted  by  the  warnings  he  has  received,  however, 
the  eminent  colliery  proprietor  is,  the  Dundee  Advertiser  says,  negotiating 
on  the  subject  with  the  Chinese  Ambassador." 

Talk  about  bonanzas !  The  corn  crop  of  the  United  States  this 
year  amounts  to  1,295,000,000  bushels.  At  forty  cents  per  bushel,  af  air  aver- 
age price  the  country  over,  this  would  be  worth  S51S,000,000.  On  the 
other  hand,  the  estimated  yield  of  our  gold  and  silver  mines  for  the  year 
will  be  §85,250,000.  With"  the  natural  tendency  of  mankind  to  talk  and 
think  most  about  glittering  and  showy  things,  we  say  and  hear  more 
about  the  85,000,000  of  precious  metal  dug  from  our  Western  mines  than 
the  half  billion  dollars'  worth  of  corn  which  the  country  raises,  consumes, 
and  sells,  without  thinking  that  it  has  done  anything  noteworthy.  Add 
to  the  corn  the  wheat,  cotton,  potatoes,  and  fruits  produced  by  the  farm- 
ers of  the  United  States  in  a  single  year,  and  the  resources  of  the  gold 
and  silver  mines  seem  trivial. — American  Traveler. 

Chicago  had  one  of  the  coolest  robberies  ever  known  there,  the  other 
afternoon.  Two  men,  under  plea  of  examining  the  gas-metre,  entered  the 
front  door  of  the  house  of  Amos  S.  Seeley,  a  rich  citizen,  while  three 
others  gained  admittance  at  the  kitchen.  Old  Mrs.  Seeley,  the  servant- 
girl,  and  a  boy,  were  seized  and  threatened  with  knives  if  they  made  a 
noise,  while  the  robbers  dragged  out  a  small  safe,  and,  though  people  were 
constantly  passing  within  eight  feet,  broke  it  open  with  sledges  and  cold 
chisels,  securing  SG00  in  money  and  over  §200,000  in  notes,  deeds,  and 
bonds.  They  then  ransacked  the  house,  stole  $75  in  jewelry,  fastened 
the  inmates  into  a  closet,  broke  the  burglar  alarm,  and  quietly  escaped. 

Among  the  recent  experiments  that  have  been  made  in  Bavaria 
relating  to  the  preservation  of  animal  food,  the  military  authorities  have 
derived  great  satisfaction  from  those  made  on  the  desiccation  of  eggs. 
These,  it  appears,  can  be  preserved  in  a  perfectly  dry  state,  retaining  all 
the  nutritive  qualities  in  a  much  smaller  space,  admitting  of  ready  trans- 
port, and  furnishing  an  excellent  addition  to  the  soldier's  food  during  a 
campaign. — London  Medical  Record. 

There  are  many  features  of  our  city  of  which  we  are  justly  proud. 
The  cleanliness  of  our  thoroughfares  and  the  perspicacity  of  our  City 
Fathers  are  not  the  least  blessings  to  which  we  point  with  pride.  No  one 
can  show  us  a  single  street  in  which  there  is  more  than  three  feet  of  mud 
in  one  place,  while  three  of  the  Supervisors  can  read  as  well  as  write,  and 
the  entire  body  can  sign  their  names  to  a  receipt.  Beat  this,  some  bloated 
Eastern  city! 

Lord  Lytton,  Viceroy  of  India,  recently  played  a  grand  game  of  chess 
at  Moolton  with  an  army  colonel.  The  board  was  a  carpet,  with  red  and 
white  checkersa  yard  square,  and  the  pieces  were  men  and  boys  in  red  and 
white,  who  moved  by  word  of  command.  The  Viceroy  won,  but  be  didn't 
follow  an  emperor  of  Morocco  still  furth*  and  order  the  pieces  taken 
to  be  beheaded. 

Among  the  buildings  recently  exhumed  at  Pompeii  is  a  drinking- 
saloon  with  its.  tables  and  appurtenances.  The  pictures  frescoed  upon  the 
walls  represent  tavern  scenes.  Men  are  drinking  and  gambling  at  tables; 
others  are  seated  upon  wooden  benches  against  the  walls  ;  and  others  are 
standing  in  conversation. 

We  are  informed  that  the  British  Admiralty  has  accepted  an  offer 
made  on  behalf  of  an  association  desirous  of  making  an  attempt  at  raising 
the  Vanguard.  If  she  should  be  brought  to  the  surface  and  placed  in 
dock  we  believe  that  £170,000  will  be  paid  by  the  Admiralty.  The  orig- 
inal cost  of  her  hull  and  engines  was  about  £284,000. 

Messrs.  Yarrow  &  Co. ,  of  Poplar,  have  in  the  course  of  construc- 
tion one  of  their  fast  torpedo  steamers  for  service  in  the  Black  Sea.  It  is 
eighty-five  feet  in  length,  and  has  a  guaranteed  speed  of  twenty  miles  an 
'.hour. 

"VArithin  the  last  ten  years  £20,000,000  in  round  numbers  have  been 
added  toJthe  total  debt  of  the  Indian  Government  in  India  and  in  En- 
gland, while' the  revenue  has  increased  by  a  little  more  than  £1,500,000. 

The  large  importations  of  American  beef  have  at  length  sent  down 
the  price  of  English  beef  as  much  as  3d.  in  the  pound  in  some  places. 
And  yet  in  New  York  butchers  charge  as  high  as  in  London. 


BANKS. 


SWISS    AMERICAN    BANK. 

Incorporated  in  Geneva,  Switzerland.  January  24th,  1873. 
Head  UUice,  m  Geneva.     Capital,   $2,000,000.  subscnucd      tfl.uoo.UOu   p:ijd 

up.  President,  HEXRY  HENTSOH.  San  Francisco  Branch,  Bucceasorfi  to  Messrs. 
Hentsch  &  Berton,  527  Clay  street.     Directors  :  FRANCIS  BERTi  >.\  and  B  i 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  grant  Letters  of  Credit  on  Europe,  and  to  transact  every 
kind  of  Banking,  Mercantile  and  Exchange  Business,  and  to  negotiate  American  Se- 
curities in  Europe.     Deposits  received. 

Bills  of  Exchange  on  New  York,  Philadelphia,  London.  Liverpool,  Pari?, 
Lyons,  Marseilles,  bordeaux,  Oloron,  Brussels,  Berlin,  Hamburg,  Frankfort,  G 
Lausanne,  Chaux-de-Fonds,  Neuchatel,  FriboUrg,  Bern,  Aarn,  Soleure,  Bade) 
Zurieh,  Winterthur,  Sliattliausen,  St.  Gallon,  Lucern,  Chur,  Bellinzona.  Locarno,  Lu- 
gano, Brfcndriaio,  Genoa,  Turin,  Milan,  Florence,  Rome. 

An  Assay  Office  is  annexed  to  the  Bank.  Assays  of  gold  sUver,  quartz  orca 
and  sulphurets.     Returns  in  coin  orbars,  at  the  option  of  the  depositor. 

Advances  made  on  bullion  and  ores.     Dust  and  bullion  can  be  forwarded  from  any 
part  of  the  country,  and  returns  made  through  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  checks. 
[September  is.] 

.     THE    BANK    OF    CALIFORNIA,    SAN    FKANCIfeCO. 

Capital $5,000,000. 

».  O.  MILLS President,       j      WM.  AEVOR»...Vice-Pres,t. 

THOMAS  BRO W5f Cashier. 

Agents  : 

New  York,  Agency  of  the  Bank  of  Calfornia ;  Boston,  Tremont  National  Bank  ; 
Chicago,  Union  National  Bank;  St.  Louis,  Boatman's  Saving  Bank;  New  Zealand, 
the  Bank  of  New  Zealand ;  London,  China,  Japan,  India  and  Australia,  the  Oriental 
Bank  Corporation. 

The  'Jank  has  Agencies  at  Virginia  City  and  Gold  Hill,  and  Correspondents  in  all 
the  principal  Mining  Districts  and  Interior  Towns  of  the  Pacific  Coast, 

Letters  of  Credit  issued,  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Draw  direct  on  Lon- 
don, Dublin,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Antwerp, 
Amsterdam,  St.  Petersburgh,  Copenhagen,  Stockholm,  Christiana,  Locarno,  Mel- 
bourne,  Sydney,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shanghai,  Yokohama.  Nov.  4. 

THE    NEVADA    BANK,    OF    SAN    FBANCISC0. 
Paid  Up  Capital $10,000,000. 

Lonis  SIcLnue President.      |      J.  ft'.  Flood.. Vice-President. 

ST.  K.  Mas  ten Cashier. 

Directors  :~J.  C.  Flood,  J.  W.  Mackay,  W.  S.  O'Brien,  Jas.  G.  Fair,  Louis  McLane. 

Correspondents:— London— Smith,  Payne  &  Smiths.  Paris— Hottinguer  &  Co. 
Hamburg— Hesse,  Newman  &  Co.  New  York— "The  Bank  of  New  York,  B.  N.  A." 
Chicago— Merchants' National  Bank.  Boston — Second  National  Bank.  New  Orleans 
— State  Na  tional  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  receive  deposits  on  open  account,  issue  certificates  of  de- 
posit, buy  and  sell  exchange,  purchase  bullion,  and  transact  a  general  banking  busi- 
ness.    Collections  made  and  proceeds  remitted  at  current  rates  of  exchange.       Oct.  9. 

BANK    OF    BRITISH    COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter.— Capital  paid  up.  $1,800,- 
000,  with  power  tu  increase  to  510,000,000.  Southeast  corner  California  and  San- 
some  streets.  Head  Office— 5  East  India  Avenue,  London.  Branches— Portland,  Or- 
egon; Victoria  and  Cariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows  : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada— Bank  of  Montreal;  Liverpool — North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company ;  Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America ;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand —Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and     Dglish,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank, 

Dec.  9. W.  H.  TILLiNGHAST,  Manager. 

THE   FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid  np  Capital  $2,000,000,  Gold.  President,  It .  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  D.  Callaghan  ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Rodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  W.  Ritchie. 

Directors  :■— K.  C.  Woolworth,.D.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  D.  D.  Colton,  Edward  Martin,  James  Mottitt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

Correspondents—  London  :  Baring  Bros.  &  Co. ;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China.  Dublin  :  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg :  Hesse, 
Neuman&Co.  Paris:  Hottinguer  &  Co.  New  York:  National  Bank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business.  Deposits  in  Gold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  in  Europe,  ChiLa  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  13. 

LO.-JDON    AND    SAN    FRANCI3CJ    BANK    (LIMITED). 

Capital,  $5,000,000,  of  which  $3,000,000  is  fully  paid  up  as 
present  capital.  San  Francisco  uffice,  424  California ;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  S.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STKEETEN  ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  CAM1LO  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 
Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world.  October  23. 

THE    ANGLO-CALtFORNlAN    BANK    (LIMITED). 
4  i)0  California  street,  Wan  Francisco.— London  Office,  3 

-i, -£'.-£■  Angel  Court  ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  \V.  Seliginan  <K  Co. ,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  $u,000,000.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buv  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FRED.  F.  LOW, 

Oct  4. IGN.  STELNHART, 

THE  MERCHANTS'  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  FPANCISCO. 

Capital,  Si5.O00.00O.—  A3  vinzn  Hay  ward,  President :  K.  G. 
Sneath,  Vice-President;  H.  F.  Hastings,  Cashier  ;  R.  N.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and* a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 

STTTBO    &    CO., 

Bankers  and  Brokers,   408  Montgomery  street. -..Highest 
price  paid  for  U.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bonds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin. 
Exchange  drawn  on  New  .York.         May  20 

MONEY    TO    LOAN. 

John  T.  Little,  Money  Broker  and  Real  Estate  Agent,  dis- 
counts  notes  and  loans  money  on  all  kinds  of  collaterals  in  ]arL,re  amounts;  buys 
and  sells  real  estate.  OFFICE  :  405A  CALIFORNIA  STREET, 

Dec.  25.  Opposite  Bank  of  California. 


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K  verm  ore. 
Thither  we  hasten  through  these  regions  dim  ; 
But  Lo,  the  wide  wings  of  the  Seraphim 
Shine  in  the  sunset?    On  that  joyous  shore 
Our  lightened  hearts  shall  know 
The  life  of  long  ago  ; 
The  sorrow-burdened  past  shall  fade  for 
Evermore. 

— Dublin  University  Magazine, 

ADVERTISING    MYSTERIES. 

However  explicit  a  person  may  think  himself  in  expressing  nis  wants 
through  the  medium  of  an  advertisement,  the  result  is  not  unfrequently 
ludicrous  in  the  extreme.  On  glancing  down  the  advertisements  of  the 
Daily  Telegraph  for  instance,  and  perceiving  the  following,  we  are  some- 
what at  a  loss  to  understand  its  exact  meaning  ;  "Wanted — a  first-class 
gentlemen's  hand— in  doors  only."  While  wondering  whether  it  is  the 
hand  or  the  gentleman  that  is  to  be  of  first-class  material,  and  why  it  is 
only  for  in-door  use — we  have  no  doubt  it  is  perfectly  intelligible  to  those 
for  whom  it  is  intended.  The  natural  inference  on  reading  that  "An 
improver  is  wanted  at  once  in  a  compositor's  room,"  is  that  some  holy 
influence  is  necessary  to  counteract  the  profane  habits  of  such  a  collection 
of  "  derils."  Whilst  however  much  we  may  be  called  on  to  admire  the 
morals,  we  cannot  but  condemn  the  bad  taste  of  the  gentleman  who  ad- 
vertises for  a  "Good  Plain  Cook;"  suggesting  as  it  does  the  wiles  of  a 
designing  mother-in-law  in  the  background.  The  man  who  calls  for  "  A 
little  brisk  Porter,"  is  apt  to  be  made  the  butt  of  some  temperance  lecturer 
who  fails  to  recognize  in  the  appeal  anything  save  a  request  that  his  bibu- 
lous propensities  be  satisfied.  "A  Dressmaker,  second  hand  !"  must  for- 
ever remain  a  mystery  to  the  uninitiated,  and  though,  doubtless,  in  her  line 
of  business,  it  may  be  a  special  recommendation,  it  could  hardly  be  looked 
on  as  such  by  the  young  lady,  who  immediately  below,  informs  the  public 
generally  that  "  she  is  desirous  of  an  engagement."  Up  to  the  present 
time,  we  have  never  been  aware  that  there  was  any  connection  between  a 
shop-boy  and  a  medical  student,  but  on  reading  that  a  "Draper's  Clerk 
is  wanted — one  accustomed  to  dissecting,"  we  are  fain  to  admit  our  igno- 
rance, though  it  would  hardly  compare  with  that  of  the  individual  who 
wants  a  "  Rome  and  Parlors,  maid  combined,"  and  moreover  confidently 
expects  to  get  one  !  "  A  Baker  wanted  to  mould  and  serve  customers  with 
a  barrow,"  is  a  proposition  peculiarly  disgusting  in  its  idea,  whilst  the 
friendly  butcher  who  wants  a  "Young  man  to  slaughter  beef  and  take  a 
round,"  leaves  us  in  considerable  doubt  as  to  whether  the  invitation  refers 
to  the  taking  a  hand  in  an  occasional  sparring  match,  or  to  the  helping 
him  to  the  primest  joints  of  the  animal  he  has  just  annihilated. 

"flow  is  it,  "  said  a  purse-proud  person  to  a  scholar,  "  that  you  often 
see  men  of  letters  at  the  houses  of  the  rich,  but  seldom  the  rich  at  the 
abodes  of  the  learned  V  "It  is,"  replied  the  other,  "because  the  wise 
know  the  value  of  wealth,  but  the  wealthy  are  ignorant  of  the  value  of 
wisdom.  

A  purchaser  of  a  riverside  property  asked  the  estate  agent  if  the 
river  didn't  sometimes  overflow  its  banks.  "Well,"  responded  he,  "it 
isn't  one  of  those  sickly  streams  that  are  always  confined  to  their  beds." 


INSURANCE    AGINCY    OF 
HUTCHINSON,  MANN   &  SMITH. 

«0     314     (AMIOK.MA     HTKBJBT,    NAN     FKANCINCO. 

um  KM  TUB 

liu  Co Indlanapoll*,  IimI  No«  Orltuubu    ■'■■  "rloww. 

t.,,h.  i  ....  i .  i    Puil  i    :.  m   Id    i  ■    P  ml,  Hum. 

In*.  Co  Hartford  Conn. 

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i    Co.,  i     >.    \     Wi  li'n,  D.C    Olrard   In  i  I  a  PI  11  li  1|  W   .  I  i 

Capital  Repre  ented.  Twelve  M  (lions. 

ISSUED    ON     DESIRABLE    PROPERTY  aT    FAIR   RATES.     LOSSES 
ULY  ADJI  s'n  l»   \M'  PROMPTLY  PAID 
HUTCH INSOH,  MANN'  A  SMITH,  General  Amenta, 

mi  California  street,  San  Franciaoo, 

.lOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMP/NY  OF  CALIFORNIA 
X*'*.  406  California  Street,  next  door  to  Hank  <>l  <  ulll  orn  lit. 
i\     Plra  Insurance  Oomparu      Oapll  t,     100.000     Offiobrb  ;    .i    F,    Houghton, 
,i  .  Geo.  il.    Howard,  Vice-President;  Charles  R  Btoiy,  Secretary.     H.  li. 

,  General  Manager. 
roaa  San  Francisco  Geo.  li  Howard,  F  D.  Athertou.H.  F.  Teachemacher, 
roraii  John  H  ftedingtou.  A.  W.  Bowman,  C.  S.  Hobbs,  B  M.  Hartshorne, 
:.l,  w  in.  h  Moor,  George  8.  Johnson,  ll  N.  Tilden,  W  M.  Qreenwood,  s.  L. 
\Gorge  S.  Maun,  Cyrus  Wilson,  \\.  il.  Foster,  Jr.,  Josept  Qalldway,  W,  T. 
C  Waterhouse,  A.  P.  Hotaling.  Oregon  Brand)  P.  Wuserman,  a.  Gold* 
-  F.  Grover,  l>.  Maclcay,  C.  II.  Lewis,  Lloyd  Brooke,  J.  A.  Crawford,  D.  M- 
I.  Lowenberg.  Hamilton  Boyd,  Manager,  W,  i.  Loud,  Treasurer.  Marys- 
.  E.  Knight  Ban  Diego  -\.  ll.  Wilcox,  Sacramento  Branch —Charles 
,  k  Redington,  Marh  Hopkins,  James  Carolan,  J,  F.  Houghton,  D.  W.  Earl, 
ihman,  Julius  Wetzlar  ;  Julius  WeUshir,  Manager;  I.  Lnhnian,  Secretary. 
Branch— H.  H.  Hewlett,  George  S.  Evans,  J.  I».  Peters,  N.  M,  Orr,  W.  F. 
I  w.  Simpson,  a.  T.  Hudson,  H.  -M.  Fanning  ;  ll.  IJ.  Hewlett,  Manager;  N. 
Secretary.    San  Jose  Branch  -T.  Ellard  Beans,  Josiah  Belden,  A,  Pflster,  J. 

Jackson  Lewis,  N.  Hayes,  Noah  Palmer,  li.  L>.  Murphy  ,  ■).  J.  Denny,  Man- 
K.  Moody,  Secretary.      Grass  Valley— William  Watt,  Robert  Watt.     No- 
1     W.  Sigouraey. Feb.  17. 

AND  MARINE  INSURANCE— UNION  INS.  CO.  OF  S.  F. 

The  California  Lloyds.— Established  in  1861.— Nos.  416  and 
California  street.     Cash  capital  8750,000  in  Cluld.     Assets  exceed  91,000,000 
r  Rates!    Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  ! !    Solid  Security  ! !    DIRECTORS. 
LNCI8CO— J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  M,  J. 
O'Ooni    r    W.    W.   Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoino  Borel,  Charles 
foseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  Lawranee  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Icbolas  Luning,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latliani,  J,  Baum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
ndenstein,  Gustave  Tmiehard,  G.  Brignardello,  George  C.  Hickox,  T.  Ltoi- 
,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Lindenberger.     Sacramuxto—  Edw.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
;hton.  L.  A.  Booth.    Marysvillk — L.  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  O. — 
.   ,r\  Failing.     New  York— J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President,                      N.  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 
CuaRLKs  D.  Haves,  Secretary.         Ckq.  T    Boiikx,  Surveyor. Oct.  20. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
FIKF,     AND    MARINE. 

Clash  Assets,  Jan.  1st,  1876,  8478,000.— Principal  Office, 
j  218  and  220  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  : — Peter  Donahue,  Pres- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Ci'sm.vo,  Secretary ;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  of  Directors  :— Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Bocqueraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailey,  E,  W.  Corbert, 
George  O.  MeMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson.  Dr.  C.  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Maybluin,  Richard  Ivers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County.  H.  W.  Seale,  Mayficld.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  18. 

NSW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  tbe  business  of  Life  Insurance  Tor  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Itsassetsamount  to  over  Fourteen  Million'  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  complied  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.  ] 313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block, 

HAMBURG-MAGDEBURG  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.,  CF  HAMBURG. 

This  Company  Is  now  prepared  to  Issue  policies  against 
Loss  or  Damage  by  Fire  at  current  rates.  livery  risk  taken  by  this  Company 
is  participated  in  by  three  of  the  largest  German  Fire  Insurance  Companies,  repre- 
senting an  aggregate  capital  and  surplus  of  over  SIXTY-FOUR  MILLION  MARK, 
equal  to  SIXTEEN  MILLION  DOLLARS,  U.  S.  GOLD,  thus  enabling  this  Company 
to  accept  large  lines.  GUTTE  &  FRANK,  General  Agents, 
Sept.  23. 321  Battery  street. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE     FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN, 
GERMANY. 

Capital,  6,000,000  Reich-Marks,  81,500,000  U.S.  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are   now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAN,  HIRSCHFELD  &  CO., 
Nov.  4. Office:  No.  302  Sansontu  Street,  undi-r  W.  F.  ,v  Co.'s  Bank. 

ESTABLISHED    1821. 

Capital,  Gold 810,000,000. 

GUARDIAN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  OF    LONDON. 

Dec.  16. Agents  :  BALFOUR,  GUTHKlE  &  CO.,  230  California  st. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  §15,000,000  ;  Accumulated  Funds,  up- 
wards of  §6,750,UI>0  ;  Annual  Fire  1'reiiiiiiim,  less  re-insurance,  81,380,000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  Calif,  miia  .street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN    ASSDRANCE  CO.,    OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

(^ash  Assets,  81,207,483.— London  Assurance  Corporation, 
j    of  London,    England.     Cash  Assets,  §14,993,-1GU—  Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.  CROSS  &  CO.,  General  Agents, 

Jan.  20.  316  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 
Inpital  $5,000,000."-Agents:    Balfour,  Guthrie  &  Co.,  No. 


C 


'230  California  street,  San  Francisco. 


No.  18. 


E.  D.  Edwards. 


J.  Craiq. 


E.  L.  Craig. 
CRAIG,    EDWARDS    &    CRAIG, 

Attorneys  and  Counselors  at  Law.    Land  Suits  and  Patent  Right 
Cased  a  Specialty.     No.  240  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco    California. 
[July  29.] 


SA^    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTEft    AND 


March  3,  1877. 


THE    NEVADA    BULLION    BILL. 

Everybody  in  Virginia  is  red-hot  to-day  en  the  Bullion  tax  question. 
*or  the  information  of  the  general  public  it  may  be  stated  that  our  sister 
State  is  divided  into  two  factions.  One,  the  agricultural  party,  isstromdy 
intavorofall  produce  of  the  mines  being  heavily  taxed;  the  other  party 
consisting  of  mining  speculators  and  searchers  after  virgin  silver,  Btronely 
object  to  being  mulcted  in  the  shape  of  a  bullion  tax,  and  justly  considers 
that  underground  enterprises  are  too  precarious  to  bear  a  heavy  assessment 
on  their  yield.  In  brief,  the  mining  corporations  of  Nevada  are  not  anxious 
to  bear  the  whole  cost  of  running  the  State  Government.  A  compromise 
was  effected  by  the  introduction  of  a  bill  which  fairly  met  the  question 
and  imposed  a.  pro  rate  tax  which  was  intended  to  satisfy  all  parties.  It 
was  carried  through  both  legislative  bodies,  and  considered  nu  fait  accom- 
pli, when  Governor  Bradley  took  up  his  little  pen  and  effectually  bull- 
dosed  the  mining  fraternity  by  vetoing  the  measure.  The  Governor,  it  is 
said,  used  to  be  an  able  man;  but  paralysis  and  an  enfeebled  intellect 
have  made  him  the  easily  influenced  tool  of  party  prejudices.  It  is  also 
stated  that  he  owns  a  great  deal  of  land  and  numerous  herds  of  cattle,  so 
that  from  interested  motives  he  may  have  possibly  decided  the  case  ad- 
versely to  the  mining  interests.  Before  the  people  ever  went  into  the 
tight,  the  Governor  was  asked  by  their  legal  adviser,  in  presence  nf  all 
the  State  officials,  whether  he  would  sign  the  Bill  if  it  passed  both 
Houses,  as  they  would  not  start  in  the  tight  at  all  unless  they  were  as- 
sured of  his  approbation.  He  gave  in  answer  that  he  should  always  act 
in  accordance  with  the  wish  of  the  people.  Believing  this  they  went  into 
the  tight  in  good  faith,  worked  hard  for  four  weeks,  and  submitted  to  all 
sorts  of  annoyances,  to  find  at  the  end  of  the  session  that  the  Governor 
went  back  on  his  word  and  had  allowed  himself  to  be  influenced  by  the 
members  from  the  cow  counties,  where  he  hails  from  himself.  The  whole 
lot  of  them  were  half-witted  donkeys,  who  add  nothing  worth  speaking 
of  to  the  treasury,  and  who  would  kill  the  goose  that  lays  the  golden  egg. 
The  Governor  was  petitioned  by  every  inhabitant  of  the  producing  por- 
tion of  the  State  to  stand  by  them,  and  not  to  force  the  larger  portion  of 
them  to  emigrate  and  seek  pastures  new — for  this  veto  means  nothing  less. 
The  latest  news  from  Nevada  is  to  the  effect  that  there  will  probably  be 
an  extra  session  of  the  Legislature.  The  most  graceful  act  tnat  Governor 
Bradley  could  commit  would  be  to  acknowledge  to  himself  that  be  has 
outlived  his  sphere  of  usefulness,  and  to  offer  to  the  citizens  of  his  State 
the  most  precious  boon  they  could  demand — his  resignation. 


AN  INFECTED  PORT. 
The  latest  telegrams  from  Australia  announce  that  a  proclamation 
has  been  issued  declaring  San  Francisco  to  be  an  "infected  port."  This 
means  that  under  the  Colonial  law,  every  vessel  arriving  from  this  port, 
with  or  without  disease,  will  be  placed  in  quarantine  for  a  period,  the 
length  of  which  will  in  each  particular  case  be  determined  by  the  Govern- 
ment. There  is  a  natural  and  very  proper  fear  in  the  Colonies  of  the 
introduction  of  contagious  or  epidemic  diseases.  The  people  there  will 
spare  no  effort,  will  think  light  of  any  necessary  expense,  and  will  sacri- 
fice the  San  Francisco  mail  service  rather  than  permit  smallpox  to  be 
introduced.  Their  almost  passionate  determination  goes  as  far  in  the  one 
direction  as  our  own  carelessness  and  supineness  does  in  the  other,  but  it 
must  be  confessed  that  it  is  infinitely  more  excusable.  The  Pacific  Mail 
Co.  has  had  too  little  regard  for  the  very  just  fears  of  the  Colonists  in 
regard  to  this  matter,  as  indeed  it  invariably  has  in  reference  to  the  cher- 
ished wishes  of  its  liberal  Australian  customers.  This  trouble  might 
easily  have  been  foreseen  and  avoided.  The  Company  were  duly  warned 
that  the  lax  methods  by  which  they  and  their  China  steamers  have  perma- 
nently located  smallpox  in  our  midst,  would  not  be  tolerated  in  the  Colo- 
nies, where  law  means  law,  and  where  penalties  mean  penalties.  When 
certain  of  the  Company's  officers  were  told  that  their  ships  should  be  dis- 
infected before  leaving  port  as  well  as  twice  during  the  voyage,  and  that 
passengers  and  crew  should  be  vaccinated,  the  idea  seemed  amusing,  and 
the  expense  was  declared  to  be  an  intolerable  burthen.  The  advice  was 
not  heeded,  and  now  the  Company  learns  the  result.  Their  service  is 
senVisly  jeopardized,  their  customers  are  bewailing  the  dangers  that  beset 
them,  and  the  cost  of  quarantine  involves  an  expenditure,  compared  with 
which,  the  expense  of  the  suggested  preventive  measures  would  have  been 
a  triGe  bight  as  air.  Whilst,  however,  we  do  not  defend  the  Company,  we 
sincerely  trust,  if  it  be  found  at  all  compatible  with  public  safety,  that 
the  steamers  will  be  allowed  to  depart  from  the  other  end  of  the  line  with 
no  more  delay  than  the  fourteen  days,  which,  under  ordinary  circumstan- 
ces, they  would  be  in  port.  IfSthat  cannot  be  permitted,  more  vessels  will 
be  needed,  which  will  not  be  supplied,  and  the  service  will  in  that  event 
come  to  an  inglorious  end. 


THE  LAW '  AT  SEA. 
Members  of  the  shyster  fraternity  in  this  city  have  done  their  little 
best  to  subvert  the  discipline  which  should  prevail  on  well  regulated  ves- 
sels whose  commanders  are  responsible  for  the  safety  of  the  ship,  cargo 
and  many  valuable  lives.  When  a  vessel  arrives  after  a  long  voyage,  the 
crew  are  usually  interviewed  by  the  shyster  or  his  capper,  and  they  are 
told  that  if  they  can  trump  up  the  slightest  cause  of  complaint,  this  is  an 
admirable  port  in  which  to  try  the  experiment,  and  that  their  case  will 
be  put  through  without  cost  to  themselves  unless  damages  are  obtained, 
or  the  captain  is  compelled  to  "  come  down,1'  which  he  too  often  does,  in 
preference  to  submitting  to  the  delays  and  uncertainties  consequent  upon 
litigation.  This  kind  of  shyster  is  a  great  injury  to  the  trade  of  the  port, 
and  the  sooner  judges  frown  it  out  of  existence  the  better.  Of  course  we 
do  not  for  one  moment  desire  to  be  understood  as  favoring  cruelty  to 
Beamen.  That  is  a  very  different  matter  from  that  of  insisting  Upon  im- 
plicit and  unquestioning  obedience.  The  commander  is,  and  from  the 
nature  of  his  position  must  be,  sole  judge  whilst  at  sea  of  the  necessity 
and  wisdom  of  his  orders.  The  captain  of  the  Daniel  Boadlei/,  the  other 
day,  gave  the  attorney  for  his  crew  a  very  lucid  definition  of  marine  law. 
!P»eing  asked  "by  what  authority  he  gave  the  order  which  the  men  refused 
to  obey.?"  He  replied  in  effect,  "  By  my  own  authority.  I  have  my  own 
'system  in  sailing  my  ship.  I  make  my  own  laws,  and  intend  that  they 
shall  be'  strictly  obeyed,  and  permit  no  questioning  or  evasion  of  them, 
and  will  allow  no  interference  whatever  where  they  do  not  clash  with  laws 
of  the  United  States."  Emphatic  as  those  words  read,  they  are  yet  in 
everyway  worthy  of  the  honest  bluff  sailor.  By  just  such  rules,  and 
by  none  others,  can  navigation  be  successful,  and  the  lives  even  of  the 
crew  be  duly  cared  for. 


OTJR    JAPANESE    CORRESPONDENCE 

Yokahama,  February  10,  1877. 

Dear  "  News  Letter  :"  " 'Tis  years  since  first  we  met."  This,  of 
course,  is  figurative,  because  we  never  met,  but  the  fact  is,  it  is  really  too 
bad  of  you  never  to  write,  and  knowing  the  interest  I  take  in  your  wel- 
fare, there  is  no  excuse  for  this  long  silence,  though  it  dees  give  consent. 
I,  for  my  partt  will  show  a  forgiveness  of  past  injuries,  which  will  do  me 
credit,  by  at  once  plunging  into  ink.  The  past  year  in  this  part  of  the 
world  has  been  chiefly  remarkable  for  the  enormous  fortunes  realized  by 
my  friends  in  silk.  It  has,  on  the  other  hand,  been  also  remarkable  for 
the  enormous  losses  sustained  by  other  friends  of  mine,  also  in  silk.  I, 
for  my  part,  have  not  dabbled  in  any  transactions  tending  to  fill  my 
usually  empty  pockets,  and  therefore  remain  in  a  pleasing  state  of  semi- 
pauperism,  which  in  no  way  interferes  with  my  happiness.  We  have  had 
one  or  two  tires,  and,  in  consequence,  several  people  are  made  happy.  The 
streets  continue  unlighted,  as  usual..  All  the  archives  of  the  Municipal 
Council  are  burnt,  I  don't  care.  The  Mikado  has  just  opened  the  rail- 
way between  Kobe",  Osaka  and  Hioto.  The  press  was  invited  and  went, 
with  the  exception  of  the  undersigned,  who,  having  little  money  and  very 
few  shirts,  could  not  avail  himself  of  the  invitation.  The  United  States 
Consul  at  Kobe",  Mr.  Nathan  Donnerwetter,  has  covered  himself  with 
glory  by  inviting  the  Mikado  to  stay  with  him.  The  Mikado  didn't. 
"Holy  Mother  of  Moshesh  !"  said  Donnerwetter,  and  wept.  The  fol- 
lowing true  tale  will  doubtless  interest  you  ;  Some  residents  on 
the  Bluff  were  much  annoyed  at  the  prayers  and  noisy  worship  of  natives 
in  a  temple  close  to  their  house,  and,  determined  to  damp  the  ardor  of  their 
religious  zeal,  they  therefore  played  on  them  with  a  small  tire  engine, 
which  effectually  stopped  the  noise.  A  complaint  was  lodged  by  the 
worshipers,  and  an  interpreter  came  up  in  all  haste  and  said  that  it  was 
wrong  of  them  to  do  what  they  had  done,  as  these  people  were  ignorant 
and  believed  in  prayers  addressed  to  their  gods,  but,  as  for  himself,  he  had 
been  in  England,  and  therefore  didn't  care  a  damn  for  religion  !  This  is 
a  fact. 

Do  you  Norwege?  We  have  been  dancing  right  through  the  festive 
season  and  we  are  now  resting  from  our  labors.  Therefore  farewell  for 
the  present.  Yours  ad  valorem,  The  Pious  Jones. 

THE    AGONY    ALMOST    OVER. 

The  long — all  too'long—  agony  is  well  nigh  over.  The  countis  ended,  and 
probably  to-morrow  Rutherford  B.  Hayes  will  be  duly  inaugurated  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States  for  the  next  four  years.  At  the  extraordinary 
hour  of  half-past  two  yesterday  morning  the  presiding  officer  of  the  Sen- 
ate declared  Hayes  elected  by  185  votes  against  184  for  Tilden.  We  have 
so  often  exposed  the  open,  shameless  frauds  by  which  that  result  has  been 
arrived  at  that  we  are  under  no  necessity,  and  indeed  have  no  patience,  to 
pursue  the  matter  further.  The  conscience  of  the  country  is  clear  enoagh 
about  the  facts  that  our  new  President  is  an  usurper,  and  our  Supreme 
Court  is  as  partisan  and  perjured  a  body  as  the  notorious  Louisiana  Can- 
vassing Board.  By  swearing  solemnly  "  to  impartially  inquire  into  all 
the  evidence  submitted"  to  them,  the  Supreme  Judges  became  members 
of  the  Electoral  Commission;  but  by  ignoring  that  oath,  and  refusing  to 
inquire  either  partially  or  impartially  into  the  evidence  of  the  Florida  and 
Louisiana  frauds,  they  have  made  Hayes  President,  but  have  consigned 
themselves  to  everlasting  infamy.  Let  us  turn  from  the  ugly  sight,  and 
hope  that  the  new  President  will  prove  superior  to  the  men  and  methods 
he  is  surrounded  by.  

THE  ' '  EXAMINER. " 
We  are  glad  to  speak  a  good  word  of  our  neighbor,  the  Examiner. 
Always  decently  and  ably  conducted,  we  have  lately  observed  an  in- 
creased vim  and  go  about  it  that  promise  well  for  its  immediate  future. 
It  is  tc- Jay,  in  the  highest  and  best  sense,  "a  live  paper."  It  is  true  that  it 
does  not  send  a  gutter-snipe  reporter  after  every  oderiferous  piece  of  scan- 
dal. But  that  is  one  of  the  many  reasons  why  we  like  it.  Iror  that  pre- 
cise cause,  it  seems  to  us,  that  it  has  a  claim  to  the  support  of  decent  peo- 
ple; so  good  as  not  to  be  equaled  by  the  clouded  title  of  any  other  daily 
with  which  we  are  acquainted.  Its  editorials  are  written  with  tone  and 
spirit,  and  the  requisite  regard  is  paid  to  facts  as  distinguished  from 
trumped-up  fictions.  Take  it  all  in  all  the  Exnmimer  is  an  excellent 
paper,  which,  pursuing  its  way  decently  and  cleanly,  is  loyal  to  its  party 
and  most  faithful  to  the  interests  of  the  city  and  State.  No  man  pos- 
sesses a  better  record  than  the  Hon.  Phil.  A.  Roach,  its  most  active  pro- 
prietor. A  worthy  man,  runniug  a  worthy  paper  to  serve  most  worthy 
ends,  merits  the  success  which  we  are  glad  to  believe  he  is  achieving. 

•'  Drop  a  line  if  you  wish  to  see  me,:'  as  the  fish  said  to  the  angler. 


March  8,   1877. 


C  aiFORNl  \     Alt\  ERTISER. 


9 


THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

|*B«U  I  ho  OrUr*"    "What  Iho  devil  «rt  IhoaT" 
"One  tint  will  pl»y  the  ttcvil.  »ir.  with  >ou." 


la  vtow  of  the  ooDBtanDy  iitorettiDg  number  oi  roiddee  the  Board  of 
Supervii  erecting!  hall  of/  lm  i  tothe 

various  modes  of  self  destruction.  Slabs  will  be  provided  for  partiee 
wishing  to  taks  poison,  aad  srseuio,  strychnine  end  chloral-hydrate  will 
price  by  i ^lit*-  attendants.  An  inner  compartment 
•rill  bo  fitted  up  as  an  amateur  batcher  shop  for  tin  accommodation  of 
persons  desirous  of  severing  their  jugular  veins.  The  shooting  gallery 
will  Ik-  down  stairs  next  to  the  tank,  which  is  to  Ik-  eight  feet  d 
filled  with  warm  water  so  u  not  to  thill  partiee  desirous  of  drowning 
themselves.  8001b  wsighta  with  oorda  Attached,  will  form  part  of  the  fur- 
niture of  the  aquarium.  The  hanging  room  will  be  very  unique.  Nooses 
will  be  carefully  arranged,  well  soaped  and  suspended  at  an  altitude  of 
nine  feet  from  the  floor.  They  can  easily  be  reached  by  Udders,  and  the 
performer  lias  only  to  put  his  bead  through  the  loop,  jump  off  and  go  for 
a  swing.  A  deputy  Coroner  and  an  undertaker's  assistant  will  be  in  con- 
stant attendance,  and  blank  forms  of  wills  will  be  supplied  to  customers 
gratis. 

There  is  a  Chinese  Singing  School  on  the  corner  of  Sacramento 
an.l  Stockton  streets  which  makes  considerable  harmony  or  discord  every 
evening,  according  to  the  taste  of  the  listener.  The  T.  C.  was  passing  by 
one  evening  this  week  when  he  was  accosted  by  a  rough  looking,  unkempt 
forty-niner,  who  delivered  himself  as  follows:  '"Chinese  singing  school  is 
Well,  blank  my  blank  soul,  if  that  ain't  blank  rough.  Here— 
I'm  fifty  blank  yean*  old  ami  no  blank  blank    squalling   master  ever  tried 

to  learn  me  to  whistle.  Who  runs  this  blank  blank  singing  shop!  Parson 
I  libson  !  The  blank  you  say  !  Well,  my  blank  blank  blank  !  I'm  a  good 
American  citizen,  anrl  I'm  fifty  year  old,  and  I  wish  I'd  died  before  I  was 
born  b let  than  live  to  see  a  blank  blank  community  teaching  a  China- 
man opera  and  leaving  a  square  white  man  out  in  the  cold  without  even 
a  knowledge  of  the  rudiments."  And  then  he  borrowed  two-bits  to  get  a 
drink  with  and  walked  gently  away,  murmuring  that  he  didn't  know  B 
flat  from  a  bull's  foot. 

The  Gold  Hill  News  has  received  for  presentation  to  the  Society  of 
Pacific  Coast  Pioneers,  for  their  cabinet,  a  small  piece  of  the  table  upon 
which  the  lamented  Colonel  Ellsworth  was  laid  after  being  shot  in  the 
Marshall  House,  Alexandria,  Virginia.  The  T.  C.  has  received  for  pre- 
sentation to  the  same  Society  half  of  George  Washington's  first  bib  and 
a  small  piece  of  willow  from  President  Grant's  cradle.  The  Secretary 
can  also  have,  on  application,  a  dried  flea,  which  once  bit  Henry  Clay  on 
the  neck,  a  tin  of  condensed  eggs  which  were  never  used  by  the  late  Com- 
modore Vauderbilt  in  his  last  sickness,  and  a  screw  which  was  intended 
for  the  coffin  of  -Mr.  James  Lick,  but  was  unused  owing  tu  the  fact  that  it 
did  not  fit.  A  handkerchief  which  was  employed  to  tie  up  Private  Doo- 
lau's  head  after  his  teeth  were  knocked  out  by  a  spent  bullet  at  the  batfle 
of  Bull's  Kun  is  hourly  expected  at  this  office,  as  also  a  beautiful  brown 
curl  150  years  old,  which  was  cut  from  the  head  of  Anna  Dickinson  when 
she  was  in  the  prime  of  life. 

Seventy-nine  suspicious  husbands  sat  gloomily  at  breakfast  last 
Sunday,  wondering  whether  their  wives  had  not  Mousered  them.  They 
had  all  read  about  Dr.  M.  procuring  a  baby  for  a  wife  in  order  to  delude 
her  husband,  and  doubt  rushed  into  their  minds  and  ejected  the  con- 
fidence which  had  hitherto  reigned  supreme.  The  expose1  has  completely 
broken  the  baby  market  in  this  city.  One  lady,  who  had  been  simulating 
the  interesting  state  for  some  time,  immediately  revoked  her  order  for  the 
purchase  of  twins,  and  resumed  her  natural  appearance  within  ten 
minutes  after  the  perusal  of  the  article  in  question.  Eleven  commissions 
for  blonde  male  and  female  infants,  and  double  that  number  for  blue-eyed 
boys,  have  been  canceled  by  alarmed  would-be  mothers  since  Sunday. 
There  is  no  demand  at  all  for  the  future  generation;  and,  unless  the  tone 
of  the  market  should  improve  unexpectedly,  immediate  steps  will  have  to 
be  taken  to  erect  a  foundling  hospital  for  the  storage  of  the  surplus  com- 
modity. 

A  Hoosier,  from  the  cow  counties,  came  to  the  city  last  week,  and 
stopped  at  the  Puss  House.  He  was  asked  to  register,  but,  remarking 
that  his  hands  were  cold,  induced  the  clerk  to  write  his  name  for  him. 
On  Sunday  evening  he  appeared  in  the  dining-room,  and  one  of  the  polite 
waiters  showed  him  a  seat  and  handed  him  a  bill  of  fare.  The  attendant 
had  to  turn  aside,  to  conceal  his  smiles,  as  he  noticed  the  guest  perusing 
the  bill  of  fare  very  attentively  upside  down.  The  gentleman  stroked  his 
chin,  looked  up  and  down  the  bill,  ran  his  finger  crossways  and  length- 
ways over  the  elegant  menu,  and,  finally  throwing  it  down  in  disgust, 
he  turned  to  the  convulsed  steward  and  said  sternly,  "  Young  man,  there 
aint  nothing  there  as  soots  me  to-night.  Bring  me  a  beefsteak  and  some 
ham  and  eggs."  He  was  pretty  safe  in  giving  his  order,  but  he  couldn't 
make  out  why  all  the  other  occupants  of  the  table  tittered  and  seemed  so 
amused  at  his  request  for  such  simple  and  nutritious  dishes. 

That  unmitigated  fiend,  the  Deputy  Assessor,  is  again  in  the  field. 
For  the  information  of  the  beleaguered  householder,  the  T.  C.  venturesto 
suggest  to  every  inhabitant  the  propriety  of  keeping  a  bottle  of  good 
Bourbon  Whisky  handy  in  the  closet.  As  soon  as  the  fiend  calls,  shake 
hands  with  him  and  swear  that  you  have  met  him  before,  and  were  intro- 
duced to  him  at  the  last  Palace  Hotel  Hop.  Then  produce  the  whisky, 
and  if  it  is  near  luncheon  time,  drag  him  violently  into  the  dining-room. 
Pump  plenty  of  Bourbon  into  him,  even  if  you  have  to  make  him  hold 
the  baby,  while  your  wife  jams  a  funnel  into  his  mouth  and  keeps  his 
head  back  to  enable  you  to  deluge  him  with  hospitality.  Before  he  de- 
parts, he  will  assess  you  at  §300,  perhaps  less,  and  if  these  instructionsare 
carried  out  to  the  letter,  there  is  every  probability  of  your  being  left  out 
of  the  lists  altogether,  a  result  to  be  earnestly  hoped  for  by  every  peace- 
ful citizen  of  this  glorious  and  free  republic. 

Hayes  and  Wheeler  will  please  accept  the  congratulations  of  the 
Town  Crier  on  their  election.  They  will  not  forget  how  hard  he  worked 
for  them  last  November,  and  they  will  now  shortly  have  a  chance  to  re- 
ward his  fidelity.  The  T.  C.  is  perfectly  competent  to  run  the  Mint,  the 
Post  Office  and  the  Custom  House,  and  would  be  pleased  to  receive  these 
three  combined  appointments  at  an  early  date.  The  request  is  a  small 
one,  when  it  is  considered  that  had  Tilden  been  elected  we  should  have 
had  coin  enough  to  buy  out  the  Bank  of  England  and  run  it  on  a  big 
scale. 


A  prominent  pisciculturist  lately  senta  vary  valuable  pn 

pawn  tooi t   our  Nob  Hill   magnates,  who  Es  more  remarkable 

Itfa  than   refinement    Thedonoi  that  the  trout  might 

be  batoned,  and  would  thrive  In  ■  unall  ertificia]   lake,  which 

i  the  millionaire's  grounds.     He  wsa  much     » 
tho  following  note  some  daj  Mv  Deai  Friend    Them 

at  was  way  up  and  was  excellent  fried     I  bad  oonsidi 
railroad  people  and  one  or  two  bankers  to  dinner  the   night 
We  uever  would  have  knew  what  the  concerns  were  only  for  Maria,  who 

chool,  and  knows  i  light    She  l 
as  them  peas  were  quiti  oomm  in  in  Lake  Taboo,  and  that  they  [rrew 
under  water  same  as  yon  sent  W     We  all  sends  kind  regards,  ana  would 
be  pleased  to  have  some  more  wi  ■  when  yon  are  sending  to 

the  city." 

A  correspondent  wants  t>  Uu,  iv.'  tin-  meaning  of  an  advertisement  In 
the  Geary  street  cars.  He  aays  there  is  a  representation  of  a  fat  i  i 
written  underneath  it  are  the  words  "Union  Club  and  Pacific  Club 
Sausages.'1  Be  thinks,  further,  that  it  is  not  a  compliment  to  members 
of  either  club  to  associate  them  with  the  ideaol  pigs  or  sausages,  Our 
advice  to  the  gentleman  is  not  to  prosecut<-  his  inquiries  further.  A  sau> 
sage  is  an  envelope  of  mystery  ;  it-s  arcana  no  one  dire  penetrate,  and  the 
advertisement  in  question  is  probably  merely  an  effort  to  call  attention 
to  an  article  of  untiMial  intrieacy,  tin-  component   parts  . if  which    1:0  ana 

lytieal  chemist  could  find  out.  Why  members  of  social  organizations 
should  l»e  addicted  to  this  food  or  lend  their  names  to  any  particular  pre- 
paration of  mince  meat  intestinally  imprisoned,  is  only  another  Bhroud  of 
uncertainty  involved  in  that  awful  mystery— the  San  t'r.meisco  San 

A  Gentleman  in  Pittsburgh,  who  read  in  the  Aeus  Letter  the 
account  of  the  terrible  misfortune  which  befell  the  false  nose  of  an 
officer  who  took  a  Turkish  bath  has  written  to  us  asking  for  the  par- 
ticulars of  the  sad  occurrence  and  how  the  false  organ  was  re] 
He,  too,  lost  half  a  nose  at  Gettysburg.  He  is  informed  that  we  keep 
the  best  kind  of  artificial  noses  constantly  on  hand.  Large  aqui- 
lines  come  as  high  as  Sj"5,  small  pugs,  si  5.  Ordinary  straight  snouts  are 
held  at  8l'0  to  s_\~>;  Roman  and  fancy  Grecian  being  in  demand  at  prices 
varying  from  $80  to  -SSo.  They  are  clean  as  a  whistle  and  warranted  dur- 
able ;  are  unaffected  by  snuff,  perfectly  sneezeless,  do  not  run  and  will 
not  bleed.  Further  information,  including  circulars,  price  list  and  testi- 
monials, on  receipt  of  stamped  envelope. 

Bartholomew  Shay  is  evidently  hankering  after  a  notice  in  this  pa- 
per. Last  week  he  assaulted  Mr.  Odgiers,  a  Post  reporter,  in  a  brutal, 
cowardly  and  underhand  way.  Mr.  Shay  has  formed  a  very  just  estimate 
of  the  journalists  of  this  city.  To  get  even  with  any  one  of  them,  it  will  be 
well  for  him  to  sneak  up  behind  and  hit  his  enemy  on  the  head  with  a 
stick.  There  is  not  an  attache  of  any  newspaper  in  this  city  who  would 
not  lick  an  indefinite  number  of  spots  out  of  Mr.  Shay  at  any  given  mo- 
ment in  a  square  encounter,  and  if  Mr.  Bartholomew  thinks  that  he  can 
institute  a  sort  of  St.  Bartholomew's  massacre  of  the  reportorial  frater- 
nity, let  him  make  the  attempt.  It  would  be  well  forfhim,  however,  to 
buy  up  all  the  extra  leeches  in  the  city  (before  he  starts  in)  and  to  make 
his  will. 

The  week's  record  of  Crime  reveals  the  fact  that  the  rising  genera- 
tion are  far  in  advance  of  their  ancestors.  It  is  no  uncommon  thing  to 
see  a  huge  policeman  hauling  in  six-year-old  juvenile  burglars,  who  have 
scarcely  lost  their  milk  teeth.  A  young  lady,  whose  future  will  probably 
be  a  glorious  one,  commenced  her  career  a  few  days  ago  by  stealing  a  val- 
uable tray  of  rings  from  a  jeweler's  store.  She  was  only  about  nine  years 
old,  but  it  is  asserted  that  she  paid  rent  for  furnished  apartments  in  a 
lodging  house  with  exemplary  precision.  The  timid  householder  is  now 
obliged  to  search  even  the  beer  pitcher  before  retiring,  to  be  sure  that 
there  are  no  thieves  on  the  premises. 

Smallpox  in  England  has  assumed  such  unpleasant  proportions  that 
the  Queen  thought  it  best  to  have  all  the  members  of  the  royal  house- 
hold vaccinated.  There  was  no  resisting  the  imperial  command,  so  from 
the  Prime  Minister  to  the  maids  of  honor,  the  pages  and  the  royal  scul- 
lery maid,  the  entire  court  was  bulldosed  with  vaccine  matter.  At  the 
next  levee  142  gentlemen  had  their  arms  in  slings,  seventeen  ladies  in 
waiting  were  in  bed,  and  the  royal  footmen  were  piteously  yelling  out  to 
the  crowd  of  duchesses  and  lords  in  attendance:  "Oh,  mind  my  scab! 
Oh,  my  arm  !  "  The  scene  was  a  very  affecting  one,  and  will  long  be  re- 
membered in  the  pleasant  halls  of  Windsor. 

A  Society  for  the  prevention  of  poverty  is  the  latest  European  idea. 
The  idea  of  the  directors  is  to  stop  all  relief  to  the  indigent,  blind  and 
aged  so  as  to  hasten  their  departure  from  this  vale  of  tears.  Members 
are  obliged  to  agree  never  to  give  a  cent  to  beggars,  blind  men,  organ 
grinders  or  destitute  families,  and  to  use  all  the  means  in  their  power  to 
extirpate  the  whole  genus.  They  will  carry  stomach  pumps  instead  of 
food  to  any  one  known  to  be  starving,  and  assist  blind  men  on  all  possible 
occasions  to  fall  off  wharves  into  deep  water.  A  branch  of  the  Society 
will  shortly  be  incorporated  with  one  of  our  prominent  benevolent  insti- 
tutions. 

There  is  so  much  secret  assassination  going  on  in  this  city  that  per- 
sons who  have  any  enemies  will  do  well  to  avail  themselves  of  the  new 
patent  bullet-proof  clothes.  An  enterprising  iron  foundry  is  engaged 
largely  in  their  manufacture,  and  the  new  impenetrable  wrought  iron  vest 
is  a  model  of  beauty  and  elegance.  It  has  the  additional  advantage  of 
only  weighing  78  lbs.,  and  the  wearer  can  smile  calmly  as  the  perfidious 
assassin  fires  bullet  after  bullet  at  him  without  the  slightest  effect.  For 
sale  at  all  respectable  hardware  stores. 

The  Treasury  of  Nevada  is  reported  to  be  quite  empty,  although 
there  are  twelve  faro  games  running  in  Virginia  City,  which  pay  a  license 
of  ^400  a  quarter.  The  Senate  will  probably  pass  a  bill  raising  the  faro 
license  fees  100  per  cent.,  there  being  no  other  apparent  source  of  revenue 
except  the  tax  on  Flood  and  O'Brien's  bullion,  which  they  find  somewhat 
difficult  to  collect. 

The  firm  of  Patti  and  Co.  has  dissolved.  Patti  will  continue  to  carry 
on  the  business  as  a  sole  trader  under  the  name  of  Adelina  Patti,  whole- 
sale scalist  and  music  sharp.  The  Co.  i.  e.  the  Marquis  Caux  (which  must 
not  be  pronounced  corks  as  it  ruins  this  joke)  has  found  out  that  however 
highly  gifted  the  prima  donna  may  be  in  some  branches  of  music,  harmony 
is  not  her  forte. 

The  Welshmen  are  jubilant  over  the  fact  that  out  of  1200  prisoners 
in  San  Quentin,  only  two  are  Cambrians.  The  other  Welshmen  in  the 
State  are  free  up  to  date. 


10 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March  3,  1877. 


COLUMN  FOR  THE  CURIOUS, 

In  Nature,  Science,  and  Art. 

Vegetable  Railway  Wheels.  —The  infinite 
variety  of  purposes  to  which  paper  is  applied  in 
the  Empire  of  Japan  has  astonished  all  Eu- 
ropeans who  have  visited  that  country.  They 
have  literally  found  paper,  paper  everywhere, 
and  in  all  shapes  and  forms.  The  Japanese, 
however,  with  all  their  ingenuity  in  this  direc- 
tion, would  never  have  dreamt  of  making  paper 
wheels  for  railway  carriages.  This,  nevertheless, 
is  being  done  in  Sheffield  at  this  moment,  and 
we  have  seen  a  sample  of  the  work.  The  paper 
wheels  have  steel  tyres,  made  with  an  inside 
flange,  and  cast-iron  boss.  On  each  side  of  the 
boss  and  tyre,  steel  plates,  3-16in.  thick,  are 
bolted,  and  the  space  between  the  plates  is  filled 
with  compressed  paper.  The  paper  is  composed 
of  what  are  known  as  "straw-boards,"  and  these 
are  made  to  adhere  to  each  other  by  means  of  rye 
paste.  The  combined  layers  of  paper  are  next 
subjected  to  hydraulic  pressure  to  the  extent  of 
2,000  tons  for  the  space  of  four  or  five  hours,  and 
then  dried  in  a  heated  air-bath.  The  final  thick- 
ness of  the  prepared  paper  is  about  Shin.,  and. 
as  may  be  imagined,  the  quantity  of  straw-board 
packed  into  this  concentrated  space  by  the  giant 
force  of  the  hydraulic  rain  is  something  enor- 
mous. Still,  a  certain  amount  of  elasticity  re- 
mains to  the  substance,  and  this — in  union  with 
its  homogeneity  and  singular  smoothness  of  grain 
and  texture — constitutes  one  of  its  highest  qual- 
ifications for  the  duty  it  will  presently  have  to 
perform.  Lathes,  slide-rests,  and  sharp  cutting 
tools  are  made  to  shape  the  compressed  paper 
into  discs  of  the  proper  size,  and  under  a  pres- 
sure of  400  tons  these  are  then  forced  into  the 
tyres.  The  steel  protecting-plates  are  subse- 
quently bolted  to  the  inner  and  outer  peripheries 
of  the  wheels,  and  after  a  finishing  touch  in  the 
latter,  they  are  ready  to  be  keyed  on  their  axles 
and  placed  under  the  railway  carriages.  It  is 
understood  that  experiments,  both  in  America 
and  in  this  country,  have  gone  to  prove  the 
superiority  of  paper  rail  way- wheels  over  those 
of  steel  or  wroiight-iron,  and  that  the  brake, 
however  suddenly  and  sharply  applied,  does  not 
injure  them  in  the  least.  The  firm  of  John 
Brown  &  Co.,  Sheffield,  are,  we  believe,  the  ex- 
clusive makers  in  England  of  the  paper  wheels, 
and  several  of  the  principal  English  Railway 
Companies  have  given  large  orders  for  them. 

A  Spanish  paper,  published  in  Central 
America,  gives  an  account  of  a  new  electric  bat- 
tery, which  is  very  circumstantial,  and,  if  true, 
important.  The  Abbe*  Filhol,  a  member  of  the 
University  (of  Panama  we  presume),  and  con- 
nected with  the  Faculty  of  Sciences,  has  had,  it 
is  said,  the  good  luck  to  procure  a  Spanish  min- 
eral, probably  a  sort  of  pyrites,  by  the  aid  of 
which  he  has  constructed  a  battery  in  this  man- 
ner: In  the  center  of  a  glass  jar  he  placed  a 
piece  of  zinc  twenty  centimetres  long  by  four 
wide  and  eight  thick,  forming  a  kind  of  "  fire- 
lock pan.1'  In  this  he  deposited  the  mineral  in 
question,  and  upon  it  a  piece  of  copper,  the 
empty  space  being  tilled  up  with  pulverized  coke 
mixed  with  a  tenth  part  of  chloride  of  sodium, 
or  sea-salt,  moistened  with  water.  These  ele- 
ments being  connected  together  by  means  of 
threads  of  insulated  copper,  copper  with  copper, 
zinc  with  zinc,  created  a  surprising  current, 
which  at  the  contact  of  the  poles  gave  out  large 
sparks  and  rendered  a  piece  of  copper  wire  in- 
candescent. It  also  set  in  motion  the  works  of 
an  electric  bell;  and  the  Abbe*  Filhol  does  not 
hesitate  to  affirm  that  upon  the  same  scale  the 
four  new  elements  will  furnish  the  same  amount 
of  force  as  ten  of  Bunsen's  cells,  that  ^be  bat- 
tery is  most  suitable  for  the  production  of  the 
electric  light,  and— what  is  most  extraordinary 
and  seems  incredible — that  after  eighteen  month's 
use  his  battery,  which  he  calls  the  "constant 
electrogene  "  works  as  well  as  upon  the  first  day, 
the  only  condition  being  that  it  is  kept  very 
damp.  The  alchemists,  according  to  their  own 
accounts,  were  often  within  an  ace  of  finding  the 
missing  power  that  would  turn  everything  to 
gold.  The  place  of  that  missing  power  is  taken 
in  this  account  by  what  is  called  "a  Spanish 
mineral."  We  hope  the  Spanish  Americans  will 
let  the  world  know  what  the  mysterious  mineral 


Intense  Light  for  Taking  Photographs.— 
A  very  brilliant,  perfectly  white,  and  very  actin- 
ic light,  which  may  be  used  (says  the  Scientific 
American)  for  taking  photographs,  is  produced  as 
follows;  Place  some  perfectly  dry,  powdered  ni- 
tre in  a  suitable  clay  vessel,  and  in  a  cavity  made 
in  the  middle  of  the  powder  place  a  piece  of 
phosphorus  and  ignite  it.  While  it  burns,  the 
nitre  melts  and  a  quantity  of  oxygen  gas  is  given 
off,  producing  an  intense  light. 


THE   DOOR-STEP. 

[by    e.    c.    stedman.] 

The  conference  meeting  through  at  last, 
We  boys  around  the  vestry  waited 
To  see  the  girls  come  tripping  past, 
Like  snow-birds,  willing  to  be  mated. 
Not  braver  he  who  leaps  the  wall, 
By  level  musket-flashes  litten, 
Than  I,  who  stepped  before  them  all 
Who  longed  to  see  me  get  the  mitten. 
But  no,  she  blushed  and  took  my  arm  ! 
We  let  the  old  folks  have  the  highway, 
And  started  toward  the  Maple  Farm, 
Along  a  kind  of  lovers'  by-way. 
I  can't  remember  what  we  said, 
'Twas  nothing  worth  a  song  or  story; 
Yet  that  rude  path  by  which  we  sped 
Seemed  all  transformed  and  in  a  glory. 
The  snow  was  crisp  beneath  our  feet, 
The  moon  was  full,  the  fields  were  gleaming; 
Boyhood  and  tippet  sheltered  sweet, 
Her  face  with  youth  and  health  was  beaming. 
The  little  hand  outside  her  muff — 
0  sculptor,  if  you  could  but  mold  it! 
So  lightly  touched  my  jacket-cuff. 
To  keep  it  warm  I  had  to  hold  it. 
To  have  her  with  me  there  alone — 
'Twas  love  and  fear  and  triumph  blended, 
At  last  we  reached  the  foot-worn  stone 
Where  that  delicious  journey  ended. 
The  old  folks,  too,  were  almost  home; 
Her  dimpled  hand  the  latchet  fingered; 
We  heard  the  voices  nearer  come, 
Yet  on  the  door-step  still  we  lingered. 
She  shook  her  ringlets  from  her  hood 
And  with  a  "  Thank  you,  Ned,"  dissembled; 
But  yet  I  knew  she  understood 
With  what  a  daring  wish  I  trembled. 
A  cloud  passed  kindly  overhead, 
The  moon  was  slyly  peeping  through  it, 
Yet  hid  its  face,  as  if  it  said: 
"Come,  now  or  never!  do  it!  do  it!" 
My  lips  till  then  had  onlv  known 
The  kiss  of  mother  and  of  sister; 
But,  somehow,  full  upon  her  own 
Sweet,  rosy,  darling  mouth — I  kissed  her! 
Perhaps  'twas  boyish  love  ;  yet  still, 
Oh,  listless  woman,  weary  lover! 
To  feel  once  more  that  fresh,  wild  thrill 
I'd  give — but  who  can  live  youth  over? 


C.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Sunday,  Feb.  11th,  1877,    and  until 

further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 

San  Francisco: 

(Overland    Ticket  Office,   at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  of 
Market  Street.) 


7C\C\  A.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washing- 
•  V/Lf  ton  St  Wharf)  —  Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for    Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.        (Arrive  San  Francisco  8:10  p.m.) 


8  Ark  A.M.  (daily),  Atlantic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  V/U  land  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland  (O.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  p.m.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  5:35  p.m.) 


3  /"iA  P.M.  (daily)  San  Jose  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  "J"  land  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 
rives at  San  Jose  at  5:30  P.M. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco 9:35  a.m.) 


4nn  P.M.  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
■  "v  f0r  Lathmp,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Indian  Wells  (Arizona  Stage  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  0:55 
p.m.  "  Sleeping  Cars"  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les. (Arrive  San  Francisco  12:40  P.M.) 


4f\f\  P.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washington 
•  \J\J  St.  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  forCalistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  anil  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  p.  m.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  11:10  a.m.) 


(from  Wasb'n  St.  Wharf),  for  Beniciaand  Land- 
ings on  the  Sacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  couuect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  A.M.,  daily. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  3:00  p.m.) 


4       9jl  P.M.  (daily),  Through  Third  Class  and  Aecom- 
•  O"     modation  Train,  via  Lathrop  and  Mohave, 
arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  a.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  7:30  A.M. 


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a— Morning,     p— Afternoon. 
"Official  Schedule  Time"  furnished  by  Anderson  & 
Randolph,  Jewelers,  101  and  103  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towne,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

NOKTHEKN  DIVISION. 

Commencing-  Nov.  6th,  1S76,  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  as  follows  : 


DA  A.M  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
0\J  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  fesT^  At  Pajaeo  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forAPTos  and  Santa  Cruz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Monterev.  Stage 
connections  made  with  this  train. 


nO^  a    m.   (dailj-)  forMenlo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
.ZiO    tions. 

3    0fT  p.m.   dailv  (Sundays    excepted)  for    San  Jose, 
.LiO   Gilroy  and  Way  Stations. 

A   AC\  **•*■  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


6.30 


P.M.  (daily)  for  SanMatco  and  Way  Stations. 


SOUTHERN     DIVISION. 

J^T"  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Division 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Culton  and  Indian  Wells. 
A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  Willcutt,  Gcn'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 
(November  IS.] 


H.    H.    MOORE. 

DeMer  in  Books  for  Libraries. —A  lnrg-e 
assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
ano  for  sale  at  ™>9  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
San  Francisco  Oct.  24. 


March   ::.    1877. 


CALIFORNIA     Ai'\  ERTIS]  I:. 


11 


NOTABILIA. 


!' 


"Aunt  Gortnide.  «liv  in  *  loaf  of  your  broad  like  tin-  nin 
in,  and  now  you  leave  .-if  asking  rach  fooliin  tju 

it  is  .iimtv,  \ ,»ii- i  it'i  light  w lun  i'.  ruu  ■-. "    The  best  bread  in  the 
>  '»'k-'.i  luncheon  alao,  i*  i ■ »  l»'  found  ;tt  Swain's  Bah 
■tv.  on  Sue-  i  ire    Kearny.     Their  oonfeoUonei  j  ■ 

mi   nut  d  have  tasted  Swain'e  Bngliah 

iiiutfin>,  i*  t"  have  iui^'^1  the  '■  mm  ■'■  ••■■■/>•  of  San  PraneJaoo. 

Polly  put  the  kettle  on  is  a  very  easy  thing  t.>  iay,  but  it  is  not  *■> 

ui.tki-  the  kettle  l»'il  unless  you  have  a  good  stove.     D 

■. .  i  i-  md  al  I '.    I  .j  Monl  uiyas,  on  ■  '  b  kson  bL,  be 

Battery,     Hi*  specialty  i->  the  Union  range,  which   baa  never  been 

!  in  tin-  world.     For  boiling;,  baking  and  cooking  of  all  kinds,  it 

i-- 1        ost  economical,  asv  it,  stove  made.    i rail  and  examine 

1 1    l       Jonl  un  .i  i  stock. 


*  'We  are  going  home,  "  suiil  a  tramp  who  wanted  to  talk.     "A~t<>r, 
Stewart,  Garner.  Lick  and  Vanderbilt  baveall  dropped  out  of  the  busy 

world  within  -i  >lu>rt  time.     I  have  myself  a  cough  that  wnrries  me  a  ^ I 

deal  after  banking  hours,  and,  t<-  day,   i  forgot  to  take  fifteen  cents  with 

mi'  when  1  closed  the  vault."     XncOrl-  n  .-.  lifjuthticau. 


Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis,  M.  D.,  etc. ,  may  be  consulted  at  his  office  and 
!0  Su  it-  street,  between  Powell  and  Mason  streets,  daily, 
from  10  \.  If,  to  3  P.  m..  and  from  6  to  8  P.  U.:  on  Sundays  from  11  t->^ 
•  ■niy.  Dr.  Curtis  is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 
cal Act;  his  publications  can  lie  obtained  from  A.  L.  Bancroft  &  Co., 
gents  tor  the  Pacific  coast,  or  from  the  author,  Dr.  Curtis,  .'iL'd 
Sutter  street,  S.  P. 


Some  weeks  ago  we  composed  some  poetry  about  the  C4erke  Wins  in 
til.  Valley,  Bold  at  10  and  l'J,  Junes  Alley.  It  was  very  beautiful  and 
full  of  pathos.  Since  its  publication,  it  has  been  copied  into  eleven  thou- 
sand four  hundred  and  twenty-six  other  papers,  which  shows  Mr.  Lands- 
how  judicious  it  i*  to  advertise  the  Gerke  Wine.  The  sales  of  this 
sphudid  brand  have  of  late  been  enormous. 

A  dissipated  old  negro  in  Montgomery,  while  watchingthe  monkeys 
in  the  menagerie  in  that  city,  spoke  thus:  "Dem  children  got  too  much 
sense  to  come  outer  dat  cage  ;  white  folks  cut  der  tails  off,  and  set  'em  to 
wirkin'  ami  votin'  and  making  constitewtions." 


If  a  lady  can't  weep  for  her  lost  husband,  she  can  at  least  wear 
watered  silks.  The  place  to  get  the  best  watered  silks,  or,  indeed,  any 
other  kind  of  dry  goods,  is  the  Arcade  House  of  J.  J.  O'Brien  &  Co., 
924  to  928  Market  street.  The  crowd  that  streams  in  and  out  all  day 
long,  is  the  best  evidence  of  the  ever-increasing  popularity  of  this  A  1 
establishment. 

The  Temperance  Societies  would  have  very  little  to  do  if  men  only 
drank  good  liquor.  It  is  the  had,  poisonous  fusel  oil  which  they  swallow 
that  does  the  mischief.  To  be  temperate  and  really  happy,  people  need 
not  abstain  altogether,  but  they  should  buy  their  wines  and  liquors  of  F. 
&  P.  J.  Cassin,  523  Front  street.     Their  goods  are   the  finest  in  the  city. 


Happy  couples  in  some  American  towns  proclaim  their  approach- 
ng  nuptials  thus  :  "With  the  loving  consent  of  their  parents,  W.  H. 
nd  S.  T.  herewith  announce  their  betrothal." 


The  females  of  some  of  the  Indian  tribes,  in  order  to  keep  silence,  fill 
their  mouths  with  water.  Our  women  fill  theirs  with  tea,  and  gossip 
more  than  ever.  The  best  and  purest  water  may  be  obtained  by  using 
the  new  Silicated  Carbon  Filter,  for  which  Bush  &  Milne,  the  celebrated 
importers  of  gas  fixtures,  are  agents.  Their  store  is  under  the  Grand  Ho- 
tel, on  New  Montgomery  street. 


"  Courtship  is  bliss,  "  said  an  ardent  young  man.  "Yes,  and  matri- 
mony is  blister,"  snarled  an  old  bachelor.  No!  not  if  the  young  couple 
have  furnished  their  house  at  N.  P.  Cole's,  220  to  226  Bush  st.,  below 
Montgomery.  It  is  impossible  to  live  unhappily,  surrounded  by  their  ex- 
quisite lounges,  easy-chairs,  and  elegantly  designed  household  articles. 


A  Wisconsin  editor  having  written  of  a  deceased  gentleman  that 
"  sickness  had  impaired  his  health,"  a  rival  rejoined,  "Yes,  it  often  has 
that  effect."  The  obituary  would  never  have  been  written  had  the  de- 
ceased only  v.  ed  "Genuine  Old  Cutter  Whisky."  It  promotes  longevity, 
and  the  age-;.,  is  A,  P.  Hotaling,  429  to  431  Jackson  street. 

Practical  Definition  of  a  Dentist.— A  person  who  finds  work  for  his 
own  teeth  by  taking  out  those  of  other  people. 


' '  Where  are  the  friends  of  my  youth  ?  "  sings  many  a  one.  They 
should  be  in  your  album,  if  they  have  had  the  sense  to  get  photographed 
by  Bradley  &  P,ulofson.  This  firm  carries  away  all  the  prize  medals  for 
photography,  and  deservedly  so.  Their  new  style,  known  as  the  Convex 
photo,  is  a  marvel  of  beauty. 

A  pianist  was  recently  charged  with  inebriety.  His  excuses  were 
that  the  severity  of  the  weather  compelled  him  to  (piano)  forte-fy  him- 
self against  cold,  and  that  his  instrument  being  a  trichord,  induced  him 
to  trichordials.  The  best  piano  in  the  world  is  the  Hallet  &  Davis.  Bad- 
ger, 13  Sansome  street,  is  the  agent. 

Steam-engines,  telegraphy,  aerial  motion,  and  eighty-ton  gims  are  all 
wonderful  things,  but  they  never  have,  and  never  can,  benefit  civilization 
a  tenth  part  as  much  as  one  sparkling  gobblet  of  pure  Napa  Soda.  It  is 
invigorating,  purifying,  and  the  pleasantest  mineral  water  known  to  sci 
ence. 

Blue  glass  is  the  latest  cure  propounded.  Muller,  the  optician,  of 
135  Montgomery  st.,  keeps  every  kind  of  glass,  and  all  sorts  of  optical 
goods.     Get  your  eyes  measured  by  his  optometer. 


VERDICT   ALWAYS   FOR   THE  DAVIS*  VERTICAL   FEED    6EWIN0 

MACHINE. 

Tit.     4Viitrtinliil   Gold     Mi-tnl   mid    IHplmmi.    1HTH;    fh<-  Nrolt 
■     .   ■ 

'  .i.l.  «l  the  Kr.il.>]  Gold  Modal  ■  i  H« 

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Pictures. 


SNOW    &    MAY'S    ART    GALLERY.  [W.  R  Mat. 

SHOW     A     MAY, 

IMPORTERS     AM)     M  A  M   I   \.   |  I   I;  ERA     I  (F 

Frames,    Moldings,    mnl    Artists'    Matcrlaln. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  I  ><  c  19. 


JOYCE'S    SF0RT1NG    AMMUNITION. 
[ESTABLISHED  1820.] 

The  attention  of  Sportsmen    Is  invited    to    the    folloulnir 
Ammunition,  ol  tli.>  best  quality,  now  in  general  use  Lhrougl i  England 

liuli;i  and  the  Colonies :  Joyce's  Treole  Waterprooi   and   F   3   Qualitj    Pci 
Caps;  Chemically-|in.'|i:iro(l  cloth  and  Kelt  Him  Wndding  ;•'•".< --'     i...     n   i,i   car- 
tridges, fur  Pin-fire  and  Central-tire  HreeLh-luadintf  tiniis  ;  Wire  Cartridges,  for  killing 
game  at  long  distances,  and  every  description  ol  Sporting  Ammunition,    Sold  by 
all  gun-makers  and  dealers  in  gunpowder. 

FREDERICK  JOYCE*  CO.,  Patentees  and  Manufacturers, 
Dec.  30. f>7  I'ppir  Thames  street,  London. 

OPENING  OF  RARE  AND  ELEGANT  BOOKS! 

HIS.  Moore  takes  pleasure  in  announcing  that  having  re- 
*  turned,  from  his  annual  purchasing  trip  to  the  great  Eastern  and  ESuropeau 
Literary  Depositories,  that  he  lias  reeeived  ami  imw  lias  upun  the  largest  assortment 
of  ANTIQUEand  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before  brought  to  this  city,  con- 
sistjug  of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
fail  to  find  the  most  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  either  old  or  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  varied  stock.  Gift  Books  in  Great  Variety.  Call  and  examine 
ourstock. [Dec.  id.]  II.  H.  MouRE,  600  Montgomery  street. 

AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  been  invented  by  the  Qneen's  Own  Company  of  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  so  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  jfreat  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  $2  for  buffalo  handles,  >■::  for  ivory  : 
by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  by  the  Bole  agents  in  the 
United  States.  NATHAN  JOSEPH  &  CO., 
September  2. No.  641  Clay  street,  S.  F. 

LEA    AND    PERRINS*    SAUCE. 

In    consequence   of  spnrions  imitations  of  m ORt'ES TER- 
SHUtESAl'CE.  which  are  calculated  to  deceive  the  public,  LEA  A.\I> 
PERKINS  have  adopted    A   NEW   LABEL  BEARING    THEIR    SIGNATURE, 

LEA  &  PERKINS,  which  is  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUOE, 
and  without  which  none  isgenuine. 

Ask  for  LEA  &:  PEKRINS'  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrapper,  label,  bottle  and  stop- 
per Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors.  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  Blackwcll, 
London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  bv  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  be  obtained  of 

Dec.  30. MESSRS.  CROSS  &  CO.,  San  Francisco. 

CAUTION— BETTS'S  PATENT  CAPSULES. 

The  pnbllc  are  vtmu^*  f  ;v.  n.-i  cantloi'etl  flint  i:  ris--  B>:<  tent  <'miNuleii 
are  helm;  Infringed.  BETTS'S  name  Is  upon  every  Capeule  lie  makes  lor  the 
lending  Merchants  at  home  and  abroad,  and  lie  is  the  Onlv  Inventor  and  Sole  Maker 
in  the  United  Kingdom.  Makufactoris:  1.  WnAliF  ROAD,  City  Road,  LONSOX, 
and  Bordeaux.  Fbaxce. .lunc  l.'i. 

BEST    FO'JD    FOR   INFANTS, 

Supplying'  the  liig-licst  ninonnt  of  nourishment  in  the  nioNt 
digestible  and  convenient  form.  SAVORY  &  MOORE,  143  Now  Bond  street, 
London,  and  all  Chemists  and  Storekeepers  throughout  Canada  and  the  IniUd 
States. Dec.  30. 

FOR    SALE. 
Q>,**d\   d\d\4\  First  Mortsag-e  Bonds  of  the  Nevada  County 

^5^^ jF0^J^F^ J  Narrow  Gauge  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax,  QraSS 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  l»7(j,  hearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  S  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wells,  Fargo  «fe  Co.,  in  this  city.  No  more  desirable  investment  can  be  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit.        [Sept.  9.]        ANDREW  BAIRD,  No.  304  California  street. 

OREGON  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

Regular  Steamers  to  Portland,  leaving  San  Frauciseo 
weekly-  Steamers  GEORGE  W.  ELDER,  J,  L.  STEPHENS.  ORIFLAMME, 
and  AJAX,  connecting  with  steamers  to  SITKA  and  PUGET  SOUND,  and  O.  and  C. 
R.  It.  Co.  and  Oregon  C.  R.  R.  Co.  through  Willamette,  Vmpqua,  and  Rogue  River 
Valleys,  Oregon.     Tickets  to  all  points  on  the  O.  and  C   R.  R.  sold  at  reduced  rates. 

K.  VAN  OTERENDOKP,  Agent, 
June  14.  210  Battery  street. 


W.  Morris. 


Jos.  Schwab.  J.  F.  Kennedy. 

MORRIS,    SCHWAB    &   CO, 

Importers  and  ]>ealers    in   Moldings,  Frames,  Engravings, 
Chromos,   Lithographs,    Decaleomanic,    Wax   and  Artists'   Materials,  21   Post 
street,  nearly  opposite  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco. Feb.  4. 

EPPINGER'S    SALCON. 

Louis  Epping-er,  formerly  of  Ilalleck  street,  has  removed 
to  Nevada  Block  (entrance  on  Summer  street}.     Will  be  happy  to  see  all  his 

friends.     MILWAUKEE  BEER  a  Specialty. f*ept_30._ 

B.  F.  Flint.    Flint,  Bixbt  &  Co.]  [J-  Leb.    D.  W.  Folder 

A.  P.   FLINT    &    CO., 

Graders,  Packers  and  Dealers  in  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Frauciseo.  Jan.  29. 

PERSONS    VISITING    THE    EAST 

Will   find   full  files   of  Pacific    Coast    papers  and  conve- 
niences for  letter  writing,  etc.,  at  Wells,  Fargo  A:  Co.'s  Office,  Go  Broadway, 
New  York.  March  25. 


SSoo&iv©  /  7 


a  Week  to  Agents.    910  Outfit  Free. 


February  10. 


V.  O.  VICK.EKY,  Augusta.  Maine. 


12 


SAM  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND 


March  3,  187 1. 


HIS    SATANIC     MAJESTY    IN    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

I  swear  I'm  getting  civilized!  I  like  this  "  'Frisco  Beer!" 

I  could'nt  stand  the  taste  at  first,  it  seemed  so  deuced  queer! 

There's  a  "  Revival"  on  at  Oakland,  so  I  heard  the  people  saying. 

I've  been  with  Luscombe;  we're  such  friends.     Besides  his  forte  is  preying! 

It  seems  he  wants  some  help  from  me,  and  makes  a  proposition 

To  hunt  up  victims.     When  he's  bled  'em,  I  get  one-half  commission! 

A  sort  of  pimp!    To  frighten  folks,  and  say  "I  think  you'll  die!" 

"  That  Luscombe  is  the  only  man  can  cure  you!"    Save  the  lie! 

But  Mouser's  plan's  the  novel  one!     He's  in  the  "  Baby  Trade." 

No  trouble  now  to  get  an  Heir!    You  buy  'em — ready  made! 

He's  got  his  shingle  out,  and  says  his  "  Goods  are  of  the  best." 

''  The  trade  supplied!"    "All  colors,  weights!  Plain,  nude,  or  fancy  drest!" 

The  IXL  is  up  in  arms!     They're  always  first  they  boast, 

And  want  to  buy  his  "Patent"  as  "Sole  Agents  on  this  Coast." 

A  child,  indeed,  will  now  be  wise  if  he's  sure  of  who's  his  dad, 

Or  if  he  "  growed" — as  Topsy  says — and  ne'er  a  father  had! 

I  maybe  fogyish;  but  I  think  the  improvement  (?)  's  not  required. 

The  older  plan  is  still  the  best— no  change  need  be  desired. 

Meanwhile  the  Deacon  boils  right  out  with  his  Pharisaic  cant, 

And  calling  on  his  G-od  (that's  me)  starts  in  to  rave  and  rant 

About  "Distorted  facts!"  "No  proofs!"  And  whines  "  What  shall  we  do?" 

The  old  Sardine!  As  if  he  cared  if  facta  are  false  or  true! 

Heaven  may  be  a  charming  place!     But  if  men  of  his  stamp 

Get  there,  I'll  "  bank"  ray  fires  and  let  my  "victims"  take  a  tramp! 

Hold  on!  I'll  get  a  licking,  like  poor  "Gar,"  who  told  that  yarn 

About  the  "  Long  Lunch  Scandal"  in  high  life— he  did'nt  give  a  darn. 

The  cap  the'  fitted  far  too  well!  They  know  the  skeleton's  there; 

But  they'd  rather  keep  it  snug  and  close — not  have  it  all  laid  bare! 

What  wonders  Temperance  sometimes  works  !     They've  stuck  McCue  for 

libel! 
He  used  to  sell  bad  liquor,  now  drinks  "  bugs"  and  quotes     the  Bible  ! 
Old  Hagan's  got  it  bad  !  and  wants  to  wage  a  "  sidewalk  war" 
With  peanut  boys,  and  such  small  fry,  and  brags  about  the  law ! 
But  why  these  boxes,  barrels  piled  at  every  Front  street  door  ? 
The  law  don't  touch  them;  they  are  rich  !  it's  only  for  the  poor ! 
So  Kreider's  role's  exposed  at  last !    Th'  "  Employment  Office"  trick, 
A  small  deposit,  "  just  for  form,"  and  a  good  fat  billet—  quick  ! 
The  milk  of  human  love  was  his  I  but  a  bogus  sort  of  milk; 
Some  Black  Point  swill — it  must  have  been — to  turn  out  such  a  bilk  ! 
Ye  shades  of  Hades  !  what  is  this  ?    The  merchants  want  protection  ! 
'Gainst  bankrupt  frauds  and  credit,  too,  they've  got  some  strange  objec- 
tion ! 
Well !  d — n  the  credit !     We're  all  right,  that's  certainly  some  solace, 
If  Hart  will  only  see  us  through  with  his  counterfeit  half  dollars  ! 
The  Jews  have  had  a  high  old  time  !    They  celebrate  in  Purim 
Their  'scape  from  Haman — ham  an'  eggs,  you  know  !    they  can't  endure 

'em ! 
I  didn't  know  that  Love  formed  part  of  our  policemen's  duty, 
And  capturing  others  wives,  they  could  turn  £oot(h)j  into  booty  ! 
Poor  amorous  Boye!  we  can't  blame  him  !  but  hers — what  shocking  taste! 
Not  to  have  waited  till  he'd  grown  a  man — no  need  of  haste ! 
The  whole  force  should  be  brought  to  task;   there's  a  rumpus  every  day  ! 
These  "sham  arrests,"  this  "doubling"  dodge,  to  show  they  earn  their 

pay  ! 
Another  Robb-ery  !    People  ask  in  vain,  "  What's  in  a  name?" 
But  when  that  name  is  Robb,  why  then  the  man  is  not  to  blame  ! 
And  Clarke  the  same  !    Steele's  balance-sheet  queer  thefts  has  been  re- 
vealing; 
Associations  proved  too  much  !    With  Steele  he  turned  to  stealing  / 
That  crafty  Angel  tried  to  play  Doc.  Finigan  too  smart ! 
He  thanks  his  stars  that  Angel's  trips  "  are  few  and  far  apart !" 
What !  scented  toothpicks  !     What  in  h— 11  is  this  they've  just  invented 
For  Lunch  Fiends,  eh  ?    That's  too  much  style;  they'll  all  go  clean  de- 
mented ! 
But  since  I  joined  that  "  Mermaid  Club,"  to  meetings  I'm  a  martyr — 
I  must  "  absquatulate  !"    Old  friend,  good-bye  !   A  friendly  Ta  !  Ta  ! 

A    COUPLE    OF    SKETCHES. 

[From  the  Springfield  "Republican."] 

What  Do  You  Suppose  his  Name  Is  ?— The  broad  gallery  on  the 
north  side  of  the  hall,  commonly  known  as  the  fifteenth  admendment  gal- 
lery, is  gay,  to-day,  with  ribbons  and  laces,  and  gleaming  jewels  of  bright- 
eyed  women,  who  are  here  by  the  courtesy  of  congressmen,  because  they 
have  husbands  who  have  votes  or  influence,  or  by  virtue  of  their  own  per- 
sonal charmp,  which  confer  a  power  to  open  bolts  and  bars  even  stronger 
than  the  congressional  barricades  ;  and  a  prominent  congressman  who  il- 
lustrates by  his  daily  life  the  truth  of  the  observation  with  reference  to 
the  danger  surrounding  their  long  residence,  unattended  by  their  families, 
in  Washington,  brings  into  the  gallery  reserved  for  the  members'  families, 
with  great  flourish,  his  stylish  and  elaborately  dressed  friend,  who  flutters 
her  Bilks,  and  elbows  the  honest  wives  and  daughters  of  the  honorable 
gentleman's  colleagues  with  that  peculiar  self-conscious  grace  that  is  given 
to  the  demi-monde.  The  woman  is  a  notorious  one,  well  known  to  the 
habitue's  of  the  capital,  and  the  air  of  propriety  which  the  congressman 
in  question  wears,  in  the  belief  that  nobody  dreams  of  his  secret,  is  almost 
pitiable,  illustrating,  as  it  does,  how  weak  a  thing  a  strong  man  is  in  the 
soft  clutch  of  a  frail  woman's  hands.  Day  after  day  he  exhibits  himself 
with  the  woman  in  the  galleries,  on  the  street,  and  at  the  opera.  Some 
day,  there  will  come  a  humiliating  exposure,  and  the  other  fellows  who 
are  not  less  criminal,  but  more  cautious,  will  be  virtuously  indignant  &,t 
the  awful  shame  of  it.  Meanwhile,  there  is  a  trusting  wife  a  thoiisand 
miles  away,  to  whom  will  come  a  broken  heart  when  her  sore  deception  is 
revealed  to  her. 

Here  is  Mrs.  Van  Cott ;  she  is  a  natural  orator.  She  has  more  real  eloquence, 
more  dramatic  power,  pathos  and  fervor,  than  Moody,  or  even  Dr.  Finney. 
She  holds  meetings  here  every  night,  and  in  spite  of  the  attractions  of  the 
city  and  neglect  of  the  press,  and  the  constant  sneers  of  respectable  Chris- 
tians, she  draws  from  800  to  1,800  people,  and  her  earnestness  and  devo- 
tion and  fervor  and  pathos  often  move  them  to  tears.  A  Methodist  elder 
told  ine  yesterday  that  she  had  already  made  more  converts  here  than 
Moody  and  Sankey  made  at  the  Hippodrome  last  year.  She  is  a  Metho- 
dist all  over,  but  the  soul  of  her  religion  is  goodness.  I  happened  to  be  at 
Newburg  a  while  ago,  where  she  carried  on  one  of  the  most  effective  re- 


vivals ever  known,  and  a  Unitarian  told  me  that  he  knew  some  of  the 
people  she  had  converted  and  their  lives  were  completely  changed.  She 
is  a  large,  vigorous  woman,  pleasant  to  look  at,  winning  perfect  confi- 
dence from  the  start,  and  with  a  voice  of  great  compass,  which  she  uses 
with  wonderful  effect.  Some  ill-natured  Englishman  said  Mme  de  Stael 
was  a  tornado  in  petticoats.  It  would  be  interesting  to  hear  what  the 
aforesaid  Englishman  would  liken  Mrs.  Van  Cott  unto. 


THEY  ARE  JOLLY  GOOD  FELLOWS. 
Last  Saturday  night  the  members  of  Apollo  Lodge,  I.  O.  0.  F., 
celebrated  the  eleventh  anniversary  of  its  inauguration,  with  a  Supper 
and  Banquet,  at  Martin's  restaurant,  Commercial  street.  The  Lodge  is 
one  of  the  youngest  in  the  city,  but  is  reputedly  one  of  the  most  rigorous, 
and  the  majority  of  its  members  are  actively  devoted  to  its  interests. 
About  thirty  of  the  brotherhood  gathered  round  the  festive  and  fraternal 
board  on  Saturday  night  in  discussing  the  recherche  cates  and  excellent 
wines;  each  displayed  the  skill  acquired  by  long1  practice.  The  menu  was 
unique,  designed  by  Mr.  John  S.  Bugbee,  and  photographed  in  cabinet  size 
by  Messrs.  Bradley  &  Rulofson.  The  design  was  equally  artistic  and  ap- 
propriate ;  headed  by  the  well-known  quotation  from  Lucille  : 
"  O  hour  of  all  hour.3,  the  most  blessed  upon  earth, 
Blessed  hour  of  our  dinners." 
Below  this,  a  dinner  table  surrounded  with  chairs  ;  above  knife,  fork  and 
spoon,  is  a  plate  inscribed  with  the  date  of  the  reunion,  February  24, 1877; 
two  waiters  of  characteristic  proportions  holding  the  cloth,  traced  upon  it 
in  antique,  the  name  "  Apollo."  The  artist  was  warmly  thanked  by  each 
guest  for  such  a  pleasing  souvenir.  Mr.  Clark  Churchill  presided,  and 
surpassed  himself  in  sustaining  the  spirit  of  mirth.  When  the  cloth  was 
cleared,  and  after  the  formal  toasts  of  the  Order  were  given  and  responded 
to,  a  wider  range  was  taken— the  Board,  the  Judiciaries,  the  Ladies, 
Music,  and  the  Press — causing  the  wine  to  flow,  and  wit  to  sparkle  with 
delightful  freedom.  Speeches  as  brilliant  as  they  were  brief,  were  made 
by  Messrs.  Meeker,  Bugbee,  Holmes,  Morrow,  Plummer,  Grossman,  Nor- 
cross,  and  Van  Reynegom,  interspersed  with  songs  by  Messrs.  Dunne, 
Wilkinson,  and  others.  At  an  advanced  hour,  the  company  separated 
with  but  one  regret— that  the  barrier  of  a  whole  year  divides  anniversaries. 


Liberty,  Ind.,  has  adopted  the  English  wife-buying  custom.  William 
Smith,  farmer,  aged  70,  not  bright,  ugly,  but  rich,  lost  his  wife  and  wanted 
another.  He  offered  §500  for  her.  Powell  Slade  became  wife-broker,  and 
brought  forward  his  servant-girl,  Phcebe  Johns  (Jones?),  17  years  old 
and  weighing  to  275;  she  was  willing  if  Smith  would  furnish  the  wedding 
trousseau,  a  grand  supper,  and  a  deed  to  his  farm  of  200  acres.  The  wed- 
ding took  place  with  more  than  100  guests  present,  who  enjoyed  a  magnifi- 
cent supper  and  danced  at  the  expense  of  the  bridegroom,  while  Slade 
pockets  a  commission  of  S2,000  for  his  "services." 

ASSESSOR'S  OFFICE— NOT  CE  Tf)  TAXPAYERS,  1877-78. 

All  Persons,  Companies,  Associations  or  Firms  in  the  city 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  are  requested,  either  in  person  or  by  their 
proper  representatives,  to  deliver  at  the  Assessor's  Office,  No.  22  City  Hall,  in  said 
City  and  County,  before  the  SECOND  MONDAY  IN  APRIL,  1877,  a  statement  under 
oath  of  all  the  property,  both  Personal  and  Real,  owned  or  claimed  by  him  or  them, 
or  which  is  in  his  or  their  possession,  or  which  is  held  or  controlled  by  any  other  per- 
son in  trust  for,  or  for  the  benefit  of  him  or  them.— See  Political  Code,  See.  3643-3f>48. 

All  persons  owning  Real  Estate  whose  property  was  assessed  in  a  wrong  name,  or 
by  a  wrong  description,  in  'ast  year's  Real  Estate  Assessment  Roll,  or  who  have  pur- 
chased Real  Estate  within  the  last  year,  will  call  at  this  office  with  their  deeds  and 
have  proper  corrections  made  immediately,  and  the  same  assessed  in  their  name  on 
the  Assessment  Roll  for  the  fiscal  year  1877-78. 

Poll  Ta* ,  TWO  DOLLARS,  now  due  at  this  office,  or  to  a  Deputy.  Will  be  THREE 
DOLLARS  when  delinquent,  and  constitutes  a  lien  upon  other  property. 

ALEXANDER  BADLAM,  City  and  County  Assessor. 

March  1,  1877. March  3. 

NOTICE. 

The  public  are  hereby  notified  that  the  Field  Deputies  of 
this  office  will  commence  assessing  property  MONDAY,  March  5,  1877. 

The  duties  assigned  to  those  Deputies  are  too  well  known  to  the  community  to  re- 
quire explanation,  and  while  I  have  been  careful  in  making-  my  selections  to  fill  tbe 
positions  by  men  favorably  known  in  this  community  for  their  competency  and  integ- 
rity, and  am  confident  that  the  duties  will  be  discharged  by  them  to  the  satisfaction 
of  all  concerned,  I  urgently  request  taxpayers  to  report  to  this  office  any  dereliction 
of  duty  by  any  of  my  Deputies,  and  assure  them  that  any  complaints  will  receive  im- 
mediate attention.  ALEXANDER  BADLAM,  City  and  County  Assessor. 

March  1,  1877. March  3. 

BANK  OF  COMMERCE,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Incorporated    Under    the    Laws    of    California. 

Capital One  Million  Dollars. 

Correspondents  :— New  York,  National  Park  Bank  ;  Boston,  National  Bank  of  Re- 
demption ;  Chicago,  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank. 

This  Bank,  lately  organized,  is  now  prepared  to  receive  Deposits,  discount  Business 
Paper,  issue  Credits,  buy  and  sell  Exchange,  make  Collections,  and  transact  ageneral 

1 1.:-.-  U.. „;„„.-„  n      W     t~>     Till  1  \1  \><    Irtf     Praeifliant 


banking  business. 
A.  W.  Preston,  Cashier. 


D.  W.  C.  THOMPS  JN,  President. 
March  3. 


SCHOOL    OF    ASSAYING    AND    PRACTICAL    CHEMISTRY, 
rip  hose  interested  are  requested  to  call  at  the  Laboratory 

JL      any  day  during  business  hours,  or  send  address  for  circular. 

HENRY  G.  HANKS,  Chemist  and  Assayer, 
March  3.  (ill)  Montgomery  street,  S.  F. 

FOR    PORTIAND,    OREGON. 
he  Only  Direct  Une.— Steamship  George  W.  Elder,  Con- 

_    nor,  Commander,  leaves  Folsom-street  wharf,  SATURDAY,  March  3d,  at  10  a.  m. 
March  3.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent,  210  Battery  st. 


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STUAET    S.    WEIGHT, 


ttorney  and  Counsellor  nt  Law. 

San  Francisco,  California. 


No.  504  Kearny  street, 

Feb.  3. 


A    MAGNIFICENT    STOCK    OF 
pianos  and  Organs  at  the  Music  Wareroonis  of  A.  I-.  Ban- 
croft «fc  Co.,  No.  723  Market  street. Prices  very  low. March  3. 

6. 


G.    GAKIBOLDI. 
Fresco   and   Decoration,    Nevada   Block,    No's   73    and   74. 

[January  13.]  


JOSEPH    GILLOTT'S    STEEL    PENS. 

Sold  by  all  Stationers  throughout  the  World.    Sole  Agent 
for  the  United  States  :  MR.  HENRY  HOE,  91  John  street,  N.  Y.       Jan.  16. 


March   8, 


IH'KMA     .\n\  KHTUUCK. 


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THE    BROTHERHOOD    OF    JONATHAN    AND    JOHN. 
Our  uAercouise  with  America  )..  us,  md  it  bai 

ted  to  changes  which  an    n  ;i\  t  ■  t  -  - . 

tlmt  «i  out  hardly  realise  the  rapidity  with  which  r  ,i|,,  ,,r 

m  J]  limit  -  within  which,  at  ■  \-  ry  recent  i  ate  it  wu 
confined.     When  we  road  of  the  iir*t  attempt  at  ostauluthin 

municatioa  between  Uver| land  New  Vnrk.it  la  only  hy  an  effort  tliat 

we  remind  ourselves  of  thi  the  date  at  which  the  an  yet  doubt- 

ful pro  ;  ured  upon.      America  I  a  a  very  1 

b  partoi  oar  own  coantry.    Snipe  from  a  dozen  ol  our  poi 
aairrng  thrther  even  day  and  almost  every  tide.     We  visit  it  for  a  holiday 
from  it  in  thi  i.  »  annates. 

Half  a  century  ago  it  was  connected  with  ua  only  by  an  occaaiona]  and 
uncertain  link,  and  the  passage  from  the  one  shore  to  the  other  waaaa 
adventure  which  few  on  either  side  had  the  boldness  or  energy  to  encoun- 
ter. We  must  consider  the  interval  of  time  strictly,  and  without  p  I 
to  the  events  which  have  happened  in  it,  if  we  are  to  keep  it  within  it* 
proper  measure. 

Wonderful  aa  the  growth  of  our  intercourse  with  America  has  been,  it 
11  in  every  sense  unforced  and  natural.  The  circumstances  of 
England  and  Anuriea  made  each  necessary  to  the  other.  On  the  one  aide 
of  the  Atlantic  were  broad  fertile  lands  untitled  and  unoccupied,  and  rich 
beyond  belief  with  every  description  of  native  wealth.  The  one  thing 
needed  to  turn  all  these  advantages  to  account,  and  to  supply  the  world  from 
their  teeming,  inexhaustible  store,  was  a  sufficiency  of  human  labor,  and 
this  was  a  conunodity  which  the  United  Kingdom  possessed,  or  seemed  to 
i,  in  superfluous  abundance.  Population,  rrom  whatever  cause,  had 
■  1  with  »is  faster  than  the  means  of  subsistence,  and  we  were  glad 
t*>  rind  an  outlet  for  some  portion  of  it.  The  food-producing  powers  of  our 
little  island  appeared  already  to  have  been"  taxed  to  the  uttermost,  and  we 
had  to  look  elsewhere  for  the  means  of  Kiting  the  new-  mouths  which  were 
only  too  certain  t<>  arrive.  Between  two  Buch  countries,  which  seemed 
thus  made  fur  one  another,  intercourse  could  nut  help  growing.  The 
thousands  of  miles  of  sla  that  lay  between  them,  ware  indeed  a  sad  ob- 
stacle, but  even  this  vanished  before  the  discovery  of  the  steam-engine  and 
its  application  to  naval  use.  The  same  cause,  too,  contributed  very  power 
fully  to  intensify  the  importance  of  the  connexion  it  thus  helped  to  pro- 
mote. The  growth  of  our  manufactures  under  the  new  influence  of  steam, 
raised  a  demand  for  American  raw  produce,  while  America  was  not  less  in 
want  of  finished  manufactured  goods,  which  she  had  no  leisure  to  prepare 
for  herself.  The  division  of  labor  was  thus  perfect,  and,  marked  out  as  it 
w;ls  by  natural  lines  which  could  not  he  obliterated,  both  countries  would 
have  done  well  to  have  acquiesced  in  it  without  a  struggle.  It  was  long, 
however,  obstructed  on  both  sides  by  the  artificial  barriers  of  a  Protective 
system.  England  did  her  best  to  shut  out  American  com,  while  America 
was  equally  anxious  to  prevent  the  intrusion  of  English  manufactures. 
We  have  grown  wiser  in  these  matters  than  we  once  used  to  be.  America 
has  still  to  learn  her  lesson,  and  to  apply  it.  The  communication  between 
her  and  ourselves,  and  the  vast  machinery  by  which  it  is  conducted,  has 
thus,  we  see,  grown  up  in  spite  of  real  efforts  to  keep  it  down.  The  laws 
of  supply  and  demand  have,  indeed,  proved  too  strong  to  be  dealt  with 
quite  arbitrarily,  and  they  have  done  something  to  assert  themselves  ;  but 
our  trade  with  the  great  American  continent  is  even  now  much  less  than 
it  ought  to  be,  and  it  is  maintained  at  its  present  level  under  difficulties 
which  ought  not  to  exist.  We  gave  a  very  typical  instance  of  this  quite 
recently.  The  supply  of  provisions  from  America  can  be  poured  unceas- 
ingly into  this  country  without  danger  of  exceeding  the  ever-growing  de- 
mand. It  is  less  easy  just  now  to  furnish  a  cargo  in  the  opposite  direction. 
The  Americans  do  not  want  unmanufactured  iron.  They  practically  re- 
fuse to  admit  hardwares  or  manufactured  goods.  The  vessels  which  we 
send  out  to  fetch  corn  are  thus  compelled  to  load  themselves  with  some- 
thing else  on  their  outward  voyage.  Salt  happens  to  be  the  one  thing 
they  can  carry,  and  they  carry  it  accordingly,  and  they  do  so,  as  might  be 
expected,  at  merely  nominal  rates.  The  consequence,  of  course,  is  that 
the  steamers  in  the  American  trade  must  either  be  content  with  something 
like  half  profits  or  must  make  up  for  loss  in  one  direction  by  higher  rates 
in  the  other.  The  selling  price  of  provisions  from  America,  is  thus  above 
what  it  ought  to  be,  and  the  supply  is  of  course  less. 

As  far  as  there  has  been  any  actual  decrease  of  intercourse  between  the 
United  Kingdom  and  America  it  has  been  due  to  causes  which  we  need 
not  regret.  If  there  are  fewer  emigrants  now  than  there  used  to  be,  it  is 
because  emigration  has  done  its  work  thoroughly,  and  has  pretty  well 
equalized  the  wages  of  labor  in  the  two  hemispheres.  At  one  time  there 
were  starving  millions  seeking  an  exit  from  our  western  ports  and  pour- 
ing across  the  Atlantic  at  every  chance  that  was  given  them.  There  was 
certainly  briskness  enough  in  such  a  movement,  but  we   may  prefer  our 

? resent  stagnation  and  the  home  progress  that  has  been  the  cause  of  it. 
f  we  ask  which  country  has  been  the  greatest  gainer  by  the  process  while 
it  lasted,  the  question  must  be  answered  unhesitatingly  in  our  own  favor. 
Emigration  has  been  for  our  people  a  matter  of  life  and  death.  Hun- 
dreds of  thousands  who  would  have  starved  at  home  have  gone  out  to 
America  and  have  thriven  well,  and  have  left  more  space  behind  them  in 
the  old  country  for  others  to  occupy.  America  has  had  somewhat  less 
reason  to  congratulate  herself  upon  her  share  in  the  transaction.  She  has 
obtained  from  us  the  hands  she  needed,  but  they  have  not  always  been  of 
the  choicest  quality.  We  have  been  drained,  no  doubt,  of  some  adven- 
turous spirits  which  we  have  been  sorry  to  lose,  but  it  would  be  scarcely 
true,  on  the  whole,  to  say  that  we  have  sent  America  our  best  specimens. 
The  rowdy  mobs  in  the  Eastern  cities  have  been  but  tco  largely  recruited 
from  the  old  country.  New  York  until  quite  lately  has  been  governed  by 
Irishmen,  nor  can  we  dare  to  affirm  that  she  has  even  yet  shaken  off  their 
inOuence.  American  progress  has  been  more  rapid  than  it  might  have 
been  without  our  aid,  but  English  wages  have  been  raised  now  to  an 
American  standard.  The  material  benefit  to  the  two  countries  from  their 
intercourse  with  each  other  has  been  less  unequally  shared,  or,  if  we  have 
been  the  larger  gainers,  it  has  been  because  we  have  held  our  arms  more 
open  to  receive  the  good  gifts  which  America  has  been  willing  to  send  us. 
We  are  bound  to  America  very  closely  already.  We  have  so  bridged 
over  the  Atlantic  as  to  have  added  the  entire  North  American  continent 
to  our  available  elbow-room,  and  such  an  addition  to  our  space  and  the 
further  advantages  it  has  brought  with  it  have  been  very  far  from  incon- 
siderable. The  profit  of  America  has  been  that  we  have  done  some  part 
of  her  work  at  lower  rates  than  she  could  have  got  it  done  at  home,  and 
we  are  willing  to  do  much  more  as  soon  as  she  chooses  to  avail  herself  of 
our  services. — London  Times. 


HIGHEST  STOCK  QUOTATIONS  FOH  WEEK  ENDING  MARCH 


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Alpha  



MUni  li  >  m  . 

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Belcher 

i  on 

Bullion 

Baltic 

Boston 

Belmont 

Benton, 

Crown  Point .... 

i  Dollar 

Cos   Virginia.... 

California 

^Caledonia 

Cosmopolitan-  . . 
Coos  Imperial.., 

(.'"Si.  (/nil 

Confidence 

Cromer 

Challenge 

Daj  Ikii 

Dardanelles.  . . . 

Eureka  Con 

Exchequer 

Globe 

Gould  &  Curry .. 
Great  Eastern  , . . 

Gilo 

Golden  Chariot  . . 
General  Thomas 

Grand  Prize 

Gold  Run 

Hale&  Noreross. 

Husaey 

Julia 

Justice 

Jackson 

Jenny  Glynn 

Jefferson 

Kossuth 

Kentuek  

Knickerbocker  . . 

K.  K.  Cons 

Lady  Bryan 

Leopard  

Lady  Wash'n  .... 

Leviathan  

Loyal 

Leeds 

Mexican 

Monumental 

Mint 

Mansfield 

Modou 

Manhattan 

Meteor 

Meadow  Valley  . . 

Mcloncs 

Martha  &  Bessie. 

New  Coso 

Northern  Belie  . . 
N.  Con.  Virginia. 

Nevada  

New  York 

Niagara  

N.  Monumental.. 

N.  Light 

Opbir 

Overman  

Occidental 

Og.  Comstock. . . 

Prospect «... 

Poorman 

Phil  Sheridan  . . . 

Panther  

Pictou 

Raymond  &  Ely . 

Rising  Star 

Rock  Inland 

Roufjh  and  Read; 

Rye  Patch 

Savage   

SieiTa  Nevada . .. 

'Silver  Hill 

Superior 

Shasta 

Southern  Star. . . 

Succor 

Seg  Belcher 

South  Chariot . . . 

S.  V.  Water 

S.  Modoc 

Trojan 

Trenton 

Twin  Peaks 

Union  Con 

Utah 

Onion  Flag 

Washoe 

Wnodville 

Welly  Fargo 

Ward 

WestComstock  .. 
Yellow  Jacket . .. 


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A  splendid  illustrated  work  on  the  "Wild  Flowers  of  America,1' 
with  colored  plates  by  Sprague  and  letter-press  by  Professor  Goodale,  of 
Harvard  College,  lias  been  commenced  in  numbers. 


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SAN"  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEffc  AND 


March  3,  1871. 


RECOGNITION. 

How  shall  I  know  thee,  in  the  sphere  which  keeps 

The  disembodied  spirits  of  the  dead, 
When  all  of  thee  that  time  could  wither  sleeps 

Aud  perishes  among  the  dust  we  tread? 
3?or  I  shall  feel  the  sting  of  ceaseless  pain, 

If  there  I  meet  thy  gentle  presence  not ; 
Nor  hear  the  voice  I  love,  nor  read  again 

In  thy  serenest  eyes  the  tender  thought. 
Will  not  thy  own  meek  heart  demand  me  there  ? — 

That  heart  whose  fondest  throbs  to  me  were  given. 
My  name  on  earth  was  ever  in  thy  prayer, 

And  wilt  thou  never  utter  it  in  heaven  ? 
The  love  that  lived  through  all  the  stormy  past 

And  meekly  with  my  harsher  nature  bore, 
And  deeper  grew,  and  tender  to  the  last, 

Shall  it  expire  with  life  and  be  no  more? 
Shalt  thou  not  teach  me,  in  that  calmer  home, 

The  wisdom  that  I  learned  so  ill  in  this — 
The  wisdom  which  is  love— till  I  become 

Thy  fit  companion  in  that  land  of  bliss? 

— William  Cullen  Bryant. 


JUVENILE!    DISSIPATION. 

It  is  really  appalling  to  any  thoughtful  and  sensible  member  of  the 
community  to  hear  the  conversation  that  goes  on  at  this  time  of  year 
when  a  number  of  young  mothers  are  anywhere  gathered  together.  The 
"  children's  season"  is  in  full  swing,  and  it  seems  as  if  the  parents  vied 
with  each  other  as  to  the  amount  of  moral  and  physical  injury  they  could 
do  their  offspring  by  reckless  and  indiscriminate  dissipation.  There  was 
a  time  when  children's  parties  lasted  from  four  to  eight,  and  when  tea 
and  bread-and-butter,  with  buns  and  cake,  formed  all  the  preparation  re- 
quired. Perhaps  there  was  a  fifth-rate  conjurer,  amply  qualified,  how- 
ever, to  amuse  the  unsophisticated  juveniles  of  those  days  ;  perhaps  one 
of  the  governesses  played  a  few  dance-tunes  for  the  children  :  the  rest  of 
the  time  was  occupied  by  hunt  the  slipper  and  blind-man's  buff;  and  well 
amused  and  healthily  tired  the  youthful  company  retired  not  very  much 
after  their  proper  hour. 

But  now  all  this  has  changed.  Maternal  vanity  cannot  be  satisfied  by 
the  simple  schoolroom  parties  suited  to  the  children's  age  ;  there  is  not 
sufficient  scope  for  display  to  satisfy  the  ostentatious  tastes  of  the  day ; 
aud  children's  balls  and  children's  fancy  dresses  occupy  as  much  attention 
and  cost  nearly  as  much  money  as  the  entertainments  provided  for,  and 
suitable  to,  their  elders.  Then  too,  the  parties  having  grown  ostenta- 
tious, the  mothers  no  longer  care  to  send  the  children  with  the  nurse  or  the 
governess,  but  prefer  to  go  themselves,  in  the  hope  of  picking  up  some 
new  idea  which  they  may  improve  upon  and  eclipse  ;  the  hours  are  con- 
sequently altered  to  suit  mamma's  dinner-time  rather  than  the  children's 
health.  It  is  very  common  now  for  juvenile  parties  not  to  break  up  till 
twelve  or  one,  and  such  are  not  isolated  events  happening  once,  or  at 
most  twice,  during  the  holidays,  but  often  occur  night  after  night.  A 
fashionable  child  is  as  discontented,  and  pronounces  its  season  as  dull,  if  it 
does  not  go  to  at  least  tour  parties  a  week,  as  would  its  elder  sister  during 
the  months  of  May  and  June.  There  are  hardly  words  strong  enough  to 
reprobate  such  a  state  of  things  :  to  say  nothing  of  the  present  harm  done 
to  the  unfortunate  children  by  the  excitement,  the  late  hours,  the  im- 
proper food,  and  the  taste  acquired  at  so  early  an  age  for  stimulants,  the 
effect  upon  their  minds  is  even  more  deplorable.  Even  the  youngest  ac- 
quire a  thirst  for  dissipation,  and  are  so  miserable  when  "  mamma"  hesi- 
tates on  the  ground  of  their  being  too  young  to  accompany  their  elders, 
that  in  mistaken  kindness  she  relents,  and  babies  three  and  four  years  old 
may  be  seen  figuring  as  fairies  at  fancy-balls,  and  laying  the  seeds  of 
future  inevitable  fttaafi-ness  and  fastness.  Of  course,  they  soon  weary  : 
there  is  generally  some  fiction  about  their  being  taken  home  earlier  than 
the  rest ;  but  either  it  is  inconvenient,  or  else  they,  though  half  asleep, 
object  to  go,  and  they  remain  to  the  end.  Who  can  wonder  that  before 
the  evening  is  over  they  are  often  naughty  and  fretful  ?  But  they  are  as 
eager  as  ever  for  the  fray  on  the  next  occasion,  forgetting  the  weariness, 
and  remembering  only  the  excitement. 

Naturally  this  is  bad  for  them  in  every  way  ;  but  it  is  as  they  become 
older  that  the  moral  injury  grows  and  intensities.  Those  who  think  inno- 
cent childhood  a  holy  and  lovely  state  can  but  look  with  the  gravest  rep- 
robation on  the  juvenile  fancy  halls,  which  have  this  year  been  even  more 
numerous  than  heretofore.  It  is  lamentable  to  see  the  conscious  looks  of 
their  silly  mothers  rejoicing  that  "the  dear  children  act  the  characters  so 
well."  To  any  one  capable  of  thinking — which  it  must  be  conceded  the 
majority  of  these  fashionable  mothers  are  not — the  power  of  thus  acting 
which  the  children  do  undoubtedly  showjs  the  most  melancholy  part  of 
the  exhibition.  There  can  be  but  little  innocent  childishness  left  when  a 
girl  of  thirteen  is  remarked  as  making  "such  an  excellent  Madame  de 
Pompadour,  quite  entering  into  the  part,  don't  you  know ;"  or  a  boy  of 
ten  "such  a  perfect  Sir  Roger  de  Coverley."  All  the  freshness  and  spon- 
taneity which  are  among  the  most  precious  graces  of  childhood,  must  be 
dead,  killed  under  pressure  of  a  course  of  juvenile  dissipation.  Morally 
the  boys  suffer  less  than  the  girls  ;  to  them  the  fine  clothes  are  a  nuisance 
rather  than  a  pleasure ;  and  such  dangerous  draughts  of  flattery  are  not 
administered  to  them  as  their  sisters  receive,  the  little  ones  from  their 
silly  mammas,  the  elder  from  the  young  men,  generally  friends  of  the 
said  mammas,  who  are  asked  t>  "  look  in." 

After  the  age  of  ten  or  eleven  the  girls  as  a  rule,  care  nothing  for  a 
party  where  they  are  not  sure  of  meeting  men  or  quite  grown-up  boys  ; 
they  speak  of  such  entertainments  contemptuously  as  'only  fit  for  child- 
ren,' and  are  quite  blasees  as  to  any  amusement  that  may  be  provided  if 
they  cannot  have  their  till  of  flattery  and  flirtation.  To  anyone  who 
thinks  of  their  future — of  the  straits  to  which  they  will  be  put  to  provide 
themselves  with  the  excitement  which  is  fast  takiug  its  place  as  an  essen- 
tial condition  of  their  life  when  they  "  come  out,"  and  find  that  they  have 
discounted  all  the  pleasures  which  should  then  be  absolutely  new  to  them, 
and  of  the  extreme  probability  that  the  new  stimulus  will  besought  in 
fastness  or  in  even  worse  impropriety— the  sight  is  truly  melancholy ;  but 
it  is  absolutely  of  no  avail  to  endeavor  to  luake  the  silly  mothers  hear 
the  voice  of  reason.  Tell  them  that  it  is  a  sad  pity  that  their  girls  of  fif- 
teen  should  be   losing  their   freshness   aud  their  modesty,  and   will  be 


weary  of  grown-up  pleasures  before  they  are  of  an  age  to  enjoy  them,  and 
they  will  laugh  and  say,  "  0,  it  will  prevent  their  oeing  shy  ;  and  why 
shouldn't  the,7  enjoy  themselves?"  Represent  that  lessons  can  hardly  be 
attended  to  if  a  child  goes  to  three  or  four  parties  a  week,  and  they  an- 
swer, "  O,  she  will  know  quite  enough  ;  she  dances  well,  and  men  hate 
clever  girls."  Suggest  that  fancy  balls  give  a  unique  prominence  to  dress 
— a  subject  hardly  requiring  encouragement  in  the  female  mind — and  the 
sensible  response  will  be,  "O.  the  darlings,  they  look  so  pretty!  "  Even 
the  fact,  so  sorely  prominent  during  the  present  juvenile  season,  that 
champagne,  not  always  safe  for  their  elders,  has  a  most  disastrous  effect 
on  infant  heads,  seems  to  have  the  least  effect  on  the  feather-brained 
mothers  of  the  day.  They  will  positively  recount  as  a  good  joke  that 
"Edith  is  so  fond  of  champagne  ;  but  she  had  quite  too  much  last  night," 
and  Herbert  came  home  quite  tipsy;  and,  you  know,  it  was  so  funny  to 
see  him. 

Are  the  fashionable  mothers  of  the  day  all  absolute  fools  ?  all  quite  in- 
capable of  seeing  the  grave  significance  of  such  incidents,  which  are  very 
far  indeed  from  being  imaginary?  Or,  if  they  are  so,  as  it  would  cer- 
tainly appear,  is  it  impossible  to  arouse  in  the  fathers  of  the  rising  gen- 
eration such  interest  in  their  offspring  as  would  induce  them  to  place  an 
emphatic  veto  on  practices  so  bad  for  them,  both  morally  and  physically? 
Of  course,  at  first  there  would  be  a  storm  of  discontent ;  mammas  would 
lose  the  emulation  of  seeing  which  could  dress  their  children  the  most 
foolishly  and  unsuitably ;  and  the  children — if,  indeed,  premature  little 
men  and  women  are  worthy  of  a  name  that  presupposes  innocence  and 
freshness — would  lament  as  those  not  to  be  comforted  the  loss  of  their 
cherished  dissipations.  But  if  rigorously  enforced,  the  prohibition  would 
be  found  most  salutary,  though  irretrievable  harm  has  already  doubtless 
been  done  to  many.  But  even  a  blasee  girl  of  thirteen  will  be  infinitely 
the  better  for  being  made  to  realize  that  she  is,  after  all,  still  but  a  child, 
and  must  content  herself  with  the  pleasures  healthy  for  and  suitable  to 
her  age  :  while  those  who  are  younger,  and  consequently  less  injured,  will 
grow  up,  it  may  be  confidently  hoped,  into  something  superior  to  the 
fashionably  vulgar  fastness  of  the  day.  At  any  rate,  if  girls  have  not 
been  allowed  to  exhaust  every  innocent  pleasure  before  they  are  eighteen, 
they  will  not  at  that  age  require  more  than  doubtful  amusements  to  afford 
gratification  ;  and  we  may  again  see  that  pleasing  sight — a  debutante  who 
has  not  forgotten  how  to  blush  and  who  will  condescend  not  only  to  be 
amused,  but  also  to  allow  that  there  are  are  things  in  the  world  that  can 
both  interest  and  surprise  her.— World. 


WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS, 

CUTTER    WHISKY. 

A  P.  Hotaliugr  *  Co..  BJo.  431  Jackson  street,  are  the  Sole 
«  Agents  on  this  Coast  for  the  celebrated  J.  H.  CUTTER  WHISKY,  shipped  di- 
rect to  them  from  Louisville,  Kentucky.  The  Trade  are  cautioned  against  the  pur- 
chase of  inferior  and  imitation  brands  of  "J.  H.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon."  Owing  to 
its  deserved  reputation,  various  unprincipled  parties  are  endeavoring  to  palm  off 
spurious  grades.     It  is  really  the  Bkst  Whisky  in  the  United  States.  March  19. 

A.    M.    GILMATT, 

Importer  aud  Wholesale  Liquor  Dealer,  308  California 
street,  otfers  for  sale  Fine  Old  Bourbon  and  Rye  Whiskies,  Brandies,  vintage  of 
lS20and  1S30,  Old  Port  anil  Sherry  Wines,  Still  and  Sparkling  Wines,  ete.  Agent  for  the 
Celebrated  CACHET  BLANC  CHAMPAGNE.  Sole  Agent  for  MILLS' "STOMACH 
BITTERS.  March  4. 


CUTTER    OLD    BOUEBON. 
Co.,    Manufacturers,   Louisville,  Ky.- 


J.    H. 

CP.  Moorman  A 
a     The  above  well-known  House  is  represented  here  by  the  undersigned,  who 
have  been  appointed  their  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 

July  3. A.  P.  H0TAL1NG  &  CO.,  420  and  431  Jackson  street,  S.  F. 

J.    H.    CUTTER'S    OLD    BOURBON    AND    BYE    WHISKY, 
anuf  acturetl  by  Milton  J.  Manly  «fc  Co.,  Sons-in-Law  and 

Successors  of  J.  H.  CUTTER,  Louisville,  Ky.  E.  MARTIN  &  CO., 

August  14.  No.  40S  Front  street.  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast 


M 


BROKERS. 


REMOVAL! 

JW.   Brown  &  Co.,  Stock  auil    Money   Brokers,   have  re- 
•    moved  to  No.  317  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block, 
J.  W.  Brown,  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  Jan  S. 

J.  K.  S.  Latua-m.J  LATHAM    &    KING,  [Homer  S.  Ki.vg. 

Successors  to  James  15.  Latham  A-  Co.,  Stock  aud  Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco.  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange 
Board.  Stocks  bought  and  carried  on  margins.  Aug.  12. 

HUBBARD    &    CO., 

Commission  Stock  Brokers,  324  1-2  Montgomery  street,  un- 
der Safe  Deposit  Building,  San   Francisco,  will  transact   business  through   the 
San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board-  July  17. 

E.    P.    PECKHAM, 
/  Commission    Stock    Broker   aud    Member   S.    F.  Stock   Es- 

"     change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  earned.      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
I  June.  19.  J 

S.    F.   &    N.   P.    R.    R. 

C Change  of  Time.  —  On  and  after  Saturday,  February  10th, 
J  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE,  Captain  W.  \\  arner,  will  leave  Washington 
street  wharf,  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  3  p.m.,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  cars 
for  Cloverdale  ami  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Guernviile  Branch  to  Korbel's  Mills  and  the  Great  Redwood  Forests. 
The  traiu  leaves  Cloverdale  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  (3  a.m.,  connecting  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Close  connections  made  with  stages  i'or  So- 
noma, the  Ge\rsers,  Ukiah,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  Mark  West,  Skaggs'  and  Littons' 
Springs.  Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  A.M.  to  2:30  P.M.  Sunday  Trips— Until 
further  notice,  the  steamer  will  leave  Washington-st.  Wharf  every  Sunday  at  3  p.m.  for 
Cloverdale  and  way  stations.     General  Office,  426  Montgomery  street. 

A.  A.  BEAN,  Superintendent.  P.  DONAHUE,  President. 

P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Gen']  Pas.  &  Ticket  Agent. 

Notice.— Change  of  Wharf.— On  and  after  SATURDAY.  February  10th,  1S77,  the 
steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE  will  leave  Washington -street  Wharf.  Feb.  10. 

OFFICES  OF  THE  AEROPLANE  NAVIGATION  CO., 

Jan.  4.  No.  007  to  615  Merchant  street.  San  Francisco. 


March   3,  L877. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER. 


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COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Ten  Thousand  at  Home  and  Abroad. 


All  the  world  *:tr<i  the 

i  sheet  in  the  Unil  avowing 

oar  relish  for  legitimately  end  oleverty  told  go  iv  about  some 

one  whoee  importance  makes  it  of  public  Interest,    Thia  explains  why  we 
a  tin-  following  Bpioy  narrative  From  Truth: 

"The Countess  de  Uontija  gossan  bringing actions  with  notably di- 
nuniatu  ainstthe  provineia]  journals.  The  attacks  on  the  honor 

and  consideration  of  the  poor  lady  are  sometimes  drotatique*  and  g i  bu 

mored,  bnt  oftener  droltUtqwa  and  in  bad  taste.  My  persona]  Itnu 
uf  the  Countess  ia  too  limited  to  permit  me  bo  understand  the  point  of 
allusions  to  guitars,  serenades,  balconies,  and  card  parties  eight-and- 
twenty  rears  ago  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  Bastille,  where  play  wae 
high  and  ;»  percentage  wae  taken  on  the  stakes  by  the  person  giving  them. 
nadame  de  LVtontijo  alleges  that  she  has  been  the  victim  of  mistaken  iden- 
tity, and  wrongfully  accused  of  having  had  ;i  daughter  bo  miraculously 
posthnmous  as  to  have  come  into  the  world  three  years  after  ber  fathers 
death.  The  Libels  complained  of  were  based  on  the  judgment  of  a  Span-. 
ish  tribunal  in  1829,  presenting  extraordinary  coincidences  with  the  names 
and  titles  *>f  Madame  de  Montijo,  and  with  circumstances  in  the  lives  of 
herself  and  her  deceaseil  liusUmd.  Th.se  coincidences,  I  am  sure,  are 
ptible  "i"  being  explained  away.  That  there  were  two  hindrances  tu 
an  explanation  is  to  he  regretted  by  the  votaries  of  the  B£use  of  History, 
high  ground  taken,  mayhap  with  had  judgment,  by  M. 
Grandperret,  the  legal  adviserofthe  plamtiff,  in  the  hundred  and  odd 
actions.  He  deemed  it  inconsistent  with  her  dignity  to  establish  that 
similarity  is  not  the  same  thins  as  identity,  and  proudly  held  that  it  was 
not  for  the  insulted  to  furnish  proofs  t* >  the  insulters.  The  next  hin- 
drance was  the  legislation  of  the  deceased  son-in-law  of  Madame  de  iron- 
tijo,  in  pursuance  of  winch  judges  are  not  obliged  to  enter  into  the  truth 
or  untruth  of  a  libel  on  a  private  person.  The  single  issue  they  have  to 
try  is  whether  there  has  been  an  attack  on  the  honor  and  consideration  of 
the  plaintiff,  for  which  the  maximum  damages  is  10,000fr.  and  the  min,- 
mna  the  cost  of  inserting  the  judgment  in  a  newspaper.  The  Counters 
has  throughout  her  campaign  hud  her  damages  at  the  minimum,  and 
asked  for  publication  of  judgment  in  more  newspapers  than  there  are  fin- 
gers "ii  my  hands.  In  Paris  she  got  £60  from  one  journal.  In  the  prov- 
inces her  litigation  in  defence  of  her  reputation  has  produced  triumphs 
less  brilliant.  All  the  Courts  very  rightly  recognized  attacks  on  her 
honor  and  consideration,  but  from  the  figures  of  the  damages  assessed  the 
judges  either  did  not  think  they  were  of  importance  or  were  withheld 
from  severity  by  the  plea,  that  the  Kni press  Eugenie  belonging  to  history, 
journalists  have  a  moral,  if  not  a  technical  right,  to  inquire  into  her  birth, 
however  liable  they  are  to  go  wrong  and  blunder  in  conducting  the  deli- 
cate investigation.  At  Privas,  the  procurator,  M.  Roger,  took  part  with 
the  defendants,  and  proposed  to  dismiss  the  action.  Notwithstanding,  a 
nominal  satisfaction  to  the  amount  of  26fr.  was  awarded.  At  Poitiers,  a 
town  proud  of  its  colleges  and  learned  society,  damages  were  refused  be- 
yond the  cost  of  inserting  the  judgment  in  four  local  papers.  This  series 
of  actions  has  brought  out  that  the  Empress  Eugenie  (discarding,  of 
course,  the  posthumous  miracle)  is  of  very  mixed  ancestry,  and  was  dedi- 
cated to  Ignatius  Loyola.  She  is,  on  the  maternal  side,  granddaughter  of 
a  Bruges  grocer  named  Grevigny  and  of  a  Glasgow -American  in  the  dried 
fruit  and  oramre  line,  who  was  IT.  S.  Consul  at  Malaga,  under  Andrew 
Jackson's  presidency." 

The  Princess  Charles  of  Prussia,  who  died  lately,  and  for  whom 
the  English  Court  has  just  gone  into  mourning,  came  a  good  deal  into 
contact  with  Goethe  in  her  youth.  She  was  born  at  Weimar  in  1S0S,  and 
was  the  granddaughter  of  Karl  August,  so  well  known  as  Goethe's  patron 
and  friend.  She  and  her  sister  Augusta,  who  was  two  or  three  years 
younger,  were  brought  up  together;  and  the  poet  seems  to  have  acted 
toward  them  as  a  sort  of  Mentor.  He  and  Meyer  gave  them  their  first 
lessons  in  drawing;  and  in  a  letter  to  the  Grand  Duke,  Meyer  talks  of 
Goethe  delighting  the  princesses  one  evening  by  writing  for  them  Chinese 
and  Arabic  characters.  A  beautiful  garden  at  Jena  laid  out  by  the  theo- 
logian Griesbach  was  bought  for  them  as  a  summer  residence,  and  here  a 
stone  was  set  up,  on  three  sides  of  which  were  written  verses  by  Goethe  — 
a  complimect  which  surprised  and  delighted  him,  and  for  which  he  Legged 
Meyer  "to  express  in  the  most  becoming  manner  his  heartiest  thanks." 
At  the  time  when  the  elder  of  the  two  princesses  entered  society  it  hap- 
pened that  her  grandmother,  the  Empress  of  Russia,  was  visiting  Wei- 
mar ;  and  on  this  occasion  she  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing-  a  masked  pro- 
cession consisting  of  150  persons,  planned  by  Goethe.  He  had  devoted 
five  weeks  to  arranging  the  "show."  The  more  solemn  admirers  of 
"Faust"  are  likely  to  think  this  a  painfully  frivolous  way  of  spending 
time  ;  but  in  a  letter  to  Zelter  he  refers  with  evident  satisfaction  to  the 
universal  applause  which  rewarded  his  labors.  The  National  Zeitung, 
which  mentions  these  details,  adds  that  when  the  Princess  left  Weimar 
with  her  husband,  Goethe  bade  her  a  very  affectionate  farewell. 

Two  curious  letters  are  published  from  the  King  of  Piedmont,  father 
of  Victor  Emanuel ;  the  latter  when  an  infant,  was  nearly  burned  to 
death  in  his  cot,  owing  to  his  nurse  incautiously  approaching  it  with  a 
candle  ;  she,  however,  succeeded  in  snatching  up  the  prince,  and  by  means 
of  a  few  jugs  of  water  extinguished  the  flames;  all  this  time  she  was 
herself  on  fire,  and  died  two  days  afterward.  Victor-Emanuel  was 
burned'  in  the  hand  and  the  left  side  and  was  nearly  carried  off  by  a 
fever,  resulting  from  the  burns.  Another  letter  from  the  same  monarch, 
is  addressed  to  Cavour's  father,  informing  him  that  he  was  happy  to 
learn  his  son — the  future  great  Count — was  a  lad  of  intelligence,  and  had 
much  pleasure  in  appointing  him  to  a  civil  office. 

Two  half-sisters  of  Eugene  Sue— daughters  of  his  mother  and  Dr. 
Nathaniel  Niles.  who  was  Secretary  of  Legation  at  Paris  during  a  part  of 
Jackson's  administration — have  brought  suit  for  a  larger  share  of  the  $1,- 
000,000  their  father  left  than  they  are  now  getting;  but  Judge  Donohue 
has  denied  the  application.  One  of  these  ladies  is  the  wife  of  Gen.  Adam 
Badeau,  formerly  Consul-General  at  London,  and  the  other  had  for  her 
first  husband  a  nephew  of  Martin  Van  Bnren,  and  for  her  second,  and 
present  one,  a  Belgian  gentleman.  Sue's  half-sisters  were  the  originals  of 
Rose  and  Blanche  in  his  "'  Wandering  Jew." 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 

TR.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 

Toronto    Sihci.,1   ,.|    ■MUataa,   Toronto.  July    lltli.  Isi;s.... 
Hum 

liolruin 
II    II.  WRJUUT,  M  !>  . 

™      . 

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TEETH    SAVED ■ 

ITMIIInK  Teeth   n  Specialty Great   patlenee  extende*   «o 
1   ilor i,i After  tl.,, 

yoarsci  oo,  1  call  guarantet    .■>,  rtlon,     i,,,     ■,,.  ,i, , 

■■■•  rj.  j.hiiiL  o  l  lilt.  UORFFEW,  Da 

DR.    J.    H.    STAL'  ARD, 


ember  of  lite  Royal  College  of  Phjratelaiu,  London,  etc., 

ol      i  ,  [,,„,    ii,  riene  on  the  Pacific  l 

'   I*,  'A    ii   il   7    p..    B  n  ai  n    t  _ 


M'-- 
author  _. 
i  mil  e  Hours,  IS  to  ::  and  7  to  e  i  .>i 


i'.iiii,ii\  in. 


ARTIFICIAL   TEETH. 

Benntll HI    celluloid    plaice   ninile   by  Br.  Jesnnp.   corner 
Sutler  aud  Montgomery  streets,  at  920  a  set,  are  far  superior  to  vulcanite  ruh- 
oer,  and  the  color  of  the  natunil  gum.  tv-li.  20. 


PHYSICIAN,    SII1C|;|(V     AND     At'COIt'IIElB, 

J.    J.    AUEUBACH,    M.D., 
Maruh  13. 310)  Stockton  street,  Ban  Fran 

STEELE'S      SQUIRREL      101SON. 
[1'ataiUd  October  VMh,  IffTo.] 

Sure  death  to  Squirrels,  Itats.  Gophers,  ele.    For  Hale  by  all 
Drugcists,  Grocers  and  Qenera]  Dealers,    nice,  »I  per  box.    Made  bj  JAMES 
G.  STliKLL  .v  CO.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.    Liberal  discount  to  the  Trade       Aug.  -l. 

0.    P.    WARRFN,    M.D.  ~ 
cleclic  Physician,  corner  of  fourteenth  and    Broadway, 

Oakland. JlmL.  17. 

N     MILLER,    M.D, 
>hyslclan.  Oahlaml.  Ollice,  1004  Broadway  ;  Residence,  364 

Eighth  street. October  ± 


E 


R.    W.    S  PRAGUE,    M.D., 
*£d\  Post  street,  corner  Kearny.   Office  Hours,  10  to  12 ;  2  to 

•J™"    4  ;  7:30.    Diseases  of  Throat  and  Lungs  a  specialty.  February  10. 

COMMISSION    MERCHANTS. 


J.   SANDKRHiS. 


D.  F.  Hutciiings.  D,  M.  Dunne. 

PHffiVIX    OIL    WORKS. 

I^slalil. slid   1850.— Ilntchings  A-  Co.,  Oil   aud  Commission 
U    Merchants,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Sperm,  Whale,  Lurd,  Machinery  and 

Illuminating-  Oils,  517  Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan".  K. 

J,    C.    MERRILL    &    CO. 
T^Tliolcsale  Auction  House.  201  ami  206  California  street. 

Y*       Sale  days,  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  at  10  a  m.     Cash  advances  on  consign, 
nients.  Dec.  14. 

CHARLES    LE    ttAY, 
American  CommiMio..  mcrciianl,  -  -  1  ICne  Scribe,  Paris. 

WHOLESALE    GROCERS. 


Nbwtoh  Booth,  C.  T.  Wheeler,  Sacramento.  |  J.  T.  Glover,  W.   W.   Dodge,  S.   F 
W.    W.    BODGE    &    CO., 

Wholesale  Grocers,  corner  Front  and    Clay  streets,   Sun 
Francisco. April  1. 


REMOVAL. 

NEWTON    BROTHERS    &    CO., 


[Morris  Nbwtoh. 


BRUCE, 


L.  H.  Newton.] 

Importers  and  wholesale  dealers  in  Tens,  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed  to  204  and  '200  California  street,  Sun  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia.  June  7. 

TABER.    HARKER    &    CO., 

Successors  to  Phillips,  Taber  A' Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 105  and  110  California  street,  below  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  15. 

A-    S.    ROSENBAUM    &    CO., 

Southeast  corner  of  California  and  Battery  streets,  invite 
the  attention  of  their  customers  and  others  to  their  large  assortment  of  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands  of  CHEWING  aud  SMOKING  TOBA)  CO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  CIGARITOS.  Consignments  of  Choicest  Brands  of  Cigars  received  by  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  IS  J  A.  S.  ROSifNBAUM  v\;  C< '. 

S3'  PKINTS-S3, 

537    SACRAMENTO    STREET, 

BELOW    MONTGOMERY. 

BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY  OP    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  daily,   from  10  a.m.  to    1  p.m.,  by  the  nnder- 
Bigned,to  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  an  I  *••  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.  J-  V.  McCTJRRIE,  Secretary, 

Oct.  23.  _^_         7:iU  Montgomery  street. 

BAGS,    TESTS    AND    H05"  , 

NEVILLE  &  CO., 

113  Clay  aud  114  Commercial  streets, 

San  Francisco.  [Slay  24. 

CASTLE    BROTHERS.— [Establish'  d,  1850.) 

Importers  of  Teas  and  East  India  Goods,  Nos.213  aud  215 
Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  13. 

~  r\     5.    CANAVAN, 

Real   Estate.   521  Montgomery  Str-  t.   S.   V 


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SAN"     FRANCISCO     NEWS    LEjfTER. 


March  3,  1877. 


I    BADE    THEM    BIND    MY    SHINING    HAIR! 

[by  v.  a.    woolfolk.] 
I  bade  them  bind  my  shining  hair —  A  month  ago,  this  very  day, 

The  merry,  laughing  maids —  'Mid  tears  was  farewell  said — 

And  place  a  single  rosebud  there,       What  does  the  foolish  maiden  say? 

To  light  the  dusky  braids  ;  Why,  you've  been  three  years  wed! 

And  bring  my  silken  gown  of  white,  0 !  maidens'lovemay  changeful  prove 

My  sash  of  silver  gray,  With  shifting  scenes  of  life, 

For  Robin  will  come  home  to-night,  But  none  can  feel  true  woman's  love, 

And  I  must  husk  me  iray.  Like  happy  wedded  wife. 

Not  half  my  gladness  can  I  speak  ;    Throw  all  the  windows  open  wide, 

And  though  a  matron  staid,  Trim  all  the  lamps  aright, 

I  feel  the  blushes  warm  my  cheek,     He  will  be  weary  with  his  ride, 

Like  any  foolish  maid —      [light        And  loves  the  cheerful  light ; 
For   when  with  joy  the  heart  grows  And  o'er  the  house  let  order  reign — 

The  face  must  sure  reveal —  Place  all  as  he  would  wish  ; 

But  what  care  I  if  all  to-night  Be  sure  and  tell  the  maid  again 

Can  see  what  I  must  feel.  To  have  his  favorite  dish. 

How  slow  the  laggard  hours  go  round — 

Time  no  impatience  feels — 
Is  that  the  breeze  ?    O  !  welcome  sound  ! 

'Tis  quickly  coming  wheels : 
His  arms  enfold  my  form  again, 

His  kiss  is  on  my  cheek. 
0  !  sweet  content  of  pleasure's  pain, 
Forbidding  lips  to  speak. 

—  [St.  Louis  Herald. 

THE    CHINESE  COMMISSION. 
The  Presidential  election  having  at  last  been  settled,  one  of 

the  grave  questions  which  will  replace  it  in  the  public  mind  is  the  immi- 
gration of  Chinese  to  California.  It  will  be  remembered  that  a  commis- 
sion of  inquiry  into  the  subject  sat  for  many  weeks  last  Fall  at  the  Palace 
Hotel,  and  a  great  mass  of  evidence  was  received.  The  report  of  that 
Commission  has  now  been  presented  to  Congress  by  Senator  Sargent,  and 
affords  an  apt  illustration  of  the  method  of  taking  refuge  in  long  verbiose 
sentences  when  one  has  nothing  definite  to  say.  The  Commission  in  fact 
have  nothing  to  offer  as  a  result  of  their  labors  beyond  a  recapitulation 
of  all  the  old  rabid  and  senseless  diatribes  against  the  importation  of  Chi- 
nese labor  to  this  country,  which  have  been  the  favorites  of  pot-house  or- 
ators and  stump  speech  brokers  throughout  the  Presidential  campaign. 
Out  of  "  1,200  pages  of  printed  matter"  the  only  fact  that  the  Commis- 
sion have  been  able  to  arrive  at  is  that  "  so  far  as  material  prosperity  is 
concerned  it  cannot  be  doubted  that  the  Pacific  Coast  has  been  a  great 
gainer"  (by  the  presence  of  the  Chinese.)  Having  admitted  this  point,  it 
would  scarcely  appear  to  have  been  necessary  for  the  Commission  to  have 
gone  any  farther,  but  with  the  garrulity  of  a  dozen  Justice  Shallow's 
they  proceed  to  wade  entirely  out  of  their  depth,  whilst  attempting  to 
discuss  the  question  as  to  "whether  any  radical  difference  exists  between 
the  Asiatic  and  Caucasian  races,  and  to  flatly  contradict  their  previous  as- 
sertion by  the  statement  that  "the  presence  of  the  Chinese  retards  white 
immigration  to  the  Pacific  Coast.  The  whole  report  is  in  fact  an  ab- 
surd series  of  contradictory  statements,  and  cannot  be  of  the  smallest 
value  in  dealing  with  the  question.  A  feeble  attempt  is  made  to  show 
that  the  vices  of  the  Chinese  are  "corrupting  to  the  morals  of  the  city, 
especially  of  the  young!"  This  pious  enunciation  is  worthy  of  that  prince 
of  hypocrites,  Dr.  Pangloss  himself. 

The  Chinaman  who  could  "  corrupt  the  morals  "  of  San  Francisco  has 
yet,  we  take  it,  to  be  horn,  and  should  he  hereafter  appear  he  should  be 
exhibited  "  as  our  rarer  monsters  are."  A  city  whose  white"  population 
produces  the  hoodlum  and  rejoices  in  the  pandemonium  of  the  "  dive  "  is 
hardly  in  a  position  to  be  contaminated  by  the  introduction  of  any  kind 
of  vice  which  may  be  laid  at  the  door  of  the  Mongolian. 

The  head  and  front  of  the  Chinese  offence  seems  to  be  contained  in  the 
charges  that  they  "  still  retain  their  peculiar  costume  and  follow  their 
original  national  habits  in  food  and  mode  of  life,  that  they  have  no  social 
intercourse  with  the  white  population,  and  that  they  work  for  wages 
which  will  not  support  a  white  man." 

The  English  of  this  is  that  Chinamen  are  economical  and  temperate  in 
their  habits  ;  that  they  prefer  to  continue  the  wearing  of  a  comfortable 
dress  to  adopting  one  much  more  expensive  and  less  simple  ;  and  that  they 
are  honorable  and  trustworthy  in  all  their  business  transactions  and  pri- 
vate relations.  The  American  merchant  resident  in  Canton  and  other 
ports  of  China  does  not  discard  his  own  peculiar  costume  and  adopt  that 
of  the  Chinese,  nor  does  he  fail  to  retain  his  "  original  national  habits  " 
in  the  matter  of  such  observances  as  drinking  Bourbon  whisky  and  cele- 
brating the  Fourth  of  July.  It  is  more  than  probable,  that  if  the  Chinese 
immigrants  to  the  Pacific  slope  had  universally  adopted  the  style  of  dress 
of  the  country  of  their  adoption,  and  moreover  exhibited  a  predilection 
for  bar  rooms,  they  would  have  been  received  with  far  less  antagonism. 

But  such  a  revolution  in  national  customs  as  has  lately  taken  place  in 
Japan,  is  not  likely  to  occur  frequently,  and  it  is  difficult  to  see  why  the 
retention  by  the  Chinese  in  California  of  their  national  costume  and  mode 
of  cookery,  unfits  them  to  be  collaborateurs  of  Western  nations  in  develop- 
ing the  resources  of  this  great  country.  The  report  of  the  Commission 
just  presented,  affords  little  or  no  aid  in  the  solution  of  the  question. 

America's  great  boast  is,  that  she  is  above  all  things,  free ;  and  any  in- 
terference with  an  acknowledged  help  to  the  development  of  her  immense 
resources,  on  the  score  that  such  help  clashes  with  the  interests  of  another 
and  less  self-helpful  section  of  the  population,  will  not  fail  in  the  issue  to 
militate  disadvautageously  to  her  interests. 


A  young  lady  in  this  city  bet  a  young  man  a  kiss  that  Tilden  would 
be  elected— he  to  pay  it  if  Tilden  was,  she  to  pay  it  if  Hayes  was  elected. 
On  the  morning  of  the  eighth  of  November  he  called  and  paid  the  bet,  on 
the  ninth  he  called  and  took  it  back  ;  that  evening  she  paid  the  bet ;  next 
morning  she  took  it  back  and  he  paid ;  then  he  paid  and  then  she  paid  ; 
and  they  have  been  kept  busy  by  the  contradictory  dispatches  ever  since, 
and  both  declare  their  willingness  and  ability  to  hold  out  until  Congress 
decides  the  question      They  don't  like  the  Compromise  Bill. 

The  New  House  of  Commons.  -A  university  near  the  Mosque  of 
St.  Sophia  has  been  selected  for  the  Turkish  House  of  Commons,  and  is 
being  rapidly  fitted  for  the  purpose. 


BULLION    AND     COIN    DRIFT. 

The  Monetary  Commission  appointed  by  Congress  is  likely  to  re- 
commend the  adoption  of  the  double  standard.  Much  speculation  is  in- 
dulged in  by  writers,  taking  sides  upon  the  question  from  their  respective 
standpoints.  We  are  willing  to  wait  the  report  of  the  Commission,  who 
doubtless  have  gone  fully  into  the  elucidation  of  the  whole  subject,  fur- 
nishing, no  doubt,  satisfactory  reasons  for  the  course  adopted,  and  which 
no  doubt  will  be  acceptable  to  the  people  of  the  United  States.  Our  mar- 
ket continues  to  be  well  supplied  with  gold  coin,  and  our  reservoirs  have 
been  literally  running  over  with  the  same  for  many  mouths  past.  There 
is  comparatively  very  little  use  for  money  at  present.  No  desire  shown 
to  operate  extensively  in  merchandise  or  mining  stocks.  Real  estate  is 
attracting  more  and  more  attention,  and  the  desire  for  investment  in  this 
direction  appears  to  be  on  the  increase.  In  the  Western  Addition  large 
blocks  of  buildings  are  being  erected  upon  contract,  and  in  other  parts  of 
the  city  and  suburbs  there  appears  to  be  quite  a  rage  for  building  good 
houses,  showing  a  rapid  growth  of  population  and  a  steady  advance  in 
real  property. 

The  Circular,  in  speaking  of  a  recent  transaction,  says:  The  City  Gar- 
dens property  was  sold  at  auction  on  the  12th  ultimo.  The  terms  were 
seductive,  namely,  one-fifth  cash,  balance  in  eight  annual  payments,  with 
interest  at  7^  per  cent.  The  land  comprises  a  block  and  a  half.  The  half 
block  is  bounded  by  Harrison  street,  'lreat  avenue,  Thirteenth  and  Four- 
teenth, and  the  block  by  Folsom,  Harrison,  Twelfth  and  Thirteenth. 
The  property  was  subdivided  into  93  lots.  The  Folsom  street  lots,  SO  feet 
deep,  brought  $105  to  8110  a  front  foot;  they  are  worth  8100.  The 
Twelfth  and  Thirteenth  street  lots,  80  to  90  feet  deep,  brought  §70  to  8100 
a  front  foot;  they  are  worth  an  average  of  but  -S70.  The  Harrison  street 
lots,  with  a  depth  of  80  feet,  brought  §1,600  to  $1,700  a  lot;  they  are 
worth  §1,500.  The  lots  on  the  two  narrow  streets  parallel  to  Folsom 
(their  width  being  forty-five  to  fifty  feet)  brought  81,325  to  51,500  a  lot, 
the  depth  being  but  75  feet.  These  lots  are  not  worth  over  81,000  to 
81,100  each,  and  if  the  buyers  forfeited  their  10  per  cent,  deposits  they 
would  do  a  wise  thing.  Part  of  the  land  sold  was  filled  in,  and  the  eleva- 
tions of  the  streets  above  the  bay  are  only  8  to  12  feet.  The  location  is 
close  to  Mission  creek  and  the  swamps  and  factories  along  its  banks.  The 
crowd  who  attended  the  sale,  and  the  extremely  high  price  paid  for  the 
lots,  are  proof  of  how  an  excited  number  of  buyers  run  a  commodity  up 
on  themselves,  and  also  how  the  bait  of  a  small  amount  down,  and  the 
balance  in  a  long  term,  at  a  low  rate  of  interest,  seduces  foolish  buyers 
into  paying  extravagant  rates.  A  half  dozen  such  sales  as  this  would 
precipitate  real  estate  into  an  inflation  similar  to  that  of  1868-9.  We  are 
glad  to  see  the  property  sold,  but  regret  that  buyers  paid  such  inflated 
prices  for  it.  This  small  amount  of  cash  down  business  and  the  remain- 
der on  mortgage  is  what  brought  upon  the  real  estate  of  Atlantic  cities 
the  inflation  of  1871-3,  and  the  unparalleled  depression  which  has  occurred 
there  since. 

During  the  week  past  sales  may  be  noted  from  private  hands  of  200 
shares  Spring  Valley  Water  at  106;  50  shares  same,  106A;  200  shares  Gas- 
light, 113;  810,000  nine  per  cent,  bonds  Spring  Valley  Water  Company,  3 
years  to  run,  at  103  and  interest.  Bank  rates  for  money,  9@10  p  cent., 
but  large  loans  on  long  time  for  gilt-edged  securities  can  be  had  for  8@9 
■If?  cent.  There  is  here  a  great  scarcity  of  business  paper.  Notes  at  60  or 
90  days,  four  and  six  months  to  run,  for  some  unexplained  reason,  our 
merchants  (many  of  them)  are  averse  to  giving,  or  issuing  notes  of  hand. 
The  demand  for  this  paper  largely  exceeds  the  supply  at  all  times.  Such 
is  not  the  case  at  New  York  or  other  Eastern  cities.  There  it  is  a  notable 
feature,  not  only  for  dry  goods,  but  for  groceries,  and  in  fact  notes  are 
taken  for  all  sorts  of  goods  bought  on  credit  in  Boston,  Philadelphia,  New 
York  or  Baltimore,  and  a  capitalist  has  only  to  go  to  John  Ward's  or 
other  Wall  street  banking  house,  and  make  his  selections  from  the  well- 
filled  pocketbook  of  business  paper,  and  which  is  there  bought  and  sold  at 
its  face  value. 

The  treasure  exports  for  1876  were  82,070,622;  for  1877,  $2,531,891 
The  duties  paid  at  the  Custom  House  in  February  reach  a  total  of  8503,- 
506  48,  and  in  January  the  total  receipts  were  8577,502  56.  The  com- 
bined receipts  for  the  two  months  aggregate  $1,081,009  04,  against  81,- 
191,745  57  for  the  corresponding  months  of  1876,  showing  a  decrease  this 
year  of  110,736  53.  The  official  exports  of  treasure  for  January  and 
February  amounted  to  §5,080,500  63,  showing  an  increase  of  8517,680  21 
on  the  shipments  of  last  year  for  the  same  time.  The  overland  ship- 
ments of  treasure  by  express  for  the  month  of  February  are  as  follows: 
From  February  1st  to  15th,  8397,537  71,  and  from  February  15th  to 
March  1st,  8429,938  03;  total,  8827,475  74.  The  collections  of  revenue 
in  the  First  District  for  the  past  two  weeks  realized  856,016. 

STOCKS. 

The  settlement  of  the  election  caused  a  brighter  look  in  California 
street  faces  than  has  been  seen  for  a  long  time.  Whatever  effect  the 
accession  of  Mr.  Hayes  to  the  Presidential  Chair  may  have  in  other  sec- 
tions of  the  country,  it  is  eminently  certain  that  in  the  district  over  which 
the  "  Great  Cod  Comstock  "  exercises  his  sway,  his  peaceful  inauguration 
will  be  the  signal  for  a  new  era  of  confidence,  and,  as  we  hope,  of  pros- 
perity. A  considerable  number  of  equivalents  for  seventy  dollar  suits 
of  clothes  and  "  plug  "  hats  changed  hands  on  the  declaration  of  the  re- 
sult, notwithstanding  the  law  on  the  subject  of  betting  on  elections. 
News  from  Nevada  conveys  the  intelligence  that  the  connection  between 
the  1650-ft.  drift  in  Con.  Virginia  and  the  California  deep  winze,  spoken  of 
in  our  last  week's  issue,  has  been  made.  With  the  improved  ventilation 
thus  obtained  the  miners  are  enabled  to  progress  with  the  work  in  the 
lower  level,  and  good  results  are  anticipated.  Experts  will  probably  be 
permitted  to  visit  the  '*  bonanza"  mine  in  about  ten  days.  Eureka  Con- 
solidated has  "  wilted  "  rather  badly  during  the  last  few  days,  in  conse- 
quence of  the  unfavorable  outlook  of  the  litigation  in  which  they  are  in- 
volved with  the  Richmond  mine.  The  inanimate  condition  of  the  whole 
business  for  the  week  has  been  very  apparent,  but  with  the  revival  of  bus- 
iness which  may  be  expected  by  the  inauguration  of  the  President  and 
the  quiescent  aspect  of  European  affairs,  a  favorable  turn  may  be  ex- 
pected. 

Erasmus,  who  had  a  dispensation  for  eating  flesh,  being  reproached  by 
the  Pope  for  not  observing  Lent,  replied  :  "  1  assure  your  holiness  that 
my  heart  is  a  Catholic  one,  but  I  confess  I  have  a  Lutheran  stomach." 


When  is  a  thief  like  a  seamstress  ?    When  he  cuts  and  runs. 


Office-- «iO~   to    61S    Merchant    Street. 


VOLUME  2T. 


SAN  FHANCI3C0,  MARCH   3,  1877. 


NDMBEB  6. 


BIZ. 


Imports  during  February  were  of  considerable  magnitude,  embracing 
full  cargoes  of  Corfee,  Sugar,  Rice,  Tea,  Jute  ami  Jute  Bags,  besides  a 

v-.-i-tuR-ut  >.f  luy  Uui.iIs,  Clothing,  Boots,  Shoes,  etc.,  in  great  va- 
riety from  the  East  by  Pacific  Railway.  Exports  during  the  same  pe- 
rioahave  embraced  2:.' full  cargoes  of  Wheat  and  Flour  to  the  United 
Kingdom,  6,639  tla.»ks  of  Quicksilver,  ami  a  great  variety  of  miscellaneous 
articles  other  than  native  produce— all  this  in  the  face  of  what  is  called  a 
period  of  unusual  dullness  in  nil  mercantile  circles.  A  variety  of  reasons 
is  given  for  tbe  u  arked  depression  in  commercial  circles,  notwithstanding 
the  superabundant  supply  of  money  in  all  our  coffers.  Perhaps  otie  rea- 
Bon  is  excessive  Btocks  of  Foreign  Goods— imports  too  great  for  the  con- 
sumption of  the  limited  population  of  the  Pacific  Slope,  and  those 
countries  naturally  drawing  their  supplies  from  this  Coast.  Another  rea- 
son is  the  long  protracted  season  of  uncertainty  regarding  the  Federal 
election,  and  then  the  prevailing  fear  of  a  drought  cutting  short  our  usual 
huge  Breadstuff  Bupply.  But  after  all  these  are  given  their  due  weightin 
thv  scale,  we  must  assert  that  the  long  protracted  depression  in  the  mining 
Btock  share  market  exerts  the  must  potential  influence.  Few  persons  have 
any  real  idea  of  the  thousands  of  able-bodied  men  who  idle  away  their 
time  lure,  operating  in  .stocks,  curbstone  brokers  and  California-street 
speculators  lounging  about,  day  after  day,  week  after  week,  watching  a 
I  i  nee  for  a  turn  in  stocks— all  non-producers,  living  by  their  wits.  Thenv 
again,  merchants  both  here  ami  in  the  interior,  and  particularly  so  in  min- 
ing districts,  all  take  more  or  less  stock  risks,  and  of  course,  in  so  doing, 
use  more  or  less  of  their  store  capital,  and  which  by  rights  ought  to  be  ex- 
clusively devoted  to  merchandizing.  It  is,  however,  diverted  from  its  le- 
gitimate channels  of  trade,  and  is  used  for  stock  gambling  rather  than 
paying  their  just  debts  for  merchandise  sold  and  delivered  hy  the  city 
merchant.  Thus  it  is  that  since  January  1st  of  the  current  year,  some 
Bixty  business  failures  have  been  reported  on  the  Pacific  Slope.  This  is  a 
bad  showing  for  sixty  days' work,  and  is  a  source  of  alarm  to  our  city 
merchants,  who  are  now  moving  to  arrest  this  tide  of  bankruptcy  that 
threatens  their  destruction. 

The  Commerce  between  this  port  and  Oregon  is  "assuming  large  pro- 
portions. During  1870  the  arrivals  at  this  port  numbered  108  vessels 
from  Astoria  and  Portland,  aggregating  95,023  registered  tons.  The  de- 
partures hence  were  103  vessels,  of  90,790  tons  register.  This  account  is 
exclusive  of  fcraign  arrivals  here  which  cleared  at  our  Custom-house  un- 
d<-r  special  permission,  loading  thence  for  foreign  ports — say  19  ships  with 
an  aggregate  tonnage  of  19,224  tons  register  during  the  year  past.  The 
Puget  Sound  Lumber  Trade,  etc.,  is  not  embraced  herein. 

Bags  and  Bagging  Material  -  The  Haidee,  from  Calcutta,  is  to  hand 
with  5,247  bales  Jute  for  the  Oakland  Bag  Factory.  Outside  of  our  local 
factories  the  stock  of  grain  sacks  here,  as  well  as  the  large  quantity  known 
to  be  en  route  from  Calcutta  and  Dundee,  exerts  a  depressing  influence 
upon  the  market,  not  only  for  spot  invoices,  but  of  those  for  forward  de- 
livery. Present  prices  of  standard  Grain  Sacks,  22x30,  8f@9&,  with  very 
little  demand.  Wool  Sacks  are  now  in  request,  but  the  Oakland  Bag 
Factory  supply  this  trade. 

Borax. --The  export  requirement  is  light.  Stocks  liberal,  and  prices 
nominal,  as  for  a  long  time  past. 

Case  Goods.  —  There  is  a  good  demand  for  Oregon  Salmon,  for  forward 
delivery,  at  -SI  50@1  55  lib.  cans,  but  .sellers  demand  SI  55@1  00. 
Great  expectations  are  indulged  in  as  to  a  big  catch  this  Spring  in  Colum- 
bia River.  Indications  are  now  favorable.  Oregon  canned  Beef  and 
Mutton  are  attracting  increased  attention  for  export. 

Cement  --  The  price  of  English  Portland  has  been  reduced  to  S3  50@ 
3  75  per  barrel.     Eastern,  S2  25@2  50. 

Coal.— Imports  during  the  week  embrace  several  cargoes  from  the 
North,  which  may  be  quoted  at  S8(&9  per  ton.  Scotch  and  English  Steam 
rule  within  the  same  figures.  The  trade  at  present  is  very  slack,  and  the 
business  very  unsatisfactory  to  all  engaged  in  it. 

Coffee.  —  This  week's  imports  include  one  cargo  from  Central  American 
ports,  per  Colirna,  of  5,041  bags.  Sales  during  the  week  1,000  bags;  4M0 
of  this  was  sent  to  St.  Louis.  The  present  quotation  for  Pale  Guatemala 
and  Salvador,  lS@19c,  wdiile  alllotsof  prime  Green  rule  from  19c.  to  20c, 
the  latter  firm.     0.  G.  Java  is  held  firmly  at  24c. 

Metals.  —  There  is  an  improved  Oregon  demand  for  Sydney  Block  Tin 
and  for  Charcoal  Tin  Plate,  for  the  use  of  Salmon  canners.  We  quote  the 
former  at  18ic,  the  latter  S7  50  per  box. 

Kerosene  Oils. —  The  Devoe's  Oils  have  again  been  reduced  5c, 
making  10c  off  since  January  1st.  Now  quotable:  Devoe's  at  34@35c, 
Photolite  33c,  Oleophene  35c. 


Butter  and  Cheese  are  now  very  plentiful,  and  choice  Roll  Butter 
'_'.j  " 'jSc. ;  fresh  grass  i  'heese,  8@14c, 

Bacon  and  Hams.— Sugar-cured  rule  from  I3@15c  each. 

Beef  and  Pork.  - $9  50(V>  10  50  per  barrel  fur  Mesa  Beef:   Me 
$23;  Prime,  $15     L6, 

Lard. —12ir</ ll^c.    Tallow.  -5V"  BJc, 

Hides.— 10c.  for  Dry,  8@9c  for  Wet  Salted. 

Wool. — The  Spring  clip  is  now  arriving,  but  the  market  is  not  yet 
established.     Sales:  Fall  atOi^lSc. 

Quicksilver. — The  movement  this  year  for  two  months  hits  been  note- 
worthy.  1870,  January  receipts,  4,158;  same  time,  1N77,  3,114  flasks. 
1870,  February  receipts,  3,920;  same  time,  1877,  7,901  flasks.  Exports  in 
February,  1876,  2,322  flasks,  valued  at  S108.730.  In  1877,  0,039  flasks, 
valued  at  S234,08S.  The  City  of  Tokio,  for  Hongkong,  sailing  to-day, 
will  carry  it  is  said  less  than  1,000  flasks.  Present  price,  43(»  44c,  with  a 
declining  tendency. 

Rice.— Stocks  are  burdensome  and  heavy  imports  are  continued.  The 
Gatlic  for  Hongkong  just  at  hand,  brought  30,800  mats  China,  worth 
5J,c  ;  Patna  5c  ;  Japan  5c  ;  Hawaiian  Oc. 

Salt.~The  high  price  of  820  lately  ruling  for  fine  Liverpool  has  induced 
increased  imports  of  Mexican  from  Carmen  Island,  which  may  be  quoted 
at  S12,  but  it  is  not  considered  as  good  as  California  Crystal  or  that  of  the 
Union  Pacific  Company. 

Spices.— The  market  is  stagnant  for  all  kinds — stocks  liberal  and  prices 
largely  nominal. 

Spirits. —Holders  of  French  Cognac  Brandy  are  demanding  enhanced 
rates.  Moorman's  J.  H.  Cutter  Bourbon  Whisky,  like  that  of  "Gold 
Dust,"  Miller's  and  Catherwood's,  do,  and  G.  O.  Blake's  Old  Eye  find 
appreciative  buyers  at  old  established  agency  rates. 

Sugar.— Stocksof  raws,  outside  of  Refiners'  hands  are  light  andrestricted 
to  a  few  small  invoices  of  LOiina  and  several  lots  of  Hawaiian  grocery 
grades,  the  latter  held  strong  at  10@10ic  for  best  lots.  The  Bay  and  Cal- 
ifornia Refiners  are  well  stocked  with  both  raw  and  refined,  yet  complain 
with  others  of  a  general  depression  in  trade  circles.  We  quote  Cube  and 
Crushed  13£c@13ic  ;  Golden  "C  "  lie  ;  Yellow  Coffees,  9£c(5  lOJc. 

Teas.  --The  Gaelic  from  China  and  Japan  brought  for  tliis  Citj  4,508 
packages  ;  for  New  York,  2,230  ;  for  Boston,  2,120  ;  for  Montreal,  239 
packages.  The  market  at  present  is  overstocked  and  trade  dull.  The 
celebrated  brands  of  diamond  "  L  "  in  papers,  "  M.  &  Co."  and  "  C.  B." 
may  be  quoted  at  35(a  37Ac. 

Tobacco.  --There  has  of  late  been  a  decided  advance  in  Virginia 
Manufactured  stock,  both  here  and  in  the  "  Old  Dominion."  Cable  ( 'oil, 
70,  75@80c,  latter  for  J.  B.  Pace's  ;  Bright  Navy,  02ic;  Dark  Navy, 
50c. ;  Leaf  Pa.  and  Conn.  Wrappers,  20@25c  for  good  to  choice  lots. 

Wines.— It  is  gratifying  to  note  that  our  Eastern  friends  are  begin- 
ning to  find  out  the  true  value  of  our  native  product,  both  White  and 
Pied,  as  well  as  of  California  Sparkling.  There  is  no  better  Wine  obtain- 
able than  the  old  stock  of  Kohler  &  Frohling's,  Gerke's  White,  or  I. 
Landsberger's  "Eclipse"  and  other  brands  of  Champagne,  while  the 
Buena  Vista  Vinicultural  Society  can  supply  many  varieties,  and  all  of : 
superior  excellence. 

Flour.— The  Vallejo  Starr  Mills  have  sold  this  week  5.000  bbls.  Super- 
fine, all  in  qr.  sks.,  for  the  United  Kingdom  ;  also  2,000  bbls.,  qr.  sks,  for 
export  to  Hongkong.  The  Golden  Age  and  Golden  Gate  Mills,  with  the 
Starr  Mills,  continue  to  feed  the  market  with  full  supplies  of  Silk-dressed 
Extras,  both  for  local  use  and  export  to  Central  America  and  elsewhere, 
while  the  Genesee  Mill,  National  Mills,  Capitol,  and  other  city  mills,  sup- 
ply many  thousand  barrels  for  export.  Oregon  is  also  sending  us  freely  of 
her  surplus.  We  quote  Superfine,  S5(^S5  50  ;  Extra  Superfine,  $5  50Y<.'  *0; 
Extra  Baker's  and  Family,  SO  50@$7,  all  in  hi.  and  qr.  sks. 

Barley  ..—The  market  holds  its  own  well,  in  the  face  of  the  strong 
"  Bear  "  influence  exerted  by  the  Bulletin  to  break  the  price,  not  only  ed- 
itorially writing  it  down,  but  pursuing  the  same  course  in  its  commercial 
columns.  This,  of  course,  is  to  the  farmers'  injury,  but  is  playing  into  the 
hands  of  speculators.  We  quote  Feed  SI  20(5  SI  25  gold  ;  Brewing,  SI  30 
@S1  35.     The  City  of  Sydney,  for  the  Colonies,  carries  to-day  250  tons. 

Oats..— Oregon  is  sending  us  her  supply  quite  merrily,   causing  a  break 
in  the  market  for  feed  down  from  S2  to  SI  75.     Choice  bright  lots  $2© 
2  25  $  ctl. 
"  Corn.— The  stock  is  light  and  the  market  firm  at  SI  45@1  50  fl?  ctl. 

Rye.— Small  sales  at  SI  92^  gold  per  ctl. 

Hay.— Sales  at  $10@16  per  ton. 

Potatoes.— Very  plentiful  at  £@lc  #  R>.    Onions.— £@lc  ^  lb. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  iftlWS  LETTER. 


March   3,  1877. 


CONDENSED    NEWS    OF    THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL. 

Saturday,  February  24th. -~L.  H.  Harris,  foreman  of  the  Southern 
Pacific  machine  shop,  caned  four  hoodlums  who  wanted  to  rob  him. 
Paul  Morrill  is  gradually  recovering  from  his  recent  illness.— —The  Grand 
Jury  will  visit  the  public  schools  on  Monday,  and  report  on  their  con- 
dition.-— The  last  Greco-Roman  wrestling  match  between  Perrier  and 
Ohristol,  came  off  at  Piatt's  Hall.  Christol  was  the  victor  in  two  straight 
falls. 

Sunday,  25th.— Officer  Casey  picked  Patrick  Hogan  up  on  Third 
street  in  a  state  of  intoxication.  ■  "At  half-past  two  o'clock,  flames  were 
seen  issuing  from  an  unoccupied  dwelling  on  the  corner  of  Dupont  and 
Geary  streets. ^— There  were  130  deaths  in  this  city  last  week  to  125  for 
the  week  before. -^Superintendent  Urquhart  has  projected  some  exten- 
sive improvements  in  the  Fire  Alarm  Office.-^— Dr.  Finigan  shot  his  for- 
mer wife  and  attempted  suicide  about  half-past  3  a.  m. 

Monday,  26th,—  The  Street  Superintendent  was  directed  to  remove 
the  fire  escape  from  the  Chinese  theatf  r.-^—  The  fumigating  party  was  at 
work  in  the  southern  part  of  the  city.— At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Harbor  Commissioners,  bills  were  allowed  to  the  amount  of  £746  26.— 
The  Ajax-  which  was  bar-bound  at  Astoria,  arrived  in  port. 

Tuesday,  27th.— It  is  reported  that  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  is 
negotiating  for  the  purchase  of  the  Colorado  Steam  Navigation  Company's 
line  of  Steamers.-^— The  Pacific  Mail  steamship  Colima,  R.  R.  Searle, 
commander,  arrived  from  Panama  and  Mexican  ports.  ——The  negotiations 
between  John  McCullough  and  E.  J.  Baldwin,  for  the  Market  street 
theater,  have  been  brought  to  a  successful  conclusion.— Articles  of  in- 
corporation of  the  Florida  Mining  and  Smelting'  Company  have  been 
filed. 

"Wednesday,  28th.— Seventy  two  pupils  are  now  enrolled  for  the 
School  of  Design,  and  all  attend,  taking  great  interest  in  their  studies. 
The  increased  number  of  pupils  putting  it  out  of  the  power  of  the  Direc- 
tor (Mr.  Williams)  to  do  justice  to  each  member,  the  Committee  on  the 
School  have  given  him  two  assistants — Mrs.  Williams  and  Mr.  Charles 
Carlson.  The  Sacramento  Jockey  Club  has  withdrawn  the  purse  for 
the  proposed  four-mile  race  on  May  19th.  — The  steamer  Donald  has 
been  sold  to  G.  W.  Prescott  &  Co.  She  will  be  fitted  up  for  a  tug  boat 
and  will  be  used  on  Puget  Sound. 

Thursday,  March  1st.— The  steamer  Empire  City  has  been  sold  for 
SI, 800.-^—  Ten  dummies  are  running  on  the  Sutter  street  Railroad.— 
The  steamer  Gaelic  brought  ninety-five  Chinese  passengers  yesterday,— 
Another  change  in  the  Custom  House  force — C.  C.  Reddington  retired, 
and  G-.  H,  Ferral  is  appointed  his  successor.— ^The  collections  in  this  In- 
ternal Revenue  District  for  the  week  ending  on  the  24th,  amounted  to 
822,330,  including  $10,134  from  tobacco  and  cigars  ;  §6.151  from  spirits, 
and  $5,537  from  beer. 

Friday,  2nd.  —The  propriety  of  establishing  a  branch  of  the  Boys  and 
Girls'  Aid  Society  at  North  Beach,  is  being  considered.— One  hundred 
and  twenty-two  transfers  of  prisoners  from  the  County  Jail  to  the  House 
of  Correction  have  thus  far  been  made.  '—Frank  Niel,  a  young  man  who 
escaped  from  an  officer  some  weeks  ago  while  under  arrest  for  stealing  an 
overcoat  and  S20,  was  recaptured.-^— Since  the  conveyance  of  Mills'  Sem- 
inar3'  to  a  Board  of  Trustees,  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.  have  offered  to  carry 
materials  for  cabinets,  apparatus,  and  books  for  the  libraries,  free  of 
charge, 

TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  February  24th.— The  Chicago  Tribune  says:  The  decision 
reached  by  the  Electoral  Commission  in  the  case  of  Oregon  carries  with  it 
the  entire  Presidential  controversy,  and  virtually  determines  that  Ruth- 
erford B.  Hayes  and  Wm.  A.  Wheeler  are  lawfully  elected  President  and 
Vice-President.^— The  steamer  QussU  Telfair  has  not  been  heard  from, 
and  is  overdue  nearly  ten  days  from  Sitka.  Apprehensions  are  felt  for 
the  safety  of  the  steamer.^—  Senator  L.  F.  Groverleft  Oregon  for  Wash- 
ington to  assume  his  seat  in  the  Senate. 

Sunday,  25th.— General  McArthur,  the  Postmaster  of  Chicago,  is  a 
defaulter  to  the  amount  of  838,000.— The  remains  of  Francisco  Vicente 
Aguilera,  Vice-President  of  the  Cuban  Republic,  lay  in  state  all  day  at 
the  City  Hall  of  New  York.— -General  Avon  Steinwehr,  of  Cincinnati, 
died  suddenly.— The  loss  by  the  burning  of  Fox's  Theater  is  estimated 
at  8150,000. 

Monday,  26th.  ~  The  deaf  and  dumb  institution  near  Washington 
City  was  burned.  Loss  estimated  at  §100,000.  No  lives  lost.— The 
second  trial  of  Sullivan  for  the  murder  of  Hantord  began  at  Chicago.^— 
By  the  fall  of  a  scaffold  in  a  blast  furnace  in  Bethlehem,  Pa. ,  two  men 
were  killed,  two  fatally  and  two  dangerously  wounded.  Wade  Hamp- 
ton disapproves  of  the  Democrats  throwing  obstacles  in  the  way  of  the 
decision  of  the  Electoral  Commission. 

Tuesday,  27th.—  Frank  W.  Palmer  has  been  nominated  as  Postmas- 
ter at  Chicago.  '  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  expects  to  issue  a  ten- 
million  bund  call  to-day.——  It  is  now  certain  that  probate  of  Vander- 
bilt's  will  will  be  contested  on  behalf  of  eight  married  daughters. 

Wednesday,  28th.— The  New  York  Heralffs  dispatches  give  stories 
of  the  threatened  assassination  of  Hayes,  but  the  Herald  places  no  confi- 
dence in  them. 

Thursday,  March  1st. —Randall  has  telegraphed  all  the  members  of 
the  forty-filth  Congress  to  be  in  Washington  March  6th.  ■—■The  Presi- 
dent  has  appointed  J.  N.  Works  Receiver  of  Public  Money  at  Eureka, 
Nevada.-^— The  Senate  confirmed  the  nomination  of  Paul  Morrill  as 
Surveyor  of  Customs  of  San  Francisco,  and  C.  F.  Powell  as  Consul  at 
Iquique,  Peru.— —Thomas  Macduffy,  representative  of  the  lumber  firm 
of  Gilman  &  Co.,  Montreal,  has  absconded  with  840,000. 

Friday,  2d. —Rutherford  B.  Hayes  has  been  declared  President  of  the 
United  States  by  Hon.  T.  W.  Ferry,  President  of  the  Senate.  Hon.  W. 
A.  Wheeler  wall  arrive  in  Washington  to-morrow  afternoon. —  No  busi- 
ness whatever  ha^  been  transacted  in  the  Senate.  The  Senators  were  in 
or  about  the  chamber  awaiting  notification  from  the  House  that  it  was 


ready  to  go  tn  with  the  count.  At  10:50  P.  M.  a  message  was  received 
from  the  House  by  Adams,  its  clerk,  announcing  the  action  of  that  body 
in  the  Vermont  case,  and  the  Senate  immediately  repaired  to  the  hall  of 
the  House  for  the  purpose  of  resuming  the  count. 

FOREIGN. 

Saturday,  February  24th.  —The  Roumanian  Government  has  in- 
formed the  Poweis  that  it  will  disband  its  reserves  early  in  March,  as 
Russia,  even  in  the  event  of  war,  has  no  intention  of  occupying  Roumania, 

but  only  desires  the  right  of  transit. A  special  from  the  Porte  has 

ordered  30,000  revolvtrs  from  the  United  States.  Roumanian  troops  are 
going  to  Carboski,  as  it  is  believed  the  Turks  will  try  to  seize  that  impor- 
tant railroad  junction.— A  telegram  from  Belgrade  says  that  of  400 
members  of  the  Skuptsihina  not  thirty  favor  a  continuance  of  the  war. 

Sunday,  25th.— The  Spanish  Minister  of  Foreign   Affairs  is  engagi  1 

upon  a  draft  of  a  treaty  of  commerce  with  the  United  States. -That  the 

Russian  a -my  had  been  rrdered  to  cross  the  Pruth  on  the  28th  instant  is 
officially  denied.-^— All  day  Saturday  and  Sunday  wagon  trains  were 
transporting  large  quantifies  of  small  and  large  amunition  from  the  Fort- 
ress of  Belgrade  to  the  quay,   to   be  taken  down  the  Danube. The 

remains  of  John  O'Mahoney  we  e  taken  from  the  rooms  of  the  Demo- 
cratic Club  and  escorted  to  the  D  iblin  railway  station. 

Monday,  26th. --Lord  St  athe  len  moved  for  an  address  to  the  Queen, 
praying  that  Her  Majesty  wuald  adopt  measures  to  prevent  hostilities. 
—A  Government  proclamation  has  been  issued  in  New  South  Wales 
declaring  San  Francisco  au  infected  port,  from  which  all  ships  may  he 
subjected  to  quarantine.— The  wei.her  has  been  stormy  and  unsettled 
in  London,  with  only  a  slightly  «.  imi  lished  rainfall. 

Tuesday,  27th  —The  roof  of  the  old  Bailey  Sessions  was  burned 
to-day.^— The  election  at  Avignon,  to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  Chamber  of 
Deputies,  resulted  in  the  election  of  S,.  Martin,  Radical. ^— It  has  been 
discovered  that  the  seal  attached  to  the  commission  of  the  Queen's  counsel 
appointed  by  the  local  government  of  Halifax,  is  not  the  great  seal  of  the 
Province. 

Wednesday,  28th,  —The  Easttia  question  assumes  a  quiet  aspect. 
— The  Russian  Government  is  giving  the  most  pacific  assurances  which 
it  would  appear  are  credited  everywhere  except  in  Vienna.  Russia  frankly 
intimates  that  she  has  no  wish  to  n  akd  war,  and  would  be  happy  to 
desist  from  hostilities  were  some  regard  paid  to  her  feelings  and  the  posi- 
tion in  which  she  is  placed. 

Thursday,  March  1st  —The  British  Admiral  has  ordered  the  imme- 
diate concentration  of  the  Mediterranean  squadron  at  Malta.  The  with- 
drawal of  Great  Britain  from  both  Greek  aud  Turkish  waters  is  regarded 
as  in  furtherance  of  an  understanding  with  the  other  Powrers.— The  Mi- 
ridites  have  taken  up  arms  against  Turkey  and  are  besieging  Puka,  a 
fortress  on  the  road  to  Prezrendi.  De.vi  h  Pasha  has  sent  troops  from 
Secutari  to  restore  the  peace  and  afterwsr  I  march  against  the  Miridites. 
General  Ignatieff  will  soon  leave  for  Vienna,  Berlin  and  Paris.  Mil- 
itary operations  during  the  present  season  ar-s  improbable.  The  opinion 
that  Russia  will  content  herself  with  the  united  demonstration  of  Eu- 
ropean fleets  in  the  Bosphorus  is  by  no  means  in  harmony  with  the  pro- 
gramme of  the  Russian  Government. 

Friday,  2d.  —A  Paris  correspondent  reviews  the  report  of  the  intended 
marriage  of  King  Alfonso  and  the  Duke  of  Montpensier's  daughter,  and 
says  that  the  marriage  is  announced  ft  rthe  md  of  April. ^—  The  Marquis 
Caux  and  wife  appeared  before  the  President  of  the  Civil  Tribunal,  in 
order  that  the  usual  attempt  at  reconciliation  might  be  made.  The 
attempt  failed  and  judicial  proceedings  for  a  separation  will  begin. -^— The 
statement  that  an  extraordinary  coun<il  of  Ministers  was  called  on  Mon- 
day to  decide  to  demobilize  the  Russian  army  when  peace  was  signed 
between  the  Porte  and  Servia  and  Montenegro,  is  absolutely  untrue. 

SAN    FRANCISCANS    ABROAD. 

[From  the  "American  Re/ister."] 
Parts,  February  3d  :  Mr.  Banks,  David  Bixler,  Mrs.  David  Bixler, 
Mrs.  Bosworth,  F.  Donnelly,  C.  Dorris,  M.-s.  C.  Dorris,  Mr.  O'Meara, 
Mrs.  O'Meara,  Mr.  Walker,  Mrs.  Walker,  Dr.  Wm.  J.  Younger.  Ge- 
neva, Jan.  31st  :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alexander,  Miss  E.  Alexander,  Mrs,  S. 
S.  Wright,  Miss  Lizzie  Wright.  Naples,  Jai.  29th  :  Mrs.  M.  V.  Bald- 
win, Miss  Virginia  Baldwin,  S.  H.  Carlisle,  S.  B.  and  Mrs.  Dinkelspiel, 
David  Hewes,  F.  G.  and  Mrs.  Merchant,  Paron  Dacier  Merchant,  Mrs.  C. 
R.  Ritter.  London,  Feb.  3d:  J.  F.  Edmon  Ison,  Miss  Hartley,  Miss 
Bella  Thomas.  Nice,  Jan.  20th  :  Mrs.  S.  L.  Bee,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  B. 
Gray.  Rome,  Jan.  29th  :  R.  B.  Birch.  Venice,  Jan.  29th  :  Miss  Maggie 
Williamson,  J.  C.  Williamson. 

[From  the  "American  Traveler."] 
London,  January  27th  :  S.  D.  Cary,  J.  Deane,  E.  Gillmann,  A.  Hoff- 
man, W.  Jones,  Lee  J.  Ransom,  W.  Shie'ds,  Miss  B.  Thomas,  J.  Wed- 
derspoon,  Dr.  W.  J.  Younger.  Geneva  :  Mrs.  S.  S.  Wright,  Miss  Lizzie 
Wright.  Naples  :  Mrs.  M.  V.  Baldwin,  Miss  Virginia  Baldwin,  S.  B. 
and  Mrs.  Dinkelspiel.  Liverpool  :  Mr.  Baxter,  J.  F.  Edmondson,  E. 
F.  B.  Horton,  M.  J.  Kenny,  C,  M.  Seymour.  Paris  :  Mr.  Albrecht, 
David  Bixler,  Mrs.  David  Bixler,  Mrs.  Bosworth,  Mrs.  Wm.  Cogswell, 
Dr.  R.  B.  Cole.Miss  Josie  Cole,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Dorris,  Mrs.  Fanny  Os- 
bourne,  Miss  Belle  Osbourne,  F.  F.  Ryer. 

The  Manchester  Examiner  states  that  several  of  the  large  railway 
companies  are  about  to  adopt  a  new  system  of  warming  their  carriages. 
Pipes  passing  beneath  the  floors  of  the  carriages  of  every  class  will  be  con- 
nected with  the  engine  and  heated  vapor  pasted  into  them.  One  of  the 
advantages  of  the  system  will  be  that  the  travelers  will  be  able  to  regulate 
the  temperature  of  carnages  in  which  they  are  traveling  by  means  of  an 
index-handle  inside  each  compartment. — Com  t  Journal. 

The  glass  works  in  Brooklyn  are  making  glass  that  won't  break. 
Their  lamp-chimneys  cm  be  used  for  driving  nails  into  boards,  and  can 
stand  cold  water  when  heated  without  harm,  while  their  plates,  thrown 
into  the  air  25  feet  and  f  illing  on  a  brick  floor,  are  unbroken. 


March  3,  L877. 


POSTS*  RIPT  TO  THE  SAM   li;.\\<  lx  0  NEWS  LETTER. 


CRADLE.  ALTAR.  AND  TOMB. 


CRADLE. 
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h>  i In-. .  Itj .  Februarj  30.  to  the  wife  of  J.  Relmers,  &  daughter. 
hi,  to  the  wife  ol  C         L  D 
Stkkrs    in  tlii-  dty,  IVirnin  27,  bo  the  wife  ol  Henri  Steers,  a  ion, 

i    I  .  February  80,  to  tho  wife  ol  li  Trolllott,  a  daughter. 

Vas  1-  14,  to  thi  "i    \.  I'.  \  iin  Duxer,  n  dftughter. 

VaxPbli     la  this  city, Yebruarj  25,  to  the  wife  ol  D  It,  a  daughter. 

ALTAR. 
ItLtKii-DAMKL-  i  [i  arietta  DanleL 

[i   l]       .!■-. .  February  27,  li.  E,  Brown  to  Sarah  Cape. 
En  San  Jose,  February  22,  Barnes  Epbraim  to  Amelia  Gray. 
Hi.lki  srv  Km.mi     In  this  city,  Februan  34,  Adoli  Holkunen  to  Poefi  Etfinii. 

H     In  tin;  city,  Febnian  27,  C.  Herrmann  to  A.  Schumacher. 
i'  In  Grass  A  dley,  Wm.  J.  Johnston  to  Lydia  A.  Dibble. 

Laudos-Bbym    In  this  city,  F«  hru.irv  25,  Louis  Laudon  i"  Johanna  Beyer. 
Hallosi  Lyox — In  this  city,  Februarj  28,  Fred.  B.  Mellon  to  Cordelia  of .  Lynn. 
-  iX-Clabk    lii  ibis  city,  February  21,  \v.  a.  s,  Nicholson  to  Mary  E.  Clark. 
l-Watbehax    Inthujeity,  February  2>,  (;.  s  Naisinith  to  A.  M.  Waterman, 
Platt-Ki-kkeli'T— In  this  city,  February  27,  John  H.  0.  Piatt  n.Mrs.  s.  s.  Eckfoldt. 
I'ahkkk-Katon  —  Iii  this  city,  February  27,  Chas,  VL  Parker  to  Mary  N.  Eaton. 
Si  an  \ns'  -Ksssixe    in  B.  Oakland,  Feb.  25,  PhiUp  Suamann  to  Rebecca  Keeping. 
.:  C.kk— In  this  dty,  Fchruarv  21.  W.  C.  Wood  to  Katie-  M.  McGee. 

TOMB. 
DExsr— In  this  city,    February  28,  Nellie,  youngest  daughter  of  John  and  Nellie 

Denny,  aged  2  years,  3  months  and  i  daj  - 
Oantkkll— iii  this city,  March  i,  Lydia  Catherine  Cantrell, aged  2fl  years. 
DoDQUBaTT  -In  this  city,  February  L'7.  Win.  Dougherty,  aged  50  years. 
Bbicksos  -in  this  city.  February  28,  Herman  Enckson,  aged  2S  years. 
Fitziatkkk— In  this  aty,  February  27.  John  Fitzputrick,  aged  53  years. 
l'u.i.  \nt.\     in  this  city,  February  28,  Mary  Fallahey,  aged  hi  years. 
BaobbR— In  this  city.  February  28.  John  Conrad  Hauser,  aged  51  years. 
Hall  -In  this  city,  February  28,  Barnabas  Hall,  aged  (Jl  years. 

JacoHs     in  this  ,-ity,  Manh  1,  Ephniiin  JiumIis,  a^'i'd  SS  years. 
I.oi  Q  w  — In  this  city,  March  1,  Jean  Lonnan,  aged  29  years. 
Ki.n.i.v  —  hi  this  city,  Fehruary  27,  Hugh  Eteilly,  aged  88 years. 
Randall— In  this  city,  March  l,  J.  L.  Randall,  aged  87  years. 
Sbebras— In  this  .  it \ ,  February  28,  Margaret  Sheeran,  aged  34  years. 
Si'llivan— In  this  city,  February  2S,  Thoa.  D.  Sullivan,  aged  47*years. 
SaeoBPi     In  this  city,  Februarj  28,  Ernst  Schoepf,  aged  55  years. 
Tbkub— In  this  city.  February  28.  Pierre  Louis  Terme,  aged  01  years. 
VoLZ— In  this  city,  February  28,  John  Vol2,  aged  41  years. 
Whitney—  In  Boston,  February  10,  Mary  K.  Whitney,  aged  77  years. 
Wvtiik— In  Oakland,  February  27,  Jos.  Wythe,  Sr.. "aged  81  years. 


LIES    OF    THE    DAY. 

A  li?  has  no  lees,  nnd  cannot  stand:  but  it  has  wines,  and  can  fly  far  and  wide. — 
WABBTJBTOlf.  With  th*  adaptability  of  a  lie,  sin  has  many  tools,  but  a  lie  isthe  handle 
which  fitsthem  all.— Lord  Brougham,  A  He  begets  others;  one  lie  must  be  thatched 
with  another,  or  it  will  soon  rain  through.— Lord  Thurlowe. 

"  And  the  Parson  made  it  his  text  that  week,  and  he  said  likewise, 
That  a  lie  which  is  half  a  lie  is  ever  the  blackest  of  lies; 
That  a  lie  that  is  all  a  lie  may  be  met  and  touch!  with  outright, 
But  a  lie  which  is  part  a  truth  is  a  harder  matter  to  fight.— Tennyson. 

Sau  Francisco  Lies.— It  is  not  true  that  Hallelujah.  Cocks  was  one  of 
the  fighting  cocks  arrested  the  other  day.—- That  Hallelujah  is  a  man  of 
peace,  for  he  does  fight,  but  mostly  against  Satan.— —That  the  question 
of  the  day  is  (ride  Cuff)  "  What  shall  be  done  with  this  class  of  news- 
papers?"— the  class  publishing  news  which  the  Call  is  too  dull  to  secure. 
— —  That  there  is  an}-  question  what  shall  be  done  with  that  "class  of 
newspapers  "  which  puff 3  up  death-dealing  drugs  of  which  it  is  part  pro- 
prietor.—That  Dan  O'C is  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  Irish   kings, 

and  demands  tribute  from  his  liege  subjects.— That  his  new  regal  robes 
sit  loosely  upon  him,  but  will  doubtless  "  cleave  to  their  mould  by  the 
aid  of  tinie."^— That  the  doctor  who  so  felinely  furnished  the  long  de- 
sired son  and  heir,  tho1  a  good  mouser,  was  caught  in  his  own  trap. 
That  the  mountain  labored  but  produced  a  very  small  mouse;  yes,  a 
mouse,  sir."  That  the  barefaced  English  masher"  has  received  a  chal- 
lenge from  the  injured  German.-^— That  he  has  gone  into  training  under 
an  eminent  pedestrian,  and  hopes  shortly  to  acquire  a  4:30  gait.  —That 
this  is  a  queer  sort  of  free  country  where  a  man  cannot  "mash  "  another's 
wife  without  the.se  little  difficulties.-— -That  the  attendant  water  nymphs 
at  the  Hammam  "  talk  Turkey  "  with  a  fine  Limerick  accent. 


The  sailing  of  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  steamer  Cit'i  of 
Sydney,  for  the  Australian  colonies,  has  been  deferred  until  this  evening 
(Saturday),  the  3rd  inst.,  owing  to  the  non-arrival  of  the  London  mails  at 
New  York  in  time  to  make  the  necessary  connection  on  the  Pacific.  We 
learn  incidentally  that  by  special  request  the  City  of  Sydney  will  stop  at 
Honolulu  on  this  her  outward  trip,  but  henceforth  the  Island  service  is 
to  be  discontinued,  unless  the  Hawaiians  pay  the  small  mail  subsidy  re- 
quired by  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company.  This  we  regret,  yet  we 
feel  confident  that  the  Islanders  will  be  equal  to  the  occasion,  and  decide 
not  to  be  left  out  of  the  service. 

"Pentecost"  is  the  theme  chosen  by  Kev.  Dr.  Scott  for  his  Sunday 
evening  lecture,  the  sixth  in  the  course  on  the  Acts  of  the  Apostles.  Dr. 
Scott  will  also  preach  at  11  A.  m.  in  St.  John's  Presbyterian  Church,  Post 
street,  between  Mason  and  Taylor.     AH  are  invited.     Seats  free. 


WHAT    THE    WORLD    SAYS. 

£  P"vate  'otter  from  Constantinople.  d 

.  and  I  fee]  duo  t.. 

the  want  mi  tad  «if  our  3p» 
threw  themselves  into  tho  armi  ol   Ignatieff,  and 
ol  the  Turks,     of  course   I 

Salubury  forward  whenever  anything  disagro  able  bad  t"  be  d--i 
made  En  !  ind  mor-  hated  than  Russia.     In  ;»  few  weeks  all  our  innuem  o 
with  the  Turks  was  completely  a  >ne,  am  p  Mm 

has  becoi haotic.     Lord  I      i 

th<  latter  behaved  with  great  dign 
W  hen  it  was  i  Contei 

i  i-:  ai  t,   prop — i    i   prim  I  ■  h  tei  i  i<  n    with  Lord  £  di  ' 
td  I  hear  that  ha  was  prepai 
make  eono     ion  .     I  .  ,  only  sent  hi 

all  hope  was  over  ;  for  it  u  i, 

bury  baa  Bhown  atiU  less  tad  and  more  i  i  I 

ha    refused  to  take  sendee  in  the  Turkish  army  until  tho  attitude  ol    I 
land  is  known." 

Another  private  letter  from  I  ton  tantinople,  di  '■  1  Januai  |    261  i, 
_Wo  are  all  very  quiet  here  after  the  p  at,     Tne  dei 

of  the  ambassadors  has  been  a  miserable  failure,   and  some,  i 

natielf,    have    ii,.t   -one   yet.     A    nortln-ilv    •-.<].•    and    d.>tm 
marred  the   whole  effort.    Tho  Turks,   instead  of  being  i  i 
Bimply  deh'ghted  at  bi  ingleft  alone.     It  has  been  a  most  undifinified 
altogether.     Lady  Salisbury  contributed  much   to  the  difficulties  of  her 
l->rd  and   most  amusing   Btoriei    are   told  about  her.      Tlie   follow 
strictly  true  :    She  expressed  a  desire  to  see  a    harem.     Midhat   hi 
two  wires,  but  upon  hearing  her  wish  the  senior  Madame  Midhat  invited 
her  to  breakfast.    Lady  Salisbury  was  three  hours  Late,  and  on  the    econd 
wife  appearing  she  turned  her  bock  on  her  and  said  aloud  in   French, 
which  all  understood,  that  'she  did  not  winh  to  associate  with  a  concu- . 
bine."     The  want  of  tact  displayed  has  been  beyond  all  conception.    Lord 
Salisbury  way  strongly  attacktd  by  the  Turkish  newspapers,  and    he  was 
foolish  enough  to  write  in  Midhat  accusing  him  of  instigating  these  at 
tacks.    Of  course  Midhat  had  the   best  of  it  and  mode   a  verj   di  ;nifted 
and  crushing  reply.     Ignatieit'  and  Midhat  are  the  greatest  enemie  . 
the  latter  is  the  only  man  who  can  save  Turkey,  and  that  does  not  suit 
Russian  purposes.      Ignatieff.  therefore,  immediately  set   Lord  Salisbury 
against  Midhat.     When  Lord  and   Lady  Salisbury  left  Ignatieff  went  on 
board  the  vessel  and  there  was  a  most  affectionate  parting— all  got  up  by 
the  latter,  of  course,  to  give  the  idea  which  he  has  tried  to  produce  from 
the  first,  that  he  and  Lord  Salisbury  were  bosom  friends.     '1  Ins  has  been 
his  game  throughout,  and  he  then  made  use  of  it  for  political  purposes. 
The  impression  here  is  that  he  will  not  return,  and  that  he  will  replace 
Schouvaloff  in  London.     He  is  a  most  dangerous  and  utterly  unscrupu- 
lous man."  

Should  pigeon  shooting  go  nut  of  fashion — of  which  there  is  no  present 
prospect — I  am  happy  to  think  that  society  will  have  a  substitute  Bjporl 
to  fall  back  on.  I  allude  to  the  fascinating  matches  of  sheep-killin  . 
which  have  recently  been  introduced  in  New  York.  On  Saturday,  the  6th 
ult.  two  gentlemen,  named  Harrington  and  Bogart,  had  a  sheep-killing 
match  for  five  hundred  dollars,  which  excited  much  interest.  Me.  B  c 
rington  was  the  favorite  in  the  betting,  but  failed  to  justify  the  confidence 
of  his  backers.  A  hundred  sheep  was  provided,  and  the  match  lasted  two 
horn's  and  forty  minutes.  Mr.  Bogart's  best  time  was  on  his  first  sheep, 
which  he  '  killed,  cleaned  and  dressed  ready  for  market '  in  exactly  three 
minutes,  his  superior  skill  enabling  him  to  beat  Mr.  Harrington  by  three 
sheep,  and  win  the  match.  It  is  not  impossible  that  we  may  see  this 
charming  sport  introduced  at  Hurlinghara  next  season.  If  the  noble 
sportsmen  think  that  sheep-killing  would  possibly  be  too  trying  at  first 
for  their  fair  friends,  they  could  begin  with  lambs.  —  The  Woi'fd. 


I  am  assured  that  we  are  living-  in  a  fool's  paradise  here  in  England, 
and  that  the  present  dull  calm  in  the  political  horizon  is  only  the  precur- 
sor of  a  tremendous  storm.  There  is  not  the  slightest  foundation  for  the 
runnmr  of  Prince  Gortschakorfs  resignation.  On  the  contrary,  he  ifl  re- 
garded as  the  only  man  who  can  pull  his  country  through  the  pi 
crisis,  even  Schouvaloff  admitting  his  indispensability. — Atlas  in  World. 


A  Chinese  lady,  wife  of  one  of  the  staff,  accompanies  the  Embassy. 
Her  name,  translated,  signifies  "  Tottering  Lily  of  Fascination."  "  Tot- 
tering," implying  the  possession  of  very  small  feet,  is  an  enviable  accom- 
plishment among  the  Chinese. 

Medical  practitioners  have  for  centuries  been  classed  among  the  most 
learned  academists,  and  morally  they  have  had  equal  footing  with  the 
clergy,  being  oftener  at  the  bedside  to  give  health  to  the  infirm  or  con- 
soling those  whose  nature  could  not  be  restored  even  with  the  remedies 
given  to  us  by  our  Creator.  A  true  physician  is  the  blessing  of  a  house- 
hold, and  it  is  pleasant  to  know  they  have  not  entirely  left  their  sphere. 
The  startling  expose"  of  the  week  is  that  of  Dr.  (!)  J.  M.  Mouser,  who 
took  an  infant  to  the  elegant  residence  of  S.  T.  Curtis,  the  mining  super- 
intendent of  the  Ophir,  Savage  and  several  other  companies  in  the  Washoe 
District.  He  then  performed  the  mock  accouchement  of  the  wife  of  the 
superintendent,  sending  to  the  Health  Office  the  record  of  birth.  After- 
wards he  appeared  on  our  streets  with  the  sanctimonious,  pharisaical  ex- 
pression that  proves  him  to  be  well  hardened,  and  of  course  did  not  in- 
form a  soul  of  the  circumstance,  A  female  servant,  becoming  conscience- 
stricken,  peached  on  him,  and  one  of  the  results  is  a  severed  household. 
This  person,  J.  M.  Mouser,  can  only  be  classed  among  the  charlatans  of 
the  medical  profession,  and  he  ought  to  be  taken  before  the  Courts  for 
trial  for  the  acts  he  has  committed.  J.  M.  Mouser  has  the  reputation 
amon^  physicians  of  having  curious  ideas.  For  that  reason  all  respectable 
practitioners  avoid  being  brought  in  contact  with  him.  A  son  of  this 
man  is  also  an  M.  D.  Some  four  years  ago  he  was  a  stripling  in  this 
city.  Now  he  is  physician  at  the  City  and  County  Hospital.  He  is 
about  the  same  value  to  the  medical  profession  as  one  of  the  missing  links. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE   SAN  FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER. 


March  3, 1877. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

Recorded  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  California,  for  the 
Week  ending  February  23,  1877. 

V  implied  f rum  the  Records  of  the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKUlop  tfc  Co., 
401  California  Street,  San  Francisco. 


Friday,  February  16th. 


GRANTOR  AND  GRANTEE. 


Giles  H  GraytoElihu  Ford.... 
Wm  E  Worth  to  Wm  B  Swain. 


Jno  P  Jones  to  Jdo  Van  BergeD. 

Jns  B  Pick  to  Jas  M  Forrest 

Jno  Quail  to  Francis  Kennedy 

Wm  Hollis  to  Victor  H  Sturm 

E  L  Sullivan  lo  Ezekiel  Wilson.. 

E  Wilson  lo  E  L  Sullivan 

Geo  IT  Wiib ben  to  Lizzie  Collins. 
Jos  B  Crockett  to  Wm  K  Sloan  . . 

Louisa  Leitb  to  F  Wieland 

D  M  Peyton  to  Enoch  Peyton 

F  D  Sawyer  to  M  Batchclder 

D  Batchelder  to  A  Von  Schmidt  . 


Manuel  Laine  to  Jules  Laine. . 

L  S  Ransom  to  A  E  Neville 

Wro  Hollifi  to  II  Schnmacker.. 


DESCRIPTION. 


.  Snndry  properties  in  Outside  Land  blks 
.  So  Folsom,  57  sw  Hawthorne,  35:0x75, 

subject  to  mort.  for  for  $5,500 

.  E  cor  Market  and  12th,  275x375 

Nw  Cal'a  av,  420  ue  Virginia  av,  15x150. 

N  Willows,  152  w  Mission.  25x100 

,  E  San  Jose  av,  38  n  25th,  37x00 

.  Sw  C!ement  and  14th  av,  w  48:10,  etc... 
.  E  14th  av,  37:0  s  Pt  Lobos.  s  313:4  etc. . 

Lot  5,  blk  533,  Bay  View  H'd 

,  N  Union,  45  e  Hyde,  n67:f>,  etc 

.  E  Taylor,  137:6  n  Turk,  30x60 

.  Lot  5,  blk77.  University  H'd 

,  Com  35  e  of  w  1  of  21th  ave  and  499:6  n 

of  Cal'a,  n  100:6,  etc 

.  E  24th  av,  469:8  n  Cal'a,  n  170:4,  w  35,  n 

154,  nw  125,  etc 

.  E  MaBon,  93  n  Lombard,  45:6x70 

.  Lot  1,  blk  126,  University  H'd 

.  Se  21st  and  Valencia,  90x35 

D  Batchclder  to  E  D  Sawyer I W  25th  av.  475  n  Cal'a,  125x210 

A  Non  Schmidt  toM  Batchclder  ..|Com  at  center  of  25th  av,1320n  Cal'a,  e 

185.  nw  87,  etc 

O  F  Von  Rhcin  to  F  Altvater !S  24th,  90  w  San  Jose  av,  25x110 

II  Barroilhet to  Ohas Mayne |S  Pine,  437:0  w  Battery.  34:41<jxl37:6.... 

.Chas  Elliot  to  I  Lankershun W  Mission,  195  s  19th,  25x90 

Tabernacle  B  Ch  to  M  Herman  ...IN  Post,  137:6  e  Larbin.  53:7x137:6 

V  II  Sturm  toEB  Sturm IE  San  Jose  av,  38  n  25th,  27x90 

Jno  Gary  to  Thos  McAvey N  Market,  326  sw  Van  Ness  Ave,   sw 

1     27:1?,',  n  127:11,  etc 


10,000 

1  I'll  101) 

450 

2.400 

0,500 


11,0(10 
150 


10,000 
Gift 
3,750 


3,000 

Hi,  500 

Gift 


Saturday,  February  17th. 


J  D  Hooker  tn  Jos  Mansnr 

Mich'IBugley  to  Od'Anis 

J  A  Bauer  io  Henry  Kolller 

A  B  McCrpery  to  Geo  Law 

Geo  Law  lo  A  B  McC'rcery 

R  C  Johnson  to  R  B  Kellogg 

A  McLellan  to  C  Montgomery.... 

B  J  Shaw  to  Mary  E  French 

F  Galehouse  to  T  K  Wilson 

T  Mcluerney  to  Wm  Turey 

D  F  McDonald  to  John  Drohan... 

Peder  Sather  to  J  P  Cant  in 

Agues  Hewitt  to  Agnes  Rowland 

Geo  Frink  to  L  Greenbanm 


S  Sac'to,  150:3  w  Fillmore,  50x137:6  . 

W  Sherman,  75  i)  ISth,  49:4x125 

E  Ashbury.  1S5  B  Waller,  S0xt86:S  ... 
Und  '.i  nw  Commerce  it  Front,  120x125 

Und  %  nw  Union  and  Front,  70x125 

W  Fillmore,  53  u  Sac'to,  25x90:0 

W  Diamond,  60  n  22d,  50x115:9 

N  24th,  253:7  w  Sanchez,  25x114 

\V  Shotwell.  200  n  lliib,  30x120 

Lot  5,  blk  3,  Belle  Roche  City 

Und  5  acres,  McDonald  Tmct 

Ne  Harrison  and  20th,  200x442:2 

Valencia,  92  s  16th,  60x83  ;  also,  v. 

lstav,  125  n  16th,  30x100 

N  O'Farrell,  100:6  w  Franklin,  33:0x120 


ifcl.UOl) 

1 

5,00.1 


4,350 

500 

700 

2,701) 

600 

1 

30,000 

Gift 

4,500 


Monday ,  February  19th. 


J  R  Spring  to  Owen  Lafierty 

Theresa  Scho  to  H  M  Hughes 

A  McHcnrv  to  M  Goodwin 

T  D  Sullivan  to  C  Sullivan 

Same  to  D  T  Sullivan 

J  C  Duncan  to  Thos  Horatin 

Edw  Haylhrop  to  W  J  Guim 

W  J  Gnim  to  Emma  C  Gunn 

JCFIoedetalto  J  W  Mack-ay.... 

W  S  O'Brien  et  al  to  J  C Flood.... 
J  C  Flood  et  al  lo  J  W  Mackay  ... 
J  C  Flood  et  al  to  W  S  O'Brien.... 

M  F  Flaniyan  to  Jas  uluirk. 

Masonic  Cem  As'n  to  JosClement 

J  Clement  to  E  H  Hammer 

G  Haskell  to  Sam']  Haskell 

Riifus  Cain  to  Eliza  Dutard 

Wm  P  Dewey  to  B  J  Shay 

Ii  J  Shav  to  M  M6ritz. 

B  L  Brandt  to  Jno  Revalk 

Wm  Jenkins  to  Maria  Jenkins..., 

Wm  Hollia  to  Eliz'th  H  Curtis 

A  B  McCreery  to  Wm  Hollis 

G  W  Frlnk  to  C  L  Newman 


Lots  190  and  200,  Gift  Map  3 

Lot  191,  Gift  Map  3 

Lot  24,  blk  481,  Haley  Purchase 

Sundry  lots  in  various  parts  of  city 

Und  X  same 

Lots  15  to  18,  blk  4,  City  Land  Ass'n. . . . 
W  Franklin,  6&8M  a  Wasb'n,  45x!37:6. 

Same 

Und  H  e  cor  Fols'm  &  Beale,  137:0x137:6 

s  cor  Spear  and  Folsom,  137:6x137:6. 

E  cor  Folsom  and  Beale,  57:6x137:6.   ... 

S  cor  Spear  and  Folsom,  137:6x137:6 

Se  Folsom,  57:6  ne  Beale,  80x137:6 

SlSth,  50  w  Noe,  25x75 

Lot  10.  sect  23— N  A  Masonic  Cem'ty.. 

Same 

S  17th,  221:6, W  Valencia,  54x100 

W  Van  Ness,  24  n  Oak,  24x82:9 

E  Sanchez,  228  e  22d,  32x125 

Same 

Se  Tonqtiin  and  Webster,  412:0x215 

W  Rondel  PI,  159:1s  15th,  22:2x05 , 

N  Cal'a,  77:1  e  Pierce,  24x120 

Sw  Tyler  and  Scott,  137:0x137:6 

Lot  33,  blk  2,  Johnston  Tct 


(         1 

300 
200 
Gifl 
Gift 
270 
9  000 
Gift 

10 

10 

10 

10 

800 

103 

103 

1 

6,200 

1,000 

501 

3,750 

Gift 

5.50.1 

10,200 

400 


Tuesday,  February  2Jih. 


i  w  Jones,  22:11x68:9  . 


E  Werlheimer  to  J  N  Killip IN"  Post,  137: 

J  N  Ki'llp  to  Carrie  C  Killip Same 

C  Chamberlain  to  Julius  Jacobs  ,.|W  Scotl,  62:6  n  Turk,  40x137:6  . 

II  Chamberlain  to  same 

S  and  L  Soc'v  to  DJ  Mooney. 
Wm  F  Flick  to  J  EOsborn.... 
Same  to  Emtlie  D  Miller.... 


F  Venling  to  Eveline  Bogga  — 
Eliza  Pilgrim  to  Geo  Dowsett.  . 

D  Swett  toF  Cuuningham 

Wm  McCullough  to  B  Conway.. 
J  Bain  to  St  Andrew's  Soc'y.... 

Paul  Rousset  to  F  Fortmann 

T  A  Austin  to  Marg't  Wyuu 

J  Crow  to  B  M  Hartshorne 


W  Scott,  63  n  Turk,  74:6x137:6 

S29th,lS0e  Sanchez,  25x114 

Se  Jesfic,  320:0  sw  4th,  18:6x70 

Se  Jessie,  339  sw  4th.  18:6x7$ 

Lotl,  blk  365,  Great  Park  H'd 

Nw  Brannan,  180  sw  4th,  25x80 

Lots  32  and  33,  blk  138,  ON  &  H  Tract. 

Sw  25th  and  Douglas,  125x65 

S  Turk,  137:6  w  Lcav'th,  55x137:6    

Se  Hayes  and  Broderick,  275x206:3 

Lot  55,  Gift  Map  2 

N  cor  7th  and  Channel,  45:10x137:6;  also 
n  cor  7th  and  Channel,  45:10x137:6 

W  Gotigh,  90  n  Bush,  30x110 

W  Gilbert,  200  s  Brannan,  25x80 

Sundry  lots  in  Gift  Map  3 

Sundry  lots  in  Golden  Cits  H'd 

Leasehold  interest  of  sundry  properties 

Ne  Geary  and  Octavia,  33x110 

ECapp,  125  n  18th,  25x122:6 

Portion  of  sundry  Outside  Land  blks... 

E  L  'ullivan  to  Bame j Portion  of  sundry  Outside  Land  blks... 

B  J  Shay  to  Hannah  J  Hunt IN  24th,  27S:7  w  Sanchez,  25x114 

Rob't  Cross  to  Nathan  Pcisea |Nw  Haves  and  Franklin,  120x75 

Mary  McGruith  to  Jno  Marshall  ...ICom  137:6  n  Vallejo,  on  White  street  th, 

j     6  25x56 


G  H  Thompson  to  Jno  S  Barrett  . . 

N  P  Milloglavto  Jno  Hearty 

Eugene  Hahn  to  A  Durand , 

Jno  Hahn  to  same 

Jno  Bryant  to  Geo  B  Knowles    ... 

A  Anspacher  to  Dan'l  Block 

Jno  Bigley  to  Geo  Bigley , 

Theo  Deroy  to  Eugene  Lies. 


10,500 

Gilt 

2,707 

2,292 

375 

5,000 

5,000 

500 

2,300 

500 

850 

8,000 

15,000 

290 

4,500 
12,000 
2,725 


11 ,700 
6,400 

1,000 

.... 

700 
21,000 


Wednesday,  February  21st. 


Geo  F  Sharp  to  Hcnrv  L  Nelson.. 

H  L  Nelson  to  Jno  M  Burnett 

J  M  Burnett  to  Roger  O  Donnell  . 

H  C  Hooker  to  Jas  Gorevan 

L  McGlanflin  to  Wm  Crary 

Wm  Hollis  to  Jno  Peterson 

J  McKenzie  to  Jacob  Koch 

FLA  Pioche  to  Wm  Vandcrslice. 

Thos  Anderson  to  Geo  Frink. 

Wm  Hollis  to  J  S  Brady 

Alphens  Bull  to  Lloyd  Tevis 

Mary  Callahan  to  J  Armstrong.... 
Henry  Norton  to  B  M  Hartshorne. 


Burden  Doe  to  A  Hennesey., 
FA  Wilde  to  Jno  Hawkes... 
F  J  Locan  to  Herman  Sierins 


Nw  Beach  and  Lcav'th,  137:0x137:6 

Same 

Same   

S  Clay,  157: J#  «'  V  Ness,  3l:4Vxl27:8jtf 
Sw  Washn  av,  192:6  nw  How'd,  27:6x56:8 

E  Broderick,  62:6  s  Gearv,  22:6x02:6 

N  Fell,  209 e  Van  Ness,  27x120 

Lots  6  and  7,  blk  39,  City  Land  Ass'n... 

Lots,  blk  363,  fio.den  City  H'd 

N  20th,  261  w  Valencia,  22x114 

Und  1  6  fi  Cal'a,  154:6  w  Montg,  w  33,  etc 
Lots  144, 146,  848, 124,  125,  Academy  T't 
NW  Silver  av,  460  ne  I'r  se  cor  of  College 

H'd,  cont'g  5.17-100  acres ; 

S  Sutter,  125  w  Larkin,  40x120 ' 

Lot  19,  blk  1,  Johnson  Tract | 

[Und  '„  of  Solar  Tract,  near  the  Mission  | 


$2,500 

500- 

1 

7,000 

1,500 

2,750 

6,000 

180 

100 

4,560 

5 

500 

5,000 

14,500 

4-?5 

6,730 


Friday,   February  23d. 


Occidental  H'd  As'n  to  C  Payler.jS  Clay,  192:6  w  Devisadero,  55xl27:S'i.. 

Chas  Payler  to  J  H  Borchelt Same 

Fanny  H  Wilson  to  Jas  Shepard. .  Lot  19,  blk  290,  O'Neil  &  Haley  Tract.. 

John  R  Spring  to  Marg't  Ryan |  Lot  25,  blk  7,  University  Mound  Survey 

J  Kingston  to  P  Secnlovich j  W  Mission,  20  s  Kingston  av,  s27,  etc.. 

TF  O^'Connor  to  M  Cunningham.  N  23d  90  eVicksburg,  27:6x65 

Gnstave  Niebaum  to  II  I  Selvy...js  Pacific,  137:6  e  Octavia,  03:9x137:6 

R  Montericbard  to  R  Desmu JS  cor  Vallejo  Alley  and  Montgomery  av, 

se40:7^,  s  98:11  %,  etc 

S  Bush,  537:0  w  Baker,  41:3x137:6 

Lot  5,  blk  12,  Market  St  H'd 

N  20th,  255  e  Guerrero,  22x114. 

N  Pine,  131:3  w  Buchanan,  1:3x137:6  ... 

Nw  DeBoon,  125  ne  2d,  25x80 '.. 

S  Bush,  178-9  w  Baker,  41:3x137:6 

Se  Bay  and  Mason,  22:11x60 


I  H  Chapman  to  Thos  Mitchell  .. 

Jno  Alsop  to  Henry  S  O'Neil 

Wm  Hollis  to  Mich')  Murphy 

A  J  Vinine  to  R  F  Clark 

J  B  Piper  to  Jno  Kleeow 

I  H  Chapman  to  Thos  Martin 

Eliz'th  B  Jobson  to  B  de  Andreis  . 


:    700 

1,950 

5 

2^0 

1,100 

525 

7,300 

5 
1,500 

700 
4,500 

100 
3,000 
1,600 
1,000 


[Permanent    Advertisements.] 

A    ROGUE'S    RETROSPECT. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune,  June  6,  1&49.] 
*' Loring  Pickering"/  late  editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union,  absconded  recently, 
"leaving,  it  is  said,  many  of  his  friends  in  the  lurch  for  large  amounts.  On  the  25th 
"ult.  a  warrant  was  issued  for  his  arrest  on  a  charge  of  forgery,  preferred  by  Samuel 
"Treat,  Esq.  Officers  were  immediately  sent  up  the  Missouri  in  pursuit  of  him,  as 
"it  was  supposed  he  had  started  for  California. — Philadelphia  Bulletin" 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune.  June  19,  1849.1 
"Arrest  of  Pickering,  late  Editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union.— Subse- 
"  quent  accounts  do  not  entirely  confirm  the  reports  hitherto  received.  It  is  now 
"stilted,  by  those  who  ought  to  know,  that  Pickering  was  arrested  in  St.  Joseph  by 
"  Messrs.  Treat  &  Krumrim,  and  subsequently  committed  to  the  custody  of  the 
"  Sheriff,  or  one  of  his  deputies,  of  Buchanan  County.  While  in  custody  he  found 
"means  to  escape,  and  made  off  to  parts  unknown.  The  party  in  pursuit  of  him,  it 
"  is  said,  only  succeeded  in  obtaining  £700  from  him,  and  no  other  property  or  notes. 
"  Those  in  pursuit,  we  are  told,  were  not  prepared  with  any  authority  to  follow  him 
"  beyond  the  limits  of  the  State. — St.  Louis  Republican ,  10th. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune,  June  20,  1849.] 
"  The  Absquatulator. — Information  was  received  from  St.  Joseph  yesterday 
"that  Messrs.  hruninin  &  Treat  came  up  with  Pickering  at  that  place;  that  they 
"  compounded  with  him  for  his  offenses  by  receiving  some  $750  in  money  and  about 
"  $4,000  in  notes  of  hand,  etc.,  and  then  let  him  go.  When  the  boat  left  he  was  flt- 
"  ting  out  for  California,  and  they  were  returning  by  easy  stages  to  St.  Louis.—  St. 
"Louis  Republican,  9th. 

[  The  above  named  Loring  Pickering  is  now  one  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  San 
Francisco  Daily  Keening  Bulletin  and  Morning  Call,  two  papers  published  in 
this  city.] 

CENTENNIAL    SURGERY. 
The  following  liniment  was  prescribed  for  a  broken  thigh-bone  by — 

Dr.  Fish Oakland.      |      Dr.  Eabcoci;  —  State  Medical  Examiner. 

Dr.  A.  F.  Sawyer San  Francisco  : 

Chloroform 2  oz.      1      Tinct:  Camphor 2  oz. 

Tinct :  Arnica  (?) 2  oz.      |      01 :  Origanum  (1 .1  oz. 

01 :  Olive 1  oz.  M. 

Ft  Liniment— Sign— Apply  with  friction  two  or  three  times  a  day. 
Use  the  above  for  two  mouths,  and,  if  it  should  not  produce  the  effect  desired,  use 
it  on  yourboots. THE  VICTIM 

Is  it  Repudiation  ? — For  the  State  of  California  to  issue  bonds,  neglect  to  pro- 
vide for  their  redemption  at  maturity,  refuse  payment  and  then  deny  the  holders  the 
right  of  trial  iu  her  own  Courts. 

PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

Tbe  Company's  steamers  will  sail  as  follows  at  12  M. : 
CITY  OF  TOKIO,  March  3d,  for  YOKOHAMA  and  HONGKONG. 

GRANADA,  March  Kith,  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  calling  at  MAZATLAN, 
MANZANILLO  and  ACAPULCO,  connecting  at  Acapulco  with  company's  steamer 
for  all  Mexican  and  Central  American  ports  south  of  Acapulco.  Tickets  to  and  frum 
Europe  by  any  line  for  sale. 

CITY  OF  SYDNEY,  March  3d,  at  6  o'clock,  p.m.,  or  on  arrival  of  the  English 
mails,  for  HONOLULU,  KANDAVAU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT 
CHALMERS.    To  Sydney  or  Auckland— Upper  Saloon,  8210;  Lower  Saloon,  $200. 

DAKOTA,  March  10th,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TOWNSEND,  SEATTLE,  TACOMA 
and  OLYMPIA,  connecting  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for 
PORTLAND,  Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11  a.m.  on  day  of  sailing. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  corner  of  First  and  Brannan  streets. 

March  3  wtt.ttams    m.iWHiRn  *■  rn     Amu 


WILLIAMS,  BLAXCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 


F3R    ARIZONA    AND    MEXICAN    PORTS. 

For  Cape  San  I^ncas,  La  Paz,  Mazatlau,  Guaymas  ami  tlie 
Colorado  River,   touching  at   Magdalena  Bay,    should  sufficient  inducement 

offer.  —  The  Steamship Master,  will  leave  for  the  above 

ports  on at  12  o'clock  M.,  from  Folsom-St  \\  hart,  connect- 
ing at  the  Mouth  of  the  Colorado  River  with  the  Steamboats  and  Barges  of  the  Colorado 
Steam  Navigation  Company  for  all  points  on  the  River.  Through  Bills  of  Lading 
will  be  furnished  and  none  others  signed.  Freight  will  be  received  on 

No  freight  received  for  Mexican  Ports  after     at  12,  noon,  and  Bills 

of  Lading  for  those  ports  must  be  accompanied  by  Custom  House  and  Consular  Clear- 
ances.    For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 

February  17.  J-  BERMINGHAM,  Agent,  10  Market  street. 


The  Special  Organ  of  "  Marriott's  Aeroplane  Navigation  Co. "--Fred.  Marriott,  Patentee. 


Prioe  per  Copy,  IS  Cents.] 


ESTABLISHED  JT7I.Y  20.  1S56 


'  Annual  Subscription  (in  gold',  •l-'iO. 


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DEVOTED  TO  THE   LEADING  INTERESTS  OF  CALIFORNIA  AND  THE  PACIFIC  COAST. 


Vol.  27. 


SAN  FKAN0IS00,  SATUBDAY,  MAEOH  10,  1877. 


No.  7. 


Office*  of  i he  San  FraiieUcoNewa  Letter,  China  Mail.  Califor- 
nia nail  Bak.  South  side  Merchant  street,  No.  007  to  015,  San  Francisco. 

GOLD  BARS-880@900— Silver  Bars — 1@15  ^  cent.  disc.  Treasury 
Notes  are  selling  at   96f.      Buying,   95i.     Mexican  Dollars,  \\  per 
cent,  disc    Trade  Dollars,  1@14  per  cent.  diac. 


*3"  Exchange  on  New  York,  A  per  cent,  for  Gold  ;  Currency,  4|  per  cent, 
premium.  On  London,  Bankers,  49^d.(5>493d.;  Commercial,  49^d.  ; 
Taiis,  5  francs  per  dollar.     Telegrams,  £  per  cent. 

*3-  Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  March  9th,  at  3  P.M.,  1054,.  Latest 
price  of  Sterling,  4844@4S6. 

ff&~  Price  of  Money  here,  3@1  per  cent,  per  month— bank  rate.  In  the 
open  market,  1@1£.     Demand  active. 

Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.  —  New  York,  March 
9th  1*77.— <  fold  opened  at  105$  ;  11  a.  m.,  at  105&  :  3  p.m.,  104.?,  United 
States  B.mds  — Five-twenties  of  1867,  112£  ;  1881,110*.  Sterling  Ex- 
change, 4  84  ?,<ff!4  86,  short.  Pacific  Mail,  22£.  Wheat,  81  50(S>1  60.  West- 
ern Union.  643.  Hides,  dry,  20@20&  quiet.  Oil— Sperui,[Sl  30<S>$1  31. 
Winter  Bleached,  SI  60  @  1  65.  Whale,  70^75  ;  Winter  Bleached, 
7.V.  Wool  -Spring,  fine,  22@30  ;  Burry,  12  @  16  ;  Pulled,  25  @  38. 
Fall  Clips,  17  @  22  ;  Burry,  16  @  22.  London,  March  9th.— Liverpool 
Wheat  Market,  10s.  3d.  @  10s.  6d.  Club,  10s.  3d.  @  10s.  6d.  United 
States  Bonds,  108.     Consols,  96.}. 


STOCKS. 

A  few  days  ago  the  Consolidated  Virginia  mine  was  thrown  open  to 
public  inspection.  Some  five  or  six  heavy  stockholders  thereupon  left  the 
city  and  proceeded  to  the  works  of  the  bonanza  mine,  in  order  to  make  a 
thorough  inspection.  These  gentlemen  are  now  proceeding  with  their  ex- 
amination, and  the  consequence  is  a  grave  fluctuation  in  the  price  of 
shares  during  the  progress  of  their  labors.  Rumors  yesterday  sent  the 
stock  down  to  $45,  whilst  to-day,  under  the  influence  of  recent  advices,  it 
may  be  boosted  ever  so  high.  The  latest  news  is  to  the  effect  that  there  is 
nothing  new  on  the  1650-foot  level,  but  that  they  will  soon  commence 
stoning,  and  expect  a  yield  of  $1,500,000  per  month. 

The  northeast  drift  of  the  1500-foot  level  in  Bullion  has  struck  a  body 
of  ore  giving  very  fair  assays.  It  looks  as  though  it  may  improve.  The 
1600-foot  level  is  reported  to  exhibit  the  same  quality  of  ore,  but  develop- 
ments are  temporarily  retarded,  owing  to  the  flow  of  hot  water.  On  the 
2000-foot  level  Alpha* is  looking  splendidly,  and  important  developments 
may  shortly  be  expected  from  this  mine. 

A  question  of  some  general  interest  is,  What  class  exhibits  on  an 
average  the  greatest  mean  longevity?  Reference  to  the  last  census  shows 
those  persons  returned  "as  of  independent  means "  included  the  largest 
proportion  of  any  aged  members.  The  number  of  "  gentlewomen  "  was 
returned  at  the  period  of  the  last  census  as  143,385,  of  whom  no  less  than 
35,843  were  sixty-five,  and  24,036  seventy-five  years  of  age.  In  other 
words,  60,000  had  entered  on  old  age.  Now,  of  279,870  females  in  the 
flax  and  cotton  industries,  only  1,655  had  reached  sixty-five,  and  but  558 
had  attained  seventy-five  years  of  age.  Then,  of  299,668  returned  as 
dressmakers,  only  1,197  had  reached  old  age,  while  of  55,000  governesses 
only  233  had  entered  on  old  age.  Thus  the  largest  contingent  to  the  "old 
age""  columns  of  the  census  returns  was  yielded  by  the  English  independ- 
ent lady,  who  appears  to  have  the  best  average  chance  of  longevity  of  any 
class  of  the  whole  community. 

Advices  are  received  of  the  detention  of  the  Montana  at  Mazatlan, 
pending  telegraphic  decision  of  the  Treasury  Department  at  the  Capital 
as  to  whether  it  is  lawful  for  foreign  sailing  vessels  to  discharge  part  of  a 
cargo  at  a  Mexican  port  and  then  proceed  with  the  balance  to  a  foreign 
destination.  The  Mexican  law  only  grants  this  right  to  steamers  to  touch 
at  all  the  Pacific  Coast  ports  for  the  shipment  and  transhipment  of  cargo. 
As  soon  as  the  facts  are  known  the  Montana  will,  without  doubt,  be 
allowed  to  proceed.  The  Mexican  Government  has  only  two  cruisers 
along  the  Pacific  seaboard  and  has  to  take  precautionary  measures  to  pre- 
vent smuggling  along  its  coast. 

The  death  of  John  Morgan  Cobbett,  M.  P.  for  Oldham  is  an- 
nounced. The  deceased  was  the  second  son  of  the  famous  Win.  Cobbett, 
aged  77.     Gen.  Changarnier  is  dead,  aged  84  years.  


Mr.  F.  Al^'iir.  No.  8  Clements  Lane,  London,  in  authorized  to 

receive  subscriptions,  advertisementa,  communications,  etc.,  for  this  paper, 


Published  with  this  week's  issue  a  Four- 
Page  Postscript^ 


LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT 


PERSONAL. 

For  the  firet  time  in  the  twenty-one  years  of  the  existence  of  the  News 
Letter,  its  proprietor  is  compelled  by  sickness  to  refrain  from  participating 
in  any  manner  whatever  in  the  editing  of  these  columns.  Disease  has 
so  prostrated  him  that  he  is  to-day  physically  incapable  of  determining 
what  should  be  the  utterances  of  his  journal  This  is  particularly  to  be 
regretted  as  occurring  at  a  period  when  his  practiced  hand,  clear  judgment 
and  strong  will  are  specially  needed  to  guide  the  ship  through  a  stormysea. 
But  his  friends  are  persuaded  that  by  a  much-needed  rest,  the  loving  at- 
tentions by  which  he  is  surrounded,  he  will  soon  be  about  again.  Until 
then  he  is  perforce  silent.  Meanwhile,  those  who  take  up  his  pen  have 
neither  the  knowledge  nor  the  power  to  say  for  him  what,  if  he  were  able, 
he  might  choose  to  say  for  himself. 

Beerbohm's  Telegram.— London  and  Liverpool,  March  9th,  1877.— 
Floating  Cargoes,  strong;  Cargoes  on  Passage,  firm;  Mark  Lane,  steady; 
Eugbsh  Country  Markets,  firm;  French  do.,  quieter:  Liverpool,  firm;  No. 
2  Spring  Off  Coast,  50s.  6d.;  California  do.  Off  Coast,  51s.;  do.  nearly 
due,  52s.;  do.  just  shipped,  53s.;  California  Club,  10s.  9<L@Hb.j  do.  Aver- 
age, 10s.  6d.@10s,  9d.;  Red  Western  Spring,  10s.  2d.@10s.  lid. 

Californians  Registered  at  the  Office  of  Charles  LeGay,  American 
Commission  Merchant,  1  Rue  Scribe,  Paris,  February  16,  1877.— Min- 
thorne  Tompkins,  J.  Y.  Hallock,  Truxton  Beale,  D.  T.  Murphy,  John 
Deane,  Dr.  W.  J.  Younger,  Lee  J.  Ransom,  Dr.  S.  B.  Martin,  Edmond 
Godchaux,  E.  H.  Mayer,  Mrs.  E.  A.  Patten,  J.  Keane. 

The  Economist  of  17th  February  says  the  wheat  market  remains 
dull,  but  the  more  threatening  appearance  of  political  affairs  is  r  aving  a 
strengthening  effect  upon  them  ;  this  being  especially  the  cata  with 
foreign  wheat,  which,  being  dryer  and  more  directly  affected  by  the  state 
of  markets  abroad,  has  come  into  better  demand. 

"Truth"  says  a  man  the  other  day  offered  to  give  £250  for  a  Collie. 
"  A  very  fine  business,"  replied  another,  "  if  you  mean  Collie  with  a  big 
A.,  for  he  would  fetch,  could  he  be  caught,  £l,tMK>."  Mr.  Alexander 
Collie  is  residing  at  San  Francisco,  where  he  is  highly  respected.— London, 
February  15,  1877.      

The  Occidental  and  Oriental  steamer  Gaelic  steams  away  for  the 
Orient  on  the  16th  instant.  The  steamer's  bottom  was  cleaned  and  painted 
at  the  Hongkong  Dry  Dock.  Captain  Kidley  deserves  much  praise  from 
the  Company  for  the  excellent  condition  of  the  vessel 

The  partnership  heretofore  existing  between  Stairley  &  Haverstick 
was  dissolved  February  28th,  1877,  the  firm  being  succeeded  by  Haverstick 
&  Lathrop,  who  will  continue  the  money  brokerage  business  at  the  old 
stand,  410i  California  street. 

Silver  was  quoted  in  London  to-day  at  55?d  per  ounce,  925  fine  ;  Con- 
sols, 964  ;  United  States  5  per  cent,  bonds,  108,  and  103;}  for  4£  per  cents. 

The  Liverpool  "Wheat  Market  was  quoted  yesterday  at  10s  3d@10s  6d 
for  average  California  and  10s  7d  to  10s  lOd  for  Club. 

Brokers  are  buying  Half  Dollars  at  5|@6  per  cent,  discount,  and  are 
selling  them  at  5£@5|  Per  ceilt-  discount. 

The  steamers  Ajax,  Continental  and  Los  Angeles  will  sail  for  the 
usual  coast  ports  to-day. 

Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  in  this  market  at  98^  buying  and  99  selling. 

The  steamer  Granada  will  be  due  from  Panama  on  Monday. 


Legal  Tenders  arc  irregular  at  95A  buying  and  96  selling. 


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  Ban  Francisco,  California, 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March   10,   1877. 


THE    PROMISE. 

I  remember  what  you  said  Roses  budded,  bloomed,  and  fled — 

While  the  stars  shone  overhead —   All  the  summer- flowers  are  dead  ; 
Frosty  stars  that  gleamed  above — Autumn-  showered  her  rainy  tears — 
"When  I  saw  you  last,  my  love!       Hopes  have  faded  into  fears. 

Hand  in  hand,  I  said  "good-bye;"  Frosty  stars  are  shining  now, 
Heart  to  heart,  you  made  reply:     Once  again,  above  my  brow. 
"  Footsteps  parting  in  the  snow        Summer -streams  to  ice  are  chilled, 
Meet  again  when  roses  blow! "        And  thy  promise — unfulfilled ! 

A    CHINESE    STATESMAN. 

A  recent  mail  from  Chfna  brought  an  account  of  the  funeral  in  Man- 
churia of  a  statesman  who  for  the  last  sixteen  years  has  taken  a  leading 
part  in  the  administration  of  foreign  affairs  at  Peking.  Wau  Seang,  as  his 
name  testifies,  was  a  Manchoo  by  birth.  At  an  early  age  he  gained  liter- 
ary honors  at  the  Chinese  examinations,  and  shortly  afterwards  accepted 
office  under  the  Government.  His  promotion  was  as  rapid  as  his  abilities 
were  great,  and  in  1860  we  find  him  a  Vice-President  of  the  Board  of 
Revenue  and  a  trusted  adviser  of  Prince  Kung.  Though  a  man  of  a  lib- 
eral turn  of  mind,  he  was  a  thorough  Chinaman,  and  at  the  outset  was 
not  free  from  some  of  the  prejudices  of  his  adopted  countrymen  against 
foreigners,  nor  from  the  contempt  for  them  which  the  history  of  their 
early  commercialintercourse  with  China  was  perhaps  sufficient  to  justify, 
and  which  was  at  all  events  universally  shared  in  by  the  official  classes. 
One  of  the  first  questions  of  international  interest  on  which,  on  the  ap- 
proach of  the  allies  to  Peking,  he  was  called  upon  to  advise  was  the  fate 
of  the  prisoners  taken  at  Tung  Chow.  "Shall  we  behead  them  or  send 
them  back  ?"  was  the  question  discussed  between  himself  and  Prince 
Kung.  Fortunately  the  latter  course  was  finally  adoptei,  and  months 
afterwards  Wan  Seang  had  many  long  conversations  with  one  of  those 
whose  life  he  at  this  time  helped  to  prolong. 

After  the  conclusion  of  the  treaties,  Wan  Seang  was  appointed  one  of 
the  Commissioners  of  Foreign  Affairs  at  the  Tsung-le  Yamun,  and  in  his 
intercourse  with  the  foreign  ambassadors,  he  gained  their  esteem  by  his 
invariable  courtesy  and  by  the  comprehensive  grasp  of  his  intellect.  In 
all  matters  relating  to  foreign  trade,  he  displayed  a  remarkable  clearness 
of  perception,  and  was  never  tired  of  studying  the  systems  of  political 
economy  practiced  in  Europe  ;  but  he  by  no  means  accepted  without 
question  the  statements  laid  before  him.  He  fully  recognized  the  advan- 
tages to  be  derived  from  such  innovations  as  railways,  telegraphs,  etc., 
but  he  held  that  their  introduction  would  have  then  been  surrounded  with 
insurmountable  obstacles.  At  a  later  period  of  his  career  he  still  main- 
tained this  opinion,  and  in  a  conversation  with  Sir  Rutherford  Alcock  on 
the  revision  of  the  treaty  in  1809,  he  said,  in  reply  to  a  proposal  that  the 
coalmines  should  be  worked  by  foreign  capital  and  machinery,  "You 
want  us  to  move  too  fast.  We  have  had  some  bitter  experience  already  of 
what  comes  of  it.  We  were  urged — I  don't  care  to  say  how  or  by  whom, 
for  the  thing  is  done,  and  I  wish  to  blame  no  one — to  engage  in  large 
works  for  an  arsenal  and  docks  at  Foochow,  and  we  have  only  burned  our 
fingers.  Nor  is  this  the  first  or  only  lesson  we  have  had  of  the  same  kind.*" 
(And  here  it  is  impossible  not  to  see  he  had  the  Lay-Osborn  fleet  in  his 
mind,  adds  Sir  Rutherford  Alcock).  "  It  would  be  the  same,"  he  con- 
tinued, "with  railroads  and  mines  and  all  the  rest.  We  are  not  ready 
yet  for  such  exeat  innovations— or  improvements,  if  you  will.  We  are 
not  prepared,  and  cannot  handle  with  safety  all  the  conditions.  Nothing 
but  loss  and  humiliations  and  danger  could  come  of  our  attempts.  The 
The  time  for  these  things  may  come,  no  doubt,  as  you  desire  ;  but  not  yet. 
We  cannot  move  as  fast  as  you  would  have  us,  nor  at  all  in  some  direc- 
tions, without  manifest  loss  and  danger."  These  are  the  words  of  one  of 
the  ablest  and  most  enlightened  Chinese  statesmen  of  modern  times,  of 
one  who  was  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  condition  of  the  country  and 
who  was  free  from  all  ignorant  bias  against  foreigners.  They  are  words 
also  of  sound  practical  common-sense,  and  may  be  studied  with  ad- 
vantage by  those  foreigners  who  are  ever  trying  to  goad  China  into  rash 
enterprises. 

To  return  to  the  year  1861 :  On  the  death  of  the  Emperor  Heenfung, 
Wan  Seang  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  coup  d'etat  which  wrested  the 
government  of  the  country  out  of  the  hands  of  the  dissolute  advisers  of 
the  deceased  Emperor  and  vested  it  in  the  Dowager  Empress  and  Prince 
Kung.  This  event  secured  to  him  his  post  at  the  Tsung-le  Yamun,  and 
in  that  position  he  consistently  used  his  influence  to  promote  cordiality 
between  his  Government  and  those  of  foreign  countries.  As  an  instance 
of  his  sense  of  the  value  of  international  courtesy,  it  may  be  mentioned 
that  on  receiving  the  announcement  of  the  death  of  the  Prince  Consort, 
he  at  once  went  dressed  in  mourning,  and,  as  is  usual  on  the  death  of  an 
Imperial  personage,  without  his  button  and  peacock's  feather,  to  offer  his 
condolences  to  Sir  Frederick  Bruce,  who  was  at  that  time  the  English 
Minister  at  Peking.  His  sympathies  probably  went  out  less  towards  Rus- 
sia than  to  any  foreign  country.  "  Russia,"  he  once  observed  in  conversa- 
tion with  Mr.  Hart,  the  Inspector-General  of  Customs,  "is  a  large  coun- 
try, but  it  is  not  large  enough  for  them.  They  came  last  year  (1860)  and 
took|that,"  pointing  on  a  map  to  the  Amoor  territory,  "from  us." 

In  all  the  later  "  burning  questions  "  which  have  since  agitated  foreign 
politics  in  China,  he  took  an  active  part,  and  while  never  separating  him- 
self from  his  colleagues,  he  always  threw  his  weight  into  the  scale  of  rea- 
son and  moderation.  Failing  health  compelled  him  to  absent  himself 
more  and  more  frequently  from  the  deliberations  consequent  on  the  mur- 
der of  Mr.  Margary,  and  his  last  recorded  opinion  was  his  dissent  from 
the  pronounced  pro-foreign  opinions  of  Kwo  Sung-taou,  the  ambassador 
who  has  just  arrived  in  London.  This  fact  gives  rise  to  an  interesting 
question.  If  Wan  Seang,  who  was  a  leading  member  of  the  Liberal 
party  in  the  Cabinet,  disapproved  of  Kwo's  advanced  views,  whom  may 
the  ambassador  be  said  to  represent?  Certainly  not  the  Government, 
certainly  not  the  Literati,  nor,  as  far  as  we  know,  the  people.  WanSeang 
did  not  live  to  see  the  Chefoo  Convention  signed,  but  died  full  of  years 
on  the  26th  of  May  last.  On  his  death  posthumous  honors  were  heaped 
upon  him  by  the  Emperor,  and  Imperial  orders  were  issued  that  the  ar- 
rangement of  his  funeral  should  be  such  as  befitted  that  of  so  old  and 
faithful  a  servant  of  the  Crown.  These  instructions,  we  now  learu,  have 
been  carried  out,  and  the  funeral  procession,  as  it  recently  arrived  at 
Moukden,  is  described  as  having  been  surrounded  with  every  insignia  of 
official  pomp.  Following  the  custom  of  his  countrymen,  his  bones  will 
be  laid  by  those  of  his  forefathers  in  Manchuria,  far  from  the  scenes  of 
his  official  duties  and  political  triumphs. 


BANKS. 


SWISS    AMERICAN    BANK. 

Incorporated  in  Geueva,  Switzerland.  January  24th.  1873. 
Head  Office,  in  Geneva.  Capitol,  $2. OOO, OOO.  subscribed.  $1,000,000  paid 
up.  President,  HENRY  HENTSOH.  Sun  Francisco  Branch,  successors  to  Messrs. 
Hentsch  &  Berton,  527  Clay  street.  Directors  :  FRANCIS  BERTON  and  ROBERT 
WATT. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  grant  Letters  of  Credit  on  Europe,  and  to  transact  every 
kind  of  Banking,  Mercantile  and  Exchange  Business,  and  to  negotiate  American  Se- 
curities in  Europe.     Deposits  received. 

Hills  of  Excbangre  on  New  York,  Philadelphia,  London,  Liverpool,  Paris, 
Lynns,  Marseilles,  Bordeaux,  Oloron,  Brussels,  Berlin,  Hamburg,  Frankfort,  Geneva, 
Lausanne,  Chaux-de-Fonds,  Neuehatel,  Fribourg,  Bern,  Aarn,  Soleure,  Baden,  Basle, 
Zurich,  Winterthur,  Shaffhausen,  St.  Gallen,  Lucern,  Chur,  Bellinzona,  Locarno,  Lu- 
gano, Mendrisio,  Genoa,  Turin,  Milan,  Florence,  Rome. 

An  Assay  Office  is  annexed  to  the  Bank.  Assays  of  gold,  silver,  quartz  ores 
and  sulphurets.     Returns  in  coin  or  bars,  at  the  option  "of  the  depositor. 

Advances  made  ou  bullion  and  ores.     Dust  and  bullion  can  be  forwarded  from  any 
part  of  the  country,  and  returns  made  through  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  checks. 
[September  18.] 

THE    BANK    OF    CALIFORNIA,    SAN    FBANCKCO. 

Capital ' §5,000,000. 

I>.  O.  MILLS President.       I      WM.  ALVORI).  .Vice-Pres't. 

THOMAS  BROWN Cashier. 

Agents  : 

New  York,  Agency  of  the  Bank  of  Oalfornia ;  Boston,  Tremont  National  Bank  ; 
Chicago,  Union  National  Bank  ;  St.  Louis,  Boatman's  Saving  Bank  ;  New  Zealand, 
the  Bank  of  New  Zealand;  London,  China,  Japan,  India  and  Australia,  the  Oriental 
Bank  Corporation. 

The  Bank  has  Agencies  at  Virginia  City  and  Gold  Hill,  and  Correspondents  in  all 
the  principal  Mining  Districts  and  interior  Towns  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued,  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Draw  direct  on  Lon- 
don, Dublin,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Antwerp, 
Amsterdam,  St.  Petersburgh,  Copenhagen,  Stockholm,  Christiana,  Locarno,  Mel- 
bourne, Sydney,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shanghai,  Yokohama.  Nov.  4. 

THE    NEVADA    BANK,    OF    SAN    FBANCISC0. 
Paid  Up  Capital ©10,000,000. 

Louis  McLane President.      |      J.  C.  Flood.. Tice -President. 

BT.  H.  Mas  ten Cashier. 

Directors  :— J.  C.  Flood,  J.  W.  Mackay,  W.  S.  O'Brien,  Jas.  G.  Fair,  Louis  McLane. 

Correspondents: — London —Smith,  Payne  &  Smiths.  Paris — Hottinguer  &,  Co. 
Hamburg— Hesse,  Newman  &  Co.  New  York — "The  Bank  of  New  York,  B.  N.  A." 
Chicago — Merchants'  National  Bank.  Boston— Second  National  Bank.  New  Orleans 
— State  Na-tioual  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  receive  deposits  on  open  account,  issue  certificates  of  de- 
posit, buy  and  sell  exchange,  purchase  bullion,  and  transact  a  general  banking  busi- 
ness.    Collections  made  and  proceeds  remitted  at  current  rates  of  exchange.      Oct  9. 

BANE    OF    BBITISH    COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter.— Capital  paid  np,  $1,800,- 
000,  with  power  to  increase  to  SI 0,000,000.  Southeast  corner  California  and  San- 
some  streets.  Head  Office — 5  East  India  Avenue,  London.  Branches — Portland,  Or- 
egon; Victoria  and  Cariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  OlEce  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows  : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada— Bank  of  Montreal ;  Liverpool— North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company  ;  Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America — London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America ;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dec.  9. W.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Manager. 

THE   FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid  np  Capital  82.000,000,  Gold.  President,  B.  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  D.  CaUaghan  ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Bodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  W.  Ritchie. 

Directors  :— R.  C.  Woolworth,  D.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  D.  D.  Colton,  Edward  Martin,  James  Moffitt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

Correspondents— London  :  Baring  Bros,  i  Co. ;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China.  Dublin:  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg :  Hesse, 
NeumanicCo.  Paris:  Hottinguer  &  Co.  New  York:  National  Bank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business.  Deposits  in  Gold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  in  Europe,  Chii.a  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  13. 

LONDON    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANK    (LIMITED). 

Capital,  85,000,000,  of  which  83,000,000  is  fully  paid  np  as 
present  capital.  San  Francisco  Office,  -I'll  California  ;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  S.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STREETEN  ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  CAMILO  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 
Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world. October  23. 

BANK  OF  COMMERCE,  SAN  FEANCISCO. 
Incorporated    Under    the    Laws    of    California. 

Capital One  Million  Dollars. 

Correspondents  : — New  York,  National  Park  Bank  ;  Boston,  National  Bank  of  Re- 
demption ;  Chicago,  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank. 

This  Bank,  lately  organized,  is  now  prepared  to  receive  Deposits,  discount  Business 
Paper,  issue  Credits,  buv  and  sell  Exchange,  make  Collections,  and  transact  a  general 
banking  business.  D.  W.  C.  THOMPSUN,  President. 

A.  W.  Preston,  Cashier.   March  3. 

THE    ANGLO-CALLFORNIAN    BANK    (LIMITED). 
4  •?  O  California  street,  San  Francisco. ---London  Office.  3 


Angel  Court ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligman  &  Co. ,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  SO, 000,000.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buy  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  M one v,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FRED.  F.  LOW, 

Oct  4.  IGN.  STEINHART, 


■  Managers. 


THE  MERCHANTS'  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCTSC0. 

Capital,  85,000,000.-— Alvinza  Bay  ward,  President :  R.  G. 
Sneath,  Vice-President ;  H.  F.  Hastings,  Cashier  ;  11.  N.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made^nd  a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 


March    LO,    istt. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER. 


A    GARLAND 

Th<-  « 

Who  oan  i  ?    My  beaii  b 
Buii-fllled  with  lo?« 

LOVB  "I    that  .ii..tni  of   mhu', 

Vmu  niy  own  Valentine, 

u  each  bloom  thut  blows  ; 
All    ftllarafatr; 

b  the  quoeulj 
Which  eU)  oompara ! 
So,  though  IV.''  passing  bright. 
Round  iue  may  shim-, 


OF    VALENTINEa 
What  an  they  t 
Seen,  love,  by  thine, 
M>-  own  Valentino. 

purple  iit.dn, 
Shlnei 

■lden  moon, 
Sow  dimmed  they  axe  ! 
So  •".  ery  fairest  one, 

need  dfr  ins, 
Pales  from  sight  in  thy  sun, 
Thou  t<<  be  mine, 
Mv  own  Valentine. 

— W.  C.  Bennett. 


AN    IRISHMAN'S    WILL. 
In  the  name  of  God,  Ameu!    I.Timothy   Doolan,  of  Barrydown- 

deny,  in  the  county  Clare,  former,  bein^r  *k-k  mul  wuke  on  my  legs,  but 
of  sound  head  end  warm  heart  -Glory  be  to  God!  do  make  this  my 
tirst  and  last  will  and  ould  and  new  testament,  First,  I  give  my  Bowl  to 
God,  when  it  plates  him  to  take  it,  sure  no  thanks  to  me,  for  I  can't  help 
it  then,  and  my  body  to  be  burned  in  the  ground  of  Barrydownderry 
Chapel,  when  all  kith  and  kin  thai  have  gone  before  roe  and  those  who 
live  after,  belonging  to  me,  are  hurried,  pare  to  their  ashes  and  may  the 
Bod  reel  lightly  over  their  hones.  Bury  me  near  my  godfather  and  my 
mother  who  lie  separated  altogether  at  the  other  side *of  the  chapel  yarn, 
1  lave  tiie  bit  of  ground  containing  eight  acres— rare  old  Irish  acrea— to 
my  eldest  son  Tim,  after  the  death  of  his  mother,  if  she  lives  to  survive 
him.  My  daughter  Mary  and  her  husband,  Pappy O'Reagan,  are  to  have 
the  black  sou-  that's  going  to  have  twelve  black  bouifs.  Teddy,  my 
second  boy,  that  was  killed  in  the  war  in  Ameriky,  might  have  got  his 
pick  of  the  poultry,  but  as  he  has  gone  I'll  lave  them  to  his  wife,  who 
died  a  week  before  him.  J  bequeath  to  all  mankind  fresh  air  from  heaven, 
all  fishes  of  the  sea  they  can  take,  and  all  the  birds  of  the  air  they  can 
Bhoot,  I  lave  them  all  the  sun,  moon  and  stars.  I  lave  to  Peter  Rafferty 
a  pint  of  potheen  I  can't  finish,  and  may  God  be  merciful  to  him. 

VACCINATION  AND  REVACCINATION. 
It  would  not  be  difficult  to  make  smallpox  epidemics  impossible  in 
this  country,  and  why  should  it  not  be  done  ?  The  statistical  results  of 
the  present  epidemic  are  likely  to  force  upon  the  attention  of  the  public 
and  the  Legislature,  firstly,  the  immense  importance  of  effective  primary 
vaccination;  and,  secondly,  tile  advantage  of  making  revaccination  after 
puberty  also  compulsory.  Thus  the  Registrar-General  showed  recently 
that  up  to  November  25th  only  one  child  out  of  317  of  the  vaccinated 
children  had  died  of  small-pox,  and  this  one  had  been  attacked  before  the 
vesicle  was  sufficiently  far  advanced  to  be  protected— i.  e.,  before  the 
twentieth  day.  On  the  other  hand,  the  statistics  of  the  small-pox  hospi- 
tals show  that  revaccination  after  puberty  is  practically  absolutely  pro- 
tective, the  exceptions  being  so  excessively  rare  as  to  be  outside  calcula- 
tion. To  insure  against  the  possibility  of  any  future  epidemic,  it  is  in 
truth  only  necessary  to  amend  the  vaccination  law  by  defining  four 
vesicles  as  the  minimum  that  any  medical  man  should  at  all  events  at- 
tempt to  produce,  and  by  making  revaccination  compulsory  between  the 
age  of  15  and  16.  Such  an  amendment  of  the  law  would  save  much  sick- 
ness, death,  misery,  expenditure  and  panic,  for  it  would  extinguish  small- 
pox.— Sanitary  Record. 

GENERAL  TCHERNAIEFF  AT  VENTOR. 
General  Tchernaieff  has  arrived  at  Ventnor,  Isle  of  Wight,  where  he 
has  taken  a  house  called  Tweed  Mount  for  six  months.  He  has  telegraphed 
for  his  wife  and  family  to  join  him,  and  they  will  accordingly  leave  St. 
Petersburg  for  the  Isle  of  Wight.  On  the  General's  arrival  at  the  Crab 
and  Lobster  Hotel,  Ventnor,  the  visitors  who  have  taken  up  their  winter 
quarters  there  arranged  to  give  him  a  reception.  Mr.  Nicholson,  J.  P., 
of  Muswell  Hill,  being  introduced  to  the  General  by  Colonel  M'lver,  ad- 
dressed him  in  the  following  speech  :  "  Monsieur  le  General — We,  the 
visitors  of  this  hotel,  have  the  greatest  pleasure  in  saluting  you  and  giving 
you  a  hearty  welcome.  We  believe  that  this  is  your  first  visit  to  our  En- 
glish shores,  and  we  assure  you  most  confidently  that  you  will  find 
throughout  England  a  cordial  reception,  on  account  of  the  glorious  efforts 
you  have  made  on  behalf  of  the  suffering  Christian  population  of  the 
Turkish  provinces."  To  this  the  General  replied  :  "  I  cannot  sufficiently 
thank  you  for  this  very  kind  and  cordial  reception  on  my  first  arrival  in 
England,  a  country  which  has  always  been  conspicuous  for  its  advocacy  of 
the  great  principles  of  religious  liberty.  It  is  a  satisfaction  to  me  to  have 
been  one  of  the  combatants  in  the  late  struggle  in  Servia  on  behalf  of  the 
oppressed  Christian  principalities  of  Turkey." 


THE  HONEY  BELT. 
In  conversation  with  A.  J.  Dufur,  not  long  since,  he  informed  us 
that  he  had  come  across  a  strip  of  country  about  three  miles  wide, 
stretching  southeast  from  the  Willamette  river,  near  Oregon  City,  to  the 
Cascade  Mountains,  which  is  a  natural  honey-producing  district.  In  the 
the  foothills  of  the  mountains  the  honey  dew,  which  is  peculiar  to  this 
district,  within  the  boundaries  it  covers,  falls  so  heavily  as  to  encrust  the 
foliage,  and  he  displayed  at  the  Centennial  a  branch  that  was  covered 
with  this  deposit,  as  rf  it  had  been  dipped  in  heated  syrup  and  then 
cooled.  Throughout  this  belt  of  country  bees  are  better  off  than  bees  in 
in  clover,  for  they  literally  scrape  up  the  ready-made  honey,  and  after 
filling  their  hives,  build  and  fill  combs  on  the  outside.  Mr.  Dufur  says 
he  saw  eighty  pounds  of  honey  taken  from  the  underside  of  a  pole 
stretched  across  a  fence.  It  would  be  a  very  interesting  region  for  natu- 
ralists to  investigate,  especially  as  no  satisfactory  solution  has  ever  yet 
been  reached,  and  this  especial  locality  seems  to  develop  the  so-called 
honey  dew,  year  after  year,  in  remarkable  quantity. 

The  case  of  transfusion  of  blood  into  an  invalid,  has  resulted  in 
some  confusion.  The  men  of  science  did  it  with  the  blood  of  a  sheep. 
The  operation  was  performed  successfully,  but  on  recovering  his  health, 
the  patient  was  found  to  have  become  a  monomaniac.  He  immagined  he 
was  turned  into  a  sheep,  and  ever  since  has  bellowed  and  fainted  at  the 
sight  of  a  butcher.  The  case  is  to  be  examined  into  by  the  Academy  of 
Sciences.     If  the  fact  is  proved,  it  will  be  valuable. 


SAVINGS    AND    LOAN. 


COLLATERAL    LOAN    AND    8AVING3  BANK,    CORNER    POST   AND 
KEARNY    STREETS,    SAN    FRANCISCO- 

Incorporatsd  Under  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  California. 


i.  s  SPEAR,  JR 

Mcft-Prosid.nt ROBT  STEVENSON. 


F.  s.  CARTER 

Appraiser '.1  "    <>    l.t'KKK. 

Thi*  Hunk  Ik  prepared  to  loan  money  upon  collateral  aoeo- 
[loodi,  Stock!,  giving    I  i 

■  to.,  at  from  n  to      |  pet  month.    Rm  Bank 

md  allow  the  following  rat 
l  par  cent,  per  month  ;  Twelve  mouths,  i\  per  cent  per  month. 


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Guarantee   Capital   s-.mio.ooo.—  Olrlcc  528  <  itl  i  font  In  M  reel , 
north  ndo,  between  Honta < -.  uid  Ke&nrj  streets  Offlcehoun  froi 

JoSp.il    Bxtnhour  on  Saturdays  from  7  to  8  p.m.  tor  reeeiving  of  Deposli 

Loam  made  on  Ileal  Estate  ami  other  collateral  securities,  at  current  rates  ol  li 

President L.  GOTTIG,  j  Secretary GEO.  ].l  I 

DIRECTORS. 

F.  Reeding,  II.  Schmledell,  Qbaa  Bjohler.  Ed.  Knute,  Dan.  Meyer  George  n   Ba> 

gors.  T.  SpreckK-s,  V  Van  Hcrjjfen.  Feb.  1. 

MARKET     STREET     BANK      OF     SAVINGS, 
n     s.  634  Market  St.,  Opposite  Palace  Hotel. 

1  resident TH<  was  b.  i.i : v,  is. 

Secretary «.  R.  i .vis. >n. 

Interest  allowed  on  all  deposits  remaining:  i«  Bank  over 
thirty  days,  interest  on  term  deposits,  12  per  cent,  per  annum  DepoatU  re- 
ceivedfrom  one  dollar  upward.  No  charge  tor  Bauk  Book,  On  receipt  of  remit- 
tances from  the  interior,  Bank  Books  or  Certificates  of  Deposit  will  be  forwarded  or 
delivered  to  agent.     Bank  o|nin  on  Saturdays  til!  0  o'clock  p.m.  October  28. 

SAN    FRANCISCO    SAVINGS    UNION, 
California  street,  corner  Webb.      Capital    and    Re- 

_      serve,  tfWl.UW.      be | ".sirs,   *;,m'.>,000.      biKKCTORs;  James  de  Fremeiy, 

President ;  Albert  Miller.  Vice-President ;  C  Adojphe  Low,  b.  J.  (diver,  Charles 
Baum,  Charles  Pace,  Washington  Bartlett,  A.  Campbell,  Sen.,  George  C.  Putter; 
Cashier,  Lovcll  White.  Dividends  tor  two  years  past  have  been  74  and  9  per  cent  re- 
spectively, on  ordinary  and  term  deposits.  Dividends  are  payable  senii-anntialh  ,  in 
January  and  July.  Money  loaned  on  real  estate  and  on  United  States  Bond's,  or 
equivalent  securities. October  30. 

PIONEER  LAND  AND  LOAN  BANK  OF  SAVINGS  AND  DEPOSIT. 

Southeast  corner  California  and  Montgomery  streets.  Safe 
Deposit  Block.  Incorporated  1869.  Guarantee  Fund,  5200,000.  Dividend  No. 
105  payable  on  March  5th.  Ordinary  deposits  receive  9  per  cent.  Term  de- 
posits receive  12  per  cent.  This  incorporation  is  in  its  ninth  year,  and  refen  to 
over  5,700  depositors  tor  its  successful  and  economical  management. 

H.  KOFAHL,  Cashier. 
Tnoa.  Gray,  President.       J.  C.  Dlxcax,  Secretary. March  27 

MASONIC    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    BANK, 

No.  6  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco,  Cal.— 
Moneys  received  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits ;  dividends  paid  semi- 
annually ;  loans  made  on  approved  security.  This  bank  solicits  the  patronage  of  all 
persons.  [March  2f».j  H.  T.  GRAVES,  Secretary. 

FRENCH    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 
Bush  street,  above  Kearny,  G.  Mane,  Director.  Loans 
made  on  real  estate  and  other  collateral  securities  at  current  rates  of 


411 

interest. 


SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK —GUARANTEE  CAPITAL,  $300,000. 

Officers:  President,  John  Parrott;  Vice-President,  Jerome 
Lincoln  ;  Secretary,  W.  S.  Jones  ;  Attorney,  Sidney  V.  Smith.  Loans  made  on 
Real  Estate  and  other  Approved  Securities.  Office :  No.  215  Sansome  street,  San 
Francisco. Oct.  14. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    COMPANY,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO, 
S.  E.  Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Sts. 

CAPITAL .. $2,000,000. 

This  Company  is  now  open  for  the  renting-  of  vaults  and  the 
transaction  of  all  business  connected  with  a  Safe  Depository.  Pamphlets  giving 
full  information  and  rates  can  bo  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  Company.  Hours, 
from  8a.m.  to  13  p.m.  September  18. 

SCHOOL    OF    ASSAYING    AND    PRACTICAL    CHEMISTRY. 
ri^bose  Interested  are  reqnesteil  to  call  at  the  Laboratory 

any  day  during  business  hours,  or  send  address  for  circular. 

HENRY  G.  HANKS,  Chemist  and  Assayer, 
March  3. 610  Montgomery  street,  S.  F. 

BAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  &  CO., 

113  Clay  and  114  Commercial  Streets, 

San  Fbancibco.  [May  24. 


W.  Morris. 


J.  F.  Kesxedy. 


Jos.  Schwab. 
MORRIS,    SCHWAB    &    CO., 

Importers  and  Dealers   in  Moldings,  Frames,  Engraving's, 
Chromos,    Lithographs,    Decaleomanie,    Wax  and  Artists'  Materials,  21   Post 
street,  nearly  opposite  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco.      Feb.  4. 

THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every  -variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Gilt, 
Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clocks  and  line 
Bronzes;  also  a  full  line  of  Plumbers'  Goods.  122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
isco.  Jan.  27. 

STTJART    S.    WRIGHT, 
ttoruey  and   Counsellor  at  JLaw,   Bio.  501  Kearny  street, 

San  Francisco,  California.  Feb.  3. 


A 


A    MAGNIFICENT    STOCK    OF 
pianos  and  Organs  at  the  Music  Warerooms  of  A.  I-.  Ban- 
croft  &  Co»,  No.  723  Market  street.     Prices  very  low. March  3. 

G.    G.    GARIBQLDI. 

Fresco    and   Decoration,    Nevada    Block,    No.'s    73    and   74. 

[January  13.]  


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JOSEPH    GILL0ITS    STEEL    PENS. 
old  hy  all  Stationers  throughout  the  World.    Sole  Agent 

for  the  United  States  :  MR.  HENRY  HOE,  91  John  street,  N.  Y.       Jan.  10. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AlfD 


March   10,   1877. 


TO 


Sylvia,  the  happy  day  is  here, 
To  Cupid  and  to'Hymen  dear, 
"When  lovers  worship  at  the  shrine 
Of  roguish,  sweet  Saint  Valentine. 


SYLVIA,     WITH     A    PURSE. 

[by  ldwin  collier.] 


Let  other  men  in  labored  verse 
The  charms  of  other  maids  rehearse. 
I  need  no  rhyme — Oh,  happy  elf  ! 
My  love's  a  poem  of  herself. 
I  send  no  pictured  page  to  day  [i;ay,  Yet,  Sweet,  though  you  be  fairer  far 
Bedecked   with  loves  and  garlands  Than  other  mortal  maidens  are, 
With  hearts  and  darts,  and  verses  Some  human  needs  you  fain  must 

rare,  know, 

To  tell  you  you  are  good  and  fair.       Some  wants  and  wishes  here  below. 
What  need,  my  Sylvia,  to  tell,  Takethen  this  purse.  If  nought  befall 

What  all  the  world  can  see  so  well?  'Twill  hold  the  modest  wherewithal 
What  pictured  cheek,  or  eyes,  or  lips.For  dainty  robes  and  garlands  fair, 
Your  breathing  beauties  can  eclipse?  And  ribbons  for  your  bonnie  hair. 
What  need  to  say  your  eyesarebright.Soon  may  the  happy  hour  draw  nigh 
When  all  are  dazzled  by  their  light?  When  I  those  dainty  robes  may  buy, 
What  need  to  praise  your  fairy  grace,  When  I  may  fill  this  purse  with  gold, 
When  all  are  longing  to  embrace?       Nor  Sylvia  deem  me  over-bold. 
Then  when  her  household  debts  to  pay, 
My  wife  takes  out  her  purse  some  day, 
She'll  gaily  cry,  her  lips  to  mine, 
"See,  love,  I've  kept  your  Valentine!" 


THEATRICAL,   ETC. 

California  Theater. — Up  to  last  evening  Divorce  has  held  the  boards 
at  this  theater  during  the  week.  This  play  is  at  once  the  moBt  successful 
and  the  worst  of  the  literary  hashes  for  which  the  world  is  indebted  to 
Daly.  Its  race  is  evidently  run  in  this  section,  however,  and  despite  its 
mawkish  sentiment  and  piled-up  agony  it  has  drawn  but  slim  houses. 
Miss  Jeffreys  Lewis  played  "  Fanny  Ten  Eyck  "  with  force  and  feeling, 
but  with  an  over-elaboration  of  method,  an  unpleasantly  monotonous 
mannerism,  that  was  more  perceptible  in  this  play  than  heretofore.  Mr. 
Bishop  was  peculiarly  happy  as  "Titt,"  the  lawyer.  His  humor  was  of  a 
more  unctions  and  less  dry  nature  than  that  of  Mr.  Pateman  in  this  role, 
but  none  the  less  effective  for  that.  Mr.  Wilson  was  all  that  could  be 
desired  as  "Burritt/'  and  presented  another  of  the  marvelous  "make  ups" 
with  which  he  has  of  late  favored  us.  "DeWitt"  gave  Mr.  Edwards 
another  of  those  parts  he  assumes  as  naturally  as  a  duck  takes  to  water. 
Mr.  Mestayer  was  hardly  the  typical  parlor  villain,  and  yet  did  excellently 
as  "Lynde."  Mr.  Keene  did  his  best  with  an  .uncongenial  part,  and 
recalled  his  clover  work  in  Pique  several  times,  showing  very  unmistakably 
that  this  clever  actor's  versatility  is  still  increasing,  The  other  characters 
presented  nothing  specially  worthy  of  notice  pro  or  con,  if  we  except  Miss 
Chapman's  "Flora  Penfield,"  in  which  this  pretty  young  actress  shows 
her  careful  study  and  steady  advancement.  Atixe  was  presented  last 
night  and  is  again  repeated  this  evening.  This  is  a  peculiarly  one  part 
piece,  which  we  shall  criticise  more  fully  next  week.  On  Monday  Mr. 
Harry  Edwards  takes  his  annual  benefit.  Any  one  who  is  desirous  of 
knowing  how  many  friends  a  fine  actor,  brilliant  scientist  and  thorough 
gentleman  can  endear  himself  to,  need  only  try  to  get  into  the  California 
on  the  occasion  referred  to.  Wednesday  next  Mr.  John  Wilson  comes  in 
for  his  annual  bumper. 

Academy  of  Music. —The  de  Murska  opera  season  has  achieved 
only  a  moderate  success.  II  Trovatore  was  marked  by  some  exceedingly 
florid  and  exceptionally  fine  singing  by  the  prima  donna,  and  some  fairly 
good  by  Muller.  The  orchestra,  under  Mr.  Hill,  was  about  as  bad  as 
could  be,  and  more  than  once  tried  the  patience  of  the  audience 
very  severely,  to  say  nothing  of  that  of  the  artists.  Martlia  was  better 
in  every  respect,  and  the  performance  as  an  entirety  was  most  satisfactory. 
Mr.  Muller  was  in  most  excellent  voice,  and  sang  The  Drinking  Song  " 
delightfully.  Mr.  Hablemann's  "  Lionel"  was  the  best  thing  he  has  yet 
done  while  with  us.  Miss  Beckman  adapted  herself  to  her  new  surround- 
ing very  nicely,  and  was  no  mean  support  to  the  star.  It  is  quite  a  treat 
to  see  this  superbly  handsome  theater  filled  with  a  large  and  fashionable 
audience. 

Grand  Opera  House. --"Round  the  World  in  Eighty  Days  "  will  be 
long  remembered  in  Pacific  Theatrical  annals  as  the  "big  run."  No 
dirainuition  of  the  attendance  is  yet  discernible.  The  new  features  this 
week  are  some  clever  new  local  sketches  by  Kennedy,  and  the  Niagara 
scene,  introducing  a  rope  walker,  who  is  not  the  most  expert  at  his  pro- 
fession we  have  seen.  The  audience  will  probably  be  rewarded  by  a 
tumble  from  this  worthy  some  night.  Mr.  Dawson  makes  the  mistake  of 
lately  rather  overdoing  his  clever  sketch  of  the  "beat."  Monday  the 
play  enters  its  second  month,  and  the  end  is  not  yet. 

Egyptian  Hall. —  This  little  place  on  Geary  street  has  been  doing  a 
peculiar  but  prosperous  business  of  late.  There  is  not  much  to  be  said  as 
to  the  merit  of  the  acting  displayed,  but  the  ghostly  effects  and  the  results 
of  the  "  spo}k"  producing  apparatus  are  all  that  can  be  desired.  The 
optical  illusions  are  very  well  done,  indeed;  and,  despite  the  diminutive 
stage  and  one  or  two  minor  drawbacks,  one  can  be  horrified  very 
thoroughly  and  comfortable  at  the  "  Hall." 

Alhambra  Theater.— The  variety  company  at  this  place  is  doing  a 
capital  business,  largely  the  result,  doubtless,  of  the  popular  prices. 
Some  of  the  acts,  notably  that  of  Alice  Jourdan  and  the  Performing 
Dogs,  are  exceedingly  good  and  highly  appreciated.  A  good  variety  thea- 
ter in  that  locality  cannot  fail  of  success,  and  Manager  Maguire  has  done 
the  right  thing  exactly  in  regard  to  this  place. 

Maguire's  Opera  House.- The  new  minstrels  are  doing  fairly,  and 
really  deserve  an  immense  business  on  their  own  merits.  Johnson  & 
Bruno  are  almost  phenomenal  in  their  dancing,  and  Foster's  political 
stump  speech  is  unique  of  its  kind  and  genuinely  funny — very  high  praise 
in  these  days  of  "  stale,  flat  and  unprofitable"  repetitions. 

Miss  Hattie  Roache,  formerly  of  the  California  Theater,  and  later 
of  Baldwin's,  has  made  quite  a  hit  in  Austria  as  "Camille,"  Lady  Isa- 
bel" in  East  Lynuc,  "  Pauline"  in  The  Lady  of  Lyons,  and  "  Mrs.  Van 
Brugh  "  in  Gilbert's  play  of  Charity.  She  is  starring  with  Mr.  Chaplin 
under  the  management  of  Sam.  Lazar,  and  her  many  friends  will  be  glad 
to  hear  of  her  brilliant  success. 


The  sole  agents  for  Kruy 
Co.,  525  Front  street. 


Private  Cuvee  are  Hellmann  Brothers  & 


K 


The  one  annual  benefit  par  excellence  which  theater-goers  love  to 
honor,  is  that  of  Mr.  Henry  Edwards.  This  happy  occasion  is  set  for 
Monday  evening  next,  the  12th  instant.  The  bill  comprises  the  play  of 
The  Woman  in  White  and  the  drama  of  Pocahontas.  If  the  theater  could 
hold  all  Mr.  Edwards'  friends  (which  no  edifice  yet  constructed  could)  the 
audience  would  not  be  half  so  large  as  we  should  wish  for  him  on  this 
occasion.  That  the  California  Theater  will  be  cr.nvded  from  floor  to  ceil- 
ing need  not  be  doubted,  and  Mr.  Edwards  will  accept  our  congratula- 
tions on  the  event. 

The  worthy  treasurer  of  the  California  Theater,  Mr.  T.  J.  French, 
is  underlined  for  a  benefit  on  Friday  evening  next.  The  play.  Lost  at 
Sea,  will  be  the  piece  de  resistance  of  the  evening,  and  the  cast  will  be  ex- 
actly the  same  as  that  presented  seven  years  ago  when  this  drama  had  so 
great  a  run.  Its  revival  is  a  particularly  happy  selection,  and  Mr. 
French  will  doubtless  be  greeted  by  a  sea  of  heads  and  a  throng  of  famil- 
iar faces,  whose  friendship  he  has  won  by  his  unswerving  politeness  and 
constant  attention  to  the  duties  of  his  office. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  street,  between  Third  and  Fourth.--- Acting?  Man- 
ager, Mr.  Chas.  Wheatleigh ;  Scenic  Artist,  Mr.  Wm.  Vocgtlin.  Last  Nights 
of  THE  TOUR  OF  THE  WORLD  IN  EIGHTY  DAYS.  Time  Taklr:  England—Ec- 
centric Club,  London,  8:00  p. si  ;  Egypt  -Suez  Canal,  S:25  p.N.  ;  India— Bungalow  at 
Kholby,  8:45  p.m.  ;  The  Suttee,  Sacrificial  Pyre,  8:53  p.m.  ;  Calcutta,  9:12  p.m.  ;  Amer- 
ica—San Francisco,  9:25  p.m.  ;  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  9:55  p.m.  ;  The  Wilderness  on 
the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  10:05  p.m.  ;  Niagara,  10:20  p.m.  ;  M'LLE  WARRIGANT 
Crossing  the  River  Niagara  on  a  Single  Rope,  10:25  p.m.  ;  Atlantic  Ocean— Cabin  of 
Henrietta,  10:30  p.m.  ;  Deck  of  Henrietta,  10:40  p.m.  ;  Explosion  of  Henrietta,  10:45 
r.M.  ;  England—  Liverpool,  10:50  p.m.  ;  London,  Eccentric  Club.  11:05  p  m.  THE 
TOUR  OF  THE  'WORLD  MATINEE  this  Afternoon  at  2  o'clock. March  10. 

BALDWIN'S    ACADEWY    OF    MUSIC. 

Market  street,  between  Stockton  anil  Powell. —The  lima 
DE  MURSKA  GRAND  OPERA  SEASON  !  MURSKA-FABBRI  OPERA  COM- 
BINATION. Manager,  Charles  Fritsch.  This  (Saturday)  Evening-,  Marcb  10th— 
Verdi's  Grand  Dramatic  Opera  in  four  acts,  IL  TROVATORE.  M'LLE.  ILMA  DE 
MURSKA  in  her  unsurpassed  character,  as  LEONORA  ;  Azucena,  Louisa  Beckmann  ; 
Count  di  Luna,  Jae.  Muller  ;  Manrico,  Theo.  Habelmann,  etc.,  etc.  Powerful  Chorus 
and  Enlarged  Orchestra.  Conductor,  Mr.  J.  Hill.  Box  Office  open  daily  at  Bald- 
win's Academy  of  Music.  This  Afternoon,  at  2  o'clock,  First  Grand  Murska  Opera 
Matinee — MARTHA.  March  10. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Bash  street,  above  Kearny.— John  McCullough,  Proprietor 
and  Manager  ;  Barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager.  This  (Saturdav)  Evening',  March 
10th,  last  night  of  MISS  JEFFREYS  LEWIS,  when  will  be  presented  the  eomedy- 
drama  entitled  ALIXE  !  "  Alixe,"  Miss  Jeffreys  Lewis.  This  Afternoon— Last  time 
of  DIVORCE.  Monday  Evening,  March  12th— Annual  Benefit  of  MR.  HENRY  ED- 
WARDS. Tuesday  Evening— Benefit  of  ALICE  KINGSBURY.  Wednesday— Bene- 
fit of  JOHN  WILSON.  Thursday— MISS  ROSE  MOSS  as  LEAH.  Friday-Benefit 
of  MR.  T.  J.  FRENCH. M'arch  10. 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER, 
earny  street,  between  Washington  and  Jackson.-— Samuel 

Tetlow,  Proprietor.  THE  LA VARNfES,  CARRIE  and  FRANK,  Burlesque 
Specialty  Artists  and  Vocalists.  CHARLEY  REED.  CARRIE  LEON  and  SAM 
SWAIN,  the  Celebrated  Acrobatic  Song  and  Dance  Artists.  SHED  LeCLAIR,  the 
Great  Flying  Trapeze  Artist.  MADGE  AISTON,  Song  and  Dance  Artist.  EDWARD 
GLOVER,  the  Celebrated  Australian  Comic  Singer.  The  Great  Double  Companj*  in 
Comedy,  Farce  and  Drama.  March  10. 

MAGUIRE'S    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Bush  street,  between  Montgomery  anil  Kearny.  —  Thos. 
Maguire,  Jr.,  Proprietor  and  Manager.  This  Evening,  at  8  o'clock,  and  every 
evening  during  the  week,  MAGUIRE'S  MINSTRELS  !  Entire  Change  jf  Programme  ! 
THE  SELDOM-FED  BRIGADE!  THE  ELECTORAL  COMMISSION!  FOUR 
O'CLOCK  IN  THE  MORNING  !  CAGLIOSTRO,  THE  WIZARD  !  BAD  WHISKY  ! 
Grand  Matinee  on  Saturday,  at  2  P.M. March  10. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

The  Neilson  Season.— The  Management  begs  to  state  that 
the  engagement  of  the  world-famous  MISS  NEILSON  will  commence  on  MON- 
DAY EVENING,  March  19th,  when  she  will  appear  in  her  wonderful  impersonation 
of  SHAKSPEARE'S  JULIET.  Parties  wishing  to  secure  Scats  or  Private  Boxes  for 
the  Season  can  do  so  by  applying  at  the  Box  Office.  March  10. 

ANNOUNCEMENT. 

A  lice  Kingsbury  takes  great  pleasure  in  announcing  that 
she  will  take  a  Benefit  at  the  California  Theater,  on  TUESDAY  EVENING, 
March  13th.  on  which  occasion  she  wishes  to  see  all  her  friends.  She  will  appear  as 
FANCHON  and  TELULA. [March  10.] ALICE  KINGSBURY. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager.—  Friday  Evening,  March 
15th,  Benefit  of  T.  J.  FRENCH,  Treasurer  of  the  California  Theater,  when 
will  he  produced,  with  all  the  company  in  the  caste,  the  sensational  plav  of  LOST 
AT  SEA. March  10. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Thursday,  March  15th,  Miss  Rose  Moss  will  appear  in  the 
great  character  <rf  LEAH,  THE  FORSAKEN,  with  introduction  of  Original 
Music.     Box  Sheet  now  open.  March  10. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Annual  Benefit  of  Henry  Edwards,  on  Monday  Evening, 
March  12th—  WOMAN  IN  WHITE  and  POCAHONTAS.     Box  Plan  now  open. 

HAVESSTICK    &    LATHROP, 

Money  Brokers,  410  1-2  California  street,  between  Bank  of 
California  and  London  and  San  Francisco  Bank.  Silver  and  Currency  a  spe- 
cialty, and  to  those  wishing  to  buy  or  sell,  either  in  large  or  small  amounts,  we  can 
offer  superior  advantages.  March  10. 

ONE    OF    THE    FIRST    COGNAC    HOUSES, 

Being  disengaged  for  this  market,  is  open  to  make  special 
arrangements  with  any  good  house  who  can  influence  a  large  trade.  No  Con- 
signments.    None  need  apply  but  those  who  can  do  a  large  business.     Replv  to 
March  10. L    RYDER.  7  Trafalgar  Square,  Stepney,  London,  E. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Home  Mutual  lusnrance    Company. --This  Company  will 
pay  a  dividend  of  1  per  cent,  upon  its  capital  stock  on  and  after  March  10th, 
1877.                                                                           CHARLES  R.  STORY.  Secretary, 
March  10. 4()li  California  street. 

NOTICE. 

Mr.  James  Wheeland  has  an  interest  in  my  business  from 
date,  January  1st,  1877.  S.  P.  COLLINS, 

March  10.  329  Montgomery  street. 


March   10,  1877. 


C  OJFORKIA    ADVERTISER 


THE    WAY    OP    THE    WORLD, 
ura  beautiful  naga  that  ire  oewi 
And  oainai  thai  i  >kan; 

Then  are  1  1-.  oare, 

And  kept  u  a  Mend  token; 
Then  in  fi  dim 

With  keen  that  have  n  them, 

Far  the  Hokle  wordi  and  faith] 

That  taught  oa  how  to  Lova  them. 

Then  an  righa  thai  oome  in  our  joyous  hours 

To  ohaaten  our  dreams  of  glaaaeas, 
Anil  bean  that  spring  t>>  oar  aching  ayea 

In  boon  "f  thou  hi  td&i 

Fur  the  blithest  bird  that  klnga  in  Spring 

Will  Hit  the  waning  Summer, 
And  Una  that  wo  Idaaed  in  fondest  love 

Will  smile  on  the  first  newcomer. 

Over  tho  breast  when  lilies  rest, 

In  white  hands  still  Forever, 
The  rosea  of  Jnne  will  nod  and  blow, 

Unheeding  the  hearts  that  sever. 
Ami  lip*  that  quiver  in  silent  grief, 

All  words  of  hope  refusing', 

Will    lightly  smile  to  the  fleeting    JOyS 
That  perish  with  the  using. 

Summer  blossoms  and  Winter  snows, 

Love  and  its  sweet  elyaian; 
Hope,  like  a  siren  dim  and  fair, 

Quickening  our  fainting  vision; 
Drooping  spirit  and  fainting  pulse 

When  untold  memories  hover, 
Eyelids  touched  with  the  seal  of  death, 

And  ttie  fitful  dream  is  over. 


A  PLUCKY  ARTIST. 
If  any  ambitious  young  artist  would  like  to  eclipse  the  fame  of  the 
late  Sir  Edwin  Landseer,  he  would  do  well  to  ponder  an  anecdote  related 
in  some  memoirs  lately  published,  or  about  to  be  published,  of  which  the 
celebrated  Martin,  the  "  dompteur,"  is  the  hero.  It  is  said,  that  Martin, 
while  he  was  staying  at  Ghent  in  1825,  noticed  among  the  most  constant 
attendants  at  his  menagerie  a  young  man  who,  by  reason  of  the  drawing 
materials  lie  brought  with  him  and  freely  employed,  stood  confessed  an 
artist.  Martin  yearned  toward  him,  and  the  two  became  thick  as  thieves. 
One  day  the  enthusiastic  artist,  while  talcing  the  portrait  of  a  noble  lion, 
called  Nero,  complained  bitterly  that  the  bars  of  the  cage  were  in  the 
way.  *'  Don't  let  that  be  any  obstacle,"  said  the  "  dompteur"  sympathiz- 
ing^; "  if  you  will  come  with  me  into  Nero's  '  apartment,'  and  allow  me 
to  introduce  you,  I  can  answer  for  it  that  he  will  show  how  flattered  he  is 
by  a  visit  from  so  excellent  an  artist,  and  will  give  you  every  facility  for 
handing  down  his  features  to  posterity."  The  artist,  strange  to  say, 
jumped  at  the  offer,  and  Martin,  who  was  not  the  man  to  lose  an  oppor- 
tunity of  advertising  himself,  sent  word  to  the  Duke  of  Saxe- Weimar, 
Governor  of  Ghent,  and  to  other  notabilities,  that  he  would,  on  a  given 
day,  go  into  Nero's  cage  and  take  "un  amateur  ettranger"  with  him.  The 
Duke  did  not  fail  to  put  in  an  appearance;  the  plucky  pair  walked  into 
the  cage,  and  Nero  was  at  first  inclined  to  be  what  is  called  nasty.  But, 
reassured  by  his  master's  voice,  the  lion  went  and  lay  down  in  a  corner, 
and  the  painter,  sitting  down  opposite,  coolly  proceeded  to — cut  his  pencil. 
Having  performed  this  little  preliminary  to  his  satisfaction,  he  executed  a 
sketch  of  Nero,  which  was  pronounced  to  be  very  like.  The  "  domp- 
teur" and  the  painter  then  took  a  polite  leave  of  the  lion;  and  the  Duke, 
having  complimented  the  artist  on  the  pluck  as  well  as  talent  displayed, 
would  fain  have  purchased  the  sketch.  But  it  was  no  more  to  be  had  for 
money  than  the  water  which  David's  mighty  army  drank  from  the  well 
of  Bethlehem  was  to  be  treated  like  common  drinking  water;  and  the  art- 
ist kept  it  himself  as  the  converse  of  a  memento  mori.  His  name  was 
Verboiickhoven,  afterwards  famous  as  a  Belgian  animal  painter.  How 
much  of  his  success  he  owed  to  his  daring  feat  there  is  no  telling,  but  it 
very  likely  gave  him  the  start  which  talent  requires;  and  yet  one  would 
hardly  like  to  whisper  to  the  young  aspirant  of  to-day,  Go  thou,  a,nd  do 
likewise. 

EPITHALAMIUM. 
Last  Thursday  morning,  at  a  quarter  to  twelve— it  should  have  been 
eleven,  but  the  bride  did  not  wish  to  show  any  improper  haste — Mr.  Hip- 
polyte  Belloc,  the  banker,  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Seawell,  the  daugh- 
ter of  General  Seawell,  TJ.  S.  A.  The  ceremony  was  performed  at  the 
French  Church,  Notre  Dame  des  Victoires,  and  a  large  crowd  of  invited 
guests  and  acquaintances  filled  the  building  to  overflowing.  The  brides- 
maids were  Miss  Emily  Stevenson,  the  two  Misses  Coleman  and  Miss 
Gordon.  The  groomsmen  were  Mr.  Forest,  the  French  Consul;  Mr. 
Charles  Magner,  Mr.  Zantzinger  and  Mr.  Eugene  Dewey.  A  short  serv- 
ice was  held  before  the  altar,  but  the  bridegroom  alone  being  of  the  Cath- 
olic faith,  the  binding  ceremony  and  interchange  of  troth  were  held  in 
the  sacristy.  The  bride  and  her  maids  were  beautifully  dressed.  The 
organ,  under  the  hands  of  Mr.  Eckel,  played  most  exquisite  music.  Jenny 
Claus  gave  a  solo  on  the  violin.  The  remarkably  handsome  couple  emerged 
from  the  vestry,  the  procession  of  husband  and  wife,  with  their  attend- 
ants, swept  down  the  aisle  and  into  carriages  to  the  Palace  Hotel,  whence, 
after  a  jolly  breakfast,  special  train  to  San  Jose,  and  to-day  en  route  for 
Paris  and  the  round  of  Europe.  With  money  in  both  pockets  and  love 
on  either  side,  with  youth  and  health,  and  kind  relations  and  friends_  in 
both  hemispheres,  theirs  is  a  lot  of  great  promise,  and  one  to  be  envied 
by  all. 

A  Revenue  collector  recently  received  intimation  that  a  person 
"kept  a  trap  without  paying  duty."  The  collector  called,  and  began: 
"You  keep  a  trap,  I  understand."  "Yes."  "Have  you  a  license  for 
that  trap?  "No."  Down  goes  an  entry  of  this  candid  admission  in  the 
note-book.  "Did  you  have  a  license  last  year?"  "No."  Another  en- 
try in  the  book.  "Why  did  you  not  take  out  a  license?"  "I  did  not 
think  it  was  necessary."  "How  many  wheels  has  it?"  "None."  "Why, 
what  sort  of  a  trap  is  it?  "    "A  mouse-trap." 


PARACRAPHIANA 

Pro  Bono  Publico. 


,Ho!  every  one  who  thirsts !- (it.  t..  \.  \i.  Gihihit. 

whisky,  fwaaneieni  brandy,  and  your  a 
gin.     \\  Inn  you  wan  n hers 

■  dnd  it.    Oilman  Eiaooi  and rsguirerj 

can  make  do  ml  ,   ttock. 


Dr.  Joaaup,  the  In  van  tor  of  tha  oaUnlaid  plate,  oao  ha  ooniulted  dally 
at  hla  offloe  on  tha  oorner  <>f  Montgomery  and  Batter  ■  inven- 

tion In dentia try  has  ever  produoed  auoh   important  results,  and  I (i    Ji 
sup  brings  a  long  experience  and  exquisite  skill  to  bear  upon  all  oa 
treats. 

J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.  an?  fust  closing  nut  tlu-ir  wale  of  rcadj 
clothing,  prim-  to  the  removal  of  their  eateblianment  from  Washinjrtnn 
and  Sauaoine  to   Montgomery  and  California.     Only  a  few  duyn  remain, 
during  which  the  unprecedented  bargains  now  offered  can  be  second. 

"  Peter's  Sermon  at  Pentecost"  is  the  theme  chosen  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Scott  for  his  Sabbath  evening  discourse  in  St.  John's  Presbyterian  <  Shurch, 
Post  street.  At  11  a.  m.  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper.  Dr.  Scott 
will  preach  both  morning  and  evening,  at  11  a.  m.  and  71.  P.  m.  Public 
cordially  invited  to  attend. 


SIGNAL    SERVICE    ME TEORO LOGICAL   REPORT,    WEEK 
ENDING  MARCH  8,  1877,  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Highest    and    Lowest    Barometer. 


Frl.  2. 

Sat.  3. 

Sun  4. 

Hon.  5 

Tues  6 

Wed  7 

80.2! 

30.17 

Thr  8. 

29.04 
20.70 

30.11 
30.00 

30.1(1 
30.13 

30.17 
30.14 

30.18 
30.10 

30.17 
30.07 

Maximum  and   Minimum  Thermometer. 
59         I  59         I         02         I         06         I         62         I  60        I        00 

53  I  51  |  49  55  64  50        |         50 

Mean  Daily  Humidity, 
80         |         62         |         05         |         75         |  75         |        62         |        77 

Prevailing  Wind. 

W.         |      W.  I        NE.       |      SE.  |        W.  |        W.        |       W. 

Wind—Miles  Traveled. 

246         |       237         |         82         |       103  |         ISa       |       223         |       152 

State  of  Weather. 

Rainy.      |       Fair.       |      Fair.        |    Cloudy.    [     Rainy.     |      Clear.      |      Fair. 

Rainfall  in  Twenty-four  Hours. 

■32        |  I  |  |  .15        |  | 

Total  Rain  During  Season  beginning  July  1,  1S7G.  ..10.02  inches. 


SANITARY    NOTES. 

One  hundred  and  thirty  deaths  occurred  this  week  as  compared 
with  123  last.  There  were  76  males  and  54  females.  Fifty-three  children 
died  under  5  years  of  age;  23  deaths  occurred  between  5  and  20  years,  47 
between  20  and  60,  and  7  over  that  age;  2  persons  died  of  old  age;  of 
zymotic  diseases  33  were  diphtheria,  fever  2,  small-pox  4,  whooping- 
cough  1;  1  person  died  of  apoplexy,  and  3  of  brain  disease;  3  children 
died  of  convulsions,  and  G  of  encephalitis.  Acute  diseases  of  the  respi- 
ratory organs  have  greatly  diminished,  there  being  only  4  deaths  from 
pneumonia,  and  1  from  congestion  of  the  lungs.  But  phthisis  was  fatal 
to  21  persons.  As  the  warm  weather  advances  diseases  of  the  stomach 
and  bowels  become  more  fatal.  There  were  7  deaths  from  abdominal 
inflammations,  and  4  from  heart  disease;  28  fresh  cases  of  small-pox  have 
been  verified,  and  a  few  more  reported.  Two  weeks  ago  we  drew  atten- 
tion to  the  preventive  measures  to  keep  away  diphtheria.  We  endeav- 
ored to  show  that  it  was  a  disease  arising  from  "  filth  "  and  the  neglect  of 
the  simplest  sanitary  rules.  We  have  a  remarkable  evidence  of  this 
truth,  reflecting  the  highest  credit  on  the  management  of  the  public  insti- 
tutions in  which  orphans  and  other  children  are  maintained.  Although 
nearly  000  children  have  died  in  this  city  of  diphtheria  within  the  last 
few  months,  not  a  single  death  from  it  has  occurred  in  any  public  institu- 
tion. No  one  can  doubt  that  this  immunity  is  due  to  the  fact  that  the 
children  in  these  institutions  are  kept  in  large  and  well  ventilatud  rooms, 
wellfed  and  kept  at  home;  that  the  sanitary  construction  of  such  build- 
ings is  superior  to  that  of  ordinary  dwelling  houses;  that  the  sites  are 
wholesome  and  well  drained.  Indeed,  this  remarkable  fact  ought  to  con- 
vince the  most  skeptical  that  diphtheria  is  an  easily  preventable  disease, 
and  that  the  present  high  death  rate  from  it  is  a  reflection  on  an  educated 
and  intelligent  people. 

ART    JOTTINGS. 

A  few  of  the  many  poor  pictures  which  marred  the  art  collection  on 
Pine  street  have  been  removed.  It  is  announced  that  the  exhibition  will 
continue  without  interruption.  Let  us  hope  that  some  of  the  outrageous 
daubs  now  there  will  he  either  taken  out  or  so  elevated  that  several  good 
works,  now  practically  out  of  sight,  can  be. hung  on  the  line. 

Mr.  Yelland  has  at  Morris,  Schwab  &  Co.'s  a  California  coast  scene, 
"Whalers'  Lookout/'  in  Monterey  county.  But  for  the  name  attached, 
any  one  would  take  it  for  an  Eastern  coast  scene,  bo  many  of  which 
Mr.  Yelland  has  given  us.  Surely  there  is  a  great  difference  in  the  "look 
of  the  land"  between  California  and  New  England,  a  little  of  which 
ought  to  appear  on  canvas. 

Extreme  dullness  pervades  art  interests  in  general.  Two  of  the  picture 
stores  formerly  on  Kearny  street  have  found  it  to  their  advantage  to  move 
to  Post  street,  where  rents  are  lower,  making  in  all  on  that  thoroughfare, 
within  two  squares,  six  establishments  where  works  of  art  are  sold. 

Brookes  has  contributed  to  the  Art  Association  gallery  three  of  his 
latest  efforts  in  the  fish  line.  A  single  speckled  trout  is  in  each  picture, 
painted  in  Brookes'  usual  careful  manner,  as  is  also  the  landscape  portion 
of  the  picture,  although  it  is  quite  unlike  anything  in  that  line  we  ever 
saw,  except  similar  things  by  Brookes.  ■ 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    A?ID 


March   10,  1877. 


YOUTH. 


Child  with  the  butterfly, 

Boy  with  the  ball, 
Youth  with  the  maiden — 

Still  I  am  all. 
Wisdom  of  manhood 

Keeps  the  old  joy  j 
Conquered  illusions 

Leave  me  a  boy. 


Falsehood  and  baseness 

Teach  me  but  this  : 
Earth  still  is  beautiful, 
.  Being  in  bliss. 
Locks  to  my  temples 
Hoary  may  cling  ; 
'Tis  but  as  daises 
On  meadows  of  Spring. 
-[Bayard  T.aylor  in  Harper's  Weekly. 


LONG  WALKS. 

A  correspondent  furnishes  the  following  particulars  of  remarkable 
long  distance  walks  during  the  eighteenth  century  : — 

1702. — May  29,  John  Morgan,  a  Welshman,  for  a  wager  of  100  guineas, 
undertook  to  walk  from  London  to  Land's  End,  in  Cornwall,  and  back 
again  (612  miles),  in  fourteen  days,  which  he  accomplished  within  nine 
hours  of  the  time  allowed  him. 

17o0. — September  8,  Pearson,  a  tailor,  who  was  to  walk  300  miles  in 
Tothill  Fields,  Westminster,  in  six  days,  finished  his  journey  half  an  hour 
within  the  time  allowed  him. 

1759. — On  February  1,  George  Guest,  of  Birmingham,  who  had  laid  a 
considerable  wager  that  he  walked  1,000  miles  in  twenty-eight  days, 
finished  his  journey  with  great  ease.  It  seemed  as  if  he  had  lay  by  for 
bets,  for  in  the  last  two  days  he  had  106  miles  to  walk,  but  walked  them 
with  as  much  ease  to  himself  that,  to  show  his  agility,  he  walked  the  last 
six  miles  within  an  hour,  though  he  had  fully  six  hours  to  do  them  in. 

1765. — In  July,  a  young  woman  went  from  Blencogo,  in  Scotland,  to 
within  two  miles  of  Newcastle  in  one  day,  which  is  about  72  miles.    • 

Robert  Batley,  of  Hutford,  in  Norfolk,  when  an  old  man,  frequently 
walked  from  Thetford  to  London  (81  miles),  in  one  day,  and  back  the 
next. 

1788. — July  20,  John  Batty  undertook  to  walk  700  miles  on  Richmond 
course  in  14  days,  which  he  performed  with  great  ease.  Mr  Batty  was  in 
the  55th  year  of  his  age. 

1790. — May,  Thomas  Savagar,  a  laborer,  in  Herefordshire,  walked  404 
miles  in  six  days  over  a  very  rough  and  stony  road  between  Hereford  and 
Ludlow. 

1791. — July,  a  gentleman,  aged  77,  walked  from  London  to  Liverpool  in 
four  days,  which  is  above  50  miles  a  day. 


A    GOOD    EXAMPLE     FOR    OURSELVES. 

Assault  on  a  Chinaman.  — John  Donovan  was  charged  at  the 
Marlborough-street  Police-court  to-day  with  being  drunk  and  assaulting 
Chang  Amaon,  servant  to  one  of  the  attache's  of  the  Chinese  Embassy. 

The  complainant  (who  was  sworn  according  to  the  custom  in  China, 
namely,  by  kneeling  and  breaking  a  saucer,  and  repeating  the  following 
words,  spoken  by  Dr.  Macartney,  English  Secretary  to  the  Chinese  Lega- 
tion: "You  shall  tell  the  truth,  the  whole  truth  :  the  saucer  is  cracked, 
and  if  you  do  not  tell  the  whole  truth  your  soul  shall  be  cracked  like 
the  saucer,")  deposed  that  he  was  walking  along  Oxford-street  yesterday 
afternoon  with  a  friend,  when  the  prisoner  struck  him  a  heavy  blow  on 
the  back  of  his  head.  A  bystander  called  the  police,  and  the  prisoner 
was  taken  iuto  custody.     Mr.  Yang  Tsi  gave  corroborative  evidence. 

The  prisoner  now  said  he  was  under  the  influence  of  drink,  and  did  it 
more  out  of  play  than  anything. 

Mr.  Knox  said  he  regretted  the  occurrence  for  the  sake  of  the  country. 
The  Chinese  ambassador  had  just  landed  here  with  his  servants,  and 
about  the  first  day  of  his  doing  so  one  of  his  servants  was  made  the  vic- 
tim of  the  abominable  conduct  of  the  prisoDer.  The  magistrates  were  de- 
termined to  protect  strangers  in  London.  The  prisoner  would  be  com- 
mitted for  two  months  with  hard  labor. — London  Echo. 


SMALL-FOX. 

[For  the  San  Francisco  "News  Letter."] 

Forty  years  ago  I  was  residing  in  the  United  States  of  America,  a 
time  when  small-pox  was  raging  fearfully,  and  had  occasion  to  watch  over 
two  very  dear  friends,  stricken  with  the  disease  in  its  most  virulent  form 
(both  of  them  never  having  been  vaccinated).  The  mode  of  treatment 
was  thus  :  First,  the  apartment  darkened  with  thick  yellow  blinds,  the 
patients  repeatedly  anointed  with  olive  oil,  applied  with  a  wide  b?,dger- 
hair  brush,  and  when  thirsty  not  water  given,  but  small  pieces  of  pure 
Wenham  Lake  ice,  placed  in  the  mouth  to  suck,  and  which  affords  the  pa- 
tients great  relief.  Both  patients  were  not  in  the  least  degree  pitted,  and 
the  above  rule  is  invariably  practiced.  So  you  see  sometimes  the  most 
simple  remedies  are  overlooked,  even  by  men  of  undoubted  genius.  If 
such  suggestions  are  attended  to,  not  one  in  forty  will  be  disfigured. 

Joseph  Plnkney. 

1,  Archibald-street,  Bow-road,  London,  E.,  January  30th. 


A  little  more  than  four  years  ago  four  officers  in  India  joined  to- 
gether t»  build  a  small  dwelling-house  for  their  own  habitation  in  the  val- 
ley of  the  Jumna.  They  took  the  stoneB  for  the  construction  from  a 
native  burying-place  close  by,  whereupon  a  Fakeer  came  down  upon  them, 
denounced  them  with  terrible  curses,  and  prophesied  that  within  four 
years  every  one  of  the  four  officers  would  meet  with  a  violent  death. 
"Within  three  years  and  a  half  one  of  them  was  killed  while  pig-sticking, 
a  second  was  eaten  by  a  tiger,  and  a  third  accidentally  shot.  The  fourth, 
however,  met  with  no  harm ;  and  within  two  months  before  the  expira- 
tion of  the  time  fixed  by  the  Fakeer  was  congratulating  himself  and  his 
friends  on  his  being  certain  to  belie  the  old  mendicant's  prophecy,  when 
he  was  upset  in  a  boat  on  the  Ganges  and  drowned.  Moreover,  about 
the  same  time  the  river  adjoining  the  house  which  was  the  beginning  of 
all  the  troubles  rose  in  an  unparalled  flood,  and  swept  away  every  vestige 
of  the  building—sacred  stones  and  all.  This  story  Vanity  Fair  asserts  to 
be  absolutely  true.    

The  last  Kansas  traveler  tells  a  story  of  a  citizen  of  that  state,  who, 
while  on  board  a  steamer  on  the  Mississippi,  was  asked  by  a  gentleman 
"  whether  the  raising  of  stock  in  Arkansas  was  attended  with  much  dif- 
ficulty or  expense."  "Oh,  yes,  stranger,  they  suffer  much  from  insects." 
"Insects!  Why,  what  kind  of  insects,  pray?"  "Why,  bears,  cata- 
mounts, wolves,  audsich  like  insects."  The  stranger  stopped  further  in- 
quiry. 


INSURANCE. 


HOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

No.  406  Calilornia  street,  uext  door  to  Bank  of  California. 
Fire  Insurance  Company.  Capital,  ^100,000.  Officers  :— J.  F.  Houghton, 
President ;  Geo.  H.  Howard,  Vice-President ;  Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary.  H.  H. 
BIGELOW,  General  Manager. 

Directors.—  San  Francisco— Geo.  H.  Howard,  F.  D.  Atherton,  H.  F.  Teschemacher, 
A.  B.  Grogan,  John  H.  Redington,  A.  W.  Bowman,  C.  S.  Hobbs,  B.  M.  Hartshorne, 
D.  Conrad,  Win.  H.  Moor,  George  S.  Johnson,  H.  N.  Tilden,  W.  M.  Greenwood,  S.  L. 
Jones,  George  S.  Mann,  Cyrus  Wilson,  W.  H.  Foster,  Jr.,  Joseph  Galloway,  W.  T. 
Garratt,  C.  Waterhouse,  A.  P.  Hotaling.  Oregon  Branch— P.  Wasserman,  B.  Gold- 
smith, L.  F.  Grover,  D.  Macleay,  C.  H.  Lewis,  Lloyd  Brooke,  J.  A.  Crawford,  D.  M* 
French,  J.  Lowenberg.  Hamilton  Boyd,  Manager,  W.  L.  Ladd,  Treasurer.  Marys- 
ville  — D.  E.  Knight.  San  Diego  — A.  H.  Wilcox.  Sacramento  Branch —  Charles 
Crocker,  A.  Redington,  Mark  Hopkins,  James  Carolan,  J.  F.  Houghton,  D.  W.  Earl, 
Isaac  Lohman,  Julius  Wetzlar  ;  Julius  Wetzlar,  Manager  ;  I.  Lohmon,  Secretary. 
Stouktfin  Branch— H.  H.  Hewlett,  George  S.  Evans,  J.  D.  Peters,  N.  M.  Orr,  W.  F. 
MeKee.  A.  W.  Simpson,  A.  T.  Hudson,  H.  M.  Fanning  ;  H.  H.  Hewlett,  Manager ;  N. 
M.  Orr,  Secretary.  San  Jose  Branch— T.  Ellard  Beans,  Josiah  Belden,  A.  Pfister,  J, 
S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis,  N.  Hayes,  Noah  Palmer,  B.  D.  Murphy,  J.  J.  Denny,  Man 
ager ;  A.  E.  Moody,  Secretary.  Grass  Valley— William  Watt,  Robert  Watt.  Na- 
vada  — T.   W.  Sigourney.  Feb.  17. 

INSURANCE    AGENCY    OF 
HUTCHINSON,  MANN  &  SMITH. 

K"0    314     CALIFORNIA    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

AGENTS  FOR  TUB 


Franklin  Ins.  Co Indianapolis,  Ind  New  Orleans  Ins.  Ass'n New  Orleans. 

St.  Paul  F.  &  M.  Ins.  Co. .  .St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Atlas  Ins.  Co Hartford  Conn. 

Revere  Fire  Ins.  Co Boston. 

Girard  Ins.  Co  • Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Union  Ins.  Co Galveston,  Texas  I 

Home  Ins.  Co Columbus,  Ohio  i 

People's  Ins.  Co Newark,  N.  J. 

National  L.  I.  Co.,  U.  S.  A..Wash'n,  D.  C. 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  M  |lions. 

POLICIES    ISSUED    ON    DESIRABLE  PROPERTY  aT   FAIR  RATES.     LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  PAID. 

fiUTCHINSON,  3IANN  «1  SMITH,  General  Agents, 

Dec.  5.  314  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

FIRE  AND  MARINE  INSURANCE— UNION  INS.  CoToF  sTf! 

Tbe  California  Lloyds.--- Established  in  1861.---  Bios.  416  and 
41S  California  street.  Cash  capital  s?50,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  $1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  ! !  Solid  Security  ! !  DIRECTORS. 
— San  Francisco — J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Bore!,  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  Lawrance  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Howes,  Nicholas  Lulling,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Baum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Brandenstein,  Gustave  Toucbard,  G.  Brignardcllo,  George  C.  Hickox,  T  Lcm- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Lindenberger.  Sacramento — Edw.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Marysvillk — L.  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  O. — 
Henry  Failing.     Nkw  York— J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President.                      N.  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 
Charles  D.  Haven,  Secretary.         Geo.  T.  Boiikn,  Surveyor. Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
FIRE     AM)    MARINE. 

C^asfa  Assets,  Tan.  1st,  1876,  8478,000.--- Principal  Office, 
J  218  and  £20  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  :— Peter  Donahuk,  Pres- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Cusiiing,  Secretary  ;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  ok  Directors: — Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Bocqueraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailev,  E.  W.  Corbert, 
George  O.  McMuIlin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson,  Dr.  C.  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  Ivers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County.  H.  W.  Scale,  Mayficld.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has.  transacted  the  business  of  Life  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  ovcrFoi'RTEKN  Million  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  Hurplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  complied  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.  ] 313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

HAMBURG-MAGDEBURG  FIRE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  HAMBURG. 

This  Company  is  now  prepared  to  issue  policies  against 
Loss  or  Damage  by  Fire  at  current  rates.  Every  risk  taken  by  this  Company 
is  participated  in  by  three  of  the  largest  German  Fire  Insurance  Companies,  repre- 
senting an  aggregate  capital  and  surplus  of  over  SIXTY-FOUR  MILLION  MARK, 
equal  to*SIXTEEN  MILLION  DOLLARS,  U.  S.  GOLD,  thus  enabling  this  Company 
to  accept  large  lines.  GUTTE  &  FRANK,  General  Agents, 

Sept.  23.  321  Battery  street. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE     FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN, 

GERMANY. 

Capital,  6,000,000  Kt'icnOIar  ks.  $1,300,000  V.  $ .  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAN,  HIRSCHFELD  &  CO., 
Nov.  4. Office  :  No.  302  Sansome  street,  under  W.  F.  &  Co.'s  Bank. 

~~    ~                            ESTABLISHED    1821.  ~~ 

Capital,  Gold $10,000,000. 

OVARDIAN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  OF    lOXDOX. 
Dec.  16. Agents  :  BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO.,  230  California  at. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  $15,000, OOO  :  Accumulated   Funds,  up- 
wards of  86,750,000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurance,  si, 380,000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN   ASSURANCE  CO,,    OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

(~1a*ii  Assets,  $1,207,483.— London  Assurance  Corporation, 
J    of  London,    England.    Cash  Assets,  §14,933,460. — Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.  CROSS  &  CO.,  General  Agents, 

Jan.  20.  310  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL, 
lapital  85,000,000.— Agents:   Balfour,  Gutbrie  &.  Co.,  No. 


C8 


230  California  street,  San  Francisco. 


No.  IS. 


E.  D.  Edwards. 


J.  Craig. 


E.  L.  Craig. 
CRAIG,    EDWARDS    &    CRAIG, 

Attorneys  and  Counselors  at  Lav.    Land  Suits  and  Patent  Rigbt 
Cases  a  Specialty.     No.  240  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco    California. 
[July  29.] 


March    10,  1877, 


CALIFORNIA     Al»\  ERTISER. 


WHAT    THE    WORLD    SAYS. 


It  ia  generally  supposed  thai  it  b  only  »  Libert  Government 

.  but  it  would  mem  that  if 

■  rovernment  office*      '  nt  out 

miniaaionei    t-.  an   island  in  the  habitant! 

rheadswtth  their  governor.  The  judge  in  question  ai  i 
matters  to  Um  satisfaction  nf  all  concerned,  and  tha  legislature  of  the 
robed  him  an  houorarinm  of  a  thousand  pounds, ;»-  ;i  mirk  of  tli.-ir 
This  sum  the  Colonial  Office  duly  handed 
over  t-<  him  on  bis  return  to  England  some  months  book  :  and  hu  surprise 
may  be  fudged  of  when,  a  week  or  two  ago,  he  was  requested  to  refund 
sufficient  t«.  pay  for  his  passage  to  the  island  in  question,  tn  ordi  r 
Insult  t"  injury,  it  was  added  that  Lord  Carnarvon  would,  if  requested, 
make  application  to  the  island  legislature  to  vote  the  sum  necessary  to 
recoup  the  special  commissioner  the  monej  rlaimeii  of  him  U\  the  0<>ln 
nial  Office.  Phis  Irfnd  offer  was  declined  in  terms  which  can  hardly  have 
been  pleasant  reading  for  its  proposer. 


Mr.  Martin  ChuzzJewit  asked  Colonel  Diver,  "Is  smartness  Ameri- 
iv'.'  The  gallant  colonel  and  editor  of  the  Rowdy  Journal 
replied,  "Well,  C  expect  it's  Amerioan  for  a  good  mauy  things  that  you 
call  by  other  namea  But  you  can't  help  yourselves  in  Europe.  We 
I  was  reminded  of  this  interesting  characteristic  question  and  an- 
Bwerwhen  1  heard  the  other  day  whal  was  said  during  an  interview  be- 
tweensome  English  merchantB  and  the  United  .States  Minister.  The 
former  were  anxious  to  know  what  chance  they  had  in  getting  a  Bill  re- 
lating to  an  international  enterprise  passed   llin.udi  Congress.      With  the 

candor  of  Colonel  Diver,  the  Minister  replied  that  it  would  be  necessary 
to  bribe  heavily  in  order  to  succeed.  When  asked  if  he  really  meant 
that  bribery  was  a  concomitant  <>f  legislation  in  the  great  Republic,  he 
ed  himself,  and  said  that  it  would  be  essential  to  use  much  "in- 
fluence.*' What  newspaper  "enterprise"  in  the  United  States  means, 
the  English  public  are  aware.  They  now  know  how  to  translate  the  word 
' '  influence. " —  World. 

A  young  lady  with  whom  I  have  the  pleasure  to  be  acquainted  asked 
me  the  other  day  what  nation  I  considered  to  be  of  the  most  importance 
to  England  in  the  present  crisis.  Believing  my  young  friend  to  be  of  a 
sensible  turn  of  mind,  and  not  given  to  frivolous  jesting  on  grave  mat- 
ter-, I  briefly  reviewed  the  Eastern  Question  in  all  its  bearings,  and  so 
arrived  at  the  conclusion— which  I  have  the  honor  to  think  I  share  with 
the  lords  and  gentlemen  in  Parliament  assembled  and  my  fellow-country- 
men assembled — that  I  did  not  know;  and  having  made  my  confession, 
awaited  the  information  curiously.  "Vaccination,"  was  the  answer; 
and  1  felt  foolish.  The  wisdom  of  the  remark  I  could  not  but  acknow- 
iedge  :  but  my  soul  was  sore  within  me,  and  it  was  with  difficulty  that  I 
refrained  from  mentioning  yet  another  nation,  prefixed  by  that  one  sylla- 
ble which  Byron  grandiloquently  styles  the  '  nucleus  of  England's  native 
eloquence.' — Gorrespondt,  nt  Atfn.i. 

Mr.  Chitty,  Q.  C. ,  of  famous  ancestral  and  personal  repute  in  all 
matters  involving  recondite  legal  lore,  is  a  man  to  be  envied.  He  could 
not  attend  the  recent  inauguration  of  the  new  hall  opened  at  Balliol  Col- 
lege, Oxford.  For  why?  as  the  late  Canon  Kingsley  would  have  Baid. 
The  learned  gentleman  was  retained,  it  seems,  on  the  day  in  question  in 
every  case  put  down  for  bearing  in  the  Rolls  Court,  and  on  the  following 
day  in  every  case  but  one  before  the  tribunal,  as  well  as  in  other  suits  to 
be  argued  in  the  Court  of  Appeal.  Mr.  Chitty  is  one  of  those  rare  lead- 
ing counsel  at  the  Chancery  bar  who  never  accept  briefs  in  cases  where 
they  cannot  personally  conduct  the  same. 


We  all  of  us  know  the  impecunious  gentleman  who,  in  three  weeks, 
will  come  into  some  property,  but  who,  in  the  interval,  would  be  glad  of 
a  ten-pound  note.  That  is,  I  am  assured  on  excellent  authority,  the  ex- 
act condition  of  the  Khedive,  who,  a  few  days  ago,  summoned  all  the 
heads  of  the  leading  firms  in  Egypt,  explained  that  unless  he  could  get 
an  immediate  advance  the  smash-up  was  inevitable,  and  extracted  a  hand- 
some subscription  of  one  thousand  from  each  firm.  Egypt  believes  in 
Goshen. — Atlas  Correspondent. 

We  have  just  been  informed  that  at  the  last  petty  sessions  holden 
not  one  hundred  miles  from  Holland  House,  a  facetious  Boniface  pre- 
sented a  petition  for  leave  to  alter  the  sign  of  his  ale-house.  '  And  what 
is  the  sign?'  inquired  the  chairmam.  "  Please  your  worship,  it  is  'The 
Gladstone  ;'  but  my  customers  wish  me  to  call  it  by  its  old  name."  'And 
what  was  that?'  rejoined  the  chairman.  "  Please,  your  worship,  "The 
Magpie  and  Stump.'  "    Hilarite  generate  et  prolongee.     Leave  granted. 

Here  is  a  chance  for  young  gentlemen  with  a  taste  for  letter- writing 
(see  Daily  News,  Jan.  25th): 

'A  Danish  lady,  of  noble  family,  wishes  to  correspond  with  an  English 
gentleman  of  good  family  for  her  pleasure,  and  improving  herself  in  the 
English  language.— Please  address  to  Miss ,  Copenhagen.' 

We  sincerely  trust  that  this  Danish  lady  will  meet  with  some  modern 
Walpole,  and  that  her  knowledge  of  the  English  language  may  be  im- 
proved. ^ 

In  a  lecture  delivered  the  other  day,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Donald  Eraser 
said:  "Nothing  is  more  common  now  than  sensational  preaching — one  of 
the  greatest  blots  on  the  age,  preaching  advertised  like  the  performance 
of  conjurors,  and  mountebanks,  and  preachers  announcing  odd  topics  and 
working  up — for  the  newspapers  chiefly — the  incidents  of  the  week,  in 
order  to  draw  a  vagrant  crowd. " 


We  must  go  to  Canada  for  English  news.  The  following  informa- 
tion is  given  in  the  Toronto  Globe  of  the  26th  ult. : 

'It  is  said  that  Earl  Dudley  of  England,  who  is  sixty  years  old,  has 
offered  to  bet  825,000  to  §25  that  the  son  of  Napoleon  III.  will  be  offi- 
cially proclaimed  Emperor  of  France  during  the  Earl's  lifetime,  and  that 
the  odds  were  at  once  accepted  by  the  Prince  of  Wales  and  by  three 
other  persons.' 


The  death  of  J.imea  Merry  [DQ<|  ,,f 

uid   a   wealth;  Gl  i 

pled  i 

nt,  the  worthy  follower  of  St,    Mi 
1  i  ii   I   thou  hi   you  could!' 

turfite,  end  paid  the   mom  y.      l  hi    ton 
told  of  William   the  Con. 

),'";!. ';>'  V  '  ' "•'"  vi-!t  *«  Francis  I.  iii 

the  Field  •  •{  the  fifth  of  Gold. 


Why  do  not  managers  of  theaters  h  m  the  numbers  of  their  etaUs 
!  in  large  plain  figure*  1     In  a  dimly-lighted  theater  il    i 
impossible  to  see  the  microaoopio  numerals  with    which  the;  are  nr 
tingutehed.     A  short-sighted  man,  with  hie  glass  in  hu  eye,  shunted  En  at 
l  of  the  n.w,  blundering  along  and  apparently  trying  t..  imell  all 

the  numbers,  i.s  a  melancholy  spectacle. 


The  Sultan  is  the  hu  band  of  one  wife,  and  the  Sultana  ta  credibly 
KP^l™  '"  be  ;(  Belgian,  very  pretty,  very  clever,  and  .-no-  apupilof 
Madame  Ehse,  It  is  not  the  first  time  that  a  Western  woman  has  bi  Id 
the  Padishah  in  away.  The  Sultan,  who  Ea  lomewhatoi  an  in 
youth,  is  reported  to  have  inquired  of  his  wife  if  she  had  ever  met  Lady 
Salisbury.     "She  was  not  of  my  set,"  was  the  reply. 

How  often,  says  an  American  philosopher,  in  the  bright  days  of 
our  prosperity,  when  the  hours  fly  past  on  golden  wings,  and  the  world 
seems  made  aolely  for  our  happiness,  we  are  stunned  by  the  shock  of  un- 
foreseen reverses,  like  a  boy,  with  his  guileless  countenance  wreathed  in 
smiles  that  are  the  reflex  of  the  happiness  of  his  heart,  slides  down  the 
front  stair  bannister  to  find,  alas!  too  late  to  stop  his  downward  com  ■ 
that  some  one  has  left  the  hall-lamp  sitting  on  the  lower  post. 


OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL  STEAMSHIP    COMPANY, 

For  Japan  ami  China,  leave  wharf,  corner  I" i  rsi  and  Bran- 
nan  streets,  at  ikm.ii,    for  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONGKONG,   connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

OCEANIC lanuary  10th,  April  17th,  July  17th  and  October  10th. 

BELG1C February  Kith,  Mav  Kith,  August  16th  and  November  [6th. 

GAELIC March  16th,  June  10th,  September  18th  and  December  18th. 

Cabin   Plans  on  Exhibition,    and    Passage   Tickets  for  sale  at    No.   4  New    Mont- 
gomery street.    For  Freight,   pply  at  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf, 
T.  H.  GOODMAN.  General  Passenger  Agent. 
GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President.  ficc.  23. 

NOTICE. 

The  copartnership  heretofore  existing  under  the  firm  name 
of  FRY,  NEAL  &  CO.,  was  dissolved  February  10th,  1S77,  by  mutual  consent, 
Edward  M.  Fry  retiring  from  the  Arm.  FRY,  NEAL  &  CO.  will  pay  all  liabilities  Ol 
the  firm,  and  all  indebtedness  must  be  paid  to  them. 

J.  D.  FRY,  EDWARD  M.  FRY,  CHARLES  S.  NEAL 

The  undersigned  haveformed  a  copartnership  under  the  firm  name  of  FRY,  NEAL 
&  CO.,  and  will  continue  the  business  of  buying  and  selling  mining  and  other  stocks 
on  commission  at  330  Montgomery  street. 

J.  D.  FRY,  LAUREN  E.  CRANE,  CHARLES  S.  NEAL. 

San  Francisco,  February  10,  1877.  Feb.  24. 

PACIFIC   MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY- 

Freight  Department.— From  anil  after  this  date,  Mr.  Geo. 
H.  It  ice  will  act  as  Freight  Solicitor  fortius  Company.     He  can  be  found  at 
Office,  218  California  street,  where  Shipping  Orders  may  be  obtained  until  12  o'clock, 
noon,  of  the  day  previous  to  the  departure  of  the  steamers.     Applications  after  that 
time  must  be  made  at  office,  corner  First  and  Brainian  .streets. 
Feb.  24.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

ODORLESS 

Excavating-  Apparatus  Company  of  San  Francisco.--  Emptj  - 
ing  Vaults,  Sinks,  Cesspools,  Sewers,  Cellars,  Wells  and  Excavations  in  the  day- 
time without  offence.  Orders  left  at  the  following  places  will  receive  prompt  atten- 
tion: Madison  &  Burke's,  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  streets;  Office  Super- 
intendent of  Streets,  City  Hall;  Office,  012  Commercial  street,  or  addressed  to  Presi- 
dent, Post  Office  box  10,  City.  Feb.  3. 

NOBLE    &    GALLAGHER, 

Importers  and  Dealers  In  Painters'  Materials,  House,  Sign 
and  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper-Hangers  and  Glaziers,  No.  438 
Juekson  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Sansome,  San  Francisco.  Ceilings  and 
Walls  Kalsomined  and  Colored.     Jobbing  promptly  attended  to.  May  13. 

CAREW    LEDGER    PAPERS 

Have  no  equal  for  making?  Blank  Books.    John  G.  Ifodffe 
&  Co.,  Importers  and  Manufacturing  Stationers,  327,  329,  331  Sansome  street 
Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast.  Nov.  4. 

"BUGS    IN    SPRING    VALLEY    WATER." 

Jewett's  Water  Filter  and  Cooler  Should  be  ITsed  In  Every 
Family,  Hotel,  Restaurant,  Saloon,  etc.     For  sale  by     E.  K.  HOWES  &  CO, . 
Feb.  17.  118,  120  and  122  Front  street. 


o 


E.    MALLANDA1NE,     ARCHITECT. 
fflce  S18  California  Street,  Room  13. 


QUICKSILVER. 
or  sale— In  lots  to  suit,  by  Thomas  Bell,  Ho.  305  Sansome 

street,  over  Bank  of  California.  Nov.  16. 


F 


NOTICE. 
or  the  very  best  photographs  g-o  to  Bradley  A  it u lo (son's, 

'n  an  Elevator,  420  Montgomery  street.  Oct.  29. 


P 


Patents  Procured.    Total  Cost,  *■>■"».  including  Government 
fee.     Send  for  pamphlet  to 
March  3.  KNIGHT  &  KNIGHT,  Washington,  D.  0. 

CASTLE    BROTHERS— [Established,  1850.] 

Importers  or  Teas  and  East  India  Goods,  Bios.  213  and  315 
Frout  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  13. 


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SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER*   AND 


March  10,  1877. 


BEARING  THE  MARKET. 
The  general  conditiou  of  the  stock  market  has  been  anything  but 
satisfactory  for  a  long-  time  past.  There  are  not  many  brokers,  strictly  as 
such,  whose  books,  if  they  show  any  profit  at  all,  make  a  display  at  the 
end  of  last  year  to  compare  in  any  way  with  that  of  the  year  before.  In 
most  branches  of  trade,  as  well  as  in  mining  stocks,  business  has  been 
more  distressed  than  at  any  period  since  the  bonanza  kings  came  promi- 
nently into  notice,  and  there  are  causes  at  work  which  forbid  us  to  look  for- 
ward to  any  substantial  improvement  for  some  time  to  come.  Economy 
and  retrenchment  are  everywhere  the  order  of  the  day  in  private  circles, 
and  the  results  cannot  but  be  painfully  manifest  in  the  returns  of  all 
classes  of  storekeepers.  People  who  have  a  little  money  are  afraid  to 
part  with  it.  Investments  which  used  to  command  implicit  confidence 
are  now  looked  upon  with  suspicion.  The  banks  have  more  money  than 
they  know  what  to  do  with,  and  as  for  the  stockbrokers,  one  half  of 
them  would  be  better  off  to-day  if  they  had  gone  out  of  business  a  year 
ago.  At  such  a  time  as  this,  newspapers  could  scarcely  be  engaged  in  a 
more  superfluous  task  than  that  of  adding  increased  depression  to  a  stag- 
nant market.  The  public  are  easily  scared,  and  when  the  writers  of  ar- 
ticles make  up  their  minds  to  take  a  gloomy  view  of  everything,  and  to 
disparage  all  kinds  of  securities,  they  are  not  sufficiently  conscious  of  the 
mischief  they  occasion.  Most  small  investors  buy  stock  on  the  recom- 
mendation of  others,  and  when  the  morning  paper  persistently  cries  out 
that  no  one  and  nothing  is  to  be  trusted,  and  utters  doleful  predictions  of 
coming  misfortune,  the  only  result  is  that  timid  holders  are  induced  to 
part  with  their  securities  at  a  sacrifice,  and  the  market  is  flooded  with 
stock  that  nobody  wants  to  buy.  Such  is  the  state  of  affairs  at  present. 
Every  broker  has  orders  to  sell  shares  which  are  intrinsically  as  good  as 
ever  they  were,  but  which  his  customers  are  afraid  to  hold  longer  for  fear 
of  some  grand  but  indefinable  collapse.  Because  a  raid  was  made  on 
some  large  holders  of  Justice,  or  because  a  meeting  is  held  of  dissatisfied 
shareholders  in  the  Morgan,  doubt  is  thrown  upon  the  whole  of  the  Corn- 
stock  mines.  During  the  past  six  months  hundreds  of  investors  have 
parted  with  shares  in  thoroughly  good  sound  mines  at  prices  far  below 
their  real  or  even  market  value.  Nothing  can  be  more  unnecessary  or 
more  foolish.  It  is  true  that  greater  discrimination  ought  to  be  used  in 
the  selection  of  investments,  but  to  put  the  t*ood  and  the  bad  in  one  lump 
and  to  throw  them  all  overboard  in  a  panic,  is  a  policy  which  can  only 
benefit  a  few  unscrupulous  speculators  who  stand  in  the  background. 
With  proper  discernment  and  prudence,  this  is  a  time  rather  to  buy  than 
to  sell,  as  many  small  investors  will  see  when  it  is  too  late.  Any  one, 
therefore,  who  controls  the  pubHc  journals  ought  seriously  to  consider  his 
responsibilities,  and  if  he  cannot  do  any  good,  he  should  at  least  abstain 
from  doing  any  harm.  The  best  advice  that  can  be  offered  to  the  holders 
of  really  good  securities  is  to  lock  them  up,  and  pay  no  attention  to  the 
depression  of  the  market.  The  mines  are  not  in  the  hopeless  state  that 
some  writers  would  lead  us  to  believe,  and  it  is  a  pity  that  they  cannot  be 
induced  occasionally  to  show  us  the  bright  side  of  the  picture  as  well  as 
the  dark  one.  For  people  to  distrust  all  such  properties  is  as  wild  and 
stupid  a  course  as  it  was  for  them  in  times  of  excitement  to  put  blind 
confidence  in  the  management  of  certain  companies  which  could  always 
have  paid  their  way  if  they  had  been  in  honest  hands. 

NEW  SOUTH  WALES. 
The  British  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  will  regard,  perhaps,  with 
Borne  envy  a  telegram  which  was  received  from  Sydney  a  few  days  ago. 
So  far  Australia  seems  to  have  suffered  less  than  any  other  part  of  the 
world  from  the  almost  universal  depression  of  trade;  for,  although  the 
price  of  the  main  export,  wool,  fell  nearly  30  per  cent  at  the  Summer 
sales,  there  was  a  very  speedy  recovery,  and  it  soon  became  apparent  that 
the  reduction  was  due  to  panic  or  temporary  combination  among  buyers 
rather  than  to  any  glut  in  the  market.  Of  all  the  Australian  colonies, 
however,  New  South  Wales  has  of  late  made  the  most  surprising  advance 
in  general  prosperity,  and  such  a  budget  as  that  which  has  just  been  put 
forward  by  the  Treasury  was  probably  never  before  exhibited  as  the 
account  of  the  revenue  and  expenditure  of  an  equal  number  of  people. 
The  total  population  of  New  South  Wales  at  the  present  time  scarcely 
exceeds  600,000,  or  little  more  than  the  population  of  Manchester  and  Sal- 
ford,  but  the  revenue  for  1876  amounted  to  £5,000,000,  and  there  is  a  sur- 
plus in  hand  of  nearly  £1,700,000.  The  entire  debt  of  the  colony  does  not 
exceed  £11,000,000,  which  has  been  almost  wholly  incurred  for  the  «on- 
struction  of  railways  and  other  public  works,  and  the  interest  on  it  is,  so 
far  as  can  be  ascertained,  under  £600,000.  It  is  not  very  long  since  New 
South  Wales  was  regarded  as  the  "Sleepy  Hollow"  of  Australasia.  There 
was  wealth,  comfort  and  contentment,  but  the  people  showed  no  inclina- 
to  move  too  fast,  or  to  develop  the  vast  resources  of  agricultural,  mineral 
and  pastoral  wealth  around  them  more  rapidly  than  was  consistent  with 
the  perfect  enjoyment  of  one  of  the  most  delightful  climates  in  the  world. 
Protection  was  in  full  favor,  assisted  immigration  was  tabooed,  and  even 
the  construction  of  roads  and  railways  was  carried  on  at  a  very  leisurely 
pace.  Now,  however,  free  trade  has  been  introduced,  and  within  the  last 
two  or  three  years  a  great  change  has  come  over  the  community.  The 
colonists  have  become  alive  to  the  fact  that  with  the  enormous  opportuni- 
ties open  to  them  New  South  Wales  ought  very  shortly  to  take  the  lead  in 
Australia.  Victoria,  which  still  adheres  to  her  protectionism,  is  being 
fairly  ecbpsed  in  the  race  for  prosperity,  and  the  workingmen  of  Mel- 
bourne, who  refused  a  few  weeks  ago  even  to  listen  to  Mr.  Henry  Taylor, 
the  delegate  of  the  English  workmen,  ©n  the  subject  of  free  trade,  may 
soon  regret  their  short-sighted  policy.  But  for  the  present,  as  between 
these  two  colonies,  New  South  Wales  has  it  all  her  own  way,  and,  with  a 
revenue  of  £5,000,000,  an  enormous  proportionate  surplus,  and  light  taxa- 
tion, she  can  afford  to  laugh  at  the  struggles  of  her  far  more  populous  pro- 
tectionist rival  over  the  border. 


Mr.  J.  E.  Beerbohm's  Evening  Corn  List  states :— Although  the 
imports  have  been  more  liberal  than  in  the  previous  weeks,  they  have  met 
with  a  steadier  demand,  while  cargoes  off  the  coast  and  for  forward  deliv- 
ery have  realized  some  improvement.  The  latest  news  from  America  is 
pi  very  striking  interest ;  the  shipments  advised  by  telegraph  having  sunk 
to  the  insignificant  quantity  of  8,500  quarters,  and,  what  is  more  surpris- 
ing still,  prices  in  New  york,  instead  of  at  length  declining  in  response  to 
our  much  lower  values,  have  risen  Is  to  2s  per  qr.  The  probability  seems 
thus  more  undeniable  than  before,  that  the  quantity  of  wheat  held  in  the 
interior  of  America  must  be  very  deficient,  and  that  the  early  crop  esti- 
mates in  that  country  have  this  time  been  justified. 


EX-PRESIDENT    GRANT. 

His  task  is  bitter  who  must  yield  With  fire  and  sword  he  wpn  the  bays 
The  power  he  has  been  used  to  wield  That  crowned  him  in  his  earlier  days. 
Unto  another,  though  his  face  He  was  a  warrior  "good  at  need," 

Is  calm,  and  though  with  haughty  And  fairly  earned  the  hero's  meed — 

grace  In  peace  as  well  as  war  to  lead. 

He  leads  that  other  to  his  place. 

-o-  ,  ,  ,  ,   -  But  enemies  who  fought  with  words 

Yet,  not  aweek  has  passed  since  one,  Made  deeper  wounds  than  Southern 
Who  was  almost  a  king,  has  done  swords  * 

This  thing,  and  done  it  so  that  none  Th    crown  ££        ^  fa  his  because 
Could  know  but  what  he  felt  relief     „„  _i-mJ  „,„  *„.*,-#  tn  *h»  „,«.* 


In  yielding  to  a  younger  chief. 


He  played  tlte  mastiff  to  the  curs. 


"He  did  his  duty,  and  no  more —  The  highest  place  the  nation  knows 
Others  have  done  the  same  before."  Must  not  be  stained  through  wordy 
True,  but  if  you  have  marked  this  blows  ; 

man,  He  answered  not  in  Jackson's  cant, 

And  deigned  his  character  to  Bean,    But  let  the  politicians  rant, 
Deny  him  homage  if  you  can!  Then,  for  his  silence,  honor  Grant. 


THE  CZAR'S  DIFFTCTJLTB3S. 
In  spite  of  the  mutual  accusations  betwixt  Servia  and  Montenegro,  as 
reported  by  yesterday's  telegraph,  it  would  be  a  mistake  to  underrate  the 
importance  of  the  fact  that  Turkey  and  Servia  are  likely  to  come  to  terms 
of  peace.  There  is  no  reason  to  suppose  the  Russian  Government  has  so 
completely  decided  upon  the  course  they  will  take.  Everything  seems  to 
show  that  their  counsels  are  still  unproved — if,  indeed,  they  are  not  still 
distracted.  Therefore,  that  they  should  demur  to  the  Turkish  proposal 
(which  would  be  taken  to  redeem  the  Emperor's  Moscow  pledge),  or  that 
they  should  urge  its  adoption  {which  would  seem  to  mean  that  they  no 
longer  affect  to  dictate  in  the  affairs  of  Turkey),  is  not  to  be  expected  at 
this  moment.  What  does  seem  reasonable  is,  that  the  Russian  Govern- 
ment should  simply  acquiesce  in  the  discussion  of  terms  of  peace— a  dis- 
cussion which  may  be  more  or  less  prolonged  according  to  the  character 
of  the  Turkish  conditions  and  the  exigencies  of  the  Czar's  position.  We 
may  be  quite  sure  that  final  decision  will  be  come  to  with  the  sanction  of 
Russia.  As  to  the  condition  of  Russia  herself,  the  Emperor  and  his  ad- 
visers are  manifestly  in  a  very  serious  dilemma.  Before  another  month 
has  passed  a  decision  must  be  come  to,  which  in  no  case  promises  well  for 
the  Empire.  It  must  be  either  peace  or  war.  What  war  may  mean  for 
Russia  in  the  present  condition  of  her  domestic  affairs  and  her  foreign  re- 
lations is  pretty  well  understood.  The  chances  are  that  it  would  be  a 
graver  mistake  for  Russia  than  for  any  other  power  on  earth.  Peace 
seems  to  present  dangers  almost  as  serious,  for  it  would  strike  heavily  at 
the  prestige  and  greatly  imperil  the  stability  of  the  only  power  in  the 
Empire — the  imperial  authority.  Every  day  seems  to  show  more  clearly 
that  revolutionary  ideas  have  become  bold  and  urgent  in  the  army  as 
well  as  in  the  people.  Then  there  are  those  financial  difficulties  to  deal 
with  in  either  case.  Meanwhile  the  health  of  the  Czar  is  known  to  be 
in  a  declining  state,  and  his  counsellors  are  of  different  minds,  though  they 
are  all  urgent  and  all  anxious.  Altogether  the  position  of  Russia  is  so 
bad  as  to  be  nearly  hopeless.  Indeed,  if  we  look  back  to  the  Russia  and 
the  Turkey  of  a  year  smce,  and  then  compare  them  with  the  Turkey  and 
Russia  of  to-day,  they  almost  seem  to  have  changed  places. 


DISAGREEMENT    IN    THE    MARRIOTT    CASE. 

The  decision  of  the  Court,  adverse  to  the  admission  of  testimony  on 
the  part  of  the  defence  in  the  libel  case  of  Marriott,  Jr.,  in  the  City 
Criminal  Court,  compelled  them  to  rely  wholly  on  argument,  and  Messrs. 
Campbell  and  Fay  occupied  the  greater  part  of  the  afternoon  session  in 
presenting  the  case  to  the  jury.  Mr.  Highton  briefly  summed  up  his  side 
of  the  case,  and  the  Court  charged  the  jury,  after  which  the  jury  retired 
and  remained  out  for  an  hour  and  a  half,  without  being  able  to  agree, 
though  nine  were  in  favor  of  conviction.  During  Judge  Campbell's  clos- 
ing argument  he  advanced  the  idea  that  Judge  Ferral  had  not  the  most 
Herculean  intellect  and  greatest  store  of  judicial  learning  that  he  had 
ever  seen,  and  that  his  Court,  instead  of  being  the  potent  tribunal  that  it 
really  is,  was  a  petty  bai%  created  as  a  hospital  for  broken-down  politi- 
cians. Judge  Ferral  naturally  differed  with  counsel,  and  some  ferocious 
barking  and  showing  of  teeth  was  indulged  in, which  terminated  by  Judge 
Campbell's  walking  indignantly  out  of  Court. — Post,  March  8th. 

Clay  vs.  Marriott. — The  City  Criminal  Court  was  occupied  yesterday 
in  the  trial  of  the  libel  case  of  Clay  vs.  Marriott.  Judge  Ferral  ruled 
out  the  evidence  tending  to  show  that  Clay  had  behaved  in  a  rascally 
manner  in  connection  with  the  Western  Trust  Company  in  this  city,  the 
point  upon  which  the  defense  mainly  relied.  The  case  was  given  to  the 
jury,  which  failed  to  bring  in  a  verdict,  standing  nine  for  conviction  and 
three  for  acquittal. — Mail,  March  8th. 

A  Slip  Up.  —Despite  all  the  evidence,  despite  all  the  forensic  eloquence 
of  the  ambitious  Highton,  despite  the  fact  that  there  was  really  no  de 
fense,  the  jury  in  the  Marriott  libel  case  couldn't  agree.  We  understand 
that  a  long  editorial,  especially  prepared  for  to-night's  Bulletin,  headed 
"Another  Libeler  Caged,"  will  not  be  published,  the  jury  not  having 
agreed  as  was  anticipated. — Stock  Exchange. 

The  British  Government.— There  is  now  notthe  slightest  doubt  that 
the  dashing  onslaught  from  the  Opposition  on  the  Ministerial  forces,  with 
which  the  Session  was  to  bejrin,  and  which  was  to  have  invigorated  and 
rallied  all  true  Liberals,  will  not  be  attempted.  The  agitation  of  the 
autumn  has  proved  clearly  to  be  a  tale  of  sound  and  fury  signifying  noth- 
thing.  Inside  Parliament  there  is  no  fixed  determination  sufficiently 
strong  or  sufficiently  general  to  expel  the  present  Administration  from 
office  ;  outside  there  is  a  tolerably  universal  conviction  that  its  members 
do  their  work  as  well  as  their  only  possible  successors.  The  rumors  of  a 
private  feud,  so  strong  between  Lord  Beaconsfield  and  Lord  Salisbury, 
that  it  would  result  in  a  severance  of  their  official  relations,  may  be  dis- 
missed; and  though  absolute  unity  may  not  reign  within  the  Cabinet, 
its  members  present  the  spectacle  of  a  family  dwelling  quite  as  much  at 
peace  with  each  other  as  in  the  days  of  Mr.  Gladstone  and  Mr.  Lowe. 

4 '  What  I  -want,  "  said  the  late  Mr.  Disraeli,  when  he  angled  for  Sir 
William  Harcourt,  "  is  a  man  who  can  wind  up  a  debate  just  before  the 
division  is  called."    In  Sir  Stafford  Northcote  he  has  not  got  that  man. 


March    10,   18T7. 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER 


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THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

"H»*r  th«.  Cri«r!"    "\Vh*i  lh«  d»ril  art  thoor* 
'On*  thai  will  i>l*>  tho  drril,  .ir.  with  you." 


Dr,   Jan.  Proctor,    San   Francisco's  champion  chiropodist,  and  the 

acuta  bunion  anarp  in  the  world.   ■  reputable 

hoax  tin*  week     He  was  luaunoned  nastily  to  attend  a  gentleman  at 

■  Moun- 
tain and  four  milaa  From  the  dod  Hastily  gathering  up  hi* 
Enatnunenta,  files  and  acids,  he  walked  through  the  pouring  rain 
to  the  address  indicated,  and  was  shown  into  the  parlor.  The  servant 
remarked  that  Mr.  Largybere  would  be  down  directly,  and  to  please  not 
Lritate  him,  as  he  had  been  drinking  somewhat.  The  doctor  sent  op  his 
card,  and  shortly  after  the  door  opened  and  a  florid,  fine  looking  man, 
with  slightly  unsteady  legs,  entered  the  apartment.  "How  do,  Doc.? 
Take  s  seat.  Didn't  think  you'd  »  me  out  in  this  rain,  hut  y<>u'iv  a  regu 
lar  brick,  and  1  knew  it  when  I  read  your  card.  I  wish  you'd  oome  and 
live  out  bere.  Tin*  whole  neighborhood  are  a  set  of  darueit  teetotallers." 
The  patient  went  "ti  to  say  that  the  doctor  could  start  in  as  soon  as  he 
liked  and  treat  him.  The  practitioner  accordingly  opened  bis  oase  of 
instruments,  and  asked  his  client  to  put  up  his  foot  on  a  chair,  The  gen- 
tleman assented  bj  putting  up  both  feet  and  remarking  that  he  never  felt 
more  comfortable  in  his  life.  He  resented,  however,  all  efforts  of  the 
doctor  to  pull  otf  his  socks,  and  threatened  to  shoot  him  for  attempting  to 
haul  his  boots  off.  "How  can  I  treat  you  unless  I  see  your  corns?" 
cried  the  chiropodist.  "Corns  be  bio  wed!  answered  the  dweller  in  the 
suburbs,  "  1  ain't  got  no  corns!  Don't  youreard  say,  'Gentlemen  treated 
at  their  owjn  residences?* and  I  sent  for  you  because  I  am  out  of  liquor, 
and  I  want  some  brandy  pretty  darned  quick."  There  was  a  cry  of  an- 
guish as  the  doctor  took  his  largest  file  and  rubbed  all  the  skin  off  his 
patient's  nose,  and  a  yell  of  pain  as  he  upset  a  vial  of  muriatic  acid  over 
Mr.  Largybere's  bald  head,  and  ran  his  sharpest  corn  knife  into  the  ten- 
derest  portion  of  -Mr.  L.'s  anatomy.  There  was  a  huried  slamming  of 
the  front  door,  and  the  triumphant  bunion  physician  emerged  from  the 
house  with  a  broad  smile  of  contentment,  murmuring,  "  I  wonder  if  any 
one  else  round  here  wants  their  corns  fixed." 

Will  shortly  be  issued,  and  in  active  preparation,  a  volume  entitled, 
*' The  Last  Hours  of  Methuselah."  The  writer  is  evidently  conversant 
with  his  Bubjeet,  and  was  in  early  days  intimately  connected  with  Me- 
thuselah in  business.  Mr.  M.  was  just  cutting  his  fourteenth  set  of 
teeth  at  the  age  of  0t>8,  when  death  snaked  him  in.  It  appears  that  he 
evinced  no  disposition  to  enter  the  hymeneal  state  until  his  175th  year, 
when  he  became  enamored  of  a  young  lady  named  Sheba,  some  58  years 
his  junior.  The  marriage  was  a  very  happy  one,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Me- 
thuselah lived  together  for  over  200  years  very  happily,  having 
raised  a  family  of  769  children.  Their  only  sorrow  consisted  in 
the  loss  of  some  200  and  odd  little  ones,  who  fell  victims  to  measles, 
croup  and  whooping-cough  during  their  infancy.  On  the  death  of  his 
first  wife  Methuselah  was  so  profoundly  affected  that  he  remained  single 
for  04  years.  In  the  prime  of  his  manhood  his  heart  was  again  touched 
by  the  beauty  of  a  young  lady  named  Miriam.  His  second  marriage 
was  very  unhappy,  and  he  only  lived  114  years  with  Mrs.  Methuselah 
number  two,  when  he  obtained  a  divorce.  He  was  subsequently  married 
eleven  times,  and  died  of  a  broken  heart,  caused  by  the  perfidy  of  his 
thirteenth  wife.  He  was  followed  to  the  grave  by  31,422  of  his  lineal 
descendants,  the  eldest  of  whom  was  only  300  years  his  junior.  It  is  the 
opinion  of  the  author  that  Methuselah  might  still  be  living  and  going 
round  with  the  boys  had  he  not  taken  to  heart  so  seriously  the  bad  con- 
duct of  his  last  and  well  beloved  spouse.  It  is  not  a  pleasant  thought  for 
any  woman  that  the  want  of  fealty  of  one  of  their  sex  may  possibly  have 
deprived  the  world  of  one  of  its  oldest  and  most  experienced  inhabitants. 

It  is  no  credit  to  California  that  the  police  should  have  arrested 
Mr.  Blacklock  in  New  York,  on  the  paltry  charge  of  stealing  $90,000. 
Every  one  knows  that  Mr.  B.  has  oyster-beds  in  the  Gulf  of  California, 
{and  in  his  mind)  worth  §10,000,000.  It  looks  very  like  a  job  on  the 
part  of  the  detectives  to  get  free  oystersforthe  rest  of  their  lives.by  blackmail- 
ing the  festive  Mr.  Blacklock  in  this  unseemly  manner.  A  ridiculous  charge 
is  also  made  against  Mr.  B. — that  he  has  two  aliases.  The  truth  is  that 
all  great  men  are  not  themselves  occasionally,  and  therefore  must  indubi- 
tably be  temporarily  somebody  else.  The  entire  Gulf  of  California  be- 
longs to  Mr.  Blacklock,  and  his  object  in  visiting  New  York  was  merely 
to  pre-empt  the  Atlantic  Ocean.  If  enterprise  is  checked  in  this  way 
how  can  we  ever  expect  to  have  cheap  oyster-stews,  and  to  revel  in  pan- 
roasts  at  a  reduced  price?  The  ruthless  and  cruel  judges  will  propably 
sentence  Mr.  Oysterbed  Blacklock  to  a  long  period  of  incarceration,  and 
in  the  meanwhile  the  beards  of  the  jubilant  bivalves  will  grow  gray  and 
tough  in  their  ocean  homes,  instead  of  being  consumed  by  our  community 
while  they  are  in  a  state  of  tender  and  succulent  juvenility.  If  these 
autocrats  of  the  police  force  are  allowed  to  perpetually  interfere  with  the 
beneficent  designsof  mammoth  intellects  on  account  of  every  slight  pecuniary 
irregularity,  California  will  soon  lose  its  prestige  of  being  the  nursery  of 
the  finest  defaulters  in  the  garden  of  the  world,  and  other  rising  communi- 
ties will  regard  us  with  contempt. 

' '  What  an  exquisite  copy  of  the  old  masters  that  is,"  said  Mr. 
Hen  y  Edwards  the  other  night,  behind  the  scenes  of  the  California  The- 
ater. The  bystanders  all  turned  to  look  at  the  object  of  his  admiration, 
but  nothing  was  visible  except  a  slovenly-looking  girl  near  the  stage-door, 
carrying  a  large  pitcher,  and  evidently  on  her  way  to  get  some  lager  for  a 
thirsty  super.  "  What  an  exquisite  copy,"  he  murmured  again.  "  Copy 
of  what?"  interrogated  the  adipose  Bish.  "Girl  and  Jug  after  Beer," 
replied  Mr.  Edwards,  ducking  his  head  to  avoid  being  struck  by  several 
pieces  of  scenery  which  an  outraged  theatrical  company  commenced  to 
throw  at  hnn.  The  providential  ringing  up  of  the  curtain  saved  the  cul- 
prit's life,  but  it  will  be  a  long  time  before  he  gets  over  the  shock  to  his 
nerves  occasioned  by  Mr.  Mestayer's  hurling  a  large  gilt  throne  at  him 
which  was  lying  handy,  and  came  within  an  acre  of  striking  him  on  the 
head.  Justifiable  homicide  would  certainly  have  been  the  verdict,  had 
the  consequence  of  Mr.  Edwards'  remarks  proved  fatal. 

An  enterprising  proprietor  of  a  new  and  lively  morning  journal  in 
this  city  is  constantly  quoting  lines  from  Addison,  who  is  evidently  his 
favorite  poet.  As  high  heaven  has  recently  blessed  him  with  a  little  girl, 
it  seems  strange  that  the  gentleman  referred  to  should  always  be  talking 
about  Addison,  when  every  one  knows  he  had  a  daughter. 


The  paper*  a  the  porting  between  Admiral  P 

and  t)i--  commander  o(  Fui  I    I 

oen exch  tand  affeottunate  smbraosa,     Toanj  whonorer 

tried  it.  the  Idi 

v. ill  doubl L 
T.  ■"..  fa  :  oearly  all  the  royal  Eamiliea  and  distinguished  m*  n 

in  the  world,  i-  an  authority  on  the  masculine  embrace,  and  then  fore  on 
senta  the  following  rulee  t<>  all  pei  i  do  it 

fashionably.    Qraap  your  man  firmly  round  the  Deck  with  the  I-  it  arm, 
and  put  your  head  over  hii  right  ihoulder,  beis 
in  his  ear.    Tins  fa  an  unralt.    H  yoo  chew   fcooacco,  removi 

i  <  ;    -    ■  oatoh  your  friend  round  thy 

waist  with  the  right  arm  and  iqueeaa  him  till  he  grants.  About  thii  time 
you  n  ill  probably  grant,  t-«>,  which  Ea  the  signal  for  a  mutual  Idsa  ■ 
back  of  the  neck,  which  finishes  the  ceremony.  Be  careful  Dot  to  lift 
him  off  his  ("L'ft  or  to  tear  bis  clothes  In  any  way  daring  the  squeete,  and 
a\  .-ill  putting  your  bands  in  his  back  pockets,  onion  he  i*  a  very  ultimate 
friend  and  oi  a  patina  disposition. 

The  constant  recurrence  of  panic*  and  accidents  in  churches  la 
Blowly  but  steadily  treating  a  fearful  prejudice  against  the  use  of  houses 
of  worship.  People  have  often  said  in  joke,  "Ain't  you  afraid,  if  you 
went  to  church,  tii.it  the  roof  would  fall  in?"  and  now  it  appears  that 
this  miserable  old  Joe  Millennia  contains  infinitely  more  truth  than 
poetry.  It  is  excessively  unpleasant,  as  the  T.  V.  and  all  other  devout 
persons  know,  to  be  interrupted  in  an  ecstacy  of  devotion  by  the  giving 
way  of  a  flour,  or  the  descent  of  a  girder  weighing  about  three  tons. 
These  little  incidents  do  more  to  disturb  the  spirit  of  meditation  than  a 
whole  pew-full  of  coughing  children,  or  a  bad  cooir  and  a  poor  organ.  In 
conversation  with  the  principal  religious  persons  of  this  city  within  a  few 
days,  the  T.  O.  has  elicited  a  frank  avowal  from  nearly  all  of  them  to  the 
effect  "that  they  will  be  d — d  if  they  go  to  church  any  more"  We  our- 
selves have  long  been  of  the  same  opinion,  and  it  is  gratifying  to  find  it 
sustained  by  every  one  except  the  clergy. 

The  Republican  State  Committee  sent  a  circular,  this  week,  to  the 
pastors  of  churches  of  all  denominations,  both  Catholic  and  Protestant,  ask- 
ing them  to  pray  for  Hayes.  One  minister,  who  is  a  strong  Demerit,  got  up 
in  the  pulpit,  last  Sabbath,  closed  his  eyes,  and  started  in  as  follows  :  "Oh, 
Lord,  thou  knowest  what  need  Hayes  has  of  our  prayers  ;  thou  seest  the 
wickedness  of  his  heart,  and  his  corruption  is  not  hid  from  thee.  Have 
mercy  on  the  new  President,  oh  Lord,  and  forgive  him,  and  let  not  thy 
well-deserved  wrath  fall  upon  him  too  suddenly.  Do  not  chasten  him 
with  small-pox  unless  it  seemeth  best  to  thee,  neither  afflict  him  with 
countless  boils  except  in  thy  great  wisdom.  Spare  him  from  all  pain, 
even  if  thou  seest  tit  to  send  him  gout,  erysipelas,  and  Asiatic  cholera. 
'Those  whom  the  Lord  loveth  he  chastdsetbV  Oh,  love  him  ever  so 
much,  oh  Lord  !  and  may  the  souls  of  Judas  Iscariot,  Ananias  and 
Sapphira,  Cain,  and  all  other  good  Kepublicans,  rest  in  peace.     Amen." 

Utterly  undismayed,  by  the  failure  of  Messrs.  Pursglove  and  Man- 
ning, of  the  Gr.  C.  O.  and  C.  Co.,  the  T.  C.  intends  immediately  starting 
a  P.  O.  C  B.  and  M.  P.  Co.  For  the  benefit  of  persons  who  may  desire 
to  take  stock  in  it  they  are  informed  that  this  means  the  Pacific  Ocean 
Clam  Bottling  and  Mussel  Pickling  Company.  The  capital  will  be  lim- 
ited to  $20,000,000,  and  any  respectable  or  well  known  tailor  can 
have  §1,000  paid  up  stock  if  they  will  oblige  the  T.  C.  with  credit  for 
clothes  to  that  amount.  Poisonous  mussels  and  bad  elams  will  be  canned 
separately  so  as  to  give  persons  desirous  of  removing  their  relatives  on 
short  notice  all  facilities  for  the  same.  The  books  of  the  company  are 
now  open  at  this  office,  and  the  Directors  would  observe  that  they  have 
no  connection  with  any  other  company  of  the  same  name. 

The  Call  is  very  jealous  of  the  Chronicle,  ever  copying  a  bright  thought 
from  these  columns,  and  took  occasion  lately  to  sneer  at  their  contempo- 
rary in  the  editorial  columns  for  so  doing.  The  Call  never  yet  appreciated 
the  work  of  any  of  its  own  laborers  and  is  therefore  not  likely  to  appre- 
ciate the  bees  in  any  one  else's  hive.  It  slipped  up  however  last  Sunday 
morning  somewhat  by  inserting  a  News  Letter  paragraph  and  crediting  it 
to  theiV.  y.  Tribune,  which  had  copied  it.  The  Chronicle  has  the  honesty 
to  credit  any  article  which  it  inserts  to  the  source  whence  it  is  derived, 
but  the  Call  and  Bulletin  are  constantly  in  the  habit  of  ignorantly  clipping 
News  Letter  items  from  Eastern  papers,  which  in  their  meanness  they 
would  not  insert  at  any  price,  did  they  only  know  their  origin. 

The  "Empire"  quotes  from  the  Chinese  manual  "Instructions  to 
Coroners"  the  following  valuable  advice:  "In  case  of  nightmare,  do  not 
at  once  bring  a  light,  or,  going  near,  call  out  loudly  to  the  sleeper ;  but 
bite  his  heel  or  his  big  toe,  and  gently  utter  his  name.  Also  smack  his 
face,  and  give  him  some  ginger  tea  to  drink.  He  will  then  come  round. 
Or  blow  into  the  patient's  ears  through  small  tubes,  pull  out  fourteen 
hairs  from  his  head,  make  them  into  a  twist,  and  thrust  them  into  his 
nose." 

The  new  style  of  death  notice  is  fast  gaining  popularity  among  the 
better  class  of  our  citizens.  It  consists  simply  of  an  announcement  that 
Mrs.  Jones  or  Smith  expired  suddenly  at  her  residence,  wherever  that 
may  be,  and  that  no  suspicion  is  attached  to  her  son-in-law.  This  ex- 
planation seems  a  very  just  one,  and  will  in  future  serve  to  lift  the  stigma 
of  poisoning  a  mother-iudaw  from  the  shoulders  of  many  a  young  man, 
against  whom  the  evidence  is  purely  circumstantial. 

A  studious  reporter,  who  was  detailed  by  a  morning  paper  to  attend 
a  marriage  ceremony  this  week,  was  bound  to  have  every  portion  of  the 
rites  published,  down  to  the  exact  words  of  the  prayers  recited  by  the 
priest.  The  consequence  was  that  on  Friday  an  old  gentleman  kicked  a 
newsboy  for  a  whole  block  for  daring  to  insult  him  by  giving  him  a  copy 
of  the  Christian  Union  when  he  had  asked  for  the  San  Francisco  Chronicle. 

A  correspondent  of  a  morning  paper  writes  to  ask  whether  the  dogs 
slaughtered  at  the  Pound  are  made  up  into  axle  grease  or  sausage  meat. 
There  is  so  little  difference  in  the  preparation  of  these  two  articles  that 
it  would  be  impossible  to  reply  to  the  question  with  any  exactness. 

Seasoned  "with  Science. — A  New  Orleans  man  announces  in  a  cir- 
cular, "  that  having  returned  from  a  scientific  trip  through  Europe,  he  is 
now  better  prepared  than  ever  for  cleaning  clothes  and  carpets." 

Dr.  Biggs  who  put  two  pistol  balls  into  his  head  some  week's  ago,  is 
said  to  be  rapidly  recovering  and  nearly  all  right.  He  is  a  remarkable 
specimen  of  a  bullet-proof  individual. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March  10,  1877. 


COLUMN  FOR  THE  CURIOUS, 

In  Nature,  Science,  and  Art. 


At  present  the  railway  carriage  spring  ma- 
kers of  Sheffield  are  in  a  ferment  in  conse- 
quence of  the  establishment  there  of  a  manufac- 
tory for  the  production  of  railway  carriage  springs 
of  a  totally  novel  kind,  and  which  promise  to 
supercede  those  now  in  general  use  on  every  line 
of  railway  in  Great  Britain.  The  new  springs 
are,  it  is  said,  capable  of  being  made  entirely  by 
machinery,  and  therefore  without  the  agency  of 
skilled  labor  of  any  sort  Under  these  circum- 
stances, there  is  little  wonder  that  the  large  body 
of  workmen,  who  from  their  youth  up  have 
been  trained  in  the  art  and  mystery  of  spring- 
making  exclusively,  are  in  a  state  of  alarm  and 
apprehension.  Let  us  briefly  describe  the  main 
characteristics  of  the  old  and  the  new  spring. 
The  first  consists  of  two  parts—the  top  and  bot- 
tom members.  These  are,  when  in  use,  placed 
in  inverted  positions  relatively  to  each  other,  and 
they  are  made  up  of  laminated  plates  of  steel, 
finely  tempered,  of  different  lengths,  and  built, 
as  it  were,  in  pyramid  shape.  The  recognized 
defects  of  this  species  of  spring  are,  that  mnisture 
insinuates  itself  between  the  plates,  and  lurks 
there  unseen  ;  that  this,  in  time,  causes  the  plates 
to  be  eaten  away  by  rust,  and  that  hence  the 
springs  themselves  may,  and  do,  break  down 
suddenly,  and  when  to  outward  appearances  they 
are  perfectly  sound  and  strong.  The  new  spring 
is  made,  not  of  flat  plates,  but  of  round  bars  or 
rods  of  steel.  These  are  first  rolled  between 
mill-rolls  seini- circularly  grooved  on  their  sur- 
faces, and  then  reduced  to  the  exact  size  re- 
rpiired  by  being  forced,  whilst  in  a  cold  state, 
through  eyelet  holes,  made  tor  the  purpose  in 
massive  blocks  of  hardened  steel.  The  effect  of 
this  last  process  is  to  bring  the  bars  to  one  uni- 
form gauge,  and  to  give  them  highly  polished 
surfaces.  Then  they  are  cut,  by  aid  of  powerful 
shears,  into  proper  lengths,  bent  longitudinally 
into  elliptical  form  and  have  their  ends  curved, 
so  as  to  form  "eyes"  for  the  reception  of  the 
steel  pins,  which  are  presently  to  bind  them  to- 
gether in  sets,  and  thus  make  them  into  carriage 
springs.  Four  or  five  of  the  bars  thus  produced, 
when  placed  side  by  side,  go  to  make  up  the  top 
and  the  bottom  members,  and  these  latter, 
when  put  into  inverted  positions,  form  actually 
complete  springs.  Between  the  members  at  their 
widest  point  of  separation,  namely  the  center,  it 
is  proposed  to  fix  a  spiral  spring,  also  made  by 
machinery,  and  this  would  sustain  a  carriage  if 
either  the  top  or  the  bottom  member  of  its  spring 
were  to  break  whilst  in  action.  Such  are  the 
principal  features  of  the  new  spring,  of  whieh  so 
much  is  favorably  predicted,  and  which,  from 
the  nature  of  its  construction,  cannot  certainly 
harbor  the  secret  dampness  which  is  so  fatal  to 
the  old  one.  Experience,  however,  will  afford 
the  only  true  test  of  its  merits  or  demerits. 

The  London  Echo  says:  There  has  just 
died  in  Philadelphia  a  man  who  was  to  the  Amer- 
icans for  mauy  years  what  Professor  Anderson, 
the  Wizard  of  the  North,  was  to  Englishmen. 
Signor  Blitz  was  born  in  England,  although  his 
parents  were  Poles.  After  performing  his  sleight- 
of-hand  tricks,  and  exhibiting  his  wonderful  ven- 
triloquial  powers  on  the  Continent  and  in  this 
country  for  a  few  years,  he  left  for  New  York  in 
1834,  and  lived  in  the  States  for  the  last  forty- 
three  years.  The  very  soul  of  humor,  he  had  a 
large  heart,  and  while  he  delighted  in  making 
little  people  laugh  and  wonder  throughout  an  en- 
tire evening,  he  also  lightened  the  cares  of  the 
soldiers  in  the  civil  war  by  his  performances,  be- 
sides giving  half  of  his  earnings  in  charity.  He 
once  stopped  the  proceedings  in  a  dissecting  room 
by  causing  a  ventriloquial  remonstrance  to  pro- 
ceed from  the  body  against  being  cut  up  ;  and  in 
his  early  days  he  momentarily  terrified  Paganini 
out  of  his  wits,  by  causing  an  infant's  cry  to  come 
from  the  great  Italian's  fiddle.  A  good  story  is 
told  of  an  interview  between  Blitz  and  the  fa- 
mous Daniel  Webster,  in  whieh  the  former  asked 
for  a  Government  office  to  count  the  Treasury 
notes,  for,  said  he,  "  You  might  give  me  a  hun- 
dred thousand  dollar  bills  to  count,  and  watch 
me  closely,  and  you  would  find  only  seventy-five 
when  I  returned  them."  "  Ah, "said  Webster, 
"  there  are  better  magicians  here  than  3rou,  for 
there  would  not  be  fifty  thousand  left  when  they 
had  finished  counting."  A  little  boy  of  10  years 
once  nonplussed  the  clever  conjuror,  who  had  pro- 
posed to  pass  every  piece  of  silver  in  his  hands  into 
the  boy's  pocket.  "You  can't  do  that,"  said  the 
child.  "  Why  not  ?"  was  the  incredulous  ques- 
tion. "  Because  I've  only  one  pocket,  and  that's 
got  a  big  hole  in  it."  But  we  have  alluded  to  the 
genial  old  gentleman  who  passed  away  on  the  last 
Sunday  in  last  month,  in  order  to  quote  his 
opinion  upon  spiritualism,  that  the  fact  may  be 
established.     Signor  Blitz  has  stated  that  "the 


profession  to  convey  communications  between 
families  and  friends  is  of  a  character  as  nonsensi- 
cal to  the  understanding  as  it  is  offensive  to  the 
moral  appreciation  of  the  divine  law."  He  knew 
how  the  spiritualist's  tricks  were  done,  and  could 
improve  upon  them. 

It  is  an  astonishing  fact  that  the  diamond 
fields  have  yielded£12,000,000  worth  of  diamonds, 
and  yet  the  world  scarcely  knows  that  diamonds 
are  found  in  South  Africa.  The  South  African 
Republic  has  developed  gold  fields  which  give  a 
fair  prospect  of  being  rich  and  lasting.  The  gold 
fields  were  opened  in  1873.  At  present  there  are 
about  400  miners  at  work  there.  The  labor  for 
the  white  man  is  comparatively  easy,  native  la- 
bor being  cheap  and  obtainable.  The  only  tax 
levied  on  the  miner  is  SI  25  per  month  ;  this  li- 
censes him  to  possess  a  claim — ground  on  which 
to  live.  Wood  and  water  for  all  are  abundant. 
The  English  Government  have  retained  the  dia- 
mond fields,  giving  the  Orange  Free  State  £90,- 
000  as  a  compensation  and  a  grant  of  £15,000  in 
aid  of  a  railway 

The   artesian  "well  at  Richmond  has  not 

been  working  well  for  some  weeks  ;  but  yester- 
day, some  obstructions  having  been  removed 
by  a  workman  descending  to  a  depth  of  200  feet, 
the  water  came  rushing  up  in  such  volumes  as  to 
cause  the  man  making  the  experiment  to  beat  a 
hasty  retreat.  The  water  now  rose  rapidly  to 
within  20  feet  of  the  surface,  or  nearly  100  feet 
above  the  highest  pump.  The  well  proper  is  7 
feet  in  diameter,  and  200  feet  deep,  and  the  bo- 
ring about  200  feet  below  that.  The  yield  from 
this  source  alone  is  now  estimated  at  from  250,- 
000  to  300,000  gallons  per  48  hours,  giving  20  gal- 
lons per  diem  to  every  inhabitant. 

Mr.  Frank  Buckland  tells  the  following 
amusing  story :  When  some  men  and  hoys  were 
out  looking  for  a  badger,  they  came  into  a  field 
where  was  standing  a  knowing-looking  farmer. 
They  asked  him  if  he  had  seen  a  badger,  so  he 
took  them  a  long  walk  into  a  wood,  and  pointed 
out  a  hole  in  some  cliffs.  "Do  you  see  that  hole?" 
says  he  ;  "  well,  I  saw  a  badger  go  in  there."  So 
they  set  to  work  with  pickaxes,  shovels,  and 
dogs,  to  get  the  badger  out.  They  worked  all 
day,  and  found  nothing  at  all.  Returning  to  the 
farmer  they  were  very  angry,  saying,  "You  told 
us  you  saw  a  badger  go  into  the  hole.  We  couldn't 
find  one."  "No,"  said  the  farmer,  "I  didn't 
suppose  you  would  ;  I  suspect  he  has  had  time  to 
come  out  again ;  it's  twelve  years  ago  since  I  Baw 
him  go  in." 


C.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Sunday,  Feb.  11th,  1877,   and  until 

further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 

San  Francisco: 

(Overland    Ticket  Office,   at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  uf 
Market  Street) 


7f\f\  A.  M.  (dailv),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washiug- 
.yjyj  ton  st.  Wharf)  —Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Cahstoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Landlug  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for    Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.        (Arrive  San  Francisco  8:10  p.m.) 


8r\(\  A.M.  (daily),  Atlantic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
»vv  land  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland  (O.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  p.m.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  5:35  P.M.) 


3f\f\  P.M.  (daily)  San  Jose  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  \J\J  land  Ferry),  stopping  at  ail  Way  Stations.    Ar- 


Ferry 
rives  at  San  Jose  at 


topping  a 

;u  p.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  9:35  a.m.) 


:30 


A  f\(\  P.M.  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
J^V/V/  for  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Indian  Wells  (Arizona  Stage  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving.at  San  Jose  at  6:55 
p.m.  "  Sleeping  Cars  "  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les. (Arrive  San  Francisco  12:40  p.m.) 


4AA  P.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washington 
•vU  st.  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  forCalistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  p.  m.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "Sleeping 
Cars"  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Fraifciseo  11:10  a.m.) 


(from  Wash'n  St.  Wharf),  for  Benieiaand  Land- 
ings on  the  Sacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  A.M.,  daily. 
(Arrive  San  Francisco  8:00  p.m.) 


4      0A  P.M.  (daily).  Through  Third  Class  and  Ace  An- 
•  Ovf     modation  Train,  via  Lathrop  and  Mohave, 
arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  a.m. 

(Arrive  Saa  Francisco  7:30  a.m. 


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a— Morning,     p— Afternoon. 
"Official  Schedule  Time"  furnished  by  Anderson  & 
Randolph,  Jewelers,  101  and  103  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towne,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC   RAILROAD. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION . 

Commencing  \<>v.  6th,  1876,  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  aa  follows : 


8  DA  A.M  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
.0\s  Finos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  fe^T*  At  Pa.iaro  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forApros  and  Santa  Criz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Monterey.  Stage 
connections  made  with  this  train. 


nOCi     M.   (dailv)  forMenlo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
•  £iO    tious^ 

3  OK  p.m.   daily  (Sundays    excepted)  for    San  Jose, 
.wi>   Gilroy  and  Way  Stations. 


4.40 


p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


f»  OA  p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Mateo  and  Way  Stations. 

SOUTHERN     DIVISION. 

85JF"  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Division 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAK  LAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Collon  and  Indian  Wells 
A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  Willcutt,  Gen'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Ageut. 
[November  IS.] 


H.    H.    MOORE, 

Dealer  in  Books  for  Libraries. --A  large 
assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
ano  for  sale  at  R09  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
Sau  Francisco  Oct.  24. 


March   10,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER 


11 


NOTABILIA. 


If  people  woold  ooIyuM  that  perfection  of  modern  inwnti  ■ 

*>n  Filter,  they  need  have  no  fear  of  swallowing i oyolopaor 
»  palei  oM  water-bag  of  any  kind     The   brightnoaa   and  dean 
ire  not  alwayi  »   proof  of  Ita  purity  ;  many  sparkling  wati 

of  Biirraee  wella,  are  found  t*-  contain  a  larger  quantity  of 
matter,  end  consequently  are  not  Bale  to  be  need  for  drinking  un- 
fhe  SUioatea  Carbon  Filti  i  mic  mat- 

fcr,     Boafa  *v  Milne,  iindei  the  Grand  Hotel,  are 

"He—  Wli  She    Boafofus.     II.-    Whooie plum po 

Oc  This  oonTeraation  actually  occum  d 

married  couple  seated  at  lunch  in  that  pn  ortable  resoi  ts, 

"Swaii  It  ia  almost  tin:' only  place  in  the  lity  where  ladies 

■nd  -  ■  ntlemen,  "r  ladiec  nithonl  escorts,  ran  dine  comfortably  in  perfect 
privacy  and  without  restraint.  Their  io-  cream  aud  confectionery  is  noted 
all  orer  San  Prandsco,  m  are  also  their  English  muffins.  Swain'sBakery 
fa  situate  on  Sutter  street,  above  Kearny.  _ 

A  barber  does 


A  parrot  is  said   t«>  live  to  be  two  hundred  years  old. 
not  live  BO  lonfl;,  but  he  talks  nmre. 

A  correspondent  writes:  "  I  have  bought  two  new  stoves  in  the  last 
u  months,  and  neither  of  them  would  ever  cook  a  dinner  decently. 
Th.-  last  one  is  cracked  all  across  What  shall  I  do?"  The  answeris  very 
simple.  Go  to  De  La  Montan\a>.  on  Jackson  street,  below  Battery,  and 
purchase  a  Union  Range.  They  are  the  most  complete  and  excellent 
ht'Hrs  in  the  market.  .Mr.  De  La  Mnntunva  lias  every  kind  and  variety, 
k  of  hardware  being  one  of  the  largest  in  the  city. 


Many  of  the  new  leaves  turned  over  are  not  much  better  than  the  old 

no  "iie  need  ever  turn  over  a  new  leaf  if  he  only  drinks  genuine 

1      Her  Whisky.      It  is  the  purest  stimulant  ever  manufactured,  and 

all  the  good   resolutions  which  we  so  frequently  hear  made  about  givmy 

np  drinking,  need  never  be  formed   if  people  would  only  cease   to  poison 

Ives  with  inferior  liquor.     The  agent  for  the  genuine  0.  C.  X.  is  A. 

P.  Hotaling,  429-431  Jackson  street. 

The  woman  who  faints  at  the  thought  of  being  kissed  is  not  fit  to  go 
through  a  railroad  tunnel. 

Jane  Armstrong.  —If  you  have  given  us  a  true  account  of  the  affair, 
th»  ymmg  man  must  be  a  heartless  wretch.  To  profess  to  love  a  young 
lady,  fix  the  day,  and  then  not  allow  her  to  buy  the  furniture  at  N.  P. 
('••It's,  220-226  Bush  street,  is  an  outrage.  Every  one  with  a  grain  of  sense 
knows  that  X.  P.  Cole  manufactures  the  best  household  furniture  in  the 
world.     You  were  quite  right  to  insist  on  his  going  there. 


Opportunity  is  the  flower  of  time ;  and  as  the  stalk  may  remain  when 
the  flower  is  cut  off,  so  time  may  remain  with  us  when  the  opportunity  is 
gone  forever.  Now  is  the  opportunity  to  get  bargains  in  dry  goods.  J. 
J.  O'Brien  &  Co.,  of  the  Arcade  House,  924  and  lJ28  Market  street,  have 
the  largest  and  best  stock  in  the  city,  which  tbey  are  disposing  of  at  fab- 
ulously low  prices.     No  one  should  miss  the  chance. 

A  juvenile  opera  troupe  stranded  at  Providence.  The  prima  donna 
had  the  croup. 

' '  How  can  a  woman  make  home  more  attractive  to  her  husband  ?" 
There  is  no  general  answer,  but  in  most  cases  the  thing  can  be  done  by 
giving  the  old  man  a  nice  toddy  before  he  goes  to  bed.  The  purest  family 
liquors  in  the  city  are  kept  by  F.  &  P.  J.  Cassin,  523  Front  street,  and 
they  have  the  deserved  reputation  of  selling  only  the  best  brands  of 
whiskies,  brandies  and  wines  in  the  market. 


Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis,  M.  D.,  etc. ,  may  be  consulted  at  his  office  and 
residence,  520  Sutter  street,  between  Powell  and  Mason  streets,  daily, 
from  10  a.  m.  to  3  p.  m.,  and  from  G  to  8  p.  m.;  on  Sundays  from  11  to  2 
only.  Dr.  Curtis  is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 
cal Act;  his  publications  can  be  obtained  from  A.  L.  Bancroft  &  Co., 
sole  agents  for  the  Pacific  coast,  or  from  the  author,  Dr.  Curtis,  520 
Sutter  street,  S.  F. 

A  New  York  fashion  paper  says:  "Muffs  are  now  made  so  small 
that  they  can  hardly  hold  the  hands  (?)  of  ladies." 


What  makes  a  minister  feel  nice  is  for  him  to  go  into  the  pantry  the 
next  day  after  a  donation  party,  and  find  that  he  has  swapped  two  barrels 
of  plum  cake  for  one  barrel  of  beans.  What  makes  him  feel  nicer  is  to 
hear  his  daughter  play  hymns  on  a  Woods1  Organ  or  perform  on  a  Hallet 
&  Davis'  Piano.  Badger,  13  Sansome  street,  is  the  agent  for  these  incom- 
parable instruments. 

The  French  are  getting  very  puzzled  at  the  cause  of  the  decrease  in 
the  exportation  of  their  finest  wines  to  America.  The  riddle  is  easily 
solved.  Every  one  now-a-days  uses  the  famous  GerkeWine  in  preference 
to  the  much  vaunted  and  often  inferior  Hocks  and  Sauternes.  I.  Lands- 
berger,  10  and  12  Jones  Alley,  is  the  sole  agent  for  the  Gerke  and  several 
other  excellent  wines  and  champagnes. 

A  Danbury  girl  has  settled  the  matter.  She  says  that  a  frosty  mus- 
tache is  just  like  ice  cream. 

Every  heart  knows  its  own  sadness  best,  and  will  not  betray  it.  You 
can't  tell  from  the  expression  of  a  woman's  face  when  a  whalebone  isstick- 
ing  in  her,  unless  she  has  been  photographed  by  Bradley  &  Rulofson, 
whose  beautiful  portraits  exhibit  every  emotion  which  ever  passed  through 
the  soul. 

The  head  of  Miss  Wyatt,  Medina,  O.,  is  24  inches  in  circumference. 
That  is  an  awful  head  to  have  on  any  one,  but  the  use  of  Napa  Soda  will 
make  any  one's  head  all  right,  even  if  it  seemed  43  inches  in  diameter. 
Napa  Soda  is  the  best  mineral  water  known. 

A  Bit  of  Nonsense-— One  that  will  not  checka  horse.  A  Bitof  Sense—- 
If  you  have  any  doubt  about  your  eye-sight,  to  have  it  tested  atMuller's, 
135  Montgomery  street. 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


DR.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 

Toronto    BehOOl    Ofl     n«>ill«-liM<,    Toronto.   July    llth.  istis.... 
.     |  ■      i 
tutlon  U»  .  from 

II    II.  WHKJll  I     M   U  . 

Dr    MutiUT'x  Office  l>  at  318  Sutter  street. 

TEETH    SAVED  ' 

Filling  Teetb   n  ape«dalty.~-Gr*a<   patience  extended   to 
m     Chloroform  tdminlsterod,  tad  teeth  ifcUlfulh  extracted     After  Ian 
>nftan1  practice,  1  can  guaranfc  e  I 

Butter  street,  above  Hontgonu  jJune  »t  ]  DR.  HORFFEW  .  i 


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DR.    J.    H.    8TAL'ABD« 

b  ember  or  the  Royal  Collece  of  Pbnielama.  London,  etc., 

J.    author  ol  "Female  Hygiene  on  thi  Post  and  Kearny. 
ioe  Hours,  i^  i»  8  and  7  to  8  p.m.  fobroarr  10. 

PHYSICIAN,     SI/KGEOX     AND     ACCOLCIIEIK, 

J-    J.    AtTERBACH,    M.D., 
March  13.  310$  Btookton  Street,  San  Francisco. 

STEELE'S     SQUIRREL      POISON. 
[Patented  October  19tA,  1S75.] 

Snre  dentb  to  SqnirrelN,  Rats,  tiophcrn,  etc.    For  Hale  by  all 
Druggists,  Grocers  and  General  Dealers.    Price,  »l  per  box    Hade  by  .'AMES 
G.  STEELE  &  CO.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.    UbersJ  discount  to  the  Trade.       Aug.  21. 

0.    P.    WARREN.    M\D~ 
elect  1c  Physician,  corner  of  Fourteenth  and    Broadway, 


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Oakland. 


June  17. 


N.    MILLER,    M.D., 
physician,  Oakland.  Oflice,  1004  Broadway ;  Residence,  364 

Eighth  street October  J. 

R.    W.    SPRAGUE,    M.D., 
Post  street,  corner  Kearny.   Office  Hours,  10  to  12  :  2  to 

4  ;  7:30.     Diseases  of  Throat  and  Lungs  a  specialty.  February  10. 


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WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 

CUTTER    WHISKY. 

A  P.  Hotaliug  A  Co.,  No.  431  Jackson  street,  are  the  Note 
a  Agents  on  this  Coast  for  the  celebrated  J.  H.  CUTTER  WHISKY,  shipped  di- 
rect to  them  from  Louisville,  Kentucky.  The  Trade  are  cautioned  against  the  pur- 
chase of  inferior  and  imitation  brands  of  "J.  H.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon."  Owing  to 
its  deserved  reputation,  various  unprincipled  parties  are  endeavoring  to  palm  off 
spurious  grades.     It  is  really  the  Bkst  Whisky  in  tlic  L'nited  States.  March  lit. 

A.    M.    OILMAN, 

Importer  and  Wholesale  Lienor  Dealer,  308  California 
street,  offers  for  sale  Fine  Old  Bourbon  and  Rye  Whiskies,  Brandies,  vintage  of 
lS20and  1S30,  Old  Port  and  Sherry  Wines,  Still  and  Sparkling  Wines,  etc.  Agent  for  ihe 
Celebrated  CACHET  BLANC  CHAMPAGNE.  Sole  Agent  for  MILLS'  STOMACH 
BITTERS. March  4. 

J.    H-    CTJTTEE    OLD    BOURBON. 

CP.  Moorman  &   Co.,    Mniiufnctiirers,  Louisville,  Iiy.-— 
#     The  above  well-known  House  is  represented  here  by  the  undersigned,  who 
have  been  appointed  their  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 

July  3. A.  P.  Hi  >TAUXG  \-  CO. ,  4211  aud  VA1  Jackson  street,  S.  F. 

J.    H.    CUTTER'S    OLD    BOURBON    AND    EYE    WHISKY, 
anuf  ueturetl  by  Milton  J.  Hardy  A  Co.,  Sona-in-Law  and 

Successors  of  J.  H.  CUTTER,  Louisville,  Ky.  E.  MARTIN  &  CO., 

August  14.  No.  40S  Front  street.  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast 


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BROKERS. 


REMOVAL ! 

JW.   Brown  »v  Co.,  Stock  and    Money   Broker^  have  re- 
«     moved  to  No.  :i  1 7  Montgomery  street.  Nevada  block, 
J.  W.  Bkown,  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  Jan  8. 

J.  K.  S.  Latham.]  LATHAM    &    KING,  [Homer  S.  King, 

Successors  to  James  II.  Latbam  «i-   Co.,  Stock  and   Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco.  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange 
Board.  Stocks  bought  and  carried  oa  margins.  Aug.  12. 

HUBBARD    &    CO., 

Commission  stock  Brokers,  324  1-2  Montgomery  street,  un- 
der Safe  Deposit  Building,  San    Francisco,  will  transact  business  through   the 
San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 


E.    P.    PECKBAM, 
/Commission    Stock    Broker    ami    Member   S.    F.  Stock    Fx- 

^-"     change,  418  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
[June.  it).  | 

S.    F.   &    N.   P.    R.    R. 

(^hang-e  of  Time.  —  On  and  after  Saturday,  February  10th, 
j  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE,  Captain  W.  Warner,  will  leave  Washington 
street  wharf,  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  3  p.m.,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  cars 
for  Cloverdale  and  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Gucrnville  Branch  to  Korbel's  Mills  and  the  Great  Redwood  Forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cloverdale  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  6  A.M.,  connecting  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Close  connections  made  with  stages  for  So- 
noma, the  Geysers,  Ukiah,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  Mark  West,  Skaggs'  and  Littons" 
Springs.  Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  a.m.  to 2:30  p.m.  Sunday  Trips— Until 
further  notice,  the  steamer  will  leave  Wasliington-st.  Wharf  every  Sunday  at  3  p.m.  for 
Cloverdale  and  way  stations.     General  Office,  426  Montgomery  street. 

A.  A.  BEAN,  Superintendent.  P.  DONAHUE,  President. 

P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Gen'l  Paa  &  Ticket  Agent. 

Notice.—  Change  op  Wharf.— On  and  after  SATURDAY,  February  10th,  1877,  the 
steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE  will  leave  Washington-street  Wharf.  Feb.  10. 


OFFICES  OF  THE  AEROPLANE  NAVIGATION  CO., 

No.  607  to  015  Merchant  street,  San  Francisco. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LE^ER  AND 


March  10,  1877. 


A    RING. 

BY  MARGABET  ELENORA  TUPPER. 

Only  a  time-worn  circle  of  gold, 

Only  a  common  thing ; 
But  eyes  grow  dim  with  a  grief  untold 
At  sight  of  the  pearls  all  blackened  and  old 

In  this  little  worthless  ring. 
A  face  long  dead,  so  dear  of  yore, 

Smiles  out  from  a  by-gone  spring, 
And  loving  fingers  cling  once  more, 
And  play  again  as  they  played  before, 

With  this  little  worthless  ring. 
It  passes :  th«  vision  sweet  and  fair, 

That  vanished  years  still  bring ; 
And  I  keep  but  the  treasure  of  dear  brown  hair, 
Wreathed  round  in  pearls  so  dull  with  wear, 

On  this  little  priceless  wring. 

— From  "Touches  of  Human  Love." 

THE    EAGLE    FEEDING    THE    BULLS. 

An  English  contemporary  says:  "American  beef"  has  already  made 
its  mark  in  Scottish  and  English  markets — as  many  as  6,388  carcases 
having  been  brought  from  New  York  to  the  Clyde  since  June  last.  The 
supply  is  practically  inexhaustible.  Taking  Texas  as  an  example,  it  may 
he  stated  that  many  of  the  individual  droves  of  the  "  Cattle  kings"  of  that 
State  number  more  animals  than  the  total  of  the  cattle  fed  in  Aberdeen- 
shire, from  which  London  derives  a  portion  of  its  prime  beef.  The  cattle 
census  of  Aberdeenshire  in  1875  gave  169,739  head,  of  which  45,136  were 
cows  and  heifers  in  milk  or  calf.  Ten  of  the  present  Texan  herds  of 
which  we  have  statistics  number  a  million  head,  and  one  of  the'  herds 
belongs  to  a  widow  lady,  who  has  140,000  beeves  feeding  in  her  own  en- 
closures. Illinois,  Indiana,  Kentucky,  Kansas,  and  the  fertile  prairie 
lands  still  farther  away,  are  each  of  them  now  feeding  many  millions  of 
cattle,  some  of  which  may  come  in  time  to  supply  a  portion  of  the  "roast 
beef  of  old  England,"  seeing  that  her  own  cattle  supply — at  present  about 
10,000,000  head  of  all  descriptions — is  yearly  becoming  more  inadequate 
to  meet  the  national  demand.  In  the  "  Far  West"  a  three-year-old  steer 
can  be  raised  at  the  cost  of  five  dollars,  and  occasionally  for  a  smaller 
sum.  Even  on  ground  nearer  to  great  markets  the  prices  of  oxen  are 
wonderfully  moderate  compared  with  their  cost  in  England,  as  the  follow- 
ing 6gures  will  show:  Mr.  Foster  Dyer,  of  the  Brazos,  Texas,  bought  last 
Spring,  to  add  to  his  stock,  3,000  three-year-old  heifers,  at  nine  dollars 
each.  One  large  Texan  herd,  of  which  stock  was  lately  taken,  showed 
110,000  herd  of  cattle,  which  were  valued  at  six  dollars  each,  and,  even  at 
these  prices,  profits  are  enormous,  gigantic  fortunes  being  realized  by  go- 
ahead  graziers,  who  have  only,  in  most  instances,  to  pay  nominal  rents  for 
the  hundreds  of  square  miles  of  pasturage  which  they  occupy,  and  who  do 
not  require  to  spend  large  sums  in  the  purchase  of  artificial  feeding  stuffs. 

Present  supplies  of  American  beef,  which  may  be  set  down  as  being 
about  1,000  carcases  a  week,  are  chiefly  derived  from  the  States  of  Ken- 
tucky and  Illinois,  where  also  immense  herds  of  cattle  are  fed,  chiefly  on 
the  grasses  of  the  natural  pastures,  which  are  green  all  the  year  round. 
No  artificial  food  of  any  land  is  required,  which  is  much  in  favor  of  the 
American  oxen  when  they  are  cut  into  beef.  Such  being  the  feeding,  the 
meat  is  of  excellent  quality,  whilst  the  cattle  of  Kentucky  are  of  good 
blood.  Nearly  a  million  of  beasts  passed  through  the  markets  of  Chi- 
cago in  1875,  in  addition  to  about  four  millions  of  swine.  Five  hundred 
thousand  beeves  were  last  year  received  in  the  markets  of  Buffalo,  and 
besides  the  large  supply  required  for  home  consumption  and  for  breeding, 
vast  numbers  are  constantly  being  shipped  from  America  to  our  own  and 
other  countries.  Some  Texan  breeders  ship  annually  from  5,000  to  30,000 
beeves,  and  the  exportation  from  other  States  is  equally  large._ 

The  trade  in  the  importation  of  American  butcher  meat  was  inaugurated 
by  a  firm  of  Glasgow  butchers,  who  began  during  1873,  by  way  of  experi- 
ment, to  bring  over  to  this  country,  in  the  steamboats  of  the  Anchor  Line, 
a  few  pairs  of  oxen,  "just  to  see  if  they  could  stand  the  voyage."  It 
having  been  demonstrated  that  living  oxen  might  be  brought  across  the 
Atlantic,  in  good  health,  during  fine  weather,  the  firm  in  question  con- 
cluded arrangements,  one  of  the  parties  having  visited  the  United  States 
for  the  purpose,  to  extend  the  importation  of  living  cattle.  The  firm 
succeeded  during  the  summer  season  of  1875  in  bringing  to  this  country 
about  a  thousand  beeves,  some  of  which  took  prizes  at  the  show  of  the 
Highland  Society,  held  on  Glasgow  Green,  in  the  autumn  of  1875,  and 
more  recently  at  Dublin  and  elsewhere.  A  lot  of  thirty-seven  American 
oxen  was  shown  in  the  Metropolitan  Cattle  Market,  at  Islington,  on 
August  19th  of  the  same  year,  the  beasts  attracting  the  immediate  atten- 
tion of  the  dealers,  who  considered  them  quite  equal  in  quality  to  Scotch 
fed  cattle.  They  were  bought  at  once,  and  one  lot  averaged  £36  53.  each, 
while  for  154  "  Americans  "  placed  nu  one  week  in  the  Glasgow  live  stock 
market  an  average  of  £33  per  head  was  obtained. 

A  process  of  refrigerating  having  been  discovered  by  which  dead 
meat  in  a  fresh  state  can  be  brought  to  this  country  from  America  ;  the 
importation  of  live  cattle  has  been,  in  the  meantime,  suspended  in  favor 
of  dead  fresh  meat.  Large  quantities  of  the  finest  Kentucky  oxen,  killed 
at  New  York,  and  cut  in  quarters  for  the  English  and  Scottish  markets, 
are  being  imported.  It  is  found  that  dead  meat  can  be  brought  across  the 
Atlantic  at  a  fraction  over  one  penny  per  lb.,  whilst  it  costs  a  little  over 
threepence  per  lb.  to  carry  the  living  animal.  The  dead  meat  is  brought 
over  to  Glasgow  and  Liverpool  in  chambers  specially  fitted  for  the  pur- 
pose, the  temperature  of  which  is  kept  at  an  even  figure  of  from  thirty- 
six  to  forty  degrees  by  an  atmosphere  derived  from  large  supplies  of  ice, 
fr  jm  twenty  to  fifty  tons  of  that  material  being  used  on  each  voyage,  ac- 
cording to  the  extent  of  the  cargo  of  meat.  The  meat  chambers  of  the 
Anchor  (Clyde}  line  are  found  to  answer  admirably,  whilst  one  of  the 
chambers  of  the  Guion  (Liverpool)  line  is  very  large,  being  capable  of 
holding  from  2,000  to  3,000  quarters  of  beef,  with  a  few  carcases  of  mutton 
and  pork  additional.  The  supplies  of  American  fresh  meat  which  at 
present  come  to  Glasgow  are  all  carried  by  vessels  of  the  Anchor  line. 
The  beef  brought  to  Liverpool  is  earried  both  by  the  Guion  and  White 
Star  lines,  and  several  of  the  other  Liverpool  and  American  liners  are 
about  to  enter  upon  the  trade.  The  meat  received  at  Liverpool  is  at 
once  conveyed  to  London  and  other  large  towns  by  special  trains,  and  it 
can  be  procured  wherever  there  is  a  market  for  it  within  about  ten  hours 
after  its  arrival  in  port.     As  many  as  500,000  lbs.  a  week  are  received  in 


the  Clyde,  and  the  importation  to  the  Mersey  may  probably  be  double 
that  quantity,  showing  that  about  1,500,000  lbs.  of  fresh  American  butcher 
meat  are  being  weekly  thrown  into  the  British  markets.  The  animals 
are  slaughtered  after  the  Jewish  method,  but  none  of  the  carcases  are 
shipped  till  they  have  been  cooled  in  a  refrigerator,  after  which  the  ox 
is  cut  in  quarters,  and  then  before  being  taken  on  board  the  meat  is  sewn 
is  canvas  sheeting  to  guard  against  its  being  soiled.  The  importation  of 
mutton  and  fresh  pork  has  also  been  commenced  to  Liverpool  and  Glas- 
gow, large  supplies  of  dead  sheep  and  hogs  being  now  received  weekly  in 
both  cities.  The  price  of  American  beef  bought  in  quarters  in  the  whole- 
sale market  has  ranged  from  4|d.  per  lb.  to  7$d.  per  lb.,  the  average  "all 
over"  price  being  abou^  6£d. 

Her  Majesty  the  Queen  has  sent  an  autograph  letter  to  one  of  the 
importers,  who  may  be  regarded  as  the  pioneer  of  the  dead  meat  trade, 
expressing  her  satisfaction  with  the  condition  and  flavor  of  the  meat,  a 
sample  joint  of  which  had  been  sent  to  her.  The  Lord  Mayor  of  London, 
as  well  as  several  other  persons  of  rank  and  consequence,  have  likewise 
borne  testimony  to  the  excellence  of  the  beef.  In  the  city  of  Glasgow 
special  shops  have  been  opened  for  the  sale  of  the  commodity,  and  the 
demand  is  large  and  constant.  The  retail  prices  are  worthy  of  being 
quoted  :  Hoast  beef,  9d.  to  10d.;  boiling  beef,  6d.  to  7d.j  pope's  eye  steak, 
Is.;  common  steak  meat,  9d.  to  10d.;  sttfldng  beef,  8d.;  mutton,  6d.  to 
8d.;  pork,  6d.  to  7d.,  all  per  lb.  weight. 

A    NEW    SOCIETY. 
The  London   "Pun"  is   jocular  on  the  subject  of  vivisection.     It 
veils  its  sarcastic  pen  in  the  following  pseudo-advertisement,  which  is 
humbly  suggested  to  our  own  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Animals,  as  worthy  of  imitation  or  adoption: 

Society  for  the  Titer  Abolition  of  Vivisection  and  other 
CRUKLTY  to  ANIMALS.— The  Government  of  this  country  having' thought  fit 
to  recognize  that  cruelties  are  practiced  hy  medical  men  in  the  pursuance  of  what 
they  consider  to  be  their  duties,  we,  the  undersigned,  hereby  give  notice  that  we 
shall  call  upon  our  legislators  to  proceed  yet  further,  and  stamp  out  what  is  at  pres- 
ent a  disgrace  to  us  as  a  nation.  The  notion  that  poor,  inoffensive  cats  and  dogs  shall 
even  be  looked  at  by  surgeons  thirsting  for  their  blood  is  to  our  idea  intolerable. 
Previous,  however,  to  vivisectionists'  receiving  a  fresh  turn  of  the  Parliamentary 
screw,  we  shall  propose: 

1.  That  the  flaying  of  cab-horses  and  the  crimping  of  cod  be  put  down  by  the  po- 
lice. 

2.  That  no  beetle  or  cockroach  be  trodden  on  except  with  list  slippers  or  patent- 
leather  pumps, 

3.  That  no  jockey  shall  be  allowed  to  carry  whip  and  spurs  as  well.  Choice  to  be 
declared  at  the  time  of  weighing. 

4.  That  the  slaughter  of  pigeons  from  traps  be  at  once  and  forever  abolished.  And 
that  the  slaughterers  be  dittoed. 

5.  That  this  and  the  shooting  of  tame  birds  in  preserves  be  no  longer  considered 
becoming  of  sportsmen. 

6.  That  the  harrying  of  an  uncarted  stag  through  a  strange  country  for  the  delec- 
tation of  a  cockney  holiday  mob  (by  kind  permission  of  her  most  gracious  Majesty) 
be  regarded  by  all  right-minded  men  as  only  inferior  to  Bulgarian  atrocities. 

7.  That  coursing  (unless  by  greyhounds  who  have  their  teeth  drawn)  shall  be  con- 
sidered intolerably  cruel. 

8.  That  the  drawing  of  greyhounds'  teeth  be  declared  an  euormity. 

9.  That  rabbit-coursing  in  an  enclosed  ground  be  a  certain  three  months  for  every- 
body concerned. 

10.  That  skinning  live  eels  be  a  matter  for  the  magistrates. 

11.  That  the  sale  of  "  insect "  powder  and  "  Catch  *em-alive-Oh  "  papers  be  atonce 
suppressed. 

12.  That  all  anglers  impaling  poor  gentle  worms  upon  cruel  hooks  be  taken  in  cus- 
tody.   (N.E.  —This  also  includes  all  fishermen  leaving  their  fish  out  of  water.) 

13.  That  the  knocking  down  of  bullocks  be  punishable  under  the  Act  made  and 
provided  for  assaults  with  intent  to  kill. 

14.  And,  lastly,  that  the  action  of  parochial  officials  with  regard  to  ancient  needle- 
women and  out-door  pa  jpers  generally  be  subject  to  earnest  inquiry. 

We,  the  undersigned,  propose  that  when  the  before-mentioned  first  list  of  prior 
claims  upon  our  charitable  consideration  has  been  disposed  of,  the  question  of  Vivi- 
section shall  be  proceeded  with  and  prosecuted  with  the  utmost  rigor  of  the  law. 

All  post-office  orders  and  cheques  to  be  made  payable  to  the  order  of  John  Smith 
(Smith,  Brows,  and  Smith,  Tailors,  Tooley-street),£of  whom  the  fullest  particulars  as 
to  future  prosecution  of  the  Vivisectionists  may  be  obtained. 


The  Economist  of  February  17th  says:  The  Bessemer  Steel 
Company  had  sold  to  Messrs.  Gilead  A.  Smith  &  Co.  5,000  tons  of  steel 
rails,  and,  at  the  request  of  the  purchasers,  they  sent  along  with  the  in- 
voice warrants  made  out  in  a  special  form,  viz:  "for  iron  deliverable  f.  o. 
b.  to  Messrs.  Gilead  A.  Smith  &  Co.,  or  their  assigns  by  indorsement." 
Messrs.  Smith  &  Co.  paid  for  the  iron  by  a  bill  at  four  months'  date,  and 
having  indorsed  the  warrants  pledged  them  to  the  Merchant  Banking 
Company  of  London  as  collateral  security  for  advances.  Subsequently 
Smith  &  Co.  stopped  payment,  and  their  bill  was  dishonored,  whereupon 
the  Bessemer  Steel  Company  refused  delivery  to  the  bank  of  a  portion  of 
the  iron,  which  still  remained  at  the  company's  wharf  at  Sheffield,  and 
also  stopped  a  lot  of  the  rails  that  was  on  its  way  to  the  port  of  ship- 
ment. The  company  held  that  they  were  entitled,  as  unpaid  vendors,  to 
the  iron,  while  the  Merchant  Bank,  on  the  other  hand,  contended  that  hy 
a  usage  of  the  iron  trade  warrants  like  those  granted  by  the  Bessemer 
Steel  Company  passed  from  hand  to  hand,  and  conferred  on  the  holder  for 
the  time  being  a  riykt  superior  to  the  vendor'sTien  for  the  price.  And  this 
usage  the  Master  of  the  Rolls  held  to  be  established.  It  was  shown  to  be 
a  usage  of  very  recent  date,  having  originated  no  further  back  than  1846, 
and  not  having  come  into  general  operation  until  186P.  Nevertheless,  it 
was  proved  to  be  now  the  recognized  custom,  and  that  being  so,  the 
Bessemer  Steel  Company  must,  he  held,  be  taken  to  have  conformed  to 
it,  and  in  granting  the  warrants  contracted  that  the  goods  should  be  free 
of  any  claim  for  the  unpaid  price. 

Prom  Midhat  Pacha's  proverbial  philosophy  on  the  Eastern  ques- 
tion, Punch  learns  that  an  old  sack  wants  much  patching.  There  is  a 
remedy  for  everything,  could  man  but  find  it.  Mies  are  busiest  about 
lean  horses.  He  that  deceives  me  once,  it  is  his  fault;  if  twice,  it  is  mine. 
God  in  the  tongue  and  the  devil  in  the  heart.  A  rat  may  very  ill-plead 
law.  The  crow  bewails  the  sheep,  and  eats  it.  The  higher  the  ape  goes, 
the  more  he  shows  his  tail.  The  cat  would  eat  fish,  but  would  not  wet 
her  feet.  Honey  is  sweet,  but  the  bee  stings.  A  lion's  skin  is  never 
cheap.  They  that  are  booted  are  not  always  ready.  It  needs  a  longtime 
to  know  the  world's  pulse.  One  sword  keeps  another  in  the  sheath.  He 
that  does  fight  with  silver  is  sure  to  overcome.  Bells  call  others,  but 
themselves  enter  not  into  the  church.  The  early  bird  catches  the  worm. 
By  scratching  and  biting,  cats  and  dogs  come  together.  Threatened  folks 
live  long. 


March   10,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER, 


13 


FROM    THE    DEAD. 

Wli.it  was  it  tint  you  i    ht? 

Full  sweat  and  tender  were  toe  words— 

s.-  like  tfu-  twittering  of  birds. 
Ton  ili'l  not  mm  ma  standing  there, 

In  tin-  dim  •  li^'liU-il  uI.mv.-'s  gloom  3 

Too  thought  that  I  was  otherwhere 
The  tenant  of  a  far*ofl  tomb. 

Sweat,  didst  forget  the  words  T  mid, 

Once  when  we  twain  did  chance  to  meet? 
11  Ytnir  voios  weal. 1  bring  mo  Erom  tin-  tl<;ul  — 
The  very  sound  of  your  dent  feetl" 

Ami  Chen  in  wry  truth  was  I — 

So  near  1  could  have  touched  your  hand; 

I  lingered  till  the  morn  drew  nigh, 

Then  Bed  back  to  the  shadowy  land. 

— [Jiosc  Skmdiah  in  Bdtdwin'i  Monthly* 

CITY    SANITATION. 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Common  Council  ol  the  City  of  London, 
Mr.  Moore,  as  chairman  of  tin-  General  Purposes  Committee,  brought  op 
a  report,  the  object  ol  which  was  to  make  good  certain  dilapidations  of 
the  mansion  Bouse.  It  appears  that  the  Committee,  in  discharge  of  the 
duty  annually  devolving  on  them,  found  upwards  of  three-quarters  of  an 
inch  ol  rangUS  matter  Boating  on  the  top  of  the  largest  cistern  in  the 
Mansion  House.  This  cistern  supplied  with  water  all  the  other  eisterns 
in  the  establishment.  At  the  bottom  of  the  cistern  there  were  three- 
eighths  of  an  inch  of  mud,  and  in  a  bottle  of  water  placed  en  the  Lord 
Mayor's  table  could  be  seen  hundreds  of  worms.  Mr.  Moore  further 
stated  that  in  the  previous  mayoralty,  a  daughter  of  the  then  Lord  Mayor 
was  for  a  considerable  time  hovering  between  life  and  death  from  a  malig- 
nant form  of  typhoid  fever.  Other  members  of  the  family  were  similarly 
affected,  and  the  cause  seemed  entirely  mysterious. 

Under  these  circumstancea  the  City  medical  officer,  Dr.  S.  Saunders, 
WAS  consulted,  and  bis  opinion,  which  agreed  with  that  of  the  other  med- 
ical attendants,  suggested  that  the  illness  was  directly  occasioned  by  the 
condition  of  a  soil-pipe  intersecting  the  whole  house,  and  its  connection 
with  the  water  cisterns.  It  appears  that  measures  were  immediately 
taken  to  remedy  the  evil  on  its  cause  being  known.  Dr.  Saunders  was  so 
struck  with  the  condition  of  the  particular  cistern  referred  to,  that  he 
WOttld  not  allow  his  inspector  to  touch  it  until  two  other  witnesses  were 
also  brought  to  lnok  at  it. 

i  if  course  the  blame  for  this  disgraceful  state  of  things  was  laid  on  the 
officiate  who  had  been  employed  to  prevent  such  results,  and  a  large 
amount  of  indignation  was  expended  on  them.  As  an  instance  of  the 
manner  in  which  work  is  done  m  the  Mansion  House,  the  Lord  Mayor 
stated  that  a  few  days  previous  he  saw  some  of  his  housemaids  scrubbing 
the  floors  on  their  knees,  while  the  workmen  were  comfortably  ensconced 
in  velvet  covered  arm-chairs  watching  them,  certainly  a  striking  antith- 

Some  years  ago  it  was  insinuated  that  if  a  railway  director  met  with  a 
fatal  accident,  the  poorer  travelers  would  be  benefited  in  life  and  limb. 
Curiously  enough  the  idea,  transferred  to  sanitary  matters,  has  been  acci- 
dentally enforced  by  the  facts  just  stated.  Here  we  have  the  chief  mag- 
istrate of  the  chief  city  of  the  world  residing  in  a  house  in  which  his 
family  have  narrowly  escaped  from  death  by  t}rphoid  fever.  The  resi- 
dence is  fixed  in  the  middle  of  the  city,  of  which  it  has  been  boasted  that 
its  sanitary  arrangements  approach  perfection.  The  Mansion  House  has 
a  reputation  as  the  resort  of  all  the  talent,  intellect,  political  and  national 
influences,  as  represented  by  sovereigns  down  to  sailors.  Each  of  the 
thousands  of  guests  who  last  year  received  the  hospitality  of  the  Lord 
Mayor  ran,  however,  a  risk  of  catching  typhoid  fever,  and  of  propagating 
it  throughout  all  classes  of  society. — Engineering. 


On  Sunday,  January  28th,  Mr.  Joseph  Poole,  better  known  by  his 
carefully  preserved  alias  of  "  Fiddler  Joss,'  commenced  a  series  of  special 
services  in  St.  Giles's  by  preaching  in  the  Mission  Chapel,  Little  Wild 
street,  Drury  Lane,  London.  In  the  course  of  a  somewhat  unique  dis- 
course, Mr.  Poole  gave  the  following  anecdote:  There  was,  he  said,  a 
clergyman  walking  down  Cheapside  one  day  when  he  heard  a  man  calling 
out,  "  Buy  a  pie."  The  clergyman  looked  at  the  man,  and  recognized  in 
bun  a  member  of  his  church.  "What,  John,"  he  said,  "is  this  what  you 
do  in  the  week  days?"  "Yes,"  said  the  man,  "I  earn  an  honest  living 
by  selling  pies."  "Poor  fellow,"  said  the  parson,  "how  I  pity  you.  ' 
"Bother  your  pity;  buy  a  pie,"  retorted  the  man.  That,  according  to 
'"  Fiddler  Joss,  '  was  the  way  in  which  constituted  authorities  in  church 
and  chapel  matters  deal  with  the  poor  man  in  London  and  elsewhere. 
Mr.  Methodist  would  not  speak  to  Mr.  Baptist,  Mr.  Wesleyan  would 
have  nothing  to  do  with  Mr.  Congregation alist,  Mr.  High  Church  scoffed 
at  Mr.  Low  Church,  Mr.  Low  Church  did  not  care  what  became  of  any 
of  the  rest,  and  among  them  all  tne  poor  man  was  utterly  neglected. 
"  How  we  pity  you,"  these  people  said  to  the  poor  man.  "  Bother  your 
pity,"  the  poor  man  answered,  "  buy  a  pie." 

A  lawsuit  over  a  meteor  is  an  event  undoubtedly  without  a  parallel 
in  the  history  of  jurisprudence.  Two  years  ago  last  month  a  large  me- 
teor went  splurging  around  over  Iowa  and  finally  burst  to  pieces  in  Iowa 
county.  A  man  named  Maas  found  one  of  the  pieces,  weighing  some  75 
pounds,  in  a  road  that  he  was  traveling  over  and  took  it  home,  only  to  be 
soon  notified  that  it  didn't  belong  to  him  but  to  a  society  which  owned 
the  lands  through  which  the  road  ran.  He  refused  to  give  it  up,  and  the 
society  brought  suit.  Maas  claimed  that  it  was  his  by  right  of  discovery, 
but  the  society  insisted  that  it  had  fallen  on  their  land  and  belonged  to 
the  realty  by  accretion  from  natural  causes,  and  the  court  sustained  this 
view.  The  society  will  present  the  chunk  to  the  Iowa  State  University, 
and  it  will  go  into  history  as  the  meteor  that  there  was  a  lawsuit  over. 

A  stable-keeper  who  invariably  cautions  his  patrons  against  driving 
fast,  repeated  the  injunction  to  a  gentleman  who  was  hiring  a  team  of 
him  the  other  day,  and  received  the  following  response:  "  I  am  going  to 
a  funeral,  and  must  keep  up  with  the  procession  if  it  kills  the  horse."  He 
was  permitted  to  drive  on. 


HIGHEST  STOCK  QUOTATIONS  FOR  WEEK  ENDING  MAKCH  9,  1877. 

• 


Nans  or  Miss. 


Amiss 

Alpha  

AlUi 

Atlantic  I 

Aljw 

n  Flat. . . 

Alpine 





Besl  S  Bali  Bi  - 

Balto  Con 

Bullion 

Baltic 



Belmont 

Benton. 

Grown  Point ... . 

Chollar 

Con.  \  ir/min. . . . 

California 

'Caledonia 

Cosmopolitan-  .. 
Cons  imperial... 

Coso  Con 

Confidence 

Cromer 

Challenge 

Daj  ton 

Dardanelles.  ... 
Eureka  Con 

Exchequer 

Globe 

*  Could  &  Curry  . 
Great  Eastern  . . . 

Gila 

C"kli_-n  Cli.iri.it  . . 
'General  Thomas 
Onmd  Prize., 

Cold  Run 

'Halcfc  Noreross 

Hussey 

Julia  

Justice 

Jackson 

Jenny  Glynn  ... 

Jefferson 

Kossuth 

Ken  tuck 

Knickerbocker  . 

K.  K.  Cons 

Lady  Bryan  .... 

Leopard  

Lady  Wash'n  . . . 

Leviathan   

Loyal 

Leeds 

Mexican 

Monumental  . . . 

Mint  

Mansfield 

Modoc 

Manhattan 

Meteor 

Meadow  Valley . 

Melones 

Martlia  &  Bessie 

New  Coso 

Northern  Belle  . 
N.  Con.  Virginia 

Nevada  

New  York 

Niagara 

N.  Monumental. 

N.  Light 

Ophir 

Overman 

Occidental 

Og.  Comstock.. 

Prospect ... 

Poormaii 

Phil  Sheridan  . . 

Panther  , 

Pictou 

Peytona 

Raymond  &  Ely 

Rising  Star 

Rock  Island 

Rye  Patch 

Savage    

Sierra  Nevada . . 

'Silver  Hill 

Superior 

Shasta 

Southern  Star. . . 

Succor  

Seg  Belcher 

South  Chariot . . . 

S.  V.  Water 

S.  Modoc 

Trojan 

Trenton 

Twin  Peaks 

Union  Con 

Utah 

Union  Flag 

Washoe 

Woodville 

Wells  Fargo 

Ward 

WestComstock  . . 
Yellow  Jacket... 


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Assessments  are  now  due  on  the  Stocks  above  marked  thus  * 

C.    C.    Conger   has  been   chosen   Secretary    of  the   California   Stock 
Exchange. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETfER  AND 


March  10,  187 1. 


SPECIAL    BREVITIES. 


The  Manchester,  Eng. ,  butchers  are  said  to  hare  shown  an  evil  in- 
genuity in  connection  with  the  importation  of  American  fresh  beef.  They 
are,  it  is  stated,  buying  up  as  fast  as  they  can  all  the  tough  old  bulls  and 
ancient  "matronly  cows"  they  can  lay  their  hands  on.  These  they  kill, 
and  exhibit  as  "  real  American  beef,  not  frozen,"  selling  the  meat  at  an 
apparently  small  price,  but  in  reality  gaining  a  handsome  profit.  The 
customer  after  once  partaking  of  "real  American  beef,  not  frozen," 
never  wants  to  try  it  again,  and  returns  to  his  old  high-priced  English 
meat,  which  is  nothing,  in  many  cases,  but  the  American  article  natural- 
ized by  the  butcher.  If  this  story  be  true,  perhaps  it  may  be  possible  for 
the  police  or  the  meat  inspector  to  do  something  in  the  matter.  The 
trick  is  a  remarkable  testimony  to  the  excellence  and  cheapness  of  Amer- 
ican beef. 

Statistics  in  regard  to  British  railways  for  the  year  1875— only  recently 
reported — show  that  there  are  in  the  United  Kingdom  16,658  miles  of 
road,  with  an  invested  capital  reaching  the  enormous  sum  of  £630,000,000 
— an  increase  in  five  years  of  £100,000,000.  All  this  investment  paid  in 
1875,  an  average  of  5.07  per  cent.,  some  of  the  stock  paying  as  high  as  12V 
per  cent.,  and  only  6  per  cent,  of  the  whole  being  unproductive.  The 
receipts  for  passengers  have  reached  the  large  average  of  £1,543  per  mile. 
The  expenses  of  working  and  maintenance  for  the  year  were  £32,198,196  ; 
gross  receipts,  £58,982,753  ;  net  profits,  £26,784,557/  The  number  of  loco- 
motives employed  is  12,439. 

Some  very  practical  persons  have  been  investigating  the  length  of 
time  it  takes  to  transmit  a  message  over  the  Atlantic  cable.  The  first  sig- 
nal is  felt  in  four-tenths  of  a  second  ;  but  the  following  one  goes  through 
more  rapidly.  As  many  as  seventeen  words  have  been  sent  over  the  At- 
lantic cable  in  one  minute.  Fifteen  can  easily  be  sent  under  pressure  ; 
and  twelve  words  a  minute  is  a  good  working  rate.  A  fact  not  yet  ex- 
plained by  the  scientists  is  that  the  electricity  does  not  move  so  rapidly 
from  New  York  to  London  as  in  the  opposite  direction.  We  should  pre- 
sume it  is  because  there  is  a  greater  necessity  for  sending  news  to  the 
West. 

A  Novel  Thief  Catcher. — Robert  Stevenson,  respectably  dressed,  was 
recently  sent  to  prison  for  a  month,  by  the  Glasgow  magistrates,  for  steal- 
ing from  a  collection  plate  at  a  Baptist  Chapel  in  that  city,  on  Sunday. 
One  of  the  elders  said  they  had  been  losing  a  five-shilling  piece  for  two  or 
three  Sundays,  and  on  this  occasion  they  marked  one,  and  put  a  little 
sealing  wax  to  the  back  of  it,  and  affixed  thereto  a  thread  three  or  four 
yards  long,  to  the  other  end  of  which  an  envelope  was  attached.  They 
saw  the  prisoner's  arm  pass  over  the  plate,  and  the  envelope  followed  him. 

Heliotypes  of  Exquisite  Lace  are  taken  on  paper  or  silk  for  fans, 
and,  unless  you  feel  of  them  with  bare  fingers,  you  can't  tell  the  difference 
between  the  lace  and  the  printing.  If  a  narrow  lace  border  is  sewed  to 
the  edge  of  the  fan.  the  deception  is  complete^  This  opens  an  extraordi- 
nary prospect  for  future  dress  trimmings ;  lace  flounces  can  be  heliotyped 
on  any  colored  silk  skirt,  and  there  will  be  no  ripping  off  or  tearing  in  a 
crowd  ;  lace  aprons  can  be  made  from  the  very  costliest  of  patterns,  and 
yet  not  cost  much. 

This  proposition  has  been  advanced  by  some  doctors:  There  is  no- 
thing in  beer  or  wine  which  is  useful  in  sustaining  life.  We  propose  to 
starve  two  doctors  who  support  this  teetotal  theory,  for  from  four  to  seven 
days,  whichever  number  is  the  more  desirable  for  the  experi- 
ment, and,  at  the  end  of  that  time,  to  give  one  doctor  water  to  con- 
tinue to  live  on,  and  the  other  doctor  either  of  stout  or  wine  three 
doses  per  diem.  We  shall  rely  on  the  result  to  prove  the  life-sustain- 
ing qualities  of  the  liquors  they  decry. 

A  novel  insurance  company  has  been  started  on  the  supposition 
that  war  will  shortly  break  out  between  Russia  and  Turkey.  The  person 
who  is  anxious  to  insure  pays,  during  the  "piping  times  of  peace,"  one 
quarter  per  cent,  on  the  amount  for  which  he  insures,  and  during  the  pro- 
gress of  hostilities,  his  premium  is  increased  to  10  per  cent.  Red-cross 
knights  are  insured  at  a  somewhat  lower  rate,  and  officers  at  one  some- 
what in  advance  of  that  paid  by  privates. 

The  latest  use  to  which  electricity  has  been  put  is  the  calling  of  the 
cash-boys  in  the  large  retail  dry-goods  houses.  In  one  house,  the  cash- 
girls  are  stationed  in  one  part  of  the  building  at  a  stand  from  which  run 
telegraph  wires  to  all  the  sales  counters,  and  the  saleswoman  by  pulling  a 
strap  calls  a  messenger  to  her  without  the  noise  and  confusion  attendant 
on  the  former  process. 

Go-ahead  as  our  American  cousins  are  supposed  to  be,  our  own  rail- 
way directors  might  advantageously  take  a  hint  from  the  following:  The 
Erie  Railway  Company,  during  the  six  months  ended  Nov.  10th  last, 
which  embraced  the  Centennial  traffic,  carried  almost  three  million  pas- 
sengers without  a  single  accident  *b  life  or  limb,  or  the  loss  of  any  bag- 
gage. 

Starch,  bean-flour,  sand,  gum,  mucilage,  and  gelatine  are  used  as  ad- 
ulterants of  honey.  They  are  readily  recognized,  as  they  all  thicken  on 
heating,  while  the  pure  honey  becomes  thinner  under  those  conditions. 
The  addition  of  water  alone  is  detected  by  the  density,  seven  decalitres 
of  genuine  honey  weighing  one  kilo. 

A  remarkable  incident  has  just  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the  au- 
thorities at  Lower  Gornal.  For  some  time  five  generations  have  resided 
in  one  house,  the  oldest  of  whom  is  eighty-five,  next  fifty-five,  third 
thirty,  fourth  seventeen,  and  the  fifth  a  few  weeks  old.  They  are  all  fe- 
males, but  some  of  them  are  widows. 

M.  Sebille,  a  French  architect,  has  obtained  a  patent  for  damp-proof 
bricks.  He  injects  bricks,  tiles,  etc.,  with  the  tarry  products  of  coal  dis- 
tillation, and  finds  them  perfectly  impermeable  to  humidity.  Nothing  is 
said  as  to  the  kind  of  cement  that  is  to  be  used  with  them. 

The  Chinese  alloy  called  pakfong—  German  silver — is  made  by  fusing 
together  ten  parts  of  copper  shavings  and  four  parts  arsenic,  arranged  in 
alternate  layers  in  a  covered  crucible,  with  a  layer  of  common  salt  on  the 
mixture. 

The  mean  depth  of  the  North  Pacific  Ocean,  as  ascertained  by  the 
British  scientific  exploring  expedition  on  the  steamer  Challenger,  is  about 
16,000  feet. 


COMMISSION    MERCHANTS. 


J.  Sjlndersox. 


D.  F.  HuTcmxGs.  D.  M.  Dunne. 

PHQt^IX    OIL    WORKS. 

Established  1850.— •Hatchings  A-  Co.,  Oil  and  Commission 
Merchants.  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Sperm,  Whale,  Lard,  Machinery  and 
Illuminating'  Oils,  517  Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  S. 

J.    C.    MERRILL    &    CO. 
olesale  Auction  House,  304  and  206  California  street. 

Sale  days,  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  at  10  a.m.     Cash  advances  on  consign. 

Dec.  14. 


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CHAKLES    LE    UAT, 
American  Commission  filercuanl,  .  .  1  Rue  Scribe,  Paris. 

WHOLESALE    GROCERS. 


Newton  Booth,  C.  T.  Wheeler,  Sacramento.  |  J.  T.  Glover,  W.    W.    Dodge,  S.   F 
"W.    W.    DODGE    &    CO., 
holesale  Grocers,  corner  Front  and   Clay  streets,  San 

Francisco. April  1. 


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REMOVAL. 

L.  H.  Newton.]  NEWTON    BROTHERS    &    CO.,  [Morris  Newton. 

Importers  and  wholesale  dealers  in  Teas,  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed  to  "204  and  20t>  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. June  7. 


S 


TAEER,    HAREER    &    CO., 
ncvessors  to   Phillips,  Taber  &  Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 108  and  110  California  street,  below  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  15. 


ASSESSOR'S  OFFICE— NOTICE  TO  TAXPAYERS,  1877-78. 

All  Persons,  Companies,  Associations  or  Firms  iu  the  city 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  are  requested,  either  in  person  or  by  their 
proper  representatives,  to  deliver  at  the  Assessor's  Office.  No.  22  City  Hall,  in  ^aid 
City  and  Cour.ty,  before  the  SECOND  MONDAY  IN  APRIL,  1877,  a  statement  under 
oath  of  all  the  property,  both  Personal  and  Real,  owned  or  claimed  by  him  or  them, 
or  which  is  in  his  or  their  possession,  or  which  is  held  or  controlled  by  any  other  per- 
son in  trust  for,  or  for  the  benefit  of  hira  or  them.— See  Political  Code,  Sec.  3643-3048. 

All  persons  owning  Real  Estate  whose  property  was  assessed  in  a  wrong  name,  or 
by  a  wrong  description,  in  >ast  yearns  Real  Estate  Assessment  Roll,  or  who  have  pur- 
chased Real  Estate  within  the  last  year,  will  call  at  tliis  office  with  their  deeds  and 
have  proper  corrections  made  immediately,  and  the  same  assessed  in  their  name  on 
the  Assessment  Roll  for  the  fiscal  year  1S77-78. 

Poll  Tta ,  TWO  DOLLARS,  now  due  at  this  office,  or  to  a  Deputy.  Will  be  THREE 
DOLLARS  wheu  delinquent,  and  constitutes  a  lien  upon  other  property. 

ALEXANDER  BADLAM,  City  and  County  Assessor. 

March  1,  1S77. March  3. 

NOTICE. 

The  public  are  hereby  notified  that  the  Field  Deputies  of 
this  office  will  commence  assessing  property  MONDAY,  March  5, 1877. 

The  duties  assigned  to  those  Deputies  are  too  well  known  to  the  community  to  re- 
quire explanation,  and  while  I  have  been  careful  in  making  my  selections  to  fill  the 
positions  by  men  favorably  known  in  this  community  for  their  competency  and  integ- 
rity, and  am  confident  that  the  duties  will  be  discharged  by  them  to  the  satisfaction 
oi  all  concerned,  I  urgently  request  taxpayers  to  report  to  this  office  any  dereliction 
of  duty  by  any  of  my  Deputies,  and  assure  them  that  any  complaints  will  receive  im- 
mediate attention.  ALEXANDER  BADLAM,  City  and  County  Assessor. 

March  1,  1877.  March  3. 

ASSESSMENT    NOTICE. 

Original  Comstock  Gold  and  Silver  Mining-  Company.--- 
Location  of  principal  place  of  business.  San  Francisco,  California.  Location 
of  works.  Storey  county,  Nevada.  Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Directors,  held  on  the  5th  day  of  February,  1877,  an  assessment  (No.  1)  of 
50  cents  per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  im- 
mediately, iu  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  Company, 
330  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  California  Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment 
shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  5th  day  of  March,  1877,  will  be  delinquent,  and  adver- 
tised for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on 
TUESDAY,  the  20th  day  of  March,  1877,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together 
■with  costs  of  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale.    By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

THOMAS  E.  ATKINSON,  Secretary. 
Office — 330  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  California  February  10. 

OPENING  OF  RARE  AND  ELEGANT  BOOKS! 

Hll .  Moore  takes  pleasure  in  announcing  that  having  re- 
*  turned  from  his  annual  purchasing  trip  to  the  great  Eastern  and  European 
Literary  Depositories,  that  he  has  received  and  now  has  open  the  largest  assortment 
of  ANTIQUE  and  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before  brought  to  this  city,  con- 
sisting of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
fail  to  find  the  most  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  either  old  or  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  varied  stock.  Gift  Books  in  Great  Variety.  Call  and  examine 
aurstock.  [Dec.  16.]  H.  H.  MOORE,  009  Montgomery  street. 

A.    &    ROSENBAUM    &    CO., 

Southeast  corner  of  California  and  Battery  streets,  invite 
the  attention  of  their  customers  and  others  to  their  large  assortment  of  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands  of  CHEWING  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  CIGARITOS.  Consignments  of  Choicest  Brands  of  Cigars  received  by  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  18.]  A.  S.  ROSENBAUM  &  CO. 

PERSONS    VISITING    THE    EAST 

Will  find  full  files   of  Pacific    Coast   papers  and  conve- 
niences for  letter  writing,  etc.,  at  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.  s  Office,  o"5  Broadway, 
New  York.  March  25. 

SUTR0    &    CO., 

Bankers  and  Brokers,   4os  Montgomery  street.— Highest 
price  paid  for  U.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bonds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin. 
Exchange  drawn  on  New  .York.  May  20 

MONEY    TO    LOAN. 

John  T.  Little.  Money  Broker  and  Beal  Estate  Agent,  dis- 
counts notes  and  loans  money  ou  all  kinds  of  collaterals  in  large  amounts;  buys 
and  seUs  real  estate.  OFFICE  :  405*  CALIFORNIA  STREET. 

Dec.  25.  Opposite  Bank  of  California. 


fik  X  XSSL^ty  a  Week  to  Agents.    810  Outfit  Free. 

^PQf  Jfr  MP  4     I       February  10. P  O.  VICKERV,  Augusta,  Maine. 

P.    H.    CANAVAN, 
Real  Estate,  521  Montgomery  Street.   S.   F. 


March    10.  ls77. 


CA]  [FORNIA     A1»\  ERTISER. 


in 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  ths  Upper  Ton  Thousand  at  Home  and  Abroad. 


The  remote  district  <'i'  NofttinjrHUi  no  little  exoito- 

menft»  lately.     The  envoys   from   the  Dragon  Throne  bad  < 
on  Um  envoy  from  the  land  o!  th< 

ting,     The  Japanese   Mini 
i    .tt  «  hich  mi 
the  Chinese,  ooneervi  .  retaining  the  national  garb.    < m 

tli-ir  heada.  round  caps  of  -lark  fur,  surmounted  by  a  ball  of  coral,  and 
ornamented  with  .1  tuit  of  feathers :  &  tunic  of  tue  same  dark  fur  down  to 
the  wriata  and  nooning  to  ths  waist;  below,  ineipressibL 
oalled,  for  they  an  neither  petticoats  nor  trousers)  of  dark-blue  ?-ilk,  ap- 
parently also  lined  with  for;  while  lower  still  peeped  out  black-satin 
boat-shaped  and  thick-eoled.     [I  age  for  these  envoys 

fn»m  the  far  Basl  t»>  meet  thus  in  this  center  «>f  civilization  In  the  W  est  : 
stranger  stfll  that  their  greetings  had  t.i  be  made  In  English.  Dr.  Ma- 
cartney, quits  nt  borne  In  <  binese,  acted  an  Interpreter j  while  Mi 

VV  ooyeno  required  no  aid  from  hi*  English  secretary  of  legislation; 
fur  ut  he  speaks  our  tongue  with  Less  fluency  than  Mr.  Gladstone,  he  iloea 
bo  nt  least  mors  concisely.  1  am  not  informed  of  the  subjects  of  conver- 
sation between  the  Orientals.  Was  there  question  of  an  alliance  to  with- 
stand the  pressure  of  the  Wades  and  the  Parkers?  or  were  the  diamonds 
*>f  her  Mai'-tv  and  the  toilettes  of  the  peeresses  at  the  opening  of  Par- 
liament the  theme  of  their  discourse}  These  are  diplomatic  secrets ;  hut 
one  thin lt  in  certain,  the  interview  was  long  and  the  parting  cordial. 
Outside,  the  crowd  gaped  open-mouthed  at  the  two  Chinese  flunkeys  re- 
splendent in  silks  and  pig-tails,  Thepamtns,  weak  in  geography,  made 
Bteange  guessings  at  the  reason  of  this  Oriental  intervisiting,  the  best  ac- 
cepted being  that  the  envoys  had  come  to  remove  pretty  Madame  Woo- 
yeno  from  the  seductions  of  the  London  season.  Fortunately  this  is  not 
so.  Excitement  reached  its  climax,  when  the  Chinese  took  leave  on  the 
steps  :  the  dignified  bowing,  with  arms  crossed,  of  the  Celestials,  con- 
trasting with  the  knee-rubbing  salutations  of  the  Japanese.  Incident- 
ally, 1  may  mention  that  the  ladies  of  the  respective  legations  were  not 
presented  to  each  other.  On  dit  that  there  are  reasons  for  this.  But, 
then,  they  do  say  so  many  things. 

The  First  Earl  of  Norbury.  —No  man  ever  perpetrated  more  "puns" 
than  the  Lord  Chief  Justice.  He  was  most  remarkable  for  that  facult}', 
and  his  jokes  were  bandied  about  at  the  social  dinner  parties  which  Dul- 
len  was  then- noted  for.  A  very  unfortunate  duel  occurred  when  I  was  a 
mere  boy.  Roman  Catholic  emancipation  drove  the  Orangemen  furious, 
and  the  deadly  antagonism  which  existed  between  Protestants  and  Cath- 
olics would  hardly  be  now  credited,  but  it  raged  with  bitter  animosity, 
and  frequent  were  the  quarrels  arising  therefrom.  The  Cork  night  mail 
had  but  just  arrived,  at  the  dawn  of  morning,  near  the  post  office,  Dub- 
lin, a  fierce  contest  was  then  going  on  in  Cork  for  a  parliamentary  seat, 
the  two  candidates  being  quite  opposed  in  their  political  creed.  Mr. 
Hayes,  a  young  barrister,  was  passing  at  the  moment,  returning  from  a 
ball.  Hayes  was  a  most  enthusiastic  Orangeman,  and  being  interested 
in  the  election,  asked  the  driver  how  went  the  election — "The  Tory  is 
ahead,'"  was  the  reply.  "Thank  God,"  rejoined  Hayes,  when  Councellor 
Brick,  who  occupied  the  box  seat,  and  was  an  adherent  of  Daniel 
O'ConnelTs,  made  use  of  some  sneering  expression,  which  caused  angry 
language  between  them.  Cards  were  here  exchanged  at  the  moment  and 
seconds  named  four  hours  afterward.  They  met  in  a  meadow  near  the 
Grand  Canal.  Brick  took  bis  ground  boldly — he  was  a  man  of  gigantic 
frame  and  strong  nerve.  Hayes,  on  the  contrary,  was  small,  quiet,  cool, 
and  most  unassuming.  All  preliminaries  settled  at  twelve  paces,  they 
stood  with  pistols  in  hand.  The  word  "Fire"  being  given,  both  pistols 
were  discharged  simultaneously,  but  poor  Brick  received  his  adversary's 
bullet  right  through  the  heart,  and  jumping  up,  by  some  muscular* effort, 
fell  back  a  lifeless  corpse.  It  caused  a  powerful  impression  at  the  period. 
Brick  being  looked  upon  as  a  most  rising  barrister,  Hayes  fled  to  France, 
and  I  never  heard  what  became  of  him.  Lord  Norbury,  who  was  in  ec- 
stasy at  the  result,  was  asked  at  a  dinner-table  who  Mr.  Hayes  was.  "He 
belongs  to  a  most  excellent  family,"  said  his  Lordship,  "although  in  the 
late  affair  he  proved  himself  to  be  a  'Bricklayer.3  " — Beminiscensea  of  Sir 
Charles  J/.  Browne,  Bart. 

Italy  is  very  angry  with  the  British  residents  in  Sicily,  who  have  pe- 
titioned Lord  Derby  to  call  the  Government's  attention  to  the  prevalence 
of  brigandage.  Several  deputies  have  spoken  in  Parliament  on  the  subject, 
and  declare  that  the  Englishmen  have  abused  Italian  hospitality  by  their 
conduct.  The  Pope  apparently  continues  in  better  health,  and  has  issued 
a  brief  recommending  Catholic  societies  and  associations  not  to  take  part 
in  the  politics  of  the  day.  His  Holiness  has  requested  all  Cardinals  who 
can  manage  to  do  so,  to  attend  the  next  Consistory,  his  intention  being  to 
give  it  an  extraordinary  importance. 

The  young  King  of  Spain  will  soon  begin  his  naval  tour,  visiting  in  the 
Numancia,  Cartagena,  Alicante,  Valencia,  and  other  sea-port  towns. 

The  Prince  of  "Wales  has  fully  determined  to  carry  out  the  project 
of  paying  a  visit  to  Australia  and  New  Zealand,  which  the  success  and 
pleasure  of  his  Indian  tour  first  led  him  to  conceive.  The  subject  has 
not  yet  formally  taken  shape  ;  but  we  believe  that  the  Prime  Minister  is 
cognizant  of,  and  approves  of  the  projected  visit  to  the  antipodes. 

The  Duke  of  Aosta,  ex-King  Amadeus,  is  rumored  to  be  in  a  state 
of  mental  derangement  since  the  loss  of  his  wife.  He  spends  all  his  morn- 
ings singingLitanies  by  the  tomb  of  the  Duchess  in  the  vaults  of  the  Su- 
perga,  the  Royal  Mausoleum  at  Tusin,  and  the  rest  of  the  day  in  praying 
and  teaching  children  in  the  Church  of  St.  Philip. 

The  question  of  settlements,  which  has  so  frequently  worked  woe 
to  lovers,  has  once  more  exerted  its  baneful  influence ;  and  the  marriage 
arranged  between  Lady  Ida  Hope  and  Mr.  Arthur  Coventry,  and  an- 
nounced last  week,  is  now  "  off." 

The  Imperial  Prince  and  Princess  of  Germany  have  founded  a 
scholarship  of  1,000  marks  per  annum  at  the  Cassel  Gymnasium  in  com- 
memoration of  Prince  Frederick  William's  studies  at  the  school. 

The  Church  of  St.  James,  Hatcham,  Encr.,  has  been  shut  up.  So 
has  the  incumbent.  Serves  him  right,  says  Punch,  till  he  consents,  by 
shutting  his  mouth,  to  open  his  prison. 


VERDICT   ALWAYS  FOR   THE  DAVIS"  VERTICIL   FEED    SEW1NO 
MACHINE. 

The  <Viit.Miiil.il  CklM    Medal  mill    Diploma.  ls7«:   Chi-  Smii 
i 
■ 
■ 
1 

■ 

f«  amui  ■■.,    substantial 

running  and  easti)  comprehended;  butiilngvi 

■ 

■  in,  to  veiif)  the  abovi 

an. I  compllmentorj  tesitm ala  thin  uu  other  in  th. 

Invited  t..  exu 
■11  unoccupied  territory.  MARK  BHBLDOh 

■■  ____  N"    '■ 

SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD, 
NORTHERN    DIVI9I0N. 

I^xcnrsion  Season.   lS77.--Thc   South,  rn   Pacific  KRllrond 
_A    Company  respectful!]    ■.■.ill-   the  attention  ol    Mill  tar 
Si-IimlN,  Sofk'tii:*.  Private   Parties,   etc.,  to  the  Superior  Fa. 
Line  for  Reaching  with  Speed,  Safety  and  Comfort,  the  most  popular  Pli 
in  the  State,  including  those  well  known  retreate,   Belmont,  I 
Santa  Clara,  San  Jose,  etc.     For  rates,  terms  and  other  Information,  i 
'M  Railroad  Building,  corner  of  Fourth  and  Townsend  sti 

a.  C.  BASSETT,  Buperinti  i  ■■ 
J.  L.  \\  illci  tt,  General  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent.  Feb    17 


NOTICE-A    NEW    FEATURE. 

To    Principals    of    Tonus-    Ladies?    Seminaries.    Boarding; 
Scl is  and  Colleges— MR.  PETER  JOB,  the  Ban  Francisco  Pioneer  French 

Chief  Cook  and  Confectioner,  well  known  as  a  Brat-class  Caterar  and  Cook,  baring 

kept  in  this  city  the  best  Ktst.iur.mt  and  loe-Cream  Saloon  for  the  last  twi  al 
offers  his  services  as  a  Teacher  of  the  Culinary  Art;  also,  Fancy    Dial 
To  those  wishing  to  form  a  class,  arrangements;  could  easily  be  mad< 
sending  munes  and  address  to  PETER  JOB, 

No.  2610  California  street,  San  Francisco. 
No  objection  to  go  out  of  the  city.    New  York,   London  ana   Paris  have  suofa 
classes  for  ladies.  Feb.  17. 

F.  C.  SHOW.]  SNOW    &    MAY'S    ART    GAILEKY.  [W.  B.  May. 

SNOW    A     MAT, 

DIPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 

Pictures,    Frames,    Molding:!*,    and    Artists'    Materials. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  Dec,  10. 


AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  been  Invented  by  the  Queen's  Otvn  Company  Of  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  uf  which  ia  so  thin  ami  flexible  as  ni.-v._-r  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  $2  for  buffalo  handles,  SI  for  Ivory  ; 
by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  by  the  sole  agents  in  toe 
United  States.  NATHAN  JOSEPH  ft  c<  •.. 
September  2. No.  041  Clay  street,  S.  F. 

LEA    AND    FERRINS'    SAUCE. 

In  consequence  or  spurious  imitations  of  M'OROESTKK- 
SHIRE  SAI'CE.  which  are  calculated  to  deceive  the  public,  LEA  AXI» 
PERKI\!S  have  adopted  A  NEW  LABEL  BEARING  THi.lK  SIGNATURE, 
LEA  &  PERKINS,  which  is  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUCE, 
and  without  which  none  isgenuine. 

Ask  for  LEA  &  PERRINS'  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrapper,  label,  buttle  and  stop- 
per.   Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  BlackweB, 
London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  by  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  be  obtained  of 
Dec.  30.  "  MESSRS.  CK<  >SS  .v  CO.,  San  Francisco. 

CAUTION— BETTS'S  PATENT  CAPSULES. 

The  public  art*  respectfully  cstuliouctl  that  Itfffw'a  Fntent  <'itp*ul« 
are  hcin>r  infringed.  BETTS'S  name  le  upon  every  Capsule  he  makes  lor  the 
leading  Merchants  at  home  and  abroad,  and  he  is  the  Only  Inventor  and  Sole  Maker 
in  the  United  Kingdom.  Makufactobis:  1.  Wharf  Road,  city  Roab,  Lohdok, 
asp  Bont'Exus.  Kkaijck. .June  l&. 

CONSUMPTION,   INDIGESTION    AND  WASTING   DISEASES. 
be  most  efficacious  remedies  arc  Pancreatic  Emnlsiun  and 

Pancreatine.    The  original  and  genuine  prepared  only  by  s.\  v<  IKY  &  UOORE, 


T 


143  New  Bond-street,  London.     Sold  by  them  and  all  Chemists 
throughout  Canada  and  the  United  States. 


d  Storekeepers 
Dec.  SO. 


FOR    SALE. 
W.  X.4\   /C\4\i\  *"irst  Mortgage  Bonds  of  the  Nevada  County 

^50*  *•*  *TT*  9  Narrow  Gauge  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax.  Qrass 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  l»7*i,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  8  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bans  ol 

Well*  Fargo  A:  Co.,  in  this  eitv.  No  hiito  de-ir.ible  investment  can  i»'  otkred.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit.        [Sept.  9.]        ANDREW  BAIRD,  No.  304  California  street. 

\  itarrRiNTSTEa 

[537   SACRAMENTO    STREET, 
)  BELOW    MOMTGOMEBY. 


BRUCE, 


BRITISH    BENEVOLENT   SOCIETY   OF    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  daily,  from  10  a.m.  to    1  p.m.,  i».v  the  under- 
signed, to  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  to  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.                                                    J.  P.  McCURUlE,  Secretary, 
Oct.  23., 730  Montgomery  etreet. 

0EEG0N  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

Resrnlar  Steamers  to  Portland,  leaving?  San  Francisco 
weekly  Steamers  GEORGE  W.  ELDER,  J.  L.  STEPHENS.  OR1FLAM.ME, 
and  AJAX,  connecting  with  steamers  to  SITKA  and  PUGET  SOUND,  and  0.  andC. 
R.  R,  Co.  and  Oregon  C.  R.  R.  Co.  through  Willamette,  Umpqtia,  and  Rogue  River 
Vallevs,  Oregon.     Tickets  to  all  points  on  the  O.  and  C   R.  R.  sold  at  reduced  rates. 

K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
June  14. . 210  Battery  street. 

EPPINGETt'S    SALOON. 

Louis  Eppinger,  formerly  or  Halleck  street,  ha*i  removed 
to  Nevada  Block  (entrance  on  Summer  street).     Will  be  happy   to  see  all   his 
friends.     MILWAUKEE  BEER  a  Specialty. Sept  30. 


B.  F.  Flint. 


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Flint,  Bixby  &  Co.] 
A.    P. 


t  J.  Lee.     D.  W.  Folqer 


FLINT    &    CO., 


raders.  Packers  and  Dealers  In  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 

and  Greenwich  street-.  San  Francisco.  .  Jan    29. 


16 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LE'JTER. 


March  10,  1877. 


THE  sat.T!  OF  INTOXICANTS. 
The  liquor  question  has  forced  itself  into  such  prominence  in  Eng- 
land that  it  is  soon  to  become  the  all-important  issue  of  the  day,  which, 
before  it  is  settled,  may  make  or  unmake  governments.  In  the  present 
Parliament  there  are  something  over  a  hundred  unqualified  local  option 
men,  whilst  the  publican  interest  influences  perhaps  about  the  same  num- 
ber of  members.  As  the  Government  have  but  a  majority  of  seventy,  it 
will  be  seen  that  if  either  the  liquor  parties  unite,  and  conclude  to  subor- 
dinate all  other  questions  to  this  one,  then  the  party  so  uniting  must  bold 
the  balance  of  power.  This  is  a  perilous  outlook  for  both  the  Liberal  and 
Conservative  leaders,  who  see  that  the  difficulty  eannot  be  staved  off  much 
longer,  and  that  in  consequence  it  is  the  part  of  wisdom  to  seek  some  prac- 
tical solution  that  may  not  be  utterly  distasteful  to  either  side.  Birmingham 
has  been  made  the  active  center  of  a  political  movement  having  for  its  ob- 
ject the  adoption  of  what  is  known  as  the  Gothenburg  system,  by  which 
the  places  for  the  sale  of  intoxicants  are  owned  and  controlled  by  the 
local  municipal  governments,  and  so  run  by  them  as  to  promote  general 
sobriety,  and  to  avoid  most,  if  not  all,  of  the  evils  of  the  present  system. 
The  Birmingham  League  has  for  its  leader  a  most  able  and  aggressive 
man  in  the  person  of  Mr.  Chamberlain,  lately  elected  the  Parliamentary 
representative  of  the  city.  To  this  gentleman's  propositions  it  would  be 
impossible  to  do  full  justice  in  the  space  at  our  command.  Suffice  it  to 
say  that  he  proposes  that  the  municipal  council  shall  compensate  the  pres- 
ent publicans,  close  more  than  half  the  houses,  and  run  the  remainder  in 
such  a  way  that  there  shall  be  taken  away  from  the  purveyors  of  drink 
all  temptation  to  extend  the  sale  ;  to  stop  the  competition  which  forces 
the  least  respectable  and  successful  members  of  the  trade  to  resort  to  all 
kinds  of  meretricious  attraction,  and  continually  to  devise  new  stimulants 
to  a  depraved  habit;  to  provide  with  certainty  against  further  supplies  to 
an  already  intoxicated  man;  to  offer  to  all  the  enjoyment  of  warmth, 
light,  food  and  company  without  even  the  tacit  obligation  to  drink  for 
"  the  good  of  the  house;"  and,  in  a  word,  to  turn  the  gin  palaces  and 
drinking  saloons  of  large  towns  into  comfortable  and  orderly  working- 
men's  clubs.  Mr.  Chamberlain  further  thinks  that  to  get  rid  of  the  pres- 
ent drink-sellers  by  compensation  would  leave  them  no  cause  to  complain, 
and  would  annihilate  their  political  influence,  which  he  thinks  at  present 
works  a  serious  degradation  of  public  life,  and  the  lowering  of  the  tone  of 
political  morality.  Now  a  doughty  champion  of  "  free  trade  in  drink" 
steps  into  the  arena.  The  Eight  Honorable  Robert  Lowe,  in  an  article 
in  the  Fortnightly  Review,  looks  at  the  matter  with  his  peculiar  vision, 
thinks  that  there  should  be  free  trade  in  drink,  and  believes  that  no  case 
is  exceptional  enough  to  create  a  necessary  antagonism  between  the  ex- 
treme arguments  of  political  economists  and  the  interests  of  morality. 
Beyond  this  he  would  leave  everything  to  the  future  of  education.  Drink- 
ing intoxicants,  he  admits,  is  a  disease.  If  the  mind  be  diseased,  it  is 
to  the  mind  the  remedy  should  be  applied.  Wise  and  moderate  men,  he 
says,  should  be  content  if  they  see  causes  at  work  which  tend  to  an  ulti- 
mate cure.  Mr.  Chamberlain,  nothing  daunted,  replies  in  a  subsequent 
issue  of  the  same  brilliant  magazine,  and  to  our  mind  he  gets  away  with 
his  able  opponent.  He  concludes  a  most  vigorous  and  logical  argument 
with  this  manly  protest:  "  There  are  doubtless  'causes  at  work'  which 
tend  to  the  ultimate  eradication  of  everything,  but  to  ask  the  present 
generation  to  wear  contentedly  the  devil's  chain,  to  endure  with  patience 
the  misery,  disease  and  sin  which  existing  arrangements  involve,  to  ac- 
knowledge the  utter  fruitlessness  of  well  directed  efforts  for  the  better- 
ment of  the  condition  of  the  race,  undermined  as  they  are  by  the  effects 
of  the  traffic,  and  to  do  all  this  in  the  vague  expectation  of  ultimate  im- 
provement, is  to  appeal  to  a  selfishness  which  fortunately  does  not  exist, 
and  which  would  be  destructive  of  the  hope  and  promise  of  brighter  days. 
It  is  no  consolation  to  the  families  whose  happiness  has  been  wrecked  and 
whose  homes  have  been  rendered  desolate  by  the  intemperance  of  one  or 
more  of  their  number — it  is  no  compensation  to  those  whose  means  are 
straightened,  and  whose  opportunities  of  recreation  and  improvement  are 
cut  off  by  the  pressure  of  rates  swollen  by  the  direct  consequences  of  the 
traffic  in  drink— to  be  told  that  a  century  or  two  hence  the  millennium  is 
expected,  and  that  causes  are  at  work  which  may  ultimately  relieve  their 
remote  descendants  from  the  penalties  which  the  present  generation  is 
compelled  to  pay."     _^^_^_^ 

PIGS  AND  TYPHOID  FEVER. 
It  has  long  been  an  open  question  as  to  how  far  animals  of  the 
brute  creation  were  liable  to  the  same  diseases  which  have  been  generally 
supposed  to  be  peculiar  to  the  human  family.  A  butcher  in  Exeter, 
England,  has  just  been  fined  for  exposing  for  sale  the  carcass  of  a  pig  that 
was  proved  beyond  the  shadow  of  a  doubt  to  have  died  from  the  effects  of 
typhoid  fever  1  and  as  such  to  be  unfit  for  food.  The  revolting  revelations 
that  were  made  a  few  years  ago  respecting  the  frequent  prevalence  of 
trichina  in  pork  created  for  the  time  being  such  a  decided  aversion  to  its 
use  that  a  marked  depression  was  noticeable  in  the  trade.  This  new  dis- 
covery, however,  is  even  more  startling.  The  fact  that  a  butcher's  son 
and  heir  is  reveling  in  the  infantile  luxury  of  measles  has  never  yet 
induced  the  suspicion  that  on  that  account  the  occupants  of  his  slaughter- 
house might  possibly  catch  the  infection,  and  the  result  be  experienced  in 
the  questionable  pleasure  of  a  "  measly  "  fore-quarter  of  lamb !  Surely 
this  is  a  matter  worthy  of  the  consideration  of  our  health  officers  !  If 
typhoid  fever  is  no  longer  the  exclusive  property  of  the  human  race,  but 
can  be  enjoyed  equally  by  brutes  of  a  lower  order,  what  guarantees  have 
we  that  the  same  privilege  may  not  be  extended  in  the  matter  of  small- 
pox or  diptheria?  Supposing  this  to  be  the  case,  our  City  Fathers  would 
do  well  to  order  immediately  the  compulsory  vaccination  of  all  cats  and 
dogs  of  six  weeks  old  and  upwards,  and  to  pass  a  resolution  forbidding 
any  sausage  manufacturer  to  use  any  of  the  above  animals  without  first 
obtaining  from  the  Health  Officer  an  actual  certificate  of  vaccination.- 
Whatever  effect  all  this  may  have  on  the  minds  of  the  public  generally, 
certain  it  is  that  there  is  one  class  of  men  who  will  have  every  reason  to 
congratulate  themselves,  should  the  astounding  theory  prove  correct. 
"  It's  an  ill  wind  that  blows  nobody  any  good,"  and  the  medical  brother- 
hood will  hail  with  joy  the  opening  of  a  new  field  for  their  professional 
labors.  Even  if  their  further  researches  into  the  subject  may  prompt 
them  to  become  converts  to  a  vegetable  diet,  the  gain  to  their  pockets  will 
more  than  make  up  for  the  loss  of  their  beef  and  mutton. 

A  Philadelphia  broker  courted  a  young  lady  for  six  years,  and  was 
too  bashful  to  aak  for  her  hand,  until  her  brother  horsewhipped  him  into 

it. 


DISEASE   AND    DEATH. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  report  of  the  Grand  Jurv  will  attract  the 
attention  it  deserves.  These  gentlemen  have  performed  their  duty  faith- 
fully. They  visited  Washerwoman's  Bay  and  Mission  Creek,  and  they 
feel  ashamed  to  report  it  possible  that  a  people  possessing  intelligence 
and  civilization  should  permit  such  vile  nuisances  and  such  prolific  causes 
of  death  to  remain  in  existence.  They  indorse  the  statistics  of  the  Officer 
of  Health,  which  demonstrate  that  from  forty  to  fifty  per  cent  of  all  deaths 
are  due  to  the  defective  sewers  and  the  deposits  of  filth  in  the  drains.  As 
these  defective  sewers  continue  to  saturate  the  subsoil  with  foul  matters, 
and  the  influence  of  the  deposits  of  filth  spread  through  the  city,  in  the 
same  proportion  will  the  death  rate  increase.  And  the  Grand  Jury  close 
their  sanitary  observations  by  the  practical  recommendation  that  less  at' 
tention  should  be  given  by  the  authorities  to  grading  streets  where  there 
were  no  dwellings,  and  more  to  remedying  the  defects  complained  of. 
It  remains  now  to  be  seen  whether  the  authorities  will  listen  to  this  wise 
advice.  Some  time  ago  §10,000  was  appropriated  for  the  preparation  of 
a  scheme  of  sewerage.  A  year  ago  such  a  scheme  was  presented  to  the 
Supervisors  by  the  City  and  County  Surveyor.  For  months  it  lay  un- 
noticed in  the  office.  Then  it  w,as  printed  and  given  to  the  public.  But  as 
yet  it  has  never  been  discussed.  Meanwhile  the  authorities  are  apparently 
going  on  in  the  old  bad  way.  We  see  a  weekly  list  of  contracts  for  wood 
and  cement  sewers,  which  bid  fair  inja  few  years  to  be  as  defective  as  those 
complained  of.  There  is  no  assurance  of  work  being  accomplished  in 
accord  with  a  general  scheme;  and  as  on  the  south  of  Market  street  miles 
of  drains  will  have  to  be  reconstructed,  so  many  of  these  now  maldng 
may  also,  hereafter,  have  to  be  removed.  This  is  neither  fair  to  Mr. 
Humphries  nor  the  public,  who  have  a  right  to  know  whether  the  scheme 
of  the  City  and  County  Surveyor  is  the  best  that  can  be  obtained,  and  to 
be  assured  that  amendment  of  the  present  defects  will  be  systematically 
earned  out  at  once. 

We  shall  watch  also,  with  considerable  interest,  the  effect  of  the  public 
meeting  which  was  held  on  Wednesday  last  for  the  purpose  of  urging  an 
immediate  abatement  of  the  Mission  Swamp  nuisance.  We  have  again 
and  again  expressed  our  want  of  confidence  in  the  Supervisors  and  the 
still  weaker  Board  of  Health.  To  obtain  sanitary  improvement  the  peo- 
ple must  themselves  take  action,  and  we  believe  that  the  formation  of  a 
public  association  for  the  diffusion  of  sanitary  knowledge  would  do  more 
to  promote  a  sound  reform  of  the  sanitary  administration  of  this  city 
than  any  report  of  the  Grand  Juries  or  even  the  severest  castigations  of 
the  public  press.  Until  the  people  are  themselves  convinced  that  defect- 
ive sewerage  kills  their  little  ones  and  impairs  the  vigor  of  the  adults,  the 
Supervisors  are  in  reality  acting  in  opposition  to  the  wishes  of  their  con- 
stituents in  spending  large  sums  on  sanitary  improvements  of  which  no 
one  appreciates  the  use. 

The  Academy  of  Sciences  might  well  step  forward  in  this  juncture  and 
render  the  public  invaluable  service  by  inaugurating  such  an  association, 
thus  at  the  same  time  promoting  their  own  interests  and  popularity.  In- 
stead of  discussing  Indian  schemes  of  irrigation,  let  us  have  their  views 
on  a  scheme  of  drainage  for  the  city.  We  ask  them  to  establish  a  special 
sanitary  department,  with  branches  in  every  Ward.  Let  such  an  associa- 
tion hold  numerous  public  meetings,  as  well  to  diffuse  sounder  views  of 
sanitary  science  as  to  put  down  special  nuisances.  So  would  the  Board  of 
Health  find  valuable  co-operators  in  every  district,  and  the  Supervisors 
themselves  would  be  compelled  to  pay  less  attention  to  the  grading  _  of 
hills  where  there  are  no  dwellings,  and  more  to  remedying  the  defective 
sewerage.  

A    CHECK    ON    FRAUD. 

The  frequency  of  cases  of  embezzlement  has  induced  the  writer,  an 
old  book-keeper  and  cashier  of  twenty-six  years  experience,  to  offer  the 
following  humble  suggestions  to  our  merchants  and  business  men:  As 
much  as  possible  imitate  the  bank  system  of  book-keeping—  the  only  per- 
fect system  known.  Keep  your  receipts  and  payments  perfectly  separate 
and  distinct,  by  using  your  banker  as  your  principal  cashier.  Deposit 
the  exact  total  of  your  daily  receipts,  enumerating  items  on  numbered 
credit  slip,  and  retaining  exact  duplicate  for  future  reference  in  case  of 
dispute.  Make  all  payments  by  drawing  numbered  checks.  Draw 
checks  monthly  to  cover  estimated  total  of  small  payments,  details  of 
which  can  be  kept  in  separate  petty  cash  book  and  transferred  to  correct 
accounts  by  journal  entry  at  convenience.  Devote  a  small  portion  of 
your  leisure  hours  daily  to  an  inspection  of  your  cash  book,  add  up  the 
columns,  compare  the  balance  with  cash  on  hand  and  the  vouchers  with 
the  entries,  and  see  that  they  are  branded  with  date  and  number  stamp, 
and  that  the  figures  are  properly  entered  in  ink.  Encourage  as  much  as 
possible  the  system  of  receiving  and  paying  by  bank  check  instead  of 
coin.  Insist  on  frequent  and  regular  balances,  for  which  use  a  balance  book. 
Where  possible  employ  respectable  married  men  in  preference  to  single 
ones,  or  induce  the  single  men  to  marry.  Remember  that  fast  women 
make  fast  men.  Pay  your  book-keeper  sufficient  to  support  himself  and 
family  respectably.  Cheap  labor  is  dear  at  any  price.  Many  merchants 
spend  more  on  cigars  than  they  pay  their  book-keeper.  Take  an  interest 
in  the  social  life  of  your  employee.  Find  out  for  yourself  where  and 
how  he  lives,  and  how  he  spends  his  time.  Visit  his  home.  In  fact, 
look  upon  him  as  part  and  parcel  of  your  business,  and  worthy  of  the 
same  attention  as  you  bestow  on  your  own  concerns.  Forbid  him  to 
trade  or  speculate  on  his  own  account,  which  you  are  justified  to  do 
should  his  salary  be  sufficient  for  his  services,  and  remember  the  fact  that 
if  he  is  worthy  to  manage  your  affairs  he  is  also  worthy  to  receive  social 
recognition  from  you  and  the  kindest  consideration.  Do  not  encourage 
Sunday  work,  because  it  is  a  bad  precedent,  and  he  who  learns  to  break 
the  Fourth  Commandment  through  your  example  or  advice  may  retaliate 
by  also  breaking  the  Eighth  Commandment.  If  the  truth  were  known, 
the  greater  number  of  frauds  in  accounts  and  books  are  arranged  on  Sun- 
days and  after  business  hours  during  late  evening  work.  No  good  book- 
keeper requires  extra  hours  to  perform  honest  work. 

A  fair  correspondent  in  Paris  writes  to  the  News  Letter  that  "  ball 
shoes  are  worn  with  gold  and  silver  heels  and  real  pearl  buckles.  Some- 
times even  rubies  and  diamonds  are  added.  What  with  diamond  tiaras 
and  diamond-encrusted  shoes,  ladies  are  now-a-days  certainly  carrying 
fashion  to  extremes  in  more  senses  than  one." 


"We  can  hardly  learn  humility  and  tenderness  enough  except  by 
suffering,"  was  the  opening  remark  of  a  cowhided  coward. 


Postscript 


TO    THE 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


Olliee--O0~    to    »il5    Mei-eliuut    Street. 


VOLUME  £7. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  MAE3H   10.  1817. 


NUMBEH  7. 


BIZ. 


Our  Breadstuff  exports  for  eight  months  of  tin-   harvest  year  now 
; .-  a]  out  550,000  tons,  and  it  is  probable  that  by  July  l>t  we  will 

■  univalent  of  GOO.000  abort  tons,  chiefly  wheat,  ami  the 
bulk  of  it  to  Great  Britain.  Tins  large  export  trade  has  already  given 
employment  to  a  large  fleet  of  ships  say  2N0  full  cargoes  of  wheat  and 
flour  to  the  United  Kingdom.  The  aggregate  value  of  these  cargoes  in 
round  figures  is  ^LS.OOO.OOO,  which  shows  a  huge  increase  over  any  previ- 
ous year  in  California's  history.  The  present  market  price  of  wheat  in 
this  market  rides  from  $2(S  L'  15  per  cental  for  fair  to  choice  quality.  The 
offerings  are  light,  and  the  daily  receipts  steadily  falling  off.  At  tins 
ig  there  are  but  nine  vessels  on  the  Liverpool  berth,  the  smallest 
number  in  months. 

Flour  shipments  hence  to  all  countries  now  figure  up  400,000  bbls., 
valued  at  $9,800,000,  as  compared  with  320,000  bbls.,  valued  at  $5, 270,000, 
same  time  last  year.  The  present  price  of  Superfine,  $5;  Extra  Superfine, 
$5  50;  Bakers  and  Family  Extras,  $6(5  7  V  bbl.,  according  to  brand.  The 
latter  rate  for  silk  dressed  Golden  Age,  Golden  Gate  and  Starr  Mills. 

Barley.  --  Stocks  are  greater  in  proportion  than  any  other  of  our  cereals. 
Holders,  however,  evince  considerable  firmness  in  the  future  of  the  market 
We  quote  Brewing  *1  25(«$1  30  fc?  ctl  gold;  Feed,  SI  2o(a$l  30  silver. 

Corn.  —  The  offerings  are  light,  and  holders  firm  at  -SI  40@$1  50  fc?  ctl. 

Oats. —  The  offerings  are  more  free,  and  holders  less  firm  at  SI  80@ 
$2  20  pc£L 

Rye.  —  Stock  light ;  small  sales  at  62  ^  ctl. 

Hops.  —  The  stock  is  liberal  and  the  bulk  of  it  off  quality,  quotable  at 
15(2  20c,  sales  of  40  bales  at  the  latter  rate.  The  last  steamer  for  Australia 
carried  21,329  lbs. 

WocL  --The  Spring  Clip  is  now  arriving  in  increased  quantities,  with 
small  sales,  the  market  rate  not  yet  fixed  for  Spring  Fleece.  Sales  of 
350,000  lbs.  Southern  Fall,  off  grade,  at  8@12^o,  accordingto  condition. 

Hides.  —  There  is  a  good  demand  for  Dry  at  161@17c  ;  wet,  salted,  8@ 
9c  for  selections. 

Tallow.  —  We  note  sales  in  lots  of  75,000  tbs.  at  5i@6c. 

Leather.--The  City  of  Tokio,  hence  for  Japan,  carried  75  rolls.  This 
export  trade  is  of  increasing  importance. 

Dairy  Products.  —Supplies  of  Butter  and  Cheese  are  liberal,  both  in 
excess  of  the  current  demand,  and  far  exceeding  in  quantity  that  of  any 
.  former  year.  <  ihoice  Fresh  Grass  Roll  Butter  has  now  dropped  to  20@25c. ; 
<  Iheese  rules  from  8(5  15c,  according  to  quality. 

Fruits  and  Vegetables. —The  market  is  well  supplied  with  California 
Oranges,  Lemons,  Limes,  Apples,  etc.;  while  Strawberries  are  daily 
arriving  in  increased  quantities.  Asparagus,  Green  Peas,  etc.,  are  be- 
coming quite  plentiful,  and  so  are  New  Potatoes,  and  prices  are  dropping 
daily,  so  that  they  will  soon  be  within  reach   of  all  classes  of  consumers. 

Shipping  News,  —Arrivals  from  sea  during  the  week  embrace  several 
large  ships  from  Eastern  Atlantic  ports  with  general  merchandise  ;  als3, 
other  vessels  with  Coal,  Iron,  etc.,  thus  adding  to  our  fleet  of  disengaged 
vessels.  Wheat  charters  have,  for  the  time  being,  become  quite  obsolete; 
only  one  ship  secured  this  week,  and  that  for  Liverpool  at  t'2,  to  Cork  £2 
2s  (id,  and  if  to  the  European  Continent  £2  7s  Gd.  We  have  now  in  port 
disengaged  twenty-three  vessels  of  an  aggregate  tonnage,  as  per  register, 
of  28,600  tons.  We  know  of  very  little  new  business  offering;  few  char- 
ters obtainable.  The  ship  Valley  Forge  goes  in  ballast  to  Manila,  seeking, 
and  we  fear  other  ships  will  be  forced  to  do  likewise  rather  than  wait  four 
months  or  more  for  the  incoming  wheat  crop. 

Our  Harvest  Home.  —Our  interior  exchanges  continue  to  speak  en- 
couragingly of  the  growing  grass  and  grain  throughout  the  northern  and 
middle  counties  of  the  State,  but  quite  the  reverse  in  many  parts  of  the 
southern  counties  and  large  grain- producing  valleys  of  our  wide  domain. 
We  have  had  thus  far  a  most  remarkable  season— warm,  genial,  grow  ing 
weather.  Very  little  frost  or  cold  this  season.  To  say  the  least,  a  very 
open  Winter,  devoid  of  storms  of  any  description.  Thus  far  we  have 
had  scarcely  one  half  of  our  usual  average  rainfall.  What  few  showers 
we  have  had  have  been  gently  distilled  upon  the  earth— all  absorbed,  none 
run  to  waste- consequently  vegetation  is  very  forward  in  all  sections 
■where  thus  favored,  and  crop  prospects  exceedingly  promising. _  So  much 
so  that  many  close  observers  are  very  sanguine  of  a  large  grain  surplus, 
even  without  any  crops  from  the  great  San  Joaquin  valley.  We  must  ad- 
mit that  if  we  could  have  one  good  rain  storm  throughout  the  State  m 
March,  coupled  with  our  never-failing  showers  in  April  and  May,  all  will 
yet  be  well  with  us. 


Merchandise  Marts.  —Business  in  general  seems  to  be  qui 
Our  wholesale  merchants  and  traders  very  generally  complain  of  .lull 
times.  But  we  see  no  occasion  for  murmuring,  for  we  are  satii  lied  that 
the  volume  of  trade,  in  the  aggregate,  with  the  interior  is  up  to  the 
average  of  past  seasons.  It  is  scattered  over  a  wider  spaa 
before.  The  modes  of  distribution  are  greater  and  mure  diversified  than 
heretofore.  The  Overland  Pacific  Railway  opens  a  wide  door  For  the 
ingress  and  egress  of  avast  amount  of  traffic  that  formerly  centered  in 
this  city,  and  here  was  the  main  point  for  its  distribution.  Now  goods 
are  switched  off  at  various  points  on  the  line  of  the  railroad,  and  they  go 
into  the  mines  and  mountain  towns  of  the  interior,  not  always,  hofl  evi  r, 
paying  tribute  to  us,  yet  frequently  ordered  by  our  merchants  to  be 
dropped  by  the  way.  Then,  again,  we  ship  East,  direct  from  the  interior, 
Quicksilver,  Wool,  Hops,  Fruits,  etc.,  in  vast  quantities,  that  formerly 
centered  .here.  This,  of  course,  goes  to  enrich  the  State,  though  not 
always  paying  a  percentage  to  the  city  merchant. 

Bags  and  Bagging.  —  There  is  every  prospect  of  our  having  a  surfeit 
of  stock  here  this  year  and  low  prices.  A  large  amount  of  Calcutta  piece- 
goods,  once  sold  to  a  bag  maker,  has  now  been  turned  over  to  another 
^manufacturer  to  be  made  into  wheat  sacks.  Besides,  Dundee  is  likely  to 
send  us  full  supplies  of  grain  sacks.  The  present  price  of  Standard  Grain 
Sacks,  22x36,  is  8£@9c. 

Borax.--  Recent  shipments  to  New  York  and  Liverpool,  and  now  going 
on   board  vessels,   have  greatly  reduced   our  Winter   stocks,  and  leaving 
marts  in  a  more  healthful  state  than  for  mouths  past.     Same  price.-,  ho 
ever,  continue  to  rule. 

Case  Goods.  --  There  is  a  lull  in  the  demand  for  Oregon  Salmon,  pend- 
ing a  knowledge  of  the  catch.     Present  price  of  1877,  1  lb.  cans,  tl     ;i 
1  55.     The  City  of  Sydney,  for  the  Colonies,  carried  784  cases  Fruits,  etc. 

Cement,  Etc.  —The  price  of  English  Portland  Cement  is  now  down  to 
S3  50@3  75  I?  bbl.;  Eastern  Rosendale,  S2  25(W  2  50  J?  bbl.;  Calcined 
Plaster,  S3  25@3  50;  Lime,  SI  50(5-1  75  $  bbl. 

Coal.— The  Pacific  Coast  supply  of  Seattle,  Coos  Bay,  Bellingham 
Bay,  and  California  Mount  Diablo  is  large  and  free,  ruling  from  $7  75(5  8 
per  ton  for  cargo  lots.;  Wellington,  Nanairao,  etc.,  SS(§s9;  Australian, 
§9@9  25. 

Coffee.— Recent  shipments  of  Prime  Green  to  St.  Louis  approximate 
3,000  bags,  with  orders  here  for  as  much  more.  The  market  is  strong  at 
20c.  for  Prime  No.  1  Green  Central  American.  Holders  generally  are 
sanguine  of  being  able  to  sustain  the  market  at  18@20c.  for  Greens;  0. 
G.  Java,  23@24c. 

Chemicals.-- We  know  of  no  special  movement  to  record  pending  fresh 
importations, 

Metals. —Charcoal  Tin  Plate  is  wanted  for  Oregon  salmon  canners  at 
$7  50;  Sydney  Block  Tin,  lS^e.  Pig  Iron  seems  to  be  neglected  at  the 
moment,  quotable  at  $30@34  $  ton. 

Oils.— The  whaling  bark  Coral  is  to  hand  from  Tahiti  with  870  bbls. 
Sperm  and  850  bbls.  Whale.  The  China,  for  Panama,  carried  en  route 
to  New  York  5,000  galls.  Whale  and  Fish  Oils. 

Petroleum. —The  supply  of  California  Earth  O1I3  seems  to  be  steadily 
increasing.  Of  Eastern  Kerosene,  in  cases,  a  decline  of  10c.  since  Janu- 
ary may  be  noted.  A  portion  of  the  Fall  advance  is  thus  lost.  We  now 
quote  Devoe's  Brilliant  at  34@35c.  for  the  various  brands.  Best  fancy 
brands  rule  from  40  to  50c.  for  high  fire-test  Safety. 

Pork  and  Lard.— We  quote  Extra  Prime  Pork  818@18  50  I?  bbl.. 
Lardl2@13c. 

Rice.— The  market  is  sluggish  for  all  kinds,  by  reason  of  oxcessive 
stocks.  China  rules  from  5  to  bhc  ;  Japan  5c  ;  Hawaiian  6@6&c  ;  Patna 
5@5jc. 

Quicksilver.— The  market  seems  to  rule  in  buyers'  favor.  We  can- 
not quote  it  over  43c.  Since  January  lBt  our  exports  by  sea  aggregate 
10,891  flasks,  valued  at  $391,014;  same  time  1870,  5,473  flasks,  valued  at 
¥258,575— showing  an  increase  in  shipments,  this  year,  of  5,421  flasks, 
and  in  value  $132,439.  Our  present  Spot  stock  is  light-  yet  the  produc- 
tion is  large,  and  is  generally  sold  promptly  upon  arrival. 

The  above  figures  do  not  include  direct  shipments  inland  to  mines,  nor 
to  the  East,  overland. 

Spirits. --There  i3  now  a  chance  for  our  Grape  Brandy  Distillers  to  dis- 
tinguish themselves.  The  new  law  gives  them  three  years  to  bond  it  be- 
fore paying  the  excise  tax  of  90c.  $  gallon.  The  same  in  kegs  of  less 
than  twenty  gallons  can  be  exported  free  of  tax.  Now  our  producers  can 
utilize  much  that  was  heretofore  run  to  waste.  This  is  a  great  boon  to 
Grape  Growers  and  to  Wine  making,  and  we  hope  now  to  see  great suc- 
cess result  to  all  our  Vinters   throughout  the  State. 


Heretofore,  300,000 


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POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


March   10,  1877. 


gal  i.  Brandy  is  the  nnxt  ever  made  here  per  amr.im.  Now,  it  is  thought, 
the  product  will  be  at  once  ti-ehled.  It  is  worth  now  65@70c.  clear  of 
tax,  or  81  50@1  60  tax  paid. 

Sugar.  — The  Refiners  have  been  taking  large  orders  this  week,  the 
trade  looking  for  an  early  advance  in  price  owing  to  a  more  favoralle 
outlook  in  New  York.  We  quote  Grocery  grades  8@10£c;  Refined,  1Z\(Q 
134c;  Golden  Coffee,  lie. 

Teas.— The  market  is  without  change  ;  stock  large  and  prices  un- 
changed. 

Tobacco.  — At  auction,  S.  L.  Jones  &  Co.  sold  a  line  of  Havana  Leaf 
at  75@H2£c;  Pennsylvania  Leaf,  14  ?  16c,  for  wrappers.  Virginia  Manu- 
factured is  higher-  J.  B.  Pace's  Cable  Coil,  80c;  O.  P.  Gregory  &  Co.'s 
do,  75c. 

Wines.  — There  is  less  than  the  usual  demand  for  Piper  Heidsieck  and 
other  first-class  French  Champagnes,  while  the  demand  for  Native  Spark- 
ling is  on  the  increase.  So  also  of  Kohler  &  Froling's  old  Native  Port, 
Hock,  Sherry,  Angelica,  etc. 

Whiskie3.— Themarket  continues  to  be  well  stocked  with  "Gold  Dust," 
Miller's  and  Catberwood's  old  Bourbon,  while  Moorman's  J.  H.  Cutter, 
Old  Stock,  and  other  brands  of  various  age,  still  command  the  market. 
G.  0.  Blake's  Old  Rye  is  yet  a  favorite  with  rnany. 

CONDENSED    NEWS    OF   THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL. 

Saturday,  March  3.  —  The  Russian  fleet  and  the  United  States 
steamer  Lackawana  were  dressed  in  bunting  in  honor  of  the  anniversary 
of  the  accession  of  Alexander  II  to  the  throne  of  Russia.  ■  The  seven- 
teenth annual  exhibition  of  the  Olympic  Club  will  be  held  at  Baldwin's 
Academy  of  Music— The  Odd  Fellows'  Library  issued  8,561  volumes 
during  the  month  of  February.-^—  The  three  hundred  Chinese  employe's 
of  Lewis  Brothers,  impoiters  of  kaf  tobacco,  gave  the  membei-s  of  the 
firm  a  banquet. 

Sunday,  4th,  —  Supervisor  Macdonald  assumes  the  entire  responsi- 
bility of  the  discharge  of  the  boy  Dernay  from  the  Industrial  School, 
having  released  him,  he  asserts,  at  the  request  of  Chief  Ellis.— A  man 
named  William  A.  Kelsey  jumped  off  the  Front-street  wharf.^— 
Superintendent  J.  S.  Urquhart,  of  the  Fire  Alarm  Police  Telegraph, 
suspended,  for  insubordination,  Frank  G.  Woods,  an  operator  who  has 
been  in  the  office  for  eight  years.  <  James  Ross,  a  resident  of  the  Avenue 
House,  Kearny  street,  shot  himself  and  created  a  great  furor  immediately 
thereafter.— The  St.  Patrick's  Day  Convention  held  another  meeting. 

Monday,  5th.  --  The  new  Pacific-street  wharf  is  now  completed,  and 
a  layer  of  asphaltnm  has  been-  put  down.— Warren  Lcland,  of  the 
Palace,  has  decided  to  set  apart  Monday  evening  of  each  week  for  the 
"reception  days"  of  the  ladies  of  the  hotel.  ^^James  Kellogg,  head 
bookkeeper  for  the  wholesale  hardware  firm  of  Carolan,  Cory  &  Co.,  was 
arrested  on  charges  of  having  forged  two  checks. —A  large  number  of 
invited  guests  were  entertained  by  the  officers  of  the  Russian  Imperial 
Squadron.—  The  Baldwin  was  opened  to  the  public— -The  Academy 
of  Sciences  held  its  regular  monthly  meeting. 

Tuesday,  6th.  —  The  Clerk  of  the  Justices'  Court,  George  L.  Wede- 
kind,  turned  over  to  the  Treasury  in  February  £1,557.— —The  calendar 
for  the  March  term  in  the  Fifteenth  District  Court  embraces  508  cases. -^— 
Judge  Wright  has  ordered  the  drawing  of  seventy-five  jurors  to  serve  the 
present  term  of  the  County  Court,  returnable  March  12th.—  The  Presi- 
dent of  the  California  Pioneers  has  reported  to  that  body  that  the  com- 
promise between  the  Trustees  and  John  H.  Lick  was  progressing  in  a 
satisfactory  manner. 

Wednesday,  -7th.  —The  new  Odd  Fellows'  Hall,  just  completed,  at 
an  expense  of  over  $20,000  for  lot  ahd  building,  was  dedicated.— A  man 
named  Frank  McGlenchy  was  found  lying  dead  on  Mission  street,  between 
Fourth  and  Fifth.— A  party  of  boys,  while  playing  about  Meiggs 
wharf,  discovered  the  body  of  a  Chinaman.^— James  S.  McCue  was  held 
to  answer  a  charge  of  libel  in  the  Police  Court. 

Thursday,  8th  —A  vocal  and  instrumental  concert,  for  the  benefit  of 
Bethel  A.  M.  E.  Church,  was  given  at  the  church.— —The  steamer  Con- 
slond.it  sailed  for  Santa  Cruz  and  Monterey  at  6  P.  M.— The  latest 
defaulter  is  J.  T.  Beals,  the  Secretary  of  the  California  Stock  Board.— 
The  TJ.  S.  N.  steamer  Monterey  brought  back  to  San  Francisco  the  ladies 
and  gentlemen  who  attended  the  Russian  party  at  Vallejo. 

Friday,  9th.  —The  Miners'  Protective  Association  gives  a  picnic  at 
Shell  Mound  Park  on  April  1st.—  The  pupils  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Otto 
Blankart  give  an  examination  concert  at  Pacific  Hall  to-night,— —A 
match  trot  for  $200  a  side,  between  Lady*Emma  and  Pride  of  the  Bay, 
will  take  place  to-morrow,  at  2  p.  m.,  at  the  Bay  District  Association.^— 
The  Finance  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  have  published  in 
pamphlet  form,  for  distribution,  the  list  of  alleged  illegal  voters  whose 
ballots  were  cast  at  the  last  election. 


TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  March  3d. — The  failure  of  the  hank  of  Boak  &  Hunt,  of 
Cincinnati,  is  reported.  The  results  are  said  to  be  very  disastrous.  Lia- 
bilities estimated  at  8300,000.— The  New  York  Sun  appeared  in  mourn- 
ing.—Thomas  D.  Davis,  of  Portland,  was  dealt  tiv3  or  six  heavy  blows 
with  a  hatchet,  his  head  being  literally  chopped  to  pieces.— The  Sundry 
Civil  Appropriation  bill,  as  passed,  contains  an  appropriation  of  850,000 
for  the  Appraiser's  Store  at  San  Francisco. 

Sunday,  March  4th  — Leggett,  Hudson  &  Baker's  tobacco  factory 
was  destroyed  by  fire.— The  freight  market  via  Cape  Horn  shows  no 
improvement.— —There  being  an  impression  that  the  oath  of  office  would 
be  administered  to-day  in  the  Executive  Mansion,  over  two  hundred  per- 
sons assembled  in  the  main  portico  of  that  building  for  the  purpose  of  see- 
ing'the  new  President.— There  was  a  large  number  of  callers  at  the  resi- 
dence of  Senator  Sherman  to-day,  where  President  Hayes  was  a  guest. 

Monday,  March  5th.  —The  station  on  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad 
heretofore  known  as  Indian.  Wells  is  now  called  Indio.—  Ex-President 


Grant  and  family  left  the  White  House.— At  10  a.  m.  President  Hayes, 
accompanied  by  his  son  and  Senator  Sherman,  left  the  residence  of  the 
Senator  for  the  Executive  Mansion.— Inauguration  day  has  passed  off 
pleasantly  and  without  any  accidents  or  disturbances.— The  Bateman 
hotel,  at  Kara s  City,  Penn.,  was  burned. 

Tuesday,  March  6th  —Jimmy  Blanchard,  who  created  a  sensation 
some  time  ago  in  the  character  of  Charley  Ross,  has  been  arrested  at 
Milford  for  burglary.— Joe  Coburn,  the  pugilist,  convicted  of  shooting 
with  intent  to  kill  a  policeman  in  New  York,  has  been  sentenced  to  ten 
years  in  the  State  Prison.— Chief  Justice  Moses,  of  the  South  Carolina 
Supreme  Court,  died  this  morning.— The  President  received  a  letter 
from  Senator  Davis,  resigning  from  the  Supreme  Court.—  William 
Rodgers,  Private  Secretary  of  President  Hayes,  took  possession  of  his 
office. 

"Wednesday,  March  7th  —The  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders 
of  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  was  held  in  Boston.— —Grant  was  on  the 
floor  of  the  Senate,  occupying  a  seat  near  Mr.  Conkling.— Mr.  Wallace 
moved  that  Grover,  the  Senator  elect  from  Oregon,  be  sworn  in.— De- 
tectives arrested,  at  Earle's  hotel,  A.  Blacklock,  President  of  the  Golf  of, 
California  Oyster  and  Canning  Company.— At  Colusa,  a  farm-house 
belonging  to  H.  D.  Blodgett  was  burned  completely  to  the  ground,  Mrs. 
A.  Liversedge  and  her  three  children  perishing  in  the  flames.  — =>A  fire  at 
Lansing,  Iowa,  destroyed  the  business  portion  of  the  town  ;  loss,  §30  000 
to  $40,000. 

Thursday,  March  8th  —John  D.  Lee,  the  famous  leader  of  the  Mor- 
mons who  murdered  a  party  of  emigrants  at  Mountain  Meadows,  was  ■ 
sentenced  to  be  executed  on  the  23d  of  March.  The  California  and  Arizona 
stage,  westward  bound,  was  robbed  by  four  masked  men.— The  Ameri- 
can Minister  to  France,  now  in  New  York,  says  he  came  from  purely 
private  reasons,  and  will  stay  two  or"  three  weeks. -^— John  Q.  Hoyt  has 
gone  into  bankruptcy.     Andrew  McKinney  is  jointly  liable. 

Fiiday,  March  9th.— The  boiler  of  the  engine  on  the  eastward  bound 
passenger  train  on  the  Northwestern  Railroad  exploded  at  Gait  station, 
near  Sterling,  Illinois,  killing'  the  engineer,  William  Watson,  the  fireman, 
Nick  Wood,  and  the  station-keeper,  Samuel  Wolcott.  The  bodies  of  the 
deceased  were  horribly  mutilated.— An  extensive  conflagration  occurred 
at  Newberry  Court-house,  Ohio,  this  afternoon,  consuming  the  principal 
business  block.  Loss,  $150,000;  insurance  unknown.— —The  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  meet  on  Monday 
next.  They  recommend  a  dividend  of  1-|  per  cent.  The  full  Board  of 
Directors  will  meet  on  Wednesday  and  act  upon  the  recommendation. 


FOREIGN. 

Saturday,  March  3d— Thiers  has  been  elected  President  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  a  bill  for  reducing  the  term  of  military  service  to  three  years. 
-—■Count  Von  Arnim  has  been  refused  the  privilege  of  going  to  Leipsic 
to  defend  himself  before  the  German  Judiciary  Tribunal.— — The  Powers 
have  agreed  to  _  acknowledge  the  meritorious  zeal  of  Russia  on  behalf  of 
the  Christians  in  Turkey.— The  London  papers  say  Hayes1  election  can- 
not but  excite  genuine  enthusiasm,  and  his  undisputed  succession  of  the  Pre- 
sidency which  has  been  secured  is  worth  all  the  sacrifices  of  party  interest 
or  public  equity  it  may  have  cost. 

Sunday,  4th  ~  George  Odger,  a  well-known  agitator  for  the  rights 
of  the  working  classes,  is  dead.— The  funeral  of  John  O'Mahoney 
took  place  to-day;  6,000  persons  took  part  in  the  procession,  which  passed 
through  the  principal  streets.  ——Russia  will  not  resist  the  proposition  to 
grant  the  Porte  a  year's  grace,  but  will  require  as  a  condition  that  the 
Sultan  shall  sign  the  protocol  accepted  by  the  Great  Powers. 

Monday,  5th —After  the  Shiref  of  Mecca's  demand  for  a  reli- 
gious war,  many  deem  a  settlement  impossible.— Marqufs  de  Camje- 
zier,  the  distinguished  African  traveler,  was  killed  in  a  duel  at  Ca'jo.  ■■  ■ 
The  Bank  of  France  has  announced  that  it  will  Lereifter  make  an  ad- 
vance upon  bar  silver  at  1  per  cent,  per  annum, 

Tuesday,  6th  —The  Japanese  troops  captured  four  steamers  from 
the  Insurgents  of  Satsuma  at  Kumomatz.  The  other  Provinces  are 
quiet. ^—  It  is  reported  that  Grimau,  Postmaster-General,  will  shortly 
propose  the  introduction  of  a  postal  card  service  for  all  countries  in 
Europe,  at  the  rate  of  a  penny  each. ^— In  a  Cabinet  council  to  consider 
an  amendment  of  the  press  law,  President  MacMahon  said  he  must  insist 
on  the  retention  of  the  clause  relative  to  the  defamation  of  foreign  sov- 
ereigns.^— The  Committee  of  the  Chamber  of  Deputies,  on  request  of  the 
Government  for  authority  to  prosecute  Cassagnac,  decided  to  grant  the 
request. 

Wednesday,  7th  --  James  Anthony  Froude  has  expressed  his  willing- 
ness to  withdraw  from  the  candidacy  for  the  Lord  Rectorship  of  the 
Glasgow  University  in  view  of  the  proposal  to  put  forth  Gladstone  in  the 
Libera]  interest.— Dr.  Johann  Jacoby,  a  well-known  German  politician, 
is  dead.  —  -The  Porte  has  recognized  the  necessity  of  the  reform  advocated 
by  the  Powers,  and  has  been  revived  from  its  torpor  and  lethargy.— — 
Scamp  won  the  grand  International  hurdle  of  England,  Lottery  second, 
Woodcock  third,  Broadside  fourth;  nineteen  started. 

Thursday,  8th  --  A  large  English  provincial  firm  of  sugar  refiners  is 

reported  in  difficulties.     The  liabilities  are  said  to  be  83.500,000. The 

Servians  lost  8,000  killed  and  20,000  wounded  during  the  late  war.-— The 
efforts  andsacrifices  made  by  Russia  for  the  Christians  in  Turkey  are  fully 
recognized.  Though  her  efforts  have  not  quite  had  the  desired  effect.  — 
The  Count  De  Chambord  protested  against  the  assertion  that  he  had  re- 
linquished all  hope  of  saving  France. 

Friday,  9th. —It  is  rumored  that  the  Prince  Imperial  is  about  to  issue 
a  manifesto  to  the  French  people. -^An  explosion  took  place  in  a  Wor- 
cester colliery,  near  Swansea.  The  miners  were  at  work  at  the  time. 
The  number  lost  is  not  yet  known.  Sixteen  have  been  taken  out.  It  is 
thought  six  more  are  in  the  pit.— A  dispatcfi  from  Athens  says:  The 
Ministry  has  resigned  in  consequence  of  a  vote  of  censure  passed  upon  it 
by  the  Chamber  for  granting  an  illegal  pension.  The  King  has  sum 
moned  M.  E.  Deligebus  to  form  a  new  Cabinet  at  Corydon  for  March 
0th.— In  the  British  race  for  the  United  Kingdom,  the  grand  handicap 
steeple  chase  resulted  in  a  walkover  for  Specter. 


March  10,  1877. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN   I'll  \\<  [SCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


CRADLE.  ALTAR.  AND  TOMB. 


CRADLE. 

■  aon. 
u    in  thi-  dtj  .  March 

. .  tu  Ihe  vritc  of  II.  rm.  Bondel,  ■  daughter. 
i.  t'.  tin-  wlfa  •  ■(  a  Ctayburgb, 
■ 

Uiibo.nm    Inttibdbr,  Fabruarj  80,  to  tho  wil  .1  son. 

laom    lu  Oakland,  Itaroh  1,  1  ilroi 

Id  U1I1  city,  March  0,  to  tho  wife  uf  Jamoa  K 
Loxe    In  Ihla  d  '  'i  titer. 

In  ibii  dtj .  March  ...  t->  the  r,  .<  daughter. 

Obon  iuor,  la  .11  h  ma. 
;  In  this  <it> .  March  J,  1 

it!Mii.i,\iui    In  thU  city,  February  iff,  to  thi   ■■  !    of  F.  B  millard      daughter. 

Id  tlii*  citv,  March  *.  to  tli-  EUaulaud,  a  aon, 

Bcnuiuouu    To  the  wu>  of  C,  EL  Bobumaaher,  ■  bos. 

ALTAR. 
ItKKsT-DrM'HY  -Inthlsalty,  U  Jai       E.  Bretl  to  Sellie  P.  Dunphy. 

Gi  wMinaa-  svim  kn     in  this  city,  March  7,  J,  P.  Cummlngs  i«i  Carrto  P.  Snlffen. 

Moskimok    in  Oakland,  March  I,  Samuel  II  Gowen  to  aflnnlo  Moaklmon, 
HaaucR  Pel    26,  Thoa.  Ballock  to  Jennie  ■ 

HaLUURTur-AzOiXii    In  this  city,  March  4.  Benoit  Hatlgarten  i"  Sellna  Adtar. 

East  28,  S  E.  Snowies  to  Mlnifle  E.  Hogan. 

U  \>  nn     in  this  city,  Alfrc  i  Singer  to  Anno  Louise  Maj  hew. 
Siuy-Bell  -  in  thtsolty,  Uarch  7.  Frank  Shay  to  Hva  J.  Bell. 

TOMB. 
1.  this  olty,  Uarch  5,  John  Coagrove,  aired  29  years. 
[■1  tin-  city,  March  ';.  Henrj  Colderwood,  aged 40 years. 
lay.  Uai  >i  3,  Elisabeth  Carr,  aged  70  yean 
C&aamut    In  this  <■!<> ,  Uarcb  8,  Prancia  Caraher,  aged  06  years. 
Dbxtbr    In  iliis  city,  Uarch  1.  Catherine  Dexter,  aged  34  years. 

in  this  citj  ,  Uarcb  B,  Uarj  Driseoll,  aged  23  3 1  are. 
Dam     in  Oakland,  March  7.  Mary  J.,  wife  of  B.  H.  Daly,  aged  40  years. 

■  ity,  Uarch  7.  AurcUa  Davis,  aged  12  years 
Q  uaowai    In  this  city,  March  7.  Charles  Galloway,  aged  80  years. 
Hi  m     In  this  dty,  Uarcb  7.  Louisa  H.  Hunt,  aged  ■•"  years. 

.u  the  French  Hospital,  Uarch  8,  L  W".  Handall,  aged  89 years. 
Josbg     in  this  city,  Uarch  B,  Captain  James  C.  Jones,  aged  37  years. 
Ki'iine — In  Oakland,  Uarcb  5,  Arnold  Euhne,  aged  42  years. 
M<  Intosii    In  this  city,  Uarch  4.  John  Mcintosh,  aged  38  years. 
UoGLDtaBT    In  this  citj  .  Uarcb  7.  Francis  UcGlincey,  aged  no  years. 
Madden    In  tliis  city,  March  7,  John  Madden,  aged  69  years. 
HORRlBSBT — In  this  city,  March  B,  Mar.-  Morrissey,  aged  40  years. 

In  this  city,  March  s,  Albert  II.  Munluck,  a^cii  02  years. 

Olivj     In  this  city,  Uarch  S,  Andrea  Oliva,  aged  65  years. 
Olbbs    In  thla  ciii ,  March  7.  Mary  Ann  Olson,  aged  37  years. 

Km  ley-  -In  this  city,  March  4.  Tcrrcncc-  Helley,  aged  02  years. 
WAfiDLOW      In  t'rii>  cU>  ,  March  7,  Man   WardloW,  aged  30  years. 

LIES    OFJTHE    DAY. 

A  lie  has  no  lees,  and  cannot  stand;  bat  it  has  winps,  and  can  fly  far  and  wide. — 
WaBBUBXOM.  With  llie  adaptability  or  a  lie,  sin  has  many  tools,  but  a  lie  is  the  handle 
which  fit  •  *hem  all.— Lobd  buODOHAM.  A  lie  begets  others;  ooe  lie  must  he  thatched 
with  another,  or  it  will  soan  rain  through. — Loud  Thuklowe. 

"And  the  Parson  made  It  his  text  that  week,  and  ho  said  likewise, 
Ttiat  a  lie  which  ia  half  a  lie  is  ever  the  blackest  of  lies: 
That  a  lie  that  is  all  a  lie  may  be  met  and  fought  with  outright, 
But  a  lie  which  is  part  a  truth  is  a  hardermatter  to  fight.— Tennyson. 

San  Francisco  Lies.--It  is  not  true  that  a  smart  fellow  "by"  the 
name  of  "Tew"'  attempted  /  to  blackmail  the  bonanza  firm  (ride  Stork  Re- 
port) ;  but  it  is  true  that  the  Stock  Report  attempted  tea  libel  the  Presi- 
dent's English,  and  admirably  succeeded.— —That  Oakland's  Mayoral 
nomination  is  accredited  to  a  general  dodge;  the  truth  being  that  the 
nomination  is  square  and  above  board,— -That  the  poor  need  now  debar 
themselves  the  luxury  of  a  law  suit,  as  first-class  ones  can  be  had  for  the 
moderate  counsel  fee  of  §25,000  and  upwards. ^""That  the  little  Board 
has  been  embezzled  of  §15,000  ;  the  little  Board  never  had  so  much  money, 
an  '.  never  will.  —  That  the  Oyster  Company  is  not  able  to  pay  all  its 
liabilities  in  full,  but  it  objects  on  principle  to  encourage  importunate 
tailors  in  the  nefarious  practice  of  collecting  their  bill?.  That  an 
injunction  will  be  granted  restraining  evil  minded  persons  from  speaking 
ill  of  the  company's  bi-valve  subjects. —That  the  Cafl  shows  exquisite 
taste  in  publishing  the  private  financial  settlements  made  on  marriages 
amongst  the  "ton."— That  were  it  not  known  that  the  Deacon  lays  up 
all  his  store  in  heaven  it  might  be  suspected  that  these  settlements  were 
of  the  coinage  of  the  Call  office  mint. 


MATERIALIZATION. 

The  extreme  belief  in  materialization  seems  to  have  been  reached  in 
the  case  of  a  spirit  wedding  in  Indiana,  which  is  thus  described :  A 
Vermont  judge  recently  met  the  spirit  of  his  departed  wife  in  a  back  room 
in  Terra  Haute.  The  room  was  filled  with  the  melody  of  a  small  music- 
box.  Suddenly  the  door  of  the  cabinet  opened,  and  an  angelic  figure, 
arrayed  in  a  complete  bridal  costume,  indescribably  beautiful,  appeared 
before  the  circle.  The  veil,  which  appeared  like  a  fleecy  vapor,  encircled 
her  brow,  and  being  caught  at  the  temples,  fell  in  graceful  folds,  almost 
enveloping  her  entire  form.  The  judge,  who  had  received  spiritual  intel- 
ligence of  what  was  about  to  occur,  at  once  recognized  his  departed  wife  ; 
approached  with  affectionate  greeting,  placed  in  her  gloved  hand  a 
bouquet  of  rare  flowers,  and  imprinting  upon  her  lips  a  kiss.  "Are  you 
ready?"  inquired  the  doctor.  "We  are,"  responded  the  judge.  A  justice 
then  stepped  upon  the  rostrum,  and  joining  the  hands  of  the  couple,  in 
the  name  of  the  great  overruling  power  united  the  mortal  to  the  immortal. 
Vows  of  eternel  constancy  and  fidelity  were  exchanged,  and  pledges  of 
love  were  made  anew.  At  the  close  of  this  ceremony  the  bride  received 
the  congratulations  of  the  company  present,  then  slowly  receded.  As  she 
crossed  the  threshold  of  the  cabinet  a  dazzling  light  flooded  its  precincts, 
revealing  to  the  audience  a  spirit  face  of  marvelous  beauty.  Then  the 
music-box  was  wound  up  again. 


The  mean  depth  of  the  North  Pacific  Ocean,  as  ascertained  by  the 
British  scientific  exploring  expedition  on  the  steamer  Challenger,  is  about 
16.000  feet. 


HIS    SATANIC    MAJESTY    IN    SAN    FRANCISCO. 
Well  !  well  !  t"  think  my  1 r  old  pal  U  "till  in  " 

Ind  cannot  n    ■  how  v-t  hu  In  >n  I 

He  most  feel  bad  !  hisol  i  inu  devilish  hard  to  fix, 

n  witfa  lii-  In 

pear  in  4 ' t,  and  ipeafc  .in  Id-  behalf, 

But  bad  I  stated  all  1  knew  tVould  raise  a  quasi  "id  laugh  I 
To  niv  nun  I,  thou  -li.  he's  quite  ■  trump  I  and  sura's  my  nam 
II-  -  just  the  kind  of  C    ."  when  baked  to  make  \ckl 

What  force  example  has  i  just  look,  then  led  now, 

Hie  pockets  stuffed  w  ith  St..,  It  !'■  ard  fund-    anotht  >  i  9W  ! 

I  ng  ti Ep "  was  his  <■■,  known 

The  kind  lined,  not  let  him  50  alone  ! 

A  trip  to  Mexico's  all  right,  when  one*«  o'erwork< 
Expense  is  nothing  either  when  the  publl  1  ill  ! 

It's  all  tliL-  fashion  !  that's  the  I  Llaoklook's  "  oyster  "  fraud. 

The  claims  "the  world's  bis  oyster  to  be  opened  with  his  sword"! 

A. fishy  business,  first  to  last,  though  wl kc«  ■  it!  ■  punning) 

Would  think  that  Canning  could  be  made  to  brine  foi 

The  mystery's  clear  !  he's  only  been  a  trifle  o*er-<n]fc  it 

Bui  that's  his  place,  he's  President  afish-hovst  .' 

Those  Bogus  Voters  I  what  a  list!  the  names  would  m  I 

A  tough  old  crowd  !  what  will  they  think  of  "  Contract  Pork  "  in  jail? 

There's  Reynolds,  too,  the  County  Clerk,  he  figures  on  the  Bheet 

Midst  sundry  preachers,  milk-men,  and  in  fact  with  all  th'  elite. 

Let's  start  that  Chain-Gang  right  away  !  no  better  time  than  this  : 

The  sewers  want  cleaning  !  here  're  the  men  !— th'  idea  won't  come     mi 

A  modest  man  that  Tyler  is  :  so /., f-.il. le  Ids  ph-a 

For  Pratt-ling  in  that  "  I'nit!  I  Mv.N-ee  "  n  hundred- 1 lions  md-.f 

That  husband's  cost  her  quite  a  pile  to  quit,  and  get  off  clear. 

Whate'er  he  was  when  married,  now  hes  proved  uncommon 

The  great  Bonanza  Kings  feel  seared  and  tremble  in  their  shoes 

'Cause  Tew  complains  he's  hit  in  stocks  and  bids  th»  m  pay  his  dues ! 

Or  eke— Dire  vengeance  !  bloody  war :  he'll  publish  far  and  wide 

Some  startling  facts,  queer  banking  tales,  and  how  they  all  have  lied  ! 

Tew  thin— to  play  the  suppliant  first,  a  craving,  cringing  suitor, 

Then  threaten  ! — he's  not  posted  yet !    Tevo  wants  a  black-mail  Tutor .' 

Some  one's  persuaded  "  Brother  Pick  '"  to  tiy  the  "  blue  glass  '  cure, 

And  says  'twill  cure  his  lying,  tho'  I'd  hate  t  j  think  it  sure  ! 

He's  had  his  office  all  fixed  up,  and  sits  in  blue-light  state' — 

I'm  afraid  tho'  lie's  incurable,  he's  tried  the  trick  too  late  ! 

I've  seen  no  change  at  present,  tho'  that  wouldn't  damn  th'  invention, 

He's  ha  dly  a  fit  subject,  and  is  gone,— past  all  redemption  ! 

What's  Oakland  up  to  now?  they've  been  electing  a  new  Mayor, 

A  "  General  Dodge  " — suggestive  name  for  the  Magisterial  Chair  ! 

A  Dodge  in  office  !    What  of  that !     I'm  sure  that's  nothing  new, 

No  Maws  nest  either !  to  our  cost  ice're  found  it  all  too  true! 

I  see  that  Wrexford's  taking  hints  from  me  and  Deacon  Fitch, 

And  lectures  on  their  "Double  Hell,"  tho' he  don't  know  which  from 

which  ! 
The  (<  Hell  of  Fable  "  and  "of  Fad  " — to  choose  they're  neither  able, 
They  may  find  out  the  fact's  all  there,  with  a  d— d  small  dose  of  /"'<<  .' 
At  last  they're  really  meaning  biz  with  that   "Mission-death-swamp" 

curse, 
And  as  enough  have  died,  propose  to  tap  the  civic  purse  ! 
"  Better  late  than  never  " — True  !  to  root  out  such  an  evil, 
But  let  our  Fathers  hurry  up  !     1  lelay  will  play  the  Devil ! 
If  Poison's  all  that's  wanted,  there's  my  Agent— go  to  him. 
If  "  Pick"  once  gets  you,  you  can  bet  your  show  is  mighty  slim  ! 

A  TERRE3LE  ENCOUNTER  "WITH  A  GRIZZLY  BEAR. 
The  "Mountain  Messenger"  of  the  3d  instant  supplies  us  with  the 
following:  Last  week  a  man  named  Walpole,  who  resides  in  Lassen 
county,  had  a  fearful  combat  with  a  grizzly,  but,  we  are  happy  to  say, 
came  off  triumphant.  It  appears  that  Mr.  Walpole  started  out  early  in 
the  morning  of  the  day  on  which  the  adventure  occurred  for  the  purpose 
of  visiting  a  deer-lick.  He  had  his  rifle,  bowie-knife  and  a  large  deer 
hound  with  him,  and  was  crossing  a  deep  canon  when  he  espied  a  huge 
grizzly  about  fifty  or  seventy-five  yards  off.  The  opportunity  was  too 
good  a  one  to  let  pass,  so  he  pulled  up  and  blazed  away  ;  but  his  aim  was 
not  very  accurate,  and  he  only  succeeded  in  wounding  the  animal,  and 
before  he  had  time  to  reload  his  rifle  the  bear  was  close  upon  him,  and 
there  was  no  alternative  but  to  stand  his  ground  and  trust  in  Providence 
and  in  his  weapons.  The  bear  came  right  after  him,  and  Mr.  W.,  who 
was  on  the  alert,  succeeded  in  hitting  him  one  on  the  head  with  the  butt 
of  his  rifle,  but  ere  he  could  repeat  the  blow  his  bearship  returned  the 
compliment  and  dealt  him  one  on  the  shoulder  that  paralyzed  him  for  a 
second.  Being  now  fully  alive  to  his  situation,  he  drew  his  bowie-knife 
and  made  a  lunge  at  Bruin,  and  succeeded  in  planting  his  knife  deep  in 
the  beast's  breast.  This  only  enraged  the  animal  still  more,  and  seizing 
his  destroyer  in  his  powerful  arms  gave  him  an  embrace  that  he  will  not 
be  apt  to"  forget  for  some  time,  and  which  rendered  him  totally  uncon- 
scious. He  lay  where  the  bear  had  dropped  him  until  late  in  the  after- 
noon, when  a  neighbor  who  was  passing  was  attracted  to  the  spot,  and  his 
astonishment  may  be  imagined  when,  upon  going  a  short  distance  from 
the  wounded  man,  he  found  the  bear,  dead  as  a  door-nail.  The  animal 
measured  eleven  feet  in  length  and  weighed  in  the  neighborhood  of  1,400 
pounds.  Mr.  Walpole,  although  badly  bruised,  is  not  seriously  injured, 
and  he  says  he  is  "a  wiser,  if  not  a  better  man." 

The  touchstone,  which  has  served  for  ages  as  a  means  of  determining 
approximately  the  purity  of  gold,  has  been  a  frequent  object  of  study 
with  geologists,  mineralogists  and  chemists.  The  name  has  been  applied 
by  modern  savants  to  a  number  of  very  different  minerals.  According  to 
M.  Dumas,  in  the  current  number  of  the  Annates  de  ChimU ;</</<  Physique, 
the  good,  true  and  only  touchstone  suitable  for  our  actual  requirements, 
and  which  should  alone  bear  the  name,  is  a  fossil  wood,  still  retaining 
carbon  within  the  silicon  with  which  it  is  injected.  Specimens  having  all 
the  qualities  of  good  touchstone,  and  giving  a  scoria  of  pure  silicon  when 
burnt,  still  retain  the  form  of  branches  of  trees,  the  germs  of  which,  even, 
may  be  determined. — English  Mechanic. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO   THE   SAN  FRANCISCO    NEWS  LETTER. 


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March  10, 1877. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

Recorded  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco.  California,  for  the 
Week  ending  March  3,  1817. 

C '  j/it  piled  from  the  Records  of  the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKillop  &  Co., 
401  California  Street,  Sail  Francisco. 


Saturday,  February  24th. 


GRANTOR  AND  GRANTEE. 


DESCRIPTKH. 


Henry  K  Aroes  to  Sam'l  Hi  J) 

Win  T  Sayward  to  C  Collins 

Jno  M  Moore  to  Jas  Regan 

\Vm  Smith  to  Peter  Wagner 

R  K  Rogers  to  Jno  Von  Glahn. . . . 

Thos  Boyne  to  Thos  O'Brien 

August  Scheti  to  Fred'k  Scheu 

J  P  Smith  to  Eliz'th  S  Smith 

Eliz'th  S  Smith  to  J  M  Linehan... 

Wm  Hale  to  Leon  J  Hirth 

Wm  O  Reynolds  to  A  E  Reynolds. 


J  JMcFadden  to  O  F  Willey  ... 
Geo  Milne  to  Kich'd  Flaherty... 
C  F  Webster  to  Geo  S  Graham. 


Lot  3.  blk  13,  Market  St  H'd 

Nw  Pacific  and  Larkin,  n  67:8,  etc 

Se  Herman  and  Valencia,  s  550,  etc 

S  Lombard,  247:6  w  Fillmore,  97:6x120. . 

Sw  14Lh  and  Noe,  96x25 

N  26th,  100  e  Church, 50x114 

Lots  34  and  37,  West  End  H"d 

Ung  %  acre  Ripley  Tract 

Same    

S  Post,  102:11  e  Laguna,  2510x120 

E  Larkin,  118:6  ti  Union,  n  45,  etc;  also, 

lot  11,  blk  G.RR  H'd  No  2 

Lot  25,  blk  504,  H  P,  to  sec  tire  money  due 

W  Pierce,  95  s  Turk,  25x110 

Lots  23  and  24,  blk  4,  Fairmount  lid  Ex 


PRICE 


►    500 

11,000 

3,750 

1,600 

1.550 

800 

700 

Gift 

500 


4,150 
600 


Monday,  February  26th. 


C  W  Steward  to  C  A  Spadlding.... 
Sarah  Toner  to  Win  Collman  ... 
Geo  C  Hickox  to  Chas  Lund... 
J  N  Lehby  to  Edw  Way  man  . . . 
Wm  L  Torrey  to  E  N  Torrey  . . 
Win  Dnnpby  to  Louis  Peres  ... 
E  L  Sullivan  to  A  Von  Schmidt 
S  BDumeron  to  W  O  T  Smith.. 
Sam'l  T  Curtis  to  E  J  Baldwin  . 


X  R'dway,  68:9  e  Mason,  34:4)^x137:6  . . 

,  S  GodctlS,  170  e  Mission,  30x60 

.  E  VanNcBs,  73  s  Cal'a,  65:6x120:3 

.  Sundry  lots  in  different  homesteads  .... 

.  SwSac'toand  Laguna,  137:6x127:8^  . . . 

.  Sundry  lots  in  Tide  Lands 

.  W  21st  av,  200  e  Sac'to,  100x120 ■ 

.[E  Pierce,  87:6  s  Turk,  25x137:6 

...S  Cal'a,  137:6  w  Jones,  68:0x137:6 

Jacob  Ulrich  to  Jno  Hynes E  Guerrero,  75  n  K'tdley,  25x80 

T  O'Brien  to  J  F  Coakley |Lots  136, 138,  139;  Academy  Tract 

C  Coakley  to  T  O'Brien iSame 

SF  Sinclair  to  Lewis  Soher IN  26th,  77:6  e  Bartlett,  40x80 

Wm  E  Brown  to  P  Grady E  Rhode  Island,  250  s  Yolo,  25x100;  also 

I     e  Rhode  Island,  300  s  Yolo,  133x25  . . . 

P  Doyle  to  Chas  C  Lyons iSundry  lots  in  different  parts  of  the  city, 

I     subject  to  mortgage  for  $2,000 

J  McDonnell  to  Pafk  Martin E  Devisadero,  27:SU  sClav,  50x71:3 

OE  Johnson  to  L  Armstrong W  Hampshire,  104  s  2.3d  26x100 

J  S  Kline  to  W  W  Arey Is  Cal'a,  1(16:3  e  Wehster,  25x137:6 


550 

16,375 

5,000 

2,090 

5 

75 

45,000 

4,368 

5 

500 

47 

900 

s.ooo 

1,725 

750 

1,650 


Tuesday,  February  27th. 


Luis  Kastan  to  Rica  Kastan 

W  Landou  to  Anna  Landou 

Jno  Cammetto  Lewis  Soher 

G  TN  Barkley  to  M  Robinson 

D  Douthitt  to  Jno  Anderson 

Mich")  Deutech  to  A  W  Stone  .... 
TM  JDehon  to  O  F  Graves..... 

Same  to  J  Y  Ayer 

T  L  Com'rs  to  D  Douthitt 

S  L  Tueller  to  C  G  Honker 

J  M  Comerford  to  M  O'Connell.. 
Edw  McCarthy  to  Jno  McCarthy  . 
J  Woodworth  to  A  Wcnterberg.. 
Jerome  Lincoln  to  O  D  Baldwin 


Lots 45  and  46,  Yisitacion  Valley  H'd... 
Lot  15,  blk  366,  S  S  F  H'd  and  R  R  Asn 

Sundry  lots  in  Tide  Lands 

Lot  7,  blk  27,  University  Ex  H'd 

Sundry  lots  in  different  parts  of  city 


*       1 

Gift 
5,000 
Gift 
2,500 


A  C  Whiicomb  to  Jerome  LincolnjSnndry  lots  in  different  parts  of  city 
J  E  Bowles  to  Sarah  H  Gras 'Und  1-12,  e  coi  " 


N  Bush,  154:9  w  Polk,  n  22:6,  etc 5,825 

2,250 

2,250 

5,159 

4,500 

500 

5 

1 

5 

9,725 

5 

Gift 


N  17th,  240  w  Church,  40x135 
N  17th,  200  w  Church,  40x135.... 

Sundry  lots  in  Tide  Lands 

Sw  12th,  90  se  Market  25x75 

N2Sth,  150eCnarch,  25x114 

W  Polk,  69:0  s  Green,  23x84:6  ... 

Lot  202,  Gift  Mnp  1 

N  Commercial,  102:8  e  Mont, 30:1^x59:9 


Same  to  same IN  Commercial,  102:2  e  Montg,  20x59:9  . 

"    different  parts^of  city 

r  5th  and  Bryant,  275x275. 


Wednesday,  February  28th. 


Geo  Walcom  to  D  Fitzwilliam 1 

Thos  Moore  to  Bessie  Demjisey.. 
J  C  Pinkbam  to  Byron  Pinkbam. 
Christian  Good  to  J  M  Wolfuth  .. 
J  E  Sbawhan  to  Austin  D  Moore. 


A  Fuller,  to  Chas  D  Olds 

T  H  Reynolds  to  Wm  Hollis 

Wm  Hollis  to  T  R  E  A 

C  Dougherty  to  D  Dougherty 

Wm  Smith  to  Rosa  Burnham 

\ndrew  Walker  to  Emma  Gray  . . . 
Win  J  Shaw  to  Wm  H  Patterson  . 

W  Thompson  to  Geo  Kennedy 

C  Churchill  to  P  Johnson 

-V  Macpberfeon  to  H  S  and  L  Soc. 

CE  Driscoll  to  P  Theas 

Mary  E -Beach  to  F  Gunn 

A  B  Read  to  J  B  Griffith 


E  Valencia,  210  n  20th,  25xS0 $2,400 

S  Vallejo,  180:3  w  Baker,  25x137:6 400 

W  Mississippi,  100  s  Santa  Clara,  50x100     1,000 

N  Pacific,  255  w  Leav'th,  ,20x60 1,265 

Nw  Pacific  and  Scott,  n  to  B'dway,  and 

w  toDevisadero 30,000 

S  Union,  100:0  c  Stockton,  36:9x64 6,000 

S  24th ,  40  e  York ,  40x100 4,100 

Sundry  lots  in  different  parts  of  city    ...  5 

E  Minna,  180  s  14th,  25xS0 1,700 

N  Elliot  Park,  506  W  Steiner,  22x70 1,000 

E  Powell,  68:9  S  Sac'to,  43:9x103 13,300 

Re-record  of  391  D  379,  to  correct  error 

W  A  blk  496 32.550 

W  Treat  av,  152  n  24th,  26x100 2,200 

Sundry  Outside  Lauds 5 

S  Eddy,  180:0  e  Webster,  25:9x120 2,250 

Lot  2,  blk  111,  University  M'd  T'ct 4 

N  15th,  105  w  Sanchez,  25x115 |    2,000 


Thursday,  March  1st- 


Lot  158,  Academy  Tract 

Lot  12,  blk  5,  University  Mound  Survey 


Lawrence  Welsh  to  Fred'k  Mills 
Mar™  Fogartyto  Mary  Fngarty..*. 

Wm  U  Campbell  to  Wm  Sinon [N  Green,  91:6  e  Hyde,  4Px6s::o 

Geo  Osgood  to  Jas  B  Stetson I  Und  J<5  lot  32,  blk  551,  Buy  Park  H'd. 

Wm  Codington  to  Wm  Hollis.   ...  Und  %  e  cor  5th  and  Bryant, 275x275. 

Wm  Hollis  to  SaraH  Gras [Same , 

A  Esnault  to  H  Hinkei jNw  BartK-U  and  23d,  80x125. 

Thus  Sheridan  to  C  Bart  let  l Nw  Laguna  and  Eddy,  61x51:9 

Geo  Lawlor  to  Louisa  Leith [Se  Fotsom,  ISO  ne  Stb,  52:6x94 


1$    230 

250 
10 

27,500 

Gilt 

4,900 
7,350 

14,000 


Friday,  March  2d- 


Max  Rosenthal  to  P  Lilienthal  — 

Walter  Hoge  to  Geo  Edwards 

Geo  Edwards  to  F  A  Boole 

Jno  Rosenield  to  Benoit  Kash.... 

J  J  Blaitner  to  T  P  Riordun 

TP  Riordan  to  J  J  Wentworth  — 

Wm  Hollis  to  B  Williams 

T  L  Com'rs  to  Henry  Lake 

Conrad  Weller  to  WmPerkiu  .... 

GGottigtoT  LSagar 

Willows  L  As  n  to  P  McCIoskey, . 

F  Billings  to  Sam'l  Lewis 

Wm  Hnle  to  same 

Wm  Hollis  to  Wm  Boyd 

C  A  Hooper  to  F  P  Hooper 

L  Oslerreicher  to  S  Scholl 


E  Old  Cemetery  av,  102ne  Post.  80x100. 
S  "  M  "  st,  101:9  w  Sanchez.  50:11x314. . 

Same 

N  Tyler,  206:3  e  Webster,  35x137:6 

E  3d.  25  s  Perry, 25x77:6 

Same 

N  Geary,  165  w  Buchanan,  27:6x137:6... 

Lots  5  and  24,  blk  711,  Tide  Lands 

Se  Mission,  75  ne  (lib,  50x80 , 

S  Hill,  152-3  w  Church,  50:11x114 

W  Mission,  160  slSth,  25x80 , 

Nw  Cal  and  Octavia,  265:23tfx412:6 

Same 

E  Valencia,  90s  21st,  50x122:6 

Und  %  lots  1  to  7  and  16,  b!k  574,  T  L. 
N  Clipper,  203:S  w  Dolores,  50:10x114  .. 


$    500 
600 

750 

10 

6,250 

6,250 

7,500 

32 

17,000 

800 

2,200 

76,000 

5 

6,000 


LATEST  PRICES  OF  IMPORT  AND  EXPORT  STAPLES. 


METALS. 

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COAL. 

WestHartley,  $ton 

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Cumberland 

Anthracite 

Bellinghani  Bay 

Mount  Diablo 

COFFEE. 

Guatemala,  $  lb 

Java, Old  Government.. 

Manila 

CostaRica 

BICE 

China, No.  1,  3»  lb 

China, No. 2 

Hawaiian 

WINES. 

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Kum,. Jamaica 

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BAGS  AND  BAGGING. 

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A    ROGUE'S    RETROSPECT. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune,  June  S,  1849.} 
**  Loring- Pickering',*  late  editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union^  absconded  recently, 
"leaving,  it  is  said,  many  of  his  friends  in  the  lurch  for  large  amounts.  On  the  25th 
"  ult.  a  warrant  was  issued  for  his  arrest  on  a  charge  of  forgery,  preferred  by  Samuel 
"  Treat,  Esq.  Officers  were  immediately  sent  up  the  Missouri  in  pursuit  of  him,  as 
"  it  was  supposed  he  had  started  for  California.  — Philadelphia  Bulletin." 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune.  June  19,  1849.] 
"Arrest  of  Pickering1,  late  Editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union. — Subse- 
"  quent  accounts  do  not  entirely  confirm  the  reports  hitherto  received.  It  is  now 
"  stated,  by  those  who  ought  to  know,  that  Pickering  was  arrested  in  St.  Joseph  by 
"Messrs.  Treat  &  Ivxumrun,  and  subsequently  committed  to  the  custody  of  the 
"Sheriff,  pr  one  of  his  deputies,  of  Buchanan  County.  While  in  custody  he  found 
"means  to  escape,  and  made  off  to  parts  unknown.  The  party  in  pursuit  of  him,  it 
"is  said,  only  succeeded  in  obtaining  §700  from  him,  and  no  other  property  or  notes. 
"  Those  in  pursuit,  we  are  told,  were  not  prepared  with  any  authority  to  follow  him 
"beyond  the  limits  of  the  State.—  St.  Louis  Republican,  \Wl. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune,  June  20,  1949.] 
**  The  Absquatulator. — Information  was  received  from  St.  Joseph  yesterday 
"  that  Messrs.  Krumrun  &  Treat  came  up  with  Pickering  at  that  place;  that  tbey 
"  compounded  with  him  for  his  offenses  by  receiving  some  §750  in  money  and  about 
"  £4,000  in  notes  of  hand,  etc.,  and  then  let  him  go.  When  the  boat  left  he  was  fit- 
"  ting  out  for  California,  and  they  were  returning  by  easy  stages  to  St.  Louis.—  St. 
"Louis  Republican,  9th. 

[The  above  named  Loring  Pickering  ip  now  one  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  San 
Francisco  Daily  Evening  Bulletin  and  Morning  Call,  two  papers  published  in 
tills  city,] 

CENTENNIAL    SURGERY. 

The  following*  liniment  was  prescribed  for  a  broken  thigh-bone  by — 

Dr.  Fish Oakland.      J      Dr.  Babcock State  Medical  Examiner. 

Dr.  A.  F.  Sawyer San  Francisco  : 

Chloroform 2  oz.      I      Tinct:  Camphor 2  oz. 

Tinct :  Arnica  (?) 2  oz.      [      01 :  Origainini  (?) 1  oz. 

01 :  Olive 1  oz.  m. 

Ft  Liniment—  Sign— Apply  with  friction  two  or  three  times  a  day. 
Use  the  above  for  two  months,  and, if  it  should  not  produce  the  effect  desired,  use 
it  on  your  boots.  THE  VICTIM. 

Is  it  Repudiation  ? — For  the  State  of  California  to  issue  bonds,  neglect  to  pro- 
vide for  their  redemption  at  maturity,  refuse  payment  and  then  deny  the  holders  the 
right  of  trial  in  her  own  Courts. 

PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

Tbe    Company's   steamers  will    sail   as  follows    at   12  31. : 
CITY  OF  PEKING,  April  — ,  for  YOKOHAMA  and  HONGKONG. 
COLIMA,  March   16th,  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,    calling  at  MAZATLAN, 
MANZANILLO  and  ACAPULCO,  flbnnecting  at  AcapulcO  with   company's  steamer 
fur  all  Mexican  and  Central  American  ports  south  of  Acapulco.     Tickets  to  and  from 
Europe  by  any  Hue  for  sale. 

AUSTRALIA,  March  28th,  at  12  o'clock,  noon,  or  on  arrival  of  the  English  mails, 
for  HONOLULU,  KANDAVAU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT  CHALMERS. 
To  Sydnej  or  Auckland— Upper  Saloon,  §210;  Lower  Saloon,  §200. 

DAKOTA,  March  10th,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TOWNSEND,  SEATTLE,  TACOMA 
and  OLYMPIA.  connecting  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for 
PORTLAND,  Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11a.m.  on  day  of  sailing. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  corner  of  First  and  Brannan  streets. 

March  10.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

F3R    ARIZONA    AND    MEXIC&N    P0KT3. 

For  Cape  Saia  JLncas,  I>a  Paz,  Jtlazatlan,  Oiiayiuasand  the 
Colorado  River,  touching  at  Magdalena  Bay,  should  sufficient  inducement 
offer.  —  The  Steamship  IDAHO,  Geo.  H.  Douglass,  Master,  will  leave  for  the  above 
ports  on  THT/USDAY,  March  1:3th,  at-  12  o'clock  m.,  from  Folsoin-St.  Wharf,  connect- 
ing at  the  Mouth  of  the  Colorado  River  with  the  Steamboats  and  Barges  of  the  Colorado 
Steam  Navigation  Company  for  all  points  on  the  River.  Through  Bills  of  Lading 
will  be  furnished  and  none  others  signed.  Freight  will  he  received  on  Monday,  March 
12.  No  freight  received  for  Mexican  Ports  after  Wednesday,  14th,  at  12  noon,  and  Bills 
of  Lading  for  those  ports  must  be  accompanied  by  Custom  House  and  Consular  Clear- 
ances. For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
March  10.  J.  BERMINGHAM,  Agent,  10  Market  street. 

FOR    PORTLAND,    OREGON. 

The   Only   Direct   lit ue.-- -Steamship  Ajax,    Mnckio.    Com- 
mander, leaves  Folsom-street  wharf  SATURDAY.  March  10th,  at  10  a  m. 
March  3  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent,  210  Battery  st. 


The  Special  Organ  of  "Marriott's  Aeroolano  *'fivi*»ntlon  Co."—Fred.  Marriott,  Patentee. 


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Vol.  27. 


SAN  FKAN0IS00,  SATUBDAY,  MARCH  17,  1877. 


No.  8. 


Office  of  the  San  Francisco  News  Letter,  China  Mall.  Calif  or- 
II  ia  Mall  BaK,  South  side  Merchant  street,  No.  GU7  to  Blfi,  Sun  Francisco. 

GOLD  BARS— 880@900— Silver  Bars— 4(515  t»  cent.  disc.  Treasury 
Notes  are  selling  at  96}.     Buying,  95A.     Mexican  Dollars,  34(54 
percent,  disc.    Trade  Dollars,  3@3A.  per  cent.  disc. 

M"  Exchange  on  New  York,  4  per  cent,  for  Gold  :  Currency,  44  per  cent. 

premium.    On   London,  Bankers,  4!V}d.(o ;  Commercial,  49}d.  ; 

Paris. .",  francs  per  dollar.     Telegrams,  j  per  cent. 

«B"  Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  March  16th,  at  3  P.M.,  104J.  Latest 
price  of  Sterling,  4844,®486, 

OW  Price  of  Money  here,  J@l  per  cent,  per  month — bank  rate.     In  the 
open  market,  i@ll.     Demand  active. 

Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.  —  New  York,  March 
16th  1877.— Gold  opened  at  104$;  11  .v.  m., at  104:,'  J  3p.m.,  104J.    United 

States  Bonds  —  Five-twenties  of  LSI".  Ill,';  1881,101';.  Sterling  Ex- 
change, 4  844@4  86,  short.  Pacific  Mail,  23ft.  Wheat,  SI  50@1 60.  West- 
ern Union,  043.  Hides,  dry,  20A@21,  quiet.  Oil—  Sperm,*!  30@*1  31. 
Winter  Bleached,  81  ill!  (a  1  r,5.  Whale,  70fff75:  Winter  Bleached, 
75@80.  Wool -Spring,  fine,  22(530  ;  Burry,  12(510;  Pulled,  25@38. 
Fall  'lips,  17(5)22;  Burry,  16®  22.  London,  March  16tb.— Liverpool 
Wheat  Market,  10s.  5d.  (5  10s.  8d.  Club,  10s.  8d.  @  lis..  United 
States  Bonds,  107J.     Consols,  96-j. 

MIDHAT    PASHA    ON    TURKISH    AFFAIRS. 

The  Republique  Francaise  publishes  a  letter,  purporting  to  have 
been  addressed  by  Midhat  Pasha,  on  the  eve  of  his  fall,  to  the  Sultan.  If 
written,  however,  on  the  date  it  bears,  it  is  inconsistent  with  the  surprise 
with  which  Midhat  met  his  disgrace.  After  writing  such  a  letter,  he 
could  hardly  have  been  unprepared  to  be  summoned  by  the  Sultan. 
Prudence  might  have  made  him  hesitate  to  obey  the  call.  The  following 
is  the  letter: 

'*  Your  Majesty:  Our  aim  in  proclaiming  the  Constitution  was  to  put 
an  end  to  the  despotism  of  the  Palace,  to  awaken  you  to  your  duties,  to 
awaken  ourselves  to  ours,  to  accept  the  complete  equality  of  Christians 
and  Mussulmans,  and  to  work  seriously  at  the  regeneration  of  the  country. 
For  thirty  years  we  have  published  enough  hatts  and  firmans.  The  pub- 
lication of  these  decrees  has  always  coincided  with  a  grave  political  con- 
juncture; but  as  soon  as  the  danger  was  past,  we  have  immediately  for- 
gotten why  we  had  published  those  decrees.  Do  not  think  we  promulgated 
the  Constitution  only  to  close  the  Eastern  Question.  I  have  spoken  of 
duties.  In  the  first  place,  your  Imperial  person  must  know  the  duties 
devolving  on  you,  in  order  that  those  who  have  assumed  the  responsibility 
of  government  may  be  able  to  act.  Then  it  is  incumbent  on  us,  the 
Ministers,  to  know  ours.  I  mean  that  we  must  abandon  the  system  of  dis- 
simulation and  flattery  which  has  prevailed  for  four  hundred  years  in  our 
country.  I  respect  your  Imperial  person;  I  respect  your  family;  but  I  can- 
not make  that  respect  an  instrument  against  the  interests  of  my  country. 
My  responsibility  is  great ;  and,  above  all,  I  fear  that  which  I  contract 
with  my  conscience,  for  my  conscience  requires  that  I  work  for  the  wel- 
fare of  my  country.  I  fear  next  that  Power  which  may  require  me  to 
account  for  my  acts.  Do  not  deceive  yourself  as  to  the  sense  of  my 
words.  I  fear  the  reproaches  of  my  conscience  and  those  of  the  Otto- 
man Empire.  Beyond  that  I  fear  nothing.  The  Ottomans  have  then- 
own  duties.  They  have  recognized  them  and  fulfilled  them.  We  must 
imitate  them.  We  are,  above  all,  a  Constitutional  Government.  Do  you 
know  the  signification  of  the  Constitution  !  He  who  gives  a  thing  ought 
to  understand  it.  I  do  not  dwell  upon  this.  I  know  the  importance  of 
the  post  you  have  confided  to  me.  An  Ottoman,  and  occupying  a  high 
post  amons  my  fellow  countrymen,  I  have  a  twofold  duty  to  fulfill.  Just 
as  I  recognize  my  duty  as  an  Ottoman,  so  I  ought  to  know  my  duty  as  a 
functionary.  A  Turk  who  does  not  fulfill  his  duty  to  his  country  is  only 
responsible  to  his  conscience.  A  Grand  Vizier  is  responsible  to  his  con- 
science and  to  the  nation.  I  am  proud  that  I  have  nothing  to  reproach 
my  conscience  for.  I  wish  to  feel  as  proud  in  my  responsibility  to  the 
nation.  Nine  days  have  passed,  and  you  still  continue  not  to  acknowl- 
edge  what  I  have  submitted  to  you.  In  other  words,  you  refuse  to  the 
workman  the  tools  he  requires.  I  cannot  work  without  tools.  Those  I  am 
using  at  present  are  made  rather  to  destroy  than  to  rebuild  the  Empire. 
I  therefore  beg  you  will  intrust  to  another  the  functions  with  which  you 
charged  me.  ' 

February  4th.  


'  Midhat.' 


Mr.  F.  Alfcar.  No.  8  Clements  Lane,  London,  In  authorized  to 

receive  subscriptions,  advertisements,  communications,  etc.,  for  this  paper, 

tftS^jir**  Published  with  this  week's  issue  a  Four- 
tHiA^M^    -P«f/e  Postscript. 


LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 

The  Stock  Market  begins  to  evince  a  gradual  improvement,  and, 
although  extremely  dull,  has  a  more  encouraging  aspect  than  has  generally 
ruled  of  late.  People  begin  to  realize  that  the  "  hounding  "  of  the  Press 
has  compelled  the  Bonanza  managers  to  open  the  1050  foot  level  of  Con- 
solidated Virginia  for  inspection  sooner  than  they  expected,  for  every  foot 
of  progress  now  being  made,  shows  steady  improvement,  and  insures  a 
level  quite  equal  to  those  above.  We  have  been  shown  an  assay  from  the 
ore  struck  in  the  1650,  giving  a  fair  average.  The  first  28  feat  struck 
¥200  30  per  ton,  and  from  the  70  foot  body  8290  15  per  ton.  These  were 
from  average  samples,  not  selected.  This  level  we  think  gives  a  new  lease 
of  life  to  the  mine.  The  most  noteworthy  fluctuations  this  week  has 
been  in  Overman,  which  declined  from  S81  to  $63,  owing  to  a  less  favor- 
able appearance  in  the  winze,  and  partly  helped  by  necessary  sales, if 
marginal  stocks,  and  in  a  measure  by  "bear"  attacks.  Yesterday  the  closing 
prices  were  $72.  Nothing  certain  can  be  said  of  this  mine  until  the  1300 
foot  leuel  is  cross-cut.  At  closing,  a  demand  sprung  up  for  Jacket,  and 
prices  generally  advanced  slightly. 

The  Hawaiian  trade  appears  to  be  rapidly  developing  under  the 
treaty.  Steamers  and  sailing  vessels  are  carrying  increased  freights  to 
and  fro  from  the  Islands.  The  hark  Discovery,  which  cleared  on  the  15th 
instant,  by  Messrs.  Williams,  Blanchard  <fc  Co.,  carried  an  ass  nted  cargo 
of  general  merchandise,  valued  at  848,467.  She  is  to  be  followed  by  the 
LoliUi  in  the  same  line,  while  J.  C.  Merrill  &  Co.  dispatch  the  Baperian 
without  delay  and  the  Pacific  Mail  steamer  Australia  on  the  28th  instant 
with  Government  mails. 

The  Australian  Mail  Steamship  ' '  Australia  "  departs  for  the  Anti- 
podes on  the  28th  instant.  This  steamer's  chief  officer,  A.  N.  M.  Tuloh, 
was  formerly  Master  of  the  British  steamer  "Morning,"  running  between 
Tient-sin  and  Shanghai,  when  China  was  in  its  halcyon  days  of  prosperity 
to  foreigners.  He  was  at  Tient-sin  about  the  time  of  the  massacre.  His 
experience  is  the  main  spring  that  makes  the  "Australia"  in  such  excellent 
order.  __ 

Beerbohm's  Telegram. —London  and  Liverpool,  March  16th,  1877.— 
Floating  Cargoes,  quiet  ;  Cargoes  on  Passage,  do  ;  Mark  Lane,  slow  ; 
Liverpool,  quiet;  English  Country  Markets,  steady;  French  do.,  quiet;  No. 
2  Spring  Off  Coast,  50s.  6d.;  California  do.  Off  Coast,  51s.(552s.;  do. 
nearly  due,  52s.;  do.  justshipped,  53s. ;  California  Club,  10s.  9d.(511s.;do. 
Average,  10s.  6d.(ajl0s.  M.;  Bed  Western  Spring,  10s.  2d.@10s.  lid. 

The  Occidental  and  Oriental  Steamship  Company  announce  tbat 
the  Gaelic  mil  sail  on  the  20th  instant,  instead  of  the  16th,  as  originally 
advertised. 

Silver  was  quoted  in  London  yesterday  at  53Jd.  per  ounce,  925  fine  ; 
Consols,  064  ;  United  States  5  per  cent.  Bonds,  107},  and  103}  for  4J  per 
cents. 

The  Liverpool  Wheat  market  is  given  to-day  at  10s.  5d.@10s.  8d. 
for  Average  California,  and  10s.  8d.@lls.  for  Club. 

Considerable  veins  of  silver  ore  have  been  discovered  in  the  district  of 
Archangel  and  in  some  islands  in  the  White  Sea. 

For  Mexican  Ports.  —The  steamer  Idaho  sailed  on  the  15th  instant 
with  a  general  cargo,  valued  at  $20,000. 

The  Great  Indian  Peninsula  Railway  Company  have  made  a  call 
of  £2  per  share  on  the  £14,  £8,  and  £4  paid-up  shares. 

The  production  of  wine  in  Prance  in  1876  was  only  about  one-half 
the  quantity  obtained  in  the  previous  year. 

Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  in  this  market  at  97Jc.  buying  and  97}c. 
selling. 

Birth.  -  In  this  city,  March  12th,  to  the  wife  of  Dr.  Roger  Cutlar.  a  son. 


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco,  California. 


SAN     FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March   17,   1877. 


PUMPKIN    PIES. 


I've  tried  the  best 

In  East  and  West, 
I've  lunched  'neath  tropic  sun, 

I've  tested  all 

The  fruits  that  fall, 
And  like  them  every  one; 

But  North  or  South 

No  human  mouth, 
I  will  the  world  apprise, 

E'er  tasted  food 

One-half  so  good 
As  our  own  pumpkin-pies. 

Upon  the  vine, 

In  rain  and  shine, 
Through  fragrant  day  and  night, 

The  yellow  globe 

In  emerald  robe 
Drinks  up  the  Summer  light. 

Oh,  Golden  sweet, 

The  suns  repeat 
To  mold  thy  luscious  size, 

That  we  may  come 

And  roll  thee  home, 
And  make  our  pumpkin  pies. 

Our  lovely  girls, 

With  shining  curls 
Put  neatly  in  a  cap, 

Cut  slice  on  slice 

And  peel  it  nice, 
And  stew  it  to  a  pap; 

Then  milk  is  had, 

And  eggs  they  add, 
And  sweeten  as  is  wise, 

While  others  haste 

To  spice  to  taste 
These  home-made  pumpkin  pies. 


Oh,  pure  and  fair, 

This  food  so  rare, 
Made  up  of  all  that's  best ! 

No  creature's  pain 

Goes  to  its  gain, 
But  only  nature's  zest ; 

For  Summer  days 

And  Autumn  haze 
And  smiles  from  beauty's  eyes 

Are  in  the  dish, 

Mixed  to  our  wish, 
That  we  call  pumpkin  pies. 

No  wonder  then, 

That  loyal  men, 
From  Florida  to  Maine, 

Their  quarter  eat, 

The  same  repeat, 
And  pass  their  plate  again  ; 

That  exiles  fret 

With  vain  regret, 
And  vex  the  air  with  sighs, 

When  forced  to  stay 

In  climes  away 
From  their  own  pumpkin  pies. 

So  to  our  boast 

I  give  a  toast, 
Embroidered  all  in  rhyme  ; 

May  pumpkins  round 

With  us  abound 
Through  future  Autumn-time! 

And  may  our  girls, 

With  shiniDg  curls 
And  tender  beaming  eyes, 

All  learn  by  heart 

The  happy  art 
Of  making  pumpkin  pies  ! 


A    LETTER    OF    DANIEL    WEBSTER'S. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  a  letter  written  by  Daniel  Webster  to  his 
managing  farmer,  John  Taylor,  dated: 

"Washington,  March  17th,1852. 

"lam  glad  you  have  chosen  Mr.  Pike  representative.  He  is  a  true 
man  ;  but  there  are  in  New  Hampshire  many  persons  who  call  themselves 
Whigs  who  are  not  Whigs  at  all,  and  who  are  no  better  than  Disunionists. 
Any  man  who  hesitates  in  granting  and  securing  to  every  part  of  the 
country  its  just  and  constitutional  rights  is  an  enemy  to  the  whole  coun- 
try. John  Taylor,  if  one  of  your  boys  should  say  he  honors  his  father 
and  bis  mother,  and  loves  his  brothers  and  sisters,  but  still  insists  that 
one  of  them  shall  be  driven  out  of  the  family,  what  can  you  say  of  him 
but  this,  that  there  is  no  real  family  love  in  him  ?  You  and  I  are  farm- 
ers ;  we  never  talk  politics  ;  our  talk  is  of  oxen.  Now  remember  this, 
that  any  man  who  attempts  to  excite  one  part  of  this  country  against  an- 
other is  just  as  wicked  as  he  would  be  who  should  attempt  to  get  up  a 
quarrel  between  John  Taylor  and  his  neighbor,  old  Mr.  John  Sandborn, 
or  his  other  neighbor,  Captain  Burleigh. 

There  are  some  animals  that  live  best  in  the  fire  ;  and  there  are  some 
men  who  delight  in  heat,  smoke,  combustion  and  general  conflagration. 
They  do  not. follow  the  things  that  make  for  peace ;  they  enjoy  only  con- 
troversy, contention  and  strife.  Have  no  communion  with  such  persons, 
either  as  neighbors  or  politicians.  You  have  no  more  right  tosaythatslavery 
ought  not  to  exist  in  Virginia  than  a  Virginian  has  to  say  that  slavery 
ought  to  exist  in  New  Hampshire.  This  is  a  question  left  to  every  State 
to  decide  for  itself  ;  and,  if  we  mean  to  keep  the  States  together,  we  must 
leave  to  every  State  the  power  of  deciding  for  itself. 

I  think  I  never  wrote  you  a  word  before  on  politics.  I  shall  never  do 
it  again.  I  only  say,  love  your  country  and  your  whole  country,  and 
when  men  attempt  to  pursuade  you  to  get  into  a  quarrel  with  the  laws  of 
other  States,  tell  them  that  you  mean  to  mind  your  business,  and  advise 
them  to  do  theirs.  John  Taylor,  you  are  a  free  man.  You  possess  good 
principles  ;  you  have  a  large  family  to  rear,  and  provide  for  by  your  labor. 
Be  thankful  to  the  Government  which  does  not  oppress  you,  which  does 
not  bear  you  down  by  excessive  taxation,  but  which  holds  out  to  you  and 
yours  the  hope  of  all  the  blessings  which  liberty,  industry,  aud  security 
may  give.  John  Taylor,  thank  God  morning  and  eveaing  that  you  were 
born  in  such  a  country.  John  Taylor,  never  write  me  another  word  on 
politics.  Give  my  kindest  remembrance  to  your  wife  and  children,  and 
when  you  look  from  your  eastern  windows  upon  the  graves  of  my  fam- 
ily, remember  that  he  who  is  the  author  of  <his  letter  must  soon  follow 
them  to  another  world.  Daniel  Webster." 


OUR    RIVAL    IN    CENTRAL    INDIA. 

A  few  years  ago  Southern  Russia  entered  into  active  competition 
with  this  country  for  the  wheat  markets  of  the  world,  but  our  superior 
facilities  and  greater  powers  of  combination  and  co-operation  enabled  us 
to  undersell  the  competitor;  Southern  Russia  ran  in  debt  beyond  its 
means,  and  is  now  bankrupt  and  practically  out  of  the  race.  The  case  is 
different  with  Central  India,  however,  and  the  problem  seems  more  dif- 
ficult to  resolve  in  our  favor.  England  has  pushed  her  railroad  system 
into  the  Punjaub,  and  these  temperate  regions,  which  four  years  ago  ex- 
ported nothing,  last  year  supplied  40,000,000  bushels  of  prime  wheat  to 
Europe.  The  soil  is  new,  fertile,  as  good  for  wheat  as  new  prairie  in  Da- 
kota, and  labor  is  overabundant  and  immeasurably  cheaper  than  labor  ever 
will  be  in  this  country.  The  grain  can  be  laid  aboard  ship  at  Calcutta  and 
Bombay  as  cheaply  as  it  can  be  laid  down  from  Minnesota  to  New  York; 
it  can  be  shipped  to  Liverpool  via  Suez  Canal  for  but  little  more  than  it 
costs  from  New  York  to  Liverpool.  The  labor  factor,  in  fact,  will  con- 
trol, and  that  is  all,  and  very  largely,  in  favor  of  Central  India.  New 
York  is  afraid  of  Baltimore.  Should  she  not  fear  a  rival  that  competes 
with  her  to  the  extent  of  40,000,000  bushels  in  three  years  ? 

A  female  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  Wyoming  recently  fined  her  hus- 
band heavily  for  flirting. 


BANKS. 


SWISS    AMERICAN    BANK. 

Incorporated  in  Geneva.  Switzerland.  January  24fch,  1873. 
Head  Olficc,  in  Geneva.  Capital,  §2,000,000.  subscribed.  $1,000,000  paid 
up.  President,  HENRY  HENTSCH.  San  Francisco  Branch,  successors  to  Messrs. 
Hentsch  &  Berton,  527  Clay  street.  Directors  :  FRANCIS  BERTON  and  ROBERT 
WATT,    , 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  gTant  Letters  of  Credit  on  Europe,  and  to  transact  every 
kind  of  Banking,  Mercantile  and  Exchange  Business,  and  to  negotiate  American  Se- 
curities in  Europe.     Deposits  received. 

Bills  of  Exchange  on  New  York,  Philadelphia,  London,  Liverpool,  Paris, 
Lyons,  Marseilles,  Bordeaux,  Oloron,  Brussels,  Berlin,  Hamburg,  Frankfort,  Geneva, 
Lausanne,  Chaux-de-Fonds,  Neuchatel,  Fribourg,  Bern,  Aarn,  Soleure,  Baden,  Basle, 
Zurich,  Winterthur,  Shaffhausen,  St.  Gallen,  Lucern,  Chur,  Bellinzona,  Locarno,  Lu- 
gano, Mendrisio,  Genoa,  Turin,  Milan,  Florence,  Rome. 

An  Assay  Office  is  annexed  to  the  Bank.  Assays  of  gold,  silver,  quartz  ores 
and  sulphurets.     Returns  in  coin  or  bars,  at  the  option'of  the  depositor. 

Advances  made  on  bullion  and  ores.     Dust  and  bullion  can  be  forwarded  from  any 
part  of  the  country,  and  returns  made  through  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  checks. 
ISeptemberlS.l 

THE    BANK    OF    CALIFORNIA,    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

Capital ' $5,000,000. 

D.  O.  MILLS President.       |      WM.  ALVORD... Vice-Preset. 

THOMAS  BROWN Cashier. 

Agents  : 

New  York,  Agency  of  the  Bank  of  Calfornia ;  Boston,  Tremont  National  Bank  ; 
Chicago,  Union  National  Bank ;  St.  Louis,  Boatman's  Saving  Bank  ;  New  Zealand, 
the  Bank  of  New  Zealand  ;  London,  China,  Japan,  India  and  Australia,  the  Oriental 
Bank  Corporation, 

The  Bank  has  Agencies  at  Virginia  City  and  Gold  Hill,  and  Correspondents  in  all 
the  principal  Mining  Districts  and  Interior  Towns  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued,  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Draw  direct  on  Lon- 
don, Dublin,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Antwerp, 
Amsterdam,  St.  Petersburg,  Copenhagen,  Stockholm,  Christiana,  Locarno,  Mel- 
bourne, Sydney,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shanghai,  Yokohama.  Nov.  4. 

THE    NEVADA    BANK,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO. 
Paid  Up  Capital $10,000,000. 

Louis  McLane President.      |      J.  €.  Flood     Vice-President. 

N.  K.  IKasteu Cashier. 

Directors  :— J.  C.  Flood,  J.  W.  Mackay,  W.  S.  O'Brien,  Jas.  G.  Fair,  Louis  McLane. 

Correspondents: — London —Smith,  Payne  &  Smiths.  Paris— Hottinguer  &  Co. 
Hamburg — Hesse,  Newman  &  Co.  New  York—"  The  Bank  of  New  York,  B.  N.  A." 
Chicago — Merchants'  National  Bank.  Boston — Second  National  Bank.  New  Orleans 
— State  Na-tional  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  receive  deposits  on  open  account,  issue  certificates  of  de- 
posit, buy  and  sell  exchange,  purchase  bullion,  and  transact  a  general  banking  busi- 
ness.   Collections  made  and  proceeds  remitted  at  current  rates  of  exchange.      Oct.  9. 

BANK    OF    BRITISH    COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter.— Capital  paid  up,  $1,800,* 
000,  with  power  to  increase  to  •■?  10, 000,000.  Southeast  corner  California  and  San- 
some  streets.  Head  Office — 5  East  India  Avenue,  London.  Branches — Portland,  Or- 
egon; Victoria  and  Cariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Office  und  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows  : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada — Bank  of  Montreal ;  Liverpool — North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company ;  Ireland — Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America ;  China  and 
Japan  — Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Baak. 

Dec.  9. W.  H.  TILLINGHAST.  Manager. 

THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid  up  Capital  $2,000,000,  Gold.  President,  R.  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  D.  Callaghaii ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Kodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  W.  Ritchie. 

Directors:— R.  C.  Woohvorth,  D.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  D.  D.  Colton,  Edward  Martin,  James  Moffitt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

Correspondents — London  :  Baring  Bros.  &  Co. ;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China.  Dublin  :  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg :  Hesse, 
Neuman&Co.  Paris:  Hottinguer  &  Co.  New  York:  National  Bank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business.  Deposits  in  Gold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  ill  Europe,  Chh-a  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  13. 

LONDON    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANK    (LIMITED). 

Capital,  $5,000,000,  of  which  $3,000,000  Is  fully  paid  up  as 
present  capital.  San  Francisco  Office,  421  California;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  S.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STKEETEN  ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  CAMILO  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 
Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  Genera] 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world.  October  23. 

BANK  OF  COMMERCE,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Incorporated    Under    the    I«iivs    of    California. 

Capital One  Million  Dollars. 

Correspondents  :— New  York,  National  Park  Bank  ;  Boston,  National  Bank  of  Re- 
demption ;  Chicago,  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank. 

This  Bank,  lately  organized,  is  now  prepared  to  receive  Deposits,  discount  Business 
Paper,  issue  Credits,  buy  and  sell  Exchange,  make  Collections,  and  transact  ageneral 
banking  business.  D.  W.  C.  THOMPSON,  President 

A.  W.  Preston,  Cashier.  March  3. 

THE    ANGL0-CALIF0RNIAN    BANK    (LIMITED). 
4  i)i)  California  street,  San  Francisco.— London  Office,  3 

^\- s£>£j  Angel  Court  ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  $0,000,000.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buy  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Monev,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FRED.  F.  LOW, 

Oct  4.  IGN.  STEINHAItT, 


Managers. 

THE  MERCHANTS'  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  FBANCISC0. 

Capital,  $5,000,000.—  Alvinza  Harvard.  President;  R.  ft. 
Sneath,  Vice-President ;  H.  F.  Hastings,  Cashier  ;  R.  N.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and  a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 


March    IT.    1877. 


CALIFORNIA      \l»\  ERTISER. 


UNCl-E     REMUS3    REVIVAL    HYMN. 
Oh!  wlur  -!i  til  m  :■•  u'  n  de   peal  day  onnaea, 
Wid  >!•■  blowin'  uv  -t.-  trampita  an'  At  bangin'  uv  da  drums! 
nv  I'.''  r-imur*  It  !«..  ootohed  out 
itoh  (,.  de  * lolden  <;;tt--? 
»  far  ter  wait  tweU  to-morrerl 
!>-■   Mm   mustn't  Ml    "ii   >.'"  BOITer, 
sin  ■  b  bamboo  bri  i 

Oh,  Lord!  fetch  '!<■  mo*nera  up  higher! 
\\  Yti  de  naahuDfl  qv  de  earf  i-  a  Btannin'  »ll  axouu' 
Who*i  a  ffwine  ter  bechooean  Per  ter  war  de  glory  crown? 
Who*e  ii  (purine  fer  tat  stan'  stiff  kneed  an'  boF 
Au'  anawsr  t>>  dere  name  at  de  caUin1  nv  de  roll? 
Sou  better  oome  now  af  yon  oomin' 
Ole  Satan  i>  Loose  an  a-bummin' — 
I  v-  whft'lsnf  (listriK';«hun  is  a-hnmmin' — 
oh,  oome  along,  sinner,  ef  you  comin*. 

De  son£  uv  salvation  is  a  mighty  sweet  smi^. 
An'  de  Paradise  win'  blow  fur  an'  blow  strong; 
An'  Al"rli:uu'$  busxum  is  »af  and  it's  wide, 
An'  dat'e  de  place  what  de  sinners  oughter  hide! 
N>>  use  to  be  Btoppin'  an'  a-lookin', 
Kf  you  fool  wid  Satan  you'll  git  took  in; 
You'll  hang  on  de  edge  an1  git  shook  in, 
Kf  yon  keep  on  a-stoppin'  an'  a-lookin'. 

De  time  is  riu'ht  now  an'  dis  here's  de  place — 
Let  ili-  aalvaannn  sun  shine  squar  in  yo'  face. 
I'i-lit  de  battles  uv  de  Lord,  tight  soon  an'  tight  late, 
An'  you'll  altars  tint  I  a  latch  on  de  GoldirV  Gate, 

No  < « s e  fer  ter  wait  "twell  to-morrer — 

De  sun  mustn't  set  on  yo'  sorrer, 

Siu's  ez  sharp  ez  a  bamboo  brier — 

Ax  de  Lord  fer  ter  fetch  you  up  higher. 


A  CHILDREN'S  PANTOMIME. 
An  amusing  pantomime,  perfomed  by  little  children,  has  been 
brought  out  at  the  Cirque  d'Hiver  at  Paris,  under  the  appellation  of  La 
Vie  Parisienne.  The  first  scene  represents  a  miniature  Bois  de  Boulogne, 
with  small  lawns,  trees,  rocks  and  seats,  and  the  drive  round  the  lake. 
The  rirst  entry  is  a  body  of  diminutive  police;  then  a  tight  of  ragged  boys; 
this  is  followed  by  a  promenade  of  dandies  and  stylishly  dressed  ladies; 
an  infantine  wedding  party  appears  on  foot,  on  its  way  to  the  cascade; 
then  comes  an  entry  of  ladies  and  gentlemen  on  horseback,  threading  the 
Ail':*:  des  Cavaliers,  and  exchanging  bows  and  side  glances.  The  last 
scene  in  the  Bois  is  the  five  o'clock  promenade  around  the  lake,  with  its 
family  coaches,  landaus,  breaks,  etc.  The  coachmen  and  the  servants  are 
in  the  most  splendid  liveries;  the  gentlemen  might  have  been  dressed  by 
Poole  and  the  ladies  by  Worth.  The  second  part  is  the  race-course  at 
Longchamps,  and  the  third  the  Jardin  Mabille,  both  of  which  are  perfect 
pictures.  In  the  former  are  seen  the  judges'  box,  the  starter  with  his 
Hag,  the  sportsmen,  and  many  ladies.  Isabelle,  the  flower  girl,  goes  from 
carriage  to  carriage,  exchanging  her  bouquets  for  louis;  champagne  is 
being  poured  out  in  abundance;  horses  and  jockeys  come  on  to  the  course, 
and,  after  the  preliminary  canter,  the  race  takes  place,  and  is  sharply  con- 
tested. The  Jardin  Mabille  is  not  less  exactly  represented.  The  orches- 
tra, installed  in  the  midst  of  the  arena,  is  tilled  with  musicians,  lofty 
palm  trees  are  planted  around,  the  company  arrive  at  the  ball  joyously, 
noisy  or  pugnacious,  for  it  is  the  Grand  Prix  day,  which  never  passes  over 
without  a  tight  between  the  English  and  French.  Then  comes  the  dances, 
and  a  young  couple  of  scarcely  ten  years  of  age  execute  a  waltz  to  the 
music  of  Olivier  Metra's  "  La  Vague,"  in  a  manner  that  would  scarcely 
be  equaled  by  the  best  dancers  at  the  public  balls.  All  this  is  done  by 
children,  who  are  really  little  wonders.  This  pantomime  contains  thirty 
carriages,  eighty  horses  and  two  hundred  miniature  performers.  The 
house  is  crowded  every  night. 


Pelligrini,  late  of  Vanity  Fair,  has  renounced  caricatures,  and  devotes 
himself  to  portrait-painting.  In  this  more  ambitious  walk  he  is  getting 
on  very  well.  Still,  I  am  sorry,  says  a  writer  in  Truth,  that  he  has  given 
up  caricaturing,  for,  as  a  caricaturist  he  is  inimitable.  A  friend  of  mine, 
who  has  appeared  in  Vanity  Fair  gallery,  once  described  to  me  Pelligrini's 
process.  "  He  asked  me  to  call  upon  him,  and  when  I  did  so,  he  did 
nothing  but  talk  and  watch  me.  '  Come  again  in  a  week,'  he  said.  I  com- 
plied, and  to  my  horror  he  showed  me  a  sketch  of  myself  without  a  ves- 
tige of  clothing.  I  was  aghast,  and  fancied  that  I  was  to  go  down  to  pos- 
terity in  this  garbless  condition.  '  This  is  how  I  always  do  a  caricature,' 
he  said.  '  I  shall  dreas  you  afterwards  ;*  and  he  pointed  out  to  me  many 
points  in  which  my  form  did  not  follow  the  strict  line  of  beauty.  Again 
he  watched  me  as  he  sucked  a  pencil,  and  occasionally  added  a  line  to  my 
legs  or  arms.  A  fortnight  later  I  appeared  in  Vanity  Fair,  correctly  ar- 
rayed in  the  costume  of  the  nineteenth  century.  '  It  is  not  a  caricature,' 
said  my  friends,  'it  is  positively  your  portrait,'  and  so  it  was." 

An  extraordinary  decision  has  just  been  arrived  at  by  the  civil  tri- 
bunal in  Paris.  Seven  years  ago  a  lady  purchased  £200  worth  of  jewelry 
from  a  firm  in  the  Palais  Royal,  the  agreement  (made  in  writing  at  the 
time  of  payment)  being  that  if  the  articles  were  not  approved  of  they 
might  be  exchanged.  The  purchaser  kept  and  used  the  jewelry  for  more 
than  six  years,  at  the  expiration  of  which  time  she  intimated  to  the  jew- 
eler her  desire  to  exchange  it  for  other  articles.  Upon  his  very  naturally 
declining  to  entertain  such  a  proposal,  she  commenced  an  action  for  the 
purpose  of  compelling  him  to-do  so;  and  though  his  advocate  urged  that 
he  could  not  be  compelled  to  accept,  at  the  full  price  originally  given  for 
them,  articles  which  had  been  in  constant  wear  for  seven  years,  the  judg- 
ment of  the  court  was  against  him,  upon  the  ground  that  in  the  agree- 
ment "he  had  failed  to  define  the  period  during  which  the  exchange 
might  be  made."         

A  gentleman  stops  before  a  blind  man  who  carries  on  his  breast  a  little 
picture  representing  a  fire,  and  on  which  is  written,  "Blinded  by  acci- 
dent." "Tell  me,  my  good  fellow,  in  what  country  the  accident  repre- 
sented in  this  picture  happened?"  The  blind  man  replied,  with  the  great- 
est imaginable  coolness,  "Ah!  I  cannot  tell  you,  my  good  sir.  It  comes 
to  me  from  my  brother." 


SAVINGS    AND    LOAN. 


UOLLATBEAL    LOAN    AND    SAVINGS  BANK,    CORNER    POST   AND 
KE4RNY    STREETS,    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

Incorporated  Under  tho  Laws  of  the  Stato  of  California. 


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i'*'i">-n-,  r.n.1  allow  the  following  rata  of  Inter.  '■       [>ci      u  of  six  months 

i   m  r  oent,  pet  month  .  Twelve nths,  L]  per  cent  per  month 

"lber4- ___^__        '     5    'WtTKU,  Secretary. 


GERMAN    SWINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 

Guarantee  Capital  &200,000.— Office  096  California  Ntrecl, 
North  side,  between  tfontg irj  and  Eeanrj  street     Office  hours,  from  9  a.  m 

to  8  p.m.     Extra  hour  on  Saturdays  from  7  t->  *  r.  m,  i.  .  i .,,-..  n.  only 

L.HIIIS  imuU-  mii  I  tea  I  KsluH-  ami  other  enlhler.il  urreiit  rates  of  interest. 

President L.  OOTTIti.  |  Secretary GEO.   LKTTE. 


F. 

Sers, 


PI  U  rr  !">(.■;. 


Roedinif.  H.  Schmieden,  Chas.   Kohler.  Ed.  Kruse,  Dan.  Meyer,  Oeonre  H  Eo> 
:,  P.  Spreckles,  n.  Van  Bergen.  Feb.  1. 

MARKET      STREET     BANK      OF     SAVINGS, 
n     mj  634  Market  St.,  Opposite  Palace  Hotel. 

1  resident tiiomas  it  lewis. 

Secretary u\  £  LAT80N. 

Interest  allowed  on  all  rieposl  ts  remaining  In  Bank  over 
thirty  days.    Interest  on  term  deposits,  12  per  cent  per  annum     Depo  i 

t.vi veil  from  one  dollar  upward.  No  .-liar-e  for  Hunk  Hook.  On  reoolpt  Ol  remit- 
tances from  the  interior,  Hank  Hooks  or  Certificates  of  Deposit  will  be  fnr\v:ir.!nl  or 
delivered  to  agent.     Bank  open  on  Saturdays  till  9  o'clock  P.ll  Oetol.er  *>. 

SAN    FRANCISCO    SAVINGS    UNION, 
flT*>£>  California  street,  corner  Webb.      Capital    and    Re- 

»JO.-%/  servo,  $231,000.  Deposits,  86,919,000.  Dikectoks:  James  de  Fremeiy, 
President;  Albert  Miller,  Vice-President;  C.  Adolphe  Low,  D.  J.  Oliver,  Charles 
Baum.  Charles  Pace,  Washington  Hartlott,  A.  Campbell,  Sen.,  George  C.  Potter; 
Cashier,  Lovell  White.  Dividends  for  two  years  i>ast  have  been  74  and  9  per  cent,  re- 
spectively, on  ordinary  and  term  deposits.  Dividends  are  payable  nemi-anmmllv,  in 
January  and  July.  Money  loaned  on  real  estate  and  on  United  States  Bonds,  or 
equivalent  securities.  October  30. 

PIONEER  LAND  AND  LOAN  BANK  OF  SAVINGS  AND  DEPOSIT. 

Southeast  corner  California  and  Montgomery  streets.  Safe 
Deposit  Block.  Incorporated  1809.  Guarantee  Fund,  §200,000.  Dividend  No. 
105  payable  on  March  5th.  Ordinary  deposits  receive  9  per  cent.  Terra  de- 
posits receive  12  per  cent.  Tins  incorporation  is  in  its  ninth  year,  and  rcfcri  to 
over  5,700  depositors  for  its  successful  and  economical  management. 

H.  KOFAHL,  Cashier. 
Thos.  Gray,  President.       J.  C.  Duxcan,  Secretary. March  27_ 

MASONIC    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    BANK, 

No.  G  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple^  San  Francisco,  Cal.--- 
Moneys  received  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits  ;  dividends  paid  semi- 
annually ;  loans  made  on  approved  security.  This  bank  solicits  the  patronage  of  all 
persons'. (March  2i>.) H.  T.  GRAVES,  Secretary. 

FRENCH    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 
Bnsh  street,  above  Kearny,  O.  Ma  he.  Director.  Loans 

made  on  real  estate  and  other  collateral  securities  at  current  rates  of 


411 

interest. 


SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK— GUARANTEE  CAPITAL,  8300,000. 

Officers:  President,  John  Parrott;  Vice-President,  Jerome 
Lincoln  ;  Secretary,  W.  S.  Jones  ;  Attorney,  Sidney  V.  Smith.  Loans  made  on 
Real  Estate  and  other  Approved  Securities.  Office ;  No.  215  Sansome  street,  San 
Francisco. Oct.  14. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    COMPANY,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO, 

S.  E.  Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Sts. 

CAPITAL IT 82,000.000. 

This  Company  is  now  open  for  the  renting;  of  vaults  and  the 
transaction  of  all  business  connected  with  a  Safe  Depository.  Pamphlets  riving 
full  information  and  rates  can  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  Company.  Hours, 
from  8  a.m.  to  ii  p.m.  September  18. 

SCHOOL    OF    ASSAYING    AND    PRACTICAL    CHEMISTRY. 
rjMhose  interested  are  requested  to  call  at  the  Laboratory 

JL      any  day  during  business  hours,  or  send  address  for  circular. 

HENRY  G.  HANKS,  Chemist  and  Assayer, 
March  3. u'10  Montgomery  street,  S.  F. 

BAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  &  CO., 

113  Clay  and  114  Commercial  Streets, 

San  Francisco.  [May  24. 

W.  Morris.  Jos.  Schwab.  J.  F.  Kennedy. 

MORRIS,    SCHWAB    &   CO., 

Importers  and  Dealers    in   Moldings,  Frames,  Engravings, 
Chromos,    Lithographs,     Decalcomanie,    Wax  and  Artists'  Materials,  21    Post 
street,  nearly  opposite  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco. Feb.  4. 

THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every  variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Gilt, 
Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clocks  and  fine 
Bronzes;  also  a  full  line  of  Plumbers'  Goods.  122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Pran- 
isco. Jan.  27. 

STUART    S.    WRIGHT, 

Attorney  and  Counsellor  at  Law,   No.  504  Kearny  street, 
San  Francisco,  California. Fe^-  3. 


A    MAGNIFICENT    STOCK    OF 
pianos  and  Organs  at  the  MnslcWarerooms  oi  A.  i. 
croft  A  Co.,  No.  723  Market  street.     Prices  very  low. 

G. 


Ban- 
March  3. 


G.    GARIB0LDI. 

Fresco    and   Decoration,    Nevada   Slock, 

[January  13.] 


No-'s   73    and   74. 


S' 


JOSEPH    GILLOTT'S    STEEL    PENS. 
old  by  all  Stationers  thrcngnont  the  World.    Sole  Agent 

for  the  United  States  :  5IK.  IIENKY  HUE,  01  John  street,  N.  Y.       Jan,  W. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March  17,  1877. 


HUNG  JURIES. 
There  is  no  possible  reason  why  twelve  jurymen  should,  as  a 
rule  take  the  same  view  of  a  case  presented  to  them  for  trial.  If  the 
evidence  be  unworthy  of  credit  on  either  side,  or  if  any  reasonable  doubt 
exists  in  the  mind  of  one  of  their  body  as  to  the  genuineness  of  the  story 
he  is  asked  to  believe,  that  juryman  is  bound  by  his  oath  to  maintain  that 
opinion  even  though  his  eleven  associates  are  of  an  utterly  opposite  way 
of  thinking.  We  are  led  to  these  remarks  by  a  review  of  the  case  of 
Thomas  B.  Mortee,  who  has  been  on  trial  for  four  days  during  the  present 
week  for  the  murder  of  Peter  Chisholm,  at  Badger's  Park,  a  year  ago.  The 
case,  as  reported  by  the  dailv  papers,  is  as  follows  :  Mortee  and  a  young 
man  named  Peter  Chisholm  were  clerks  in  the  same  broker's  office  in  this 
city  and  in  company  with  other  friends  went  to  the  park  to  see  Messrs. 
Jarrett  &  Palmer's  'lightning  train  pass.  Some  trivial  dispute  brought 
about  a  quarrel,  and  Mortee,  in  the  heat  of  anger,  seized  a  club  and 
struck  Chisholm  on  the  head,  inflicting  a  mortal  injury.  The  case  went 
to  the  jurv,  and  after  being  out  twenty- two  hours  they  reported  that  they 
could  uot  agree.  Mortee  was  very  ably  defended  by  Judge  Alexander 
Campbell,  and  seven  or  eight  of  the  jury  were  strongly  in  favor  of  his  ac- 
quittal. Of  course  they  were  locked  up  again,  and  after  a  heroic  adher- 
ence to  their  honest  opinions  for  another  weary  period  of  incarceration, 
they  were  perforce  discharged.  Now,  the  question  is,  what  right  has  a 
court  to  lock  men  up  for  several  days  and  nights  perhaps,  in  the  endeavor 
to  make  them  render  an  opinion  which  they  do  not  hold  or  believe  to  be 
just.  Nine-tenths  of  good  jurymen  are  actively  engaged  in  business,  and 
the  confinement  which  the  courts  measure  out  to  them  where  they  disa- 
gree is  irritating  in  the  extreme,  and  beyond  all  reason.  Further,  the 
wearisome  discussion  hour  after  hour,  though  it  fail  to  alter  the  opinion 
if  »  juror  one  io'a,  will  often  break  him  down  at  last,  and  cause  him  in  a 
weak  moment  to  acquiesce  with  the  others  for  the  sake  of  liberty,  fresh 
air  and  the  opportunity  to  attend  to  his  own  concerns  again.  It  may  be 
urged  in  opposition  to  this,  that  a  great  deal  of  time  is  sometimes  needed 
by°a  panel  of  twelve  men  to  examine  and  sift  the  whole  evidence,  and  the 
arguments  that  have  been  laid  before  them.  In  the  majority  of  trials  this 
is  not  the  fact.  Probably  two-thirds  of  Ihe  jury  in  every  case  haye 
made  up  their  minds  before  they  leave  the  box,  and  confinement  can  only 
serve  to  annoy  and  irritate  them,  after  the  necessary  amount  of  discussion 
has  been  indulged  in.  New  trials,  under  the.present  faulty  jury  system, 
are  perpetually  a  thing  of  necessity,  owing  to  the  inability  of  the  jurors 
to  agree  ;  but  it  is  better  that  a  man  should  be  tried  a  dozen  times,  if 
there  is  no  other  remedv,  than  that  he  should  be  the  victim  of  a  dishonest 
verdict  only  arrived  at  by  the  unendurable  detention  of  the  persons  in 
whose  hands  his  fate  lies.  If  ever  there  was  an  evil  which  required  rem- 
edying it  is  the  present  defective  condition  of  the  much  vaunted  institu- 
tion known  as  "  Trial  by  Jury." 

THEATRICAL,  ETC. 
California  Theater.  —The  present  week  has  been  chiefly  occupied  with 
benefits,  that  of  Mr.  Henry  Edwards  on  Monday,  possibly  being  the  best 
attended.  The  bill  on  that  occasion  contained  The  Woman  in  White,  and 
the  perennial  burlesque  of  Pocahontas.  It  is  hardly  fair  to  criticise  the 
rank-and-file  in  benefit  performances.  Their  parts  are,  as  a  rule,  hastily 
and  grudgingly  learned,  and  the  whole  matter  drags.  As  to  Mr.  Edwards 
as  CountFosco,  we  can  hardly  criticise  the  personation  advisedly.  In  the 
first  two  acts  the  beneficiary  did  extremely  well,  but  his  efforts  later  on 
were  marred  by  an  evident  return  of  his  late  painful  ailment,  with  which 
he  struggled  on  quite  heroically.  Pocahontas  was  capitally  done,  Bishop 
extracting  much  uproarious  fun  from  Powhatan,  and  Miss  Harrison  acting 
with  even  more  than  her  usual  chic.  Tuesday  evening  Miss  Alice  Kings- 
bury appeared  as  Fanrhon  and  Telula;  both  performances  were  fairly 
pleasing.  Upon  Wednesday  Mr.  Wilson  took  his  annual  benefit,  essaying 
with  considerable  courage  Rip  Van  Winkle.  Those  who  have  seen  Jeffer- 
son's immortal  creation,  probably  the  finest  piece  of  character  acting  tue 
sta"e  ever  witnessed,  had  of  course  many  criticisms  and  comparisons  to 
make.  It  is  to  be  put  down  to  Mr.  Wilson's  credit,  hon-ever,  that  he  gave 
us  a  very  genuine  and  effective  bit  of  acting,  and  the  last  act  closed  amid 
some  very  real  tears  Bhed  by  the  audience.  Jack  Sheppard,  which  fol- 
lowed, was  a  wild  hash  of  part  changing  and  other  nonsense  that  did 
nobody  any  credit.  On  Thursday  Miss  Rose  Moss  essayed  Leah.  We  can 
only  repeat  our  general  verdict.  This  ambitious  but  ill-advised  young 
lady  has  begun  at  the  wrong  end  of  the  ladder.  Last  evening  a  handsome 
house  honored  the  annual  benefit  of  the  well  known  and  deservedly  pop- 
ular Mr  T.  J.  French,  the  Treasurer  of  the  Theater.  The  bill  was  Lost 
at  iieu,  one  of  Boucicault's  best.  This  afternoon  Rip  Van  Winkle  will  be 
repeated  very  deservedly,  and  to-night,  "St.  Patrick's  Day  in  the  even- 
ing," Arrah-na-Poaue  will  be  the  appropriate  bill.  On  Monday  Miss 
Neilson  resumes  he'r  ancient  sceptre  as  Juliet,  which  she  follows  with 
Beatrice.  We  understand  that  already  all  the  boxes  and  about  a  third  of 
the  house  is  sold  for  her  entire  engagement^  substantial  augury  of  a  rep- 
etition of  her  former  brilliant  success  here.  Miss  Neilson  will  add  to  her 
list  of  impersonations  this  time  Cifmbeline,  in  which  character,  as  in  Juliet, 
she  is  unquestionably  the  best  now  on  the  stage. 

Maguire's  Opera  House.—  This  house  does  not  appear  to  share  the 
dullness  on  the  other  side  of  the  way,  and  the  comicalities  of  Moran  and 
Hart  are  fully  appreciated.  The  former  is  the  best  end  man  we  have 
seen  for  some  time.  Sheridan  and  Mack  have  changed  their  selections 
for  the  better,  and  Linden  and  Keid  are  both  out  in  new  specialties.  If 
Manager  Maguire  were  wise  he  would,  notwithstanding  the  present  hard 
times  °"  fix  up"  both  of  his  Bush  street  houses,  and  refit  them  with  com- 
fortable modern  amusement  chairs.  This,  with  a  little  judicious  frescoing, 
would  give  an  inviting  appearance  to  these  dingy  and  old-fashioned  little 
theaters,  and  turu  the  popular  tide  once  more  in  their  direction.  Society 
loves  variety,  but  first  of  all  comfort  and  appearance;  and  unless  this  is 
done  these  two  of  old  famous  theaters  must  continue  to  go  down  hill. 
Fleas  and  fashion  are  antagonistic. 

Grand  Opera  House.— This  evening  Round  the  World  in  Eicihty  Bays 
terminates  its  remarkable  run.  If  Manager  Wheatleigh  meets  with  the 
same  success  with  its  successor  he  must  own  a  controlling  interest  in  the 
philosopher's  stone.  There  is  naturally  nothing  new  to  comment  upon, 
if  we  except  the  continued  elaboration  of  his  part  by  Mr.  Polk.  This  is 
shown  in  several  instances  of  late,  notably  in  the  more  artistic  and  grad- 
ual manner  in  which  he  recovers  from  the  effect  of  the  drugging  in  the 
bar-room  scene.  It  is  just  this  ceaseless  study  of  detail  that  makes  the 
true  artist      Mr.  Voegtlin  is  said  to   have   some   still   more   remarkable 


scenic  wonders  in  store  for  us,  and  which  he  will  present  to  the  public  in 
Midsummer's  Nights  Dream,  which  follows  After  Dark,  the  next  attraction. 
Alhambra  Theater. —  The  effect  of  the  cruelly  hard  times  is  exempli- 
fied by  the  slim  audiences  that  attend  this  capital  variety  show.  Artists 
like  Alicia  Jourdan  and  the  Reynolds  Brothers  are  certainly  worthy  of 
the  best  patronage,  to  say  nothing  of  the  host  of  lesser  lights. 


SIGNAL    SERVICE    METEOROLOGICAL   REPORT,    WEEK 
ENDING  MARCH  15,  1877,  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


Highest    anil    TjOivest   Ttarometer. 


Frl.  9.     Sat.  10.    Sun  11.    Mem.  12    Tues  13    Wed  14    Thrl5 


30.03 
29.94 


30.01  30.14  30.21  30.23  30.10 

29.91  30.03  30.16  30.10  30.05 

Maximum  and  Minimum  Thermometer. 
61        I         63        I        02        |        66        |        61 


56 


54 


53 


52 


52 


85 


I 


I 


Mean  Daily  JETumiditt/. 

80         |         81         |  77 

Prevailinti  Wind. 
W.         |      W.  |N. 

Wind — Miles  Traveled. 
135  |       108         |         119       |       167 

State  of  Weat/ier. 
Rainy.      |    Rainy.     |    Cloudy.    I     Fair.        |      Fog.       |       Fog. 
Hainfall  in  Twenty-four  Hours. 
-56         |  |  |  | 


|     SE. 
|      154 


I 


30.15 
30.08 


53 
77 
W. 
240 
Clear. 


I 


Total  Main  During  Season  beginning  July  1,  787G. .  .10.59  inches. 


SANITARY    NOTES. 

Oiie  hundred  and  twenty  deaths  occurred  this  week,  as  compared 
with  130  last.  There  were  74  males  and  46  females.  Nine  Chinese  died 
of  unknown  causes.  Forty-seven  were  under  5  years  of  age;  13  between 
5  and  20  years;  54  between  20  and  60  years,  and  6  over  that  age.  One 
person  died  of  old  age.  Of  zymotic  diseases,  3  were  typhoid  fever,  1  scar- 
latina, 8  small-pox  and  23  diphtheria.  Two  persons  died  of  alcoholism,  1 
of  paralysis,  and  1  of  brain  disease.  Five  infants  died  of  convulsions. 
Of  diseases  of  the  respiratory  organs,  there  were  1  croup,  4  bronchitis,  5 
pneumonia  and  15  phthisis.  There  was  1  death  from  aneurism,  1  from 
heart  disease,  and  3  from  Bright's  disease.  There  wfre  3  casualties  and  1 
homicide. 

The  following  figures  show  the  rapid  rise  in  the  mortality  during  the 
last  five  years.  The  mortality  for  the  corresponding  week  in  1872  was 
48;  1S73:  76;  1874,  81;  1875,  77;  1S76,  74;  1877,  120.  The  excess  is  chiefly 
due  to  diphtheria  and  preventable  diseases.  Eighteen  fresh  cases  of  small- 
pox have  been  reported.  The  total  number  of  cases  since  the  commence- 
ment of  the  epidemic  has  been  1,524. 

The  sole  agents  for  Krug  Private  Cuve'e  are  Hellmann  Brothers  & 
Co.,  525  Front  street. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  street,  between  Third  ami  Fourth.— Acting:  Man- 
ager, Mr.  Chas.  Wheatleigh  ;  Scenic  Artist,  Mr.  Wm.  Voegtlin.  This  Evening, 
Forty-Third  Time  of  THE  TOUR  OF  THE  WORLD  IN  EIGHTY  DAYS.  TimeTable  : 
Engfand— Eccentric  Club,  London,  S:00  p.m  ;  Egypt— Suez  Canal,  8:25  p.m.;  India — 
Bungalow  at  Kholby,  8:45  p.m.  ;  The  Suttee,  Sacrificial  Pyre, 8:53  p.m.  ;  Calcutta,  'J:12 
p.m.  ;  America— San  Francisco,  9:25  p.m.  ;  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  9:55  p.m.  ;  The  Wil- 
derness on  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  10:05  p.m.  ;  Niagara,  10:20  p.m.  ;  The  Amer- 
ican Blondin  Crossing  the  River  Niagara  on  a  Single  Rope,  10:25  p.m.  ;  Atlantic 
Ocean— Cabin  of  Henrietta,  10:30  p.m.  ;  Deck  of  Henrietta,  10:40  p.m.  ;  Explosion  of 
Henrietta,  10:45  p.m.  ;  England— Liverpool,  10:50  p.m.  ;  London,  Eccentric  Club, 
11:05  p.m.     GRAND  MATINEE  this  (Saturday)  Afternoon,  at  2  o'clock.      March  17. 

MAGUIRE'S    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Bush    street,    between   Montgomery   and   Kearny.  —  Thos. 
Maguire,  Jr.,  Proprietor  and  Manager.     Continued  success  of  the  troupe  par 

excellence,  MAGUIRE'S  MINSTRELS  !  Every  evening  during  the  week,  and  Satur- 
day Matinee  at  2  p.m.,  Entire  Change  of  Attractive  Specialties.  Part  First,  Minstrelsy. 
Part  Second,  Novelties.  SHERIDAN  and  MACK'S  Character  Songs  and  Dances. 
ERNEST  LINDEN  us  the  Flower  Girl.  The  laughable  interlude  of  THE  INTELLI- 
GENCE OFFICE.  JOHNSON  aud  BRUNO  in  New  and  Original  Songs  and  Dances. 
The  whole  to  conclude  with  John  Hart's  Ethiopian  Creation  of  the  AFRICAN 
APOLLO  BELVIDERE.  March  17. 


BALDWIN'S    ACADEMY    OF    MUSIC. 

Market  street,  between  Stockton  and  Powell.  •--  lima  De 
MUKSKA'S  GRAND  i  >PERA  SEASON  !  Saturday,  March  17th,  at  2$  o'clock, 
GRAND  ILMADE  MURSKA  MATINEE,  Meyerbeer's  Grand  Dramatic  Opera,  with 
ballet,  ROBERT,  THE  DEVIL.  Matinee  Prices— Admission  to  all  parts  of  the  house, 
scat  included,  §L  An  Orchestra  of  Thirty  Selected  .Musicians— Conductor,  Mr.  John 
Hill.  The  scale  of  prices  for  Opera  Nights  henceforth  will  be — Boxes,  £10,  £12,  $15  ; 
Parquet  and  Circle  (lower  part  of  house),  SI  50,  seat  included  ;  Dress  Circle  (upper 
part  of  house),  seat  included,  SI ;  Balcony,  50  cents.  March  17. 

MECHANICS'    INSTI1UTE    CONCERTS, 

Mechanics"  Pavilion,  Mission  and  Eighth  streets.— Aseries 
of  GRAND  POPULAR  PROMENADE  CONCERTS  will  commence  on  SATUR- 
DAY EVENING,  March  24th,  and  will  be  continued  each  Saturday  evening  for  eight 
weeks.  The  world-renowned  prima  donna,  MME.  ILMA  DE  MURSKA,  will  sing  on 
the  occasion  of  the  opening  concerts.  During  the  series  the  best  available  local  and 
foreign  talent  will  be  engaged,  and  a  course  of  interesting  and  novel  programmes 
will  be  presented.  The  instrumental  feature  will  be  sustained  throughout  by 
Herold's  Orchestra.     Box  Office  open  at  Gray's  Music  Store. March  17. 

~~NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER. 

Kearny  street,  between  Washing1  ton  and  Jackson.— Samuel 
Tetlow,  Proprietor.  THE  LAVARNIES,  CARRIE  and  FRANK,  Burlesque 
Specialty  Artists  and  Vocalists.  CHARLEY  REED.  CARRIE  LEON  and  SAM 
SWAIN,  the  Celebrated  Acrobatic  Song  and  Dance  Artists.  SHED  LeCLAIR,  the 
Great  Flying  Trapeze  Artist.  MADGE  AISTON,  Song  and  Dance  Artist.  EDWARD 
GLOVER,  the  Celebrated  Australian  Comic  Singer.  The  Great  Double  Company  in 
Comedy,  Farce  and  Drama. March  17. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Bush  street,  above  Kearny. — John  McCnllou^h,  Proprietor 
and  Manager  :  Barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager.  This  (Saturday)  Evening,  March 
17th,  Boucicault's  great  play  of  ARRAH-NA  I'OGUE.  This  (Saturday)  Afternoon, 
March  17th,  Boucicault's  famous  legendary  drama,  RIP  VAN  WINKLE.  Monday, 
March  19th,  the  world-famous  MISS  NEILSON  as  JULIET.  March  17. 


Maroh   17,  1877. 


CALIFORN]  \     ADVERTIS]  R, 


THE    MATERIALISTS    DREAM. 
II-   slept,  —till  iltl  ttii  books— 

Hi-  faos  buwad  in  liis  bands  ; 
Ths  i-  '!]•  u  -Mill  lay  oalm  at  li  i 

Bound  in  s;  bands. 

niggled  wiili  ths  dawn« 
But  what  to  Mm  wan  night  and  mom 

t >r  Time's  fast  falling  sandal 
For  I ■■■  «  u  one  "f  those  a  ho 

All  human  faith  stride ; 
\\  1 wo  in-  oread  and  know  no  l  -  *  »d 

Save  Matter  deified  ; 
Who  wrestle  a  Etfa  the  1  o£ 
But  Boom  the  aid  of  Holy  Writ 

Their  finite  minds  t  i  guide. 
Set  had  he  found  no  rock  whe 

To  rest  lii*  Btumbling  feet? 
No  hand  reached  through  the  gates  <>f  Death 

His  groping  touch  to  greet ! 
But  hark!  Bhall  he  not  yet  rejoice? 
Forth  through  his  dreams  he  hears  a  voice 

That  Bpeakvth  low  and  sweet, 
"I  come  to  thee,  jioor  frozen  heart, 

Poor  l".-t  and  helpless  one. 
Seeing  the  anguish  of  thy  soul — 

The  blinding  tears  that  run 
Adown  thy  vigil-withered  cheek 
For  the  goal  which  thou  so  long  did'st  seek— 

The  goal  thou  hast  not  won. 
"The  hands  that  reached  for  nameless  things 

Are  folded  meekly  now, 
The  head  that  could  not  bend  in  prayer 

In  humbleness  doth  bow. 
The  boasted  brain  its  match  hath  met, 
The  signature  of  toil  is  set 

Upon  thy  wasted  brow. 
11  What  hast  thou  left,  thou  foolish  one, 

On  thy  disfruited  tree  ? 
Can  thy  heart  hold  one  gentle  hope 

Of  what  the  end  may  be? 
Whom  canst  thou  ask  to  take  the  cup 
Thy  weak,  despairing  hand  holds  up 

In  thy  Gethsemane? 
"Bow  lower  down  to  meet  thy  fate, 

Or,  better  far,  arise 
And  trust  the  whisper  of  thy  soul ; 

Thou  need'st  not  be  less  wise 
Because  thy  spirit  muketh  choice 
To  hearken  to  its  inward  voice — 

The  voice  that  never  lies/1 
He  woke — and  rising  from  his  books, 
"  I  have  been  blind!  "  he  cried  ; 
"No  more  the  mighty  truth  of  truths 

Shall  be  by  me  denied: 
That  he  who  ventures  Faith  to  spurn 
Must  wake  some  day  aghast  to  learn 

That  he  is  cast  aside." 


WHY  DOES  THE  BULL  USUALLY  BEAT  THE  BEAR  ? 
It  is  obvious  to  an  observing  man  that  those  stock  operators  who 
are  known  as  prominent  Bulls  are  generally  successful,  whilst  persistent 
Bears  are  invariably  in  the  end  failures.  Jim  Keene,  who  seemed  at 
times  to  carry  the  whole  market  upon  his  shoulders,  became  a  distin- 
guished and  permanent  success.  Mark  L.  McDonald  has  again  and  again 
made  large  sums  as  a  Bear.  But  heretofore  he  has  been  unable  to  keep 
them,  each  rise  being  succeeded  by  a  greater  fall.  His  compromises  are 
more  than  we  can  remember.  We  quote  these  two  names  because  they 
constitute  the  most  prominent  one  on  each  side.  Why  should  the  Bull 
thus  usually  beat  the  Bear?  We  think  the  reason  is  nigh  at  hand.  The 
Bear  does  not  believe  in  anything;  and  as  occasionally  good  things  turn 
up,  he  is  cinched.  Developments  always|have  and  always  will  beat  the 
Bears.  The  Bull  deals  within  a  limit.  He  knows  how  much  he  will  lose, 
even  if  his  stock  becomes  valueless,  and  generally  he  is  able  to  stand  it. 
The  Bear  deals  in  an  unknown  quantity.  There  is  practically  no  limit  to 
the  loss  he  may  make.  Then,  as  the  public  are  almost  all  Bulls,  there  is 
occasionally,  with  or  without  reason,  a  popular  wave  of  Bullish  feeling 
that  sweeps  the  Bear  into  higher  latitudes  than  suits  even  his  hardy  con- 
stitution. Let  us  take  an  illustration.  Two  men  on  the  same  day  make 
a  deal  in  Ophir.  The  one  buys  it  at  §60.  and  the  other  shorts  it  at  the 
same  figure.  The  one  can  only  lose  his  sixty  dollars  per  share,  whilst  the 
other  may  drop  five  times  that  amount,  as  the  Bears  ere  now  have,  in 
regard  to  this  very  stock,  had  good  reason  to  know.  When  the  market 
was  "  boosted  up"  a  few  weeks  ago  it  caught  several  of  the  Bears;  and  if 
those  diamond  drills,  now  at  work  night  and  day,  should  strike  it  rich, 
away  would  go  even  the  Ursa  Major  himself. 

GOOD    FOR     "GAR." 

We  give  herewith  an  extract  from  one  of  the  noted  "Gar's" 
recent  letters  to  the  New  York  Times,  in  which  he  very  gracefully  relieves 
a  prominent  society  lady  from  a  very  unjust  imputation.     He  says  : 

"It  is  well  known  in  San  Francisco  that  the  bulk  of  my  information 
has  been  received  from  gentlemen,  notably  from  four,  every  one  of  whom 
enjoys  and  deserves  an  elevated  position  and  a  high  reputation.  That  I 
have  been  well  received  in  certain  feminine  circles,  and  that  the  lady  to 
whom  '  Justice  '  makes  such  pointed  referencejias  treated  me  with  exceed- 
ing kindness,  is  undeniably  true  ;  but  that  I  received  from  her  the  state- 
ments which  have  so  galled  the  San  Franciscans,  and  so  amused  the  rest 
of  the  American  world,  is  absolutely  false,  and  I  denounce  it  as  such.  In 
the  letter  which  mentioned  the  'long  lunches,1  it  is  directly  stated  that 
the  information  came  from  a  gentleman,  and  the  effort  to  fix  the  onus 
upon  one  certain  lady  has  filled  me  with  equal  surprise  and  indignation. 
I  denounce  the  attempt  as  unmanly,  and  instigated  by  something  very  far 
remote  indeed  from  justice." 


th 


DEATH    OF    A    DISTINGUISHED    MAN 

By  the  favor  of  John  O.  Phelps,   Deputy  Cor r  of  this  i  H 

ar*  in  p 

■     ■ 
pioneer  of  Am 

rhe Hon.  William  P<  i ■■  n  1780,  nn  th< 

erly  end  of  Long  Island,  the  farm  ujion   which 

rilowed  up  In  the  city  lots  of  Brooklyn,  which  city  had  out 
B  ducated  for  the  busin 

a  surveyor,     With  a  mind  ite  infoi  matii  i 

1  i f •  ■  battle  with  the  world,  and  full  of  ambition  for  a  imefu]  life,  in  l 
bid  farewell  to  the  parental   roof  and   started   forwhj 
••  the  West,"  intending  "  to  now  up  with  the  country.  '     He  planned  and 
laid  put     iveral  rills  ■  ities     He  a  i 

missioned  t<-  laj  out  the  village  of  Now    Lmstei  :     <  ity  "f  Buf 

falo.     Foreseeing  the  future  prosperity  of  the  place,  he  laid  nu 
means  i  i  the   purchase  of  sundry   lots,   which  ultimately  yiel  led  him  i> 
handaoms  income,  which  he  continued  to  enjoy  until  he  was  called 
He  surveyed  Chautauqua  county,  bo  intimately  connected  with  thename  »f 
Horace  Greeley,  and  there  the  venerable  pioneer  continued  to  n  side  until 
the  day  of  his  death.     Hs  was  a  Master  Mason,  and   the  local   lod 
called  iiy  his  naiiii*.     He  was  a  man  <if  much  strength    of  character,  who 

has  left  hi-,  marl;  upon  many  of  the  institution?,  of  that  pari  of  the  c 

try,  in  which  he  so  long  and  so  honorably  acted  his  life's  part, 

A  letter  from  our  correspondent  at  Yokohama  Bays  that  an  nn 
ruiet  spirit  prevails  iu  the  lately  Bubdued  districts  from  tin-  inability  <>( 
the  inhabitants  to  accustom  themselves  to  the  new  system  of  taxation. 
The  Government  is  now  giving  much  attention  to  sheep  fanning,  Mr. 
A.  P.  Jones,  of  the  Doited  States,  as  Superintendent.  Various  new  lini  a 
of  railway  are  to  be  begun  this  year,  and  the  wife  of  the  Mikado,  who 
takes  great  interest  in  educational  mutters,  has  personally  inspected  all 
the  schools  in  Kiyoto.  The  German  traveler,  Richthosen,  has  discovered 
great  mineral  treasures  in  the  vicinity  of  Tientsin,  iu  China,  which  will 
be  worked  by  German  capitalists.  A  Spanish  Heat  is  expected  to  arrive 
shortly  in  Chinese  waters,  its  object  is  supposed  to  be  to  ask  for  the 
revocation  of  the  decree  of  the  Chinese  Government  which  forbids  the 
transiKirtation  of  coolies  to  Cuba. 

PAITACRAPHIANA. 

Fro  Bono  Publico. 

J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.  announce  that  they  have  moved  thus  week  from 
their  old  stand,  corner  of  Washington  and  Sansome  streets,  to  their  new 
store,  415  Montgomery  street,  a  few  doors  north  of  California  street, 
where  they  will  keep  a  full  assortment  of  gentlemen's  furnishing  goods 
and  a  first-class  tailoring  establishment.  Iheir  new  store  is  elegantly 
fitted  up,  and  the  firm  will  doubtless  receive  a  still  more  liberal  amount  of 
patronage,  if  possible,  than  formerly. 

Langley's  new  Directory  for  1877  is  now  out.  In  addition  to  the 
usual  useful  and  attractive  features  of  this  popular  and  reliable  work,  the 
annual  for  1877  contains  a  new,  accurate  and  reliable  map  of  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco;  and  a  complete  resume"  of  the  progress  of  the 
city  for  the  past  year.  The  register  of  names  contains  108,778  references, 
and  over  17,000  more  names  than  are  contained  in  the  so-called  "  Oppo- 
sition Directory  for  1877. 

One  of  the  most  enterprising  business  houses  in  the  city  is  that 
of  John  J.  Mountain,  the  well-known  dealer  in  carpets,  oilcloths,  window 
shades,  curtain  materials,  etc.  His  establishments  are  situate  at  No. 
1020  Market  street  and  at  No.  15  Eddy  street.  Mr.  Mountain  deals  only 
in  the  best  line  of  goods,  and  his  importations  of  fine  carpets  are  among 
the  choicest  in  the  city. 

The  Rev.  Wm.  A.  Scott,  D.  D. ,  pastor,  will  preach  Sunday 
morning  and  evening  in  St.  John's  Presbyterian  Church,  Post  street, 
betwein  Mason  and  Taylor.  Public  invited.  At  the  beginning  of  the  11 
o'clock  service  children  may  be  presented  for  baptism. 

Frederic  Hall,  a  prominent  lawyer  of  this  city,  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Ella  Iraogene  Nichols  on  the  3d  instant,  at  Trinity  Church. 
The  bride  was  given  away  by  Chief  Justice  Wallace.  We  wish  them  bon 
voyage  ever  after  this  on  all  their  tours. 

Charles  Welsh  and  Mike  Ryan,  the  treasurer  and  doorkeeper  of 
Maguire's  Opera  House,  take  a  benefit  on  Sunday  night.  Give  the  boys 
a  rouser. 

HO  :iE  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Principal  Office,  400  < 'aliforuin  Street,  San  Francisco. 
Cash  Assets,  January  1,  1877,  $59*1,201  ;  Liabilities,  s."..!i'.J  ;  Surplus  f.r  Policy 
Holders  $589,339.  J.  F.  Houghton,  President  ;  Geo.  H.  Howard,  \  iee-Presideut  ; 
Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary.     K.  H.  MAGILL,  H.  H.  B1GELOW,  General  Agents. 

Directors.—  San  Francisco— Geo.  H.  Howard,  John  H.  l'edington,  J.  F.  Houghton, 
R  B  Gray,  Robert  Watt.  John  Currey,  L.  L.  Baker,  W.  F.  Whitticr,  C.  C.  Burr.  E. 
M  Root,  W.  H.  White,  J.  L,  K.  shepard,  \\\  M.  Greenwood,  George  9.  Mann,  Cyrus 
Wilson  W.  T.  Garratt,  C.  Waterhouse,  A.  P.  Hotaling,  A.  block,  A.  K.  P.  Harmon, 
G  S  Johnson,  W.  O.  Wilson,  A.  W.  Bowman,  H.  L.  Dodge,  Charles  B.  Story.  Ala- 
meda County  Branch — V.  D.  Moody,  Chaiincy  Taylor,  A.  0.  Henry,  Robert  S.  Far- 
relly,  Joseph  B.  Marlin,  W.  B.  Hardy.  T.  B.  Simpson.  San  Diego—A.  H.  Wilcox. 
Sacramento— Mark  Hopkins,  D.  W.  Earl,  Julius  Wetzlar,  James  Carolan.  San  Jose 
T  Lllard  Beans,  B.  D.  Murphy,  A.  Pfister,  J.  H.  Dibble,  J.  S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis, 
Jacob  Rich,  John  Auzerais,  John  Balbaeh.  Stockton— H.  H.  Hewlett.  Chas.  Belding. 
J  D.  Peters,  A.  W.  Simpson,  H.  M.  Fanning.  Marysville—  D.  E.  Knight.  Grass 
Valley— Wm.  Watt,  T.  W.  Sigoumcy.  Portland,  Oregon— W.  S.  Ladd,  C.  H.  Lewis, 
P  Wasscrman,  B.  Goldsmith,  D.  Macleay.  Virginia  City,  Nevada— John  Gillig,  Isaac 
L.  Requa, Marc"  17- 

THE    NATIONAL    CLOCK    CO., 
No.'b    31    and    33    Sutter    Street,    8an    Francisco,    California. 

Represents:    Anson i a    Brass   and   Copper    Co.,   Waternnry 
Clock  Co  ,  W.  L.  Gilbert  Clock  Co.,  E.  Iiigraham  &  Co.     Sole  Agents  for  the 
Ithaca  Calendar  Clock  Company.                                           MURRAY  DAVIS,  Agent. 
Office  in  New  York  :  No.  4  Cortlasdt  Street. March  17. 

ARMES    &    DALLAM, 

Manufacturers  ami  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Wood  anil  Willow 
Ware,  French  and  German  Baskets,  Brooms,   Brushes  and  Twines,  Cordage, 
Feather  Duster*,  Clothes  Wringers,  Mangles,  etc.     Sole  Agei.ts  for  F.   N.  Davis  i: 
Co  *s  Building  Pipers,  and  Irving  Bros   Japanese  Paper  Carpeting. 
March  17.  NO. *S  215  AND  217  SACRAMENTO  ST.,  S.  F. 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER   %VND 


March   17,  1877. 


SUNSHINE. 

[BY     ELLIS     GRAY.] 

I  sat  in  a  darkened  chamber ;  I  opened  my  casement  wider 
Near  by  sang  a  tiny  bird  :  To  welcome  the  song  I  heard  ; 

Thro'  all  my  deep  pain  and  sadness  Straight  into  my  waiting  bosom 
A  wonderful  song  I  heard.  Flew  sunshine,  and  song,  and  bird. 

The  birdling  bright  sang  in  the  sun-  No  longer  I  now  am  sighing  ; 
From  out  of  a  golden  throat;  [light,      The  reason  canst  thou  divine?— 

The  song  of  love  he  was  singing  The  birdling  with  me  abideth, 
Grew  sweeter  with  ev'ry  note.  And  sunshine  and  song  are  mine. 


CELEBRITIES  AT  HOME— EARL  RT7SSEL  AT  PEM- 
BROKE LODGE. 
The  eloquent  eulogy  on  Richmond  contained  in  Henrietta  Temple 
would  have  commended  itself  to  the  bygone  Lady  Pembroke,  who  soli- 
cited from  George  III.  leave  to  erect  and  inhabit  that  curious  little  lodge 
iu  a  corner  of  Richmond  Park  which  still  bears  her  name.  A  long  ram- 
bling structure,  two  stories  high,  its  white  walls  obscured  by  creeping 
plants,  and  its  bay-windows  opening  into  a  garden  made  dim  and  cool  by 
the  forest-trees— such  is  the  home  in  which  the  ex-chief  of  the  Liberal 
party,  by  his  Sovereign's  favor,  spends  the  evening-  of  his  clays,  while  his 
old  pony,  freed  from  her  labors,  crops  the  edible  verdure  of  the  adjacent 
park.  From  the  moment  when  he  first  sets  foot  inside  its  doors,  the  visi- 
tor discerns  that  Pembroke  Lodge  is  an  abode  of  culture.  For  Lord 
Russell's  library  has  widely  overflowed  its  proper  limits,  and  has  inun- 
dated the  entrance-hall  with  books.  The  bookshelves  are  crowned  with 
dispatch-boxes  two  tiers  deep,  and  the  pictured  faces  of  princes  and  states- 
men on  the  walls  are  somewhat  inconveniently  crowded.  The  hall  com- 
municates with  a  suite  of  four  rooms,  embracing  a  variety  of  aspects,  and 
commanding  a  rare  succession  of  views.  The  two  drawing-rooms  are  evi- 
dently furnished  with  a  view  to  summer  occupation.  Papered  with  pale 
green  or  white  and  slightly,  though  gracefully,  furnished,  their  chief 
adornment  consists  of  water-color  drawings  and  miniatures.  A  few  books 
of  the  day  lie  on  the  tables,  with  here  and  there  a  volume  of  engravings 
or  a  collection  of  rare  autographs.  Folding-doors,  curtained  with  bright 
cretonne,  lead  to  a  large  and  airy  room,  rich  in  evidences  of  thoughtful 
attention  and  refined  taste,  which  is  Lord  Russell's  presence-chamber. 
The  furniture  is  graceful  in  shape  and  gay  in  color.  Near  the  sofa-bed 
stands  a  reading-chair,  and  over  a  large  writing-table  is  a  row  of  favorite 
books.  History  and  polities  are  the  staple  of  this  collection,  Lord  Rus- 
sell's own  writings  on  these  subjects  not  being  absent.  The  bookcases 
are  lined  with  rows  of  volumes,  which  suggest  by  their  battered  binding 
and  frayed  edges  that  they  may  have  formed  the  mental  pabulum  of  the 
young  politician  seventy  years  ago.  The  room  contains  two  or  three  ob- 
jects of  ark  to  which  special  histories  belong.  Here  and  there  a  marble 
statuette  or  silver  column  expresses  the  gratitude  of  a  race  or  a  class 
which  Lord  Russell  at  one  time  or  another  has  aided  in  its  resistance  to 
tyranny  or  its  advance  toward  freedom.  From  a  place  of  honor  on  the 
wall,  the  strong  and  jovial  features  of  Mr.  Fox  look  down  on  the  well- 
earned  repose  of  his  disciple. 

For  several  years  the  house  in  Cheslam -place,  long  Lord  Russell's  Lon- 
don residence,  has  been  deserted  by  its  master.  In  advanced  age,  and 
with  decaying  strength,  he  finds  at  Richmond,  advantages  of  quiet  and 
privacy  which  in  London  would  be  sought  in  vain.  But  though  tran- 
quil, Pembroke  Lodge  is  not  dull.  Twice  a  week  its  doors  are  thrown 
open  to  the  miscellaneous  throng  of  those  whom,  in  sixty  years  of  public 
life,  Lord  Russell  has  included  among  bis  acquaintance.  Ambassadors 
and  statesmen,  fashionable  ladies  and  struggling  authors,  politicians  of 
every  class  and  shade,  gay  Guardsmen  and  scientific  lecturers  and  aristo- 
cratic chiefs,  jostle  one  another  on  the  lawns  of  Pembroke  Lodge,  and  en- 
joy the  gaaceful  hospitality  dispensed  to  them  by  the  most  genial  of  host- 
esses. The  central  figure  of  the  group  is  one  with  which  the  rising  gener- 
ation is  familiar  chiefly  through  Leech's  sketches.  The  ponderous  head 
and  wide  chest  seem  at  first  sight  as  if  they  could  scarcely  belong  to  the 
same  body  as  the  short  legs  and  small  fairy  feet,  which  nothing  but  a  sub- 
stantial footstool  prevents  from  dangling  in  the  air.  The  broad  forehead 
and  the  clear  blue  eyes  still  carry  with  them  their  old  air  of  gentle  dig- 
nity. The  hair  may  be  whiter  and  thinner  than  of  yore,  the  skull-cap 
and  bath-chair  have  replaced  the  white-beaver  hat  and  iron-gray  pony 
which  an  earlier  generation  will  recall ;  but  the  mind  is  as  bright  and  vig- 
orous as  ever,  the  smile  as  genial,  and  the  eyesight  still  so  clear  that  no 
spectacles  are  required  to  facilitate  the  regular  task  of  reading  the  even- 
ing papers  by  candlelight.  About  four  o'clock  the  guests  begin  to  gather 
on  the  lawn.  Here  tea  and  ice  and  strawberries  prevail ;  and  presently 
the  Bath-chair  emerges  from  the  house,  and  Lord  Russell  appears,  wrapped 
in  fur,  and  tended  either  by  his  faithful  Highland  henchman,  or  his 
younger  but  not  less  devoted  valet.  Then  the  chair  is  established  beneath 
some  umbrageous  oak  or  elm,  and  Lord  Russell  receives  his  guests — a  few 
of  whom  remain  at  Pembroke  Lodge  to  dine^  in  a  cool  and  comfortable 
room,  papered  with  a  bright  trellis-pattern,  and  commanding  an  un- 
equaled  vista  of  sunset  amid  forest-trees.  As  evening  changes  into  night 
they  retire,  probably  in  some  way  wiser  than  when  they  came  ;  leaving 
Pembroke  Lodge  to  silence,  and  Lord  R.  to  his  Times  or  Quarterly  Review. 
It  is  in  reading  that  Lord  Russell's  days  are  chiefly  passed.  The  weight 
of  eighty  years  pressing  on  a  constitution  never  very  robust  has  made  him 
so  far  an  invalid  that  the  only  exercise  to  which  he  is  equal  is  a  prome- 
nade in  his  Bath-chair  when  the  sun  is  warm.  He  sleeps  well,  and  can 
still  gratify,  withoutmedicalrestraints,  ahearty appetite.  Butmuch  talking 
tires  him  ;  and  from  his  first  appearance  about  midday  to  his  retirement 
at  ten  p.m.  his  day  is  chiefly  spent  among  his  books.  To  read  a  few  pages, 
to  chew  the  cud  of  what  he  has  read,  to  resume  the  reading,  and  to  carry 
on  this  process  for  hours,  is  Lord  Russell's  conception  of  study.  And  the 
range  of  books  which  it  covers  is  wide.  -  History,  both  of  Greece  and  En- 
gland, as  well  as  the  politics  of  the  day,  is  his  favorite  study;  Grote  and 
Hume  the  authors  whom  he  specially  admires.  But  that  few  branches  of 
literature  have  altogether  escaped  his  notice  is  plain  enough  to  any  who 
converse  with  him  over  "  the  walnuts  and  the  wine  "  at  the  round  dinner- 
table  of  Pembroke  Lodge,  while  he  plays  his  part  of  host  with  the  genial 
though  punctilious  courtesy  which  he  learnt  at  Woburn  and  at  Holland 
House  when  the  century  was  young. 

It  is  a  long  and  varied  experience  of  life  which  has  made  Lord  Russell 
what  he  is.  Educated  at  Westminster  in  its  roughest  days,  he  early 
learned  the  essential  lessons  of  self-reliance  and  self-defence.  At  the 
University  of  Edinburgh  he  acquired  those  principles  of  Liberal  thought 


and  culture  which  the  Oxford  and  Cambridge  of  that  day  would  have  uni- 
ted to  repudiate.  Continental  travel,  during  the  most  momentous  period 
of  modern  history,  served  to  enlarge  the  voung  student's  conceptions  of 
strategy  and  statesmanship.  Events  which  most  men  regard  as  historical 
must  be  personally  familiar  to  a  man  who  rode  with  Wellington  in  the 
Peninsula,  and  talked  to  Napoleon  in  his  seclusion  at  Elba.  Entering 
Parliament  at  twenty-one,  Lord  John  Russell  passed  quickly  through  the 
various  stages  of  political  apprenticeship  to  a  place  in  the  Cabinet.  In 
1861  Lord  John  Russel  attained  in  the  House  of  Lords  the  comparative 
repose  and  additional  dignity  to  which  his  long  services  bad  entitled  him. 
Since  that  date  his  life  has  been  a  gradual  retirement  from  political  strife. 
Step  by  step  he  has  backed  out  of  the  arena  which  was  the  scene  of  his 
triumphs,  and  has  assumed  the  functions  of  a  chronicler  and  an  author- 
ity. Now,  in  a  bright  and  congenial  home,  tended  by  the  most  devoted 
of  wives  and  children,  he  displays  to  a  younger  generation  the  mature 
beauty  of  virtues  which  his  life  nas  illustrated.  The  patience  and  cheer- 
fulness which  supported  him  through  a  long  and  arduous  career  find  the 
fullest  scope  for  their  exercise  amid  the  increasing  infirmities  of  advan- 
cing years.  The  cheerfulness  and  love  of  fun  which  enlivened  the  te- 
dium of  office  are  none  the  fainter  or  dimmer  for  physical  weakness  and 
decay.  The  sturdy  courage  with  which  he  confronted  difficulties  and 
dangers  supports  him  still  in  the  immediate  prospect  of  the  close  of  his 
life.  At  the  end  of  a  long  career  of  beneficent  exertion  he  is  confident 
and  calm.  Lord  Russell  enjoys  the  most  pure  and  perfect  solace  which 
old  age  can  have. — The   World. 

INSURANCE. 

INSURANCE    AGENCY    OF 
HUTCHINSON,  MANN  &  SMITH. 

NO    314    CALIFORNIA    STREET,    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

AGENTS  FOR  THE 

Franklin  Ins.  Co Indianapolis,  Ind  New  Orleans  Ins.  Ass'n New  Orleans. 

Union  Ins.  Co Galveston,  Texas  St.  Paul  P.  &  M.  Ins.  Co. .  .St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Home  Ins.  Co Columbus,  Ohio!  Atlas  Ins.  Co Hartford   Conn. 

People's  Ins.  Co Newark,  N.  J.  Revere  Fire  Ins.  Co Boston. 

National  L.  I.  Co.,  U.  S.  A..Wash'n,  D.  C.  iGirard  Ins.  Co' Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  M  ilions. 
POLICIES    ISSUED    ON    DESIRABLE   PROPERTY  aT  FAIR  RATES.     LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  PAID. 

HUTCHINSON,  MANN  A-  SMITH,  General  Agents, 
Dec.  5.  314  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

FIRE  AND  MARINE  INSURANCE— UNION  INS.  CO.  OF  S.  F. 

The  California  Uoyds. — Established  in  1861.— -iNos.  416  and 
41S  California  street.  Cash  capital  ¥750,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  §1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  !  !  Solid  Security  ! !  DIRECTORS. 
—San  Francisco— J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Borel,  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  LawraDce  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Howes,  Nicholas  Luning,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Baum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Brandenstein,  Gustave  Touchard,  G.  Brignardello,  George  C.  Hickox,  T.  Lem- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Lindenberger.  SXcramexto — Edw.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth,  Mauysville— L.  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  O. — 
Henrjr  Failing.     New  York — J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President.                      N.  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 
Charles  P.  Haven,  Secretary.         Geo.  T.  Bonsy,  Surveyor. Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
FIKE     ANI>    MARINE. 

C^asn  Assets,  Jan.  1st,  1876,  $478,000. — Principal  Office, 
J  218  and  220  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  :— Peter  Donahue,  Pres- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Cusiiing,  Secretary ;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  of  Directors  :— Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Bocqueraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailey,  E.  W.  Corbert, 
George  O.  MeMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson,  Dr.  C.  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  Ivers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County.  H.  W.  Scale,  Mayfield,  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  tne  business  of  I<ife  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  over  Fourteen  Million  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  complied  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.]  313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

HAMBURG-MAGDEBURG  FIEE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  HAMBURG- 

This  Company  is  now  prepared  to  issue  policies  against 
Loss  or  Damage  by  Fire  at  current  rates.  Every  risk  taken  by  this  Company 
is  participated  in  by  three  of  the  largest  German  Fire  Insurance  Companies,  repre- 
senting an  aggregate  capital  and  surplus  of  over  SIXTY-FOUR  MILLION  MARK, 
equal  to  SIXTEEN  MILLION  DOLLARS,  U.  S.  GOLD,  thus  enabling  this  Company 
to  accept  large  lines.  GUTTE  &  FRANK,  General  Agents, 
Sept.  23.  321  Battery  street. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN, 
GERMANY. 

Capital,  6,000,000  Reich-Marks,  $1,500,000  U.  S.  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAN,  HIRSCHFELD  &  CO., 

Nov.  4. Office:  No-  302  Sansome  street,  under  W.  F.  &  Co.'s  Bank. 

_____  ESTABLISHED    1821. 

Capital,  Gold $10,000,000. 

Gl  AKBIAX   ASSURANCE  CO.,  OF    I_0_V1>0>\ 
Dec.  16.  Agents  :  BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO.,  230  California  st_ 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  915, 000, 000  ;  Accumulated  Funds,  up- 
wards of  SG, 750.000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurance,  51.380,000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN   ASSURANCE  CO.,    OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

(lash  Assets,  815207,483.— London  Assurance  Corporation, 
J    of  London,   England.    Cash  Assets,  §14,993,406.— Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.  CROSS  &  CO.,  General  Agents, 

Jan.  20.  310  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

Capital  85,000,000.—  Agents:    Balfour,  Cuthrie  &  Co.,  No. 
230  California  street,  San  Francisco.  No.  18. 


March  17,  1877. 


CALIFORNIA     Al>\  IKTlsKK. 


TO  JANET,    ON  HER   42ND  BIRTHDAY  ANNIVERSARY. 

It  ii  your  Date]  eUj     Mid  Tun. 

Some  youthful  dreams,  fi  u  heart  and  mine ; 

Y<  t  do  ben  wo  oai  tied 

!'•  >  \ "■'■  i  for  i [erriVi  ra [no. 
And  we  oan  >ti!l  the  aame  old  pennic 

Among  the  lower  olaawe  or  the  upper — 
A*  when  we  urns  of  tutkert  to  our  t.;t, 

A  n  - 1  our  supper. 

Tnongli  leagues  of  wear;  land  and  wearier  brine 
Have  parted  as  since  then,  forget  we  cannot ; 
And  who  bo  fit  to  -in.:  of  auld  lang< 

As  I  should  be t>>  Janet? 
Our  memories  are  sharp    the  panrnng  winds 

Awake  in  each  the  notes  that  harmoniiej 
An  incident  is  mentioned— in  our  minds 
The  self-same  pictures  rise. 
And  far-back  names  beat  on  the  chords,  and  draw 

Sweet  music  out,  as  of  a  distant  lute: — 
The  Mvrra up, it ?,  Bfonikie.  and  The  Lout] 

Or  MidcU  with  bis  note. 
Some  touch  the  chords  of  pathos,  some  as  soon 

Bring  back  long-buried  humor  to  new  life— 
Paulina,  Tibbie  iffntA,  or  Toorin  Broon  ; 

The  Au'd  Gudeman  and  Fife. 
But  why  revive  old  memories  to  one 

Whose  mind's  a  chronicle — whose  every  day 
Is  anniversary  of  lives  begun, 

Or  others  pass'd  away  ? 
Since  each  one's  day  you  never  fail  to  count, 

Above  them  all  your  own  day  shall  be  reckon'd ; 
And  for  your  sake  my  tartan  breeks  111  mount — 

The  gallant  forty-second. 
If  many  years  be  much  to  be  desired, 

May  you  outwear  the  tartans  of  the  north, 
And  ere  you  don  the  last  garb,  be  attired 

.In  famous  n in dij -fourth.' 
All  life  should  be  a  heritage  of  bliss ; 

And  early  pass  from  earth,  or  long  remain  ; 
The  deepest  thought  says  life  lives  on  from  this, 

The  first  link  of  the  chain. 
Then  let  us  waste  no  soul  on  worthless  ends, 

But  largely  love  and  live  our  highest  truth ; 
Be  fili'd  with  sentiment,  give  heart  to  friends, 

And  in  our  greenest  youth. 
And  walk  with  Nature ;  let  her  beauty  move 

The  heart  to  ready  joy ance:  praise  the  Giver- 
Believing  that  as  much  as  we  can  love, 

Is  ours  now  and  forever.  — Robert  Leighton. 

DEATH    OP    TWO    NOTED    AMERICANS. 

To-day  our  obituary  from  across  the  Atlantic  contains  two  names — 
Charles  Wilkes  and  Hannah  Eilburg.  The  one  was  a  Rear  \dmiral  of 
seventy-five,  the  other  an  Esquimaux  woman  of  forty-six.  History  may 
accord  a  greater  space  to  the  one  than  to  the  other,  but  humanity  will 
give  the  verdict  to  the  simple  Hyperborean  bulking  largest  in  that  his- 
tory which  takes  up  least  space  in  the  books.  Admiral  Wilkes  twice 
made  a  figure  in  the  world,  and  all  through  his  long  career  was  a  name 
rarely  respected  and  never  loved.  In  fact,  he  was  a  martinet,  though  a 
man  of  high  acquirements  and  actuated  by  a  lofty  sense  of  public  duty. 
A  skilled  seaman,  he  was  appointed  to  the  command  of  that  exploringex- 
pedition  around  the  world  which  the  United  States  sent  a-cruising  forty 
years  ago,  when  their  treasury  was  more  plethoric  than  it  is  at  present. 
It  visited  many  lands,  made  numerous  collections,  and  accumulated  piles 
of  notes.  But,  somehow  or  another,  Lieutenant  Wilkes  gained  little 
credit,  though  much  notoriety.  His  discipline  was  severe — even  to  the 
point  of  hanging  to  the  yard-arm  a  midshipman  guilty  of  a  boyish  plot. 
He  lost  one  of  his  vessels,  and  "discovered'1  an  Antartic  Land,  over  which 
in  a  few  years  afterwards  Sir  John  Ross  sailed  the  Erebus  and  Terror. 

In  1861  he  again  came  to  the  front,  and  again  that  "zeal"  which  Talley- 
rand so  disparaged  got  him  into  trouble.  He  was  in  command  of  the  San 
Jacinto,  and  in  this  capacity  took  Messrs.  Mason  and  Slidell  out  of  the 
British  West  India  mail  packet  Trent.  For  a  moment  he  was  a  hero,  but 
the  United  States  Government,  with  its  usual  good  sense,  saw  that  Com- 
modore Wilkes  had  committed  a  breach  of  international  law,  and,  with 
great  moral  courage,  surrendered  the  rebel  emissaries,  and  so  saved  war 
between  England  and  America.  After  this  we  hear  little  of  Admiral 
Wilkes.  He  retired  in  1866,  and  since  that  date  has  taken  no  active  part 
in  public  affairs.  He  was  the  author  of  several  scientific  works  or  papers, 
and  in  1848  received  the  Founder's  Medal  of  the  Royal  Geographical  So- 
ciety "  for  his  voyages  of  discovery  in  the  Southern  Hemisphere  and  the 
Antarctic  regions,  in  the  years  1838-42." 

Poor  Hannah  Eilburg,  as  the  wife  of  Captain  Hall's  friend,  "Joe,"  the 
Esquimaux,  accompanied  many  Arctic  expeditions,  including  the  ill-fated 
one  in  the  Polaris.  On  a  floating  field  of  ice  she  shared  in  all  the  hard- 
ships of  that  party,  and,  indeed,  to  her  and  her  husband  the  seventeen 
men  cast  adrift  during  that  terrible  Winter  owe  their  lives.  She  died  of 
consumption  in  a  quiet  Connecticut  village,  where  she  had  taken  up  her 
residence,  and  supported  herself  as  a  seamstress.  In  the  notice  of  her 
death  we  are  told  that  she  is  "deeply  lamented  by  a  large  circle  of 
friends,  who  were  endeared  to  her  on  account  of  her  courage  and  many 
Christian  virtues."  There  have  been  heroines  better  known,  but  few  who 
have  led  a  more  humbly  romantic  and  noble  life  than  poor  Hannah,  the 
Esquimaux. — London  EcJw. 

At  Rome  a  gloom  was  thrown  over  the  Carnival  festivities  by  the  sud- 
den death  of  Signora  Emma  Marignoli,  wife  of  the  Senator  Filippo  Mar- 
ignoli.  At  three  o'clock  she  was  in  her  balcony,  which  had  been  decora- 
ted with  great  splendor  in  the  Janpanese  style,  the  guests  wearing  the 
costume  of  that  country,  when  she  was  taken  suddenly  ill,  and  expired  at 


l 

A    ROGUE'S    RETROSPECT. 
■  lu  Wow  Vorii   1 1  Itrani ,  Jnai 
"  Lor  in  g  PickeruiK.    lal 

••  ult  ft  warrant 

1 
"It  was  .      .',„.■• 

i  r  .m  bha  lf<  a  v..-k  Tribune,  Jam  I 
"Arrest  of  Pickering,  late  Editor  of  the  St.  Louie  Union. — Subee- 

"quonl  ftcoouQU  do  nol  ontirulj  confirm  thi   report*  kltliarto  r i      It 

"stated,  ta  those  who  ought  to  know,  that  Pi  In  EM  Joseph  by 

i  ■-  Treat  \-   Knimrun.  ntbj  committed  to  the  custody  of  the 

••  Sheriff,  or  onool  bis  doputl*   .  ol  Bud ofa      Wall lustody  1 

"meant  I  made  oil  to  parts  unknown     The  pari:  '"  pui  nil  -'  him.  it 

"  '-  aid,  onl]  raccet  dc  I  to  obtaining    700  from  bun,  andi ther  property  or  notes. 

"  Those  in  pursuit,  we  axe  told,  were  not  pn  p  uitfaorttj  !■•  tolkm  him 

'beyond  the  limlta  ol  the  Btate.    8t.  £owu  BhpvbUcan,  iiw, 

(From  the  Now  York  Tribune.  Juno  '51,  1849,1 

"  The  Absquatulator.— inf'TitLiti.-ri  »\.i ,  received  from  81  Joseph  yesterday 
"that  Messrs.  Knunrun  &  Treat  oame  up  with  Pickering  it  that  place;  thai  tbej 
"  compounded  with  hlni  for  his  offenses  bj  receiving  Bumof?60  in  money  and  about 
"  $1,000  in  notes  of  hand,  etc,  and  then  let  him  go.  When  the  boat  left  be  was  fit 
"  ting  mi t  for  California,  and  they  wore  returning  by  oa«y  stages  so  St.  Louis.  8t. 
"  Louis  Bepubttean, '.»//(. 

("The  above  named  Loring  Pickering  is  now  one  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  San 
Francisco  DaUy  Evening  Bulletin  and  Morning  Call,  two  papers  published  in 
this  city. J 

CENTENNIAL    SURGERY. 
The  following  liniment  was  prescribed  for  a  broken  thigh-tone  by- 
Da,  Fisu Oakland.      |      Dr.  Babcock State  Medical  Examiner. 

Dr.  a.  F.  sawyer San  Francisco  : 

Chloroform 2  oz.      I      Tinet:  Caniiilmr 2  oz. 

Tinct:  Arnica  (?) 2  oz.      |     Ol :  Origanum  (.) 1  oz. 

Ol :  Olive 1  oz.  M. 

Ft  Liniment— Sign —Apply  with  friction  two  or  three  times  a  day. 
Use  the  above  for  two  months,  and,  if  it  should  not  produce  the  effect  desired,  nso 
it  on  your  boots.  '       THE  VICTIM. 

Is  it  Repudiation  P— For  the  State  of  California  to  issue  bonds,  neglect  to  pro- 
vide for  their  redemption  at  maturity,  refuse  payment  and  then  deny  the  holders  the 
right  of  trial  in  her  own  Courts. 

8.    F.   &    N.   P.    R.    E. 
iMliaiise  offline.  —  On  anil  after  Saturday,  February  10th, 

V-'  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE,  Captain  W.  Warner,  will  leave  Washington 
street  wharf,  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  3  P. M. ,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  cars 
for  Cloverdale  and  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Guemville  Branch  to  Korbel's  Mills  and  the  Creat  Redwood  Forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cloverdale  daily  (Sundays  included),  at  6"  A.M.,  connecting  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Close  connections  made  with  stages  for  So- 
noma, the  Geysers,  Ukiah,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  Mark  West,  Skaggs'  and  Littons' 
Springs.  Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  a.m.  to  2:30  P.M.  Sunday  Trips— Until 
further  notice,  the  steamer  will  leave  Washington -st.  Wharf  every- Sunday  at  3  p.m.  for 
Cloverdale  and  way  stations.  General  Office,  426  Montgomery  street. 
A.  A.  BEAN,  Superintendent.  P.  DONAHUE,  President. 

P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Gen'I  Pas.  &  Ticket  Agent. 

NOTICE. 

The  copartnership  heretofore  existing:  mirier  the  flriu  name 
of  FRY,  NEAL  &  CO.,  was  dissolved  February  10th,  1S77,  by  mutual  consent, 
Edward  M.  Fry  retiring  from  the  firm.  FRY,  NEAL  &  CO.  will  pay  all  liabilities  of 
the  firm,  and  all  indebtedness  must  be  paid  to  them. 

J.  D.  FRY,  EDWARD  M.  FRY,  CHARLES  S.  NEAL 

The  undersigned  have  formed  a  copartnership  under  the  firm  name  of  FRY,  NEAL 
&  CO.,  and  will  continue  the  business  of  buying  and  selling  mining  and  other  stocks 
on  commission  at  330  Montgomery  street. 

J.  D.  FRY,  LAUREN  E.  CRANE,  CHARLES  S.  NEAL. 

San  Francisco,  February  16,  1877.  Feb.  24. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 
ome   Mutual   lusnrance    Company. --This   Company  will 

pay  a  dividend  of  1  per  cent,  upon  its  capital  stock  on  and  after  March  10th, 


H 


1877. 
March  10. 


CHARLES  R.  STORY,  Secretary, 
406  California  street. 


ONE    OF    THE    FIRST    COGNAC    HOUSES, 

Being:  disengaged  for  this  market,  is  open  to  make  special 
arrangements  with  any  good  house  who  can  influence  a  large  trade.  No  Con- 
signments.    None  need  apply  but  those  who  can  do  a  large  business.     Reply  to 
March  10.  L.  RYDER,  7  Trafalgar  Square,  Stepney,  London,  E. 

Importers  and  Dealers  in  Painters*  Materials,  Ilonse,  Sign 
and  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper- Hangers  and  Glaziers,  No.  438 
Jrakson  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Sansome,  San  Francisco.  Ceilings  and 
Walls  Kalsomined  and  Colored.     Jobbing  promptly  attended  to.  May  13. 


E.  D.  Edwards. 


E.  L,  Cbaio.  J.  Craig. 

CBATG,    EDWARDS    &    CRAIG, 
A   ttorneys  and  Counselors  at  Lav.    LandJSuits  and  Patent  Right 


f\      Cases  a  Specialty.     No. 


240  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco    California. 
[July  29.] 


"BUGS    IN    SPRING    VALLEY    WATER." 

JeweUs  Water  Filter  and  Cooler  Should  be  Used  In  Every 
Family,  Hotel,  Restaurant,  Saloon,  etc.     For  sale  by     E.  K.  HOWES  &  CO. , 
Feb  17.  118,  120  and  122  Front  street. 


o 


E.    MALLANDA1NE.    ARCHITECT. 
ffice  318  California  Street,  Room  13. 


Feb.  17. 


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QUICKSILVER. 
lor  sale— In  lots  to  suit,  by  Thomas  Bell,  No.  305  Sansome 

street,  over  Bank  of  California. 


Nov.  16. 


NOTICE. 

For  the  very  best  photographs  go  to  Bradley  A-  Kttlofsoii*s, 
in  an  Elevator,  420  Montgomery  street.  Oct.  29. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER  *AND 


March   17,  1877. 


THE  FUTURE  OP  THE  COMSTOCK. 
The  Comstock  has  by  no  means  petered  out,  and  it  is  not  going  to  do 
so  this  century.  Long  after  the  present  generation  have  ceased  to  have 
an  interest  in  mundane  affairs,  the  great  fissure  lode  of  Nevada  will  he 
continuing  to  yield  up  its  unexhausted  wealth  to  the  labors  of  the  sturdy 
miner.  When  the  present  race  of  Bears  have  all  become  bankrupted,  as 
Bears  invariably  do,  sooner  or  later,  and  when  the  Bulls  have  passed  to 
where  no  dividends  are  ever  declared,  the  gold  and  silver  product  of 
Storey  County,  Nevada,  will  still  be  an  important  element  in  the  world's 
commerce.  It  is  true  that  mining  interests  will  have  their  ups  and  their 
downs.  Change  is  the  law  of  all  things.  In  no  business  is  that  law  more 
immutable  than  that  of  mining.  As  it  is  given  to  no  man  to  see  into  the 
bowels  of  the  earth,  so  not  even  the  most  skilled  expert  can  tell  what  a 
day  may  bring  forth.  What  a  mighty  fact  was  revealed  in  an  instant  of 
time,  by  the  man  who  first  struck  his  pick  into  the  big  bonanza!  All  that 
the  experience  of  the  miner  can  teach  him  is,  after  all,  very  little.  He 
may  predict  with  reasonable  certainty  that  a  particular  kind  of  rock  is 
barren,  and  that  further  explorations  are  necessary.  He  cannot  guarantee 
you  so  much  as  the  dip  of  the  ledge,  or  the  point  at  which  its  direction 
may  change.  But  what  he  can  declare,  reasoning  from  analogy,  is  that 
when  large  outcroppings  and  undoubted  chimneys  are  found  in  a  true 
fissure  vein,  there  must  remain  hidden  away  somewhere  vast  storehouses 
of  ore.  Indeed,  that  fact  is,  in  such  a  case,  established  by  even  more 
indubitable  evidence  than  that  of  analogy.  The  outcroppings  and  chim- 
neys are  the  effects  of  an  unmistakable  cause.  If  that  cause,  in  the  shape 
of  immense  bodies  of  ore,  did  not  exist  below,  then  there  would  be  no 
sources  from  whence  the  chimneys  could  have  acted  as  vents,  and  no  ore 
from  which  the  outcroppings  could  have  come.  By  the  analogy  of  all 
similar  lodes,  and  by  tracing  effect  up  to  cause,  the  fact  is  established 
beyond  dispute  that  the  rich  developments  of  the  Comstock,  so  far  from 
being  ended,  have  only  yet  begun.  There  is  one  cause,  and  but  one,  that 
may  put  an  end  to  Comstock  developments.  The  deviltry  of  the  inside 
manipulators  has  almost  worn  out  the  patience  of  ontside  assessment- 
payers.  It  is  the  public  at  large  that  invariably  pays  assessments.  The 
manipulators  take  care  that  they  own  little  or  no  stock  when  there  is 
likely  to  be  money  to  pay  upon  it.  Hence,  when  assessments  are  in  order, 
one  may  be  sure  that  the  stock  is  out  upon  the  public.  Contribution  after 
contribution  is  levied,  the  mine  after  awhile  sells  for  less  than  the  money 
spent  upon  it,  and  about  that  time  the  insiders  are  picking  up  the  stock 
again,  preparatory  to  another  deal.  This  and  other  evils  have  been  car- 
ried on  so  long,  that  the  confidence  of  the  public  is  badly  shaken,  if  not 
altogether  lost.  The  brokers  and  manipulators  generally  have  been  killing 
the  goose  that  laid  the  golden  eggs.  Nothing,  absolutely  nothing,  can 
now  resuscitate  the  market,  and  give  it  anything  like  its  old  tone,  save 
and  except  undeniable  developments  of  great  value.  The  days  of  rigging 
the  market  by  false  reports  are  well-nigh  over.  A  prominent  broker  said, 
the  other  day,  "We  have  only  to  appreciate  prices  about  fifty  per  cent., 
and  the  public  will  bite  again  as  eagerly  as  ever."  That,  we  know,  is  the 
common  belief  of  brokers  ;  but  we  are  persuaded  they  are  mistaken  this 
time.  The  public  know  that  they  have  been  too  often  hoodwinked,  and 
moreover,  they  have  not  now  money  to  be  fooled  out  of.  The  rich  have 
become  richer  and  the  poor  poorer.  Mining,  particularly  during  the  past 
two  years,  has  been  an  infamous  hogging  game.  The  men  of  humble,  or, 
at  best,  only  moderate  means,  have  developed  the  mines,  and  when  valua- 
ble discoveries  have  been  made,  the  rich  or  cunning  and  unscrupulous 
insiders  have  gobbled  up  the  prize.  If  the  developments  on  the  Comstock 
are  to  cease,  it  will  only  be  because  the  real  assessment-payer  has  too  long 
been  swindled  out  of  the  benefits  of  the  discoveries  that  have  resulted 
from  the  expenditure  of  his  money. 


PROSECUTING  OFFICERS. 
There  is  a  most  irregular,  vicious  and  illegal  system  growing  up  in 
our  courts,  by  which  counsel  privately  retained  are  permitted  to  represent 
the  public  prosecuting  officer,  and,  in  the  name  of  the  people,  to  persecute, 
rather  than  to  prosecute.  This  is  a  licentious  system,  which  so  far  from 
being  sanctioned  by  the  law,  is  intended  by  it  to  be  sternly  frowned  out  of 
existence.  The  common  law  permitted  private  prosecutions,  but  the 
statute  law  of  this  State,  and  of  nearly  all  of  the  United  States,  provide 
for  public  prosecuting  attorneys,  who  are  sworn  to  accept  no  private  fee, 
reward  or  emolument  whatever.  The  prosecution  being  for  the  public 
good  is  conducted  in  the  name  of  the  people,  by  their  officer  specially  ap- 
pointed by  them  because  of  his  fitness  for  the  duty,  and  by  them  he  is 
paid  all  that  he,  under  the  pain  of  impeachment,  dare  accept.  Private 
counsel  may  assist  the  District  Attorney,  and  even  wholly  represent  him; 
but  the  latter  power  was  only  granted  to  meet  exceptional  cases,  where 
the  District  Attorney  is  prevented  by  sickness,  unavoidable  accident,  »r 
pressure  of  business  from  attending  the  court.  It  never  was  intended  to 
grow  into  a  general  rule,  permitting  prosecutiug  officers  to  sit  on  one  side, 
indifferent  witnesses  of  the  disgraceful  use  made  of  the  functions  of  their 
office  by  hired  counsel,  whose  conditional  fee  depends  perhaps  upon  the 
success  with  which  an  unfair  or  forced  judgemnt  is  obtained.  This  sys- 
tem, dangerous  to  liberty,  liable  to  great  evils  in  practice,  and  denounced 
by  all  the  decisions  in  the  books,  is  carried  on  daily  in  our  courts  in  a 
manner  which  might  well  put  justice  to  the  blush.  We  believe  there  is 
no  proposition  more  conclusive  than  that  the  counsel  who  represents  the 
public  prosecutor  shall  be  liable  to  precisely  the  same  disabilities  as  his 
principal.  The  Supreme  Court  of  Michigan,  in  a  recent  decision,  held 
"  that  the  policy  of  the  law  was  to  prevent  prosecution  by  interested 
parties,  and  counsel  permitted  to  act  with  the  prosecuting  attorney  are 
subject  to  the  same  restrictions  in  this  regard  which  are  imposed  upon 
him— that  is,  they  must  receive  no  private  fee."  In  the  same  case  the 
Court  held  that  "  the  law  assumes  that  it  is  not  proper  to  entrust  the  ad- 
ministration of  criminal  justice  to  any  one  who  will  be  tempted  to  use  it 
for  private  ends,  and  it  assumes  that  a  retainer  from  private  parties  tends 
to  this."  In  the  Commonwealth  of  Mass.  vs.  Gibbs  4,  Gray  14G,  "a 
conviction  was  set  aside  because  the  Court  had,  in  the  absence  of  the  Dis- 
trict Attorney,  appointed  counsel  to  act  in  his  place,  who  had  been  re- 
tained by  private  parties  in  civil  litigation  of  the  same  matter."  It  was 
held  that  "  it  should  be  assumed  that  why  the  Legislature  changed  the 
common  law  practice,  and  caused  the  appointment  of  paid  prosecuting' 
officers,  was  because  they  assumed  the  former  practice  unsafe,  and  op- 
posed to  even-handed  justice.'1  All  this  shows  how  the  clearly  estab- 
lished law  revolts  at  the  monstrous  system  that  is  in  full  blast  in  our 
courts,  by  which  hired  private  prosecutors  resort  to  indescribable  un- 
scrupulous acts,  tempted  thereto  by  the  contingent  fees  dependant  upon 
success. 


A    SURPRISE    AND    AN    EXCITEMENT. 

The  city  is  about  to  be  treated  to  a  surprise,  which  will  be  fol- 
lowed by  a  period  of  excitement.  The  Water  Commissioners  are  to  sup- 
ply the  fun.  After  investigating  the  many  proposals  made  to  them  for 
supplying  the  city  with  water,  they  are  required  by  law  to  select  some  one 
scheme,  and  submit  it  for  approval  aud  adoption  by  a  popular  vote.  It  is 
understood  that  they  are  almost  ready  to  determine  upon  their  choice, 
and  that  the  necessary  election  by  the  people  will  follow  without  delay. 
Suggestions  have  been  made  that  the  matter  should  be  withheld  long 
enough  to  cause  the  vote  to  be  taken  at  the  September  election,  but  better 
counsel  will  prevail,  and  two  subjects  essentially  different  will  not  get 
mixed  together.  The  vote  on  the  water  question  will  be  taken  without 
delay,  and  if  the  people  defeat  the  particular  scheme  submitted  to  them, 
then  the  Commissioners  may  be  ready  with  any  other  that  may  seem  to 
be  preferred  and  submit  it  in  September,  for  there  is  nothing  in  the  law  to 
prevent  each  and  every  scheme,  one  after  the  other,  being  voted  upon  by 
the  people,  until  one  secures  a  majority  of  votes.  If  the  one  that  should 
prove  the  choice  of  the  Commissioners  should  happen  to  meet  with 
adverse  criticism  and  rejection,  there  is  little  doubt  that  the  discussion 
that  would  arise  would  clearly  enough  point  to  the  particular  plan  the 
people  would  accept.  Never  was  there  a  better  time  for  the  consideration 
of  such  a  subject.  Ordinarily,  the  public  mind  is  apathetic,  but  it  is  not 
so  at  present  in  regard  to  water  supply.  Rightly  or  wrongly,  there  is  a 
deep  and  wide-spread  impression  that  purer  water,  and  more  of  it,  is 
necessary  to  the  city's  health.  It  is  furthermore  believed  that  whilst  our 
only  supply  is  in  private  hands,  there  will  ever  continue  to  be  undue  par- 
simony in  flushing  out  our  sewers.  The  water  supplies  of  great  cities  are 
generally,  and  of  right  invariably  ought  to  be,  in  the  hands  of  the  public 
authorities.  Our  citizens  are  certainly  quite  prepared  to  enter  upon  the 
various  phases  of  the  great  water  question,  and  the  sooner  the  Commis- 
sioners submit  it  to  them  the  better.  When  the  subject  is  fairly  open  to 
discussion,  we  hope  to  bring  to  bear  upon  it  such  experienced  and  practi- 
cal criticism  as  will  prove  of  value  to  the  voters  who  have  to  determine  it. 


THE    CABINET. 

The  News  Letter,  not  being  a  journal  of  politics,  took  no  part  in  the 
Presidential  election.  It  was  hardly  conscious  of  a  piedeliction  between 
the  two  candidates,  and  was  prepared  to  be  content  with  the  one  who 
might  prove  to  be  the  choice  of  the  people.  Either  candidate  was  likely 
to  make  a  good  chief  executive  officer.  When  the  ballots  were  all  counted 
we  dealt  with  the  facts— the  undoubted  facts  of  the  position.  We 
never  doubted,  and  do  not  now  doubt,  for  an  instant  the  lawful  right  of 
Mr.  Tilden  to  the  Presidential  chair.  The  conscience  of  the  country  will 
finally,  we  believe,  settle  down  to  a  pretty  generally  accepted  conclusion 
on  that  point.  A  moral  wrong  has  been  done,  and  a  vicious  example  set 
which  the  nation  will  hereafter  desire  to  blot  out  and  be  unable.  Whilst 
this  evil  was  being  done  we  expressed  the  hope  that  Mr.  Hayes  would  rise 
superior  to  the  methods  by  which  he  was  being  made  President.  Nay, 
more,  we  ventured  a  strong  prediction  that  he  would.  So  far  we  have  not 
been  mistaken.  The  Cabinet  he  has  selected,  with  perhaps  one  excep- 
tion, shows  an  independence  of  the  political  machine  that  is  of  great 
promise.  Mr.  Schurz  and  Mr.  Evarts  represent  the  outspoken,  independ- 
ent elements  of  their  party.  Mr.  Schurz.  in  particular,  has  been  a  terrible 
scourge  to  the  Mortons,  Camerons,  and  Logans,  and  that  he  should  have 
been  made  a  Cabinet  officer  is  virtually  a  censure  upon  the  men  who  so 
lately  were  centrolling  spirits.  Sherman's  abominable  report  about  the 
Louisiana  election  was  so  utterly  untruthful,  as  subsequent  events  have 
conclusively  proven,  that  people  with  memories  will  not  care  to  welcome 
his  appearance  at  the  head  of  the  Treasury.  In  other  respects  the  Cabinet 
is  full  of  promise. 

MONEY    IN    IT. 

We  have  pointed  out  elsewhere  taat  there  is  but  one  cause  that 
can  interfere  with  the  prosperous  future  of  the  Comstock  lode,  and  that  is 
the  infamous  deviltry  by  which  inside  manipulators  have  swindled  the 
public,  and  in  consequence  of  which  the  assessment- paying  many  are 
withdrawing  from  an  unfairly  dealt  game.  We  are  persuaded  that  that 
game  was  never  more  unfairly  dealt  than  it  is  being  just  now.  There  is 
an  inside  to  the  business  that  is  not  given  to  every  greenhorn  to  know. 
Yet  a  man  with  average  experience  ought  to  discern  the  fact  that  there 
is  something  unusual  going  on.  Certain  of  the  dailies  that  do  not  put 
forth  great  exertions  for  nothing  are  at  work  like  beavers.  There  is  com 
in  it  somewhere.  Papers  are  neither  started  nor  subsidized  for  nothing. 
All  this  wrangle  means  something.  If  it  means  what  on  its  face  it  ap- 
pears to  mean  then  its  the  first  time  we  ever  knew  the  public  to  be  taken 
into  the  confidence  of  the  inside  "  connubiators. "  It  is  our  opinion,  judg- 
ing from  the  external  signs  alone,  that  there  is  a  big  inside  game,  and  that 
the  parties  in  apparent  opposition  to  each  other  are  in  reality  working  to- 
gether to  the  same  end,  and  that  when  the  game  is  fully  played  it  will 
turn  out  that  either  a  vast  amount  of  stock  has  been  sold  to  the  public  at 
prices  in  excess  of  its  value,  or  else  that  stock  has  been  •jrralad  which  has 
all  along  been  known  to  be  worth  more  than  it  was  selling  for.  There  is 
deviltry  on.  We  will  swear  it.  The  signs  are  too  conspicuous  to  be  mis- 
taken. 

THE    MEXICAN    ELECTION. 

Yesterday's  telegrams  advise  us  that  this  country's  representative  at 
the  Mexican  Capital  has  recognized  General  Portirio  Diaz  as  the  de  facto 
President.  The  meeting  of  the  Congress  was  to  take  place  on  the  12th 
instant,  when  the  electoral  votes  were  to  be  counted,  and  then  General 
Diaz  will  be  inaugurated  as  the  constitutional  President  for  the  ensuing 
four  years.  It  is  a  noteworthy  fact  that  neither  ex-President  Lerdo,  nor 
the  aspirant,  the  ex-Chief  Justice,  J.  M.  Yglesias,  have  had  sufficient  in- 
fluence to  have  any  votes  cast  for  them  at  the  late  election.  General 
Diaz's  administration  has  given  satisfaction ;  business  is  again  reviving 
and  confidence  in  the  stability  of  the  Government  seems  assured.  The 
prompt  payment  of  the  installment  of  the  Mexican  indemnity  for  losses 
sustained  by  American  citizens,  and  other  sterling  acts  which  he  has 
lately  carried  out,  are  having  an  incalculable  influence  for  good  here. 
General  Jose  Ceballos,  a  former  commander  of  the  Northwestern  and  Pa- 
cific States,  returns  there  at  the  invitation  of  the  new  Mexican  Presi- 
dent. At  this  port  no  change  of  Consul  is  likely  to  be  made.  Senor 
Miguel  G.  Pritchard,  who  has  represented  our  neighboring  republic  with 
so  much  honor,  will  retain  the  Consulate.  Mexico  requires  a  good  repre- 
sentative in  San  Francisco  who  can  be  unflinching  in  his  decisions. 


Mnr.h    17,    L877. 


CALIFORN1  \     ADVERTISER. 


THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

"Hear  tii-  «  riai    '      w  bal  In*  devil  srt  thnn?" 

*UO»  Uiat   Will  pl»y  ihr   d  I    iou." 


A  juvenile  adorer  of  ■  young  lady  now  being  sduoafeed  at  a  I 

>l  promise  i  his  in  -..  ,,-.,/„  thai  be  would  tend  hers  hot 
tie  >-f  nice  Angelica  wine.   Knowing  thai  he  ooold  a  »l  into  the 

wen  toe  nature  of  its  contents  known,  be  confided  in  a  chemist 
who  is  a  member  of  Mr.  Kalloch's  ohuroh  an. I  a  Sunday-school  teacher, 
and  b*  i  itanoe  in  the  matter.     He   proposed  to  the  Christian 

pharmacist  that  he  should  label  the  bottle  "Pure  Bay  Hum,"  hy  which 
means  it  was  thought  the  contents  would  pass  official  inspection  and  pre- 
sumably reach  their  destination.  The  chemist  consented,  and  the  young 
gentlem  i  call  for  the  parcel  in  an  hour.     During  that  hour  the 

Doe  ->t  that  i  "hristian  drug  compounder  smote  him.  The  burden  of 
the  contemplated  sin  was  more   than  be  could  bear.     Alter  wrestling  in 

in  the  <  hreoo-Romau  style  his  duty  at  length  became  apparent.  I  Ce 
emptied  the  bottle  of  Angelica  into  a  gla.-^s  wss._-l  ami  drank  it  himself,  re- 
ill-  liquid  with  a  pint  ainl  a  half  of  the  purest  bay  rum.  lie  felt 
g i  all  Dvei .  He  had  conspired  against  tin,  and  perhaps  prevented  sev- 
eral young  ladies  from  getting  intoxicated.  The  bottle  was  duly  sent,  re 
ceived  and  banded  over  to  the  young  lady  in  question,  who  supposed  she 
understood  the  artifice.  That  night  eleven  sweet-sixteens  sat  secretly 
around  a  bottle  supposed  to  contain  the  favorite  vintage  of  Southern  I  !al- 
tfornia,  and  the  aexl  morning  eleven  pale  maidens  lay  in  their  couches 
fully  conscious  of  tin-  disagreeable  effects  of  a  violent  emetic  They  don't 
admit  any  more  bottles  labeled  Bay  Rum  into  that  institution,  and, 
strange  t-i  say,  the  girls  wont  even  use  it  on  their  hair. 

The  usual  crowd  of  well  dressed  gentlemen  were  eagerly  scanning 
the  noon  Stock  list  in  Mr.  Boiling's  office  last  Thursday,  when  a  shabby, 
dirty,  but  excited  individual  pushed  his  way  franlically  through  the  aris- 
tocratic speculators  until  he  reached  the  board.  "Oh,  heavens!'  he 
yelled,  "  all  is  lost!  Somebody  lend  me  a  derringer  !  Good  bye,  wife  and 
children;  good  bye  to  the  palace  I  hoped  to  build.  Farewell,  cold,  delu- 
sive world  '.  farewell !  farewell  !"  A  bystander,  thinking  he  was  about  to 
commit  suicide,  took  him  by  the  arm  gently  and  led  him  aside  to  Mr. 
Burling's  private  office.  He  bade  him  be  seated,  and  urged  him  to  be 
calm,  at  the  same  time  asking  him  what  had  agitated  him  so  fearfully. 
"  Agitated  me  !"  replied  the- muchly-out-at-elbows  individual;  "look  at 
that  list !  Great  Lord  !  didn't  you  see  Caledonia's  down  to  (i|  ?  Oh,  my 
poor  children  !  my  dear  mother-in-law  !  my  aged  father  !  Oh  my  !"  At 
this  juncture  he  wept  copiously  into  the  crown  of  his  well  ventilated 
hat,  and  between  his  sobs  managed  to  ejaculate:  "  I'll  tell  you  how  it  is, 
boss;  I  haven't  eaten  anything  since  yesterday,  and  I'm  nearly  starving. 
I  ain't  no  common  beggar,  and  I  can't  dun  a  man  on  the  sidewalk;  so,  as 
we're  here  in  this  private  kind  of  way,  perhaps  you'll  oblige  me  with  a 
loan  of  four  hits,  and  not  let  on  to  them  other  gentlemen,  as  the  Cale- 
donia's all  in  my  mind."  He  got  his  half  dollar,  and  was  outside  of  ten 
glasses  of  lager  beer  e'er  the  clock  at  the  Merchants'  Exchange  had  testi- 
fied to  the  flight  of  another  hour. 

Mr.  Hugh  Doud  and  Mr.  "  Sconchin  "  Maloney  set  an  example  to 
our  citizens  this  week  which  is  worthy  of  their  imitation.  The  one  thinks 
Tilden  a  fraud  while  the  other  esteems  Hayes  all  too  lightly.  What  did 
they  do  ?  Did  they  draw  their  concealed  revolvers  and  add  to  each  others 
avoirdupois  by  filling  their  mutual  carcasses  with  lead  ?  On  the  contrary, 
like  men  of  honor,  they  engaged  two  hacks,  retired  to  the  environs  of  the 
city  and  commenced  treating  each  other  in  a  way  which  was  anything  but 
antiphlogistic.  Mr.  Doud  bled  freely  for  Hayes,  whilst  Mr.  Maloney 
suffered  severely  on  Mr.  Tilden's  account,  but  the  "Sconchin"  got  bis 
Work  in  so  heavily  on  the  third  round  that  Mr.  Doud  became  suddenly 
conscious  of  his  inability  to  get  up  off  the  floor,  and  was  convinced  that 
prize  fighting  was  not  his  forte.  Of  course,  after  the  whole  affair  was  over, 
the  ever  watchful  officer  had  the  parties  arrested,  and  swelled  his  record 
by  bringing  the  case  into  court.  1  he  judge,  however,  will  probably  address 
the  culprits  as  follows  :  "Gentlemen,  you  have  expressed  your  political 
convictions  nobly,  your  bruised  frontispieces  are  evidences  of  your  devo- 
tion to  the  interests  of  your  country,  and  in  an  emergency  of  excessive 
difficulty  you  have  acted  with  remarkable  force  and  decision.  Gentlemen, 
God  bless  you."  Temporary  retirement  will  speedily  heal  the  scars  of  the 
heroes  of  this  tale,  and  their  names  will  go  down  to  posterity  as  cham- 
pions of  two  important  political  characters. 

This  being  St  Patrick's  Day,  reminds  us  of  an  anecdote  about  a 
distinguished  Hibernian  in  this  community,  now  a  very  rich  man,  but 
once  miserably  poor.  During  the  bombardment  of  Fort  Fisher  he  was 
down  South,  and  very  hard  up.  With  a  genuine  love  of  his  country,  and 
also  of  potheen  combined,  be  used  to  patronize  a  brother  from  the  Emerald 
Isle  who  sold  whisky.  After  his  account  got  beyond  redemption,  his 
supply  was  st}pped,  and  Mr.  Hogan,  who  kept  the  grocery,  not  only 
refused  positively  to  give  him  another  drink,  but  on  two  occasions  kicked 
him  out.  One  morning,  however,  the  hero  of  this  story  espied  Mrs. 
Hogan,  a  gentle-hearted  matron  of  forty  summers,  alone  in  the  store. 
He  was  dry  as  a  bone,  and  had  kissed  the  blarney  stone,  so  he  ran  across 
the  street  and  beguiled  the  good  woman  into  giving  him  "a  sup  of  the 
crathur."  He  swallowed  his  drink  like  lightning,  and  lit  out  of  the  store, 
fearful  that  the  stony-hearted  proprietor  might  catch  him,  but  before  he 
left  he  turned  to  his  benefactress  and  remarked,  "Madam,  the  likes  of 
you  is  too  illigant  to  live  with  that  old  blackguard,  yure  husband;  it's  a 
mortal  sin  for  any  praste  to  have  ever  joined  ye,  and  when  the  war's  over, 
begorra,  if  ye'll  listen  to  me,  I'll  make  a  lady  of  ye."  Mr,  Hogan  died 
in  sixty-nine,  and  the  grateful  Celt,  who  bad  meanwhile  grown  rich,  kept 
his  word — and  his  wife  keeps  her  carriage.  Moral :  Give  poor  Pat  a 
drink. 

The  champion  Dirt  Repository  of  the  United  States  is  undoubtedly 
the  city  of  St.  Louis.  Its  streets  are  as  level  as  a  billiard  table,  and 
there  is  never  more  than  a  foot  of  mud  on  the  crossings  at  one  time.  A 
gentleman  who  has  just  arrived  here  reports  that  he  had  his  boots  polished 
fourteen  times  in  one  day,  representing  the  exact  number  of  times  he  was 
obliged  to  cross  the  street.  The  average  inhabitant  of  St.  Louis  tucks  his 
pants  into  his  boots  and  capers  through  the  slush  and  mud  regardless  of 
appearances.  As  all  the  world  knows,  St.  Louis  folks  have  excessively 
small  feet,  but  there  is  reason  to  fear  that  the  muddy  moisture  of  their 
thoroughfares  may-tend  to  expand  them  in  the  future,  unless  their  filthy 
crossings  are  attended  to. 


The  greenroom  ..t  the  California  '!'),.  rfer  [usl   »  mbles 

a  dispei  ore  than  anything  else,     fnonoi 

the  low  comedian   may  be  wen   writhli  alee  of  rheumatism, 

while  the  ladii 

■  [ous  members  of  the  company  all   hai  ■ 
oni  sfully   labeled   and   n  [thin  n      i.    ■    ,      en  the 

burly  Mr.  Mi  ntleaid  of  a  ikilLful 

dlmeuta,  In  sober  truth,  the  members  of  the  Call 
fornia  have  of  late  been  utterly  overworked,  and  their  lives  have  been  al 
most  entin  ly  passed  In  thetheafa  i  Followed  r<- li<  i 

succeeded  by  the  evening   performance.     Three  prominent  acton   have 
been  quite  ill  lately,  and  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at     If  any  Juvenili 
bitious  of  lii-.tri.mir  fame  light.-*  on  this  paragraph  le1  him 
true  picture  of  an  actor's  life,  and  he  will  find  three  tint-  in  It,  study, 
work  ami  fatigue,  often  unrelieved  by  the  faintest  color  "i  rest 

A  matrimonially  inclined  gentleman  advertises  this  week  for  "a 
position   in  a   respectable  family  as  son 'in-law.     References  exohai 
Ee  i-  evidently  a  thorough  business  man,  and  deserves  to  succeed,  should 
he  be  fortunate,  and   l"*  happily  inoculated  with  an  average  mother-in 

law,  full  >>f  virus,  he  will  learn  that  a  situation  such  as  he    adv. prists  f..r 

is  not  without  its  cares  and  responsibilities.     He   i-  evidently  indifferent 

as  to  the  person  he  would  be  required  to  marry,  as  lie  d i  not  imiuire  for 

a  billet  as  a  husband,  but  as  a  son-in  law.  There  are  plenty  of  acidu- 
lated females  who  will  adopt  him  in    that    relation  without  requiring  him 

to  marry  any  one's  daughter,  on  the  simple  condition  that  he  will  allow 

them  to  have  free  use  of  their  nails,  and  not  object  to  any  attention  they 
may  pay  to  his  hair.    The  loose  part   of  the  announcement  is  that  the 

gentleman  does  not  state  what  salary  he  expects,  which  will  prevent  a 
great  many  well  disposed  people  from  communicating  with  him. 

A  party  of  Londoners,  newly  arrived  here,  went  into  a  fashionable 
saloon  on  Kearny  street  this  week.  They  retired  to  a  card-room,  and  one 
of  them  remarked  to  the  barkeeper  that  it  was  his  shout  and  he  was  going 
to  stand  nobblers  round.  The  party  called  for  two  quartern*  of  gin  and 
four  out,  a  church  warden  and  a  screw  of  birds-eye.  The  astonished 
saloon-keeper  locked  the  door  on  them  and  sent  to  the  City  Hall  for  a 
squad  of  policemen,  stating  that  there  were  some  dangerous  lunatics  in 
his  establishment.  The  matter  was  eventually  straightened  nut  by  an  of- 
ficer who  hails  from  the  classic  purlieus  of  VVhitechapel.  He  explained 
that  the  gentlemen  were  not  insane  but  had  merely  asked,  in  their  own  way, 
for  a  certain  quantity  of  spirits,  a  long  pipe  and  a  paper  of  tobacco.  It 
is  fortunate  that  our  police  force  is  cosmopolitan,  as  itscombined  members 
understand  almost  every  language  and  dialect  known  to  the  world. 

The  Supervisors  will  not  appear  in  the  procession  to-day.  The  suit 
of  Mr.  John  Nightingale  against  the  city  in  the  matter  of  the  Alamo 
Square  will  keep  that  august  body  in  court  from  early  morn  till  shady 
eve.  This  occurrence  is  doubly  unfortunate,  as  our  municipal  Solons  will 
not  only  thereby  be  deprived  of  taking  any  part  in  the  procession,  but 
they  will  also  be  unable  to  carry  out  the  programme  originally  devised. 
It  is  rumored  that  each  Supervisor  intended  to  ride  his  pet  odorless  exca- 
vator, and  to  distribute  gratuitously,  handbills  concerning  its  merits,  to 
the  crowd  on  the  sidewalks.  Every  one  knows  what  a  fight  is  going  on 
in  the  Board  about  these  unpleasant  machines,  but  no  one  really  fully 
appreciates  the  interest  which  the  Supervisors  have  in  the  settlement  of 
the  question. 

Supervisor  Wise  would  probably  like  to  be  Mayor  of  this  city,  but 
he  can  lay  the  flattering  unction  to  his  soul  that  he  never  will  be.  Kis 
stupid  blunders  about  fraudulent  voters  were  bad  enough,  but  it  appears 
that  to  his  ignorance  is  added  a  talent  for  scurrility  hitherto  undeveloped. 
He  is  reported  as  saying  that,  in  respect  to  the  names  of  Peter  Donahue 
and  ex-Senator  Oolton,  neither  of  them  had  any  more  right  to  vote  than 
two  Chinamen,  at  least  as  far  as  now  appears,  and  that  when  they  did 
vote,  they  voted  illegally.  Mr.  Wise  has  satisfactorily  proved  that  he  is 
in  no  way  to  he  trusted  with  the  city's  interests,  and  the  public  thoroughly 
understand  his  ambitious  designs  for  the  future.  Mr.  Wise  should  change 
his  name,  which  is  anything  but  indicative  of  his  brain  power. 

Second-Hand  Furniture  and  bedding  are  looked  on  somewhat  sus- 
piciously by  our  community  at  present.  There  is  an  idea  prevalent  in 
some  circles  that  when  a  man  dies  of  small-pox  the  individuals  who  arc- 
supposed  to  destroy  his  bedding,  etc.,  not  unfrequently  dispose  of  it  to 
dealers  in  that  line  of  business.  The  idea  is  a  very  unpleasant  one,  and 
as  there  is  notflmuch  saving  in  purchasing  a  mattrass  virulently  infected 
with  varioloid,  prospective  housekeepers  will  do  well  to  avoid  the  risk  of 
investing  in  second-hand  pest-houses,  however  excellent  the  springs  or  the 
quality  of  the  hair  in  the  article  may  be. 

There  will  be  a  grand  turnout  of  the  oyster  dealers  on  the  occasion 
of  the  return  of  Mr.  Blacklock  to  this  city.  Mr.  Joe  Ginsti,  together 
with  the  proprietors  of  the  Saddle  Rock  and  the  Criterion  oyster  saloons 
will  present  Mr.  B.  with  an  address,  during  the  reading  of  which  detect- 
ive Coffee  will  remove  the  President's  handcuffs  so  as  to  enable  him  to 
sh&ke  hands.  Mr.  Blacklock's  temporary  quarters  will  he  on  Broadway, 
but  magnificent  apartments  are  being  fitted  up  for  him  over  the  hay, 
where  he  will  be  handsomely  entertained  and  have  every  attention  shown 
him.  , 

The  Call,  as  per  usual,  had  a,  Town  Crier  item  on  the  first  page  of  its 
Sunday's  issue,  which  it  credited  to  another  source.  This  time  the 
putative  father  of  the  joke  was  the  Schenectady  Gazette.  The  story  ap- 
peared at  least  nine  months  ago  in  these  columns  as  an  original  T.  C, 
paragraph,  and  has  since  then  traveled  the  usual  round  and  appeared  in 
hundreds  of  Eastern  papers.     At  last  it  got  into  the  Call,  and— died. 

The  Grand  Marshal  of  a  Chinese  funeral  immortalized  himself  this 
week  by  galloping  over  several  white  people,  and  knocking  them  down. 
The  event  was  duly  telegraphed  to  Canton,  and  the  city  was  at  once  illu- 
minated in  honor  of  the  brave  Mongol  who  dared  to  get  outside  of  a 
horse.  In  the  meantime  the  equestrian  is  studying  the  best  mode  of  check- 
ing mustangs  behind  the  iron  bars. 

On  "Wednesday  last  the  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to 
Children  elected  fifty-one  new  members.  Porty-nine  of  the  gentlemen 
were  also  members  of  the  Society  for  the  Suppression  of  Hoodlums,  and 
the  unruly  members  of  their  various  families  got  licked  and  sent  aupper- 
less  to  bed,  just  as  usual. 

A  new  gas  company  is  about  to  be  organized.  The  idea  is  to  collect 
the  utterances  of  the  biggest  blowers  in  the  city  in  retorts,  and  then  filter 
them.  Some  men  emit  pure  gas  every  time  they  open  their  mouths.  The 
scheme  is  a  good  one. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTflER  AND 


March  17,  187  7. 


COLUMN  FOR  THE  CURIOUS, 

In  Nature,  Science,  and  Art. 


New  Invention  to  Save  Vessels  from 
Foundering. — M.  Friedman,  an  engineer  of  Vi- 
enna, has  devised  a  plan  to  keep  a  ship  afloat 
after  a  hole  has  been  knocked  through  its  hull 
below  the  water-line.  The  mechanism  is  simple. 
A  filter  is  placed  on  the  ship's  keel,  and  con- 
nected with  two  pipes,  one  leading  from  the  boil 
ers  and  the  other  up  the  side  of  the  vessel  to  a 
point  above  the  water-line.  If  there  is  any 
water  in  the  hold,  it  must  find  its  way  by  gravi- 
tation to  the  filter,  from  which  it  is  blown  out 
and  overboard,  the  instant  the  stream  is  turned 
into  the  pipe  from  the  boilers,  at  the  rate  of  300 
tons  of  bilge  water  per  hour.  The  cost  of  one 
such  ejector,  exclusive  of  pipes  and  fitting,  is 
about  £160  ;  and  an  ironclad  could  be  fitted  up 
with  three  of  them  for  less  than  £1,000.  The  ef- 
ficacy of  the  invention  rests  on  having  an  ade- 
quate supply  of  steam. 

The  City  of  Berlin  this  winter  harbors  with- 
in its  walls  an  exceptional  concourse  of  eminent 
geographical  men.  Foremost  among  these  is  Ba- 
ron .Reichthofen,  busy  at  his  book  on  China: 
then  there  are  Dr.  Nochtigal,  who  is  engaged  in 
writing  a  narrative  of  his  travels  in  Africa  :  Dr. 
Jager,  just  returned  from  India  ;  Professor  Bas- 
tian,  the  South  African  explorer,  who  is  now  ar- 
ranging his  collections  brought  home  from  his  la- 
test expedition ;  Professor  Aschersen  and  Dr. 
Gussfeldt  are  likewise  now  in  Berlin,  besides 
some  geographers  of  secondary  distinction.  Dr. 
Pogcje,  the  discoverer  of  the  legendary  kingdom 
of  Muata  Yamoo,  is  now  expected,  and  so  is  Dr. 
Lenz,  returning  from  Orgowee  and  the  Gaboon  ; 
also  Dr.  Stubel,  who  has  spent  seven  years  ex- 
ploring the  volcanic  mountains  of  South  Ameri- 
ca. 

The  Alexandria  correspondent  of  the  Dai?// 
iVeit's  gives  an  account  of  the  discovery  of  a  new 
cotton  plant,  which  he  thinks  is  destined  in  a 
few  years  to  create  quite  a  revolution  in  the 
cotton  agriculture  and  business  of  Egypt.  It 
was  discovered  on  the  cultivated  property  of  a 
Copt  in  the  Menutia  district  about  two  years 
ago.  The  new  plant  bears  on  an  average  from  4a 
to  50  pods,  whereas  the  usual  cotton  plant  aver- 
ages from  25  to  35.  The  yield  of  the  former  has 
been  from  9  to  15  cantars  per  feddan  ;  the  yield 
of  the  latter  is  usually  from  4  to  9  cantars.  The 
crop  is  thus  doubled.  For  sowing,  too,  a  smaller 
quantity  of  the  new  seed  is  required.  The  only 
drawback  to  the  new  plant  is  that  it  requires 
more  water,  and  that  the  soil  is  thereby  impov- 
erished. 

It  may  not  be  generally  known,  for  we 
believe  that  it  has  not  appeared  in  any  printed 
account  of  the  Arctic  expedition,  that  while  with 
his  sledging  party,  the  beard  of  Commander  Al- 
bert Markham  turned  white,  but  resumed  its 
usual  dark  color  in  about  a  month  after  getting 
back  to  the  ship.  This,  moreover,  was  not  a  sol- 
itary case.  All  the  others  turned  white,  like  the 
foxes  and  hares.  The  same  effect  was  produced 
during  the  Crimean  war  on  the  handsome  beard 
of  a  distinguished  colonel. 

Much  has  recently  been  said  about  tampering 
with  letters.  To  avoid  this  calamity  a  safety  en- 
velope has  been  invented.  On  the  flap  of  the  en- 
velope the  words  "Attempt  to  open"  are  print- 
ed with  a  double  set  of  chemicals,  the  first  im- 
pression containing  nut-galls  and  the  second 
green  vitriol.  If  the  flap  be  steamed  or  moist- 
ened in  any  way  the  magic  printing  will  appear, 
to  betray  the  attempt  to  open. 

A  Scotch  friend  is  just  starting^  for  a  jour- 
ney through  the  Holy  Land.  He  has  carefully 
stowed  away  in  his  trunks  a  flask  of  the  real  Old 
Scotch  whisky.  For  what  purpose,  think  you? 
That  he  may,  when  he  gets  to  the  waters  of  the 
Jordan,  make  toddy  out  of  its  stream!  That  has 
been  his  dream  for  the  last  six  weeks.  Before  he 
has  traveled  one  hundred  miles,  it  will  turn  to 
be  a  flask  of  Cutter's. 

There  is  one  rose  which  appears  to  do  re- 
markably well  in  the  smoky  atmosphere  of  Lon- 
don. This  is  Aimee  Vibert,  a  well-known  noi- 
sette. The  blooms  are,  in  the  bud,  tipped  with 
red,  but  when  expanded,  are  white,  and  are  pro- 
duced in  clusters. 

The  medical  men  of  Ghent  have  prepared 
a  "  black  book"  containing  the  names  of  pa- 
tients who  have  refused  to  pay  their  bills,  and  a 
pledge  has  been  given  by  the  profession  not  to  at- 
tend the  defaulters  except  in  cases  of  immediate 
urgency. 

Capt.  Warren,  R.  A,  has  invented  a  plan  of 
covering  ships'  bottoms  with  papier  macke,  which 
he  has  discovered  is  a  perfect  remedy  for  oxyda- 
tion,  as  well  as  for  all  growths,  animal  or  vegeta- 
ble. 


THE    BABY    MYSTERIES. 

Where  did  you  come  from,  baby  dear? 

Out  of  the  everywhere  into  here. 

Where  did  you  get  your  eyes  of  blue? 

Out  of  the  sky  as  I  came  through. 

What  makes  the  light  in  them  sparkle  and  spin? 

Some  of  the  starry  spikes  left  in. 

Where  did  you  get  that  little  tear? 

I  found  it  waiting  when  I  got  here. 

What  makes  your  forehead  so  smooth  and  high? 

A  soft  hand  stroked  it  as  I  went  by. 

What  makes  your  cheeks  like  a  warm,  white  rose? 

I  saw  something  better  than  any  one  knows. 

Whence  that  three-cornered  smile  of  bliss? 

Three  angels  gave  me  at  once  a  kiss. 

Where  did  you  get  this  pearly  ear  ? 

God  spoke^.aud  it  came  out  to  hear. 

Where  did  you  get  these  arms  and  hands 

Love  made  itself  into  hooks  and  bands. 

Feet,  whence  did  you  come,  you  darling  hings? 

From  the  same  box  as  the  cherub's  wings. 

How  did  they  all  just  come  to  be  you? 

God  thought  about  me,  and  so  I  grew. 

But  how  did  you  come  to  us,  you  dear? 

God  thought  about  you,  and  so  I  am  here. 

— Georac  Macdonald. 


Frauds. —A  company  of  youngmen  from  San 
P'rancisco  calling  themselves  the  Chicago  Min- 
strels, came  to  our  town  on  Monday  last  to  give 
us  an  entertainment  in  the  minstrel  line.  They 
appeared  in  Music  Hall  to  a  very  small  audience, 
although  their  performance  was  passibly  good  for 
amateurs.  Their  mode  of  transportation  from 
one  town  to  another  is  by  an  express  wagon,  so 
they  took  leave  of  our  town  very  early  on  Tues- 
day morning,  and  in  their  haste  forgot  (?)  to 
settle  some  little  bills  they  had  incurred.  One 
wis  for  a  piano  they  had  rented  of  a  widow  lady. 
Publishers  in  the  interior  towns  where  they  ap- 
pear will  do  well  to  look  out  for  them, — Gdroy 
Advocate.       

Encouraged  by  the  success  which  has  at- 
tended their  efforts  in  Paris,  the  advocates  of 
horse-flesh  as  an  article  of  human  food  are  about 
to  commence  operations  among  the  French  pop- 
ulation resident  in  London,  by  opening  a  shop 
somewhere  in  the  neighborhood  of  Soho. 


Painters  of  great  talent  do  not  disdain  at  the 
moment  to  compose  special  pictures  for  the  fans 
of  the  grande  dames  of  Paris. 


C.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Sunday,  Feb.  11th,  1877,   and  until 
further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 
San  Francisco: 
(Overland    Ticket  Office,  at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  uf 
Market  Street.) 


7(\f\  A.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washing- 
•  VHJ  ton  St.  Wharf)  —  Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Oalistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for    Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.        (Arrive  San  Francisco  8:10  p.m.) 


8C\C\  A. 51.  (daily),  Atlantic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  \JW  [and  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland(0.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  p.m.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  5:35  p.m.) 


3(\f\  P.M.  (daily)  San  Jose  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  UU  land  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 
rives at  San  Jose  at  5:30  p.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  9:35  a.m.) 


A  f\f\  P.M.  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
^£»V/v  for  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojavc,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anabeim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Indian  Wells  (Arizona  Stage  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  6:55 
p.m.  "  Sleeping  Cars"  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les. (Arrive  San  Francisco  12:40  p.m.) 


4f\f\  P.  M. (daily),  VallejoSteamer  (from  Washington 
.\J\J  st.  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  forCalistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  p.  M.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  11:10  a.m.) 


(from  Wasb'n  St.  Wharf),  for  Beniciaand  Land' 
ings  on  the  Sacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  a. m.,  daily. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  8:00  p.m.) 


4    0A  P.M.  (daily),  Through  Third  Class  and  Aecom- 
•  O"     modation  Train,  via  Lathrop  aud  Mohave, 
arriviug  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  A.M. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  7:30  a.m. 


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A.  M.,  and  6.05  p.  m. 
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"Official  Schedule  Time"  furnished  by  Anderson  & 
Randolph,  Jewelers,  101  and  103  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towne,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION . 

Commencing1  \«v.  6th,  1876,  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  as  follows  : 

8QA  am  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
•OU  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations,  fe^*  At  Pajaro  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forApros  and  Santa  Cruz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &.  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Monterey.  Stage 
connections  made  with  this  train. 


nOTi    m.   (daily)  forMenlo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
.UO    tious. 

3  0fT  P-M.   daily  (Sundays    excepted)  for    San  Jose, 
*uO   Gilroy  and  Way  Stations. 


A    AC\  P-M-  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


fi  QH  p-m.  (daily)  for  San  Mateo  and  Way  Stations. 

SOUTHERN      DIVISION. 

g5j^"  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Division 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Dos  Palmas 
A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  WILLCUTT,  Gen'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 
[November  IS.] 


H.    H.    MOORE. 

Dealer  in  Books  for  Libraries.— A  large 
assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
ana  for  sale  at  fi09  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
San  Francisco  Oct.  24. 


March    17,  is;;. 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


II 


NOTABILIA. 


The  luxury..f  modern  kimM  la  a  Patent  Oirbon  B 
» time  when  ,r..\.    doubta  are   h  1  u  t<>  the  purity  of  our 

water  rapply.  there  can  be  do  greater  a  mfurl  In  ;i  borne  than  th< 
don  a|  one  "!  th<  >-■  absolute  purifier*.    They  remove  entirely  evei 
of  organie  matter.     Buah  A   Uilna,  on   New  Montgomery  si.,  opposite 
well-known  u  tmpcrters  of  beautiful  gaa  fixtures, 
keep  these  altera  constantly  on  hand. 

Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis,  M.  D.,  etc.,  may  be  consulted  al  bis  office  and 
nee,  020  Sutter  street,  between  Powell  and  Mason  Btreeta,  daily, 
Emm  10  a.  it,  to  :>  r.  m..  and  from  6  to  *  P.  u.;  nn  Sundays  from  11  to 2 
only.  I  »r.  Curtis  is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 
t;  his  publications  can  be  obtained  from  A.  I,.  Bancroft  &  Co., 
#<>\v  agents  ror  tbe  Pacific  coast,  "r  from  the  author,  ltr.  Curtis,  fil'O 
Butter  street,  s.  P.    

A  restaurs nter  in  New  York  hangs  out  a  sign  of  "Free  Chops,"  and 
when  the  old  loafers  come  around  ha  shows  them  an  axe  and  a  wood  pile. 
The  best  chops,  steaks,  luminous,  ami  dinners  in  this  city,  are  to  be 
round  at  Swain's  Bakery,  on  Sutter  st.,  above  Kearny.  Their  ice  creamy 
and  confectionery  cannot  be  surpassed,  and  it  is  the  place  par  excellence 
for  a  gentleman  to  escort  a  lady  to  a  private,  quiet,  ana  excellent  repast. 

This  happened  at  the  Centennial  A  .stout,  course  American  woman 
leaned  over  tbe  counter  to  the  smiling  Chinaman,  and  Bharply  demanded, 

"What's  your  name  t"  He  smiled  and  bowed,  but  gave  no  sign  of  un- 
derstanding her.  '"Takeoff  your  hat,"  was  the  next  abrupt  command. 
"  Madame,"  said  a  German,  who  was  standing  near,  "he  is  not  on  exhi- 
bition." 


There  is  now  living  at  Norwich,  Eng.,  an  old  lady  who  was  at  the 
battle  of  Waterloo,  and  took  a  passive  part  therein.  Her  history  is  well 
known  to  one  of  our  ?hief  business  firms  here,  viz:  F.  S.  Chadhourne  & 
Co.,  the  celebrated  importers,  wholesale  and  retail  dealers  in  furniture 
and  bedding,  of  7*27  Market  street.  Their  goods  are  excelled  by  none, 
ami  parties  furnishing  should  not  neglect  to  call  and  see  them. 


A  man  who  has  "sworn  off"  never  listens  to  that  sweet  song,  "When 
the  Swallows  Homeward  Fly,"  without  letting  escape  a  deep  sigh.  No 
man  need  ever  swear  off,  if  he  will  only  use  good  liquor  in  moderation. 
O.K.  Golden  Plantation  Whisky,  and  Heidseick  Champagne,  are  two  of 
the  finest  stimulants  in  the  world.  F.  &  P.  J.  Cassin,  523  Front  st.,  are 
sole  agents. 

The  English  are  overcoming  all  their  prejudices  against  American 
stoves  since  the  introduction  into  their  country  of;  the  Union  Range.  Mr. 
De  La  Montanya,  on  Jackson,  below  Battery,  has  a  splendid  assortment 
of  these  incomparable  stoves.  For  all  culinary  purposes  they  stand  at  the 
head  of  all  other  inventions,  and  are  justly  esteemed  the  champion  ranges 
of  the  world.  

A  negro,  who  wanted  his  hair  cut,  was  refused  a  chair  in  a  New  Or- 
leans barber  shop.  Hereupon,  he  threatened  to  bring  an  action  under  the 
civil-rights  bill.  "  All  right,"  said  the  barber,  "  go  on  with  your  suit — we 
advertise  to  cut  hair — not  wool." 


Recent  investigations  warrant  the  assertion  that  one  baby  with  a 
cracker  will  make  the  couch  of  weary  industry  more  uncomfortable  than 
fifteen  prize  niusquitoes  from  a  swamp.  The  best  couches,  lounges,  and 
furniture  of  any  kind,  are  to  be  found  at  the  establishment  of  the  Cali- 
fornia Furniture  Manufacturing  Company,  N.  P.  Cole,  Manager,  220  to 
226  Bush  st.,  below  Montgomery. 

Clearer  than  crystal,  and  of  a  flavor  that  is  more  than  exquisite,  is 
the  queen  of  California  wines — "The  G-erke."  I.  Landsberger,  10  and  12 
Jones  Alley,  is  agent  for  this,  and  many  other  superb  brands  of  hocks, 
champagnes,  clarets,  and  sauternes.  Remember  the  address,  between 
Montgomery  and  Sausome,  running-  off  from  Washington. 

Isn't  it  woman,  and  not  her  wrongs,  that  requires  to  be  re-dressed  ? 
Yes!  and  the  place  to  re-dress  woman  is  the  Arcade  House  of  J.  J. 
O'Brien  &  Co.,  924  to  928  Market  street.  Their  stock  of  dry  goods  is  the 
largest  and  best  in  the  city,  and  just  at  this  time  they  are  offering  the 
greatest  bargains  imaginable. 

A  visitor  at  Philadelphia  having  been  asked  whether  he  preferred  pic- 
tures to  statuary,  said  he  preferred  the  latter,  as  "you  kin  go  all  round 
the  statoos  ;  but  you  kin  see  only  one  side  of  the  picturs."  Bradley  & 
Rulofson's  photographs  cannot  be  walked  round.  They  are  the  best  in 
the  world. 

A  rural  American  asks  what  sort  of  tackle  is  used  in  raising  a  man  to 
the  British  peerage. 

Angel's  wings  on  the  half-shell,  murmuring  Peris  on  toast,  broiled 
seraphs  a  la  sauce  Tartare  ;  all  this,  and  much  more,  is  expressed  by  the 
ravishing  tones  of  a  Hallet  &  Davis  piano.  It  is  an  eternal  ecstasy,  and 
Badger,  13  Sansome  st. ,  is  the  agent. 


Men  and  monkeys  are  imitative  creatures,  inclined  to  follow  ex- 
ample, be  it  good  or  bad.  A  good  example  to  follow  is  to  drink  nothing 
but  genuine  Old  Cutter  "Whisky,,  for  which  A.  P.  Hotaling,  429  to  431 
Jackson  st.,  is  the  agent. 

The  Pope  has  been  called  the  "Old  Man  of  the  See."  Muller,  the 
optician,  of  135  Montgomery  st.,  is  even  more  an  old  man  of  the  See  than 
the  Pope.     His  spectacles  will  make  any  one  see. 

A  good  man  is  just  as  apt  to  fall  down  on  a  slippery  place,  and  crawl 
around  and  mumble  to  himself,  as  a  bad  man.  Nobody  who  drinks  Napa 
Soda  ever  falls  down.     It  steadies  the  legs,  and  invigorates  the  health. 

"I  introduced  a  bill  for  the  destruction  of  worms,"  as  the  wood- 
pecker said  in  a  stump-speech. 


VERDICT   ALWAYS   FOB    THE  DAVIS'  VERTICAL   FEED    SEWINO 
MACrllNE. 

ThC    <  •  iKoim.ImI   4. old    Medal   iiimI    IHplnitui.    Is7«:   Ili.-Hrolt 
i 

rh«  i<  v\  is  i.  awarded 
>l  \|<  rii  fot  ■  ■  ^n.»u»t 

W\    olalm  nisi  unprecedented,  and  mtbrfactloii  unl 

I  ■ " ;  on  ll  dUTei  •  troto  all  o\ 

thi    Uanufactui 
lor  aunuwment  or  :i  mon    rub  twit!  ■'  i.    The  1 

running  and  malty  comprehend*  I     I 

»  bJoh,  bo  i  nucbJnu  I  live  pi  ool  ..!  durmbflitj      Wi 

II  '■  '  I ■■  mi  tit-  in  re,  where  thai  ban 
constant  use  for  nearly  throe  yoai  ,  to  verify  tho  above.    Hasrooelved  mon    i 

»nd ipllmoni  .  mj  othi  i  In  the  ■  uni  length  ol  Umi 

focturersarc  especially  Invited  to  examine  our  No   I,  Just  out 

all  unoccupied  territory.  MARK  SHELDON,  Qon'l  Agent  for  lb<  I 

De.    -'■:.  v.   | 

SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

NORTHERN    DIVISION. 

Excursion  Season,  lS77.--The  Southern   i'.-n n»«-  Railroad 
Company  raspeolfully    calls   tho  attenl i    MUitan    Oomuanloj    Bundu 

Schools,  Societies,  Private  Parties,  etc.,  to  the  Superior  Facilltii  i  afforded  b\  their 
Line  for  Reaching  with  Speed,  Safety  and  Comfort,  the  most  popular  Pleasure  Grounds 
in  the  State,  including  those  well  known  retreats,  Belmont,  Redwood,  Henlo  Park 

Santa  Clara,  San  Jose,  etc.    For  rates,  terms  and  other  Information,  apph  st  B I 

34  Railroad  Building,  corner  of  Fourth  and  Townsend  Btreets. 

a  0.  BAS3ETT,  Superintendent 

■I.    I-    W  li._LA.rrr,  Geiiunil   l\isiieiij<er  and  Tieket   Agent,  Kdi.  17. 


NOTICE-A    NEW    FEATURE. 

To  Principals  of  Tonufr  Latins*  Seminaries,  Roaming: 
Schools  and  Colleges—  Mlt,  PETER  JOB,  the  Son  Francisoo  Pioneer  French 
Chief  Cook  and  Confectioner,  well  known  as  a  first-class  Caterer  and  Cook,  having 
kept  in  this  city  the  best  Restaurant  and  lee  ('ream  Saloon  for  the  last  twenty  POOrs, 
offers  liis  services  as  a  Teacher  of  the  Culinary  Art;  also,  Fancy  Dishes  and*  I'Wrv. 
To  those  wishing  to  form  a  class,  arrangements  could  easily  be  modeal  terms,  by 
sending  names  and  address  to  PETER  JOB, 

No.  2519  California  street,  Ban  Francisco. 
No  objection  to  go  out  of   the  city.     New  York,   London  und   Paris  have  euah 
classes  for  ladies.  Feb,    17. 

P.  a  Snow.]  SNOW    &    MAY'S    AET    GALLERY.  [W.  B.  Mat. 

SNOW    A-    MAT, 

IMPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 

Pictures,    Frames,    Moldings,    and    Artists'    Materials. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  Dec.  19. 


AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  been  Invented  by  the  <fc  neon's  Own  Company  or  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  ao  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  EurojK;  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  $2  for  buffalo  handles,  $3  for  ivi.rv  ; 
by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  by  the  sole  agents  in  the 
United  States.  NATHAN  JOSEPH  &  CO., 

September  2. _____     ____  Clay  street,  S.  F. 

LEA    AND    PERRINS'    SAUCE. 

In  consequence  of  spurious  Imitations  of  WORCESTER' 
SHIRE  SAUCE,  which  are  calculated  to  deceive  the  public,  LEA  AND 
PERRI\S  have  adopted  A  NEW  LABEL  BEARING  THEIR  SIGNATURE, 
LEA  &  PERRINS,  which  is  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUCE, 
and  without  which  none  is  genuine. 

Ask  for  LEA  &  PERRINS'  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrapper,  label,  bottle  and  stop- 
per.    Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  Black  well, 
London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  by  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  be  obtained  of 
Dec.  30 MESSRS.  CROSS  &  CO.,  San  Francisco. 

CAUTION.— RETTS'S  PATENT  CAPSULES. 

Tbe  public  arc  reft  per  I  fully  cautioned  tli:;t  ISeftM'M  I'ntcizl  Cnpituleft 
are  bcinp  infringed.  BETTS'S  name  Is  upon  every  Capsnle  he  makes  lor  the 
leading  Merchants  at  home  and  abroad,  and  he  Is  the  Only  Inventor  und  Sole  Maker 
In  the  United  Kingdom.  JIanxjfactobis:  1.  IVdakf  Road,  City  Road,  London, 
and  Bordeaux,  Francs. June  15. 

REST    FOOD    FOR   INFANTS, 
applying"  the  highest  amount  of  nourishment  in  the  most 

_  digestible  and  convenient  form.  SAVORY  &  MOORE,  143  New  Bond  street, 
London,  and  all  Chemists  and  Storekeepers  throughout  Canada  and  the  United 
States. Dec.  30. 

FOR    SALE. 
6_iT__f  ■   _Th___  _  First  Mortgage  Bonds  of  the  Weiaila  Comity 

qP^J^ Je^JHJ\J  Narrow  Gauge  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1870,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  8  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wells,  Fargo  „  Co.,  in  this  city.  No  more  desirable  investment  can  be  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit.        [Sept.  9.]        ANDREW  BAIRD,  No.  304  California  street. 

_3"  PRINTS  _& 
537   SACRAMENTO    STREET, 

BELOW    MONTGOMERY. 


s 


BBUCE, 


BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY  OF    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  daily,  from  10  a.m.  to   1  p.m.,  by  the  under- 
signed, Ut  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  to  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.  J-  P.  McCURRIE,  Secretary, 

Oct.  23.  730  .Montgomery  street. 

OREGON    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

Resrnlar    Steamers    to    Portland,    leaving    San    Francisco 
weekly-  Steamers  GEORGE  W.   ELDER,  J.    L.  STEPHENS,  ORIFLAMME, 
and  AJAX,  connecting  with  steamers  to  SITKA  and  PUGET  SOUND,  and  O.  andC. 
R  R.  Co.  and  Oregon   C.  R.  R.  Co.  through  Willamette,  Umptjua,  and  Rogue  River 
Valleys   Oregon.     Tickets  to  all  points  on  the  O.  and  C  R.  R.  sold  at  reduced  rates. 
J                                                                           K.  VAN  OTEKENDORP,  Agent, 
June  14.  210  Battery  street. 

EPPINGER'S    SALOON. 

Louis  Eppinger,  formerly  of  Ilalleck  street,  has  removed 
to  Nevada  Bloc*  (entrance  on  Summer  street).     Will  be  happy  to  see  all  his 
friends.     MILWAUKEE  BEER  a  Specialty. Sept  30. 

B.  F.  Flint.    Flint,  Bixby  &  Co.]  [  J-  Lee.    D.  W.  Folqer. 

A.  P.  FLINT    &    CO., 

Graders,  Packers  and  Dealers  In  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  29. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO     NKWS    LETCER    AND 


March  17,   1ST ;. 


HIS  SA.TANIC  MAJESTY  AT  THE   GATES   OF.  HEAVEN. 


H.   S.  M. 

Holloa  there,  Peter  !     Stir  your  stumps  !    Where  are  you  ?    Ho  within  ! 
It's  I,  the  Devil !     I'm  nigh  sick  of  knocking  !    Let  me  in  ! 
Well !  how's  old  Michael  and  the  rest  of  alTthe  boys  ?    What's  new  ? 
You're  getting  beastly  fat !    I  s'pose  you've  not  enough  to  do  ! 
Somehow  I  can't  help  envying  you,  tho'  you  are  a  crowd  of  suckers; 
You  always  look  so  nice  and  clean  in  your  dainty  bibs  and  tuckers  ! 
A  soft  old  job,  this  singing  hymns  !  these  seats  on  golden  thrones, 
With  velvet  cushions,  when  you're  tired,  to  rest  your  poor  old  bones. 
It's  some  time  since  I  came  here  last,  so  I  thought  I'd  just  look  in, 

And  see  how  things  were  going but,  for  God's  sake,  stop  that  din  ! 

That  little  white-robed  Seraph  there  may  have  a  heav'nly  voice, 

But  I'd  like  to  wring  his  lily  neck  !     Such  songs  are  not  my  choice  ! 

I've  been  some  months  in  'Frisco,  and  they've  all  got  on  their  ear, 

Because  I  said  I  caught  them  all — that  precious  few  came  here  ! 

So  few,  indeed,  I'd  ro  my  pile  you've  not  the  least  conception 

That  such  a  place  exists,  but  think  I'm  practising  deception  ! 

You  know  how  Job  lays  down  the  Law,  aud  says  I  have  the  right 

To  make  a  visit  twice  a  year  to  these  glorious  realms  of  Light. 

And  how  the  "  Sons  of  God"  must  be  polite  on  such  occasion, 

Produce  their  Ledger,  tell  the  truth  without  equivocation. 

So  now  to  business  !     Hunt  your  books  for  a  San  Franciscan  item, 

And  note  th'  arrivals  which  you  claim,  and  if  they're  wrong  we'll  right  'em. 

St.  Peter. 
My  good  old  Friend  !— for  such  you  are,  tho'  they'd  make  you  out  my  foe 
(As  if  you  cared  what  goes  on  here,  or  I  what's  done  below) — 
I'm  afraid  youre  on  a  wild  goose  chase,  your  trip's  a  waste  of  time, 
This  is  no  place  for  'Frisco  folks — they  like  some  hotter  clime  ! 
To  tell  the  truth,  too,  I  will  confess,  when  you  made  just  now  th'  allusion 
About  not  knowing  where  it  was,  'twas  true  !  'twas  no  delusion  ! 
Some  long,  long  years  ago,  I  think,  tho'  my  memory's  rather  hazy, 
One  did  come,  but  'twas  through  mistake — the    poor  old  wretch  was  crazy! 
For  form's  sake  tho'  we've  kept  a  Book,  in  case  a  chance  stray  ghost 
Should  manage  to  elude  your  grasp  and  join  th'  angelic  h"^st. 
So  here  !  you  Cherub  !  stop  that  row  !  you're  always  out  of  tune — 
Just  fetch  the  records  ! — I  can  prove  my  statement  mighty  soon! 
"  San  Francisco — Volume  One."    Ye  gods  !  what  musty  pages, 
All  damp  and  mildewed,  one  would  think  they'd  not  been  touched  for 

ages. 
The  clasp's  all  musty  !     I'm  half  scared  'twill  tumble  clear  apart ! 
Calf-bound  and  gilt-edged  once  it  was,  a  regular  work  of  art. 
Page  one — a  blank  !  page  two,  three,  four,  and  five,  they're  all  the  same ! 
But  hold  !    here's  something  bleared  and  blurred  that's  rather  like  a 

a  name  ! 
"  Bill  Sykes— from  'Frisco" — but  he's  left!  felt  lonely,  p'raps,  and  sloped 
To  join  his  friends  in  Hell !  poor  brute,  how  much  he  must  have  moped  ! 
And  that's  the  lot !    I  must  admit  you've  managed  pretty  well, 
We  have  no  show  up  here  at  all,  all  'Frisco's  booked  for  Hell ! 
But  what's  the  reason  why  they  all  kick  so  against  Salvation, 
And  choose  instead — as  if  'twere  fun — to  revel  in  damnation? 

H.  S.  M. 
Well  now  !  I've  watched  their  habits  close — as  I  feel  in  duty  bound 
Towards  so  many  loyal  subjects— and  the  reason's  easily  found  ! 
They  seem  all  lost  to  honor  !  theirs  a  thieving,  lying  creed  ! 
Their  God  is  Mammon  !  and  there's  nought  they  wouldn't  dare  for  greed  ! 
The  cry  is — Money!  fairly  if  'tis  possible,  but  yet 
By  any  means,  so  long  as  it  is  money  that  they  get. 
That's  how  they  all  come  down  my  way  !  besides,  you  see,  'tis  jolly 
To  be  'mongst  friends  you've  known  before,  not  change  around,  by  golly  ' 
And  as  their  chance  of  Heaven's  slim,  they'd  rather  let  it  slide, 

And  carry  on  in  Hell  the  same  as  if  they'd  never  died 

What's  up  with  aged  Michael  now  ?    He's  gone  off  in  a  huff 
Because  I  bragged  of  how  I  beat  his  numbers  !  What  d — d  stuff  ! 
I  dared  not  speak  when  he  was  here,  for  fear  he'd  raise  a  stink, 
But  if  you're  game  I'll  shake  the  dice  to  see  who  stands  the  drink ! 
Five  sixes  !  There  !  how's  that  for  high  !  Your  turn  now  !  throw  away  ! 
Five  sevens!     Blazes  !   that's  too  thin  !  No  "  miracles,"  I  pray  ! 
So  ho  !  you  saints  are  dice-sharps,  eh  ?  a  s*intly  practice,  sure  ! 
But  drat  your  nectar  !  I  prefer  some  good  old  Jesse  Moore  ! 
Well!  Peter,  I  am  off  again  till  next  half-year's  inspection — 
Just  try  that  dice  trick  on  with  "Mike"— you  do  it  to  perfection. 

THE    PRICE    OP    MONEY. 

The  rate  at  ■which,  the  use  of  money  in  this  State  has  for  many  years 
been  sold  has  been  an  entirely  abnormal  one.  That  rate  has  recently 
undergone  a  change,  which  is  but  the  first  step  towards  that  bed-rock 
price  which  is  the  best  possible  foundation  upon  which  to  rear  a  super- 
structure of  lasting  prosperity.  Theae  never  was  any  good  reason  why 
money  here  should  sell  at  three  times  the  price  it  fetches  in  other  new  and 
money  borrowing  countries.  In  Australia  mercantile  paper  is  freely  dis- 
counted at  from  four  to  six  per  cent  per  annum.  Why  should  twelve  per 
cent,  be  paid  here  for  the  same  operation  ?  It  may  be  said  that  the 
greater  demand  for  money  exists  here.  We  venture  to  think  that  the  fact 
is  exactly  the  other  way,  and  that  if  the  amounts  were  calculated,  it  would 
be  found  that  the  Australians  are  per  capita  the  largest  borrowers.  But 
it  is  the  supply  rather  than  the  demand  that  should  naturally  rule  the 
price.  It  matters  not  how  great  the  demand  if  the  supply  is  fully  equal 
to  it.  Now  we  are  told  by  the  best  authorities  that  money  at  present  is 
in  excess  of  the  requirements  of  the  city.  That  shows  that  there  is  a 
combination  to  keep  prices  up.  The  law  of  supply  and  demand  is  artifi- 
cially interfered  with.  It  is  a  grave  question  for  capitalists  to  consider, 
whether  this  in  the  end  is  not  suicidal  policy.  The  demand  for  money 
grows  upon  what  it  feeds.  The  numerous  resources  of  the  State  want 
cheaper  money  for  their  development.  That  supplied,  the  enormous 
impetus  given  to  enterprise  would  soon  increase  the  demand,  and  general 
prosperity  would  be  the  result. 

Rather  a  good  story  is  told  of  the  recent  "  Empress"  Durbar.  A 
distinguished  civilian,  high  in  the  Punjab  service,  had  a  silver  medal 
sent  him.  He  returned  it,  saying  he  was  not  aware  that  his  humble  ser- 
vices merited  such  a  mark  of  favor.  Thereupon  a  gold  medal  was  sent. 
A  fortiori  he  returned  that  ?  No,  he  didn't;  he  kept  it.  His  "  humble 
services"  did  merit  that  mark  *>f  favor. 


ART    JOTTINGS. 

The  first  meeting  of  Mary  Stuart  and  Rizzic,  is  the  title  of  a 
large  painting  just  placed  on  view  in  the  photograph  gallery  at  the  Art 
Association  rooms,  on  Pine  street.  It  is  from  the  easel  of  David  N._il, 
an  American  artist  who  left  this  city  for  Munich  in  1862,  where  he  has 
since  resided,  and  having  married  the  daughter  of  an  art  master  of  that 
city,  Mr.  Neal  may  be  considered  fully  identified  with  the  art  interests  of 
Munich.  The  picture,  which  is  semi-historical  in  character,  was  executed 
to  fill  a  commission  given  by  Mr.  D.  O.  Mills,  of  this  city.  The  artist  has 
evidently  drawn  to  the  full  upon  the  license  usually  accorded  to  the  pro- 
fession, and  the  result  is  a  work  of  great  beauty,  full  of  pleasing  charac- 
ter, and  executed  with  that  care  in  detail  which  is  one  of  the  belongings 
of  the  old  Munich  school  of  painting.  Neal  and  Rosenthal  entered  the 
school  of  Piloty  at  about  the  same  date,  in  1868,  and  graduated,  as  it 
were,  together,  in  January,  1875,  so  that  this  may  be  considered  Mr. 
Neal's  first  important  picture  since  becoming  a  master.  Visitors  will 
readily  perceive  the  difference  in  the  manner  of  its  treatment  as  compared 
with  Rosenthal's  "Elaine."  Of  late  Rosenthal  has  become  something  of 
a  convert  to  the  French  school  of  art,  which  ignores  detail  in  a  great 
measure,  particularly  in  accessories.  In  Neal's  picture  we  find  the  same 
brilliant  finish  in  the  most  unimportant  detail  as  in  the  principal  objects. 
Opinions  are  at  present  decidedly  divided  as  to  the  correct  rule — both,  of 
course,  cannot  be  right.  It  may  be  said,  however,  that  the 
French,  reinforced  by  the  decidedly  modern  Spanish  and  Italian 
schools,  are  making  sure  and  steady  inroads  upon  the  old  style  of  art. 
Queen  Mary,  in  this  picture,  is  a  beautiful  piece  of  figure  painting,  majes- 
tic, and  leaning  to  the  tragical,  which  may  be  accounted  for  in  the  fact 
that  Mrs.  John  T.  Raymond  lent  her  kind  assistance  to  Mr.  Neal  in 
posing  for  this  figure.  The  resemblance  is  readily  seen.  No  less  good  are 
the  figures  of  the  ladies  in  waiting,  and  the  cavalier.  There  is  scarcely 
relief  enough  to  the  figure  of  the  page  ;  in  fact,  if  we  were  to  say  anything 
adverse  of  the  picture,  it  would  be  that  there  is  not  distance  enough.  All 
the  figures  are  too  far  forward,  and  not  space  enough  is  given  between 
them  and  the  background  beyond.  The  picture  will  attract  great  atten- 
tion, and  the  Art  Association  are  under  obligations  to  Mr.  Mills  for  his 
kindness  in  loaning  them  such  an  important  and  attractive  work.  It  is 
understood  that  this,  the  first  exhibition  in  the  new  quarters,  has  been 
very  attractive  and  financially  successful,  and  the  bringing  in  of  this  new 
picture  will  attract  many  who  have  so  far  neglected  to  visit  the  new  gal- 
leries, besides  causing  many,  who  have,  to  repeat  their  visit,  to  the  great 
benefit  of  the  treasury,  which  it  is  proposed  to  keep  in  its  present  healthy 
condition.  The  membership  is  again  increasing,  and  the  prospects  of  the 
Association  were  never  brighter. 

A    DECISION    OF    JUDGE    MORRISON. 

One  of  the  ablest  opinions  ever  delivered  from  the  bench  was  ren- 
dered by  Judge  Morrison  this  week  in  the  case  of  the  Brentwood  Coal 
Company.  It  embraced  the  whole  question  of  the  rights  of  a  stockholder, 
and  considered  exhaustively  the  relations  between  a  trustee  of  a  corpora- 
tion and  the  smallest  holder  of  that  corporation's  stock.  Judge  Morrison 
said: 

"  Williams,  the  Intervenor,  avers  that  heisthe  owner  of  a  large  amount 
of  the  capital  stock  of  the  Brentwood  Coal  Company ;  that  the  defend- 
ant, Sanford,  is  the  principal  stockholder  in  the  same  ;  that  Sanford  has 
absolute  control  of  the  Company  ;  that  its  trustees  are  subservient  to  all 
of  his  wishes  ;  and  that  he  dictates  their  action  as  such  in  all  particulars, 
and  has  always  done  so;  that  the  Company  is  not  faithfully  defending  its 
interests  and  rights,  or  those  of  its  stockholders  in  this  action,  but  is  pur- 
posely betraying  and  abandoning  the  same  for  the  benefit  of  Sanford, 
with  the  fraudulent  design  of  enabling  him  to  become  the  owner  of  its 
property  or  its  capital  stock,  and  to  the  sacrifice  and  ruin  of  the  interests 
and  rights  of  the  Intervenor  therein,  and  with  intent  to  cheat  and  de- 
fraud the  intervenor  out  of  his  rights  and  interests  in  the  said  Company. 
The  complaint  of  intervention  also  charges  that  the  mortgage  was  ultra 
vires,  and  was  given  by  the  corporation  fraudulently,  with  intent  to  cheat 
and  defraud  the  intervenor.  These  allegations  must,  for  the  purpose  of 
this  motion,  be  taken  as  true." 

The  sting  of  Judge  Morrison's  opinion,  however,  lies  in  the  latter  part 
of  it.     He  says  further : 

"  The  mere  fact  that  the  Brentwood  Coal  Company  has  gone  into  bank- 
ruptcy does  not,  in  my  opinion,  affect  the  rights  of  the  Intervenor  in  this 
case.  The  assignee  has  come  into  this  Court  and  has  evinced  the  same 
readiness  and  willingness  to  allow  this  alleged  fraudulent  foreclosure  pro- 
ceeding to  go  forward.  He  has  subjected  himself  to  the  jurisdiction  of 
this  Court,  and  whether  the  corporation  is  to  be  represented  by  dishonest 
trustees  or  by  a  faithless  assignee  makes  no  difference.  Neither  the  consent 
of  such  trustees,  nor  that  of  such  an  assignee,  will  justify  this  Court  in 
withholding  its  aid  for  the  protection  of  the  rights  of  the  stockholders  of 
the  Company." 

This  issue  is  a  very  valuable  precedent  for  all  future  cases  where  a 
stockholder  appeals  to  aCourt  of  Equity  for  the  protection  of  his  rights. 
The  gist  of  it  is  that  property  does  not  belong  to  a  corporation  in  the 
sense  that  the  legal  title  rests  there,  or  that  the  Board  of  Trustees  acting 
as  a  Board  can  alone  control  its  corporate  affairs.  The  property  of  the 
corporation  is  for  all  beneficial  purposes  the  property  of  the  stockholders, 
and  it  is  immaterial  whether  a  stockholder  Lave  a  large  or  small  number 
of  shares  of  its  capital  stock.  His  rights  are  not  to  be  measured  by  the 
number  of  shares  he  holds,  so  that  the  man  who  holds  one  share  has  the 
same  privilege  of  asking  judicial  intervention  as  the  man  who  controls 
the  majority  of  the  scrip.  In  these  days  of  dissatisfied  mining  stock- 
holders the  decision  of  the  able  Judge  is  of  incalculable  value. 

Candidate  Hayes  did  not  have  much  influence  in  his  campaign.  But 
President  Hayes  seems  disposed  to  have  a  goood  deal  of  influence  with 
his  administration. — Springfield  Republican. 


T 


FOR    PORTLAND,    OREGON. 
lie  Only  Direct  Line.— -Steam ship  George  W.  Elder.  Con- 
nor, Commander,  leaves  Folsom-street  wharf,  SATURDAY,  March  17,  at  10  A.  M. 
March  17.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent,  210  Battery  rt. 

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fee.     Send  for  pamphlet  to 
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CALIFORNIA     ADA  ERTISER 


18 


FACTS    AND     FIOUREa 

In  these  tiiy*  of  depression  tn  the  stock  market1  and  general  panle 

,  ii  » ill  ii.'!  i'  much  abused 

nrded.     Ths  following,  h  bicb  h*fl 

11  1 1  mat.  <'t'  t\tlit"..uii;i  street, 

i  list  of  th«  dividend  paying  mines,  with  the  Amount 

sanents  levied  end  of  dividends  paid,  of  the 

working  ofl  each  Individual  mine  : 


Biusss 


■ 


Belcher 

Cihlurnia 



luted  Virginia. 

Crown  Point  



St  Turn,   

. 

Kenluck  

Ophtr 



Blem  Nevada 



Jacket  . 


Consolidated  Amador 

Oedsrbare 

UiU 

Hey) 

Keystone 



si.  Patrick 

Yule  Grave] 

-  bariol 

Original  Hidden  Treasure., 

Ida  Bllmore 

Hahogany 

Leopard  

Alps 

Ueadov  Vallej • 

Ploobfl 

EU  ■ ad  A  FJy 

Comanche 

Eureka  Consolidated 

Gila 

Jefferson 

K.  K.  Consolidated 

Monitor-Belmont 

Manhattan 

Northern  Belle 

Bye  Patch 


1*tal. 


■ 

M(900 
MO.O00 
100,000 

108,000 

112,000 

112,000 
100.000 

1 20.000 
30.000 
24.000 
80,000 
20,000 
10,(|  |  | 

100,000 
20,000 
10,000 
00,000 

80,000 
50,000 

."■«, i 

80, ' 

i;ii,ihi» 

:M,nnii 
30,000 
50.000 
50,000 
100,000 
50,000 
50,000 
50,000 
.^..i.pim 
50,000 
30,000 


1000,400 

I 
■ 

111,200 

1,273,370 
18,600 

2,354,000 

270, 

2,034,400 
2,070,000 
1,600,000 
178,000 
2,718,000 

"  48,000 
48.000 


10O.IHHI 
ISO, 

0,000 
712,600 

880,061 

Tcn.iMii.i 
240,000 
50,000 
126,000 
420,000 
200, U00 
540,000 

'  'lOO.OOO 

■i:,.  Di  in 

87,500 
50,000 
112,500 


■ 
10,800,000 

78,000 

11,688,000 

t,826.»  0 
1,508,000 
1,282,000 
1,304,400 
4,460,000 

102,600 

22,800 

2,184,000 

280,000 
24,000 

51, 1  WO 
2,054,000 
5,000 
50,000 
60,000 

40, 

500,000 
31,0)10 
00,000 

I.-..UI.0 

102,500 

37,500 
1,200,000 

00,000 
3,075,000 

47.500 

1, , 

50,000 
50,000 
50,000 
75,000 
400,000 
1,050,000 
37,500 


$22, 8 10,870 


$93,343,15)0 


Frrnu  the  above  we  find  that  whilst  the  assessments  have  amounted  to 
nearly  twenty-three  millions  of  dollars,  the  dividends  have  been  over 
ninety-three  millions,  or  four  times  aa  much,  and  when  we  take  into  con- 
sideration that  the  greater  proportion  of  the  assessments  were  paid  out  as 
wages  for  labor,  and  remained  in  circulation  in  the  country,  we  can  add 
the  two  together,  aud  show  the  enormous  amount  of  over  a  hundred  and 
sixteen  millions  of  dollars  added  to  our  wealth  from  this  comparatively 
small  section  of  territory.  Nothing-  that  could  be  written  speaks  more 
for  the  value  and  vitality  of  our  mines  than  this  array  of  figures — twenty- 
three  millions  to  the  laborer  and  ninety-three  to  the  investor. 

A  DRUNKARD  OR  A  LUNATIC. 
If  recent  dispatches  are  reliable  the  subjects  of  the  Ottoman  Empire 
have  no  great  bargain  in  either  the  present  Sultan  or  his  deposed  pre- 
decessor. The  wires  are  made  to  say:  ''The  prevailing  popular  idea  is 
that  the  party  strongly  attached  to  Murad  Effendi  are  busily  spreading 
reports  of  bis  complete  recovery  and  claiming  his  right  to  restoration. 
Mnrad's  adherents  declare  both  the  Turkish  and  foreign  doctors  were 
unanimous  that  two  or  three  months  repose  would  completely  restore  his 
reason.  Their  prediction  has  been  fully  realized.  Murad  is  now  far 
more  fit  for  the  throne  than  his  drunken,  terror-haunted  brother,  and  it  is 
time  they  should  change  places."  The  Turks  have  ever  had  the  credit  of 
being  sublimely  apathetic  and  phlegmatic,  so  that  it  may  possibly  be  a 
pure  matter  of  indifference  to  them  whether  the  Sultan  pro  tern  be  afflicted 
with  congenital  lunacy  or  dypsomania.  Of  late,  however,  the  children  of 
Mahomet  have  been  aroused  from  their  lethargy  by  the  prominence 
whi'-h  their  affairs  have  assumed  in  the  eyes  of  the  world.  Unless  the 
Sultan  be  a  mere  figurehead  in  the  conduct  of  the  government,  and  have 
no  voice  in  the  policy  of  the  nation,  it  would  seem  that  the  Sublime  Porte 
is  not  very  pleasantly  fixed  just  now  in  the  matter  of  its  august  sovereign. 
An  American,  with  supreme  carelessness,  would  toss  up  a  half  dollar  to 
see  whether  he  should  be  governed  by  an  inebriate  or  an  idiot,  but  the 
Turks  believe  too  strongly  in  destiny  to  dispute  the  supremacy  of  either, 
preferring  to  put  them  out  of  the  way  on  short  notice  as  soon  as  they  be- 
come objectionable.  The  best  way  out  of  the  difficulty  would  be  to  put 
both  of  the  august  personages  on  the  throne  together,  and  let  them  hold 
the  reins  of  government.  The  combined  heads  of  Murad  Effendi  and  the 
present  incumbent  would  doubtless  evolve  an  immense  amount  of  wisdom 
during  the  present  crisis.  Drunkards  are  proverbial  for  saying  wise  things 
when  in  their  cups,  and  lunatics  frequently  excel  sane  persons  in  the  pro- 
fundity of  their  utterances.  Any  mistakes  the  one  made  the  other  could 
apologize  for,  and  the  one  could  always  excuse  the  other  on  the  score  of 
his  being  too  full  for  utterance,  or  being  temporarily  deranged.  It  will  be 
a  new  experiment  for  the  Turks  to  try,  but  there  is  no  reason  why  it 
should  not  succeed;  and  there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  a  bibulous 
and  erratic  pair  of  monarchs  would  steer  the  Ottoman  ship  just  as  well  as 
any  princes  in  existence.  Sanity  and  royalty  should  never  be  confused, 
being  as  a  rule  two  distinct  things. • 

Josh  Billings  on  Pets.  —  Pets  ov  all  kinds  are  a  noosance.  All  pet 
children  are  tyrants,  and  a  pet  koon  wants  more  kluss  watching  than  a 
fast  dean  or  canon  duz.  A  pet  wife  soon  grows  to  be  eapting,  and  a  pet 
.  baby  generalizes  the  whole  household.  Stranger,  if  yu  must  bav  a  pet  or 
perish,  git  a  young  hedgehog — a  male  one  iz  preferable — and  take  him  to 
bed  with  you. 

It  remained  for  New  York  to  originate  the  "Apple  Dumplin  So- 
ciable," the  latest  form  of  social  dissipation  in  the  gay  metropolis. 


HIGHEST  STOCK  QUOTATIONS  FOB  WEEK  ENDING  MARCH  16, 1877. 
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N  AMR  tiP  Ml5S. 


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All., 

Ooq 
Alps 

Am.  11,  hi  PUt.    . 

Alpine 

Amazon 

'Belcher 

Best  ft  Belcher    . 

Bslto  Con 

Bullion 

Baltic 

Boston 

Belmont 

Benton 

Crown  Point .... 

Chollar 

1  Son   \  ovinia. — 

California 

Caledonia 

Cosmopolitan.  .. 
*Cons  unpenal . . 
1  ■  ibo  1  on.     ...'.. 

Confidence 

Cromer 

Challenge 

Dayton 

Dardanelles.  ... 

Eureka  Con 

Exchequer 

Globe 

Gould  &  Curry  . , 
Great  Eastern  . . . 

Gila 

Gulden  Chariot  . . 
General  Thomas. 
Grand  Prize.  -. . . 

Gold  Bun 

Hale  &  Norcrosfi 

Ilussey  

Julia 

Justice 

Jackson 

Jenny  Glynn 

"Jefferson 

Kossuth 

Kentuck  

Knickerbocker  . . 

"K.  K.  Cons 

Ladj'  Bryan 

Leopard  

Lady  Wash'n 

•Leviathan  

Loyal 

Leeds 

Mexican 

Monumental 

Mint 

Mansfield 

Modoc 

Manhattan 

Meteor 

Meadow  Valley  . . 

Melones 

Martha  &  Bessie. 

New  Coso 

Northern  Belle  . . 
*N.  Con.  Virginia 

Nevada 

New  York 

Niagara  

N.  Monumental.. 

N.  Light 

Ophir 

Overman  

Occidental 

Og.  Comstock. . . 

Prospect .... 

Poorman 

Phil  Sheridan  ... 

Panther  

Pictou ,, . 

Peytona 

Raymond  &  Ely. 

Rising  Star 

Rock  Island 

Rye  Patch 

Savage   

Sierra  Nevada  . . . 

Silver  Hill 

Superior 

Shasta 

Southern  Star... 

Succor  

Seg  Belcher 

South  Chariot .  ■ . 

S.  V.  Water 

S.  Modoc 

Trojan 

Trenton 

Twin  Peaks 

Union  Con 

Utah 

Union  Flag 

Washoe 

Woodville 

"Wells  Fargo 

Ward 

WestComstock  . . 
*Yellow  Jacket . . 


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Assessments  are  now  due  on  the  Stocks  above  marked  thus  * 


The  banana-leaf  design  has  become  quite  a  mania  in  Paris  since  the 
production  of  Paul  el  Vhyiriie. 


14 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETfER    AND 


March  17,   1877. 


SPECIAL    BREVITIES. 


Very  careful  agricultural  returns  from  all  England  leave  no  doubt 
that  the  raising  of  animal  food  is  superseding  the  raising  of  cereal  crops  in 
that  country.  Of  the  50,000,000  acres  of  surface,  31,500,000  are  under 
some  kind  of  culture,  and  the  proportion  of  arable  to  pasture  is  now 
18,000,000  to  13,500,000,  the  pasture  having  increased  in  five  years  about 
a  million,  besides  absorbing  300,000  previously  plowed.  The  meaning  of 
this  is  clear,  namely,  that  the  cereal  products,  being  imperishable,  are 
more  and  more  extensively  imported,  while  the  native  soil  is  devoted  to 
the  raising  of  fresh  meat,  milk,  butter,  eggs,  and  other  perishables.  The 
risk  of  raising  cattle,  from  the  cattle  disease  and  other  causes,  tends  on 
the  other  hand  to  discourage  investment  in  them,  arid  the  actual  number 
of  cattle  and  sheep  has  lately  fallen  off.  j 

A  plant  found  in  Nicaragua  is  a  great  vegetable  curiosity.  It  has 
been  named  "Phytolacca  Eleetrica."  It  is  said  to  possess  very  pro- 
nounced eleetro-magnectic  properties.  The  hand  is  sensibly  benumbed 
upon  touching  this  shrub,  and  the  magnetic  influence  is  felt  at  a  distance 
of  seven  or  eight  feet.  The  magnetic  needle  is  sensibly  perturbated,  be- 
coming more  and  more  so  until  it  reaches  the  centre  of  the  shrub,  when 
the  disturbance  Is  transformed  into  a  very  rapid  qyratory  movement.  The 
intensity  of  the  phenomenon  varies  with  the  hours  of  the  day,  and  at 
night  it  is  hardly  perceptible.  It  attains  its  maximum  about  2  p.  m.  In 
stormy  weather  the  energy  of  the  action  is  augmented.  No  insects  or 
birds  have  been  seen  on  the  shrub. 

The  Pope  received  the  Emperor  and  Empress  of  Brazil  on  February 
14th.  The  Emperor  expressed  the  pleasure  he  felt  in  again  seeing  the 
Pope,  especially  after  the  recent  events  in  Brazil,  and  said  he  entertained 
a  hope  that  the  Pope,  in  accord  with  the  Brazilian  Government,  would  as- 
sist in  removing  all  ecclesiastical  difficulties.  Tbe  Pope,  in  reply,  said  it 
was  not  the  custom  of  the  Church  to  create  obstacles,  but,  on  the  con- 
trary, to  remove  them  where  they  existed.  He  hoped  to  be  able  to  re- 
store in  tbe  vast  Empire  of  Brazil  that  religious  harmony  which  had  al- 
ways been  the  glory  of  Brazil.  On  their  Majesties  taking  leave  His  Ho- 
liness eccompanied  them  to  the  door  of  the  reception  ball. 

Experiments  are  being  made  at  the  Jardin  d'Acclimatation  of  rather 
a  singular  nature  with  the  carrier  pigeons  which  the  military  authorities 
are  raising  there.  It  often  happens  that  the  pigeon,  wearied  by  a  long 
flight  when  carrying  messages,  becomes  the  prey  of  larger  birds.  The  Chi- 
nese, who  from  time  immemorial  have  made  use  of  carrier  pigeons,  pro- 
tect them  from  birds  of  prey  by  attaching  to  them  a  small  ball,  extremely 
light  and  very  sonorous,  producing  a  sharp,  startling  sound  as  the  birds 
fly.  The  pigeons  at  the  Jardin  d'Acclimatation  have  these  balls  attached 
to  them,  and  are  being  sent  out  that  the  result  may  be  observed. 

A  somewhat  singular  coincidence,  and  one  involving  something 
like  a  misfortune  to  a  young  poet,  has  occurred.  Mr.  William  Leightou, 
an  American,  having  written  an  extended  tragedy  entitled  "  The  Sons  of 
Godwin,"  received  the  last  proof  of  his  work  only  to  discover  at  the  same 
moment  that  Mi-.  Tennyson  had  used  up  in  "Harold"  his  entire  plot. 
Mr.  Leighton's  book  has,  nevertheless,  appeared,  a  volume  of  188  pages, 
bearing  witness  to  a  great  deal  of  patient  study  and  not  a  little  poetic  and 
dramatic  ability. 

'"The  cry  is  still  they  come! "  We  are  now  promised  another  new 
weekly,  T)ie  Tattler,  to  be  principally  devoted  to  literature.  We  are  al- 
ways better  pleased  to  announce  the  birth  rather  than  the  decease  of  a 
journal ;  but  if  many  more  papers  come  into  existence  our  editorial  table 
will  require  strengthening. 

The  Cologne  Gazette  is  informed  from  Paris  that  M.  Rouher,  by  his 
journey  to  Home,  succeeded  in  effecting  a  perfect  reconciliation  between 
Prince"  Louis  Napoleon  and  Prince  Napoleon  on  one  side,  and  Prince  Na- 
poleon and  his  wife  the  Princess  Clothilde  on  the  other  side. 

A  Liverpool  paper  says  a  poor  woman,  living  in  Red  Rock-street, 
West  Derby-road,  was  a  day  or  two  ago  informed  by  a  lawyer's  letter  that  a 
relative  in  Cheltenham,  from  whom  she  had  no  expectations  whatever, 
had  died  and  left  her  £70,000.     She  is  not  married.     Be  in  time! 

Some  of  the  Connecticut  farmers  report  that  the  ground  is  full  of 
fat  potato-bugs  a  few  inches  below  the  frost.  A  citizen  of  Fayette  ville, 
Vt.,  imprisoned  one  of  these  bugs  in  a  glass-case  last  Autumn,  and  it  was 
found  a  day  or  two  ago  that  it  had  deposited  2,300  eggs. 

Roman  Law. — In  a  recent  examination  of  Roman  law  in  Lincoln's 
Inn,  there  were  sixty-four  candidates  who  passed.  The  first  place  was 
awarded  to  an  Englishman,  the  second  to  a  Bramin,  and  the  third  to  a 
Chinese. 

The  iciian  of  Khiva  is  preparing  to  leave  Khiva  and  to  hand  over 
his  remaining  territory  to  the  Czar,  and  become  a  Russian  subject.  The 
Khivese  are  represented  as  highly  gratjfied  by  these  intentions  of  their 
ruler. 

During  the  last  financial  year,  in  Great  Britain,  1,373,936  dog  licenses 
were  taken  out,  being  an  increase  of  more  than  100,000  over  the  previous 
year,  producing  to  the  revenue  £343,484." 

The  average  annual  production  of  kid  gloves  in  Prance  is  two  and  a 
half  million  dozen  pairs,  three-fourths  of  which  are  exported.  Ninety 
thousand  operatives  are  employed  in  the  manufacture. 

It  is  stated  that  the  number  of  seamen  and  marines  to  be  provided  for 
in  the  English  navy  estimates  for  the  coming  financial  year  will  remain 
the  same  as  hitherto — 00,000  of  all  ranks. 

We  learn  with  pleasure  that  Mr.  Gye  will  produce  Masse"s  new 
opera,  "  Paul  et  Virginie,"  at  Covent  Garden  during  the  season.  Madame 
Adelina  Patti  will  be  the  heroine. 

A  new  project  on  the  tapis  in  London  is  the  construction  of  an  under- 
ground railway  directly  uniting  the  north  of  London  with  the  Strand  and 
adjaceut  districts. 

Costly  sets  of  underclothing  in  twilled  silk,  ecru,  or  rose  color,  elabo- 
rately trimmed  with  fine  lace,  are  exposed  in  the  Paris  shops.  They  are 
purchased  mainly  by  women. 

Mr.  Wru.  Creswick,  the  tragedian,  is  arranging  a  professional  tour 
through  AustraUa,  the  Colonies  and  San  Francisco. 

Necklaces,  composed  chiefly  of  flowers,  are  the  latest  novelties  for 
the  ball-room. 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


DR.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 

Toronto  School  of  Medicine,  Toronto,  July  14th,  186S.-» 
I  certify  that  the  bearer.  Dr.  James  A.  Hunter,  attended  lectures  at  this  insti- 
tution for  two  sessions,  viz.,  1801-02  andlS63-l>4,  and  obtained  license  to  practice  from 
the  Medical  Board  for  Upper  Canada.        (Signed)  H.  H.  WRIGHT,  M.D., 

Secretary  Toronto  School  of  Medicine. 
Dr.  Hunter's  Office  is  at  313  Sutter  street.  September  16. 

TEETH    SAVED  ' 

Filling-  Teeth  a  Specialty. — Groat  patience  extended  to 
children.  Chloroform  administered,  and  teeth  skillfully  extracted.  After  ten 
years  constant  practice,  I  can  guarantee  satisfaction.  Prices  "moderate.  Office— 120 
Sutter  street,  above  Montgomery.  JJune  6.]  DR.  MORFFEW,  Dentist. 

DR.    J.    H.    STALTARD, 
ember  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians,  London,  etc., 

"    S.  E.  Post  and  Kearny. 
February  10. 


M 


author  of  "  Female  Hygiene  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 
Office  Hours,  12  to  3  and  7  to  8  p.m. 


PHTSICIAJT,     SiRGEON    AND     ACCOt'CHEl  R, 

J.    J.    AUERBACH,    M.D., 
March  13.  310*  Stockton  street,  San  Francisco. 

STEELE'S     SQUIRREL      POISON. 
[Patented  October  lfltt,  1875.] 

Sure  death  to  Squirrels,  Bats,  Gophers,  etc.    For  sale  by  all 
Druggists,  Grocers  and  General  Dealers.     Price,  SI  per  box.     Made  by  JAMES 
G.  STEELE  &  CO.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.     Liberal  discount  to  the  Trade.        Aug.  21. 


E' 


0.    P.    WARREN,    M.D. 
clectic  Physician,  corner  of  Fourteenth  and   Broadway, 

Oakland.  June  17. 


WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 

CUTTER    WHISKY. 

A  P.  Rotating1  «ir  Co.,  No.  431  Jackson  street,  are  tbe  Sole 
•  Agents  on  this  Coast  for  the  celebrated  J.  H.  CUTTER.  WHISKY,  shipped  di- 
rect to  them  from  Louisville,  Kentucky.  The  Trade  are  cautioned  against  the  pur- 
chase of  inferior  and  imitation  brands  of  "J.  H.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon."  Owing  to 
its  deserved  reputation,  various  unprincipled  parties  are  endeavoring  to  palm  off 
spurious  grades.    It  is  really  the  Best  Whisky  in  the  United  States.  March  19. 

A.    M.    GILMAN, 

Importer  and  Wholesale  Liquor  Dealer,  308  California 
street,  offers  for  sale  Fine  Old  Bourbon  and  Rye  Whiskies,  Brandies,  vintage  of 
1S20  and  1S30,  Old  Port  and  Sherry  Wines,  Still  and  Sparkling  Wines,  etc.  Agent  for  the 
Celebrated  CACHET  BLANC  CHAMPAGNE.  Sole  Agent  for  MILLS'  STOMACH 
BITTERS. March  4. 

J.    H.    CUTTER    OLD    BOURBON. 

(1    P.  Moorman  A   Co.,    Manufacturers,  Louisville,   Ky.«- 
J%    The  above  well-known  House  is  represented  here  by  the  undersigned,  who 
have  been  appointed  their  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 
July  3.  A.  P.  HOTALING  &:  CO.,  429  and  431  Jackson  street,  S.  P. 

J.    H.    CUTTER'S    OLD    BOURBON    AND    RYE    WEISRY, 

Manufactured  by  Milton  J.  Hardy  &  Co.,  Sons-in-Law  and 
Successors  of  J.  H.  CUTTER,  Louisville,  Ky.  E.  MARTIN  &  CO., 

August  14.  No.  408  Front  street.  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast 


BROKERS. 


REMOVAL ! 

JW.   Bronu   A  Co.,  Stock  and    Money  Brokers,  have  re- 
*    moved  to  No.  317  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block, 
J.  W.  Brown,  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  Jan  8. 

HAVERSTICK    &    LATHROP, 

Money  Brokers,  410  1-2  California  street,  between  Bauk  of 
California  and  London  and  San  Francisco  Bank.  Silver  and  Currency  a  spe- 
cialty, and  to  those  wishing  to  buy  or  sell,  either  in  large  or  small  amounts,  we  can 
offer  superior  advantages.  March  10. 

J.  K.  S.  Latham.]  LATHAM    &    KING,  [Homer  S.  King. 

Successors  to  James  II.  liatham  A-   Co.,  Stock  and  Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco.  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange 
Board.  Stocks  bought  and  carried  on  margins.  Aug.  12. 

HUBBARD    &    CO., 

Commission  Stock  Brokers,  324  1-2  Montgomery  street,  un- 
der Safe  Deposit  Building,  San    Francisco,  will  transact  business  through  the 
San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 

E,    P.    PECKHAM, 
/Commission    Stock    Broker   and    Member   S.    F.   Stock   Ex- 

*-J    change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
[June.  19.] 

JOYCE'S    SPORTING    AMMUNITION. 

[ESTABLISHED  1820.] 

The  attention  of  Sportsmen  is  iuvited  to  the  following* 
Ammunition,  of  the  best  quality,  now  in  general  use  throughout  England, 
India  and  the  Colonies  :  Joyce's  Treble  Waterproof  and  F  3  Quality  Percussion 
Caps;  Chemically-prepared  Cloth  and  Felt  Gun  Wadding;  Joyce's  Gas-Tight  Car- 
tridges, for  Pin-fire  and  Central-fire  Breech-loading  Guns  ;  Wire  Cartridges,  for  killing 
game  at  long  distances,  and  every  description  of  Sporting  Ammunition.  Sold  by 
all  gun-makers  and  dealei's  in  gunpowder. 

FREDERICK  JOYCE  &  CO.,  Patentees  and  Manufacturers, 
Dec.  30.  57  Upper  Thames  street,  London. 

ODORLESS 

Excavating  Apparatus  Company  of  San  Francisco.—Empty- 
ing  Vaults,  Sinks,  Cesspools,  Sewers,  Cellars,  Wells  and  Excavations  in  the  day- 
time without  offence.  Orders  left  at  the  following  places  will  receive  prompt  atten- 
tion: Madison  &  Burke's,  corner  Sacramento  aud  Montgomery  streets;  Office  Super- 
intendent of  Streets,  City  Hall;  Office,  612  Commercial  street,  or  addressed  to  Presi- 
dent, Post  Office  box  10,  City.  Feb.  3. 


17,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER, 


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crvap  jj?J  etfTiiiyy  set  with  fli*Dj«iulH,  ruby  and  diamond  Mid   toraaoiae 
(«vrin.  i  diuuonda,  «.M   Iu.liuu  ui-ckUoe  of  pearls,  a  locket 

md  dlMnonde,  el.i  -p-  of  blue  enamel  .-■t  with  Uu 
I,  u  uiinth>-i  cross  ami  earrings  set  in  en.nnel,  *  Jar,'i-  <lia- 
I  let  with  pearl  center  and  drop  necklace,  and  earringi 
■"■   ft  gold  bracelet  with  three  lockets  of  iliamouds  pendant, 
i  ;.-   Roman  ^M  tookst,  and  n  cross  of  fine  agates  mounted   in 
[oformatfon  wu  Riv«q  to  the  police  Boon  after  ten  the  same  oieht, 
but  in  iptte  ol  avi  iy  antdwfw  Um  thfevai  have  not  yet  been  captured. 

Lady  Smith  h:w  died  at  tnoufltof  LM     Bar  Ladyship  was  bix  years 
■r  than  idd   Lady  fork,  who   lived  to  the  a^e  of  110,  and  died  of  a 
[all  from  an  apple  brae.     But  both  «>f  the  fair  oeiiicnariana  have  been  dis 
i  old  lady,  M 1 1  n i - ■ .  t  former,  who  died  reooQtly  at  Selif  in    VI 
in   her   116th  year,     Efat  baptismal  and  birth  registers,  with  the 
certificate  "i"  the  dates  "f  her  **premi*  n  communion,"  or  oonthnoaation  are 
all  perfectly  n  y,/f<.  as  were  the  same  documents  perfectly  authenticating 
the  birth  uf  the  <  lomte  de  Waldeck,  and  his  death  at  Paris  last  year,  in 
hu  110th  year,  in  the  Hue  dee  Martyrs.    Vet  Sir  John  Lubbock  main- 
tained in  the  '  line  time  past,  that  no  homanbeing ever  reached 
that  grandest  "f  all  climacterics,  the  centenary,  and  that  no  record  of  any 
such  asserted  fact  would  stand  the  test  of  investigation^ 

The  arrangementa  for  the  tournament  at  Hurlingham  are  progressing. 
The  Prince  ox  Wales  will  very  likely  take  part  in  the  jousts  as  one  of  the 
knights,  and  seven  other  noblemen  and  gentlemen  have  contributed  their 
■erviuea.  Four  of  the  warriors  are  to  be  attired  in  Crusader  fashion,  and 
(bur  in  the  Rftrb  oi  the  Saracen.  The  South  Kensington  Museum  will 
supply  dresses  for  the  latter.  As  a  Queen  of  Beauty  is  necessary,  and  as 
it  is  desirable  t>»  create  no  jealousy  in  the  matter,  Her  Majesty  of  the 
tournament  will  be  selected  by  ballot,  but  of  course  f rom  among  a  bevy 
of  beauties.  What  heart  burning  and  jealousies  there  will  be,  even  to  be 
in  that  lot.  As  a  diplomatic  way  out  we  would  suggest  that  the  Queen  of 
Beauty  need  not  necessarily  be  beautiful. 

The  Hon  Arthur  Strutt— The  Hon.  Arthur  Strutt,  of  Milford 
House,  Helper,  Derbyshire,  met  with  his  death,  recently,  under  very  sad 
circumstances.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  large  cotton  mill  at  Milford,  and 
was  showing  his  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Tooke,  the  machinery  and  the  differ- 
ent  processes.  When  in  the  house  where  the  great  water-wheel  which 
supplies  the  motive  power  is  placed,  Mr.  Strutt  described  its  construction, 
touching  it  with  his  umbrella.  The  wheel  being  greasy  the  umbrella 
slipped,  and  the  unfortunate  gentleman  fell  forward,  and  was  drawn  into 
the  machinery  and  killed  instantly.  The  unfortunate  gentleman  was 
only  thirty-four  years  old.  The  news  had  a  serious  effect  on  Lord  Belper, 
who  is  76  years  of  age. 

The  King  of  Sweden,  who  during  the  last  week  has  been  staying  at 
Christiana  to  attend  the  opening  of  the  Norwegian  Chambers,  paid  a  visit 
on  Friday  last  to  the  Christiana  Skating  Rink.  His  Majesty  joined  the 
skaters,  being  an  experienced  skater,  but  unfortunately  the  King's  skates 
stuck  in  a  crack  in  the  ice,  and  his  Majesty  was  thrown  with  great  violence 
on  his  back,  the  fall  being  so  severe  as  to  cause  a  copious  bleeding.  Great 
consternation  naturally  seized  the  other  skaters,  and  the  King  was  speed- 
ily raised  and  carried  home  to  the  palace. 

Her  Majesty  has  a  pleasant  wit  when  she  chooses,  says  Vanity  Fair. 
On  landing  at  Portsmouth  a  few  days  since,  to  come  to  town  for  the 
opening  of  Parliament,  she  found  that  smart  young  beau,  Sir  Hastings 
Doyle,  the  general  Commanding  the  district,  waiting  in  the  bitterest  cold 
weather  to  receive  her.  "  Sir  Hastings,"  said  the  Queen,  kindly,  "it  is 
far  too  bad  a  day  for  you  to  be  out."  "  Madam,"  replied  he,  "  it  is  the 
duty  of  your  generals  to  die  in  your  service."  "Yes,"  retorted  the  Queen, 
smiling,  "but  not  in  that  way."  Sir  Hastings  has  worn  a  comforter  ever 
since. 

The  Earl  of  Beaconsfield's  feat  of  carrying  the  heavy  Sword  of  State 
for  so  long  a  time  during  the  ceremony  of  opening  Parliament,  is  now 
sought  to  be  explained  away  by  the  envious  and  narrow-souled  rival  ath- 
letes. They  say  it  was  simply  a  sham  display,  and  that  our  Premier  only 
carried  a  scabbard,  the  heavy  sword  having  been  abstracted.  We  can 
vouch  for  it,  that  he  went  through  preliminary  training,  and  that  the 
Sword  of  State  was  taken  by  the  officials  to  his  house  to  exercise  with, 
prior  to  the  opening  of  Parliament.— Court  Journal. 

The  first  ball  was  given  on  the  30th  ult.,  in  the  new  palace  of  the 
British  Embassy,  Vienna,  which  gave  an  opportunity  to  the  numerous 
company  assembled— in  which  were  several  Archdukes,  and  most  of  the 
members  of  the  aristocracy  and  corps  diplomatique— to  see  for  the  first 
time  all  the  State  apartments  thrown  open  for  such  a  festival.  In  spite 
of  the  number  invited,  there  was  nowhere  a  block  or  excessive  heat, 
which  is  evidence  of  the  excellent  division  and  arrangement  of  the  rooms. 

The  Pope's  health  is  perfectly  re-established.  His  Holiness  lately  gave 
audience  toabout  120 Forestieri— English,  Irish,  G-arman,  French,  and  some 
Northern  Italians.  He  conceded  to  several  persons  the  privilege  of  hear- 
ing him  say  Mass  in  his  private  chapel,  and  he  afterwards  administered 
the  Communion  to  them.  On  Candlemas-day  the  Pope  blessed  the  can- 
dles in  one  of  the  chapels  of  the  Vatican  without  any  pomp. 

The  ""World"  understands  that  the  Prince  of  Wales  has  fully  de- 
termined to  carry  out  the  project  of  paying  a  visit  to  Australia  and  New 
Zealand,  which  the  success  and  pleasure  of  his  Indian  tour  first  led  him 
to  conceive.  The  subject  has  not  yet  formally  taken  shape;  but  it  is  be- 
lieved that  the  Prime  Minister  is  cognizant  of,  and  approves  of  the  pro- 
ject. 

The  Sultan  went  in  great  State  to  the  Valide  Mosque  on  the  9th  ult. 
The  route  was  lined  with  troops,  who  cheered  as  his  Majesty  passed  along. 
The  Sultan  rode  a  magnificent  white  Arab  with  a  gold  saddle,  and  was 
accompanied  by  a  great  officer  of  State  on  foot. 


COMMISSION     MERCHANTS. 


D    f    II"  nmsua. 


j  Bjupnaos. 


i>  U,  D 
PHCENIX    OIL    WOBKS. 

EMabiuiie.l    lH.-io....||iit<tiJuK»  si  «•«..  oil  mid  (ommlMlon 

UlunuD  .  i  i 


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J.    C.    HEBRILL    &    CO. 

hOleMlt   Amllun    I J(l  I   ami  goo  I  nllfbruln  Hirer!. 

IW..I-  udSatui<l«]rsU  10  a.m.    Ourtinha,.. 




CHARLES    LE    UAY, 
Aimrlrmi  tamiulmlu..   >;.r<lmn  I,  .  .   I    Itur  Krrlbe.  ■>Hrln. 


WHOLESALE    CROCERS. 


Newtom  Booth,  i*.  T,  WbjUjlkr,  Sacramento,    .i    T  Glover,  W.    W. 

W.    W.    DODGE    &  CO., 

Wholesale  Oroccrn,  corner   Front  mid    tiny  street**,   Nan 

Francisco. i. lii  , 


April 
REMOVAL. 

NEWTON    BROTHERS    ft    CO.,  [Morris  Nbwtom. 

Importer*  and  wholesale  dealer**  In  Tea*,  Fore  I  ten  Gooda  and 
Uroccries,  havo  removed  to  1!U4  and  208  California  itrect,  San    Francwco,  Col- 

June  7. 


L.  H.  Newton.] 


ifurnia. 


TABER,    HARKER    &    CO., 

Successors  to  Phillips,  Tnber  A  Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesalo  Gro- 
rSj  L0£  and  HO  California  street,  below  Front,  Sun  Francisco.  April  16. 

ASSESSOR'S  OFFICE—NOTICE  TO  TAXPAYERS,  1877-78. 

All  PerNOiiN,  Companies,  Association*  or  Firms  In  the  city 
and  County  of  8*i]  Francisco,  are  requested,  either  in  person  or  by  their 

proper  rcpr.--. m.aiv.-.,  to  a, .liver  at  the  Assessor's  otflec,  No.  22  City  Hull  "in  bald 
City  and  Coin.ty.  before  the  SECOND  MONDAY  IN  >I'RIL.  1877,  a  statement  under 
oath  of  all  the  property,  both  Porsonnl  and  Real,  owned  or  claimed  by  him  or  them 
or  which  is  in  his  or  their  possession  or  which  is  held  or  controlled  bv  any  other  per- 
son in  trust  for,  or  for  the  benefit  of  hi«i  or  them.— See  Political Codo,  Sec.  8648-3048. 

All  persons  owning  Real  Estate  whose  property  was  assessed  in  a  wrong  name,  or 
by  a  wrong  description,  in  'ost  year's  Kc-al  Estate  Assessment  Roll,  or  who  have  pur- 
chased Real  Estate  within  the  last  year,  will  eai]  at  this  oiik-e  with  their  deeds  and 
have  proper  corrections  made  immediately,  ami  the  same  assessed  in  their  name  on 
the  Assessment  Roll  for  the  fiscal  year  iy77-7S. 

Poll  Tan,  TWO  DOLLARS,  now  due  at  this  office,  or  u,  ,<i  Deputy.  Will  be  THREE 
DOLLARS  when  delinquent,  and  constitutes  a  lien  upon  other  property. 

ALEXANDER  BADLAM,  Citv  and  County  Assessor. 

March  1,  1877. "     March  3. 

NOTICE. 

The  pnblic  are  hereby  nuUlied  that  the  Field  Deputies  of 
this  office  will  commence  assessing  prv.yrt-y  MONDAY.  Muivh  f>,  is?'.. 

The  duties  assigned  to  those  Deputies  are  loo  Wu  known  to  the  comroi  Ullty  to  re- 
quire explanation,  and  while  I  have  been  careful  In  duMbsj  uu  seleetii  lis  to  fill  the 
positions  by  men  favorably  known  in  this  community  for  their  vmte^^m  nc\  and  integ- 
rity, and  am  confident  that  the  duties  will  be  discharged  by  them  to  the  Satisfaction 
of  all  concerned,  I  urgently  request  taxpayers  to  report  to  this  office  any  dereliction 
of  duty  by  any  of  my  Deputies,  and  assure  them  that  any  complaints  will  receive  im- 
mediate attention.  ALEXANDER  RADLAM,  City  and  County  Assessor. 

March  1,1877.  March  3. 

ASSESSMENT    NOTICE. 

Original  Comstock  Gold  and  Silver  Mining  Company.— 
Location  of  principal  place  of  business,  Han  Francisco,  California.  Location 
of  works,  Storey  county,  Nevada.  Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  at  a  meeting  of  tho 
Board  of  Directors,  held  on  the  5th  day  of  February,  lb77,  au  assessment  (No.  1)  of 
50  cents  per  share,  was  levied  upon  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation,  payable  im- 
mediately, in  United  States  gold  coin,  to  the  Secretary,  at  the  office  of  the  Company, 
330  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  California.  Any  stock  upon  which  this  assessment 
shall  remain  unpaid  on  the  5th  day  of  March,  1877,  will  be  delinquent,  and  adver- 
tised for  sale  at  public  auction,  and  unless  payment  is  made  before,  will  be  sold  on 
TUESDAY,  the  20th  day  of  March,  1877,  to  pay  the  delinquent  assessment,  together 
with  costs  oi  advertising  and  expenses  of  sale.     By  order  of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

THOMAS  E.  ATKINSON,  Secretary. 
Office— 330  Pine  street,  San  Francisco,  California.  February  10. 

OPENING   OF    RARE  AND    ELEGANT   BOOKS! 

HIV.  Moore  takes  pleasure  In  announcing*  that  having'  re- 
a  turned  from  his  annual  purchasing  trip  to  the  great  Eastern  and  European 
Literary  Depositories,  that  he  has  received  and  now  has  open  the  largest  assortment 
of  ANTIQUE  and  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before  brought  to  this  cil.v,  con- 
sisting of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
fail  to  find  the  most  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  either  old  or  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  varied  stock.  Gift  Books  in  Great  Variety.  Call  and  examine 
our  stock.  [Dec  10.]  II.  H.  MOORE,  Wit  Montgomery  street. 


A-    S.    R0SENBATTM    &    CO., 

Southeast  corner  or  California  and  Battery  streets,  invite 
the  attention  of  their  customers  and  others  to  their  large  assortment  of  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands  of  CHEWING  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  CIGAKITOS.  Consignments  of  Choicest  Brands  of  Cigars  received  by  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  18  ]  A.  S.  ROSENBAUM  &  CO. 


PERSONS    VISITING    THE    EAST 

Will   find  full  files   of  Pacific    Coast   pnpers  and  conve- 
niences for  letter  writing,  etc. ,  at  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.  "s  Office,  o"5  Broadway, 
New  York.  March  25. 


SUTBO    &    CO., 
isniikers  and  Brokers,   -ios  Montgomery  street. "--Highest 

XJ     price  paid  for  U.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bonds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin. 
Exchange  drawn  on  New  .York.  Maj 


B 


May  20 


BLANK    BOOKS 


Sold  from  stock  or  maiini'nctured  to  order  from  the  Carew 
Extra  Fine  Ledger  Paper,  by  JOHN  G.  HODGE  &  CO.,  Importers,   .Manufac- 
turers and  Wholesale  Stationers,  327,  329  and  331  Sansome  street,  S.  F.        Nov.  11. 

Cb  flTirefiL^Try  a  Week  to  Agents.    810  Outfit  Free. 

"»>»>!<  ™  i    4       February  10.  V  O.  VICKEKY,  Augusta,  Maine. 

P.    H.    CANAVAN, 
Eeal  Estate,   521  Montgomery  Street.  S.   T. 


16                                                           SAN     FRANCISCO     NEWS     LftlTER.                                   March  17,  1877. 

THE  '  WORLD'S    TELEGRAPH    LINES. 

The  map  presented  to  our  readers  with  this  issue  of  the  News  Letter 
will  be  eagerly  scanned  by  all  intelligent  persons,  and  doubtless  preserved 
as  a  valuable  reference  for  years  to  come.     It  may  surprise  some  to  learn 
thai;  there  are  seventeen   telegraphic   enterprises   entirely  in  the  hands  of 
English   capitalists,   most   of    which   are  paying  dividends,  and  the  head 
offices  situated  in  the  city  of  London.     First  in  order  comes  the  Anglo- 
American   Telegraph   Company,    with   a   capital  of  £7,000,000  and  a  re- 
serve fund  of  £100,859.     This  company  paid  a  dividend  of  4f  per  cent,  in 
1876.     Next  on  the  list  is  the  Eastern  Telegraph  Company,  with  a  capital 
of  £4,042,323  and  a  reserve  fund  of  £185,765.     Tins  company  paid  5  per 
cent,   last  year.     The  highest  dividend  for  1876  was  paid  by  the  Subma- 
rine, viz  :  17  per  cent.     Both  the   Cuba  and  Direct  Spanish  preference 
shares  each  yielded  10  per  cent.,  while  the  Mediterranean  Extension  paid 
8  per  cent.,   and  several  other  companies  6  and  GL     In  addition  to  the 
above  mentioned  companies  our  map  shows  the  lines  of  the   Eastern   Ex- 
tension, Australian  and  China  Telegraph   Company,  the  Indo-European, 
the  Great  Northern  of  Copenhagen,   the  Mediterranean  Extension,  the 
Brazilian   Submarine,   Western   and  Brazilian,  West  India  and  Panama, 
Cuba  Submarine,  Direct  United  States  Cable,  and  the  German  Union 
telegraph  companies.     The   girdle   that  has  been  put  round  the  earth  is  a 
very  complete  one.    It  is  also  financially  a  very  gratifying  series  of  links, 
representing  a  better  security  for  investors  than  almost  any  other  stock  on 
the  market.     Telegraphic  securities  have  the  advantage  of  rare  fluctua- 
tions in  value,  in  most  cases,  however,  with   an   upward  tendency.     The 
following  table  of   the  different  stations  of  the  submarine  cables,  their 
distance  from  the  British  metropolis,  and  the   time   occupied  in  transmit- 
ting messages  will  be  found  of  great  value  for  future  reference : 

the  continent  of  America  with  the  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain,  in  addition 
to  »  cable  between  Peruanibuco  and  Lisbon,  which  connects  at  St.  Vincent, 
again  with  Africa.    The  network  of  land  lines  in  Europe  and  fcfefe  country 
is  somewhat  perplexing,  but  as  the  eye  wanders  up  to  LafJuud  and  clown 
again  to  the  southern  point  of  Tasmania,  or  Wiiws  the  course  of  the 
wires  from  San  Francisco  across  the  continent,   the  Atlantic  ocean,  the 
European  possessions,  through  Russia  to  the  sea  of  Okhotsk,  it  is  impos- 
sible to  withstand  a  feeling  of  wonder  at  the  perfect  system  of  inters  lurse 
which  is  now  established  all  over  our  planet.     We  say  perfect,  although, 
of  course,  the  work  is  going  on  perpetually,  and  every  year  shows  us 
some  fresh  union  of  hitherto  unconnected  continents  through  the  medium 
of   the    electric  wire.     Greenland  and   Iceland,   the   extreme   n<  • 
America  and  northern  Siberia  are  almost  the  ovl,  ,■  portions 
left  out  in  the  cold  by  the  friendly  c/.Jfc,  but  the  necessity  for  com 
these  countries  with  the  rest  of  the  world  is  not  likely  to  exist  for 
centuries  to  come,  if  ever  at  all.     The  ever-active  messenpei  i    oven  on  its 
way  here  from  Australia,  a  line  being  in  course  of  construction   from 
Queensland  to  New  Caledonia  and  the  Fiji  Isle«,  whence  a  cable  will  pre- 
sumably eventually  be  laid  to  the  Hawaiian  isles,  and  from  there  to  the 
American  continent.    We  wish  our  readers  all  the  possible  pleasure  winch 
the  examination  of  the  beautiful  chart  we  offer  should  really  afford  them. 
The  completion  of  the  circle  of  electric  currents  around  our  globe  neces- 
sarily calls  up  the  thought  of  the  latest  discovery  in  telegraphy—  i.  e.,  the 
transmission  of  melody  by  means  of  the  telephone.     Imagine  the  pleas- 
ure of  sitting  in  <*n  office,  in  New  York  and  listening  to  Adelina  Patti's 
notes  in  Mosoow,  and  the  greatest  skeptic  extant  will  at  once   waive  all 
objections  to  the  possibility  of  the  advent  of   the  millenium.     A  world 
where  n,  distance  of  thousands  of  miles  fails  to  act  as  a  bar  to  the  instan- 
taneous intercourse  of  friends  would  be  a  huge  stride  towards  the  attain- 
ment of  that  happy  family  which  many  good  people  believe  will  one  day 
exist  here.     In  conclusion,  we  desire  to  offer  our  sincere  thanks  for  a  great 
deal  of  information  and  assistance  very  kindlv  and  courteously  given  us 
by  Mr.   James  Gamble,  the  General  Superintendent  of  the    Western 
Union  Telegraph  Company,  and  also  to  Mr.  William  Abbott,  of  No.  10 
Tokenhouse  Yard,  London,  for  the  beauty  of  the  idea  which  we  have 
embodied. 

STATIONS. 

Distance  "from 
G.    P.    O. 
London. 

Time. 

ANGLO-A.BIERICAN    TELEGRAPH 
COMPANY. 

Miles. 

480 
2,333 
185 
306 
2,890 
3,639 
3,543 
6,782 

G.  T. 

H.M. 

0.2 

0.7 

0.2 

0.2 

0.10 

0.15 

0.20 

THIRTY-SIX    DAYS    AGAINST    FIFTY. 
The  Pacific  Mail  Company  is  undoubtedly  desirous  of  cultivating 
its  Australian  and  New  Zealand  customers,  but   unfortunately  does  not 
know  how.     Every  step  it  takes  it  puts  its  foot  in  it.   Two  or  three  weeks 
ago  we  pointed  out  the  error  of  changing  from  the  fast  Atlantic  steamers 
to  the  slow  ones,  whereby  three  days  are  lost.     This  may  not  be  the  fault 
of  the_  company,  but  its  officers,  as  practical  men,  ought  to  know  that  it 
is  a  mistake  that  ought  to  be  and  must  be  avoided.     If  the  San  Francisco 
service  is  to  fall  still  further  behind  the  performances  accomplished  via 
Suez,  then  the  Pacific  Mail   Company's  line  must  soon  come  to  an  end. 
At  present  the  average  passage  between  Australia  and  London,  via  San 
Francisco,  is  47  days,  whilst  via  Suez  it  is  but  41  days.     Whilst  it  is  pro- 
posed to  lengthen  the  San  Francisco  route  by  three  days,  the  directors  of 
the  Peninsular  and  Oriental  Steamship  Company  have  made  the  Austra- 
lian governments  an  offer  to  decrease  the  Suez  route  by  five  days,  without 
additional  expense,  but  on  condition  that  their  present  contract  is  contin- 
ued for  a  further  period.     By   the   new   arrangements   the  San  Francisco 
route  would  be  traveled  in  50  days,  whilst  that  via  Suez  would  be  done  in 
36  days,  which  would  be  utter  annihilation  to  the  Pacific  Mail  Company's 
service,  and  would  deprive  this  country  of    a  most  promising  outlet  for 
trade  and  commerce.     The  truth  is  that  no  sufficient  pains  have  yet  been 
taken  to  cultivate  the  advantages  that  may  accrue  to  us  through  this 
service.     The  Pacific  Mail  does  not  know  its  customers  or  their  wants, 
and  is  not  in  active  sympathy  with  either.     Congress,  too,  has  been  very 
remiss.     Here  is  an  American-owned  line  highly  subsidized  by  the  British 
colonial  governments;  it  carries  American  letters  to  the  colonies  and  to 
Hawaii,  and  yet  the  colonies  are  left  alone  to  foot  the  bill.  This  is  neither 
fair  nor  just.     This  service  has  got  to  be  better  attended  to  and  better  un- 
derstood, or  it  will  soon  be  numbered  amongst  the  things  of  the  past. 

THE      BRAZILIAN       SUBMARINE 
TELEGRAPH    COMPANY. 

1.             1 

1,726                     0.40 
2,024          1           0.45 
1         4,875          1           1.0 

EASTE^aN  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY 

289 
932 
1,113 
1,253 
1,444 
000 
1,048 
1,428 
2,351 
2,461 
2,575 
4,147 
6,809 
7,748 

0.3 

0.5 

0.5 

0.8 

0.8 

0.5 

0.8 

0.8 

0.12 

0.15 

0.15 

0.24 

0.30 

0.35 

Vigo 

Villa  Real     .                

EASTERN       EXTENSION       TELE- 
GRAPH   COMPANY. 

Madras  (via  Fal.  Gib.   and  Malta  Tele- 

7,707 

9,116 

8.623 

10,357 

10,255 

9,188 

9,668 

10,829 

13,002 

13,572 

1.23 

1.14 

1.14 

1.38 

1.12 

2.28 

5.0 

5.0 

5.20 

5.20 

SENATOR    SARGENT. 
Our  Senior  Senator  has  exercised  the  right  that  pertains  during  life 
to  every  man — he  has  changed  his  mind  in  regard  to  a  matter  that  is  en- 
tirely within  his  own  province  to  determine.     Having  reconsidered  the 
subject,  he  has  reversed  his  previously  announced  decision,  and  now  de- 
clares his  intention  to   be   a   candidate   to  succeed  himself  in  the  L^nited 
States  Senate.   Upon  general  principles,  we  don't  care  very  much  for  pub- 
lic  men,  or   for  private  persons  either,  for  the  matter  of  that,  who  toy 
with  important  decisions,  and  go  on  sbilly  shally-ing  until  indecision  is 
no  longer  possible.     But  apart  from  that  mistake  we  are  glad  that  the 
Senator  does  not  propose  to  voluntarily  withdraw  himself  from  the  public 
service.     It  is  nearly  always  a  loss  to  the  body  politic  when  an  unexpe- 
rienced man  is  made  to  supplant  an  experienced  one.     It  must  he  con- 
fessed that  it  is  one  of  the  weaknesses  of  our  system  that,  so  soon  as  a 
public  man  acquires  a  peculiar  experience  and  proficiency  in  his  office,  he 
is  relegated  to  private  life.     In  American  politics  there  would  be  no  room 
for  veterans  like  unto  Gladstone  or  Disraeli.     But  the  prevailing  love  for 
change  ought  to  be  counteracted  as  far  as  possible  by  thoughtful  men. 
Experience  gained  in  the  public  service  ought  not  to  be  allowed  to  run  to 
waste,  but,  on  the  contrary,  should  be  utilized  in  higher  and  more  effect- 
ive efforts  in  the  futyre.     We  are  therefore  glad  that  Senator  Sargent  has 
changed  his  mind.     His  friends  will  have  to  make  a  strong  effort  to  pull 
him  through.     The  Democrats  start  with  a  majority  of  sixteen  hold  over 
Senators,  and  that  ought  to  determine  the  whole  matter,  but  the  Demo- 
crats are  so  badly  organized,  and  the  Republicans  so  well,  that  we  expect 
to  see  the  latter  win  ;  in  which  case  Sargent  will  be  re-elected. 

For  the  following  the    London  correspondent   of  the  Bradford  06- 
sa-cer  is  responsible  :     "In  a  few  weeks  there  will  be  launched  from  a 
well-known  dockyard,  an  engineering  friend  tells  me,   a  torpedo  boat 
which  has  been  built  sub  mm  by  order  of  the  Government.     It  has  been 
constructed  on  a  new  principle,  and  the  advantages  claimed  for  it  are, 
small  draft,  great  speed,  and,  when  it  is  in  the  water,  a  near  approach  to 
invisibility.     A  crew  of  six  will  man  it — two  men  and  four  A.  B.'s.    That 
the  Admiralty  have  thorough  faith  in  the  invention  seems  obvious,  for 
they  have  directed  other  boats  of  the  same  kind  to  be  built." 

GREAT    NORTHERN   TEL-    CO. 

265 
1,119 
6,500 
7,300 
7,940 
8,801 

0.2 

1.0 

5.30 

6.0 

6.30 

7.0 

WEST  INDIA  AND  PANAMA  TEL- 
EGRAPH COMPANY. 

5,303 
5,443 
6,116 
6,656 
6,876 
7,120 
7,582 

1.0 

1.15 

1.22 

1.23 

1.24 

1.27 

1.29 

WESTERN  AND  BRAZILIAN  TEL- 
EGRAPH COMPANY. 

5,948 
6,138 
6,898 
7,318 
7,438 
8,098 

5.0 

5.0 

5.50 

12.0 

12.0 

17.0 

Nearly  one  thousand  pocket-books  were  stolen  during  the  progress 
of  the  recent  revival  at  Chicago. 

A  glance  at  our  map  shows  seven  existing  or  projected  cables  connecting   . 

TO    THE 


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CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


Offlce-OOr    to    <U.">    Morcliiint    (Street. 


VOLUME  27 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  MARCH   17,  1877- 


NUMBER  8. 


BIZ. 


Imports  of  Coffee  and  Sugar  during  the  week  have  been  liberal  but 
with  no  corresponding  increase  of  demand.  St.  Louis  wants  all  our 
prime  I  No.  l  Green   Coffee,  and   fox  this  Bhe  will  pay  the  full 

value,  but  does  not  want  any  of  the  Pale  Central  American, 
which  description  embraces  a  large  proportion  of  our  receipts  from  that 
country.     Lor  are  very  anxious  to  extend  their  sales  of  Sugar 

and  Syrup  to  the  Territories  east  of  us,  and  who  have  heretofore  been 
supplied  from  New  Y.irk,  St,  Louis,  etc  To  accomplish  this  de- 
end  and  to  make  it  an  object  for  merchants  and  traders  of  Ari- 
I  ■    h,   !  d   fdaho  to  come  to  this  coast  for  Refined   Sugar 

14-ii  Syrup,  they  offer  to  make  liberal  discounts  from  their  Hat 
prices  to  the  Pacific  coast  trade,  so  that  it  will  he  for  the  pecuniary  inter- 
est of  those  people  to  order  their  Sugar  and  Syrup  from  California,  rather 
than  from  Atlantic  cities.  We  think  this  announcement  ought  to  secure 
to  us  a  fair  share,  at  least,  of  this  important  traffic.  Besides,  if  St.  I,  i  lis 
merchants  find  it  for  their  interest  to  purchase  their  Coffee  here,  why 
should  not  traders  west  "l  the  Rocky  Mountains  come  here  for  their  staple 
There  is  Q  i  question  but  that  they  can  buy  Coffee,  Sugar,  Tea, 
p,  if  not  cheaper,  than  in  New  York,  and  so  also  of 
many  kinds  of  Woolen  Goods,  Blankets,  etc,  made  here  by  the  Mission 
and  Pioneer  Woolen  Mills.  These  goods,  such  as  Flannels,  Blankets, 
Cassimere  and  knit  undergarments,  made  here  are  cheaper  and  better 
than  those  obtained  anywhere  else  in  the  LTuited  States.  And  then  look 
at  our  Fruits,  Case  Goods,  Raisins,  Salmon,  etc.  There  are,  besides, 
other  kinds  and  descriptions  of  Goods,  that  are  brought  here  from 
the  Orient  or  produced  on  this  coast,  that  would  be  found  both  cheap  and 
desirable  for  the  trade  of  the  Territories,  and  it  would  be  well  if  more  at- 
tention were  paid  to  the  Pacific  coast  marts  than  heretofore.  A  reciprocity 
trade  with  our  Eastern  neighbors  is  desirable  every  way,  and  we  want  to 
see  it  enlarged  as  much  as  possible.  We  are  compelled  to  draw  a  vast 
quantity  of  merchandise  overland  from  the  Western  Reserve,  in  addition 
to  other  points  named  in  this  article,  and  it  would  be  only  fair  that  a  free 
exchange  of  commodities  be  in  order. 

We  have  now  to  note  the  arrival  of  the  bark  H.  N.  Carleton  from 
Manila,  to  Falkner,  Bell  &  Co.,  with  40,727  bags  Sugar  for  the  California 
Refinery.  Early  in  the  week  the  steamship  Australia,  from  Honolulu, 
brought  us  3,000  pkgs  Island  Sugar,  besides  other  products. 

Coffee. —The  Pacific  Mail  steamship  Granada  brought  up,  chiefly 
from  ( loata  Rica,  7,825  bags,  leaving  as  much  more  for  the  steamers  City 
of  San  Francisco  and  South  Carolina  to  bring.  The  present  price  of 
Central  American  Coffee  is  19@20c-for  Green;  Rio,  20@21c;  Kona,  20.',e; 
0.  (r.  Java,  23@24c. 

CoaL  —The  market  is  well  supplied  from  the  coast,  and  this  is  selling 
for  steam  purposes  by  the  cargo  at  87  75CaS.  Seattle  is  used  largely  by 
the  Central  Pacific  Railroad  and  steamers  under  contract,  while  the  Pa- 
cific Mail  Steamship  Company  draw  largely  upon  the  Nanaimo  mine. 
The  Seattle  (W.  T.)  mines  exported  in  January  and  February  of  this  year 
20,092  tons— 20  cargoes.  As  compared  with  the  first  two  months  of  1875, 
there  is  an  increase  of  over  400  per  cent.  The  Wellington  mine,  situated 
in  British  Columbia,  produces  a  superior  article  of  Coal,  well  adapted  for 
family  use,  by  reason  of  its  great  cleanliness,  and  has  become  a  great  fa- 
vorite with  the  masses  of  home  consumers  in  the  city.  Cargo  price,  *'.*. 
Bellingham  Bay,  Coos  Bay  and  Black  Diamond  mines  continue  their 
regular  supplies  at  $7  75@8  for  cargo  lots  to  the  dealers.  We  have  the 
promise  of  large  supplies  of  Anthracite  and  Cumberland  from  Philadel- 
phia and  Baltimore  this  year,  and  this  indicates  low  prices  during  the 
Summer  and  Fall.  English  ship-owners,  desirous  of  sending  their  vessels 
to  this  coast  for  return  Wheat  cargoes,  are  offering  to  sell  cargoes  of  Steam 
Coal  for  forward  delivery  at  ruinously  low  prices,  and  with  all  this  in 
view,  it  is  not  at  all  surprising  that  the  shipments  making  in  the  colonies 
to  this  coast  are  much  smaller  than  usual.  At  present,  Wallsend  cargoes 
would  command  80(f>  9  2-j. 

Case  Goods.  — Oregonians  have  made  a  beginning  at  their  Salmon  can- 
neries, and  we  will  soon  be  in  receipt  of  fresh  supplies.  Already  we  find 
a  slight  weakening  on  the  part  of  holders  of  Columbia  River  Salmon.  An 
invoice  of  5,000  cases  of  1-tb.  cans,  1877  catch,  is  now  offering  upon  the 
market  at  §1  50  \$  doz.,  90  days  credit.,  without  finding  purchasers.  This, 
of  course,  means  fcr  forward  delivery.  This  is  a  decline  of  10c.  from  the 
highest  point  of  the  season.  Some  few  thousand  cases  of  Beef  and  Mut- 
ton from  both  California  and  Oregon,  have  been  exported  this  season,  but 
we  hardly  think  that  this  Pacific  trade  will  ever  reach  any  large  pro- 
portions. _.  „  . 

Salt. --A  cargo  of  524  tons  Carmen  Island  is  to  hand,  while  .Liverpool 
to  arrive  is  offered  at  much  less  than  present  nominal  quotations  of 
§18(520. 


Metals.  --The  stock  of  Pig  Eron  is  large  and  prices  nomin 

Phe   steamer  Australia,   for  Sydney,    broughl    o     646  ingol 

'lit!,  price  18(2  L84c.    The  ship   Maggie  Trimble,  from   Liver] 1,  added 

L2,84o  1  re  Tin  Plate  to  our  stock.  * 

Quicksilver. —  The  demand  this  week  has  been  free,  at  4l".c  The 
i).  &  ( >.  steamship  Gaelic,  sailing  this  day  for  Hongkong,  will  carry 
upwards  of  1,200  flasks,  secured  at  this.  The  London  price  i.-  now  67  i; 
bottle.    At  this  price  New  York  buyers  can  buy  cheaper  than  here. 

Boras.  --  Stocks,  which  at  the  close  of  1876  had  become  quite  burden- 
some, have  been  greatly  reduced  by  shipments  East  and  to  England,  thus 
adding  strength  to  holders.  The  ship  Three  Brothers,  for  Liverpool,  will 
cany  50  tons,  and  the  Eskdale,  for  same,  twice  as  much  more.  We  quote 
Concentrated,  6A@7Ac  ;  Refined,  9@9Ac. 

Sugar.— The  supplies  of  Hawaiian  Raws  are  liberal  at  8(5)110.,  accord- 
ing to  quality.    California  Refined,  13@13&c.     Yellow  Coffees,  9J(j  1  \c. 

Rice. --The  market  is  glutted  with  China,  price,  5@5Jc.  Japan,  5c 
Hawaiian,  Oc. 

Spirits  and  Wine.  --More  attention  than  over  before  is  being  turned 
towards  our  native  product,  not  only  for  grape  Brandy  but  for  Red  and 
White  Still  Wines.  This  is  notably  the  case  with  the  Gierke  White  and 
with  Kohler  &  Frohling's  Old  Port,  Sherry,  Hock,  Angelica,  etc.  The 
Buena  Vista  Vinicultural  Society  find  an  increased  sale  for  their  Spark- 
ling, as  well  as  for  their  Still  White.  I.  Landsberger  &  Co.  find  a  large 
and  increasing  demand  for  their  superior  brands  of  Sparkling  Wines,  the 
sales  of  which  seem  to  be  steadily  augmenting  ;  and  this  is  the  result  of 
strict  attention  to  the  manufacture  of  a  uniform  standard  in  quality.  The 
new  law  allowing  the  bonding  of  Native  Brandies  for  3  years  before  exacting 
the  90c.  Internal  Revenue  tax  will  be  of  great  benefit  to  the  Grape 
ers  and  Distillers  of  this  Coast.  Heretofore  vast  quantities  of  common 
Grape  Wine,  etc.,  has  been  suffered  to  go  to  waste,  owing  to  the  onerous 
90c.  tax,  but  now  the  door  is  opened  for  the  rapid  development  of  Cali- 
fornia Brandy,  and  this  in  time  will  displace  a  vast  quantity  of  French 
Cognac,  for  we  can  sell  cheaper  and  make  as  good  Brandy  as  the  world 
can  afford.  As  for  Bourbon  Whisky,  Moorman's  J.  H.  Cutter  takes  the 
lead  of  all  other  brands  on  this  Coast.  There  are,  of  course,  many  imita- 
tions, but  the  A.  P.  Hotaling  red  brand  is  the  only  genuine  article.  We 
have  then  "Gold  Dust."  Miller's,  Catherwood's  Bourbon,  and  Geo.  O. 
Blake's  Old  Rye  Whisky,  besides  others  too  numerous  to  mention. 

Spices.  --  The  market  seems  to  be  sluggish  for  all  kinds,  though  of  late 
Black  Pepper  is  in  better  request,  with  sales  of  200  bags,  private  ;  50  bags 
sold  in  bond  at  8c,  to  go  East. 

Tobacco.  ~  There  is  a  better  demand  for  all  choice  brands  of  Virginia 
Manufactured.  Stock  and  prices  are  likely  to  go  higher.  We  quote  J.  B. 
Pace's  Cable  Coil,  80c;  O.  P.  Gregory  &  Co.'s  ditto.  75c;  T.  H.  Caatlet)  n 
&  Co.,  70c:  J.  B.  Pace's  12-inch  and  0-inch  Twist,  G3c. 

Kerosene  Oils.  —The  juice  of  Devoe's  Brilliant,  34(5 35c;  ditto  Pho- 
tolite,  35c;  Oleophene,  33c;  Elaine's  and  Downer's,  50c. 

Domestic    Produce. 

Crop  reports  are  yet  conflicting.  There  is  hardly  a  doubt  but  that 
California  will  have  300,000  tons  surplus  Breadstuff S  for  export  the  com- 
ing harvest.  It  is  getting  late  for  any  heavy  rainfall;  consequently 
Sheep  and  Cattle  are  bound  to  starve,  and  many  thousands  will  be  killed 
for  their  Pelts. 

Our  exports  of  Breadstuff's  since  July  1st  to  date,  have  been  as  fol- 
lows: 

Flour,  Bbte.  Wheat,  Cth. 

1S76-7        -100,000  9,850,000 

1875-6 329,000  5,400,000 

Our  receipts  of  Breadstuffe  for  three  years  past,  July  1st  to  date,  are 
as  follows: 

.Flour,  Qr.  Ska.  Wheat,  Cth.  Barley,  Cth. 

187G-7 1,607,750  10,060,683  1,366,701 

1875-0  1,342,072  5,650,980  831,173 

1874-5 1,431,648  8,712,714  1,066,314 

Wheat  and  Flour  exports  to  the  United  Kingdom  since  July  1st,  for 
two  years  to  date: 

Wheat,  Cth.  Value, 

1876-7,  281  vessels 9,764,709.  918.004.086. 

1875-6,  150  vessels 5,388,536.  11,907,764, 

In  addition  to  this  we  have  at  date  on  the  berth  some  10  ships  of  a 
15,275  tons  Registered  tonnage.  This  includes  the  large  ship  Three  Broth- 
ers, now  about  ready  for  sea. 

Our  export  trade  in  flour  and  wheat  for  this  season  must  soon  cease, 
as  our  available  stocks  are   running  light.     Hongkong  continues  to  draw 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


March   17,  1877. 


freely  of  flour,  and  it  is  said  that  the  outgoing  Australian  steamer  of 
March  28th  will  take  a,  few  invoices  of  same.  The  present  price  of  Su- 
perfine Flour  is  S5@5  50  ;  Extra  Superfine  §5  75@G  ;  Extra  Family  and 
Bakers'  Golden  Age  and  Golden  Gate  Mills,  86  50(«7  per  barrel. 

"Wheat.  --  Supplies  are  running  light.  Free  sales  of  good  to  choice 
Milling  and  Shipping  may  be  noted  at  S2  10(«  §2  12h(a  $2  15  #  cental. 
Holders  firm. 

Barley  —  The  market  is  firmer  by  reason  of  the  drought.  The  Austra- 
lian steamer  will  carry  a  few  thousand  sacks.  We  quote  Feed  and  Brew- 
ing at  SI  30@§1  35  #  ctl. 

Oats.  —  The  market  is  firm  at  SI  75@$2  20  $  ctl. 

Corn. —  The  demand  is  active  at  §1  42h,@$l  45  for  Southern  Yellow  ; 
most  holders  now  ask  SI  50  $  ctl. 

Wool.  —  The  Spring  Clip  is  now  arriving  quite  freely,  and  much  of  it 
very  poor  ;  dirty  and  short  staple,  no  better  than  Fall  Clip,  selling  at  9@ 
12c  ;  fair  Southern,  15@.18c  ;  good  to  choice  Northern  Spring  Fleece, 
20@23c, 

Hops.  —  There  is  no  market  at  date  for  want  of  buyers  ;  price  nom- 
inal, 15(S'20c. 

Hides.  —  We  quote  Dry,  16@17c  for  selections;  Wet,  Salted,  S@9c. 

Tallow.  ~  Supplies  are  liberal,  with  sales  of  75,000  lbs.  in  lots  at  5i@6c. 

Hay  sells  freely  at  512  50@$17  50  $  ton  for  small  cargoes. 

Freights.  —  Tonnage  is  yet  plentiful.  We  have  in  port  30,000  registered 
tons  of  disengaged  now  in  the  harbor  seeking.  Charters  for  Wheat  to  the 
United  Kingdom  have  been  closed  this  week  at  40s. 

CONDENSED    NEWS    OF   THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL. 

Saturday,  March  10th.  —There  are  215  persons  in  the  County  Jail,  248 
in  the  Branch  Jail,  and  139  in  the  House  of  Correction.^— Owen  Mulli- 
gan, a  'longshoreman  residing  at  No.  13  Bartol  place,  was  shot  in  the 
breast  by  some  unknown  assassin.  Dr.  A.  J.  M.  Essing,  late  of  Peo- 
ria, Illinois,  has  accepted  a  call  from  the  Congregation  Beth  Israel.  He 
will  receive  S250  per  month  and  a  furnished  room.— —A  fire  occurred  at 
814  Green  street.'  "J.  L.  Burger,  for  driving  cattle  through  the  streets, 
was  arrested. 

Sunday  11th. --Calvin  T.  Hoyt,  a  Pioneer,  died  at  the  residence  of  bis 
nephew,  George  T.  Coffin. — Ihe  saloon  of  W.  A.  Hughes,  515  Clay 
street,  was  robbed  of  S40.-^Rev.  Fr.  Gibney  lectured  on  "Education," 
in  aid  of  the  Presentation  Convent,  at  St.  Francis'  Church.  —Arrange- 
ments are  being  made  by  the  Odd  Fellows  for  their  annual  picnic.^— A 
Chinaman  was  shot  in  Ross  alley. 

Monday,  12th. —The  Probate  Court  awarded  the  care  of  the  children, 
Leonora  and  Frank  Bobinson,  to  the  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty 
to  Children.—  The  Dupont  Street  Commissioners  received  proposals  for 
the  bonds  unsold.  Only  one  bid  was  accepted.^— B.  J.  Shay,  charged 
with  battery  upon  G.  L.  Odgiers,  reporter  of  the  Post,  was  on  trial  in  the 
City  Criminal  Court.  Jury  rendered  a  verdict  of  guilty.—  The  names 
of  46  inebriates  appeared  on  the  docket  of  the  Police  Court.  ^— A  com- 
munication from  Edward  H.  Balch,  of  New  Hampshire,  proposing  to 
sprinkle  the  streets  of  San  Francisco  for  a  fair  compensation,  was  received 
by  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

Tuesday,  13th— Andrew  J.  Marsh,  phonographic  reporter,  was  sworn 
in  as  official  reporter  of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  by  Judge  Lo- 
renzo Sawyer.  "Jeremiah  Haggerty,  while  peddling  oranges  on  the  cor- 
ner of  Broadway  street  aod  Montgomery  avenue,  was  stabbed  by  a  hood- 
lum.-^—George  Thistleton,  publisher  of  a  disreputable  illustrated  sheet, 
was  brought  before  the  Fifteenth  District  Court  on  a  writ  of  lutbeas  cor- 
pus, sued  out  by  his  wife,  Harriet  E.  Thistleton.— Judge  Dwinelle 
passed  sentence  of  death  a  second  time  on  Mook  Sow. 

Wednesday,  14th.  —The  expense  of  the  registration  investigation 
amounts  to  $7,755  50.  There  were  56  clerks  and  canvassers  employed. 
The  Funded  Debt  Commissioners  opened  the  proposals  to  redeem 
bonds  of  the  city  and  county  aggregating  §700,000.— Mr.  Ng  Choy,  a 
Chinese  gentleman  now  at  the  Palace  Hotel,  is  the  first  of  his  country- 
men admitted  to  the  English  bar.— John  Tighe  was  arrested  on  a  war- 
rant sworn  out  by  James  McNamara,  charging  him  with  embezzlement. 
■^— Dr.  Charles  A.  Flechter  has  offered  to  attend  the  children  at  the 
County  Hospital  free  of  charge. 

Thursday,  15th. —Rosa  Mailhouse  was  arrested  on  a  bench  warrant 
at  St.  Luke's  Hospital  on  an  indictment  charging  her  conjointly  with  her 
mother  and  brother  with  extorting  money  from  Isaac  S.  Allen,  ex-Secre- 
tary of  the  San  Francisco  Benevolent  Association.— The  Municipal 
Court  was  to-day  occupied  with  the  trial  of  John  Burns  for  burglary.^— 
Judge  Daingerfield  has  denied  a  motion  for  a  new  trial  in  the  suit  of 
P.  Mitrorich  vs.  J.  Marovich.-— The  managers  of  the  Seaman's  Friend 
Society,  while  in  session  at  the  Home,  March  14th,  were  the  recipients  of 
a  check  for  $100  in  gold  coin,  from  Dr.  H.  D.  ©ogswell.*^— City  Ireasurer 
Hubert  has  paid  into  court  S7,500  received  by  him  under  the  act  to  au- 
thorize the  change  of  grade  of  Montgomery  avenue. 

Friday,  16th.—  Susan  M.  Hodgdon  has  obtained  a  decree  of  divorce 
in  the  Twelfth  District  Court  from  Chas.  H.  Hodgdon,  on  the  ground  of 
adultery.  The  property  was  awarded  to  plaintiff  as  prayed  for. -^—Com- 
mittees have  been  appointed  to  obtain  donations  to  wipe  off  the  indebted- 
ness of  the  Female  Hospital.-^— Professor  Martin  Kellogg  lectured  to  the 
students  of  the  University  on  "  Our  Future  Politicians."— It  is  be- 
lieved that  a  proposition  will  be  submitted,  and  an  election  called  on  the 
water  question,  before  the  general  election  in  September. 

TELECRAPIIIC. 

Saturday  March  10th. — The  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
issued  the  forty-second  call  for  the  redemption  of  five-twenty  bonds  of 
1865  for  May  and  November.— Objections  to  the  will  of  the  late  Com- 
modore Vanderbilt  were  filed  in  the  Surrogate's  office  by  his  son  Cornelius 
J.  Vanderbilt. ^—  In  accordance  with  custom,  Mrs.  Hayes  held  her  first 
reception  at  the  White  House.  —  Anne  Louise  Cary,  the  American 
prima  donna,  arrived  in  New  York  from  Europe. 


Sunday,  11th.—  Thomas  Lassen  fell  from  the  rigging  of  the  bark 
Alumni,  sustaining  a  severe  fracture  of  the  skull.-^— The  crew  of  the 
Gipsy  was  arrested  in  Santa  Barbara  for  mutiny.— ■Henrj''  Herrin,  a 
stage  driver  was  thrown  out  of  a  buggy  near  San  Felipe,  and  died  from 
wounds  received.— A  fire  broke  out  in  J.  Monroe  Taylor Vsaleratus 
factory  in  South  Brooklyn.  Loss,  8140,000.^— The  Exchange  Bank  of 
Canandaigna  has  failed. —A  fire  in  a  tenement  house,  27  Ludlow  street, 
occupied  by  Germans  and  Polish  Jews,  burned  three  children  to  death. 

Monday,  12th.  — John  Enright,  night  watchman  of  the  Gould  & 
Curry,  was  struck  with  a  knife  behind  the  right  ear  with  such  violence  as 
to  render  him  insensible.— —Key  was  formally  inducted  into  the  Post- 
office  Department  at  Washington.— Assistant  Attorney -General  Gay- 
lord,  of  the  Interior  Department,  has  resigned.^— M.  P.  Stock  well,  of 
Mendocino  county,  committed  suicide  on  the  12th  with  strychnine.—— 
The  Sacramento  beet  sugar  factory  and  grounds  were  sold  at  auction  by 
D.  J.  Simmons  &  Co. 

Tuesday,  13th.— Key  announced  his  policy  not  to  interfere  with  any 
office  where  the  service  is  well  performed.  —The  trial  of  Paul  Carroll, 
the  young  boy  who  shot  and  killed  J.  T.  Carroll  in  October  last,  began 
in  Virginia  City.  —Ex-Governor  Joseph  Johnston,  of  Virginia,  died  in 
his  ninety-second  year.  —The  body  of  Thomas  Agnew,  an  old  printer, 
well  known  in  San  Francisco,  was  found  in  a  canyon  in  Santa  Barbara. 
—For  the  first  time  in  sixteen  years  the  Democrats  had  a  majority  in 
the  Senate. 

"Wednesday,  14th.  —  The  Senate  confirmed  the  nomination  of  Win, 
Sherman,  to  be  Assistant  United  States  Treasurer  at  San  Francisco,  and 
Edwin  G.  Waite  to  be  Naval  Officer.— —  W.  H.  Vanderbilt  is  elected 
director  of  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  in  place  of  Cornelius 
Vanderbilt.— —  The  Senate  confirmed  Knox  as  Comptroller  of  the  Cur- 
rency. ^—  John  McCullough  was  entertained  at  a  banquet  in  St.  Louis 
by  leading  citizens.— Madame  Octavia  Walton  Levert  died  yesterday 
near  Augusta,  her  native  State. 

Thursday,  15th.  —  Captain  Philip  C.  Johnson  has  been  ordered  as 
Captain  of  the  Navy  Yard  at  Mare  Island  to  enter  on  his  duties  on  the 
2d  of  April  next,  and  Captain  Thomas  S.  Phelps  has  been  detached  from 
duty  therefrom— same  date— and  ordered  to  proceed  home  to  await  orders. 
——The  American  Minister  has  recognized  Diaz  as  President  de  facto  and 
de  jure.  After  the  meeting  of  Congress  the  inauguration  of  Diaz  will 
take  place.  Congress  meets  on  the  21st  instant.  The  Senate  has  been 
ignored  by  the  provisional  government,  who  have  declared  that  the  law 
creating  the  Senate  was  forced  by  Lerdo  appointing  his  friends. —Fran- 
cisco Peralta  finished  riding  last  night  at  ten  o'clock,  having  accom- 
plished 457  miles,  being  143  miles  behind.  His  actual  riding  time  was  23 
hours,  8  minutes  and  58  seconds.  The  last  mile  was  made  in  2  minutes 
and  11  seconds. 

Friday,  16th.  —The  detectives  have  ascertained  that  when  Kingan 
disappeared  he  had  S25.000  in  United  States  and  Distiict  of  Columbia 
3.65  bonds  on  his  person.  Chief  of  Police  Walling  believes  that  Kingan 
was  followed  from  this  city  by  a  person  who  murdered  him.— The 
Medical  College  of  Pennsylvania  to-day  confirmed  the  decree  of  Doctor  of 
Medicine  on  fifteen  worn  en.  ^—Several  hotels,  stores,  etc.,  were  burned 
this  morning  at  Bismarck,  Dakota.  Loss,  §25,000  ;  no  insurance. -^— The 
steamer  Florence  Meyer  is  reported  sunk  or  aground  seventy-five  miles 
above  Little  Rock,  with  one  thousand  bales  of  cotton. ^^ The  gunboat 
Rocket  has  gone  north  to  inquire  into  the  George  S.  Wright-  mystery. 

FOREIGN. 

Saturday,  March  10th.  -  -  Stanislaus  Depuy  Delorrae  has  been  elected 
in  France  life  Senator  in  place  of  General  Changarnier,  deceased.— The 
Duke  de  Gazes  will  entertain  General  Ignatieff  at  a  banquet.— Count 
Shouvaloff  will  carry  to  London  definite  proposals  for  a  solution  of  the 
pending  questions.— —  The  German  Government  has  assumed  an  attitude 
toward  France  which  is  calculated  to  cause  serious  uneasiness  as  to  the 
maintenance  of  peace. 

Sunday,  11th. — Placards  have  been  posted  in  Stamboul  calling  on  the 
Porte  to  make  war  against  Russia,  and  threatening  ministers  if  they  make 
any  further  concessions  to  Montenegro.— —Full  reports  on  the  recent  cy- 
clone show  that  the  total  loss  of  life  was  really  less  than  half  of  Sir  Rich- 
ard Temple's  first  hurried  estimate  of  200,000.  Pardons  or  commuta- 
tions of  sentence  have  been  granted  to  224  Communist  convicts  in  France. 
—The  Egyptian  man-of  war  which  was  cruising  in  the  Gulf  of  Suez  to 
break  up  the  slave  traffic  took  fire  at  sea,  and  was  entirely  destroyed. 

Monday,  12th.  — A  body  of  Persians  have  devastated  a  part  of  the 
province  of  Bagdad,  and  carried  off  40,000  sheep.  ^— The  official  organ  of 
Montenegro  says  if  Russia  intends  to  go  to  war,  nobody  can  expect  Mon- 
tenegro to  keep  peace.— 'A  serious  encounter  between  Chinese  and  Kash- 
gar  troops  is  drawing  near,  the  hostile  parties  being  only  separated  by  the 
Tian  Shan  Hills.— The  Pope  delivered  an  allocution  in  the  consistory 
which  was  held  at  the  Vatican.  He  lamented  his  inability  to  prevent 
immorality  and  irreligion  from  permeating  society,  and,  in  conclusion,  he 
pronounced  conciliation  impossible. 

Tuesday,  13th. — The  English  Cabinet  meets  to  consider  the  terms  of 
the  agreement  among  the  powers.  As  proposed,  it  does  not  contain  any 
engagement  to  use  coercion  in  any  form.  <  Gladstone  has  published  a 
pamphlet  in  which  he  shows  that  the  real  conduct  of  the  Porte  toward 
the  authors  of  the  Bulgarian  outrages  is  an  encouragement  to  a  repetition 
of  the  horrors,  and  that  the  guilt  of  the  Turkish  Government  is  fully 
proved.  It  seems  certain  that  Ignatieff  will  succeed  Gortschakoff  when 
he  returns  to  St.  Petersburg.— —Germany,  Italy,  Austria  and  France 
will  support  the  Russian  proposals.— —Prince  Bismarck  again  opposes 
the  suggestion  for  the  organization  of  the  Imperial  ministry. 

Wednesday,  14th.— The  Turkish  Government  is  unwilling  to  take 
the  responsibily  of  deciding  upon  Montenegro's  demands.—  The  Khed- 
ive formally,  through  the  British  representative,  confirmed  his  father's 
gift  to  Great  Britain  of  Cleopatra's  needle.  Preparations  for  its  removal 
to  London  are  progressing.        Many  persons  arrested  for  alleged  com- 

Slicity  in  the  plot  of  Midhat  Pasha  have  been  liberated.    Kimal  Bey, 
lidhat's  secretary,  is  still  imprisoned.  —  The  Chief  of  the  German  Ad- 
miralty has  resigned.  ^— Murad  is   now  far  more  fit  for  the  throne  than 


March  IT,  1877. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAM   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


I  brothar.^a^The  Turks  ;  i    i«  or 

.•Ir.iu  from  tin-  Islands  ol  the  Drina, 
Thursday,  15Ui  .■!. .  that  it  i* 

th.a  .a  the  rerj  moment  whan  then  is  ,»t  lea  r  an  or 

i.- nt  ..f  the  I  d  | 

mission  appointed  by  the  * 

the  phylloxera  uned  report  that 
twenty-five  departmental  have  been   ravaoea,  and  in  man] 

11  tvation  and  misery  have  replaced  amui  [w  noe  of  the 

destruction  ol  —  I  ,  -:   The 

tiv.'ity  ued  vary  Wtl 

menta  in  Russian  Journals. 
Friday,  16th    Great   agitation  prevails  in  Conatantinople,    There- 
nidhal  Pasha  and  war  with  Russia  seems  to  be  dominant  among 
the  Donfnaed  demands  ol  the  populace.    Grave  complication!  are 
banded.— •< ;.  nera]   [gnatieirs   departure   for    London  is  regarded   us 
L  "—The  Russian  :  ency  informs  the  Russian  preaa 

that  tbe  powers  have  agreed  to  accord  Turkey  n  respite  to  d&\  ise  means  of 
i  he   execution  of  reforms,  which   will  obviate  tin-  m  cessity  for 

military  measures. iln  each  of    Prince   Bismarck's  recent  important 

speeches  in  £h<  be  declared  his  health  was  giving  way  under 

exactions  compelled  in  ■  great  measure  by  endless  antagonism. 


CRADLE,  ALTAR,  AND  TOMB. 


CRADLE. 
aaisox— In  this  city,  lb  orife  of  Charles  Utson,  a  daughter. 

Buu    In  tins  cltyt  Harch  14,  to  the  wifeol  M.  B.  Blake,adau 

tar,  March  IS,  to  the  wife  ol  M   M  Oattarina,  a  son, 
.!  irch  IS,  (o  the  wife  ot  Wm,  H.  Dalton,  :i  daughter. 
Davis    In  this  city,  M  ■   vrifo  of  J.  W.  Davis,  a  son. 

.     .     u    in  this  city,  afarcs  IB,  bo  the  wife  ol  John  G.  Priedircto,  b  -  >n. 
tn  this  city  March  9,  i"  the  wife  ol  V.  k«h*|k*|,  a  son. 

in  South  s.  i\.  March  11,  to  the  wife  ol  D.  Melaugh,  a  daughter. 
i::   tii!-  iit\ .  March  i'j,  to  ttiu  wife  <  ■(  N\i  t  T.  Heawr,  .1  son. 
U  islt    In  Booth  B.  P.,  March  1 1,  to  the  wife  "f  s.  Manly,  a  son. 
Ourss  -In  t!ii>  city,  March  IS,  to  the  wife  of  Wm.  Letts  Oliver,  a  son, 
Rosbcthal    In  this  city,  March  IS,  to  the  wife  of  A-  Rosenthal,  s  ran. 
B     \b    In  BouthS.  P.,  March  IS,  t>i  the  wife  of  J.  M.  Rojas,  a  daughter. 
St  at  i.rz-ln  this  city,  March  li>,  to  the  wife  of  ll.  Schultz,  d  daughter. 
SMITQ  -In  this  city,  March  11,  tc  the  wife  of  C.  F.  Smith,  a  daughter. 

ALTAR. 
Fowlrr-Brokaw— In  this  city,  March  7,  F.  P.  Fowler  to  Maggie  Brokaw. 
GiBSOS-McNKBARD — In  this  city,  March  7,  Andrew  Gibson  l<>  Lizzie  McNeeard. 
Hall-N'icuolus— In  this  city,  March  B,  F.  Hall  to  Blla  1.  Nicholls. 
UcQl t.v.x-M  vksiiall— In  this  city,  March  13,  A.  W.  McQueen  to  L.  M.  Marshall. 
Raan-ParsRSOx — In  this  dty,  March  13,  Chas.  Reed  to  Kilty  Peterson. 
ORB— In  Oakland,  March  14,  A.  II.  Rose  to  Caddie  M.  Brooks. 
Raysok-Vos  WaOWBR— In  this  city,  March  14,  J.  Ray  nor  to  Mrs.  D.  A.  Von  Wagner. 
Stkin-Whkelfji—  In  this  city,  February  14,  Loins  A.  Stein  to  Leila  L.  Wheeler. 
TiiAYKR-FiauER— In  this  city,  March  8,  Asanal  Thayer  to  Kate  Fisher. 
Wk3w.k4Iiam- Rollins — In  this  city,  March  8,  A.  Wickersham  toil.  Rolling. 

TOMB. 
COUBSBN — In  this  city.  March  0,  .Icanic  A.  Coursen,  aged  40  years. 
Dieiil— In  this  city,  March  10,  Conrad  Diehl,  aged  47  years. 
Hovt— In  this  city,  March  1:1,  Calvin  S.  Hoyt,  aged  02  years. 
Howard — In  this  city,  March  12,  Rose  Howard,  aged  30  years. 
Kirk — In  this  city,  March  11,  John  Kirk,  aged  05  years. 
Hates— In  this  city,  March  IS,  Patrick  Hayes,  ag'ed  21  years. 
u  ■  . .  ■■-  ;-\ — In  this  city,  March  15,  Fredericka  Hayessen,  aged  21  years. 
Krai's — In  this  city,  March  13,  Daniel  Kraus,  aged  34  years. 
Lt'TZ — In  this  city,  March  10,  Anna  Lutz,  aged  34  years. 
MSHDOZA — In  this  city,  March  10,  Mary  Mcndoza,  aged  23  years. 
Mei  BR— In  this  city,  March  10,  Wilhelinine  Meyer,  aged  30  years. 
Millioan — In  this  city,  March  11,  Eugene  Mulligan,  aged  33  years. 
McNallkv  -  In  this  city,  Annie  McKauey,  aged  34  years. 


DISPUTES  BETWEEN  GERMAN  AND  FRENCH  SAILORS. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Cologne  Oaiette  gives  the  following  account 
of  the  dispute  which  recently  occurred  at  Smyrna  between  German  and 
French  seamen: 

"Some  thirty  French  seamen  were  sitting  and  drinking  at  the  Cafe" 
Paoli.  and  a  few  English  seamen  at  another  table,  when  the  Germans  en- 
tered, thirteen  in  number.  After  some  time  the  French  were  invited  by 
other  persons  present  to  give  a  song,  and  they  forthwith  sang  the  Mar- 
seillaise. The  English  were  asked  next,  and  sang  "Ked,  White,  and 
Blue."  In  due  course  the  Germans  were  likewise  asked,  and  they  sang 
"The  Watch  on  the  Rhine."  The  choice  of  this  song  so  incensed  the 
French  that,  accepting  it  as  a  challenge,  they  attacked  the  Germans  with 
their  knives  and  daggers,  while  one  Frenchman  threw  a  chair  at  the  prin- 
cipal singer,  Rosenstein,  and  so  seriously  wounded  him  that  he  has  died 
since  in  consequence.  The  Germans  defended  themselves  with  the 
legs  of  tables  and  chairs,  and  did  so  with  such  good  effect — according 
to  the  correspondent  referred  to — as  to  beat  their  adversaries  fairly  out  of 
the  field,  notwithstanding  the  French  were  thirty  to  their  twelve." 


San  Franciscans  Abroad. --Paris,  February  17th:  Mr.  Bateman, 
Mrs.  Bosworth,  F.  Donnelly,  C.  Dorris,  Mrs.  C.  Dorris,  Lee  J.  Ransom, 
M.  Tompkins,  Dr.  Wm.  J.  Younger.  London,  Feb.  17th  :  MissHartly, 
Miss  Bella  Thomas.  Nice  :  S.  L.  Simon.  Rome,  Feb.  12th  :  Mrs.  M. 
V.  Baldwin,  Miss  Baldwin,  H.  H.  Caldwell,  Mrs.  Wm.  Cogswell,  Captain 
R.  S.  and  Mrs.  Floyd,  Horace  and  Mrs.  Hawes,  Samuel  and  Mrs.  Hort, 
Mrs.  M.  O'Meara,  Miss  O'Meara,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Ritchie.  Naples,  Feb. 
13th  :  Mrs.  S.  L.  Bee,  Mrs.  R.  E.  Brewster,  Mrs.  M.  V,  Baldwin,  Miss 
Baldwin,  S.  H.  Carlisle,  R.  B.  and  Mrs.  Gray,  David  Hewes,  J.  T.  M. 
and  Mrs.  Kelly,  F.  G.  and  Mrs.  Merchant,  Baron  Dacier  Merchant,  Mrs. 
C.  K.  Ritter. — American  Register,  February  17th. 

A  Black  View  of  the  Presidential  Question.--'' An  dat's  jes' how 
I  'spressesit.  'Lussus  Grant  hab  gone  out,  Hayes  nab  gone  in,  and  Massa 
Tilden  he  hab  gone  up !  " — From  the  American,  just  published  in  New 
York. 


WHAT    THE    WORLD    SAYS. 


A  remarknblo  man  and  a  di  rl 
city  without  tl  ...•lit  tit  t.>  notion  ti  • 

'•  Dutton,  tli  -   t    S.nitli  Australia.     Mr. 

Duttoo  wm  i  Leading  meml 

country  in  the  officU)  capacity  which  In-   held  for 

To  liim  i*  Attributable  much  "f  tli.-  credit  for  tbe  lii i  tele 

trattan continent.     Wot  being  a  Cyrus   Field  he  got  huh  | 
tj.r  hi*  Labors,  an, l  hie  philanthropy  [eft  him  ai  poor  a  man  a-  he  wm  be 
fore  advooatin  rapbic  communication.     He  had 

tho  still  bolder  project  in  view  of  making  a  railway  across  theconti 
and  it  ianot  '    this  maj  b 

tralian  G  utativeof  that  Government  he  > 

admirable  spedman  of  what  an  A     i         lera]  mould  be,  full  of  aw 
his  colony,  and  woU  qualified  to  Imbue  others  with  his  sentiments,     I 
Australian  Colonies  have  been  generaUy  admirably  served  m  thi-  respe<  t. 
Yet  it  is  undeniable  that  no  Agent«eneral  earn  i     ■    ■     than  the 

hvtf  Mr.  Dutton;  mid  it  is  n>.t  nvditabU-    tn  tin-    daily  papers  that  they 

should  be  deeply  concerned  about  the  fall  of  a  Turk  from  power  or  the 
death  of  an  EABtern  Christian,  and  allow  tbedeceaei 

ative  man  :ls  Mr.  Dutton  to  pass  without  a  syllable  of  comment 

word  of  n-gret.—  Worltt. 

The  Times  and  other  journals  draw  attention  to  the  fact  that  Mr. 
Trubner.  the  weS-knbwn  publiaher  of  Lud^jate  Hill,  dm  been  knighted 
by  the  Emperor  of  Austria.    This,  1  understand,  has  taken  the  world  of 

I, <iiil>!]  by  storm.     But  these  gentlemen  may  be  reassured,  since  B 
number  of  successful  Germans  in  London  are  barons,  and  yet  u 
tremely  reticent  about  their  European  honors.    Sir  Nicholas  Trubni 
Austria)  is  Baron  von  Trubner  of  Germany  :  and  what  Mr.  QuarritCD  of 
PiccadiHy  may  be  is  perhaps  only  known   to  the  desk  in  which  he  keeps 
his  score  of  decorations  or  so.     it  oertaxnly  would  have  been  sensible  of 
the  British  Government  to  have  long  ago  given  Mr.  Trubner,  the  greatest 
Oriental  publisher  and  fosterer  of  English  literature  we  have— one 
name  is  known  in  India  by  every  f)unrft(    an  honest,  robust  ELC.S.I.,  and 
so  recognized  his  services  in  London,  which  Vienna  lias  been  so  eager  to 
acknowledge.     But  the   day  has  yet  to  arrived  when  eminent  publishers 
shall  be  fittingly  recognized  by  the  State. — Atlas  in  the  World. 

1  am  able  to  say.  in  contradiction  to  some  statements  which  have  ap 

pearcd,  that  the  Prince  of  Wales  will  not  depart  on  his  intended  visit  to 
the  antipodes  this  year,  the  reason  being  that,  were  he  to  do  so,  it  would 
be  impossible  for  him  to  see  all  that  lie  wishes  to  see  of  our  Australian 
colonies,  and  be  back  in  time  for  the  opening  of  the  Paris  Exhibition  on 
May  1st,  1878.  His  Royal  Highness,  who  is  President  of  the  British 
Commission,  is  bestowing  much  time  and  attention  to  the  work  of  fur- 
thering the  success  of  the  British  section,  going  even  more  into  the  details 
of  the  preparations,  which  already  are  well  advanced,  than  he  did  in  con- 
nection with  the  Vienna  Exhibition  of  1873,  to  the  success  of  the  English 
department  of  which  his  exertions  so  much  contributed.  I  need  not  say 
that  the  programmes  of  the  Prince's  tour  which  have  appeared  since  last 
week  I  announced  that  it  had  been  decided  on  are  wholly  spurious.  No- 
details  respecting  the  journey,  its  character,  or  its  cost  have  as  yet  been 
gone  into. — Atlas  Correspondent. 

Yes,  the  literary  critic  of  the  Daily  News  is  quite  right,  and  Mayor 
Hawley  Smart  quite  wrong,  and  in  a  serious  matter  too.  Why  does  tin- 
gallant  author  of  Bound  to  Win,  who  talks  horse  like  an  angel  in  pink 
and  pickle-jars,  try  to  parler  chiffons/  As  he  would  say  himself,  his  pace 
is  undeniable  over  his  own  course,  but  when  he  talks  of  bonnets  he  is 
quite  out  of  his  distance.  Mr.  Worth  does  not  make  bonnets.  Now  and 
then  the  dream  of  a  new  head-dress  flashes  across  his  active  brain,  but  he 
invariably  makes  the  idea  a  present  to  a  milbner.  In  the  case  of  bonnets 
the  great  artist  does  not  condescend  to  execute — he  inspires. 

The  members  of  the  Chinese  Embassy  were  sa  much  delighted 
with  Madame  Tussaud's  as  a  farmer  during  Cattle-Show  week  could  be, 
and  declared  it  to  be  the  most  magnificent  spectacle  they  had  witnessed 
in  the  land  of  the  barbarians.  It  is  probable  that  they  would  have  dis- 
played less  enthusiasm  had  not  a  fortunate  ignorance  ot  the  language  pre- 
vented their  full  appreciation  of  a  passing  cabman's  remark — "  Look  'ere, 
Bill;  here's  all  the  images  broke  loose  and  a-coming  out  for  a  walk;  " 

The  great  feature  at  the  late  levee  was  the  Chinese  Legation,  whose 
members  swaggered  about  the  diplomatic  circle  with  the  utmost  insouci- 
ance, and  evidently  regarded  themselves  as  the  special  patrons  of  the 
whole  performance.  They  were  not  strong  in  jewelry,  but  the  display  of 
rare  and  costly  furs  on  their  brilliant  silk  pelisses  might  almost  vie  in  its 
way  with  the  Shah  of  Persia's  famous  jeweled  surtout. 


RETURNING    HOME. 

A  private  letter  from  James  R  Keens  has  found  its  way  into  print, 
which  intimates  that  his  health  being  better,  he  expects  to  be  here  in 
April,  with  a  view  to  taking  a  full  hand  in  the  stock  game.  He  thinks 
that  about  that  time  there  will  be  a  few  trumps  lying  around  loose,  and 
that  he  is  just  the  man  to  play  them  for  all  they  are  worth.  Senators 
Sharon  and  Jones  are  also  expected  home  by  the  first  of  April,  unless, 
indeed,  an  extrasession  of  Congress  should  be  called,  which  at  this  present 
writing  does  not  seem  at  all  probable.  The  return  of  these  prominent, 
wealthy  and  active  speculators  ought  to  have,  and  doubtless  will  have,  a 
beneficial  effect  upon  business  in  general,  and  upon  the  stock  gamble  in 
particular.  It  may  be  desirable  to  have  wealthy,  enterprising  men  in 
Congress,  but  the  advantage  is  accompanied  by  many  disadvantages.  It 
is  not  well  to  have  men  away  at  Washington  whose  active  minds  and 
large  means  are  better  employed  at  home.  Sharon's  position  in  the  Senate 
might  be  as  well  filled  by  many  a  man  who  would  hardly  be  missed  from 
the  Pacific  Coast.  But  Sharon's  position  here  could  not  be  filled  as  advan- 
tageously by  any  other  man.  1  he  same  is  measurably  true  of  Senator 
Jones.  As  much  as  we  desire  good  men  in  Congress,  if  they  are  of  the 
enterprising,  pushing  character  of  Senators  Jones  and  Sharon,  we  have 
even  more  need  of  them  at  home. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO 


ne; 


WS  LETTER. 


March  17, 1877. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

ttecorded  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Franciaco.  California,  for  the 

Week  ending  March  9.  1877. 

Compiled  from  the  Records  of  the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKillop  ifc  Co. , 
401  California  Street,  Han  Francisco. 

Saturday.  March  3d. 


OKANTOR  AND  GRANTEE. 


M  P  Flanigan  to  D  CasaeBa 

B  Doe  to  chas  M  Y'oung 

W  T  Coleman  to  Geo  Schultz  . 


Land  Purcli  As'n  to  Geo  Edwards; 

L  Gottig  to  same 

C  M  Young  to  C  Gehret 

B  Doe  to  same 

T  Kcndell  to  H  Nowbauer 

A  M  Hamilton  to  R  B  Baker... 

Louis  Peres  to  Louis  Poly 

Jas  Cudwortb  to  Cath  M  Rcddy 

C  G  Hooker  to  Cath  GrosB 

J  II  Wheeler  to  Chas  Wheeler  . 

T  I!  E  A  to  11  Williams 

(    Q  l.M-i  to  Cath  Backus 

M  G  Rcddy  to  Cath  M  Reddy  .. 
<To8  '.Vorrall  to  Wm  n  Roberts. 
J  A  Cardinell  10  S  S  Harmon.. 
.Tim  [pswitch  to  Mary  Murphy  . 

Wm  IS  Dolan  to  ThosRyan 

Geo  Kennedy  to  S  D  Mathews  . 

Same  to  Juo  B  Tnngate 

.Same  to  Peter  Wilson 


DESCRIPTION. 


Sl«tb,25  w  Noe,  25x75 

S  Slitter.  25  w  Larkin,  50x70 

Se  Front  and  Cal'a,  e  91:S.  etc  ;  also,  se 

Gough  and  Sutter.  275x120 

Sw  Sanchez  and  M  st.  101:9x114 

E  Sanchez.  90  n  23d,  41x117:0 

S  Sutter,  25  w  Larkin,  5xT0 

Sw  Slitter  and  Larkin,  25x70 

W  Lagana,  107:0  s  Cal'a,  30x110 

W  Larkin,  50  s  Lomhard,  25x105:9 

Sw  lstav,  250  nw  "N"  st,  34x200 

8  Filbert,  117 e  Buchanan    e  30,  etc 

N  Grove,  184  e  Van  Ness,  50x120 

W  Front,  111  n  Clay,  n  26:6,  etc 

N  Geary,  105  w  Buchanan,  27:6x137:6... 

Sw  Sutler  and  Larkin,  30x70 

S  Filbert,  117  e  Buchanan,  e  30,  etc 

E  Jessie,  215  n  20th,  25x7o 

S  Hancock,  180  w  Sanchez,  50x114 

W  Sanchez,  64  s  Elizabeth,  50x101:9.... 

S  Ellis.  100:11  w  Hyde.  45:9x137:0 

E  Sanchez,  130:0  s  22a,  22:0x  100 

E  Sanchez,  94:6  s  22d,  22:6x100 

E  Sanchez,  114  s  22d,  22:6x100 


t  S15 
10,000 

6 

5 

750 

1.375 

8,000 

5.1110 
1,100 

15.000 
2,700 

10,000 

1 

Gilt 
Gift 
3,900 
2,000 
825 
11,895 
1,900 
1,900 
1,900 


Monday,  March  5th. 


Geo  Naumann  to  O  C  Pratt 

A  J  Pope  to  DanielJones* 

Daniel  Jones  to  Julius  Jacobs... 
Juo  Lutgeo  to  Wm  Hay  Collie  ... 

Thos  A  Hayes  to  Geo  F  Baker 

E  L  Sullivan  to  J  C  Reis 

Same  to  same 

Louis  Tricbel  to  Geo  J  Tricbel 

John  Rosetifeld  to  J  Tschautz — 
Chas  D  Olds  to  Mary  E  Fuller . 


Sw  Sonoma  and  Utah,  100x100 

W  Vicksburg,  228  s  22d,  32x125 

Same 

Sw  Van  Ness  and  Full,  82:6x24 

Se  Cal'a  and  Leav'th,  69x60 

V      14th  and  Harrison,  300x264 

All  interest  in  snndrv  properties 

N  Post,  75  w  Baker,  25x100 

S  Tyler,  192X  w  Buchanan,  27:0x137:6. 
No  Haight  and  Broderick,  137:6x137:6  . 


E  Hew  son  to  Geo  Osgood |Ne  Eddy  and  Dcvisadcro,  23x03^  . 


sryjio 

500 
500 

7,500 
15,000 
17,500 
1 
1,800 
10 
6,000 
6,250 


Tuesday,  March  6th. 


Wm  J  Shaw  to  Arthur  Ycllond....;E  Folsom,  70:2M  s  12th,  s  21,  etc 

Same  10  Dennis  Murphy W  Berenice,  SO  n  10th,  n  24:8Jv,  etc 

Jame  to  Jno  Ryan I W  Berenice,  104:8!li  n  13th,  n  24:81s,  etc 

Wm  Kennedy  to  J  D  Doscher I  Lot  17,  b'.k  28,  Fairmonnt  H'd 

Dau'l  Horigan  to  E  Wilhelmi |N2Sih,  208  w  Church,  25x114 

Jas  P  Pierce  to  Isaac  E  Davis S  16th,  55  e  Mission,  50x95 

IE  Davis  to  Geo  W  Gibbs ISame 

Jos  Assion  to  Geo  U  Lawlor Sw  3d,  150  nw  Harrison,  25xs0 

Win  Hollis  toF  WEverding W  Scott,  110  s  Fyler,  27:6x137:0 

Rob't  Croskey  to  Wm  E  Steve,  s..  N  21st,  167  e  Dolores,  50x114 

J  Cndworlh  to  Jas  Ford iF  Union,  102:6  w  Laguna,  2.~>xl37:0 

F  Stotliar  to  City  and  Co  S  F W  Dupont,  59:0  n  Post,  49x31:1  H 

Wm  J  Shay  toRMikkelsoD E  Folsom:  100:2,¥  s  12th.  s  24,  elc 

Same  to D  Murphy N  I4th,  50  e  Treat  av,  e  35  etc 

AS  Baldwin  to  Henry  Sylvester  . . ISw  6th,  150  se  Bryent,  25x8o,  subject  to 

I    mortgage  for  $2,000 

Wm  Bosworth  to  Rob't  Allen S  Clay,  82:6  w  Mason,  33x58 

AF  lioogs  to  same Same 

A  A  Hoogs  to  same ISame 

Rob' I  Allen  to  Jas H  Culver jSame 

G  Kennedy  to  Julius  Fischer E  Sanchez,  204  s  23d,  24x100 

JasU  Culver  to  Geo  Spaulding Is  Clay,  82:0  w  Mason,  16:6x53 

Wm  J  Shaw  to  M  J  Madden ,E  Folsom,  75  n  13th,  n  24,  etc 

Caroline  M  Allen  to  G  Dassol N  Greenwich,  137:6  w  Powell,  80:6x163:9 

G  Dassol  to  T  H  Allen ISame 

Wm  J  Shaw  to  Thos  Butler IS  12ih,  50  e  Berenice,  e  25,  etc. ..... . 

WQGunntoS  J  Lank N  Sac'to,  118:9  e  Fillmore,  25xl2S  ... 

M  Godley  to  N  Atkinson Is  Mission.  70  e  4ih,  22x100 


$2,700 

1,430 

1,375 

800 

416 

1 

6,000 

14,500 

2,200 

2,200 

1,500 

29,941! 

2.525 

1,325 

4,250 
65 
500 
3.250 
3,250 
2,000 
2,000 
2,525 
13.000 
13,000 
2,175 
1,700 
12.500 


Wednesday,  a.  arch  7th, 


Masonic  Cein'ty  As'n  to  J  L  Prior.LolB  32  and  34,  sect  19,  Masonic  Cem'ty 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to  M  Redmond S  Day,  130  w  Church,  25x114 

Echv  Kennedy  to  J  P  Manrow  ...   |Se  Chestnut  aud  Larkin,  137:6x137:0 — 
J  G  Klumpkc  to  same |Same 


Juo  Nicholson  to  S  O'Connell 

T  A  Austin  to  M  Dillenberg 

Wm  J  Shaw  to  Geo  Chambers  . . . 

Same  to  J  McDonnell 

Same  to  Michi  Splaine 

Jas  Cronogue  to  J  D  Doscher 

Wm  J  Shaw  to  Dennis  Lawlor... 

Albert  Miller  to  F  Phillips 

W  B  Cummings  to  W  Blackwood. i 
CD  O'Sullivan  to  Cath  Buckley  .. 
Cath  Buckley  toC  D  O'Sullivan  .. 
C  D  O'Sullivan  to  W  F  Cashman. . 
J  L  Koster  to  Pac  Vinegar  Works 

TL  Com'rs  to  Jno  Nicholson 

E  C  McComb  to  Rose  Pooler 

Jno  Roseni'eld  to  W  O  T  Smith  ... 
F  L  Williams  to  G  H  Weslphal . . . 

J  F  Snow  to  FL  Williams 

H  F  Williams  to  Bame 

H  S  and  L  Soc'y  to  M  C  Gorham 


Und  X  nw  Clarv.  300  sw  5th,  25x80... 

Lots  53  and  54,  Gilt  Map  2 

E  Isie,  104:2;j  n  12th,  n  24:2!i,  etc . . . 

E  Isis,  152:8*,  s  12th,  s  24:2';,  etc 

W  Isis,  80n  13th,  n  20:2X,  etc 

S  Randall,  195  w  Chenery,  25x125 


Ne  13th  and  IsiB,  e  50,  etc.. 

s  ft  different  parts  of  city.. 


Sundry  lots  I 

Sw  27th  and  Diamond,  500X22S  . 

Portions  of  Outside  Lands .- 

Portions  of  Outside  Lande 

Portions  of  OutsidcLauds 

S  Fulton,  137:6  w  Gougb,  6S:9x200:3 

Nw  Clary,  300  sw  5th.  25x80 

S  Valparaiso.  42:0  e  Janes,  20x90 

E  Pierce,  87:6  s  Turk,  25x106:3 

Lot  6,  blk  206,  O  Neil  &  Haley  Tract. . . 

S  13lb  av,  175  e  "  N  "  st,  s  50,  etc 

Same 

Sw  Sanchez  and  16th,  23:6x100 


W  J  Shaw  to  Cbas  Karstens [N  13th,  50  w  Berenice,  w  25,  etc. 

Same  to  M  Mattheisen 

T  Reillv  to  Bridget  Reilly. . . . 
Wm  J  Shaw  to  P  T  Butler. . 

Same  to  J  A  Hogan 

H  R  Reed  to  D  M  Sharer    ... 
E  Vensoohaber  to  J  S  Dyer., 


J  B  Lewis  to  Mich'l  McLaughlin. . 

S  Mosgrove  to  J  Griffin 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to  GeoMcClellan... 


S  12th,  50  e  Isis,  e  25,  etc.. 

N  Camp,  50:0  e  Guerrero,  34x991si 

S  12th,  75  e  leis,  e  25,  s  84:4,  etc 

S  12th,  25  w  Berenice,  w  25,  etc 

N  Filbert,  225  w  Leav'th,  25x137:6 

N  Lombard,  137:6  e  Fillmore,  55x120;  n 

Lombard,  137:6  w  Webster,  25x120... . 

S  Filbert,  137:6  w  Buchanan,  110x137:6  . 

E  Boyce,  450  n  Pt  Lobos  av,  25x120 

Sw  Day  and  Church,  30x114 


400 

1,350 

1,400 

1,500 

400 

4,550 

5 

9,000 

[larrn 

part'n 

parl'n 

19,950 

B 

200 

10 

700 

1,500 

1 

1,550 

1,800 

2,000 

Gift 

2,0(10 

2,000 

912 

4,000 

20 

1,050 

550 


Thursday,  March  8th. 


S  14th,  174  w  Noe.  20x115 

Sub  30  and  60  of  P  V  lots  310  to  533 

N  Pine,  137:0  w  Taylor,  25x137:6 

Se  Tyler  and  Polk,  25x120 

S  Grove,  187:6  w  Webster.  25x137:6 

Buchanan  w,  50  n  O'Farrell,  25x62:6 

E  Broderick,  105  n  Cal'a,  27:7x110 

E  Sanchez,  152  s  22d,  22:6x160, 


T.  Mather  lo  C':illi  Nloiv 

Theo  Erdin  to  Chas  Sehroff 

R  E  Doyle  to  Sarah  B  Doyle 

Chas  Meyer  to  M  Maiinovich 

Jno  Hinkell  to  Josiah  H  Locke  .. 

Wm  Hale  to  Chas  Davis 

Jos  O  Besse  to  Mary  H  de  Crano 

Geo  Kennedy  to  J  K  Stewart 

Same  to  WtnH  McLean E  Sanchez,  131:6  s  22d,  -22:0x100 

Margt  L  Perry  to  Fred  Hadley  ....  SSalter.  77:6e  Powell.  30x137:0 
Wni  J  Shaw  to  Jno  Sullivan  .... 

Same  to  Andrew  Smith 

Same  to  Gnstave  Cohen 

M  J  Kenny  to  Jas  C  Weir 

Jno  F  Gluck  to  Chas  E  Hansen  . 
Wm  Stellingto  Daniel  Jones  ... 
Geo  McWilliams  to  J  McMullin 
Theresa  Scho  to  H  M  Newhall  .. 


C  E  Hansen  to  Jno  F  Glock 

Wm  Hale  to  Mary  T  Roach 

T.J  Hieginsto  Jacob  Colin 

Wm  J  Shaw  to  A  Leemann 

Same  to  David  C  Keller 

Same  to  J  C  Bockmann 

Same  to  Bernard  Lcddy 

Terrence  Reilly  to  Pnt'k  Reilly. . . 
Dan'l  Jones  to  Marg't  Denaby... 
John  R  Merrill  to  Jas  McMahon. 
Mary  Miller  to  JnBtio  Delsol 


Sam'l  Hancock  to  Henry  Cos.. 
W  J  Shaw  to  Jno  Flynn.. 


N  14th,  75  e  Treat  av,  e  47:6,  etc 

W  Berenice.  1I14:SJ4  s  12th,  s  24:8^,  etc. 

E  Treat  av,  80  s  13ih,  s  28:7'...  etc 

E  Valencia,  90  n  26th,  40x117:6 

N  Fulton,  87:6  e  Fillmore,  e  50,  etc 

Sw  26th  and  Church,  80x114 

I W  Guerrero,  35  »  17th,  25x80 

Se  Bryant,  25  sw  Zoe,  sw  75x80;  also,  w 

Zoe, SO s  Bryant,  75x25 

E  Fillmose,  87:6  n  Fulton,  50x112:6 

N  Bush,  137:0  w  Octavia,  32:0x137:6 

Nw  Folsom,  225  ne7th,25xS0 

E  Treat  av,  SO  n  14th ,  n  28  7  M ,  etc 

Nw  narrison  and  13th,  n  30:0;^,  etc 

Sw  12th  and  Harrison,  s  61:016,  etc 

Nw  Harrison  and  14th,  n  2S:Sli,  etc 

S  15th,  130  w  Guerrero,  s  100,  etc 

Sw  26th  and  Church, 80x30 

N  Calta,  165  w  Devisadero,  27:6zl32:7. . . 
S  Louise,  157:6  w  Eliz'th,  60x20  ;  also,  s 

Louise.  107:6  e  of  w  1  100-v  44,  09x20.. 

WGough,  lOOn  McAllister,  25x100 

Se  12th  and  Berenice,  e  50,  etc 


NLBergevin  to  M  M  Estee 'Se  Stevenson,  295  sw  3d,  20x70.. 


$  400 
2,100 
Gift 
7,0110 
5,900 
5 
1,500 
1,900 
1,900 

2,700 
1,425 
1.300 
2,300 
5 
1,000 
2,000 

5 

5 

5 

4.300 

1,825 

4,150 

6,525 

2,475 

3.000 

745 

1,01  9 

8,150 
8,250 
5,000 

1,200 


Friday,  March  9th. 


Louisa  Mans  to  L  PGautier IN  Pacific,  137:6  e  Powell,  25x129 

Amedee  Mans  to  same Same 

J  S  Clements  to  J  W  Coppagc  ....  Lots  6  and  7,  blk  9,  West  End  Map  1 . . 
W  J  Shaw  to  Pat'k  Lehenay....'..!s  12th,  80 e  Folsom.  e  25.  etc 


Emma  J  Moore  to  G  C  Swenson 
Uoiv'ty  Ex  H  Asn  toG  Rosenberg 

Dan'l  Jones  to  Wm  C  Jackson 

Same  to  Thos  O'Day 

W  D  Johnston  to  O  F  Ceiuty  ABn. 

W  J  Shaw  to  Pat'k  Murphy 

Pat'k  Moonan  to  ChaB  C  West 

Jno  Parnell  to  Malhew  McGowan 

I  T  Milliken  to  Wm  Winter 

B  Sbarboro  to  Loreozo  Costa 

W  J  Shaw  to  M  Fitzgerald 

S  M  Smith  to  Pac  Vinegar  Works. 

HGlouber  to  M  Dcutsch 

Peter  Eoright  to  J  Thompson 

SE  Watts  to  L  C  Watts 


Nw  Perry,  300  sw  3d,  25x" 

Lot  4,  b'k  133,  Uuiveis;lv  Ex  H'd 

W  Church,  30  s  26th,  28xS0 

W  Church,  58  s  20tb.  56x80 

Sw  St  Rosas  and  Parker  avs,  s  883:6, etc 

W  Harrison,  28:83;  s  13tb.  s  25,  etc 

W  Chattanooga, 104  s  22d,  26x125 

Se  19th  and  Valencia,  35xS0 

N  Clipper,  203:8  e  Church,  50:11x114. . . . 

Lots  16  and  15,  Mission  St  R  R  As'n 

E  Isis,  80  s  12th,  s24:2,  e  75,  etc 

N  Grove,  165  w  Gongh,  27:6x6S:9 

N  Geary,  137:6  c  Polk,  27:6x120 

Nw  Clary,  100  sw  Ritch,  25x75 

Com  at  intersect'n  of  I  st  extended,  and 
se  shore  of  Islais  Bay,  etc 


5.500 

2,2110 

2,400 

1 

400 

500 

600 

2,900 

1 ,675 

825 

4,750 

10 

100 

1,400 

3. 

11,000 
2,350 

450 


PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

Tbe  Company's  steamers  will  sail  as  follows  at  12  91.  : 
CITY  OF  PEKING,  April  2,  for  YOKOHAMA  aud  HONGKONG. 

COLIMA,  March  16th,  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  calling  at  MAZATLAN, 
MANZANILLO  and  ACAPULCO,  connecting  ac  Acapulco  with  company's  steamer 
For  "1  alexican  and  Central  American  ports  south  of  Acapolco.  Tickets  to  and  from 
Europe  by  any  line  for  sale, 

AUSTRALIA,  March  28th,  at  12  o'clock,  noon,  or  on  arrival  of  tbe  English  mails, 
for  HONOLULU,  KANDAVAU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT  CHALMERS. 
To  Sydney  or  Auckland — Upper  Saloon,  S210;  Lower  Saloon,  S200. 

CITY  OF  PANAMA,  March  20th,  tor  VICTORIA,  PORT  TOWN8END,  SEATTLE, 
and  TACOMA,  connecting  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for  PORT- 
LAND, Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  beture  11  A.M.  on  day  of  sailing.  For 
freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  corner  of  First  and  Uranium  streets. 

March  17.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO..  Agents. 

FOE    ARIZONA    AND    MEX1C&N    POETS, 

For  Cape  San  Lucas,  La  Paz,  Mazatlaii,  Gnaymas  and  the 
Colorado  River,   touching  at  Magdalena  Bay,   should  sufficient  inducement 

offer.  —  Tbe  Steamship Master,  will  leave  for  the  above 

ports  on ■. at  12  o'clock  H.  ,  from  Folsom-st.  Wharf,  connect- 
ing at  the  Mouth  of  the  Colorado  River  with  the  Steamboats  and  Barges  of  the  Colorado 
Steam  Navigation  Company  for  all  points  on  the  River.      Through  Bills  of  Lading 

will  be  furnished  and  none  others  Bigned.     Freight  will  be  received  on  

No  freight  received  for  Mexican  Ports  after at  12  noon,  and  Bills 

of  Lading  for  those  ports  must  be  accompanied  by  Custom  House  and  Consular  Clear- 
ances.    For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
March  17.  J.  BERM1NGHAM,  Agent,  10  Market  street. 

OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL   STiAMSHT?    COMPANY, 

For  Japan  ami  China,  leave  wharf,  corner  First  and  Bran- 
nan  streets,  at  noon,  for  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONGKONG,  connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shaoghai. 

OCEANIC January  16th,  April  17th,  July  17th  and  October  10th. 

BELGIC February  16th,  May  Kith,  August  10th  and  November  10th. 

GAELIC March  20th,  June  16th,  September  18th  aud  December  18th. 

Cabin  Plans  on  Exhibition,    and    Passage   Tickets  for  sale  at    No.   i  New  Mont- 
gomery street.     For  Freight,    pplv  at  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 
GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President.  Dec.  23. 

PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

Freight  Department From  anil  after  this  date,  Mr.  Gee. 
II.  Kice  will  act  as  Freight  Solicitor  for  this  Company.     He  can  he  found  at 
!  office,  218  California  street,  where  Shipping  Orders  may  be  obtained  until  12  o'clock, 
I  noon,  of  the  day  previous  to  the  departure  of  the  steamers.     Applications  after  that 
time  must  be  made  at  office,  corner  First  and  Brauiian  streets. 
Feb.  24.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

CASTLE    BROTHERS.— [Established,  1850.] 

Importers  of  Teas  anil  East  India  Goods,  Nos.  213  aud  215 
Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  13. 

OFFICES  OF  THE  AEROPLANE  NAVIGATION  CO., 
Jan.  4.  No.  607  to  615  Merchant  street,  San  Francisco. 


The  Special  Organ  of  "Marriott's  Aeroplane  Navigation  Co. "—Fred.  Marriott,  Patentee. 


Prioo  per  Copy,  15  Can**.] 


ESTABLISHED  JULY  20.  1856 


'Annual  Sabiorlption  (in  gold'.  S7.50. 


(UnUfdYxxvA 


>EVOTED  TO  THE   LEADIT        INTERESTS    OF  CALIFORNIA  AND  THE   PACIFIC  COAST. 


Vol.  27. 


SAK  rBANOISOO,  SATUBDAT,  MAEOH  24,  1877. 


No.  9. 


(MI1c<-h  of  the  Nan  Francisco  Xeffi  1. ft  lor.  China  Mall.  Califor- 
nia Mall  Bag:,  South  side  Merchant  street,  No.  607  to  015,  San  Francisco. 

GOLD  BARS— «80@900 -Silver  Bars— !@15  #  cent.  disc.  Treasury 
Notes  are  selliug  at  96J.     Buying,  95A.     Mexican  Dollars,  3J@4 
per  cent  disc.     Trade  Dollars,  3(i?3i  per  cent.  disc. 

O"  Exchange  on  New  York,  h  per  cent,  for  Gold  ;  Currency,  4&  per  cent. 

premium.    On  London,  Bankers,  49Jd.@ ;  Commercial,  49fd.  ; 

Paris,  5  francs  per  dollar.     Telegrams,  $  per  cent. 

W  Latest  price  of  Gold  atNew  York,  March  23d,  at  3  P.M.,  104J.    Latest 
price  of  Sterling,  484j@486. 

«3"  Price  of  Money  here,  ?@1  per  cent,  per  month — bank  rate.     In  the 
open  market,  i@l^.     Demand  active. 

Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.  ~  New  York,  March 
23d,  1877.—  Gold  opened  at  104| ;  11  a.  m.,  at  104J  ;  3  P.M.,  104J.  United 
States  Bonds  —  Five-twenties  of  1867.  111|  ;  1881,  110J.  Sterling  Ex- 
change, 4  84*@4  8fi,  short.  Pacific  Mail,  21J.  Wheat,  SI  50@1  60.  West- 
ern Union,  61S.  Hides,  dry,  21J@21J,  quiet.  Oil— Sperm,  SI  30ffi.?l  31. 
Winter  Bleached,  $1  60  @  1  65.  Whale,  65(a73  ;  Winter  Bleached, 
75@82.  Wool -Spring,  fine,  22(330  ;  Burry,  12@16 ;  Pulled,  25@38. 
Fall  Clips,  17  @  22  ;  Burry,  16  @  22.  London,  March  23d.— Liverpool 
Wheat  Market,  10s.  5d.  @  10s.  8d.  Club,  10s.  8d.  @  lis..  United 
States  Bonds,  107|.     Consols,  %  7-16. 

STOCKS. 
The  record  of  stock  operations  in  the  market  since  our  last  issue 
we  are  compelled  to  state  as  most  disastrous.  Decline  has  followed 
decline,  and  marginal  stocks  have  been  necessarily  sold  at  a  fearful  sacri- 
fice. Indeed,  a  veritable  panic  has  seized  the  market.  The  bonanza  peo- 
ple have  apparently  stood  in  on  Consolidated  Virginia,  but  the  stock 
nevertheless  closes  weak  at  S38g,  and  this  despite  the  most  encouraging 
uews  from  the  mine.  The  revengeful  attacks  of  disappointed  operators 
and  journals  has  undoubtedly  brought  about  the  present  state  of  affairs. 
In  a  community  where  all  interests  are  interwoven— as  in  this— we  cannot 
see  how  a  journal  can  be  so  short-sighted  as  to  continue  this  sort  of  policy, 
resulting,  as  it  must  ultimately,  to  their  own  loss.  If  confidence  is 
destroyed  to  that  extent  that  explorations  are  stopped  or  even  retarded, 
what  becomes  of  a  thousand  interests  in  this  city  dependant  thereon  ? 
One  thing  is  certain  :  we  shall  have  no  "market"  until  these  attacks  are 
discontinued.     The  market  closes  weak  and  depressed. 


Califomians  Registered  at  the  Office  of  Charles  LeGay,  American 
Commission  Merchant,  1  Rue  Scribe,  Paris,  March  2d,  1877.— Horace 
Hawes  and  wife,  Mrs.  Caldwell,  H.  Caldwell,  A.  Colman  and  wife, 
Richard  Brown  and  wife,  Mrs.  Dr.  Sawyer,  Miss  Sawyer,  J.  Keane,  Mrs. 
A.  Patten,  A.  F.  Alloron,  H.  R.  Bloomer,  Dr.  E.  Celle,  Benjamin  Bel- 
loc,  Henri  de  Laurencel,  Abel  Guy,  C.  H.  Maddox  and  family,  J.  Y. 
Hallock,  D.  T.  Murphy,  John  Deane,  J.  C.  Williamson  and  wife,  Mrs. 
Hall  McAllister,  Misses  McAllister,  E.  H.  Mayers. 


The  committee  of  mining  operators  and  experts  appointed  to  exam- 
ine the  California  and  Consolidated  Virginia  mines  in  Nevada,  with 
special  reference  to  the  recently  opened  1650-foot  level  of  the  latter  mine, 
report  that  the  ore  body  widens  as  it  descends,  and  the  prospects  favor 
the  belief  that  the  level  will  be  richer,  when  fully  developed,  than  the 
levels  previously  opened.  A  break  in  the  market  has,  however,  followed 
the  report,  and  it  is  variously  accounted  for,  but  is  generally  attributed  to 
the  manipulations  of  heavy  operators. 

The  San  Francisco  News  Letter,  dated  March  3d.,  says.  Lon- 
don, March  2d.— "The  object  of  the  removal  of  the  Mediterranean 
squadron  from  the  Piraeus  is  said  to  be  to  refit  the  ships  and  give  leave  to 
the  men  preparatory  to  a  cruise  during  the  summer  months,  political  rea- 
sons no  longer  rendering  the  presence  of  the  squadron  necessary  in  East- 
ern waters." 

Beerbohm's  Telegram.—  London  and  Liverpool,  March  23d,  1877. — 
Floating  Cargoes,  unaltered  ;  Cargoes  on  Passage,  do  ;  Mark  Lane,  q«i«'; 
Liverpool,  quiet;  English  Country  Markets,  quiet;  French  do.,  quiet;  No. 
2  Spring  Off  Coast,  50s.  6d.;  California  do.  Off  Coast,  51s.@52s.;  do. 
Club,  10s.  9d.@lls.;  do.  Average,  10s.  6d.@10s.  9d.;  Red  Western  Spring, 
10s.  2d.@10s.  lid. 


Air.  F.  Algrar,  \o.  8  ClementN  Lane.  London.  In  authorised  to 

receive  subscriptions,  advertisements,  communications,  etc.,  (or  this  paper, 


Published  with  thin  week'*  issue  an  Eiffli  t- 
JPrif/e  Postscript,  and  a  Splendid  Portrait  of 
Miss  Adelaide  Ifeilson, 


LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 


Two  new  vessels,  the  Gamma  and  Delta,  have  just  been  constructed 
for  the  Chinese  Government,  and  will  be  shortly  dispatched  to  China. 
According  to  the  accounts  in  the  China  papers,  the  English  crews  of  the 
vessels  already  arrived  were  discharged  in  China.  The  idea  is  to  man  and 
work  the  gunboats  entirely  by  Chinese. 

£  1  7a  Freight  to  Liverpool.— The  ship  Hngcnot  1187  tons  register, 
has  been  chartered  to  load  Wheat,  etc.,  for  Liverpool,  at  the  extremely 
low  rate  of  twenty-seven  shillings.  The  Isle  of  Bate  is  to  load  Salmon  in 
Columbia  River,  for  Liverpool,  at  £3. 


Ship  Patterdale  for  Liverpool.  —  Balfour,  Guthrie  k  Co.  have 
cleared  this  fine  ship  for  Liverpool,  with  a  cargo  valued  at  $167,363,  con- 
sisting in  part  of— Borax,  2,353  ctls.;  cotton,  123  bales; .  honey,  20  bbls. 
and  2  boxes;  tallow,  236  bbls.;  wheat,  35,455  ctls.,  etc. 

Callaghan,  Lynch  &  Co.,  stock  brokers,  have  made  an  assignment 
to  A.  J.  Bailey  and  James  R.  Keene.  The  firm  became  embarrassed 
about  two  months  ago.  The  liabilities  aggregate  several  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars.     The  firm  expect  to  pay  in  full. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  exhaustive  and  interesting  biography 
of  Miss  Neilson  on  the  5th  page. 

A  second  party  of  emigrants  for  Australia  has  sailed  from  New 
York.  The  party  numbered  forty-six  married  and  ninety -two  single  per- 
sons, eighty-five  of  the  latter  being  men  and  women.  Their  destination  is 
Now  South  Wales.     

The  appropriations  of  the  British  Parliament  this  session  amount  to 
about  575,000,000  for  the  army,  890,000,000  for  the  navy,  and  5100,000.000 
for  the  civil  service— about  double  the  current  expenses  of  the  United 
States  government. 

We  have  received  several  communications  on  the  subject  of  the  re- 
cent imbroglio  between  Mr.  Hayes  and  General  McComb.  As  the  mat- 
ter is  still  pendente  lite,  we  defer  any  comments  till  the  evidence  is  before 
the  court. 

Central  America.— It  is  understood  that  the  Pacific  Mail  Company 
have  concluded  a  contract  with  the  Government  of  Salvador  to  give  that 
State  direct  monthly  communication  with  San  Francisco. 

One  Hundred  Dollars  Reward  will  be  paid  on  conviction  of  the 
person  or  persons  who  tore  down  the  posters  referring  to  the  exposure  of 
the  Stock  Market  contained  in  this  issue. 

From  Oregon.--  We  have  the  steamer  Ajaz,  with  11,488  quarter  sacks 
flour,  216  sacks  wheat,  344  sacks  oats,  878  boxes  apples,  300  hides,  165 
cases  eggs,  bacon,  pork,  lard,  etc. 

A  dividend  at  the  rate  of  10  per  cent,  per  annum  has  been  declared 
by  the  Anglo-California  Bank  for  the  six  months  ending  December  31, 
1876,  payable  immediately. __ 

Silver  was  quoted  in  London  yesterday  at  53Jd.  #  oz.,  925  fine  ;  Con- 
sols, 96J  ;  United  States  5  per  cent.  Bonds,  107  i  and  103J  for  4i  per  cents. 

Brokers  are  buying  Half  Dollars  at  6@6J  per  cent,  discount,  and  are 
selling  them  at  5A@5f  per  cent,  discount. 

The  Liverpool  Wheat  market  was  10s  5d@10s  8d  for  average  Cali- 
fornia and  10s  8d  to  Us  for  club  yesterday. 

The  new  steamer  City  of  Chester  mil  sail  on  ber  initial  trip  to 
Portland  to-day. 

Stock  Exposure— and  How  to  Review  the  Market— will  be 
found  on  our  16th  page.  


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco,  California, 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March   24,  1877. 


GOING    TO    PRESS. 

[William  A.  Jones,  foreman  of  the  composing  room  of  the  New  Or- 
leans Times,  died  recently.  Just  before  his  death  he  became  conscious  for 
a  moment,  and  in  that  gleam,  dwelling  upon  the  habits  of  his  life,  be  sud- 
denly exclaimed:  "The  'ads'  are  all  right,  Sherman;  lock  up  the  forms, 
and  let's  go  to  press."] 

Soon  the  forms  are  locked  forever, 

Changeless  shall  the  impression  be  ; 

Scan  the  proofs  iu  time,  O  printer ; 

Thou  art  near  eternity. 

Are  the  'ads'  all  right,  composer? 

Art  thou  standing  justified? 

Ready  now  for  death  and  judgment, 

Their  unfoldings  to  abide  ? 


Fellow-man,  a  moment  linger 
On  the  dying  printer's  speech, 
For  it  bears  a  weighty  lesson, 
Our  unheeded  hearts  to  teach. 


Day  by  day  thou  art  composing 
What  a  universe  shall  read; 
Type  to  type  art  ceaseless  setting, 
As  thou  addest  deed  to  deed. 


Ah,  how  surely  life's  full  columns,     So  shalt  thou,  as  night  advances, 
When  the  hand  that  seta  them  lies  Greet  th'  unstaying  Pressman's  call; 
Fixed  in  an  unbroken  stillness,        Then  await  the  morn  eternal 
Their  composer  advertise.  Publishing  thy  life  to  all. 

"LOW"  OR  "CUT  SQUARE?" 
Since  laat  I  had  the  honor  of  writing  in  your  columns  I  have  re- 
ceived the  following  letter  from  a  friend— a  young  and  lovely  woman  of 
my  acquaintance.  It  contains  some  of  her  reasons  for  not  attending  the 
Drawing-Rooms  this  year  (of  which  the  chief  one  seems  to  be  that  she 
considers  herself  too  thin);  it  has  som^  reference  to  your  recent  article 
upon  the  subject  of  fashionable  nudity  ;  and  it  is  written  in  so  lively  and 
pleasant  a  style,  combining  a  simplicity  and  a  grandiloquence  which  are 
truly  feminine,  that  I  cannot  help  thinking  you  may  perhaps  like  to  re- 
produce it  for  the  benefit  of  those  among  your  readers  who  are  interested 
in  the  important  subject  cf  dress.  I  copy  it,  therefore,  word  for  word, 
just  as  it  came  to  me,  omitting  neither  several  little  peculiarities  of  gram- 
mar nor  the  italics,  which  are  all  her  own.     It  is  as  follows: 

"You  ask  me,  dear  ....  whether  I  intend  going  this  year  to  a  Draw- 
ing-Room, as  you  say  you  would  very  much  like  to  see  me  dressed.  Noth- 
ing would  have  given  me  greater  pleasure,  but,  alas,  I  feel  quite  unable, 
in  my  present  weak  state,  to  face  anything  so  horrible/  I  don't  suppose 
there  exists  in  this  realm  a  subject  more  loyal  than  myself  ;  but,  as  you 
know,  I  have  long  had  only  one  lung.  Any  voice  I  have,  however,  is 
raised,  whenever  the  occasion  presents  itself,  in  joyful  acclamations,  and 
I  utterly  despise  those  people  who,  from  a  mistaken  sense  of  their  own  im- 
portance, are  wont  to  deride  the  sentiments  which  animate  what  I  am 
pleased  to  call  my  bosom.  I  have  used  this  phrase,  dear,  advisedly;  a 
long  course  of  delicate  health  (not  sufficiently  serious  to  enable  me  to  rely 
upon  a  doctor's  certificate)  having,  as  you  know,  reduced  my  form  to 
somewhat  sylph-like  proportions,  so  that  (as  my  Abigail  informed  me  one 
morning  in  a  fit  of  pique)  my  'helbows  would  really  almost  put  out  a  fly's 
hye;'  and  it  is  impossible  that  I  can  start  from  the  same  point  de  depart 
as  those  who  are  blessed  with  plenty.  With  all  my  overwhelming  loyalty, 
therefore,  a  Drawing-Room  is  to  me  an  utter  abomination  ;  for,  after  going 
to  an  enormous  expense,  I  have  the  feeling  that  I  \ook  fifty  thousand  times 
more  horrid  even  than  I  appear  in  my  every-day  clothes!  Besides  which  I 
am  so  haunted  with  the  dread  of  an  early  tomb  in  case  I  catch  cold,  that 
depression  prevents  me  from  even  displaying  the  charms  of  my  mind!  It 
has  also  been  generally  my  fate  to  accompany  on  these  melancholy  occa- 
sions kinswomen  or  acquaintances  who  are  as  plump  and  well-covered  as  I 
am  scraggy  and  ridiculous-looking,  and  our  approach  to  the  Throne  must 
suggest  to  the  August  Eye  (should  it  even  deign  to  rest  upon  such  a  worm 
as  me!)  Pharaoh's  celebrated  dream  of  the  fat  and  lean  cattle,  which  is 
referred  to  in  the  Bible.  That  eye,  however,  lights  upon  me  but  for  a 
moment.  For  a  moment  only  (thank  Heaven!)  do  I  bow  trembling  and 
quailing  before  it,  throwing  into  my  own  an  expression  of  unutterable 
loyalty  and  devotion  ;  and  then  ....  the  ordeal  is  over  ;  I  make  a 
feint  of  backing,  which  is  of  course  an  impossibility,  encumbered  as  I 
am  ;  a  kind  though  contemptuous  official  arrests  me  in  my  crab-like 
course  ;  once  more  the  protecting  train  is  flung  over  my  emaciated  arm 
by  an  unseen  hand,  and  conceals  the  deficiencies  of  my  '  helbow'  (the  left 
one  only  ;  but  on  these  occasions,  dear,  one  is  grateful  for  small  mercies, 
and  by  holding  one's  fan  and  pocket-handkerchief  in  an  unnatural  back- 
ward position,  one  can  generally  manage,  to  a  certain  extent,  to  guard 
one's  right).  And  in  this  manner  one  makes  one's  way  humbly  and  thank- 
fully to  outer  circles,  happy  indeed  if  one  escapes  on  the  morrow  with 
only  a  very  bad  cold  and  an  irritation  of  one's  bronchial  tubes/ 

But  this,  dear,  is  only  when  all  goes  well.  The  most  horrible  things 
have  happened  to  me  at  Drawing-Rooms,  some  of  which  I  must  confide 
to  you  if  only  as  a  warning.  Was  it  you  who  said  to  me,  that  going  (as 
I  always  do  now)  in  the  very  deepest  mourning  added  not  a  little  to  my  rat- 
like appearance,  black  diminishing  those  who  are  naturally  thin  ?  But  you 
will  see  that  I  have  a  very  good  reason  for  this,  as  for  everything  else  that 
I  do.  A  little  episode  (as  you  know)  prevented  me  from  going  the  first 
year  after  my  marriage  [much  to  my  disgust.');  but  the  year  after  that  I 
was  all  prepared  to  be  presented  to  Edwin's  grandmother  (such  an  old 
wretch!),  and  making  use  of  my  wedding-garment,  which  of  course  I  had 
only  worn  once.  So  that  the  C/ueen  might  not  recognize  it,  however,  I  had 
had  it  done  up  in  the  most  delicious  way  in  the  world,  much  prettier  than  it 
ever  was  before.  Ducks  of  bouillonnes  made  of  yellow  tulle  illusion 
trimmed  with  Roman  pearls  meandered  up  the  front  of  it  en  tablier,  while 
my  train,  which  was  composed  of  vert  de  JV?7  (introduced  out  of  compli- 
ment to  the  Khedive),  was  deliciously  garnied  with  Brussels  lace  and  pea- 
cock's feathers.  But,  in  the  middle  of  all  this,  who  should  take  it  into 
his  head  to  die  but  the  Grand  Duke  of  Schlangenbad-Pimpernikel  (you  re- 
member that  horrid  old  man  who  persecuted  me  so  at  Hombourg,  that 
time  when  Edwin  was  ordered  iron  ?),  and  all  my  '  bravery '  had  to  be 
turned  into  mourning.  Next  year  almost  the  same  thing  happened  with 
my  rose  du  Barry,  only  this  time  the  offender  was  a  dear  little  Serene 
manikin-pips'  [no  doubt  some  fond  maternal  expression  descriptive  of 
babyhood],  '  with  whom  one  could  not  be  really  angry,  as  he  survived  his 
birth  only  a  few  moments.  So  now,  you  see,  I  have  made  up  my  mind  to 
go  always  in  black,  which  is  far  the  best  way  to  prevent  disappointment ; 
and  the  next  time,  in  order  to  avoid  catching  one  of  my  usual  colds,  I  de- 
termined by  the  advice  of  my  doctor  to  go  cut  square,  for  it  seems  that 
one's  lungs  are  as  much  to  one's  back  as  one's  front.  I  was,  however,  as 
you  will  see,  only  rushing  from  Scy/la  to  Charybdis  (two  horrid  whirlpools, 
you  remember,  that  sucked  men  down,  in  MagnalFs  Questions),  and  you 
shall  hear  what  happened  to  me.     I  really  do  think,  without  vanity,  that 


I  never  looked  less  horrible  in  my  whole  life,  as  Edwin  (who  was  then  any- 
thing but  the  disagreeable  crtature  he  is  now)  could  not  help  admitting  ; 
and  I  departed  with  all  sorts  of  absurd  flatteries  ringing  in  my  ears,  little 
guessing  the  ignominious  fate  that  awaited  me.  In  order  not  to  offend 
the  Queen  (who  we  were,  on  the  contrary,  very  anxious  of  course  to  please) 
Edwin  did  not  go  with  me,  as  we  saw  in  the  Court  Circular  that,  unless 
absolutely  necessary,  she  would  rather  not  see  him  ;  so  I  went  on  my  way 
alone. 

Now  it  seems  that  just  about  this  time  the  law  of  dress  was  in  a  state  of 
transition.  Nasty,  vulgar,  low  people,  it  seems,  used  to  come  to  Court  in 
the  moat  ridiculous  dresses  of  all  colors  of  the  rainbow,  and  some  of  them 
quite  high,  no  doubt  to  conceal  their  horrid  deformities.  This  very  natu- 
rally made  the  Queen  so  angry  that  Bhe  was  determined  to  draw  the  line 
somewhere,  as  one  would  have  had  to  do  in  her  place  ;  only,  unfortunately, 
she  drew  it  at  me,  as  you  shall  hear  ;  for  I  happened,  without  knowing 
it,  to  go  on  the  very  day  the  new  Act  was  passed.  Hardly  had  I  reached 
the  first  partition,  into  which  one  is  penned  by  the  inevitable  red  cords, 
when  I  became  aware  that  I  had  unwittingly  broken  one  of  the  laws  of 
my  land  ;  for  though  my  dress  was  so  very  low  in  front  that  I  had,  at  the 
last  moment,  to  send  up  Edwin  for  a  tucker,  it  was  quite  high  at  the  back, 
and  its  sleeves  reached  very  nearly  to  the  elbow.  An  excited  hubbub 
arose,  which  my  appealing  looks  were  powerless  to  silence,  and  I  found 
myself  at  once  the  center  of  unenviable  observation.  Scowling  myrmidons, 
outraged  at  my  breach  of  epiquette,  rushed  upon  me  as  upon  a  malefactor. 
Fierce  halberdiers  and  red-coated  officials  vied  with  each  other  in  odiousness, 
and  by  their  menaces  endeavored  to  induce  me  to  retreat,  one  of  them 
inquiring  of  me  ominously  whether  I  had  ever  been  burnt/  A  question 
which,  ignorant  as  I  then  was  of  its  real  significance,  served  only  to  in- 
crease my  terror.  An  infuriated  beefeater  seized  me  by  one  arm— I  saw 
the  glitter  of  a  hundred  battle-axe3— the  chamber  reeled  before  me,  and 

1  remember  no  more.     As  Alphonse  Karr  remarks,  however  (in  that 

dear,  delicious,  metaphysical  book,  Feu  Bressier,  which  you  lent  me,  and 
which  I  do  so  enjoy),  '  II  arriva  de  ce  chagrin  comme  de  tous  les  autres  ; 
ce  qui  avait  tant  cout^  de  larmes  devint  un  sujet  de  plaisanteries  ;  and  it 
is  no  doubt  this  feeling  which  enables  me  to  write  thus  flippantly  of  the 
painful  emotions  which  I  can  nevei'  altogether  forget.  They  have  passed 
into  a  household  word  in  our  family,  and  to  this  day,  upon  the  recital  of 
any  unforeseen  catastropfie  or  horrid  friglit,  dear  little  Poppy  and  Tootsy 
always  say  to  me,  'Mamma,  was  it  anything  like  as  nasty  as  when  you 
were  cut  square?'" 

t  A  tear  has  here  blotted  the  paper,  for  my  friend  is  a  nervous  and  emo- 
tional creature,  and  the  remembrance  of  this  day  had  evidently  unnerved 
her.  Her  letter  concludes  with  some  banal ites  having  reference  to  the 
weather  and  the  crops,  the  prevalence  of  small-pox,  the  pollution  of  the 
Thames,  the  price  of  coals,  and  the  teething  of  her  youngest  child ;  but 
surely  in  the  first  part  of  it  there  is  enough  to  arouse  compassion  in  every 
manly  breast,  unless  indeed,  as  some  suppose,  the  spirit  of  chivalry  is  al- 
together extinct.  Why,  one  is  tempted  to  ask,  might  not  this  observance 
be  made  agreeable  and  becoming  as  it  is  now  trying  and  unpleasant? 
Woman  is  naturally  vain  ;  and  like  the  French  lady  who  objected  to  be 
vaccinated  upon  her  arm,  because  it  might  be  seen,  subsequently  refu- 
sing, for  the  same  motive,  to  be  vaccinated  on  her  leg,  she  may  nearly 
be  trusted  to  display  anything,  in  reason,  which  she  considers  worth  look- 
ing at ;  so  that  should  the  "  August  Eye"  perceive  gossamer  or  tulle  illu- 
sion instead  of  flesh,  it  might  rest  satisfied  that  the  change  was  probably 
for  the  better.  Who  am  I,  however,  that  I  should  lift  up  my  horn  ?  I 
have  performed  what  I  consider  a  duty  in  forwarding  you  this  letter  ; 
and  I  must  now  leave  it  to  those  among  your  readers  who  are  wiser  than 
I  am,  to  meditate  at  their  leisure  upon  the  respective  merits  of  "low"  or 
"cut  square." — The  World. 

ASSESSOR'S  OFFICE—NOTICE  TO  TAXPAYERS,  1877-78. 

All  Persons,  Companies,  Associations  or  Firms  in  the  city 
and  County  of  San  Francisco,  are  requested,  either  in  person  or  by  their 
proper  representatives,  to  deliver  at  the  Assessor's  Office,  No.  22  City  Hall,  in  said 
City  and  Cour.ty,  before  the  SECOND  MONDAY  IN  /PRIL,  1877,  a  statement  under 
oath  of  all  the  property,  both  Personal  and  Real,  owned  or  claimed  by  him  or  them, 
or  which  is  in  his  or  their  possession,  or  which  is  held  or  controlled  by  any  other  per- 
son in  trust  for,  or  for  the  benefit  of  him  or  them.  — See  Political  Code,  Sec.  3643-3048. 

All  persons  owning:  Real  Estate  whose  property  was  assessed  in  a  wrong  name,  or 
by  a  wrong  description,  in  'ast  year's  Real  Estate  Assessment  Roll,  or  who  have  pur- 
chased Real  Estate  within  the  last  year,  will  call  at  this  office  with  their  deeds  and 
have  proper  corrections  made  immediately,  and  the  same  assessed  in  their  name  on 
the  Assessment  Roll  for  the  fiscal  year  1877-78. 

Poll  Tasi,  TWO  DOLLARS,  now  due  at  this  office,  or  to  a  Deputy.  Will  be  THREE 
DOLLARS  when  delinquent,  and  constitutes  a  lien  upon  other  property. 

ALEXANDER  BADLAM,  City  and  County  Assessor. 

March  1, 1S77.  March  3. 

NOTICE. 

The  public  are  hereby  notified  Hint  the  Fieltl  Deputies  of 
this  office  will  commence  assessing  property  MONDAY,  March  5, 1877. 

The  duties  assigned  to  those  Deputies  are  too  well  known  to  the  community  to  re- 
quire explanation,  and  while  I  have  been  careful  in  making  my  selections  to  fill  the 
positions  by  men  favorably  known  in  this  community  for  their  competency  and  integ- 
rity, and  am  confident  that  the  duties  will  be  discharged  by  them  to  the  satisfaction 
of  all  concerned,  I  urgently  request  taxpayers  to  report  to  this  office  any  dereliction 
of  duty  by  any  of  my  Deputies,  and  assure"  them  that  any  complaints  will  receive  im- 
mediate attention.  ALEXANDER  BADLAM,  City  and  County  Assessor. 

March  1, 1S77.  March  3. 

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March   M,   1877. 


CALIFORNIA      \l>\  ERTISER. 


IRISH    SONG.  II 

Air     '17k   Bank*  q|    flu-  D*Ulm." 
Winn  first  I  NkW  VttUHg  Hollj 

Sthritched  beneath  the  holly, 
Fm»t  uleep,  foroinst  her  aheap,  nn  dreamy  Minmier's  tUy, 

\\  i.l  daiaiee  l.tiik'liin'  round  l"  r, 

Hand  and  foot  I  bound  her, 
Then  kinod  her  on  her  bloomin'  cheek,  and  softly  atole  e\ray, 

Hut  u  wid  blaabei  burnin*, 

Tiptoe  I  waa  tiiniin', 
From  a}een  --li-'  rtarta  and  on  me  >!:irts  ■  dreadful  lightning  ray. 

My  foolish  flowery  fatten 

Scornfully  she  scatter*. 
And  like  »  winter  suul>eam  she  coldly  sweeps  away. 

Hut  Love,  voiiiil:  Love,  comes  atoopin' 

i  »'<!■  my  'hii-ii  b  droopin 
And  oh!  each  Bower,  wid  f:tiry  power,  the  rosy*  boy  renews: 

Then  trim's  each  ohmrmin'  cluster 

In  links  of  Btany  lustre. 
And  wid  the  chain  etielmntin',  my  colleen  proud  pursues. 

And  soon  I  met  young  Molly, 

Musm'  melancholy, 
Wid  downcast  eyes  and  Btarfciu'  sighs,  along  the  meadow  bank; 

And  oh!  heraweUnx1  bosom 

^  is  wreathed  with  daisy  blossoms, 
Like  stars  in  summer  heaven,  as  in  my  arms  she  sank. 

^^_____ —London  Spectator. 

THE  PULEX. 
How  to  catch  a  flea  is  an  art  that  the  majority  of  the  human  race 
has  studied  with,  unfortunately,  but  little  success.  It  is  no  use  setting 
spring  trajw  for  them,  nor  can  any  yet  discovered  barrier  be  put  in  their 
way  which  they  cannot  jump  over.  Entomology  divides  fleas  into  two 
classes:  the  pulex  irritaus  ana  the  pulex  penetrans,  and  it  is  believed  that 
the  San  Francisco  flea  is  a  direct  lineal  descendant  of  a  union  between 
these  two  species,  the  result  of  which  has  been  to  produce  an  inseot  with 
a  beak  like  a  pelican,  and  a  capacity  for  nourishment  greater  than  that  of 
the  cotyloid  worm,  known  to  science  as  a  Saiu/uismja,  and  to  the  world  at 
large  as  a  leech.  Any  information,  therefore,  which  can  be  given  as  to 
the  sure  and  certain  method  of  catching  a  San  Francisco  flea  must  be  a 
benefit  to  the  community  in  particular,  and  to  all  dwellers  in  arenose  re- 
gions generally.  Before  going  into  the  minute  particulars  as  to  how  to 
capture  this  agile  and  holometabolous  aphanipteron,  or  hopping  dipteron, 
a  few  particulars  regarding  it,  not  generally  known  to  insect  collectors, 
are  res|>ectfully  submitted.  Anything  which  stays  on  animals  belongs  to 
the  class  of  epizoa,  of  which  the  flea  is  the  most  common.  A  man  who  is 
thrown  off  ahorse  is,  of  course,  excluded  from  the  tribe  of  insects  which 
stick  to  the  brute  creation,  although  Mexicans  and  Indians  are  classified 
by  some  writers  as  external  parasites,  on  account  of  their  skill  as  eques- 
trians. The  flea  has  a  horny  covering  of  mail,  which  will  oftentimes 
break  a  man's  finger-nails  in  the  attempt  to  decapitate  it,  and  there  is  on 
record  an  instance  of  a  German- Jew  who  once  broke  his  thumb  in  a  futile 
endeavor  to  crack  a  very  old  one.  A  certain  Academy  of  Sciences,  a  long 
time  ago,  invented  a  lasso  to  strangle  fleas — which  was  partially  success- 
ful—but failed  on  account  of  the  ingenuity  of  the  insect.  The  first  flea 
captured  was  found,  after  a  diligent  hunt,  on  the  Vice-President's  neck. 
A  skilled  member  threw  his  lariat,  with  great  precision,  around  the  pulex, 
which  was  of  enormous  size,  and  safely  landed  him  on  his  back.  But  the  flea 
has  in  its  mouth  two  lancet-like  mandibles,  which,  together  with  its  max- 
illa?, form  a  suctorial  beak,  and  the  one  in  question  just  chewed  up  the 
lasso  like  lightning,  and  jumped  about  four  feet  into  the  sleeve  of  an- 
other member,  who  was  afterwards  undressed  four  times  during  the  even- 
ing, in  a  futile  endeavor  to  re-capture  the  active  skipper.  No  other  mem- 
ber present  would  own  that  he  had  fleas,  and  the  subject — not  the  flea — 
was  indefinitely  laid  on  the  table.  To  return  to  the  matter  proper — as  to 
how  to  capture  a  member  of  the  family  of  Pulicidoe,  the  reader  must 
imagine  himself  in  bed,  and  grievously  tormented  by  the  attentions  of 
one.  As  soon  as  the  precise  location  of  the  insect  is  ascertained,  great 
care  must  be  taken  to  keep  it  in  the  same  spot,  by  remaining  perfectly 
motionless.  At  this  juncture,  it  is  a  good  plan  to  carelessly  whistle 
"Tommy  make  room  for  your  uncle."  This  throws  the  fleaoff  his  guard, 
and  renders  him  unsuspicious  of  hostile  intentions.  Now  reach  for  a  vial 
of  chloroform,  which  to  all  skilled  flea-hunters  is  an  invaluable  adjunct, 
and  should  be  kept  under  the  pillow.  Pour  about  two  teaspoonfulls  down 
your  back  in  a  bee-line  with  the  position  of  the  enemy.  If  it  bites  sev- 
eral times  during  the  foregoing  proceedings,  do  not  emit  any  cry  of  pain, 
even  though  obliged  to  wince  at  the  severity  of  the  wound.  Within  five 
minutes  of  the  administration  of  the  anaesthetic  the  flea  will  be  asleep. 
Now  is  the  time  forrevenge.  Tear  off  thebed-clothes:  feel  for  him;  grasp  him; 
and  huld  him  tight  between  two  fingers,  previously  moistened  by  saliva. 
Catch  him  by  the  hind  legs,  which  have  eight  tarsal  joints,  and  pull  off 
seven  of  them,  leaving  him  just  one  to  walk  with.  Let  your  foe  lie  on  a 
white  sheet  until  consciousness  returns,  when  he  will  immediately  attempt 
to  jump.  Like  Sampson  shorn  of  his  locks,  he  will  be  powerless,  and  in 
impotent  rage  will  yell  and  shriek  until  every  flea  in  the  house  will  hop 
to  him  to  find  out  what  is  the  matter.  Now  is  your  time.  Throw  flat 
irons  at  them,  jump  on  them,  crack  them,  drown  them,  exterminate  them 
utterly,  until  there  are  none  left.  The  first  flea  will  have  committed 
suicide  by  this  time,  and  you  can  then  go  to  bed  and  sleep  in  peace. 


LATEST    FROM    JAPAN. 

Yokohama,  Feb.  27, 1877. 

Dear  New3  Letter:— The  Satsuma  clan  has  revolted.  Civil  war  rages. 
Thousands  of  Government  troops  are  being  sent  down  daily  to  quell  the 
insurrection.  All  news  stopped.  The  Mikado  has  appointed  Arisugawa 
No  Mia  Commander-in-Chief.  Several  battles  are  reported  to  have  been 
fought  already.  Yokohama  is  quite  lively  with  troops  marching  through 
to  embark.  Will  give  you  more  details  in  the  next.  Quite  exhausted 
with  much  writing  and  sketching.  Excuse  shortness  of  this  epistle. 
Getting  dark.     Mail  closes.     Adieu.  Yours,  Piods  Jones. 


Tne  losses  sustained  by  loans  contracted  in  Europe  on  behalf  of  foreign 
States  amount  to  the  enormous  sum  of  nearly  five  hundred  and  forty-six 
million  pounds  sterling  I 


INSURANCE. 


INSURANCE    AGENCY    OF 

HUTCHINSON.  MANN   &,   SMITH. 

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National  l.  i.  Co.,  t*.  s  A...Wuh'n,  D  alQlnnl  bu. Co     PWlidi  I] 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  M  dioni- 
POL1CIKS    ISSUED    <>N    DESIRABLE    PROPERTY  .aT   FAIR   RATES.    LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED    \nd  PROMPTLY  PAJD 

ii  I   r«  in  vso\,  MANS  A-  SMITH.  Ueueral  Aicontft, 

_Uec.  5. _^__^^__  ;il '  ^h'ornlii  struct,  Sun  Kruivuco. 

HOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Principal  Oilier.  406  California  Street.  San  Frnnrlaro. 
Oash  Assets,  January!,  1877,  $695,201 ;  Liabilities,  16,052 ;  Surplus  for  Policj 
Holders,  $580,880.  J.  l-\  Houghton,  President:  Geo.  If  Howard.  Vice-President: 
Charles  B.  Story,  Secretary,     it.  n.  MAQILL,  EL  H.  BIGBLOW,  General  i 

DiuoTOBS.— San  Francisco— Geo.  H.  Howard,  John  EL  BedJneton,  J.  F,  Houghton 
R.  B  Gray,  Robert  Watt.  John  Currcy,  L.  L.  Raker,  W.  F.  WttltUer,  ('.  r.  Burr,  E. 
M.  Root,  w,  II.  White,  .i.  I..  N.  Bhepara,  W.  M.  Greenwood,  George  s.  Mann,  cVnu 
Wilson,  W,  T.  Garratt  0.  Waterhouse,  A.  P.  HotaltDjj,  \.  Block,  A.  K.  P.  Sanson, 
G.  B.  Johnson,  w.  0  Wilson,  A  w.  Bowman,  H.  \..  lu^i^r.  riiari..;*  ft.  ni.tv.  Ala- 
moda  County  Branch  -V.  D.  Moody,  Channcy  Taylor,  A.  C.  Henry,  Robert  8.  Par- 
relly,  Joseph  B.  Merlin,  W.  it.  Hardy,  T.  B.  Simpson.  San  Dtego—A.  II  WUcox. 
Sacramento— Hark  Hopkins,  i>.  w.  Earl,  Julius  Wetelar,  James  Carolan.  Ban  Jose 
T.  Ellard  Beans,  H  D.  Murphy,  A.  Pflster,  J.  II.  Dibble,  J,  B.  Carter,  Jacl  son  i  -  n  Is, 
Jacob  Rich,  John  Auserala,  John  Balbach.  Stockton— li.  H,  Hewlett, Chaa  Beldlns;, 
J,  l>.  Peters,  A.  W.  Simpson,  H.  M.  Fanning.  MarysvUle—  D.  K.  Knight.  Grass 
Valley— Wm.  Watt,  T.  W.  Sigourncy.  Portland,  Oregon— W.  S.  Ladd,  0.  H.  Lewis, 
P.  Wasscrman,  B.  Goldsmith,  D.  Maeleay.  Virginia  City,  Nevada— John  (iil)i  I  LC 
L.  Kequa. March  17. 

FIRE  AND  MARINE  INSURANCE— UNION  )*S.  CO.  OF  8.  F. 

The  California  Lloyds.— Established  in  isfii.-.\«s.  -110  aud 
418  California  street.  Cash  capital  $750,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  $1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  ! !  Solid  Security  !  !  DD2ECTI  >i:s 
—SAM  Fmscisco—  J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N*  J.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antolne  Borel,  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  Lawrance  Pool,  A,  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jaljez 
Hi'wcs,  Nicholas  Luning,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Baum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Brandenstein,  Gustavo  Touchard,  G.  Brignardello,  George  C.  Hiekox,  T.  Lciii- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Linden berger.  Sacbaiiknto— Kdw.  Cadwalaaer,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Makysville — I*,  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  PORTLAND,  O. — 
Henry  Failing.     Nnw  York— J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GU8TAYB  TOUCHARD,  President.  N.  G.  KI'lTLE,  Vice  ITcsident. 

Cuarlks  P.  Havkx,  Secretary.         Geo.  T.  Bohkx,  Surveyor.  Oct.  20. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
FIKE     AND     MARINE. 

Clash  Assets,  Jan.  1st.  1870,  9478,000.— Principal  Office, 
J  218  and  220  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  OmcERH  :— PetKB  DOVAHUB,  Prea- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  CU8BXN0,  Sccrctarj' ;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  of  Directors  :—  Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine.  C.  I>. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Bocqueraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailev,  E.  W.  Corbert, 
GcorgeO.  MeMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson.  Dr.  C.  F. 
Buckley.  P.  J.  White,  W.  A,  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  Ivers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  0.  W.  Childs,  Lob  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County.  H.  W.  Seale,  Mayfield.  t.ieo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSUKANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  business  of  I, id-  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  overPooRTEBS  Million  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every*  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  complied  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON.  General  Agent. 
April  23.  ] 313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN, 
GERMANY. 

Capital,  6,000,000  Reich-Marks,  ftl,500,000  I  .  s .  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAX,  HIBSCHFELD%  CO., 
Nov.  4. Office  :  No.  ;sn2  Sansorne  street,  under  W.  F.  &  Co.'s  Bunk. 

ESTABLISHED    1821. 
Capital,  Gold 810,000,000. 

<;  I  AltlU.YN    ASSURANCE  CO.,  OF    LONDON. 

Dec.  16. Agents  :  BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO.,  230  California  st. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  $15, 000, 000  ;  Accumulated  Funds,  up- 
wards of  $0", 750,000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurance,  £1,380,000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN   ASSORANCE  CO.,   OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

(lash  Assets,  81,207,483.— London  Assurance  Corporation, 
j    of  London,    England.    Cash  Assets,  314,993,466. — Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.  CROSS  &.  CO.,  General  Agents, 

Jan.  20.  310  California  street. 

BRITI8H  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 

Capital  85,000,000.--- Agents:    Balfour,  Gutbrie  A  Co.,  No. 
230  California  street,  San  Francisco. No.  18. 

FOR    SALE. 
£k  l*rd\  i\i\d\  First  Mortgase  Bonds  of  the  Nevada  County 

mPO"*»"  "™  ""  "  Narrow  Gauge  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1870,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  8  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  in  this  city.  No  more  desirable  investment  can  he  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit.        [Sept.  9.  ]        ANDREW  BAIRD,  No.  304  California  street. 

THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every    variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Gilt, 
Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clocks  and  fine 
Sonzes;  also  a  full  line  of  Plumbers'  Goods.     122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
o. Jan.  27. 

STUART    S.    WRIGHT, 

Attorney  and  Counsellor  at  Law,  No.  504  Kearny  street, 
San  Francisco,  California.  Feb.  3. 


SAN    FKANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER  •AND 


March   24,  1877. 


THEATRICAL,     ETC. 

California  Theater.  —Miss  Neilson's  appearance  on  "Wednesday  evening 
as  "Juliet  "  was  the  occasion  of  another  ovation  only  second  to  that  of 
Mr.  Booth's  first  night.  It  evinced  very  plainly  that  the  beautiful  ac- 
tress' hold  upon  the  public  is  as  fresh  as  ever,  and  that  to  see  the  old  fa- 
vorite is  still  the  fashion,  as  the  phrase'  goes.  The  character  and  unusual 
elegance  of  the  audience  told  this  in  a  moment.  Miss  Neilson's  "Juliet" 
is  still  the  best  performance  of  that  difficult,  in  fact  almost  impossible, 
character,  now  on  the  stage,  and  is  too  well  known  to  our 
public,  and  has  been  too  exhaustively  criticised  to  need  anal- 
yzing here.  In  a  number  of  instances  she  has'  changed  her  pe- 
culiar business,  and  m  one  or  two-  cases  with  good  effect.  This  improve- 
ment was  especially  noticeable  in  the  conclusion  of  the  balcony  scene, 
when,  instead  of  throwing  Romeo  a  single  rose,  as  heretofore,  she  pas- 
sionately rains  whole  handfuls  of  flowers  and  leaves  upon  him.  Again, 
in  the  scene  where  the  lover  lowers  himself  from  the  balcony,  "  Juliet" 
raises  his  hand  through  the  railing  and  finally  falls  prostrated  with  the 
agony  of  parting.  In  offe  or  two  respects  we  think  Miss  Neilson  fell  be- 
low her  former  standard.  The  magnificent  lines1  preceding  the  swallowing 
of  the  narcotic  were  shorn  of  much  of  their  wonted  fire  and  effect,  and 
her  death  scene  was  hardly  what  we  remember  it  during  her  last  visit. 
Due  allowance,  however,  must  be  made  to  the  remains  of  her  severe  cold, 
which  materially  impeded  the  lady's  utterance  upon  Wednesday  night.  It 
would  be  difficult  to  praise  too'highly  the  "  Mercutio  "  of  Mr.  Hill. 
Throughout  it  was  a  most  admirable  performance,  and  renewed  his  for- 
mer reputation  in  that  part.  Mr.  Hill  is  unquestionably  the  best  "  Mer- 
cutio "  the  American  stage  can  boast,  Mr.  Keene's  "Romeo"  was  a 
most  creditable  performance,  and  played,  as  well'  as  dressed,  in  a  manner 
that  ssems  to  have  left  ths  critics  an  unexpected  little  to  grumble  at.  Mrs. 
Judah's  nurse  was  ae  thorough  a  performance  as  ever,  except  that  she 
spoke  more  indistinctly  than  even  the  requirements  of  the  part  dictated. 
Mr.  Bishop's  "  Peter  "  and  Mr.  Decker's  "  Tybalt  "  were  all  that  could 
be  desired.  On-  Thursday  evening  As  You  Like  It  gave  the  admirers  of 
Miss  Neilson,  as  "Rosalind,"  an  opportunity  to  see  her  in  that  fanciful 
character.  With,  all  her  personal  advantages,  magnetic  presence,  and  ad- 
mirable stage  business,  Miss  Neilson  fails  to  make  this  role  one  of  her 
successes.  The  first  act  was  capitally  rendered,  but  those  following 
evinced  a  partial  want  of  the  glowing  brilliancy  and  sparkle  we  have 
learned  to  look  for.  The  most  successful  character  in  the  support  was  un- 
questionably "  Touchstone,"  in  which  Mr.  Bishop  appeared  at  great  ad- 
vantage. Another  jammed  house  greeted  "  Juliet "  last  evening,  and  the 
beautiful  Englishwoman  has.,  every  reason  to  congratulate  herself  that 
hard  times  and  a  ruinous  stock  market  do  not  apparently  abate  one  jot  of 
her  popularity,  or  diminish  in  any  perceptible  degree  her  golden  harvest. 
Next  week  she  appears  in  two  more  of  her  Shakspearian  successes. 

The  other  theaters  do  not  present  a  ripple  of  change,  and  we  have 
nothing  new  whatever  to  record  in  their  direction  this  week.  A  Mid- 
summer's Night's  Dream  is  still  in  course  of  preparation  at  the  Grand, 
shortly  to  burst  upon  us  in  all  its  splendors.  At  Maguire's  Opera  House 
that  capital  end  man,  Frank  Moran,  is  underlined  for  a  benefit. 

TEN    YEAR'S    CREDIT. 

No  greater  or  more  important  aid  has  ever  been  rendered  to  the  city 
to  assist  in  its  development  than  the  enterprise  undertaken  a  few  years 
ago  by  the  corporation  known  as  "The  Real  Estate  Associates."  The 
success  of  their  efforts  has  been  fully  demonstrated  in  two  ways.  Firstly, 
they  have  enabled  hundreds  of  families  of  moderate  means  to  buy  homes 
for  themselves,  which  they  could  n«ver  have  otherwise  obtained.  Sec- 
ondly, they  have  made  the  enterprise  pay  the  stockholders,  and  erected  a 
magnificent  building  on  Montgomery  street,  as  a  substantial  proof  of  their 
financial  standing.  The  Real  Estate  Associates  have  done  what  no  single 
investor  could  do.  They  buy  the  wood  for  their  buildings  in  huge  quan- 
tities, and  only  use  it  as  it  becomes  fit.  Their  cornices,  moldings,  archi- 
traves, beams  and  girders  are  literally  prepared  by  hundreds,  the  quan- 
tity, of  course,  materially  lessening  the  expense.  In  fact  they  may  be 
Btyled  a  large  wholesale  house-building  corporation,  the  magnitude  of 
whose  operations  enables  them  to  make  a  handsome  profit,  while  they  ex- 
ecute only  the  finest  work.  We  notice  the  announcement  of  their  third 
annual  sale,  to  be  held  at  Piatt's-  Hall,  on  Tuesday,  April  10th,  under  the 
management  of  Maurice  Dore  &  Co.,  the  celebrated  real  estate  auctioneers. 
The  terms  of  sale  demand  the  attention  of  every  man  who  desires  to  ever 
have  a  home  of  his  own.  They  are  one-fifth  cash,  and  the  balance  in  in- 
stalments, extending  over  a  period  of  ten  pears.  The  interest  is  only  eight 
pei'  cent,  per  annum,  and  the  chance  is  one  seldom  if  ever  likely  to  occur 
again.  Numbers  of  our  fellow-citizens,  who  have  made  a  similar  invest- 
ment during  the  last  three  years,  thank  God  for  it  to-day.  The  houses 
will  doubtless  be  in  eager  demand. 


THE  CALIFORNIA  ECLECTIC  POWER  COMPANY. 
The  world  is  everywhere  engaged  in  increasing  inimitably  that  mighty 
power  which  Franklin  With  his  kite  so  simply  drew  down  from  the  clouds, 
and  by  which  he  opened  a  new  revelation  to  astonished  mankind.  San 
Francisco  is  determined  not  to  be  behind  the  rest  of  creation,  for  it  can 
now  boast  a  most  effective  Electric  Power  Company  of  its  own.  Works 
have,  at  great  expense,  been  located  at  412  Market  street,  at  which  the 
power  of  electricity  iB  chained  to  all  and  sundry  the  various  instruments 
known  to  the  modern  electrician's  art.  Instruments  of  as  high  a  degree  of 
finish  and  effectiveness  as  can  be  found  in  any  similar  manufactory  in  the 
world  can  now  be  had  there.  The  stock  is  not  only  large,  butt the  ability 
to  manufacture  to  order  is  unrivaled.  Telegraph  supplies,  scientific  and 
experimental  instruments,  batteries,  electro -magnetos,  house  and  hotel 
annunciators,  burglar  and  fire  alarms,  etc.,  are  among  the  thousand  and 
one  appliances  which  puzzle,  astonish  and  instruct  the  beholder.  The 
California  Electric  Power  Company  has  its  business  offices  at  330  Pine 
street,  below  Montgomery.  Its  officers  are  all  weU  known  for  their 
ability  and  stability.  Mr.  John  G.  Ayres,  its  manager,  is  as  favorably 
as  widely  known.  His  vim  and  go  will  stand  the  Compauy  in  good  stead. 
Mr.  Herz  (brother  of  the  distinguished  physician  of  that  name,  who  is 
President  of  the  Company),  is  the  effective  superintendent  of  the  works, 
whilst  Mr.  P.  Seiler,  who  in  his  special  department  has  no  superior,  is 
the  electrician.  The  Company  fills  a  bill  that  needed  filling  badly.  Its 
success  iB  assured  beyond  all  peradventure.  • 

Tlie  sole  agents  for  Krug  Private  Cuve'e  are  Hellmann  Brothers  & 
Co.,  525  Front  street. 


SIGNAL 

SERVICE    METEOROLOGICAL   EEPOKT, 

WEEK 

ENDING  MAI 
Hig 

„CH  22,  1877,  SAN  FRANC 

ISCO,  CAL. 

host   and   Lowest   Earometei 

Prl.  16. 

Sat.  17. 

Sun  IS. 

Mon.  19 

Tues  20 

30.00 

Wed  21 

l'hi'22 
29.98 

30.09 

30.11 

30.05 

30.13 

30.00 

30.06 

30.05 

30.02 

30.04 

29.93 

29.94 

29.95 

Maximum  and  Minimum  Thermometer. 

68 

63 

64         1          68                  73 

61 

61 

52 

49 

52                  51                  61 
Mean  Daily  Humidity. 

51 

51 

78 

78 

79        |         67        |         67 
Prevailing  Wind. 

76         | 

65 

W. 

1    w. 

w.      |     w.       |    sw.      | 

Wind — Miles  Traveled. 

W.        | 

W. 

87 

187 

99         |       150         |         83         [ 
State  of  Weather. 

218        | 

216 

Fair. 

Fair. 
Ma 

Fair.        |      Clear.      |     Clear.     | 
infall  in  Twenty-four  Hourt 

Cloudy. 

Clear. 

Total  Rahi  During  Season  beginning  July  lt  3S76...  10.69  inches. 

SANITARY  NOTES: 
For  the  first  time  for  several  months  there  is  a  considerable  dim- 
inution of  the  death  rate.  One  hundred  deaths  were  registered  as  com- 
pared with  120  last  week  and  130  theweek  before.  The  mortality  is,  how- 
ever, still  high  when  compared  with  former  years.  The  number  of  deaths 
for  the  corresponding  week  last  year  was  84,  and  for  that  of  1875  was  only 
64.  Notwithstanding  this  decrease  in  the  total  number  of  deaths,  the 
mortality  from  preventable  disease  is  not  less  than  it  was  last  week. 
There  were  22  deaths  from  diphtheria,  8  from  small-pox,  1  from  scarlatina, 
and  3  from  typhoid  fever.  There  is  greatly  diminished  mortality  from 
diseases  of  the  respiratory  organs,  owing  no  doubt  to  the  mild  weather 
which  has  prevailed  of  late.  Thirty-five  deaths  were  under  five  years  of 
age  ;  sixteen  between  five  and  twenty  years ;  forty-five  between  twenty 
and  sixty  years,  and  four  over  that  age.  The  mortality  would  have  been 
still  less  but  for  an  unusual  number  of  casualty  deaths,  such  as  four  acci- 
dental, one  strangulated  hernia,  one  uterine  hemorrhage,  one  homicide. 
There  were  two  deaths  from  Bright's  disease,  three  from  congestion  of  the 
brain,  two  paralysis,  and  three  from  cancer.  Small-pox  continues  as  be- 
fore twenty-one  fresh  cases  were  reported.  It  is  sad  to  be  obliged  to 
repeat  the  note  that  upwards  of  one-filth  of  the  whole  mortality  was  caused 
by  diphtheria,  a  disease  more  easily  prevented  than  any  of  the  zymotic 
class.  On  an  average,  about  seven  deaths  are  reported  in  London*  Eng- 
land, every  week,  so  that  in  proportion  tu  the  population,  forty  times  more 
children  die  in  San  Francisco  from  diphtheria  than  in  the  most  crowded 
city  in  the  world.  The  disinfection  of  the  sewers  is  still  going  on,  but  the 
accumulations  of  filth  in  many  are  beyond  the  reach  of  chemicals.  Every 
householder  must  therefore1  secure  the  purity  of  his  own  establishment. 


The  Chicago  Evening  Journal  relates  the  following :  "Oh,  ma!" 
exclaimed  a  stylish  young  Chicago  miss  on  the  opening  day  of  Lent,  "  I 
can't  go  to  service  after  all,  for  I've  no  prayer  book." 

"  Why,  yes  you  have,  daughter,"  said  the  mother;  "  where's  that  costly 
one  I  gave  you  Christmas  ?" 

"  Oh,  that  one,"  replied  the  miss;  "  I  couldn't  carry  that,  for  it  doesn't 
match  my  dress  at  all." 

And  the  poor  girl  had  to  remain  away  from  the  church  privileges. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  street,  between  Third  and  Fourth.--- Acting  Man- 
ager, Mr.  Chas.  Wheatleigh ;  Scenic  Artist,  Mr.  Wm.  Voegtlin.  This  Evening, 
March  246b,  Fiftieth  Representation  of  THE  TOUR  OF  THE  WORLD  IN  EIGHTY 
DAYS,  the  most  magnificent  and  successful  spectacular  production  ever  witnessed  in 
San  Francisco.  Time  Table:  England— Eccentric  Club,  London,  8:00  p.m  ;  Egypt- 
Suez  Canal,  8:25  p.m.  ;  India— Bungalow  at  Kholby,  S:45  p.m.  ;  The  Suttee,  Sacrificial 
Pyre,  8:fiS  p.m.  ;  Calcutta,  9:12p.m.  ;  America— San  Francisco,  9:25  p.m.  ;  Union  Pacific 
Railroad,  9:55  p.m.;  The  Wilderness  on  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  10:05  p.m.;  Niagara, 
10:20  p.  m.  ;  The  American  Blondiu  Crossing  the  River  Niagara  on  a  Single  Rope,  10:26 
p.m.  ;  Atlantic  Ocean— Cabin  uf  Henrietta,  10:30  p.m  ;  Deck  of  Henrietta,  10:40  P.M.  ; 
Explosion  of  Henrietta,  10:45  p.m.  ;  England— Liverpool,  10:50  p.m.  ;  London,  Eccen- 
tric Club,  11:05  p.m.     GRAND  MATINEE  this  (Saturday)  Afternoon,  at  2  o'clock. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Bush  street,  above  Kearny  .—John  McC'uIlough,  Proprietor 
and  Manager  ;  Barton  Hill.  Acting  Manager.  This  (Saturday)  Evening,  March 
24th,  fourth  night  of  the  world-famous  MISS  NEILSON,  who  will  appear  in  her  in- 
comparable impersonation  of  ROSALIND,  in  Shakspeare's  grand  play  of  AS  YOU 
LIKE  IT.  This  (Saturday)  Afternoon,  First  Neilson  Matinee— AS  YOU  LIKE  IT. 
Next  week  MISS  NEILSON  will  appear  on  Monday  and  Tuesday  Evenings  as  JULIET, 
and  Wednesday,  Thursday,  Friday  and  Saturday  Evenings  as  VIOLA,  in  Shakspeare's 
last  and  greatest  comedy,  TWELFTH  NIGHT.  In  Preparation— CYMB ELI NE  and 
MEASURE  FOR  MEASURE.  March  24 

MAGUIRE'S    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Bush  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Kearny.  —  Tho». 
Magnire,  Jr.,  Proprietor  and  Manager.  Continued  success  of  the  troupe  par 
excellence,  MAGUIRE'S  MINSTRELS  !  This  evening,  March  24th,  and  every  evening- 
during  the  week,  and  Saturday  Matinee  at  2  p.m.  New  Programme  of  Original 
Specialties.  Part  First,  Minstrelsy.  Part  Second,  Novelties.  SHERIDAN  and 
MACK'S  FLIRTATION.  To  conclude  with  John  Hart's  original  act,  THE  ROADSIDE 
INN.  Monday,  March  20th— First  appearance  of  the  Monarchs  of  Song1  and  Dance, 
CHEEYERS  and  KENNEDY. March  24. 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER. 

Kearny  street,  between  Washington  and  JacKson.— Samuel 
Tetlow,  Proprietor.  Grand  Production  of  the  Beautiful  Domestic  Drama,  by 
Charles  Reade,  from  Tennvson's  Poem,  entitled  DORA,  with  FANNY  YOUNG  as 
DORA,  supported  by  the "  Company.  The  BRAHAMS  in  their  Society  Sketches. 
SHED  LeCLAIR  in  his  Comic  Hat-Spinning  and  Juggling-  Act,  GROTESQUE 
DIABLO  !     New  Olio  !    Male  and  Female  Minstrels.  March  24. 

DIME  SAVINGS  BANK,  646  MARKET  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO- 

FA.  Rutherford,  President  :  W.  McMahon  O'Brien, 
s  Cashier.  A  Bank  Book  issued  free  on  deposit  of  10  cents  and  upwards,  and 
payable  without  notice.  10  per  cent,  per  annum  on  Term  Deposits.  Open  from  9 
A.M.  to  4  p.m.     Saturday  evenings  till  9  o'clock.  March  24. 


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March   M,  1877. 


I    M.lluKM  \      \l>\  IKTISKK. 


ADELAIDE    NEILSON. 
When  the  nineteenth  century  shall  nave  passed  Into  the  «lark  av- 

:    !  "  !  »nd  :  ill  stand  out  ai -tin-  li-* 

which  adorned  Ita  Inst. .rv  the  nun.-  of  Adelaide  Neilson.    The  picture 

which  wo  give  t ir  readers  this  week  ol  this  beautiful  end  celebrated 

omulete  without  some  aoooantol  her  wonderful  and 
ImiIIi.hu  career.  Miaa  Neilson  wai  born  In  the  year  1851,  at  Baragoasa.  in 
Spain.  Her  father  was  ■  Bpaniafa  gentleman  of  distinction,  while  hex 
mother  was  the  daughter  of  an  Bnghefa  clergyman,  who  was  rector  of  a 
perish  La  ana  ol  the  northern  counties.    She  «  i  partly  in   En 

tnd  partly  In  France,  having  been  brought  to  England  from  Spain 
when  ihe  was  about  two  yean  old.  Moat  of  Hiaa  Neilsun's  early  Ufa  was 
■pent  in  tin;  xMitli  of  England.  At  the  aire  of  nine  year*,  ;iml'during  a 
stay  at  Paris,  tlie  child  who  was  destined  t.-  win  bo  bright  a  fame  in  the 
temples  of  Tnespia,  was  first  taken  to  a  theater.  Little  did  ahe  dream,  at 
that  time,  of  tli<-  eouutless  hours  she  would  pasa  hereafter  on  the  boards, 

Where  BO  many  an-  doomed  to  disappointment  and   so  few  ever  grasp    the 

prise  awarded  to  histrionic  merit !    The  visit  alluded  to  was  paid  to  the 
xris,  where  Madeleine  Brohan  was  playing  Serine's  comedy 
of  Lt  rem  oTetni,     By  a  curious  coincidence  .Miss  Neilson  played  the  En- 
glish, version  of  the  same   piece  seven   years   afterward,  at   the   Princess' 

Theater,  in  Loudon.  It  was  the  fourth  role  she  ever  attempted,  and  was 
oiu-  of  the  many  triumphs  of  her  first  year  on  the  stage.  The  gifted  BUb- 
jeet  of  this  sketch  made  her  debut  in  the  year  1866,  when  she  was  fifteen 
years  of  age.  The  part  selected  was  that  of  "Julia,"  in  the  Hunchback, 
She  played  "  Juliet  "  for  the  first  time  in  London  at  the  Xew  Royalty 
Theater,  Dean  >tn.-et,  Soho,  before  the  completion  of  her  sixteenth  year. 
One  of  the  first  criticisms  on  her  efforts  was  written  by  old  Bale  Bernard, 
who  spoke  of  her  as  follows  :  "Although  crude  and  angular,  it  was  the  true 
'Juliet'  in  the  bud,  and  we  hopesonie  day  to  beholdit  in  the  flower."  Since 
that  eventful  night  Miss  Neilson  has  played  "Juliet"  eleven  hundred  and 
si  \  t y  odd  times.  Although  her  representation  of  Shakspeare's  sweetest  hero- 
ine made  a  powerful  impression  on  the  English  theatrical  world,  it  must 
not  be  supposed  that  thefair  artistfoundtheladderof  success  an  easy  one  to 
climb.  Her  youth  and  originality  obtained  favor  for  her,  it  is  true,  but 
her  immaturity  and  the  crudeness  which  was  inseparable  from  her  tender 
years  were  insurmountable  bars  to  her  immediate  triumphs,  and  she  had 
to  go  back,  as  others  have  done,  and  trudge  wearily  through  the  drudgery 
of  the  stage,  which  is  so  necessary  an  element  of  a  prosperous  after  career. 
She  played  over  two  hundred  nights  at  the  Princess  and  Adelphi  Theaters, 
for  a  salary  of  £7,  or  S35  a  week,  and  at  the  conclusion  of  her  engage- 
ments went  around  the  provinces,  from  town  to  town,  performing  for  over 
lOOnights.  Her  name  was  not  established  at  that  time,  nor  her  success 
sufficiently  pronounced,  to  enable  her  to  "star,"  consequently  she  had  to 
appear  in  all  sorts  of  characters,  Shakspearian  and  others,  for  about  150 
nights,  oftentimes  playing  to  poor  houses  and  even  to  empty  benches. 
During  this  turning  point  in  her  career  as  an  actress,  Miss  Neilson  was  on 
the  verge  of  despair.  She  was  almost  broken  down  from  hard  work,  and 
terribly  depressed  by  the  want  of  the  encouragement  she  longed  for.  Some 
weeks  her  share  of  the  earnings  was  as  little  as  five  shillings,  but  her  love 
of  her  art  supported  her  throughout  every  trial,  and  she  eventually  re- 
turned to  London,  more  than  ever  determined  to  win  the  laurels — now  so 
long  her  own.  Her  next  engagement  was  at  the  Lvceum,  where  she 
achieved  quite  a  success  in  a  poetical  play  of  Dr.  Westland  Marston. 
From  the  Lyceum  she  went  again  to  her  favorite  house,  the  Princess' 
Theater,  where  she  played  a  brilliant  engagement,  going  thence  to  the 
Gaiety,  where  she  appeared  for  200  nights  in  succession  in  the  celebrated 
play  of  The  Life  Chase.  Her  next  role  was  that  of  the  heroine  in  Uncle 
Dick's  Darling,  which  was  followed  by  her  original  part  of  "Julia,"  in 
The  Hunchback.  Her  performance  of  this  part  established  her  popularity. 
It  was  greeted  by  the  largest  houses  ever  seen  in  the  Gaiety,  and  from 
that  time  to  this  MissNeilson's  eareerhas  been  an  uninterrupted  succession 
triumphs.  The  following  season  was  marked  by  her  appearance  at  Drury 
Lane  in  the  character  of  "  Amy  Robsart,"  in  the  play  of  the  same  name. 
For  115  successive  evenings  the  audience  averaged  3,000  persons,  and  hun- 
dreds were  nightly  turned  away  from  the  thronged  doors.  The  follow- 
ing season  the  drama  of  Rebecca  was  produced,  in  which  she  played  the 
title-role  for  upwards  of  a  hundred  nights,  finishing  the  season  with  her 
world-wide,  celebrated  impersonation  of  "Juliet"  to  the  largest  and 
most  enthusiastic  audience  ever  assembled  in  "Old  Drury"  since  the 
farewell  of  Macready.  Among  the  distinguished  personages  who  honored 
Miss  Neilson  by  their  frequent  presence  were  the  Prince  and  Princess  of 
Wales,  Mr.  Disraeli,  now  Earl  of  Beaconsfield,  Lord  Lytton,  the  Right 
Hon.  Wm.  Gladstone,  and  all  the  stars  of  the  scientific,  literary  and  diplo- 
matic world.  It  was  then,  after  all  the  hard  years  of  struggle  with  for- 
tune, that  old  Bale  Bernard's  prophecy  was  at  length  realized.  The  world 
beheld  the  flower  which  had  budded  so  hopefully  in  1866.  All  the  London 
critics,  including  those  of  the  Athenceum,  the  Saturday  Review,  the  London 
Times,  Telegraph,  Daily  Neics,  and  others,  were .  unanimous  in  their 
declaration  that  Miss  Neilson  was  the  only  living  representative  of 
"  Juliet,"  and  the  greatest  the  world  had  ever  seen.  "Juliet"  was  re- 
peated in  the  provinces  to  crowded  houses,  and  varied  by  the  other  Shaks- 
pearian characters  for  which  Miss  Neilson  is  now  so  famous.  The  same 
cities  which  five  years  previously  had  yielded  her  a  niggardly  pittance  of 
five  shillings  a  week,  now  afforded  her  a  weekly  income  of  over  £500  for 
the  same  parts  which  they  had  before  refused  to  recognize.  Here  was  in- 
deed a  triumph.  It  shows  what  perseverance,  application  and  labor  will 
do  when  backed  by  talent,  inspiration  and  genius.  It  would  be  idle,  of 
course,  to  deny  the  bewitching  effect  of  the  fair  actress'  beauty,  but  this 
alone,  while  it  undoubtedly  lent  an  additional  charm  to  all  she  undertook, 
could  never  have  effected  for  her  the  many  triumphs  which  her  talent  and 
industry  have  realized.  On  the  termination  of  the  provincial  engage- 
ments, Miss  Neilson  sailed  for  America,  and  made  her  first  appearance  in 
this  country  at  Booth's  Theater,  in  New  York.  Her  successes  there  are 
too  well  known  to  need  recapitulation  here.  A  year  later,  in  March,  1874, 
she  came  West,  and  played  the  brilliant  engagement  so  well  remembered 
by  our  community.  The  present  season  is  by  far  the  most  successful  yet, 
being  her  fourth  in  this  country.  Miss  Neilson  has  played  "  .Rosalind  ' 
over  400  times. 

A  prominent  trait  in  the  character  of  Miss  Neilson  is  a  pa^3ion  for 
riding  and  a  great  love  of  horses.  She  has  often  ridden  with  the  Pytchley 
fox -hounds,  the  most  renowned  pack  in  England,  who  hunt  over  a  most 
difficult  country;  also  with  the  Duke  of  Grafton's  hounds  during  the  sea- 
son when  she  waa  disengaged.  Her  pluck  off  the  stage  is  as  great  as  the 
bravery  on  the  stage  which,  as  we  have  shown,  has  surmounted  so  many 
obstacles.     Accustomed  to  riding  from  her  childhood,  she  knew  no  fear  of 


U  the  following  SASodotS  will  ifaOW,      II  ■  h«n    ft 

girt  wee  rem  ol  obstinacy,  and  during  one  of  these  «i*-Hh 

sbsolul  difccn  which  nil  mistress  i  imp 

in  -      Bight  times  the  fair  rid.-r  nrged  the  brute  at  the  leap  in  rain,  but  on 

the  ninth  trial  tin-  animal  I. .run,    BO  Infuriated  that  In:  ru-h.-l  blindly  for 

w.uA,  tad  with  eyes  starting  from  hi-  head  and  snortui  i  leered 

the  obstacle,    Th<-  brave  a?ucsfrii  ,<»,  was,  however,  thrown   by  the  unex< 

pected  rush,  ana  landed  insensible  on   ti pposlte  bank,  where  the  was 

seen  by  ft  young  gallant  who  happened  to  i»-  near  at  the  moment,  and 

conveyed   hor  to  B  dwelling oIoSS    by.      Tin-  beautiful  Juli.-t  Was  grateful  to 

hei  preserver,  and  an  Lntlmaoy  sprang  up  between  them  which  n 
as  is  well  known,  in  the  bestowal  ol  Miss  Nailson'i  hand  ami  heart  on 
Mr.  I'hilip  Lee.  The  fortunati  Benedict  was  the  sod  ol  an  Engll  I 
gyman,  but  be  was  no  exception  to  the  proverb  about  ministers'  sons;  and 
has  long  proved  utterly  unworthy  of  tha  tweet  Fair  wife  that  be  won. 
Mi-.s  Neilson  has  Bines  obtained  a  divorce  from  Mr,  Lee,  who  was  utterly 
unable  to  offer  any  defence  to  the  action  brought  against  him.  The  ru- 
mors which  have  gone  the  round  ol  the  press  relative  to  Mr.  Lee's  having 
obtained  a  divorce,  or  comuientvd  any  pmceedingH  against  hifl  late  wife, 
are  utterly  false  and  without  foundation.  Other  absurd  stories  have  also 
been  current  of  late,  relative  to  Miss  Neilson's  intentions  to  again  enterthe 
marriage  state.  It  will  be  a  very  gratifying  piece  of  news  to  hosts  of  her 
admirers  to  learn  that  she  not  only  has  no  BUch  intentions  as  yet,  but  in 
absolutely  heart-free  and  considerably  amused  by  the  canard. 

Beautiful  J  uliet  has  had  several  falls  out  fox-hunting  due  to  her  fearless 
riding,  but  her  nerve  and  skill  have  hitherto  saved  her  from  all  serious 
harm.  Miss  Neilson  has  of  course  met  with  several  ludicrous  incidents  in 
the  course  of  her  career.  The  night  before  she  sailed  from  Liverpool  she 
was  playing  the  "Lady  of  Lyons  "  to  a  rheumatic  "('laude  Melnotte," 
who  had  just  got  out  of  a  sick-bed,  and  was  so  weak  that  he  could 
scarcely  stand.  Aware  of  his  suffering*,  Miss  Neilson  cautioned  the 
nerveless  Claude  to  stand  steady  as  she  rushed  into  his  arms  crying, 
"Claude,  take  me.  All  is  forgotten  and  forgiven  ;  I  am  thine  forever." 
At  the  word  "  forgiven  "  she  rushed  to  him,  threw  her  arms  round  his 
neck,  and  as  the  situation  requires,  he  being  very  weak,  fell  to  the  ground. 
Unfortunately,  however,  the  star  fell  with  him,  and  it  was  only  after  a 
struggle  of  several  moments  that  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Melnotte  managed  to  re- 
gain their  feet,  and  then  the  laughter  was  bo  great  that  it  was  impossible 
to  proceed  for  three  or  four  minutes.  Claude's  next  sentence  only  made 
matters  worse,  as  he  enunciated  clearly  and  distinctly  the  words  :  "  This 
ia  the  neaviest  blow  of  all."  The  risibilities  of  the  audience  were  now 
fairly  uncontrollable,  and  the  house  was  literally  convulsed.  It  was  im- 
possible to  go  on  further  with  the  play,  and  the  curtain  was  obliged  at 
last  to  be  rung  down.  On  another  occasion,  while  playing  Measure  for 
Measure  in  the  well-known  scene  with  "  Angelo,"  the  deputy  tells  "  Isa- 
bella" that  there  is  no  other  way  to  save  her  brother  except  by  consenting 
to  his  wicked  desires.     The  passage  runs  thus  : 

Angelo. — Admit  no  other  way  to  aave  his  life 

********     Dut  tnat  ejtner 

You  must  lay  down  the  treasures  of  your  body 

To  this  supposed,  or  else  let  him  suffer  ; 

What  would  you  do? 
Isab. — As  much  for  my  poor  brother  as  myself: 

That  is,  Were  I  under  the  terms  of  death 

The  impression  of  keen  whips  I'd  wear  as  rubies, 

And  strip  myself  to  death,  as  to  a  bed 

That  longing  I've  been  sick  for,  ere  I'd  yield 

My  body  up  to  shame. 
Ang.  —Then  must  your  brother  die. 
Isaij. — And  'twere  the  cheaper  way: 

Better  it  were  a  brother  died  at  once,' 

Than  that  a  sister,  by  redeeming  him 

Should  die  forever. 
At  this  juncture  an  old  woman  solemnly  rose  from  the  pit,  and  stretch- 
ing out  her  hands  over  her  head,  exclaimed:  "  My  God,  yes!  "  There 
were  over  3,000  persons  in  the  house,  but  not  one  stirred  or  smiled.  An 
incident  of  a  more  humorous  nature  took  place  in  the  Theater  Royal, 
Dublin,  while  Miss  Neilson  waa  playing  As  You  Like  It.  In  the  epi- 
logue Rosalind  has  to  say  to  the  male  portion  of  the  audience,  "If  I 
were  a  woman,  I  would  kiss  as  many  of  you  as  had  beards  that  pleased 
me  *  *  *."  This  was  too  much  for  an  enthusiastic  youth  in  the  gallery, 
and  he  yelled  out,  at  the  top  of  his  voice,  "  Arrah,  be  dad,  then  what'Il 
become  of  the  young  boys  at  all  at  all  ?  "  As  an  instance  of  how  entirely 
Miss  Neilson's  audience  are  carried  away^by  the  reality  of  her  acting,  it 
is  only  necessary  to  cite  an  example  of  an  old  gentleman  who  was  deeply 
moved  at  the  sorrow  of  poor  Juliet.  The  scene  waa  the  parting  with  Ro- 
meo aa  he  descends  from  the  balcony,  and  leaves  bis  bride  fainting  in  de- 
spair. The  auditor  could  stand  it  no  longer,  and  he  cried  out  with  all  his 
might  and  main,   "  That  fellow's  a  fool ;  I  wouldn't  go  with  him." 

Miss  Neilson's  present  engagement  in  San  Francisco  is,  if  possible,  even 
more  successful  than  her  first.  Her  performances  this  week  are  fully  no- 
ticed elsewhere,  as  also  her  programme  for  next  week,  which  includes 
Twelfth  Night,  Measure  for  Measure,  and  Cymbeline. 

We  gladly  insert  the  following  appeal  for  a  noble  charity:  "The 
Youth's  Directory,  a  free  intelligence  office  for  boys  seeking  work,  and  an 
institution  offering  to  the  homeless  youth  a  temporary  shelter  until 
employment  can  be  found  for  him,  is  maintained  by  voluntary  contribu- 
tions. In  ten  months  ending  January  1, 1877,  no  less  than  2,500  destitute 
lads  were  received  from  the  streets  by  this  institution  and  provided  with 
situations,  and  many  more  were  furnished  with  food  and  lodgings.  No 
charge  whatever  is  made  for  this  noble  work,  and  the  expenses  necessarily 
attending  it  must  be  defrayed  by  those  of  the  charitably  inclined  citizens 
of  San  Francisco  who,  having  the  means,  have  also  the  inclination  to 
stretch  out  a  hand  to  the  poor  boys  who  are  unable  without  help  to  save 
themselves.  The  Youths'  Directory  ia  now  sor.ely  hampered  in  conse- 
quence of  financial  embarrassment,  and  its  management  earnestly  asks 
for  assistance.     The  institution  is  located  at  No.  1417  Howard  Btreet." 

Died. -February  18th,  at  the  residence  of  her  son-in-law,  C.  S.  Morton, 
Highland  House,  Prospect  Hill,  Tunhridge  Wells,  England,  Eliza  Fitz- 
gerald, relict  of  the  late  Thomas  Fitzgerald,  Esq.,  of  Queen's  County, 
Ireland,  in  her  80th  year.     R.  I.  P. 

[Mr.  Morton  is  a  much  respected  pioneer  Califomian,  formerly  a  part- 
ner of  the  house  of  Smith  Brothers  &  Co.,  of  this  city.] 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER*  AND 


March   24,  1877. 


A    VALENTINE. 


I'm  not  in  love,  my  love,  oh  no! 

'Tis  thou,  as  I  can  prove  ; 
For  thou  art  closely  folded  in 

And  sheltered  with  my  love. 


I'm  not  in  love,  my  love,  oh,  no! 

But  thou  art  held  there,  light. 
Send  me,  (the  poor  outsider,)  dear, 

One  little  ray  of  light. 


Bid  me  approach,  and  enter  in, 
So  both  our  lives  may  shine, 


It  hovers  o'er  thee  all  the  time ; 

It  follows  all  thy  ways  ;  [art, 

It  folds  thee,  sweet,  where'er  thou  That  I  may  also  be  in  love 

And  compasses  thy  days.  Like  thee,  my  Valentine. 

— Scribner  for  February. 


LONDON    AWAKES. 

The  ' '  World  "  says:  Perhaps  there  has  seldom  been  a  winter  when 
London  has  been  so  uniformally  full  as  the  present  one,  partly  because 
many  persons  were  literally  "  drowned  out  "  of  their  country  homes  by 
the  unceasing  deluge,  and  partly  because  some  who  had  left  home  to  seek 
warmth  on  foreign  shores  paused  on  their  way,  thinking  that  while  Lon- 
don temperature  was  so  genial  there  was  no  need  to  subject  themselves  to 
expatriation  and  discomfort ;  but  chiefly  from  the  growing  belief  begin- 
ning to  permeate  all  classes  of  the  community,  save  the  absolutely  stolid 
country  bumpkin,  that  in  London  alone  are  society  and  amusement  te  be 
found  with  small  expenditure  of  time  and  trouble.  But  though  London 
has  this  year  been  abnormally  full,  and  there  has  been  a  never-failing 
supply  of  "  small  things  going  on,"  we  are  not  without  abundant  signs 
that  we  have  been  passing  through  a  period  of  hibernation,  and  that  Lon- 
don is  but  now  awakening  for  the  season  that  all  prophets  aver  is  to  be  so 
exceptionally  brilliant,  and  the  Session  that  it  needs  little  prescience  to 
foretell  will  be  so  unwontedly  stormy.  It  is  not  only  the  quantities  of 
stones  put  down  by  intelligent  vestries  for  the  injury  of  the  increasing 
carriage -wheels,  or  the  rapidly  augmenting  number  of  the  carriages  them- 
selves ;  not  the  unanimity  with  which  all  the  windows  of  a  street  in  a 
fashionable  locality  appear  to  be  simultaneously  tenanted  by  a  man  in 
white  linen  cleaning  them  in  anticipation  of  the  advent  of  "the  family  ;" 
not  the  increasing  attractions  of  the  shop-windows  artfully  set  forth  to 
dazzle  the  eyes  of  those  who  have  of  late  looked  on  nothing  gayer  than 
leafless  woods  and  sodden  meadows  j  not  even  the  portentous  announce- 
ments issuing  from  the  Lord  Chamberlain's  office.  One  of  the  surest  and 
the  brightest  signs  that  London  is  awakening  once  more  to  its  real  social 
life  is  the  number  of  fresh  young  faces  we  are  now  beginning  to  meet  at 
every  turn  in  our  daily  walks. 

The  irrepressible  schoolboy  has  at  length  vanished,  to  the  unspeakable 
relief,  not  only  of  his  own  belongings,  but  of  all  their  friends  and  ac- 
quaintances; his  contemporary  sisters  are  once  more,  happily  for  the  com- 
fort of  the  public,  secluded  in  their  proper  place — the  schoolroom ;  and 
the  world  of  London  is  left  to  the  grown-up  people  for  whom  it  was  in- 
tended. The  young  bright  faces  now  crowding  hither— many  of  them  be- 
long to  girls  who  are  about,  for  the  first  time,  to  take  their  places  in  soci- 
ety and  really  to  enjoy  life — and  their  frank  amusement  and  genuine  en- 
joyment are  very  pleasant  to  behold.  Alas  that  their  duration  is  so  sadly 
short!  Little  matter  to  them  the  serious  issues  depending  upon  the  forth- 
coming parliamentary  debates ;  the  prediction  of  a  brilliant  season  has 
more  interest  for  them  than  that  of  a  stormy  Session  ;  and  not  only  for 
them,  but  for  many  older  and  graver  members  of  the  community.  The 
drums  and  the  dances,  the  dinners  and  the  fetes,  that  imply  only  one  un- 
broken career  of  pleasure  and  amusement  to  the  eager  debutante,  mean 
comfort  instead  of  struggle,  security  rather  than  wearing  anxiety,  to  the 
majority  of  the  tradesmen  of  the  metropolis,  and  to  those  thousands,  un- 
seen and  therefore  little  thought  of,  who  depend  upon  them  for  their  daily 
bread. 

Last  season  was  probably  one  of  the  very  dullest  which  has  been  known 
since  the  war  in  the  Crimea  brought  sickening  fear  and  deadly  anxiety, 
if  not  absolute  mourning,  into  the  homes  and  hearts  of  England ;  and 
the  loss  and  the  privation  it  entailed  on  those  who  earn  their  modest  live- 
lihood by  ministering  to  the  pleasures  of  the  wealthy  were  greater  than 
many,  without  the  study  of  absolute  statistics,  would  believe.  It  is  natu- 
ral that  they  should  be  anxious,  should  watch  eagerly,  as  they  go  to  and 
fro  in  the  haunts  of  their  daily  toil,  the  rapidly  opening  windows  of  the 
aristocratic  quarters,  and  should  rejoice  as  day  after  day  more  and  more 
private  carriages  appear  in  the  streets.  As  a  rule,  an  Easter  so  early  as 
that  of  this  year  somewhat  spoils  the  ante-Paschal  season.  Now  that 
the  "  due  observance"  of  Lent  is  a  form  much  insisted  upon  by  the  most 
fashionable  preachers,  the  many  pleasant  little  dances  and  other  social 
amenities,  smaller  and  therefore  more  enjoyable  than  the  monster  crushes 
of  the  full  season,  have  falh^n  into  disrepute,  or  at  most  are  enjoyed 
almost  by  stealth.  But  there  are  not  wanting  signs  that  this  year  some 
of  the  braver  spirits  will  venture  to  break  through  the  toils,  and  that 
"  little  dances  "  will  be  of  more  frequent  occurrence  before  Easter  than 
has  been  the  case  for  some  years.  The  exigencies  of  the  political  situa- 
tion too  will  brings  many  more  members  permanently  to  London  than 
usually  honor  St.  Stephen's  with  much  of  the  light  of  their  countenances 
before  the  end  of  April,  and  their  more  protracted  sojourn  will  naturally 
have  the  effect  of  causing  their  families  to  accompany  them. 

At  every  corner  may  be  met  worthy  gentlemen  hurrying  along  with 
"cards  to  view"  some  furnished  mansion  " eminently  suited  to  a  noble- 
man or  member  of  Parliament,"  as  if  those  two  divisions  of  the  human 
race  required  accommodation  differing  vastly,  either  in  quality  or  in  ex- 
tent, from  that  necessary  to  their  fellow-men ;  and  they  may  be  heard 
discoursing  plaintively  at  their  clubs  on  the  scarcity  of  houses  and  the 
highness  of  rents.  It  is  a  bold  thing  on  the  part  of  these  enterprising 
gentlemen  to  endeavor  to  select  a  family  mansion  single-handed.  We 
wonder  long  experience  has  not  taught  them  that  Materf  ami  lias  is  but 
rarely  satisfied  with  their  choice  when  she  reaches  the  abode  secured  for 
her.  Either  the  dining-room  is  stuffy  and  little  adapted  for  the  giving  of 
stately  banquets,  or  the  hapless  Paterfamilias,  forgetting  the  inevitable 
ball  that  "justice  to  Madeleine  and  Constantia"  demands  should  be 
given  in  the  full  tide  of  the  season,  has  neglected  to  secure  large  drawing- 
rooms  and  a  roomy  staircase  ;  or,  warned  by  previous  tribulation  on  these 
important  points,  he  has  remembered  them,  but  forgotten  the  servants' 
accommodation,  and  two  giants  in  powder  at  once  give  warning.  The 
woes  of  gentlemen  in  search  of  houses  are  marked  features  of  London's 
awakening ;  and  their  remarkable  prominence  lately  has  done  more  than 
all  the  cracking  of  the  optimistical  prophets  to  convince  us  that  this  year, 
when  fully  awake,  London  will  for  once  be  in  earnest. 


BANKS. 


SWISS    AMERICAN    BANK. 

Incorporated  in  Geneva,  Switzerland,  January  24th,  1873. 
Head  Office,  in  Geneva.  Capital,  $2,000,000.  subscribed.  £1,000,000  paid 
up.  President,  HENRY  HENTSCH.  San  Francisco  Branch,  successors  to  Messrs. 
Hentsch  &  Berton,  527  Clay  street.  Directors  :  FRANCIS  BERTON  and  ROBERT 
WATT. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  grant  Letters  of  Credit  on  Europe,  and  to  transact  every 
kind  of  Banking,  Mercantile  and  Exchange  Business,  and  to  negotiate  American  Se- 
curities in  Europe.     Deposits  received. 

Bills  of  Exchange  on  New  York,  Philadelphia,  London,  Liverpool,  Paris, 
Lyons,  Marseilles,  Bordeaux,  Oloron,  Brussels,  Berlin,  Hamburg,  Frankfort,  Geneva, 
Lausanne,  Chaux-de-Fonds,  Neuehatel,  Fribourg,  Bern,  Aarn,  Soleure,  Baden,  Basle, 
Zurich,  Winterthur,  Shaffhausen,  St.  Gallen,  Lucern,  Chur,  Bellinzona,  Locarno,  Lu- 
gano, Mendrisio,  Genoa,  Turin,  Milan,  Florence,  Rome. 

An  Assay  Office  is  annexed  to  the  Bank.  Assays  of  gold,  silver,  quartz  ores 
and  sulphurets.     Returns  in  coin  or  bars,  at  the  option'of  the  depositor. 

Advances  made  on  bullion  and  ores.     Dust  and  bullion  can  be  forwarded  from  any 
part  of  the  country,  and  returns  made  through  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  checks. 
ISeptemher  18.1 

THE    BANK    OF    CALIFORNIA,    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

Capital $5,000,000. 

JD.  O.  REIIjLS President.       |      WH.  ALVOItD      Vk<-Pres'(. 

THOMAS  BROWN Cashier. 

Agents  : 

New  York,  Agency  of  the  Bank  of  Calfomia ;  Boston,  Tremont  National  Bank  ; 
Chicago,  Union  National  Bank  ;  St  Louis,  Boatman's  Saving  Bank ;  New  Zealand, 
the  Bank  of  New  Zealand ;  London,  China,  Japan,  India  and  Australia,  the  Oriental 
Bank  Corporation. 

The  Bank  has  Agencies  at  Virginia  City  and  Gold  Hill,  and  Correspondents  in  all 
the  principal  Mining  Districts  and  Interior  Towns  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued,  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Draw  direct  on  Lon- 
don, Dublin,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Antweip, 
Amsterdam,  St.  Petersburg!),  Copenhagen,  Stockholm,  Christiana,  Locarno,  Mel- 
bourne, Sydney,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shanghai,  Yokohama.  Nov.  4. 

THE    NEVADA    BANE,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO. 
Paid  Up  Capital $10,000,000. 

Louis  3IcI.an*1 President,      j      J.  C.  Flood.. Vice-President. 

N.  K.  Mas  (en Cashier. 

Directors  :— J.  C.  Flood,  J.  W.  Mackay,  W.  S.  O'Brien,  Jas.  G.  Fair,  LouiaMcLane. 

Correspondents:— London— Smith,  Payne  &  Smiths.  Paris— Hottinguer  &  Co. 
Hamburg— Hesse,  Newman  &  Co.  New  York—"  The  Bank  of  New  York,  B.  N.  A." 
Chicago— Merchants'  National  Bank.  Boston — Second  National  Bank.  New  Orleans 
— State  Na-tioual  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  receive  deposits  on  open  account,  issue  certificates  of  de- 
posit, buy  and  sell  exchange,  purchase  bullion,  and  transact  a  general  banking  busi- 
ness.    Collections  made  and  proceeds  remitted  at  current  rates  of  exchange.      Oct.  9. 

BANE    OF    BRITISH    COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter.— Capital  paid  up,  $1,800,- 
000,  with  power  to  increase  to  310,000,000.  Southeast  corner  California  and  San- 
some  streets.  Head  Office— 5  East  India  Avenue,  London.  Branches — Portland,  Or- 
egon; Victoria  and  Cariboo,  British  Columbia, 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows  :  '  ' 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada— Bank  of  Montreal ;  Liverpool — North  and  South 
Wales  Bank;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company;  Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America — London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America ;  China  and 
Japan  — Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank.  *  ' 

Dec.  9. W.  H.  TILLINOHAST,  Manager. 

THE   FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid  np  Capital  $2,000,000,  Gold.  President,  R.  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  D.  Callaghan ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Rodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  W.  Ritchie. 

Directors  :— R.  C.  Woolworth,  D.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  D.  D.  Coiton,  Edward  Martin,  James  Moffitt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

Correspondents — London  :  Baring  Bros.  &  Co. ;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China.  Dublin  :  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg :  Hesse, 
Neuman  &  Co.  Paris:  Hottinguer  &:  Co.  New  York:  National  Bank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a -general  Banking  business.  Deposits  in  Gold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  hi  Europe,  Chh.a  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  13. 

LONDON    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANK    (LIMITED). 

Capital,  $5,000,000,  of  which  $3,000,000  is  fully  paid  up  aft 
present  capital.  San  Francisco  Office,  424  California ;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  S.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STREETEN  ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  CAMILO  MARTIN.  London1  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 
Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world."  October  23. 

BANK  OF  COMMERCE,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Incorporated    Under    the    Laws    of    California. 

Capital One  Million  Dollars. 

Correspondents  :— New  York,  National  Park  Bank  ;  Boston,  National  Bank  of  Re- 
demption ;  Chicago,  Com  Exchange  National  Bank. 

This  Bank,  lately  organized,  is  now  prepared  to  receive  Deposits,  discount  Business 
Paper,  issue  Credits,  buy  and  sell  Exchange,  make  Collections,  and  transact  ageneral 
banking  business.  D.  W.  C.  THOMPSON,  President. 

A.  W.  Preston,  Cashier. March  3. 

THE    ANGLO-CALLFORNIAN    BANK    (LIMITED). 
a  £%£%  California  street,  San  Francisco.-— -London  Office,  3 

4i:.-C',-X'  Angel  Court ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligman  &  Co. ,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  $6,000,000.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buy  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FRED.  F.  LOW,         >  «  „     B 

Oct  4. IGN.  STEINHART,    f  Jlaaagera. 

THE  MERCHANTS*  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

Capital,  85,000,000. — Alvinza  liny  ward.  President :  R.  G. 
Sneath,  Vice-President;  H.  F.  Hastings,  Cashier  ;  R.  N.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and  a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 


Ma.vl.   M,  18T7, 


RAPTURE. 
I  know  doI  dutfa  vboa  Ufa  ti  Ml  n 

W   lull     .   \,-l\ 

Brattim  hopa  into  tin*  soul  ;  nn-1  at  mj  bel 

The  green  earth  vl 
O  purfonata  Ion  :     I  .  itly  borno 

» »n  bnni  and  itraam  ; 
Thou  art  tin-  praoe  ind  glory  of  the  morn — 

The   living  .In-. uii. 
Oli!  I  am  hunt  with  rapture,  auJ  my  bliss 

Is  full  ol   pain  ; 
Yot  atQl  I  watoh  the  golden  sunlight  Ida 

Tin-  drooping  grain  ; 
And  *till  1  watch  the  tenderly-wooing  flowers, 

And  seem  to  mm 
New  beauty  born  with  all  the  iwssing  hours— 

O  love !  for  thee. 
Hark!   Through  the  sleeping  stillness  of  the  air 

A  sweet    Voice  calls  - 

A  woman  Bingetn  of  the  old  despair, 

And  love  that  fulls. 
O  rapturous.  Beauty  !    Let  me  worship  ever 

Thy  soul  divine  ; 

No  voice  of  doom,  no  death's  despair  shall  sever 
Thy  heart  and  mine. 
— Oeo.  Edgar  Montgomery  in  No.  1  of  "  TIte  American." 

THE    MARVELOUS    CHANGES    IN    JAPAN. 

One  of  our  latest  letters  says  the  Japanese  Government  has  now  es- 
tablished a  permanent  Embassy  in  Corea,  and  that  the  newly  appointed 
Ambassador  has  proceeded  to  that  country  with  his  secretaries  and  at- 
taches.    Japan   is   also  now  on  friendly  terms  with  China : 

The  Chinese  corvette,  with  an  admiral,  commander,  lieutenants,  cadets, 
and  English  instructors  on  board,  has  visited  several  of  the  Japanese  har- 
bors, and  been  received  with  great  honors  by  the  Japanese  authorities. 
The  officers  gave  their  orders  to  the  sailors  in  the  English  language.  The 
Japanese,  not  to  be  outdone  by  their  neighbors,  have  now  purchased  the 
German  bark  Formosa,  in  order  to  train  the  cadets  of  their  naval  school 
in  the  art  of  navigation.  The  Japanese  fleet  is  in  good  condition,  and  is 
being  gradually  increased  ;  two  ironclads  have  been  ordered  in  England, 
and  are  to  be  ready  in  two  years'  time.  The  manufactures  of  the  coun- 
try, too,  are  progressing.  The  cultivation  of  silk  has  improved,  and  the 
number  of  power-looms  and  wool-mills  has  increased  during  the  last  few 
years.  Labor  being  cheap,  Japanese  manufacturers  will  soon  be  able  to 
compete  successfully  with  those  of  other  countries,  especially  in  the 
American  markets.  New  roads  are  being  made,  and  stallions  have  been 
procured  from  America  to  improve  the  breed  of  horses.  The  harvest  has, 
on  the  whole,  been  good;  a  steamer  laden  with  rice  has  left  Shinagawa 
for  London.  Some  discontent  has  been  caused  by  the  strictness  with 
which  the  Japanese  police  carry  out  their  instructions.  Some  twenty  ed- 
itors of  newspapers  are  now  lying  in  prison  on  account  of  articles  attack- 
ing the  Government,  and  a  large  Japanese  paper,  published  by  an  En- 
glishman at  Yedo,  has  been  suppressed  by  the  British  Ambassador,  at  the 
instance  of  the  Japanese  authorities.  The  publisher  has  appealed  against 
this  step  to  the  Foreign  Office  in  London,  but  it  is  not  yet  known  what 
will  be  the  result  of  the  appeal.  Any  attempt  on  the  part  of  a  foreigner 
to  go  beyond  the  stipulated  radius  of  the  treaty  ports  is  at  once  followed 
by  the  arrest  of  the  offender,  and  the  other  day  the  police,  from  an  excess 
of  zeal,  captured  some  young  merchants  who  had  made  an  excursion  with- 
in the  radius.  On  the  other  hand,  Europeans  and  Americans  who  are  in 
the  service  of  the  Government  and  the  members  of  the  embassies  are  al- 
lowed to  go  pretty  well  where  they  please.  Tutors  in  private  families, 
however,  and  Catholic  and  Protestant  missionaries,  are  strictly  watched. 
Another  circumstance  which  has  produced  dissatisfaction  among  the  for- 
eign residents  is  the  stoppage  by  the  Government  of  the  circulation  of  the 
notes  of  private  banks  founded  by  Europeans.  The  banks  have  retali- 
ated by  refusing  to  take  Japanese  notes,  and  the  consequence  is  a  disturb- 
ance of  the  money  market.  Another  obstacle  to  trade  consists  in  the  de- 
cree compelling  all  natives  of  Japan,  when  traveling  in  European  ships, 
to  provide  themselves  with  a  passport,  which  costs  a  quarter-dollar.  The 
object  of  this  measure  is  probably  to  induce  the  Japanese  to  make  use  of 
the  ships  of  the  Mitsu-bitchi  Steam  Navigation  Company,  which  carries 
the  mails,  and  is  subsidized  by  the  Government.  In  other  respects  the 
Government  proceeds  more  in  accordance  with  European  ideas ;  it  has 
abolished  the  old  Japanese  practice  of  carrying  swords — no  one  being  now 
permitted  to  wear  arms  except  soldiers,  sailors,  and  poliuemen  ;  and  it  has 
decreed  that,  instead  of  the  many  religious  and  other  holidays  hitherto 
kept  by  the  people,  the  first  day  of  each  week  shall  be  devoted  to  rest 
from  work.  All  the  public  offices  are  now  closed  from  midday  on  Satur- 
day till  Monday  morning,  and  no  private  employer  can  legally  require  his 
men  to  work  on  Sundays.  The  people  here  have  lately  shipped  to  Lon- 
don a  very  large  supply  of  water-proof  paper  boots,  which  are  very  light 
and  wear  well.  The  Japs  can  do  anything.  They  were  the  first  to  give 
the  idea  of  making  paper  wheels  for  rails  and  carriages,  and  we  must  not 
be  surprised  if  Chinese  and  Japanese  find  a  considerable  advantage 
in  rivaling  the  beef  and  frog  eaters  of  Europe  in  many  of  their  indus- 
trial pursuits. 

FABLE. 
The  Eel  and  the  Rattlesnake.— A  muddy  conger,  happening  to  meet 
a  rattlesnake,  observed  to  him,  with  all  the  dignity  of  awful  virtue  when 
addressing  one  of  the  criminal  classes:  "My  fellow-worm,  why  do  you 
persistently  delight  to  hiss  and  bite?  Why  do  you  not,  like  me,  labor  for 
the  elevation  of  humanity  through  spitchcoeks  and  things  ?  I  am  a  wel- 
come guest  at  the  table  of  the  great,  while  you  have  no  rights  that  man  is 
bound  to  respect."  "And  yet,"  replied  the  rattlesnake,  "  They  kill  us 
both  ;  so  it  comes  to-the  same  thing."  "You  are  embued  with  Material- 
ism, and  know  nothing  of  the  consolidations  of  divine  philosophy,"  said 
the  conger,  and  turning  on  his  eel,  he  walked  into  an  adjacent  eel-pot. 
"  May  your  divine  philosophy  console  you  while  in  that  eelemosynary  in- 
stitution you  become  accustomed  to  the  operation  of  being  skinned,"  said 
.  the  rattlesnake,  courteously,  as  he  departed,  signaling  to  the  public  to 
keep  off  his  corns.     Moral — The  paths  of  glory  lead  but  to  the  grave. 


CALIFORNIA     ai»\  BRTISER 


SAVINGS    AND    LOAN. 


COLLATERAL    LOAN    AND    SAVINGS  BANK,    CORNER    POST  AND 
KEAKNY    STREETS,    SAN    FRANCISCO 

Incorporated  Under  the  Law*  of  the  State  of  California. 


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ROD  I    BTI  VI  S'SON        \ 


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Tli Ik  Hunk  In  prepared  to  loan   BODOJ    upon  rollun  ml  *,,,■- 
rtuos,  men  u  I  ■  .,,,  ,   (il. 

c«lpu,  ota,  *l from  lj  t..  i  peraml   par  month.    The  lunk 
popoalU,  ana  ulow  the  following  rata  of  lnteree!       form  Deposil 
i  par  coot  par  month  .  Twelve  month*,  N  par  owl  pat  month, 

"■->er«. p  B.  CABTEB,  Secretary. 

GERMAN    SAVING*    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 

(^nnrantec  Capital   $200,000.— Office  520  <  'iililornitt  -.ir.  .  i. 
■/    North  sldou  between  Montgomerj     id  fl  ,   m9A.ii 

to  .;  p  ■     Extra  hour  on  Beturaeva  tram  7  to  8  v.u,  for  ra  riving  ol  Depo  ii 
UMiu  ouaeon  Real  Estate  n  mi  outer  collateral  lecuriUee,  at  currant  ratei  ol   i 
President L.  OOTTIO.  j  Secretary OEO.  LKTTE. 

D1RKCT0K8. 

F.  Roedinir,  H.  Schmieden,  Chas.    Kuhk-r,  Kd.  Kruso,  Dan.  Meyer  Oeonn*  II    Bff- 
gera,  I',  Spreckles,  N.  Van  Bur-jun. 

MARKET     STREET     BANK     OF     SAVINGS, 
^  634  Market  St,  Opposite  Palace  Hotel. 

President THOMAS  R.  LEWIS. 

Secretary \\.  E    LAT.si  >\ 

Iuterest  allowed  on  nil  deposits  remaining;  in  Bank  over 
thirty  days.  Interest  on  term  deposits,  U  pur  cent,  per  unmmi.  Delx-wit*  re- 
ceived from  one  dollar  upward.  No  charge  for  Hank  Bonk  (Hi  receipt  of  remit- 
tances from  the  interior.  Bank  Bonks  or  iVrtilicates  of  LHi]niMt  will  lie  forwarded  or 
delivered  to  agent.     Bank  open  on  Saturdays  till  0  o'clock  P.M.  October  28.  " 

SAN    FEANCISCO    SAVINGS    UNION, 
,^Qk)  CfUiroruin  street,  corner  Webb.      Capital    and    Rc- 

»JO  <ew    serve,  $231,000.    Deposits,  86,919,000.    DnuwroB*:  Jamas  de  Premery, 

President;  Albert  Miller,  Vice-President;  C.  Adolphe  Low,  D.  J.  Oliver,  Charles 
Bourn,  Charles  Pace,  Washington  Bartlett,  A.  Campbell,  Sen.,  Qeorge  Q  Potter; 
Cashier,  Lovell  White.  Dividends  for  two  years  past  have  been  7i  and  D  per  cent,  re- 
spectively, on  ordinary  and  term  deposits.  Dividends  are  payable  semi-annually,  in 
January  and  July.  Money  loaned  on  real  estate  and  on  United  States  Bonds,  or 
equivalent  securities.  October  30. 

PIONEER  LAND  AND  LOAN  BANK  OF  SAVINGS  AND  DEPOSIT. 

Southeast  corner  California  and  Montgomery  streets.  Safe 
Deposit  Block.  Incorporated  1869.  Guarantee  Fund,  $200,000.  Dividend  No. 
105  payable  on  March  5th.  Ordinary  deposits  receive  9  per  cent.  Term  de- 
posits receive  12  per  cent.  This  incorporation  is  in  its  ninth  year,  and  referc  to 
over  5,700  depositors  for  its  successful  and  economical  management. 

H.  KOFAHL,  Cashier. 
Thos.  Gray,  President.       J.  C.  Duncan,  Secretary. March  27 

MASONIC    SAVINGS    AND    10AN    BANK, 

No.  6  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple.  Nan  Francisco,  Cal.— 
Moneys  received  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits ;  dividends  paid  semi- 
annually ;  loans  made  on  approved  security.  This  bank  solicits  the  patronage  of  all 
persons. [March  2D.J H  T.  GRAVES,  Secretary. 


411 

interest. 


FEENCH    SAVINGS    AND 
Bnsh  street,  above  Kearny, 

made  ou  real  estate  and  other  collateral  securities  at  current  rates  of 


LOAN    SOCIETY. 

O.  Bfahe,  Director.  I, onus 


SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK —GUARANTEE  CAPITAL,  $300,000. 

Officers:  President,  John  Parrot t ;  Vice-President,  Jerome 
Lincoln  ;  Secretary,  W.  S.  Jones  ;  Attorney,  Sidney  V.  Smith.  Loans  made  on 
Real  Estate  and  other  Approved  Securities.  Office  :  No.  216  Sansome  street,  San 
Francisco. Oct.  14. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    COMPANY,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

S.  E.  Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Sts. 

CAPITAL 82,000.000. 

Tbis  Company  is  now  open  for  tbe  renting- or  vaults  and  the 
transaction  of  all  business  connected  with  a  Safe  Depository.  Pamphlets  giving 
full  information  and  rates  can  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  Company.  Hours, 
from  8a.m.  to  0  p.m.  September  18. 

LEA    AND    PERKINS'    SAUCE. 

In  consequence  or  spurious  Imitations  of  WORCESTER 
SIHUi:  SAVCE,  which  are  calculated  to  deceive  the  public.  LEA  AXfJ 
PERKINS  have  adopted  A  NEW  LABEL  BEARING  THEIR  SIGNATURE, 
LEA  &  PERKINS,  which  is  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUCE, 
and  without  which  none  is  genuine. 

Ask  for  LEA  &  PERRINS'  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrapper,  label,  bottle  and  stop- 

per.     Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  Black  well, 

London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  by  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  be  obtained  of 

Dec.  30.  MESSRS.  CROSS  &.  CO.,  San  Francisco. 


T 


CAUTION— BETTS'S  PATENT  CAPSULES. 
he  public  aire  respectfully  cnutioi:cd  Hint  Beli»"i*  I'ntent  dipaulea 

._  arcbelnjrinlrlnKed.  BETTS'S  name  la  upon  every  Capsule  he  makes  tor  the 
leading  Merchants  at  home  and  abroad, and  lie  is  the  Only  Inventor  and  Sole  Maker 
in  the  unfted  Kingdom.  Manufactory:  1,  Wbabf  Road,  City  Road,  London, 
and  Bordeaux.  Franck. June  15. 

ASTHMA    AND    CHRONIC    BRONCHITIS. 

The  most  effectual  remedy  will  be  found  to  be  Datura  Ta- 
tula,  prepared  in  all  forms,  for  smoking  and  inhalation,  by  SAVORY  A 
MOORK,  143  New  Bond  street,  London,  and  sold  by  them  and  all  Chemistsand  Store- 
keepers throughout  Canada  aud  the  United  States.  Dec.  30. 

BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY  OF    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  daily,   from  10  a.m.  to    1  p.m.,  by  the  under- 
signed, to  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  to  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.  J.  P.  McCURRIE,  Secretary, 

Oct.  23.  730  Montgomery  street. 

EPPINGE*'S    SALOON. 

Louis  Eppinger,  formerly  of  Halleck  street,  has  removed 
to  Nevada  Block  (entrance  on  Summer  street).     Will  be  happy  to  see  all  hie 
friends.     MILWAUKEE  BEER  a  Specialty. Sept  30. 

B.  F.  Flint.    Flint,  Bixbv  &  Co.]  [  J.  Leb.    D.  W.  Folger 

A.  P.  FLINT    &    CO., 

Graders,  Packers  and  Dealers  in  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  29. 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March   24,  1877. 


GETTING  RID  OF  THE  MIDDLE  MAN. 
It  is,  perhaps,  a  wonder  that  the  system  of  cooperative  stores, 
which  during  very  recent  years  has  worked  such  wonders  in  England, 
has  not  been  adopted  in  this  country.  About  ten  years  ago  a  clerk  in  the 
London  Postoffice  had  sent  to  him  a  chest  of  pure  tea,  and,  not  wishing  to 
make  use  of  it  all,  made  overtures  to  certain  of  his  fellow  clerks  to  take 
part  of  it.  Presently  another  clerk  bought  at  wholesale  prices  some  goods 
and  divided  them  into  small  parcels  and  sold  them  as  the  tea  had  been 
disposed  of.  Some  one  caught  at  the  happy  idea  that  it  would  be  a  saving 
all  round  to  buy  in  bulk  at  wholesale  and  distribute  at  cost  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  civil  service.  From  this  simple  beginning  a  vast  system  has 
frown  up  that  has  almost  revolutionized  the  retail  trade  of  Great  Britain, 
n  an  extract  from  an  exchange,  published  in  another  column,  will  be 
found  an  interesting  resume"  of  the  results  achieved.  The  concern  which 
began  with  that  chest  of  tea  has  swollen  into  a  gigantic  business,  doing  a 
trade  amounting  to  §12,000,000  per  annum.  A  similar  association  in  Lon- 
don is  doing  a  yearly  business  of  $6,000,000.  The  Army  and  Navy  coop- 
erative store  is  doing  an  annual  trade  of  from  four  to  rive  millions.  Every 
town  of  importance  throughout  the  kingdom  has  some  such  organization, 
and  the  business  thus  done  amounts  to  the  enormous  total  of  S'250,000,000 
annually.  The  middle  man  is  thus  got  rid  of.  The  best  unadulterated 
goods  are  obtained,  and  at  a  saving  estimated  to  average  from  twenty-five 
to  thirty  per  cent.  Here  in  San  Francisco  is  an  immense  opening  for  just 
such  an  enterprise.  Everything  that  is  eatable,  drinkable  and  wearable 
is  mixed  or  adulterated  in  some  way,  and  upon  the  smaller  articles  of  con- 
sumption the  middle  man  often  exacts  a  profit  of  one  hundred  per  cent. 
There  are  numerous  organizations  for  mutual  relief  in  our  city.  Why 
should  not  each  and  all  of  these  call  to  their  aid  the  cooperative  store  sys- 
tem ?  A  cooperative  market  could  not  fail  to  be  a  success  beyond  any 
now  in  existence.  It  would  retail  the  purest  and  best  articles  at  whole- 
a  sale  prices  to  the  great  profit  and  advantage  of  the  consumer.  A  com- 
pany is  about  to  be  incorporated  for  the  purpose.  With  reasonably  good 
management  at  the  start  it  is  bound  to  be  the  forerunner  of  a  series  of  suc- 
cesses that  in  time  will  vie  with  some  of  the  best  regulated  English  insti- 
tutions. The  frauds  and  profits  of  the  middle  man  are  in  a  fair  way  to  be 
extinguished. 


THE  WHITE  -  HATRED  BOY. 
"We  have  seen  enough  of  the  world  to  realize  that  it  is  not  prudent 
to  quarrel  with  the  Judge  who  is  about  to  take  a  hand  in  trying  your 
cause,  even  if  we  had  the  disposition  so  to  do,  which  we  have  not.  We 
have  never  said  a  hard  word  of  Judge  Ferral,  and  therefore  have  nothing 
to  take  back.  But,  as  close  observers  of  passing  events,  wo  cannot  help 
noticing  how  suddenly  the  Judge  has  become  the  white-haired  boy  of  the 
Bulletin  and  Call.  A  few  short  weeks  ago  he  was  altogether  cursed,  and 
his  Court  was  not  even  dignified  by  its  proper  name.  "  The  Graveyard 
Court"  was  the  best  appellation  which  Fitch  could  find  it  in  his  heart  to 
apply  to  it.  It  was  then  supposed  to  indecently  bury  every  good  thing 
that  came  within  its  precincts.  Now,  "  what  a  change  is  there,  my  coun- 
trymen !"  The  Bulletin  publishes  the  Judge's  charges  in  extenso,  though 
without  saying  one  word  of  the  strong  law  opinions  of  eminent  counsel 
which  called  them  forth.  His  Court  is  respectfully  named,  and  the  Judge 
is  "  HoNOR-ed"  every  time  and  always,  in  season  and  out  of  season.  The 
Call  takes  us  into  its  confidence,  and  in  the  course  of  one  of  old  Pick's 

Seculiar  leaders,  says  substantially  that  the  cause  of  the  change  is  the 
udge's  efforts  to  "  cage  the  libelers" — by  which  Pick  means  the  papers 
that  are  not  ready  to  swear  that  he  and  his  partners  are  great  and  good 
men.  We  say  we  notice  these  little  pieces  of  by-play,  but  we  notice  them 
only  to  be  amused.  If  the  little  white-headed  bird  is  thus  caught  by  put- 
ting salt  upon  his  tail,  it  will  be  one  of  the  funniest  captures  of  the  season. 
Whatever  he  does,  or  leaves  undone,  his  new  keepers  will  turn  upon  him 
at  the  next  election,  and  he  will  be  ground  to  powder  between  the  upper 
and  nether  millstones  of  the  Call-Bulletin  spite  and  of  his  party's  anger. 
Between  two  stools  men  come  to  the  ground.  A  shrewd  man  permits  no 
syren,  charm  she  never  so  wisely,  to  tempt  him  to  abandon  the  safe  bark 
that  has  heretofore  carried  him  to  place  and  power. 

NATIONAL  AFFAIRS. 
Washington  affairs  are  peculiarly  interesting  just  now.  There  is  a 
stirring  about,  mixing  up,  and  general  disinclination  to  subside  apparent, 
which  indicates  plainly  enough  that  the  struggle  is  not  yet  fully  de- 
termined as  to  who  is  to  be  the  whip  that  is  in  reality  to  drive  the  state 
coach.  Blaine  has  made  his  little  attempt  and  has  been  ignominiously 
beaten  off.  It  is  impossible  but  that  one  so  irrepressible  will  often  be 
heard  from,  but  it  will  only  be  as  a  free  lance.  Morton,  with  his  bulldog 
pertinacity,  still  stands  in  the  way,  but  having  lost  his  State,  his  prestige, 
and  his  temper,  it  may  be  that  his  days  of  power  are  over,  especially  with 
Evarte,  Schurz  and  Key  in  the  Cabinet.  Conkling,  with  a  moral  hero- 
ism worthy  of  his  great  abilities,  is  subduing  himself  into  a  reasonable 
Bupport  of  the  President  and  his  anti-Conkling  Cabinet.  The  Shermans 
are  a  power  in  this  administration.  The  General  was  the  first  to  nomi- 
nate Hayes.  John  Sherman  is  the  Secretary««f  the  Treasury,  and,  as 
they  are  both  Ohioans  and  close  friends  of  the  President,  their  influence 
is  bound  to  be  great  and  lasting,  unless,  indeed,  they  too  obtrusively  ex- 
hibit it.  But  then  the  greatest  question  remains  :  What  is  the  President 
himself  to  be?  Is  he  to  drive  or  be  driven?  His  first  move  with  regard 
to  the  two  rival  governments  of  Louisiana  and  South  Carolina  does  not 
look  like  firmness.  To  send  a  commission  to  inquire  into  facts  abundantly 
well  known  to  the  whole  nation  is  paltering  with  a  burning  question.  It 
seems  evident  that  expediency,  if  not  good  morals,  would  point  to  the 
necessary  recognition  of  Hampton  and  Nichols,  but  if  he  does  that  |on 
his  own  motion  how  will  his  own  title  look  ?  It  must  be  admitted  that 
the  dilemma  is  an  awkward  one.  When  President  Hayes  has  mastered 
it  we  shall  be  better  able  to  judge  of  the  firmness  and  success  with  which 
he  will  hold  the  reins  during  his  period  of  office. 

Five  Cents  Damages. --The  great  Salinas  excitement  has  ended  in  a 
verdict  for  the  much  injured  plaintiff  of  five  cents.  Alberto  Tresconey 
versus  the  San  Francisco  Chronicle  has  been  in  labor  for  two  days,  and 
given  birth  to  a  five  cent  piece.  The  only  thing  to  be  regretted  is  that 
the  jury  agreed.  The  Chronicle,  in  the  issue  complained  of,  chronicled 
the  hews  of  the  day  faithfully,  and  how  far  its  motives  were  impugned  is 
shown  by  the  result  of  the  trial.  To  be  brief,  Mr.  Tresconey's  peers  as- 
sess the  value  of  his  character  at  the  nominal  sum  of  five  cents— in  fact 
it  is  only  worth  a  small  glass  of  still  smaller  beer. 


JOHN    D      LEE. 


And  has  the  vengeance  come? 

And  is  the  sentence  said  ? 
And  shall  to-day  the  setting  sun 

Shine  coldly  on  thee— dead? 
Ah  !  then  the  mills  of  God, 

Of  which  the  poets  tell, 


Dead — and  above  thy  corpse 

What  human  face  shall  bow 
In  grief?  Whathumanhandcanwipe 

The  Cain-mark  from  thy  brow  ? 
From  that  accursed  field 
The  victims'  blood  hath  cried 
Though  grinding  slowly  as  they  may,  These  many  years,  and,  now  at  length, 

Have  ground  exceeding  well.  The  avenger  hath  replied. 

Dead — even  as  I  write  Where  thou  art  laid  the  grass 

The  shadow  on  the  dial  Should  wither  o'er  thy  head, 

Proclaims  that  Hehath  beckoned  thee  And  the  dainty  meadow-daisy's  white 

Who  taketh  no  denial.  Should  turn  to  sanguine  red. 

Dead — and  where  art  thou  dead  ?        About  that  hated  spot 

Knowest  thou  well  the  spot  ?  No  mortal  foot  should  tread,    [men 

Just  where  he  slew  his  human  game  And  thy  name  among  the  names  of 
The  hunter  now  lies  shot.  Should  be  as  thou  art — dead. 


LOCAL    POLITICS. 

The  political  pot  is  beginning  to  simmer.  Soon  the  "  dear  people  " 
will  be  called  upon  to  elect  all  sorts  of  city  and  county  officers,  from 
Mayor  down  to  Coroner.  A  Legislature  which  has  to  choose  a  United 
States  Senator  has  also  to  be  elected.  As  if  that  were  not  excitement 
enough  to  follow  so  closely  upon  the  heels  of  the  Presidential  contest, 
voters  are  to  have  the  further  duty  to  perform  of  accepting  or  rejecting 
the  water  supply  scheme  that  may  be  submitted  to  them  by  the  special 
commission.  In  all  these  matters  there  is  money,  and  therefore  it  will 
almost  follow  as  a  matter  of  course  that  there  will  be  much  pipe  laying, 
wire  pulling  and  "  uonuubiating  "  generally.  Already  the  politicians  are 
beginning  to  assemble  in  groups  upon  the  streets,  and  may  be  seen  dis- 
cussing primaries,  fixing  up  slates,  and  stirring  up  the  filthy  pool  with 
old-time  avidity.  The  word  has  gone  forth  that  there  is  going  to  be  fun, 
and  the  boys  are  already  sniffling  the  coming  breeze  from  afar.  It  would 
perhaps  be  premature  yet  to  mention  names  of  candidates.  A  few,  how- 
ever, are  so  prominent  that  they  need  not  be  passed  by.  There  is  to  be, 
it  is  Baid,  a  bitter  war  between  Sargent  and  Estee  for  the  Republican 
nomination  for  United  States  Senator,  and  the  primary  which  is  to  be  held 
early  next  month  is  to  be  fought  out  in  their  interest.  Governor  Irwin  and 
Mr.  Ryland,  of  San  Jose,  are  the  principal  aspirants  on  the  Democratic 
side  of  the  house,  although  it  is  said  that  Mayor  Bryant  may  take  a 
strong  hand  in  the  fight.  The  Democrats  have  a  majority  of  sixteen 
hold-over  Senators,  and  with  that  advantage  they  ought  to  carry  off  the 
prize.  Captain  McDonald  is  talked  of  for  Mayor,  and  two  or  three  Su- 
pervisors are  irrepressible  but  impossible  candidates.  Matters  political 
are  rapidly  developing  themselves,  and  soon  we  shall  be  able  to  take  a 
better  view  of  the  field. 

A    GREAT    OPPORTUNITY. 

If  the  controlling  spirits  of  the  Pacific  Mail  Company  were  far- 
seeing  men,  they  might  make  San  Francisco  a  depot  for  most  of  the  gold 
of  Australia  and  New  Zealand,  and  a  center  for  exchanges.  The  drafts 
and  bills  of  exchange  of  two  of  the  largest  colonies  pass  this  way,  and  the 
gold  which  represents  them  is  sent  by  another  and  longer  route.  Accord- 
ing to  the  almost  invariable  course  of  business,  it  should  proceed  by  the 
same  line  of  transit.  Any  other  method  is  slovenly,  costly,  and  an  un- 
businesslike proceeding.  The  gold  of  Auckland,  for  instance,  ought  not 
to  be  shipped  to  Melbourne,  and  from  thence  transmitted  via  Suez  to 
London.  Its  natural  route  is  via  San  Francisco.  Once  the  gold  drift 
was  turned  into  this  channel,  much  of  it  would  find  a  resting  place  here 
for  a  longer  or  shorter  period.  England  remits  largely  to  India,  China, 
and  Japan,  so  that  instead  of  the  gold  going  all  the  way  to  London,  tele- 
graph orders  could  intercept  it  at  this  point,  and  cause  it  to  be  sent  wher- 
ever needed.  Moreover,  silveris  largely  required  for  the  particular  trade  in 
question.  Here  silver  is  abundant  and  cheap,  and  the  exchange  could  be 
made  with  advantage  to  both  buyer  and  seller.  It  is  almost  impossible  to 
overrate  the  importance  of  this  business.  The  possibility  of  San  Francisco 
becoming  the  center  of  a  great  money  exchange,  does  not  seem  to  have 
even  been  thought  of  by  either  the  Pacific  Mail  Company  or  our  Chamber 
of  Commerce.  Had  not  Webb's  line  so  ignominously  failed,  it  is  probable 
that  the  arrangements  then  pending  would  have  led  to  the  gold  of  New 
Zealand  at  least  coming  this  way.  The  matter  ought  not  to  be  lost  sight 
of.  If  there  was  a  wiser  understanding  of,  and  a  greater  sympathy  with, 
the  requirements  and  possibilities  of  the  Australian  mail  route,  it  would 
be  better  for  the  company  and  the  trade  of  this  port. 

THE     TELEGRAPH    MONOPOLY    SMASHED. 

It  is  very  certain  that  the  monstrous  telegraph  monopoly,  which  at 
one  time  seemed  to  exist  for  the  sole  benefit  of  two  of  our  city  papers, 
has  been  terribly  smashed.  At  one  time  no  other  journal  could  get  access 
to  the  Associated  Press  monopoly  upon  any  terms.  Influence  was  of  no 
avail;  money  even  would  not  supply  the  necessary  key,  and  to  argue 
about  the  wisdom  of  unfettered  telegraphy  was  love's  labor  lost,  and  at 
best  only  about  equal  to  whistling  jigs  to  a  milestone.  The  indomitable 
pluck  and  enterprise  of  the  Chronicle  at  last  broke  down  the  barriers,  and 
when  it  got  in  itself,  it  made  it  possible  for  others  to  get  in  also.  A  re- 
cently started  daily  was  able  to  get  its  telegrams  from  the  Chronicle  at  a 
price  that  at  one  time  would  have  been  considered  dirt  cheap.  No  sooner 
did  the  Bulletin  and  Call  find  out  the  arrangement  than  they  underbid 
their  contemporary,  and  made  a  contract  at  half  the  price  it  was  receiv- 
ing. The  Alta,  that  was  at  one  time  so  shamelessly  ruled  out  of  the  mon- 
opoly, now  makes  its  own  terms,  which  are  gladly  accepted.  So  long  as 
it  was  possible,  it  was  denied  that  the  Chronicle  had  succeeded  in  getting 
upon  the  inside  track;  now  that  denial  is  no  longer  possible,  the  monop- 
oly goes  by  the  Board,  and  a  fair,  open  competition  is  glad  to  embrace  all 
comers.  Considering  the  immense  difficulties  that  stood  in  the  way,  this 
is  an  achievement  worthy  of  note.  The  result  is  greatly  to  the  advantage 
of  the  public.  

The  Albany  "Weekly  Times  says:  "Ex-Governor  Stanford  of  Cali- 
fornia, is  a  liberal  patron  of  art.  He  has  given  to  Mr.  Bierstadt  a  com- 
mission to  paint  a  picture  for  twenty  thousand  dollars,  to  J.  Beaufair  Ir- 
ving^ another  commission  for  a  picture  for  ten  thousand  dollars.  Of  W. 
H.  Beard  he  has  ordered  a  five  thousand  dollar  picture,  and  of  James  H. 
Beard  another  at  the  same  price. 


Matvh    'J4,   1877. 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


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THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

"H«r  tho  ir„.r"    "What  Ull  il.-vil  «rt  Ihou!" 
"Ou«  thftt  will  i»l»y  til*  Jo*U.  r«ir.  with  you." 


A  retired  restaurant  keeper  send*  us,  for  publication,  MO  anatomi 

ana  abont  dry  bash.     He  explains  bow,  tor  twenty-five  yean,  he 

place  everything  that  waa  left  over  bom  the  daj  i  supply  under 

an  immense  dronlar  chopping  machine  with  sixteen  knives,  ana  reduce 

the  whole  to  mfinitesmsJ  atoms.    The  writer  aaya:  "What  can  be  more 

delieioiM  than  to  take  all  the  remnants  of  the  ohopa,  Bteato,  roasts, 

things  and  stews,  and  amalgamate  them  in  one  friendly  pot. 
The  addition  of  potatoes,  artichoke  leaves,  asparagus  stumps,  old  peas, 
carrots,  turnips,  cabbages,  and  beans,  makes  the  preparation  too  rah, 
although  on  Washington's  birthday  and  tin-  Fourth  02  July  I  invariably 
mingle  these  choios  components  in  the  preparation.  Then-  have  been 
special  occasions  when  1  have  added  the  chicken,  duck,  and  quail  bones 
to  the  other  materials,  but  i  never  felt  that  I  was  sufficiently  remune  r- 
ted  for  the  outlay,  ana  am  sure  no  successful  restaurant  man  can  afford  it. 
I  take,  however,  this  opportunity  to  deny  indignantly  that  I  was  ever 
once  guilty  of  surreptitiously  inserting  a  piece  of  cheap  jewelery  in 
every  ten  plates,  in  order  to  induce  persons  to  eat  my  hash."  What  can 
be  more  explicit  ami  touching  than  this  testimony  of  an  old  business- 
man. He  has  long  since  retired  on  his  means,  and  lives  now  on  Van  Ness 
Avenue,  in  a  house  with  a  mansard  roof.  Would  that  there  were  other 
restaurant  keepers  to-day  like  unto  him!  What  a  comfort  it  would  be  to 
feel  thai  there  was  one  single  dining-place,  now  in  operation,  where  that 
deeaicated  hodge-podge  known  as  dry  hash  was,  like  Caesar's  wife,  above 
suspicion. 

Mr.  Atkinson  is  a  farmer  in  Marin  County  and  very  fond  of  a  jnke. 
Last  week  he  wrote  to  a  commission  house  in  this  city,  with  whom  he  is 
on  terms  of  intimacy,  as  follows  :  "I  will  send  you  the  finest  butter  next 
week  you  ever  saw.  The  first  lot  will  weigh  about  60  pounds.  Will 
divide  proceeds  of  the  sale  with  you."  Encouraged  by  the  liberal  terms 
of  the  offer,  the  firm  advertised  extensively  that  they  were  prepared  to 
fill  orders  for  dairymen  and  produce -merchants  for  the  finest  butter  ever 
sent  to  this  market.  At  the  appointed  time  the  consignment  failed  to 
arrive,  so  the  merchants  telegraphed  up  to  San  Rafael  and  received  the 
reply  that  the  butter  would  be  down  by  the  first  boat  next  morning.  The 
butter  arrived  as  promised,  but  it  was  in  the  form  of  a  most  ferocious  goat 
of  enormous  size,  who  was  no  sooner  liberated  from  his  crate  than  he 
commenced  a  career  of  the  most  unbridled  villainy  ever  witnessed.  He 
knocked  the  senior  partner  into  the  corner  and  butted  three  of  his  ribs 
out ;  the  junior  partner  took  refuge  on  the  top  of  some  bales  of  wool,  but 
the  goat  jumped  after  him,  butted  him  off  on  to  the  floor,  and  prodded 
him  with  his  horns  uutil  he  was  insensible.  After  fixing  up  things  gen- 
erally so  that  each  member  of  the  firm  looked  as  if  lie  had  been  invited 
to  a  first-class  massacre  and  wound  up  by  a  tour  in  a  threshing  machine, 
this  "  first-class  butter"  was  at  last  lassoed  and  sent  to  the  City  Pound. 
Such  jokes  as  these  sometimes  have  a  more  serious  termination  than  the 
perpetrator  intended. 

An  English  tourist,  attired  in  a  suit  of  his  favorite  gray,  was  walking 
down  Kearny  street  last  Tuesday,  when  he  heard  a  number  of  whistles 
blown  very  violently.  He  ran  towards  the  scene  of  the  uproar,  when 
several  bystanders  immediately  made  way  for  him,  crying,  "  That's  hiin, 
officer,  arrest  him  right  away,  he's  bitten  the  other  man's  nose  clean  off." 
The  astonished  Britisher  endeavored  to  remonstrate,  and  exhibiting  his 
kid-gloved  bands  to  the  crowd,  shouted  :  "  No,  blawstit,  yon  know  ;  what 
the  'ell  d'ye  mean,  by  Jove  ?  Say,  that's  all  right,  you  know,  but  I  aint 
a  bobby,  you  know,  I'm  a  gentleman,  by  Jove,  and  all  that  sort  of  thing, 
you  know."  His  remonstrances  were  in  vain,  and  a  remorseless  crowd 
compelled  him  to  conduct  a  noseless  bummer  and  a  drunken  fiend  all  the 
way  to  the  city  prison.  The  bummer  besprinkled  him  liberally  with  his 
vital  fluid,  and  the  riend  kicked  him  savagely  every  three  or  four  steps. 
The  police  did  not  even  thank  him  for  his  pains,  but  on  the  contrary, 
threatened  to  lock  him  up  forpersonating  an  officer.  It's  no  wonder  that 
he  wrote  home  to  a  friend  in  London,  "  If  you  fellows  come  out  here  any 
time,  don't  wear  gray  clothes.  If  you  do,  all  the  fellows  here  will  take 
you  for  a  blawstea  bobby." 

No  people  understand  the  science  of  proving  an  alibi  like  the  Chinese. 
Ah  Moon,  on  trial  this  week  for  murder,  has  set  the  American  nation  an 
example  which  it  should  at  once  imitate.  Witnesses  for  the  prosecution 
positively  state  that  Mr.  Moon  was  the  man  that  did  the  foul  and  bloody 
deed,  but  their  evidence  will  probably  be  rejected  as  useless.  The  defend- 
ant has  five  witnesses  to  prove  that  at  the  time  of  the  murder,  he  was 
taking  tea  in  a  wash-house  in  the  Western  Addition  ;  he  has  ten  more 
friends  who  can  swear  positively  that  he  was  out  fishing  at  Long  Bridge 
at  the  time,  and  a  reserve  batch  of  almond'eyed  acquaintances  who  can 
testify  to  the  fact  that  he  was  asleep  in  bed,  playing  tan,  down  at  San 
Jose',  and  up  at  Virginia  City  at  the  precise  moment,  when  a  perjured 
crowd  swear  he  was  slaughtering  Mr.  Chung  Ah  Yue  in  Spofford  alley. 
Such  an  irresistible  mass  of  evidence  in  favor  of  any  defendant,  should 
surely  result  in  his  acquittal,  and  our  criminal  lawyers  would  do  well  to 
read  up  all  available  authorities  on  Mongolian  Jurisprudence,  with  a  view 
to  the  adoption  of  this  admirable  defense  of  their  clients.    . 

It  is  not  generally  known  that  Miss  Lilian  Adelaide  Neilson  is  the 
proprietress  of  the  largest  paper  mills  in  the  world.  It  would  be  a  breach 
of  confidence  to  say  where  they  are  located,  but  it  will  be  interesting  to 
our  readers  to  know  how  they  are  carried  on.  Two  bale  packers  from  the 
Mills  accompany  Miss  Neilson  wherever  she  travels,  and  collect  each 
evening  the  entire  number  of  gentlemens'  visiting  cards,  notes,  letters  of 
introduction,  poetical  effusions,  requests  for  autographs,  bouquet  papers, 
envelopes  and  newspaper  articles,  which  she  has  received  since  morning. 
These  generally  amount  to  about  three  and  a  half  tons  of  paper,  which  is 
carefully  packed  and  shipped  to  the  mills  to  be  worked  over  again.  As 
most  of  the  paper  is  of  the  finest  possibly  quality,  it  can  easily  be  under- 
stood what  a  valuable  property  this  is.  During  Miss  Neilson's  last  stay 
in  New  York  it  required  the  constant  services  of  four  men  to  remove  the 
debris  of  her  correspondence,  whilst  the  fair  actress  was  enabled  to  sup- 
ply two  hospitals  with  fresh  bouquets  all  through  the  entire  course  of  her 
engagement. 

If  stocks  continue  in  their  present  depressed  condition,  speculators  are 
seriously  thinking  of  erecting  an  immense  screen  of  blue  glass  across  Cali- 
fornia street,  in  the  hope  of  being  able  to  strengthen  the  market. 


A  female  miser  lately  realised  the  truth   of  the  old    adage  that  if 

■■  i-  golden,     She  swallow. -.1  l>\  accident  all  th< 

e  holl  iw  double  tooth,  which  grieved  her  bitterly.     Having 

the  properties  of  quicksilver  tn  catching  polo,  she  went 

down  to  NowhalTe  and  bought  ji  Bask,  the  1  entente  of  a  blah  she  took  at 

bed  time.    She  seems  in  prettV  good  health  up  to  date,  but  it  tain 

SUOV  to  lift  her  out  of  bed.  and  if  sin-  ODOfl  starts  rolling  on  tli" 
oor  she  separates  into  a  series  of  globules  and  there  i»  no  stopping  her. 
From  being  a  staid  old  lady  she  has  become  M  at  one.-  a  most  volatile 

being.      On  B  Oold  morning  her  feet  are  BO  heavy  that  aim    is  unable  to  lift 

them  off  the  ground,  but  00  ;»  hot  day,  as  the  mercury  aaoends  up  her 
thermometer-like  legs,  she  gets  too  weak  to  carry  her  body  and  has  to  sit 
down.  The  case  is  exciting  a  good  deal  of  attention  among  scientists. 
who  propose,  shortly,  conducting  a  series  of  experiments  with  the  old 
Woman,  With  a  view  to  utilizing  her  at  the  Comstock  mines. 

Miss  Clara  Ida  Abbie  Minnie  Wait  is  the  latest  addition  to  the  ex- 
ample set  by  Miss  Jennie  Burdiok  of  marrying  the  man  she  loved,  "  let 
hinder  me  who  may."     Being  the  daughter  of  a  ladder  and  stair-builder, 

it  was  only  natural  that  MUs  C.  I.  A.  M.  Wait  should  elopeonone  of  the 
firmest  kind  of  ladders  which  her  papa  manufactures,  and  drive  off  with 
her  affianced,  Mr.  Graham,  in  the  beautiful  and  chaste  express  wagon  of 
which  he  is  sole  proprietor.  Mi's.  Wait  would  have  preferred  a  perfumed 
ruining  secretary  for  her  Son-in-law,  although  she  admits  that  Mr.  Graham 
has  a  driving  intellect ;  however,  the  elopement  was  a  nuccess.  Tin? 
morning  was  misty,  and  the  young  couple  were  appropriately  united  by 
Justice  Fogg,  and  all  that  remains  for  ourselves  and  the  community  at 
large  to  do  is  to  wish  long  life  and  happiness  to  the  young  couple.  It  must 
have  been  a  beautiful  sight  to  have  seen  the  expectant  bridegroom  holding 
the  reins  under  his  affianced's  window,  and  softly  whistling  the  signal 
they  had  agreed  upon,  which  was  "  Wait  for  the  wagon." 

One  of  the  best  dramatic  critics  in  California  is  noted  for  two  pe- 
culiarities. He  has  a  very  large  mouth  and  a  stiff  beard,  which  he  in- 
sists on  shaving  himself,  with  but  indifferent  success.  Whether  hia  razor 
is  bad  or  his  hand  unsteady,  it  is  certain  that  his  chin  and  mouth  usually 
present  a  scarred  and  scratched  appearance,  somewhat  as  though  they  had 
been  subjected  to  the  liberal  attentions  of  a  mountain  wild-cat.  Yester- 
day a  brother  of  the  quill,  noted  for  the  villainous  quality  of  his  jokes, 
approached  the  censor  of  the  drama  and  said  :  "  Say,  George,  what  pe- 
riodical is  your  mouth  like?"  The  faces  of  the  bystanders  grew  asny 
pale  in  anticipation  of  the  ghastly  answer,  but  the  remorseless  querist, 
with  a  savage  glee,  yelled,  "  Give  it  up  V—LippincotCs  Magazine  f  It  is 
no  wonder  that  a  casual  passer  by  fainted,  or  that  the  propounder  of  the 
riddle  has  since  been  dismissed  by  his  employer. 

Underground  stables  are  an  invention  of  which  San  Francisco  ought 
to  be  particularly  proud.  There  are  hundreds  of  houses  in  this  city 
where  a  horse  is  kept  in  the  basement  and  the  manure  piled  up  under  the 
sidewalk.  Nothing  can  be  more  healthy  than  to  have  two  or  three  steam- 
ing quadrupeds  quartered  nightly  under  a  man's  dwelling,  and  the  Super- 
visors will  doubtless  present  a  valuable  medal  shortly  to  every  pest- 
breeding  householder  who  aids  disease  in  this  way.  No  better  plan  for 
disseminating  malaria  could  be  devised  than  the  one  just  described,  and  it 
is  gratifying  to  feel  that  our  community  is  in  no  sense  behindhand  in 
civic  ignorance.  For  stupidity  and  culpable  carelessness  our  aldermen 
can  dispute  the  palm  with  the  worst  managed  town  in  the  Union. 

The  handsomest  piece  of  bunting  in  the  eity  is  not  the  Consulate 
flag  of  Her  Britannic  Majesty.  It  does  not  exactly  emblemify  the  death- 
less glory  of  the  Queen  of  merrye  England,  nor  is  it  symbological  of  the 
dignity  of  the  Empress  of  India.  As  it  unfurls  itself  to  the  breeze  when 
occasion  demands,  it  presents  a  measly  appearance  which  is  not  typical  of 
Albion's  greatness,  and  though  a  patriotic  soul  might  by  a  stretch  of  im- 
agination fancy  that  it  had  wove  a  hundred  years  in  the  battle  and  the 
breeze,  that  soul  would  still  be  compelled  to  desire  that  it  should  go  to  the 
wash,  and— stay  there.  The  English  residents  of  San  Franciscoare  hereby 
gently  reminded  that  a  new  flag  is  in  order. 

A  contemporary  publishes  the  following  remarkable  advertisement 
concerning  some  popular  hot  Bprings  in  California.  It  runs  :  "  Bathing 
and  drinking  the  water  are  an  infallible  cure  for  paralysis  and  rheuma- 
tism. Biliousness,  debility  and  nervous  disorders,  with  its  romantic 
scenery,  delightful  and  healthy  climate. "  "  Bathing  thewater'*  ia  a  new 
idea,  yet  it  might  be  useful  in  the  case  of  curing  the  Spring  Valley  of  its 
alleged  impurities,  but  when  we  are  expected  to  believe  that  romantic 
scenery  is  synonymous  with  biliousness,  or  that  »  delightful  climate  is 
allied  to  nervous  disorders,  the  average  brain  falters  and  is  compelled  to 
give  it  up. 

If  the  following  is  true  it  is  ontrageous:  A  correspondent  informs  us 
that  he  went  into  the  cutlery  store  of  Mr.  Price  this  week  and  bought  a 
pair  of  scissors.  They  were  duly  done  up  in  paper,  and  the  customer 
left  the  store.  The  purchase  was  a  little  commission  which  be  was  exe- 
cuting for  his  wife,  and  was  certainly  a  harmless  one,  btrt  the  ever  vigilant 
policeman  was  on  the  watch  outside,  and  arrested  him  as  he  came  out  for 
carrying  a  concealed  weapon.  "  How  to  swell  a  record,"  will  be  the  title 
of  the  next  address  issued  to  the  force  by  the  worthy  Chief  of  Police. 
The  above  is  only  one  way. 

"Boys  and  Girls  come  out  to  Play1'  is  evidently  the  motto  of 
the  Board  of  Supervisors.  It  was  the  prettiest  sight  of  the  season  to  see 
the  Street  Committee  frolicking  round  on  the  grass  at  Saucelitolast  Thurs- 
day, with  a  lot  of  school  marms,  instead  of  attending  to  Corbett's  sewer 
claims  and  other  matters  which  constitute  their  duty  to  the  community. 
The  reason  that  our  Municipal  affairs  go  on  so  smoothly,  is  entirely  due 
to  the  invigorating  effect  of  these  little  reunions.  Only  the  Mayor  does 
not  think  so. 

Mr.  Keene,  as  "Orlando,  the  Wrestler,"  in  At  Yon  Like  Jt,  created 
quite  a  sensation  on  Thursday  evening,  through  the  chastenessof  his  ap- 
parel. The  piece  de  resistance  of  his  clothing  consisted  of  a  thin  ribbon 
Blung  over  his^houlder,  which  was  undoubtedly  the  costume  of  an  athlete 
in  those  untrameled  days.  We  should  like  to  see  Mr.  K.  in  the  farce  of 
"Adam  and  Eve,"  which  will  shortly  issue  from  our  facile  pen,  and  are 
convinced  that  he  would  dress  Adam  before  the  fall  to  perfection. 

Some  of  our  millionaires  are  possessed  of  rare  musical  talents.  At  a 
little  social  reunion  the  other  night  four  of  them  sang  a  very  difficult 
quartette,  which  was  the  essence  of  sweetness— long-drawn-out.  The  way 
in  which  some  of  our  rich  men  can  hold  on  to  their  notes  is  perfectly  sur- 
prising. ___^ 


10 


SAN"  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTMt  AND 


March  24,  1.  1 1 


COLUMN  FOR  THE  CURIOUS, 

In  Nature*  Science,  and  Art. 


Hydrophobia  has  been  known  for  3,000  years, 
yet  its  caxise  is  still  a  matter  of  speculation.  It 
does  not  originate  from  heat,  for  dogs  in  the 
warmest  climates,  such  as  South  Africa,  Jamaica, 
West  Indies,  and  South  America,  have  never 
been  afflicted  with  it.  Want  of  water  does  not 
produce  it,  since  dogs  have  been  kept  40  days 
without  water  and  not  gone  mad.  Insufficient 
and  unwholesome  diet  are  not  the  causes,  since 
the  curs  of  Madeira  are  the  vilest  and  most  ill- 
kept  of  the  world,  and  rabies  is  unknown  among 
them.  Whether  it  is  a  spontaneous  production 
in  the  dog,  cat,  and  wolf,  is  also  unsettled.  The 
fact  that  in  remote  countries  of  the  world,  where 
the  disease  has  never  been  communicated,  its  ex- 
istence is  unknown,  would  imply  that  it  must  be 
acquired  by  communication,  yet  Marray,  an  em- 
inent writer  on  the  subject,  and  others,  believe 
the  contrary.  Of  the  real  nature  of  the  virus 
little  is  known.  It  has  never  been  analyzed. 
Though  rabies  in  man  is  in  most  cases  communi- 
cated by  the  bite  of  a  dog,  yet  the  symptoms  are 
widely  different.  Man  abhors  and  detests  water 
with  spasmodic  loathing,  while  the  dog  searches 
for  it  and  drinks  it  with  avidity.  The  statistics 
and  experiments  in  hydrophobia  are  suggestive 
and  interesting.  Inoculation  of  the  saliva  of 
rabid  animals  as  practiced  by  Herbert  Her  twig, 
succeeded  in  only  23  per  cent,  of  the  animals  op- 
erated upon,  77-  escaping.  According  to  Faber's 
statistics,  out  of  145  persons  bitten  by  rabid  an- 
imals in  Wurtemberg,  only  28  had  hydrophobia. 
John  Hunter  records  a  case  where,  of  21  persons 
bitten  by  a  mad  dog,  only  one  was  affected. 
Again  we  have  of  144  persons  bitten  by  mad 
wolves,  67,  or  more  than  one-half,  felt  vic- 
tims. In  France,  in  1852,  a  commission  was  ap- 
pointed to  examine  into  the  subject  of  rabies, 
and  of  136  cases  in  human  subjects,  105  were 
from  the  bites  of  dogs,  20  from  bite  of  wolves,  8 
from  bite  of  cats,  and  5  unknown.  In  69  cases, 
where  the  exact  date  of  the  appearance  of  hydro- 
phobia after  the  bite  was  ascertained,  it  seems 
that  14  cases  were  fatal  after  the  first  month  after 
the  bite,  41  cases  from  the  end  of  the  first  month 
to  the  end  of  the  third,  8  from  beginning  of 
fourth  to  end  of  sixth,  and  9  from  seventh  to  end 
of  tenth  month.  No  case  occurred  after  one 
year.  Three  died  the  first  day,  8  the  second,  28 
the  third,  21  the  fourth,  4  the  sixth  day,  and  the 
remaining  10  from  seven  to  20  days. — Cincinnati 
Commercial. 


We  learn  from  the  Pekin  Gazette  that  the 
"Hereditary  Duke  of  K'ung  has  died  at  the  age 
of  28."  To  us  outer  Barbarians  it  must  be  a 
matter  of  very  minor  interest  whether  the  400,- 
000,000  subjects  of  the  Cousin  of  the  Moon  are 
one  more  or  less.  But  the  notable  whose  death 
was  worthy  of  record  in  the  official  journal  of  the 
Empire  was  a  man  who  from  his  ancestry,  if  not 
from  anything  in  himself,  was  a  remarkable  per- 
sonage. He  was  the  lineal  descendant  of  the 
great  Kung  Futz-ze,  or  Confucius,  the  sage  who 
established  a  religion  for  China,  and  who  is  to 
this  day  regarded  with  divine  honors.  All  "old 
families  "  of  the  Western  World  must  pale  be- 
fore that  of  the  Chinese  philosopher.  Though 
he  left  but  one  grandson,  the  succession  has 
been  continued  through  some  seventy  genera- 
tions up  to  the  present  time,  in  the  very  district 
where  their  great  ancestor  was  born.  Though 
there  is  no  true  hereditary  nobility  in  China,  the 
heads  of  the  Confucian  family  have  always  en- 
joyed the  rank  of  nobility.  At  the  present  time 
the  number  of  his  descendants  is  calculated  at 
about  12,000  males,  and  in  every  city,  down  to 
those  of  the  third  order,  there  is  a  temple  dedi- 
cated to  Confucius.  The  title  of  "  Duke,"  which 
is  sometimes  applied  to  the  head  of  the  family, 
is — it  is  needless  to  say — not  a  Chinese  title  at 
all.  It  owes  its  origin  to  the  Jesuit  missionaries, 
who  in  their  account  of  the  Flowery  Kingdom 
tried  to  express  to  their  European  readers  the 
relative  ranks  in  the  Empire  by  giving  eertain 
people  what  they  believed  to  be  titles  corre- 
sponding to  those  in  France.  Hence  the  "Dukes" 
and  "  Marquises "  which  even  yet  sometimes 
figure  in  books  on  China.  In  reality,  the  Chinese 
aristocracy  is  a  purely  official  one — a  place  in 
which  can  only  be  obtained  by  competitive  ex- 
amination.  

Some  further  particulars  relating  to  the  re- 
cent Census  taken  are  given  by  the  Debats,  from 
which  paper  we  learn  that  there  are  at  present  in 
France  73  towns  with  a  population  exceeding 
20,000  inhabitants,  108  with  a  population  of  10,- 
000  to  20,000  inhabitants,  309  with  a  population 
of  5,000  to  10,000  inhabitants,  249  with  a  popu- 
lation of  4,000  to  5,000  inhabitants,  and  581  of 
3,000  to  4,000  inhabitants. 


THE    SANDHOPPER    JIG. 

SaidaSbrimp  to  a  Sandhopper,  one  summer's  day 

(They  were  walking  along  the  beach): 
"I  am  told  that  you  dance  in  a  wonderful  way  ; 

Pray,  would  you  be  willing  to  teach?" 
"Quite  willing,  my  dear,"  Sandhopper  replied, 

As  merry  and  pert  as  a  grig ;  [steps 

"Call  your  little  ones  here,  and  I'll  show  'em  the 

Of  the  rollicking  Sandhopper  jig." 
And  up  in  the  air  he  proceeded  to  jump, 

While  the  Hermit  crab  shouted  "  Hurrah!  " 
And  old  Mr.  Lobster  applauded  so  hard, 

He  broke  off  his  handsomest  claw. 
"My  stars!"  cried  the  children  of  good  Mrs. 

"  We  none  of  us,  little  or  big,  [Shrimp  ; 

Could  learn,  we  are  sure,  the  very  high  jumps 

Of  the  rollicking  Sandhopper  jig. 
"  All  ^lone  must  you  hop  your  remarkable  hops." 

Said  Mr.  Sandhopper,  "I  will." 
And  I  haven't  a  doubt,  if  you  go  to  the  beach, 

You  will  find  him  there  rollicking  still. 

— Margaret  By  tinge,  in  St.  Nicholas. 


G.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Tuesday,  March  20, 1877,  and  until 

further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 

San  Francisco: 

(Overland    Ticket  Office,   at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  of 
Market  Street.) 


7f\f\  A.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washing- 
,\JYJ  ton  st.  Wharf)  —  Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for    Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.        (Arrive  San  Francisco  8:10  p.m.) 


8f\f\  A.M.  (daily),  Atlantic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
■  vFv/  land  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland  (O.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  p.m.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  5:35  p.m.) 


land  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 
rives at  San  Jose  at  5:30  p.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco 9:35  a.m.) 


4f\f\  P.M.  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
•t-fyJ  for  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Don  Palmas  (Arizona  Stage  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  6:55 
p.m.  "  Sleeping  Cars  "  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les. (Arrive  San  Francisco  12:40  p.-m.) 


4AA  P.  M.  (daily),  "Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washington 
.\J\J  st.  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  forCalistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  p.  w.  for 
Truekee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  11:10  A.M.) 


4  00  P-^1-  (Sundays  excepted)  Sacramento  Steamer 
•  v/v  (from  Wasb'n  St.  Wharf),  for  Beniciaand  Land- 
ings on  the  Sacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  a.m.,  daily. 

(Arrive  Sau  Francisco  8:00  p.m.) 


4DA  P.M.  (daily),  Through  Third  Class  and  Accom- 
•  O"    modation  Train,  via  Lathrop  and  Mohave, 
arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  a.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  7:30  a.m. 


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p  1.30 

To  FERNSIDE— except  Sundays— 7.00,  9.00,  10.00  A..M. 
and  5  p.  H. 


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10.30 

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p  12.40 
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(Broadway.) 


6.50 
7.20 
7.50 
8.25 
8.50 
9.20 
9.50 
10.50 
11.50 
P12.50 
2.50 
3.20 
3.50 


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11.20 

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P  4.20 
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5.50 
6.30 
6.50 
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9.10 
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6.00 

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p  1.20 
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From  FERNSIDE— Sundays  excepted— 6-55,  8.00,  11.05 

A.  M.,  and  6.05  p.  M. 

•Change  Cars  at  "  Broadway,"  Oakland. 

A— Morning,    p— Afternoon. 


CREEK    RIVER    STEAMER 

Will  run— tide  permitting— from  6:00  a.m.  to  0:30  p.m., 
as  follows  : 


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SAN  FRANCISCO 

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(Market  St.  Station. 

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21 

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22 

9:00—....-  4:05—6:15 

23 

8:00— ....—....— 5:15 

24 

8:35— ....  —  ....— 5:15 

2i 

9:10— 11:50-....— 6:30 

26 

8:35— -  1:00- 

27 

8:35—....-  1:50—.... 

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8:35—....-  2:30—.... 

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9:50—....-  3:20—.... 

no 

10:30—....-  1:15—5:00 

31 

11:30— -  2:10—5:30 

Leave 

OAKLAND 

(Broadway  Wharf.) 


6:30—..  ..—  2 
6:00—  1:30—. . . 
6:30—  2:40—... 
6:00-  9:30—.., 
6:30-11:30—... 
8:00—10:00—... 
6:30—10:00-... 
6:30-10:00—... 
6:30—10:00-... 
7:15—11:30—.., 
9:00-11:45—  2: 
10:00— —12; 


1:00 
5:00 


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:30 


For  dates  omitted,  use  prior  date. 
"Official  Schedule  Time"  furnished  by  Anderson  & 
Randolph,  Jewelers,  101  and  103  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towxb,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC   RAILROAD. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION . 

flomnieiicing  Nov.  6th,  1876,  Passenger 

V^    Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  as  follows : 

8  0  A  A.M  (daily)  for  Sau  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Trea 
,£)\J  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  &^At  Pajabo  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forArros  and  Santa  Cruz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Montebev.  Stage 
connections  made  with  this  train. 


nO  PZ  a    m.   (daily)  for  Menlo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
,UO    tious. 

3     0C  p.m.  daily  (Sundays   excepted)  for   San  Jose, 
.AO  Gilroy  and  Way  Stations. 


A   AC\  r.M.  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


(2  OAp.  si.  (daily)  for  San  Mateo  and  Way  Stations. 

SOUTHERN      DIVISION. 

__~  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Division 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Dos  Palmas. 
A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  WILLCUTT,  Gen'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 
[November  1S.J 


H.    H.    MOORE, 

Denier  in  Books  for  Libraries. —A  large 
assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
ana  for  sale  at  6fi9  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
San  Francisco  Oct.  24. 


OREGON  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

Regular  Steamers  to  Portland,  leav- 
ing San  Francisco  weekly-  Steamers  CITY  OF 
CHESTER,  GEORGE  W.  ELDER,  and  AJAX,  connect- 
ing with  steamers  to  SITKA  and  PUGET  SOUND,  and 
O.  and  C.  R.  R.  Co.  and  Oregon  C.  R.  R.  Co.  through 
Willamette,  Umpqua,  and  Rogue  River  Valleys,  Oregon. 
Tickets  to  all  points  on  the  O.  and  C.  R.  R."sold  at  re- 
duced rates.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
March  24.  210  Battery  street. 


March   94,  l#7. 


C  W  IFORNLA     Al>\  ERTISER 


II 


NOTABILIA. 


The  Arlington  01  Santa  Barbara.—  \  m«  tin.  ,,t  fa  Board  of  Dl 
ton  Hotel  ff«  i..-.  nth  li. Mat  the  First  National  Gold 
Bank,  for  th*  purpose  of  appointing  ;t  dmi  mananr,  and  Mr.  J,  c.  Obn- 
stol  waa  appointed     Mr.  Dlnutao  baa  a  reoora  u  hotel  nuuugar  nec- 
aon«  "ii  tlii-  coast     For  the  laal  fifteen  yean  he  hai  been  man- 
lintela  in  different  parts  "t  » 'aliforula  and  Oregon,  including  tin- » U> 
ddental   and  Cocwopotitan  in  San   Francisco ;  the  Pacific  Ocean  Hoi 
BantaCraij  Glen  Brook  House,  LakeTahoe;  the  Sea  Side  Hotel»  Ore- 
gon; :ui«l  the  Grand  Centra]   Hotel,  Oakland     Mr.  Olmsted   i-  much 
pleased  v*  itli  tit.-  appointments  >>f  the  Arlington,  ami  prononnoea  tin-  house 
one  ol  the  beat  in  the  State  for  style  ami  accommodation. 


It  is  foolishness  far  a  man  t-»  try  t<>  make  game  of  a  boarding  house 
chicken  by  looking  at  it  under  the  impression  that  a  steady  gaze  <>f  the 
human  eye  will  make  any  animal  quail,  but  it's  not  foolishness  fur  a  lady 
and  gentleman  to  order  a  spring  chicken  at  Swain's  Bakery  on  Sutter 
above  Buearny.  This  is  the  quietest  and  moat  fashionable  place  in 
the  city,  and  also  the  depot  of  the  Lest  ice-cream,  confectionery  and  En- 
glish  muffins. 

"  Sing  Sing'  "  shouted  the  brakeman,  as  a  Hudson  River  train  slowed 
up  t"  that  .station.  "  Five  years  for  refreshments,"  yelled  a  passenger 
with  short  hair  and  bracelets,  as  he  rose  to  leave  the  car  in  charge  of  a 
deputy  sheriff. 

A  portly  gentleman  crowded  himself  into  a  horse-car  next  to  a  young 
man.  who  Bald:  ''Perhaps  you  would  not  crowd  in  here  if  you  knew  I 
just  had  the  small-pox."  "  Oh,  that's  nothing,"  was  the  reply;  this  is  the 
first  time  I  have  been  out  since  I  had  it  myself."  Nobody  would  ever 
catch  the  small-pox  if  they  drank  genuine  Old  Cutter  Whisky.  A.  P. 
Hotaling,  429  and  431  Jackson  street,  Agent. 

*•  What  this  country  needs,"  says  one  of  our  young  ladies,  tf  is  a  re- 
ligion which  will  make  a  man  feel  that  it  is  just  as  cold  for  his  wife  to 
get  up  and  make  afire  as  it  is  for  himself."  If  a  man  has  a  Union  Range, 
it  is  no  trouble  to  get  up  and  make  a  fire.  De  La  Montanya,  on  Jackson 
street,  below  Battery,  is  Agent  for  this  incomparable  stove,  and  all  dis- 
contented housekeepers  should  invest  in  one. 

"Fellow  Citizens,*'  said  a  carpet-bagger,  addressing  an  audience  of 
colored  people  in  South  Carolina,  "  my  skin  is  white,  it  is  true,  but  my 
soul  is  blacker  than  yours." 

A  bet  was  recently  made  by  two  prominent  carpet  merchants  as  to 
who  kept  the  best  oil-cloths,  window  shades  and  carpets  in  the  city.  The 
wager  was  only  a  frindly  dinner,  but  the  winner  was  John  J.  Mountain, 
of  No.  1020  Market  street  and  15  Eddy  sftreet.  His  friend,  who  was  in 
the  same  business,  freely  owned  that  he  had  never  seen  such  superb  goods 
aa  Mr.  Mountain  has  in  his  life. 


J.  Brown.  —It  has  now  come  to  a  point  where  you  are  bound  properly 
to  explain  all  that  to  her,  and  to  give  her  satisfactory  proof  that  you 
will  not  be  in  a  condition  to  marry  yet  awhile.  Save  up  your  money  and 
buy  your  furniture  by  degrees  from  F.  S.  Chadboume  &  Co.,  importers 
and  dealers  in  furniture  and  bedding,  727  Market  street.  Their  goods 
are  magnificent. 

"  Boys,"  said  a  soldier  whose  cheek  and  chin  had  been  shot  away  by  a 
shell,  "  I  should  like  a  drink  of  water  mighty  well,  if  I  only  had  the  face 
to  ask  for  it."  The  best  water  is  that  which  has  been  run  through  a  Pa- 
tent Silicated  Carbon  Filter.  Bush  &  Milne,  the  importers  of  Gas  Fix- 
tures, under  the  Grand  Hotel,  keep  them. 

When  a  policeman  marries  he  is  in  a  very  short  time  confronted  by 
the  problem  of  his  life — where  to  hide  his  club  that  his  wife  cannot 
find  it. 

A  young  lad  whose  teacher  is  rather  free  with  the  rod,  remarked  the 
other  day  that  they  had  too  many  hollerdays  in  their  school."  I.  Lands- 
berger,  the  agent  for  the  celebrated  Gerke  Wine  of  10  and  12  Jone's  Al- 
ley, never  has  a  holiday.  The  public  keep  him  incessantly  employed  sell- 
ing his  inimitable  vintages, 

A  New  York  doctor  says  that  a  person  with  a  sore  throat  shouldn't 
kiss  one  whose  throat  is  all  right,  as  the  complaint  can  be  communicated. 
Not  if  the  person  kissed  swallows  a  little  pure  wine  or  whisky  directly 
afterward.  The  purest  liquors  in  the  city  are  sold  by  F.  &  P.  J.  Cassin, 
523  Front  street. 

A  grocer  had  a  pound  of  sugar  returned  with  a  note  stating  "Too 
much  sand  for  table  use,  and  not  enough  for  building  purposes."  The 
customer  wore  Muller's  pebble  spectacles,  and  could  see  the  difference  be- 
tween sand  and  sugar.     Try  them,  at  135  Montgomery  street. 


A  certain  English  statesman  exclaimed,  on  hearing  of  the  death  of  a 
leading  author,  '*  O,  how  glad  I  am!    Now  I  can  bind  him  up." 

They  tell  of  a  wealthy  London  barber  who  has  just  cut  off  bis  heir 
without  a  shilling.  Now,  our  barbers  are  different ;  they  never  cut  off 
anybody's  hair  without  a  shilling.  Bradley  &  Rulofson's  photographs  dis- 
play all  the  hair  a  man  is  heir  to.     They  are  the  best  pictures  ever  seen. 

A  Bad  Habit — A  coat  not  paid  for.  One  should  never  get  into  it.  A 
Good  Habit— To  buy  your  furniture  of  N.  P.  Cole  and  Co.,  220-226  Bush 
street.  If  you  once  get  into  one  of  their  easy  chairs  or  lounges,  you'll 
never  want  to  get  out  of  it. 

"What  would  you  do,  madame,  if  you  were  a  gentleman?"  "Sir, 
what  would  you  do  if  you  were  one  ?  Why,  buy  a  Hallet  &  Davis  Piano, 
of  course.  They  are  the  best  in  the  world,  and  can  be  seen  at  Badger's 
Piano  Rooms,  13  Sansome  street. 

A  Dry  Subject—The  Mummy.  The  best  thing  for  a  dry  subject — 
Napa  Soda,  it  cheers,  invigorates,  and  is  the  best  mineral  water  ever 
bottled. 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


DR.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 

Toronto    si  hu.. i    of    Me-llrluc,   Toronto,  July    lltlt.  isus..-. 
■    Hunter,  tUstufc  ihk  butt* 

■•-■I  1803-04,  uidobtaJnod 
too  Manual  Board  for  Uppar  1  nod)  ii    ii   WRIGHT.  M.D 

Swreun  Toronto  tfclim.)  .•(  \\. 
it  Hunt,  r's  office  isiu  3l;i  Bui  Bepta 

TEETH    SAVED  * 

I/rllin-      IV. -Ill     »     KpPl-lllll.Y.— <ir<llt     patience     I'X  tended      to 
fin  hi  r.n     Chloroform  idmlnlst  rod,  Mid  teeth  ■klllfull)  axtnetod     After  tea 
preetloe,  l  ou  guiimnfc  ■  Pi  li  i     m<  di  raU      I  ffl 

Butter Btroot, above  ttoutg erj.  puoo0.j  DK.  HORFFBW,  I" 

DR.    J.     H.    STAL'ARD. 
ember  of  the  Koyal  College  ol  Physicians.  I,omlon,  etc., 

'"Female  Hygiene   .•■<   the   Vm  iiii'  l.'.Mi>t,"     S.E.  Post  im.l   Kiuriiy. 


JtL    author  ol 

Office  Hours,  12  to  3  and  7  to  b  p.m. 


February  1U. 


PUYSICIAN,    m  im;i:o\    AND    ACCOl'CHElIt, 

J.    J.    AUERBACH,    M.D., 
March  13.  "ilOJ  Stockton  struct.  San  Francinco. 

STEELE'S     SaUIRREL      POISON. 
[Patented  October  IMA,  1«75.] 

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Drugfpsts,  Grocers  and  General  Dealers.     Price,  si  jrt  box.     Made  by  JAMES 
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rect to  them  from  Louisville,  Kentucky.  The  Trade  are  cautioned  against  the  pur- 
chase of  inferior  and  imitation  brands  of  "J.  H.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon."  Owing  to 
its  deserved  reputation,  various  unprincipled  parties  are  endeavoring  to  palm  off 
spurious  grades.     It  is  really  the  Best  Whisky  in  the  United  States.  March  10. 

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SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March  24,  1877. 


NEAL    AS   AN    HISTORICAL    FAINTER. 

Editor  News  Letter:  In  view  of  the  universal  praise  which  Mr. 
Neal's  painting  has  received — from  the  press  and  public  as  well — it  may 
not  be  amiss  to  discuss  the  picture  from  a  somewhat  different  standpoint, 
to  the  end  that  we  may  come  to  an  intelligent  conclusion,  whether  or  no, 
the  work  merits  all  these  favorable  criticisms — if  such  they  can  be  called. 
Let  me,  as  in  the  criticism  of  Tojetti's  "  Elaine"  {not  published),  dis- 
claim any  intent  to  injure  either  the  artist  or  any  one  else  interested  in 
the  picture.  A  keen  appreciation  of  what  is  good  in  a  picture  involves 
also  a  knowledge  of  what  is  bad.  Hence  it  is  the  duty  of  a  critic  to  point 
impartially  to  both. 

It  is  quite  evident  that  the  work  is  intended  to  be  historical,  assuming 
to  illustrate  a  scene  which  was  the  first  link  in  the  chain  of  events  which 
culminated  in  the  execution  of  the  unfortunate  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots. 
Historical  painting — either  sacred  or  profane — is  essentially  high  art,  and 
as  such  is  more  exacting  than  any  other;  for,  besides  form  and  color,  it 
demands  a  truthful  adherence  to  the  event  which  it  seeks  to  illustrate; 
and,  like  history  itself,  if  nut  true  is  vicious.  There  are,  however,  certain 
historical  writers,  of  whom  Agnes  Strickland  is  an  example,  who  distort 
facts  to  suit  the  taste;  and  there  are  artists  who  go  so  far  beyond  the 
painter's  license  that  their  works  cannot  properly  be  called  historical ;  and 
if  I  mistake  not,  Mr.  Neal  has  done  this  in  his  rendition  of  Mary  Stuart 
and  Rizzio.  All  authorities  agree  that  Rizzio  accompanied  "Morretta,  the 
Savoyard  Ambassador,  to  the  court  of  Queen  Mary  as  his  private  sec- 
retary, arriving  in  Holyrood  Castle  on  the  3d  of  December,  1561.  The  5th, 
two  days  later,  was  the  anniversary  of  the  death  of  her  husband,  Francis 
II. ,  and  Rizzio  sang  on  that  day,  at  a  dirge  for  the  repose  of  the  soul  of  the 
late  king,  when  his  rich  voice  attracted  the  attention  of  the  widowed  Queen. 
The  idea  then  that  Rizzio  was  a  wandering  minstrel  must  be  dismissed. 
The  soliloquy  of  the  old  porter,  after  the  assassination  of  Rizzio.  when  the 
body  is  flung  upon  a  chest  in  the  lodge,  to  the  effect  that  this  chest  had 
been  his  first  bed,  etc.,  etc.,  is  supposed  to  have  been  an  imaginary  affair, 
invented  by  Lord  Ruthven,  to  belittle  the  man  whom  he  hated  in  life  and 
despised  in  death.  Prof.  Petit,  of  Edinburgh,  in  his  unpublished  MS.  of 
the  life  of  Mary,  relates  that  Rizzio  s  body  was  thrown  from  a  window 
after  the  killing  and  fell  in  the  porter's  lodge,  but  says  nothing  of  the 
soliloquy  above  referred  to;  in  fact,  of  all  writers,  Froude,  the  English 
historian,  alone  relates  the  incident.  Mr.  Neal  has  given  us  a  Rizzio  of 
fine  figure,  but  having  a  vacant,  unintelligent  face,  whereas  there  can 
be  no  doubt  that  he  was  a  dwarf,  of  no  facial  beauty  or  outward  comeli- 
ness, misshapen  and  evil-favored.  "  His  ill  shape  baffled  the  power  of 
his  tailor  to  conceal."  "His  looks  disgraced  his  fine  dress."  Vide  Buchanan; 
in  fact  the  Queen 's  uncle,  Lorraine,  urged  his  appointment  as  secretary, 
etc.,  because  his  dwarfish  and  deformed  person  would  disarm  scandal.  But 
there  was  nothing  in  Rizzio's  life  and  character  to  prevent,  but  every- 
thing to  justify,  the  artist  in  attributing  to  him  an  intelligent  face,  for 
no  sooner  was  he  inducted  into  the  Queen's  household,  than  he  showed 
himself  a  diplomat  of  a  high  order,  and  that,  too,  in  the  house  of  bis 
enemies;  and  to  this  superior  intelligence,  in  great  part,  must  be  attributed 
the  prime  cause  of  his  untimely  death. 

The  Queen's  year  of  widowhood  was  completed  at  the  time  Rizzio  first 
entered  her  service,  but  Mary  continued  to  wear  her  chamlate  widows 
weeds  until  near  her  second  marriage,  with  Darnley,  four  years  later.  The 
ladies  of  her  court  were  meanwhile  provided  with  black  velvet  for  their 
second  mourning,  and  this  question  of  wearing  mourning,  after  the  man- 
ner of  her  church  rites,  gave  rise  to  the  Queen's  first  quarrel  with  her 
nobles.  Why  then  has  Mr.  Neal  dressed  Mary  and  her  suite  in  gorgeous 
apparel,  for  there  can  be  no  question  that  Rizzio  first  entered  her  service  as 
a  musician,  and  that  it  was  he  who  served  to  soothe  the  troubled  hours  of 
Mary's  widowhood  by  his  performances  on  the  viol,  accompanied  by  his 
tine  voice.  The  Court,  then,  could  but  have  been  in  mourning  at  the  time 
of  the  first  meeting,  under  whatever  circumstances  it  may  have  taken  place. 

The  artist  represents  the  Queen  as  a  blonde,  having  blue  eyes.  It 
would  be  difficult  to  find  any  authority  for  such  portraiture,  for  history, 
including  all  said-to-be  authentic  portraits,  represent  her  as  having  had 
dark  hair — approaching  chestnut — and  gray  eyes;  and  why  Mr.  Neal 
should  not  have  given  in  his  picture  an  approach  to  what  is  accepted  as 
the  likeness  of  the  Queen,  instead  of  a  portrait  of  Miss  Gordon,  is  one  of 
the  mysteries  of  the  profession.  This  does  more  to  mar  his  picture  as  an 
historical  one  than  anything  else  in  it.  Surely  we  are  entitled  to  recog- 
nize the  features  of  "Mary  Stuart,"  if  nothing  else  in  the  picture.  As 
well  might  Mr.  Neal  paint  history  where  Csesar  figures  with  the  face  of 
General  Grant. 

We  now  come  to  a  series  of  faults,  which  must  be  classed  as  errors  of 
composition,  in  that  they  show  an  ignorance  of  royal  usages  not  pardonable 
in  an  artist  whose  ambition  aims  so  high. 

First  is  the  improbability  of  any  person,  particularly  a  tramp,  being 
permitted  to  sleep  in  a  corridor  leading  to  the  Queen's  apartments,  and 
that  in  her  going  forth  she  should,  as  it  were,  be  obliged  to  stumble  un- 
announced upon  a  sleeping  beggar.  Royalty  moves  with  more  ceremony, 
even  in  our  day,  and  it  is  well  known  That  modern  regality  was  at  its 
zenith  during  the  reign  of  the  Scottish  Queen.  Again,  it  is  a  scene 
worthy  the  pencil  of  Zamacoi,  who  fairly  reveled  inpainting  "  court  buf- 
foonery"— those  two  ladies  in  waiting  close  behind  Her  Majesty,  in  light 
converse  and  flippant  jest,  quite  within  hearing  of  royalty  as  it  passes  to 
celebrate  a  solemn  rite,  with  the  attendant  book  of  books.  So  deeply  are 
they  and  the  cavalier  engaged  that  they  fail  to  see  the  form  of  Rizzio,  as 
he  lies  sprawled  out  in  relief  against  the  tessellated  pavement,  although  in 
plain  view;  nor  is  there  anything  refined  in  the  features  of  either  of  Her 
Majesty's  attendants.  One  of  the  ladies  in  waiting  looks  more  like  a 
daughter  of  Morocco  than  a  representative  of  Scotch  nobility,  and  the 
cavalier  certainly  has  the  appearance  of  a  court  jester,  who  has  already 
begun  his  part. 

The  license  taken  by  the  artist  in  an  architectural  point  of  view  may 
be  pardoned,  although  no  such  floor,  staircase  or  background  is  now  or 
ever  was  in  Holyrood  Castle.  If  the  memory  of  the  writer  serves,  there 
is  not  a  stone  or  marble  staircase  to  be  found,  all,  or  nearly  all,  being  of 
solid  oak,  void  of  carving  or  other  ornamentation,  neither  can  there  be 
found  in  Holyrood  a  hall  corridor  or  room  anything  near  the  small  size  of 
the  one  represented  ;  and  small  as  this  hallway  is,  Mr.  Neal  has  given  it 
a  still  more  contracted  appearance  by  failing  to  give  it  the  distance  to 
which  even  the  small  apartment  entitles  it.  This  sadly  mars  the  work  as 
a  painting  of  interior  ;  distance  and  the  relief  accompanying  the  proper 
placement  of  objects  constitutes  the  great  charm  of  such  pictures.  Every- 
thing in  this  background  is  brought  too  far  to  the  front;  between  the  bal- 
ustrade and  the  wall  there  is  absolutely  no  distance,  and  one  wonders  how 


the  three  figures  on  the  stairway  can  be  painted  in  such  relief  in  so  small 
a  space.  The  page  below,  however,  has  but  a  bas-relief  at  best,  and 
looks  as  if  he  were  part  and  parcel  of  the  wall. 

Regarding  the  other  points  in  the  picture,  no  fault  can  be  found,  when 
we  consider  the  school  from  which  Neal  graduated.  The  color,  leaving 
out  the  subject,  is  excellent,  and  texture  and  quality  of  the  objects  repre- 
sented good,  yet  inclined  to  that  hardness  so  apt  to  accompany  labored 
works. 

The  inordinate  size  of  all  the  figures,  especially  of  Mary  and  Rizzio, 
cannot  be  called  defects,  as  it  is  at  the  painter's  option  to  make  his  figures 
either  under  or  over  life-size,  but  the  surroundings  should  be  on  the  same 
scale.  Mr.  Neal's  failure  in  this  latter  particular  has  caused  the  picture 
to  have  a  decidedly  cramped  look,  and  lessens  greatly  the  grandeur  of  his 
work.  Yours  truly,  Five  Years  Among  Pictures. 


ART    JOTTINGS. 


We  award  to-day  more  than  the  usualspace  devoted  to  art  toa  lengthy 
critique  uponthepicture  of  Mary  Stuart  and  Rizzio,  now  on  viewat  the  art 
rooms  on  Pine  street.  Our  correspondent  attaches  great,  and  perhaps  un- 
due, importance  to  the  fact  that  the  painting  is  not  true  to  history.  For 
our  part,  we  did  not  consider  that  it  was  intended  to  be  so,  and  last 
week,  it  will  be  remembered,  Art  Jottings  pronounced  it  semi-his- 
torical. The  artist  who  draws  upon  Poesy  or  Belles-letters  for  his 
subjects — if  inspired  by  a  teeming  fancy— has  before  him  a  wide 
and  easy  field :  hence  his  work,  however  faultless,  never  ranks  as  the 
highest  of  high  art.  Just  here,  historical  painting  comes  in  with  its  se- 
vere limitations,  allowing  no  departure  from  exact  truth,  and  the  reward 
of  success  is  commensurate  with  the  difficulties  overcome.  Art  Jottings 
are  not  usually  disposed  to  criticise  adversely  paintings  on  exhibition 
which  are  not  for  sale,  but  the  criticism  is  given  to  the  public  in  the  same 
kindly  spirit  in  which  it  is  professed  to  be  written.  The  same  corre- 
spondent sent  in  a  lengthy  critique  (entirely  adverse)  upon  Tojetti's 
"Elaine,"  which  we  did  not  publish  at  the  time,  for  the  reason  that  we 
were  giving  large  space  each  week  to  the  immediate  friends  of  Toby  Ro- 
senthal, for  a  similar  purpose. 

OUR  NOTABILIA. 
The  success  of  our  specialty  in  advertising,  known  to  the  public  as 
the  "  Notabilia,"  induces  us  to  reprint  an  article  on  advertising  from  the 
Stationer.  The  European  press  are  so  amused  at  this  feature  of  the  News 
Letter,  that  one  paper,  the  Liverpool  Critic,  has  publicly  adopted  it,  while 
countless  other  papers  copy  the  idea,  and  quote  our  items  as  specimens  of 
San  Francisco  advertising.     The  article  is  as  follows: 

The  late  sensational  and  emotional  Moody  and  Sankey  success  owed, 
unquestionably  much  to  advertising.  The  newspapers,  boardings,  and 
suburban  walls  all  informed  the  world,  alike,  of  what  had  been  done  by 
these  two,  a3  well  as  that  wjiich  they  were  to  do.  Again,  some  officers  in 
India  had  long  a  standing  joke  about  a  certain  pill,  that  had  been  adver- 
tised so  that,  go  where  they  would,  its  announcements  stared  them  in  the 
face.  Whatever  paper  they  took  up,  there  would  certainly  be  before 
them  lines  concerning  this:  pill,  pill,  pill! 

It  was  as  if  the  patentee  had  exclaimed,  with  Hotspur: 
"  They  say  they  will  not  buy  ray  pills,  pills, 

Forbid  my  tongue  to  speak  of  pills,  pills, 

But  I  will  find  them  when  they  lie  asleep, 

And  in  their  ears  I'll  hollo— pills,  pills! 

Nay,  I'll  have  a  starling  that  shall  be  taught  to  speak 

Nothing  but  pills,  pills,  and  give  'em  them 

To  keep  their  anger  still  in  motion. 
One  of  these  officers  became  ill,  and  he  took  at  last  some  of  these  pills 
and  recovered.  From  that  moment  the  advertised  pills  became  famous 
in  the  army  in  India,  and  to  this  day  they  are  in  great  demand  there. 
And  this  is  one  of  the  secrets  of  advertising  ;  to  brain-print  the  public. 
Give  them  your  goods  on  the  brain,  and,  be  sure  of  it,  they  will  become 
purchasers.  It  may  take  some  time,  but  they  will  come;  and  as  numbers 
get  numbers,  and  men  and  women  follow  like  sheep,  helter-skelter,  one 
after  the  other,  a  large  business  will  be  obtained  b}'  advertising,  and  a  cor- 
responding great  fortune  be  made  by  it,  particularly  if  the  announcements 
are  made  in  the  fitting  established  trade  journals.  Of  course,  the  very 
best  mode  of  advertising  is  that  which  drives  the  public  to  the  trade,  and 
which,  also  through  the  trade  mediums,  acquaints  the  trade  with  the 
goods,  tbeir  prices  and  where  they  are  to  be  had.  Mr.  Gladstone  is,  per- 
haps, the  first  financier  in  the  world,  and  he  says:  "  Now,  this  advertising 
is  undoubtedly  a  very  effective  instrument.  The  power  of  this  mode  of 
gaining  publicity  is  enormous.  It  seems,  if  we  cousult  those  who  have 
been  accustomed  to  work  successfully  this  very  extraordinary  instrument, 
that  it  depends  wholly  upon  producing  an  impression  on  the  public  mind 
by  iteration;  by  repetition  of  the  same  thing.  To  see  the  growth  of  this 
very  singular  vehicle,  we  must  observe,  what  has  struck  the  eye  of  every 
one  in  these  late  years,  as  an  entire  novelty,  that  now  it  is  a  common 
thing  to  repeat,  not  only  at  intervals  and  from  day  to  day,  but  to  repeat, 
absolutely  many  times  over  in  succession,  the  very  same  thing  in  the  same 
newspaper,  with  the  prominent  word  printed  in  large  letters.  This  be- 
tokens a  very  singular  state  of  the  public  mind.  It  shows  that  there  is, 
relatively,  a  certain  amount  of  dullness  with  reference  to  these  matters, 
and  a  great  keenness  of  attention  which  no  one  expects  to  get  unless  by, 
as  it  were,  a  great  many  strokes  of  the  hammer,  which  compel  people  to 
notice  what  is  going  on." 

Here  is  a  change,  truly.  A  score  or  so  of  years  ago,  and  advertising 
was  supposed  to  be  but  the  shady  companion  of  blacking  and  quack  med- 
icines. Now  it  is  a  sure  paying  and  respectable  institution,  not  unworthy 
even  of  the  notice  of  the  ex-Premier  and  the  first  master  of  finance  in  the 
world. 

* 'Often,  often,  "  says  Mrs.  Van  Cott,  "even  now  the  devil  comes  to 
me  and  tempts  me  to  evil  thoughts."  Well,  it's  natural;  she  isn't  to 
blame  for  it.  When  she  stands  on  the  platform  in  the  blaze  of  the  chan- 
delier, and  a  scrawny  sinner  lopes  up  the  center  aisle,  she  can't  help  say- 
ing softly  to  herself:  "If — I — looked — like — that — woman — I'd — pad. — 
The  Graphic. 

Harte  and  Twain's  New  Play.  —Bret  Harte  and  Mark  Twain's  new 
play,  The  Heathen  Chinee,  is  in  four  acts,  and  has  to  do  with  disagree- 
ments between  Chinese  and  Caucasians'in  California. 


March   '24,  L877. 


CALIFORNIA    Al»\  ERTISER. 


13 


PARACRAPHIAN A. 
Pro  Bono  Publico. 


A  Story  of  California  Life.  -\\  .■  hope  shortly  to  ravien  ;t  relume 
by  Mrs,  Jane  W,  Bruner,  entitled  "  Fres  Prisoners."  Mr».  Bruner  i-  m 
w.ll  known  in  good  society  here  m  t->  render  ii  aeedlea  to  eulogise  ber 
iiliilitifst  tit*  u  wriu-r,  u  p;iinu-r  mid  a  musicisn,  On  tins  account  "  Pree 
n  "  «ill  be  eafrerly  r.;i<l  by  :i!l  who  have  the  pleaanre  of  being  ac- 
qoainted  with  the  charming  little  authoress.  To  those  who  have  oot  that 
bonor  we  would  limply  say,  that  having  seen  the  advance  insets,  we  are 
In  :i  position  t><  state  that  this  novel  i*  one  of  the  olovtreai  n huh  has  s\ er 
emanated  from  :i  l.i.lyV  P«n,  :>"1*  oan  assure  them  that  its  perusal  will 
amply  repay  them.  Other  works  will  shortly  follow  the  story  in  ques- 
tion, and  the  success  of  her  first  book  will  doubtless  be  n  great  encour- 
ut  to  Mrs.  Bruner  to  continue  her  career  as  mi  authoress. 

The  first  number  of  "The  American,"  an  illustrated  weekly 
Journal,  published  in  New  York,  has  just  come  to  hand.  It  is  brilliantly 
edited  and  beautifully  illustrated,  taking  rank  at  once  with  the  beat 
papers  of  this  class  published  in  the  States.  The  "Quips  and  Crauk.8  " 
are  especially  bright.     The  following  clips  are  from  that  column  : 

Jack,  aged  five,  was  informed  by  his  muse  that  he  was  going  that  day  to 
church  Co  assist  at  the  christening  of  his  little  sister,  and  that  if  he  did 
not  behave  himself,  God  would  be  very  angry  with  him.  During  the 
ceremony  Jack  was  seen  to  carefully  observe  the  tmrpliced  clergyman  who 
officiated,  and  at  last,  evidently  unable  to  restrain  his  opinion,  he  startled 
the  party  by  exclaiming,  "  What  a  long  shirt  God's  got  fM 

Sr  e  was  over  forty,  and  came  to  town  to  collect  a  legacy  of  two  hundred 
dollars.  Receiving  a  cheque  for  the  amount,  she  went  to  the  bank  to  cash 
it,  and  being  properly  identified,  the  paying  teller  asked  her,  '*  How  will 
you  take  it,  madam?"  She  smiled  her  heavenliest,  and  in  honied  accents 
whispered,  "Warm,  and  two  pieces  of  sugar,  if  you  please." 

Tompkins,  who  is  engaged  in  a  manly  endeavor  to  cultivate  a  mous- 
tache, now  shaves  at  a  blue  glass  mirror. 

Is  it  not  natural  that  we  should  associate  the  names  of  Hungary  and 
Turkey? 

Monster  Festival.  —On  Easter  Monday,  April  2nd,  the  San  Fran 
cisco  Musical  Fund  Society,  will  give  its  third  annual  Monster  Concert  and 
Festival,  at  Woodward's  Gardens.  The  orchestra  on  the  occasion  will 
comprise  one  hundred  and  fifty  musicians.  Among  the  selections  to  be 
rendered  by  the  orchestra,  are  Wagner's  grand  Centennial  March  and 
Litolff's  Rohespierre  Overture.  The  proceeds  of  the  concert  will  be  ap- 
plied to  the  charities  of  the  Society.  As  the  Musical  Fund  Society  com- 
prises in  its  membership  all  the  best  professional  musicians  of  the  city, 
the  performance  will  doubtless  be  one  of  the  rarest  treats  of  the  year. 

There  is  no  greater  treat  for  breakfast  than  a  genuine  sugar-cufed 
bam.  The  best  kind  in  the  matter  is  undoubtedly  the  Star  Ham,  or  more 
properly,  Wbitaker's  Star  Ham.  the  agents  for  which  are  Breeze  &  Lough- 
ran,  the  well-known  commission  merchants  and  dealers  in  all  kinds  of 
produce  aud  provisions.  Their  place  of  business  is  situate  on  the  S.  W. 
corner  of  Washington  and  Davis  streets,  where  Mr.  C.  K.  Breeze  and  Mr. 
Thomas  Loughran  personally  supervise  the  many  excellent  importations 
for  which  they  have  the  sole  agency .- 


The  new  establishment  of  J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.  surpasses  even 
the  highest  expectations  of  the  friends  of  the  firm.  Their  enterprise 
showed  them  that  their  business  connections  demand  the  removal  of  their 
store  into  a  more  central  position.  Their  present  situation  on  Montgom- 
ery street,  near  California,  is  admirably  chosen  to  suit  the  convenience  of 
their  customers,  and  a  man  can  now  run  into  this  fashionable  clothing 
emporium  without  leaving  the  main  business  of  the  city. 


Persons  about  furnishing  their  residence  should  visit  the  estab- 
lishment of  Armes  &  Dallam,  215  and  217  Sacramento  street.  They  are 
manufacturers  and  dealers  in  wood  and  willow-ware,  though  their  busi- 
ness does  not  by  any  means  stop  at  that  point.  Their  Japanese  paper- 
carpeting,  endless  variety  of  French  and  German  baskets,  feather  dusters, 
clothes  wringers,  manales,  brooms,  brushes  and  twines,  form  altogether 
one  of  the  finest  and  most  varied  stocks  in  the  city. 

Some  time  ago  Dr.  Jessup  advertised  one  hundred  sets  of  teeth  for 
the  sum  of  S7  50  per  set.  Having  all  been  made  and  inserted,  he  proposes 
to  make  100  more  for  the  sum  of  S10  per  set.  Of  course  there  is  nothing 
made  on  them.  His  object  is  to  introduce  a  new  and  beautiful  material, 
worth  at  least  835.  Those  having  them,  and  not  being  snited,  can  return 
the  same  and  get  their  money  or  another  set,  T.  C.  Jessup,  Dentist, 
corner  Sutter  and  Montgomery. 

Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis,  M.  D.r  eto. ,  may  be  consulted  at  hrs  office  and 
residence,  520  Sutter  street,  between  Powell  and  Mason  streets,  daily, 
from  10  A.  M.  to  3  P.  M. ,  and  from  6  to  8  P,  Sf .  j  on  Sundays  from  11  to  2 
only.  Dr.  Curtis  is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 
cal Act;  his  publications  can  be  obtained  from  A.  L.  Bancroft  £  Co., 
sole  agents  for  the  Pacific  coast,  or  from  the  author,  Dr.  Curtis,  520 
Sutter  street,  S.  F.   

A  series  of  Promenade  Concerts  are  announced  to  take  place  at 

the  Mechanics'  Pavilion.     The  first  takes  place  this  evening.     Madame 

de  Murska,  Miss  Jennie  Claus,  and  other  artists  of  talent  will  execute.   A 

very  attractive  programme  has  been  arranged.     The  Oakland  Glee  Club 

'  assist. 

Revival  Services  will  be  commenced  at  the  Mechanics'  Pavilion,  on 
Sunday  evening,  at  7i  o'clock,  conducted  by  Rev.  Wra.  Taylor.  Books 
used  at  the  meetings  will  be  Bliss  and  Sankey's  new  collection,  No.  2. 
The  public  are  cordially  invited. 


St  John's  Presbyterian  Church.  -  Rev.  Dr.  W.  A.  Scott,  pastor, 
will  preach  Sunday  at  11  A.M.  and  1\  p.m.  The  public  very  cordially  in- 
vited to  attend. 

If  Dr.  Wm.  Perry,  formerly  of  New.  Orleans,  will  call  upon  us,  he 
will  hear  something  to  his  advantage. 


HIGHEST  STOCK  QUOTATIONS  FOR  WEEK  KMD1HO  MARCH  23, 1877. 

HORUT.    iTtTBMH,        WlD.MDl      Tin  MDl  \ 


S  IM1  01  Mim: 


"Alule* 

Alpha    

•A1U 

Atlantic  Ocm .  .• 
AIpi 

D  Flat, .  . 

Alpine 

ID 

1  \-  loner 

Bast  ft  Belcher  .. 

Balto  Coo 

Bullion 

Baltic 

Boston 

Belmont 

Benton 

Crown  Point . .. . 

Chollar 

Con.  Virginia 

California 

Caledonia 

Cosmopolitan .    . . 

*i  Sons  Imperial . . 

Cbso  Con 

Confidence 

Cromer 

Challenge 

Dayton 

Dardanelles.   ... 

Kurcka  Con 

Exehetjuer 

Globe 

Gould  &  Curry  . . 
Great  Eastern  . . . 

Gila 

Golden  Chit  riot  .. 
General  Thomas. 

Grand  Prize 

Hale  &  Norcrosfe 

Hussey 

Harrisburg 

Julia 

Justice 

Jackson 

Jenny  Glynn 

Jefferson 

Kossuth 

Kentuck  

Knickerbocker  . . 
'K.  K.  Cons..... 

Lady  Bryan 

Leopard  

Lady  Wosh'n 

Leviathan 

Loyal 

Leeds 

Mexican 

Monumental 

Mint r.... 

Mansfield I 

Modoc 

Manhattan 

Meteor 

Meadow  Valley  .. 

Miami 

Martha  &  Bessie. 

New  Coso 

Northern  Belle  . . 
N  Con.  Virginia . 

Nevada 

New  York 

Niagara ..- 

N.  Light 

N.  Carson  . , 

Ophir 

Overman  

Occidental 

Og.  Comst  ock . . . 

Prospect  

Poorman 

Phil  Sheridan  . . . 

Panther  

Pictou 

Peytena „ 

Raymond  &  Ely. 

Rising  Stai 

Rock  Island 

Rye  Patch 

Savage    .. r 

Sierra  Nevada  . . . 
Silver  Hill..;.... 

Superior 

Shasta 

Southern  Star... 

Succor  

Seg  Belcher 

South  Chariot . . . 

S.  V.  Water 

S.  Modoc 

Trojan  

Trenton 

Twin  Peaks  

Union  Con 

Utah 

Union  Flag 

Washoe ; 

Woodville 

■Wells  Fargo,.. . 

Ward 

WestComstock  . . 
'Yellow  Jacket .. 


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161 


in 


121 


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10J 


ll!    ill 


181 


101 


l'i      lit 


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131 


10! 


101 


Assessments  are  now  due  on  the  Stocks  above  marked  thus  * 


OFFICES  OF  THE  AEROPLANE  NAVIGATION  CO., 

No.  607  to  015  Merchant  street,  San  Francisco. 


14 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March  24,   1877. 


DEATH    OF     AN    INFANT 

Death  found  strange  beauty  on  that  polished  brow, 

And  dashed  it  out.     There  was  a  tint  of  rose 

On  cheek  and  lip.     He  touched  the  veins  with  ice, 

And  the  rose  faded.     Forth  from  those  blue  eyes 

There  spake  a  wishful  tenderness,  a  doubt 

Whether  to  grieve  or  sleep,  which  innocence 

Alone  may  wear.     With  ruthless  haste  he  bound 

The  silken  fringes  of  those  curtaining  lids 

Forever.     There  had  been  a  murmuring  sound 

With  which  the  babe  would  claim  its  mother's  ear, 

Charming  her  even  to  tears.     The  spoiler  set 

The  seal  of  silence.     But  there  beamed  a  smile, 

So  fixed,  so  holy,  from  that  cherub  brow, 

Death  gazed,  and  left  it  there.     He  dared  not 

Steal  the  signet-ring  of  heaven.  — Lydia  B.  Sigourney. 


GLADSTONE    ON    CLERKS. 

Perhaps  there  is  no  class  of  men  more  to  be  pitied  than  those  who- 
after  receiving  the  advantages  of  a  liberal  education,  at  the  age  of  four, 
and-twenty  or  upwards  suddenly  awaken  to  the  fact  that,  with  neither  a 
trade  nor  profession,  they  are  compelled  to  fall  back  on  a — clerkship, 
Overstocked  as  the  market  is  with  unemployed  clerks,  all  the  world  over, 
England  especially  complains  bitterly  of  the  surfeit.  Doubtless,  in  a 
majority  of  instances,  a  man  who  has  received  a  public  school  or  univer- 
sity education,  or  both,  has  no  one  but  himself  to  blame  for  being  placed 
in  this  unfortunate  predicament.  Endowed  with  an  ordinary  share  of 
brains,  backed  up  by  a  reasonable  amount  of  application,  there  is  nothing 
to  prevent  him  acquiring  an  honorable  profession,  and  of  eventually  dis- 
tinguishing himself  in  it.  For  those,  however,  who  have  not  had  these 
facilities,  or  have  failed  to  profit  by  them,  the  future  is  decidedly  gloomy. 
An  agitation  has  lately  been  set  on  foot,  with  the  object  of  utilizing  poor 
relations  as  "Gentlemen  Helps"  in  the  employment  of  the  wealthier 
branch  of  the  family,  but  the  plan  is  too  impracticable  on  the  face  of  it  to 
admit  of  a  moment's  consideration.  Mr.  Gladstone,  however,  in  answer 
to  a  pamphlet  addressed  to  him  on  the  subject  of  the  low  rates  of  wages 
usually  paid  to  clerks,  with  a  request  for  a  suggestion  of  a  remedy  of  the 
evil,  seems  to  have  struck  the  key-note  of  a  far  more  practical  solution  of 
the  difficulty.  He  recommends  that  fathers  should  bring  up  their  sons  to 
some  distinct  trade,  pointing  out  especially  the  great  field  that  is  always 
open  for  skilled  labor,  which  invariably  commands  a  fancy  price.  The 
social  stigma  placed  by  that  dread  bugbear  of  all  Englishmen — Society — 
on  anything  connected  with  trade  or  business,  is  fast  dying  out.  A 
brother  of  the  Queen's  own  son-in-law  is  in  the  tea  trade,  and  a  noble 
Earl  is  doing  business  as  a  wine  merchant.  We  may  soon  expect,  at  this 
rate,  to  hear  that,  to  be  fashionable,  one  must  be  in  business!  "The 
supposed  paradise  of  pen  and  ink,"  as  Mr.  Gladstone  styles  it,  with  its 
attendant  black  coat  and  tall  hat,  is  as  a  rule  represented  by  an  income 
far  short  of  an  ordinary  hackman's.  Seldom,  if  ever,  does  it  come  near 
the  earnings  of  a  skilled  artisan.  In  olden  times,  the  sons  of  the  kings 
and  nobles  in  France  were  all  taught  a  handicraft ;  and  while  suggesting 
that  this  practice  be  introduced  in  England,  Mr.  Gladstone  reminds  these 
ill-paid  clerks  that  it  need  never  be  inconsistent  with  the  dignity  of  a 
gentleman  to  be  able  to  make  a  horseshoe  or  carve  a  picture -frame.  The 
rates  of  salaries  in  California  are  infinitely  higher  than  at  home,  yet  one 
cannot  but  see  how  applicable  the  argument  is  even  to  ourselves. 

CROPS. 

Encouraging  Crop  Prospects  from  ex-Governor  Downey,  of  Los 

Angeles.  —  The  Governor  has  recently  made  an  extended  trip  through  the 
Southern  Country,  and  thus  relates  in  vivid  perspicacity  his  experiences, 
described  in  the  Los  Angeles  Express  :  "That  a  bad  year  is  upon  the 
whole  State  cannot  now  be  questioned  ;  the  worst,  certainly,  up  to  date, 
that  we  have  had  for  twenty-eight  years.  This  has  been  foreshadowed 
since  Christmas  week,  but  the  intermeddling  of  wiseacres  with  their  ex- 
perience hasjlone  much  injury.  We  have  had  enough  water  running  to 
the  sea  to  have  saturated  our  whole  plain,  which  the  writer  of  this  has 
implored  his  fellow  citizens  to  utilize,  if  only  for  grass.  The  people  of 
Downey  and  vicinity  have  nobly  come  up  to  the  work,  and  their  ditches 
have  been  running  for  months.  The  same  can  be  said  of  our  own  people 
in  and  outside  of  the  city  limits  ;  but  they  have  been  hampered  by  the 
foolish  inactivity  of  those  who  control  the  water,  and  who  should  have 
our  zanjas  flowing  all  through  the  Winter,  if  only  from  sanitary  motives. 
Let  us  not  growl  at  what  has  been  omitted,  but  take  a  pleasant  view  of 
our  situation.  Los  Angeles  county  will  present  a  pleasing  picture  in  mid- 
summer this  year  of  calamity,  with  her  corn,  wine  and  oil  We  will  have 
a  fair  small-grain  crop  and  an  abundant  corn  crop.  Our  grape  crops  will 
be  undiminished,  with  a  price  for  it.  by  Congressional  relief.  Our  sheep 
are  yet  fat  and  an  admirable  Spring  clip  is  being  secured,  which  will  give 
the  owner  a  considerable  price  for  the  animal,  even  should  he  lose  the 
carcass.  We  will  have  fat  cows  and  fat  steers— hogs  and  hominy — eggs 
and  butter,  and  the  greatest  abundance  of  everything  save  wheat,  which 
we  never  contemplated  making  any  particular  specialty  of.  Our  small- 
grain  crop  has  never  yielded  us  muuh,  as  we  could  not  compete  with  the 
northern  counties;  but  I  pledge  you  that  our  exports  this  year  will  ex- 
ceed any  since  an  American  put  his  foot  in  this  valley.  This  is  not  put 
down  without  reflection  or  thought,  nor  for  effect,  but  is  the  conclusion  of 
a  man  who  closely  and  critically  observes,  and  who  does  not  sit  down,  but 
who  travels  about  to  see  for  himself,  and  is  not  disposed  to  take  the  ipse 
dixit  of  the  unreflecting. 

"I  have  traveled  over  the  three  southern  counties  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  for  myself  our  present  situation,  and  I  assure  you  that  you 
can  rely  with  safety  upon  the  pleasing  conclusion  to  which  I  arrive,  not- 
withstanding the  unfortunate  paucity  of  rainfall. 

"Let  us  thank  God  that  he  has  given  our  blessed  valley  such  supplies 
of  surface  and  subsurface  waters,  such  generous  soils  and  benignant  cli- 
mate, and  let  us  invoke  our  fellow-citizens  to  an  intelligent  utilization  of 
the  precious  gifts  at  their  command." 

Two  barristers,  of  the  names  of  Doyle  and  Yelverton,  were  con- 
stantly quarreling  before  the  bench.  One  day  the  dispute  arose  so  high 
that  the  incensed  Doyle  knocked  down  his  adversary,  exclaiming  vehe- 
mently, "  You  scoundrel,  I'll  make  j'ou  behave  like  a  gentleman!  '  The 
other,  smarting  under  the  blow  as  he  lay  on  the  ground,  energetically  re- 
plied,  "  N  >,  never!  I  defy  you!  you  cannot  do  it  sir/  " 


[Permanent    Advertisements.] 

A    ROGUE'S    RETROSPECT. 

tFrom  the  New  York  Tribune,  June  6,  1849.] 
"Loring-  Pickering/  late  editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union,  absconded  recently, 
'leaving,  it  is  said,  many  of  his  friends  in  the  lurch  for  large  amounts.  On  the  25th 
"  ult.  a  warrant  was  issued  for  his  arrest  on  a  charge  of  forgery,  preferred  by  Samuel 
"Treat,  Esq.  Officers  were  imniediatelv  sent  up  the  Missouri  in  pursuit  of  him,  as 
"  it  was  supposed  he  had  started  for  Caliioraia.  — Philadelphia  Bulletin." 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune.  June  19.  1849.1 
"Arrest  of  Pickering-,  late  Editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union. — Subse- 
"  quent  accounts  do  not  entirely  confirm  the  reports  hitherto  received.  It  is  now 
"stated,  by  those  who  ought  to  know,  that  Pickering  was  arrested  in  St.  Joseph  bv 
"Messrs.  Treat  &  Krumrun,  and  subsequently  committed  to  the  custody  of  the 
"Sheriff,  or  one  of  his  deputies,  of  Buchanan  County.  While  in  custody  he  found 
"means  to  escape,  and  made  off  to  parts  unknown.  The  party  in  pursuit  of  him,  it 
"is  said,  only  succeeded  in  obtaining  $700  from  him,  and  no  other  property  or  notes. 
"  Those  in  pursuit,  we  are  told,  were  not  prepared  with  any  authority  to  follow  him 
"  beyond  the  limits  of  the  State.— St.  Louis  Republican,  lOWi. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune,  June  20,  1849.] 
"  The  Absquatulator. — Information  was  received  from  St.  Joseph  yesterday 
"that  Messrs.  krumrun  &  Treat  came  up  with  Pickering  at  that  place;  that  they 
"  compounded  with  him  for  his  offenses  by  receiving  some  $750  in  money  and  about 
"  $4,000  in  notes  of  hand,  etc.,  and  then  let  him  go.  When  the  boat  left  he  was  fit- 
"  ting  out  for  California,  and  they  were  returning  by  easy  stages  to  St.  Louis.—  St. 
"  Louis  Republican,  9lh. 

["The  above  named  Loring  Pickering  is  now  one  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  San 
Francisco  Daily  Evening  Bulletin  and  Morning  Call,  two  papers  published  in 
this  city.] 

CENTENNIAL    SURGERY. 

The  following  liniment  was  prescribed  for  a  broken  thigh-bone  by- 
Da-  Fish Oakland.      |     Da.  Babcock State  Medical  Examiner. 

Dr.  A.  F.  Sawyer San  Francisco  : 

Chloroform 2  oz.      I      Tinct:  Camphor 2  oz. 

Tinct:  Arnica  (?) 2oz.      |     01:  Origamim  (?) 1  oz. 

01:  Olive 1  oz.  m. 

Ft  Liniment— Sign— Apply  with  friction  two  or  three  times  a  day. 
Use  the  above  for  two  mouths,  and,  if  it  should  not  produce  the  effect  desired,  use 
it  on  your  boots. THE  VICTIM. 

Is  it  Repudiation  ? — For  the  State  of  California  to  issue  bonds,  neglect  to  pro- 
vide for  their  redemption  at  maturity,  refuse  payment  and  then  denv  the  holders  the 
right  of  trial  in  her  own  Courts. 

NOTICE. 

The  copartnership  heretofore  existing-  under  the  firm  name 
of  FRY,  NEAL  &  CO.,  was  dissolved  February  10th,  1877,  by  mutual  consent, 
Edward  M.  Fry  retiring  from  the  firm.  FRY,  NEAL  &  CO.  will  pay  all  liabilities  of 
the  firm,  and  all  indebtedness  must  be  paid  to  them. 

J.  D.  FRY,  EDWARD.M.  FRY,  CHARLES  S.  NEAL. 

The  undersized  havefonned  a  copartnership  under  the  firm  name  of  FRY,  NEAL 
&  CO.,  and  will  continue  the  business  of  buj'ing  and  selling  mining  and  other  stocks 
on  commission  at  330  Montgonierv  street. 

J.  D.  FRY,  LAUREN  E.  CRANE,  CHARLES  S.  NEAL. 

San  Francisco,  February  16,  1877.  Feb.  24. 

OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL  STEAMSHIP    COMPANY, 

For  Japan  and  China,  leave  wharf,  corner  First  and  Bran- 
nan  streets,   at  noon,    for  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONGKONG,   connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

OCEANIC Januarv  16th,  April  17th,  July  17th  and  October  16th. 

BELGIC February  16th,  Mav  16th,  August  16th  and  November  16th. 

GAELIC March  20th,  June  16th,  September  18th  and  December  18th. 

Cabin  Plans  on  Exhibition,    and    Passage  Tickets  for  sale  at    No.   4  New  Mont- 
gomery street.     For  Freight,    pplyatthe  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
T.  H.  GOuDMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 
GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President.  Dec.  23. 

PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

Freight  Department. —From  and  after  this  date,  Mr.  Geo. 
H.  It  ice  will  act  as  Freieht  Solicitor  for  this  Company.  He  can  be  found  at 
office,  21S  California  street,  where  Shipping  Orders  may  be  obtained  until  12  o'clock, 
noon,  of  the  day  previous  to  the  departure  of  the  steamers.  Applications  after  that 
time  must  be  made  at  office,  corner  First  and  Brannau  streets. 

Feb.  24. WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

ONE    OF    THE    FIRST    COGNAC    HOUSES, 

Being:  disengaged  for  this  market,  is  open  to  make  special 
arrangements  with  any  good  house  who  can  influence  a  large  trade.  No  Con- 
signments.    None  need  apply  but  those  who  can  do  a  large  business.     Reply  to 
March  10.  L.  RYDER,  7  Trafalgar  Square,  Stepney,  London,  E. 

\  «&■  JPBINTS  m 

BRUCE,  1 537   SACRAMENTO    STREET, 

I BELOW    MONTGOMERY. 

NOBLE    &    GALLAGHER, 

Importers  and  Dealers  in  Painters*  Materials.  Bouse,  Sign 
and  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper-Hangers  and  Glaziers,  No.  438 
J-eckson  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Sansome,  San  Francisco.  Ceilings  and 
Walls  Kalsomined  and  Colored.     Jobbing  promptly  attended  to.  May  13. 

E.  D.  Edwards.  E.  L.  Craig.  J.  Craig. 

CBAIG,    EDWARDS    &    CRAIG,     ' 

Attorneys  and  Counselors  at  Law.    Land  Suits  and  Patent  Right 
Cases  a  Specialty.     No.  240  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco    California. 
[July  29.1 

"BUGS    IN    SPRING    VALLE*    *WATEB." 

Jewett's  Water  Filter  and  Cooler  Should  be  Used  in  Every 
Family,  Hotel,  Restaurant,  Saloon,  etc.     For  sale  by     E.  K.  HOWES  &  CO. , 
Feb.  17.  118,  120  and  122  Front  street. 

QUICKSILVEB. 

For  sale— In  lots  to  suit,  by  Thomas  Bell,  Ko.  305  Sansome 
street,  over  Bank  of  California.  Nov.  16. 

NOTICE. 

For  the  very  best  photographs  go  to  Bradley  A  Rulofson's, 
in  an  Elevator,  429  Montgomery  street.  Oct.  29. 


March    24,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER 


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SPECIAL    BREVITIES. 


It  is  an  ill  wind  that  blowa  nobody  good)  uid  Amerieuu  ue  maJdiig 
k  rich  harvest  out  of  the  belligerent  propensities  of  the  Turks  and  Rua 
Baas.  These  oountries  sre  outbiddinji  smsfa  other  in  the  msrketa  oi  the 
voiid  for  implements  of  slaughter,  and  America  geta  the  "pull"  of  the 
pads  because  it  is  able  to  execute  the  ordsn  more  promptly  than  other 
bountrieu.  Turkey  has  ordered  800,000  Martini-Henri  rifles,  and  millions 
U  cartridges.  And  Russia  has  ;i>'t  only  bought  manufaotured  artii 
tv.ir  from  tin'  Americans,  bat  she  has  done  better;  she  has  bought  com- 
piste  machinery  for  turning  out  rifles  and  cartridges,  which  she  can  now 
no,  oi  course,  more  expeditiously,  and  at  first  cost.    These  orders  have 

Stlii1  United  States  only  after  they  wen  offered  to  English  firum. 
Jut  their  machinery  was  unequal  to  t !•  ^  emergency,  and  the  consequence 
i»  that  although  two  of  the  greatest  Ehnpiree  in  the  world  are  arming  to 
the  teeth  t<>  work  each  others  annihilation,  they  have  not  profited  a  six 
:  indeed,  their  export  of  arms  anil  ammunition  has  fallen  off  lately 
instead  of  inert 

The  manufacture  of  fans  i*  an  important  branch  of  industry  in  Japan, 
ami  tin  fewer  than  3,000,000  fans,  valued  at  $00,000,  were,  according  to 
Mr.  Consul  Anneslev's  commercial  report  on  btiogo  and  Osaka,  lately 
Issued,  exported  from  those  ports  in  lS~o.  Osaka  is  the  principal  city  for 
the  manufacture  of  the  "  ogi,"  or  folding  fans,  which  are  those  almost 
exclusively  exported,  all  descriptions  of  the  bamboo  kind  being  made 
there,  the  figures,  writing,  etc,  being  executed  in  Kiyuto.  The  highest 
priced  fan  that  was  ever  used  in  the  days  of  seclusion  from  the  outer  world 
was  not  more  than  5  yen.  Since  foreigners  have  been  in  Japan,  however, 
Rome  few  have  been  made  to  order  as  dear  as  £10  and  $15  each.  The 
general  prices  of  ordinary  fans  range  from  50  sen  per  100  to  15  yen  per 
100,  though  an  extraordinarily  costly  fan  is  turned  out  at  50  yen  per  100. 
The  number  of  fans  ordered  for  the  Philadelphia  Exhibition  alone 
amounted  to  over  800,000,  at  a  cost  of  about  $50,000.  The  sale  of  faus  in 
olden  times  seldom  exceeded  10,000  a  year  for  the  whole  country. 
You  kissed  me  at  the  gate  hist  night,  I  took  it  back,  and  then  said  she, 

And  mother  heard  the  smack  j  "You  rogue,  you  stole  another, 

She  says  its  naughty  to  do  so,  Please  take  it  back."  I  did,  and  then 

So  please  to  take  it  back.  I  kissed  her  for  her  mother. 

— Joaquht  Miller.  — Oil  City  Derrick. 

The  fleet  at  Besika  Bay  has  again  been  strengthened,  and  now  com- 
prises aU  the  English  ironclads  in  the  Mediterranean,  eleven  in  number. 
Foremost  among  tbis  formidable  phalanx  is  the  Devastation,  a  turret  ship, 
which  lies  in  the  water  like  a  raft,  and  whose  sides  can  defy  any  cannon 
balls.  Next  come  the  three  finest  broadside  ships  in  the  English  Navy — 
the  Hercules,  Monarch  and  Sultan — the  latter  commanded  by  the  Duke  of 
Edinburgh.  The  list  of  iron-clads  is  completed  by  the  Triumph,  the  Ra- 
leigh, the  Research,  the  P<Ula9,  the  Siciftsure,  the  Hotspur,  and  the  Rupert. 
To  these  must  be  added  the  dispatch  vessel  Helicon,  and  the  sloops  Cruiser 
and  Rapid.  The  Shah,  Captain  Bedford,  which  was  to  have  been  Rear 
Admiral  de  Horsey's  flagship  in  the  Pacific,  and  the  Danae,  Captain  Pur- 
vis, which  was  about  to  leave  for  the  East  Indies,  have  been  ordered  to 
join  the  fleet.     The  former  vessel  carries  out  a  cargo  of  torpedoes. 

The  woods  a  few  miles  from  Grass  Valley  are  full  of  game.     The 
chapparal  swarms  with  quail,  and  deer  in  herds  occupy  the  open  oak 
woods.     We  hear  also  of  a  big  California  lion,  which  is  a  very  gamey  an- 
imal, being  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  American  Ranche  the  other  day, 
and  he  was  making  it  lively  for  young  hogs  and  calves.     Only  a  few  hunt- 
ing parties  have  gone  out  of  Grass  Valley  this  season,  and  there  are  but 
one  or  two  men  who  shoot  game  for  the  market.     Quail  on  toast  is  a  dish 
rarely  seen  on  the  tables  of  this  town.     Deer  meat  has  been  more  plenti- 
ful, and  no  wonder,  when  a  herd  of  sixteen  of  these  animals  is  not  an  un- 
common sight     The  reason  our  hunters  do  not  go  out  more  often  is  that 
they  are  busy  at  home.     The  effect  of  newly  opened  mines  on  the  business 
of  this  place  is  saving  the  lives  of  game,  birds,  and  quadrupeds. 
In  ancient  story  we  are  told 
That  Midas's  touch  turned  anything  to  gold, 
But  we,  to-day,  a  stranger  thing  behold — 
Men  turn  to  anything  when  touched  with  gold! 

Ricciotti  Garibaldi,  the  second  son  of  the  illustrious  general,  seems 
to  have  had  an  adventurous  career  lately.  He  is  now  in  Melbourne,  in  a 
Government  office,  with  a  salary  of  £200  a  year.  When  he  first  arrived 
in  Australia  from  England,  with  a  wife— an  Irish  lady,  to  whom  her 
father  refused  a  dowry  because  she  married  an  enemy  of  the  Holy  Father 
—Ricciotti  earned  a  precarious  riving  by  whipping  coal.  When  at  last  the 
unhappy  pair  were  on  the  verge  of  starvation,  Ricciotti  determined  to  lay 
.aside  his  incognito  and  declare  who  he  was.  The  Government  at  once 
gave  him  the  place  of  secretary  in  one  of  the  public  offices,  which  post  he 
has  now  filled  for  a  year  with  all  honor  and  glory. 

The  "World  hears  that  the  Chinese  Ambassador  has  addressed  the 
Home  Secretary  pleading  for  a  mitigation  of  the  sentence  passed  on  the 
drunken  ruffian  who  last  week  assaulted  a  Chinaman  attached  to  the 
Embassy.  A  Chinese  lady,  wife  of  one  of  the  staff,  accompanies  the 
Embassy.  Her  name  translated  signifies  "  Tottering  Lily  of  Fascina- 
tion.'1 "Tottering,"  implying  the  possession  of  very  small  feet,  is  an  en- 
viable accomplishment  among  the  Chinese. 

A  lad  in  the  employment  of  Messrs.  Lloyd  Brothers,  Broadford,  was 
bitten  on  the  left  finger  by  a  black  snake,  while  engaged  in  bringing  in 
firewood,  lately,  (savs  the  Kilmore  correspondent  of  the  Argus).  He  at 
once  cut  the  finger  off  with  an  axe,  and  was  immediately  taken  to  Dr. 
Purrier,    who   dressed  the  wound.     He   is   now   quite  out  of   danger. 

—  Weekly  News,  New  Zealand. 

They  have  a  curious  ■way  of  deciding  law-suits  in  Siam.  Both 
parties  are  put  under  cold  water,  and  the  one  staying  longest  wins  the 
suit.  In  this  country  both  parties  are  got  into  hot  water,  and  then  kept 
there  as  long  as  possible.     The  result  is  about  the  same. 

Work  has  commenced  on  the  San  Rafael  extension  of  the  Petaluma 
Railroad,  A  large  amount  of  railroad  iron,  ties,  etc.,  were  landed  at 
Burdell's  embarcadero,  and  in  a  few  days  a  locomotive  and  construction 
train  will  be  in  operation.  a  % 

This  is  the  season  in  which  the  Los  Angeles  oranges  are  especially  deli- 
cious, as  they  are  fully  ripe  now.  The  orange  in  tropical  countries  is  ripe 
when  it  becomes  yellow.  In  Los  Angeles  it  is  yellow  fully  two  months 
before  it  is  dead  ripe. — Herald. 


COMMISSION    MERCHANTS. 


1>.  K    Mi  rviiiMiii. 


J.  Haxdhsos. 


I>    M.   Dl  HM 

PHOZNIX    OIL    WORKS 

I^HlitltlUhed    l*.10....|lul4'ltliiKN  .V    CO.,  Oil   nnil   uni-s 
j    Men  h&nte,  tuuiufoctaren  uid  Deal*  r^  In  Bpcrm,  Whale,  Lerd,  fchu  bin 
UlumlnaUng  Otis,  B17  From  itroet,  Bin  Pram  I                                          fun,  Bl 


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J.    C.    MERRILL    &    CO. 
holesale  Auction  llonne,  SOI  mid  200  <  all  (briila  street. 

SiiU'  iI.ub,  WY.Liu  wlaj  •  and  SatUIUaj  1  at  10  am.     C*J  I  •  mmifrn. 

Dec   U 


CHARLES    LE    UAY, 
American  fommiHslo..  Merchant,  -  -  1   Rue  Ncrlbe,  Paris. 

WHOLESALE    CROCERS. 


Newton  Booth,  C.  T.  Wurblkr,  Sacramento.  |  J.  T.  Glover,  W.   \V.   Dodur,  8.   P 
W.    W.    DODGE    &    CO., 

Wholesale  Grocers,  corner  Front  nn«l    Clay  streets,  Sad 
Francisco. __ April  1. 

REMOVAL. 

L.  H.  Newton.]  NEWTON    BROTHERS    &    CO.,  [Morris  Nbwtos. 

Iiii  [tor  I  its  mid  wholesale  dealers  In  Tea**,  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed  to  204  and  206  California  street!  Sao  FrandscOj  Cal- 
ifornia, June  7. 

TABER,    HARKER    ft    CO., 
accessor?*  to  Phillips,  Taber  A-  <'<»..  Importers  rmd  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 10$  and  110  California  street,  Below  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  15. 


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N0TICE-A    NEW    FEATURE. 

To  Principals  of  Young  Kail  ion'  Seminaries,  Boarding 
Schools  and  Colleges— MR.  PETER  JOB,  the  San  Francisco  Pioneer  French 
Chief  Cook  and  Confectioner,  well  known  as  a  first-class  Caterer  and  Cook,  having 
kept  in  this  city  the  best  Restaurant  and  Ice-Cream  Saloon  for  the  last  twenty  years, 
offers  his  services  as  a  Teacher  of  the  Culinary  Art;  also,  Fancy  Dishes  and  Pastry. 
To  those  wishing  to  form  a  class,  arrangements  could  easily  be  made  at  terms,  by 
sending  names  and  address  to  PETER  JOB, 

No.  2519  California  street,  San  Francisco. 
No  objection  to  go  out  of  the  city.     New  York,    London  and  Paris  have  suoh 
classes  for  ladies. Feb.  17. 

F.  C.  Snow.]  SNOW    &    MAY'S    AET    GALLEET.  [W.  B.  May. 

SNOW     A     MAY, 

IMPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 

Pictures,   Frames,   Moldings,   and   Artists11   Materials. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  Dec.  19. 


AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  becu  Invented  by  the  Queen's  Own  Company  or  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  so  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  $2  for  buffalo  handles,  $3  for  ivory  ; 
by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  by  the  sole  agents  in  the 
United  States.  NATHAN  JOSEPH  &,  CO., 
September  2. No.  041  Clay  street,  S.  F. 

OPENING    OF    RARE   AND    ELEGANT    BOOKS! 

Hll .  Moore  takes  pleasure  in  announcing  that  having  re- 
«  turned  from  his  annual  purchasing  trip  to  the  great  Eastern  and  European 
Literary  Depositories,  that  he  has  received  and  now  has  open  the  largest  assortment 
of  ANTIQUE  and  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before  brought  to  this  city,  con- 
sisting of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
fail  to  find  the  most  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  cither  old  or  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  varied  stock.  Gift  Books  in  Great  Variety.  Call  and  examine 
our  stock.  (Dec.  16.]  H.  H.  MOORE,  609  Montgomery  street. 

A-    S.    ROSENBAUM    &    CO., 

8outheast  corner  of  California  and  Battery  streets,  invite 
the  attention  of  their  customers  and  others  to  their  large  assortment  of  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands  of  CHEWING  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  CIGARITOS.  Consignments  of  Choicest  Brands  of  Cigars  received  by  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  18  ]  A.  S.  ROSENBAUM  &  CO. 

SCHOOL    OF    ASSAYING    AND    PRACTICAL    CHEMISTRY. 
rilhose  interested  are  requested  to  call  at  the  Laboratory 

JL      any  day  during  business  hours,  or  send  address  for  circular. 

HENRY  G.  HANKS,  Chemist  and  Assayer, 
March  3.  019  Montgomery  street,  S.  F. 

BAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  &  CO., 

113  Clay  and  114  Commercial  Streets, 

San  Francisco.  [May  24. 


W.  Morrib. 


J.  F.  Kex.nedt. 


Jos.  Schwab. 
MORRIS,    SCHWAB    &   CO., 

Importers  and  Dealers    In   Moldings,  Frames,  Engravings, 
Chromos,    Lithographs,    Decaleomanic,    Wax   and  Artists'  Materials,  21  Post 
street,  nearly  opposite  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco.  Feb.  4. 

PERSONS    VISITING    THE    EAST 

Will   find   full  files   of  Pacific    Const    papers  and  conve- 
niences for  letter  writing,  etc.,  at  Wells,  Fargo  ■&  Co.'s  Office,  C5  Broadway, 
New  York.  March  25. 

SUFB0    &    CO., 

Bankers  and  Brokers,  -10ft  Montgomery  street,— Highest 
price  paid  for  U.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bonds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin. 
Exchange  drawn  on  New  .York.  May  20 

CAREW    LEDGER    PAPEBS 

Have  no  equal  for  making  Blank  Books.    John  6.  Hodge 
&  Co.,  Importers  and  Manufacturing  Stationers,  327,  329,  331  Sansome street 
Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast.  Nov.  4. 

6LAT  XttSL^'ry  a  Week  to  Agents.    810  Outfit  Free. 

^50*1^  HU  4    4      February  10.  P.  O.  VICKEKY,  Augusta,  Maine. 


16 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LfflTER. 


March  24,  1877. 


THE  STOCK  MARKET ;  AND  HOW  TO  INSTAKTLT  RE- 
VIVE IT. 
The  condition  of  the  Stock  Market  has  become  nave  enough  to 
demand  serious  consideration.  If  one  or  two  dozen  inside  manipulators 
were  alone  concerned,  their  interests  might  well  be  left  to  take  care  of 
themselves.  The  abundant  ability  of  such  people  to  come  out  at  the 
right  end,  is  too  well-known  to  be  worth  expatiating  upon  for  a  single  mo- 
ment. If  the  few,  rather  than  the  many,  were  now  the  owners  of  the 
whole,  or  even  of  a  lanre  proportion,  of  the  stock  in  our  principal  mines, 
prices  would,  undoubtedly,  be  very  much  higher  than  they  are  to-day. 
When  the  wealthy  insiders  are  day  by  day  using  their  best  efforts  to  de- 
press the  market,  and  are  to  be  seen  rubbing  their  hands  with  glee  at  the 
Buccess  of  their  labors,  the  conclusion  is  obvious.  The  sun  at  noon-day 
is  not  more  disceraable  than  is  the  fact  that  the  present  market  benefits 
these  men.  If  it  were  possible  that  they  were  being  hurt,  wry  faces  and 
impatient  words  would  prevail  where  now  only  cheerful  mien  and  bearish 
loquacity  triumphantly  abound.  It  Jb  too  obvious  for  argument  that  the 
insiders  are  "  going  short "  upon  the  market,  thus  breaking  it,  making 
money  by  the  decline,  and  with  the  design  of  ultimately  "going  long,'' 
and  loading  up  again  when  the  outsider  is  ruined,  and  compelled  to  let 
go  his  securities  at  panic  prices.  That  is  the  present  game  beyond  a  per- 
adventure.  As  every  road  leads  to  Rome,  so  all  the  signs  of  the  Stock 
Market — except  those  that  are  placed  on  the  surface  to  deceive  the  guile- 
less— lead  to  this  conclusion,  and  to  no  other!  There  is  no  such  antago- 
nism of  interests  as  is  represented  as  prevailing.  There  is  not,  in  reality, 
a  hand  to  band  fight  between  the  Bears  and  the  Bulls,  though  there  seems 
to  be  one.  The  battle  is  not  what  it  appears  to  be.  The  two  professedly 
antagonistic  forces  that  pretend  to  be  fighting  it  are,  in  truth  and  in  fact, 
friends  and  allies.  Their  efforts  are  directed,  though  with  a  necssary 
strategy,  from  two  different  stand-points,  against  their  one  common  foe — 
the  outside  stockholder.  The  thoughtless  or  impatient  reader  who  may 
have  pinned  his  faith  to  a  *'  point  on  the  Stock  Market,"  from  as  great 
a  knave  as  he  is  proving  himself  a  fool,  may  realize  that  we  are  knocking 
hiB  cherished  theories  about  like  nine-pins,  and  he  may,  in  consequence, 
feel  disinclined  to  follow  us  further.  Let  him  bottle  up  his  impatience, 
and,  for  his  own  good,  be  content  to  listen  to  us  till  we  are  through.  We 
repeat  with  emphasis  that  the  tight  is  not  what  it  seems  to  be.  It  would, 
indeed,  be  wonderful  if  it  were.  It  would  in  that  case  be  about  the  first 
time  the  wire-pullers  laid  theii  plans  in  full  sight  of  the  people  who  are  to 
be  taken  in.  Traps,  to  be  successful,  must  not  be  set  in  the  sight  of  any 
birds.  If  it  were  not  for  this  explanation,  we  should  have  to  look  on  at 
the  struggle  with  amazement.  With  astonished  eyes  we  should  behold 
the  weaker  getting  away  with  the  stronger.  The  Bulls,  apparently  led 
by  all  powerful  Bonanza  Kings,  fall  before  such  comparatively  weak  cubs 
as  McDonald  &  Co.,  like  grass  before  the  mower's  scythe.  When 
it  is  not  some  frightful  Bear's  work,  then  it  is  a  purchasable  and 
purchased  newspaper  that  is  doing  all  the  mischief.  If  so  insignificant  a 
cause  is  productive  of  such  mighty  results,  why  was  not  the  purchase 
made  by  those  who  had  the  most  to  gain  by  making  it?  The  two  Bo- 
nanza mines  have  depreciated  in  their  market  value,  during  the  past  seven 
or  eight  months,  over  fifty  millions  of  dollars.  Out  of  that  vast  sum,  the 
very  small  bone  that  quiets  the  best  of  our  dailies  might  easily  enough 
have  been  provided.  i)oeB  any  man  alive  suppose  that  the  Bonanza  oper- 
ators are  too  immaculate  to  enter  upon  a  bargain  and  sale  of  that  sort  ? 
Bah!  What  is  their  own  etory?  Simply  that  they  did  buy  the  utter- 
ancesof  the  most  influential  paper  by  carrying-570,000  worth  of  stock  for  it, 
and  only  determined  to  give  it  cause  for  ill-will  at  the  very  moment  when, 
according  to  their  own  theory,  its  greatest  opportunity  for  working  dire 
mischief  had  arrived.  Was  ever  explanation  so  absurd?  That  a  daily 
paper,  alleged  to  be  purchasable,  should  be  permitted  to  go  on,  day  after 
day,  causing  such  a  shrinkage  in  the  value  of  a  great  property,  is  the  best 

f possible  evidence,  to  our  mind,  that  the  paper  in  question  is  doing  its  al- 
utted  work,  and  that  the  fight  is  not  what  it  seems  to  be.  There  are 
many  weapons  needed  in  this  pretended  warfare.  Some  cut  right,  and 
Bome  cut  left.  That  particular  paper  is  a  left-handed  cutter.  It  will  be 
asked,  why  should  a  game  be  played  that  hurts  the  keeper  of  the  bank 
the  most?  In  other  words,  why  should  the  owners  of  certain  stocks  be 
concerned  in  breaking  them?  Because  they  are  not  the  owners  to  the  ex- 
tent they  desire  of  those  stocks.  For  a  year  and  a  half  all  the  world 
was  engaged  in  taking  in  Bonanza  shares.  All  the  dailies  were  then 
Bulls,  iixpertslike  Deidcsheimer  were  secured,  and  public  officials  like 
Linderman  were  fixed.  Men  of  means  everywhere  heard  of  the  great 
Bonanza,  and  invested  in  it.  The  number  of  shares  sold,  and  widely  dis- 
tributed, exceeded  even  the  popular  belief.  There  was  a  Bonanza  mania 
like  unto  the  tulip  furore  of  Holland,  and  the  South  Sea  bubble  of 
England,  only,  perhaps,  having  a  somewhat  more  substantial  basis. 
People  who  bought  into  the  Bonanza  were  generally  persons  of  some 
means  whose  power  to  hold  on  and  whose  faith  in  their  venture  were  both 
alike  strong.  They  had  been  well  drilled  into  that  particular  form  of  be- 
lief, hence  they  have  held  on  to  their  shares  with  a  tenacity  quite  excep- 
tional with  outside  stockholders,  and  hen6e  the  great  difficulty  of  getting 
in  the  stock,  and  of  fully  playing  out  the  game  so  generally  understood  as 
the  "  freezing  out  "  process,  by  which  mining  manipulators  make  the  most 
of  their  money.  Prices  have  been  depreciated  enough  in  all  conscience. 
Pity  assessments  cannot  be  levied.  They  would  do  the  business  sure.  In 
aid  of  the  "  freezing  out,"  the  margin  system  of  purchase  has  been  a  pow- 
erful auxiliary.  We  need  not  enter  into  a  detailed  expose  of  how  that  sys- 
tem works.  The  evil  methods  pertaining  to  it  are  only  too  well 
known.  Brokers  are  supposed  to  be  in  possession  of  their  cus- 
tomers' Bhares,  whereas  they  have  long  sold  them  at  prices  higher 
far  than  they  would  now  realize.  The  customer  supplies  a  weapon 
for  his  own  destruction.  Of  the  many  brokers  who  either  loan 
or  sell  their  customer's  stock,  to  their  own  advantage  and  to  his 
ruin,  we  confidently  believe  we  could  name  five  who  at  this  moment 
should  be  in  possession  of  from  five  to  seven  millions  worth  of  stock,  but 
actually  have  not  a  single  share  to  their  name,  and  are  short  on  the  market 
besides.  This  is  an  imposition,  fraud  and  swindle  that  for  vileness  of  con- 
ception, and  infamy  of  execution,  exceeds  the  greatest  business  crimes  of 
this  or  any  other  age.  Now  comes  in  the  important  moral  of  our  story. 
We  declare,  and  mean  to  show  with  a  certainty  beyond  question,  that  the 
Bonanza  kings  have  it  fully  in  their  power  to  prove  the  genuineness  of 
their  professions,  to  bring  joy  to  the  hearts  of  thousands  who  have  put 
trust  in  their  promises  ;  to  punish  the  rascals  whom  they  rightly  cull  the 
"  pirates  '"  and  "  wreckers  "  of  the  street,  and  to  cause  an  immediate  and 
unprecedented  upheaval  of  prices.  Astounding  as  it  may  seem,  it  is  never- 


theless true  that  all  these  ends  may  be  in  a  fair  way  of  accomplishment 
ere  the  set  of  Monday's  sun.  Let  the  morning  papers  contain  the  simple 
announcement  that  the  Nevada  Bank  will  advance,  on  behalf  of  all  real 
boda  fide  present  owners  of  stock,  the  margins  necessary  to  remove  their 
scrip  from  their  brokers'  hands  into  the  vaults  of  the  bank,  and  then,  our 
word  for  it,  California  street  will  witness  a  scene  unparalleled.  The 
brokers  /tare  not  the  stock  to  deliver,  there  would  be  a  rush  pell-mell  to 
prices  would  advance  fifty  per  rent,  in  a  day,  and  ■<>  no  price  could  the  neres- 
sari/  amount  of  stork  be  obtained  within  the  time  cvMomers  would  be  entitled 
to  claim  it,  and  brokers  would  perforce  be  compelled  to  settle  upon  almost  any  * 
terms.  What  a  sight  that  would  be,  to  be  sure  !  Simeon  of  old  was  not 
more  delighted  at  beholding  the  Great  Salvation,  than  we  should  be  at 
witnessing  so  great  a  triumph  over  a  system  that  has  made  the  few  rich 
and  the  many  poor.  Why  should  not  this  very  thing  be  done  ?  The  mo- 
dus operandi  would  be  of  the  simplest  character.  Owners  of  stock  would 
procure  their  accounts  from  their  brokers,  and  indorse  upon  them  instruc- 
tions to  deliver  their  stock  to  the  Bank  of  Nevada,  or  order,  upon  pay^ 
ment  of  the  balance  due.  The  bank  would  send  a  clerk  around  with  these 
documents,  and  the  necessary  check,  and  then  the  "pirates"  and 
"  wreckers  "  would  be  in  a  worse  plight  than  ever  were  their  victims  :  the 
searchers  after  "more  mud."  That  the  thing  can  be  easily  done  is  ob- 
vious. Its  effect  is  equally  apparent.  Why,  then,  should  it  not  be  done  ? 
The  bank  now  makes  advances  on  stocks  to  the  few  ;  why  should  it  notdo 
so  to  the  many?  A  large  number  of  customers  are  better  than  a  small 
number,  especially  when  obtained  in  a  way  that  would  merit  and  noeiffl 
their  lasting  gratitude.  The  proprietors  of  the  bank  declare  that  stocks 
are  now  abnormally  low;  that  being  so,  there  cannot  be  any  risk  in  ad- 
vancing 50  per  cent,  upon  them.  Besides,  as  we  have  already  said,  they 
now  make  that  advance  to  brokers  whose  ways  they  profess  to  condemn. 
How  much  better,  safer,  and  more  loyal  to  honest  people  it  would  be  to 
extend  to  them  facilities  for  obtaining  similar  favors?  We  have  been 
careful,  even  at  the  risk  of  being  tedious,  to  make  this  proposed  proceed- 
ing exceedingly  plain.  We  ask  again,  why  should  it  not  be  adopted  ?  It 
is  an  immediate  and  certain  remedy  for  the  present  state  of  the  market. 
It  would  accomplish  the  precise  ends  the  Bonanza  people  profess  to  have 
in  view.  It  is  the  highest  trump-card  that  would,  beyond  all  question, 
take  the  trick.  If  it  is  not  played,  then  what  possible  escape  is  there 
from  the  proposition  with  which  we  started,  namely,  that  the  tight  is  not 
what  it  seems  to  be,  and  that  the  so-called  Bulls  are  but  wicked  partici- 
pators in  the  crime  of  the  Bears,  to  rob  and  plunder  the  thousands  who 
huve  trusted  their  all  in  the  worst  species  of  gambling  the  world  has  ever 
seen.  

THE    PRESERVATION    OP    THE    PUBLIC    HEALTH. 

Dr.  Joseph  Holt,  one  of  the  sanitary  officers  of  New  Orleans,  has 
written  ub  in  approval  of  our  articles  on  sewerage,  small-pox  and  diph- 
theria. He  says  that  the  recognition  of  the  single  truth  that  "defective 
Bewerage  is  closely  allied  with  disease,"  is  the  beginning  of  sanitary  wis- 
dom. The  remedy  suggests  itself,  and  if  not  thoroughly  applied,  the  peo- 
ple have  to  pay  in  the  suffering  and  death  from  some  kind  of  pestilence,  the 
penalty  of  violated  law.  Dr.  Holt  has  also  forwarded  an  interesting  re- 
cord of  the  epidemic  of  yellow  fever  which  occurred  in  New  Orleans  last 
year,  and  suggests  that,  by  the  substitution  of  the  word  diphtheria,  his 
observations  become  peculiarly  applicable  to  San  Francisco.  Like  yellow 
fever,  diphtheria  is  extremely  fatal,  even  under  the  moBt  favorable  cir- 
cumstances. This  indicates  the  necessity  of  turning  our  attention  from 
the  vain  endeavor  to  combat  the  disease  by  an  improved  treatment  of  the 
sick,  to  the  other  alternative,  its  actual  prevention.  As  with  yellow  fever, 
so  with  diphtheria,  "  the  rapid  decomposition  of  organic  matter,  especially 
such  as  is  found  in  privies  and  sewers,  is  undoubtedly  a  factor  in  the  ori- 
gin and  extension  «f  the  infection."  The  word  "  factor"  is  here  used  in 
the  sense  in  which  we  would  imply  it  in  speaking  of  a  marsh  or  swamp  as 
being  a  factor  in  the  production  of  mosquitoes.  So  well  do  we  understand 
the  requisites  for  the  development  of  these  insects,  such  as  long-continued 
high  temperature  and  open  stagnant  water,  especially  in  marshy  places, 
that  we  predict  their  appearance  when  perceiving  the  association  of  these 
conditions.  Sanitary  negligence  in  India  is  punished  with  cholera;  in  the 
Orient  with  plague  and  leprosy;  in  Europe  and  the  United  States  with 
typhus,  typhoid  and  diphtheria,  in  their  malignant  and  epidemic  forms; 
and  in  the  West  Indies  and  semi-tropical  America  with  yellow  fever. 

Disinfection  was  very  extensively  and  thoroughly  applied  in  New  Or- 
leans, and  its  good  effects  were  specially  seen  at  the  public  institutions,  in 
none  of  which  did  the  disease  become  epidemic. 

Lastly,  he  observes  that  in  an  enlightened  sanitary  Bystem,  the  physi- 
cian is  peculiarly  the  custodian  of  the  public  health.  Of  what  use  are  all 
efforts  to  prevent  the  epidemic  prevalence  of  any  malignant,  infectious 
disease,  unless  the  physicians  promptly  report  its  existence  iu  its  incip- 
iency  ?  As  in  the  case  of  fire,  the  only  hope  of  extinguishing  a  pestilence 
is  in  the  very  earliest  knowledge  of  its  appearance.  He  would  say  that 
the  time  is  not  remote  when  a  general  epidemic  of  diphtheria  in  San 
Francisco  will  be  as  unlikely  to  happen  as  another  visitation  of  plague  in 
London,  or  the  decimation  of  Paris  by  small-pox. 

The  earnings  of  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad  for  February  and  for 
the  first  two  months  of  the  year  are  thus  reported  : 

February.  Two  Months. 

1875 S906,200  81,870,200 

1876 1,017,200  2,011,500 

1877 951,000  2,076,000 

The  outward  carrying  trade  this  year  has  been  much  lighter  than  for 
either  of  the  preceding  two  years.  The  gross  weight  of  the  through 
freight  carried  hence  by  rail  for  the  first  two  months  of  the  year  compares 
as  follows  : 

1874,  lbs 18,278,900  I  1876,  lbs 10,268,300 

1876, 10,682,000  |  1877 6,751,000 

As  the  gross  earnings  for  the  first  two  months  this  year  are  larger  than 
last  year,  it  follows  that  the  inward  freight  traffic  must  have  been  greatly 
in  excess  of  1876,  especially  as  the  number  of  through  passengers  carried 
has  been  less.  

In  the  economy  of  nature  nothing  is  lost.  The  inside  of  an  orange 
may  refresh  one  man,  while  the  outside  of  the  same  fruit  may  serve  to 
break  another  man's  leg. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  exhaustive  and-  nteresting  biography 
of  Miss  Neilson  on  the  5th  page. 


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VOLUME  27. 


SAK  FRANCISCO,  MARCH   24,  1877. 


NTTMBER  9. 


BIZ. 


The  most  interesting  as  well  ;ls  important  feature  of  the  week  in 

n   circles  was  the  public  sale  of    Feas  and  Spices  at  the  auction 

house  of  s.  I..  Jones  \  Co.,  nil   California  street.     The  catalogue  called 

t.-r  some  3,000  pkgs  Standard  brands  of   China  and  Japan  Black  and 

Teas,  the  same  beiug  the  importation  of  Messrs.  ftCacondray  &  Co. 

The  attendance  was  lar.^e,  consisting  of  leading  trade  buyers  from  this 
city,  Portland,  Oregon,  etc.  Terms  of  sale:  All  .sums  under  5300,  net 
cash;  «'ver$300,  IK)  days,  or  3  per  cent,  discount  for  cash)  at  purchaser's 
option.  One  thousand  three  hundred  and  fifty  hf  chests  Japan  paper 
Teas,  pounds  and  hf  pounds,  Bold  at  30&<5  31c;  50  lit"  chests  Japan  ^  oung 
Hyson,  in  bulk,  274c;  150  mats  ( ihina  Comet  <  lolong  sold  at  56(§  57c;  w 
mats,  each  4  10-Ib  bxs,  English  Breakfasl  Souchong,  45J@46$c:  40  do.  do. 
English  Congou,  32<§  13c;  24  bxs  "Kooloo,"  28Jo;  500  mats,  each5-ft  flow. 

ered  bxs,  »  lolon^s  ;uul  Young  li  >'-•)',  '■'■'■'■'■'  ■•■<'■■.::  55  i.s  lacquered  bxs  Tyco,  in 

and  (  tojee,  47(3  42&c;  20  cs,  each  4  5-Ih  lacquered  jars,  choice  Japan,  52c; 

5  large  jars,  fancy  lacquered,  each  70-lbs,  37  Ac;  30  cs,  each  5-lbs,  Natural 
Leal  Japan,  36(2.  39cj  50  large  papered  jars  do.,  70  lbs  each  do.,  33c.  The 
prices  obtained  showed  a  decline  of  about  2c  per  pound  as  compared  with 
the  March  sale  of  "  M.  &  Co.'s"  Teas. 

Case  Salmon.  —  Several  important  transactions  in  Oregon  .Salmon 
have  transpired  during  the  week.  The  most  important  that  of  the  sale 
of  the  entire  catch  of  West's  Columbia  River  fish,  1  tb.  cans,  say  30,000 
cases,  each  4  dozen,  of  this  celebrated  brand,  at  SI  50  per  dozen,  delivered 
on  the  river,  equal  to  §1  55  here.  The  sale  of  10,000  cases  1  lb.  Salmon, 
referred  to  by  us  last  week  at  £1  50,  was  Rogue  River  fish.  The  market  is 
strong  at  81  55(§  1  <_»0  for  all  standard  brands  of  Columbia  River  catch, 
for  forward  delivery.  The  season's  catch  on  the  Columbia  River  it  is 
thought  will  scarcely  exceed  600,000  cases  1  lb.  cans,  and  this  is  one-third 
greater  than  ever  before  packed. 

Bags  and  Bagging.—  By  reasons  of  the  continued  drought  some 
holders  of  grain  sacks  have  shown  a  great  desire  to  close  out  their  stocks. 
Some  500,000  standard,  22x36  Burlap's,  have  accordingly  changed  hands 
upon  private  terms,  but  generally  believed  to  be  at  8-}c,  90  dayB. 

Borax.  --  Stocks  have  now  been  reduced  to  low  figures.  The  ship  Twi- 
light, for  New  York,  having  sailed  with  223,800  lbs.,  and  the  Three 
Brothers,  for  Liverpool,  with  100,000  lbs.  Overland  shipments  in  Feb- 
ruary 166,500  lbs.  We  now  quote  prices  at  6@7c.  for  Crude  and  Concen- 
trated, 9@9£c  for  Refined — latter  in  caees. 

Coal,  —The  market  is  well  stocked  with  large  offerings  of  Scotch  and 
English  Steam,  to  arrive,  at  very  low  prices.  California,  Mt.  Diablo 
Steam  Black  Diamond  sells  at  $5  75@57  75,  for  fine  and  coarse  respect- 
ively ;  Coos  Bay  and  Bellingham  Bay,  $8  by  the  cargo  ;  Seattle  and  Nan- 
aimo,  $8(§i$9;  Wellington,  for  household  uses,  $9@$10,  ex  ship  ;  Sydney 
Coke,  spot,  §16;  same  to  arrive,  S13(S<$13  50. 

Coffee.— We  note  a  sale  of  some  S00  bags  prime  Costa  Rica  Green  for 
Chicago  at  20c.  This,  with  previous  free  shipments  of  same  grade  to  St. 
Louis,  all  by  Pacific  Railroad,  has  imparted  much  strength  to  holders  of 
all  prime  Green,  which  we  qaote  at  19@20c;  O.  G.  Java,  23@24c. 

Orcbilla. --The  ship  Three  Brothers,  for  Liverpool,  carried  454  bales. 
Since  her  departure  the  Newbern,  from  the  Mexican  coast,  has  arrived 
with  805  bales,  in  transit  for  the  same  destination. 

Ores.  —The  movement  of  Crude  Base  Bullion,  etc.,  is  now  steadily  in- 
creasing. The  Colima,  for  New  York  via  Panama,  carried  371,744  lbs. 
Base  Bullion,  and  the  Twilight,  for  New  York,  355,810  lbs.  Copper  Ore, 
besides  475  tons  Iron  Ore.  The  Newbern,  from  Colorado  river  and  Mex- 
ican ports,  brought  317  bars  Base  Bullion,  642  bags  Silver  Ore,  2,162  bags 
Galena  Ore,  44  bbls.  and  365  bags  Plumbago,  etc. 

For  Liverpool.  —The  ship  Three  Brothers,  belonging  to  George  Howes 

6  Co.,  sailed  March  17th  with  a  large  and  valuable  cargo,  she  having 
been  chartered  and  loaded  by  Messrs.  Rodgers,  Meyer  &  Co.     Her  cargo 

consisted  in  part  of  the  following  merchandise,  valued  at  $239,S58  ;  Bo 
rax,  1,000  ctls.;  Beef,  in  tin,  6,329  cases;  Honey,  250  cs.;  Apples  (dried), 
50  cs.;  Flour  (hf.  sks.),  4,000;  Flour  (qr.  sks.),  20,000 ;  Oil  Cake  Meal 
(tons),  111;  Orchilla  (bales),  454;  Tallow,  111,348  lbs.;  Wheat,  64,890 
centals. 

Apia,  Navigator's  Island.  —The  bark  Isabel  is  to  hand,  to  Messrs. 
Rodgers,  Meyer  &  Co.,  with  341  bales  Fungus— 52,500  Cocoanuts,  etc. 

For  China  and  Japan.— The  O.  and  O.  steamship  Gaelic,  sailed 
hence  on  the  21st  inst.,  with  a  valuable  cargo  of  merchandise.  That  to 
Hongkong  was  valued  at  $104,550.  consisting  in  part  of  4,325  bbls.  flour, 
1,409  flasks  quicksilver,  etc.  The  portion  for  Yokohama  was  valued  at 
§39,000,  and  consisted  of  blooded  stock,  flour,  and  other  goods.  Phis 
steamer  also  carried  to  China  in  treasure,  $286,963. 


Flour  for  Liverpool.  -The  ship  Rembrandt  hx<  b  en  cleared  by 
M ■  -  fs.  stair  ft  Co.  with  30,000  half  sks.  Vallejo  Mills  Stai  Extra. 

Quicksilver  appears  t"  be  rapidly  settling  down  to  10c,  Bales  having 
been  made  for  Hongkong  at  41c.  The  Gaelio  for  China,  carried  L,409 
Basks,  and  the  City  of  Peking,  to  sail  for  Hongkong,  April  2nd,  will  also 
usiderable.  The  shipments  hence  during  March,  already  foot  up 
2,039  flasks.  In  January  and  February,  10, SHI  flasks.  Totals  since  Janu- 
ary, 1st.  1876,  12,933  flasks,  valued  at  $458,071  ;  6,836  flasks,  valued  at 
$320,087.     Increase  this  year— flasks  6,097— value  $137,984. 

Rice. — Imports  from  China  continue  large,  and  prices  of  all  kinds  prime 
have  n>-w  fallen  to  6c@5Jc  ;  even  No.  1  Hawaiian  table  has  been  sold  at 
this  low  rate. 

Salt.  — Imports  of  Mexican  from  Carmen  Island,  are  now  coming  for- 
ward freely,  coming  into  direct  competition  with  California  Crystal  and 
Pacifle  Union  Works  Co.  These  heavy  supplies  are  calculated  to  depress 
the  market  for  Liverpool,  which  latter  may  now  be  quoted  for  spot  lots, 
at  $18  to  $20,  and  to  arrive  at  lower  rates. 

Spices. --The  general  market  is  very  sluggish.  For  Black  Pepper, 
Nutmegs,  etc.,  prices  low  and  nominal.  At  auction,  on  the  22d  inst., 
S.  L.  Jones  &  Co.  sold  Penang  Cloves  at  40V"  >  V  ;  40  cases  Cassia,  22c ; 
10  cases  Sago  (pearl),  5£c  ;  47  bags  white-flake  Tapioca,  5|c. 

Sugar.— The  steamship  City  of  Peking,  from  Hongkong,  brought  us 
2,959  bags.  We  quote  No.  1  Hongkong  refined  at  10c,  with  sales.  Our 
market  is  well  stocked  with  Hawaiian,  which  we  quote  at  8(5  10b  Cali- 
fornia and  Bay  Refined,  13i@13.ic  ;  Golden  Coffee,  lie  ;  Yellow  Coffee, 
9£<3  lO.'.c.  - 

Teas.  —The  steamship  City  of  Peking  brought  us,  chiefly  in  transit  for 
the  East  by  Central  Pacific  Railroad  :  For  New  York,  5,622  pkgs  ; 
Boston,  351  pkgs  ;  Chicago,  243  pkgs  ;  Montreal,  585  pkgs  ;  and  for  San 
Francisco,  863  pkgs.  Our  stocks  of  Black  and  Green  are  large,  and  prices 
seem  to  favor  the  buyer. 

Tobacco.  —The  stock  of  Connecticut  and  Pennsylvania  Leaf  is  large 
and   prices  low.      Of   Virginia  Manufactured   stocks   are   moderate   and 

g-ices  inclined  to  harden.     We  quote  standard  brands  Cable  Coil,  J.  B. 
ace,  at  80c  ;  O.  P.  Gregory  &  Co.  12  and  6-inch  twist,  65e  ;  P.  Lorrillard 
Bright  Navy,  62Ja 

Wines  and  Whisky.  —Native  Wines  from  Kohler  &  Frohling's  cellar, 
old  stock,  such  as  Port,  Sherry,  Hock,  Angelica,  etc.,  are  daily  growing 
iu  public  favor.  So  also  of  the  celebrated  Gerke  White  Wine,  as  well  as 
the  product  of  the  Buena  Vinicultural  Society.  I.  Landsberger  &  Co.'s 
celebrated  brands  of  Sparkling  Wine  now  command  the  market,  with  in- 
creased sales;  while  of  imported  Champagnes,  Piper  Heidsieck,  Iloederer, 
Mum's,  etc.,  claim  their  share  of  the  local  trade.  Of  old  Bourbon  Whis- 
kies, the  first  on  the  list  is  A.  P.  Hotaling  &  Co.'s  old  stock  Moorman's, 
J.  H.  Cutter's  Gold  Dust,  Miller's,  Catherwood's,  aad  other  Kentucky 
brands,  including  G.  0.  Blake's  Old  Rye.  It  is  needless  to  quote  prices, 
as  the  agency  rates  are  well  known  to  all  the  trade. 
Domestic    Produce. 

During  the  week  there  has  been  no  change  of  importance  to  note  in 

S rices  of  Flour  and  Wheat,  while  crop  prospects  show  no  improvement. 
To  rain  to  allay  the  fears  of  the  farmers  and  cattle-owners  in  the  south- 
ern half  of  the  State.  Many  thousands  of  sheep  and  cattle  are  now  per- 
ishing for  lack  of  grass  and  fodder  on  the  plains.  As  for  Barley  and  ( Jorn 
crops  in  the  southern  coast  counties,  there  is  sure  to  be  almost  an  entire 
failure  this  Summer,  and  consequently  prices  of  all  feed  grains  are  stead 
ily  advancing.  The  cry  of  rust  in  Wheat  reaches  us  from  Colusa  and 
Yolo  counties,  but  we  think  this  is  of  small  extent  and  entirely  local,  and 
will  not  be  of  serious  injury  to  the  crop,  but  the  yield  of  Wheat  in  1877 
throughout  California  will  no  doubt  be  comparatively  light  as  compared 
with  the  last  harvest.  If  we  have  a  surplus  this  year  of  300,000  tons  of 
Wheat,  we  will  do  all  we  have  any  right  to  expect— say  one-half  the 
Breadstuff  sent  out  of  the  State  in  the  harvest  year  now  drawing  to  a 
close. 

Tonnage  is  now  plentiful,  and  rates  for  grain  to  England  can  only  be 
quoted  at  i'2  nominal.  It  is  believed  that  there  is  now  more  tonnage 
headed  this  way  seeking  than  there  was  a  year  ago,  with  rather  a  poor 
showing  for  business.  We  fear  scores  of  ships  will  have  to  depart  hence 
in  ballast  seeking. 

Flour —The  Genesee  Mills,  Gold  street,  ha3  elected  Mr.  P.  A  Camp- 
bell late  of  the  Vallejo  Starr  Mills,  President,  and  will  in  future  have 
the  benefit  of  his  large  experience  iu  the  market.  This  Mill  is  now  sup- 
plying a  choice  article  of  Bakers'  Extra,  as  is  the  case  with  the  Golden 
Age  and  Golden  Gate  Mills.  We  quote  Superfine  brands,  S.,«,  -So  2o  ; 
Extra  Superfine,  S5  50(5  $5  75;  Extra  Family  and  Bakers  Extra,  *G,  S6  oO, 
and  $7  per  bbl.  according  to  package, 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


March   24,  1877. 


Wheat.  —Exports  continue  free,  and  prices  for  fair  to  good,  S2  05@ 
S2  10,  and  for  choice  milling,  82  12i@82  15  |?  ctl.  Sales  during  the  week 
within  this  range  aggregate  20,000  ctls.  Our  receipts  of  "Wheat  from  July 
1st  to  March  17th  aggregate  10,157,000  ctls.  Same  time  last  year, 
5,706,000  ctls  ;  same  time  1875,  8,881,500.  Our  exports  same  time  1876-7, 
10,004,288  ctls  ;  same  time,  1875-6,  5,455,055. 

Barley. —There  has  been  quite  an  active  demand  all  the  week  for  feed 
parcels,  with  considerable  purchases  at  Si  40@S1  45  silver  ;  4,000  ctls 
coast  feed  in  store,  SI  35  gold.  Holders  at  the  close  are  demanding  Si  45 
@S1  50  #  ctl  for  all  bright  lots. 

Corn  —The  demand  is  active  with  free  purchases  at  §1  40@§1  50  $  ctl 
for  White  and  Yellow. 

Oats.  —There  is  rather  more  tone  to  the  market  within  the  range  of 
J2@2  25  per  ctl. 

Bran,  Etc. --The  mill  price  has  been  advanced  to  S20,  and  for  Mid- 
dlings S28@30  #  ton. 

Hops.—There  has  been  an  export  demand  for  all  low  price  stock,  at  10 
(a  14c. —good  to  choice  held  at  15@20c. 

Tallow. -We  note  sales  of  20,000  lbs  Refined  at  7£c  ;  50,000  lbs  Crude, 
6@6£c,  and  choice  Shipping,  6§@6fc. 

"Wool. —The  ship  Twilight,  for  New  York,  carried  1,220  bales,  weigh- 
ing 673,633  lbs,  and  of  this  Falkner,  Bell  &  Co.  shipped  about  one-fourth. 
As  yet  very  little  Spring  clip  Northern  has  yet  appeared.  Best  fleece,  if 
here,  would  command  22(a  24c.  Southern  Spring  now  arrives  freely 
Sales  for  the  week.  250,000  lbs.,  within  the  range  of  15@18c  ;  100,000  lbs. 
Fall  short  staple,  9@12c.  We  quote  fair  to  good,  12@14c.  for  short  burry ; 
14@16c.  fair  to  best  long  burry  ;  16@20c.  for  long  staple,  free.  Eastern 
buyers  are  now  here,  and  thus  far  receipts  are  in  better  condition  than  was 
expected. 

CONDENSED    NEWS    OF   THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL. 

Saturday,  March  17th.  -St.  Patrick's  Day  was  well  celebrated. 
^— In  the  Municipal  Criminal  Court,  John  Kohliff  was  sentenced  to  im- 
prisonment for  eighteen  months  for  grand  larceny.-^—  The  P.  M.  S.  S. 
City  of  Peking  arrived,  bringing  dates  from  Hongkong  to  the  15th  ult., 
and  from  Yokohama  to  the  25th. ^— The  third  annual  dinner  of  the 
Knights  of  St.  Patrick  came  off  at  the  Cosmopolitan  Hotel.  Over  a 
hundred  Knights  and  invited  guests  were  present.— —  James  Johnson, 
carpenter  of  the  British  ship  Greta,  fell  overboard  and  was  drowned. 

Sunday  18th. — The  lupins  at  the  Golden  Gate  Park  are  threatened 
by  the  ravages  of  an  insect.^— One  dummy  took  two  cars  up  the  hill  on 
Sutter  street,  pushing  one  and  drawing  the  other.  The  usual  rate  of  speed 
was  maintained. —  The  funeral  of  S.  D.  Jones,  late  driver  of  Engine 
Company  No.  2,  took  place  yesterday,  and  was  attended  by  a  detail  of 
four  men  from  each  company  of  the  department.—  Thaddeus  Flannigan, 
State  Delegate,  and  J.  J.  Donnovan,  C.  D.,  left  for  the  East  to  attend 
the  National  Convention  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians^'  John 
Morgan,  a  shoemaker,  fell  down  and  broke  his  hip  on  Mission  street. 

Monday  19th, — David  Neal's  great  painting,  The  Meeting  of  Mary 
Queen  of  Scots  with  Rizzio,  is  on  exhibition  at  the  Art  Association  rooms. 
Alonzo  Sherman,  a  colored  man,  died  suddenly  at  1101  Dupont 
street.  —  Wong  Ah  Leong  and  Wong  Kong  Gee,  charged  with  the  murder 
of  Ah  Soon  in  Ross  alley,  had  a  preliminary  examination  in  the  Police 
Court. —  The  docket  of  the  Police  Court  contained  the  names  of  seventy- 
eight  inebriates.^— Jack  Harrington,  convicted  of  employing  women  in  a 
melodeon  where  liquors  are  sold,  asked  that  his  sentence  be  postponed  for 
one  week. 

Tuesday  20th.— Branch  PostofBce  "  A,"  at  1305  Polk  street,  corner  of 
Bush,  is  now  open  for  all  business,  including  registration  and  money 
orders,  from  8  a.  m.  to  S  P.  M.— —The  suit  of  Francis  Skiffington,  father, 
vs.  John  Skiffington,  son,  for  support,  was  on  trial  in  the  Nineteenth  Dis- 
trict Court.— —A  series  of  temperance  meetings,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Independant  Order  of  Good  Templars,  was  begun  in  the  Central  M.  E. 
Church.  ■  Judge  Morrison  denied  a  motion  for  a  new  trial  in  the  suit  of 
W.  H.  Morton  vs.  M.  P.  McCourtney  et  al.—  In  the  United  States  Cir- 
cuit Court,  Louis  Piatt  was  acquitted  of  the  charge  of  having  unstamped 
matches  in  his  possession. 

"Wednesday  21st.— The  trial  of  Ah  Moon,  the  Chinese  highbinder  to- 
day, occupied  the  time  of  the  Fourth  District  Court.— One  hundred  and 
thirty-one  persons,  male  and  female,  have  been  examined  during  the  past 
few  weeks  as  to  their  qualifications  for  the  position  of  teachers  in  our 
public  schools.——  There  are  three  records  of  rainfall  kept  in  San  Fran- 
cisco.— P.  A.  Boardman  was  arrested  by  Officers  Wilson  and  Hughes  on 
a  charge  of  grand  larceny,  for  having,  it  is  charged,  stolen  a  necklace  and 
locket  valued  at  S100. 

Thursday  22nd. — The  efforts  of  Messrs.  Barbee  and  Tyler  to  prove 
the  illegality  of  the  City  Criminal  Court,  are  being  energetically  combat- 
ted  by  the  counsel  for  the  people,  in  the  Thistleton  habeas  corpus  case. 
^— A  new  counterfeit  half-dollar  is  in  circulation.  It  is  easily  detected 
by  the  greasy  feeling.—  The  Pitcairn  Islanders  have  sent  a  number  of 
canes,  hand-made  hats  and  wreaths  to  the  parties  in  this  city  who  con- 
tributed to  the  cargo  of  goods  sent  them  some  months  ago.  Captain  L. 
M.  Manzer  will  be  a  candidate  for  Superintendent  of  Streets. 

Friday  23rd. — In  the  City  Criminal  Court,  "  Happy  Jack"  Harring- 
ton, moved  for  a  new  trial  which  was  refused.  He  was  then  fined  §200, 
and  the  Judge  said  that  the  fine  for  such  offense  will  hereafter  be  S500. 
The  officers  whose  beats  encircle  the  Tar  Flat  Station  have  arrested  107 
persons  since  its  establishment.— —Julius  Maillhouse,  indicted  for  extort- 
ing money  from  Isaac  S.  Allen,  arrived  from  Los  Angeles  in  custody. 
—Detective  Coffey,  with  Blacklock,  alias  McCaw,  the  President  of  the 
oyster  bubbje  corporation,  in  safe-keeping,  is  on  the  overland  train  to 
arrive  this  evening. 

TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  March  17th.  —Lieutenant  Commander  Charles  F.  Train 
has  been  ordered  to  the  Lackawanna  as  executive  officer.^^Mrs.  Ira 


Elder,  of  New  York,  presented  to  Mrs.  Hayes  a  copy  of  the  Centennial 
Temperance  volume.^— Joe  Goss  was  fined  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
for  violating  the  law  of  the  State  of  Kentucky  by  engaging  in  a  prize 
fight. -^— At  the  burning  of  the  steamer  Governor  Garland  only  one 
passenger  was  lost.  ■  ■  A  reward  of  §1,500  was  offered  by  the  citizens  of 
Chico,  S500  from  San  Francisco  by  Chinese  merchants,  and  from  Governor 
Irwin  $1,500,  for  the  capture  of  the  Chinese  murderers  in  that  place. 

Sunday,  18th.  —A  fire  at  Pittsburg  destroyed  the  Fort  Pitt  Boile? 
Works ;  loss,  5140,000;  and  Wilson  &  Snyder's  brass  foundry  ;  loss,  $15,- 
000.  —Ex-Governor  Emery  Washburne  died  at  his  residence,  No.  28 
(^uincy  street,  in  Cambridge,  of  pneumonia. -^There  is  little  change  in 
the  commercial  situation,  either  as  regards  the  volume  of  business  or  rul- 
ing of  prices  in  New  York.  ——Miller's  Hall,  containing  three  stores,  at 
Murfreesborough,  was  burned. 

Monday,  19th.— The  United  States  Marshal,  Fred.  Douglass,  re- 
ceived his  commission.  ^—  The  President's  son,  Webb  C.  Hayes,  is  likely 
to  go  to  Paris  as  Secretary  of  Legation. -^Governor  Hampton,  of  South 
Carolina,  gave  guarantee  to  the  President  that  if  the  troops  are  with- 
drawn no  violence  will  occur.  Dennis  Duane,  aged  75,  and  his*  sister 
Maria,  aged  56,  were  fatally  burned  at  the  fire  on  Cherry  street,  New 
York.— Samuel  Carr  Ball,  late  Cashier  of  the  Hathsboro  National 
Bank,  Pennsylvania,  has  been  convicted  of  embezzlement. 

Tuesday,  20th.— A  shooting  affair  occurred  this  forenoon  between  H. 
M.  Covert,  Superintendent  of  the  San  Diego  Water  Company,  and  G.  T. 
W.  Richter.-^—  A  Cabinet  meeting  was  held  at  ten  o'clock.  The  Presi- 
dent did  not  receive.^— The  tide  rises  and  falls  in  the  stranded  steamer 
Rusland,  at  Long  Branch.  The  stern  is  sinking  in  the  sand.— The  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  of  the  Right  Worthy  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Good  Templars  is  in  session  in  Chicago. 

Wednesday,  21st  —The  failure  of  Erlanger  &  Hess,  stock  brokers  of 
Virginia  City,  is  announced  to-day.— The  Presidents  of  the  coal  trans- 
portation companies  met  to-day  and  appointed  a  committee  of  two  to  re- 
port on  the  29th  instant  such  remedies  for  the  depression  in  the  trade  as 
may  be  deemed  best.^— Two  sailors  leaped  overboard  yesterday  from  the 

British  ship  Prussia,  which  is  anchored  below  Astoria,  Oregon. The 

St.  Benedict  Priory,  in  Atchison,  Kansas,  was  to-day  elevated  to  an 
Abbey. 

Thursday,  22tL— Skow,  Peterson  &  Co.,  Chicago  bankers,  failed  to- 
day.——The  Oregon  streams  all  over  the  country  are  rapidly  falling,^— 
The  Democrats  are  greatly  dissatisfied  with  the  appointment  of  a  com- 
mission to  come  to  New  Orleans  and  investigate.  Vice-President 
W  heeler  has  left  New  York  to  arrange  his  affairs  for  the  trip  South  as  the 
head  of  the  Louisiana  Commission.— A  delegation  of  prominent  col- 
ored men  called  upon  the  President  this  afternoon  to  tender  their  thanks 
for  his  appointment  of  Douglass  as  Marshal. 

Friday,  22d.  —The  Chronicle  has  the  following  special  to  the  New  York 
Herald:  "  James  Gordon  Bennett,  New  York  :  Yours  just  received.  If 
Lee  has  made  a  statement  in  his  confession  implicating  me,  as  conveyed 
in  your  telegram  of  the  21st  instant,  it  is  utterly  false.  My  course  of  life 
is  too  weU  known  by  thousands  of  honorable  men  for  them  to  believe 
for  one  moment  such  an  accusation.  Brigham  Young.— —A  New  York 
Telegram  Washington  special  says:  "There  is  high  authority  for  the 
statement  that  the  troops  will  be  withdrawn  from  South  Carolina  within 
forty-eight  hours.  Chamberlain  has  been  telegraphed  to  by  Republican 
Senators. —  The  suspension  of  Frank  Burnett  from  the  Inspectorship  of 
Steamboats  is  the  first  removal  from  office  made  by  the  President. 

FOREIGN. 

Saturday,  March  17th— Rear  Admiral  Sir  Edward  Belcher,  the  ex- 
plorer who  commanded  the  expedition  in  search  of  Sir  John  Franklin  in 
1852,  died,  aged  78  years.  ^— On  and  after  the  26th  inst.  the  Anglo- 
American  Telegraph  Company  will  transmit  political  and  general  news 
for  publication  at  six  cents  per  word,  when  the  cables  are  disengaged.— 
German  newspapers  continue  to  comment  on  Bismarck's  speech  upon  the 
organization  of  an  Imperial  Ministry.^— The  Reichstag  voted  the  first 
reading  of  the  bill  empowering  the  Emperor  to  decree  laws  for  Alsace 
and  Lorraine,  after  they  have  passed  the  Federal  Council  and  the  Alsace 
and  Lorraine  Committee,  but  with  previous  consent  of  the  Reichstag.^— 
The  autonomists  of  Germany  say  they  are  neither  a  Government  party, 
nor  systematic  oppositionists,  and  add  :  "  We  wish  to  move  onward  with 
the  Government  so  long  as  it  pursues  a  progressive  course." 

Sunday,  18th —The  Porte  is  displaying  a  very  conciliatory  spirit 
toward  Montenegro.  It  still  refuses  to  cede  any  fortified  places,  but  is 
more  accommodating  in  relation  to  other  demands.— General  Ignatieff 
attended  a  reception  at  the  Foreign  Office  in  England.^— The  protocol 
not  only  assures  peace,  but  the  accord  of  Europe.— —A  dispatch  from 
Constantinople  favors  the  idea  that  an  understanding  between  England 
and  Russia  will  be  followed  by  a  pacific  arrangement  between  Montenegro 
and  Turkey. 

Monday,  19th.  —A  deputation  from  Bosnia,  to  implore  the  aid  of 
the  Czar,  passed  through  KishennelL—  Peace  may  now  be  considered 
certain,  as  England  has  apparently  decided  that  the  protocol  contains  the 
principle  of  coercion.  —  'The  disaffected  natives  of  Calcutta  have  sub- 
mitted and  given  hostages  for  good  behavior.  The  Kohat  Pass  is  conse- 
quently quiet.  ^—Popular  feeling  against  Mahmoud  Damoud  is  gaining 
ground.  Thirty  Softas  were  arrested.  -^The  weekly  statement  of  the 
Imperial  Bank  of  Germany  shows  a  decrease  of  366,000  marks. 

Tuesday,  20th  —The  Vatican  has  obtained  lists  of  volunteers  pre- 
pared to  serve  under  the  Papal  flag,  and  large  sums  of  money  have  been 
deposited  in  France  and  England.  The  number  of  Russian  troops  on 
the  frontier  was  estimated  at  100,000.— The  betting  on  the  Oxford  and 
Cambridge  boat  race  is  even. ^—Russia  cannot  demobilize  until  three 
events  have  happened — first,  the  signature  of  the  protocol ;  second,  the 
conclusion  of  peace  between  Turkey  and  Montenegro  ;  and  third,  the  pre- 
liminary demobilization  of  the  Sultan's  forces. 

Wednesday,  21st— The  Prince  of  Montenegro  abandons  his  claim 
to  Spezza,  on  the  right  bank  of  Moratsha  River,  the  fortified  islands  in 
Lake  Scutari,  and  some  other  points  ;   and  besides  the  territory  already 


March  24,  1877. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


8 


i  bj  the  Porte,  he  merely  asks  for  ti. 

K.'iitM-hi.— \u  Odessa  I  ngUsh  steamer,  with 

irmi  end  ammunition  from  N--w   Haven  For  Constantinople,  ha 

lost in  the  Reiobstajr,  the  bill  fixin  the  seal  ol  the  [m- 

i  ourtol  Germany,  wee  ,,inpt.  ,i.— The  English  cabinet  has  not 
i  modifications,  and  reqoin  audering  them 

a  distinct  pledge  ol  demobilization. 

Thureday,  22<± -- 3arVet  Pasha,  In  thanking  the  foreign  Char 

for  their  presence  at  the  opening  of  the  Turkish  Parliament,  told 
them  they  had  heard  the  indications  <>f  toe  Saltan,  who  hoped  he  would 
not  be  called  anon  t<»  give  any  more  positiTe  ntteranoea  of  hi>  ebnoere 

Intention  to  ameliorate  the  condition  of  the  people.^— "To all  appearai , 

Rassta.  is  eager  to  find  any  honorable  meana  to  retreat  from  her  perilous 
poaition.  The  Boropean  Cabinets  are  anxious  to  aiil  hex  as  far  ;>s  they 
can,  without  compromising  themselves.-^— Kussi;i  is  witting  the  disarm- 
ament ehould  be  nmultnnonus  on  L>< »tli  sides.— —The  protocol  has  not  yet 
been  signed,  bat  the  difficulty  may  vanish  in  ■  few  days."— ■— A  full  report 
ol  the  sitting  «>f  the  Rftirhetng  on  the  28th  ult.,  at  Berlin,  has  been  sent 
t.<  the  Vatican. 

Friday,  23rd.— A  dispatch  From  Rome  announces  the  death  of  Mon- 
ejgneur  5 1  nil  an  U,  Auditor  of  the  Sacred  Rota.  The  same  dispatch  says 
it  is  reported  that  SigTior  Melagari  will  resign  the  Ministry  of  Affairs, 
and  negotiations  are  in  progress  For  the  appointment  of  Count  Corti  as 
liia  successor.— — The  Russian  Gh>vemment  has  sent  Montenegro  pro- 
visions sufficient  for  a  year.  Nine  steamers  Laden  with  provisions  have 
already  arrived  at  t'atnrro.—  There  is  reason  to  l>elieve  that  if  the  pro- 
tocol is  signed  a  meeting  of  the  three  Emperors  will  shortly  follow. 
<  ieneraJ  [gnatieff  had  no  difficulty  1M  arranging  this  at  Berlin,  and  i?  now 
going  to  Vienna  for  a  similar  purpose. 

KITTY    OF    COLERAINE. 

As  beautiful  Kitty,  one  morning  was  tripping 
With  a  pitcher  of  milk  from  the  fair  of  Coleraine, 
When  she  saw  me  she  stumbled— the  pitcher  it  tumbled 
And  all  the  sweet. buttermilk  watered  the  plain. 

"  Oh!  what  shall  T  do  now  ?    Twee  looking  at  you  now ; 
Sure,  sure,  such  a  pitcher  I'll  ne'er  meet  again. 
Twaa  the  pride  of  my  dairy  :  O,  Barney  McLeary, 
You're  sent  as  a  plague  to  the  girls  of  Coleraine!" 

I  sat  down  beside  her  and  gently  did  chide  her 
That  such  a  misfortane  should  give  her  such  pain ; 
A  kiss  I  then  gave  her  before  I  did  leave  her — 
She  vowed  for  such  pleasure  she'd  break  it  again. 

Twus  hay-making  season,  I  can't  tell  the  reason ; 
Misfortunes  will  never  cmne  single— that's  plain; 
For  very  soon  after  poor  Kitty's  disaster, 
There  ne'er  was  a  pitcher  whole  in  Coleraine. 


Many  years  ago  a  young  practitioner  in  London  announced  to  Mr. 
Wakley,  then  the  pugnacious  editor  and  proprietor  of  a  struggling  medi- 
cal paper,  that  he  despaired  of  making  an  income  in  the  metropolis,  and 
was  tempted  to  emigrate  and  try  his  fortunes  elsewhere.  Mr.  Wakley 
asked  him  which,  of  several  things  he  was  attempting,  he  thought  he 
could  do  best.  He  answered,  "  Treat  skin  affections."  "  Then,"  said  Mr. 
Wakley — and  the  advice  has  become  classical,  and  has  been  the  founda- 
tion of  many  another  professional  fortune  since— "  tell  people  that  you 
can  do  it,  and  never  leave  off  telling  them,  and  tell  them  so  often  that 
they  will  never  think  of  their  skins  without  thinking  of  you,  and  until, 
if  you  are  announced  in  a  drawing-room,  every  one  begins  to  scratch  him- 
self." This  advice,  industriously  followed,  led  to  fortune  and  fame.  At 
the  end  of  a  busy  and  meritorious  life,  in  which  his  name  has  been  indus- 
triously kept  before  the  public  and  the  profession,  Mr.  Wilson  is  a  Fellow 
of  the  Royal  Society,  and  the  possessor  of  a  large  fortune  without  other 
than  public  claims  upon  it.  He  has  become  professor  of  his  specialty  at 
the  College  of  Surgeons,  by  giving  £5,000  to  the  college  to  found  a  chair, 
which  he  has  obtained  for  himself.  This  gives  him  a  cap  and  gown.  At 
the  present  moment  an  enterprising  soapmaker  gives  European  vogue  to 
the  name  of  Wilson  by  announcing  that  Mr.  Wilson  considers  the  soap  of 
this  soapmaker  a  delightful  balm.  But  Mr.  Wilson  has  hit  upon  an  ex- 
pedient for  immortalizing  his  name,  which,  if  it  succeeds,  will  cost  him 
£10,000,  and  if  it  fails  will  cost  him  nothing.  He  has  agreed  to  pay  that 
sum  for  Cleopatra's  Needle,  safely  delivered  on  the  Thames  embankment, 
and  will  then  present  it  to  a  grateful  nation,  who  will,  of  course,  cut  his 
name  on  it  in  letters  of  gold.  JSreperennius.  Horace  might  have  sug- 
gested the  idea,  and  Hollo  way  might  envy  it. — Truth.. 

There  is  a  good  story  told  of  "  Commodore  "  Vanderbilt  which  might 
be  repeated  with  advantage  in  Capel  Court,  London.  At  the  beginning 
of  the  panic  of  1873,  a  New  York  reporter  interviewed  him  in  order  to 
get  his  views  of  the  situation.  The  reporter  was  shown  into  the  august 
man's  presence  and  at  once  plunged  in  media*  res.  "  Good  morning. 
Commodore,"  he  said  ;  "  what  do  you  think  of  the  panic?  "  "  I  don't 
think  about  it  at  all."  "What  do  you  intend  to  do  about  it  then?"  "I 
don't  intend  to  do  anything."  "  Well,  haven't  you  got  anything  to  say 
about  it?"  "No,  sir,  not  a  word."  The  baffled  and  crest-fallen  re- 
porter was  leaving  the  room  without  any  material  for  "copy,"  when  A  an- 
derbilt  called  out,  "  Look  a-here,  sonny,  let  me  give  you  a  little  bit  of  ad- 
vice. Pay  ready  money  for  everything  you  buy,  and  never  sell  anything 
which  you  do  not  own.  Good  morning,  sonny."  Vanderbilt  was  a  man 
of  few  words.  Once  when  in  London  his  health  was  given  at  a  public 
dinner,  and  he  was  called  upon  for  a  speech.  He  replied:  "Gentlemen, 
I  have  never  made  a  fool  of  myself  in  my  life,  and  I  am  not  going  to 
begin  now.  Here  is  a  friend  of  mine  who  can  talk  all  day.  He  will  do 
my  speaking."  That  was  rather  a  left-handed  compliment,  for  it  implied 
that  his  friend  was  a  fool.  So  far  from  being  that  he  was  the  commo- 
dore's lawyer,  and  we  may  be  quite  sure  that  Vanderbilt  did  not  choose 
a  fool  for  his  legal  adviser. 


WHAT    IS    MODERATE    IN    DRINKING  ? 
We  doubt  whether  it   i 
parent  ol  eieesejve  drinking,     Bat  what  i*  moderate  drinking!    We  i  an 
•  at  s  notion  of  it  by  saying  what  it  i*  not    Drinking  earl]    In  the 
day  Is  not  consistent  with  n  Idng.    The  man   a 

day  with  "  -t  soda  and  I. randy"  has  wry  little  respect  for  his  oonrtltuti 

and  if  he  does  not  alter  hie  habits  they  will  alter  hie  health.    >  >dd 

forei 1>>  oot  oome  within  tbi 

of  moderate  drinking,     They  will  show  themselves  m  i rotuni  I 

feature  or  figure,  or  alteration  of  color,  psia,  or  lithii 

rheumatism.  That  is  not  moderate  drinking  which  adds  fifteen  oi  tw<  nty 
beats  to  the  puis.-,  or  which  flushes  the  race.  (Finally,  all  casual  drinking 
is  bad,  presumably,  and  not  moderate  drinking.  The  system  will  d 
ceive  food  merely  as  ■  matter  of  conviviality  at  all  sorts  of  odd  boom, 
Sail  I  r.s  will  it  i-  : -i\ .  with  impuintv  drink  In  tin-,  w  :y.  Drinking  v.!:i-  li 
disturbs  sleep,  either  by  making  it  heavy  or  by  driving  It  away,  ii  not 
moderate.  For  want  ol  thought  on  these  points  many  people  who  would 
be  shocked  to  be  oonsidered  immoderate  charge  their  blood  and  tissues 

with  drink  so  continuously  that  the  system,  though  never  saturated  with 
is  never  free  from,  alcohol.  Moderate  drinking  is  that  which  Consists 
with  a  clean  tongue,  a  good  appetite,  a  alow  poise,  a  coo]  skin,  a  clear 
head,  a  steady  hand,  good  walking  power,  and  tight  refreshing  sleep.  It 
is  associated  with  meals,  and  is  entirely  subordinated  to  more  convenient 
and  less  objectionable  forms  of  food.  That  such  drinking  produces  drunk- 
enness has  yet  to  be  proved,  as  it  has  yet  to  be  proved  ta  be  essential  to 
health.  —Lancet. 


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PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

Tbe  Company's  steamers  will  sail  as  follows  at  12  DC.: 
CITY  OK  PEEING,  April  3,  for  YOKOHAMA  and  HONGKONG. 

GRANADA,  March  30th,  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  calling  at  ACAPULCO, 
SAN  JOSE  DE  GUATEMALA  and  PUNTA  ARENAS.  Tickets  to  and  from  Europe 
by  any  line  for  sale. 

AUSTRALIA,  March  28th,  at  12  o'clock,  noon,  or  on  arrival  of  the  English  mails, 
for  HONOLULU,  KANDAVAU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT  CHALMERS. 
To  Sydney  or  Auckland — Upper  Saloon,  $210;  Lower  Saloon,  $200. 

DAKOTA,  March  30th,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TOWNSEND,  SEATTLE,  TACOMA 
and  OLYMPIA,  connecting  afc  TACOMA  With  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for  PORT- 
LAND, Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11  a.m.  on  day  of  tailing.  For 
freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  corner  of  First  and  Branuan  "streets. 

March  -4.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 


S.   P.   &    N.   P.    R-    R. 

(Ibansre  of  Time. —•  On    ami    after    Mouclay,  January   1st; 
j    the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE,  Captain  W.  Warner,  mti  leave  Washington 

street  wharf,  daih/  (Sundays  excepted),  at  3  P.M.,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  can 
for  Cloverdaie  and  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Guernvillc  Branch  to  Korbel's  Mills  and  the  Great  Redwood  Forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cloverdaie  daily  (Sundays  excepted),  at  6  a.m,,  connecting  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Close  connections  made  with  stages  for  So- 
noma, the  Geysers,  Ukiah,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  and  also  for  Mark  West,  Skaggs' 
and  Littons1  Springs.        Freight  received  OH  wharf  from  7  a.m.  to  2:30  P.M. 

Si'nii.w  Excrn.si.-iNS.—  On  and  after  March  25,  1877,  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DON- 
Alll'K  will  I,.mU'  Wiisliinglnii-st.  Wlmrf,  Sunday,  at  8  a.m.,  connecting  at  Donahue 
with  cars  for  Oloverflale,  way  stations,  and  the  great   Redwood  Forests.     Returning, 

wQl  arrive  in  San  Francisco  at  7:80  p.m.    General  Office,  126  Montgomen  street. 

A.  A.  BEAN,  Superintendent.  P.  DONAHUE.  President. 

March  24  P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Gen'l  Pas.  A.  Ticket  Agent. 


FOR    ARIZONA    AND    MEXICAN    PORTS. 

For  Cape  Sail  Lucas,  Lr  Paz.  itlaxatlan,  Gunyraas  and  the 
Colorado  River,    touching  at   Magdalena  Bay,    should  sufficient  inducement 

offer.  --  The  Steamship Master,  will  leave  for  the  above  * 

ports  on at  12  o'clock  m.,  from  Eolsom-st  Wharf,  connect- 
ing at  the  Mouth  of  the  Colorado  River  with  the  Steamboats  and  Barges  of  the  Colorado 
Steam  Navigation  Company  for  all  points  on  the  River.      Through  Bills  01  Lading 

will  be  furnished  and  none  others  signed.     Freight  will  be  received  on  

No  freight  received  [>     Mexican  Ports  after at  12  noon,  and  Bills 

of  Lading  for  those  ports  must  be  acconi|iauied  by  Custom  House  and  Consular  Clear- 
ances.    For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 

March  17.  ■*■  BERMINGHAM,  Agent,  10  Market  street. 

FOR    FORTIAND,    OREGON. 
he  Only  I>irect  Line.— Steamship  City  of  Chester,  Bolles, 

Commander,  leaves  Folsom-strcet  wharf  SATURDAY.  March  24th,  at  10  A.M. 
K.  VAX  OTERENDORP,  Agent.  210  Batter)'  St. 

CASTLE    BROTHERS— [Established,  1850-] 

Importers  of  Teas  and  East  India  Goods,  Kos.213  and  215 
.    Front  street,  San  Franeiaco.  Jan.  13. 


T 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER, 


March  24, 1877. 


"WITH    PIPE    AND    FLUTE." 

[BY    AUSTIN   DOBSOS'.] 

With  pipe  and  flute  the  rustic  Pan 

Of  old  made  music  sweet  to  man. 

And  wonder  hushed  the  warbling  bird, 
And  closelier  drew  the  calm-eyed  heard, — 

The  rolling  river  slowlier  ran. 

Ah  !  would,  ah !   would,  a  little  span, 

Some  air  of  Arcady  could  fan 

This  age  of  ours  too  seldom  stirred 
With  pipe  and  flute! 

But  now  for  gold  we  plot  and  plan: 

And  from  Beersbeba  unto  Dan, 

An  Orpheus  self  might  walk  unheard, 
Or  find  the  night-jar's  note  preferred;— 

Not  so  it  fared  when   time  began. 

With  pipe  and  flute ! 

THE    P.    AND    O.     COMPANY. 

The  periodical  dinner  of  the  directors,  commanders,  and  other  offi- 
cers of  the  P.  &  O.  Company,  held  in  terms  of  the  will  of  the  late  Mr. 
Anderson,  Chairman,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Company,  took 
place  on  the  let  instant  at  their  offices  in  Leadenhall  street.  The  Lord 
Mayor,  Mr.  Michie  (Agent-General  of  Victoria),  Mr.  Campbell  (Orien- 
tal Bank),  and  Mr.  Purdy  (Bank  of  South  Australia)  were  among  the 
guests  present.     Mr.  Fane  de  Salis  occupied  the  chair. 

After  the  usual  loyal  toasts  and  the  memory  of  Mr.  Anderson  had  been 
drunk,  the  Chairman,  in  proposing  "  Prosperity  to  the  Company,"  said 
he  would  offer  a  few  remarks  on  its  past  and  present  history.  Possessing 
a  capital  of  £3,500,000,  with  a  fleet  equal  in  tonnage  to  that  of  the  United 
States,  and  employing  17,000  men  ashore  and  afloat,  it  was  entitled  to  rank 
among  the  greatest  shipping  associations  of  modern  times.  Its  formation 
dated  back  as  far  as  thirty-seven  years  ago,  when  a  union  of  the  steam 
enterprises  of  London,  Liverpool  and  Dublin  gave  it  existence.  It  soon 
assumed  large  proportions,  and  had  responsible  functions  entrusted  to  it. 
Its  mission  from  the  first  was  a  high  one,  for  the  conveyance  of  her  Ma- 
jesty's mails  was  not  the  only  duty  confided  to  it.  Commissioned  to  open 
out  a  highway  of  nations  to  the  East,  the  duty  devolved  on  their  ships  of 
diminishing  the  distance  between  England  and  India  from  four  months  to 
four  weeks.  The  work  allotted  to  them  was  to  bring  millions  into  closer 
relations  with  their  rulers,  and  to  become  the  means  of  extending  our 
commerce,  our  empire,  and  our  civilization  throughout  the  whole  East. 
How  these  duties  had  been  performed  it  was  not  for  a  director  of  the 
Company  to  say.  That  task  would  rest  with  history.  Some  future 
Macaulay,  in  describing  the  effect  of  the  inauguration  of  their  steam 
lines,  would  speak  of  ancient  kingdoms  of  the  earth  long  isolated  from 
the  West,  awakened  from  the  trance  of  ages  by  the  magic  touch  of  steam. 
He  would  tell  of  commerce  expanding  under  its  auspices,  and  of  Eng- 
land's rule  over  her  approximated  possessions  established  on  surer  and 
firmer  foundations  than  before.  But  these  were  not  the  only  services 
rendered  by  the  Company  to  the  country.  In  the  Crimean  war  their 
ships  did  good  service  to  the  State,  and  the  flower  of  their  fleet,  the  Him- 
alaya, ceded  at  that  period  to  the  navy,  still  constituted  one  of  the  finest 
transports  in  Her  Majesty's  service. 

Then,  again,  in  the  Indian  mutiny,  their  steamships,  freely  placed  at 
the  disposal  of  the  Executive,  rendered  efficient  aid  in  quelling  that  for- 
midable insurrection.  Last,  not  least,  in  the  Abyssinian  expedition  they 
were  called  on  to  supply  not  ships  alone,  but  that  most  necessary  article 
in  modern  warfare — coal ;  and  distinguished  officers  had  admitted  that  the 
lesson  given  to  King  Theodore  under  the  hights  of  Magdala,  a  lesson 
which  struck  terror  into  the  hearts  of  the  disaffected  in  India,  must  have 
been  deferred  but  for  the  aid  their  establishments  in  the  Red  Sea  were 
able  to  afford  to  Her  Majesty's  forces.  Nor  in  glancing  at  the  most  promi- 
nent features  in  the  past  history  of  the  company,  ought  another  public 
service  to  be  omitted — a  service  rendered,  not  to  England,  but  to  an  allied 
State.  It  would  ever  form  a  bright  spot  in  the  annals  of  the  company 
that  it  had  been  permitted  to  them  to  be  among  the  first  to  aid  in  restoring 
"Venice  to  her  past  prestige  by  reopening  for  her  ancient  communications 
with  the  East,  in  the  hope  that  this  might  prove  the  prelude  to  her  again 
resuming  her  high  position  in  the  commerce  of  the  world.  So  far  he  had 
spoken  of  the  past  history  of  the  company,  he  would  now  say  a  few  words 
as  to  its  present  and  its  future.  He  asked  them  to  drink  prosperity  to  the 
company;  but  some  persons  asserted  there  was  no  prosperity  in  store  for 
it,  and  that  under  the  influence  of  the  opening  of  the  Suez  Canal  this  great 
undertaking  had  entered  on  a  downward  course.  Such  assertions  he  met 
with  the  strongest  denial.  It  was  true  the  opening  of  the  Canal  had  been 
a  great  trial  to  them  ;  it  had  reduced  their  profits,  diminished  their  divi- 
dends, forced  rigid  economy  on  them,  and  it  had  besides  imposed  on  them 
the  costly  obligation  of  reorganizing  aud  in  part  rebuilding  their  fleet. 
That  work,  however,  successfully  done,  he  had  yet  to  learn  why  a  com- 
pany possessing  some  of  the  finest  steamships  in  the  mercantile  marine  of 
England  should  not  retain  the  place  its  enterprise  had  so  hardly  won  for 
it,  in  the  carrying  trade  of  the  East.  That  trade,  in  lieu  of  diminishing, 
was  fast  expanding.  If  they  turned  to  India,  the  commerce  of  that  great 
empire  was  increasing  more  rapidly  than  most  persons  believed. 

In  proof  of  this  he  would  state  a  few  facts.  Three  years  ago  the  export 
of  wheat  from  India  was  insignificant;  last  year  it  amounted  to  upwards 
of  200,000  tons.  Ten  years  ago  but  12,000  tons  of  jute  were  exported,  but 
last  year  that  quantity  had  exceeded  50,000  tons.  Fifteen  years  ago  the 
export  of  tea  did  not  exceed  1,400,000  pounds  ;  last  year  it  amounted  to 
21,000,000  pounds.  This  was  not  the  time  or  place  for  statistics,  he  would 
therefore  pass  on  to  that  other  great  empire — China,  with  its  four  hundred 
millions  of  inhabitants,  with  which  they  had  such  close  relations.  Its 
population  were  eager  for  trade  with  the  West ;  and  what  would  be  the 
proportion  of  its  future  commerce  with  the  outer  world  when  the  oppo- 
sition of  its  official  classes  had  been  over-ruled  by  the  voice  of  the  people, 
and  the  advancing  tide  of  European  enterprise  was  freely  admitted  to  its 
shores.  As  to  the  South  Wales  ironmasters,  ask  the  ironmasters  of  the 
North  what  they  thought  of  the  future  of  China  in  connection  with  their 
trade,  and  they  would  say  that  they  had  read  with  the  keenest  interest 
the  accounts  of  the  late  opening  of  its  first  railway  ;   for  they  knew  that 


when  iron  roads  were  well  introduced  into  China,  thousands — he  might 
say  hundreds  of  thousands — of  tons  of  English  iron  must  find  their  way 
there  in  European  ships,  and  they  would  mark  that  this  iron,  according  to 
the  ordinary  course  of  trade,  would  not  be  paid  for  in  coin,  but  in  articles 
of  increased  produce,  which  on  its  way  home  would  again  make  freight  for 
British  ships.  Nor  in  estimating  the  future  of  the  commerce  of  the  East, 
on  which  the  prosperity  of  their  company  was  based,  ought  those  great 
colonies  of  the  southern  hemisphere — reserved  as  they  were  for  high  des- 
tinies— to  be  forgotten-  Connected  as  he  was  with  the  Australian  colonies, 
he  claimed  to  know  them  well,  and  it  was  his  conviction  that  some  persons 
in  that  room  would  yet  live  to  see  the  day  when  they  would  stand  pre- 
eminent in  the  commerce  of  the  East. 

Three  months  ago  Sir  Hercules  Robinson,  the  Governor  of  New  South 
Wales,  delivered  an  admirable  address  at  Albury,  in  the  course  of  which 
he  endeavored  to  foreshadow  the  future  commerce  and  population  of  Aus- 
tralia. H^  showed  that  accordiug  to  the  present  rate  of  increase  their 
population  would  in  fifty  years  equal  that  of  England,  while  in  eighty 
years  it  would  exceed  that  of  the  United  States.  In  making  this  esti- 
mate he  said  with  truth  it  might  prove  too  low,  as  no  person  could  exactly 
guage  the  future  flow  of  Australian  emigration.  At  present  it  was  small, 
but  the  protective  tariff  of  America,  restrictive  as  it  was  of  intercourse 
with  the  rest  of  the  world,  was  not  favorable  to  emigration,  the  tide  of 
which,  repelled  from  its  shores,  would  assuredly  be  diverted  to  Australia. 
Last  year  the  emigration  from  Europe  to  America  had  declined  50  per 
cent.,  while  Australian  emigration  had  increased  in  a  somewhat  greater 
ratio.  The  direct  route  to  Australia  lay  through  the  Canal,  which  short- 
ened the  distance  by  3,000  miles,  but  he  would  ask  M.  de  Lessep's  atten- 
tion to  the  fact  that  solely  owing  to  the  prohibitive  character  ef  the  tolls, 
not  a  single  Australian  ship  had  ever  yet  passed  through  the  Canal. 
When  the  tolls  were  reduced  steamships  with  emigrants  would  willingly 
use  the  canal ;  and,  the  voyage  being  shortened  one-half,  a  large  emigra  • 
tion,  perhaps  equal  to  that  which  till  lately  prevailed  between  Europe 
and  America,  would  ensue.  In  that  case  even  the  present  generation 
might  see  Australia  not  only  taking  high  rank  in  the  commerce  of  the 
East,  but  admitted  to  a  place  in  the  councils  of  the  world. 

With  these  facts  before  them  there  could  be  no  doubt  as  to  the  future 
expansive  character  of  Eastern  trade,  which  would  secure  profitable  em- 
ployment for  their  ships  and  assure  prosperity  with  success  to  the  com- 
pany. With  the  aid  of  the  gentlemen  who  sat  around  him — men  bound 
to  the  company  by  the  strongest  ties,  most  of  whom  he  had  himself  seen 
enter  the  company's  service  in  their  youth,  and  who  had  known  no  other 
service  than  its  own — they  would  not  only  secure  success  and  prosperity 
for  the  company;  they  would  do  more,  for  they  would  deserve  it. 

The  toast  having  been  drunk  with  all  the  honors,  several  other  toasts 
followed,  including  that  of  "  The  Lord  Mayor  and  Corporation  of  the 
City  of  London,"  suitably  acknowledged  by  his  lordship,  and  the  pro- 
ceedings then  terminated. 

Among  the  portraits  of  deceased  worthies  adorning  the  walls  of  the 
Board  room  was  one  of  the  late  lamented  Mr.  James  Allan,  Managing 
Director,  which  had  been  finished  for  the  occasion,  and  was  hung  between 
those  of  his  former  colleagues,  Messrs.  Willcox  and  Anderson. 


MDNDNG  DIVIDENDS. 
The  ' '  Evening  Bulletin"  of  March  16th  contained  a  carefully  pre- 
pared and  valuable  tabulated  statement  of  dividends  paid  to  stockholders 
by  the  most  prominent  mines  of  the  coast,  from  January  1,  1867,  to  De- 
cember 31,  1876,  embracing  a  period  of  ten  years.,  and  containing  a  list  of 
seventy-three  mines  in  California,  Nevada  and  Idaho.  It  is  a  timely  and 
meritorious  contribution  to  the  stock  of  information  possessed  by  the 
public  at  large  in  relation  to  the  development  of  our  mining  operations, 
in  so  far  as  the  precious  metals  are  concerned,  and  will  serve  to  reassure 
those  who  seem  to  have  had  their  confidence  shaken  by  existing  depres- 
sions in  the  mining  share  stock  markets.  The  Bulletin  will  pardon  us  for 
throwing  a  little  more  light  on  the  subject  by  the  production  of  a  few 
figures  and  facts  going  to  show  that,  although  its  statement  for  ten  years 
is  quite  correct,  a  much  larger  sum  than  $88,803,000  has  actually  been 
disbursed  in  dividends  to  the  stockholders,  by  going  back  to  the  dates  of 
organization  of  the  several  mining  companies.  For  example,  the  date  of 
organization  of  the  Yellow  Jacket  company  is  January,  1863,  or  fouryears 
longer  than  the  time  comprised  in  our  contemporary's  tables,  and  the 
amount  paid  in  dividends  by  the  company  during  those  four  years  was 
5744,000  more  than  stated,  or  32,184,000  in  all.  Gould  &  Curry  cuts  a 
sorry  figure  with  its  paltry  548,000 ;  but  by  going  back  to  the  date  of 
organization  in  June,  1860,  or  seven  year's  previous  to  the  Bulletin's  time, 
it  will  be  found  that  the  total  dividends  paid  by  that  company  are 
53,826,800— a  difference  of  53,778,800.  Savage  has  paid  dividends  since 
date  of  organization  to  the  amount  of  §4,288,000,  or  51,160,000  more  than 
is  apportioned  to  its  credit.  It  will  be  seen  that  these  three  mines  alone 
have  disbursed  the  large  amount  of  55,682,800  over  and  above  the  aggre- 
gate sum  set  down  for  them  in  the  Bulletin's  tables.  Were  the  same  pro- 
cess of  going  back  to  the  date  of  organization  to  be  applied  to  all  other 
mining  companies  existing  longer  than  ten  years  before  December  31, 
1876,  an  addition  of  many  millions  would  have  to  be  made  to  the 
588,803,000,  which  is  the  sum  total  for  ten  years.  In  these  combined 
facts  those  who  doggedly  affirm  that  our  mining  companies  have  been  but 
so  many  snares,  traps  and  delusions  to  catch  the  unwary  and  confiding, 
may  read  a  lesson  worthy  of  even  their  high  consideration. — Commercial 
Herald.  

President  Hayes  said  a  good  thing,  the  other  day,  to  Miss  Phoebe 
Cozzens  of  St.  Louis,  who  went  up  to  the  White  House  to  pay  her  re- 
spects to  him.  Miss  Cozzens  is  a  lady  who  has  studied  law,  and  who 
differs  from  nearly  all  the  ladies  who  have  invaded  the  prof essions  usually 
practiced  by  men,  in  being  decidedly  attractive  in  personal  appearance. 
In  the  course  of  her  conversation  Miss  Cozzens  playfully  referred  to  Gen- 
eral Grant's  having  talked  of  appointing  her  Chief  Justice,  and  said  that, 
had  he  done  so,  it  would  have  been  her  duty  to  have  administered  the 
oath  of  office  to  him  on  Monday.  President  Hayes  replied  to  her,  "  My 
dear  Miss  Cozzens,  in  that  case  I  should  have  kissed  something  besides 
the  book."  

Fishmonger  :  "  Well,  fish  is  dear,  mum;  you  see  it's  a-gettin'.  werry 
sca'ce  in  consekence  o'  these  'ere  aqueriuns." 


March  34,  L877, 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  BAN    FRANCISCO   NKWs    LETTER. 


THE    INAUGURATION     Or    PRESIDENT    HATES. 
i  in  trble  and  <  iranite  ! 
'.mill  and  dome  ! 
\  I  Sapitol,  huge  u  .1  p] 

An. I  mighty  as  marble-built  Rome  I 
;   granite  t"  glory  ! 

Go  up.  with  tbv  face  to  the  sun  : 
They  ere  utained  with  tin-  fo  itory 

**i  giants  end  battles  well  won. 
'stand  on  this  stairway  of  granite. 

Lo!  Arlington,  storied,  and  -till 
W  ufi  t  lullaby  hush.     .    .    .     Hut  the  land  it 

Springe  fresh  as  that  sun -fronted  hill. 
Beneath  us  stout  -  hearted  Potomac 

In  majesty  moves  to  the 
Beneath  as  s  sea  of  proud  people 

Moves  on,  undivided  :cs  he. 
Yea.  atrife  is  over  and  ended 

For  all  the  days  under  the  sun  ; 
The  banners  unite  and  are  blended 

\-  starlight  and  sunlight  in  one. 
Lo!  banners  and  banners  and  banners! 

Broad  star -balanced  banners  of  blue — 
If  e  single  Btar  fell  from  fair  heaven 

Why.  what  would  befall  us,  think  you? 
Lo !   Westward  and   Northward  and  Southward 

The  captains  come  home  from  the  wars — 
Now  the  world  shall  endure  if  we  only 

Keep  perfect  this  system   of  stars.     .     .     . 
The  <  'aptain  of  Captains  leads  slowly 

l'p  the  great  rounded  stairway  of  stone — 
How  unlike  on  the  fierce  front  of  glory 

Where  he  led  till  lie  led  all  alone  ! 
He  stops  on  the  topmost  great  granite 

That  tops  the  far  highway  of  fame  ; 
He  Idssea  the  Book,  and  his  hand  it 

Uplifte  in  the  great  God's  name.  .  .  . 
It  is  done.     God  help  him  !     A  bolder 

Than  Theseus  might  well  hesitate 
To  Atlas-like  lift  on  his  shoulder 

This  proud,  splendid  Capitols  weight. 
God  help  him  !     The  seven  hard  labors 

01  Hercules  fate  has  forecast.   .   .    . 
O  States,  stand  as  neighbors  to  neighbors  ! 

O  statesmen,  be  statesmen  at  last! 

— Joaquin  Milter  in  the  Boston  Journal, 

CO-OPEBATIVE  STORES  EST  ENGLAND. 
About  ten  years  ago,  so  the  story  runs,  one  of  the  clerks  in  the 
London  postoffice  purchased  or  had  sent  to  him,  a  half  chest  of  pure  tea, 
and  not  wishing  to  use  it  all  made  overtures  to  some  fellow  clerks  to  take 
part  of  it.  He  succeeded  in  reducing  the  quantity  in  possession  to  a  suit- 
able amount,  and  then  refused  to  sell  any  more.  Presently  another  clerk 
bought  at  wholesale  price  some  goods,  and  fragmented  them  into  small 
complements  and  sold  them  as  the  tea  had  been  disposed  of.  Some  one, 
thinking  that  it  would  be  a  great  saving  all  around,  suggested  that  all 
sorts  of  goods  be  bought  in  bulk  at  wholesale  and  distributed  at  cost  to 
the  members  of  the  civil  service.  This  plan  was  adopted,  and  now  the 
concern  which  begun  on  half  a  chest  of  tea,  does  an  annual  business  of 
812,000,000.  The  original  membership  of  five  has  grown  to  1,800,  accord- 
ing to  the  last  report  of  the  directors  of  the  association.  The  success  of 
the  postoffice  civil  service  supply,  has  tempted  others  into  the  same  field 
of  economy,  and  now  the  Haymarket  civil  service  is  the  formidable  rival 
of  the  original  association.  The  Haymarket  civil  service  ;  esociation  has 
about  2,000  members,  and  does  an  annual  business  of  about  $6,000,000. 
The  army  and  navy  has  also  its  association,  numbering  10,000,  and  doing 
an  annual  business  of  about  §4,000,000  to  §5,000,000  a  year.  These  are 
only  the  most  prominent  of  the  co-operative  stores  in  England.  Every 
town  of  any  importance  has  some  such  organization,  and  it  is  estimated 
that  about  00,000  subscribers  are  on  the  books  of  the  different  concerns, 
and  that  the  annual  business  thus  done  amounts  to  the  enormous  sum  of 
£50,000,000  annually. 

A    POOR    GIRL    SUDDENLY    BECOMES    RICH. 

An  illiterate  peasant  girl,  servant  in  a  prominent  family  in  South 
Maitland,  Australia,  has  lately  inherited  a  million  and  a  half  of  francs, 
or  $300,000.  The  golden  shower  has  descended  on  the  heiress  from  the 
will  of  a  distant  relative,  of  whose  existence  she  was  ignorant,  but  who 
had  made  a  large  fortune  in  America,  and  left  it  to  this  girl  and  her 
brother  in  equal  portions.  The  brother  is  a  stable-boy  in  a  wealthy  fam- 
ily near  Paris.  Both  are  utterly  without  education,  not  even  knowing 
how  to  read.  The  lady  with  whom  the  heiress  continued  to  live  while 
the  affairs  of  the  defunct  relative  are  being  settled,  is  vainly  trying  to 
give  the  girl  some  clear  notion  of  the  importance  of  the  fortune  she  has 
fallen  into  ;  but  it  seems  impossible  to  make  ber  see  either  the  responsi- 
bilities it  will  entail,  or  the  necessity  of  turning  it  to  useful  account.  Her 
sole  idea  in  connection  with  her  improved  fortune  is  to  have  "  a  little 
house  in  the  country  and  a  good  lot  of  fowls."  She  stubbornly  refuses  to 
learn  to  read  or  write,  declaring  that  she  can  look  after  "  the  little  house 
and  the  fowls"  without  either.  "But  how  will  you  manage  your  ser- 
vants?" urged  her  mistress,  "if  you  do  not  take  the  trouble  to  improve 
Yourself  and  acouire  a  better  idea  of  thirgs?"  "Servants!"  answered 
the  girl,  with  French  gestures  of  amazement  and  disgust,  "  Do  you  think 
I  would  have  servants  ?  Why,  what  should  I  do  if  I  had  servants  to  do 
my  work?  No,  no;  no  servants  for  me.  I  want  no  one  to  meddle  with 
my  little  house  and  my  fowls.     I  shall  take  care  of  them  myself." 

Legal  Tenders  here  are  irregular,  at  95J  buying  and  96£  selling. 


WHAT    THE    WORLD    SAYS. 


A  member  of  th  Priooi 

common  with  most  exiled   Frenchmen. 


I,  named  PHon,  who, 

■ 


!  !  by  hi*  np|Hii 

not  usually  considered  In  accordance  with  good  teste.  Ha  hse  drawn 
some  pictures  of  oh  which  are  nol  si  iJl  Battering,  and  which  I  would 
fain  believe  ai  half  true,  in  a  volume  recently  published,  mars 

for  the  "inn-;,  m  untrj  m<  a      1 1 

invited  to  a  mess-dinner,  and  this  is  hovi  I 

it,  while  scarcely  taking  the  trouble  to  conceal  ■  ition  of 

hie  entertainers :  "The  oolonol  who  presided  enjoyed  ■  magnificent 
military  reputation.  Be  had  never  gone  through  a  campaign,  but  he  had 
highly  distinguished  himself  year  by  year  at  the  Autumn  Manoeuvres, 
and  he  bad  once  had  s  horse  Galled  under  him  with  fatigue.  When  he 
rose  to  prop,,.-,.-  the  Bret  toast  you  might  have  thought  there  was  fury  In 
his  glare  ;  but  no  :  it  was  only  his  way  of  putting  on  a  took  of  dignity. 
In  the  intervals  between  the  toasts  the  band  played  'The  British 
Grenadiers,'  'Rule,  Britannia,'  and  the  equally  familiar  air.  'I'.ritMi 
never  will  be  slaves,'  This,  of  course,  lord  the  company  with  military 
enthusiasm.  A  lord,  who  had  been  at  Toulouse  andal  Waterloo,  declari  a 
that  the  2ls1  Dragoons  would  never  suffer  England  to  be  invaded.  The 
words  were  loudly  applauded,  and  his  hearers  swore  to  exterminate  the 
enemies  of  Great  Britain  in  every  part  of  the  world.  Afterwards  they 
all  went  to  the  Casino.  And  thus  history  is  written— for  the  boule- 
vards.—Atlas. 

I  hinted  some  weeks  since  at  a  "coming  event"  which  has  now 
become  matter  of  notoriety.     The  most  popular  and  charming  of  operatic 

singers,  the  richest  and  most  successful  of  the  profession.  Madame  Adeline 
Patti,  Marquise  de  Caux,  is  announced  to  appear  before  the  Tribunal  de 
la  Seine,  for  the  purpose  of  becoming  legally  separated  from  her  husband. 
She  is  in  fact  already  separated,  having  recently  left  St.  Petersburg  in 
company  with  the  well-known  tenor  Nicolini.  who  is  known  in  private 
life  as  M.  Nicolas.  Those  who  were  behind  the  scenes  at  the  Opera  last 
year  will  probably  be  not  surprised  at  this  piece  of  news  ;  the  philosophic 
students  of  human  nature  will  make  allowance  for  the  nature  artiste;  and 
as  for  the  British  public,  let  us  hope  it  will  not  give  way  to  one  of  those 
periodical  tits  of  morality  which,  according  to  Lord  Macaulay,  recur  every 
six  or  seven  years.  The  facts  of  the  case  are  simple.  Signor  Nicolini  has 
recently  been  separated  from  his  own  wife,  at  her  request,  on  the  ground 
of  her  husband's  liaison  with  Patti.  The  Marquis  was,  on  his  side,  not 
without  suspicion  ;  and  as  he  administered  the  vocal  talents  of  his  wife  for 
his  own  advantage  as  well  as  hers,  he  marie  it  one  of  the  stipulations  of 
the  engagement  at  St.  Petersburg,  that  Patti  should  not  play  in  company 
with  Nicolini.  Romeo,  however,  was  not  to  be  daunted,  and  went  bo  far 
as  to  tempt  the  manager  by  offering  his  services  gratis  ;  and  so  Romeo  and 
Juliet  played  together  under  the  very  nose  of  the  irate  husband.  The 
affair  ended  in  a  furious  and  noisy  scene,  and  Juliette  fled  with  her  lover. 
Juliette,  it  may  be  added,  is  now  in  her  thirty-seventh  year. — Atlas  in  the 
World.  -^ 

There  lias  been  a  mild  sort  of  revolution  at  the  Junior  Athenieum 
Club.  It  seems  that  a  certain  Japanese,  by  name  M.  A.  Hachisaka,  and 
calling  himself  "Prince  of  Awa,"  was  put  up  for  membership.  If  the 
"Heathen  Chinee1'  himself  had  been  proposed,  with  three  packs  of 
cards  stacked  up  his  sleeves,  there  could  not  have  been  greater  consterna- 
tion. It  was  clear  that  a  Japanese  invasion  was  threatened;  "Prince" 
Hachisaka  would  at  once  introduce  Japanese  manners  and  customs,  and 
as  many  of  his  countrymen  as  he  could  collect,  into  the  club.  A  grand 
remonstrance  was  drawn  up  and  signed  by  about  forty  members.  For  days 
there  was  no  peace  at  the  club,  owing  to  this  confounded  Japanese.  Last 
week  he  was  elected,  and  great  was  the  indignation  among  the  anti-Japs. 
But  if  asked  why  a  Japanese  gentleman  should  not  be  likely  to  prove  as 
inoffensive  a  member  of  a  club  as  a  blathering  stockbroker,  I  declare 
that  I  could  conjure  up  no  good  reason. — Atlas. 

"What  an  odd  affair  it  is  altogether!  Just  before  going  to  press  I 
learn  that  Madame  Patti  arrived  in  Berlin  on  Saturday  last  at  6:30  a.  m., 
and  "  descended  "  at  the  Hotel  Rome.  At  noon  the  diva  took  a  drive, 
avoiding  the  fashionable  Thiergarten  and  choosing  the  lower  quarter  of 
the  town,  where  she  promenaded.  On  her  return  to  the  hotel  she  refused 
to  see  any  visitors,  even  her  oldest  friend,  the  Baroness  Benkendorf,  who 
called  twice.  Madame  Patti  left  at  night  for  Paris.  She  was  apparently 
much  annoyed  at  the  observation  she  attracted  at  the  station.  Signor 
Nicolini  went  direct  to  Vienna.  The  Marquis  de  Caux  passed  through 
Berlin  on  Friday,  en  route  for  Paris.  He  stopped  at  the  Kaiserhof  Hotel, 
and  ordered  a  beautiful  bouquet  to  be  placed  in  Madame  de  Caux's  room  on  her 
arrival  ! — Atlas.  ^ - 

If  slackness  in  the  iron  trade  continues,  the  race  of  mineral  million- 
aires bids  fair  to  become  extinct.  The  friends  and  admirers  of  the  late 
Mr.  James  Baird,  of  Auchmedden,  were  much  surprised  that  his  fortune 
did  not  exceed  a  million  and  a  half,  it  being  supposed  that  three  millions 
was  more  like  the  sum.  Owing  to  the  enormous  outlay  attendant  on  the 
repurchase  of  his  business  from  the  Limited  Liability  Company  formed  a 
few  years  ago,  the  sum  left  by  Mr.  James  Merry  is  also  exactly  half  of 
what  was  anticipated,  viz:  £700,000,  instead  of  £1,500,000. 


Mr.  W.  S.  Allen,  M.  P.  for  Newcastle-under-Lyuie,  appears  to  be 
one  of  those  practical  philanthropists  who  practice  what  they  preach. 
Not  long  ago  he  ran  up  to  town  from  his  seat  in  Staffordshire,  and  took 
back  half  a  dozen  juvenile  City  Arabs,  who,  placed  with  cottagers  where 
Mr.  Allen  can  exercise  a  friendly  supervision  over  them,  will  have  a 
chance  of  developing  into  useful  members  of  society.  This  is  the  right 
sort  of  sentimentalism. 

Herr  Richard  Wagner  has  definitely  given  up  all  idea  of  having  any 
performances  at  Bayreuth  this  year.  He  intends  to  recruit  his  finances 
for  the  NibeluTiaen  treasury  by  Laving  concerts  in  London  during  the  ap- 
proaching season.  King  Ludwig  is  furious  with  Wagner  for  the  publica- 
tion of  his  recent  epistle  to  the  faithful,  and  has  held  no  less  than  six 
privy  councils  on  the  subject. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN"   FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


March  24, 1877 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Ten  Thousand  at  Home  and  Abroad. 

The  Property  of  the  Ex-King  of  Hanover.— In  the  Upper  House 
of  the  Prussian  Diet  on  February  5th,  Count  Schulenberg  put  a  question 
regarding  the  eventual  removal  of  the  sequestration  laid  upon  the  prop- 
erty of  ex- King  George  of  Hanover.  Herr  Tiedeman,  Government  Com- 
missioner, in  reply  said  that  the  Government  considered  the  question  to 
be  at  present  in  a  provisional  state,  of  which  it  desired  a  speedy  cessation. 
The  time  for  making  an  alteration,  however,  had  not  yet  arrived,  the 
maintenance  of  the  present  condition  of  things  being  necessitated  by  the 
general  and  important  interests  of  the  Prussian  monarchy  which  were  in- 
volved. After  referring  to  the  continued  agitation  of  the  Guelph  party 
for  the  establishment  of  an  independent  Hanoverian  State  under  Guelphic 
rule,  the  Commissioner  declared  that  the  Government  wished  for  tbe  es- 
tablishment of  peace  as  much  as  the  Provincial  Diet  of  Hanover.  In 
case  King  George  should  hold  out  his  hand,  the  Government  would  ac- 
cept his  advances  as  soon  as  his  Majesty  gave  the  necessary  guarantees 
for  keeping  his  promises.  It  would  not,  however,  abandon  the  power 
which  was  placed  in  its  hands  so  longas  the  Guelph  party  continued  stir- 
ring up  war  and  hatred  against  Prussia. 

The  Emperor  and  the  Army. —Professor  William  Muller,  of  Tu- 
bingen, recently  published  a  short  biographical  sketch  of  the  Emperor. 
One  of  the  incidents  that  he  relates  makes  no  small  sensation.  In  1862, 
after  the  fall  of  the  Auerwald  Ministry,  and  before  Prince  Bismarck  bad 
been  summoned  to  the  premiership,  the  King  felt  the  whole  gravity  of 
the  crisis,  says  the  author.  Some  of  the  Ministers  declared  that  it  would 
be  impossible  to  go  on  in  that  way  ;  that  against  the  determined  resist- 
ance of  the  House  the  reorganization  of  the  army  could  not  be  carried 
out  in  its  full  extent ;  that,  in  short,  the  King  must  make  concessions  to 
the  Chamber.  His  Majesty  is  said  to  have  replied  that  he  could  not  even 
discuss  such  a  thing.  The  reorganization  of  the  army  was  his  personal 
work  and  he  was  pledged  to  it  body  and  soul.  It  was  necessary  for  the 
strength  of  Prussia,  and  he  could  not  yield.  He  would  rather  abdicate  ; 
and  he  added  that  his  successor,  not  being  bound  by  his  pledges,  could 
make  concessions.  So  the  decision  rested  with  the  Crown  Prince.  But 
he  first  took  the  precaution  of  asking  an  opinion  from  experienced  men, 
in  whose  judgment  he  trusted,  and  received  the  following  :  "  A  Prussian 
King  who  made  his  debut  by  suspending  the  reorganization  of  the  army 
and  reducing  its  strength  would  never  during  his  whole  reign  have  an  hon- 
orable position  toward  the  army." 

Italy.  —People  continue  to  be  lively  in  Rome,  the  weather  being  beau- 
tiful and  carnival  approaching.  The  Roman  hounds  recently  met  at 
Roma  Vecchia,  and  if  there  was  not  much  sport  there  was  a  most  enjoy- 
able morning's  ride  over  the  Campagna,  and  the  honors  of  the  brush  and 
head  of  the  only  fox  chopped  after  a  short  run  were  awarded  to  the  Misses 
Lee.  Cardinal  Simeoni,  the  Pope's  new  Secretary  of  State,  is  in  several 
respects  taldng  a  different  line  from  that  of  his  predecessor,  Cardinal 
Antonelli.  Certain  words  spoken  by  him  induced  General  Kanzlerto 
offer  his  resignation,  which  was  immediately  accepted.  He  is  also  doing 
much  in  the  way  of  putting  into  perfect  repair  Castel  Gandolfo  and  other 
buildings  which  Cardinal  Antonelli  bad  allowed  to  fall  into  much  neglect. 
The  Pope's  health  is  perfectly  re-established.  In  the  province  of  Girgenti 
the  authorities  have  arrested  the  Mayor  of  Lucca  Sicula  for  aiding  and 
abetting  brigands.  Warrants  are  out  against  other  persons  of  equal  social 
rank.  "Respecting  the  election  of  a  successor  to  the  present  Pope,  a  cor- 
respondent at  Rome  points  out  that  the  reported  discussion  at  the  Vatican 
as  to  the  eligibility  of  the  Italian  cardinals  for  nomination  could  not  have 
occurred  and  that,  practically,  the  election  of  an  Italian  cardinal  is  almost 
certain.  .         .         ... 

A  Coming  Leader.— The  rumor  has  spread  that,  in  spite  of  his 
youth,  Lord  Rosebury  will  soon  take  the  place  of  the  Duke  of  Argyll  as 
leader  of  the  small  but  compact  band  of  Scotch  Liberal  Peers.  He  is 
much  more  in  accordance  with  the  Liberal  views  of  the  present  day  on 
educational,  and,  above  all  ecclesiastical,  affairs  than  the  Duke,  and 
although  he  does  not  possess  what  Macaulay  would  call  his  senior's 
"  slovenly  omniscience"  in  regard  to  science  and  theology,  is  as  nearly  an 
Admirable  Crichton  as  we  now  have.  He  makes  social  science  congresses 
tolerable-  he  is  an  advocate  of  unsectarian  education,  and  a  judge  of 
horses  ;  he  patronizes  the  drama  and  the  turf,  and  has  lost  neither  money 
nor  reputation  by  so  doing  ;  he  is,  in  the  absence  of  Lord  Dufferin,_the 
easiest  and  most  good-natured  joker  among  the  peers.  At  the  same  time, 
Lord  Rosebery  can  bide  his  time,  and  the  part  taken  by  the  Duke  of 
Argyll  in  the  recent  agitation  on  the  Eastern  Question,  ought  not  to  be 
forgotten.  1-1. 

Aimee  is  unhappy.  She  has  400,000  francs  worth  of  diamonds,  and 
the  old  man  of  the  sea  was  a  treat  to  Sinbad  compared  to  the  bore  these 
jewels  are  to  the  singer.  She  dares  not  wear  them,  and  they  are  in  safe 
deposit  vaults.  She  wears  false  ones.  It  seems  her  diamonds  once  came 
very  near  being  stolen,  and  since  then  she  will  only  sport  paste.  Why  not 
sell  out  and  have  done  with  them  ?  Poor  little  woman,  such  is  her  terror 
of  ambuscades  and  surprises  from  thieves  that  she  never  moves  without  a 
male  protector  armed  at  her  side. 

Miss  Fannie  Hayes,  the  daughter  of  President  Hayes,  with  her 
brother,  Master  Scott  Hayes,  are  at  the  Ebbitt  House,  where  they  will 
remain  until  the  family  occupy  tbe  Executive  Mansion.  Miss  Haves, who 
will  occupy  such  a  prominent  place  in  society  here  for  the  next  four  years, 
is  a  very  pretty  brunette,  of  medium  hight,  and  a  very  fine  figure,  and  is 
about  nineteen  years  of  age.  She  is  very  bright  and  intelligent,  a  good 
conversationalist,  and  will  make  a  decided  sensation  in  society. 

Two  young  Japanese,  Taisuke  Minra  and  Diro  Katzura,  who  have 
been  sent  to  Europe  at  the  expense  of  their  Government,  are  at  present 
studying  horticulture  and  viniculture  at  the  German  Horticultural  School 
at  Geisenheini.  They  propose  turning  their  knowledge  acquired  in  Ger- 
many to  practical  account  after  their  return  to  Japan. 

Cardinal  Ledochowski  has  been  sentenced  to  imprisonment  for  two 
years  and  a  half  and  a  fine  of  three  hundred  marks,  or  in  default  to  three 
months'  imprisonment,  for  violating  the  ecclesiastical  laws  of  Prussia  and 
resisting  the  authority  of  the  State.  He  has  also  been  found  guilty  of 
high  treason.  


PHOTOGRAPHS  OF  MR   AND  MRS.  BEECHER. 

In  response  to  a  continued  demand  we  are  now  prepared  to  supply 
imperial  photographs  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Beecher  by  the  celebrated  photo- 
artist  G.  G.  Rock  wood  of  this  city.  They  are  mounted  on  bristol  board, 
size  10x12,  and  are  sold  at  75  cents  each,  or  $1  25  a  pair,  by  mail  prepaid. 
These  photographs  are  pronounced  by  competent  judges  to  be  the  best 
likenesses  extant.     A  fac-similie  autograph  is  printed  on  each  picture. 

The  above  advertisement  has  reference  chiefly  to  the  portraits  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Beecher.  If  the  photographer  had  given  us  the  portrait  of  the 
other  lady,  who  caused  the  profound  sensation  a  year  or  two  since, 
we  should  not  question  the  mercantile  object  so  earnestly  spught  for  by  Mr. 
Rockwood.  The  price  for  the  third  party  in  interest  might  have  made  a 
good  $1  50 — or  50  cents  each  for  the  trio. 


Early  this  month  a  conference  of  railway  directors  took  place  in 
Germany  for  the  purpose  of  consulting  upon  the  Government's  proposi- 
tion of  life  insurance  on  railways.  They  agreed  to  propose  that  the 
passengers  in  the  first  and  second-class  are  to  pay  two  kreuzers  for 
every  journey,  and  those  of  the  third-class  are  to  pay  one  kreuzer.  In 
case  of  a  death  caused  by  accident  the  former  contributors  are  to  be  paid 
8,000  florins,  the  latter  4,000.  The  returns  of  the  Austro- Hungarian  rail- 
ways give  the  result  that  sixty-five  million  cwt.  more  goods  have  been 
conveyed  and  930,000  more  passengers  in  the  year  1876  than  during  the 
foregoing  year.  The  conveyance  of  passengers  brought  the  railway  in- 
come of  46 "58  million  gulden,  viz.,  2'99  million  gulden  more  than  in  1875  ; 
the  conveyance  of  goods  143*46  million  gulden,  viz.,  9*28  million  gulden 
more  than  in  1875. 

Important  Correction.  — Judge  Lewis,  in  correcting  General  Kittrell 
at  the  meeting  of  County  Commissioners  on  county  finances,  to  take  into 
consideration  the  offer  of  Messrs.  Mackay  and  Fair  of  funds  for  general 
and  school  purposes,  in  saying  that  tbe  General  at  the  siege  of  Troy  who 
feared  to  receive  gifts  from  the  Greeks  was  a  woman,  not  a  man,  was 
under  a  mistake,  according  to  recent  interpretation  of  history.  The 
General  was  a  man,  and  of  the  Mackay  family,  too.  It  was  Andrew 
Mackay  (Andromache),  a  canny  general,  who  exclaimed  : 

"  Timeo  Danaos  et  dona  ferentes." 

I  fear  the  Greeks  euen  bearing  gifts. 

—Territorial  Enterprise. 

The  Directors  of  the  London  and  San  Francisco  Bank  (Limited)  re- 
port a  gross  profit  for  1876  of  £140,330,  or,  including  a  small  balance 
brought  down,  £141,997.  Working  expenses  and  rebate  deducted,  there 
remains  a  net  profit  of  £91,973.  Out  of  this  £24,000  has  been  placed  to 
the  reserve,  making  it  £90,000,  and  from  the  balance  one  dividend  of  8s. 
per  share  has  already  been  paid.  It  is  now  proposed  to  pay  a  similar 
sum,  making  8  per  cent,  for  tbe  year.  A  bonus  of  £6,000  has  been  paid 
to  the  founders  of  the  bank,  according  to  the  articles  of  association,  and 
after  all  these  payments  have  been  met,  a  balance  of  £13,973  remains  to 
be  dealt  with  as  the  shareholders  may  seem  fit. — European  Mail. 

At  a  Washington  tea  party,  where  General  Butler  was  recently  a 
guest,  the  hostess,  glancing  over  the  table,  perceived  his  cup  unfurnished 
with  an  important  implement,  of  which  he  was  supposed  to  appreciate 
the  value.  "  Why,  General  Butler,"  she  exclaimed  in  a  little  womanly 
flutter  of  consternation,  "  haven't  you  a  spoon  ?"  "  No,  indeed,  madam," 
quickly  responded  the  General,  springing  from  his  seat  and  slapping  his 
pockets  one  after  the  other,  "  upon  my  word,  madam,  if  you  don't  believe 
me.  madam,  you  may  search  me  !"  The  applause  which  greeted  this 
spontaneous  sally  "may  be  more  easily  imagined  than  described." 

Knowledge  and  wisdom  far  from  being  one, 
Have  oftimes  no  connection.  Knowledge  dwells 
In  beads  replete  with  thoughts  of  other  men; 


Wisdom  in  minds  attentive  to  their  own. 


-Cowper. 


Daily  Mail  Service  between  California    and  New  Mexico.  -- 

The  Post  Office  Department  has  issued  orders  that  the  mail  service  on  the 
important  route  from  San  Diego,  California,  to  Mesilla,  New  Mexico, 
via  Tucson,  Arizona,  be  increased  from  tri-weekly  to  daily,  commencing 
on  the  1st  of  April.  Efforts  have  been  made  for  fourteen  years  to  pro- 
cure these  mail  facilities,  and  Department  officials  say  the  papers  on  file 
in  this  case  are  wholly  unprecedented  in  number  and  the  total  amount  of 
influence  which  they  represent.  The  success  now  obtained  gives  Arizona 
daily  communication  with  the  rest  of  the  world  for  the  first  time  in  her 
history.  

The  Emma  Mining  Company,  according  to  Mr,  Macdougall,  its 
chairman,  now  exists,  not  as  a  mining,  but  as  a  law  company  ;  and  at  a 
meeting  held  recently  the  shareholders  resolved  that  this  second  existence 
should  be  continued  a  little  while  longer.  The  directors  were  authorised 
to  continue  the  prosecution  of  the  company's  actions  now  before  the 
Court  in  New  York,  and  to  raise  the  necessary  funds  by  the  issue  of 
debentures  of  not  less  than  £10  each. 


British  Competition  for  Yankee  Beef :  (Scene—  New  England) :  Mrs. 
Frugality — Mr.  Jones,  they  won't  let  me  have  a  bit  of  meat  down  at  your 
market  for  less  'n  24  cents  a  pound,  and  I  thought  I'd  come  up  and  ask  if 
you  couldn't  take  less.  I  really  can't  afford  to  pay  it."  Mr.  Jonathan 
Jones — "No,  ma'am,  no,  ma'am,  no;  no  less.  Can't  take  a  cent  less  'n 
24  cents,  'cause  we  can  carry  the  beef  right  to  England  and  retail  it  fur  17 
cents."  

The  Pacific  Mail  Company's   Steamship   City  of  Peking,  now 

loading  for  China,  is  apparently  the  most  cleanly  vessel  at  their  dock. 
The  fittings  are  very  superior,  we  may  say  elegant.  It  would  be  condu- 
cive to  the  Company's  interests  were  their  ships'  officers  Less  rude,  and 
more  disposed  to  give  polite  answers.  Lord  Chesterfield's  letters  are  evi- 
dently but  little  studied  by  them. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  exhaustive  and  interesting  biography 
of  Miss  Neilson  on  the  5th  page. 


_J 


March  J*.  L877, 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SA3  ii;\\<  [ft  0  \  EWS  LETTER 


CRADLE.  ALTAR,  AND  TOMB. 


CRADLE. 
Bau    in  thb  .  iiv.  bUrofa  IT,  to  the  wife  •-(  John  lull.  ■  daajbter. 
Hi  ikmaiot    in  Dili  uh.  M.r.i,  18,  to  th«  wlfi    ■(  Geo.  Burkhardt,  adauafc 
Oojrauii  to  ili.  srtfs  .-f  K  Q,  ConkUn 

Davis    In  ihli  dty,  Karen  i-.  to  lh<  .  daughter. 

17,  to  the  wife  ■■(  Thoiau  Donnellan,  a  eon. 
Pot  lds    hi  tin-    i  :i„.  wifa  ,.f  j,  k  PboMt,  a  daughter 

K«iKi.inin    in  thla  dtjr   _M.mii  IB,  ...  tin  mitt  of  John  t;  Priedlrch,  a  ion. 
Ourec*    iii  tin  Gtaysoa,  ^  boil 

(ii  hji  n    in  this  city,  Uftrch  SO,  to  tiu  M         Qoijun,  aeon. 

In  this  city,  Harcfa  18,  to  the  wife  of  Jos.  Haber,  aeon. 
Hi.  u    In  tin.  city.  March  19,  to  the  wife  ol  Daniel  link-.  ;i  daughter. 
tana    in  this  i  Itgr,  Uftrch  II,  to  the  wfft  ol  Ji  ognw, 

Uakli     to SoathS   K  .  i..  tiir  >Mf,  ..(  s.  M.mU.  a  daughter, 
McGtxxis    Id  this  city,  Heroh  28,  to  the  wUe  <>f  John  UoQlnnis,  a  son. 
^..itr.iv    in  this  city,  Uftrch  LB,  t"  the  wife  <■(  Jos.  Pohelm,  a  son. 

In  tin-  .  ity,  Mutvh  ii.  t>>  the  wife  of  Jaa  Bymon,  ft  dftughtor. 
iu  Uus  city,  Uftroh  14,  to  the  wife  ol  Chaa  k.  Syxee,  a  dftughtor. 

ALTAR. 
Auu-Ltolok    in  this  city,  Kerch  18,  v  P.  Allen  to  a  m.  Lndlum. 
Aaaexs  \  on  SooflTi  N     In  Qui  dty,  March  18,  u    Ahrens  to  K.  v.m  Simston. 

Hi  ini-.u    l,\v  h»  \.ss      In  this dty,  UftTCh  18,  Frank  ButhortO  Anna  Luaekinann. 

Umiv  m;i-  I'ciri't  v    In  this  city,  Uftrch  20,  J,  K   Barnard  t->  Mrs.  a.  F.  Crippen. 
Moan     In  this  dty,  starch  18,  T.  Q.  V  Davison  and  Human  Uoray. 
iM-DinKi    In  this  dty,  Uftrch  16,  Lee  Bftstnian  to  LdUie  t.  Divine. 

QRARBUb-FB  vsk      In  this  dty,  March  18,  < '1ms.  Graebcr  to  Louisa  Prank. 

Kai  nun  sitiLN  -In  this  dty,  Uftrch  18,  Chaa.  Kaufman  to  Carrie  Stern, 
l.tw  .-!.►  \  v    in  Oakland,  Leon  Levy  t.>  victoria  Levy. 

Laomeibtbr-BbIIOMASS— In  this  L-itv,  Man.Ii  17.  C.  L.  Umnieister  to  LcnaBergrnann. 
Matiikws-Lkrk— In  this  city,  March  IS,  Robert  Mathews  to  alary  Lerfc. 

TOMB. 

Artiu'r— In  this  city  Iforch  IS.  Uichae]  Arthur,  aged  48  years. 

AJU  OLA— In    this   city,  March  20,  Andrew  Areola,  aured  4.'.  years. 
Brrrs-In  this  city,  March  17,  Harvey  D.  Butts,  ajjed  51  years. 
Bailey  —  In  this  dty,  March  28,  Ruth  Ann  Bailey,  aged  35  years. 
CAT  ALL— In  this  dty,  Hard)  21,  Geo.  Caffall.  aged  47  years. 
Carroll  -Intbiadty,  March  21,  John  Carroll,  aged  40  years. 
DOWDAL  -In  this  citv,  March  20.  -Julia  Dowdal,  aged  4;"i  years. 
DBLMAS-ln  this  city,  March  22.  .lean  helium,  agc.l  .V.I  years. 
Ford— In  this  city,  Man -h  22,  l.ihu  -  Ford,  aged  27  years. 
Li  ISS      In  this  city.  March  lil),  Julius  Class,  agcil  4(j  years. 
JOSBB   -In  this  city,  March  16,  Syrrcs  D.  Jones,  aged  45  years. 
LCTEHAM  -  In  this  dty,  March  'Jl.  Kliza  I.itiehan,  aged  46  years. 

UqLbod    In  this  dty,  Maruh  19,  Lexle  UcLeod,  aged  24  years. 

Mkaoiieu     In  this  city,  March  ID,  Annie  C.  Meagher,  aged  37  years. 
McKay—  In  this  dty,  March  19,  Mrs   Jc--ic  McKay,  aged  30  years. 
MELDF.N — In  this  city,  March  19,  Bridget  Melden,  aged  32  years. 
Makkey — In  this  city.  March  21,  Thos.  Markey,  aged  40  years. 
PlahCHARD— In  this  city,  Andrew  Planchard,  aged  47  years. 


BIRD    SHOW    AT    THE    CRYSTAL    PALACE. 

To  enumerate  all  the  points  of  attraction  in  the  fourteenth  annual 
exhibition  of  canaries  and  British  and  foreijm  cage  birds,  which  opened 
at  London  on  February  11th,  is  beyond  the  limits  of  our  space.  There 
are  in  this  show  nearly  2,000  entries,  the  actual  number  being  about  000 
over  any  previous  total.  The  canaries  are  a  wonderful  collection,  num- 
bering 022,  which  are  distributed  through  33  classes,  independent  of  mules; 
and  there  are  among  the  goldfinches  some  of  the  most  admirably  symmet- 
rical and  well-colored  birds  ever  seen.  Between  Mr.  Manchan's  first  prize 
goldfinch,  on  which  the  selling  price  of  10  guineas  is  set,  and  Mr.  James 
Doel's  bird,  which  took  the  second  prize,  little  difference  of  merit  was  ap- 
parent to  the  well-qualified  tribunal.  The  gold  medal  for  a  collection  of 
foreign  birds,  irrespective  of  class,  was  awarded  to  Dr.  Carl  Russ,  the 
German  naturalist,  illustrations  of  whose  great  work  on  cage  birds  are 
also  exhibited.  This  well-known  author  and  natural  historian  has  sent 
his  curiously  interesting  contribution  to  this  show  from  Steglotz,  near 
Berlin. 

The  mules  are  the  strong  point  in  this  remarkable  array,  and  perhaps 
the  rarest  of  the  rare,  in  that  division  of  Dr.  Russ's  aviary,  is  a  male  cross 
between  a  diamond  sparrow  and  a  zebra  finch.  In  connection  with  this 
notable  display  of  birds  from  the  Prussian  capital  may  be  seen  a  case  con- 
taining three  small  square  cages  constructed  for  conveying  birds  by  post. 
Without  seeing  this  ingenious  contrivance,  which  is  extensively  used  in 
Germany,  it  would  be  difficult  to  imagine  anything  of  the  kind  so  exempt 
from  any  imputation  of  cruelty.  Ventilation  is  thoroughly  secured  with- 
out that  bane  of  all  feathered  favorites  in  captivity,  a  draught.  A  clever 
arrangement  admits  of  the  bird  being  provisioned  for  three  days  ;  and  to 
prevent  the  water  splashing,  it  is  contained  in  sponges,  neatly  and 
efficiently  confined  in  miniature  earthen  jars.  Birds  have  thus  been 
posted  from  Berlin  to  St.  Petersburg,  and  likewise  to  England  and 
France,  though  on  reaching  the  Belgian  frontier  the  cases  are  transferred 
from  the  post  office  to  a  parcels  conveyance.  It  is  creditable  to  the  Cus- 
toms Department  that  these  living  packages  have  reached  England  with 
the  seals  unbroken.  In  Dr.  Puss'  highly  instructive  collection  are_  many 
curious  birds'  nests,  depending  from  a  large  bough.  In  proximity  with  the 
varied  show  afforded  by  Dr.  Puss  are  a  few  canaries  which  are  of  rare 
vocal  power,  with  a  delightful  softness  of  note,  have  been  bred  by  Herr 
Keydell,  at  St.  Andreasberg,  in  the  Hartz  Mountains,  where,  it  is  said, 
rapeseed  of  peculiar  excellence  is  cultivated. 

Balancing  Dr.  Puss's  collection  on  one  side,  is  another  assemblage  of 
rare  specimens,  equal  if  not  superior  to  the  Steglotz  collection.  We  note 
two  short-tailed  starlings,  from  Africa  ;  a  grey-headed  pagoda  bird,  bred 
by  the  exhibitor  ;  a  Chinese  dwarf  quail,  of  a  dark  greenish  plumage  ;  an 
Indian  bulbul,  whose  eggs  are  exhibited  ;  an  Australian  parson  finch,  bred 
by  the  exhibitor  last  year ;  a  red-tailed  Australian  finch,  of  a  species 
which  has  very  rarely  been  described  by  European  naturalists,  and  never, 
one  may  say,  correctly,  for  the  reason  that  the  dead  specimens  do  not 
show  a  strange  ring  of  white  characterizing  the  eye  of  the  living  bird  ;  a 
South  American  finch,  with  a  concealed  crest,  like  a  tyrant  shrike  ;  and  a 
Paradise  Whydah,  which  is  remarkable  for  assuming  a  nuptial  plumage 
that  entirely  changes  its  aspect.  The  tail  feathers  of  this  bird,  shed  last 
December,  are  ehown  by  the  side  of  its  cage,  together  with  a  stuffed  speci- 
men of  its  species,  by  way  of  exemplifying  the  remarkable  change  which 
it  undergoes  at  different  times  of  the  year. 


There  ftn  fully  as  tuny  vnmd  Ifaroqgb  Ihaihov  Mure 

osusJIy  t<.  bo  found,     A  dngnUrly  Bna  toucan,  anptrflaouali 

ntrop  of  bird*  la  euUroly 
oonfinod  to  South   Amertcftvnad  uunhli  hum  dot,  so  tbftt  Inqulrii 
tobemmda  before  he  could   with  certainty  b«  [dsnti6e^nabuonging  to 
Mr.  John  Drake,    Tim  bird,  with  It  i  enoi 

lull,   i»  *uid  t..  Ik-  .'\ lingly  tan  a ■!   fond  ol  children. 

t\    visit.. ts  ;ir.-    inf.. tine, I   that   tln-y    may     feed   it    with   M 

apples,   op  fruit  of  anv   kind.     Tint   low  .••ni.-.liaii  of  ornithology,  the 
laughing  Jftckftse,  Is  nlvt  exhibited  by   the  owner  of  th  a  very 

clever,  roquaoioiift,  and  music*]  Australian  piping  crow,     But  Mr.  Drake  a 
most  notable  contribution  is  that  strange  bird,  tin-  pwan  cardinal,  ■ 
red  tinged  wings,  when  steeped  in  water,  will  yield  in  appreciable  quanti- 
ties the  | nir«-  inpi.er,  which  the  feathers  have  the  extraordinary  power  of 
secreting.     Mr.  k.  Eawkins  shows  a  scarlet  lory,  the  very  highest  I 
parrot,  particularly  well  represented  by  toil  specimen.     We  l<-"k  with  a 
peculiar  inten-st.  junt  now,  on  the  snow  bunting  exhibited  by   Mr.    1'.  II. 
Towuaend,  this  being  the  kind  of  bird  seen  by  the  naturalists  of  tin  re- 
cent Arctic  Expedition  as  far  north  jus  land  extended.     Almost  aa  nearly 
Polar  in  its  habits  is  the  mealy  redpole,  shown  by  Mr.   Thirkettle;  the 
common  redpole,  strange  to  say,  has  never  been  known  t"  breed  anywhere 
out  of  England,  though  it  frequently  migrates   beyond  the  northern 
Without  a  "white    blackbird"  DO  bird   BUOW  at    the  <  'rystal  Palace  would 

be  complete,  and  we  are,  therefore,  glad  to  announce  that  a  blackbird  as 
white  as  snow  will  be  found  in  this  exhibition. 

San  Franciscians  Abroad.-  PajUS.  March  6th  ;  Mrs,  Booth,  Miss 
Jennie  Booth,  Kichard  Brown,  Mrs.  R.  Brown,  S.  B.  Dinkelspi.l,  K. 
Donnelly,  0.  Dorris,  Miss  J.  Fulton.  Horace  HaweH,  Mrs.  H.  Hawes, 
H.  M..Hewston  and  family,  Mr.  Knight,  Mrs.  Knight,  the  Misses 
Knight.  Naples,  Feb  20th  :  Mrs.  S.  L.  Bee,  Mrs.  R.  E.  Brewster,  U. 
B.  and  Mrs.  Gray,  F.  G.  Merchant  and  family.  LONDON  :  Lee  J,  Ran- 
som, Mrs.  M.  Watson.  Nick:  Col.  D.  E.  Hungerford,  J.  C  Plane! 
GENEVA,  Feb  28th  :  J.  C,  and  Mrs.  Williamson.  ROME,  Feb.  20th  :  J. 
T.  M.  and  Mrs.  Kelly,  Mrs.  J.  P.  Moore,  C.  W.  Stoddard.  SOEBENTO, 
Feb.  26th  :  Mrs.  E.  M.  Esillan.—  American  Register  of  March  5th. 

Dr.  A.  Emanuel  Regensburger  is  not  one  of  the  Committee  of  Ar- 
rangements of  the  State  Medical  Society,  as  represented. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

Recorded  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  California,  for  the 
Week  ending  March  22,  1877. 

Compiled  from  the  Records  of the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKillop  &  Co., 
401  California  Street,  San  Francisco. 


Saturday,  March  10th. 


GRANTOR  AND  GRANTEE. 

DESCRIPTION. 

PEICE 

Joe  Roth  lo  Henry  Waas 

C  E  Gaxiolo  to  D  Gaxiola 

Ella  M  NoycB  to  Jno  L  Koster.... 

NKale,  81:3  eSteiner.  25x120 

Und  2-12  ec  Park  L'e,  320  nc3d,  22x07:0 
N  Grove,  137:6  w  Fillmore,  150x137:6... 

1100 
2,000 
22,600 
11,000 

2,025 

W  Isis,  106:23d  n  13th,  n  26:23*,  etc 

1,600 

1,350 

1,400 

840 

E  Berenice,  80  n  13m,  n  27:5k,  etc 

E  Sanchez,  2fi:li  n  28lh,  50x100 

Jno  F  Byxbee  to  Sarah  J  Boyle. . . 

Lot -10,  blk642,  Pt  Lobos  Av  H'd. ...... 

N  Oak,  225  e  Devien  ero,  e  25,  etc...... 

EDrumm,  55  b  Pacific,  100x137:6 

400 

800 

5 

M  M.  Estee  to  Jesse  M  Fox 

1,500 

Monday,  March  12th. 


Oliver  McAvoy  to  Honrv  Pierce.. 

W  J  Shaw  to  MIch'l  R  Mara 

T  B  Howard  to  Edw  Ntman 

N  Soderer  to  C  B  Williams 

Peter  R  Schmidt  to  E  Block 

Wm  J  Shaw  to  Henry  Ryder 

W  J  Shaw  to  Jno  Foley 

P  Lagan  to  Bridget  Caasidy 

\V  J  Shaw  to  Jne  Collins 

Same  to  Kate  Dwyer 


Se  Larkln  and  Jackson,  137:6x82:6  .... 

S  12th,  25  c  l8it>,  e25,  etc ;.. 

All  int  in50-vlolM  and  6,  \V  A 

Ne  Sanchez  and  Dorland,  n  118.  etc  .., 

N  Sac'to,  181:6  e  Franklin,  25:9x127:81. 

W  Harrison,  61^  n  13th,  n  25,  etc 

E  Isiu,  12S:"»J.t  n  13th,  n  21:2^,  etc 

S  Tvler,  63:6  e  Franklin,  21:3x80...:... 

W  Isia,  15S:73.;  n  13th,  n  26;2?fi,  etc.... 

S  12ru,  130  e  Folsom,  e  25,  etc  ;  also,  i 
13th  and  Treat  av,  e  60,  etc  ;  also,  s 
Harrison  and  13th,  s  28:8?i,  etc  .... 


18,000 

2,000 

1 

2,500 

i;,iiio 
1,625 
1.425 
Gift 
1,476 


Tuesday,  March  13th. 


GD  Shadhnrnc  lo  M  J  O'Malley. .  |Ne  30th  av,  135  se  I  st,  25X100.. 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to  J  O'Leary S  29th,  130  w  Sanchez,  50x104  . 

Same  to  Sam'l  Kelso [S  29th,  105  w  Sanchez,  25x114  . 

JCudworthto  Henry  L  Barber.. 

Same  to  E  Whitcomb 

C  Collins  to  Mary  Howe 

R  Lehman  to  Marg  Campbell  ... 

Jas  Mahon  to  J  Bnhlinger 

Wm  J  Shaw  to  Jno  Elilch,  Jr. . . 

Jno  Elitch  to  Mary  Elitch 

C  A  Kryger  to  S  Edmonds 

J  Cudworth  to  O  J  Whitmore  .. 
W  Fitzpalrick  lo  J  M  Lewis.... 
W  Whitman  to  W  G  Badger.... 

C  B  Marvin  to  Rob't  Barton 

Jane  Hyde  to  Alice  J  Hyde 

A  Germon  to  V  M  Foncaiilt 

T  J  Qnigley  to  P  Quigley 

H  J  Qnigley  to  same 

J  L  E  Schuetze  to  F  Miiher 

MC  M  Love  to  Jas  R  Keene 

Geary  St  Ex  H  As'n  to  L  Pfohl.. 

T     IT     Tl„;_,l    ...    l»7m      n     WnSooif.ll 


N  Union,  187:6  w  Lnguna,  25x131:8 
N  Union,  187:fi  w  Lugnna,  25x100 
R  Steiner,  2(i:ii  s  Suc'lu,  20:lix81:3. 

N  23d,  79  c  G  nerrero,  26x!K) 

N\v  Cnl'a  av,  330  ne  Virginia  av,  30x100 

S  13tu,  50  c  Treat  av,  e  25,  etc 

Same 

N  Bush,  57:0  r  Baker,  25x110 

N  Union,  212:6  K  Lagnna,  50x137:6. 

S  18th,  130  w  Guerrero,  21x100 

S  9th  av,  240  c  "  M  "  at,  30x100 

\V  party  wall,  nCal,  70  w  Druronl.. 
E  Powell,  77:8  n  O'Farrell,  25x82:6  . 
Nw  Stevenson,  100  sw  6th,  25x75. . . . 

Same 

Same 

W  Fillmore,  72  n  Kate,  24x81:3 


Sundry  lots  in  W  A.. 

Lot20,  blk291, Geary  St  Ex  H'd 

JHBairdtoWm  6  Weiesich ISe  Masonic  av  and  Waller,  s  147,  etc.. 

Wm  J  Uiaw  to  Adolph  Schulze  ...|E  Folsom,  123  n  13th,  n  24,  etc 

Jno  F  Doyle  to  Wm  L  HiRgins.. . .  |S  Eddy,  125  w  Van  Ness,  29:9x120 . .. . 


,    300 

700 

350 
1,600 
1,350 
1,150 
1,350 

550 
1,1150 
Gift 
1,100 
3,000 
3,950 

500 

Gift 

8,000 

15 

5 

875 

35,000 

350 

15,000 

2,700 

5,500 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


March  24, 1877. 


Wednesday,  March  14th. 


City  and  Co  S  F  to  J  S  Friedman 
Victor  Koppel  to  Hyman  Smith  . 

W  Hoilis  to  Orlando  M  Cook 

W  J  Show  to  J  B  McMahon 

VV  L  Higgins  to  Mary  B  Higgins. 

L  J  David  to  G  M  Condee 

G  McWilliamB  to  JaneMeley 


P  Noonan  io  A  J  Sanburn  . . . 
J  N  Saunders  to  Edw  Chaltin. 

Marian  Hill  to  Wm  Hoilis 

Edw  Chaltin  toGeo  Roche 

Same  to  J  H  Jellctt 


R  P  Clement  Io  A  J  Pope 

Jas  Phelan  to  City  and  Co  S  F... 

Mary  A  Mowrv  to  W  J  Gonn 

J  P  McCormick  to  W"  H  Wood... 
L  H  Cem'ty  As'n  to  C  M  Wilson. 

W  J  Shaw  lo  L  E  D<-bonrge 

H  O'Donnell  to  Jno  O'Donnell... 

R  Tobin  to  Mary  E  Crowley 

N  Ohlandt  to  Jas  PKerr 

Jno  Morton  to  Reuben  Morton.. . 

Same  to  Edw  F  Hall,  Jr   N  cor  3d  and  Bryant,  155x200. 

Same  to  fame IN  Cal,  62:6  e  Montg'y,  25x68:1 

Luuis  Chely  to  Chan  F  Webster . .  JE  Howard,  97  s  21st,  28x122:6 


Sundry  lots  in  Outside  Lands  . . . 

N  Grove,  112:6  w  Gough,  25x6S:0 

S  Slitter,  171:10^  e  Brod'k,  31:436x137:6 

E  Treat  av,  10S:7's  s  13th,  e  28:7"i.  etc  . 

S  Eddy,  125  w  Van  Ness,  29:0x120 

Lots  11  to  14,  blk  556,  Tide  Lands 

NeNoe  and  29th,  101:6x30  ;  w  Sanchez, 

76:6  n  29th,  25x105 

W  Chatlanooga,  78  s  22(1  26x125 

Sw  Clay  and  Deviso,  102:21^x192:6 

Sw  Pierce  and  O'Farrell,  137:6x137:6.... 

S  Clay,  111:6  w  Deviso,  w  27,  etc 

W  Deviso.  34:2":,  s  Clay,  34x111:6  ;  also, 

s  Clay,  13S:6  w  Deviso,  27x102:211  .... 

E  Mission ,  195  s  20th ,  130x115 

W  cor  O'Farrell  &  Market,  w  17:3K,  etc 

Se  30tb  and  Bartlett,  50x125 

W  Fillmore,  96  s  Lomhard,  24x93 

Lot  2177,  Laurel  HillCem'lv 

W  Harrison,  28:8^  n  14th,  h  25,  etc 

S  Fultoo,  110  w  Laguna,  27:6x120 

S  Clay,  131:3  eDeviso,  25x127:81! 

E  Valencia,  180  s  25th,  65x117:6 

Nw  Ellis  and  Tavlor,  137:6x137:6 


£3,000 

1,800 

1,625 

Gilt 

1 

775 
900 

7.720 
5 

2,600 

2.500 

8  000 

25,575 

1 

800 

75 

1,600 

Gift 

900 

4,250 

S0.OO0 

110000 

90,000 

1,350 


Thursday,  March  15th. 


Edw  Cbattin  to  Elvira  C  Chattin  . . 

O  F  Cem'ty  As'n  to  E  A  Leppien  . 
Thos  Delauy  to  Gacomo  Buaro..  . 

Mary  J  Burt  to  Alex  Hoy 

Jos  Setlgley  to  E  S  Sedgley 

Woll'Colin  to  J  R  Coryell 

J  R  Coryell  to  Jno  Lochhead 

V  Wackenreuder  to  E  Gallagher.. 

Wm  J  Shaw  to  N  D  Thayer 

Same  to  Nicholas  Wynne 

Esther  Harris  to  Auna  Koppel 

T  M  J  Dehon  to  Cath  Carty 

W  J  Gunn  to  Mary  A  Mowry 

Jno  Morton  to  E  F  Hall,  Jr 

J  G  Florence  to  Thos  Foley . . ; 

H  Marshall  to  Emma  C  Marcus 


Sw  Clay  and  Devis'o,  3e:2#xlU:6;  also, 
s  Clav,  165:6  w  Deviso,  27x102:2k.--- 

Lot  7,  Rebekah  Grove,  sect  plat  1,  O  F  C 

Lots  1  and  2,  blk  16,  West  End  Mapl... 

Lots  27  to  30,  blk  11,  City  Laud  Ass'n  . . 

W  York.  125  sBuite.  100x50 

N  Clay,  20  w  Priest,  20x57:6 

Same 

Nw  Ssn  Bruno  Road  and  Precita  Ave, 
nw  45,  w  51:4,  etc 

Wlsis,  80s  12th,  B  52:5  J6,  etc 

W  Isis,  132:5.x  n  13lh,  n  26:2sd,  etc 

N  Grove.  82:6  w  Gough.  30x68:9 

N  16lh,  150  e  Sanchez,  30x90 

S  26th,  186:8  w  Sanchez.  53:4x114 

N  cor  3d  and  Bryant,  nw  155x200;  also,  n 
Cal'a,  62:6  e  Montg'y,  25x68:9 

E  Powell,  68:9  n  Filbert,  50x137:6 

W  Mission,  185  nl8th, 25x80 


Gift 
131 
900 
200 
2,000 
50 
1 

750 
2,650 
1,450 
Gilt 
1,650 

850 

200000 
6.500 
2,750 


Friday,  March  16th. 


W  K  Flint  to  Henry  A  Crane. . . 
J  T  Cochran  to  A  S  Robbins. . . 
C  A  Bernard  to  J  D  Doscher... 
J  C  Flood  to  J  G  Fair 


A  M  Hamilton  to  F  Lnnblade 

Same  to  Irwin  Graham 

Citv  and  Co  S  F  to  Geo  Morrow.. 
Geo  Morrow  lo  City  and  Co  S  F  . 
Wm  Crane,  Jr,  to  Jas  O  Besse  .. . 

R  Cde  Boom  to  A  Hay  ward 

City  and  Co  S  F  to  Geo  F  Sharp  . 

H  Gerstenberg  to  D  Mazzioli 

Win  JShawtb  Edw  Cullen 

T  D  Tobin  to  C  F  Buckley 

Same  to  same 


Wm  J  Shaw  to  C  A  Marshntz 

Philip  Freund  to  Marg't  Cnrtin 

Wm  T  Wallace  to  Jno  M  Burnett. . 

Jno  M  Burnett  to  Wm  T  Wallace, 

W  J  Shaw  toH  Engelbrecbt 

R  C  Johnson  lo  A  K  Gibbs 


Same  to  Geo  W  Gibbs 

Same  to  same 

Geo  W  Gibbs  to  R  C  Johnson. 


Same  to  same. . 
Same  to  same.. 
Same  to  same.. 


Mary  Cooney  to  Henry  Ricke  . 
B  J  Smith  to  Wm  C  Watson  .. 


Nw  Clay  and  Scott,  275x412:6 

Und  li  w  Capp,  65  n  25th,  65x115 

Lot  IS,  blk  2S,  Fairmount  Tract 

S  Ptne,  135:6  w  Sansome, 80x137:6;  also, 

und  H  s  Pine,  165  e  Montg,  25x137:6. . 

W  Larkin,150  s  Lombard,  25x105:9 

W  Lark-in,  125  s  Lombard,  25x105:9 

Sundry  lots  in  Ontside  Lands 

Sheets  and  highways 

W  Broderick,  105:1  s  Sac'to  27:6x82:6  . . 

S  Cal'a,  127:6  w  Sansome,  57:6x137:6 

Sw  Clay  and  Drumm,  59:9x25 

S  Fulton,  50:3  e  Octavia,  25xS7:6 

E  Treat  av,  10S:71i  n  14th,  n  23:7',,  etc. 

S  O'Farrell,  100  w  Larkin,  27:6x120 

Com  110  w  Larkin  and  120  s  O'Farrell, 

27:6x17:6 

N  13ih,  25  e  Berenice,  e  25.  n  75,  etc 

Nc  25th  and  Sanchez,  114x100 

Und  %  fle  14th  ay  and  D  st,  e  to  a  point 

11  feet  e  of  7th  av,  etc 

Tract  known  as  "  Chamblin  Ranch  " 

iNe  Folsom  and  13th,  n  75,  etc 

ITJndiv  Mi  ne  Fremont,  275  se  Market,  se 

45:10x137:6 

TJndiv  J<r  sw  Main,  183:4  nwFolsom.nw 

45:10x137:6 

TJndiv  k-  ne  Fremont,  137:6  nw  Miss'n 

91:8x275 

Undiv  %  e  Beale,  137:6  n  Folsom,  nw 

45:10x137:6 

Und  H  s  Pine,  97:6  w  Bat'ry,  45:10x137: 
Und  %  sw  Battery  and  Pine,  137:6x45:10 
Undivided  >'  w  Battery,  45:10  s  Pine,  s 

45:10x137:6 

E  York,  175  s  22d,  25x100 

Se  wuincy  and  Cal,  53:6x95,  subject  to 

mortgage  for  §24,000 


Monday,  March  19th. 


(      6 

2,500 
725 

10 
1,250 
1,250 

'"i 

1,000 
3,000 
1,333 
4.000 
1,625 
15,500 

1,000 
1,625 
3,500 

100 

5 

9,250 


5 

5 

5 
5 
5 

5 
640 


Saturday,  March  17th. 


Wm  H  Swan  to  J  PCantin 

J  Rosenbaum  lo  W  McCormick.. 
J  C  Wiuans  to  Everard  Steele  .. . 

BarAdlertoA  C  Villard 

Thos  Denigan  to  R  Denigan 

Hugh  Anderson  to  J  Fredericks  . 

Adam  Miller  to  C  S  Holmes 

Philip  Eaton  to  C  E  Haselline 


S  Ridley.  180:8  w  Mission,  w  30,  etc 

NEddy,  137:6  w  Franklin,  6819x120 

Lot  4,  blk  Y.  RRH'dNo2 

S  Sac'to,  67  wDupont,  22:2x78:9 

Nw  Guerrero  and  23d ,  122x1 17:6 

E  Steiner,  100  s  Post,  25x64:6 

W  Belcher.  150  n  14th,  50x125 

Se  Green  and  Sansome,  137:6x54 

J  C  Weir  to  Edw  Platz 'S  Pine,  27:6  e  Devisadero,  22x83 

Same  to  Joseph  Platz         S  Pine,  49:6  e  Devisadero.  22x83 

Same  to  Ellen  Dugan iS  Pine,  93:6  e  Devisadero,  2.'x83 

Same  to  A  Beyreulher E  Webster,  90  n  Bush,  23:9x91:8 

Same  to  Elizlb  J  Brady E  Webster,  113:9  n  Bush,  23:9x91:8 

Same  to  A  J  Chambers E  Devisadero,  83  s  Pins,  2Sxl37:6 

Same  to  Ellen  Potter IN  Bush,  45:10  e  Webster,  22:11x90 

H  W  Severance  to  R  E  Houghton. IS  20ih,155\v  Dolores,  50x114 

Jno  I.  Jones  to  Jonah  Evaus is  C'tuut,  137:6  e  Buchanan,  137:6x137:6. 

Wm  J  Shaw  lo  Jno  Donahne W  Harrison,  53:8?i  s  131b,  s  25,  etc 

Wm  llollis  to  Jos  Williamson !Se  15lh  and  Guerrero,  e  225:10,  etc;  also, 

|     C2dav,  220  s  15th,19x8'.:9> 

S  Hayes,  107:6  w  Franklin,  w-30.  etc 

|Sw  Harriet,  241:6  se  Howard,  33:7x75... 

IN  Fell,  137:6  w  Gongh,  27:6x120 

W  Folsom,  46  s  25th,  24x115... 


Thos  Magee  to  Julian  Mnrawski. 
H  Dankemeyer  to  G  Uetlinger — 
Dan'l  Sweeney  to  Hugh  F  Spear  . 
Harvey  C  Somers  to  A  F  Spear.. 


Geo  McWilliarus  lo  Jno  Dwyer !W  Sanchez,  26:6  s  Valley,  50x105... 

Jacob  Berlz  to  Dennis  Reardon...lLote  150  and  151,  blk  3,  Fairmount., 


$1,000 
5 
750 
ii.iiiiii 
Gift 
2. SCO 
1.200 
3.000 
3,450 
3,450 
3,450 
4,250 
4,250 
4,800 
5,400 
1.500 
2.000 
1,650 

49,000 
13,0110 
7,625 
3,500 
5,000 
800 
500 


A  Lndorff  to  Geo  Moreau ILot  2,  hlk  IDS,  University  H'd 

Same  to  same W  Broderick,  44  n  Union,  w  103.  etc 

Wm  Blackwood  to  W  H  Taylor...  E  Michigan,  100  s  Alameda,  50x100 

J"G  McKenzie  to  Rob't  Duncan. . .  !Lot  31,  blk  20,  University  M'd  Survey  .. 

Betty  Brenham  to  Clans  SpreckelBlNw  Howard  and  16th,  w  245,  etc 

C  J  Brenham  to  same Same 

M  E  Butlerworth  to  same (Same 

C  J  Brenham  to  same iSame 

Bettv  Brenham  to  Citv  and  CoSF.IW  Howard,  150  n  16th.  35x245 

Geo  F  Coffin  lo  Marie  J  Castlen  .jLot  17,  blk  1204,  Felton  T'ct  H'd 

IN  Wash'n,  205:6  w  Van  Ness.  55xl27:Sli 

|W  Powell,  108  6  s  Valfejo,  29x137:6 

E  Sharon,  158:614  s  25th,  s  1:5X,  etc.... 
N  Bush.  68:9  e  Webster.  22:11x90 


August  Hemmc  to  Marg't  Jones.. 
Henry  A  Cobb  to  S  L  Johnson... 

T  M  J  Dehon  to  L  L  Robinson 

Jas  C  Weir  to  JSilherstein 

R  E  Houghton  to  Mrs  M  LivermoreiS  20th,  155  w  Dolores,  50x114. 
Rob't  White  to  B  E  Arnold Iw  Valencia,  195  n  25th.  6'>x90., 


L  S  Welton  to  O  D  Baldwin 
O  H  Ames  to  Wm  A  Manning.. 

R  Maguire  toPat'k  Haffev   

G  A  E  Muecke  to  Michi  Lydon 

A  Borel  to  John  Landers 

John  Landers  to  H  Matthews  .. 
M  Schwamm  to  City  and  Co  of  S  F 
Henry  E  Fisher  to  same 
N  P  Transport'n  Co  to  State  of  Cal 

F  Koster  to  Thos  Dannieon  . 


Ne  Pine  and  Webster.  27:6x81:3  . 

Und  H  e  Chattanooga.  156  e  22d,  26x125 

W  Columbia,  312  s  20th.  26x100 

Com  at  sw  cor  of  50-v  325,  60x60. . . 
"Pine,  137:5  e  Hyde,  44:2x137:6  . . . 

Same 

W  Dupont,  36:6  n  O'Farrell,  20x30 

WDupont.  Ill  s  Geary,  26:6x30 

Leasehi  Id  int  e  East  st,  275  s  Howard,  s 

to  Folsom,  elc 

S  Parker,  130  e  Columbia,  25x100 


f,    300 

1,250 

2,000 

400 

5 

34,450 

1 

34,450 

2 

1 

20,000 

50 

10 

5,500 

5 

4,500 

1 

800 

COO 

2,450 

10 

20.000 

16  SOS 

19,705 

3,000 
1,550 


Tuesday,  March  20th. 


Donald  McLea  to  City  and  Co  S  F, 


Same  to  A  Rimbinger 

W  J  Shaw  to  City  and  Co  S  F.. 


Same  to  same.. 


Same  lo  Chos  L  Crisman 

Geo  Edwards  lo  A  J  Anderson..., 

Donald  McLea  to  Wm  White 

Same  to  Pat'k  Tracy 

Same  to  Martin  Nolan 

W  S  Shaw  to  L  J  Sellon 

Alex  Badlam  to  P  H  Burnett 

M  S  and  L  Bank  to  Annie  Foley. . 


Ne  9th,  165  nw  Bryant,  nw  35x260,  for  a 

public  st  to  be  known  as  McLea  Court 

Nw  McLea  Conrt.  158  ne  9th,  23x75 

S  12th,  150  e  Isis,  s  lo  13th  x  e  45,  to  be 

known  as  Berenice  st 

N  13th,  250  e  Folsom,  e  to  Harrison,  to 

be  a  continuation  of  13th  st 

S  12th,  150  se  Folsom,  s  to  13th  x  e  45, 

to  be  known  as  Isis  st 

E  13i  h,  25  w  Berenice,  w  25,  etc 

E  Diamond,  149  n  19th,  21x125 

Ne9tb,75  n w  Bryant,  20x85 

Ne  9tli,  50  nw  Bryant,  25x85 

Nw  McLea  Conrt,  85  ne  9th,  27x75 

Sw  12lli  nnd  Berenice,  w  25,  etc 

Lot  24,  blk  611,  PtLobos  Av  H'd 

E  Larkin ,  77,6  s  Turk'  20x56 


1,800 
760 
2.015 
2,525 
1,240 
2,825 
300 
3.700 


Wednesday,  March  21st. 


M  C  Blake  to  Peter  G  Simpson... 
P  M  Vigoureanx  lo  W  J  Gunn  ... 

Wm  Lacy  10  Adalbert  Pauba 

M  R  Roberts  to  Henry  Johnson.. 

Marie  Sajous  to  Chas  Konig 

Wm  Neumeyer  to  Chas  Konig  . . . 
Salomon  Meyer  to  Jonas  Eberl  . . 
Donald  McLea  to  Sam'l  Hancock. 

Same  to  Denis  Lvons 

LM  Kellog  to  Jas  W  Whiting  ... 
Wm  HollistoEliz'th  ETimson... 
TaCk  Hughes  lo  Rieb'd  Waters.. 

Henrv  P  Howe  to  W  Barrett 

Marg't  J  Erady  to  Wm  Treen 


Central  R  R  Co  to  Edw  Cassidy. , 
H  McCrea  to  E  L  Sullivan 


Mich'l  Arthur  to  Annie  A  Kelly  ... 
Donald  McLea  to  Wm  P  Simpson. 

Same  to  Jas  Collopy 

LouiB  Hemme  to  Johanna  Hemme, 

3  and  L  Soc  to  Sarah  Gorman 

C  Newby  to  P  G  Simpson 


J  G  Jackson  to  L  S  Pease.. 
Same  to  John  Mullan 


S  RCUorch  toOD  Baldwin  .... 
C  Williams  to  GeoHummel .... 

G  H  Parker  to  J  Hemingway 

Win  A  Bolinger  to  C  H  Burlon., 


Donald  McLea  to  Jas  O'Connor. 
Same  to  Rachel  Jacobs 


S  Cal'a,  137:6  w  Octavia,  137:6x137:6. . . . 

E  Dolores.  51:6  n  Dale,  25x100 

Se  Folsom,  75  lie  7th,  25x90 

Nw  Howard,  225  sw  7th,  50x165 

S  Uniou,  290:10  w  Baker,  s  150,  etc 

Se  Lvon  and  Union,  14x150 

Lots  II,  12,  13.  Haley  Map  No  1 

NeOtb,  95  nw  Bryant,  70x112 

X  cor  9tti  and  Bryant,  25x85 

E  Fianklin.  9:1  s  Turk,  30x010 

E  Laguna,  100  n  Green,  21x100 

IE  Columbia  pi,  25  n  Prospect  pi,  25XS0  . 
lUnd  1-7  lot  9,  blk  515,  Bay  View  H'd.... 
S  Folsom,  342:6  w  3d,  40x100  ;  also,  n 

I    Louise,  77:6  w  Elizabeth,  20x60 

ISe  Post  and  Lyon, 27:6x137. 6 

7  acre  lots  19,  21,  2S,  26,  in  nw  If  sec  24, 

t2s,r6  w 

Lots  7,  8,  blk  541,  Cal'a  St  H'd 

Nw  Bryant,  181  ne  9tb,  24x90 

Nw  Brvant,  S5  ne  9th,  45x90 

iS  Geary,  200  w  Larkin,  27:6x120 

'S  29th,  130  e  Sanchez.  25x114 

S  Cal,  137:6  w  Octavia,  137:6x1:17:6;  also, 

w  Leavth,  137:6  n  Sac'to.  17:6x6S:9. . . 
Sw  Sutter  and  Franklin,  40x120;  also,  w 

Franklin,  120  s  Sutter,  17:6x40 

S  Su-ter,  40  w  Franklin,  97:6x120  ;  also, 

120  s  Sutter  &  40  w  Franklin,  17:6x97:6 
N  Commerc'l,  102:S  e  Montg,  20:21ix59:9 
Nw  Market,  200  sw  City  Hall  av,  25x100 
N  Norwich,  27:6  e  Gunnison  av,  27:6x00 
Se  Cherry  and  B'dway,  137:6x75  ;  also, 

ne  Cherry  and  Pacific,  n  to  Broadway, 

e  78,  6  269,  etc 

Nw  Bryant,  205  ne  9th,  24x90 

Ne  9th,  25  nw  Bryant,  25x85 


I     10 

300 

4,050 

2.9110 

1 ,21111 

100 

250 

8,640 

3.980 

5.1110 

1,000 

350 

100 

16,900 
950 

12,592 
Gift 
1,825 
3.450 
Gift 
350 

1,800 

11,000 

19,000 

5 

17,500 

600 


1 
1,825 
2,585 


Thursday,  Slareh  22d. 


S  and  L  Soc'y  to  Nellie  Murtha 

C  U  Rillev  to  Sam'l  Bennett 

P  J  Corbett  to  Cath  Corbett 

DFHutchingstoN  P  Melloglav.. 
Marg  E  Crocker  to  Clark  Crocker. 
City  and  Co  S  F  to  Jno  McCracken 


Edw  Norton  to  R  G  Sneath 

J  D  Creigh  to  John  Center 

Donald  McLea  to  Henry  Nohrden 

Same  to  H  II  Sengstacken 

OVSawyertoWm  Hoilis 

Ellen  Crowley  to  L  Roach 

Edgar  O  Brown  to  Mary  F  Mullen 

F  Le  Maitre  to  Geo  Dickson 

Geo  Dickson  to  City  and  Co  S  F 

Antonio  Prato  to  Wm  Treen 

HH  Noble  to  F  E  Wilke 


IW  S  Jose  av,  100:11  s  23d.  w  104:11,  etc 

N  LTnioil,190w  Webster,  25x137:6 , 

N  Hayes.  155  w  Octavia,  51:5x120 

E  Leav'lh,70  n  Jackson,  22:6x70 

Sw  Sutter  and  Octavia,  110x120 

Com  93  ft  16  inches  sw  of  n  cor  of  East 
st  and  Central  wharf,  se  59:9  x  sw  24, 
city  slip  lot  110 

Sw  7th,  115  se  Brannan,  se  40,  etc 

W  Shotwell,  1S5  s  21st,  60x122:6 

Nw  Bryant,  133  ne  9th,  24x90 

Nw  Brvant,  157  ne  9th,  24x90 

Sw  Hyde  and  Sac'to,  137:6x137:6 

S  Jersey,  135  e  Castro.  25x114 

Lot  313,  Precita  Valley  Lands 

Sw  Dupont  and  Sutter,  55x23 

Sw  Dupont  and  Sutter,  23x30 

Nw  Louise,  57:6  sw  Elizabeth,  20x60.. . 

N  Washn ,  137:6  w  Octavia,  w  137:6x275, 

subject  to  mnrt  for  £15.000 

Donald  McLea  to  F  Kosmalski Nw  McLea  Court,  112  ue  9th,  23x75  . 

Julia  P  Dubois  to  A  P  Dubois E  Folsom,  256:9  s  Precira  pi,  s  91:3,  etc. 

Jno  Crowley  to  Mary  Dwyer IW  Palmer.  726  u  Miguel,  20x78 

Pat'k  HejiPi  to  Henry  Pierce iLots  9  and  5,  on  map  of  pl'op'ty  A  Rice 

Marg  Qninn  to  N  J  Whitney Se  Natoma,  125  sw  8th,  25x75 

Geo  Kavanagh  to  City  and  Co  S  F'Lw  Geary  and  Dupont,  27:6x30 

Nicholas  Cousin  to  same |Sw  Dupont  and  Morton,  70x30 

W  J  Gunn  lo  Jno  Furness Is  Post,  45:5  e  Laguna,  25:10x120 


S    950 

1,625 

Gift 

3,250 

25,000 


1,500 
5,500 
6,620 
1,775 
1,775 
12,000 
30il 
1 
25.000 
21,140 
3,950 


30.1X1(1 

1,150 

1 

200 

500 

3,500 

29,608 

69,294 

2,700 


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DEVOTED  TO  THE   LEADING   INTERESTS  OF  CALIFORNIA  AND  THE   PACIFIC  COAST. 


Vol.  27. 


SAN  FRANOISOO,  SATURDAY,  MARCH  31,  1877. 


No.  10. 


oilier*  of  the  V>  a  Francisco  News  letter,  Chlun  Mnll.  CRllfor- 
ulii  Mail  Bitjr,  Sooth  »Mo  Hercluuit  street,  No.  GOT  to  015,  San  Francisco. 

GOLD  BARS-8S0@900 -Silver  Babb— 5@16  p  cent.  disc.  Treasury 
Notes  are  selling  at    9G.L.     Buying,  %.      Mexican  Dollars,  0  per 
cent,  disc.     Trade  l>.. liars.  o\<"  4  per  cent,  disc. 

»»■  Exchange  on  New  York,  J  per  cent  for  Gold  ;  Currency,  4J  per  cent 

premium.    On  London,  Bankers,  494.d.(a' ;  Commercial,  49.^d.  ; 

Paris,  ">  francs  per  dollar.     Telegrams,  |(g  ij  per  cent. 

JW"  Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  March  30th,  at  3  P.M.,  105.    Latest 
price  of  Sterling,  484@486. 

XW  Price  of  Money  here,  3@1  per  cent  per  month — bank  rate.     In  the 
open  market,  j@l£.     Demand  active. 

Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.  —  New  York,  March 
29th,  1S77.—  Gold  opened  at  104j;  11  a.m.,  at  104S  :  3p.m.,  104|.  United 
States  Bonds  —  Five-twenties  of  1807.  Til  J  ;  1881.110).  Sterling  Ex- 
change, 4  84@4  86,  short.  Pacific  Mail.  20J.  Wheat, -*1  50(5  1  65.  West- 
ern Union.  61*.  Hides,  dry.  213(5  22,  quiet.  Oil— Sperm,  SI  SOrSsi  :;i. 
Winter  Bleached,  SI  00  (Si  1  65.  Whale,  6o(o  73  :  Winter  Bleached, 
75@82.  Wool -Spring,  fine,  22(330  ;  Burry,  12(5)16  j  Pulled,  25(538. 
Fall  Clips  17(ff22;  Buri-v,  16(5  22.  London,  March  29th.—  Liverpool 
Wheat  Market,  10s.  7d.  @  lis.  Club,  10s.  lOd.  @  lis..  3d.  United 
States  Bonds,  108  j.     Consols,  96  9-16. 

SPRING    VALLEY    WATER    COMPANY. 

The  following  communication  was  sent  to  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors yesterday: 

San  Francisco,  March  26,  1877. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Mayor  and  Board  of  Supervisors  of  the  City  and 
County  of  San  Francisco— Gentlemen:  The  Spring  Valley  Water  Works 
has  waited  long  and  patiently  for  the  Board  of  Supervisors  to  take  action 
on  the  bills  which  this  corporation  has  sent  in  from  time  to  time  for  water 
supplied  to  the  city  for  its  ordinary  municipal  uses.  At  your  last  meeting 
the  Board  did  take  such  action,  and  rejected  the  bills.  The  city  having 
now  placed  itself  squarely  on  the  record  as  refusing  to  pay  for  water  fur- 
nished by  this  corporation  for  ordinary  municipal  purposes,  this  is  re- 
spectfully but  finally  to  notify  yon  that  unless  immediate  steps  be  taken 
toward  a  fair  settlement  and  payment  for  the  water  used  in  the  past,  and 
the  making  of  a  proper  contract  for  the  future,  and  such  steps  be  prose- 
cuted to  as  speedy  a  conclusion  as  may  be  done  under  the  law,  this  corpo- 
ration will  cut  off  the  supply  of  water  from  its  mains  for  all  the  ordinary 
municipal  uses  of  the  city  except  the  extinguishment  of  fires. 

Very  respectfully,  Spring  Valley  Water  Works. 

By  Charles  Webb  Howard,  President. 

THE  STOCK  MARKET. 
The  market  since  our  last  issue  has  shown  some  little  life,  especially 
during  the  fore  part  of  the  week,  with  a  moderate  improvement  in  the 
prices  of  many  stocks,  but  it  closes  in  the  same  listless  manner  that  has 
characterized  it  for  so  long  a  time.  It  sometimes  looks  as  though  "  the 
powers  that  be"  are  determined  that  we  shall  have  no  market,  for  the  mo- 
ment a  bullish  disposition  manifests  itself,  heavy  sellers  appear,  fully  sup- 
plying all  demand ;  the  rise  is  checked,  and  the  market  at  ouce  is  dead- 
ened. As  to  news  from  the  mines,  we  learn  that  the  southwest  drift  from 
the  1650-foot  level  of  Consolidated  Virginia  continues  in  rick  ore  ;  that 
the  Gould  &  Curry's  new  pump  starts  up  to-day,  and  that  important  de- 
velopments are  likely  soon  to  be  made  in  that  mine  and  in  Best  &  Belcher. 
A  development  will  permanently  start  the  market.  Nothing  else  can. 
Let  us  pray  that  it  will  come. 

M.  Becquerel  will  take  for  the  subject  of  his  lectures  at  the  Paris 
Museum,  "  Light  and  its  Effects."  The  course  of  lectures  will  begin 
after  Easter,  and  includes  the  subject  of  the  radiometer.  Neither  of  the 
two  Becquerels— for  M.  Leon  Becquerel  is  his  father's  assistant— has  ever 
given  his  opinion  on  the  radiometer,  and  their  joint  verdict  is  expected 
with  not  a  little  curiosity.  The  researches  of  the  two  Becquerels  on  the 
influence  of  colored  light  on  vegetation  and  animal  life  do  not  accord  with 
the  theories  of  blue  glass  advocates,  but,  on  the  contrary,  are  diametri- 
cally opposed  to  them. 

Brokers  are  buying  Half  Dollars  at 
selling  them  at  5i@6  per  cent,  discount. 


Mr.  F.  Algtar,  No.  S  ClcincntM  Lauc.  London,  In  nuthorlEed  to 

receive  subscriptions,  advertisements,  communications,  etc.,  for  this  pai'er, 


fc»-/<4r""»  Published  with  this  week's  issue  a  Four- 
tjjj^  ,1/    ■    Page  Postscript, 

LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 

In  the  criminal  proceedings  for  libel  instituted  some  time  ago  by- 
Sir  I  'harles  Russell,  M.  P.,  against  the  publisher  of  the-  Hour,  which 
ceased  to  exist  in  August  last,  the  defendant  has  been  released  from  his 
liability  to  pay  the  costs  upon  his  declaring  his  inability  to  do  so.  The 
application  to  this  effect  was  fade  to  a  Divisional  Court  at  Westminster 
by  counsel  on  behalf  of  Sir  Charles  Russell;  and  the  judges  in  granting  it 
expressed  an  opinion  that  the  honor  of  the  honorable  member  had  been 
fully  vindicated  by  the  course  which  he  had  taken. 

M.  Catillon  finds  that  glycerine  taken  in  small  doses  exerts  a  favorable 
action  OS  nutrition.  By  comparative  experiments  on  animals  he  finds  a 
decided  increase  of  weight  in  those  to  which  glycerine  was  regularly 
given.  There  is  less  combustion  of  the  fatty  tissues,  as  well  as  of  the 
nitrogenous  constituents,  when  glycerine  is  present.  The  administration 
of  glycerine  is  followed  by  an  increase  of  temperature  sometimes  to  the 
extent  of  one  degree. 

Steam  navigation  between  the  Australian  colonies  and  the  Nether- 
lands India,  by  the  Netherlands  India  Steam  Navigation  Company,  has 
been  resumed.  The  Adelaide  Government  has  guaranteed  a  subsidy  of 
£8,000  per  annum,  its  object  being  to  open  up  communication  with  the 
Northern  Australian  settlements.  The  contract  isforfive  years,  the  steam- 
ers to  make  five  trips  per^ear. 

All  Honor  to  Him!—  Among  those  who  passed  the  recent  Cambridge 
local  examination  with  honors  was  a  lad  named  Farrar,  who  was  abso- 
lutely deaf  and  dumb.  He  is  under  16  years  of  age,  and  has  obtained  a 
certificate  for  classics  and  mathematics.  This  is  probably  the  first  case  of 
the  sort  in  the  United  Kingdom. 


per  cent,  discount,  and  are 


Notice— Too  Late  for  this  Week.— "The  British  Trade  Report," 
"The  Effects  of  Crop  and  Self-Fertilization  in  the  Vegetable  Kingdom," 
by  Charles  Darwin,  M.  A.,  F.R.S.,  "Appleton's  Journal  "  for  April,  "The 
Export  Mercantile  Advertiser, "and  very  manyother  valuable  publications, 
will  be  noticed  in  our  next. 

News  comes  from  New  Zealand  of  the  death,  at  the  age  of  56, 
of  Sir  Donald  McLean,  the  Minister  for  Native  Affairs  of  the  Colony. 
The  conciliatory  policy  he  adopted  toward  the  Maories  was  mainly  in- 
strumental in  bringing  about  the  pacification  of  the  country. 

Nicolas,  or  Nicolini,  the  singer  who  is  the  bone  of  contention  l)e- 
tween  the  Marquis  and  the  Marquise  de  Caux,  is  the  son  of  a  cook,  and 
this,  a  correspondent  suggests,  is  why  he  is  so  fond  of  a  Patti.— Truth. 

Senator  Sharon  has  returned  from  Washington,  looking  as  though  the 
effects  of  a  gay  winter  sat  lightly  upon  him.  His  party  included  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Bradley,  of  Milwaukee,  and  Miss  Reilly.  . 

At  Liverpool  4,485  quarters  of  beef  and  430  carcases  of  sheep,  brought 
from  America,  were  landed,  being  the  largest  quantity  of  meat  that  has 
hitherto  reached  this  country  in  one  day. 

Yesterday  being  observed  as  a  holiday  in  Europe,  as  well  as  business 
circles  of  New  York,  we  are  without  our  usual  Eastern  and  European 
quotations.  

The  Pelican  will  sail  for  Eureka,  Crescent  City,  Port  Orford  and 
Coos  Bay  to-day  at  9  a.  m. 

The  City  of  Panama  will  be  due  from  Victoria  and  Puget  Sound 
ports  on  Monday. 

The  City  of  Peking  goes  to  Hongkong  and  Yokohama  on  Tuesday 
at  12  M. 
Trade  Dollars  are  qoted  in  this  market  at  95j  buying  and  96J  selling. 
Legal  Tenders  here  are  irregular  at  90  buying  and  96$  selling. 


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprietor,  Fredsrick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  Ban  Francisco,  California, 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTEI?    AND 


March   31,   1877. 


LOVE    ME, 


LOVE. 

[BY     JOAQUIN     MILLKK.] 

Love  me,  love,  but  breathe  it  low,     Tell  me  only  with  your  eyes- 
Soft  as  summer-weather ; 

If  you  love  me,  tell  me  so, 
As  we  sit  together, 

Sweet  and  still  as  roses  blow. 

Love  me,  love,  but  breathe  it  low. 


Words  are  cheap  as  water. 
If  you  love  me,  looks  and  sighs 

Tell  my  mother's  daughter 
More  than  all  the  world  may  know. 
Love  me,  love,  but  breathe  it  low. 


Words  for  others,  storm  and  snow, 

Wind  and  changeful  weather — 
Let  the  shallow  waterB  flow, 

Foaming  on  together ; 
But  love  is  still  and  deep,  and  oh! 
Love  me,  love,  but  breath  it  low. 

OUR     DRUGGISTS  —  HOW    THEY    BUY    PHYSICIANS' 

PATRONAGE    BY    PAYING    PERCENTAGE    ON 

PRESCRIPTIONS. 

The  News  Letter  has  received  from  time  to  time  many  communica- 
tions relative  to  the  system  of  percentage  on  prescriptions  given  by  drug- 
gists to  phyuicians.  We  must  acknowledge  we  thought  there  was  some 
exaggeration  in  most  of  these  communications,  and  from  the  fact  that  the 
writers  did  not  lay  the  matter  before  us  in  a  very  tangible  manner,  we  de- 
clined to  discuss  it  in  our  columns.  Lately,  however,  the  perceutage  epi- 
demic has  broken  out  in  so  violent  a  form  that  we  hesitate  no  longer,  but 
proceed  to  administer  such  heroic  treatment  as  the  ailment  deserves. 

It  is  customary  in  San  Francisco  for  doctors  to  write  their  prescriptions 
on  blanks  furnished  by  the  retail  drug-stores  they  wish  to  patronize,  and 
from  this  arrangement,  which  seems  so  perfectly  above-board  and  harm- 
less, have  spruntr  many  fraudulent  and  dishonorable  practices,  which  we 
intend  to  thoroughly  expose  in  the  present  and  following  papers.  A  doc- 
tor, doing  any  considerable  practice,  is  generally  waited  on  by  a  repre- 
sentative of  one  of  these  drug-stores,  whose  business  consists  almost  ex- 
clusively in  the  buying  of  doctors'  patronage,  and  sounded  with  regard  to 
his  willingness  to  accept  a  percentage  on  bis  prescriptions.  Of  course,  if 
the  doctor  be  a  man  of  honor,  the  arrangement  falls  to  the  ground  at  once; 
but  if  he  be  a  man  whom  it  is  possible  in  any  way  to  buy,  then  this  drug- 
gist's representative  will  buy  him,  no  matter  how  high  his  price  may  be. 
If  the  doctor  be  satisfied  with  twenty-five  per  cent.,  he  gets  it,  although 
this  is  the  lowest  generally  given,  but  whatever  he  demands  he  gets,  so 
that  sixty-six  per  cent,  is  the  usual  percentage  paid  in  some  drug-stores  in 
our  city.  If  a  person  take  a  prescription  from  such  a  doctor  to  the  drug- 
gist he  recommends,  and  the  price  charged  for  the  medicine  be  a  dollar, 
sixty-six  cents  of  this  are  handed  to  the  doctor,  so  that  the  druggist  has 
only  thirty-four  cents  to  pay  him  for  his  medicine  and  his  trouble  in  pre- 
paring it.  In  this  case,  nearly  four  tiroes  the  legitimate  price  of  the  med- 
icine is  charged.  If  the  prescription  be  taken  to  some  other  store  than 
the  one  mentioned  on  the  blank,  quite  a  change  is  at  once  perceptible.  In 
place  of  a  dollar  or  two  for  an  ounce  of  paregoric  or  syrup  of  squill,  the 
price  seldom  exceeds  twenty-five  cents.  Of  course,  a  person  after  such 
experience  would  never  take  a  prescription  to  a  percentage  store  again  if 
he  could  help  himself  ;  hut  he  cannot.  These  dishonorable  druggists, 
finding  that,  in  a  fair  and  legitimate  competition,  they  would  soon  be  left 
far  behind,  have  made  arrangements  with  their  doctors,  and  the  prescrip- 
tions now  are  written  with  arbitrary  names,  signs,  symbols,  numbers,  and 
such  like,  representing  private  formulas,  so  thatcthey  can  only  be  com- 
pounded in  one  store.  It  is  a  matter  of  daily  occurrance  in  any  drug- 
store doing  a  large  business,  to  have  several  of  these  prescriptions  brought 
in  to  be  compounded.  If  the  apothecary  should  return  one  of  these,  say- 
ing, "I  cannot  make  it  up ;  I  do  not  understand  it;"  and  is  content  to 
let  the  customer  go  away  without  further  remark,  then  he  may  safely  cal- 
culate on  never  seeing  that  customer's  face  again.  Some  brief  explana- 
tion, such  as  follows,  is  therefore  in  order:  ''  The  writer  of  this  prescrip- 
tion may  be  a  very  honorable  man,  but  from  the  fact  that  he  makes  use 
of  secret  signs,  only  known  to  one  druggist,  the  presumption  is  that  he 
has  some  interest  in  doing  so.  If  such  be  the  case,  although  you  have 
paid  him  a  fee,  and,  doubtless,  you  think  a  sufficiently  large  one,  yet  you 
have  not  paid  him  all  he  intends  to  get  from  you,  and  when  you  have 
this  prescription  prepared,  two  or  three  dollars  more  will  be  handed  to 
him,  and  you  will  have  paid  for  your  medicine  about  four  times  its  legi- 
timate price. 

Some  druggists,  getting  such  a  prescription,  and  fearing  to  loose  the 
trade  of  the  customer,  will  prepare  what  they  imagine  is  called  for.  This, 
although  the  druggist  will  always  put  up  some  very  harmless  medicine, 
often  leads  to  very  disagreeable  results.  When  the  doctor  pays  a  second 
visit,  and  observes  his  patient  to  he  much  worse,  he  asks  to  see  the  medi- 
cide.  When  it  is  shown  to  him,  with  the  label  of  another  store  on  it,  he 
at  once  says  the  medicine  is  not  what  be  ordered.  Some  of  the  sick  per- 
son's folks  immediately  rush  to  the  druggist,  and  accuse  him  of  making  a 
mistake.  The  druggist  denies  making  any  mistake,  and  challenges  the 
doctor  to  come  to  his  store.  The  doctor  still  holds  the  fault  is  the  drug- 
gist's, but,  fearing  to  have  his  own  dishonesty  brought  to  light,  refuses  to 
go  near  the  drug-store. 

ifhere  are  many  druggists  in  San  Francisco  who  pay  percentage  to  doc- 
tors, and  who  defend  their  conduct  to  those  in'  their  employment,  and  to 
their  friends  and  families,  yet  not  one  of  these  would  publicly  acknow- 
ledge or  defend  the  stand  he  takes  in  private.  One  "  Christian  Pharma- 
cist"  observed  to  us:  "I  do  not  look  upon  it  as  dishonest  or  dishonora- 
ble ;  I  only  give  a  share  of  the  profits  to  the  doctor.  I  do  not  charge  the 
customer  anything  extra  on  that  account.  It  is  just  like  taking  money 
out  of  my  own  pocket  and  giving  it  to  the  doctor."  A  better  similie 
would  be,  "It  is  just  like  picking  the  pocket  of  an  unsuspecting  cus- 
tomer, and  then  sharing  the  plunder  with  a  brother  thief." 

It  is  a  matter  of  regret  that  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  has  not  paid 
more  attention  to  this  subject.  Two  of  its  members,  however,  have  spo- 
ken of  it  in  plain  and  unmistakable  language.  Mr.  Emlen  Calvert,  in  a 
paper  read  before  one  of  the  meetings  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society, 
thus  speaks:  "The  more  we  consider  the  subject  the  worse  it  appears, 
and  no  end  of  evils  arise  from  the  practice.  I  am  considering  the  matter 
only  as  to  the  druggist's  action,  not  saying  which  is  the  more  or  less  to  blame 
— he  or  the  physician — but  their  acting  together  is  the  great  imposition  ; 
a  glaring  abuse  of  the  faith  and  confidence  of  the  patient  and  customer, 
for  he  is  wholly  at  their  mercy  (his  purse  and  bis  very  life) ;  and  instead 


of  commanding  the  respect  their  position  should  inspire,  it  entails  dis- 
grace, which  falls  upon  the  innocent  as  well  as  the  guilty."  Mr.  Searby, 
a  professor  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  in  the  valedictory  to  the  gradu- 
ating class  of  1875,  gives  his  opinion  as  follows:  "  This  is  the  greatest  evil 
that  affiicts  our  pharmaceutical  commonwealth  to-day.  It  is  a  question 
that  will  probably  cr.ine  before  every  one  of  you.  If  you  are  men  of 
honor  and  integrity,  you  will  set  your  facee  squarely  against  it.  It  is 
wrong,  and  you  will  not  defile  yourselves  by  participating-  in  it.  If  you 
are  unprincipled  or  vacillating,  you  will  probably  yield  to  the  induce- 
ments you  see  on  every  hand  to  cause  you  to  lower  yourselves  to  the 
level  of  the  disreputable  pharmacists  and  physicians  around  you." 

On  the  occasion  of  the  Third  Annual  Commencement,  in  1875,  the  then 
President,  in  his  address,  quotes  the  familiar  lines  from  Homco  and  Juliet, 
descriptive  of  an  apothecary,  in  order  to  show  the  great  difference  be- 
tween an  apothecary  in  those  days  and  at  the  present  time.  The  differ- 
ence, in  many  things,  is  very  great,  but,  we  fear,  not  always  to  the  advan- 
tage of  the  apothecary  of  our  own  times.  The  apothecary  of  the  play 
violated  the  laws  of  Mantua,  laws  which  to-day  are  enacted  and  to-mor- 
row are  repealed  ;  but  the  percentage  apothecary  of  San  Francisco  vio- 
lates laws  which  are  immutable  and  eternal.  Let  us  in  charity  hope 
that  the  apothecary  of  to-day  can  urge,  in  extenuation  of  his  crime,  the 
same  sad  plea  that  his  brother  of  the  play  uses: 

"  My  poverty  alone,  and  not  my  will,  consents." 


The  business-man  now-a-days  nays,  "  Help  me,  cashiers,  or  I  sink. 

SAVINGS    AND    LOAN. 

COLLATERAL    LOAN   AND    SAVINGS  BANK.    COBNER   POST  AND 
KEAENY    STREETS,    SAN    FRANCIS. 0. 

Incorporated  Under  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  California. 

President J.  S.  SPEAR,  JR.  I  Secretary F.  S.  CARTER. 

Vice-President ROB'T  STEVENSON,  j  Appraiser GEO.  0.  ECKER. 

Tills  Bank  Is  prepared  to  loan  money  upon  collateral  secu- 
rities, such  as  Bonds,  Stocks,  Savings  Bank  Books,  Diamonds,  Warehouse  Re- 
ceipts, etc.,  at  from  H  to  4  per  cent,  per  month.     The  Bank  will  also  receive  Term 
Deposits,  and  allow  the  following  rates  of  interest :    Term  Deposits  of  sis  months, 
1  per  cent,  per  month  ;  Twelve  months,  1J  per  cent,  per  month. 
November  4.  F.  S.  CARTER,  Secretary. 

GERMAN    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 

Guarantee  Capital  8200, 000. —Office  526  California  street, 
North  side,  between  Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets.  Office  hours,  from  0  a.m 
to  3  P.M.     Extra  hour  on  Saturdays  from  7  to  8  r.si,  for  receiving  of  Deposits  only 
Loans  made  on  Real  Estate  and  other  bilateral  securities,  at  current  rates  of  interest. 
President L.  GOTTIG.  [  Secretary GEO.  LETTE. 

DIRECTORS. 

F.  Roeding,  H.  Schmieden,  Chas.  Kohler,  Ed.  Kruse,  Dan.  Meyer,  George  H.  Eg- 


gers,  P.  Spreckles,  N.  Van  Bergen. 


Feb.  1. 


MARKET     STREET     BANK      OF     SAVINGS, 

634  Market  St-,  Opposite  Palace  Hotel. 

President „ THOMAS  B.  LEWIS. 

Secretary \V.  E.  LATSON. 

Interest  allowed  on  all  deposits  remaining-  in  Bank  over 
thirty  days.  Interest  on  term  deposits,  12  per  cent,  per  annum.  Deposits  re- 
ceived from  one  dollar  upward.  No  charge  for  Bank  Book.  On  receipt  of  remit- 
tances from  the  interior,  Bank  Books  or  Certificates  of  Deposit  will  be  forwarded  or 
delivered  to  agent.     Bank  open  on  Saturdays  till  9  o'clock  p.m.  October  28. 

SAN    FRANCISCO    SAVINGS    UNION, 
,T6'?o~J  California  street,  corner  Webb.      Capital    and    Re- 

f3t5.-£'  serve,  $231,000.  Deposits,  §0,019,000.  Directors:  James  de  Fremery, 
President ;  Albert  Miller,  Vice-President ;  C.  Adolphe  Low,  D.  J.  Oliver,  Charles 
Baum,  Charles  Pace,  Washington  Bartlett,  A.  Campbell,  Sen.,  George  C.  Potter; 
Cashier,  Lovell  White.  Dividends  for  two  years  past  have  been  7A  and  9  per  cent,  re- 
spectively,  on  ordinary  and  term  deposits.  Dividends  arc  payable  semi-annually,  in 
January  and  July.  Money  loaned  on  real  estate  and  on  United  States  Bonds,  or 
equivalent  securities. October  30. 

PIONEER  LAND  AND  LOAN  BANK  OF  SAVINGS  AND  DEPOSIT. 

Southeast  corner  Calif ormia  and  Montgomery  streets,  Safe 
Deposit  Block.  Incorporated  1809.  Guarantee  Fund.  $200,000.  Dividend  Ne. 
106  payable  on  April  5th.  Ordinary  deposits  receive  si  per  cent.  Term  de- 
posits receive  10  per  cent.  This  incorporation  is  in  its  ninth  year,  and  refers  to 
over  5,900  depositors  for  its  successful  and  economical  management. 

H.  KOFAHL,  Cashier. 
Taos.  Gray,  President.       J.  C.  Dtraaur,  Secretary,  March  31. 

MASONIC    SAVINGS    AND    10AN    BANK, 

No.  6  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco,  Cal.— 
Moueys  received  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits  ;  dividends  paid  semi- 
annually ;  loans  made  on  approved  security.  This  bank  solicits  the  patronage  of  all 
persons. rMarch  25.) H  T.  GRAVES,  Secretary. 


411 

interest. 


FRENCH    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 
Bnsh  street,  above  Kearny.  O.  Maho,  Director.  Loans 

made  on  real  estate  and  other  collateral  securities  at  current  rates  of 


SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK —GUARANTEE  CAPITAL,  S300,000. 

Officers:  President,  John  Parrott;  Vice-President,  Jerome 
Lincoln  ;  Secretary,  W.  S.  Jones  ;  Attorney,  Sidney  V.  Smith.  Loans  made  on 
Real  Estate  and  other  Approved  Securities.  Office :  No.  215  Sansome  street,  San 
Francisco. Oct.  14.  _ 

DIME  SAVINGS  BANK,  646  MARKET  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO- 

FA.  Rntnerford,  President  :  W.  XcMnlion  O'Brien, 
#  Cashier.  A  Bank  Book  issued  free  on  deposit  of  10  cents  and  upwards,  and 
payable  without  notice.  10  per  cent,  per  annum  on  Term  Deposits.  Open  from  9 
a.ji.  to4  p.m.     Saturday  evenings  tiil  9  o'clock. 


March  24. 


SAFE    DEPOSIT    COMPANY,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO, 

S.  E.  Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Sts. 

CAPITAL It 82,000.000. 

This  Company  is  noivopcn  for  therentingrof  vaults  and  the 
transaction  of  all  business  connected  with  a  Safe  Depository.  Pamphlets  giving 
full  information  and  rates  can  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  Company.  Hours, 
from  8  a.m.  to  6  P.M.  September  18. 


March   81,   1877, 


OAUFORNl  \    AD\  ERTISER, 


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OH!    WHO    IS    THIS    BAIRNIB? 
who  is  thi=  bairnie  that  sit*  on  n»y  kneel 
I  wonder  whose  bairnie  tUs  beirnie  can  be 
Ttiis  bonnie  wee  moude, 
Tin's  wee  cheetie  i 
it'.-,  my  tin  wee  bairnie  thoVa  busing  nt  me. 

woo  is  this  beirnie  that  sits  on  my  kn 
l  wonder  whone  beirnie  tliis  bairnle  can  be 

Wi1  cheekfl  like  the  cherry, 

An'  lips  like  the  berry, 
it's  nay  ein  wee  beirnie  that  a  kfaring  at  me. 

who  is  tliis  bairnie  that  site  on  my  knee? 
I  wander  whose  bairnie  this  bairnie  can  be 

\\T  bonnie  wee  bo 

Sae  warm  and  Bae  cosy, 
it's  my  ain  wee  bairnie  that's  kissing  at  me. 

who  is  this  bairnie  that  sits  on  my  knee? 
I  wonder  wboee  bairnie  this  bairnie  can  be? 
Wi1  bonnie  brow  brenty, 

An*  wee  mouthy  dainty, 
it's  my  ain  wee  bairnie  that's  kissing  at  me. 

who  is  this  bairnie  that  sits  on  my  knee  ? 
I  wonder  whose  bairnie  this  bairnie  can  be? 

This  bonnie  wee  lambie, 

Sae  fond  o'  its  mammie, , 
it's  just  my  ain  bairnie  that's  fond,   fond,  o'  ; 


-From  Altei-  Ejusdem. 


A    POKE    AT    PICK    FROM    LIVERPOOL 
' '  Cope's  Tobacco  Plant "  contains  the  following  item,  which  will 
doubtless   be   perused  by  the   venerable   proprietor  of  the   Morning  Call 
with  deep  interest: 

"  For  one  individual  who  has  the  moral  courage  to  give  up  the  terrible 
habit  of  chloral-eating  there  are  ten  who  die  by  the  accursed  drug.  Many 
there  are,  again,  who  continue  the  use  of  chloral  till  the  bitter  end,  for 
the  simple  reason  that  they  are  unaware  of  the  fatal  action  of  their 
nightly  potion.  And  how  can  the  public  know  anything  about  the  dan- 
gerous nature  of  this  narcotic  when  they  not  only  see  the  syrup  of  chloral 
standing  in  dainty  bottles,  "with  directions,"  in  every  chemist's  show- 
case, and  sold  as  freely  as  eau  de  Cologne,  but  also  read  of  it  in  newspa- 
pers, in  advertisements  recommending  its  use  in  all  cases  of  sleeplessness, 
and  assuring  the  reader  that  it  has  no  bad  after  effects.  When,  I  won- 
der, will  the  newspapers  of  this  country  take  to  following  the  lead  of  the 
brave  old  San  Francisco  Sews  Letter,  and  banish  the  advertisements  of 
quacks  from  their  sheets.  I  don't  care  who  or  what  he  is,  but  the  man 
who,  for  sake  of  filthy  lucre,  advertises  the  hydrate  of  chloral  as  an  anti- 
dote to  "  sleepless  nights,"  ought  to  be  hanged  higher  than  Haman,  and 
the  proprietor  of  the  journal  who  accepts  such  advertisement  ought  to  be 
tacked  on  to  his  legs  to  keep  him  steady. 

■WASTE    AND     SAVINGS. 

England  spends  about  725  millions  of  dollars  a  year  in  intoxicating 
drinks.  The  general  habit  of  drinking  has  increased  greatly  during  the 
last  thirty  years.  During  this  period  the  population  has  increased  18  per 
cent.,  while  the  consumption  of  drink  has  increased  77  per  cent.  During 
the  last  7  years  the  consumption  of  cotton  goods  has  decreased  3.2  per 
cent.,  while  the  consumption  of  drink  has  increased  48  per  cent.  Allow- 
ing 225  million  dollars  as  a  fair  average  allowance  for  intoxicating  liquors, 
we  may  imagine  the  immense  impulse  which  the  expenditure  of  the  bal- 
ance of  500  millions  in  manufactures  would  give  to  the  mercantile  inter- 
ests. France  saves  as  much  annually  as  England  wastes  in  drink,  and  it 
was  by  means  of  temperance  that  she  not  only  paid  her  war  indemnity, 
but  is  to-day  more  prosperous  than  ever. 

But  the  waste  from  drink  is  not  measured  by  the  pecuniary  loss.  The 
consumers  are  rendered  unfit  for  work  ;  they  occupy  our  Lunatic  Asylums 
and  Alms  Houses,  and  die  prematurely.  The  saving  of  health  is  a  surer 
source  of  national  prosperity  than  the  Comstock  lode. 

DRUNKEN  STATISTICS. 
The  latest  total  number  of  persons  taken  into  custody,  in  England, 
for  drunkeness  for  one  year  was  9l>,543  males,  41,806  females,  all  of  whom 
were  brought  before  magistrates;  in  addition  to  which  57,705  males  and 
5,926  females  appeared  upon  summons  or  warrant  for  offences  which  in- 
cluded a  charge  of  drunkeness.  Out  of  these  a  total  of  140,2^4  males 
and  40,467  females  were  convicted.  10,588  males  and  3,431  females  had 
been  convicted  before  ;  3,054  males  and  1,416  females  had  been  twice 
convicted  before;  and  2,578  and  1,624  had  been  three  or  more  times  con- 
victed before.  Now,  here  are  more  than  two  hundred  thousand  convic- 
tions in  one  year,  and  these  people  must  have  got  drunk  somewhere. 
There  are  391  persons  convicted  for  selling  without  a  license,  and  only  896 
publicans  had  convictions  recorded  on  their  licenses,  while  2,567  were  con- 
victed, hut  the  convictions  were  not  recorded.  Now,  as  the  number  of  li- 
censes granted  by  Justices  in  counties  was  48,331,  amd  in  boroughs 
21,147,  and  there  are  200,000  convictions  of  drunkards,  and  as 
the  supply  of  drink  to  drunkards  is  an  offense,  there  should  be  a 
greater  percentage  of  convictions  i>f  publicans.  There  is  an  eccentricity 
in  the  grant  of  licenses  which  it  is  difficult  to  understand  bear  any  rela- 
tion to  population.  Thus  Liverpool,  with  493,405  people,  has  1,927  pub- 
lic-nouses, whilst  Manchester  has  only  484  to  supply  351,189  people.  It 
is  not  known  that  there  was  ever  any  inconvenience  in  procuring  bever- 
ages in  Manchester.  There  is  a  great  discrepancy  between  Salford,  with 
124,801,  and  Newcastle-upon-Tyne,  with  128,443.  The  public-houses  in 
Salford  number  125;  in  Newcastle,  449.  In  Liverpool  the  convictions 
for  drunkeness  were  13,166  males,  and  8,792  females ;  in  Manchester, 
8.293  males,  and  3,904  females. 


INSURANCE. 


Said  a  fond  mother,  at  the  table  of  a  fashionable  Chicago  hotel,  the 
other  day:  "Do  you  know,  my  little  son,  that  the  word  'menu'  is  French 
for  bill  of  fare?"  "Oh  yes,  mama,"  was  the  assuring  reply,  "  menu  it !" 
The  mother  fainted  right  there.  She  was  afraid  her  boy  would  grow  up 
to  be  a  paragraph  editor. — Chicago  Journal. 


IN9UEANCK    AGENCY    OF 

HUTCHINSON.  MANN  &  SMITH. 

NO    .in    CALIFORNIA    KTUKKT.    sax     IKAXINCO. 


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National  I,    |    Co.,  U.  8    A.   V.  i  l.       D  C 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  W  ,lions. 
POLICIES    ISSUED   OS    DESIRABLE   PROPERTY  a1  PAIR  BATBB 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED   \M»  PROHPTLI    PAD) 

ill 'T«  HIXSOV,  MANN  A-  SMITH,  General  Affenta, 
Dee.  5. :;i  t  California  street,  Ban  Francisco. 

HOWE  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Principal    Office,    400     CrIII  ornlii    Street.    Ban    Frnnclseo. 
Cash  Assets,  January  i.  \<:,  -:.'.i..,'j;ii  ;  i.uibiil  Surplus  (or  Policy 

Holders,  §5sy,33it.    .1.  F    Houghton,  President;  Geo.  n    Howard,  vice-President: 
Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary.      R.  II.  UAOILL,  II.  II.  DIGELOW,  General  Agents, 

DiaaoroBa. — San  Francisco — Geo.  H.  Howard,  John  II.  Redington,  J.  F.  Houghton 
R.  B.  Gray.  Robert  Watt,  John  Currey,  I.  L,  Baker,  W.  F.  Whittler,  C  c.  liurr,  F-. 
M.  Root.  w.  ii.  White,  J.  L.  X  Bhopard,  w.  M.  Greenwood,  George  s.  Mann,  Cyrui 
Wilson,  w.  T.  Garratt.  0.  Waterhouae,  A.  P.  Hotaling,  A.  Block,  A.  K.  P.  Harmon, 
G.  B.  Johnson,  w.  u.  Wilson,  A,  W.  Bowman,  II.  L.  Dodge,  Onerlae  EL  Story.  Ala- 
meda County  Branch— V.  i».  M Jy,  citauncv  Taylor,  A.  C.  Henry,  Robert  S.  Far* 

relly,  Joseph  B.  Martin,  W.  B.  Hardy,  T.  i:  Simpson.  Kan  Diego  A.  H.  Wilcox. 
Sacramento— Mark  Hopkins,  D.  W.  Karl,  Julius  Wetslar,  James  Carolau.  ^^  Jo 
T.  Eliard  Beans,  B.  D.  Murphy,  A.  Blister,  J.  H.  Dibble,  J.  S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis, 
Jacob  Rich,  John  Auzerals,  John  Balbach.  Stockton— H.  H  Hewlett, Chas  ft 
J.  D.  Peters,  A.  W.  Simpson,  II.  M.  Fanning.  Marvsville— D.  E.  Knight.  Gross 
Valley  Win.  Watt,  T.  w.  Sigourney.  Portland.  Oregon— W.  8.  Ladd,  0.  H.  Lewis, 
r  W  : --crnian,  B.  Goldsmith,  1).  Macleay.  Virginia  City,  Nevada — John  GRUg, Isaac 
L.  Requa. March  17. 

FIRE  AND  MARINE  INSURANCE— UNION  INS.  CO.  OF  S.  F- 

The  California  Lloyds. —-Established  in  lsr.i.— \»s.  416  and 
418  California  street.  Cash  capital  8760,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  $1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  !  !  Solid  Security  !  !  DIRECTORS. 
— Sa.v  Francisco— J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller.  N*  J.  T.  Dana.  M  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Bore!,  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  Lawranee  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Howes,  Nicholas  Lulling,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Baum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Bratidanstein,  Qustave  Touchard,  G.  Brignardello,  George  c.  Hickox,  T.  Lem- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  K.  Lindenberger.  Sacramento — Edw.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Makvsvillk— L.  Cnnnighani,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  O. — 
Henry  Failing.     Nkw  York — J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GUSTAYE  TOUCHARD,  President.                      N.  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 
Charles  P.  Haves,  Secretary.        Geo.  T.  Bon  en.  Surveyor. Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSUEANCE    CO. 
FIKE     AND    MARINE. 

Clash  Assets,  Jan.  1st,  1870,  8478,000.— Principal  Office, 
j  218  and  220  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  :— Peter  Donahue,  Pres- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Gushing,  Secretary;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  of  Directors  : — Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'Sullivau,  A.  Bocqueraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailey,  E.  W.  Corbcrt, 
George  O.  McMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson,  Dr.  C  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  I  vers,  John  Roaenfcld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Loe  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County.  H.  W.  Beale,  MayfleM.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  business  of  Life  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  over  Fourteen-  Millios  Dollars.  Tho 
law  ol  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among-  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  Tliis  company 
has  comr-'ied  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSOX,  General  Agent. 
April  23.]  313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE     FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN, 
GERMANY. 

Capital,  6,000,000  Iteieli-Marks,  81,500,000  IT.  S.  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are   now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAN,  HIRSCHFELD  A-  i  11  >. 

v?_..     i  ii.;:....  .   v.-.    Qd- 


Nov.  4. 


Otiice  :  No.  302  Sansome  street,  under  W.  F.  k.  Co. 'a  Bank. 


ESTABLISHED    1821. 

Capital,  Goia 810,000,000. 

Gl'ARDIAlf  ASSVRAXCE  CO.,  OF    LONDON. 

Dec.  16.  _Agcnts  :  BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO.,  280  California  St. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  $15,000,000  ;  Accumulated  Funds,  up* 
wards  of  88,760,000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurance,  $1,380,000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  310  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN   ASSURANCE   CO.,    OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

Clash  Assets,  81.-07.  18S.— London  Assurance  Corporation, 
j    of  London.    England.    Cash  Assets,  §14,993,460.—  Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.                     CROSS  &  CO.,  General  Agents, 
Jan.  20.  :t!0  California  street. 

BRITISH  ANDTOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 
Capital  85, OOO, OOO. ---Agents:    Balfour,  Gutbrle  A  Co.,  Xo. 


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230  California  street,  San  Francisco. 


FOR    SALE. 
GL.  ATI's   f\ti\d\  First  Mortgage  Bonds  of  the  Nevada  County 

\lP«3*  Fa"  "*  **  W  Narrow  Gautre  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1870,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  8  per  cent,  per  annnm,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wells  Far"n  &  Co.,  in  this  city.  No  more  desirable  investment  can  be  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit.        [Sept.  9.]        ANDREW  BAIRD,  No.  304 California  street. 

THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every  variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  ©lit. 
Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clocks  and  fine 
Bronzes;  also  a  full  line  of  Plumbers' Goods.  122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
isco. Jan.  27. 

STUART    S.    WRIGHT, 

Attorney  and  Counsellor  at  Law,   No.  504  Kearny  street, 
San  Francisco,  California.  Feb.  3. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March  31.   1877. 


THEATRICAL,  ETC. 
California  Theater.  —  On  Monday  and  Tuesday  evenings  Mias  Neilson 
again  presented  her  famous  "Juliet,"  always,  with  her,  a  .sure  card  for 
crowded  houses.  Wednesday  Twelfth  Night  took  the  hoards— a  grand  old 
comedy,  only  too  seldom  produced.  The  whole  performance  of  this  play, 
as  given  by  the  California  troupe,  is  simply  delightful.  Miss  Neilson  had 
the  advantage  of  a  costume  that  set  off  her  beauty  and  supple  graceful- 
ness to  the  utmost  advantage.  Her  conception  of  the  part  of  "Viola" 
was  most  admirable,  and  she  presented  the  struggles  of  the  woman  to 
conceal  her  identity  and  sex  under  the  page's  attire  with  a  mixture  of 
feminine  weakness  and  boyish  assumption  that  was  altogether  delightful. 
.  In  the  duel  scene  she  treated  the  audience  to  a  bit  of  genuine  high  com- 
edy of  the  first  merit.  Mr.  Long  played  her  counterpart,  "  Violas 
brother,  with  marked  success,  and  elicited  much  comment  by  the  marvel- 
ous resemblance  to  Miss  Neilson,  resultant  from  his  make-up,  as  well  as  a 
general  resemblance  of  feature  that  amounted  to  a  coincidence.  Mr. 
Hill's  "  Malvolio"  was  unexceptionable  in  every  respect,  and  is  a  worthy 
companion  piece  to  his  "  Mercutio'1— the  latter  the  best  we  have  seen. 
Mr.  Bishop's  "  Sir  Andrew  Aguecheek"  was  another  illustration  of  the 
eminent  adaption  of  this  comedian  to  Shakspeare's  peculiarly  broad 
humor.  Mr.  Harry  Edwards  renewed  his  well-earned  honors  as  "  Sir 
Toby  Belch.  '  Mr.  Keene  did  not  seem  to  have  so  good  a  conception  of 
his  role  (the  "  Duke  Orsini")  as  is  customary  with  this  gentleman.  The 
ladies,  of  whom  there  were  but  three  in  the  cast,  as  is  the  case  in  nearly 
all  of  Shakspeare's  comedies,  acquitted  themselves  effectively— Miss  Wil- 
ton both  acting  and  dressing  the  "  Countess  Olivia"  to  the  extent  of  the 
requirements  of  that  not  very  happy  part;  while  Miss  Harrison,  as 
"  Maria,"  gave  us  a  Shakspearian  soubrette  of  no  mean  order.  The  play 
concluded  with  a  dance  by  the  whole  company.  The  figure  was  one  in 
great  favor  in  Elizabetbian  times,  and  is  said  to  have  been  a  favorite  with 
that  resolute  old  vixen  herself.  Anything  more  nearly  illustrating  the 
poetry  of  motion  than  Miss  Neilson's  dancing  in  this  can  hardly  be  imag- 
ined, and  to  see  the  whole  immense  company  of  the  California  in  the 
superb  dresses  of  Twelfth  Night  dancing  together  in  this  unique  and  grace- 
ful old  court  dance,  is  of  itself  a  treat.  The  same  bill  will  be  repeated  to- 
day and  this  evening.  The  matinee  already  promises  to  be  the  largest 
ever  known  in  thi3  city.  On  Monday  we  have  Cymbeline,  with  Miss  Neil- 
on  as  "Imogen,"  her  latest  triumph. 

There  is  nothing  new  at  the  Grand  Opera  House,  the  only  other  theater 
open  this  week. 

AN  ECCENTRIC  BEQUEST. 
A  curious  case  has  just  been  tried  before  the  Lord  Chancellor, 
affecting  the  disposal  of  a  certain  sum  of  money,  which  had  been  be- 
queathed under  peculiar  circumstances.  In  the  year  1872  an  eccentric 
Irishman  of  the  name  of  Charlton,  left  a  legacy,  the  interest  on  which 
was  to  be  paid  out  in  douceurs  of  six  guineas  apiece  to  every  daughter  of 
a  day  laborer  in  the  counties  of  Meath  and  Longford,  who  should  have 
her  marriage  ceremony  performed  in  the  presence  of  a  Protestant  clergy- 
man. A  like  amount  was  also  provided  for  the  sons  of  day  laborers,  who 
would  consent  to  be  united  in  the  bonds  of  matrimony  in  the  same  way. 
Strange  to  sav,  since  that  time  so  few  claimants  have  appeared  on  the 
scene  that  the  fund  has  begun  to  assume  somewhat  formidable  propor- 
tions. In  this  dilemma  recourse  has  been  had  to  the  Courts  with  a  view 
to  settle  the  difficulty.  The  Lord  Chancellor  signified  his  approbation  of 
a  scheme  submitted  to  him  to  extend  the  bequest  to  parties  of  all  deaom 
inations,  and  also  to  increase  the  matrimonial  bonus  to  the  larger  sum  of 
twenty-five  guineas.  This  was,  however,  objected  to  by  the  Bishops  of 
Meath  and  Kilmore.  Bribery  and  corruption,  in  any  shape,  we  have 
always  been  aware,  are  two  things  that  an  Irishman  is  perfectly  imperv- 
ious to;  but  on  an  occasion  like  this,  one  would  think  that  he  could  man- 
age to  compromise  with  his  conscience  and  pocket  the  largess.  As  a  set- 
off against  the  inducements  held  out  by  their  bigoted  testator,  some  other 
wealthy  competitor  should  enter  the  field  and  offer  a  double  sum  to  de- 
signing couples  to  get  married  according  to  the_  rites  of  Am  peculiar 
church.  A  member  of  some  third  denomination  might  then  be  prompted 
by  a  spirit  of  emulative  zeal  to  uphold  the  dignity  of  his  religious  choice, 
and  offer  a  still  larger  sum.  What  a  chance  then  for  a  poor  but  loving 
pair!  To  suit  the  taste3  of  himself,  the  amorous  swain  might  insist  nu 
being  married  in  his  church,  whilst  the  bride  would  be  equally 
firm  about  the  rite  being  performed  according  to  her  religious  scruples, 
thus  drawing  a  bonus  from  each.  And  lastly,  to  make  the  knot  still  more 
secure,  they  might  both  be  reunited  in  a  church  possessing  some  stray 
portions  of  a  creed  common  to  both,  and  end  by  finding  themselves  with 
sufficient  money  in  hand  to  pay  the  expenses  of  the  first  year's  house- 
keeping, and  the  honeymoon  trip  besides.  At  any  rate,  the  whole  affair 
would  not  have  puzzled  the  brains  of  an  ordinary  American  for  one 
minute. 

LIBERAL  TERM3. 
The  most  important  event  of  the  month  of  April  will  doubtless  be 
the  Third  Annual  Sale  of  the  "Real  Estate  Associates."  To  give  the 
casual  reader  an  idea  of  the  work  which  this  corporation  is  doing  to  im- 
prove the  city,  it  is  only  necessary  to  notice  the  various  locations  of  the 
property  offered  for  sale.  Every  portion  of  the  city,  from  the  Western 
Addition  to  the  limits  of  Twenty-sixth  street ;  from  Vallejo  and  Green 
streets  to  Valencia  and  Stevenson  streets,  is  included  in  this  sale.  The 
improved  and  unimproved  property  are  alike  offered  for -one-fifth  cash  ; 
but  the  balance  owing  on  the  former  extends  over  a  period  of  six  years, 
with  interest  at  9  per  cent.,  while  the  money  due  on  the  latter  is  allowed 
a  term  of  ten  years,  with  interest  at  S  per  cent,  per  annum.  The  intend- 
ing purchaser  can  choose  his  future  home  in  almost  any  part  of  the  city 
he  pleases.  Diagram  Catalogues  of  the  Sale  can  be  obtained  at  the 
office  of  the  Eeal  Estate  Associates,  or  at  Maurice  Dore  &  Co.'s,  the 
auctioneers,  of  410  Pine  street.  We  repeat  that  this  is  a  chance  which 
no  man,  desirous  of  acquiring  a  home  for  himself  in  the  future,  should 
neglect.  The  low  rate  of  interest,  the  long  terms  of  credit,  and  the  high 
character  of  the  houses  built  by  this  Association,  should  induce  intending 
investors  to  examine  very  carefully  into  the  advantages  of  this  sale,  and 
to  profit  by  it. 

At  an  inn  in  Sweeden  there  was  the  following  inscription  in  English 
on  the  wall:  "You  will  find  at  Trollhathe  excellent  bread,  meat  and 
wine,  provided  you  bring  them  with  you."  This  might  be  copied  in 
many  an  English  place  of  entertainment  for  man  and  beast. 


ART  JOTTINGS. 
It  was  more  than  surmised  that  personal  prejudice  and  an  utter 
lack  of  courtesy  toward  the  officers  who  had  faithfully  served  the  Art 
Association  the  past  year,  prompted  the  Committee  un  Nominations  to 
put  forward  new  names,  from  President  down.  'Tis  true,  Mr.  Duncan 
was  elected  for  one  year  only,  bet  during  that  time  the  association  has 
had  new  life  given  it  by  being  rescued  from  the  slough  of  despond,  fur- 
ther down  the  street,  and  domiciled  in  their  new  and  elegant  quarters. 
This  had  but  just  been  accomplished,  the  first  exhibition  in  the  new  quarters 
still  in  progress,  when  the  committee  proceeded  to  ignore  those  who  had 
done  so  much  for  the  society.  Under  the  circumstances,  it  was  an  insult 
to  Mr.  Duncan,  and  as  such  understood  by  the  members  at  large,  who 
found  no  difficulty  in  electing  an  opposition  ticket — re-electinc  aU  the  old 
officers  who  would  consent  to  serve  another  year — and  now  the  associa- 
tion has  fairly  entered  upon  the  first  year  of  its  new  and  improved  ex- 
istence. 

Mr.  Deakin  has  a  farewell  sale  at  Newhall  &  Co.'s  next  Wednesday. 
It  is  a  little  less  than  four  months  since  Mr.  Deakin's  works  were  sold  at 
the  same  place,  and  now  he  comes  to  the  front  with  about  half  a  gross 
more,  of  various  sizes,  and  numerous  subjects.  With  this  showing,  we 
think  no  one  will  denjr  Mr.  Deakin  credit  for  unparalleled  industry,  If 
Church  and  Moran  could  but  approach  Mr.  Deakin  in  rapidity  of  execu- 
tion, they  would,  in  a  few  years,  rival  the  Bonanza  Kings  in  wealth. 
Neither  of  these  artists  has  painted,  on  the  average,  five  pictures  a  year 
since  they  began  to  paint ;  but  then  they  have  neither  the  California 
Bcenery  or  climate,  both  of  which  seem  to  have  a  startling  effect  with 
some  painters  who  work  on  the  principle  that — everything  goes. 

But  little  is  doing  in  art.  Mary  Stuart  receives  a  respectable  number 
of  visitors  each  day,  and  is  very  generally  admired.  It  certainly  is  a 
much  better  picture  than  many  of  the  exhibition  works  heretofore  shown 
in  this  city. 

Kix  has  a  large  upright,  which  is  attracting  attention,  in  Messrs.  Mor- 
ris, Schwab  &  Co.'s  window,  and  the  very  creditable  genre  picture  by 
Irwin,  lately  on  view  there,  has  found  a  purchaser.  It  is  quite  possible 
that  some  other  of  our  artists  may  find  it  to  their  advantage  to  paint 
something  besides  land  and  sea-scapes  and  portraits. 

The  only  fresh  work  we  note  at  Snow  &  May's  is  a  vile  copy  of  Van 
Dyke's  "Danaeand  the  Shower  of  Gold;"  said  to  have  once  belonged 
to  Boss  Tweed,  and  to  have  cost  a  fabulous  amount  of  money.  It  was 
not  given  us  by  whom  it  is  now  owned,  and  it  may  be  part  and  parcel  of 
the  assets  the  lawyers  are  just  now  anxiously  looking  for  in  New  York. 


How  to  Cook  Large  American  Oysters.— Deprive  the  oysters  of 
their  beards,  place  each  separately  in  a  thin  layer  of  streaky  bacon,  more 
fat  than  lean,  fry  the  whole  in  oil,  and  serve  as  hot  as  possible. 

MECHANICS'    INSTITUTE    CONCEETS, 

Mechanics'  Pavilion,  corner  of  mission  and  Eighth  streets. 
Popular  Prices  !  The  Second  of  the  Series  JI"  Eight  GRAND  POPULAR 
PROMENADE  CONCERTS  will  take  place  on  SATURDAY  EVENING,  March  3ist, 
when  will  he  offered  the  following  programme  :  1.  Overture—"  Stabat  Mater,"  Ros- 
sini ;  1.  Song  for  Tenor— "Then  You'll  Remember  Me,"  Balfe.  MR.  W.  H.  TILLA  ; 
3.  Solo  for  Cornet—"  Ye  Merry  Birds,"  Gumbert,"  MR.  C.  FUCHS  ;  i.  Grand  Waltz— 
"  Per  Sempre,"  Glorze"  (composed  expressly  for  Mile.  lima  de  Murska),  MLLE.  ILMA 
DE  MURSKA;  5.  Selection  from  "  Faust,"  Gounod  ;  (5.  Overture- -"  Night  in  Gra- 
nada." Kreutzer  ;  Irish  Ballad — "Cailin  dims  Crutheen  Namno,"  Moore,  MISS  J  E  AN- 
NIE WINSTON  (her  first  appearance  in  concert  in  America) ;  S.  Duett  for  Flute  and 
French  Horn.  LeCIair  and  Halevy,  MESSRS.  F.  BRIDGES  and  C.  LINTNER;  9. 
Prodi's  Variations  (composed  expressly  for  Mile.  Iluia  de  Murska),  MLLE.  ILMA  DE 
MURSKA;  1U.  Recitative  and  Duett  from  "II  Trovatorc,"  Verdi,  MISS  JEANNIE 
WINSTON  and  Mil,  W.  H.  TILLA  ;  11.  March,  "  Tannhauser,"  Wagner.  POPULAR 
PRICES  '.    General  Admission,  25  and  50  cents  ;  Reserved  Seats.  25  cents  extra. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATE3. 

Bash  Street,  above  Kearny. —John  McCnllong-h.  Proprietor 
and  Manager ;  Barton  Hill.  Acting  Manager.  Last  Eight  Nights  of  MISS 
NEILSON.  This  (Saturday)  Evening,  last  night  of  Shakspeare's  corned  v,  TWELFTH 
NIGHT  ;  or.  WHAT  YOU  WILL.  Miss  Neilson  as  "  Viola."  This  (Saturday)  After- 
noon, only  matinee  of  TWELFTH  NIGHT.  Monday,  April  2d— Production  of  Shaks- 
peare's CYMBELINE.  Miss  Neilson  as  "Imogen,"  Notice.— Notwithstanding  its 
extraordinary  success,  this  engagement  is  necessarily  limited,  as  MISS  NEILSON  is 
to  appear  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theater,  New  York,  on  May  8th,  prior  to  her  departure 
for  Europe.  March  31. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  Street,  between  Thin!  anil  Fourth.— Acting:  Man- 
ager,  Mr.  Ghas.  Wneatleigh  ;  Scenic  Artist,  Mr.  Wm.  Voegtlin.  Eighth  Week. 
This  (Saturday)  Evening.  Fifty-seventh  Representation  of  THE  TOUR  OF  THE 
WORLD  IN  EIGHTY  DAYS,  the  greatest  dramatic  success  ever  known  in  California. 
Positively  THE  LAST  TOUR  OF  THl2  WORLD  MATINEE  Saturday,  March  31st.  In 
Rehearsal— Boucicault's  Drama,  AFTER  DARK.  March  31. 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER. 
earny street,  between  Washington  a  ti  1  Jackson.— Sam n el 

_  Tetlow,  Proprietor.  Grand  Production  of  the  Beautiful  Domestic  Drama,  bv 
Charles  Reade,  from  Tennyson's  Poem,  entitled  DORA,  with  FANNY  YOUNG  as 
DORA,  supported  bv  the 'Company.  The  BRAHAMS  in  their  Society  Sketches. 
SHED  LeCLAIR  in"  his  Comic  Hat-Spinning  and  Juggling  Act,  GROTESQUE 
DIABLO  !    New  Olio  !    Male  and  Female  Minstrels.  March  31. 

CARD  FROM  MR.  JOHN  PARROTT,  OF  THE  BOARD  OF   DIRECTORS 
OF  THE  L)N£0N  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK.  (Limited). 

My  attention  has  been  called  to  a  leading  article  in  the 
"San  Francisco  Mail "  of  this  morning,  under  the  heading  of  "Important 
Rank  Change,"  in  which  it  is  stated  that  "Mr.  Milton  S.  Latham  has  been  relieved 
from  the  controling  position  he  has  held  in  connection  with  the  London  and  San 
Francisco  Bank  since  its  inauguration,"  with  many  other  assertions  reflecting  on  said 
bank  and  its  management.  I  deem  it  my  duty  to  the  patrons  of  a  bank  in  which  I 
am  so  largely  interested  to  state  that  such  assertions  are  not  only  maliciously  false, 
but  without  a  shadow  of  foundation,  as  the  writer  of  said  article  could  easily  have 
learned  ou  inquirv  of  myself  nr  anv  of  the  officers  of  the  bank. 

JOHN  PARROTT,  Director,  resident  in  San  Francisco. 
March  23th,  1877. March  31. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

The   Anglo-Calif omian     Bank,    Limited,    bas    declared    a 
Semi-Annual  Dividend  of  five (5 J  per  cent.,  which  is  now  payable  at  the  Bank, 
i-22  California  street.     By  order  of  the       [March  31.]        BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 

DR.    R.    BEVERLY    COLE 

Has  returned  from  his  European  tour,  and  will  resume  the 
practice  of  his  profession  for  a  few  months.     Office,  16  GEARY  STREET. 
Hours,  12  to  3  p.m.  March  31. 


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CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER, 


HIS    SATANIC     MAJESTY    IN    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

I'm  lorry  I  Ic 

But  bit  i*  bit,  and  I  .1  to  &>  :  I  couldn't  atop  for  that ! 

I  have  t  i  build  if-.li  quart)  i 
Then  man  t  room  for  all  the  null  that  we  will  won  haw  brought  m  ! 
■lways  fra  ghi  with  work!     My  Imps  an  now  full  bi 
Bring  nil :  tin-  row  would  make  pou  dj 
I  only  got  back  late  laal  night,  and  Btarted  right  away 
To  see  the  fun!    Why.  bless  your  life,  it'*  lower  than  ;i  play  ! 
It's  not  so  good  aa  Hammond ■  tho1 1  fke'i  better  an  t-<  snunT, 
And  baa  ■  troupe  of  pretty  rirla,  which  make*  ktunga  nioe  enough  ! 
Their  special  work's  •  the  ajmuw    but  somehow  L've  ;t  aotaon 

finjr,  they'd  prefer  oil  Urn  in  their  devotion  .' 
\\  In.  wouldn't  :■  .1 "  with  :i  sweet  ^-irl  at  bis  ear 

A  whispering  gentle  words  of  grace  :    the  oharming  little  dear! 
1  would, )  know  !  and  forfeit  all,  my  cro«  n,  ay  !  Hell  to  boot ! 
For  one  abort  hour  of  bliss  like  that,  tho'  I  «■■>  an  old  galoot ! 
Still,  Taylor  isn't  bad  !  perhaps  a  trifle  old  and  passt  ' 
H'-'s  lost  tiu-  tii.'  of  earlier  d&\  -,  and  's  getting  wishy-washy! 
Old  Cos  is  sort  of  "end-man    there  !  yella  like  :i  Frantic  demon, 
While  Jewell  stirs  the  ainners  up,  and  bids  them  think  of  Heaven  ! 
1  runt,   and  groan,   and  rave,   and  writhe,   in  the  stereotyped  old 

fashion. 
And  fondly  dream  Religion  *a  found— by  getting  in  a  passion  ! 
I  suppose  they  think  they've  struck  it  rich,  and  at  last  have  got  the  vein. 

T'u'Miit  pHli  nut  as  they  fancy,  though  !  they'll  find  they're  fooled  again  ! 

'Twould  discount  Barnum's  Circus  quite!  uo  wild  beasts  caged  in  there 

Could  mar  like  these  enthusiasts  when  wrestling  hard  in  prayer  ! 

What's  all  this  gammon  that's  been  said  'bout  Latham  going  to  leave? 

Why  people  trill  invent  such  lies  I'm  sure  I  can't  conceive  ! 

Some  men  are  just  like  monkeys  in  their  natures  it  would  seem, 

As  if  old  1  >arwin's  after  all  was  not  an  idle  theme ! 

They're  never  happy  but  when  up  to  mischief,  and  delight 

To  play  their  fiendish  pranks  and  think   they're  doing  something  bright. 

At  last  they  mean  to  give  the  "  Bums  "  a  chance  to  earn  a  living — 

Rot  let  them  all  grow  fat  and  sleek  on  what  the  city's  giving! 

S.i  far  the  .Tail  has  done  firstrate  as  a  paradise  for  thieves: 

The   Hoodlum  loafs  the  Winter  through   till  Spring'  comes  round,  then 

leaves! 
But  now  he'll  have  to  work  a  bit  and  be  forced  to  pay  his  way, 
And  join  the  pick  and  shovel  throng  at  Washerwoman's  Bay! 
Why  should  these  drunken  tumblers  live  a  life  of  lazy  ease, 
While  honest  men  have  got  to  work,  is  a  problem  no  one  sees! 
'Twill  be  a  chance  for  Blacklock  or  MeCaw — whiche'er  is  his  name — 
To  help  rill  up  this  pesthole,  and  think  o'er  his  swindling  game! 
'Bout  time  this  landmark  was  removed — we've  no  more  hardy  miners 
Who  want  some  place  to  wash  their  shirts,  like  the  good  old  Forty-niners! 
Pray,  what's  the  row  with  all  your  girls?  or  are  they  all  demented? 
White  girls,  in  bygone  days,  I  think,  with  white  men  were  contented. 
But  now  'tis  changed!     £*ot  long  ago  a  San  Francisco  Miss 
Thought  fit  to  wed  a  Chinese  and  try  Celestial  bliss! 
And  now  two  more  have  followed  suit,  and,  if  report  says  true, 
Have  picked  up  husbands  from  a  troupe  of  Ethiopian  hue! 
In  Hell's  name,  where's  their  taste?    Of   course,  their  lips  are  rather 

bigger— 
There's  more  to  kiss,  but  who,  if  sane,  would  want  to  kiss  a  nigger? 
So  Pacheco's  beaten  Wigginton!  and  claps  his  wings  for  joy; 
I  suppose  he'll  try  for  back  pay  now  in  Congress— sly  old  boy! 
What  good  has  that  d — d  "Black  List"  done,  but  stir  up  angry  feeling — 
A  man  who  pays  his  taxes,  hates  suspicion  of  wrong  dealing! 
These  slandered  citizens  object  to  have  their  names  traduced, 
And  published  as  defaulters  when  no  proof  can  be  adduced! 
What   do  you   think!     Friend  "Combloom's  "  sloped   and  left  for  parts 

unknown — 
His  scented  whiskers,  jingling  pup,  all  gone!  the  bird  has  flown! 
In  vain  his  creditors  mourn  their  loss!  their  sighs  will  help  them  naught; 
To  find  this  "Golden  Fleece  "  they'll  need  another  kind  of  Court. 
I  have  an  interest  there  myself;  but  he  can't  escape  my  toll — 
I've  got  him  where  the  hair  is  short— it's  a  mortgage  on  his— soul! 

OUR    JAPAN    LETTER. 

Yokohama,  March  12th,  1877. 
Dear  News  Letter  : — My  last  spasmodic  effusion  gave  you  a  lucid  ap- 
preciation of  the  causes  that  led  to  the  revolt  in  Satsuma.  The  fighting 
goes  on,  and  neither  side  appears  to  win.  Humamoto  Castle  still  holds 
out,  and  12,000  Government  troops  are  now  ready  to  stamp  out  this  most 
iniquitous  and  uncalled  for  rebellion.  It  is  to  be  hoped  they  will  do  so 
speedily  and  effectively,  and  with  one  decisive  blow  crush  forever  these 
constantly  recurring  insurrections,  that  peace  may  once  more  reign  in  this 
land.  Saigo  is  Commander-in-Chief,  and  styles  himself  President  of  the 
new  government.  Let  him  style  himself.  The  insurgents  say  that  the 
reason  they  have  risen  is  because  sundry  policemen  were  ordered  by  Gov- 
ernment to  assassinate  Saigo.  This  cock  and  bull  story  is  all  very  well  in 
its  way,  but  it  won't  do,  for  the  Satsuma  people  have  been  preparing  to 
revolt  for  more  than  a  year.  They  want  a  change  of  ministers — that  is 
to  say,  they  want  to  take  the  places  of  the  men  at  present  in  office.  The 
insurgents  say  the  present  ministers  are  corrupt,  and  think  more  of  their 
pay  than  the  welfare  of  their  country;  that  they  tax  the  people  heavily. 
They  also  say  that  they  alone  are  virtuous,  good  and  patriotic,  and  that 
when  they  come  into  power  they  will  abolish  all  taxes,  and  let  every  one 
do  as  he  pleases.  With  these  delightful  sentiments  they  delude  the  peo- 
ple, who  naturally  wish  them  success.  We  ought  to  hear  of  a  great  bat- 
tle in  a  few  days,  but  at  present  we  are  quite  in  the  dark,  as  the  Govern- 
ment has  forbidden  the  newspapers  to  publish  anything  that  is  not  offi- 
cially given  them.  As  nothing  has  been  given  them,  they  invent,  and  our 
local  papers  translate  these  inventions',  and  give  them  forth  to  the  world 
as  news.  All  is  quiet  here,  excepting  a  most  ill-timed  attempt  to  form  a 
volunteer  corps,  thereby  showing  a  want  of  confidence  in  the  Government 
and  an  absurd  fear  of  the  insurgents.  With  the  most  profound  hatred  of 
all  insurgents,  especially  G.  Washington,  believe  me 

Yours  ever,  The  Pious  Jones. 

Mark  Twain,  in  forming  the  code  of  laws  for  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the  Sandwich  Islands,  has  wisely  decided  that  a  man  cannot  be  hanged 
for  the  crime  of  suicide. 


SIGNAL    SERVICE    METEOROLOQICAL    REPORT.    WEEK 
ENDING  MARCH  20.  1877.  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

High  rut     amf    LOWSSI     tltirttmrtrr. 


Frl.  23. 


Sat.  24. 


Sun  35.     Mon.  20    Tuva  27    WodSS 


Thr29 


MAV 

....■,  ■■   ■,  0  01 

Mmatimum  amel    yiinitmim  Thormno  awNri 
ol         I         0.S         I         02         I         07        J         fid         I  00        I        67 

M         I         M        J  H        \  .  61  48 

Jfrnrt  Hallft  Humidity, 
"0         |  77         |  •    87         |         80         |  li         |        00         1       00 

PrevaUlng  Hiiirf. 
W.       |     sw.      I      W       I      w.         I       \v.       i     sw.       I     KW. 

Win#f--.Wi7o«  Traveled. 

180         |         03         |       237  |        I'.'l  108  |      321         |       126 

Stale  '»/'  Wmthrr. 

F-iir.      |        Fair.       |      Fair.        |       flair.        j       Fnir.  |    Cloudy.    \     Fair. 

Rainfall  in    Ttrrnty-four  /-fount. 

I  I  I  I  I  I 

Total  Rain  During  Season    hrginnina  •Ttiitj  1,  3S76. .  .10.60  inches. 


SANTTARY    NOTES. 

One  hundred  and  nine  deaths  occurred  this  week,  cr  nine  more  than 
last.  There  were  7-r»  nudes  and  'M  female;';  44  under  5  years  of  age,  11 
between  5  and  20  years,  49  between  20  and  (SO  yean,  and  "■  over  that  age. 
One  person  died  of  old  age,  and  8  from  unknown  causes.  Of  zymotic  di«- 
eases,  7  were  small-pox,  2  typhoid  fever,  1  cholera  infantum.  III  diphthe- 
ria, 1  erysipelas.  There  were  3  deaths  from  paralysis,  2  from  infantile 
convulsions,  and  9  from  other  diseases  of  the  nervous  system.  There 
were  2  deaths  from  croup,  5  from  pneumonia,  1  from  bronchitis,  13  from 
consumption  and  3  from  lung  disease.  Inflammation  of  the  heart  wan 
twice  fatal,  and  there  was  one  death  from  henrt  disease.  There  were  4 
casualties  and  1  homicide.  Smallpox  is  now  almost  exclusively  confined 
to  the  lower  ill-drained  parts  of  the  citv;  13  fresh  cases  have  been  re- 
ported in  the  week.  The  total  number  of  deaths  has  been  465,  and  1,565 
cases  have  been  reported.  It  is  probable  that  some  2,000  persons  havo 
been  attacked. 

Diphtheria  has  been  the  cause  of  718  deaths  since  July  1st,  1876.  If 
we  suppose  that  the  mortality  is  ten  per  cent,  of  those  attacked,  more 
than  seven  thousand  cases  have  occurred.  We  make  a  great  fuss  about 
small-pox",  and  many  thousands  of  public  money  have  been  spent  upon  it. 
Yet  diphtheria  has  attacked  nearly  four  times  as  many  persons,  and  been 
fatal  to  twice  the  number,  without  the  expenditure  of  a  cent  to  stay  its 
progress.  Dr.  Meares  has  presented  a  report  on  the  condition  of  tho 
sewers.  Between  Fremont,  Ninth,  Market  and  Brannan  streets,  cess- 
pools are  found  filled  up,  and  the  sewers  in  the  smaller  streets  contain 
from  two  to  three  feet  of  deposit.  From  Mason  to  Polk  and  Eddy  to 
Sutter,  the  cesspools  and  sewers  are  mostly  filled  with  deposits.  AH  the 
city  front  is  in  a  foul  condition,  sewers  and  cesspools  being  full  of  filth. 
Elsewhere,  excepting  a  block  here  and  there,  the  cesspools  and  sewers  are 
in  a  tolerable  state.  We  saw  the  sewer  in  Fifth  street  at  the  junction 
with  Harrison.  The  surface  of  the  sewage  was  only  a  few  feet  below  the 
roadway.  The  sewers  from  the  cross  streets  were  scarcely  visible,  and 
were  choked  with  filth.  In  fact,  the  south  side  of  Market  street  is  a 
poison  ground,  and  we  believe  we  understate  the  fact  by  saying  that  7,000 
cases  of  diphtheria  must  have  occurred  in  this  infected  district.  They 
are  filling  in  Mission  creek,  but  if  any  one  believes  that  they  are  making 
habitable  ground  they  are  grievously  mistaken.  The  men  are  playing  at 
making  mud  pies  with  the  foulest  sewage,  and  for  half  a  century  to  come 
the  reclaimed  land  will  be  a  gigantic  death  swamp. 

PARACRAPHIANA. 

Fro  Bono  Publico. 


People  were  inclined  to  laugh  some  time  ago  at  Dr.  Jessup  when 
he  announced  one  hundred  sets  of  teeth  for  the  sum  of  i?7  50  per  set. 
But  they  snapped  them  up  like  wildfire,  and  keep  snapping  with  them  up 
to  the  present  day.  They  were  worth  at  the  lowest  computation  $35,  and 
of  course  Dr.  Jessup  lost  money  by  them.  He  is  now  making  another 
100  sets  at  the  same  price.  His  new  celluloid  plate  is  the  marvel  of  all 
modern  inventions.  It  can  be  seen  at  his  office,  corner  of  Sutter  and 
Montgomery. 

Fitzgerald's  Home  Newspaper  and  Educational  Journal  —The 
second  number  of  this  new  weekly  is  to  hand.  It  is  well  printed,  neatly 
"otten  up,  and  is  full  of  excellent  reading.  Its  editorials  are  excellent, 
and  whilst  specially  interesting  to  educators  and  literary  men  and  women, 
it  embraces  a  wide' range  of  subjects  so  admirably  treated  as  to  commend 
it  to  the  general  reader.     The  Journal,  we  are  assured,  will  be  a  success. 

Dr  E.  de  F.  Curtis.  —We  have  received  numerous  inquiries  in  refer* 
ence  to  the  above  gentleman,  and  find  that  he  is  a  graduate  of  the  Eclec- 
tic Medical  College  of  New  York  city;  has  written  and  published  several 
medical  works;  has  been  granted  a  license  by  the  Eclectic  Medical  Board 
of  this  city;  is  now  one  of  the  Censors  of  the  Board,  and  is  apparently 
having  a  successful  practice  in  his  specialties. 

J  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.  are  meeting  with  all  the  success  which  their 
new  and  elegant  store  warrants  them.  Eight  in  the  center  of  the  business 
portion  of  the  city,  with  a  large  and  constantly  increasing  connection,  it 
would  be  surprising  if  this  enterprising  firm  did  not  command  all  the 
success  they  deserve.  Their  new  address  is  415  Montgomery  street,  near 
California. 

Mazeppa.  —The  party  who  was  inquiring  for  a  file  of  the  Mazeppa 
newspaper  for  1869  can  find  the  same  by  addressing  Mr.  Young,  north- 
east corner  Clay  and  Kearny  streets,  San  Francisco. 

Dr.  Wm.  J.  Younger  (having  returned  from  abroad)  will  resume 
practice  at  his  old  office,  No.  224  Stockton  street,  on  Monday,  April  2d. 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    4ND 


March   31,  1877. 


COLUMN    FOR    THE    CURIOUS, 

In    Nature,    Science,   and  Art. 

Dispersal  of  Insects—  Winged  insects  are  perhaps,  of  all,  most  ad- 
mirably adapted  for  the  special  conditions  found  in  one  locality,  and  the 
barriers  against  their  permanent  displacement  are  numerous.  Thus  many 
insects  require  for  their  subsistence  succulent  vegetable  food  during  the 
entire  year,  which,  of  course,  confines  them  to  tropical  regions  ;  some  are 
dependent  on  mountain  vegetation,  some  subsist  on  water-plants,  and  yet 
others,  as  the  Lepithptera,  in  the  larva  state,  are  limited  to  a  single  spe- 
cies of  plant.  Insects  have  enemies  in  every  stage  of  their  existence  ; 
foes  are  at  hand  ready  to  destroy  not  only  the  perfect  form,  but  the  pupa, 
the  larva,  and  the  egg;  and  any  one  of  these  enemies  may  prove  so  for- 
midable, in  a  country  otherwise  well  adapted  tofltheni,  as  to  render  their 
survival  impossible.  But,  on  the  other  hand,  most  varied  means  of  dis- 
persal carry  insects  from  their  natural  habitats  to  distant  regions.  They 
are  often  met  far  from  land,  carried  thence  by  storm  or  hurricane.  Hawk- 
moths  are  sometimes  captured  hundreds  of  miles  from  shore,  having  taken 
passage  on  ships  which  neared  tropical  countries,  and  Mr.  Darwin  nar- 
rates that  he  caught  in  the  open  sea,  seventeen  miles  from  the  coast  of 
South  America,  beetles,  some  aquatic  and  some  terrestrial,  belonging  to 
seven  genera,  and  they  seemed  uninjured  by  the  salt  water.  Insects,  in 
their  undeveloped  state,  make  their  abodes  in  solid  timber,  which  trans 
ported  by  winds  and  waves,  may  carry  its  undeveloped  ringed  freight 
gre&.t  distances.  Tropical  insects  are  not  unfrequently  captured  in  the 
London  docks,  where  they  have  been  carried  in  furniture  or  foreign  tim- 
ber. Insects  are  very  tenacious  of  life,  and  nearly  all  can  exist  for  a  long 
time  without  food.  Some  beetles  bear  immersion  in  strong  spirits  for 
hours,  and  are  not  destroyed  by  water  almost  at  the  boiling-point.  These 
facts  enable  us  to  understand  how  not  only  by  means  of  its  delicate 
wings,  but  by  winds,  waves,  volcanic  dust,  and  a  thousand  other  agencies, 
insects  may  be  carried  to  remote  regions. — Popular  Science  Monthly. 

It  ia  rumored  that  the  Red  Sea  is  losing  the  ruddy  hue  which  ob- 
tained for  it  its  popular  name.  This  may  be  owing  to  climatic  or  chemi- 
cal reasons,  for,  as  is  well  known,  the  red  color  is  given  by  the  presence 
in  places  of  myriads  of  a  minute  and  all  but  microscopic  plant,  belong- 
ing to  the  seaweed  order.  Many  spots  in  the  open  ocean  are  similarly 
discolored,  and  over  wide  regions  the  same  fact  is  true  of  the  Antarctic 
Ocean.  Still  more  recently,  it  has  been  discovered  that  the  dark-green 
discoloration  of  some  portions  of  the  Arctic  Ocean  was  due,  not  to  the 
presence  of  ice,  as  was  once  believed,  but  to  the  abundance  of  one  of 
those  minute  species  of  plants.  Still  more  curious  was  the  fact  brought 
out  that  the  "  whales' food" — also  minute  animals — lived  on  this  miscro- 
scoDic  vegetable,  and  was  not  found  in  localities  where  the  dark -green  dis- 
coloration was  not  observed.  Accordingly,  the  great  whale  also  congre- 
gated in  such  places.  So  that  it  may  be  said  that  an  important  branch  of 
commerce  and  the  existence  of  the  largest  known  animal  is  dependent  on 
the  existence  of  a  plant  so  minute  that,  though  the  Polar  Seas  have  been 
navigated  for  ages,  its  presence  was  never  suspected  until  within  the  last 
few  years. 

Those  who  have  contended  that  crime  is  inherent  and  due  to  defective 
organization  have  a  powerful  supporter  in  Professor  Benedict,  of  Vienna. 
TJp  to  the  present  time  he  has  examined  the  brains  of  sixteen  criminals, 
all  of  which  he  finds  abnormal  on  comparing  them  with  a  healthy  brain. 
Not  only  has  he  found  that  these  brains  deviate  from  the  normal  type, 
and  approach  that  of  lower  animals,  but  he  has  been  able  to  classify 
them,  and  with  the  skulls  in  which  they  were  contained,  in  three  catego- 
ries: First  -Absence  of  symmetry  between  the  two  halves  of  the  brain. 
Second — An  excessive  obliquity  of  the  anterior  part  of  the  brain  ;  in  fact 
a  continuation  upward  of  what  we  call  a  sloping  forehead.  Third — A 
distinct  lessening  of  the  posterior  part  of  the  skull  in  its  long  diameter, 
and  with  it  a  diminution  in  size  of  the  posterior  cerebral  lobes,  so  that, 
as  in  the  lower  animals,  they  are  not  large  enough  to  hide  the  cerebellum. 
In  all  these  peculiarities  the  criminal's  brain  and  skull  are  of  a  lower  type 
than  those  of  normal  men. 

The  cry  is  "  still  they  come."  A  new  journal  is  brought  out  in  Paris 
every  three  days  ;  the  latest  venture  is  La  Grenouille — the  Frog.  It  is  to 
be  wished  that  it  will  not  be  eaten  by,  but  devoured  by  its  subscribers, 
and  with  a  "  rowley-powley  gammon  and  spinach"  into  the  bargain.  Let 
us  correct  a  calumny;  it  is  not  just  to  accuse  the  French  of  being  a  frog- 
eating  people  ;  they  are  miles  behind  the  Italians  in  this  respect.  In  the 
markets  of  Italy  the  women  will  skin  your  dozen  of  live  frogs,  and 
skewer  up  their  palpitating  thighs,  as  coolly  as  an  oyster-girl  will  open  a 
dozen  of  live  oysters,  or  a  poulterer  knock  a  cut-rabbit  on  the  head,  bleed 
it  into  the  bowl  brought  to  secure  its  blood  (for  sauce),  and  when  skinned, 
chop  the  quivering  remains  into  morsels  for  stewing.  The  French  must 
have  an  abattoir  for  frogs,  as  the  delicacy  appears  only  in  the  market  pre- 
pared like  beef,  etc. 

A  New  Anesthetic  Plant— We  are  informed  by  the  Lancet  that 
Eabuteau,  in  a  memoir  read  before  the  Academie  des  Sciences,  states 
that  he  has  investigated  the  physiological  properties  and  mode  of  elimi- 
nation of  hydrobromic  ether.  He  has  satisfied  himself  that  this  anaes- 
thetic agent,  which  possesses  properties  intermediate  with  those  of  chloro- 
form, bromoform,  and  ether,  might  be  advantageously  employed  to  pro- 
duce surgical  amesthezia.  The  hydrobromic  ether  is  neither  a  caustic  nor 
an  irritant.  It  can  be  ingested  without  difficulty  ;  and  applied  without 
danger,  not  only  to  the  skin,  but  to  the  external  auditory  meatus  and  to 
the  mucous  membrane.  It  is  eliminated  completely,  or  almust  com- 
pletely, by  the  respiratory  passages  in  whatever  way  it  may  have  been  in- 
troduced into  the  system. 

A  short  time  since  the  drill  instructor  to  the  Pembroke  Rifle  Volun- 
teers (England)  enlisted  a  recruit  for  her  Majesty's  regular  service,  and  in 
due  course  he  was  sent  to  Pembroke  dock  to  be  examined  by  the  military 
surgeon,  and  to  be  duly  attested.  The  recruit  proceeded  to  divest  him- 
self of  his  clothing,  but  refused  to  do  so  wholly  for  the  purpose  of  exam- 
ination usual  in  Buch  cases.  It  was  afterwards  ascertained  that  the  re- 
cruit was  a  female,  who  had  endeavored  to  enlist  into  the  same  regiment 
that  her  husband  had  entered  as  a  single  man  some  days  previously. 

£jix  girl  babies  were  born  in  one  house  in  Emanuel  county,  Georgia, 
in  Q^e  night,  and  one  poor  man  had  to  own  he  was  grandfather  of  the  lot. 

The  Bored  of  Managers— Editors. 


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Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada— Bank  of  Montreal;  Liverpool— North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company ;  Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America ;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dec.  9. W.  H.  TILLINGHAST,  Manager. 

THE   FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid  up  Capital  82*000,000,  Gold.  President,  It .  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  D.  Callaghan  ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Hodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  W.  Ritchie. 

Directors:— R.  C.  Woolworth,  D.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  D.  D.  Colton,  Edward  Martin,  James  Moffitt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

Correspondents— London  :  Baring  Bros.  &  Co.;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China.  Dublin  :  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg :  Hesse, 
Neuman&Co.  Paris:  Hottinguer  &  Co.  New  York:  National  Bank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business.  Deposits  in  Gold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  in  Europe,  Chii.a  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  13. 

LONDON    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANE    (LIMITED). 

Capital,  85,000,000,  of  which  83,000,000  is  fully  paid  up  as 
present  capital.  San  Francisco  Utilce,  424  California;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  S.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STREETEN  ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  CAMILO  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 
Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world. October  23. 

BANK  OF  COMMERCE,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Incorporated    Under    the    Laws    of    California. 

Capital One  Million  Dollars. 

Correspondents  : — New  York,  National  Park  Bank  ;  Boston,  National  Bank  of  Re- 
demption ;  Chicago,  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank. 

This  Bank,  lately  organized,  is  now  prepared  to  receive  Deposits,  discount  Business 
Paper,  issue  Credits,  buy  and  sell  Exchange,  make  Collections,  and  transact  ageneral 
banking  business.  D.  W.  C.  THOMPSON,  President. 

A.  W.  Preston,  Cashier. March  3. 

THE    ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN    BANK    {LIMITED). 
4  iy  *)  California  street,  San  Francisco. ---Loudon  Office,  3 

^\l/£>.-£>    Angel  Court ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligman  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  $(j, 000,000.     Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buv  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FRED.  F.  LOW,         )  M,,  ______ 

Oct  4. IGN.  STE1NHART,    f  JA-nagera- 

THE  MERCHANTS*  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF '.SAN  FRANCISCO. 

Capital,  $5,000,000.— Alvinza  Hay  ward,  President :  R.  O. 
Sneath,  Vice-President ;  H.  F.  Hastings,  Cashier  ;  R.  N.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and  a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 


March   81,  1^77. 


CALIFORNIA     \|.\  ERTISER. 


BETWEEN    THE    LIGHTS. 

A  little  |,.„,,(.  j„  i,f,.t  whllsibyUfhl  Ungan 

Between  tin    iiiuaat  ud   I 
»lnn  daily  labor  alipa  from  an 

v'"!  '  ■  .  .  yea. 

'"•1  parfumi  ..,-  0|ovcr| 

,  Sean  in  the  light  .'i  -i,m>  tl 
Balowd  -i.rtlilv  t..il  it  ovar, 

I>raw  near,  u  if  tlx-yiiv.-.t  among  at  yet. 

Old  voices.  <:«ll  me,  through  the  .lu>k  returning, 

I  hoar  the  eohoea  ->i  departed  Feet ; 
An, I   then   I  ask,  with  vain  and  tr.mlii.-i  yearning, 

W  li.it  is  tlie  charm  that  ui»kr<  old  thinga  »"  Bweetl 
Mu«t  tin'  old  joya  be  evermore  aritbholden  ! 

Bven  their  memory  keepa  me  pore  an.!  true  ; 
And  yet,  from  out  Jerusalem  the  Golden, 

i  :>«1  speaketh,  saying:  "  I  wake  all  thinga  new." 

"Father."  I  ery.   "the  old  must  still  ho  nearer; 
.Stifle  my  love,  or  give  me  back  the  paet! 
Give  me  the  l':iir  old  earth,  whose  paths  are  dearer 
Than  all  Thy  shining  street.-,  and  mansions  vast." 

Peace,  peace— the  Lord  of  earth  ami  heaven  knoweth 
The  human  soul  in  all  its  heat  ami  strife  ; 

Out  of  His  throne  no  stream  of  Lethe  Boweth, 
But  the  clear  river  of  eternal  life. 

He  giveth  life,  av,  life  in  all  its  sweetness, 

Old  loves,  old  sunny  scenes  will  he  restore; 
Only  the  curse  of  sin  and  incompleteness 

Shall  taint  thine  earth  and  vex  thine  heart  no  more. 
Serve  Him  in  daily  work  and  earnest  living, 

And  faith  shail  lift  thee  to  His  sunlit  hights  ; 
Then  shall  a  psalm  of  gladness  and  thanksgiving 

Fill  the  calm  hour  that  comes  between  the  lights. 

— Sarah  Doudwy,  in  Sunday  Magazine, 


AMERICAN    SECURITIES    IN    LONDON. 

During  the  past  week  every  description  of  United  States  securities, 
except  (iovernment  bonds,  has  been  heavily  depressed  ;  and  surely  any- 
thing can  be  sold  at  this  moment  unless  at  '  panic  prices.'  The  announce- 
ment that  a  receiver  had  been  appointed  for  the  New  Jersey  Central, 
coming  so  soon  after  the  collapse  of  Philadelphia  and  Reading,  naturally 
broke  down  the  last  remnant  of  confidence;  while  the  embarrassed  state 
of  most  of  the  coal-lines,  the  great  decline  in  traffic-receipts,  and  the 
feeling  that  honesty  in  American  Railroad  management  is  chiefly  '  con- 
spicuous by  its  absence,' — all  these  causes  have  combined  to  scare  invest- 
ors :  and  the  result  is  that  every  leading  broker  in  the  city  has  been  over- 
whelmed with  orders  to  sell.  To  crown  all,  the  news  came  soon  after 
that  the  Supreme  Coiirt  of  the  United  States  had  given  a  decision  in  the 
'  Granger  cases  '  adverse  to  the  railroads.  Whereupon  an  evening  journal, 
Which  is  always  lecturing  the  Tunes,  declares  that  this  decision  enables 
the  Western  Legislature  to  confiscate  the  railroads.  We  advise  our  read- 
ers not  to  be  deluded  by  ignorant  and  malicious  rubbish  of  that  kind.  The 
decision  in  question  is  important;  but  powerful  railroad  companies  in  the 
United  States  understand  perfectly  well  how  to  '  manipulate  '  State  Legis- 
latures. Lobbying  is  not  quite  a  lost  art.  There  is  about  as  much  chance 
of  confiscation  of  the  roads  as  there  is  of  Massachusetts  repudiating  her 
debt.  America  is  the  laud  of  compromises,  and  the  Western  companies 
will  very  soon  come  to  a  satisfactory  understanding  with  the  '  grangers. ' 
The  object  of  that  association  of  grain-producers  and  farmers  was  largely 
political,  and  certainly  they  have  no  interest  in  destroying  the  railroads 
of  their  own  States.  They  want  to  get  their  produce  carried  at  lower 
rates;  but  a  little  bit  of  concession  and  judicious  management  of  the  Le- 
gislatures will  soon  smooth  away  this  difficult}'.  This  is  all  that  there  is 
of  the  'granger  question'  in  relation  to  the' railroads.  But  holders  of 
American  railroad  bonds  have  to  make  up  their  minds  that  several  of  the 
chief  lines  are  in  trouble;  that  a  decline  in  traffic  and  general  management 
have  seriously  crippled  them,  and  that  for  some  time  to  come  the  securi- 
ties of  the  companies  will  be  looked  upon  with  distrust.  Probably  we 
shall  hear  of  one  or  two  other  great  failures  before  the  storm  is  over.  But 
if  anybody  supposes  that  American  resources  are  exhausted,  that  the  in- 
dustry of  the  people  and  the  wealth  of  the'  land  are  'played  out,'  and  that 
all  railroads  in  the  United  States  are  rotten,  and  the  bonds  now  so  out  of 
favor  will  never  come  up  in  price  again — if  anybody  supposes  this,  we  can 
only  say  that  he  exhibits  qualities  which  call  for  his  temporary  seclusion 
from_  the  world,  under  proper  medical  advice,  rather  than  for  his  taking 
part  in  its  affairs.  The  Presidential  question  is  now  fairly  out  of  the  way, 
and  gold  is  almost  at  par.  With  political  causes  of  disturbance  removed, 
and  with  the  evils  of  an  inflated  currency  altogether  abolished,  there  will 
inevitably  be  a  great  and  general  revival  of  trade  in  the  United  States, 
and  the  railroads  will  be  the  first  to  share  it.  It  may  be,  of  course,  that 
the  recklessness  and  imprudence  of  the  past  may  have  hopelessly  crippled 
two  or  three  railroads  ;  we  cannot  say  anything  about  that,  nor  can  any- 
body else,  for  no  '  outsider  '  knows  anything  about  it.  But  this  we  do 
know,  that  '  ups  and  downs  '  are  more  sudden  and  sooner  over  in  the  U. 
States  than  they  are  here,  and  that  in  less  than  three  months  the  whole 
conditions  of_  business  may  completely  change.  We  also  assert  that 
the  prospect  is  to-day  brighter  than  it  was,  and  not  darker.  In  a  word, 
we  advise  holders  of  securities  which  have  been  bought  with  discernment 
and  under  reasonably  good  advice  to  do  what  we  should  do  ourselves — 
stand  by  them  for  the  present  at  any  rate.  This  advice  is  all  the  more 
rational,  seeing  that  any  attempt  to  sell  at  this  moment  of  general  and 
tumultuous  scare  is  followed  by  a  fall  of  from  three  to  ten  per  cent,  while 
in  the  cases  of  many  thoroughly  good  and  sound  bonds  no  price  whatever 
is  offered.  The  best  thing  to  do  is  to  get  indoors  and  be  quiet  till  the 
shower  is  over. 

Lemons  are  said  to  cure  consumption. 


COMMISSION    MERCHANTS. 


i'  i  ii 


D   U    i 
PHtEVIX    OIL    WORKS. 


J.  BAXDUUOR. 


fjtatakliabad  ISSO.— Uatetilaiga  <v  «' hi  ami  i.,n,mi „ 
,,,J      .      ■                                                                                                                                  -I-  Mill,    Willi 
"""""                       '                               '                                                          '                                                                                                                     J.4I.'     S. 


J.    C.    MEllIULL    4c    CI). 
...Jon   lions,.  .Mil   „,,,i  uoo  I 
Milocla).,  Uuliieadayouil  Satunliaj  .at  In  a  u      Cull  ulvuux 


«.     v.      m  r.  iiiwi,!.     at     v,U. 

\»'l.ot.  s„i,    Auction   I c.;»l  and   J. ii.   <  all....,,,,,  si,.  .  , 

T  y         Suin  ihva    V 


CHARLES    LE    uAY, 
American  Commit*,,,..    ...rrlmnl,  .  .   1    It  no  Mcrlltr,  Purl*. 


WHOLESALE    GROCERS. 


Nkwios  Bootd.  0.  T.  Wueblbi,  Bocrameoto.    J    T.  Olovu,  W.   w    Domb,  8.  v 
W.    W.    DUDUE    &    CO., 

Wholesale  Grocer*,  corner  Front   and    Clay  street**.   Kan 
rnmci-w.  ApiflL 


L.  H.  NEWTON.] 


REMOVAL. 

NEWTON    BROTHERS    &    CO., 


[Mon  bib  Newtok. 


Importer**  nutl  ..  holesale  dealers  In  Tens,  Foreign  Goods  mid 
Groceries,  have  removed  to  -204  and  saw  California  street,  8an  Fruclaoo    Cal- 
ifornia, ,luil;.  ~ 


TABER,    HARKER    &    CO., 

Successor*,  to    Phillip!,,  Tabor  A  Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
D6TB,  LOS  and  110  California  struct,  below  Front.  San  Francisco.  April  16. 


OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL  STfcAMSHIP    COMPANY, 

ITSor  Japan  and  China,  leave  uharf.  comer  First  an<t  Bran- 
nan  Btroets,   at  noon,    fur  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONGKONG,    connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

OCEANIC January  10th,  April  17th,  Julv  17tli  and  October  lflth. 

BELUIC February  Kith,  May  lfith.  August  10th  and  November  16th. 

GAELIC March  20th,  June  10th,  September  ISth  and  December  lsth. 

Cabin   Plans  on   Exhibition,    and    Passage   Tickets  for  sale  at    No.    4  New   Mont- 
gomery street.     For  Freight,    pplyatthe  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 
Dec,  23. 


GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President. 


LEA    AND    PERRINS'    SAUCE. 

In  conaeqnei.ee  of  spurious  Imitations  or  WORCESTER- 
SHIRE M((i;.  which  are  calculated  to  deceive  the  public,  MM  AM) 
l'i:i!l!l\s  have  adopted  A  NEW  LABEL  BEARING  THEIR  SIGNATURE, 
LEA  i:  PERRINS.  which  is  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUCE, 
and  without  which  none  is  genuine. 

Ask  for  LEA  &  PERRINS'  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrapper,  label,  bottle  and  stop- 
per     Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  Hlackwell, 
London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  by  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  be  obtained  of 
Dec.  30.  MESSRS.  CROSS  &.  CO.,  San  Francisco. 

CAUTION— BETTS'S   PATENT  CAPSULES. 

The  pnblic  .".  re  »N->,|K»rll'nl!>  «■:;  ill  lot  C*l  that  lt-11-.K  S*;i  loo  (  <:i  pnult?M 
arc  helnp  Infringed.  BETTS'S  name  le  upon  cverv  Capsule  he  makes  lor  the 
leading  Merchants  at  home  and  abroad,  and  he  Is  the  Only  Inventor  and  Sole  Maker 
in  the  United  Kingdom.  Maxcfactobib:  1.  Wdark  Road,  City  Road.  London, 
and  Bordeaux.  France.         .  June  IS. 

C3N3UMPTION,   INDIGESTION    AND  WASTING   DISEASES. 

The  most  efficacious  remedies  are  Pancreatic  Emulsion  and 
Pancreatine.  The  original  and  genuine  prepared  only  by  SAVORY  &  MOORE, 
143  New  Bond-street,  London.  Sold  by  them  and  all  Chemists  and  Storekeepers 
throughout  Canada  and  the  United  States.  Dec.  30. 


BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY  OF    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  dally,  from  10  a.m.  to    1  p.m.,  by  the  under- 
signed, to  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  to  tumish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.  J.  P.  McCURRIE,  Secretory, 

Oct.  23.  730  Montgomery  street. 

B.  F.  Fust.    Flint,  Bixbv  &  Co.]  [J.  Lek.    D.  W.  Foloer 

A.  P.   FLINT    &    CO., 

Graders,  Packers  and  Dealers  in  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  29. 

PERSONS    VISITING    THE    EAST 

Will  find  full  flics   of  Pacific    Coast    papers  and  conve- 
niences for  letter  writing,  etc.*  at  Wells,  Fargo  &.  Co.^t  Office,  05  Broadway, 


New  York. 


March  25. 


SUTRO    &    CO,, 

Bankers  and  Brokers,  408  Montgomery  street.—  Highest 
price  paid  for  U.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bunds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin. 
Exchange  drawn  on  New  .York.  May  20 

BLANK    BOOKS 

Sold  from  stock  or  manufactured  to  order  from  the  Carew 
Extra  Fine  Ledger  Paper,  by  JOHN  G.  HODGE  &   CO.,  Importers,    Manufac- 
turers and  Wholesale  Stationers,  327,  321)  aud  331  Sansome  street,  S.  F.        Nov.  11. 

"BUGS    IN    SPRING    VALLEY    WATER." 

Jenett's  Water  Filter  and  Cooler  Should  be  Used  in  Every 
Family,  Hotel,  Restaurant,  Saloon,  ete.     For  sale  by     E.  K  HOWES  &  CO., 
Feb.  17.  118,  120  and  122  Front  street. 


P 


QUICKSILVER. 
or  sale— In  lots  to  salt,  by  Thomas  Bell,  No.  305  Sansome 

street,  over  Bank  of  California.  Nov.  16. 


NOTICE. 
lor  the  very  best  photog-raphs  go  to  Bradley  «Jfc  It  ulo  (sou's, 

in  an  Elevator,  42d  Montgomery  street.  Oct.  29. 


F 


Oct.  29. 

OFFICES  OF  TEE  AEROPLANE  NAVIGATION  CO., 

No.  607  to  615  Merchant  street,  San  Francisco. 


8 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March   31,  1877. 


HANG  'EM  SURE. 
A  foul  blot  has  been  cast  upon  the  fair  fame  of  California,  which  it  is 
necessary  to  wash  out  in  blood.  A  number  of  peaceable,  industrious 
men,  who  had  done  no  wrong  and  violated  no  law,  have  been  brutally 
murdered  at  Chico,  in  this  State,  by  an  organized  band  of  ruffians.  It 
appears  that  there  exists  at  this  moment  throughout  the  coast  "  a  Society 
of  Caucasians"  and  another  of  "  Labor  Unionists,"  whose  object  is  the 
suppression  of  Ch.nese  labor  and  the  exclusion  of  Chinamen  from  this 
coast.  It  may  be,  and  doubtless  is,  the  fact  that  the  main  bodies  of  these 
societies  desire  to  accomplish  their  ends  by  lawful  means.  Mistaken  and 
misguided  as  we  believe  them  to  be,  we  should  be  sorry  to  think  that  any 
very  considerable  number  of  California  workingmen  could  deliberately  band 
themselves  together  to  accomplish  their  ends  by  such  cold-blooded  and 
ruffianly  means  as  have  been  only  too  successfully  employed  at  Chico. 
But  it  appears  to  be  established  beyond  doubt  that  there  are  inner  coun- 
cils of  more  reliable"  men — whether  calliug  themselves  "Caucasians"  or 
"  Labor  Unionists"  we  know  not — who  are  ready  for  deeds  too  black  for 
the  ordinary  members.  At  any  rate,  this  was  the  case  at  Chico,  as  is 
shown  conclusively  by  the  confessions  of  the  murderers.  There  was  a 
"  Council  of  Nine,"  who  planned  and  carried  out  as  dastardly  a  massacre 
as  ever  disgraced  the  annals  of  crime.  Unoffending  Chinamen  were  sur- 
rounded in  the  night  time  and  shot  down  without  hesitation  or  mercy. 
The  principal  perpetrators  have  been  arrested,  and  a  number  of  them  have 
weakened  and  made  confessions,  which  appear  in  the  main  to  be  true, 
supported  as  they  are  by  surrounding  facts  and  circumstantial  evidence. 
This  council,  who  are  stated  to  be  principally  "  Labor  Unionists,  '  took 
this  terrible  iron-clad  oath  :  '"  I  swear  before  God  Almighty  that  I  will 
carry  out  and  obey  all  the  orders  of  the  Council  of  Nine,  whatever  they 
may  be.  If  I  do  not  do  so,  my  life  is  forfeited,  and  may  surely  be  taken, 
and  I  may  be  put  to  death  by  this  Council  of  Nine."  In  accordance  with 
that  oath  and  the  orders  of  the  Council,  several  Chinamen  were  butchered 
in  cold  blood.  We  have  in  this  case  every  element  that  constitutes  willful 
murder,  and  never  did  the  welfare  of  the  State  and  the  interests  of  society 
more  sternly  call  for  the  infliction  of  the  extreme  penalty  of  Death. 
The  murders  were  premeditated,  because  those  who  perpetrated  them  took 
part  in  the  discussion^  which  led  to  them;  moreover  the  murderers  pre- 
pared themselves  and  lay  in  wait  for  their  victims.  It  was,  therefore, 
cool,  calculated,  premeditated  murder.  It  increases  the  necessity  for  pun- 
ishment that  the  crime  was  committed  against  foreigners,  who  are  in  this 
country  by  virtue  of  a  guaranteed  national  protection,  as  provided  for  by 
a  solemn  treaty.  That  the  murderers  are  an  organized  band,  moving  in 
secret,  existing  for  illegal  purposes,  conceiving  murderous  designs,  and 
bound  together  by  an  unlawful  oath,  imposes  upon  society  a  duty  due  to 
justice  and  to  its  self-preservation  that  cannot  be  reasoned  away,  ignored 
or  properly  got  rid  of  by  any  species  of  maudlin  sympathy  with  outrage 
and  murder.  The  duty  may  be  unpleasant,  but  it  is  one  so  stern  and  im- 
perative that  it  must  be  carried  out,  without  fear,  favor  or  affection,  until 
justice  is  satisfied,  and  a  warning  is  given  to  others  who  may  be  on  the 
brink  of  criminality,  and  until  the  State  is  redeemed  from  this  terrible 
condition  of  lawlessness. 

OUR  NEXT  SENATOR 
The  chief  interest  of  our  next  election,  which  is  to  take  place  in  Sep- 
tember, centers  in  the  United  States  Senatorship.  Already  signs  of  the 
coming  contest  are  apparent.  It  is  about  this  time  that  preparations  are 
beginning  to  be  made.  The  Republican  primary  is  to  be  held  in  a  few 
days,  and  the  Democrats  will  follow  early  in  May.  These  preliminary 
events  excite  but  little  attention  on  the  part  of  the  general  public, whereas 
they  ought  to  be  deemed  of  the  first  importance.  The  primary  elections, 
which  are  left  to  the  wire-pullers,  and  are  too  often  managed  by  the  rag- 
tag and  bobtail  of  the  respective  parties,  determine  who  the  candidates 
shall  be  on  whose  behalf  the  "  dear  people"  are  thereafter  permitted  to  do 
the  voting.  They  are,  therefore,  occasions  of  moment,  and  neither  party 
will  be  blessed  with  the  best  available  representatives  until  they  exalt 
such  seasons,  and  attract  to  them  the  attention  they  intrinsically 
merit.  The  party  newspapers,  that  profess  to  desire  more  cleanly  poli- 
tics, and  yet  fail  to  arouse  public  attention  to  the  primary  elections,  belie 
their  professions.  It  is  as  useless  for  them  to  howl  after  the  mischief  is 
done  as  it  is  idle  to  lock  the  stable  door  after  the  steed  is  stolen.  In  refer- 
ence to  the  forthcoming  campaign,  it  is  pretty  certain  that  the  fight  on 
the  Republican  side  will  be  between  Sareent  and  Estee,  and  that  the 
former  will  get  the  nomination.  The  Democratic  struggle  will  narrow  to 
one  between  Governor  Irwin  and  Mr.  Ryland.  The  former  will  be  nom- 
inated, and,  we  believe,  will  undoubtedly  be  our  next  United  States  Sen- 
ator. His  party  start  with  a  majority  of  sixtean  hold-over  Senators, 
which  should  be  an  unconquerable  advantage.  The  Republicans,  we  are 
persuaded,  will  find  a  minority  of  sixteen  votes  too  heavy  a  handicap  to 
win  with,  yet  they  are  wonderfully  well  organized,  and  if  they  succeed  it 
will  be  entirely  owing  to  that  fact. 

THE  LONDON  AND  SAN  FRANCISCO  BANK 
No  later  than  our  last  issue  we  published  an  official  statement  show- 
ing the  prosperous  condition  of  the  London  and  San  Francisco  Bank,  and 
that  it  had  just  declared  a  very  substantial  dividend,  making  8  per  cent, 
for  the  past  year.  This  to  the  English  shareholders  would  not  be  other- 
wise than  satisfactory,  seeing  the  low  rates  at  which  money  has  so  long 
ruled  in  the  London  market.  It  cannot  but  be  deemed  surprising  that,  so 
close  upon  the  heelB  of  so  assuring  a  report,  there  should  appear  attacks 
upon  the  bank,  even  though  they  come  from  an  insignificant  source.  An 
upstart  journal  may  seek  to  make  capital  in  that  way,  but  it  miscalcu- 
lates the  interests  and  the  sympathies  of  San  Franciscans  when  it  seeks 
to  belittle  our  monetary  institutions.  Elsewhere  we  publish  the  card  of 
Mr.  Parrott,  whose  emphatic  contradiction  of  the  scandals  alluded 
to  will'  be  accepted  by  the  community  aa  final.  Mr.  Parrott 's 
denial  was  hardly  needed,  but  lest  silence  should  be  misconstrued 
he  has  spoken  truly  and  well,  and  all  that  he  has  to  say  is  so  open 
and  outspoken  as  to  leave  no  doubt  about  the  fact  that  the  Lon- 
don and  San  Francisco  Bank,  as  a  prosperous  and  conservatively  managed 
concern,  is  a  model  institution.  The  story  is  a  lie,  which  was  born  in  the 
office,  and  will  die  where  it  originated.  It  will  not  be  regarded  in  this  city, 
and  outside  of  San  Francisco  it  will  not  be  known,  or  if  it  is,  will  not  be 
considered  as  coming  from  any  sufficient  authority  as  to  entitle  it  to  a  mo- 
ment's consideration.  Mr.  Latham,  as  an  enterprising  man,  is  concerned 
in  too  many  useful  undertakings,  and  his  reputation  is  too  well  estab- 
lished, to  permit  of  its  being  hurt  by  any  designing  influences  whatever. 


THE    MURDERING    DEVILS    OF    CHICO. 

The   Chico  murders — such  a   theme 

Is  scarcely  fit  for  song  ; 
4        Not  songs,  but  sighs  and  mourners'  cries 

To  such   dark  deeds  belong; 
Well  may  the  harper's   hand   drop  numb, 
Well  may  the  singer's  voice  be  dumb 

Before  that  fearful  wrong. 
The  pallid  faces  of  the  slain 

Seem  strange  to  us  no  more — 
Each  dusky  face  has-  gained  a  grace 

It  did  not  wear  before  ; 
What  prejudice  of  creed  or  blood 
Dares  now  their  claim  of  brotherhood 

To  question  or  ignore? 
Shall  we,  of  all  the  world,  abuse 

The  stranger's  sacred  right? 
Far  less,  shall  we — the  great,  the  free, 

The  claims  of  justice  slight  ? 
A  world  is  witness  to  our  shame, 
Then  let  not  California's  name 

Be  tarnished  in  its  sight. 
A  jury  of  a  million  men 

Renders  its  verdict  now ; 
The  truth  of  that,  and  only  that, 

The  people  will  allow  ; 
And  if  the  '*  law  "  shall  dare  to  flinch 
Before  that  judge  whose  name  is  Lynch, 

The  law  itself  shall  bow. 


INFAMOUS  ADVERTISEMENTS. 
The  good  Mr.  Pickering,  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Bulletin  and 
Call,  both  daily,  has  at  last  been  stung  to  the  quick  by  the  accusations  so 
frequently  made,  but  so  studiously  avoided  by  him,  that  he  publishes 
dangerous  advertisements  for  a  partnership  consideration.  At  last  he 
breaks  silence,  and  the  poor,  ignorant,  deceived  people,  who  make  up  so 
large  a  proportion  of  his  readers,  open  their  mouths  and  listen  with  won- 
derment at  what  the  great  man  has  got  to  say.  It  may  be  that  they  ap- 
prove, not  knowing  better.  But  we  now  submit  the  substantial  points  in 
the  good  Pickering's  defence  to  a  very  different  class  of  readers,  who  have 
intelligence  enough  to  discern,  and  conscience  enough  to  abhor,  the  in- 
famy involved  in  the  position  he  takes  up.  He  says  that  "the  Call  has 
yet  to  learn  that  it  is  not  legitimate  to  advertise  chloral -hydrate,  opium, 
chloroform,  or,  in  fact,  any  other  medical  preparation  of  like  character." 
He  has  got  to  learn  that  yet,  has  he  ?  Gracious  heavens  !  here  is  an  old 
reprobate  who  professes  to  write  for  the  public  good,  to  be  a  censor  of 
public  morality,  and  the  publisher  of  a  safe  and  healthy  family  journal, 
and  yet  he  does  not  see  that  it  is  illegitimate  to  puff  chloral- hydrate  as  a 
heaven  sent  cordial,  whereas  it  is  in  truth  and  in  fact  an  insidious  and 
death  dealing  poison,  which  it  is  never  proper  nor  safe  to  use  except  under 
the  instructions  of  a  skilled  physician.  Dosed  mothers,  stupefied  babes, 
and  suicidal  fathers  are  unfortunately  too  frequent  proofs  of  the  enormity 
of  the  evil  of  the  Bulletin  and  CalVs  puffery  of  this  villainous  compound. 
Then  to  become  interested  in  its  extensive  sale  by  being  partners  in  the 
business,  and  supplying  puffs  as  their  share  of  the  capital,  and  yet  seeing 
nothing  illegitimate  in  that,  is  an  exhibition  of  a  blunted  sense  of  moral 
responsibility  that  is  terrible  to  behold  in  the  pretentious  publishers  of 
two  papers,  both  daily. 


GREAT  POSSE3HjmES. 
Those  who  run  the  present  fine  line  of  steamers  through  the  isles  of 
the  Pacific,  touching  at  Hawaii,  Fiji  and  New  Zealand,  and  terminating 
at  Australia,  evidently  see  nothing  in  their  undertaking  but  an  arrange- 
ment to  carry  the  English  mails  for  a  certain  agreed  subsidy,  payable  by 
two  contracting  colonies.  But  their  grand  possibilities  in  the  business 
are  far,  very  far  beyond  that.  It  is  possible  to  create  a  first  class  pas- 
senger traffic  that  may  easily  exceed  500  per  month  each  way,  benefitting 
the  steam  line,  the  railroads  and  this  city.  It  is  possible  to  locate  and 
build  up  a  great  and  central  city  in  the  South  Pacific  that  will  command 
the  growing  trade  of  the  surrounding  isles.  In  this  idea,  which  is  ex- 
pressed in  skeleton  form,  there  are  millions.  It  is  possible  by  a  fair 
knowledge  of  what  the  two  countries  have  to  exchange,  and  by  a  pushing, 
active  and  intelligent  cultivation  of  commerce,  to  create  a  trade  vast 
indeed  compared  with  the  unimportant  cargoes  that  now  pass  along  the 
route.  It  is  possible  to  win  from  the  United  States  a  handsome  recog- 
nition of  this  American  line  of  ocean  steamers,  which  is  now  doing  sub- 
stantial work  for  this  country,  and  receiving  only  British  pay  for  it.  It 
is  possible  by  means  of  this  service  to  bring  into  closer  connection,  political 
and  commercial,  the  United  States  and  the  English  speaking  people  of 
the  Australian,  whose  trade  is  so  important  to  Great  Britain  as  to  be 
hardly  second  to  that  of  India.  It  is  possible  to  cause  most  of  the  gold  of 
Australia  to  come  here,  be  exchanged  for  silver,  to  be  remitted  hence  to 
balance  Great  Britain's  indebtedness  in  India,  China  and  Japan.  In 
short,  the  possibilities  are  boundless.  Unfortunately  they  are  neither 
known  nor  understood  by  the  men  who  have  it  in  their  power  to  make 
them  realities.  

The  European  Eastern  question  is  simmering  down  to  mutual  con- 
cessions. England  gives  way  a  little  in  the  matter  of  demobilization,  and 
Russia  and  Turkey  agree  to  disband  simultaneously.  Thus,  with  the  force 
brought  to  bear  upon  turbulent  Montenegro,  it  appears  likely  that  qui- 
etude, if  not  peace,  may  reign  for  a  time  in  the  provinces.  It  is  somewhat 
singular  that  Servia  offers  her  mediation  between  the  Porte  and  the 
Montenegrens,  but  it  is  also  an  evidence  that  the  people  are  weary  of  the 
internecine  war. 

Last  night's  dispatches  say:  "It  is  probable  that  Lord  Dufferin 
will  be  offered  the  position  of  British  Minister  to  Washington.  His  term 
of  office  as  Governor-General  of  Canada  expires  next  August." 


A  York  paper  asks :  <:  Why  are  we  what  we  are?"  One  reason,  we 
presume,  is  because  we  are  not  what  we  are  not,  though,  of  course,  this 
may  not  be  the  answer. 


March  81,   1-77. 


CALIP0RN1  \     ADVEKTIS]  K. 


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THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

"HSSI  lh#  trior' Wh.l   th*  de»i1  *rt  thou?" 

*UU»  lh«t    Mill  i.U>    tlir  doril.  -ir.   Willi 


Two  Judgeoof  the  Supreme  Comt  lately  to  takeaday*! 

ther  in  the  country.     I'l.,  \  had  heard  thai    il,  i 
did  trout  fishing  in  Paper  Mill  Uraak,  and  though  neither  of  th< 

;•  gal  lununarii  -  had  ever  oaughl  a  5th id  hi*  lit".-,  they  resolved  to 

■  he  venture.    They  repaired  t*>  the  moat  prominent  [liscatoi  ial  em- 
porium and   purchased   tackle  to  tin-  amount  of  uxry-eaven  do] 
forty-eight  canta    Tin-  Following  morning  taw  them  fully  equipped  with 

ineaandtwo  large  Gab  baskets,  eager  for  the  fray.  Toe  baskets 
oontoined  oold  chiokena  and  ohampagne,  which  tiny  proposed  to  consume, 
and  hoped  to  replace  by  several  dosen  speckled  beauties  from  tin-  creek. 
On  their  arrival  at  the  IisImiil:  grounds  they  were  met  by  Mr.  Hi  nun 
Taylor,  of  the  Paper  Mill-,  with  whom  they  bold  a  consultation  as  t»  the 

beat  kind  of  bait  to  use.    That  gentleman  tl gut  the  pulp  usedinhfi 

manufactory  would  be  an  excellent  ami  tempting  diet  for  tin-  troul 
though  he  bad  heard  that  some  people  used  worms.  It  is  needless  tostafl 
that  four  honrawere  consumed  in  the  fruitless  endeavor  to  catch  afisfl 
although  the  monotony  of  Uie  diversion  was  varied  by  an  attack  on  the 
baskets  mill  the  complete  demolition  of  their  contents.    Their  tJonosj 

d  tin-  trip,  although  they  caught  DO  trout,  and  tln-'V  returned  t..  the 

dty  greatly  benefitted  by  the  excursion.  At  this  juncture  it  Btruck  the 
Judgi M  that  they  ought  to  have  something  to  Bhow  for  their  pains,  *■■  they 
mutually  agreed  to  buy  some  fish  at  the  Clay-street  Market.  It  was  un- 
fortunate that  they  tilled  their  bankets  with  Bea  perch,  rock  cod,  smelta, 
flounders  and  shiners,  and  it  was  still  more  unlucky  that  ;i  few  mussels 
crept  into  the  bill  of  lading.    The  fish  were  duly  exhibited  to  crowds  of 

admiring  friends,  but  it  is  not  ;i  BaJfe  thin-,  np  to  date,  to  ask  either  of  the 

learned  gentlemen  whether  there  is  good  rock  cod  fishing  in  Paper  Mill 
Creek. 

We  alluded  lately  to  the  gre^n-rooni  of  the  California  Theater  as 
being  a  temporary  hospital,  the  majority  of  the  company  being  over- 
worked and  very  sick.  Our  latest  bulletin  is  to  the  effect  that  Mr.  Mes- 
tayeris  slowly  recovering  from  his  bronchitis,  through  a  stringent  diet  of 
cold  asparagus  and  castor  oil.  Mr.  Edwards  still  suffers  severely  from 
gout,  but  three  days  of  Skaggs'  Springs  and  the  discovery  of  a  new  but- 
terfly are  working  wonders,  Mr.  Keene  has  rheumatism  in  his  heel,  and 
feels  as  if  his  'eels  were  skinned  alive;  while  Mr.  Bishop  is  obliged  to  ap- 
pear nightly  under  the  disadvantage  of  an  immense  bran  poultice,  which 
covers  his  entire  chest.  Hob  Eberle  lives  on  bi  carbonate  of  soda  and 
Boca  beer,  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Beverly  Cole.  This  treatment  has 
alleviated  his  lumbago  considerably.  Mr.  Long  is  lame  in  one  leg, 
through  the  nervous  excitement  produced  by  memorizing  the  difficult  part 
of  "  Sebastian*1  in  Tier/ ft  h  Night,  and  Mr.  Thayer  is  still  hoarse  from  the 
effects  of  the  cold  he  caught  while  rowing  on  the  bay.  He  was  four  hours 
going  round  and  round,  having  only  one  oar,  and  was  compelled  to  keep 
his  spirits  up  by  singing  *'  A  Life  on  the  Ocean  Wave"  until  he  was  res- 
cued. Miss  Chapman  is  threatened  with  inflammation  of  the  brain,  and, 
by  advice  of  her  physicians,  subsists  entirely  on  fish  diet.  Miss  Harrison 
is  quite  a  victim  to  neuralgia  in  the  eye,  while  Miss  Wilton  is  a  martyr 
to  gout  in  the  toe.  The  entire  company  has  the  worst  cold  in  existence, 
and  when  they  sneeze  in  concert  the  orchestra  is  nowhere.  Add  to  these 
miseries  the  fact  that  Mr.  Hill  daily  receives  four  bushels  of  applications 
for  positious  in  the  new  theater,  and  the  average  reader  will  confess  that 
''  All  is  not  gold  that  glitters." 

The  late  attempt  to  show  that  Judge  Ferral's  court  was  illegal  has 
created  quite  an  excitement  among  his  friends  and  resulted  in  a  noble  ef- 
fort being  made  by  them  to  remedy  any  real  or  apparent  defects  in  its 
constitution.  The  matter  was  under  discussion  lately  in  a  prominent 
Democratic  corner  grocery,  situated  on  Thirty-fifth  and  Mission  streets. 
The  orator  of  the  party,  who  could  read  and  write  quite  nicely,  explained 
to  the  others  that  the  point  at  issue  was  that  Judge  Ferral's  court  had  no 
seal.  Far  into  the  night  they  sat  discussing  the  situation,  and  at  day- 
break a  party  of  five  men  might  have  been  seen  wending  their  way  to  the 
ocean  beach  and  subsequently  plowing  the  main  in  a  large  \\  hitehall  boat. 
By  midday  their  object  was  effected  and  they  returned  in  triumph  to  the 
city.  The  learned  Judge  was  taking  lunch  during  recess  when  the  depu- 
tation arrived.  They  insisted  on  seeing  him  and  would  take  no  denial. 
"Your  Honor,"  said  the  spokesman,  "we  have  worked  all  night  to  serve 
you,  and  if  this  one  is  too  small  we'll  get  you  another.  We  have  been 
told  that  your  court  required  a  seal  and  we  captured  this  one  on  the  Cliff 
House  rocks  for  your  Honor."  The  astonished  Judge  thanked  the  depu- 
tation for  the  present,  which  was  splashing  about  in  a  hogshead  full  of  salt 
water  in  the  middle  of  the  courtroom,  and  after  the  gentlemen  had  retired 
his  Honor  sent  out  for  five  cents'  worth  of  fish  from  the  market  to  sustain 
life  in  the  little  calf  until  it  could  be  conveyed  to  Woodward's  Gardens, 
where  it  now  flourishes  with  the  other  specimens  on  exhibition. 

The  French  nation  has  long  been  celebrated  for  its  devotion  to  frogs. 
Of  late  years  Jacques  Bonhomme  and  Jean  Crapaud  have  taken  to  hip- 
pophagy  and  the  mastication  of  mule  flesh,  but  their  last  culinary  tri- 
umphs have  been  effected  in  the  preparation  of  dog  cutlets.  A  French- 
man recently  passing  through  San  Francisco  read  an  advertisement  of  a 
coursing  meeting  at  Modesto.  He  probably  did  not  quite  understand  the 
meaning  of  the  announcement,  but  he  went  at  the  appointed  time  and 
took  his  place  with  a  crowd  of  sporting  men  on  their  way  to  the  scene  of 
the  exciting  pastime.  On  his  arrival  at  the  hotel  he  sent  for  the  cook  and 
asked  what  time  the  banquet  would  take  place.  The  astonished  clief, 
who  was  a  Mongolian,  was  unable  to  understand  him,  but  brought  the 
proprietor  up  to  answer  his  questions.  After  a  brief  interview  the  dis- 
gusted Parisian  rushed  back  to  the  depot  to  catch  the  return  train  to  the 
city,  and  the  hotel  keeper  nearly  had  an  apopleptic  fit,  caused  by  immod- 
erate laughter.  The  energetic  foreigner  was  somewhat  of  a  gourmand, 
and  mistook  the  meaning  of  the  words  "  puppy  stakes,"  which  he  took  to 
refer  to  the  juicy  hind  leg  of  a  fat  terrier.  The  last  word  which  he  was 
heard  to  utter  in  Modesto  was  an  American  oath  he  had  just  picked  up. 
His  remark  was,  "  Sucre  bleu!  dog  gone!  " 

The  enormouB  amount  of  water  said  to  be  used  by  the  Hall  of  Re- 
cords and  other  public  offices  is  puzzling  everybody.  What  do  the  city 
officials  do  with  it  ?  They  certainly  don't  drink  it;  they  don't  look  as  if 
they  washed  in  it,  and  yet  it  seems  that  they  use  as  much  water  in  one 
month  as  would  have  fitted  out  a  first-class  deluge  in  the  days  of  .Noah. 


The  august  occupnuu  ol  U»  Whit    I  at  <l«*l 

follow  them  t..  ohun  h,  and  i<  □ 

on  tin  ii  -1.  rout  behavior.     \\  hen  the  I'.-    ■  ■(.  nl   hid.  m  bfi  head  in 

thirty,  the  argns  oyod  Interviewer  UmU  hi-  .1.  votion. 

nor  in  m  btoh  Mi  -    II   *  hewed 

two  an. I  put  the  choir  "in.     The  telegraph  flash »  the  Joyful  news 

thai   '"  tlo-   Pn  i       Ihui   t-  day,  which  will   be 

H    B    !i    bj  thi   to  ol  hi-  lady  to-morrow.     They  will 

in  time  t"  admit  ol  otu    Deal   Babbath 

in. -rnin-."    [tli  interesting  tn   know  the   ilightest  parUculara  about  the 

h.  .id  ol  this  great  rapublio,  and  it  int.. I 

that  tbaydonot  in  vwy  morning  of  the 

exact  number  of  U-ntw  which  hii  royal  pul 


Dog  fanciers  in  this  city  are  getting  shy  about   answering  atlvi 
menta  for  pointers,  terriers,  and  other  canine  beauties,  The  astute  pound- 
keeper  put  a  card  in  the  CViro/ifcfcthia  week  statins  that  he  wished  to  buy 

a  handsome  pup— "Apply  to  ('.  B.,No. Montgomery  street,  between 

10  a.  u.  and  I  p.  u,  for  three  days."  The  advertiser  was  at  the  rendezvous 
punctually,  with  hie  wagon  and  a  complete  outfit  of  Mexicans  and  Lassoes, 
Four  hundred  and  seventeen  dogs  answered  the  advertisement,  that  is  t-' 
say,  were  offered  for  sale  by  their  owners,   to  the  wily  official.    Three 

hundred  and  ninety-fpur  of  these  were  unregistered,  immediately  captured 
and  put  in  durance  vile.  An  inventive  mind  will  ever  inaugurate  devices 
for  the  suppression  of  evils,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  this  plan  for  the 
extirpation  of  mongrel  curs  may  be  worked  long  and  successfully. 

The  admirable  singing  and  clever  comicalities  of  Mr.  Josh  Davis 
invariably  draw  lurge  crowds  to  the  temperance  meetings  held  in  this  city 
every  Sunday  evening.  Lately,  however,  some  bilious  total-abstinence 
man  brought  a  charge  against  Mr.  Davis,  to  the  effect  that  because  he 
kept  a  saloon  his  talents  were  decidedly  hurtful  to  the  good  cause. 
He  said  further  that  many  of  the  brothers  were  so  carried  away 
by  the  charm  of  Mr.  Davis'  humorous  songs  that  after  the  meeting  they 
were  in  the  habit  of  following  him  to  his  place  of  business  ti>  get  more  of 
his  society  and  imbibe  his  whisky.  The  charge  is  entirely  untrue.  Mr. 
Davis  knows  all  the  teetotaleis  in  the  town,  and  has  more  than  once 
refused  to  give  them  a  drink  of  liquor  even  when  they  have  offered  him 
half  a  dollar  to  smell  the  cork. 

Dr.  Cornbloom,  alias  Dr.  Luscomb,  having  disapi>eared  and  gone 
East,  it  is  confidently  believed  that  diphtheria  and  small-pox  will  disap- 
pear, and  our  city  regain  its  usual  health.  If  the  detectives  want  him,  all 
they  have  to  do  is  to  look  out  for  the  next  epidemic  in  some  Kastern  city 
and  telegraph  his  description  thither.  Any  of  his  friends  who  are  afraid 
that  they  may  forget  his  features,  will  find  an  excellent  portrait  of  him 
in  our  local  "  Rogue's  Gallery."  Dr.  C.  alias  Dr.  L.,  has  our  best  wishes 
for  his  future  prosperity,  and  if  he  will  send  us  his  new  name  and  new 
address,  he  shall  get  the  News  Letter  regularly. 

A,  Professor  of  the  University  writes  to  complain  that  he  was 
turned  out  of  an  oyster  saloon  yesterday  and  insulted  by  the  proprietor, 
simply  because  he  asked  for  a  dozen  marine  acephalus  raollusks  of  the 
lamellibrauchiate  order.  We  cannot  sympathize  with  the  Professor,  as 
the  man  doubtless  thought  he  was  using  indecent  language.  If  he  had 
asked  for  a  plate  of  ovovivipamus  bivalves  with  pedunculated  eyes,  he 
would  doubtless  have  got  his  oysters  without  further  trouble,  but  every 
dealer  in  shrimps  cannot  be  expected  to  understand  twelve  languages. 

The  Associated  Press  Managers  are  said  to  be  very  fond  of  a  joke. 
One  of  their  favorite  amusements  is  to  telegraph  the  supposed  death  of 
the  Pope  one  day  and  then  send  a  dispatch  next  morning  referring  to  his 
excellent  health.  In  the  meantime  the  entire  Catholic  press  of  the  coun- 
try seta  up  columns  of  type  all  about  his  holiness,  which  is,  of  course, 
utterly  useless,  and  the  infuriated  proprietors  have  all  their  hopes  about 
selling  a  mammoth  edition  utterly  blasted.  That's  where  the  fun  comes  in. 

A  fat  man  and  a  thin  man  were  discussing  the  relative  values  of  their 
bodies  after  death.  Says  the  T.  M.  to  the  F.  M.:  "You  can  sell  your 
remains  to  a  soap  and  candle  factory  and  your  heirs  will  reulize  hand- 
somely." "  That's  more  use  than  you  will  be  after  you  are  dead\"  re- 
plied the  stout  gentleman,  "  all  your  bag  of  bones  is  tit  for  is  to  be  ground 
up  for  a  fertilizer."  "  You  had  me  there,"  returned  the  skeleton,  "  and  I 
acknowledge  the  corn,  but  I'm  manured  to  such  unkind  remarks." 

Mrs.  Hayes  says  she  would  have  liked  to  have  seen  Mrs.  Phcebe  Coz- 
zens  administering  the  oath  of  office  to  her  htisband.  She  is  violently 
opposed  to  women  studying  law,  anyway,  and  states  that  if  the  President 
employs  any  female  counsel  during  the  next  four  years,  she  will  guarantee 
that  they  shall  be  bald-headed  ones  within,  five  minutes  of  their  being 
presented  to  her. 

The  City  Mudcart  (nee  Evening  Bulletin)-  alludes  to  the  Grrat  Eastern 
as  the  second  largest  ship  ever  built.  The  adjective  "  second"  is  applied 
out  of  deference  to  the  ark,  the  proprietors  having  taken  to  reading  the 
scriptures,  and  being  desirous  of  showing  their  knowledge  of  the  dimen- 
sions of  the  first  floating  menagerie  on  record. 

A  small  boy  this  week  was  smoking  a  big  cigar  on  Long  Bridge.  He 
stood  it  for  about  five  minutes,  when  his  face  became  ghastly  green.  As 
he  threw  it  away,  and  leaned  against  a  friendly  pile,  he  murmured  : 
"Them  cigars  is  k'rectly  named.  Make  a  man-ilier  than  nothing  in  no 
time." 

Boston  fashionable  ball-givers  have  entirely  discarded  the  nse  of  lo- 
cal musiVans  to  play  for  the  dancing.  Their  invitations  now  invariably 
conclude  in  this  way:  "  Dancing  at  8:3f>.  The  telephonic  strains  will  be 
supplied  by  Grafulla's  celebrated  band  in  New  York." 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS 


LETTER%AND 


March  31,  lor  i 


THOROUGHBRED 

BT  BJA£E. 

"  If  our  brave  troopers  backward  fall, 

Recoiling  from  the  blow, 
A  portion  of  our  light  command 

Must  stand,  to  check  the  foe  ; 
Some  one  must  take  an  order  back — 

Well,  Major,  will  you  go?" 

Half  pleadingly  the  soldier  spoke: 

"Colonel,  my  place  is  here  ; 
What  will  the  boys  behind  me  think 
j/  Tf-ii  a   ^   -'.-       ■  - 
ism  it  appears  to  he  <  ■  ,,nd  don 

cils  of  "mow  reliable"  men 

■ 
the   ordi 


^vvith  wild  bright  eye  and  nostril  wide 

That  showed  his  wondering  mood, 
Half  crouching  by  the  rough  wayside 

The  little  charger  stood, 
Each  fibre  of  his  sinewy  form 

Braced  like  a  spring  of  steel ; 
His  great  heart  all  the  anguish  felt 

That  human  hearts  can  feel, 
For  he  on  many  a  shot-scarred  plain, 

Where  battle  stained  the  sky 
And  Death  poured  down  his  fiery  rain 
Had  been,  and  never  yet  had  seen 

The  column  pass  him  by. 

The  Colonel  saw  the  sun's  last  beam 

And,  where  it  fading  fell, 
Like  glint  upon  a  mountain  stream 
A  lightning  flash! — their  sabres'  gleam, 

He  heard  the  charging  yell. 
And  then,  as  back  from  rock  and  burn 

The  echoed  slogan  broke, 
In  language  horse  and  rider  learn 

The  little  charger  spoke: 
"Hast  thou  forgot — O  surely  not! 

All  through  that  dreary  spring, 
How  brave  I  bore  thy  heavy  weight, 

Light  as  a  bird  on  wing? 
And  doth  a  shrinking,  craven  doubt 

Of  me  possess  thy  breast, 
Born  of  the  crimson  life,  that  down 

Is  dripping  from  my  chest  ? 
Thou  art  not  used  to  see  me  fret, 

Not  used  to  curb  me  so  ; 
.There's  time  to  head  the  column  yet — 

O  Master,  let  me  go  ! 

The  Colonel  looked  far  up  the  hight 

Where  staunchly  rode  his  men : 
He  choked  the  pity  for  his  steed 

Down  from  his  throat,  and  then 
A  shout — a  bound — the  shivering  ground 

Back  from  his  hoof -beats  flew! 
Up  by  the  rushing  column's  side 

The  light-limbed  courser  drew  ; 
What  recked  he  broken  abatis, 

Prone  tree,  or  rocky  mound  ? 
With  lowered  crest  and  gathering  speed 

He  cleared  them,  bound  on  bound. 
Did  ever  pennoned  jockey  mount 

To  ride  on  such  a  course  ? 
Up  that  long  line  the  "Volunteer" 

Closed  with  the  Major's  horse, 
And,  fiercely  struggling  as  he  came 

The  foremost  place  to  win, 
A  long  length  from  the  column's  front 

Bore  his  bold  rider  in. 

To  him  no  more  the  gaping  crowd 

Their  empty  praise  may  yield  ; 
His  bones  have  bleached  for  fifteen  years 

Upon  a  hard-fought  field  ; 
But  if  for  him  one  loving  heart 

A  turf  king's  meed  might  claim, 
That  burst,  along  the  rock-piled  road, 

Should  win  him  deathless  fame. 
San  Francisco,  March  Zlth.  1877. 


MRS.  JOAQUIN  MILLER  MARRIED. 

A  marriage  certificate  was  issued  on  Febru- 
ary 7th  to  T.  E.  L.  Logan,  aged  22   years,  and 
Minnie  Dyer,  aged  31.    Logan  is  a  pock-marked, 
florid-complexioned   man.     Minnie  Myrtle,  for- 
merly the  wife  of  Joaquin  Miller,  is  well  known 
in  Portland,  and  needs  no  description.     Suffice 
it   to  say  she  is  a  woman  of  culture  and   intelli- 
gence, with  an  attractive  personnel.     She  has  a 
fair  reputation  as  a  writer,  and  contributed  sev- 
eral readable  articles  for  publication.     She  was 
the  author  of  fully  one-half  the  poems  contained 
tteii    by  Joaquin,    entitled 
1  published   by  S.  J.  Mc 
Her  pathway  through 
']'  sen  strewn  with  roses.     It 
w  she  will  succeed  in  the 
=.  rife,  and  the  general  ex- 
l  will.— Portland  {Oregon) 


rcy. 

sve  ew  London  Telegram  asks 


nform  him  whether   blue 


"Keeping  a  Gig,"  says  the  Edingburg  Scots- 
man, "is  a  well  known  proof  of  respectability, 
and  it  is  comfortable  to  reflect  that  there  are  at 
least  290,000  respectable  men  in  Great  Britain. 
If  a  gig  means  respectability,  a  four-wheeler  im- 
plies canonization,  and  there  are  150,000  of  these 
circulating  saints  in  the  island,  while  the  boast 
cf  heraldry  and  the  pomp  of  power  are  attended 
to  by  nearly  60,000  De  Veres  and  De  Smythes, 
who  emblazon  their  carriage  panels,  salt-spoons, 
note-paper,  etc.,  with  their  ancient  or  modern 
coats-of-arms. " 


ce.  

iob       ■      ■       ■ 
.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Tuesday,  March  20, 1877,  and  until 
further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 
San  Francisco: 
(Overland    Ticket  Office,   at   Ferry  Landing,  foot  of 
Market  Street.) 


7AA  A.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washing- 
•  VJv  ton  St.  Wharf)  —  Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for    Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.        (Arrive  San  Francisco  8:10  p.m.) 


8A()  A.M.  (daily),  Atlantic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
■""  land  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  PortIand(0.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  p.m.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  5:35  p.m.) 


3  00  PM>  (dail>')San  Jose  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  'j\J  land  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 
rives at  San  Jose  at  5:30  p.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  9:35  a.m.) 


4C\f\  P.M.  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
•  v/v/  for  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Don  Palmas  (Arizona  Stage  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  G:55 
p.m.  "  Sleeping  Cars  "  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les. (Arrive  San  Frandsco  12:40  p.m.) 


A  A  A  P.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washington 
"X. \J\J  st.  Wharf)*  connecting  with  trains  forCalistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  p.  M.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  11:10  a.m.) 


4AA  P.M.  (Sundays  excepted)  Sacramento  Steamer 
•  vvF  (from  Wash'u  St.  Wharf),  for  Beniciaand  Land- 
ings on  the  Sacramento  River;  also.takingthethird  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  A.M.,  daily. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  S:00  P.M.) 


4      0A  P.M.  (daily).  Through  Third  Class  and  Accom- 
•  Ov     modation  Train,  via  Lathrop  and  Mohave, 
arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  a.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  7:30  a.m. 


FERRIES     AND     LOCAL 

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5.00 

10.00 

p  1.00 

300 

4.00 

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9.00 

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18.10 

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p  1.30 

All. 00 
p   1.30 

A10.30 
11.30 

To  FERNSIDE— except  Sundays— 7.00,  9.00,  10.00  A.M. 
and  5  p.  H. 


To    "SAX    FRAXCISCO.- 


7.30|a  7.00 
3.03 
3.00 
p  3.00 
4.00 


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If  I  A  5.40 
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p  3.40 


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A  6.40 
7.40 
8.40 
9.40 
10.40 

P12.40 
2.40 
4.40 
6.40 
0.40 
7.50 
9.00 
10.10 


FROM    ALAMEDA. 


A*5.00 

All.  30 

♦5.40 

PU220 

♦10.20 

1.30 

1§1  * 

$     In. 


A  9.00 
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FROM  ALAMEDA. 


A10.00|A11.00|P12.00 
I |      1.00 


A  5.10 
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All.40 
p  1.25 


FROM 
OAKLAND. 
(Broadway.) 


A  6.50 
7.20 
7.50 
8.25 
8.50 
9.20 
9.50 
10.50 
11.50 

P12.50 
2.50 
3.20 
3.50 


A10.20 

11.20 

p  12.20 


p  4.20 
4.50 
5.20 
5.50 
6.30 
G.50 
8.00 
9.10 
10.20 


A  5.20 

6.00 

p  1.50 


p  1.20 
1.35 


From  FERNSIDE- Sundays  excepted-6.55,  8.00,  11.05 

a.  m.,  and  0.05  p.  m. 

♦Change  Cars  at  "  Broadway,"  Oakland. 

A— Morning,    p— Afternoon. 


CREEK     RIVER     STEAMER 

Will  run  — tide  permitting- from  6:00  A.M.  to  6:30  P.M., 
as  follows  : 


Leave 

Leave 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

OAKLAND 

(Market  St.  Station. 

(Broadway  Wharf.) 

—  ....-12:30—5:15 

0:30—..    ..—  2:00—.... 

8:00—....-  2:45-5:25 

6:00—  1:30- —4:00 

9:00—....-  4:05—8:15 

6:30-  2:40— —5:00 

S:00— ....  —  ....— 5:15 

6:00-  9:30- — .... 

8:35— ....—....— 5:15 

6:30-11:30— — .... 

9:10— 11:50-....— 6:30 

8:00—10:00— 5:30 

8:35—....-  1:00  -.... 

6:30-10:00- — .... 

8:35—....-  1:50—.... 

6:30-10:00  — — .... 

8:35—....-  2:30—.... 

6:30—10:00- — .... 

9:50—....-  3:20—.... 

7:15—11:30— — .... 

10:30  —  ....-  1:15-5:00 

9:00—11:45—  2:30—.... 

11:30— -  2:10—5:30 

10:00— —12:40—3:30 

For  dates  omitted,  use  prior  date. 
"Official  Schedule  Time"  furnished  by  Andkrsox  & 
Raxdolph,  Jewelers,  101  and  103  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towne,  Genera]  Superintendent. 

SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION. 

Commencing  Nov.  6tli,  1976,  Passengrer 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  as  follows : 

8  0(\  a.m  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
•  0\J  pinos,  Fajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  &£?^  At  Pajabo  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forAfros  and  Santa  Cri'z.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Monterev.  Stage 
connections  made  with  this  train. 


nO  EZ  a    m.   (daily)  for  Menlo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
.AO    tious. 

3     0X  p.m.   daily  (Sundays    excepted)  for    San  Jose, 
,LiO   Gilroy  and  Way  Stations. 


j    A_f\  p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Waj'  Stations. 
(\  ^O  P'M"  (daily)  for  San  Mateo  and  Way  Stations. 

SOUTHERLY      DIVISION. 

J5?™  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Division 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAX  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave..  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Dos  Palmas. 
A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  WILLCUTT,  Gen'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 
[November  IS.] 


H.    H.    MOORE, 

Dealer  in  Boobs  for  Libraries.-*  A  large 
assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
ano  for  sale  at  rtOfl  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
San  Francisco  Oct.  24. 


OREGON  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

Regular  Steamers  to  Portland,  leav- 
ing San  Francisco  weekly-  Steamers  CITY  OF 
CHESTER,  GEORGE  W.  ELDER,  and  AJAX,  connect- 
ing with  steamers  to  SITKA  and  PUGET  SOUND,  and 
O.  and  C.  R.  R.  Co.  and  Oregon  C.  R.  R.  Co.  through 
Willamette,  Umpqua,  and  Rogue  River  Valleys,  Oregon. 
Tickets  to  all  points  on  theb.  and  C.  R.  R.  sold  at  re- 
duced rates.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
March  24.  210  Battery  street. 


March  31,  L87/, 


CALIFORNIA    ADA  KKTJski;. 


11 


NOTABILIA. 


John  D.   Leo,  the  haad  of  tin-  Mountain  Howlon 

mtton  a   full  confewion  of  nil  the   facti  roUttag  t>>  tho  ma 
inaHy  to  tbe  bad  wbiaky  then  told  in  Soli 
11       ■  -    "  ll;\.l  th<  tnthoM  cUyi  b«en  Genuine  Old 

Cntter  Whiaky,  I  should  not  now  1--   in  prison   undi  ■  death. 

When  other   whitkiej   make   Bands  of  man,   the  "  Genuine  Cutter"  in- 
■■■'■•'     \    P   Hotaliag,  139 and 431  Jackson  street, 
tent  for  this  brand. 

Somebody,  fond  of  a  joke,  went  t.-  Mr.  John  ■'.  Mountain,  the  b 
mom  carpet  dealer,  ol  L020  Market,  and  15  Edd?  stoats,  last  week,  an. I 
■aid  t"  liiiu,  "  Mr.  Mountain,  yon  an  always  so  buay  that  I  am  tempted 
ao apply  to  you  the  old  proverb,  'Montea  parturiuntur,1  The  mountain's 
[n  labor.  "  If  you  don't  dear  out  of  heroQuiok,*1  replied  Mr.  M.,  "there 
will  be  a  ridicultu  mum,  at  which  I  shall  »l<<  all  tha  laughing."  Mr. 
Mountain  keeps  elegant  oil  cloths,  window-ahadee,  curtain  materials,  etc. 

AuR.A..  boasting  to  Mr.  Punch  of  the  ready  recognition  of  rising 
merit  by  that  body,  quoted  the  case  of  Ouless,  A.K.A.  at  twenty  Beven, 
and  asked  triumphantly,  with  some  Blight  baoitual  exasperation,  "'Ow 
could  we  have  done  more  for  him ! "    "  (ho-leu  • "  answered  Mr.  i'. 

Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis.  M.  D.,  etc.,  may  be  consulted  at  his  office  and 
residence,  520  Sutter  street,  between  Powell  and  Mason  streets,  daily, 
from  10  a.  U.  to  3  c.  m.,  and  from  6  to  8  p.  m.;  on  Sundays  from  11  to 2 
ouly.  l>r.  Curtifl  is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 
cal A.t;  Ids  pubKcationa  can  be  obtained  from  A.  L.  Bancroft  ft  Co., 
sole  agents  tor  the  Pacific  coast,  or  from  the  author,  Dr.  Curtis,  620 
Sutter  street,  S.  F. 

As  Spring  parts  from  "Winter  and  light  lingers  in  the  evening  sky, 
the  sunsets  are  exceedingly  beautiful.  The  golden  rays  mingle  with  the 
roseate,  like  the  dreams  of  two  lovers  lunching  at  Swain's  ISakery,  on 
Sutter  street,  above  Kearny.  This  is  the  place  par  excellence  for  excellent 
cooking,  quiet  and  refined  company,  and  moderate  charges.  Their  ice 
cream,  confectionery,  and  English  muffins,  need  no  word  of  praise  from  us. 

The  proprietor  nf  a  rubber  factory  here  is  very  much  delighted  with 

our  beautiful   climate.     He   refuses  to   own   that   there  is   either  winter, 
autumn  or  summer  here,  his  impression  being  that  in  his  store  it  is  a  per- 
i    petual  spring. 

Mrs.  Beecher  roasts  her  own  coffee,  and  puts  a  pinch  of  butter  in  the 
I  pan.  But,  then,  what  a  stove  she  has  got!  It  will  roast  anything.  She 
sent  out  to  California  to  Mr.  De  La  Moiitanya,  on  Jackson  Btreet,  below 
Battery,  for  one  of  his  best  "  L'nion"  ranges.  These  stoves  are  indubita- 
bly the  best  in  the  world,  and  persons  going  house-keeping  should  cer- 
tainly inspect  them  before  buying  any  other. 

Muriatic  acid  poured  on  the  wound  made  by  the  bite  of  a  dog  may 
prevent  hydrophobia,  but  the  best  way  is  to  shoot  the  dog  before  he  bites. 
Even  if  you  catch  hydrophobia  you  will  never  h*we  any  fear  of  water  if 
you  only  drink  it  filtered.  The  best  in  the  world  is  the  Patent  Silicated 
i  Carbon  Filter,  sold  by  Bush  &  Milne,  on  New  Montgomery  street,  under 
the  Grand  Hotel. 

Mr.  Benham,  an  artist,  has  acquired  great  skill  in  making  heads  on 

wood  by  means  of  a   red-hot  poker.     He  would  be   an   awkward  man  to 

have  a  difficulty  with  if  he   ever  got  intoxicated  ;  but  he  doesn't.     He 

.    buys  only  the  best  kind  of  liquors,  such  as  are  sold  by  F.  &  P.  J.  Cassin, 

the  celebrated  merchants,  of  523  Front  street. 

March  is  the  roughest  of  months.  Her  influenza  is  felt  in  every  home, 
■  and  every  nasal  organ  plays  responsive  to  her  bugle  note.  Blow,  gentle 
\    zephyr,  blow — your  nose. 

Alexis'  suite  consists  of  two  valets  and  awhite  bull  pup.  Our  "suite" 
consists  of  a  lounge,  two  arm-chairs,  and  a  lovely  ottoman  ;  and  we 
bought  them  from  N.  P.  Cole,  220  to  226  Bush  street.  The  California 
Furniture  Manufacturing  Company  make  the  most  exquisite  goods  to  be 
found  anywhere  on  the  Coast. 


One  of  the  advantages  of  being  a  "Welshman  is  to  know  how  to  pro- 
nounce '*  cwmtillery."  One  of  the  advantages  of  being  a  Calif ornian  is 
that  you  can  be  photographed  by  Bradley  &  Rulofson,  the  champion  pho- 
tographers of  the  world.  Their  convex  photo  stands  out  like  a  bronze 
has  relief. 

Rhine-wine  was  Hayes's  favorite  until  quite  recently,  when  some  one 
sent  him  a  case  of  Gerke.  He  now  writes  to  Mr.  Landsberger,  of  10  and 
12  Jones  Alley,  who  is  agent  for  California's  favorite  vintage:  "  Send  me 
forty  cases  of  Gerke  Wine.     It  is  the  best  I  ever  tasted." 

Blue-glass  Pleasanton  is  receiving  a  bushel  basketful  of  letters  daily, 
but  doesn't,  of  course,  take  any  panes  to  reply. 


Miss  Imogen©  Reed,  of  Baltimore,  who  was  married  recently,  re- 
ceived a  check  for  8250,000  as  a  wedding-gift  from  her  father.  The  first 
use  she  made  of  the  money,  was  to  buy  a  superb  Hallet  &  Davis  piano. 
Badger,  13  Sansome  street,  is  the  sole  agent. 


Chetopa,  a  noted  chief  of  the  Osages,  Kansas,  is  very  low  with  con- 
sumption, and  is  not  expected  to  live.  He  has  been  kept  alive  for  two 
months  by  the  use  of  Napa  Soda.  This  wonderful  mineral  water  is  as 
efficacious  as  pleasant. 

Two  hundred  dollar  night  robes  are  a  fleecy  feminine  extravagance. 
The  same  amount  of  money  laid  out  in  furniture  at  F.  S.  Chadbourne  & 
Co. 's,  727  Market  street,  will  make  any  home  look  bright,  comfortable, 
and  happy.  _^ 

Miss  Braddon  writes  her  novels  in  a  tailor's  thimble,  to  save  her  fin- 

fers  from  ink,  and  she  wears  Muller's  pebble  spectacles,  to  save  her  eyes. 
)epot,  135  Montgomery  street. 


DEATH    TO    THE    GOPHERS. 
Ernest  I*  Ran  so  mo.  Esq.--/ 
you  my  expert  n  rollei  \<-o  manufactured 

\  allow  mi  .1   with  the  result 

achieved     A  huge  portion  of  mj  lawn  In  Oakland  wai  Infested  be  i 

that  had  io  thoroughly  how  a  which 

been  newli  town,  that  l  abnoal  gars  op  all  boms  of  stv 

rni  lawn.   The  molw  had  to  thoroughly  undermined  the  Lm 

I  in  iplte  ..f  my  watering  tin  new  gram  twin  .»  day, 

i  %U  in.  nun..  .Ii,a.  Iv 

carrying  off  ell  moisture,  am  I  ring  probably 

ith  each  other,  these  tunnels  established  a   perfect  system  of 

ventilation  right  below  the  surface,  which,  In  addition  to  the  evaporating 

inOuence  of  the  sir  above,  dried  outtheyoui  plants  from 

and  In-low  at  tin*  same  time.  I  tri<  I  be  moles  ai  well  as  drown* 

ing  them  out,  but  both  without  avail.     E  nnally  concluded  thai  if  the 

ground  was  of  atightei  character,  bo  as  to  give  the  moles  egreatei  i 

ance  in  driving  their  tunnels,  that  the;  might  possibly  be  driven   off. 

Thereupon  1  requested  you  to  manufacture  forme  a  roller  of  your  Ransoms 

stone,  weighing  350  lbs.,  having  a  face  of  20  inches  in  length.    The  roller 

bears  on  ordinary  ground  od  about  3A  inohesof  its  cuenmrannoe,  so  that 

the  bearing  surface  on  a  lawn  is  3£x20nr  7<>  square  inches.     The  weighl  ol 

the  roller  of  350  lbs.  resting  on  a  Burface  of  70  square  inches  gives  350  di 

vided  by  70.  or "» lbs.  pressure  to  svei  y  squat  ■  inch.    This  pressure  being 

exerted  over  the  entire  lawn,  the  roller  moving  at  a  speed  of  about  one 

foot   per  second,  worked  the  most  admirable  results  m  driving  off  the 

moles.     I  had  the  entire  lawn  rolled  with  this  roller  early  in  then 

which  was  followed  by  a  good  watering  in  the  evening.   This  was  continued 

three  times  on  three  consecutive  days,  and  since  that  time  all  the  moles 
have  disappeared.  To-day,  after  five  weeks  have  passed  since  I  applied 
the  roller,  the  grass  stands  as  thick  and  even  as  could  be  desired,  the  ground 
being;  very  firm  and  the  roots  of  the  grass  having  taken  a  firm  hold. 
Another  observation  I  made  is  that  now  the  grass  requires  very  much  less 
water  than  it  did  in  midwinter,  and  I  intend  to  try  the  experiment  to  wa- 
ter only  every  other  or  third  day,  the  ground  being  now  in  a  much  better 
condition  to  retain  the  moisture  than  before  it  was  rolled. 

Respectfully,  H.  Schusslhr, 

San  Francisco,  March  28,  1877.  Chief  Engineer  S.  V.  W.  W. 

ERNFST    L    RANS0ME, 

Patentee  ami  Iflniinlacturerof  Artificial  Stone.  Office  and 
Show  Room  :  10  BUSH  STREhT,  Junction  of  Hush  and  Market,  Open  IS  to  8 
daily.  ERNEST  L.  RANSOBfE  manufactures  .statues.  Vases,  Fountains,  etc  ;  Side- 
walks, Garden  Paths,  etc  ;  Monuments  and  Cemetery  Work,  Foundations,  Walls, 
etc.  ;  I  ►maments  for  Outside  Decorations,  Filters.  Every  description  of  Stone  Work 
of  good  quality  and  at  low  cost.  March  31. 

N0T1CE-A    NEW    FEATURE. 

To    Principals    of    Vomi;-    Ladles"    Seminaries.    Boarding? 
Set Is  and  Colleges— JIR.    PETEU  JOB,  the  San  Francisco  Pioneer  French 

Chief  Cook  and  Confectioner,  well  known  as  a  lirst-class  Caterer  and  Cook,  having 
kept  in  this  city  the  host  Restaurant  and  Ice-Cream  Saloou  for  the  last  twenty  years, 
offers  his  services  as  a  Teacher  of -the  Culinary  Art;  also,  Fancy  Dishes  and  Pastry. 
To  those  wishing- to  form  a  class,  arrangements  could  easily  be  made  at  terms,  by 
sending  names  and  address  to  PETER  JOB, 
No.  2510  California  street,  San  Francisco. 
No  objection  to  go  out  of  the  city.  New  York,  London  and  Paris  have  such 
classes  for  ladies. Feb.   17. 

F.  C.  Snow.]  SNOW    &    MAY'S    ART    GALLERY.  [W.  B.  May. 

SNOW    A    MAY, 

IMPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 

Pictures,    Frames,    Moldings,    and    Artists'    Materials. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  Dec.  19. 


AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  been  inventeil  by  the  Queen's  Own  Company  or  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  so  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  $2  for  buffalo  handks,  JSfor  ivory, 
(currency  ;)  by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  Tho  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  by  the  sole 
agents  iii  the  United  States.  NATHAN  J<  (SEPH  &  CO., 
September  2. No.  G41  Ciay  street,  S.  F. 

OPENING    OF    RARE   AND    ELEGANT    BOOKS! 

Hlf .  Moore  takes  pleasure  In  announcing:  that  having?  re- 
ft turned  from  his  annual  purchasing  trip  to  the  great  Eastern  and  European 
Literarv  Depositories,  that  he  has  received  and  now  has  open  the  largest  assortment 
ol  ANTIQUE  and  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before  brought  to  this  city,  con- 
sisting of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
fail  to  find  the" most  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  either  old  or  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  varied  stock.  Gift  Books  in  Great  Variety.  Call  and  examine 
our  stock.  [Dec.  10.  ]  H.  H.  MOORE,  009  Montgomery  street. 

A-    S.    ROSENBAXJM    &    CO., 

Southeast  eorner  or  California  anil  Battery  streets,  Invite 
the  attention  of  their  customers  and  others  to  their  large  assortment  of  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands  of  CHEWING  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  CIGARITOS.  Consignmenta  of  Choici.-st  Brands  of  Cigars  received  by  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  18]  A.  S.  KOSENBAUM  &,  CO. 

SCHOOL    OF    ASSAYING    AND    PRACTICAL    CHEMISTRY. 
riThoN*'  Interested   are  requested  to  call  at  the  Laboratory 

'■}       any  day  during  business  hours,  or  send  address  for  circular. 

HENRY  G.  HANKS,  Chemist  and  Assaycr, 
March  3.  619  Montgomery  street,  S.  F. 

BAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  &  CO., 

113  Clay  and  114  Commercial  Streets, 

San  Francisco.  [May  24. 

W.  Morris. 


J.  F.  Kennedy. 


Joa.  Schwab. 
MORRIS,    SCHWAB    &   CO., 

Importers  and  Dealers   In  Moldings,  Frames,  Ensravlnsrs, 
Chromos,    Lithographs,    Decalcomanie,    Wax   and  ArtisU    Matenals,_21   Post 
street,  nearly  opposite  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco. 

4Qs  m  ^fiflb^-'f^'  a  Week  to  Agents.    810  Outfit  Free. 

W»}Hn5l     i       February  10. 


Feb."  4. 


P.  O.  VICKERV,  Augusta,  Maine. 


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SAN"    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March  31,   1377. 


NOCTURNE. 


Up  to  her  chamber  window 

A  slight  wire  trellis  goes, 
And  up  this  Romeo's  ladder 

Clambers  a  bold  white  rose. 
I  lounge  in  the  ilex  shadows, 

I  see  the  lady  lean, 
Unclasping  her  silken  girdle, 

The  curtain's  fold  between. 


She  smiles  on  her  white-rose  lover, 

She  reaches  out  her  hand 
And  helps  him  in  at  the  window — 

I  see  it  where  I  stand ! 
To  her  scarlet  lips  she  holds  him, 

And  kisses  him  many  a  time — 
Ah,  me!  it  was  he  that  won  her 

Because  he  dared  to  climb! 

—T.  B.  Aldrich. 


THE    NEW    GIBRALTAR. 

Perim,  the  small  island  at  the  gate  of  the  Red  Sea,  in  about  latitude 
12  deg.  north;  longitude,  43  deg.  east  from  Greenwich,  will  soon  become 
almost  a  second  Gibraltar.  Recently  attention  has  been  attracted  to  the 
question  of  the  fortification  of  this  island,  which  is  so  despicable  in  itself 
yet  so  important  from  a  strategical  point  of  view.  Situated,  as  Perim  is, 
at  the  mouth  of  the  narrow  Strait  of  Bab-el-Mandeb,  it  commands  the 
seaway  from  the  Mediterranean  to  the  Indian  Ocean.  Only  the  other  day 
Professor  Monier  Williams  drew  attention  in  the  Times  to  the  necessity 
for  its  strengthening  as  a  military  position.  He  only  revived  an  old  sug- 
gestion, but  seemingly  with  some  effect,  for  it  appears  that  Perim  is 
henceforth  to  possess  a  number  of  rifled  guns  of  the  heaviest  caliber,  and 
have  in  store  for  use,  if  necessary,  a  host  of  torpedoes.  It  will  be  re- 
membered that  England  first  took  possession  of  the  island  in  1799.  Two 
years  later  it  was  abandoned.  Shortly  afterwards  it  was  re-occupied, 
and,  in  view  of  the  opening  of  the  Suez  Canal,  it  was,  in  1857,  fortified 
and  garrisoned. 

The  French  previous  .to  this  frequently  tried  to  get  possession  of  the 
barren  rock,  and  once  nearly  succeeded.  This  was  at  a  time  when  the 
British  had  removed  their  flag  from  Perim,  and  the  story  is  well-known 
to  every  Anglo-Indian  reader  of  Major  Yeldam's  "  Lays  of  Ind  " — how  a 
French  frigate  slipped  one  evening  into  Aden  harbor  ;  how  the  French 
captain  was  bent  on  a  mysterious  errand  ;  how  the  British  Governor  of 
Aden  hospitably  entertained  him  and  his  officers,  and  tried  to  "  pump  " 
the  gallant  Gaul  as  to  his  motives  for  cruising  about  these  waters  ;  how 
the  mystery  grew  more  mysterious  till  a  little  champagne  ascended  into 
the  Frenchman's  head,  and  he  hinted  that  he  should  like  to.  see  Perim  ; 
how  a  fast  clipper  was  at  once,  at  dead  of  night,  sent  off  to  the  island 
by  the  Governor  to  hoist  the  Union  Jack  ;  and  how,  the  next  day,  on  ap- 
proaching Perim  in  his  frigate,  the  French  captain,  with  his  dispatches 
from  Paris,  which  he  had  kept  so  profoundly  secret,  was  met  with  a 
hearty  "hurrah  !  "  and  fell  into  a  fit. 

Perim  is  3£  miles  long  and  2£  broad.  Since  1857  the  British  guns  have 
commanded  the  passages  west  and  east.  The  water  to  the  west  is  thir- 
teen miles  wide  ;  but  the  deepest  part  of  the  channel  through  which  ships 
and  steamers  of  heavy  draught  sail  is  not  far  from  the  island,  which,  on 
its  southwest  side,  contains  a  splendid  harbor,  capable  of  sheltering  forty 
vessels  of  the  line.  This  harbor  is  more  than  a  mile  wide,  and  has  eight 
or  nine  fathoms  of  water  at  its  entrance.  On  the  eastern  or  Arabian  side 
the  continent  is  only  a  mile  off  from  the  island,  being  separated  by  a  fine 
deep  channel.  The  present  fortifications  will  probably  be  greatly  strength- 
ened to  suit  the  heavy  metal  which  will  soon  be  mounted  on  them.  Perim 
is  destitute  of  fresh  water,  but  powerful  condensing  machines  and  large 
tanks  will  soon  be  provided.  Hitherto  provisions  have  mainly  reached 
the  island  from  Aden,  but  henceforth  large  stores  will  be  erected  on  the 
island. 

If  these  proposed  plans  be  carried  out,  the  Britishers  will  have  another 
Malta  westward,  with  only  this  difference,  that  the  new  fortress-island 
will  not  stand  in  the  midst  of  a  wide  sea,  but  will  form  the  principal  key 
to  all  its  Eastern  possessions.  The  natural  position  of  Perim  is  one  im- 
mense power  in  itself.  The  land  on  either  side  is  impracticable  for  the 
successful  operations  of  an  enemy.  The  sea  to  the  south,  together  with 
the  western  and  eastern  channels,  could  in  a  few  hours  be  barred  by  tor- 
pedoes ;  the  sea  to  the  north  has  only  to  be  guarded  by  the  heaviest  guns. 
An  island  only  is  now  wanted  at  the  Port  Said  mouth  of  the  Suez  canal 
like  Perim,  and  the  water  highway  to  India  would  make  the  highway  to 
Bombay  simply  impregnable  at  all  points. 


M.  Louis  Blanc  was  present  at  a  dinner  of  Irreconcilablee  at  St. 
Mande,  celebrating  the  anniversary  ef  the  Revolution  of  1848.  He  stigma- 
tized society  in  the  latter  years  of  Louis  Philippe's  reign  as  a  society  in 
which  reputation,  honor,  virtue,  marriage,  and  thought,  bad  all  become 
matters  of  social  traffic,  leading  to  political  corruption,  an  aide-de-camp 
of  the  Due  de  Nemours  thieving  from  the  Tuileries,  a  Prince  being  con- 
victed of  forgery,  a  Minister  committing  peculation,  a  Prime  Minister 
lending  his  office  for  the  sale  of  a  post.  He  argued  that  the  Red  Flag  was 
the  ancient  national  standard,  under  which  Rome,  and,  until  Joan  of  Arc, 
England,  were  withstood.  Legally  it  was  the  flag  of  order,  and,  under 
martial  law,  should  be  unfurled  in  troublous  times  to  prevent  bloodshed. 
He  condemned  the  rigor  following  the  insurrection  of  June,  1848,  and  de- 
scribed the  so-called  Moderates,  headed  by  Cavaignac,  as  approvers  of 
condemnations  without  trial  and  purveyors  for  the  political  galleys.  The 
fault  of  the  1848  Republic  was  its  fear  of  Socialism  and  want  of  faith  in 
the  people.  This  speech  is,  of  course,  eagerly  quoted  by  the  reactionary 
press. 

BOOK    REVIEWS. 
Free  Prisoners.    A  Story  of  California  Life.    By  Jane  W.  Bruaer. 

One  welcomes  a  book  by  a  Californian  as  one  welcomes  a  kindred  who 
pays  a  visit.  And,  indeed,  when,  as  in  this  case,  the  visitor  is  bright, 
sparkling,  and  interesting,  the  pleasure  is  the  greater.  This,  we  believe 
the  first  work  of  the  lady,  gives  good  promise  for  the  future,  and  we 
recommend  it  to  our  readers,  in  order  to  encourage  her  to  future  exertion. 
The  Great  Match  :  The  No  Name  Series. 

Much  as  we  liked  "Kismet,"  by  the  nameless  authors,  we  think  the 
writer  of  this  work  is  perfectly  right  to  preserve  his  incognito. 


Pour  tons  weight  of  valentines  have  been  returned  to  the  Dead 
Letter  Office  in  London  from  all  parts  of  the  kingdom,  and  this  immense 
mass  of  amatory  rubbish  is  to  be  worked  into  pulp  before  being  sold  to 
the  paper  makers.  Most  of  the  valentines  were  not  taken  in,  as  the  per- 
sons addressed  did  not  also  like  to  be  so.  There  will  be  some  broken 
hearts,  but  more  pulp. — Court  Journal. 


THE    BRITISH     GOVERNMENT      AND     THE      CHINESE 
LABOR    DIFFICULTY 

It  -will  be  curious  and  instructive  to  watch  how  the  British  Cabinet 
will  deal  with  the  Chinese  labor  difficulty,  with  which  it  is  now  brought 
face  to  face  for  the  first  time.  It  cannot  now  shirk  or  evade  it  if  it 
would.  The  question  has  arisen  in  a  remarkable  way,  and  in  a  most  un- 
expected quarter.  The  British  Colony  of  Queensland,  in  Australia,  has 
a  constitution  with  a  responsible  Cabinet  and  Legislature  of  its  own.  All 
that  ties  it  to  the  home  country  is  an  English  appointed  Governor,  and  a 
section  in  the  constitution,  which  provides  that  the  local  Parliament  shall 
enact  no  law  which  is  in  contravention  of  any  treaty  made  by  Great  Brit- 
ain with  other  powers.  The  colony  is  rapidly  progressing.  Its  Govern- 
ment is  spending  money  received  from  the  sale  of  lands  in  paying  the 
passages  of  British  immigrants.  Whilst  this  is  so,  sugar  planting  is  prov- 
ing a  success.  Chinamen  are  found  to  be  suited  to  the  climate  and  to  the 
work.  Already  sixty  thousand  have  arrived,  and  at  the  date  of  last  ad- 
vices ten  thousand  more  were  making  their  way  thither  by  sailing  ves- 
sels. In  this  condition  of  affairs  the  white  laborers  took  alarm,  and  in- 
sisted upon  a  law  being  passed  shutting  out  the  Mongolians.  They  argued 
that  the  local  Government  had  no  right  to  invite  them  there,  hold  out  in- 
ducements to  them  to  emigrate,  and  then perniitjJohn  Chinaman  tomonopo- 
lize  the  work.  Parliament  almost  unanimously  passed  such  alaw  as  the  peo- 
ple demanded,  and  a  heavy  impost,  which  John  must  pay  upon  arrival,  ' 
was  levied.  But  here  the  difficulty  came  in,  in  regard  to  that  restrictive 
section  in  the  constitution.  Great  Britain  has  a  treaty  with  China  similar 
to  our  so-called  Burlingame  treaty,  and  therefore  it  was  ultra  vires  for  the 
Queensland  Parliament  to  pass  the  proposed  act,  which  yet  needed  the 
signature  of  the  Governor  to  constitute  it  a  law.  The  colonists  are  so  un- 
used to  anything  like  restraint  from  the  home  authorities  that  they  never 
dreampt  of  there  being  any  possible  objection  from  that  quarter  to  any- 
thing they  might  do  in  the  way  of  the  management  of  their  own  affairs. 
Moreover,  the  Colony  of  Victoria  some  years  ago  passed  a  similar  mea- 
sure, which  was  assented  to  by  the  Governor,  and  was  carried  into  effect 
until  repealed.  The  British  Government  were  probably  quite  unaware 
that  iu  any  part  of  the  empire  such  a  law  existed.  If  they  knew  of  it,  they 
winked  at  its  operation,  and  were  glad  not  to  have  their  attention  offi- 
cially called  to  it.  But  no  such  escape  is  open  to  them  this  time.  The 
Governor  of  Queensland,  having  rather  a  tender  conscience  as  to  his  con- 
stitutional ditties,  has  refused  to  sign  the  bill,  but  has  sent  it  home  for  the 
pleasure  of  Her  Majesty.  This  means  that  her  Cabinet  must  consider  it, 
and  advise  her  to  sign  or  disallow  it.  What  action  they  will  be  compelled 
to  take  would  seem  evident  from  the  nature  of  their  treaty  with  China. 
But  to  disallow  the  bill  is  easier  said  than  done.  John  Bull  in  the  colo- 
nies is  even  more  stubborn  than  when  at  home.  He  will  have  his  own 
way,  or  know  the  reason  why.  Nothing  is  more  certain  than  that  the 
Queenslanders  will  not  consent  to  be  ruled  from  Downing  street.  It  is  a 
nice  difficulty  as  it  stands,  which  may  be  watched  with  interest. 


Josh  Billings  in  his  weekly  column  of  philosophy  for  the  Saturday 
Satellite  says:  A  satellite  iz  but  a  little  thing,  but  it  kan  hold  this  grate 
world  in  its  arms.  The  tung  iz  a  little  thing,  but  it  tills  the  universe 
with  rubble.  An  egq  iz  a  little  thing,  but  the  huge  krokerdile  kreeps  into 
life  out  ov  it.  A  penny  iz  a  little  thing,  but  the  interest  on  it  from  the 
days  of  Cain  and  Abel  would  buy  out  the  globe.  A  minute  iz  a  little 
thing,  but  it  iz  long  enough  to  get  married  and  hav  yure  own  mother-in- 
law.  Josh — iz  but  a  little  thing,  but  with  Billings  after  it,  it  iz  long 
enuf  for  'tarnal  feme. 


A  man  entered  the  "Chicago  Tribune  "  office  and  left  the  following 
advertisement: 

"Personal. — The  advertiser  desires  to  make  the  acquaintance  of  a 
lady  of  refinement  and  good  looks,  5  feet  4i  inches  high,  and  weighing 
about  136  pounds;  bust  measure,  39  inches;  waist  measure,  28j  inches; 
size  of  boot,  3J;  ditto  of  glove,  6|;  complexion,  pronounced  brunette; 
deep  hazel  eyes — with  a  view  to  matrimony.  Address  N.,  1,759  Tribune 
office.  " 

At  the  Loudon  restaurants  "  ham  and  peas"  now  is  a  favorite  dish. 
Lawyers  recently  decided  that  imported  peas  kept  in  bottles  are  injurious 
to  health;  but  notwithstanding  this  legal  decision,  no  one  has  yet  heard  of 
any  one's  health  having  been  injured  by  eating  them. 

The  Question  of  the  Hour— What  o'clock  is  it  ? 

LATEST  PRICES  OF  IMPORT  AND  EXPORT  STAPLES. 


METALS. 

Pig  Iron.Scotch.No.l... 
Bar  Iron,  assorted, 3*  tt>.. 
Metsil  Sheathing,^  ft.... 
Tin  Plates, I  C,  #  box... 
Tin  Plates,  I  X.'^box... 

Lend, Pig,  $  ft 

Lead,  Sheet, 3*  ft 

BancaTin,  #  ft .'. 

Quicksilver 

COAL. 

West  Hartley,  $*  ton 

Australian..*. 

Cumberland 

Anth  racite 

BellinghamBay 

Mount  Diablo 

COFFEE. 

Guatemala,  ^  lb 

Java, Old  Government.. 

Manila 

Costn  Rica 

KICK 

China.No.l,*  ft „ 

China,  No. 2 

Hawaiian 

WINES. 

Champagne,  ¥*  doz 

Port,  according  to  brand, 

$  gallon 

Sherry, do.  do ,. 

OIL. 

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CANDLES. 

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BAGS  AND  BAGGING. 

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Gunny  Bags  in  bales 

Burlap  Ba^s 

Hussian, 45-inch,  #  yard. 

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Michael  Reese  is  said  to  be  very  heavily  insured.  His  life  is  consid- 
ered a  first  class  one,  and  he  holds  several  policies  from  leading  offices.  He 
is  now  occupied  with  the  study  of  the  problem  as  to  whether  it  wouldn't 
be  money  in  pocket  if  he  died. 


March   :il,  187/. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER 


13 


SO 
It  is  eaej  work,  forgi 

■ 
Then  i-  Uttli 

I  end  dfty; 


THEY    SAY. 

She  trill  gather  op  tin-  duties 

Laid  down  ; 
Bhe  will  win  h  beaatlea, 

v  n  mows  ; 
Tim.  will  I  ring  Its  bftlma  forhoftUiuj  Sha  will  tread  -.  r.  inely,  proudly, 

A-  i  ■  end  pftiD,  On  hi 1 

And  the  oftlm  familiar  Keeling  While  the  world  applauds  bar  loudly; 

S..  th> 
Botha?  ;iv,        Ooold  I fftoe  the  future,  seeing 

Strength  cornea  back  ;  [should  be 

Pbr  the  heart  that  onoe  beat  gladly  Once  again  the  telf-earne  li-ing, 

m  to  lack  Etenlly  '•Me;" 

Nerve  to  meet  the  world  undaunted,  Then  my  spirit  would  grow  firmer, 

Braving  f ate  j  Teare  would* 

Listltr*^,  reaUesa,  Borrow-haunted,      I  could,  then,  without  a  murmur, 
1*  my  state.  Wail  for  peace. 

Ah,  my  Bather,  Thou  art  teaching 

fife,  through  pain, 
I  will  turn  to  Thee,  beseeching, 

Not  in  vain; 
Lift  me,  Lord,  my  footsteps  setting 

In  Thy  way, 
Till  indeed  I  learn  forgetting— 
Aj*  they  say. 
—Sarah  Domiitcy,  in  the  Quinr, 

LAME    DUCKS 

Now  is  the  season  for  duck  shooting.  Take  up  your  breech- 
loaderand  blaze  away  at  the  balance  of  the  lame  ducks  that  so  expedi- 
tiously t"..k  water  when  you  went  for  them  last  year,  and  have  since 
beenguingon  swimmingly.  When  we  consider  the  magnitude  of  the 
Stock  Exchange  transactions  and  the  interests  involved,  it  is  truly  mar- 
velous with  what  EadUty  these  ducfca  take  wing,  take  water,  and,  in  fact, 
take  anything  within  their  reach.  They  speak  of  suspending  and  re- 
suming with  the  utmost  nonchalance;  and  well  wiVht  they,  for  the  only 
punishment  attaching  to  the  former  seems  to  he  inflicted  on  their  unfor- 
tunate clients,  who  look  on  redress  as  a  forlorn  hope.  A  certain  firm 
failed  most  ingloriously  about  a"  year  ago.  Not  one  cent  on  the  dollar  has 
been  paid  to  the  creditors,  -nd  yet  a  member  of  said  firm  bad  the  enter- 
prise to  request  a  reelection  to  his  seat  lately.  And  this  suggests  a 
question  on  which  few  are  enlightened,  and  many  wmild  wish  to  be  in- 
formed. Is  this  S;m  Francisco  Stock  Exchange  an  incorporated  body, 
and  are  the  seats  of  the  members  attachable  or  comeatable  by  a  swindled 
public?  These  seats  are  at  time*  very  valuable,  worth  as  much  as  thirty- 
five  or  forty  thousand  dollars,  securing  an  insurance  of  ten  thousand 
dollars  to  the  heirs  of  the  holders;  and  yet  I  am  informed  that  the  de- 
signed non-incorporation  of  the  Jioard  leaves  the  outraged  public  perfectly 
helpless.  To  own  real  estate  they  had  to  incorporate,  so  a  few  of  their 
I  h  >  ly  <  organized  and  incorporated  an  association  to  nold  their  new  property 
on  Fine  street,  legally  distinct  from,  but  practically  the  same  as,  the 
Board.  In  this  I  may  possibly  be  mistaken,  but  would  in  common  with 
many  others  wish  to  be  satisfactorily  informed.  And  for  the  privilege  of 
thus  exposing  yourself  to  be  swindled  what  do  you  pay?  The  exorbitant 
commission  of  A  of  one  per  cent.,  which,  as  you  must  sell  as  well  as  buy 
stocks,  means  one  per  cent,  on  your  capital  every  turn  you  make.  You 
may  buy  100  shares  of  Con.  Virginia  at  §50,  and  when  it  (joes  up  one 
dollar  a  share  sell  out,  but  your  broker  will  take  more  than  half  your 
profits,  though  you  took  all  the  risk;  or  again,  suppose  you  get  a  dead 
point  of  an  assessment  from  Emperor  Norton,  and  wished  to  realize  at  the 
same  figure  youjbought  for,  you  would  still  be  out  -SoO  commission  for  the 
privilege.  Some  may  say  no  one  would  take  such  a  small  turn  as  a  dollar 
a  share  on  the  Bonanza  stocks.  But  why  not,  pray?  Is  it  not  a  handsome 
percentage  of  profit  in  a  few  hours;  aud  to  trade  successfully  in  stocks 
we  should,  ought  and  would  be  able  to  secure  it  were  it  not  for  the  all 
consuming  commission.  This  is  what  makes  people  keep  and  nurse  their 
stocks  till  the  bottom  falls  out,  and  their  values  disappear  like  an  um- 
brella in  a  boarding-house  hall  on  a  wet  day. 

If  you  are  of  an  inquisitive  turn  of  mind  and  wish  to  see  your  stocks 
bought  and  sold,  you  have  in  addition  to  pay  $5  for  an  admission  ticket, 
which  does  not  even  secure  you  a  seat  during  the  session,  nor  immunity 
from  the  pert  insolence  of  a  lot  of  liveried  boys. 

Stock  dealing  is  as  much  a  necessity  to  CaJifornian  existence  as  the  rain 
to  its  wheat  crops.  No  cinching  will  cure  the  public.  They  will  strive 
to  get  even,  and  the  only  way  to  help  them  is  to  throw  your  calcium  light 
on  the  frauds,  tricks  and  abuses  with  which  it  is  burdened.     Go  for  them. 

Dogberry, 

HYMEN    AT    THE    DOCK. 

•  At  a  recent  sitting  of  the  Middlesex  Sessions,  England,  Francis  New- 
ton, a  good  looking  young  woman,  described  as  a  chignon-maker,  was  in- 
dicted on  the  charge  of  havinjr  stolen  a  cloak,  the  property  of  Joseph 
Highman,  of  Cloudesley  Road,  Barnsbury,  keeper  of  a  wardrobe  shop. 
The  evidence  was  simple  and  conclusive,  the  prisoner  having  gone  into 
the  shop,  secreted  the  cloak  under  her  dress,  and  been  caught  in  the  act, 
and  the  jury  convicted  her.  In  great  grief  she  then  avowed  that  she  had 
always  borne  a  good  reputation,  and  she  called  a  respectable  young  man 
to  testify  to  the  truth  of  her  asseverations.  In  reply  to  Serjeant  Cox,  he 
said  he  had  known  the  prisoner  for  a  very  long  time,  and  she  had  always 
held  an  excellent  reputation  ;  in  fact,  he  had  intended  to  make  her  his 
wife.  Mr.  Serjeant  Cox  :  When  was  it  you  meant  to  carry  out  that  idea? 
"Witness  :  At  Easter  next,  my  lord.  Mr.  Serjeant  Cox  :  Do  you  propose 
to  marry  her  now  if  you  can?  Witness  :  Oh  yes,  my  lord  ;  I  should  very 
much  like  to.  (Laughter).  Mr.  Serjeant  Cox  :  Well,  if  I  let  her  out 
now  on  recognizances  that  she  may  come  up  for  judgment  if  called  upon, 
would  you  marry  her  at  once?  Witness :  Yes,  my  lord;  cer- 
tainly. "  (Applause.)  Mr.  Serjeant  Cox  :  Very  well,  then  ;  I  should  be 
very  sorry  to  let  |her  come  to  you  with  the  taint  of  the  jail  upon  her. 
Enter  into  recognizances  for  her,  and  marry  her,  and  I  hope  sincerely 
that  you  may  live  happily  together  ever  hereafter.  (Applause,  which  it 
was  impossible  for  some  time  to  suppress.)  Shortly  afterwards  the  young 
woman  and   her  champion  left    the    court    together,    amidst  renewed 

plaudits.  

Dot  your  I's  with  blue  glass.     Blue  glass  slippers  cure  corns. 


HIGHEST  STOCK  QU0TATI0M8  FOB  WEEK  EHDIHO  MABCH  30. 1877- 

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Benton. 

Crown  Point .... 

Cbollar 

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California 

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L'.'-tn..|H.lit;in.    .. 

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DardaneUas.  . . . 

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Exchequer 

Globe 

Gould  &  Turn- .  . 
Great  Eastern . .. 

Gila 

Golden  Chariot  . . 
General  Thomas. 

Grand  Prize 

Hale&  Norcross 

Hussey 

Hamaburg 

Julia 

Justice 

Jackson  

Jenny  Glynn 

Jefferson..., 

Kossuth 

Kentuck  

Knickerbocker  . . 

K.  K.  Cons 

body  Bryan  ..... 

Leopard  

Lady  Waah'n 

Leviathan  

Loyal 

Leeds 

Mexican 

Monumental  .... 

Mint 

Mansfield 

Modoc 

Manhattan 

Meteor 

Meadow  Valley .. 

Miami ,. 

Martha  &  Bessie. 

New  Coso 

Northern  Belle  .. 
N  Con.  Virginia, 

Nevada  

New  York 

Niagara  

N.  Light 

N.  Carson 

Ophir 

Overman  

Occidental 

Op.  Comstock. ,. 

Prospect 

Pounnan 

Phil  Sheridan  .. . 

Panther  

Pictou 

Pcytona 

Raymond  &  Ely. 

Rising  Star 

Rock  Island 

Bye  Patch 

Savage    

Sierra  Nevada  . . . 

Silver  Hill 

Superior 

Shasta 

Southern  Star... 

Succor 

Seg  Belcher 

South  Chariot . . . 

Silver  Crown 

S.  Barcelona 

Trojan 

Trenton 

Twin  Peaks 

Union  Con 

Utah 

Union  Flag 

Washoe 

Woodville 

Wells  Fargo 

Ward 

WestComstock  . . 
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will  preach  Sunday  at  11  A.M.  and  7A  r.M.     The  public  cordially  invited. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


March  31,  1877. 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Ten  Thousand  at  Home  and  Abroad. 

A  Scene  in  the  House  of  Lords. — I  shall  Bay  nothing:  of  the 
House  of  Lords.  Yon  know  it  as  well  as  I  do.  It  is  a  brilliant  scene — 
the  most  brilliant  to  be  seen  in  these  Islands ;  and  this  year  it  seemed 
to  be  more  picturesque  than  ever.  The  color  was  more  varied.  The  ani- 
mation was  greater.  There  were  more  Peeresses  present,  and  those  pres- 
ent seemed  to  have  made  up  their  minds  to  astonish  the  Celestial  Ambas- 
sadors with  their  toilettes.  Lady  Dudley  was  the  admiration  of  the 
whole  House.  How  the  women  stare  at  her!  I  am  afraid,  if  you  were 
to  analyze  their  feelings,  you  would  not  find  the  principal  ingredient 
either  love  or  admiration.  Imagine  the  Venus  de  Medicis  in  velvet,  lace, 
and  diamonds,  light  up  the  face  of  the  statue  with  an  expression  that 
would  flutter  the  heart  of  an  artist  accustomed  to  study  the  highest  ideal 
of  beauty,  and  you  will  have  Lady  Dudley.  She  was  the  Queen  of  the 
day,  and  the  ladies  may  like  to  know  that  the  color  of  her  dress  was  blue. 
That,  till  this  year,  has  been  a  common  color,  blue  and  pink  ;  but  this 
year  blues  and  pinks  were  comparatively  rare.  They  have  been  replaced 
with  purple  ana  white,  and  satin  in  the  same  way  seems  to  have  taken 
the  place  of  velvet.  Lady  Dudley  glittered  with  jewels,  principally 
pearls  and  diamonds.  They  sparkled  in  her  hair,  on  her  neck,  and  on  her 
bodice.  But  you  might  run  your  eye  along  group  after  group  without 
finding  a  single  bit  of  jewelery,  although  when  you  did  find  it  you  prob- 
ably found  a  blaze  of  light.  The  Chinese  Ambassadors  were  not  in  it 
with  their  silks,  or  satins,  or  jewels.  Their  breasts  were  perfectly  em- 
broidered with  gold  and  colors,  and  at  every  move  you  seemed  to  catch  a 
glimpse  of  a  new  color,  of  black,  of  gray,  of  vermilion,  or  of  yellow  ; 
but  they  were  not  the  most  conspicuous  figures  in  the  assembly,  and  I  do 
not  think,  with  all  their  vanity,  they  thought  they  were  themselves. 
They  were  full  of  questions,  as  full  as  if  they  were  Special  Correspond- 
ents of  the  Pckin  Gazette,  and  intended  to  rival  the  Young  Lions  of  Pe- 
terborough Court  with  their  description  of  the  scene.  All  the  European 
Ambassadors  bowed  profoundly  to  them  as  they  passed  to  their  seats,  and 
the  salutation  was  returned  in  kind.  The  dark  handsome  face  of  Musli- 
ms Pasha,  the  face  of  a  Greek  rather  than  the  face  of  an  Asiatic,  was 
scrutinized  by  most  of  the  visitors.  But  Musurus  played  his  part  well, 
and  the  Archbishops  of  Canterbury  and  York  and  the  Bishop  of  London 
seemed  to  make  a  point  of  being  especially  friendly  with  the  Turk,  an 
old  personal  friend,  I  may  add,  of  Mr.  Gladstone.  Mr.  Pierrepoint,  the 
Americau  Ambassador,  was  distinguishable  as  usual  by  his  plain  black 
coat  in  the  thick  of  the  decorated  costumes  of  the  European  Ambassa- 
dors, and  if  you  may  judge  of  a  man  by  his  looks  I  should  say  our  Yan- 
kee cousins  have  this  time  sent  us  a  fine  specimen  of  the  American  gen- 
tleman to  represent  the  stars  and  stripes.  I  hope  he  does  not  possess  the 
set-off  of  eloquence.  It  is  that  which  ruins  all  Americans.  They  are 
such  talkers — and  talk  so  loud,  so  long,  and  so  tall ! 

The  Sultan  Going  to  the  Mosque.  — Attired  in  the  plainest  possi- 
ble fashion  as  an  ordinary  Turkish  gentleman,  mounted  on  a  white  Arab, 
and  sitting  upon  a  gold- embroidered  saddle,  with  his  feet  in  stirrups  of 
gold,  rode  the  Caliph  of  the  Ottomans.  A  thin,  unhappy  face,  the  dark 
whiskers,  beard,  and  moustache  of  which  only  served  to  increase  the 
deadly  hue  of  the  sallow  cheeks  which  they  encompassed,  a  meagre,  some- 
what round-shouldered  body,  a  lank,  lean,  weakly  frame — such  were  the 
characteristics  of  the  Sovereign  of  the  Ottomans.  We  know  that  in  the 
West  an  idea  prevails  that  Eastern  nations  are  centaurs  by  birth  ;  that 
the  saddle  is  their  cradle,  their  house,  their  home,  and  that  the  Grand 
Turk  seated  on  a  magnificent  Arab  must  necessarily  be  the  very  model  of 
the  Saracen  Monarchs  of  old.  Yet  we  must  dissipate  the  pleasing  illu- 
sion, and  say  that  Abdul  Hamid  would  have  been — if  appearances  are  to 
be  trusted— much  more  at  home  in  a  comfortable  carriage.  As  one  looked 
at  that  pale,  nervous  face,  it  was  easy  to  see  why  its  owner  failed  as  a  ru- 
ler. It  is  said  that  Mahmoud,  the  Grand  Vizier  of  Abdul  Aziz,  when 
once  complaining  of  the  obstinacy  of  his  master,  was  asked  why  he  did 
not  dethrone  him  and  place  some  one  else  in  his  stead.  His  reply  was, 
"What  good  would  that  effect  ?  Murad  is  a  drunkard,  and  Hamid  is  a 
coward  ;  of  the  rest  I  know  nothing — the  experiment  is  too  dangerous  !  " 
There  can,  we  think,  be  but  little  doubt  that  it  is  this  very  timid  nature 
of  Abdul  Hamid  which  has  prompted  all  the  blunders  of  the  past  few 
days.  The  evidences  of  fear  were,  indeed,  close  at  hand.  His  Majesty's 
first  object  evidently  was  to  reach  the  mosque  without  molestation  and  to 
say  his  prayers  ;  that  ceremony  over,  he  had  determined  to  run  no  more 
risk,  and  had  actually  arranged  for  a  steam  yacht  to  be  drawn  up  close 
to  the  door,  so  that,  prayers  over,  he  could  step  on  board  and  soon  be  far 
away  on  the  Bosphorus.  As  the  Sultan  passed  each  section  of  troops  the 
bugle  sounded  the  order  to  cheer,  and  the  command  was  obeyed ;  but  the 
people  gave  no  sign — they  were  absolutely  silent. 

Ahmed  Vefyk  Effendi,  described  as  President  of  the  Chamber  of 
Deputies,  and  of  the  Turkish  Committee  of  Succor,  has  written  what  is 
called  a  most  interesting  letter  to  the  Stafford  House  Committee,  in  which 
he  states  that,  jerseys  and  blankets  being  urgently  needed  by  the  Fourth 
Army  in  the  high  and  exposed  country  about  Erzeroum,  and  especially  at 
the  two  new  hospitals  of  Baibout  and  Batoum,  he  has  dispatched  a  mem- 
ber of  the  committee  with  thirty-seven  bales  of  goods  direct  to  those 
places  where  the  English  gifts  will  be  most  appreciated.  His  Excellency 
is  charged  by  all  the  superior  officers  of  the  Fourth  Army  to  offer  their 
warmest  thanks  to  the  Stafford  House  Committee. 

It  is  stated  that  a  memorial  to  the  late  Lady  Smith,  the  centenarian, 
who  died  a  few  weeks  ago  at  Lowestoft,  has  been  decided  on,  and  will 
take  the  form  of  a  peal  of  bells  to  be  placed  in  the  parish  church  of  St. 
Margaret's,  Lowestoft.  This  will  necessitate  considerable  alteration  to 
the  t-~>wer  of  the  church,  and  altogether  will  entail  an  outlay  of  some- 
thing like  £2,500. 

Reports  from  Madeira,  per  the  Loand>i,  state  that  the  ruler  of  Da- 
homey has  offered  50  casks  of  oil  as  an  installment  of  the  indemnity,  and 
has  promised  to  pay  the  remainder  of  the  fine  on  condition  that  the  ports 
are  opened  for  trading.     The  offer  has  been  refused. 

The  Rev.  J.  Henson,  (better  known  as  "Uncle  Tom,"  the  hero  of 
Mrs.  Beecher  Stowe's  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin")  arrived  at  Windsor  on  the 
5th  of  March,  and  went  to  the  Castle,  where  he  was  received  by  Her 
Majesty  and  the  Royal  Family. 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


DE.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 

Toronto  School  of  Medicine,  Toronto,  July  1-Sth,  1868.— 
I  certify  that  the  bearer.  Dr.  James  A.  Hunter,  attended  lectures  at  this  insti- 
tution for  two  sessions,  viz. ,  18tH-t>2  and  1S63-G"4,  and  obtained  license  to  practice  from 
theMedical  Board  for  Upper  Canada.        (Signed)  H.  H.  WRIGHT,  M.D.. 

Secretary  Toronto  School  of  Medicine. 
Dr.  Hunter's  Office  is  at  313  Sutter  street.  September  10. 

TEETH    SAVED  * 

Filling  Teeth  a  Specialty.— Great  patience  extended  to 
children.  Chloroform  administered,  and  teeth  skillfully  extracted.  After  ton 
years  constant  practice,  1  can  guarantee  satisfaction.  Prices  moderate.  Office— 120 
Sutter  street,  above  Montgomery  ]Juue  6.]  DR.  MORFFEVV,  Dentist. 

DR.    J.    H.    STALTARD, 

Member  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians,  London,  etc., 
author  of  "Female  Hygiene  on  the  Pacific  Coast."    S.E.  Post  and  Kearny. 
Office  Hours,  12  to  3  and  7  to  S  p.m.  February  10. 

PHTSICIAJT,     SURGEON    AN»     ACCOUCHEUR, 

J.    J.    AUERBAGH,    M.D., 

March  13.  310i  Stockton  street,  San  Francisco. 

STEELE'S     SQUIRREL      POISON. 
[Patented  October  19th,  1875.] 

Snre  death  to  Squirrels,  Rats,  Gophers,  etc.    For  sale  by  all 
Druggists,  Grocers  and  General  Dealers.     Price,  SI  per  box.     Made  by  JAMES 
G.  STEELE  &  CO.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.     Liberal  discount  to  the  Trade.        Aug.  21. 
________ 

clectic  Pfaysieian,  corner  of  Fourteenth  and   Broadway, 

Oakland.  June  17. 


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WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 

CUTTER    WHISKY. 

A  P.  Hotallng  *  Co.,  No.  431  Jackson  street,  are  the  Sole 
•  Agents  on  this  Coast  for  the  celebrated  J.  H.  CUTTER  WHISKY,  shipped  di- 
rect to  them  from  Louisville,  Kentucky.  The  Trade  are  cautioned  against  the  pur- 
chase of  inferior  and  imitation  brands  of  "J.  H.  Cutter  Old  liourbou."  Owing  to 
its  deserved  reputation,  various  unprincipled  parties  are  endeavoring  to  palin  off 
spurious  grades.     It  is  really  the  Best  Whisht  in  the  United  States.  March  19. 

A.    M.    OILMAN, 

Importer  And  Wholesale  Liquor  Dealer,  30S  California 
street,  offers  for  sale  Fine  Old  Bourbon  and  Rye  Whiskies,  Brandies,  vintage  of 
ls20and  1830,  Old  Port  and  Sherry  Wines,  Still  and  Sparkling  Wines,  etc.  Agentfor  the 
Celebrated  CACHET  BLANC  CHAMPAGNE.  Sole  Agent  for  MILLS'  STOMACH 
BITTERS. March  4. 

J.    H-    CUTTER    OLD    BOURBON. 

CP.  Moorman  A   Co.,    Manufacturers,   Louisville,  Ky.— 
a    The  above  well-known  House  is  represented  here  by  the  undersigned,  who 
have  been  appointed  their  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 
July  3.  A.  P.  HOTALING  &  CO.,  429  and  431  Jackson  street,  S.  F. 

J.    H.    CUTTER'S    OLD    BOURBON    AND    RYE    WHISKY, 

Manufactured  by  Milton  3.  Hardy  A  Co.,  Sons-in-Law  and 
Successors  of  J.  H.  CUTTER,  Louisville,  Ky.  E..  MARTIN  &  CO., 

August  14.  No.  40S  Front  street,  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast 


BROKERS. 


REMOVAL ! 

JAV.   Brown  &  Co.,  Stock  and    Money  Brokers,  have  re- 
o    moved  to  No.  317  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block, 
J.  W.  Brown,  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  Jan  8. 

HAVERSTICK    &    LATHROP, 

Money  Brokers,  410  1-2  California  street,  between  Bank  of 
California  and  London  and  San  Francisco  Bank.  Silver  and  Currency  a  spe- 
cialty, and  to  those  wishing  to  buy  or  sell,  either  in  large  or  small  amounts,  we  can 
offer  superior  advantages.  March  10. 

J.  K.  S.  Latham.]  LATHAM    &    KING,  .  [Homer  S.  King, 

Successors  to  James  H.  Latham  A   Co.,  Stock  and  Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco.  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange 
Board.  Stocks  bought  and  carried  on  margins.  Aug.  12. 

HUBBARD    &    CO., 

Commission  Stock  Brokers,  324  1-2  Montgomery  street,  un- 
der Safe  Deposit  Building,  San    Francisco,  will  transact  business  through  the 
San  Fraucisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 

E.    P.    BECKHAM, 
(Commission    Stock    Broker   and    Member   8.    F.  Stock   Ex* 

*-J     change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  ou  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
(June.  19.] 

ODORLESS 

Excavating  Apparatus  Coinpuny  of  San  Francisco. —Empty- 
ing Vaults,  Sinks,  Cesspools,  Sewers,  Cellars,  Wells  and  Excavations  in  the  day- 
time without  often  ue.  Orders  left  at  the  following  places  will  receive  prompt  atten- 
tion: Madison  &  Burke's,  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  streets;  Office  Super- 
intendent of  Streets,  Citv  Hall;  Office,  612  Commercial  street,  or  addressed  to  Presi- 
dent, Post  Office  box  10,  City.  Feb.  3. 

A    MAGNIFICENT    STOCK    OF 

Pianos  and  Organs  at  the  Music  Warerooms  of  A.  L.  Ban- 
croft A  Co.,  No.  723  Market  street.    Prices  very  low.  March  3. 


G.    G.    GARIBOLDI. 

Fresco    and   Decoration,    Nevada   Block, 
[January  13.] 


No.'b   73    and   74. 


S 


JOSEPH    GILLOTT'S    STEEL    PENS. 
old  by  all  Stationers  throughout  the  World.    Sole  Agent 

for  the  United  States  :  MR.  HENRY  HOE,  91  John  street,  N.  Y.       Jan.  16. 


March  Ml,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


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SPECIAL    BREVITIES. 


Mdlle>.  Titiena  miik,  recently  at  the  GtiDdbaU.  Ph ith,  and  in  re- 

Lo  an  encore  ny«  the  traJl-knuwn  noff,  "  Kiwmd  Maroaruoen." 
In  noticing  ttii-  the  -  the  following  story:  "The 

author  of  ■  KatUaan  Mavonrneen'  waa  Mr.  Crouoh,  ;*  Plymouth  muaia- 
maatar,  who  received  for  the  oopyriftht  »  60  note.  He  left  the  town  a 
Quarter  of  aoanturt  Qya  jrear  bad,    M-lll--.  "Tn it-it-,  bolus  in 

New  \  ark,  -tj^v  «•  '  Kit!.!,  n '  u  an  encore,  ue  only  time  ihe  <tt'i  to  while 
in  the  State*.     It  excited  a  furon  .  ana  when  it  had  -  il 

aha  waa  told  Ibat  some  man,  preenmed  to  be  :»  Ihnatlo,  waa  Bghttngbia 
way  over  the  banian  from  the  pit  to  the  Hies  (il  wu  in  the  Opera  House] 
he  was  determined  i"  spi tak  t<>  Titiena,  The  prima  donna  told 
them  to  let  liiui  oeme  in.  On  entering',  he  biuret  into  tears,  sobl  in 
'i'h,  Millie.  Titiens,  I  never  before  heard  nay  song  rang  as  you  have  (ual 
rang  It!'  '  Vi-nr  song  ?'  waa  the  reply  ;  '  why,  you  are  Dot  i  vouch,  rarely? 
'  I  ..m.  dned  the  poor  old  compoaer  :  '  an- 1  I  felt  I  must  thank 

yon  myself.'  Crouch  had  ■craped  together  the  two  dollars  for  a  pit  Beat, 
utile  thinking  to  hear  hia  now  famoua  song  made  the  most  telling  mor- 
ceau  of  the  night.*1 

The  Bishop  of  Manchester,  England,  addressed  a  number  of  .1m- 
pers'  aaaiBtante,  lately.  Heaaked  them  to  maintain  a  high  tone  of  thought, 
language,  and  conduct  He  did  not  ;t»k  them  to  be  professors  of  religion, 
bnt  to  live  religiously,  and  to  let  their  religion  be  of  a  uatural  and  healthy 
kind.  Hi'  did  Hot  want  to  preach  snnctinioniousnew  nor  to  preach  gloom- 
ily. Hi  did  not  believe  in  persona  going  about  moping,  lamenting,  and 
saying  that  the  world  waa  going  to  perdition,  or  as  the  expression  waa, 
••  to  the  &e\  il."  or  "  to  the  dogs."  The  world  waa  not  going  to  perdition 
exoepl  bo  far  as  men  and  women  made  it  go.  If  everybody  in  Manchea- 
tor  waa  determined  to  make  the  world  full  of  love,  purity,  and  holiness, 
it  might  become  a  heaven  to-morrow  ;  and  therefore  they  need  not  say 
that  it  waa  going  to  the  dogs  or  the  devil,  as  was  the  fashion  with  some 
gloomy  I  eople.  As  a  Bishop  of  Jesus  Christ,  he  asked  them  solemnly 
to  try  and  make  their  lives  pure,  guileless,  cheerful,  and  honest,  for  these 
things  Beemed  to  him  to  be  the  very  essence  of  Christianity. 

According  to  British  official  statement,  there  is  no  dearth  of  re- 
cruits for  tin.  army  |  but  this,  Bays  a  contemporary,  is  hardly  indorsed 
by  private  report.  At  a, dinner  party  the  other  night  the  point  was 
mooted,  and  an  officer  from  one  of  the  brigade  depots  questioned  an 
the  subject.  **  I  only  know,"  he  said,  "that  in  the  last  twelve  months 
We  enlisted  just  six  men  ;  two  of  them  proved  to  be  fraudulently  en- 
listed ;  one  has  since  deserted  ;  there  is  one  in  Millhnnk  ;  another  in  the 
puardHTDOm— going  there,  unless  his  brains  are  kicked  out  first ;  and  the 
last  of  all  is  medically  unfit"  Nor  is  the  quality  such  as  to  compensate 
for  lack  of  quantity.  "  Nice  soft  chaps  we  re  getting  now,"  said  an  old 
recruiting  sergeant.  "  They're  that  old,  and  their  bones  that  stiff,  that 
shure  a  stame-roller  wouldn't  straighten  'em. 

A  Polar  Colony. —A  Bill  before  the  United  States  Congress  has 
been  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Naval  Affairs,  the  object  of  which  is 
to  obtain  a  grant  of  -$50,000  for  a  decidedly  novel  and  daring  scheme — viz: 
the  planting  of  a  colony  within  400  miles  of  the  North  Pole,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  accomplishing  at  leisure  the  feat  from  which  Sir  George  Nares 
and  his  brave  companions  have  returned  baffled.  The  scheme  has  re- 
ceived the  support  of  the  United  States  Geographical  Society,  the  Smith- 
sonian Institution,  the  National  Academy  of  Science,  the  members  of  for- 
mer Arctic  Expeditions,  and  many  eminent  men  of  science  in  the  United 
States.  Thus  it  is  not  improbable  that  Congress  will  grant  the  sum 
asked  for — modest  enough,  certainly. 

Mr.  George  Bancroft  has  occupied  a  seat  on  the  floor  of  Congress  du- 
ring every  joint  session  of  the  two  Houses.  A  historian  could  have  no 
better  opportunity  to  gather  material.  His  snowy  hem!  is  a  conspicuous 
landmark  among  the  yellow  desks  and  the  grizzled",  red  and  bald  heads  of 
the  statesmen  that  he  is  mentally  taking  note  of,  Two  secretaries  aid  him, 
writing  at  his  dictation,  searching  musty  books  and  papers,  and  preparing 
matter  for  the  press.  Mr.  Bancroft  entertains  often.  His  hospitality 
consists  chiefly  in  dinner  parties,  where  the  wines  are  the  choicest  and  the 
conversation  the  most  profound. 

Mr.  Gladstone  says  that  in  November,  1870,  had  we  refused  to  find  a 
way  out  of  the  Black  Sea  difficulty  for  Russia,  "we  should  have  stood 
alone."  This  is  the  very  opposite  of  the  truth,  and  it  seems  strange  that 
the  then  Premier  should  have  forgotten  the  facts.  There  is  in  the  Foreign 
Office  a  confidential  blue-book  full  of  unpublished  dispatches  of  that 
month,  which  prove  that  Austria  was  ready  for  action,  while  Italy  went 
the  lenirth  of  offering  to  send  an  army,  it  need  were,  and  France  offered 
us  her  fleet. 

The  mines  of  Utah  are  paying  better  than  any  on  the  PaciGc  Coast. 
They  are  more  economically  managed,  are  easier  to  work,  and  are  perma- 
nent. All  the  leading  mills  and  smelters  in  the  territory  are  running  to 
their  full  capacity,  new  ones  are  being  erected  in  several  of  the  camps, 
and  the  prospects  are  that  the  production  of  last  year  will  be  doubled. 
Never  in  the  history  of  Utah  has  the  outlook  been  so  promising. — Salt 
Lake  Tribune. 

The  Rev.  John  S  C.  Abbott  has  had  for  some  time  several  Jap- 
anese students  living  in  his  family,  at  Fair  Haven,  Connecticut.  One  of 
them,  a  young  lady  of  high  rank,  wrote  home  recently  to  the  Govern- 
ment and  her  family  for  permission  to  join  a  Christian  Church.  Tim  was 
granted,  and  she  waa  baptized  by  Mr.  Abbott. 

The  "Hornet"  can  vouch  for  the  following:  A  gentleman  well- 
known  in  London  was  lately  in  conversation  with  Mr.  L ,  and  in  talk- 
ing about  newspapers  in  general,  and  his  own  in  particular,  remarked— 
"Truth!  Why  call  it  Truth/  Why  not  call  it  The  Lyre,  and  bring  in 
1  Music  ? '  " 

Messrs.  Saunders  &  Jozon  have  left  Egypt  for  Paris  and  London. 
They  have  arranged  the  general  ba^es  of  the  settlement  of  the  Dai  rah 
Debt.  Under  this  arrangement  the  Khedive  cedes  to  the  creditors  £590, 
000  annually,  £100,000  of  which  amount  will  be  paid  from  his  Highness's 
Civil  list. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sartoris  will  return  to  England  in  April.  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  and  Mrs.  Fred.  Grant  and  a  party  of  Philadelphia  friends  will  ac- 
company them. 

Shaky  Business—Playing  with  dice. 


[Pkamaxr*t    Al>»r<.i 

A    ROGUE'S     RETR08PECT. 
I  From  Iba  S.  ■    S  ■..    i  ■    !*».] 

"  Lorlng  Pickering-.' i  a  kabaooajdad  m-entlr, 

"leavin.  I  hUfrlondl  1. 1  On-  lurch  lui  ■ 

1  md  bi  flannel 
*■  Treat,  !  (  i,Ua,  w 

"ttwaa  California.    FMhuUlpMa  liuiUttn." 


I  From  lha  (fen  fort  Trflmaa.  Jun»  i     | 
"Arrest  of  Pickering;,  late  Editor  of  the  St.  Louie  Union. — Hubae- 
"  quant  teoounta  do  not  oatirol  ad.    Il  >•  now 

"stated,  ought  to  know,  thai  Pickering  wu  u  i  loaophby 

I'nal    A:    Kniinrun,    uid    luboequonl  I   10   tti.    custodj    of  tha 

"Sheriff,  or  oneol  bia  deputise,  of  Buchanan  County      wink  in  cuetodj  i 
Vmeana  toeaeape,  andmadeofl  to  pule  unknowa     The  part]  In  purarit  o!  bun,  it 

on I  uo  other  properta  i 
'    row    In  pursuit,  wrc  are  told;  were  not  prej  tuthont)  \»  folio*  bim 

■■  beyond  tba  Lunll   ol  tha  State.-  st.  LouU  ItrputMean,  mth. 

I  From  th»  Now  York  Tribune.  June  10,  1MB, 

"  The  Absquatulator.— Information  waa  reoalrad  (rem  St  Joweph  ycvlcrdar 
"thatHcsara  Krumrun  &  Treat  came  up  with  Pickering  at  that  place;  tta 

compounded  with  bim  (orbla  offenaaa  bj  receiving  Kima  1760  In  money  and  about 
••  ^4,000  in  notes  of  hand,  etc.,  and  then  let  him  go.    wnen  the  boat  left  he  waa  (It- 

•■  tin-  out  for  Califoniiu,  and  they  were  reluming  by  easy  stages  to  Si.  I.    ■ 
"  Louis  /republican,  9th. 

1  .  above  named  Loring  Pickering  is  now  one  of  tho  Proprietors  of  the  Son 
Franelaoo  Daily  Eradng  Bulletin  and  Horning  Call,  two  impera  publinhcd  in 
tola  city.] 

la  it  Repudiation  P — Pbr  tho  State  »f  California  to  Ibkoc  bonds,  neglect  to  pro- 
vide for  their  redemption  at  maturity,  refuae  payment  and  then  deny  the  holders  the 

right  of  trial  In  her  own  Court*. 


ASSESSOR'S  OFFICE—NOTICE  TO  TAXPAYERS,  1877-78- 

All  Persons,  i  'onipanlea.  Associations  or  lirmi  in  the  elty 
and  Coriiity  pi  San  Francisco,  are  requeated,  either  In  person  or  by  their 
proper  representatf  res,  to  deliver  at  the  Assessor's  Office,  No.  SB  citv  Hall,  in  said 

City  and  Cou..ty,  before  the  SECOND  MoMUV  IN  /I'UIL,  1S77,  a  sUtemciit  under 

oath  of  all  the  propeitj ,  both  Personal  ami  Heal,  owned  or  claimed  by  bim  or  them, 
or  which  ie  in  hia  or  their  possession,  or  which  is  held  or  controlled  bv  anjf  other  per- 
son in  trust  for,  or  fur  the  benefit  of  him  or  them.  — Sec  Political  Code,  Sec.  3I343-34M8. 

All  persons  owning  Reel  Estate  whose  property  waa  aaseased  in  a  wrong  name,  or 
by  a  wrong  deaeriptlon.  in  'ast  year's  Heal  Batata  Assessment  Roll,  or  who  have  pur- 
chased Real  Batate  within  the  last  year,  will  call  at  this  ottlec  with  their  deeds  and 
have  proper  corrections  made  immediately,  and  the  same  assessed  in  their  name  OU 
the  Assessment  Roll  for  the  Bscal  year  1S77-78. 

Poll  Tax,  TWO  DOLLARS,  now  due  at  this  office,  or  to  a  Deputy.  Will  be  THREE 
DOLLARS  when  delinquent,  and  constitutes  a  lien  upon  other  property. 

ALEXANDER  BADLAM,  City  and  County  Assessor. 

March  1,1877.  '     March  8. 

NOTICE. 

The  pnblic  arc  hereby  notified  that  the  Field  Deputies  of 
tliis  otliee  will  commence  assessing  property  MONDAY,  .March  5,  1877. 

The  duties  assigned  to  those  Deputies  are  too  well  knowu  to  the  community  to  re- 
quire explanation,  and  while  I  have  been  careful  in  making  my  selections  U>  fill  the 
positions  by  men  favorably  known  in  this  community  for  their  competency  and  integ- 
rity, and  am  confident  that  the  duties  will  be  discharged  by  them  to  the  satisfaction 
of  all  concerned,  I  urgently  request  taxpayers  to  report  to  this  office  any  dereliction 
of  duty  by  any  of  my  Deputies,  and  assure  them  that  any  complaints  will  receive  im- 
mediate attention.  ALEXANDER  BADLAM,  City  and  County  Assessor. 

March  1,  1877.  March  S. 

JOYCE'S    SPORTING    AMMUNITION- 
(ESTABLISHED  1820.) 

The  attention  of  Sportsmen  i->  invited  to  the  following; 
Ammunition,  of  the  best  quality,  now  in  general  use  throughout  England, 
India  and  the  Colonies:  Joyce's  Treble  Waterproof  and  F  3  QuaJit]  Percussion 
Caps;  Chemically- pre  [tared  Cloth  and  Felt  Gun  Wadding ;  Joyce's  Gas-Tight  Car- 
tridges, for  Pin-fire  and  Central-fire  Breech -loading  Guns  ;  Wire  Cartridges,  for  killing 
game  at  long  distances,  and  even-  description  of  Sporting  Ammunition.  Sold  by 
all  gun-makers  and  dealers  in  gunpowder. 

FREDERICK  JOYCE  k  CO.,  Patentees  and  Manufacturers, 
Dec.  30.  67  Upper  Thames  street,  London. 

THE    NATIONAL    CLOCK    CO., 
No.'s   31    and   33    Sutter    Street.    San    Francisco,    California. 

Represents:    AiiMonla    Brastt   and   Copper    Co.,   HVnterbary 
Clock  Co  ,  W.  L.  Gilbert   Clock  Co.,  E.  Ingraham  &  Co.     Sole  Agents  for  the 
Ithaca  Calendar  Clock  Company.  MURRAY  DAVIS,  Agent. 

Office  in  New  York  :  No.  4  Cohtlasot  Street.  March  17. 


ARMES    &    DALLAM, 

Manufacturer**  and  Wholesale  I>enleraiit  Wood  and  WIIIow 
Ware,  French  and  German  baskets,  Brooms,  Brushes  and  Twines,  Cordage, 
Feather  Dusters,  Clothes  Wringers,  Mangles,  etc.  Sole  Agei.ta  for  F.  N.  Davis  & 
Co.'s  Building  Papers,  and  Irving  Bros  Japanese  Paper  Carpeting 

March  17.  N<>.'S21.1  AND  217  SACRAMENTO  ST.,  8.  F. 

^537   SACRAMENTO    STREET, 

)  BELOW    MONTGOMERY. 


BRUCE, 


HOBLE    &    GALLAGHER, 

Importers  and  Dealers  In  Painters"  Materials.  Honste,  Sign 
and  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper-Hunger*  and  Glaziers,  No.  433 
Jnckson  street,  bet'.veen  Montgomery  and  Sansome,  Sari  Francisco.  Ceilings  and 
Walls  Kulsomined  and  Colored.     Jobbing  promptly  attended  to.  M.y  i:>. 


E.  D.  Edwauds. 


E.  L.  Craio.  J.  Chaio. 

CRAIG,    EDWARDS    &    CRAIG, 

Attorneys  and   Counselors  at  Law.     Land  Suits  and  Patent  Right 
Cases  a  Specialty.     No.  240  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco    California. 
[July  2<l.1 

atents  Procured.    Total  Cost,  §55,  Inclndlngr  Government 

fee.     Sewd  for  pamphlet  to 
March  3.  KNIGHT  &  KNIGHT,  Washington,  D.  C. 


P 


P.    H.    CANAT&N, 
Eeal  Estate,  521  Montgomery  Street.   S.  T>. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER. 


March  31,  1877. 


CTVTL  SERVICE  REFORM. 
Reform  of  the  Civil  Service  is  a  good  cry,  but  whether  there  is 
much  wool  depends  altogether  upon  the  circumstances.  This  particular 
question  was  made  much  of  at  the  recent  election.  Both  parties  were  in 
favor  of  it.  President  Hayes  was  particularly  pronounced  as  a  civil 
service  reformer.  Now  that  his  particular  kind  of  reform  is  being  un- 
derstood and  practiced,  it  has,  strange  to  say,  won  the  hearty  approval 
of  the  present  office-holders,  whether  they  be  good,  bad  or  indifferent. 
It  means  that  Hayes,  having  been  elected  by  Grant's  appointees,  they  are 
not  to  be  disturbed.  Therefore  they,  and  the  Senators  whose  friends  they 
are,  have  become  suddenly  attached  to  the  reform  of  holding  over  from 
one  administration  to  another.  Whether  those  who  are  out  and  expected 
to  get  in  so  heartily  approve  of  it  is  quite  another  question,  though  it 
may  be  safely  predicted  that  they  do  not.  The  truth  is,  it  requires  a 
good  deal  of  invincible  sternness  to  carry  out  real  reform  in  that 
direction.  Patronage  has  come  to  be  looked  upon  as  a  chattle  property 
of  the  utmost  value.  It  provides  "soft  things"  for  your  friends,  steal- 
ings for  yourself,  and  the  sinews  of  war  with  which  to  achieve  your  own 
re-election.  To  abandon  so  big  a  thing  requires  courage  and  self  abnega^ 
tion  in  a  much  greater  degree  than  is  practiced  in  this  latitude.  When 
we  read  the  civil  service  announcements  in  the  English  press  we  are 
struck  with  amazement,  and  wonder  that  our  friends  across  the  pond 
have  lived  so  old  only  to  grow  so  foolish.  They  evidently  don't  know  how 
useful  civil  servants  may  be  made  in  elections,  if  only  their  bread  and 
butter  are  made  to  depend  upon  the  result.  We  take  up  the  first  notice 
that  comes  to  hand.  It  reads:  "  Among  the  positions  in  the  civil  service 
about  to  be  competed  for  are  several  junior  clerkships  in  the  Colonial 
office.  The  salaries  commence  at  £250  per  annum,  and  rise  in  yearly  in- 
crements to  £600.  Promotions  are  made  from  time  to  time  from  this 
class  to  the  two  higher  ones,  paid  respectively  £700  to  £800,  and  £900  to 
£1,000.  Furnished  rooms  in  the  Colonial  office  buildings,  with  special 
allowances,  are  assigned  to  two  of  the  clerkships  now  open  to  competi- 
tion." Any  man's  son,  who  can  pass  the  best  examination,  will  get  one 
of  those  good  things.  He  will  never  be  contaminated  by  contact  with 
the  tricks  of  the  politicians;  and  no  matter  which  party  is  in,  or  which  is 
out,  his  good  behavior  is  the  only  requirement  for  the  permanency  of  his 
position.  The  same  paper  contains  notices  to  Assistant  Engineers  that 
there  are  several  positions  in  the  Royal  Navy  open  to  competitive  exam- 
ination. Still  more  wonderful.  The  announcement  is  officially  made 
that  as  bonds  are  expensive,  and  as  defalcations  have  become  unknown, 
paymasters  for  the  future  will  be  relieved  from  the  expense  of  supplying 
the  usual  guarantee — society's  bonds.  There  is  a  result  for  you  !  Just 
think  of  that,  ye  Spaldings,  Pinneys  and  others  !  Men  who  have  won 
.office  by  merit,  and  are  maintained  in  by  good  conduct,  cannot  afford  to 
steal.  Honesty  in  their  case  is  the  best  policy.  When  will  it  come  to 
pass  in  the  United  States  that  the  offices  are  all  open  to  whomsoever  can 
prove  themselves  the  best  men?  Never,  until  there  is  a  determined  public 
opinion  that  will  watch  each  vacancy,  and  insist  upon  its  being  filled  by 
merit,  as  ascertained  by  public  examination  and  competition. 

INTERNATIONAL  COMITY. 
Great  Britain,  whilst  she  has  her  great  ironclads  close  at  home  for 
self-defense,  has  an  immense  number  of  handy  and  useful  war  vessels  in 
every  sea  ready  to  protect  her  commerce.  Just  now  she  is  being  curiously 
called  upon  in  the  interests  of  international  comity,  and  of  humanity, 
to  do  not  a  few  friendly  turns  for  other  powers.  She  has  just  done  a 
service  to  Germany.  In  consequence  of  a  gross  outrage  on  a  Mr.  Eissen- 
stuck,  a  German  subject  residing  at  Realjo,  Nicaragua,  the  German  Gov- 
ernment, having  no  men-of-war  on  the  station,  applied  to  the  English 
Government  for  assistance.  The  British  Foreign  Office  promptly  tele- 
graphed to  Rear  Admiral  A,  de  Horsey,  Commander-in-Chief  on  the  Pa- 
cific station,  to  obtain  satisfaction  for  the  outrage,  and  Her  Majesty's 
sloop  Daring,  4,  Commander  J.  G.  J.  Hanmer,  was  immediately  dis- 
patched to  Realjo  to  inquire  into  the  affair.  Again,  without  solicitation, 
she  has  come  to  the  relief  of  certain  American  citizens  whose  ship  and 
persons  had  been  seized  by  the  natives  of  the  gold  coast.  A  few  days 
ago  the  telegraph  told  the  story  of  the  summary  manner  in  which  the 
Captain  of  a  British  man-of-war  avenged  that  similar  outrage  to  the 
American  flag  to  that  recently  committed  at  Mazatlan,  through  the  seiz- 
ure by  the  natives  of  an  American  vessel.  There  was  no  waste  of  time 
in  red-tape  negotiations  for  a  doubtful  result,  but  a  prompt  and  terrible 
punishment  was  meted  out.  It  might  be  well  if  our  own  vessels  will  do 
as  much  for  ourselves  on  the  Mexican  coast  as  that  gallant  Britisher  did 
for  American  interests  on  the  coast  of  Africa.  Be  that  as  it  may,  it  is 
pleasant  to  notice  these  acts  of  international  friendship.  If  there  grows 
up  an  active  reciprocity  of  this  kind  between  the  civilized  nations,  lives 
will  be  didy  cared  for  and  commerce  on  many  a  dangerous  sea,  will  be 
protected.  

THAT  MEETING  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 
Yesterday  the  Board  of  Health,  held  a  long  and  important  meeting. 
The  report  of  its  proceedings  does  not  furnish  pleasant  reading.  The 
Quarantine  Officer  declares  that  "  we  may  reasonably  expect  to  find  small- 
pox on  board  any  vessel  arriving  from  Chinese  ports,  as  the  seaport  towns 
of  that  country  and  of  Japan  are  known  to  be  infected  with  that  loath- 
some disease."  The  Doctor  further  adds  that  "he  is  justified  in  stating 
that  the  epidemic  of  small-pox  now  hanging  over  the  city  is  due  to  the 
fact  that  infected  ships  are  permitted  to  land  their  passengers  and  cargo 
without  sufficient  precautions  being  taken  to  ascertain  the  sanitary  con- 
dition of  those  on  board."  This  is  bad,  very  bad,  but  the  report  of  Health 
Officer  Meares  is,  if  possible,  worse.  Foul  sewerage,  the  fertile  cause  of 
diphtheria  and  fevers,  is  the  burden  of  his  song.  He  reports  as  follows : 
"Between  Fremont,  Ninth,  Market  and  Brannan  streets,  cesspools  found 
mostly  filled  up  to  the  aperture,  and  sewers  in  most  all  the  small  streets  in 
that  section  are  found  to  have  from  two  to  three  feet  of  deposit.  From 
Mason  to  Polk,  Eddy  to  Sutter,  the  cesspools  are  mostly  all  filled  with  de- 
posits. All  the  City  Front  and  west  of  Kearny  street  are  in  a  very 
neglected  and  foul  condition.  All  the  cesspools  are  filled  with  ferment- 
ing filth,  and  the  main  sewers  not  much  better."  He  further  says  that 
he  "does  not  think  many  of  the  cross  sewers  can  be  cleaned  without 
Dumping:,  because  they  are  on  a  lower  level  than  the  main  sewers." 
Fancj'  that !  With  such  a  hotbed  of  disease  beneath  our  feet  our  city's 
bill  of  health  is  bad,  and  will  one  day  be  terribly  worse.  Supervisors 
hold  the  purse  strings,  and  should  not  only  aid  the  Board  of  Health,  but 
surpass  that  body  in  its  desire  for  sanitary  improvements. 


CITY    AND    COUNTY    OFFICERS, 
In  September  our  city  and  county  officers  have  to  be  renewed.     The 

S resent  incumbents,  until  that  period  is  over,  will  be  on  anxious  seats. 
lany  of  them,  indeed,  will  be  too  anxious.for  the  public  good.  Their 
chief  aim  will  be  to  win  political  influences,  not  so  much  by  a  conscien- 
tious and  creditable  discharge  of  their  duties,  as  by  pandering  to  each 
and  every  element  they  may  think  possessed  of  political  power.  It  is 
perhaps  but  natural  that  they  should.  The  blame  attaches  rather  to  the 
system  than  to  the  persons.  Much  should  be  overlooked  in  the  case  of 
men  compelled  to  stoop  in  order  to  conquer  their  bread  and  butter.  So 
long  as  they  are  good  and  faithful  servants  they  should  not  be  compelled 
to  so  stoop.  It  is  the  curse  of  our  system  that  it  is  otherwise.  Until  a 
remedy  is  found  we  must  take  things  as  they  are.  We  must  accept 
Supervisors  who  are  plotting,  pipe  laying,  jobbing  and  tall  talking,  in 
order  to  win  the  good  will  and  support  of  the  working  ward  politicians. 
We  must  he  content  with  a  Street  Superintendent,  Who,  instead  of  being 
the  master  of  his  men,  is  their  very  humble  and  obedient  servant,  with  a 
view  to  gain  their  aid  on  behalf  of  his  re-election.  The  Coroner  would, 
doubtless  if  he  could,  bring  his  suicides  to  hie  again  if  he  could  but  use 
them  as  voters  at  the  election.  We  are  not  sure  but  that  self  same  thing 
has  been  accomplished  ere  now,  because  dead  men  do,  somehow  or  the 
other,  vote  occasionally.  Even  Judges  of  the  smaller  courts,  we  fear,  will 
from  this  time  forth  keep  an  eye  single  toward  the  forthcoming  election. 
The  Democrats  and  Taxpayers  will  have  tickets  in  the  field  sure.  Pos- 
sibly the  Republicans  and  "  piece"-making  clubs  will  also  run  tickets. 
Thoughtful  men  will  select  the  best  candidates  wherever  they  find  them. 
Party  rule  is  not  the  best  rule  by  which  to  select  local  officers. 


THAT    CO  -  OPERATIVE    EDEA 

Last  week  we  referred  to  the  remarkable  change  that  has  resulted 
to  the  retail  trade  in  eatables  and  wearables  in  England  in  consequence  of 
the  wide  adoption  of  the  system  of  co-operative  stores.  Almost  every 
town  in  the  United  Kingdom  has  one  or  more  of  those  institutions.  They 
are  popular,  largely  patronized,  and  entirely  successful.  They  do  an  ag- 
gregate trade  of  8250,000,000  per  annum.  They  get  rid  of  the  middle 
man,  with  his  adulterations  of  food,  admixture  of  fabrics,  and  enormous 
profits.  Workmen  combine,  mutual  aid  societies  unite,  and  civil  service 
men  act  together  for  the  promotion  of  their  own  interests  in  obtaining 
better,  more  wholesome  and  cheaper  articles  of  consumption.  It  is  true 
that  the  system  is  at  first  hard  upon  the  middle  man.  So  was  the  intro- 
duction of  machinery  upon  the  makers  of  primitive  implements.  So  was 
the  designing  of  steamships  upon  the  builders  of  sailing  vessels.  So  was 
the  employment  of  iron  in  ships  upon  those  who  owned  wooden  ones.  So 
was  the  railroad  upon  toll  collectors  and  men  who  built  roads  and  run 
stages.  The  genius  of  these  go-ahead  times  is  that  men  who  are  in  the 
way  must  stand  aside  and  let  the  march  of  progress  go  on.  or,  better  still, 
they  must  fall  into  the  triumphal  line  whose  final  end  is  the  survival  of 
the  fittest.  Square  pegs  don't  fill  round  holes.  If  the  producer  and  con- 
sumer come  together,  there  is  no  place  between  them  for  the  middle  man. 
Organization  and  co-operation  are  bridging  over  the  space  that  he  occu- 
pied. Inevitably  he  has  got  to  move  on  and  find  a  footing  elsewhere.  In 
San  Francisco  he  often  charges  one  hundred  per  cent,  for  his  little  inter- 
ference, which  can  be  comfortably  and  advantageously  done  without. 
The  change,  if  made  here  as  elsewhere,  would  gladden  the  heart  of  the 
housewife,  and  make  heavier  the  purse  of  the  bread-winner. 

OUR  COURT  A3  AN  ELECTORAL  COMMISSION. 
The  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  California  has  recently  acted  as 
a  sort  of  electoral  commission.  The  next  House  of  Representatives  is 
going  to  be  very  evenly  constituted,  so  that  every  seat  is  needed.  It 
would  have  been  equal  to  a  gain  of  two  votes  for  the  Democrats  to 
have  seated  Wigginton  instead  of  Pacheco.  The  former  had  a  majority 
of  one  according  to  the  regular  return  made  by  the  Supervisors.  The 
latter  was  entitled  to  a  majority  of  one  by  a  correct  count  of  the  votes 
actually  cast^  According  to  the  reasoning  of  the  Washington  Electoral 
Commission,  which  elected  Hayes,  our  Supreme  Court  might  well  have 
given  the  seat  to  the  Democrat.  Nay,  mox-e  ;  if  they  had  adopted  the 
spirit  in  which  that  reasoning  was  conceived  they  would  have  been  bound 
to  do  so.  But  rising  higher  far  than  the  National  Returning  Board, 
Chief  Justice  Wallace,  a  pronounced  and  able  Democrat,  with  political 
aspirations,  wrote  the  opinion  which  ruled  the  majority  of  the  bench  and 
gave  the  seat  to  the  Republican.  He  preferred  that  substantial  justice 
should  be  done  rather  than  that  a  valuable  party  gain  should  be  made. 
He  and  the  Court  are  to  be  congratulated  upon  the  decision  they  have 
rendered.  We  hope  it  will  reach  those  United  States  Supreme  Judges, 
and  make  them  blush  for  very  shame's  sake. 

THE  SOUTHERN  FACTFIC  RAILROAD 
This  road,  like  unto  that  of  the  Central  Pacific,  is  the  pioneer  of  civ- 
ilization through  the  desert  sand  of  the  wilderness.  This  road,  under  the 
able  management  of  Charles  Crocker  and  his  enterprising  associates,  is 
now  rapidly  pressing  to  the  front,  and  within  some  two  weeks  will  be  at 
the  Colorado  river,  Fort  Yuma  station.  It  was  the  privilege  of  the 
writer,  with  others  of  the  city  editorial  corps,  to  take  an  excursion  over 
the  road,  and  to  see  the  rapidity  and  skill  of  the  workmanship.  The 
track  is  well  ballasted  as  the  work  proceeds;  gravel,  rock  and  sand  abound. 
Redwood  ties  andsteel  rails  are  used  exclusively.  Some  1,200  Chinamen  are 
now  at  work  in  the  desert,  laying  track  at  the  rate  of  one  and  one-half 
miles  per  day.  We  went  to  the  outermost  bine  of  the  road  and  witnessed 
the  whole  operation,  being  on  the  construction  train.  Of  course,  water 
has  to  be  carried  many  miles  and  in  great  quantities,  but  a  train  of  six 
water-tank  cars  of  40,000  gallons  each,  is  in  constant  use.  A  boarding 
car  is  stationed  at  the  front  at  all  times,  and  the  station  or  town  is  re- 
moved forward  as  the  work  progresses.  Artesian  flowing  wells  are  being 
dug  far  out  into  the  desert,  and  streams  of  living  water  are_  already  flow- 
ing for  the  use  of  both  man  and  beast.  Already  immigration,  trade  and 
travel  are  on  the  move  to  and  fro  from  Arizona  and  Mexico. 


The  railway  crisis  in  Switzerland  is  now  spreading  to  industry  also. 
Thus  the  watch  industry  of  Geneva  is  in  a  very  depressed  condition.  In 
Montreux  and  Geneva  twenty-six  hotels  and  pensions  are  said  to  have 
failed,  and  the  Federal  Government  is  obliged  to  construct  more  public 
roads  to  find  work  for  the  needy. 


TO    THE 


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CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


Office— ©O'?'   to   «si.">   >lei*clmi>t  Street. 


VOLUME  £7 


SA2J  FBANCISCO,  MAKCH  31,  1877. 


HUMBEH  10. 


BIZ. 


Trade  and  Commerce cont'nue  depressed  and business  in  nearly  every 

h.     Imports  the  past  few  days  embrace   cargoes  of  as- 

from  Philadelphia,  New  York,   etc;   Santos,    from    Manila, 

ga  Sugar  for  the  Bay  Refinery;  Padishah,   from  Calcutta, 

with  B  .11,     Materials  etc.    Or.  on  cantinnea  to  Bend  as  of  her 

Bnrplus  pro  u  Fho  George  W.  Elder,   frtxa    Portland,  brought  1,500 

Oats,    3,113  qr.  ska.   I  lour,   570    lit",  ska.   do., 

140  ca.  Salmon,  etc.     The  I  Lex  a,  from   Columbia   river,  had  2,400  qr.  sks. 

Flour,  461  Bka.  Oats,  L'.tJOO  cs,  Canned  Meats,  3,441  reams  Paper,  etc. 

Wheat— The  market  is  strong  at  12  L0@$2  L5  !■  elL  For  extra 
choice  milling  $2  1  >i      2  20  i    asked. 

Barley. --II  older*  continue  firm  in  their  demands,  with  Bales  of  5,000 
ctls,  bright    it    51  50  :  5,000  i    I    bn  w  bag  at  $1  55(§  &1  62£,  silver. 

Oats.-- The  supply  iff  quite  liberal  at  $1  85@$2  30  t?  ctL 

Corn.-- 1  price  is  still  upward;  now  quotable  at  $1  60@$1  70  l? 
ctL  for  White  and  Yellow. 

WooL--Th<--  receipts  are  large,  with  free  sales  at  L0@12c.  forheavy 
burry,  15@30c  for  free  and  clean.  Fancy  clips  arc  held  at  20@23c.  for 
selections. 

Tallow. —The  demand  is  fair  at  5J<3  lUc. 

Bags. --The  supplies  from  Calcutta  are  large.  We  quote  22x30  Stand- 
ard Burlaps  at  8<g  8jo, 

Coffee.— The  brig  -J-  B.  Ford  is  to  hand,  from  Champerico,  with  3,825 
bags  ;  price,  19(8  20c.  for  prime  green. 

Sugar. --Supplied  are  liberal  ami  prices  steady  at  10c.  for  Hongkong 
Refined,  i::!<-  I3£c.  for  White  Refined,  9(3  lie.  for  Yellow  Coffees. 

Rice.— Stocks  are  large  and  prices  low,  say  •"'  .'.V,r.  fur  the  various 
kinds. 

For  Honolulu. --The  Pacific  Mail  steamship  Australia,  hence  March 
20th,  carried  but  a  small  cargo  of  merchandise,  valued  at  85,575. 

For  New  Zealand  the  same  steamer  carried  Hops,  etc.,  valued  at 
54,225. 

For  Australia  the  same  steamer  carried  500  doz.  Brooms,  108  bales 
Broom  Corn.2  .'■-..-  canned  goods.  Dried  Apples,  300  half  bids.,  and 
443  cases  ;  Flour,  4,200  bbls  ;  Hops,  239  bales  ;  Quicksilver,  lt?S  Husks  ; 
Salmon,  517  pkgs,  etc.,  valued  at  $54,918. 

Quicksilver.— The  market  shows  weakness  at  40@41c 

Spices  of  all  kinds  continue  in  light  request  at  low  and  nominal 
prices, 

Crop  ProBpeote---As  everything  bearing  upon  this  subject  is  of  past 
importance  to  our  readers,   "Biz"  took  it  upon  himself  last  week  to  go 
South  in   pursuit  of  knowledge.    Accordingly  lie  took   the  cars  of  the 
-  u  liern  Pacific  Railroad  for  Los  Angeles  and  the  coast  counties,  extend- 
rly  to  the  Colorado   river.    The  Wheat  crop  below  will  be  light, 
is  nearly  a  total  failure  for  want  of  rain.     This  is   the  general  cry 
houl  bhe  co    it  counties.     The  rain  is  too  late  to  make  a  crop.    The 
for  I  Igrn  plantiug  is  drawing  nigh,  and   those  well   posted  in  the 
3ay  that  a  greater  area  of  land—chiefly  low  bottom    land-   will  be 
planted  this   season  to   Indian   Corn   than    ever  before   known,  and  with 
■     prospect  of  a  good  crop  this  Fall.     Hay  will  also  be  a  light  crop  in 
the  coast  counties,  and   Sheep  and   Cattle  in    the  lower   counties  are  now 
perishing  by  thousands.     The  snow  and  rains  of  the  past  few  day.-;  south- 
ward (since  and  during  our  vist)  have  been  very  destructive  to  cattle. 

Irrigation  on  a  Grand  Scale.  —Pursuing  our  subject  still  farther,  we 
resolved  upon  visiting,  a  few  days  since,  the  Meat  ranch  of  J.  B.  I 
and  \V.  B.  Carr,  situated  on  Kern  island.  Three  or  four  years  since  tins 
island  was  but  a  barren  waste-  a  desert  of  white  sand  and  sagebrush. 
Now,  let  us  see  what  irrigation  has  accomplished  in  these  few  years  of 
skilled  industry.  Some  $1,500,000  has  been  judiciously  expended  by 
these  geutlemen,  under  the  careful  management  of  its  able  General  Su- 
perintendent,  Dr.  G.  S.  Thornton.  There  are  three  large  ranches  now 
all  inclosed  by  fence— the  very  poorest  land  made  productive  by  the 
water  flooding  it  like  that  of  the  overflowing  of  the  Nile.  The  water  of 
Kern  river  is  made  to  do  the  work  by  a  system  of  canals  and  ditches  scat- 
tered all  over  the  fields.  The  location  is  at  Bakersheld,  Kern  county. 
The  Belle  View  ranch  of  8,000  acres  is  under  the  immediate  charge  of 
Dr.  Thornton;  McClung's  ranch  of  1,000  acres  under  the  superintend- 
encyof  Colonel  McClung;  the  Lake  ranch  of  1,000  acres  is  under  the 
charge  of  Thomas  J.  Keys.  There  are  8,000  miles  »f  fence,  inclosing  the 
entire  property,  much  of  it  "live  fence,"  cottonwood  posts,  costing  for 
each  fence  post,  or  tree,  5c,  and  in  three  years  they  will  have  grown  in 


value  for  !@5  each.     There  are  in  all 

nj'-ik  employed  on  the  premises,  and  L20  white  laborers.     The  torn 

paid  per  d.i\  .-'I   in.  and  fin  ■      emselves,     The  white  labor  c< 
i  ■  ii  o  ii  ing  on  the  avera  i    iOc.  each  $7  day.     At  pi 

th    e  are  under  cultivation  2,000  acres  in    Barley  and    L,000  aa 
w  heat,  each  producing  this  dry  ye  acre;  175 

corn,  3,000  acres  in  Alfalfa  (Clover  grass),  and  this  latter  will  avei 

tons  to  the  acre,     there  an the    prenii  ■■■  LO.000  Neal  I 

Sheep,  500  Horses,  1,000  Hogs,  eta  The  stud  ■  r  the  most  pari 
high  grade,  bio  idea  stock  mi  nj  very  valuable  breeding  anim  ili  of  nigh 
cost  and  of  indirect  importation.  No  expense  is  spared  to  improve  the 
character  of  the  stock.  I  'otton  ha*  been  -  aci  esafuliy  grown  on  the  hurl; 
ahio  Oranges,  Watermelons  and  vegetables  of  all  Borts.  It  is  thought 
that  by  the  opening  up  of  the  Arizona  trade  by  the  Southern 
Pacific  Railroad  that  q  vast  market  will  there  be  found  for  all  its  grain 
product,  hay,  fruit,  etc.,  that  may  I".'  raised  on  the  island.  Vast  b 
sheep  and  cattle  are  now  being  pastured  and  fattened  on  the  several 
ranches  for  market,  and  recently  Borne  200  bead  of  fat  cattle  Bold  to  the 
slaughterers  at  $85,  paying  a  large  profit  on  their  cost  for  the  few  months 

of  care  and  feeding,  chiefly  upon  alfalfa  grass  and  hay.      This    bush 

buying  up  "store"  cattle  and  Bheep  at  the  present  low  starvation  | 
I  .  a  large  profit  to  those  who  have  fine  pasturage  at  their  di  : 
It  is  proper  to  Btate  that  the  whole  entire  management  of  this  vast  tract 
of  30,000  acres  of  land,  now  being  brought  under  successful  productive 
treatment,  is  under  the  superintending  care  of  Dr.  G.  S.  Thornton,  as- 
sisted by  *  laptain  M.  F.  Taylor.  Major  S.  H.  Hunt  is  the  commi 
All  the  book  accounts  of  the  ranch  arc  kept  in  the  moat  scientific  manner, 
makrag  monthly  reports  to  the  proprietors  of  receipts  and  expenditures. 
The  ranch  is  all  carefully  mapped  out,  and  every  acre  noted  as  bo  i 
ductive  qualities,  etc.  A  herd  book  is  carefully  kept  of  the  stock  in  all 
its  several  ramifications,  even  to  the  most  minute  detail.  The  business  of 
the  ranch  is  carried  on  with  the  strictest  care  and  fidelity.  All  the  most 
approved  implements  of  labor-saving  machines  are  used  when  found  prac- 
ticable, without  regard  to  expense.  To  give  one  an  idea  of  the  ap]  reul 
worthlessness  of  this  land  prior  to  its  being  subdued  by  irrigation,  the 
writer  has  only  to  say  that  a  faithful  Chinese  laborer,  employed  on  the 
premises  two  years  ago,  sent  word  to  the  superintendent  that  he  desired 
to  see  him.  He  responded.  The  Chinaman  said,  "  i  desire  to  leave,  sir." 
"  Why?"  "  Because  I  have  made  it  a  rule  of  my  life  never  to  work  for 
a  man  unless  1  thought  the  labor  was  to  his  profit.  He  was  persuaded  to 
wait  and  see  the  devolopment.  The  seed  was  planted  and  s  »on  the  blade 
appeared,  much  to  the  man's  astonishment.  He  held  on  and  reaped  the 
fruit  of  his  labor,  and  he  is  continued  in  service,  believing  that  the  irri- 
gated soil  of  California  is  the  must  productive  of  any  in  the  world.      This 


then  was  the  conclusion  tu  which  our  party  arrived,  after  taking  a  CI  '     ul 

ipB,  etc.,  kindly  shown  to  us  by  theseveral 

gentlemen  named,  aud  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  princely  hospitality 


shown  to  those  who,  prior  to  the  late  visit,  were  entire  strangers.  It 
should  be  stated  in  this  connection  that  there  are  now  one  or  more  artesian 
wells  on  the  premises,  discharging  vast  quantities  of  water,  suited  to 
household  purposes.  All  this  in  addition  to  the  river  flow.  With  pro- 
priety it  may  be  here  stated  that  on  the  26th  and  29th  instants,  copious 
rains  visited  the  entire  district  south,  much  to  the  joy  of  the  peopl- 
ing in  the  great  grain-growing  Valleya  of  the  State,  and  what  is  a  little  re- 
markable, that  the  first  and  only  rain  of  the  season  which  visited  Bakers- 
field  was  .m  the  28th  instant,  at  the  time  of  our  visit. 


San  Franciscians  Abroad.-  PARIS,  .March  10th:  H.    Ii.    Bio 
Mrs.  Bosworth,  Richard  Brown,  Mrs.  Richard  Brown,  P.   Donnelly,  C. 
Dorria,  C.  11.  Gibson,  Miss  X.  Helm,  H.  M.  Houston,  Mis.  II.  M.  Heu- 
stun  and  family,  J.  Leroy  Neckel,  John  L.  Williams.     Florence,  March 
7th:  X.   Epstein.     Naples,    March   5th:  Mrs.   S.   L.    Bee,    Mrs,  R.  E. 

Brewster,  R,  S.  and  Mrs.  Floyd.  Mrs.  E,  M.  Cillan,  David  HeweS,  S. 
Hart,  V.  S.  Merchant  and  family, Ciias.  and  Mrs.  McCreary,  Mrs.  G.  \\. 
Howe.  Miss  Mowe.  Ur.Nr.VA,  March  7th:  S.  A.  Dickon,  \\  .  A.  and 
Mrs  Hungerford,  Mi>s  .1.  A.  Hungerford,  J.  C.  and  Mrs.  Williamson. 
Vienna,  March  7th:  L.  Pipman.  Rome,  March  5th:  R.  '!'.  AJgar,  Mrs. 
Win.  Gogawell,  Henry  EpBtein,  Miss  J.  Ferrill,  Mrs.  John  Kelly,  J.  F. 
M.  Kelly,  S.  L.  Simon.     BORBENTO,  March  5th:  Mrs.  G.   E.  Skinner. 

Beerbohm's  Telegram. --Tvn  i  >on  and  Liverpool,  March  29tli,  ■  i  i 
Floating  Cargoes,  strong;  I  largoes  on  Passage,  do;  No.2  Spring  Off  Coast, 
51s.@51s.  6d.;  Calif ornia  Off  Coast,  53s.@53s.  6d.j  do.  nearly  due,  53s.; 
do.  just  shipped,  5;is.  fid.;  No.  2  Spring  for  shipment,  49s. ;  Liverpool, 
steady;  California  Club,  lls.@lls.  3d.-;  do.  Average,  10s.  9d,(j  lis.;  Red 
Western  Spring,  10s.  4d.(2  Lis.  2d.;  amount  of  \\  heat  on  passage,  1,003,- 
OOOqrs;  Corn,  550,000  qra;  Flour,  94,000  bbls.    

The  Ancon  goes  to  San  Diego  and  way  ports  on  Sunday  at  10  a.  m. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


Kardi   31,  1877. 


CONDENSED    NEWS    OF   THE    WEEK. 


LOCAL. 

Saturday,  March  24th. — An  ex-convict" named  Joseph  Harris,  alias 
Harrison,  otherwise  called  "  China  Harris,"  was  shot  and  instantly  killed 
by  a  Chinaman. -^Thomas  Jones  was  arrested  by  Officer  Gilvey  last 
night  on  a  charge  of  having  stolen  a  lot  of  jewelry.-— The  synagogue  of 
the  Congregation  Beth  Israel,  on  Mission  street,  near  Fifth,  was  crowded 
yesterday  morning  to  hear  the  inaugural  sermon  of  Rev.  Dr.  A.  J.  Mes- 
sing. ^^Falkner,  Bell  &  Co.'s  new  wool  warehouse,  on  the  cornerof  Sixth 
and  Townsend  streets,  was  thrown  open. 

Sunday,  25th. — Dr.  Brotherton  will  give  up  the  management  of  St. 
Luke's  Hospital  for  a  few  months,  on  account  of  his  health.— ■— The  res- 
idence of  a  family  named  Ryan,  at  No.  182b"  Bush  street,  was  entered  by 
thieves  while  the  family  were  absent  at  church.— —The  Methodists  of  the 
city  have  made  another  effort  at  the  Mechanics'  Pavilion  to  work  up  the 
"revival."     Over  three  thousand  people  crowded  the  building. 

Monday,  26th. — The  shears  used  for  raising  sunken  piles  at  the  new 
pier  at  the  foot  of  Jackson  street  gave  way  yesterday  afternoon,  and  killed 
a  man  named  Hunter.^— The  Custom  House  officers  seized  a  small  quan- 
tity of  smuggled  opium  on  the  steamship  City  oj  Panama.  ■■■— The  Spring 
Valley  Water  authorities  intend  to  measure  the  quantity  of  water  used. 
—Col.  A.  P.  Dennison  resigned  the  position  of  Superintendent  of  the 
House  of  Correction.  The  Colonel's  resignation  was  accepted.  —  John 
Benson  was  granted  leave  to  erect  and  maintain  a  steam  boiler,  etc,  at 
the  corner  of  Pine  and  Leidesdorff  streets. 

Tuesday,  27th.— The  house  of  Mrs.  Catharine  Green,  621  Bush  street, 
was  burglariously  entered.  'Archibald  Blacklock,  alias  McCaw,  is 
booked  for  two  charges  of  forgery  and  one  of  misdemeanor.  <  The  bank- 
ruptcy matter  of  the  Los  Angeles  bankers,  Temple  &  Workman,  was  be- 
fore the  United  States  District  Court. 

Wednesday,  28th.— Charges  of  incompetency  have  been  preferred 
against  Mr.  Urquhart,  Superintendent  of  the  Fire  Alarm  Telegraph.-^— 
Lesser  was  examined  in  the  Police  Court  and  held  to  answer  a  charge  of 
forgery.-^— The  Executive  Committee  of  the  People's  Nominating  Con- 
vention came  to  order  in  the  Fourth  District  Court  room.^— A  gentle- 
man was  on  Pine  street,  near  Battery,  carrying  two  bottles  of  champagne 
on  his  arm,  when  one  of  them  exploded.  A  fragment  of  the  bottle  struck 
him  in  the  face,  wounding  him  severely.  Farras  White  was  arrested  by 
Officer  Gaynor,  last  night,  upon  a  charge  of  grand  larceney. 

Thursday,  29th. —Religious  services  were  held  in  the  Temple  and  the 
other  synagogues.— "In  the  case  of  Agnes  S.  Fabbri  vs.  The  Union  Mu- 
tual Life  Insurance  Company,  the  jury  has  returned  a  verdict  for  plaintiff 
in  the  sum  of  96,600  25.  ■  —"Complaint  is  made  at  the  waste  of  water  by 
those  having  control  of  the  various  institutions  of  the  city.— Moses  Hal- 
lett,  for  ten  years  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Colorado  Terri- 
tory, and  now  United  States  Judge  for  that  District,  is  staying  at  the 
Palace  Hotel. 

Friday,  30th — Luscomb  has  vamoosed.— Jim  Hayes  executed  to- 
day at  Bakersfield.  —  T.  H.  King  sues  R.  C.  Pitman  for  935,000  damages 
for  alleged  slander. The  steamship  Oceanic  brought  415  Chinese  pas- 
sengers.— Proposals  for  the  purchase  of  the  remainder  of  the  Dupout 
bonds,  amounting  to  §300,000,  will  be  received  until  April  9th.—  The 
contract  for  the  construction  of  the  new  telegraph  line  between  Dumbar- 
ton Point  and  Santa  Cruz,  via  San  Jose  and  along  the  line  of  the  new 
South  Pacific  Coast  Railway,  has  been  awarded  to  the  California  Electric 
Power  Company,  of  this  city. 

TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  March  24th.  ~A  fire  broke  out  in  the  business  part  of  the 
town  of  Humboldt  Wells.  The  entire  business  portion,  including  the 
railroad  depot  building,  was  consumed.—- The  village  of  Madrid,  New 
York,  was  visited  by  burglars,  who,  after  plundering  some  stores,  s^t  fire 
to  the  place,  and  the  village  was  nearly  destroyed.  ■  'The  National  Bank 
at  Glovesville  closed.  Two-thirds  of  its  capital,  9150,000,  is  tied  up.— 
Rufus  B.  Silliman  was  convicted  in  Rochester  of  the  murder  of  Joseph 
Freery.^— The  present  Mayor  of  Cincinnati  was  nominated  yesterday 
by  the  Democrats  for  re-election. 

Sunday,  25th.-- A  ship  and  two  barks  in  ballast  for  Baltimore  went 
ashore  at  Cape  Henry  in  a  fog.--  "Joseph  Mendoza,  the  man  who  was 
shot  in  San  Jose,  died  at  the  County  Hospital  from  the  effect  of  the 
wound  inflicted.— —Taylor,  the  defaulting  cashier  of  the  Franklin  Bank, 
Indianapolis,  who  was  taken  to  the  Insane  Asylum,  escaped  last  night  by 
forcing  the  iron  fastenings  off  one  of  the  upper  windows.— w Wheeler 
Peckham,  counsel  for  the  people  in  the  ring  prosecutions  of  New  York, 
declares  that  so  far  as  he  knows  not  a  dolhar  of  ring  plunder  has  been 
traced  to  Hall.— Governor  Hampton  received  yesterday  a  letter  from 
the  President  inviting  him  to  Washington. 

Monday,  26th. — The  ice  barrier  gave  way  yesterday,  and  the  Hudson 
river  is  open  from  Albany  to  New  York.— ^ A  fire  destroyed  a  building 
.  on  Illinois  street,  Chicago,  owned  and  occupied  by  Stolz  &  Wolts  as  a 
furniture  manufactory.— —The  Solicitor  of  the  Treasury  has  submitted  a 
report  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  exbonorating  officials  of  the  De- 
partment,front  charges  of  fraud.^— An  attempt  was  made  to  rob  a  mail 
.  car  on  the  New  York  Central  road. 

Tuesday,  27th.  —The  St.  Charles  Hotel,  New  Jersey,  was  burned 
this  morning.^— Commodore  James  H.  Spotts  has  been  ordered  to  spe- 
cial duty  at  San  Francisco.-^— A  severe  northeast  storm,  accompanied 
by  a  violent  wind,  prevailed  all  day  in  New  York.— —Marshal  Douglass 
has  instituted  Civil  Service  Rules  for  the  government  of  dismissals  and 
appointments  in  his  office.— -Dr.  Budington's,  Dr.  Storrs,  and  Dr.  Hel- 
mer's  people- conclude  not  to  send  delegates  to  the  Congregational  Coun- 
cil, the  ground  of  refusal  being  that  Henry  Ward  Beeoher's  Church  had 
not  been  invited. 

Wednesday,  23th.—  Ground  was  broken  this  afternoon  for  the  Li- 
vingstone Hall,  of  Fisk  University,  Nashville,  to   cost  950,000. .Mrs. 

Spence,  who  was  arrested  for  the  murder  of  Joseph  Mendoza,  was  ex- 
amined to  day  and  discharged.— Wade  Hampton  and  party  arrived  at 
Richmond.     Five   thousand   people,  including   conservative   clubs  and  a 


committee  of  prominent  citizens,  received  him.  Two  new  steamboats, 
to  run  on  San  Francisco  Bay,  are  nearly  completed,  and  it  is  expected 
will  be  ready  for  shipment  next  week  from  New  York.  It  is  understood 
that  they  will  be  forwarded  overland  in  sections. 

Thursday,  29th.—  Edgar  M.  Marble,  of  Michigan,  will  be  appointed 
Assistant  Attorney-General  for  the  Interior  Department.  The  com- 
pany owning  and  operating  the  Gait  House,  the  largest  hotel  in  the 
South,  goes  into  bankruptcy.— It  is  claimed  that  a  fresh  batch  of  9800,- 
000  of  counterfeit  Missouri  State  bonds  has  been  discovered.—  Spotted 
Tail's  mission  of  peace,  which  was  mentioned  in  these  dispatches  a  few 
days  since,  is  entirely  voluntary  on  his  part. 

Friday,  30th  —This  morning  several  fine  residences  on  Dayton  ave- 
nue, Chicago,  were  burned,  the  fire  originating  from  the  explosion  of  a 
kerosene  lamp.  Loss,  830,000;  insured.— —Norman  McQuaeg  shot  and 
killed  James  D.  Jackson,  aged  sixty,  and  his  son,  aged  twenty-one,  at  a 
ranch  on  Horse  Creek,  thirty  miles  north  of  Cheyenne  (Wy).  The  cause 
of  the  shooting  was  about  a  woman,  a  cousin  of  McQuaeg's.  The  mur- 
derer is  not  yet  arrested.— —The  Reading  Railroad  Company  has  notified 
its  locomotive  engineers  that  the  road  will  no  longer  employ  members  of 
the  Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Engineers.  One  feature  of  the  Civil 
Service  reform  will  be  the  entire  abolition  of  all  political  tests,  upon  ma- 
king any  changes  in  the  public  service. 

FOREIGN. 

Saturday,  March  24th.— A  band  of  Bashi  Bazouks  plundered  and 
burned  the  village  of  Otchieve  in  Herzegovina,  and  murdered  a  number 
of  the  inhabitants.  ^— The  thirty -fourth  University  boat  race  was  rowed,* 
The  course  was  the  usual  one,  on  the  Thames,  from  Putney  to  Mortlake. 
It  resulted  in  a  dead  heat.— The  laborers  on  the  relief  works  at  Madras 
and  Bombay  increased  2,000  the  past  week,  owing  to  the  termination  of 
the  native  holiday  of  Hyderabad,  making  43,000  natives  on  the  relief 
works.  The  recent  rainfalls  in  India  promise  to  do  much  good.  —— 
Drying  winds  have  enabled  farmers  to  make  steady  progress  with  Spring 
plowing  and  sowing  in  England. 

Sunday,  25th.— Colonel  Mitchell,  an  American  officer  of  the  Egyp- 
tian staff,  is  a  prisoner  at  Adwa.  General  Gordon  is  still  at  Massowah. 
The  Pope  has  been  urged  to  fulminate  the  great  excommunication 
against  Victor  Emanuel,  should  the  clerical  abuses  bill  pass. —  The  mar- 
riage in  Vienna  of  Mamie  Beale,  daughter  of  Colonel  Beale  of  Califor- 
nia, to  M.  Bakhtemeff,  late  Secretary  of  the  Russian  Legation  in  Wash- 
ington, is  announced.  The  crew  of  the  ship  Don  Nicholas,  now  lying  in 
Esquimalt  harbor,  refused  to  perform  their  duty.  They  were  disallowed 
food  and  water. 

Monday,  26tr\—  The  Government  of  Copenhagen  intends  to  intro- 
duce a  Provisional  Budget  bill  and  afterwards  adjourn  the  Rigsraad. 
Synd  Nor  Mohamed,  Prime  Minister  of  Amer  Cabul  and  Special  Envoy 
to  the  India  Government,  is  dead.— Messrs.  Rothschild  telegraph  from 
London  that  the  Syndicate  are  ready  for  another  call  of  310,000,000  for 
the  redemption  o£  United  States  six  per  cent,  bonds  of  1865.^— There 
was  a  panic  on  the  Bourse,  but  the  news  of  the  Austrian  mobilization 
has  revived  the  failing  hopes  of  peace. 

Tuesday,  27th.—  The  House  of  Lords  this  afternoon  adjourned  for 
the  Easter  races  until  April  13th.— Count  Andrassy  intends  to  offer 
mediation,  should  direct  negotiations  between  England  and  Russia  fail. 
—The  uncovered  liabilities  of  Isaac  Low  &  Co.'s  suspended  cotton 
house  in  England  are  estimated  at  8250,000.—  The  negotiations  with 
Montenegro  have  not  been  broken  off,  but  only  suspended.  The  cession 
of  Nicsic  is  the  stumbling  block. 

"Wednesday,  28th.  —The  Sultan  of  Perak  was  forcibly  arrested  with- 
out warrant  or  wriiten  authority.  A  writ  of  habeas  corpus  was  applied 
for  and  refused  by  the  R-gister.^— Genernl  Ignatieff  arrived  in  Berlin 
and  had  an  interview  with  Prince  Bismarck.— Native  Servians  fear  that 
the  Government  will  allow  the  refugees  to  remain  and  occupy  large  tracts 
of  waste  land.  They  are  therefore  plowing  all  they  possibly  can  to  pre- 
vent their  fellow  Christians  from  taking  possession  of  it.-^—  The  total 
British  Revenue  Tax  for  the  year  was  estimated  at  £77,41*2,000  ;  hence, 
£1,012,000  must  be  received  in  the  current  week  to  make  up  the  total 
reckoned  upon. 

Thursday,  29th.  —Austria's  refusal  to  give  a  promise  of  neutrality  in 
case  of  an  outbreak  of  hostilities  has  brought  about  the  prospect  of  a 
peaceful  issue.  ■  Russia  has  yielded  in  consequence  of  the  firmness 
which  Count  Andrassy  displayed.  Austria  now  for  the  first  time  is  in- 
teresting herself  to  bring  about  peace.—  Prince  Antoine  Bonaparte,  a 
neDhew  of  Napoleon  I,,  is  dead.  <  -The  Servian  authorities  are  endeav- 
oring to  induce  refugees  from  Bosnia  and  Bulgaria  to  return  home.  — 
The  strike  of  telegraph  operators  continues  at  Constantinople,  and  very 
few  lines  are  open. 

Friday,  30th.  —The  Turkish  Minister  of  War  has  ordered  the  imme- 
diate mobilization  of  the  territorial  army  of  Vilayet  of  the  Danube.  It 
numbers  about  twenty-five  thousand.— It  is  understood  that  Bismarck, 
at  the  interview  with  Ignatieff,  engaged  to  support  Russia's  fresh  propos- 
als.——In  consequence  of  an  earnest  request  from  Russia  for  a  decisive 
answer  upon  the  protocol  question,  the  English  Ministers,  after  yester- 
day's council,  expressed  their  willingness  to  sign  the  protocol  as  dratted 
by  Russia,  leaving  aside  the  question  of  demobilization. —In  the  Tur- 
kish Chamber  of  Deputies  several  speakers  opposed  the  cession  of  terri- 
tory to  Montenegro.  - 


At  the  Mansion  House,  London,  the  Lord  Mayor,  upon  taking  his 
seat  in  the  Justice  room,  said  it  was  his  painful  duty  to  make  public  an- 
nouncement from  the  Court  of  an  amount  of  distress  and  loss  of  life  un- 
paralleled, at  laast  iu  his  memory.  He  referred  to  the  loss  of  30  vessels, 
belonging  to  Yarmouth,  Lowestoft,  Grimsby,  Hull  and  Ramsgate,  con- 
taining 215  men  and  boys,  all  of  whom  had  been  drowned  in  the  North 
Sea,  leaving  88  widows,  104  children,  and  15  aged  parents,  who  had  been 
dependent  upon  them  for  support.  This  he  made  in  public,  feeling  sure 
that  the  benevolent,  with  their  usual  kindness  and  generosity,  would 
listen  to  any  appeal  on  behalf  of  those  suffering  from  this  deep  and  dire 
calamity. 


March  31,  L877. 


POSTS<  RIPT  TO  THE  SAN   I  i:  \\t  Im  0  NEWS  LETTER, 


WHAT    THE    WORLD    SAYS. 

The  poet  Pope  s  system  -<f  "tying  op  the  knocker,"  and  desiring 
his  Faithful  John   l  Ian  bun  "out"  or  "  .U-.td."  miv  have 

done  ver;  m  interviewing  and  autograph   hunting   bad  ! 

dnoed   to    ;t   •cienoa,     Other  times,  other  manners.     Poor  Mr,    Herbert 
ilfefa  has  been  anything  bul  improving  lately,  and  who 
en  compelled  to  issue  the  utsl   volume  >■:  his  famous    System  of 
Synthetic  Philosophy  H  in  an  unfinished  state,  has  thought  it  advii 

Iways  in  readiness  of  the  following  touching  cry  of  distress: 
"Mr.  Herbert  Spencer  regrets  that  he  must  take  measures  for  dimin- 
ishing the  amount  of  his  correspondence.     Being   prevented   by  bis  Btate 
of  health  from  writing  more  than  a  short  time  daily,  he  makes  but  slow 
u  with  the  work  he  baa  undertaken,  and  this  slow  progress  is  made 
■lower  by  the  absorption  of  his  time  in  answering  those  h  bo  «  rite  to  him. 
n  inviting  him  to  join  Committees,  to  attend 

public  object;  letters  requesting  interviews  and  au- 
tographs; letters  asking  opinions  and  explanations    these,  together  with 
-   have  to  1*-  acknowledged,  entail  bin* 
-  which,  small  asthej   may  be  individually,  are  collectively  very 
■very  serious,  at  least*  to  one  whose  hours  of  work  are  bo  nar- 
rowly limited.     A--  these  hindrances  increase,  Mr.  Spencer  Gnds  himself 
letbing  t"  prevent  them.    After  long  hesitation   he 
ded  to  con  one  himself  absolutely  to  the  task  which  he 
implish    t-  cut  himself  off  from  all  engagements 
that  are  likely  to  occupy  any  attention,  however  slight,  and  to  decline  all 
ii  it  involved  by  his  immediate  work 
"37  Queen's  Gardens,  Bayswater,  W." 

The  followiag  story  from  Truth  may  amuse  those  interested  in  the 
vagaries  of  fashion.  At  a  dinner-party  given  lately  in  Paris,  one  lad] 
was  remarked  above  all  others  for  the  elegance  of  her  figure  ami  the  per- 
fection of  her  toilette.  During  th  quart  cCheure  before  dinner 
she  was  surrounded  by  a  host  of  admirers,  and  one  less  bashful  than  the 
rest  ventured  to  offer  her  the  flower  from  his  button-hole.  It  was  ac- 
cepted, but  as  the  "princess  robe"  worn  by  the  graceful  creature  was 
Laced  behind,  it  was  necessary  to  fasten  the  flower  to  the  front  of  her 
dress  h  ttfa  a  pin.  The  operation  was  successfully  performed,  and  the  fair 
lady  was  led  into  dinner  by  the  donor  ot  the  flower.  They  were  hardly 
seated,  when  he  heard  a  curious  Bound  like  the  gentle  sighing  of  the  wind, 
ami  on  turning  toward  his  partner,  he  saw  with  horror  that  the  lovely  fig- 
ure was  getting  "small  by  degrees  and  beautifully  less."  The  rounded 
form  had  disappeared  before  the  soup  was  over,  and  long  before  the  first 
entree,  the  once  creaseless  garment  hung  in  great  folds  about  a  scraggy 
Framework!  It  seems  that  the  newest  dresses  for  "slight"  ladies  are 
.  ith  air-tight  linings,  and  inflated  when  on,  till  the  required  degree 
of  embonpoint  is  attained.  The  unfortunate  lady  mentioned  above  had 
Forgot!  en  this  little  detail  when  she  fastened  the  fatal  flower  to  her  bosom 
with  a  pin  ;  hence  the  collapse! 

The  efforts  of  the  great  men  whom  we  have  of  late  dispatched  from 
these  shores  have  nut  met  with  the  success  in  foreign  climes  which  they 
deserved.  Lord  Salisbury  was  not  exactly  a  triumph  in  Constantinople, 
and  Jem  Mace  is  being  poohpoohed  in  California.  It  is  with  the  deepest 
we  read  that  at  a  recent  exhibition  given  at  the  Horticultural  Hall. 
San  Francisco,  by  the  latter  combatant  and  a  certain  Mr.  "Bill  "  Davis, 
there  were  a  thousand  persons  present,  "  and  a  more  disgusted  lot  of  peo- 
ple than  they,  when  the  expected  great  glove-contest  turned  out  a  perfect 
farce,  could  not  be  found  in  a  lifetime."  Everybody  has  his  own  notions 
of  what  constitutes  a  "perfect  farce,"  and  the  notions  of  the  writer  from 
whom  we  quote  must  be,  to  say  the  least  of  it,  peculiar,  as  the  contest 
ended  by  Mr.  Mace  knocking  his  opponent  down,  and  "  the  assistance  of 
three  men  being  required  to  get  him  on  his  feet  again,"  The  concluding 
sentence  of  the  report  says  :  "The  supporters  of  sparring  exhibitions  in 
the  East  are  not  alone  the  victims  of  deception  ;  "  which  may  refer  to 
New  York,  but  sounds  like  an  unkind  sneer  at  the  Conference. — The 
World. 

Apropos  of  the  Colonial  Marriages  Biil,  I  have  been  asked 
whether,  if  a  colonist,  having  married  his  deceased  wife's  .sister,  were  to 
come  to  England  and  contract  another  marriage  here,  he  would  be  guilty 
of  bigamy?  I  suppose  not  in  this  country;  but  I  would  not  give  much 
f..r  his  chance  if  he  ever  returned  to  the  colony.  Another  curious  ques- 
tion has  been  started.  Suppose  a  peer,  being  Governor  of  a  colony,  mar- 
ried his  deceased  wife's  sister,  would  the  son  of  such  a  marriage  be  my 
lord  in  the  colony,  and  his  uncle  or  cousin  entitled  to  sit  in  the  Upper 
House  here  1—AUas,  in  the  World. 

The  Roman  Catholic  peers  now  muster  exactly  three  dozen,  includ- 
ing one  Duke,  two  Marquises,  seven  Earls,  four  Viscounts,  twenty-one 
Barons,  and  one  Countess  in  her  own  right;  iu  addition  to  which  there 
are  forty-seven  Roman  Catholic  Baronets-facts  which  I  have  pleasure  in 
commending  to  the  attention  of  Mr.  Whalley.—  Atlas. 

A  friend  of  mine,  who  has  just  arrived  from  America,  tells  me  that  he 
lias  realized  i'500  by  the  Presidential  election.  Mr.  Tilden  was  engaged  to 
a  young  lady.  A  few  weeks  ago  she  took  her  passage  for  Europe.  With 
great  presence  of  mind  my  friend  at  once  bet  £500  that  Mr.  Hayes  would 
be  the  President  of  the  Republic. — Trui A. 

The  Rains  of  Wednesday  and  Thursday.  --The  rainstorm  reported 

by  telegraph  from  various  points  in  Southern  California    was   even   more  j 

beneficial  than  is   indicated   in    the  telegrams.     In   the   neighborhood  of  ■ 

Bakersfield,  where  there  has   been  no   rain    this  year,  at  least  an  inch  of  j 

water  fell,  saving  the  grass  and  grain  on  those  farms  where  there  was  an  j 

insufficient  supply  of  water  for  irrigation.     In   the   Kern   mountains  the  | 
clouds  yielded  a  heavy  deposit   of  snow,  which    will  serve   to   supply  the 

river  with  water  during  the  Summer.     The  crops  in  Los  Angeles  will  be  ! 

saved  by  the  timely  fall  of  rain,  and  some  of  the  fields  of  San  Bernardino  ! 

will  yield  a  harvest.     The  stock  everywhere  will  be  blessed,  except  those  j 

sheep  that  have  been  driven  high  up  in  the  Fresno   mountains,  and  these  | 

were  too  weak  to  stand   the    cold   when   they  were   taken  there  as  a  last  I 
resort. 


CRADLE.  ALTAR.  AND  TOMB. 

CRADLE. 

■  am 
IMuiDwooti    [ni 

of  11 

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i.l.T. 

GuDCfUl  \      In  tin-  .  it\.  \1  .,r.  ',  ■ 

'■  II     I 

1. 1  ki    In  thil 

Hoaau    In  thl  I.  J.  M 

Mu.kn-    in  thl  olty,  March  i&,  to  the  irlfi  ol  P  M   Mad 

I  

! 

Bullivah     in  thti  cfty,  fchuvh 25,  to  Lhc  laushte 

Silvba— Id  t)o-  dly,  March  27,  to  the  wife  of  Geo.  Silver, :»  nhl 
:  irefa  88,  to  the  »if,  of  i»  Wolfi 

ALTAR. 

Suart-Haftkky    Iii  this  city,  March  16,  C  I    v' I     FCatli 

Kasok-Lbwih    in  this  city,  March  27.  Ji     N    Mason  to  Benrfc   ta<     i 

Cubk-Fowlir    in  this  city,  March    l»Clli     Clark,  Esq  ,  to  Emma  j    I 

1'i.u  iit  m,  i>.,\  u  n     [ot  n  h  27,  T.  It   DeWitt,  M   D.,toM.  \  McDonald 

Oordax-Tobias    In  this  city,  March  26.  Samuel  a  (Jordan  to  Amelte  I 

.Mituiki  a  Mi  \i>  dis    In  this  city,  March  27,  Fred.  H.  Mltchku  Ldama. 

Nn  kbl    Few    iii  this  city,  March  27,  Loreni  Nickel  to  Susan  Pelt 

Psicb-Clock    In  this  city,  March  26,  John  Prlo  to  Jam  B  Clock. 

Smith  Sto  swell    in  tin-  cltj  March  27,  Julius  H.  Smith  to  Uxsie  Stockwell. 

Bcuadb  lhiiopv    In  this  i'it  v.  M.r.li  2 "..  1 1  u  -<  •  i  Schadt  to  Victoria  Imhoff. 

Si-m  KBLBACn    VANS 8      in  this  city,  March  -J.'..  Kdwunl  StarT*.ll.;ieh  l.i  Lizzie   Vanke. 

tVi       Pi  :sam    Id  San  Rafael,  March  25,  Hem-)  Weed  to  Pel  Darling  Pu 
Williams  Jcsnci    In  this  city,  March  27,  w.  a.  WUlIanu  to  Ml  lL  Ju 

TOMB. 
ABHWORTH    In  this  .-in,  March  28,  Elizabeth  oshwortb,  aged  51  years. 
Bull— In  this  city,  March  26,  Win.  J.  Bell,  aged  n  yi 
ItAimv  -In  this  city,  March  27,  Ellen  Barry,  aged  ?fi  years, 
Commink  — In  this  city,  March  28,  rhos  l  tommies,  aged  89  years. 
Kit i— in  this  city,  March  20.  Dominies  Flo,  aged  \3  paw 
Fis.NBs— lu  this  city,  Marco  20,  Henrj  Finnon,  aged  !7yi 
ii'  m  bb     [n  this  city,  March  26,  Robert  a.  Hunter,  St.,  aged  53  rears. 
Hayes- In  this  city,  March  26,  Bridget  Hayes,  aged  80  years. 
Hall— In  tin- 1  it\ ,  March  28,  Mary  R,  Hall,  aged  -i-  yean, 

HorwooD— In  this  city,  March  29,  Thos.  W.  Hopw I,  aged  '2C,  years. 

Isaac — In  this  city.  March  26,  Joseph  isaac,  age  144  yea 
Johnson— In  this  city,  March  26,  Peter  John ogi  d  SO  years. 

King— In  this  city,  .March  24,  Michael  King,  aged  .'15  years. 
StiKKMAX—  In  this  city.  March  'J7,  David  Ii.  Shcrnuin,  a,'cJ  12  vears. 
T(  KSLit-In  this  city,  .March  27,  Hugh  Turner.  »g»d  SS  years. " 


THE    EXTRACTOR. 

Latest  ''News  Letter"  Extracts  and  Enclosures  from  Pri- 
vate Letters  Received  from  N,  York,  London,  Paris,  etc. 

' '  The,  match  made  by  the  Empress  Eugenie  was,  like  all  others  she  ef- 
fected, unhappy.  Up  to  this  stage  Patti  was  the  spoilt  child  of  the  pub- 
lic ;  her  conduct  was  irreproachable,  and  remained  so  until  the  Nicolani 
episode.  In  her  corbeille  of  marriage  was  placed  the  humiliation  that  her 
coronet  of  marchioness  could  not  be  recognized  in  society  till  she  had 
definitely  concluded  all  her  professional  engagements.  But  the  honeymoon 
over,  the  diifa  found  she  was  mated  to  a  man  whose  only  talent  was  to 
mount  and  dismount  a  horse.  He  quickly  hung  up  his  title  deeds,  and  the 
blazon  he  reserved  for  his  wife  was  to  become  her  tlie.itrii.-al  agent  and  to 
form  her  voice.  Two  courses  were  open  to  Patti :  private  life,  social  in- 
tercourse with  titled  ladies,  or  a  lagging  mi  the  stage.  The  husband  be- 
came jealous  with  every  Romeo  who  acted  Juliet  with  his  wife.  He  never 
quitted  her  for  a  single  instant ;  was  her  spy  in  the  green  room  ;  opened 
every  letter  addressed  to  her  with  a  trembling  hand  ;  became  a  policeman, 
not  a  husband,  and  handcuffs  replaced,  as  it  wen.-,  the  chain  of  flowers. 
Since  December  last,  Nicolani  and  Patti  felt  they  were  destined  for  each 
other;  the  husband  had  to  object  at  the  growing  intimacy,  and  terrible 
family  scenes  ensued  in  their  residence  at  the  Cbamps  Elysees.  When 
Patti  refused  to  go  to  St.  Petersburg,  Nicolani  also  declined  :  when  she 
resolved  to  set  out,  he  decided  to  follow.  But  it  was  agreed  they  wen-  not 
to  appear  together  in  the  same  piece ;  accident  ruled  them  in  Traviata, 
and  the  real  love  made  on  the  stage  ended  in  tragedy  in  the  green  room. 
From  high  words  Patti  and  her  husband  came  to  blows.  He  upbraided 
her  with  the  lowness  of  her  origin,  and  ■>(  bis  having  bestowed  on  her  the 
title  of  marchioness.  She  threw  all  her  diamonds  at  his  feet.  "  I  have 
paid  for  your  title,"  and  leaving  him,  placed  herself  under  the  protection 
of  Nicolani.  The  Marquis  has  arrived  in  Paris  to  obtain  a  separation,  an 
annual  share  of  his  wife's  earnings,  ami  to  fight  Nicolani,  as  Mario  had  to 
give  him  satisfaction  to  Grisi's  husband.  Nicolani'sname  is  Nicholas,  not 
at  all  so  poetical  ;  he  has.  obtained  a  separation  from  his  wife,  as  she 
dogged  him  everywhere,  even  to  the  theater,  and  boxed  his  ears,  when 
audiences  applauded,  for  his  success  in  love  scenes.  He  is  the  father  of 
three  children." 

Reliable  letters  to  the  News  Letter  from  Turkey  attest  that  the  Turks 
suffer  from  very  l-'w  spirits,  and  view  the  future  with  much  despondency. 
The  Sultan  inspires  no  confidence  ;  he  is  a  doomed  victim,  like  his  prede- 
cessors, of  the  harem  regime.  Why  not  the  Turks  try  at  once  the  Chief 
Eunuch  for  Sultan?  Abdul  Hamid  has  lately  decorated  several  of  his 
cooks  and  other  domestics,  strong  evidence  of  the  beginning -if  the  end. 
Soon  he  might  be  expected  to  call  for  a  pair  of  scissors  and  h;ui«l  -li-s  to 

dress  bis  beard.  The  French  view  of  the  Eastern  Question  is  this: 
Russia  disbelieves  in  Turkish  reforms,  anil  desires  to  secure  material  guar- 
antees forthwith ;  the  other  powers  have  no  faith  in  the  reforms,  but  de- 
mand more  time  for  applying  the  screw. 

-From  the  results  of  the  census  recently  taken,  there  are  in  France 
seventy-three  cities  of  which  the  population  exceeds  20,000  ;  100  with  a 
population  between  10  and  20,000  ;  300  between  5  and  10,000  ;  and  249  be- 
tween 4  and  5,000.  The  proportion  of  illegitimate  births  for  all  France 
is  seven  per  cent.,  and  for  Paris  and  its  department  thirty-three  per  cent. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE   SAN  FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER. 


March  31, 1877. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

ecorded  in  the  Cits  and  County*  of  San  Francisco,  California,  for  the 
Week  ending  March  £9,  1877. 

Compiled  from  the  Records  of  the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKillop  tfc  Co., 
401  California  Street,  Man  Francisco. 

"Friday.   March  33d. 


GRANTOR  AND  GRANTEE. 


DESCRIPTION. 


Louisa  Up  eze  to  Wm  Hollis 

W  S  Gunn    o  P  M  Nigorenux 

Wm  Winter  to  Marv  Kane 

Edw  A  Roe  to  Chas  S  Roe 

Donald  McLea  to  Mary  Earls 

J  Howell  to  Simon  Schreiber 

S  and  L  Soc'y  tu  G  W  Loyejoy 

Jno  Grace  to'  Augustc  Girard 

Chas  Wheeler  to  E  J  Wheeler 

J'B  Houghton  to  A  Jcwett 

Jno  Bensley  toD  O  Mills 

Win  Walsh  to  Man'  A  Mowry 

SD  Kills,  Jr,  to  J  B  APrestal.... 
L  L  Robinson  lo  T  M  JDchon.... 

S  V  H'd  As'n  to  A  M  Brennnn 

Jno  0  Luty  to  Thos  Burroughs 

Geo  Gooflfnm  to  Bridget  Young  . . 
Donald  McLca  to  Owen  McCaiml, 
W  J  Gunn  to  E  Louderback,  Jr  . . . 

J  O'Donncll  to  Anne  McLeod 

Wm  B  Hnfl'to  Jennie  Kohlman... 

A  T  Green  to  Hannah  Brown 

11  L  Davis  toChasD  Wheat 

D  J?  McDonald  to  J  Samuels 

T  Mclnerney  tu  M  A  Mclnernej  .. 
Julius  Jacobs  to  W  W  Fletcher  ... 

J  Goldmann  to  I  W  Goldmann 

I  W  Goldmamt  to  J  Goldmann 

P  Wetzel  to  G  S  Ashmead 


|Sw  Uvdeand  Sac'to,  137:6x137:6 

IE  Dolores,  61:0  n  Dale,  23x100 

IN  Clipper.  '2-39:1  %  e  Church,  25:5'  ,:.114. 

is  Ridlev.90  w  Valencia,  55xlf}0 

INw  McLea  Court,  135  ne  9th,  23x76 

Lots  10  to  13,  hlk  23, City  Land  Ass'n... 

S  29th,  4S0  w  Sanchez,  25x114 

I W  Keyes  alley,  73  n  Pacific,  21:0x40 

NIslnis,  50  w  Cnrier,  25x100 

W  Rhode  Island,  150  n  Yolo,  25x100.. . . 
jS  Chestnut,  137:0  e  Mason,  e  51:6%,  etc. 

IS  30th,  57:0  w  Bartlett,  57:0x125 

Sw  Diamond  aud  Jersey,  114x80 

W  Sharon,  200  s  15th,  w  201,  etc 

Lot  2,  hlk  37,  S  V  H'd 

N  Kate,  200:3  w  Fillmore,  2.5x120 

E  Fair  Oaks,  97  n  23d,  25x117:6 

Nw  McLea  Court,  1S1  ne  9th,  69x75 

Se  Polk  and  Hayes,  8x168...: 

Nw  Clementina,  100  ne  5th,  25x80 

S  Post,  180:5  c  Lacuna,  25:10x120 

E  Chattanooga,  175  s  233,80x117 

Sundry  lots  :n  Now  S  S  F  H'd 

X  oil  acre  undivof  McDonald  Ranch.. 

S  Hayes,  32:6  w  Franklin,  25x80 

W  Scott,  63  n  Turk,  74:6x137:6 

W  Mason,  97:0  u  Geary,  n  20,  etc 

W  Mason,  217:0  n  Geary,  20x77:6 

Sw  Polrero  av  and  Solano,  100x100;  also 
lols  5,  6,  hlk  204,  S  S  F  H  &  R  R  As'n 


FEKE 


.*       2 

1 

450 

17,0110 

1,050 

330 

350 

1,500 

150 

451) 

5,000 

800 

100 

360 

1.050 

1,000 

2,790 
30li 
2,475 
6,500 
1,020 
5 


2 

6,000 


Saturday,  March  24th. 


Wm  J  Shaw  to  Pat'k  Murphy  .... 

Same  to  Mich'l  Collins 

Same  lo  Jas  R  Mnllett 

W  Henry  lo  A  D  Klein 

C  Williams  to -las  Simpson 

W  Henry  to  A  D  Klein 

Wm  Hollis  to  City  and  Co  S  F  ... 

F  Wittram  to  Jno  Grace 

W  Martin  to  H  S  and  L  Soc'v 

F  B  Wilde  to  H  L  Davis 


J  S  Alemany  to  Wm  Reeves 

College  H'd  As'n  to  E  Backman  . 

Donald  McLea  to  Jno  Grace 

W  M  Fletcher  to  Thos  Stewart... 
Jas  McDevitt  to  Edw  McDevitt... 

M  Sweeney  lo  Geo  Kennedy 

II J  Shay  to  Jas  Droletle 

T  L  Cora'l's  to  A  Valentine 

W  Black  to  Rob't  Smith 

B  Burns  to  Pat'k  Bams 

B  F  Ebis  to  Alice  P  Ellis 


EFolsom,171  n  13th,  n  21,  etc 

E  Folsom,  147  n  13th,  n  24,  etc 

W  Harrison,  30:0  \i  n  13th,  n  25,  etc 

Se  Tyler  and  Buchanan.  27:6x120 

Nw  Market,  225  sw  City  Hall  av.  25x100 

E  Buchtnin,  l'O  s  Ty'er,  17:6X27:6 

S21st,  250  w  Mission,  w  60,  etc 

Blk  69,  University  Mound  Survey 

iENoe,  125  sloth,  s  100,  etc 

Sw  8th  av.  75  nw  D  st,  nw  to  E  st.  sw  to 
9th  av,  se525,  etc 

!E  Collins,  150  sPt  Lobosav,  25x120.... 

ILot  3,  blk  5,  College  H'd 

.  Nc  9th.  250  nw  Bryant,  25x85 

Com  63  u  Turk  and  100  w  Scott,  74:0x37:0 

.  I W  Capp,  65  n  26th,  65x115 

.ISw  23d  and  Chattanooga,  125x110 

IN  24th,  152:9  e  Noe,  28:8x114 

Lots  1,  2, 12  to  16.  blk  360,  Tide  Lauds . . 

Lots  4,  5,  blk  41.  Cal  H'd.  re-record 

Se  Lngunaand  Oak.  35x120 

Frac'l  lot  B,  hlk  307.  S  S  F  Hd  &  R  R  As 


2, 025 
1,025 
4,500 
17,500 
1. 

3,000 
16,933 

5 

500 

300 

2,600 

1,100 

3,0110 

5,200 

700 

1,344 

'"5 
Gift 


Monday,  March  26th. 


W  J  Shaw  to  Matbew  Joyce   .... 

Same  to  Patricias  O'Ncil 

Same  to  Jno  Sullivan 

Donald  McLea  to  s  T  Crouau 

Same  to  Peter  Kiernan 

Same  to  Joanna  Brmoatt 

L  Wertheimer  to  E  Wei'tbeimer. .. 

C  McCormick  to  M  Uuterreiter 

J  II  Thomas  to  A  D  Breed   

A  D  Breed  to  David  B  Miller 

Jl  de  Laurence!  to  Chas  Mayne 

C  Dale  to  C  F  Fargo 

C  D  Olds  to  Wm  J  llcney 

Eliz'th  Hal!  to  Jno  Coney 


M  S  and  L  Bank  to  EHz'th  Hall  . . . 

Wmnale  to  J  H  B  Wilkins. 

T  Mclnerney  to  Pat'k  Reilly 

B  furrier  to  PJGallagher 

Pat'k  Moran  to  Jno  O'Brien 

Jos  A  Donohoelo  Jos  Freeborn. . , 
Jos  McMahon  to  Frank  Kayser  . . . 
M  C  Batetnan  to  Jno  Treadwell. . . 

Chas  Mayne  to  Edw  Hayes 

A  Mungivan  to  Aon  Thompson . . . 
Jno  Treadwell  to  II  A  Macondray 

Wm  J  Shaw  to  FB  Wilde 

Same  toG  Frink 


jNe!3th  and  Berenice,  c  25,  etc 

|W  Harrison,  53:S*i  n  14th,  n  25,  etc  . 

N13th,  SOelsis,  e25,  etc 

|Se  McLea  Court.  112  ne  (Ith,  23x75... 

Ne  9tli.  225  nw  Bryant,  25x85 

Se  McLea  Court.  135  ne'.lth,  23x76... 
lUnd  y.  sTurk,  137:6  w  Fkliu.  137:0x137:6 
,Lot  34,  blk  332,  u'Netl  &  Haley  Tract  .. 

Nw  22d  and  Church,  250x130 

ISaioc 

SPine,  137:5  w  Batterv.  31: 1.v.xl37:6.. .. 

S  Harlan  pi,  60  wDupont,  85x4-1 

Nw  Broderiek  ami    Haipht,  137:0x137:0  ; 
n  H  igbt,  137:0  w  Brod  k.  137:0x137:0. 

Sw  Chestnut  and  Webster,  192:0x120,  sub 

to  mint  for  Jl ,400 

[Same 

jLols  185,187,189,191,  Gift  Map  1 

E  Mission,  50  n  Eugenia,  25x100 

Se  Bryant.  ISO  ne  4tli,  20x97:6 

IW  Sanchez,  25  n  Henry,  25x105 

Ne  Jackson  and  Gough,  n  255:4K,  etc  . 

N  Pacific,  183  e  Jones, 23x60. ...' 

N  Jackson.  137:0  w  Gondii,  w  5,  etc  ... 

W  Dolores,  51:6  s  28th ,  23x1 00 

S  19th.  Ill  0 Castro,  28x135 

N  Jackson,  137:0  w  Gough,  w  5,  etc  ... 

E  Folsom,  172:2^  s  12tli,  s  24,  etc 

E  Folsom,  148  s  rath,  a  24,  etc 


S2.550 

1,575 

1,800 

1,120 

3,050 

1,075 

5 

544 

1 

1 

40.000 

15,000 

12,000 

150 

2,100 

650 

1.200 

3,400 

750 

50,000 

3,300 

500 

625 

750 

10 

2,600 

2,000 


Tuesday,  March  27tb. 


Edw  B  Pond  to  J  G  Kellogg  ... 
Pat'k  Martin  to  Goo  P  Loehr. . 
Jno  Sproul  to  Cbas  G  Moxley. 


T  J  Severns  to  S  Campodonico.. 

A  Sbarboro  to  same 

Win  Hollis  to  Edw  Barron 


H  Silvestone  to  SanrHYuud 

J  Spottiswood  to  Geo  P  Loehr... 

A  Lelte  to  Jacob  Waechter 

Jas  Brady  to  Jno  Snllivan 

Jas  Otis  lo  Thos  Young 

Wm  J  Heney  to  J  CO'Mahony... 

P  B  Cornwall  to  A  Hay  ward 

Marv  Dunn  to  Peler  H  Doncks  .. 
V  Wackenreuder  to  E  Gallagher. 
WmRDuun  to  P  U  Doncks 


S  Cal'a,  137:6  e  Leav'th.  68:9x137:6 

E  Broderiek,  91:7  n  Bush,  40x00 

O  L  blks  653,  055 ;  also,  sw  1  st  and  20th 
av,  w  210,  etc 

Lot  12.  Mission  St  R  R  H  d 

Und  a  lol  85,  hlk  817,  Park  H'd 

E  Harriet,  100  n  16th,  46x93,  in  trust  lor 
Mary  Ann  Curhelt,  during  the  life  of 
her  husband,  John  C 

N  Turk,  137:6  e  Leav'th,  50x137:6 

Ne  sieiner  and  Wildev,  25x01:3 

N  Lewis,  100  w  Taylor,  18:9x57:6 

Lot  53.  blk  496,  Bay  City  11  d 

W  Jones,  122:0  s  Sutter,  s  15.  etc 

,;  Steiuer,  110  n  Eddy,  27:0x110 

Se  .Market  and  Dolores,  s  24,  etc 

E  Dolores,  140  n  14lh,  140x140 

Com  at  ne  cor  of  lot  33,  e  25,  etc 

E  Dolores,  110  n  14th,  140X140 


$2,500 
3,500 

5,700 
100 
200 


1 
21,000 

2.0110 

2,200 

100 

5,000 

1.025 

23.000 

6,250 

265 

1 


Wednesday,  March  28:h. 


Wm  Halo  to  Geo  H  Goddartl... 

A  Phister  to  Fred  G  Rider    

H  A  Trembley  to  Chas  Land  .... 
City  and  Cos  Fto  EMulheiun 

Same  to  Bridget.  Mulhcrau 

Wm  Norris  to  Thos  Dolliver... 

Betty  Brenham  to  J  T  Cook 

Mary  E  Butterworth  to  same. 


50-varal,  blk  270,  W  A 

E  Monroe,  68:6  n  Bush.  23x70 

E  Van  Ness,  103:1^  n  Pine,  34:4  3sxl37:0 

s  25th,  50  w  Columbia,  25x104.. 

N  24th,  60  e  Mission.  25x105 

Eureka  w,  149  n  18th,  71x125  . . . 
N  Adair,  120  w  Howard,  50x75  . 
Same 

C  J  Brenham  to  same 'Same 

J  T  Cook  to  Henry  J  Weiss N  Adair,  120  w  Howard,  25x75,  subject 

to  mortgage  for  $1,333 


Same  to  A  Bode 

Peter  Shenkel  to  Wm  J  Wilcox... 
Paul  Rousset  to  Dennis  B  Moore.. 

G  Morgan  to  A  A  Webber 

Wm  Norris  to  O  Wimmer 

J  C  Weir  to  August  Heuime 

H  A  Charles  to  C  C  Knox 

H  L  Davis  to  S  Liltiefield 

Jno  Garber  to  Jno  Hatton 

V  B  Monahaii  to  Geo  Kelly 

Jnaoa  Houston  to  L  C  Levey 

Wm  Norris  to  M  A  Fronient 

W  H  Cook  to  OR  Worrell 

J  J  Wilcke  to  F  F  Strother. 


N  Adair,  1-15  iv  Howard,  25x75,  sublet 

to  mortgage  for  f  1 ,3  18 

i'11'l    ;  sundry  lots  in  Gift  Map 4 

Sundrvlots  in  Outside  Lands 

Lot6,  blk  82,  Excelsior  H'd 

Eureka  w,  121:4  n  18th,  24:8x125 

Sundry  lots  in  dill",  rent  parts  of  city    . 

S  Geary,  212  w  Leav'th,  23x137:6 

Lot  IS,  blk  327.  New  S  S  F  H'd 

N  17th,  120  w  Noe,  40x130 

N  21st,  122:0  e  Dolores.  45x114 

E  Fillmore,  137:0  n  Post,  27:0x119 

W  Eureka,  75  n  lSOh,  49:4x125 

N  17th,  100  w  Mission,  w  105,  etc 

Se  Market,  150  sw  6th,  25x90 

NP  Cole  to  A  Hemme Se  Wash'p  and  Franklin.  137:0x127:8'. 


1 
3,750 
8,500 


1.080 

2,000 

1 

2,000 

1,000 

1,000 

1,250 

1 

500 

500 

27,5110 

10,000 

5 

1,5-0 

2.250 

1 ,850 

1,120 

10,000 

20,350 

2:1,0,10 


Thursday,  March  29th. 


Betty  Brenham  to  Henry  J  Weiss 

C  J  Brenham  to  same 

H  J  Weiss  lo  T  C  Jensen 

O  HBogarttoE  F  McMullin  .... 

W  J  Shaw  to  Geo  Merritt 

L  L  Robinson  to  F  J  Locan 


R  B  Barlletl  to  T  J  Bass 

J  F  C'owdery  to  A  D  MucDonuld.. 
Wm  J  Walton  to  11  B  Tichenor.. 

F  J  Locan  to  L  L  Robinson 

P  Panzavechio  to  W  L  Booker. . . . 


A  J  Pope  to  J  M  Hnr'.bnt  . . . 

Same  to  Wm  J  Burt 

H  Massey  to  A  P  K  Safford., 
Same  to  same 


Howard  w,  50  n  Adair,  25x95 

Same 

Same 

N  Cal,  187:6  w  Hyde,  55x137:0 .'!".. 

E  Berenice,  80  s  12tb,  s  82:3^ ,  etc 

Church  w,  175  s  15th,  w  125,  etc;  also,  e 
Church,  175  s  15th.  e  35  4%,  etc 

N  15th,  195  w  Noe,  50x115 

Sw  20th  and  Valencia,  110x32 

E  Treat  av,  170  s  20th,  50x122:0 

Sundry  properties  at  the  Mission    

S  John,  100:0  e  Mason,  23x00,  in  trust 
lor  equal  benefit  of  grantors 

E  Mission ,  225  s  24th, 35x115 

E  Mission.  195  s  21th,  30x1 15 

Lots  3  and  4,  blk  20,  Market  St  li'd 

Sundry  lots  in  Buena  Vista  H'd,  subject 
to  mortgage  for  $2,000 

S  Pine,  60e  Broderiek,  21:0x92 

N22d,  50:11  e  Sanchez,  50:11x114 

W  Guerrero,  160  s  17th,  25x84,  subject  to 

mortgage  for  $3,300 

...  E  Dnpont.  60  n  Suiter, 30x00 

HS  Dorland  to  Geo  Daum ISw  Fair  Oaks  and  18th,  20x100 

C  G  Moxley  lo  Kate  Dnun [Sundry  properties  in  Outside  Lands 

Geo  R  Starr  to  Joo  Fnrness N  Geaiy,  102:11  w  Octavia,  25:10x120 

J  c  Weir  loT  J  Fitzgerald Is  Pine,  71  eDevisadero,  22x83 

S  Holladay  to  David  Porte S  Fulton,  121:6  w  Scott,  37:6x137:6;  also, 

1  w  Scott.  137:6  s  Fnlton.  w  137:6,  etc  .. 
S  and  L  Soc'y  to  J  Q  Patterson ...  |Ne  Church  and  80th,  30x114 


Geo  Kennedy  to  T  Jeffress 

H  B  Hartmeyer  to  C  A  Hartmeyer  . 

Geo  McWilliams  10  A  C  Mills 

T  Haynes  to  Edw  Hyanis  . . 


52,100 
2,100 
2,20(> 
21,000 
4,275 


1,700 

6,000 

6,000 

25 


3,150 
2,700 

2,000 

8,000 

3,000 

100 

5,500 
14,500 
1,500 
5,000 
8,000 
3,250 

1 

450 


S.   F.    &    N.   P.    E.    E. 

(1han£re  of  Time.  --  -  Obi  ami  after  AEomlay.  Jasanary  1st; 
j  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE,  Captain  W.  Warner,  will  leare  Washington 
street  wharf,  daily  (Sundays  excepted),  at  3  p.m.,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  "ears 
for  Cloverdale  and  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Guernville  Branch  to  Korbefs  .Mills  and  the  Great  Redwood  forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cloverdale  daily  (Sundays  excepted),  at  6  A.M.,  connecting  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Close  connections  made  with  stages  for  So- 
noma, the  Geysers,  Ukiah,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  and  also  for  Mark  West,  Sic.s.v,' 
and  Littons'  Springs.      Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  a.m.  to  2:30  p.m. 

Sunday  Excusbions. —  On  and  after  March  25,  1377,  the  steamer  JAMES   M.   DON- 
AHUE will  leave  Wasliington-st.  Wharf,  Sunday,  at  8  A.M.,  connecting  at.  Donahue 
with  ears  for  Cloverdale,  way  stations,  and  the  great  Redwood  Forests.     Ret  . 
will  arrive  in  San  Francisco  at  7:30  r.M.     General  Office,  420  Montgomery  street. 
A.  A.  BEAN,  Superintendent.  P.  DONAHUE,  President 

March  24. P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Gen'l  Pas,  ft  Tick.:!  Agent, 

PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPAHY. 

The  Company's  steamers  will  sail  as  follows  at  12  '-".: 
CITY  Of  PEKING,  April  3,  for  YOKOHAMA  and  HONGKONG 

GRANADA,  March  3ut!i,  tor  PANAMA  ami  NEW  YORK,  calling  at  ACAI'ULCO, 
SAN  JOSE  DE  GUATEMAL  \.  PORT  LIBERTAD  and  PUNTA  ARENAS.  Ticketstn 
and  from  Europe  by  any  line  for  sale. 

AUSTRALIA,  March  28th,  at  0  o'clock  cm.,  or  on  arrival  of  the  English  mails, 
for  HONOLULU,  KANDAVAU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT  CHALMERS. 
To  S\<lno\  or  Auckland — Upper  Saloon,  S21U;  Lower  Saloon,  8200. 

DAKOTA,  March  30th,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TllWNSEND.  SEATTLE,  TACOMA 
and  OLYMPI A,  connecting  at  VACOMAwith  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for  PORT- 
LAND, Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11  A.M.  on  day  of  sailing.  For 
freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  corner  of  First  aud  Brannan  streets. 

March  31.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

Fi)R    ASlZONA    AND    MEXI0&N    POETS. 

For  Cape  San  I.ucas,  ILa  Paz,  .ffazatlati,  tjaaynias  and  (lie 
Colorado  River,  touching  at  Maydalena  Bay,  should  sufficient  inducement 
offer.  —  The  Steamship  NEWBERN,  Wm.  Mctzger,  Master,  will  leave  tor  the  above 
ports  on  WEDNESDAY,  April  4th,  at  12  o'clock  M-,  from  Folsom-st.  Wharf,  connect- 
iugat  the  Monti,  of  theColorado  River  with  the  Steamboats  and  Barges  of  t  lie  Colorado 
Steam  Navigation  Company  for  all  points  on  the  River.  Through  Bills  of 
will  befurnisiied  and  none  others  signed.  Freight  will  be  received  on  Monday,  March 
26.  No  freight  received  for  Mexican  Ports  after  Tuesday,  April:!,  at  12  noon,  "and  Bills 
of  Lading  for  those  ports  must  be  accompanied  by  Custom  House  and  Consular  Clear- 
ances. For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
March  31.  J.  BERMINGHAM,  Agent,  10  Market  street. 

PACIFIC    MAIL    SIEAM3.IP    COMPANY. 

Freight  Department. —From  and  after  this  ilate.  Mr.  iieo. 
II.  Kice  will  act  as  Freight  Solicitor  for  this  Company.  He  can  he  found  at 
office,  21S  California  street,  where  Shipping  Orders  may  be  obtained  until  12  o'clock, 
noon,  of  the  day  previous  to  the  departure  of  the  steamers.  Applications  after  that 
time  must  be  made  at  ottiee,  corner  First  aud  Brannan:  streets. 

Feb.  24.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

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Office  of  Hi,-  S:,u  Frnurlsco  Xcw*  Lei  dr.  i  liina  Mall,  i'allfor- 
nin  M  ;il  I  Bus,  S'Hith  side  Merchant  street,  No.  ts)7  to  616,  San  Francisco. 

GOLD  BARS-SS0@900 -Silver  Bars— lift  ir,  f  cent  disc  Treasury 
Notes  are  Belling  ut    96}.     Buying,  %.      Mexican  Dollars,  54@6 
per  cent,  disc     Trade  Dollars,  3J<5  4  per  cent,  disc 

t&-  Exchange  on  New  York,  A  per  cent,  for  Gold  ;  Currency,  4J  per  cent. 

premium.     On   London,  Bankers,  49d.ft ;    Commercial,  49jd» ; 

Paris,  5  franca  per  dollar.     Telegrams,  §ft  }  per  cent. 

tO-  Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  April  lith,  at  3  P.M.,  105.    Latest 
price  of  Sterling,  486(&488. 

a&-  Price  of  Money  here,  }@1  per  cent,  per  month — bank  rate.     In  the 
open  market,  i©H.     Demand  active. 


EUROPEAN  FINANCIAL  ITEMS. 
In  the  beginning  of  March  of  last  year  the  most  vivid  hopes  were 
entertained  bv  the  creditors  of  Spain,  because  the  Alfonsist  troops  were 
victorious  and  Don  Carlos  had  fled.  Then  the  Exterior  3  per  cents  rose 
to  19A.  The  civil  war  terminated.  A  settlement  has  been  concluded 
with  tlie  Spanish  bondholders,  and  yet  in  March,  1877,  the  Spanish  funds 
are  at  11 !  What  more  striking  evidence  could  be  given  of  the  detestable 
management  of  wealthy  Spain  ?  A  few  days  ago  a  new  section  of  the 
railway  from  Trondhem  to  Hamar  (Norway)  was  opened,  and  the  line 
will  be  completed  by  the  end  of  1877.  The  section  just  finished  has  been 
tlie  most  difficult  one,  since,  in  a  length  of  fifteen  milts,  then  are  claim 
tunnels,  all  through  granitr  rocks.  The  new  Austrian  rente  (gold)  is  now 
officially  quoted  'at  the  Paris  Bourse.  The  Europe  Diplomatique  says  that 
the  harem  of  Ismael  Pasha  costs  £56,000  per  month,  and  announces  that 
Messrs.  Saunders  and  Joron  have  received,  from  the  persons  in  Europe 
whom  they  represent,  orders  to  leave  Egypt  at  once  if  the  Khedive  con- 
tinues stubbornly  to  refuse  any  reasonable  arrangement.  Other  papers 
assert  that  on  the  28th  of  February  the  International  Committee  received 
£755  000,  and  that  they  must  by  this  time  have  collected  two  millions 
more,  so  that  all  is  quite  right  up  till  now.  So  much  the  better— heaven 
grant  it  may  last !  The  Federal  Council  of  Germany  will  soon  examine 
a  bill  for  authorizing  the  Government  to  borrow  108,200,000  marks,  in  or- 
der to  build  barracks  everywhere  in  the  German  Empire.  Barracks 
everywhere  !  Does  not  that  provoke  reflections-  on  the  pacific  future  of 
German  policy  ?  We  are  authorized  to  contradict  the  rumor  which  has 
been  spread  that  the  cashier  of  the  Credit  Lyonnais,  in  Pans,  has  ab- 
sconded, taking  with  him  a  considerable  sum  of  money,  r  nun  the  ac- 
counts of  the  Credito  Mobiliare  of  Italy,  we  see  that  in  1876  the  bdle on 
Italian  cities  amounted  to  205,092,105  lire;  those  on  trance  to  8o,484,i89 
francs;  on  England  to  £1,628,348,  and  on  Germany  to  2,453,079  reisch- 
marks.  Bank  dividends:  British  Columbia,  7J  per  cent;  International 
Bank  of  Hamburg  and  London,  6  per  cent. 

THE    STOCK    MARKET. 

The  natural  effect  of  the  long  continued  attacks  on  the  stock  market 
and  all  connected  with  it  has  at  last  culminated  in  a  very  heavy  break, 
reaching  all  stocks  on  the  list  save  the  Bonanzas,  which  were  held  up 
bravely.  Journals  and  the  disappointed,  and  therefore  revengeful,  oper- 
ators who  have  brought  this  about  can  but  see  that  they  have  succeeded 
in  ruining  none  but  innocent  marginal  holders,  while  the  kings,  whom 
they  sought  to  reach,  still  look  calmly  down  upon  them,  as  did  the  Sun 
upon  the  Indian,  who,  in  his  blind  rage,  sought  to  pierce  with  an  arrow. 
The  prospects  for  the  year  are  bad  enough  from  natural  causes,  heaven 
knows,  without  having  what  little  confidence  destroyed  that  might  other- 
wise exist  The  weak  alone  can  be  injured;  the  strong  avail  of  the  op- 
portunity to  add  to  their  hordes.  Prices  are  now  lower  than  they  have 
been  for  many  years,  and  without  having  very  closely  figured  upon  it,  we 
think  that  the  whole  list  of  Washoes,  outside  of  Con.  Virginia  and  Cali- 
fornia is  now  selling  for  much  less  than  ten  millions  of  dollars.  JN  early 
any  one  may  control  a  mine  now,  but  the  rub  is  to  run  it.  Overman  sold 
down  to  36,  closing  at  40;  while  Savage,  Norcross,  Jacket,  Belcher,  Im- 
perial, etc.,  are  almost  out  of  sight.  Rumors  affecting  the  financial  stand- 
inf  of  several  prominent  men  and  firms  are  rife,  but  should  be  taken  with 
much  caution.  The  market  rallied  very  slightly  at  the  close,  but  cannot, 
we  think,  stand,  as  so  much  marginal  stock  must  continue  to  come  out. 
The  promised  "  development"  as  yet  makes  no  sign. 

Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  in  this  market  at  951,  buying  and  96  selling. 


Mr.  F.  Al.ar.  No.  8  Clement**  Ionic.  London,  In  authorized  to 

receive  subscriptions,  advertisements,  communications,  etc.,  for  this  pa]>er, 


Published  with  this  week's  issue  a  Four- 
Pat/e  Postscript, 

LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 

Facts  and  Figures  of  the  Friedlander  Estate.  —  Tlie  total  of 
Mr.  Friedlander 'fi  indebtedness,  over  and  above  the  amount  due  to  se- 
cured creditors,  will  not  exceed  ¥600,000.  Of  course,  there  are  a  large 
number  of  debtors  scattered  throughout  the  State,  to  whom  he  has  made 
advances,  and  who  in  time  will  make  good  their  payments.  But  the  value 
of  the  securities  hypothecated,  if  carried  over  until  a  more  propitious 
season,  it  is  estimated,  will  realize  sufficient  to  more  than  cover  the  claims 
of  both  secured  and  unsecured  creditors.  It  is  understood  that  no  other 
house  will  be  carried  down  by  reason  of  Mr.  Friedlander's  suspension. 
The  California  Bank  has  not  more  than  $50,000  at  risk.  Balfour,  Guth- 
rie &  Co.  will  have  a  balance  to  hand  over  to  the  estate,  so  soon  as  advices 
in  regard  to  shipments  come  along.  Falkner,  Bell  &  Co.  mav  have  to 
wait  some  time  ere  they  are  fully  recompensed,  but  in  the  meantime  they 
are  abundantly  well  able  to  Btand  out  of  the  money,  without  crippling 
their  business.  The  Nevada  Bank,  which  is  the  principal  creditor,^ 
more  than  secured.  In  this  state  of  affairs,  it  would  appear  that  a  wise 
and  conservative  consideration  will  in  the  end  benefit  all  parties.  We 
fully  expect  to  see  Mr.  Friedlander  resuming  business  again  in  a  few  days. 

Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.  ~  New  York,  April 
6th,  1877.— Gold  opened  at  105;  11  A.M.,  at  105  ;  3  P.M.,  105.  United 
States  Bonds  —  Five-twenties  of  1867,  1118  ;  1881,  110}.  Sterling  Ex- 
change, 4  86®4  88,  short.  Pacific  Mail,  17}.  Wheat,  SI  60©  1  70.  West- 
ern Union,  57}.  Hides,  dry,  20*3)21,  quiet.  Oil  — Sperm,  $1  28©S1  30. 
Winter  Bleached,  SI  00  ©  1  05.  Whale,  65ft  73  ;  Winter  Bleached, 
75@82.  Wool -Spring,  fine,  22©30  ;  Burry,  12©  16  :  Pulled,  25ft  38. 
Fall  Clips,  17  @  22  ;  Burry,  16@22.  London,  April  6th.— Liverpool 
Wheat  Market,  10s.  lld.©ils.  2d.  Club,  lis.  2<i@lls..  6d.  United 
States  Bonds,  1084.     Consols,  96  9-16. 

Two  Coloradians  have  invented  afgrasshopper  exterminating  machine 
wnich,  it  is  expected,  will  do  execution  to  the  extent  of  40  acres  a  day.  It 
is  mounted  on  two  wheels,  and  drawn  by  a  pair  of  horses,  a  comfortable 
seat  being  provided  for  the  driver,  where  he  can  manipulate  the  front 
apron  at  will.  This  apron  cover  some  14  feet  of  ground,  and  serves  to 
direct  'hoppers  toward  the  fan  that  rests  between  the  wheels,  in  a  round 
cylinder.  Every  time  the  wheels  make  one  revolution  the  fan-wheel 
makes  04,  and  this  produces  a  powerful  current,  so  that  even  small  stones 
are  sucked  through  the  fan,  in  common  with  the  'hoppers,  and  deposited 
in  a  large  sack  attached  to  the  rear,  or  allowed  to  drop  out  behind. 

From  Australasia,  per  steamship  CUy  of  Sydney. — This  fine  vessel, 
belonging  to  the  Pacific  Mail  Company,  arrived  yesterday,  27  days  6 
hours  from  Sydney,  22  days  10  hours  from  Auckland,  and  7  days  8  hours 
from  Honolulu,  with  Government  mails,  passengers,  etc  Her  cargo 
consists  of  the  following:  From  Sydney— 635  ingots  tin,  151  boxes  tin 
plate,  50  cases  lemons,  151  bales  wool,  etc.  From  Honolulu— 1,337  kegs 
and  134  bags  sugar,  118  bags  rice,  36  bags  coffee,  930  bunches  bananas,  etc. 

Our  Australian  and  New  Zealand  files  present  a  formidable  array 
on  the  editorial  table.  They  arrived  just  in  time  to  find  our  columns  over- 
crowded, but  a  careful  analysis  of  them  will  probably  present  several  pleas- 
ant items  for  our  readers'  digestion  next  week. 


The  Liverpool  Wheat  market  was  given  yesterday  at  10s.  lid.® 
Us.  2d.  for  average  California,  and  Us.  2d.  to  Us.  6d.  for  Club. 

Brokers  are  buying  half  dollars  at  5j@6  per  cent,  discount,  and  are 
selling  them  at  5J@5j  per  cent,  discount. 

A  monthly  dividend  of  two  per  cent,  will  be  paid  by  the  Commercial 
Insurance  Company  on  the  10th. 

The  ' '  City  of  New  York, "  from  Sydney  and  Honolulu,  arrived 
yesterday. 

Legal  tenders  here  are  irregular  at  96  buying  and  96|  selling. 


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  8an  Francisco,  OaUfornU, 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


April   7,   1877. 


"LITTLE  SECRETS. " 
The  other  day  the  confidential  and  affectionate  female  friend  of  al- 
most the  only  woman  I  have  ever  really  loved  came  toward  me  smiling 
sadly,  and  bidding  in  her  hand  a  slip  of  paper,  partaking  of  the  nature  of 
a  label.  She  had  obtained  it  "  off  a  bottle, '  she  said,  in  the  dressing' 
room  of  my  "beloved  object,"  and  had  felt  it  her  duty  to  inform  me  of 
some  of  the  arts  which  had  been  employed  against  me,  out  of  friendship 
for  us  both,  as  she  ''thought  it  such  a  dreadful  pity  that  dear  Araminta 
should  ido  up.'"  I  now  know  the  meaning  of  the  expression  "  Defend 
me  from  my  friends!"  a  phrase  to  which  I  had  hitherto  attached  no  im- 
portance, classing  it  with  "  O  that  mine  enemy  would  write  a  book!"  "In 
the  name  of  the  Prophet,  figs! "  and  many  others,  which  convey  very 
little  to  modern  ears.  Here  is  an  exact  copy  of  the  printed  label,  and 
the  bottle  must  have  resembled  that  of  the  African  magician  in  the 
story-book,  if  it  could  have  contained  all  these  abominations.  It  was, 
however,  probably  only  one  of  many 

LITTLE    SECRETS. 

Mouches  pour  bal ;  Kohl  for  the  Eyelids  ;  Blanc  de  Perle,  p&te  et  li- 
quide ;  Rouge  de  Lubin,  does  not  wash  off  ;  Eau  de  Violette,  pour  la 
bouche  ;  Powder  Bloom,  pour  blonde  et  brunette ;  Persian  Antimony 
and  Egyptian  Henna  ;  Bleu  pour  veines  ;  Rouge,  of  eight  shades  ;  Sym- 
pathetic Blush  ;  Poudre  pour  polir  les  Ongles  ;  Pestachio  Nut  Toilet  Pow- 
der ;  Florimel  of  Palm  ;  Opoponax  Oil ;  Belladonna,  fascination  to  the 
eyes;  Arsenical  Lotion  from  Styria." 

Now,  although  I  could  hardly  believe  one-half  of  this  terrible  revela- 
tion, my  feelings  toward  Araminta  underwent  a  considerable  change  at 
first.  I  had  been  duped,  deceived,  made  a  fool  of ;  and  by  whom,  juste 
C'icl  t  By  the  being  I  had  trusted  and  admired  upon  earth  ;  and  I  don't 
think  I  ever  remember  a  nastier  feeling.  On  the  spur  of  the  moment  I 
declared  that,  confidence  being  once  destroyed,  all  relations  had  better 
immediately  cease  between  us ;  and  the  confidential  friend,  old  and  hid- 
eous as  she  is,  seemed  to  me  at  first  less  revolting  han  did  Araminta, 
with  her  powders  and  pigments,  veneered  all  over,  as  it  were,  with  her 
deceptions;  for  I  felt  that  whatever  I  caressed  or  fondled  in  the  future 
might  really  be  no  part  of  Araminta  at  all,  but  only  some  abominable 
"  little  secret"  set  there  for  my  destruction.  Now,  however,  I  am  under- 
going a  certain  feeling  of  reaction.  I  am  not  at  all  sure  that  this  accusa- 
tion may  not  partly  proceed  from  feminine  jealousy.  I  am  told,  indeed, 
that  this  deluded  woman,  this  friend  of  Araminta,  has  even  actually  had 
the  madness  to  form  designs —  But  enough!  Let  me  not  lay  myself  open 
to  the  imputatiou  of  vanity.  Araminta,  I  will  say,  was  the  dearest,  soft- 
est, pussiest  of  creatures  ;  she  had  the  most  fuzzly  eyelashes,  the  most 
delicious  of  dimples  (that  must  have  been  real,  at  any  rate!),  and  the 
touzliest  of  fringes  ;  and  life  without  her  is  a  Westminster  Aquarium  of 
desolation.  I  would  implore  her  to  discontinue  the  use  of  these  perfidi- 
ous aids  to  what  must  be  without  them  a  perfect  beauty,  deploring  that 
she  should  gild  refined  gold  or  paint  the  lily  ;  but  I  have  a  horrid  feelirg 
that  she  may  perhaps,  after  all,  look  less  lovely  without  them,  and  that 
she  might  even  cease  to  be  what  she  still  is,  in  spite  of  everything,  the 
Araminta  of  my  dreams.  Yes  (and  what  can  be  more  affecting  than  a 
strongman's  confession  of  weakness?),  Araminta  is  "made  up;"  she  is 
painted,  powdered,  patched,  touzled,  tinted,  tightened,  tied-in,  and  built 
up — very  likely  she  unscrews  ;  but  I  love  her  all  the  same,  and  had  she 
only  done  all  these  things  openly,  or  told  me  that  she  did  them,  I  think  I 
could  still  take  her  back  again  to  my  heart.  At  any  rate,  I  have  begun 
to  make  excuses  for  her,  believing  that  she  erred  chiefly  from  an  amiable 
desire  to  please,  and  above  all,  to  please  me.  Besides  which,  women — 
nay,  human  beings—  from  the  earliest  ages  have  "  done  themselves  up," 
since  the  time  when  the  Ancient  Britons  walked  about  painted  blue,  aad 
even  long  before  that.  I  have  been  racking  my  brain  for  examples,  but 
I  shall  have  to  notch  them  down  rather  in  a  "hugger-mugger"  manner, 
just  as  they  occur  to  me,  as  I  am  too  agitated  to  arrange  tbem  chrono- 
logically. 

To  begin  with,  then,  I  have  not  the  slightest  doubt  that  Eve  painted, 
though  we  have  no  direct  evidence  of  the  fact,  and  though  we  cannot  tell 
from  what  tree  she  extracted  the  knowledge  which  has  since  proved  so 
destructive  to  our  peace,  Jezebel  was  certainly  so  much  "  done  up"  that 
her  name  has  become  a  byword.  Teeth  also  have  been  discovered  among 
the  ruins  of  Pompeii,  the  "fillings"  of  which  might  summon  a  blush  of 
envy  to  the  cheek  of  many  of  our  Transatlantic  torturers.  Cleopatra 
(whose  needle  we  shall  soon  have  in  our  midst,  brought  hither  at  the  sole 
expense  of  one  who  must  know  many — too  many — of  these  "little  se- 
crets") was  painted.  Semiramis  was  painted,  and  wore  horrid  little  ctc- 
crorhc-nturs  gummed  all  over  her  forehead.  Lucretia  Borgia  (I  mention 
her  name  in  the  same  breath,  while  I  think  of  it,  having  assisted  at  these 
two  operas  at  about  the  same  time),  whenever  I  have  seen  her  on  the 
Btage,  was  painted.  Socrates'  little  friends,  the  Hetairae,  must  have  been 
painted.  Then,  to  take  a  great  leap  dowrftvard — "  to  usward  "  (as  one  of 
our  modern  poets  would  probably  express  it) — Mary  Queen  of  Scots 
painted,  as  we  all  know,  and  she  had,  to  suit  every  one  of  her  dresses,  a 
different-colored  wig,  touvjy  as  Araminta  s  fringe.  Besides  this  she  took 
baths  made  of  beef-tea  and  claret-cup  ;  and  I  have  even  heard  some  ill- 
natured  women  declare  that  this  was  the  only  reason  why  she  was  so  much 
admired,  joined  to  the  fact  that  she  had  never  had  the  small-pox,  and 
was  one  of  the  few  persons  in  those  dayswho  understood  the  mysteries  of 
the  toothbrush.  Charles  II. 'a  beauties  were  not  only  painted  by  Lely ; 
and,  as  we  all  know'  the  wife  of  Sir  Kenelm  Digby  was  in  the  habit  of 
using  adder-broth  for  her  complexion.  The  De  Montespans,  De  Pompa- 
dours, Du  Barrys  reveled  in  paint,  powder,  and  patches  ;  and  it  was 
about  this  time  also  that  ladies  adopted  the  custom  of  sewing  raw  mut- 
ton chops  inside  their  nightcaps  in  order  to  preserve  the  freshness  of  their 
cheeks.  Why,  however,  should  I  lengthen  out  the  long  list  of  individ- 
ual instances  ?  French,  German,  Italian,  Spanish,  and  Russian  women 
are  in  the  habit  of  painting.  Turkish  women  paint,  and  generally  "do 
themselves  up  ;" 

"  The  henna  should  be  deeply  dyed  to  make 
The  skin  relieved  appear  more  fairly  fair." 

American,  Chinese,  and  Japanese  women  are  painted.  The  Abyssinian  maiden 
wears  a  pat  of  butter  on  her  head,  which,  as  it  gradually  melts,  runs  down  and  adds 
lustre  to  her  skin  ;  and  the  Nubians  smear  themselves  all  over  with  castor-oil,  not  to 
count  the  Red  Indians,  and  all  the  other  nations  that  are  tattooed  as  well.  It  was 
only  during  the  early  part  of  the  reign  of  her  present  Majesty  that  Woman  for  a  short 
time,  probably  from  an  excess  of  assurance,  generated  by  the  accumulated  triumphs 
of  ages,  mercifully  vouchsafed,  with  some  few  less  foolhardy  exceptions,  to  be 
natural,  and  we  must  not  be  surprised  if  this  lit  of  self-abnegation  did  not  endure 


forever.  What  I  complain  of,  however,  is,  that  they  should  make  any  secret  at  all  of 
their  arts,  or  imagine  for  a  moment  that  these  can  remain  a  secret  to  other  people. 
It  i-  the  old  story  of  the  ostrich  again,  that  buried  its  head  in  the  sand,  only  with 
this  difference— that  these  ladies  bury  their  faces  in  the  "  bloom  of  Ninon."  i  don't 
suppose  that  when  the  Ancient  British  maiden  presented  herself,  painted  blue,  at 
the  Court  of  C^ueeii  Boadieea,  she  for  a  moment  pretended  this  was  her  natural 
color,  any  more  than,  centuries  later,  the  beautiful  Duchess  of  Devonshire  would 
have  pretended  that  she  was  horn  in  her  Gainsborough  hat,  both  being  equally  artifi- 
cial. Art,  however,  can  only  become  second  nature  when  she  does  not  pretend  to  be 
nature  at  all,  but  stands  honestly  on  her  own  merits ;  and  did  our  foolish  fa.r  ones 
only  confess  their  amiable  desire  tu  please  us,  and  the  trouble  they  take  about  it, 
none  but  a  monster  could  well  feel  offended,  and  the  time  might  come  when  the  most 
artistically  "got. up"  lady's  face  would  command,  like  the  best  painted  canvas,  the 
highest  meed  of  praise  and  admiration. 

I  do  not  see  why  women  should  deny  now  that  thev  paint  and  powder  their  faces, 
any  more  than  they  used  to  deny  that  they  powdered  and  piled-np  their  heads,  dur- 
ing which  process  (to  judge  by  some  of  those  old  French  prints  which  are  now  the 
rage)  the  adorer  generally  assisted  at  the  toilet  of  his  mistress,  so  that  he  must  have 
been  prepared  for  the  worst.  Besides  which,  Florimel  was  in  those  days  as  much 
'■  made  up  "  as  Florinda,  which  of  course  made  a  great  difference.  Don  Juan,  seeing 
that  each  one  of  Haidee's  little  finger-nails  was  dyed  with  henna,  and  knowing  itwas 
the  received  custom  of  the  country,  could  no  more  take  umbrage  at  it  than  might 
the  modern  observer  of  the  wonderful  eyebrows  of  Nazli  Khanum.  When,  during 
my  travels,  I  visited  the  wigwams  of  my  friends,  the  Sitting  Buffalo  and  the  Son  of 
the  Sister  of  the  Thunder,  1  saw  their  war-paint  all  honestly  laid  out  on  their  dress- 
ing-table, where  brushes  and  combs  u?-ille  d  par  lew  abse/ice.  They  made  no  con- 
cealment of  it,  and  their  tattooing  and  general  "doing  up"  were  known  and  approved 
of  by  the  whole  tribe.  About  all  this,  therefore,  there  is  "  no  deception."  But  when 
I  "sport  with  Amaryllis  in  the  shade,"  and  find  my  dress-coat  all  over  whitewash, 
"or  with  the  tangles  of  Xeiera's  hair,"  the  greater  part  of  which  is  left  in  my  hand, 
I  am  naturally  disgusted,  and,  being  totally  unprepared  for  it,  it  seems  at  first  almost 
more  than  I  can  hear.  Had  I  known  of  it,  however,  nor  sun  nor  shade  should  have 
seen  me  sporting  with  either  one  or  other  of  them,  and  1  should  have  retained  my 
illusions. 

Araminta  has  replied  by  letter  to  my  remonstrances,  and  the  gist  of  her  argument, 
when  boiled  down,  is  as  follows  :  "  We  paint,  first  of  all,  because  we  like  it,  because 
it  makes  us  look  better,  and  because  you  like  it  yourselves.  When  you  don't  like  it, 
it  is  because  it  is  badly  done.  When  it's  well  done,  you  don't  find  it  out.  You  are, 
indeed,  very  hard  to  please.  We  have  tried  Nature,  and  you  didn't  like  that.  We 
have  tried  Art,  and  you  didn't  like  that  •  and  we  are  now  giving  you  a  dose  of  Nature 
and  Art  combined,  and  you  don't  like  that.  We  wore  crinolines  "once,  and  distorted 
our  heads  with  the  baked  hair  of  convicts  and  impecunious  Bretons  (which,  when 
submitted  to  the  microscope,  was  found  to  contain  animalcule  railed  grcgorines),  and 
you  didn't  like  that.  We  now  screw  up  our  hair  as  if  we  were  going  into  our  tubs, 
tie  strings  tightly  round  our  legs,  and  walk  upon  cotton  reels.  A  moment  more, 
and,  like  our  great-aunts  (for  they  rarely,  if  ever,  lived  to  be  grandmothers),  we  shall 
damp  our  chemises  every  morning  in  order  that  they  may  stick  more  tightly;  'and 
still  you  are  not  happy  ','     What  evw  are  loe  to  do?" 

You  can  do  this,  Araminta,  you  and  the  rest  of  the  painted  and  powder-puffed 
daughters  of  perfidious  Albion  :  you  can  openly  confess  your  misdeeds,  and  say 
honestly  that  you  paint,  have  painted,  and  will  continue  to  paint ;  but,  de  grace,  let 
us  have  ho  more  of  these  "little  secrets."  Yes,  we  are  a  nation  that  paints  ;  there  is 
no  denying  it ;  let  us  then  grasp  our  nettle  and  take  our  bull  by  the  horns.  If  Ara- 
minta is  false,  it  is  at  any  rate  some  consolation  to  me  to  think  that  most  women  are 
the  same.  Our  wives  paint,  our  daughters  paint,  our  sisters  paint,  our  "beloved 
objects"  paint,  even  our  very  mothers  paint,  and  more  especially  our  grandmothers. 
But  they  paint  secretly  and  mysteriously,  in  the  dead  of  night,  in  the  dew  of  the 
morning,  in  the  privacy  of  their  chambers,  and  declare  they  don't ;  and  the  worst  of 
it  is  that  we  men  cannot  always  find  out  at  a  glauee  when  they  do  and  when  they  do 
not.  This  is  what  is  making  me  feel  so  dreadfully  miserable  and  unsettled,  aud  let 
her  of  the  touzly  fringe  deny  it  if  she  dare.-  The  World, 

NOTICE-A    NEW    FEATURE. 

To  Principals  of  Young  Ladies'  Seminaries,  Boarding- 
Schools  and  Colleges— MR.  PETER  JOB,  the  San  Francisco  Pioneer  French 
Chief  Cook  and  Confectioner,  well  known  as  a  first-class  Caterer  and  Cook,  having 
kept  in  this  city  the  best  Restaurant  and  Ice-Cream  Saloon  for  the  last  twenty  years, 
offers  his  services  as  a  Teacher  of  the  Culinary  Art;  also,  Fancy  Dishes  and  Pastry. 
To  those  wishing  to  form  a  class,  arrangements  could  easily  be  made  at  terms,  by 
sending  names  and  address  to  PETER  JOB, 

No.  2519  California  street,  San  Francisco. 
No  objection  to  go  out  of  the  city.    New  York,   London  and   Paris  have  suoh 
classes  for  ladies.  Feb.  17. 

F.  C.  Snow.]  SNOW    &    MAT'S    ART    GALLERY.  [W.  B.  May. 

SNOW    &    MAY, 

DIPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 

Pictures,    Frames,    Moldings,    aud   Artists*    Materials. 

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AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  been  in  von  toil  by  tbe  Queen's  Own  Company  of  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  so  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTfON.  $2  for  buffalo  handles,  §3  for  ivory, 
(currency  ;)  by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  by  the  sole 
agents  in  the  United  States.  NATHAN  JOSEPH  &  CO., 
September  2. No.  (HI  Clay  street,  S.  F. 

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April    7,    1877. 


CALIFORNIA     ADA  ERTISER 


WHAT    IS    IN   JOAQUIN    MILLERS    HEAD. 

Xii  a  current  magazine,  Ur.  Joaquin  Mflto  publishes  Ihi  following; 
Po  Bi  llnda  : 

If  ;ill  the  srorl  i  .\  Bwdflo  were,  i-'.-r  honey  (ill  I  came  t--  you, 

And  women  wen  Then  I  should  falvi  within  your  hair, 

"men  wen  beei  that  boaled  there,  It-  inn  and  nild  together  : 

Through  *t I  the  innuner  boure,  And  I  should  hide  in  glory  Un 

0,  I  would  ham  the  snrden  through  ThroughaU  the ohangeful weath«r. 

V'mi  wish  :t"  bueot  thus  h  There  Is  another  Insect,  ■'".. 

worded  In  your  sonnet,  Sou  well  might  !»•  instead  : 

That  everygirl,  lik.-  you,  should  hats    I  am  not  oaUea  t<>  write  <-f  what 
within  her  bonnet,  Is  ranning  in  your  head 

I    ■fi'iiii/r, 

EXTRACTS     FROM      "THE     MODERN     CHILD'S    CATE- 
CHISM." 
Question    Pretty  little  girl,  what  is  your  name?    Anstcer.  Tottles. 
V-  V\  ho  gave  you  this  u  d 

.1.  -M.iinni.i'-.  ohtuna  snd  uiv  pals  .it  Prince's. 

V-  Whal  'li-1  your  proposer  and  seconder  promise  for  you? 

.1.  That  I  would  be  presented  at  Oourt  at  seventeen,  would  always,  if 
srre  the  orddnanoes  of  aociety,  and  would  always  keep  my 
men  t->  myself. 

Q.  !>••  you  propose  t<>  fulfill  their  promises! 

A.  fee,  if  1  cannot  improve  upon  them  ;  ami  I  am  duly  thankful  that 
I  came  into  the  world  when  it  had  become  suttieiently  enlightened  to 
know  that  girls  were  only  born  to  amuse  themselves,  and  supremely  pity 
those  hap]>-ss  infants  who  are  dressed  in  brown  I.ollaud,  made  to  sit  in 
the  Bchoolroom  learning  lessons,  and  do  not  know  how  to  flirt. 

Q.  Perhaps  you  will  tell  me  your  Social  Creed) 

A.  I  believe  the  first  person  in  the  world  bo  be  considered  is  myself ; 
secondarily,  any  man  I  fancy  at  the  moment;  thirdly,  my  parents  when 
they  are  not  in  the  way.  I  believe  that  beauty  is  the  trump-card  for  a 
w..man,  and  that  if  she  has  not  cot  k  she  must  be  chic,  say  ItasaMc 
things,  and  dress  extravagantly.  I  believe  that  money  is  the  only  one 
thine  in  the  world  worth  caring  for. 

Q.  What  do  you  mean  by  the  ordinances  of  society  that  you  promised 
to  keep  if  possible  ? 

A.  1.  To  muzzle  Mrs.  Grundy,  if  it  is  not  ton  much  trouble.  2.  To 
remember  that  it  is  always  a  case  of  self  first,  and  the  rest  nowhere.  3. 
To  remember  that  strong  expressions  sound  best  in  foreign  tongues.  4. 
To  go  to  the  church  where  there  is  the  best  music  and  the  smartest  bon- 
nets in  the  morning  when  I  am  up  in  time  on  a  Sunday,  to  be  at  home 
only  to  men,  or  to  go  to  All  Saints  in  the  afternoon,  and  to  dine  out  or 
have  a  dinner  at  home.  5.  As  a  child,  to  watch  how  my  mother  manages 
her  admirers,  and  to  snub  my  father  unless  I  think  he  will  whip  me  ; 
when  I  grow  up  to  draw  my  mother's  favorite  from  her,  and  to  coax  my 
father  that  he  may  increase  my  allowance.  6.  Wishing  a  rival  to  break 
her  leg  at  the  rink  is  not  murder.  7.  Elective  affinities  are  not  yet  thor- 
oughly understood.  8.  It  is  not  stealing  to  take  anything  that  belongs  to 
a  man,  or  to  neglect  to  pay  gambling  debts,  if  one  is  a  woman.  9.  To 
tell  every  ill-natured  story  I  can,  which  1  'know  for  a  fact,'  because 
somebody  told  me.  10.  lowish  for  everything  nice  I  see,  and  to  get  it 
if  I  can. 

Q.  And  these  ordinances  contain — ? 

A.  My  duty  toward  society  and  myself. 

Q.  Toward  society  ? 

A.  To  respect  it  because  it  is  all  I  live  for  ;  to  dissimulate  anything  I 
may  do  contrary  to  its  laws,  lest  it  should  turn  against  me  ;  to  be  rich, 
well-dressed,  chic,  to  entertain  largely,  and  to  have  no  absurd  sentimen- 
talities about  domestic  happiness. 

Q.  And  toward  yourself? 

A.  To  love  myself  devoutly,  and  sacrifice  every  one  to  my  own  con- 
venience without  remorse  ;  to  expect  a  great  deal  from  all,  and  to  do 
nothing  for  them  ;  to  snub  and  avoid  my  parents  when  they  become  old 
and  cease  to  be  amusing  ;  to  discuss  freely,  and  with  additions,  any  gossip 
I  may  hear  about  Royalty  or  any  of  the  great  ones  of  the  earth,  in  the 
hope  that  I  may  be  supposed  to  be  intimate  with  them  ;  to  think  myself 
infinitely  wiser  than  any  of  my  pastors  and  masters,  and  specially  to  ridi- 
cule any  sermon  I  may  hear  ;  to  think  myself  as  good  as  any  one  else, 
and  better,  but  yet  to  worship  rank ;  to  hurt  no  one  by  deed,  because  it 
cjmes  within  the  letter  of  the  law,  or  openly  by  word,  because  an  action 
for  libel  is  expensive;  to  tell  the  truth  when  it  is  convenient,  and  never 
to  pay  my  bills  till  I  am  obliged  ;  never  to  forget  an  injury  or  affront,  or 
to  rest  till  I  have  repaid  it  with  interest ;  to  annex  whatever  I  can  with- 
out absolute  robbery,  and  to  deal  freely  in  the  inuendoes  that  mean  more 
than  meet  the  eye.  Not  to  eat  or  drink  anything  that  will  hurt  my  di- 
gestion or  impair  my  complexion,  but  within  these  limits  to  enjoy  as  much 
champagne  and  as  many  good  things  as  possible  ;  to  envy  every  one  who 
has  anything  I  want ;  to  manage  so  discreetly  as  to  marry  a  very  rich 
husband,  who  will  go  his  way  and  let  me  go  mine. 


TURKEY. 

The  events  of  the  last  six.  months  seem  to  us  to  bring  out  more  and 
more  clearly  these  three  conclusions: 

1.  The  real  evil  is  Turkish  misrule.  We  may  differ  among  ourselves  as 
to  whether  or  how  far  this  misrule  is  aggravated  by  foreign  intrigue  ;  but 
hardly  any  one  now  doubts  that  without  the  misrule  intrigue  would  be 
harmless,  or  at  least  powerless. 

2.  The  attempt  by  Russia  to  put  an  end  by  her  armies  to  this  misrule 
must  lead  to  a  fierce  and  most  bloody  war,  fraught  with  misery  not  only 
to  those  engaged,  but  also  to  those  Christians  whom  it  would  be  intended 
to  help,  and  full  of  danger  to  the  peace  of  Europe. 

3.  The  only  hope  of  both  putting  an  end  to  this  misrule  and  avoiding 
this  war  rests  in  the  maintenance  of  European  concert,  and  in  the  per- 
sistence of  European  pressure  upon  Turkey. 

A  Composition  on  Throats. — A  youngster  being  required  to  write 
a  composition  on  some  portion  of  the  human  body,  selected  that  which 
unites  the  head  to  the  body,  and  expounded  as  follows:  "A  throat  is  con- 
venient to  have,  especially  to  roosters  and  ministers.  The  former  eats 
corn  and  crows  with  it ;  the  latter  preaches  through  his'n  and  then  ties  it 
up.     This  is  pretty  much  all  I  can  think  of  about  necks." 


BANKS. 


SWISS    AMERICAN    BANK 

Incorporated   In  Oeaeva,  S«  I i f.-i- li.inl,  January  *<i*ih,  I«7». 
>»1lal,  Nj.i .noil.    ni.    rlbed     p. 000,000  i*ld 

up      Praridont,  HKNKi   lit  vi >.  \\  ..,„  Ut  Mcasra. 

d,0S7CUj  ureal     Dlradoi 

n  ol  OredH  on  Europe,  and  bo  inu—H  stun 
Una  ol  Itenktn)  ■    ,..  Amdctn  j*o- 

oorltles  in  Europe    Depo 
■Jlle  of  Exchange  on  v«  Vortt,  Pblladalpfa  Urerpool,  Paris, 

U  .r-i  ill,  i,  Bonk  iux.  OIotod,  Brussels,  Berlin,  Hamburg,  tranUort.  Oeni  ra, 
Uumiuii'. Chatu  do  I  on  ,,  ,  |i*i|en,  liasle, 

Anion,  wlnterthur,  Shaffhausen,  St.  Oallen,  Lucern,  Ctaur,  iMlinzoui*  l-.**™..  l.u- 
rurln,  Milan,  Florence,  Borne. 
in  Assuj  oiiicv  la  annexed  to  the  Bank     Assays  ol  fold,  diver,  quart*  ores 
and  BUlphunta     Returns  in  coin  or  bam  at  the  option  ol  th«  depositor 

Advance^  made  on  bulll ind  ores     Dual  and  bullion  can  l><-  forwarded  Mm  ins 

part  ol  the  country,  and  returns  made  through  Wells,  Fargo  a  I  ■  ..,  or  lot  cheats. 
(September  18.1 

THE    BANK    OF    CALIFORNIA,    SAN    FBANOISCO. 

Capital $5,000,000. 

l».o.  tin, i. s President,      i     WW.  ALVORI*  ..Vlce-Frm't. 

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Bank  Corporation. 

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the  principal  alining  Districts  and  Interior  Towns  of  the  Pacific  Coast 

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don,  Dublin,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  PT&nWoit-on-the-HaJn,  Antwerp, 
Amsterdam,  St  Petersburg)!,  Copenhagen,  su.ckli.ilin,  Christiana,  Locarno,  jm- 
bourne,  Sydney,  Auckl mid.  Hongkong,  Shanghai,  Yokohama, Nov.  4. 

THE    NEVADA    BANK,    OF    SAN    FBANCISCO. 
Paid  Up  Capital $10,000,000. 

Louis  McXnue ProMlrient.     |     J.*'.  Flood.. Vice-President. 

\-  H.  ilii*ii  ii Cannier. 

Dikkctobs  :— J.  C.  Flood,  J.  \V.  Maekay,  W.  S.  O'Brien,  JaH.  G.  Fair,  Louis  McLane. 

Cobheopoxdkxtk:— London -Smith,  Payne  A:  Smiths  Paris  Sottlngnar  &  Co. 
Hamburg1— Hesse,  Newman  &  Co.  New  York—  "The  Bank  ol  New  Tort,  B.  M.  A." 
Chicago— Merchants' National  Bank,  boston—  Traders'  National  bank.  New  Orleans 
-  State    National  Bank. 

Tliis  Bank  is  prepared  to  receive  deposits  on  open  account,  issue  certificates  of  de- 
posit, buy  and  sell  exchange,  purchase  bullion,  and  transact  a  general  bunking  busi- 
ness.    Collections  made  and  proceeds  remitted  ut  current  rates  of  exchange.      Oct.  9. 

BANK    OF    BRITISH    COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Roynl  Charter.— Capital  paid  up,  $1,800, • 
000,  with  power  to  increase  to  $10,000,000.  Southeast  corner  California  and  Ban- 
some  streets.  Head  Office— 6  East  India  Avenue,  London.  Branches— Portland,  Or- 
egon; Victoria  and  Cariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  u  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches, and  upon  Its  Agents 
as  follows  : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada — Bank  of  Montreal ;  Liverpool — North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company  ;  Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America  ;  China  and 
Japan  — Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Orientul  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dec.  9. W.  H.  T1LLINOHAST,  Malinger. 

THE    FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid  np  Capital  82,000,000,  Gold.  President,  It.  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  D.  Callaghan  ;  Cashier,  George  \V.  Hodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  W.  Ritchie. 

Directors:— ft.  C.  Woolworth,  D.  Callaghan,  C.  CI.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  D.  D.  Colton,  Edward  Martin,  James  Moffitt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

Corresi'OSDESTs— London  :  Baring  Bros,  d  Co.;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China.  Dublin  :  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamhurg  :  Hesse, 
Neiiman  ikCo.  Paris:  Hottinguer&  Co.  New  York:  National  Bunk  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  Nutionul  Bank.  This  Bunk  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Bunking  business.  De]>osits  in  Gold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  prinei|»al 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  uvuilable  in  Europe,  China  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  mode  at  the  lowest  market  rates  ol  Exchange.  Dec.  13. 

LONDON    AND    SAN    FBANCISCO    BANK    (LIMITED). 

Capital,  85,000,000,  of  which  $3,000,000  1m  fully  paid  up  a* 
present  capital,    s^n  Francisco  "ttire,  424  California:  London  Office, 22  Old 

Broad  street.  President,  M.  B.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STKEETEN  ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  CAM  I LO   MARTIN.     London   Bankers,   Bank  of  England  and    London 

Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexei,  Morgan  A:  Co.  |  Boston  Bankera, 

Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world. October  23. 

BANK  OF  COMMERCE,  SAN  FRANCISCO- 
Incorporated    Under    the    Laws    of    California. 

Capital One  Million  Dollars. 

Correspondents  :— New  York,  National  Park  Bank  ;  Boston,  Nutionul  Bunk  of  Re- 
demption ;  Chicago,  Cora  Exchange  Nutionul  Bank. 

This  Bank,  lately  organized,  is  now  prepared  to  receive  Deposits,  discount  Business 
Paper  issue  Credits,  buv  and  sell  Exchange,  make  Collections,  and  transact  a  general 
banking  business.  -D.  W.  C.  THOMPSON,  President. 

A.  \V~  Pkeston,  Cushier.     March  3. 

THE^NGLO-CALIFORNIAN    BANK    (LIMITED). 
4  •)  *}  California  street,  San  Francisco.--- London  Office,  3 

■4:,-^.'^     Angel  Court ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligmun  &  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 

Authorized   Capital   St^ek,  ^I.< ,<»»>.      Will   receive   Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 

Collections,  buv  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FRED.  F.  LOW,         1  »_._„„ 

Oct  4. ION.  STEINHART,    f  *"""#<•"• 

THE  MERCHANTS*  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  FBANCISCO. 

Capital.  s.->.oiMi.ono."-\lviii7.ii  Hayward,  President:  It.  Q. 
Sneath,  Vice-President ;  H.  F.  Hastings,  Cashier  ;  R.  N.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and  a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


April  7,  1877. 


COMING. 


BY      MARIE 

Flowers  doff  their  wee  green  hoods; 

Smiling  Spring  is  coming! 
Leaflets  whisper  through  the  woods. 

Bees  begin  their  humming; 
And  the  swallows,  flying  low, 
Sing  as  nestward  swift  they  go: 

Smiling  Spring  is  coining  ! 
From  their  ice-bound  quivers.streams. 

Loosed  by  Spring's  untying, 
Shoot  o'er  earth  with  silver  gleams, 

Like  quick  arrows  flying; 
Piercing  meadow,  rock  and  reed, 
Murmuring  as  they  onward  speed: 

Iceland's  king  is  dying. 
Grasses  throb  beneath  her  feetj 

Fairy  Spring  is  dancing: 
At  each  step  the  blossoms  sweet, 

Shyly  are  up-glancing; 
And  her  sun-warm  kisses  fall 
Tenderly  upon  them  all, 

Beauties  rare  enhancing. 


LE      BARON. 

Rain  drops  down,  like  scattered  sheaf 

Of  silver  wheat  from  heaven; 
Spring  laughs  thro'  the  dainty  grief 

To  surly  Winter  given, 
And  tnrn-i  the  rain  to  shining  pearls, 
And  over  all  her  flag  unfurls 

Tn  rainbow  colors  seven. 
,Blue-bird,  turquoise  of  the  year, 

Sunny  Spring  is  waiting; 
Soon  his  note,  out-ringing  clear, 

Will  wake  in  sweet  love-mating, 
And  Spring's  darlings,  one  by  one, 
All  will  know  her  reign  begun 

In  fair  life -creating. 
Tears  and  smiles  together  shine; 

Changeful  Spring  is  nearing; 
Is  it  sense  of  the  divine 

Human  heart  is  fearing  ? 
Ah  !  I  know  not  what  it  is, 
But  a  sadness  veils  the  bliss 

Born  of  Spring's  appearing. 


THEATRICAL,  ETC. 
California  Thea.teT.~Ci/mbe/iiie  is  one  of  Shakspeare's  plays  better 
adapted  for  the  closet  than  the  stage.  Indeed,  of  the  thirty-six  dramatic 
productions  of  the  great  bard,  there  are  few  less  interesting  and  effective 
than  this  one.  Some  French  writer  solemnly  speaks  of  Shakspeare  as 
"the  man  who  invented  the  English  language,"  an  aphorism  brought 
sharply  to  mind  when  the  revival  of  any  one  of  his  less  used  works 
evinces  how  almost  all  nf  our  modern  "  household  words  "  even  are  de- 
rived from  the  same  all-comprehensive  source.  Miss  Neilson  has  evi- 
dently given  much  careful  and  artistic  study  to  "  Imogen,"  and  literally 
leaves  nothing  to  be  wished  for  in  a  part  offering  but  little  variety  to  the 
emotions.  One  or  two  bits  of  acting  are  especially  noteworthy,  and  have 
never  been  surpassed  in  their  way.  The  fainting  spell  that  follows  the 
perusal  of  her  husband's  letter  in  the  second  act,  and  her  approach  to  the 
cave  in  page's  attire,  are  inimitable  and  in  every  degree  worthy  of  praise. 
The  same  may  be  said  of  the  electric  rush  into  her  husband's  arms  in  the 
closing  scene.  The  best  performance  next  to  the  star's  was  unquestiona- 
bly that  of  Mr.  Hill, as  "Posthumous."  His  first  scene  with  "Iachimo" 
(Mr.  Keene)  was  especially  good,  and  his  costume  noticeably  correct  and 
effective.  Mr,  Keene  had  a  part  not  unlike  "Iago,"  and  which  he  now 
plays  with  more  of  the  requisite  finesse  and  craftiness  than  on  the  first 
night.  Mr.  Bishop  as  "Cloten"  did  very  well  with  a  role  requiring  nice 
handling  as  something  half  way  between  fatwittedness  and  humor. 
"  Pisanio  "  was  done  by  Mr.  Edwards  with  a  blunt  fidelity  very  appro- 
priate. The  other  members  of  the  company  had  parts  not  susceptible  of 
very  great  acting,  and  in  which  they  acquitted  themselves  creditably.  A 
very  striking  and  unique  scene  was  that  in  which  "Iachimo  "  emerges 
from  the  chest  and  despoils  the  sleeping  " Imocen  "  of  her  bracelets — a 
proceeding,  by  the  way,  which  throws  new  light  upon  modern  female 
fondness  for  Saratoga  trunks.  In  this  scene,  however,  Mr.  Keene  might 
have  used  pantomime  altogether,  as  not  a  single  word  of  his  lines  could 
be  heard  back  of  the  middle  of  the  house.  Apropos  of  this,  the  recent 
alteration  at  the  rear  of  the  dress-circle,  that  has  added  so  much  to  the 
appearance  of  the  California,  has  in  an  equal  degree  impaired  its  acoustic 
properties.  Among  the  company  the  following  members  can  be  heard 
more  or  less  distinctly  in  the  rear  of  the  house:  Messrs.  Edwards,  Bishop, 
Mestayer  and  Decker,  Miss  Harrison  and  Mrs.  Judah;  the  rest  are  only 
understood  at  all  times  very  near  the  stage,  especially  those  having 
hurried  articulation.  Miss  Neilson,  though  possessing  the  charm  of 
speaking  Shakspeare's  blank  verse  in  the  most  delightfully  colloquial 
manner,  is  almost  unintelligible  to  those  in  the  liibhy  seats  two-thirds  of 
the  time.  Thist  theater  is  so  full  of  angles  and  outlets  to  the  voice  that 
the  most  distinctly  crisp  enunciation  is  imperatively  required  from  each 
actor.  To-night  The  Lady  of  Lyons  will  be  given  for  the  first  time,  and 
next  Wednesday  another  London  success  of  Miss  Neilson's,  Measure  for 
Measure,  both  of  which  will  be  fully  criticised  next  week. 

Grand  Opera  House.  —  A  grateful  relief  to  the  more  frequent  attend- 
ants at  this  house  was  the  production  of  After  Lark,  on  Thursday.  The 
memorable  run  of  its  predecessor,  closing  on  Wednesday  to  just  as  large 
and  appreciative  house  as  ever,  anybody  on  this  coast  who  has  not  seen 
Round  the  World  in  Eighty  Days  at  least  once  will  find  a  chromo  awaiting 
him  at  this  office.  The  company  have  hardly  gotten  their  globe-trotting 
atmosphere  off  as  yft,  and  so  we  will  reserve  a  detailed  criticism  of  After 
Dark  until  next  week,  when  the  troupe  will  •have  had  time  to  do  them- 
selves justice. 

Mechanics' Institute  Concerts.— The  third  of  the  series  of  eight 
grand  popular  concerts  will  take  place  this  evening.  The  programme  is  a 
very  attractive  one.  The  following  artists  will  appear;  Mile.  lima  di 
Murska,  Mile.  Jenny  Claus  and  Mr.  Benjamin  Clark.  These  entertain- 
ments are  proving  to  be  very  popular,  and  large  and  fashionable  audi- 
ences gather  at  the  Pavilion.  It  is  very  elaborately  fitted  up,  and  the 
promenade  is  very  pleasant.  Young  ladies  preside  over  the  ice  cream 
and  coffee  departments,  and  Mr.  Andre,  the  manager,  deserves  great 
credit  for  the  manner  in  which  he  has  gotten  these  concerts  up. 

Wm.  Horace  Lingard,  Mrs.  longard  (Alice  Dunning)  and  two  chil- 
dren arrived  from  Australia  yesterday.  We  congratulate  them  on  their 
successful  tour  and  safe  return. 


Large  and  eligibly  located  pews  in  the  best  churches  on  the  Fifth 
avenue  in  this  city  can  be  had  for  £40  or  830  or  §25  a  year.  And  if  the 
families  are  unable  to  pay  so  much,  they  can  have  them  for  nothing.  The 
Gospel  is  free  to  all  in  this  city. — New  York  Obserrer. 

A  Swede,  who  looks  like  Moody,  and  was  converted  in  Sweden  by 
reading  his  sermons,  is  preaching  them,  translated  into  Swedish,  to  2,500 
of  his  countrymen  in  Moody's  church  in  Chicago.  Moody  is  also  trans- 
lated into  Armenian,  Italian  and  Spanish. 

The  Glass  of  Fashion— Blue  glass. 


RTJS    IN    TJRBE. 

It  has  at  last  occurred  to  some  clear-sighted  gentlemen  in  our  midst 
that  it  would  be  an  immense  advantage  to  the  community  to  have  country 
homes  within  easy  reach  of  the  busy  city.  After  long  deliberations  and 
carelul  thought,  they  formed  themselves  into  a  company  and  set  to  work 
r  ^arr?i:M\t  their  ouJect-  The  result  of  their  scheme  was  the  formation 
ot  the  Piedmont  Land  Company.  Piedmont  is  situated  in  the  foothills 
or  upon  what  may  be  called  the  "Oakland  Hights."  The  entire  tract  aB 
originally  surveyed,  contains  about  800  acres,  350  of  which  belong  to  the 
piedmont  Land'Company,  and  have  been  laid  out  and  platted  as  a  park. 
W  ith  admirable  forethought  the  company  engaged  the  services  of  two 
competent  landscape  engineers,  Mr.  William  Hammond  Hall  and  Mr.  M. 
(t.  King,  to  commence  a  thorough  topographical  survey  of  the  land  with 
a  view  to  laying  out  the  property  in  winding  avenues  and  further  improv- 
ing the  natural  beauty  of  the  site  by  making  every  building  site  a  perfect 
and  most  desirable  location  for  intending  purchasers.  That  most  indis- 
pensable luxury,  water,  abounds  in  profusion  all  over  the  company's 
tract;  the  climate  is  more  equable  than  even  that  of  San  Rafael,  and  the 
view  one  of  the  most  beautiful  in  the  world. '  With  regard  to  tbe  title  to 
this  lovely  park,  the  pamphlet  issued  by  the  company  speaks  for  itself  as 
follows:  . 

"The  property  forms  part  of  the  Vincente  and  Domingo  Peralta 
rancho  (upon  which  the  city  of  Oakland  is  likewise  situated),  and  has 
been  in  the  hands  of  the  present  owners  for  over  seven  years.  The  title 
was  onginally  passed  upon  by  Messrs.  McCullough  &  Boyd,  attorneys 
and  has  since  been  approved  by  one  of  tbe  principal  Savings  Banks"  of 
ban  X  rancisco,  which  loaned  largely  upon  the  property.  An  abstract  of 
title  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the  agents  of  the  company,  showing  the  prop- 
erty to  be  clear  of  all  incumbrances.  The  Piedmont  Land  Company  is  a 
corporation  represented  by  James  Gamble  (President),  and  Jame*  de 
Fremery,  Geo   W.  Beaver,  L.  A.  Booth  and  T.  L.  Barker  as  Trustees. 

I  he  mineral  springs  of  Piedmont  Park  are  one  of  its  pleasantest  fea- 
tures, lhey  are  situated  in  Bushy  Dell,  near  the  hotel.  The  waters  of 
these  springs  contain  sulphur,  magnesia,  iodine  and  iron,  and  are  claimed 
by  those  who  have  used  the  waters  to  have  great  curative  qualities  for 
rheumatism,  neuralgia,  dyspepsia  and  other  diseases.  Telegraphic  com- 
munication is  established  by  means  of  the  wires  of  the  Western  Union 
Company,  and  the  cars  of  the  Oakland  and  Piedmont  Railroad  run  con- 
stantly to  the  tract.  Another  line  of  cars  will  shortly  connect  with  the 
Park  via  Lake  road,  thus  rendering  access  to  this  lovely  spot  perfectly 
easy,  beveral  avenues  are  already  graded,  macadamized,  and  lined  with 
trees  of  several  years'  growth,  and  others  will  be  opened  and  improved  as 
the  property  is  disposed  of  ;  and  but  a  short  time  is  necessary  to  render 
Piedmont  the  ne  plus  ultra  of  suburban  retreats. 

All  deeds  given  for  lands  sold  in  the  Park  will  contain  a  covenant  run- 
ning with  the  land,  that  no  intoxicating  liquors  shall  ever  be  sold  upon 
?h* 'property  purchased,  so  that  the  purchaser  need  have  no  ulterior  fear 
in  his  heart  that  his  neighbor  may  ever  keep  a  corner  grocery.  And  here 
the  reader  pauses  and  says  :  "  You  have  drawn  us  a  beautiful  picture  of 
a  lovely  home,  picturesque  surroundings,  perfect  peace,  rest  and  quiet 
and  a  veritable  paradise  on  earth,  but  what  is  all  this  going  to  cost?"  The 
question  is  easily  and  satisfactorily  answered.  You  can  choose  a  villa  lot, 
a  cottage  lot,  or  a  large  homestead,  according  to  your  means,  and  in  years 
to  come  you  will  laugh  when  you  think  of  the  small  price  you  paid  for  it. 
In  order  to  bring  lots  in  this  beautiful  location  within  the  reach  of  every- 
body the  terms  of  sale  are  but  one-fifth  cash  and  the  balance  in  four  an- 
nual deferred  payments,  drawing  eight  per  cent,  per  annum.  If  any  one, 
after  reading  the  account  of  this  remarkable  chance  for  a  favorable  in- 
vestment, fail  to  examine  carefully  into  the  merits  of  the  plan  then  he 
has  only  his  own  indifference  to  thank.  But  Piedmont  Park  recommends 
itself  so  fully  that  further  details  are  almost  unnecessary.  Interested 
parties,  however,  can  obtain  the  fullest  information  from  Messrs.  James 
de  Fremery,  James  Gamble,  George  W.  Beaver,  L.  A.  Booth,  or  T.  L. 
Barker.  The  sale  of  this  tract  will  take  place  next  Tuesday,  April  10th' 
at  the  rooms  of  H.  M.  Newhall  &  Co.,  the  auctioneers. 

THE    LAST    NOTICE. 

Before  the  appearance  of  the  next  issue  of  the  News  Letter  the  third 
annual  sale  of  the  Real  Estate  Associates  will  be  a  thing  of  the  past.  As 
being  of  the  utmost  importance  to  small  householders  and  citizens  de- 
sirous of  acquiring  homes  for  themselves,  the  terms  of  this  sale  cannot  be 
too  strongly  impressed  upon  the  community.  Only  one-fifth  cash  is  de- 
manded and  the  balance  remains  at  remarkably  low  interest  for  a  term 
of  six  or  ten  years,  according  to  the  nature  of  the  property  purchased 
We  have  before  alluded  to  the  splendid  work  put  into  the  houses  built  by 
the  Real  Estate  Associates.  No  contractor  building  a  single  house  or  a 
few  dwellings  could  possibly  put  such  good  material  into  his  labor  for  fifty 
per  cent,  more  money.  Many  of  their  houses  have  now  been  in  occupa- 
tion for  three  and  four  years  and  attest  to-day  the  value  of  the  invest- 
ment.    The  sale  takes  place  at  Piatt's   Hall,  on  Tuesday  next,  the   10th 

instant,  at o'clock.     Catalogues  may  be  obtained  at  304  Montgomery 

street,  or  at  the  office  of  Maurice  Dore  &  Co. 


They  who  dwell  in  Vermont  are  entitled  "  Vermonstrosities. " 


NORTH    PACIFIC    COAST    RAILROAD. 
Sunday    Excursions,    Commencing    Sunday,    April    8th. 

Boat  leaves  foot  of   Davis   Street  (Saueelito  Ferry)  every 
Sunday  at  8. 00  A.M.,  connecting  with  train  at  Saueelito  for  t'ORTE  MADERA 
TAMALPAIS,  SAN  RAFAEL,   FAIRFAX,  OLEMA,  TOMALES,  VALLEY  FORD' 
FREESTONE,  and  Way  Stations.     Returning,  arrives  in  San  Francisco  6:45  p.m. 
REDUCED  RATES  FOR  THE  ROUND  TRIP  !     Fairfax,  §1 ;  Olema,  .*2  ;  Tomales 

W.  R.  PRICE,  General  Ticket  Agent.    ' 


S3  ;  Freestone,  S3  50. 
JOHN  W.  DOHERTY,  General  Manager. 


April  7. 


DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Home  Mutual  Insurance  Company.— This  Company  will 
pay  a  dividend  of  1  per  cent,  upon  the  capital  stock  on  and  after  April  10  77 
CHARLES  R.  STORY    Ktvv-atin-u 


April  7. 


CHARLES  R.  STORY.  Secretary,' 
406  California  street. 


FOB    PORT! AND,    OHEGON. 

The    Only    Direct    tine.... Steamship  ••  Ajax,"  Bollea,  Com- 
mander, leaves  Folsom-street  wharf  SATURDAY,  April  7th,  at  10  a  u 
April  7-  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent,  210  Battery  sfe. 


-April   7,  [877, 


CALIFORNIA     Al>\  ERTISER, 


HIS    SATANIC    MAJESTY    IN    SAN     FRANCISCO. 

fob!     Wh*l  dwl  :      I'm  n.-.irlv  oboknd  I      YoOf  itTSStS  WOldd  Uko 

tii.  prong 
b  and  .lirt  !    h  blinds  me  quite  I    I  cannot  tu 

\\  bat  .»r.-  your  Supervisors  .it !  ..r  -l.-n't  ■  trmw, 

.-.■  their  term  Ii  Dearly  up,  and  think  nil  work's .»  bore  I 
[believe  tin-  wholes  .1  put  up  lob  |  the  mult  of  tome  Intrl 
And  that  the  Docton  an. I  the  Board  have  formed  a  - 
A  joint  stock  compact  twixt  themselves,  in  which  tli 
To  help  each  other  these  hard  tines,  and  then    divide  the  I 
Tw.-tv  strange  indeed,  with  each  :»  chance,  it  fevers  didn't  breed: 
rbey've  every  show  p.  .1..  their  worst,  and  no  <>!<.■  seems  to  h 
1  >.  ad  cats  and  doge,  Fool  sewer*    all  are  only  to  much  fuel 
Fo  teed  the  Oamee  of  sickness    tho1  the  idea  is  mighty  cruel  I 
At  every  turn  some  loathsome  *t.  nch  nigh  takes  away  one's  br<  nth, 
From  rotten  garbage    refuse  stufl    bad  cesspools  full  >>i  death  ! 
Its  good  for  tli'  undertakers,  though  !  they  drive  ^  roaring  tru.lu 
ujpolished  coffins  a  ta  suds,  and  shrouds  «>f  every  grade  : 
It  ta  indeed  an  "  ill  wind  that  blows  no  one  any  good  ;" 
1         sable  "gents"  are  getting  rich,  and  are  in  their  happiest  mood  ! 
Lone  Mountain  tots,  too,  look  at  them  !    They're  at  a  fabulous  price; 
jThe  demand  has  been  so  neat  of  late,  they  ooulont  help  Imt  rise  ! 
W  hat  a  funny  nMi  that  Tyler  is :    The  way  he  proves  lus  case 
foby  his  musc/c,  not  bis  brain    a  second  Jemmy  nface  ! 
ffis  argument's  really  weighty,  when  it's  forced  home  with  a  blow, 
Though  i"  outsiders  hie  new  plan  might  seem  a  trifle  low  ! 
To  plug  s  Judge's  eye  is  not  the  usual  mode  -if  plea  ling; 
whate  er  a  client  has  to  bear,  a  Jvdgt  objects  t.>  bleeding/ 
H. ->  well  up.  though,  in  Law  :    That's  what  yon  cannot  say  for  most; 
That  he's  got  it  at  ai& Jbiger-i  ntU  has  been  his  constant  boast  I 
I  just  raised  HI  the  <»ther  night  at  Taylor's  House  of  Prayer 
(The  Revival  that  I  told  yon  of]  -I  often  drop  in  there  ! 
I  turned  the  Gas  out !  Then  what  fun  !  Such  cries  of  "  Don't !  you  hurt!" 
■■  How  can  you,  Edward!  I'm  ashamed!  "  "  Oh!  George!  you  horrid  flirt !" 
Such  whispered  titterings  "mid  the  sound  of  strange,  mysterious  smacks, 
Would  almost  make  ;i  gtravjcr  think  their  religion  's  rather  lax  ! 
And  when  'twas  light  again  you  M  see  crushed  hunnets  all  awry, 
And  boys  and  girls  both  blushing  hard  !  (though  I  can't  imagine  why  !) 
Poor  Anna  Effiig!  jilted  maid  !  fat,  fair,  and  forty-six. 
Complains  that  FtUa  V played  her  false  and  deceived  her  with  his  tricks. 
A  few  thousands  though  might  heal  her  heart,  and  then  she'll  snare 

another, 
Who'll  prove  a  better  "/.  BoA,"  and  perhaps  not  give  her  so  much  bother  ! 
At  last  Webb  Howard's  shut  right  down,  and  says  that  "Credit's  played  I" 
"  The  city '11  have  to  pay  its  bill  or  tight !  As  'a  not  afraid  "  ! 
"  That  corporations  can  be  forced  to  pay  a  lawful  debt 
"  dust  like  a  private  citizen,— if  not,  he'll  make  'em  sweat !" 
Meanwhile,  until  the  Courts  decide  if  the  city  is  exempt, 

Official  hands  must  go  unwashed,  official  heads  unkempt ! 

The  water  '11  be  shut  off  !  to  me  it  seems  a  'lection  rust 

To  plead,  when  charged  with  unclean  hands—'*  No  water's  our  excuse  "  ! 

The  Mayor  tho'  chuckles  to  himself,  and  vows  it's  all  a  hoax 

Got  up  on  April  Fool's  day,  like  the  rest  of  foolish  jokes  ! 

Though  who's  the  fool,  the  Courts  will  show  !  the  tables  may  be  turned 

And  the  laugh  be  on  the  other  side,  when  the  facts  have  all  been  learned. 

What !    Women  turned  stock-gamblers  !  here  is  Laura  Fair  come  babbling 

'Bout  what  she's  lost  in  "Baldwin  pools"!  it  serves  her  right  for  dabbling! 

Why  don't  they  mind  the  Baby,  stay  at  home  and  learn  to  sew  and  cook? 

Who  wants  a  wife  that  "  knows  the  odds  "  or  keeps  a  betting  book? 

Or  if  they  wish  to  change  with  men — why  !  say  so  right  away  ! 

'Twould  do  no  harm  !  they  'd  soon  get  sick  of  working  hard  all  day  ! 

That  saucy  jade,  Dame.  Rumor,  says  there  '&  going  to  be  a  row 

About  that  whisky  that  came  here,— tho'  no  one  quite  knows  how! 

I  hear  'twas  all  the  Deacon's  fault— (he  has  a  taste  that  way) 

But  as  he  is  a  Churchman,  why  ! — it  can't  be  as  they  say  ! 


PARACRAPHIANA. 

Pro  Bono  Publico. 


Frank  Leslie's  popular  Monthly  for  April  has  made  its  appearance, 
and  with  it  come  illustrations  of  a  most  varied  and  interesting  character. 
Here  we  have  the  ladies  of  the  White  House,  from  Martha  Washington 
down  to  Lucy  Webb  Hayes;  all  about  the  famous  Tower  of  London; 
Pine  Forest  Industries;  Southern  Scenes;  Manufacture  of  Indian  Shawls; 
and  a  host  of  other  subjects,  besides  entertaining  stories  and  instructive 
information  on  many  popular  subjects,  poetry,  wit,  humor,  etc.,  from 
the  pen  of  celebrated  authors.  It  is  certainly  the  cheapest  and  one  of 
the  most  thorough  magazines  in  the  world;  $2  50  to  Frank  Leslie,  5o7 
Pearl  street,  New  York^ .will  secure  a  copy  of  the  Monthly,  postpaid,  for 
one  year.  ™ 

We  have  received  from  H.  Keller  &  Co.  several  more  parts  of  the 
"  Illustrated  Catalogue  of  the  Philadelphia  Exhibition,"  published  by 
Gebbie  &  Barrie,  of  Philadelphia.  Having  previously  noticed  this  beau- 
tiful work,  we  can  only  add  to  our  former  commendation  by  saying  that 
the  promise  of  the  tirst  part  is  more  than  fulfilled,  and  that  when  com- 
plete it  will  make  the  finest  exhibition  book  ever  issued.  We  see  by  The 
American  Bookseller  that  appreciation  of  it  is  not  confined  to  the  United 
States,  as  1,000  copies  of  "  The  Catalogue  "  have  been  ordered  by  a  Lon- 
don house  for  that  market. 

Toothache  and  heartache  are  two  dreadful  maladies.  The  latter  is 
seldom  curable,  but  the  former  can  be  immediately  got  rid  of  by  a  visit  to 
Dr.  Jessup,  at  his  office,  on  the  corner  of  Sutter  and  Montgomery  streets. 
His  new  celluloid  plate  is  the  triumph  of  modern  dentistry,  and  he  is  now 
making  100  sets  of  teeth  and  giving  them  to  his  patrons  at  the  nominal 
price  of  $7  50,  although  it  costs  at  least  §35  to  manufacture  every  set. 

Everybody  knows,  or  should  know,  that  J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co. 
have  moved  from  Washington  and  Sansome  streets  to  a  new  and  beautiful 
store  at  415  Montgomery  street.  There  they  combine  all  the  best  fea- 
tures of  a  perfect  tailoring  establishment,  both  for  custom  and  ready- 
made  clothes,  together  with  a  beautiful  stock  of  gentlemen's  furnishing 
goods.  Their  new  venture  is  meeting  with  all  the  success  which  their  en- 
terprise deserves. 


SANITARY    NOTES 
One  hundred  and  eighteen  deaths  occurred  in  the  city  thU  week 
aacoiDparsd  with  LOO  last,  100  th< 
wen  r*3  males  and  16  females.     Ptfty 

•  and  90  years!  A\  fa  md  ''•  over  th 

'  u  gymotfc  diss  kssa  3  were  typhoid  fever,  1  m  ..rlat  ma.  I  whooping  i 
4 infantils oholcra,  I  bio  all -pox,  and   _l  diuhtherU.     of  I. rain  du 
was  apoplexy,  I  inflammation,  1  hydrocephalus,  1  convulsions,  and  l 
diseas  •.    <  H  respire!  ■■     ■  ■  option. 

1  congestion,  and  B  bronchitis.     Five  persons  died  ul     . 

2  of  dropsy.  One  died  of  Bright1*  disease  and  I  of  cancer.  Small  \».\  b 
somewhat  less  prevalent:  only  nino  fn  ih  cases  have  been  reported  in  the 
week.  Diphtheria  coubnut  i|  730  deaths,  !_*<•  occurred 
south  of  Market  street;  331  were  in  the  Tenth  and  Eleventh  Wards; 
that  is  when  the  drainage  is  most  defective. 

Queer  Advertisement -Sii.li  .m,  advertisement  as  this  is  enough  to 
make  any  proper  minded  person  shudder.     What  ■  genius  the  man  must 
be  who  drifted  it !     "Spirit   Manifestations  no  Washing  Day.     The  evil 
spirit  which  is  so  awfully  prevalent  on  washing  days,   acoompanl 
great  demonstrations  of   tongue  and  temper,1  may  be  completely  axar 

cised  by  the  use  of  *  Villa'  Washer,  Wringer  and   Mangier  (three 

machines  in  one),  which  washes  forty  articles  in  four  minutes,  and  drives 
away  the  evil  spirit  from  the  soul  of  the  women  as  the  sound  of  the  harp 
from  the  heart  of  the  king." 


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MECHANICS'    INSTITUTE    CONCERTS, 

Mechanic**'  Pavilion,  Mission  and  Eighth  streets.— A  series 
of  QRANU  POPUJUAJt  PKOMKNADE  O .iNl'ERTS  will  commence  onSATl'K- 
DAY  EVENING,  March  24th,  and  will  bo  continued  each  Saturday  cvuiiiin,'  forei^'ht 
weeks.  The  world-renowned  prima  donna,  MM E.  ILMA  DE  Ml'KSKA,  will  sing  "ii 
the  occasion  of  the  ojiening  concerts.  During  the  series  the  best  available  local  and 
foreign  talent  will  bo  engaged,  and  a  course  of  interesting  and  novel  programmes 
will  be  presented.  The  instrumental  feature  will  be  sustained  throughout  by 
Herold's  Orehestra.     Box  Ollice  open  at  Gray's  Music  Store.  April  7. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Bash  Street,  above  Kearny. —John  Mvt  iilioimh.  Proprietor 
ami  Manager;  Barton  Bill,  Acting  anuiager.      rjnaualmed  Success  of   the 
World-Famous  MISS  NEILSON  as  [MOGEN,  in  Bhakspeareis  j.lay  of  CYMBELINE, 

which  will  be  repeated  this  f Saturday)  Aftarnoou  for  the  last  tune.  This  (Ssturdaj) 
Evening,  MISS  ELLIE  WILTON  will  ap[>ear  as  PAULINE,  in  THE  LADY  OF  LY- 
ONS. Monday  and  Tuesday,  April  Mb  and  10th,  MISS  NEILSON  will  appear  in  her 
incomparable  impersonation  .if  -U'LIKT.  In  consequence  of  the  great  success  of  the 
present  engagement,  MISS  NEILSON  had  consented  to  remain  a  few  nights  longer  in 
order  to  present  hur  latest  London  success,  ISABELLA,  in  Shakspearo's  MEASURE 
FOR  MEASURE,  which  will  be  produced  on  Wednesday,  April  11th.  April  7. 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER. 

Kearny  street,  between  Washington  ami  Jackson.— Samuel 
Tetlow,  Proprietor.  Unprecedented  Bit  of  the  Original  Acrobatic,  Contor- 
tion Song  and  Dance  Artists  and  Master  Linguist*.  JOHNSON  and  BRUNO!  Con- 
tinued Popularity  or  the  Favorite  Sketch  Artists,  THE  BKAHAH8,  HARRY  and 
LIZZIE.     The   Favorite.  CHARLEY  REED.     The  Great   and  Only  SHED   LsCLAIR, 

The  Popular  CARRIE  LEON  and  SAM  SWAIN.  The  Charming  Songstress,  MADGE 
ALSTON.  Reappearance  of  the  People's  Comedian,  W.  C.  CROSBIE.  First  produc- 
tion of  Shakspeure's  beautiful  comedy,  in  two  acts,  of  KATHARINE  AND  PE- 
TRUCHIO  ;  or,  TAMING  THE  SHREW. April  7. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  Street,  between  Third  and  Fourth.— Acting;  Man- 
ager, Mr.  Chas.  Wheatleigh  ;  Scenic  Artist.  Mr.  Wm.  VoegtUn.  This  (Saturday) 
Evening,  April  7th,  Boucieault.s  famous  drama,  AFTER  DARK,  with  Splendid  New 
Scenery  and  Appointments.  CHAS.  WHEATLEIGM  as  "  Old  Tom."  This  (Saturday) 
Afternoon,  at  2  o'clock— ONLY  AFTER  DARK  MATINEE.  Monday.  April  9th- 
Grand  Production  of  Shakspeare's  MIDSUMMER  NIGHT'S  DREAM,  introducing  the 
whole  of  Mendelsohn's  Music  by  an  augmented  orchestra.  Magnificent  Scenery  by 
Voegtlin  and  Straus,  and  new  and  classical  costumes,  decorations  and  appointments. 

BUSH    STREET    THEATER. 

Titus  A-  Locke,  Lessees  and  Managers. —Saturday  Evening;, 
April  7th  ("Gailv  the  Troubadour"),  tirst  time  in  the  West,  THE  SALSBUBY 
TROUBAlXiUHS,  in  their  charmingly  original  extravaganza,  entitled  PATCHWORK, 
as  produced  by  them  in  the  high-class  Eastern  Theaters  during  the  past  two  years 
with  the  most  pronounced  success,  introducing  High  Tragedy,  Low  Comedy,  Opera 
and  Ballet.  Magnificent  Scenery,  painted  especially  for  PATCHWORK.  Elegant 
Stage  Garniture  and  Costumes.  Box  Sheet  open  on  and  after  Thursday,  April  5th, 
at  the  Box  OtBce. April  7. 

OPERA    HOUfcE,    BUSH    STREET- 

Saturday  Evening-.  April  7th,  third  representation  of  Mr. 
BERLAND,  THE  MAN  WITH  30  HEALS,  accompanied  by  a  company  of  tal- 
ented artists  in  Opera  Bouffe,  Magic,  Spiritualism.  April  7. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER .  AND 


April  7,  1877. 


EVEN    ME1 

If  a  great  sudden  light  should  shine  Is  mine!    Nay,  was  mine!  My  soul's 


I]  to  some  shadow-haunted  place, 
Where  never  light  did  shine  before 
And,  startled  by  the  guest  divine, 
A  lone,  uncomprehending  face 
Half  blindly  should  uplift  itself — 


eyes 

Soon  bore  to  look  upon  the  light — 
The  blessed  light  that  was  your  face! 
My  being  well  could  recognize 
Without  the  coarser  hints  of  sight, 


Tear-channeled  cheeks  and  dazed    The  dear  right  hand  that  lifted  me 

eyes,  And  set  me  surely  on  my  feet, 

And  pale  mouth  dumb  with  scared  Then  staid  to  hold  me — that  was 

surprise,  sweet!     - 

And  long,  dank,  lusterlessbrownhair.I  thought  the  light.the  prop,  would  go, 
Just  stirred  by  the  inrushing  air —  And  leave  me  as  they  found  me  ;  so 
I  say,  if  all  this  spoiled  grace  When,  even  as  perfect  sunriae  grows 

Shouldmakea  wonderinsuch  aplace  Until  it  bursts  its  veil  of  rose, 
Upon  some  far,  forgotten  shore,        My  new-found  heaven  but  grew  in 
And  you  should  see  it  all,  and  make  grace, 

A  picture  of  it  for  my  sake,  Nor  tauntingly  did  melt  away 

My  soul  would  claim  its  outward  And  leave  the  place  all  cold  and  gray, 
sign,  Then  I,  half- wondering  at  your  kiss, 

For  the  similitude  is  mine!  Said,  "Is  it  true,  God  gives  me  this?" 

— Harper1  a  Weekly. 

OUR    LONDON    LETTER. 

London,  March  13th,  1877. 

Editor  News  Letter:--The  metropolis  is  about  to  receive  a  charming 
addition  to  its  amusements  in  the  "  Grosvenor  Gallery."  Sir  Coutts 
Lindsay,  a  distinguished  amateur  artist,  has  purchased  six  houses  in  Bond 
street  for  the  sum  of  £120,000,  and  is  at  a  great  expense  converting  them 
into  a  picture  gallery  on  an  entirely  new  principle.  One  of  the  ideas  is  to 
show  gems  of  art  surrounded  with  the  conditions  they  would  enjoy  in  a 
private  collection,  instead  of  being  hung  with  a  distracting  mass  of  other 
pictures,  more   or  less  inimical  in  color  and  design.     To  carry  out  this 

Erinciple  there  is,  firstly,  a  gallery  104  feet  in  length,  36  in  width,  divided 
y  sixteen  Ionic  columns  of  marble ;  the  ceiling  is  coved  in  shape  and 
painted  blue,  with  gold  stars,  the  floor  inlaid  with  a  Mosaic  pattern  of  col- 
ored woods,  while  the  walls  are  in  panels  of  crimson  silk  damask.  This  apart- 
ment is  furnished  with  console  tables,  decorated  with  statuettes,  bronzes, 
and  other  objets  (Tarts,  and  instead  of  fixed  seats,  Italian  chairs  are  at  the 
disposal  of  every  visitor  who  desires  to  contemplate  a  particular  picture 
in  comfort  and  from  the  most  favorable  point  of  view.  A  second  room, 
60  feet  long,  opens  out  of  this  gallery,  and  is  similarly  decorated.  A  nar- 
rower room  is  dedicated  to  water  color  paintings,  and  another  gallery  is 
devoted  to  sculpture.  The  arrangements  for  temperature  and  ventilation 
are  admirable.  The  lower  premises  are  fitted  up  as  a  restaurant,  and  here 
it  is  intended  gastronomy  should  be  considered  a  fine  art,  and  cultivated 
accordingly.  This  formidable  rival  to  Burlington  House  has,  however, 
found  favor  in  the  eyes  of  its  President,  Sir  James  Grant,  who  will  be  a 
contributor.  All  our  great  artists  have  been  invited  to  send  their  chefs 
(VcLiivre,  which  will  not  be  at  the  mercy  of  a  committee  of  selection.  Sir 
Coutts  Lindsay,  wisely  judging  that  each  artist  will  contribute  his  best 
when  offered  a  niche  in  this  exquisite  show  place,  where  no  charge  of  any 
kind  is  made  to  the  exhibitor,  or  any  commission  on  the  sale  of  his  picture 
taken.  MiUais,  Leighton,  Ahna  Tadema,  Burue,  Jones,  indeed  all  the 
best  names,  have  promised  pictures  ;  Holman  Hunt  is  to  send  three.  As 
a  repayment  for  the  immense  outlay.  Sir  Coutts  Lindsay  principally  de- 
pends on  the  visitors'  shilling.  It  is  probable  the  attractions  of  a  Concert 
Hall  may  be  added,  as  there  is  sufficient  space  at  disposal,  and  the  exper- 
iment of  enjoying  the  sister  arts  at  the  same  time  could  be  well  carried 
out.     The  Grosvenor  Gallery  will  ope*  on  the  1st  of  May. 

The  Earl  of  Dudley  has  just  insured  the  life  of  his  beautiful  young 
wife  for  £50,000,  in  the  Mutual  Life  Assurance  Society.  £45,000  of  this 
sum  is  to  be  reinsured  in  other  offices,  though  "  the  Mutual  "  will  have  to 
pay  the  whole  sum  when  called  upon. 

Miss  Kate  Field,  the  London  correspondent  of  the  New  York  Tribune, 
is  shortly  to  make  her  debut  at  the  St.  James'  Theater  in  the  double  char- 
acter of  authoress  and  actress.  She  has  written  a  comedietta  called  Ex- 
tremes Meet,  and  will  sustain  the  principal  character. 

General  Ignatieff  intends  to  publish  his  remiuiscences  as  Ambassador 
at  Constantinople,  in  a  series  of  sketches  of  the  Porte  and  the  Ottoman 
Empire.  The  impression  that  prevails  of  the  General's  mission  to  the 
European  Courts  is,  that  Rxissia  is  endeavoring  by  indirect  means  to  ob- 
tain the  abolition  of  the  *'  Treaty  of  Paris."  Prince  Bismarck  is  said  to 
have  told  General  Ignatieff  that  Germany  will  not  defend  it,  as  it  was  not 
signed  by  Prussia  as  a  principal,  and  was  in  fact  a  memorial  of  Germany's 
weakness  in  times  gone  by. 

Whitehall  has  a  startling  piece  of  intelligence,  that  a  section  of  members 
of  the  Church  of  England  have  taken  measures  for  founding  a  new  Angli- 
can Communion,  in  consequence  of  the  action  taken  by  the  Anglican  pre- 
lates under  the  "Public  Worship  Regulation  Acts."  Firstly,  a  brand 
new  Archbishop,  with  a  very  ancient  title,*is  to  be  consecrated  by  one  or 
more  forei<m  prelates.  Secondly,  two  suffragans,  each  with  titles  from 
old  English  Sees,  are  to  be  consecrated  simultaneously,  but  independently, 
and  are  to  begin  their  conjoined  labors  in  Eugland  in  the  High  Church 
interest  in  July  next.  To  prevent  difficulties,  these  gentlemen  are  to  be 
consecrated  on  the  High  Seas.  The  new  communion  is  reported  to  be 
founded  on  the  faith  of  the  undivided  Church  before  the  East  and  West 
schism  in  the  eleventh  or  twelfth  century.  There  are  to  be  seven  sac- 
raments. 

A  most  absurd  fashion  has  been  recently  introduced,  and  has  obtained 
in  very  high  places,  called  "Singing  Quadrilles,"  the  singing  being 
strophes  of  nursery  rhymes  executed  by  the  dancers,  "Hey  Diddle 
Diddle,"  "Ride  a  Cock  Horse  to  Banbury  Cross,"  and  similar  idiotic 
tunes  highly  appropriate  to  the  nursery,  but  singularly  out  of  place  when 
transplanted  into  a  ball  room,  are  sung  with  all  gravity  by  ladies  and  gen- 
tlemen of  the  liaute  voice.  At  a  ball  recently  given  to  her  Royal  Highness, 
$Jie  Duchess  of  Edinburgh,  this  folly  was  exhibited,  and  it  is  said  greatly 
to  her  amusement.  Now,  as  Her  Imperial  Highness  happens  to  be  a  re- 
markably clear  and  highly  educated  woman,  a  certain  amount  of  con- 
temptuous pity  must  needs  have  mingled  with  her  amiable  efforts  to  ap- 
pear amused. 

Bright.-eyes,  op  being  told  that  her  heart  was  like  a  garden,  where 
flowers  grew  when  she  was  good,  and  weeds  when  she  was  naughty,  ren- 
dered it  afterward:  "  When  I  am  naughty  I  have  a  weed  in  my  stomach." 


INSURANCE. 


INSURANCE    AGENCY    OF 
HUTCHINSON,  MANN  &  SMITH. 

NO    314     CALIFORNIA    STREET,    SAN     FRANCISCO. 

AGENTS  FOR  TUP, 

Franklin  Ins.  Co Indianapolis,  Ind  New  Orleans  Ins.  Ass'n New  Orleans. 

Union  Ins.  Co Galveston,  Texas  St.  Paul  F.  &,  M.  Ins.  Co..  .St.  Paul, Minn. 

Home  Ins.  Co Columbus,  Ohio!  Atlas  Ins.  Co Hartford  Conn. 

People's  Ins.  Co Newark,  N.  J.  Revere  Fire  Ins.  Co Boston. 

National  L.  I.  Co.,  U.  S.  A..Wash'n,  D.  C.lGirard  Ins.  Co  - Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  M  xliona. 
POLICIES    ISSUED    ON    DESIRABLE  PROPERTY  aT   FAIR  RATES.     LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  PAID. 

HUTCHINSON,  MANN  &  SMITH,  General  Agents, 
Dec.  5.  314  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

HOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

Principal  Office,  406  California  Street,  Snn  Frnncisco. 
Cash  Assets,  January  1,  1877,  S&9;'»,291  ;  Liabilities,  $5,952  ;  Surplus  for  Policy 
Holders,  §580,339.  J.  F.  Houghton,  President;  Geo.  H.  Howard,  Vice-President; 
Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary.     K.  H.  1IAGILL,  H.  H.  BIGELOW,  General  Agents. 

Directors.— San  Francisco— Geo.  H.  Howard,  John  H.  Redington,  J.  F.  Houghton 
R.  B.  Cray,  Robert  Watt,  John  Currey,  L.  L.  Baker,  W.  F.  Whittier,  C.  C.  Burr,  E. 
M.  Root,  \V.  H.  White,  J.  L.  N.  Shepard,  W.  M.  Greenwood,  George  S.  Mann,  Cyrus 
Wilson,  W.  T.  Garratt,  C.  Waterhouse,  A.  P.  Hotaling,  A.  Block,  A.  K.  P.  Harmon, 
G.  S.  Johnson,  W.  O.  Wilson,  A.  W.  Bowman,  H.  L.  Dodge,  Charles  R.  Story.  Ala- 
meda County  Branch— V.  D.  Moody,  Chauncy  Taylor,  A.  C.  Henry,  Robert  S.  Far- 
relly,  Joseph  B.  Marlin,  W.  B.  Hardy,  T.  B.  Simpson.  San  Diego— A.  H.  Wilcox. 
Sacramento— Mark  Hopkins,  D.  W.  Earl,  Julius  Wetzlar,  James  Carolan.  San  Jose — 
T.  Ellard  Beans,  B.  D.  Murphy,  A.  Pfister,  J.  H.  Dibble,  J.  S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis, 
Jacob  Rich,  John  Auzerais,  John  Balbach.  Stockton— H.  H.  Hewlett,  Chas.  Belding, 
J.  D.  Peters,  A.  W.  Simpson,  H.  M.  Fanning.  Marvsville—  D.  E.  Knight.  Grass 
Valley— Wm.  Watt,  T.  W.  Sigourney.  Portland,  Oregon— W.  S.  Ladd,  C.  H.  Lewis, 
P.  Wasscnnan,  B.  Goldsmith,  D.  Macleay.  Virginia  City,  Nevada— John  Gillig,  Isaac 
L.  Requa.  March  17. 

FIRE  AND  MARINE  INSURANCE— UMON  1XS.  CC.  OF  £.  F. 

The  California  Lloyds. — Established  in  1861.— Nos.  416  and 
41SS  California  street.  Cash  capital  ¥750,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  $1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  !  !  Solid  Security  ! !  DIRECTORS. 
— San  Fra>xisco — J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Borel,  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  Lawrance  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Howes,  Nicholas  Luning,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Baum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Brandenstein,  Gustave  Touchard,  G.  Brignardello,  George  C.  Hickox,  T.  Lem- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Lindenberger.  Saciiamexto— Edw.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Makvsville — L.  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  O. — 
Henry-  Failing.     Nev  York — J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President.                      N.  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 
Charles  D.  Havex,  Secretary.        Geo.  T.  Boiien-,  Surveyor Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
riKE     AND    MARINE. 

C^ash  Assets,  Jan.  1st,  1876,  8478,000.— Principal  Office, 
J  218  and  220  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  :— Peter  Doxahue,  Pres- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Ct'sm.va,  Secretary  ;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  of  Directors  : — Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Bocqucraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailev,  E.  W.  Corbert, 
George  0.  McMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson  Dr.  C.  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  Ivers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Dowiiey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Win. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County .  H.  W.  Seale,  Mayfield.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  business  of  Life  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  over  Fourteen  Million  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  comr-'ied  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  Californiar 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.  ] 313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN, 
GERMANY. 

Capital,  6,000,000  Reich -Marks,  $1,500,000  I .  S.  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAN,  HIRSCHFELD  &  CO., 
Nov.  4. Office:  No.  302  Sansome  street,  under  W.  F.  &  Co.'s  Bank. 

ESTABLISHED    1821. 

Capital,  Gold a 310,000,000. 

(UMKDIAX  ASSURANCE  CO.,  OF    LONDON. 

Dec.  16. Agents  :  BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO.,  230_Califoraia  at. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  815, 000,000;  Accumulated  Funds,  up- 
wards of  $6,750,000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurance,  51,380,000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.         No.  319  CaHfrrnia  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN   ASSURANCE  CO,   OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

(1nsii  Assets,  81, 207,483.— London  Assurance  Corporation, 
J    of  London,    England.     Cash  Assets,  $14,993,400.— Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.  CROSS  &  CO.,  General  Agents, 

Jan.  20.  31G  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 
lapital  S5.000.000..- -Agents:    Balfour,  Guthrie  A  Co.,  No. 


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230  California  street,  San  Francisco. 


FOR  SALE. 
^  **  A\  f\{\i\  First  Mortgage  Bonds  of  the  Nevada  County 
^5tJ*  '•VF "**  9  Narrow  Gauge  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1870,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  S  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  in  this  city.  No  more  desirable  investment  can  be  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit.        [Sept.  9.]        ANDREW  BAIRD,  No.  304 Calif ornia  street. 

THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every  variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Gil*, 
Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clucks  and  fine 
Bronzes;  also  a  full  line  of  Plumbers'  Goods.  122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Jan.  27. 

STUART    8.    WRIGHT, 

Attorney  and  Counsellor  at  Law,  No.  504  Kearny  street, 
San  Francisco,  California.  Feb.  3. 


April   7,  1877. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER. 


TO    THE    LIFE. 
The  Mil 

_      : 

T  pUfaog,  l«d  tin--  ,ln.iU  1.1 1, 

'■'  '  the  dark  betu 

Yet,  truly,  rinoe  the  old  world  Hood 
Ebbed  down  the  elopes  when  rinuu  Araral 

Save  \  u-_-  and  Cunning  found  a  worthier  Mate. 
Oonaistenl  onlj  in  malign  self-love, 

En  dogged  hate  of  all  things  brave  and  free, 
"'-  hi*  Deity, 

Earth  ath  him.  Heaven  u  rick  al  -■ 

*™  hour  which  drags  the  monster  down, 

A  would-be  Ctasar,  with  ;i  harlequin's  crown! 

— Pavl  II.  Hague, 

ANECDOTE    OF    BOOTH. 

The  following  thrilling  anecdote  of  Junius  Brutus  Booth  seems  new, 
which  is  a  miracle,  considering  the  number  of  "anecdotes"  afloat  on  that 
actor: 

One  evening,  when  the  elder  Booth  was  playing  Richard  III.  in  a  Bal- 
timore theater,  in  his  maddest  mood,  just  as  the  second  act  was  about  to 

commence,  a  m n-er   covered  with  .lust  rushed   behind  the  stage,  and, 

before    he  could   be  stopped,   was  in   conversation  with  the  tragedian. 

What!  said  Booth,  as  he  pressed  his  tang  fingers  on  hia  broad  white 
temples  ;Us  though  he  ha  !  tried  to  clutch  the  brain  beneath,  "dead,  say 
you?  My  pour  little  child -my  loved,  my  beautiful  one?"'  And  then", 
Be«ungthe  curtain  rise,   he  rushed   on.    The  scene   between  "Ann"  ana 

Gloster"  was  never  better  played.  The  actorgave  the  words  of  the  bard 
with  thrilling  effect,  but  there  was  a  Btrangeness  about  his  manner  that 
told  his  mind  was  not  upon  his  character.  Still  the  multitude  applauded 
till  the  old  n>uf  rany  aguin,  and  those  behind  the  scene  stood  breathless 
with  eager  delight  The  third  act  came  out,  but  Booth  was  nowhere  to  be 
round.  *  "It  was  a  bitter  cold  night,  and  a  farmer, 

as  he  drove  his  wagon  to  market,  was  startled  from  his  reverie  as  be  saw 
a  horseman  wrapped  in  a  large  cloak  (and  it  opened  and  displayed  a  glit- 
tering dress  beneath)  ride  rapidly  past  him. 

It  was  Booth  in  his  .flt'.ftard  ///.costume.  Madness  had  seized  him, 
and.  regardless  of  everything,  at  the  still  hour  of  midnight  he  was  going 
to  pay  a  visit  to  his  dead  child.  Drawing  his  flashing  sword  and  throw- 
ing his  jeweled  cap  from  his  head,  he  lashed  his  horse's  flank  with  the 
bare  weapon  until  the  animal  snorted  in  pain.  The  tall,  dark  trees  on 
each  side  of  him  touched  his  heated  brow  with  their  silver- frosted 
branches,  and,  thinking  that  they  were  men  in  pursuit,  the  mad  actor  cut 
at  them  with  the  sword  and  cursed  them  as  he  flew  rapidly  by.  At  last, 
after  a  gallant  ride  ol  two  hours,  the  horseman  came  in  sight  of  a  country 
graveyard,  and,  as  he  saw  the  white  tops  of  the  monuments  peeping 
through  the  dark  foliage  like  snowy  crests  upon  the  bosom  of  the  dark 
billows,  he  raised  a  shout  wild  enough  to  have  scared  the  ghosts  from 
their  graves.  He  dismounted,  and  away  sped  the  riderless  horse  over  hill 
and  dale.  It  was  the  work  of  a  moment  (and  the  insane  are  cunning  be- 
yond all  imagining)  to  wrench  the  wooden  door  from  the  vault  containing 
the  body  of  his  child.  He  seized  the  tiny  coffin  in  his  arms,  and  with 
the  strong  arm  of  a  desperate  man  he  tore  open  the  lid,  and  in  a  moment 
more  the  cold  blue  lips  of  the  dead  child  were  glued  to  the  mad  actor's! 
The  next  morning  some  member  of  the  tragedian's  family  heard  a  wild 
strain  of  laughter  that  appeared  to  come  from  his  sleeping  room.  The 
door  was  forced  opened  and  Booth  was  discovered  on  bis  bed  gibbering  in 
idiotic  madness,  and  caressing  the  corpse  of  his  little  one. 

FACTS  ABOUT  SHERRY. 
Mr.  Henry  Vizetelly's  "Facts  about  Sherry"  {Ward,  Lock,  & 
Tyler)  will  be  studied  with  interest  by  the  very  large  section  of  English- 
men who  have  not  yet  resigned  themselves  to  thin  potations.  Mr.  Viz- 
etelly  not  only  writes  in  a  pleasant  lively  style,  but  possesses  the  advan- 
tage of  understanding  perfectly  the  subject  he  is  dealing  with.  His  ex- 
perience as  a  wine-juror  at  the  Vienna  Exhibition,  his  investigations  con- 
ducted among  the  vines  and  wines  of  France,  and  his  subsequent  resi- 
dence at  Serez  have  admirably  qualified  him  for  the  task  of  clearing  up 
the  sherry  question.  His  opinion  as  to  '  plastering '  is  therefore  entitled 
to  considerable  attention.  During  his  sojourn  at  Jerez  he  saw  the  gyp- 
sum applied  to  the  grapes  in  hundreds  of  cases,  and  found  that  the 
quantity  employed  was  very  small — not  more  than  six  pounds  per  butt  in 
dry  seasons,  and  double  that  quantity  when  great  dampness  prevails. 
He  also  points  out  that  the  superiority  of  Burton  bitter  beer  is  owing  to 
the  large  amount  of  gypsum  contained  in  the  water  of  the  Trent,  and 
that  quite  as  much  of  this  innocuous  substance  enters  into  a  pint  and  a 
half  of  that  excellent  beverage  as  into  any  bottle  of  sherry  in  existence. 
Nor  is  gypsum  used  for  checking  over-activity  of  fermentation  only  in 
Burton  and  Scotch  ales  and  in  sherry.  "All  the  wine-growers  of  the 
South  of  France  have  recourse  to  it ;"  and  the  tribunal  of  Montpellier, 
guided  by  scientific  evidence,  decided  that  "  the  employment  of  gypsum 
during  vinification  could  not  be  regarded  as  an  adulteration,  and  further 
that  it  was  not  injurious  to  health."  Subsequently  the  French  Govern- 
ment took  the  matter  up  ;  and  the  result  of  the  deliberations  of  a  sci- 
entific commission  is  that  "to-day  fully  two-thirds  of  all  the  wine  made 
in  France  is  made  by  the  use  of  plaster.''  These  "Facts  about  Sherry" 
will  afford  infinite  comfort  to  the  fine  old  English  gentleman  ;  but  Mr. 
Vizetelly's  book  has  a  romantic  side,  his  stories  of  the  "sequestration" 
of  sherry-growers  by  the  bandits  of  the  Sierra  being  exceedingly  well 
told.     The  volume  is  profusely  illustrated. 

Two  persons  were  once  disputing  so  loudly  on  the  subject  of  religion, 
that  they  awoke  a  big  dog  which  had  been  sleeping  on  a  hearth  before 
them,  and  he  forthwith  barked  most  furiously.  An  old  divine  present, 
who  had  been  quietly  sipping  his  tea  while  the  disputants  were  talking, 
gave  the  dog  a  kick,  and  exclaimed:  "  Hold  your  tongue,  you  silly  brute, 
you  know  no  more  about  it  than  they  do." 

As  Frank  stood  watching  the  dust  whirling  in  eddies,  he  exclaimed: 
"  Ma,  I  think  the  dust  looks  as  if  there  was  going  to  be  another  little 
boy  made." 


SAVINGS    AND    LOAN. 


COLLATERAL    LOAN    AKD    BAVJN08  BANK.    CORNER    POST   AND 
KEARNY    STREETS,    SAN    FRANCIS. 0 

Incorporated  Under  the  Laws  of  the  State  or  California. 

retari  is  CASTER 

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i,  .oi.l    nllon  Hie  (ollowli 

1  par  oral   peri to  ;  Twelve  months,  1|  per  cenl  per  month 

I     v.AKTKK,  Secretary. 


GSRM\N    SAVIHIH    AND    LOAN    80CIETY. 

Gnnrnntec  Capita]  0200,000.— Office  Oftt  <  nil  fur-nut  -tr. «  i. 
North  -mi,.',  between  tfontoomerj  ind  H  Oflfoe  hours,  from  B  \  v 

to  8  p  ■!     Extra  hour  on  Baturdayi  from  7  to  9  p.m,  tor  receiving  -■!   I 

L'mus  made  on  Keol  Estate  ami  other  collateral  securities,  »l  current  i 
President L.  O0TTIQ.  |  Secretary 

DOW  I 
F.  Roedina;.  H.  Schmieden,  Chas.   Kohlor,  Ed.  Knnte,  Dan.  Meyer,  George  II    Be> 
pew,  P.  Bpreckles,  X.  Van  Bergen.  Feb.  I. 

MARKET     STREET     BANK     OF     SAVINGS, 
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President THOMAS  I!    LEWIS 

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delivered  to  agent.     Bank  open  on  Saturdays  till  U  o'clock  i-.m.  OotODi 

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Cashier,  Lovell  White.  Dividends  for  two  years  past  nave  been  7^  and  0  per  cent,  re- 
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posits receive  10  per  cent.  This  incorporation  is  in  its  ninth  year,  and  refert  to 
over  5,900  depositors  for  its  successful  and  economical  management. 

H.  K0FA11L,  Cashier. 
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persons'. 1  March  25.1 H   T.  ORAVKS,  Secretary. 

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made  on  real  estate  and  other  collateral  securities  at  current  rates  of 


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from  8a..m.  to  6"  r.M.  September  18. 

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E.  D.  Edwards.  E.  L.  Craig.  J.  Craio. 

CRAIG,    EDWARDS    &    CBAIG, 

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fee.    Se*.d  for  pamphlet  to 
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SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


Aprjl  7,  1877. 


MR     FRIEDLANDER'S    AFFAIRS. 

The  mere  suspension  of  full  cash  payments  for  a  limited  period  by  a 
man  like  Mr.  Friedlander,  who  has  so  long  occupied  the  highest  rung  of 
the  ladder  of  commercial  soundness  and  integrity,  may  be  an  evil,  but 
close  investigation  discloses  that  it  is  by  no  means  an  irredeemable  dis- 
aster. The  untoward  event,  much  as  it  is  to  be  regretted,  causes  no  wide- 
spread trouble.  The  many,  instead  of  being  creditors,  are  debtors  to  the 
estate,  with  no  obligation  to  pay  until  the  fruits  of  harvest  are  reaped. 
Money  that  might,  and  probably  would,  otherwise  have  been  lying  idle  in 
the  coffers  of  certain  banks,  has  been  loaned  to  Mr.  Friedlander,  and  by 
him  distributed  to  thousands  throughout  the  State  who  needed  it  to  plow 
and  to  sow  that  seed,  without  which  the  harvest  never  comes.  The  many 
are  benefitted  immediately,  whilst  in  the  end  the  few  will  not  be  losers. 
The  few  creditors  are  large  ones,  and  they  are  nearly  all  amply  secured 
by  the  best  and  most  enduring  of  all  securities,  i.  c,  rich  agricultural 
lands.  These  few  creditors  are  in  no  immediate  need  of  realizing ;  their 
money  is  placed  where  it  is  secure,  and  where  it  will  finally  pay  a  hand- 
some interest.  They  can  wait  to  their  own  advantage  and  to  the  injury  of 
nobody.  Thus  it  comes  that  the  suspension  of  our  foremost  merchant  has 
caused  little  or  no  uneasiness  in  monetary  circles,  no  disaster  to  others, 
and. will  finally  cause  no  loss  to  any  one,  save,  possibly,  it  may  be  to  him- 
self. If  those  of  his  splendid  properties  that  are  mortgaged  to  a  local 
bank,  and  which  so  largely  cover  its  advances,  are  sacrificed  at  this  un- 
propitious  season,  the  whole  community  will  feel  an  abiding  sense  of 
wrong  at  the  perpetration  of  so  needless  an  act.  We  believe  nothing  of 
the  kind  will  occur.  Time  is  the  only  bridge  that  is  necessary  for  the  car 
rying  of  Mr.  Friedlander's  affairs  over  a  season  of  unexpected  depression. 
If  the  outlook  for  the  next  crop  had  been  good,  nothing  would  probably 
have  been  heard  of  bis  difficulties.  In  that  event  the  promise  of  the 
future  profits  of  his  gigantic  enterprises  would  have  ensured  him  all  nec- 
essary credit.  Having  loaned  largely  he  has  borrowed  considerably,  with 
full  reliance  upon  a  usual  harvest.  The  doubt,  if  not  certainty  upon  that 
point  being  unfavorable,  bankers  suddenly  take  alarm  and  a  stoppage  of 
credit  is  the  result.  Mr.  Friedlander's  debtors  need  time,  and  it  is  not 
unnatural  that  what  he  is  perforce  compelled  to  give  he  should  be  under 
the  necessity  of  asking.  He  will  get  it,  and  soon  thereafter  wc  shull  see 
his  broad  shoulders  carrying  their  appointed  load  and  his  keen  foresight 
gradually  throwing  off  and  finally  extinguishing  the  whole  burden. 
Meanwhile  it  is  most  pleasing  to  observe  the  unbounded  confidence  that 
his  many  friends  have  in  his  integrity  as  a  man  and  in  his  prosperous 
future  as  a  merchant.  Men  who  have  the  will  no  less  than  the  ability 
arc  to  the  fore,  in  this  his  hour  of  need,  and,  indeed,  if  he  had  so  chosen, 
their  proffered  support  would  have  put  off  if  it  did  not  altogether  avoid 
the  necessity  of  suspending.  But  Mr.  Friedlander's  grasp  of  mind  ena- 
bled him  to  see  that  the  safest,  best  ond  most  honorable  way  was  to  make 
a  full  disclosure  of  his  position,  and  to  ask  for  that  consideration  which 
we  are  persuaded  will  not  be  denied  him.  At  the  meeting  on  Monday  next 
a  fuil  expose  will  be  openly  made. 


THE    RETIREMENT    OF    PRINCE    BISMARCK. 

Two  gr6at  statesmen  have  become  prominent  in  the  latter  half  of 
this  century.  The  one  was  Count  Cavour,  and  the  other  is  Prince  Bis- 
marck. The  former  consolidated  the  Kingdom  of  Italy,  and  the  latter 
mainly  contributed  to  the  creation  of  the  Empire  of  Germany.  Both  had 
a  difficult  task  and  each  succeeded  admirably.  Cavour's  life  was  one  of 
incessant  movement.  At  one  moment  he  was  at  the  Tuilleries  urging  the 
support  of  Louis  Napoleon  in  favor  of  Victor  Emanuel,  the  next  he  was 
with  Lord  Palmerston  praying  for  Great  Britain's  intervention  against 
Austria  ;  anon  he  is  at  Vienna,  soothing  and  intriguing  that  then  passively 
hostile  power.  He  was  ever  on  the  move.  The  Courts  of  Europe  were 
his  home,  and  when  success  crowned  his  diplomatic  efforts  and  Italy  be- 
came united  under  one  sovereign,  he  sank  to  his  grave,  loved  by  the  Prince 
he  had  elevated,  and  adored  by  the  nation  that  he  had  made  one  and 
whole.  Bismarck's  work,  on  the  other  hand,  was  entirely  at  home.  He 
had  in  the  first  place  to  control  an  unruly  parliament,  he  had  to  suppress 
the  turbulent  spirit  of  republicanism,  if  not  of  anarchy,  that  was  pervad- 
ing the  Kingdom  of  Prussia,  and  finally,  when  that  Kingdom  united  itself 
with  the  other  principalities  and  kingdoms  and  dukedoms  of  Germany, 
first  as  Confederation  and  subsequently  as  Empire,  the  task  was  doubled. 
For  the  new  power,  mightfy  as  it  was  numerically,  bound  together  as  it 
was  by  language  and  partially  by  race,  had  many  elements  of  discord  in 
its  composition.  There  was  the  undisguised  reluctance  of  Hanover,  some- 
what encouraged  by  the  Court  of  St.  James,  who  looked  upon  that  little 
kingdom  as  an  apanage  of  the  English  crown  ;  there  was  the  sullen  ac- 
quiescence of  Saxony,  loath  to  be  merged  in  the  greater  rival,  and,  above 
all,  was  the  religious  antipathy  of  Bavaria.  Then  came  the  war  with 
France,  and  Alsace  and  Lorraine  were  added  to  the  great  Chancellor's 
cares.  For  the  Count  of  1S51,  who  was  simply  a  representative,  was  Min- 
ister at  1862,  and  Prince  and  Chancellor  in  1872.  Thus  for  a  quarter  of  a 
century  has  he  served, his  country.  He  has  fought  the  Reichstag,  he  has 
combatted  the  Roman  Catholic  opposition,  he  has  supported  the  throne, 
and  now,  weary  and  wayworn,  he  seeks  his  well-earned  repose.  It  is  no 
question  of  recent  checks  in  his  government  that  drives  this  dauntless 
spirit  away,  nor  is  it  the  Eastern  question  and  its  probable  peaceful  ter 
mination,  but  the  overstrung  mind  wants  relaxation  and  the  overstrained 
mental  faculties  require  rest.  The  question  is  whether  the  Emperor, 
whether  Europe,  can  afford  to  lose  his  leading  mind.  The  man  who  held 
a  deliberative  assembly  in  check  by  the  force  of  his  imperious  will,  and 
had  the  command  of  the  chambers  to  carry  out  his  schemes  which  have 
generally  met  with  public  approbation,  can  hardly  be  spared  at  a  time  like 
this,  when  all  Europe  is  on  the  verge  of  trouble  and  nations  are  eyeing  each 
other  with  mistrust  and  foreboding.  He  can  only  be  conceived  of  in  re- 
tirement as  a  watcher  of  events  and  a  counsellor  to  his  more  active  suc- 


The  embarrassment  (it  is  hoped  to  be  temporary)  of  Mr.  Friedlander  will 
be  felt  over  the  whole  commercial  world.  Sympathy  will  be  expressed  for 
the  man  who  has  controlled  the  grain  trade  of  the  Pacific  Coast,  not  only 
in  New  York,  Boston  and  San  Francisco,  but  at  London  ancLLiverpool, 
at  Hamburg  and  Bremen,  at  Havre  and  Antwerp.  The  shock  will  extend 
itself  to  the  Baltic  and  reach  the  shores  of  the  Black  Sea,  because  that 
influence  which  California  and  Oregon  cereals  was  exercising  in  the  Euro- 
pean markets  was  mainly  due  to  the  single  efforts  of  the  controlling  mind 
of  this  man  of  strong  will  and  strong  power  over  others. 


3LANDER, 


ISAAC     FRIEDLANDER,      EX-KING 
FIELDS. 

The  king  is  dead  !    Bewail  the  king  ! 

For  who  shall  fill  his  vacant  throne? 
The  sceptre  fallen  from  his  hand 

Can  be  regained  by  him  alone. 
We  miss  the  towering  giant-form. 

We  miss  the  old  familiar  face  ; 
We  cannot  cry  :  Long  live  the  king  ! 

For  there  is  none  to  take  his  place. 


OF     THE      GRAIN 


His  crown  was  made  of  yellow  wheat, 

With  scarlet  poppies  peeping  through, 
His  sceptre  was  a  barley-ear, 

Tipped  with  a  diamond  of  dew; 
His  kingdom  was  the  fertile  land, 

The  fanners  were  his  subjects  true, 
And  mighty  mother  earth  herself 

Yielded  his  princely  revenue. 


But  ill  befell  his  high  estate, 

To  him  the  rain  was  molten  gold  ; 
How  could  he  know  the  heedless  clouds 

Their  priceless  treasure  would  withhold? 
The  winter  sky  wore  summer  garb. 

The  ruthless  sun  blazed  fiercely  down, 
The  tender  grain  grew  faint  with  thirst, 

And  lo  !  the  monarch  lost  his  crown. 

Let  none  speak  lightly  of  the  blow 

That  hath  uncrowned  the  monarch's  head; 
The  blight  that  fell  on  him  will  fall 

On  others  ere  the  year  has  fled. 
The  phuonix  from  his  flames  may  rise — 

The  darkest  hour  precedes  the  dawn — 
Let  none  dare  jibe  the  fallen  chief, 

His  night  may  be  a  sign  of  morn. 


AUTHORITY  DN  CONTEMPT. 
No  good  citizen  will  for  a  moment  defend  the  assaults  on  Judge  Fer- 
ral  and  Justice  Pennie  which  made  memorable  the  31st  day  of  March 
last.  It  is  true  that  the  attacks  were  made  under  different  circumstances 
and  with  different  surroundings,  but  the  principle  involved  in  either  case 
is  the  same.  The  facts  briefly  are,  that  two  judiciary  representatives  of 
our  State  government  were  grossly  and  unwarrantably  beaten,  one  in 
Court  and  the  other  in  a  saloon,  by  the  very  men  who  should  have  been 
the  first  to  uphold  their  dignity.  With  the  immediate  circumstances 
which  led  to  these  brutal  gladiatorial  essays  we  have  nothing  to  do — suf- 
fice it  to  say  that  the  assaults  took  place.  California  has  of  late  been  con- 
spicuous for  lawlessness.  The  wires  have  flashed  round  the  world  the  news 
of  the  hideous  Chico  murders,  and  every  day  is  prolific  with  tales  of  as- 
sassination, suicide  and  blood.  Hitherto,  however,  the  civilized  portion  of 
the  community  has  held  its  own  with  the  rest  of  the  New  World.  Until 
lately  San  Francisco  has  not  been  prominently  before  the  republic  as  the 
champion  abode  of  bully  lawyers,  although  the  efforts  of  the  News  Letter 
have  made  abortionists,  quack  doctors  and  medical  frauds  somewhat  more 
conspicuous  than  the  parties  alluded  to  in  all  cases  desired.  We  do  not 
propose  to  give  additional  notoriety  to  the  assailants  in  these  last  unjusti- 
fiable and  disgraceful  rows  by  unnecessarily  giving  their  names  to  the 
European  world  through  the  medium  of  our  columns,  but  we  should  be 
wanting  in  duty  to  ourselves  and  our  fellow- citizens  did  we  let  the  oppor- 
tunity pass  to  administer  a  scathing  rebuke  to  the  individuals  concerned. 
One  of  these,  we  trust,  will  be  disbarred,  and  his  unfrocking  woidd  be  a 
wholesome  lesson  to  all  overbearing,  petulant  and  vulgar  representatives 
of  the  legal  profession.  The  sin  of  the  other  gentleman  has  carried  its 
own  punishment  with  it.  He  was  taken  up  senseless,  and  is  still  sick  from 
injuries  received  in  the  melee.  His  indiscretion  was  apparently  attribu- 
table to  an  overplus  of  alcohol,  which  caused  a  corresponding  diminution 
of  brain-power  and  self-command.  For  the  honor  of  our  State,  it  is  to  be 
hoped  that  the  slightest  violation  of  the  respect  due  to  a  judical  officer  will 
be  punished  with  the  utmost  severity,  and  the  people  expect — nay,  more, 
demand — that  the  gravity  and  dignity  of  their  Courts  shall  be  maintained 
at  all  hazards  and  risks.  The  only  protection  for  a  republican  form  of 
government  is  the  careful  guardianship  of  the  honor  of  its  officers.  These 
are  not  the  days  of  '49;  neither  is  California  a  lawless  mining  camp; 
therefore  let  us  hope  that  the  present  outrages  may  meet  with  condign 
punishment,  and  that  never  again  in  our  history  may  the  wires  tell  the 
world  at  large  bo  disgraceful  and  miserable  a  story. 


O.     K.     HALL 

WTien  a  man  has  been  guilty  of  grave  crimes,  and  his  sins  find  him 
out,  it  is  the  fashion  for  him  to  clear  out  of  the  country  under  an  assumed 
name,  and  turn  up  in  another  quarter  of  the  globe  very  sick  and  "  broken 
down  in  body  and  mind."  He  at  once  becomes  an  object  of  deep  sym- 
pathy and  pity,  and  every  tear  which  oozes  out  of  his  maudlin  eyes  ia 
telegraphed  to  the  community  he  has  deserted.  We  are  informed 
that  Mr.  Hall  is  living  in  a  poor,  mean  house  in  London,  and  that  he  goes 
out  walking  with  a  lady  in  Hyde  Park  in  a  very  humble  and  downcast 
manner.  Although  his  scandalous  conduct  with  an  actress  in  New  York, 
bis  eccentric  debut  on  the  stage  and  other  actions  point  to  the  theory  of 
insanity  or  inexcusable  obliquity  of  mind,  Mr.  Hall's  friends  do  not  hesi- 
tate to  predict  for  him  a  brilliant  career  at  the  English  bar.  His  deser- 
tion of  his  wife  and  children  is  glossed  over,  and  he  is  even  lauded  for 
having  effected  an  insurance  of  SuO,000  on  them  out  of  money  which  he 
doubtless  stole  from  the  city.  The  truth  is  that  Oakey  Hall  is  neither 
more  nor  less  than  a  disgraced  fugitive  from  justice,  and  the  latest  addi- 
tion to  the  list  of  American  rogues  in  high  places.  In  the  evidence 
against  him  by  Woodward,  Tweed  and  Sweeney,  it  is  claimed  that  Hall 
was  paid  his  percentage  of  the  spoils  in  bills  ;  that  he  was  largely  inter- 
ested in  one  or  two  city  contracts,  and  was  aware  of  the  fraudulent  pur- 
pose of  the  warrants  before  a  single  one  was  presented  to  him  for  his  sig- 
nature. The  old  custom  of  calling  a  spade  a  spade  seems  to  have  died 
out  of  late  years.  It  would  probably  hurt  Mr.  Oakey  Hall's  feelings  ter- 
ribly, in  his  broken-down  condition,  to  be  called  a  thief.  Rather  let  him 
be  alluded  to  as  a  noble-hearted  man,  crushed  with  sorrow  for  other  men's 
sins.  In  his  disconsolate  condition,  when  he  takes  his  little  walks  with 
the  lady  in  Hyde  Park,  let  him  comfort  himself  with  better  and  brighter 
thoughts.  Probably  the  recollection  of  some  of  the  exquisite  puns  which 
he  is  said  to  have  made  during  the  voyage  to  England  may  have  the  de- 
sired effect,  and  dissipate  any  little  depression  of  spirits  which  may  be  in- 
duced by  the  contemplation  of  his  past  career. 


VSThile  the  two  companies  which  possess  electric  cables  across  the 
Atlantic  are  squabbling  about  rates,  a  third  one  is  preparing  to  intervene 
in  a  decisive  fashion.  An  Act  of  Congress  has  authorized  the  new  com- 
pany to  land  fresh  cables  in  the  United  States  under  the  condition  that 
the  maximum  charge  shall  be  one  shilling  a  word.  We  understand  that 
the  actual  charge  will  be  much  less,  so  that  cheap  telegraphy  between 
England  and  the  United  States  will  soon  be  independent  of  the  result  of 
stormy  public  meetings  in  London.  The  new  company  will  begin 
operations  with  not  less  than  two  cables.  The  news  cannot  but  be  wel- 
come to  the  Directors  of  the  Direct  Company,  who  profess  to  desire 
nothing  so  much  as  a  reduction  in  the  price  of  Atlantic  telegrams,  and 
free  trade  in  sending  messages  between  England  and  the  United  States. 


7.   1877. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER, 


9 


THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

"H»»r  Hi*  I  ntr Whftl  th#  <l«>«it  art  llioq!" 

On«  Ui»t  will  t»l*>  |h»  d«vtl.  sir.  with  >ou." 


The  late  lion  and  tiger  light,  in  which  the  keeper  parted  with  ..  pli . . 
of  bis  leg,  tin*  week,  horrified  .i  Dumber  ol  persona,  end  baa  created  •  on 
siderable  of  ■  sensation.  It  i-  aol  ji  Derail?  known  th.it  the  late  million- 
■ire,  Mr.  Peabody,  nude  the  basis  ol  hi  tone  :i*  it  lion  tamer. 

Being  «-f  an  acute  end  discerning  mind,  end  ^i1*"  of  e  frugal  disposition, 
lived  on  Inaurina  his  life  out  of  the  proceeds  "f  his  earninji  He 
received  »  Urge  eahuy Tor  his  dangerous  employment,  and  bad  no  diffl 
eulty  in  paying  the  poooainry  premlnm,  Shi  tnagnifioent  muscular  devel- 
opment and  splendid  physique  easUypaaaed  the  dnnerning  eyes  of  the 
examining  physioians,  and  Ik-  wae  recommended  as  a  firal  cuss  risk.  In 
this  way  he  effected  three  |...lii-i.  s  of  $10,000  each,  and  it  waa  .i  comfort  to 
him  every  time  he  entered  the  den  t..  know  that  if  the  lions  :it.'  him  up, 
hi-  aged  mother  need  not  take  in  wanning;  due  day,  however,  there  was 
a  grand  procession,  of  which  Mr.  Peabody  wai  the  central  figure  in  a  den 
of  seven  performing  liona.  The  crowd  waa  a  very  large'  one,  and  the  liana 
were  very  irritable.  Among  the  Bpectaton  were  three  insurance  agents, 
each  of  whom  turn., I  pale  aa  they  beheld  in  the  lion  tamer  the  young  man 
bad  so  recently  insured.  Horrified  at  the  thought  of  the  probable 
and  prospective  loss  to  their  companies,  three  excited  secretaries  were 
that  evening  ;it  the  show.  On  then*  knees  they  implored  Mr.  Peabody  to 
return  the  policies  and  accept  double  his  premium,  but  the  embryo  mi! 
lionaire  was  inexorable,  nud  told  them  frankly  that  though  he  expected  to 
he  eaten  up  in  a  few  weeks,  and  that  his  life  waa  not  worth  a  lueifer 
match,    it  would   be    his  pride    to  perish   in  the  execution  of  his  duty  and 

with  the  assurance  that  his  mother  need  never  pawn  her  mangle.  The 
rest  of  the  story  is  short,  Mr.  Peabody  finally  compromised  with  the 
oompaniea  and  surrendered  the  policies  for  115,000  gold  coin,  lie  retired 
from  toe  show  business,  bought  a  corner  grocery,  and  flourished,  as  all  the 

world  knows.  History  says  that  he  used  to  wallop  his  mother  when  he 
got  tight,  but  the  foregoing  narrative  would  seeui  to  cast  discredit  on  the 
assertion. 

Stocks  gone  to  blazes  and  no  business  doing,  may  be  a  solemn  fact, 
but  that's  no  reason  why  the  brokers  should  not  have  a  good  time.  On 
dit  that  by  way  of  passing  an  afternoon  session  agreeably,  one  day  this 
wi.<k,  I>udd  sent  round  to  Massey  &  Yung's  for  the  loan  of  a  coffin,  while 
Jack  McKenty  ordered  in  a  case  of  wine,  and  they  prepared  for  a  regu- 
lar wake.  The  casket  was  "filled  with  certificates  of  Niagara,  Leopard, 
Mint,  Cosmopolitan,  Kossuth,  Washoe  and  Wells  Fargo,  and  Messrs. 
Rorke,  Ives,  I'hler  and  Hall  were  appointed  to  the  sail  office  of  pall- 
bearers. A  capital  quartette  was  formed  by  Messrs.  Brown,  the  McDon- 
alds and  Bonynge,  and  the  following  beautiful  hymn,  improvised  for  the 
occasion,  was  then  rendered: 

"Put  away  those  useless  papers 
Which  our  brother  used  to  buy; 
He  on  earth  will  need  them  never, 
For  he's  broke,  and  so  am  I. " 
The  chorus,  led  by  the  cultivated  voice  of  Howard  Coit,  here  chimed  in: 
"  Blinding  teardrops  mar  our  sight — 
We're  busted  higher  than  a  kite." 
It  was  an  affecting  sight  to  see  the  bulls  and  bears  marching  hand  in 
hand  round  the  room,  and    the   only  incident   that   occurred    to   mar  the 
harmony  of  the  proceedings  was  an  occasional  attempt  of  some  thirsty 
member  to  break  ranks  and  go  for  the  Roederer. 

If  the  individual  who  advertised  for  1,000  laborers  yesterday  could 
have  only  fallen  into  the  hands  of  the  horny-handed  crowd  whom  he 
duped,  it  is  probable  that  the  undertaker  appointed  to  collect  his  remains 
would  have  found  his  skull  and  his  feet  about  three  miles  apart.  Whether 
as  much  as  a  pound  of  flesh  would  ever  have  remained  of  him  to  gratify 
the  perverted  taste  of  a  modern  Shylock,  is  also  very  doubtful.  At  its 
best  it  was  a  scoundrelly  hoax,  in  these  dull  times,  to  raise  high  the  hopes 
of  thousands  of  poor  men  out  of  employment.  Many  a  laborer  parted 
from  his  wife  that  morning  with  a  cheery  kiss,  and  his  big  heart  beating 
with  joy  at  the  thoughts  of  the  prospective  job,  and  returned  home  sad, 
soured  and  disappointed.  This  kind  of  amusement  is  the  specialty  of 
devils,  not  of  men,  and  if  that  noble  army  of  muscle,  thew  and  sinew, 
which  waited  so  patiently  in  our  chief  thoroughfare  for  the  promised 
employment,  could  only  have  had  one  squeeze  at  the  instigator  of  this 
cruel  swindle,  an  Egyptian  mummy  would  have  eeemed  corpulent  by  the 
side  of  the  pulpy  remnant  of  inanition  into  which  these  sturdy  sons  of  toil 
would  have  instantaneously  converted  the  advertiser. 

A  late  number  of  a  humorous  German  paper  contains  the  following 
almost  American  idea:  A  theatrical  manager  was  busily  engaged  in  the 
preparation  of  a  new  pantomime,  for  which  a  number  of  children  were 
required  to  enact  the  roles  of  dogs  and  monkeys.  His  rehearsals  were 
proceeding  very  satisfactorily,  when,  one  morning,  a  lady  came  to  the 
stage  door  leading  a  little  boy  with  a  mouth  like  an  almanac,  extending 
from  'ear  to  'ear,  and  a  facial  expression  of  illimitable  vacancy.  She  was 
anxious  that  her  infant  prodigy  should  obtain  an  engagement,  and  make 
his  first  appearance  in  public  as  a  full-fledged  baboon.  "  Mister,"  she 
said,  "  money  is  not  an  object  with  me,  nor  ever  has  been.  I  don't  ask 
any  pecuniary  emolument  for  my  little  boy,  but  I  do  want  him  to  have 
some  little  cultivation.  You  can  have  his  services  free,  and  I'll  find  his 
dress,  but  I  want  him  to  enjoy  all  the  advantages  which  maternal  love 
and  economy  can  purchase  him,  and  I'll  give  up  anything  for  his  men- 
tal improvement."     The  boy  got  a  show  as  a  yellow  dog. 

A  miner  from  Deadwood  City  asked  us  yesterday  for  information 
about  all  this  "darned  water  fuss."  His  wonderment  is  caused  by  an  ex- 
perience which  he  lately  had  in  the  Black  Hills.  He  says  there  is  one 
well  there,  he  believes,  though  he  never  saw  it,  not  having  any  use  for 
water  himself.  People  up  there  don't  drink  water  or  tea  and  have  no 
time  to  wash,  and  once  the  well  was  dry  for  three  weeks  before  any  one 
found  it  out.  Then,  he  admits,  people  got  a  little  scared;  but  they  sent  a 
five-gallon  demijohn  150  miles  and  got  it  filled,  and  that  lasted  the  city 
till  the  next  rainy  season.  He  wants  to  know  if  we  folks  here  think 
we're  any  better  "than  folks  up  there,  and,  as  his  inquiries  were  conducted 
somewhat  emphatically  and  he  smelt  horribly  of  gunpowder  and  bad 
brandy,  we  admitted  our  social  inferiority,  and  have  pledged  our  editorial 
word  that  there  shall  be  no  more  fuss  about  water. 


An  old  subscriber  rug  mould  m  future  wear 

hi  da)  ■  Icm  k  in  Un  ovnfa  i  ol  hii  I  B  mtrib 

[hiding  to  the  » 'aptaln  as  the  b.  -t  pilot  lo  the  bay,  and  sug- 

that  he  mint   bepn  nut     The  whole  thing  is  too  (Am 

and  unsuitable  to  theae  columns.    The  avotrdu|K>li  of  the  .:■  ml.  m..ii  In 

Jnoern  any  ilea  and  i-  Fully  provided  for  by  the 
n  which  he  so  frequent^  rldi         \    ailoi  Is  detailed  to  watch 

the  Captain's  movements,  and  to  shift  half  a  i f   ballast  about  the 

1    to  c iterbalancc  Ida    sllghtee!    motion.      Captain  Kentasl    is 

one  of  the  beat  men  ever  c tooted  with  the  harbor  polios,  and  if  h< 

to  wear  ;i  blue  riaas  overooal  to  ;i--i-t  bis  future  development,  it  certainly 

is  i ne  else's  buaincas  but  his  own, 

The  "  Alta"  is  nothing  if  not  brilliant.    Yesterday^  bans  oonl 
accouDtoi  the  drowning  of  a  child  in  a  well     "Granny"   saya:    "The 
jury  found  the  deatii  was  accidental,  bnt  censure  the  well  severely  for  not 
nvered."    The  paragraphia  should  have  added  that  itwss  lucky 
for  the  well  the  jury  did  not  bring  in  a  verdict  of  murder  in  the  B 
gree  against  it    This  horrible  boh-  would  certainly  have  been  put  In 
prison,  because  there  waa  fifteen  feet  of  water  In  it,  and  no  one  would. 
under  the  circumstances,  think  of  attempting  to  bail  it  out    Thi 
re  nee  should  be  a  warning  to  all  other  children  to  "  let  well  alone." 

The  departure  of  the  Georgia  Minstrels  from  our  shores  caused  a 
perfect  how]  in  several  frail  female  breasts.  These  useful  voters  at  the 
fast  election  will  naturalize  as  British  subjects  immediately  on  their 
arrival  in  Australia,  and  at  once  insist  upon  voting  on  every  possibli 
ject.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  we  have  seen  the  but  in  San  Fraud 
their  swaggering  vulgarity,  their  flashy  jewelry,  and  their  loud  and  ill- 
made  clothes.     The  community  will  gladly  forward  unlimited  quantities 

of  musk  and  patohouly  to  these  sable  libertines  if  they  will  only  continue 

to  gladden  us  by  their  perpetual  absence. 

A  German  well  on  in  years  got  married  about  a  year  ago  and  was 
presented  this  week  by  his  spouse  with  a  bouncingboy,  which  be  ha 

christened  after  himself,  Jacob  Schopponleerer.      Pride  in  BUCfa  a  moment 

is  justifiable,  and  even  laudable,  but  we  think  Mr.  S.  is  carrying  things  ;i 
little  too  far.  He  doesn't  even  like  to  open  his  own  letters  because  he  says 
there  are  two  Jacobs  now,  and  he  doesn  t  know  whether  the  document 
may  be  intended  for  Jacob  Senior  or  Junior.  When  young  Jacob  gets  to 
be  about  eighteen  perhaps  the  old  man  won't  be  so  scrupulous. 

The  Post  of  last  evening  has  an  item  about  a  "  light  complected  boy." 
For  a  long  time  we  have  shrewdly  suspected  that  our  dictionary  was  not 
up  to  the  mark,  so,  after  hunting  for  "complected  "  for  several  hours,  we 
finally  went  out  and  pawned  our  Webster  for  half  a  dollar.  Determined 
to  solve  the  mystery  contained  in  the  above  description  of  a  boy,  we 
sought  the  Academy  of  Sciences,  the  President  of  which  society  informed 
us  that  a  "light  complected  boy  "  is  a  "  blonde  man  "  in  embryo,  of  the 
order  of  Bimana  and  the  genus   Arehencephala.     Now  we  breathe  freely. 

An  heraldic  designer  is  busily  engaged  on  a  coat  of  arms  for  the 
Spring  Valley  Water  Works.  When  completed  it  will  be  on  exhibition 
in  the  water-color  room  of  the  Art  Association.  The  main  features  of  the 
picture  will  consist  of  two  dry  faucets  rampant,  bordered  by  a  withered 
tree  and  quarterings  of  dead  sparrows,  which  will,  of  course,  be  couchant 
The  field  of  the  shield  will  be  argent,  with  spots  to  represent  water-bugs, 
and  the  escutcheon  will  be  surmounted  by  an  immense  cormorant,  with 
the  motto  underneath,  "  By  might  and  main." 

Laura  D.  was  in  Court  again  this  week,  and  made  things  look  quite 
natural.  It  waa  amusing  to  see  the  Judge  and  jury  dodging  behind  the 
benches  every  time  she  put  her  hand  to  her  pocket,  just  as  if  they 
couldn't  tell  a  pistol  from  a  pocket-handkerchief.  We  don't  mind  making 
this  joke  on  Laura  ourselves,  because  we're  way-up  friends,  and  always 
have  been,  but  we  would  not  advise  any  one  else  to  go  fooling  round  her 
with  this  paragraph,  unless  they  are  perfectly  resigned  to  the  idea  of 
immortality. 

Shakespeare  in  Hindoostanee  is  the  latest  excitement  in  India.  The 
actors  are  all  Parsees,  and  said  to  be  exceedingly  talented.  Their  theater 
in  Bombay  is  known  as  the  Zoroaster  Opera  House,.and  has  been  burnt 
down  eleven  times,  owing  to  the  company  all  being  fire-worshipers. 
JRomco  and  Juliet  is  the  bonne  buuche  of  their  repertoire,  and  is  produced 
with  great  splendor,  although  no  one  would  suspect  the  management  of 
liberality  on  account  of  the  Parsec  money  with  which  the  bills  are  paid. 

The  revival  meetings  at  the  Pavilion  just  now  recall  to  our  well- 
stored  mind  the  old  fable  of  the  little  boy  who  came  home  to  his  father 
after  a  protracted  wrestle,  during  which  the  hymn  "A  consecrated  cross 
I'd  bear"  had  been  sung.  He  was  evidently  puzzled  as  to  what  the  words 
meant,  since  he  remarked  to  the  author  of  his  being  :  "Father,  you've 
been  out  hunting  a  sight,  did  you  ever  shoot  a  consecrated  cross-eyed 
bear? 

It  is  a  very  easy  matter  to  distinguish  the  emigrants  ou  the  overland 
train  at  Oakland  from  the  first-class  passengers.  The  test  is  the  police- 
man at  the  wharf.  He  shoves  the  sheep,  cattle  and  emigrants  into  one 
iien  and  waves  the  gentlemanly  tourists  into  the  best  places  on  the  boat, 
n  a  republic  where  all  men  are  equal,  notliing  can  be  more  beautiful  than 
the  sight  of  a  Democratic  club-slinger  driviughis  peers  into  a  hog-pen. 

In  the  TJrquhart  investigation,  recently,  a  witness  was  examined 
who  is  probably  the  champion  smeller  of  the  State.  He  smelt  liquor  on 
the  defendant's  breath  through  a  speaking-tube  75  feet  long.  That  man 
would  smell  a  saloon  three  blocks  off,  and  we  should  like  to  have 
a  photograph  of  his  nose,  just  to  compare  it  with  Emperor  Norton's. 

"That's  my  butcher,"  said  a  leading  actor  in  this  city  to  a  friend, 
at  the  same  time  pointing  to  a  lean,  cadaverous  looking  man  just  passing. 
"Looks  pretty  bad,  don't  he?"  "Does  look  bad,"  was  the  reply. 
"  Looks  as  if  yon  had  dealt  with  him  a  long  time,  don't  he?  The  subject 
was  immediately  changed. 

The  new  revival  does  not  seem  to  draw  like  the  last  one  we  had. 
Probably  all  the  material  was  used  up  and  the  souls  that  needed  saving 
saved.  Four  hundred  and  fifty  of  the  would-be  flyers  assembled  in  the 
pavilion  to  have  their  breeches  patched  up  for  Heaven  by  the  divine 
Taylor. 

' '  Haven't  you  a  contempt  for  a  drunkard  ?"  said  a  newly  converted 
i  good-templar  to  an  old  friend.  "  Not  that  I  know  of,"  was  the  reply,  "I 
i  don't  think  you  eould  ever  accuse  me  of  disrespect I" 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND 


April  7,  lo/ 1. 


COLUMN  FOR  THE  CURIOUS, 

In  Nature,  Science,  and  Art. 


The  Prickly  Comfrey.--  Attention  has  al- 
ready been  drawn  in  the  Indian  journals  to  the 
important  plant  of  which  this  pamphlet  treats  ; 
and  the  fact  that  it  will  flourish  and  grow  rapid- 
ly in  India  has  already  been  fully  established  by 
actual  expei  iment.  Practical  experience  has  also 
clearly  demonstrated  that  there  is  no  climate, 
except  it  be  that  of  the  Antarctic  Circle,  in 
which  it  will  not  flourish ;  and  seeing  its  immense 
value  as  food  for  cattle,  we  gladly  avail  our- 
selves of  this  opportunity  of  bringing  it  before 
the  notice  of  our  readers,  both  in  India  and  the 
Colonies.  Mr.  Christy,  in  the  pamphlet  which 
he  has  just  issued,  gives  a  complete  account  of 
the  plant,  considered  in  a  botanical  point  of 
view,  and  he  also  deals  fully  with  it  in  its  com- 
mercial aspects.  The  variety  of  the  plant  upon 
which  he  has  expended  his  energies,  and  which 
has  been  highly  developed  both  in  England  and 
abroad,  is  that  known  as  the  solid  stem — the  Syiii- 
pkitum  asperrimum — a  variety  indigenous  to  the 
Caucasus,  which  undoubtedly  will  take  the  place 
of  all  others  for  feeding  purposes,  particularly  in 
warm  climates,  where  it  flourishes  with  giant 
magnitude.  The  fact  that  cattle  will  eat  the  fo- 
rage greedily,  and  that  it  is,  moreover,  one  of 
the  most  beneficial  kinds  of  food  that  have  yet 
been  discovered,  has  already  been  fully  estab- 
lished. Among  other  advantages  that  the  plant 
possesses  is  the  possibility  of  storing  it  in  a  fresh 
condition,  even  when  it  is  cut  in  the  wet  mon- 
soon, fodder  so  cut  in  October  having  been 
turned  out  in  December  in  first-rate  condition, 
and  in  all  respects  equal  to  that  put  up  in  dry 
weather.  Horses,  cows,  pigs,  rabbits,  and  poul- 
try will  feed  and  thrive  upon  the  fodder,  and  it 
flourishes  in  dry  and  in  wet  seasons  alike,  inas- 
much as  its  roots  tap  downward  into  the  soil  un- 
til they  reach  water.  Mr.  Christy's  pamphlet, 
which  is  illustrated  with  some  excellent  litho- 
graphs of  the  plant,  is  written  with  a  view  of 
disseminating  a  knowledge  of  the  plant,  and  we 
commend  it  to  the  attention  of  all  who  have  to 
combat  with   the  difficulties  which  attend  the 

f>rocuring  of  a  constant  supply  of  food  for  their 
ive  stock — difficulties  which,  in  India  and  the 
Colonies,  often  prove  insurmountable,  but  which, 
with  the  aid  of  this  invaluable  plant,  may  be 
easily  overcome. 

Experiments  of  a  very  interesting  character 
have  recently  been  made  at  Cherbourg  to  test 
the  merits  of  a  small  torpedo  boat,  built  in  En- 
gland, and  known  as  the  Thorn eucroft.  Admiral 
Jaurez,  who  commands  the  Squadron,  ordered  a 
disabled  ship,  the  Bayonnaise,  during  a  rather 
rough  sea,  to  be  towed  out  by  a  steamer  belong- 
ing to  the  Navy.  A  second  lieutenant,  M.  Le- 
moinne,  was  sent  for,  and  informed  that  he  had 
been  selected  to  make  the  experiment  of  launch- 
ing the  T ho  met/croft.  He  accepted  the  mission 
without  hesitation,  picked  out  two  enginemen 
and  a  pilot,  and  went  down  with  them  into  the 
interior  of  the  Thorneyeroft,  of  whi'-h  only  a 
small  part  was  above  water.  Both  ship  and  tor- 
pedo-boat were  then  put  in  motion,  and,  after 
an  hour's  chase,  the  boat,  which  traveled  at  the 
rate  of  19  knots  an  hour  against  the  14  knots  of 
the  tug  towing  the  vessel,  came  within  striking 
distance.  The  whole  squadron  watched  this 
last  phase  of  the  struggle  with  breathless  inter- 
est, and  people  asked  themselves  whether  the 
shock  of  the  torpedo  would  not  infallibly  de- 
stroy the  little  vessel  which  bore  it.  It  was 
feared  that  the  lives  of  the  second  lieutenant, 
Lemoinne,  and  his  three  companions  were  abso- 
lutely sacrificed.  However,  the  two  vessels  got 
visibly  nearer.  All  at  once  the  Thorneyeroft  put 
on  a  last  spurt,  and  struck  the  Bayonnaise  with 
its  whol^  force  on  the  starboard  bow.  Jhe  sea 
was  terribly  agitated,  a  deafening  report  was 
heard,  and  the  Bayonnaise,  with  a  rent  as  big  as 
a  house,  sank  with  wonderful  rapidity.  As  for 
the  Thomeycrott,  rebounding  by  the  shock  about 
15  metres  off,  even  before  the  explosion  occurred, 
it  went  round  and  round  for  a  few  moments,  and 
then  quietly  resumed  the  direction  of  the  squad- 
ron. Mo  trace  remained  of  the  Bayonnaise;  it 
was  literally  swallowed  up  by  the  sea. 

An  Important  Discovery.— The  most  seri- 
ous drawback  to  the  utility  of  iron  in  the  arts 
and  industries  has  always  been  its  liability  to  de- 
terioration or  destruction  by  rust.  It  is  now  an- 
nounced by  the  London  Times  that  an  English 
chemist.  Professor  Barff,  has  discovered  what  is 
believed  to  be  a  complete  cure  for  rust.  This  will 
rank  as  one  of  the  most  important  discoveries  of 
the  age,  and  that  it  will  have  absolute  incalcula- 
ble effects  upon  commerce,  navigation,  architect- 
ure, manufacture,  and  every  branch  of  industry. 
Professor  Barff  has  discovered  that  when  iron  is 
exposed  at  a  high  temperature  to  the  action  of 
super-heated  steam,  a  black  oxide  is  produced 


upon  its  surface,  which  is  harder  than  the  metal 
itself,  which  adheres  to  it  as  closely  as  its  own 
particles,  and  which  completely  resists  the  effects 
of  water,  weather,  or  acids.  In  the  experiments 
already  made  it  has  been  found  that  by  the 
exposure  of  iron  to  the  action  of  superheated 
steam  at  1,200  degrees  Fahrenheit,  for  six 
hours,  an  oxide  is  produced  which  defies  the  rasp, 
and  which  no  amount  of  exposure  to  weather 
will  affect  in  any  way.  It  will  be  at  once  appa- 
rent that  the  practical  results  of  such  a  discov- 
ery must  be  bewilderingly  important.  It  will 
not  only  remove  all  the  drawbacks  upon  iron  as 
at  present  employed,  and  enhance  its  value  with 
its  durability,  but  it  will  open  to  it  new  avenues 
of  usefulness  which  have  hitherto  been  closed 
against  it  by  its  tendency  to  rust.  In  increasing 
the  permanence  of  iron  it  will  increase  its 
strength,  and  thus  render  public  travel  safer  un- 
der a  variety  of  circumstances,  both  by  land  and 
water. 


C.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Sunday,  April  1st,  1877,  and  until 

further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 

San  Francisco: 

(Overland    Ticket  Office,   at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  of 
Market  Street.) 


7AA  A.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washing- 
•  vfW  ton  St.  Wharf)  —  Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for    Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.        (Arrive  San  Francisco  8:10  p.m.) 


8C\(\  A.M.  (daily),  Atlantic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  \J\J  land  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland  (O.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  P.M.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  5:35  P.M.) 


3(\(\  P.M.  (daily)Sau  Jose  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  WU  land  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 
":30  p.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco 9:35  a.m.) 


rives  at  San  Jose  at  5:30  p.m. 


4AA  P.M.  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
•  XJVJ  for  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Dos  Palmas  (Arizona  Stage  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  0:55 
p.m.  "  Sleeping  Cars"  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les. (Arrive  San  Francisco  1-2:40  p.m.) 


4(\f\  P.  M.(dailv),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washington 
•""  St.  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  forCalistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  P.  M.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "  Sleeping 
Cars"  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  11:10  A.M.) 


4t~\C\  P-M-  (Sundays  excepted)  Sacramento  Steamer 
,UU  (from  Wash'n  St.  Wharf),  for  Beniciaand  Land- 
ings on  the  Sacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  A.M.,  daily. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  8:00  p.m.) 


4    0/k  P.M.  (daily).  Through  Third  Class  andAccom- 
•  O"     modation  Train,  via   Lathrop  and  Mohave, 
arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  a.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  7:30  a.m. 


FERRIES     AND     LOCAL     TRAINS. 


From  "SAN  FRANCISCO,"  Daily. 


OAKLAND. 


a  7.00 
7.30 
S.OO 
8.30 
9.00 
9.30 
10.00 
10.30 
11.00 
11.30 
12.00 
P12.30 
1.00 
1. 
2.00 


a  6.10 
rll.45 


3.00 
3.30 
4.00 
4.30 
5.00 
5.30 
6.00 
6.30 
7.00 


A  7.00 
8.00 
9.00 
10.00 
11.00 
12.00 
■  1.30 
2.00 
1  3.00 
4.00 
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10.30      6.00 


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til.  30 
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3  00 
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p  3.00 
4.00 
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8.30 
9: 
10.: 
11.30 
P12.30 
1.00 
3.30 
4.30 


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10.30irectforS.  J'e. 


A  6.10 
p  11.45 


\  DAILY,  { 
-  SUNDAYS  < 
)   EXCEPTED  ( 


A   7.30 
8.30 

9.30 
10.30 
1130 
p  1.00 
4.00 
5.00 
6.00 


a 


A  8.00 
10.00 

p  3.00 
4.30 
5.30 


Change  Cars 

at 
West  O'kland 


p  6.00 


M0.30  P.M.  Sundays  only  to  Alameda. 

To  FERNSIDE— except  Sundays— 7.00,  9.00,  10.00 
A.M.,  and  5  p.m. 

Extra  Excursion  Trains,  "  Sandays  only,"  to  Shell 
Mound  and  Delaware  St.,  West  Berkeley,  9.00,  10.30,  12. 

Regular  Trains  to  Berkeley  and  Delaware  Street  will 
not  be  prepared  to  accommodate  large  excursions. 


To  "SA3T  FKASCISCO,"  Daily. 


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OAKLAND. 

(Broadway.) 

A  S.OO 

A  7.30[a"6  25 

At6.45 

At7.08 

A  0.40 

A  0.50 

p  2.60 

10.00 

8.30      7.00 

7.55 

8.15 

7.40 

7.20 

3.20 

P   3.00 

9.30      8.03 

11.15 

11.35 

8.40 

7.50 

3.50 

430 

10.301     9.00 

tll.45 

Pti20a 

9.40J     8.25 

4.20 

5.30 

11.301    10.03 

P   3.40 1      4.03 

10.40       8.50 

4.50 

P    l.OOl    11.03 

T4.45 

11.401      9.20 

5.20 

4.00     12.00 

Pl'2.40!     9.50 
1.25,    10.20 
2.401    10.50 
4.401    11.20 
5.40J    11.50 

1 

1 

8.00 
9.10 

v                  S 

5.00 

0.40  1' 12.20 

10.20 

Change  Cars       6. OS 

tChange  Cars 

7.50     12.60 

at           !*10.00 

at 

9.00l      1.20 

West  I'aklnd.! 

East  Oakland 

10.10|     1.60 

A  6.30 

A  5.40  A*5.00 

\                   /  -A  5.10'a  5.20 
'     DAILY,    J        5.50       6.00 

"5.40 

1    '8.30 

From  FERNSIDE- except   Sundays— 8.00,  10.00,  11.00 

a.m.,  and  6.00  p.m. 

*Alameda  Passengers  change  cars  at  Oakland. 

A— Morning,     p— Afternoon. 


THE  CREEK  FERRY  ROAT 

Will  run— tide  permitting— from  5:50  a.m.  to  0:30  ) 
as  follows : 


Leave 

Lf.avk 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

OAKLAND 

(Market  St.   Station. 

(Broadway  Wharf.) 

11:50—  1:20-  2:50-5:45 

11.00- 

-12:40-  2:05-5:00 

—12.05-  3:10—5:40 

5.50- 

- —  1:30-4:30 

—12.50-  3.40-5:40 

0:30- 

—  2:00-4:40 

8:00— -3.40    6:00 

6:30- 

- —  2:00-4:40 

7:30— -  2.50—5:30 

6:00- 

-  8.45—  ....-4:20 

7.10—  9.50- —5:20 

6:00- 

-  8:10- -3:50 

7:40—11.00- —5:40 

6:00- 

-  9:00  — -4:15 

8:50-10:20-11:50—5:40 

8:00- 

-  9:40-11:00-5:00 

7:40    11:00- 5:40 

6:00- 

-  9:00—12:30-.... 

7:40    11:30- 6:20 

6:00- 

-  9:00—  1:00-.... 

7:40-11:30-     ...—6:30 

6:00- 

-  9:00-  1:30-.... 

7:40—11:00- —2:45 

9:00-11:30- —3:50 

0:00- 

-  9:00—12:30-:.... 

10:00—12:20- —4:40 

8:45- 

-11:10—  2:00-.... 

10:40—12:15-  2:50—5:00 

10:00- 

-11:30—  1:00-4:00 

"  Official  Schedule  Time  "  furnished  by  Anderson  & 
Randolph,  Jewelers,  101  and  103  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towne,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION. 

Commencing  Nov.  6th,  1876,  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  as  follows : 


8  OH  a.m  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
•Ov  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  &4JT"  At  Pajaro  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forApros  and  Santa  Cruz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Monterey.  Stage 
connections  made  with  this  train. 


nor;  a    M.  (daily)  forMenlo  Park  and  WaySta- 
.  U  O     tions. 

3.25 


p.m.   daily  (Sundays    excepted)  for    San  Jose, 
Gilroy  and  Way  Stations. 


A    A(\  p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


(\  ^  O  P,M'  (dau' JO  f°r  San  Mateo  and  Way  Stations. 

SOUTHERN     DIVISION. 

g5p~  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Division 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Bos  Palmas 
A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  WILLCUTT,  Gen'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 
[November  18.  ] 


H.    H.    MOORE. 

D  oiler  in  Rooks  for  libraries.-- A  larg-e 
assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
ano  for  sale  at  n"09  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
San  Francisco  Oct.  24. 


OEEGON    STEAMSHIP    COMPAQ. 


Regular  Steamers  to  Portland,  leav- 
ing San  Francisco  weekly  ■  Steamers  CITY  OF 
CHESTER,  GEORGE  W.  ELDER,  and  AJAS,  connect- 
ing with  steamers  to  SITKA  and  PUGET  SOUND,  and 
O.  and  C.  R.  R.  Co.  and  Oregon  C.  R.  R.  Co.  through 
Willamette,  Unipqua,  and  Rogue  River  Valleys,  Oregon. 
Tickets  to  all  points  on  the  O.  and  C,  R.  R.  sold  at  re- 
duced rates.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
March  24.  210  Battery  street. 


April    7,   is:;. 


CALIFORNIA    Ah\  BRTISER. 


P 


NOTABILIA. 


II  you  have  a  knowledge,  let   othui  light  their  candle*  »t  if 
nut  what  i  the  matter  with  as,  ud  m  an  bunting  torfivolm  the 
whole  thing.     The  fact  Is  that   man)  ladiea  and  gentlemen  arosti 
rani  about  tin  beai  plaea  in   the  city  to  lonoh  at     Thej     I 

i  rioea,  mixed  locSoto,   and  unsal 
where  tn  go.     The  answer  is  quite  simple    go  to  Swafn'i  Bakerj 
Butter  street,  aboTe   Kearny.     It  is  the  quietest,  pleaaanteet,  and  mott 
rveaerdu  place  in  the  city. 

Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis.  M.  D.,  etc.,  may  be  consulted  at  hie  -.Mice  and 

ice,  530  Sutter  Btreet.  between   Powell  and  Mason  streets,   daily. 

From  I"  \.  h.  to  3  p.  m..  and   from  B  to  B  p.  u.:  ua  Bundaya  From  11  to 2 

Dr.   Curtis  is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi 

■t:  his  p-1  ' 

ole   agents   i< 

Butter  street,  5,  F. 


4;  bia  publications  can   be  obtained  from  A.   L.  Bancroft  &  Co.. 
nts   for  the   Paolfio  coast,  or  from  the  author,  Dr.  Curtis,   620 


On  being  asked  by  one  «>f  hia  fair  daughters  why  the  bull-dog's  nose 
is  placed  so  far  behind  its  mouth,  the  wry  reverend  gentleman  discovers 
another  instance  of  the  merciful  consideration  ever  snown  by  shall  we 
say  "Nature?"  to  the  humblest  of  her  creatures,  an. I  replies:  "  My 
love,  it  is  to  enable  him  to  breathe  more  comfortably  while  he  is  han-nuL' 
on  to  the  nose  of  the  bull!  "— Punch. 

The  most  mature  maiden  lady  is  supposed  to  reside  at  Norfolk, 
Virginia,  Her  age  is  one  hundred  and  eighteen.  She  has  just  ordered  a 
beautiful  new  lounge  from  N.  P.  Cole  ft  I  So.,  which,  she  says,  fa  so  com- 
fortable, that  ehe  expects  to  live  another  twenty  years.  This  firm  is  sit- 
uate ■  ■!!  Bush  street,  below  Montgomery,  Nos.  220  to  226.  Their  furni- 
ture, bedding,  and  upholstery  are  the  finest  in  the  city, 

A  witness  in  a  London  court  recently  testified  that  "a man  is  prop- 
erly drunk  when  he  cannot  walk  :  in  Edinburgh,  at  about  the  same  time, 
a  witness  gave  it  ae  bia  opinion  that  a  "man  basna'  enough  till  he  canna 
speak."     If  a  man  would  only  drink   genuine  O.K.  old  ('utter  Whisky, 


sii.li  as  is  sold  by  A.  P.  HotaUng 
never  get  drunk. 


-   ky, 

429   and  431  Jackson  street,  he  would 


"O,  yes,"  said  an  old  lady,  "the  modern  cook-stove  is  a  great  inven- 
tion, and  when  my  boy  James  gets  through  bis  studies  in  practical  engi- 
neering,  so  he  can  come  home  and  run  it,  I'll  buy  one  of  'em,  but  not 
afore  ;  and  when  I  do  buy  one,"  she  continued,  "  it  will  be  a  Union 
Range,  from  Mr.  De  La  Montanya,  on  Jackson  street,  below  Battery." 
The  "  Union  n  is  the  best  stove  in  the  world. 


vry. 


"No,"  said  the  smart  boy-baby,  when  the  pretty  young  woman 
wanted  to  kiss  him."  "  But  why  not?  "  asked  she.  "  0,  I  am  too  little 
to  kiss  you  ;  papa  will  kiss  you  ;  papa  kisses  all  the  big  girls."  He  was 
permitted  to  play  with  his  toys. 

Bishop  Kip  does  not  fear  the  sword  of  Damocles  ;  but  he  went  out 
into  the  street  the  other  day  when  he  saw  a  thousand-pound  safe  dan- 
|ling  from  a  fourth-story  window.  It  was  being  hoisted  into  the  beauti- 
ful warernomsof  John  J.  Mountain,  the  well-known  dealer  in  carpets, 
oiL-cloths,  window-shades,  curtain  materials,  etc.  His  magnificent  estab- 
lishment is  situate  at  1020  Market  street,  and  15  Eddy  street. 

Those  who  come  to  you  to  talk  about  others  are  the  ones  who  go  to 
others  to  talk  about  you.  Everybody  is  talking,  just  now,  about  the  Sili- 
cated  Carbon  Filter.  It  purifies  the  muddiest  water,  and  renders  it  sweet 
and  delicious.  Bush  &  Milne,  the  celebrated  importers  of  gas  fixtures, 
on  New  Montgomery  street,  under  the  Grand  Hotel,  are  agents  for  this 
excellent  filter. 

Mr.  Walter,  of  the  London  Times,  says  he  was  surprised  to  see  so 
little  drunkeness  in  America.  But  is  must  be  rembered  that  he  associa- 
ted mostly  with  newspaper  men  while  in  this  country.  They  buy  all  their 
liquors  from  the  pure  and  unequaled  stock  kept  by  F.  &  P.  J.  Cassin,  523 
Front  street. 

Comparisons  are  odious! "  The  Major  (rocking  Nelly  on  his  knee, 
for  aunt  Mary's  sake) — Nelly:  "  Yes,  it's  very  nice.  But  I  rode  on  a  real 
donkey,  yesterday — I  mean  one  with  four  legs,  you  know." 

"Do  fish  hear?"  asks  an  exchange.  Don't  know  for  certain  -but 
they  smell  sometimes.  Neither  the  sense  of  hearing  nor  of  smell  are  as 
important  as  sight,  and  everyone  who  is  in  doubt  about  that,  should  con- 
sult Muller,  the  optician,  135  Montgomery  street. 

A  man's  dearest  object  should  be  his  wife,  but,  alas!  sometimes  it  is 
his  wife's  extravagance.  An  economical  wife  will  purchase  all  her  furni- 
ture and  bedding  of  F.  S.  Chadbourne  &  Co.,  727  Market  street.  No 
husband  will  ever  be  ruined  by  such  prudent  investments. 

The  great  American  count  has  produced  baron  results — probably 
because  of  the  knight  sessions.  The  great  American  photographers, 
Bradley  &  Rulofson,  have  produced  most  fertile  results — probably  be- 
cause their  pictures  are  the  best  in  the  world. 

Columbus  was  the  first  man  to  establish  an  iron-foundry  in  America. 
He  cast  an  anchor  there. 

It  is  said  that  one  ounce  of  cream  of  tartar  dissolved  in  a  pint  of 
water,  is  a  certain  cure  for  small-pox;  but  if  people  would  only  use 
Gerke  Wine  they  would  never  have  any  small-pox  to  cure.  I.  Landsber- 
ger,  10  and  12  Jones  Alley,  is  the  agent  for  this  delicious  hock. 

An  Item  for  the  Fiddlers— This  country  produced  420,000,000  pounds 
of  resin  last  year.  An  Item  for  Pianists— The  Hallet  &  Davis  is  the  best 
in  the  world,  and  Badger,  13  Sansome  street,  is  the  agent. 

There  is  no  influence  like  the  barber  who  holds  yon  by  the  nose 
while  he  talks,  except  the  influence  of  Napa  Soda,  which  quiets  the 
nerves  better  than  any  mineral  water  extant. 


DEATH    TO    THE    GOPHERS. 
Ernest  L.  Rauaome,  Esq.--/' 

experience  with  tin  -.ud.  n  roller  yon  manufactured  for  mi 
■>.  allow  in.,  to  nay  that    1    ..oi   bighlj                    itfa   Um  result 
■**»'  »*}■     A  :,  ,\  hy  um, 

ah. eh 

the  jrrs  Den ly  sow d,  that   I 

having  a  uniform  lawn,    Themoli  lerminad  th>  un 

.  thai   In  ipita  oi  my  wal  ■  a  day, 

iarranean  channels  acted  aa  ■  aorl 
carrying  off  all  moisture,  and  on  account  .-f  mo  robably 

connected  with  each  other,  these  tnnneh   established  aperfi 
ventilation  right  below  the  surface,  which,  in  addition  t..  thi 
influence  of  the  air  above,  dried  ont  the  young  grass  plant 
and  below  at  the  same  tune.  I  tried  poisoning  themoli 
mg  them  out.  but  both  without  avail.     I  anally  concluded  that  if  the 
ground  was  of  a  tighter  ohnractar,  so  aa  to  give  them* 
ance  in  driving  their   tunnels,  that  they  might  possibly  be  driven  off. 
Thereupon  1  requested  you  to  manufacture  far  me  a  roller  of  your  Ransoms 
stone,  wi  ighing  350  lbs.,  having  a  face  "f  20  Inches  in  length.     Thi 
bean  onorainary  ground  on  about  34  inches  of  its  riromnferonoe,  so  that 
the  bearing  surf  an'  ..n  a  lawn  is  :i.U20  or  70sq,uari  iu.hr*.    The  weight  of 
tlif  rolK-r  nf  ;-U)  lbs.  renting  on  a  Hurface  of  70  square  inches  gives  350  di- 
vided by  70,  or  5  lbs.  pressure  to  every  square  inch.     This  pressure  being 
exerted  over  the  entire  lawn,  the  roller  moving  at  a  speed  of  about  one 
foot    per   second,  worked   the  most   admirable  results   in   driving   off  the 
moles.     I  had  the  entire  lawn  rolled  with  this  roller  early  in  the  morning, 
which  was  followed  by  a  good  watering  in  the  evening.  This  was  oontinued 
three  times  on  three  consecutive  days,  and  sine- that  time  all  the  moles 
have  disappeared.     To-day,  after  five  weeks  have  passed   since  I    applied 
the  roller,  the  grass  stands  as  thick  and  even  as  could  be  desired,  the  ground 
being   very  firm  and   the  roots   of  the  grass  having   taken  a  firm   hold. 
Another  observation  1  made  is  that  nun1  the  grass  requires  rery  much  less 
water  than  it  did  in  midwinter,  and  I  intend  to  try  the  experiment  to  wa- 
ter only  every  other  or  third  day,  the  ground  bein^  now  in  a  much  better 
condition  to  retain  the  moisture  than  before  it  was  rolled. 

Respectfully,  H.  Sohussleb, 

San  Francaco,  March  28,  1877.  Chief  Engineer  S.  V.  W.  W. 

ERNEST    L     RANSOWE, 

Patentee  and  Manufacturer  of  Artificial  Stone.  Office  and 
Show  Room.  10  BUSH  BTREET,  Junction  of  liiish  mid  Market  *  ►j«_n  12  t*.  2 
daily.  ERNEST  L.  RANSOME  manufactures  Statues,  Vases,  Fountains,  eta  ;  Bide 
walks,  Garden  Paths,  etc  ;  Monuments  and  Cemetery  Work,  Foundations,  Walls. 
etc. ;  Ornaments  for  Outside  Decorations,  Filters.  Every  description  of  Stone  Work 
of  good  quality  and  at  low  cost.  March  31. 

LEA    AND    PERKINS'    SATJCE. 

In  consequence  of  spurious  imitations  of  WORCESTER- 
SHIRE SAVCE,  which  are  calculated  to  deceive  the  public,  LEA  A>1> 
1'ERRIXS  have  adopted  A  NEW  LABEL  BEARING  THEIR  SIGNATURE, 
LEA  &  PERKINS,  which  is  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  BAUCE, 
and  without  which  none  is  genuine. 

Ask  for  LEA  &  PERRINS'  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrapper,  label,  bottle  and  ston- 

per      Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  Blackwell, 

London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  by  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  be  obtained  of 

Dec.  30.  MESSRS.  CROSS  &  CO.,  San  Francisco. 

CAUTION— BETTS'S  PATENT  CAPSULES. 

T lie  public  art*  rcwiwf  fully  cautioned  that-  Bvlfat"*  I'ntent  Cnpnulea 
arebelneinfrinKed.  BETTS'S  name  Is  opon  even*  Cnpsule  he  makes  lor  the 
leading  Merchants  at  home  and  abroad,  and  he  Is  the  Only  Inventor  and  Sole  Maker 
in  the  United  Kingdom.  Manufactoris:  1,  Wharf  Road,  City  IJoak,  Lokdok, 
and  Bordeaux, France.  June  15. 


BEST    FO  >D    FOR    INFANTS, 

Supplying?  the  highest  amount  of  nourishment  In  the  most 
digestible  and  convenient  form.  SAVORY  *.v  MOORE,  143  New  Bond  street. 
London,  and  all  Chemists  and  Storekeepers  throughout  Canada  and  the  United 
States. Dec.  30. 

BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY   OF    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  daily,   from  10  a.m.  to    1  p.m.,  by  the  under- 
signed, to  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  to  furnish  ail  information 
relating  to  the  Society.  J.  P.  McCURRIE,  Secretary, 

Oct.  23.  730  Montgomery  street. 

B.  F.  Flist.     Flint,  Bixby  &  Co.]  [J.  Lee.     D.  W.  Foloer 

A.  P.  FLINT    &    CO., 

Graders,  Packers  anil  Beaters  in  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  29. 

PERSONS    VISITING    THE    EAST 

Will  find   full  flies   of  Pacific    Const   papers  and  conve- 
niences  for  letter  writing,  etc.,  at  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co. *s  Office,  05  Broadway, 
New  York.  March  25. 

SUTRO    &    CO., 

Bankers  and  Brokers.  408  Montgomery  street.— Highest 
price  paid  for  V.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bonds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin. 
Exchange  drawn  on  New  .York.  May  20 

CAREW    LEDGER    PAPERS 

Have  no  equal  for  making  Blank  Books.    John  G.  Hodge 
&  Co.,  Importers  and  Manufacturing  Stationers,  327,  329,  331  Sansome  street 

Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast.      Nov.  4. 

"BUGS    IN    SPRING    VALLEY    WATER." 

Jen-ett's  Water  Filter  and  Cooler  Should  be  Used  In  Every 
Family,  Hotel,  Restaurant,  Saloon,  etc.     For  sale  by     E.  K.  HOWES  &  CO., 
Feb.  17.  Us.  120  and  122  Front  street. 

QUICKSILVER. 
lor  sale—In  lots  to  snlt,  by  Thomas  Bell,  No.  305  Sansome 

street,  over  Bank  of  California.  Nov.  16. 


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NOTICE, 
or  the  very  best  photographs  go  to  Bradley  *  Bulofson's, 

in  an  Elevator,  429  Montgomery  street.  Oct.  29. 


OFFICES  OF  THE  AEROPLANE  NAVIGATION  CO., 

No.  607  to  015  Merchant  Btreet,  San  Francisco. 


12 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS 


LETTER 

„  *     = 


AND 


April  7,  1877. 


THE  FULL  TEXT  OP  THE  PROTOCOL. 

The  Powers,  who  commonly  took  part  in  the  pacification  of  the  East, 
and  therefore  participated  in  the  Conference,  recognize  that  tbe  surest 
means  of  obtaining  that  object  is  to  maintain  the  agreement  established, 
and  jointly  to  affirm  afresh  the  common  interest  they  take  in  the  improve- 
ment of  the  condition  of  Christians  and  of  reforms  in  Bosnia,  Herzego- 
vina, and  Bulgaria,  which  the  Porte  accepted  on  condition  of  itself  carry- 
ing them  into  execution.  They  take  cognizance  «f  the  treaty  of  peace 
with  Servia.  Regarding  Montenegro,  the  Powers  consider  the  ratification 
of  the  frontiers  and  free  navigation  of  ths  Bosnia  desirable  in  the  interest 
of  a  solid  and  durable  arrangement.  The  Powers  consider  arrangements 
concluded  or  to  be  concluded  between  the  Porte  and  the  two  principalities 
as  a  step  accomplished  toward  pacification,  which  is  the  object  of  their 
common  wishes.  They  invite  the  Porte  to  confirm  it  by  replacing  its 
armies  on  a  peace  footing,  excepting  the  number  of  troops  indispensable 
for  the  maintenance  of  order,  and  by  putting  in  hand,  with  the  least  pos- 
sible delay,  the  reforms  necessary  for  the  tranquility  and  well-being  of  the 
provinces,  the  conditions  of  which  were  discussed  at  the  Conference. 
They  recognize  that  the  Porte  has  declared  itself  ready  to  realize  an  im- 
portant portion  of  them.  They  take  cognizance  especially  of  the  circular 
of  the  Porte  of  February  13,  1876,  and  of  the  declarations  made  by  tbe 
Ottoman  Government  during  the  Conference,  and  since  through  its  repre- 
sentatives. In  view  of  these  good  intentions  on  the  part  of  the  Porte,  and 
of  its  evident  intent  to  carry  them  immediately  into  effect,  the  Powers 
believe  they  have  grounds  for  hoping  that  the  Porte  will  profit  by  the 
present  lull  to  apply  energetically  such  measures  as  will  cause  that  ef- 
fective improvement  in  the  condition  of  the  Christian  population  which  is 
unanimously  called  for  as  indispensable  to  the  tranquility  of  Europe,  and 
that  having  once  entered  on  this  path  it  will  understand  that  it  concerns 
its  honor  as  well  as  its  interests  to  persevere  in  its  loyalty  and  efficacy. 
The  Powers  propose  to  watch  carefully,  by  means  of  their  representatives 
in  Constantinople  and  their  local  agents,  the  manner  in  which  the  prom- 
ises of  the  Ottoman  Government  are  carried  into  effect.  If  their  hopes 
should  once  more  be  disappointed,  and  if  the  condition  of  the  Christian 
subjects  of  the  Sultan  should  not  be  improved  in  a  manner  to  prevent  a 
return  of  the  complications  which  periodically  disturb  the  peace  of  the 
East,  they  think  it  right  to  declare  that  such  a  state  of  affairs  would  be 
incompatible  with  their  interests  and  those  of  Europe  in  general. 
In  such  case  they  reserve  to  themselves  the  right  to  consider  in  common 
as  to  what  they  may  deem  best  fitted  to  secure  the  well  being  of  the 
Christian  population  and  the  interests  of  general  peace. 

Done  at  London  March  31,  1877. 

To  the  protocol  are  appended  minutes  of  a  meeting  held  at  the  Foreign 
Office  March  31st.  Count  Schouvaloff  made  the  following  declaration 
before  signing  the  protocol: 

"If  peace  with  Montenegro  is  concluded,  and  the  Porte  accepts  the 
advice  of  Europe  and  shows  itself  ready  to  place  its  forces  on  a  peace 
footing,  and  seriously  to  undertake  the  reforms  mentioned  in  the  protocol, 
let  it  send  to  St.  Petersburg  a  special  envoy  to  treat  of  disarmament,  to 
which  His  Majesty  the  Emperor  will  also  on  his  part  consent.  If  massa- 
cres similar  to  those  which  have  stained  Bulgaria  with  blood  take  place, 
this  would  necessarily  put  a  stop  to  measures  of  demobilization." 

The  following  declaration  was  made  by  Lord  Derby  before  signing  the 
protocol: 

"  Inasmuch  as  it  is  solely  in  the  interests  of  European  peace  that  Her 
Majesty's  Government  have  consented  to  sign  the  protocol  proposed  by 
Russia,  it  is  understood  beforehand  that  in  the  event  of  the  object  pro- 
posed not  being  attained,  viz:  reciprocal  disarmament  on  the  part  of  Rus- 
sia and  Turkey,  and  peace  between  them,  the  protocol  in  question  shall 
be  regarded  as  null  and  void." 


ART    JOTTINGS. 

At  the  Art  Association  galleries,  on  Pine  street,  several  fresh  works 
have  been  hung,  and  this  is  announced  as  the  last  week  of  "Mary  Stuart." 
The  exhibition  of  this  picture  is  reported  as  having  been  very  successful. 
The  collection  in  the  large  gallery  will  be  removed  early  next  week  to 
make  space  for  hanging  Air.  Hill's  pictures,  which  are  to  be  sold  at  auction 
on  the  18th.  Some  of  the  local  artists,  whose  lack  of  enterprise  and  in- 
dustry is  unequal  to  the  getting  up  of  periodical  auction  sales,  object  to 
converting  the  Art  Association  rooms  into  an  auctim  house,  while  those 
who  favor  it  say  it  is  the  only  way  in  which  their  pictures  can  be  soldin  the 
gallery.  Mr.  Hill  has  been  an  exhibitor  there  for  many  years,  and  his 
sales  have  been  very  small  indeed,  and  now  he  proposes  holding  a  public 
sale  in  the  rooms.  Certainly  it  is  due  to  the  artists  that  something  be 
done  to  aid  them  in  selling  their  pictures.  If  Mr.  Hill  had  been  here  at 
the  organization  of  this  Association  he  would  doubtless  have  been  in  favor 
of  the  "  Art  Union  principle,"  making  the  dues  sufficient  to  admit  of  the 
purchase  of  a  goodly  number  of  meritorious  pictures  from  each  artist,  and 
then  distribute  them  among  the  members  by  lot.  This  plan  works  ad- 
mirably elsewhere,  and  surely  it  ought  to  here,  where  so  much  depends 
upon  chance.  We  are  a  community  of  •gamblers,  and  why  not  take  a 
chance  in  art.  If  this  plan  were  adopted  the  necessity  for  auction  sales 
in  the  Art  rooms  would  be  obviated. 

If  Mr.  Deakin's  sale  could  be  considered  as  any  criterion  the  outlook 
for  Hill,  and  Marple,  who  has  a  sale  the  last  of  this  month,  would  bejdis- 
couraging.  Of  course,  not  having  seen  Mr.  Hill's  collection  as  yet,  we 
are  unable  to  speak  intelligently  of  its  merits,  but  have  no  doubt  that  he 
will  make  a  ereditable  showing.  It  having  been  about  three  years  since 
his  last  sale,  uood  pictures  have  probably  accumulated  sufficiently  to 
render  the  sale  of  sketches,  to  make  up  a  collection,  unnecessary. 

_  Mr.  Mezzara  s  bust  of  Senator  Sargent,  in  the  Art  rooms,  is  a  fine 
piece  of  modeling,  and  an  excellent  likeness  withaL  This  branch  of  art 
is  less  appreciated  here  than  elsewhere,  being  looked  upon  as  mechanical, 
whereas  it  is  high  art;  and  this  work,  if  it  had  been  produced  by  Mr. 
Rogers  while  here,  would  have  attracted  great  attention  and  been  con- 
sidered a  success.     But  being  done  by  a  home  artist  it  is — so-so. 

Portrait  painters  do  not  always  find  it  easy  to  come  by  a  check  for  a 
dubious  likeness,  and  occasionally  resort  to  doubtful  expedients.  We  all 
remember  the  case  where  the  artist  drew  a  tail  to  a  full  length  portrait 
and  put  the  picture  out  for  a  monkey.  And  later,  a  Paris  artist  exhib- 
ited the  picture  of  his  patron  with  a  label:  "  This  portrait  is  held  for 
25,000  francs."  It  is  related  that  one  of  our  artists  obtained  the  coin  for 
hid  failure  to  satisfactorily  portray  an  esteemed  lady  of  Nob- Hill,  by 
placing  the  picture  in  the  seclusion  of  a  noted  Sansome  street  law  office. 


EASTER    THOUGHTS. 

Kneeling  beside  her  'mid  a  kneeling  throng 

In  the  dim  twilight  of  the  temple,  where 

The  Easter  buds,  scent-laden,  filled  the  air 
With  sweet  aroma,  and  tbe  solemn  song, 

Low  chanted,  floated  through  the  holy  place, 
I  watched  the  curtains  of  her  melting  eyes 

Veil  their  soft  racUance,  and  o'er  that  fair  face 
Stole  reverent  stillness,  as  with  gentle  sighs 

Sins  from  her  sinless  lips  were  soon  confessed. 
{Ah,  fairest  saint,  were  all  sins  but  as  thine!) 

Then  lifting  her  white  forehead  from  its  pillowed  rest, 
Turning  her  sad,  sweet  visage,  pure  with  thoughts  divine, 

She  murmured,  bending  toward  me  as  I  sat, 
"' Charles,  Mrs.  Smith  yet  wears  her  winter  hat!" 

— Park  Benjamin,  Jr..  in  Harpers  for  April. 

USEFUL    KNOWLEDGE. 

[From    the    "  British    Trade    Report "    for    April.] 

Weighty  Criticism.  —  We  notice  that  our  venerable  contemporary, 
the  Publishers  Circular,  does  not  extend  to  a  feature  we  have  lately  intro- 
duced its  gracious  approbation.  Here  is  its  quite  crushing  "note  :  "  We 
now  hear  that  under  the  head  of  '  Industrial  Celebrities '  Tlie  British 
Trade  Journal  gives  a  very  interesting  account  of  the  business  career  of 

Mr. ,  the  founder  of  the  well-known  firm  of  &  Sons.     We 

suppress  the  name,  thinking  that  such  personalities  really  do  an  injury  to 
the  Press."  The  rebuke  conveyed  in  this  suppression  of  the  name,  etc., 
is  no  doubt  meant  to  be  cutting,  but  we  are  consoled  by  the  reflection  that 
we  err  in  good  company.  Now  that  one  of  the  Dii  majores  of  the  Press 
has  intimated  its  disapproval  of  "such  personalities,"  Vanity  Fair  and 
other  misguided  organs  will,  of  course,  cease  to  offend.  As  for  ourselves, 
we  are  deluded  enough  to  believe  that  some  good  maybe  done  bydirecting 
attention  to  the  career  of  those  who  by  worthy  means  attain  great  com- 
mercial success.  Our  contemporary,  apparently,  thinks  otherwise,  aad  is 
welcome  to  its  opinion.  Referring  to  the  memoir  whose  subject  the  Pub- 
lisher's Circular  refuses  to  immortalize,  the  Gardeners  Chronicle  says  it  is 
"of  great  interest,  as  affording  one  more  illustration  of  what  maybe  done 
by  determined  industry  and  well-directed  zeal." 

A  Chinese  "Materia  Medica"  affords  some  information  as  to  the 
flowers  used  by  the  Celestials  for  perfuming  tea.  Of  these  the  principal 
are1  those  of  Gardenia  radicals,  Jasminnm,  sambac,  Aglaia  odorata,  Tern- 
stromia  japonica.  Camellia  *asanqua,  and  Olea  frayrans,  those  of  the  last- 
named  shrub  being  especially  esteemed  for  the  purpose.  The  leaves  of 
SHax  atba,  and  many  other  species  of  willow,  are  employed  in  making  a 
kind  of  Tien-cha,  and  are  said  to  be  opealy  mixed  with  the  tea  intended 
for  exportation  at  the  Chinese  ports. 

The  Landore  Steel  Company  use  photography  to  illustrate  the 
character  of  the  metal  manufactured  by  them.  A  plate  of  wrought  iron 
is  placed  on  a  hollow  anviL  and  a  small  gun-cotton  cartridge  is  exploded 
on  its  upper  surface,  the  result  being  an  indentation  and  fissures  all  over 
the  surface.  A  plate  of  steel  is  treated  in  a  similar  manner,  and  when 
photographs  are  taken  of  the  two  plates  the  quality  of  the  two  metals  can 
be  estimated  by  purchasers  in  all  parts  of  the  world  as  easily  as  if  they 
had  witnessed  the  experiments. 

Russian  Orders. — It  is  difficult  to  believe  that  Russia  should  be  order- 
ing war  material,  army  accoutrements,  etc.,  in  such  quantities  unless  she 
meant  business.  One  of  the  great  Sheffield  steel  houses  has  been  favored 
with  a  very  large  order  for  bayonet  steel,  and  another  local  firm  has  been 
pushing  forward  the  manufacture  of  another  class  of  warlike  materials, 
also  for  the  Russian  Government,  with  all  expedition.  We  learn  that  a 
contract  for  150,000  pairs  of  shoes  has  been  placed  by  the  latter  in 
Mayence. 

Wire  Ropes.— Of  the  industries  carried  on  at  Birmingham,  that  of 
wirerope  making  has  of  late  been  exceptionally  favored.  During  the  past 
month  Messrs.  J.  &  E.  Wright  have  kept  upwards  of  1,000  hands  fully 
employed,  and  have  been  the  recipients  of  large  orders.  The  activity  in 
this  trade  is  indicated  by  the  trade  and  navigation  returns  for  January. 
In  that  month  the  exports  of  telegraph  wire  were  valued  at  £398,243 
against  £31,993  in  the  corresponding  month  of  1876. 

Georgia. — Georgia  is  aglow  with  a  prospect  for  the  establishment  of  a 
direct  trade  with  Europe.  The  scheme  comprehends  both  an  exportation 
of  the  surplus  cotton,  rice  and  lumber  of  the  State  direct  to  Europe,  and 
an  importation  in  return  of  the  manufactures  of  Europe  and  also  immi- 
gration from  Europe.  The  Legislature  of  the  State  will  be  asked  to  vote 
an  annual  appropriation  of  §00,000  to  a  proposed  line  of  steamers  from 
Savannah  to  Liverpool. 

Peru  as  a  Sugar  Producer. —The  manufacture  of  sugar  is  assuming 
considerable  proportions  in  Peru,  and  evidently  the  time  is  not  far  distant 
when  the  South  American  State  will  contribute  largely  to  the  supplies  of 
this  and  other  markets.  The  development  of  this  branch  of  Peruvian  com- 
merce is  seen  in  the  improved  rates  of  freight  recently  paid,  the  charter  of 
several  vessels  being  reported  at  56s.  U.  K. 

German  Competition  in  Iron. --It  is  somewhat  of  an  anomaly  that 
Germany  should  import  as  she  does  large  quantities  of  Cleveland  and 
Scotch  pig  iron  (on  which,  of  course,  freight  and  charges  have  to  be  paid), 
and  from  this  material  manufacture  finished  iron  and  steel  at  less  prices 
than  English  makers  can  afford  to  accept. 

The  '  *  Labor  Difficulty."—"  Ruffler,''  of  Vanity  Fair,  hears  that  Earl 
Dudley  has  decided  to  import  the  "  Heathen  Chinee"  into  England,  to  . 
see  what  sort  of  a  coal  miner  he  will  make.  This  daring  idea  will  certainly 
meet  with  a  rough  welcome  in  the  Black  Country. 

Japanese  Fans. — The  exportation  of  these  articles  has  assumed  con- 
siderable proportions,  the  great  market  for  them  being  the  United  States. 
In  1875  about  three  million  fans  were  sent  from  Hiogo  and  Osaka,  and 
these  were  valued  at  §90,000. 

Protecting  Safes.  — A  new  plan  for  protecting  safes  is  to  enclose  them 
in  wire  netting,  so  connected  with  a  battery  and  bell  that  the  division  of 
any  portion  of  the  wire  ruptures  a  circuit,  and  the  bell  gives  the  neces- 
sary alarm. 

The  New  Chinese  Ports.— Advices  from  China  mention  that  the  ar- 
rangements for  opening  the  new  ports — Ichang,  Wooho,  Wenchow,  and 
Pakhoi— on  April  1st  are  progressing  satisfactorily. 


April   7,  1877. 


CALIFORNIA    Al>\  ERTISER, 


13 


OUR  DRUOOISTS  AND  THE  PERCENTAGE  SYSTEM. 

Wo  have  received  an  snonaoui  Dumber  ..t"  letters  In  relation 

article  oi  tut  week  on  th  indents  have 

■  ornrina]   prescriptions,  which,  with   the  aM  of  an  expert   we  have 

l»her.     Others   ban    fonrai  led  -  rfn 

tiorwinwhii  I  arbitrary  name*  an  used      We   will  preservs 

in  a  short  tuna   bring  Lhem   proi sotly  before  the  public 

» tie  man  baa  taken  tin-  tronbU  t..  writ.'  out  .»  list  ni  druggists  who 
durA  pay  percentage,  and  also  a  list  ol  thoM  who  da  Ws  will 
both  .-I  these  Lista  For  th«  present,  We  bona  by  nut  week  at  latest  to 
near  from  everv  dragsiat  in  the  rite-how  be  standi  with  regard  to  thfa 
Our  list  of  «lrui«i«ta  who  do  not  give  percentage  wifi  form  a  fit 
companion  to  our'*  Medical  Directory  and  Quack  uatM  We  promise 
that  the  prescription  bueinees  of  every  druggist  on  that  li-t  will  be  im- 
.  and  we  also  promise  that  everj  druggist  whose  num.'  i*  not  on 
thai  list  will  tin. I  his  prescription  business  decline  in  proportion.  A*  this 
will  be  .1  big  gratuitous  advertisement,  we  need  not  urge  our  upothi  oars 
mends  further  to  at  once  send  us  their  names,  Wean  glad  to  perceive 
that  the  public  at  huge  have  taken  such  an  interest  in  this  matter.  This 
n  ihown  by  the  number  of  letters  we  have  received  congratulating  us  on 
the  itand  we  have  taken,  and  urging  us  to  persevere.  \  Newt  tMier 
ftttachs  called  on  one  of  our  leading  druggists  and  interviewed  him  to  the 

following  effect     We  have  ..mitt.  .1  s  > names: 

Rbpoktkb    1  am  collecting  data  for  a  series  of  articles  in  relation  t«> 
tin-  percentage  system  on  prescriptions    will  yon  give  me  some  informa- 
tion on  the  subject  ? 
Dbugoisi  -Yes,  sir;  I  will  be  happy  to  do  so. 
K.     Do  von  give  percentage? 
D.     X...  air;  I  do  not. 
R. — Is  your  prescription  busineBa  large? 

L>.  1  think  it  is  as  large,  or  perhaps  larger,  than  any  druggist  in  this 
city  wh«.  does  not  give  percentage,  but  then  it  is  not  at  all  in  proportion 
to  my  other  business. 

U.  What  is  your  opinion  of  the  exposure  in  the  Xuvs  Utter  i 
D,  -I  think  it  will  do  a  _  large  amount  of  good.  Tim  Ntirs  Utter,  since 
KB  fight  with  the  quacks,  is  looked  up  to  as  an  authority  in  such  matters. 
I  must  toy,  however,  I  should  have  preferred  that  the  Pharmaceutical 
Society  had  taken  up  the  matter,  but  then  again,  if  they  had  done  so, 
they  would  not  have  sifted  it  as  thoroughly  as  the  Newt  Letter  will,  for 
some  of  the  most  prominent  members  of  our  society  are  not  above  theeuspi- 

cion  of  being  implicated   in   this   matter.     For   instance,  Mr. and 

and  Sir. .     The    Chronicle   published   some    articles   on  the 

subject  forrr  or  five  years  ago,  but  judging  from  your  article  of  Saturday 
yours  will  be  a  more  thorough  exposure.  You  make  a  mistake  in  not  giv- 
ing the  names.  Now  1  want  you  to  give  my  name  and  also  all  the  names 
I  mention. 

R.      But  would  not  this  be  a  big  advertisement  for  you  ? 
D. — Yes,  that  is  so ;  of  course  I  could  not  expect  that. 
K.— The  editor  thought  that  the   publication  of  names  at  the  present 
time  would  he  premature,  and  as  many  would  wish  to  give  up  the  system 
rather  than  have  their  names  exposed,  he  thought  to  give  them  a  short 
time  of  grace,  as  it  were.     You  know  that — 

"While  the  lamp  holds  out  to  burn, 
The  vilest  sinner  may  return.'' 
TJ. — That  is  quite  correct.     I  am  sorry  I  did  not  see  you  before  that 
article  of  Saturday  was  published,  because  there  was  a  case  occurred  in 
this  store  somewhat  similar  to  the  hypothetical  one  you  mention. 
R. — T  should  like  to  hear  it. 

D. — About  a  week  since,  a  prescription  of  Dr. was  taken  in  by 

one  of  the  clerks  during  a  rush  of  business,  and,  without  reading  it,  he 
promised  to  have  it  ready  by  a  certain  time.  When  I  read  the  prescrip- 
tion, I  found  it  was  for  a  half-pint  gargle,  but  symbols  were  used  in  place 

of  proper  names.    Having  a  large  number  of  Dr. *s  prescriptions  on 

my  hooks,  I  was  quite  well  acquainted  with  his  formula  for  gargle,  from 
which  he  never  varied.     However,  to  make  assurance  doubly  sure,  I  sent 

my  clerk  to  ask  him  what  he  intended.     Dr.  said  he  would  give  no 

information  on  the  subject.  The  medicine  could  be  prepared  where  he 
directed  it  to  be  sent.  He  had  been  sending  to  Mr.  's  store  for  sev- 
eral years;  if  any  other  druggist  wished  to  put  up  the  prescription,  he 

would  have  to  get  the  medicine  at  Mr. 's  store.     My  clerk  told  him 

that,   as  we  had  his  regular  formula  for  gargle,  we  would  put  it  up.     I 

sent  the  prescription  to  Mr. 's  store  and  had  it  put  up.     I  next  put 

my  label  on  it,  and  shortly  afterwards  it  was  called  for.     Next  day,  Dr. 

called  to  see  his  patient;  the  sick  man  was  much  worse.     The 

Doctor  asked   to  see  the  medicine,  and  seeing  my  label,  said  it  was  not 

correct ;  that  I  did  not  know  how  to  make  it,  and  that  only  at  Mr. 's 

store  could  it  be  prepared  properly.  The  folks  came  to  me,  accusing  me 
of  making  a  mistake.    Of  course,  when  I  explained  that  the  medicine  was 

put  up  at   Mr. 's  store,   and  showed  them   the  label  which  I  had 

carefully  preserved,  they  were  satis6ed  that  I  had  acted  honorably  in  the 

matter,  and  they  told  Dr. what  they  thought  of  him,  and  that  they 

did  not  wish  him  to  come  any  more.     This  prescription  is  from  the  same 
family,  and,  as  you  observe,  it  is  written  by  another  doctor. 
R. — Is  not  this  an  exceptional  case  V 

D. — By  no  means.  A  number  of  doctors  write  in  the  same  fashion. 
Here  is  a  prescription  of  Dr. ,  one  of  the  shining  lights  of  the  Cali- 
fornia University  ;  it  has  already  been  to  half  a  dozen  druggists  in  the 
city.  I  asked  the  gentleman  who  brought  it  in  here  to  allow  me  to  keep 
it.  It  is  a  curiosity. 
After  some  general  remarks,  the  interview  terminated. 


Street  auctions,  especially  upon  a  street  like  California  street,  are  a 
nuisance,  and  one  which  the  police  should  stop  without  distinction.  On 
California  street,  near  the  Union  Club,  the  street  is  daily  blocked  by  a 
•dirty  and  odorous  crowd,  who  throng  there  to  purchase  at  alow  rate  the 
foul  matresses,  rickety  chairs  and  poverty-stricken  furniture  generally, 
from  which  Messrs.  Spear  and  their  opposite  neighbor  derive  their  living, 
and  on  the  merits  of  which  they  exercise  their  lungs.  Is  not  obstructing 
the  sidewalk  a  misdemeanor,  O"  ye  venal  police? 


The  Suez  Canal— The  transit  revenue  of  the  Suez  Canal  Company 
increased  in  1876,  as  compared  with  1875,  to  the  respectable  extent  of 
£44,000.  While  the  transit  thus  increased  last  year,  the  working  expenses 
are  stated  to  have  been  somewhat  reduced. 


HIGHEST  STOCK  QUOTATIONS  FOB  WEEK  ENDING  APKIL  7.  1877. 


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St  John's  Presbyterian  Church,  Post  street,  between  Mason  and 
Taylor. — The  Rev.  Dr.  Scott,  pastor,  will  preach  Sunday  at  11  a.m.  and 
7A  P.M.     The  public  cordially  invited. 


14 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


April  7,  1877. 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Ten  Thousand  at  Home  and  Abroad. 

In  speaking  of  the  singular  position  of  the  Russian  nobility,  who, 
since  the  time  of  Peter  the  Great,  have  been  in  all  stages  of  degradation 
and  of  power — now  bastinadoed  by  the  Czar,  and  now  putting  him  to 
death — Mr.  Wallace  cites  some  curious  annecdotes.  When  Dumouriez, 
the  French  genaral  and  diplomatist,  was  at  St.  Petersburg  in  the  time  of 
Paul,  he  happened  to  speak  to  the  Czar  about  the  "most  considerable 
persons"  at  his  court.  "Understand,  sir,"  said  Paul,  "that  there  is  no 
considerable  person  here,  except  the  one  to  whom  I  am  speaking,  and 
while  I  am  speaking  to  him."  This  was  the  despotism  which  it  soon  be- 
came necessary  to  "  temper  by  assassination,"  as  the  French  wit  said.  It 
seems  there  are  now  653,000  "  hereditary  nobles"  in  Russia,  374,000  "per- 
sonal nobles,"  696,000  persons  belonging  to  the  clerical  classes,  4,768,000 
to  the  military  classes,  and  that  the  rural  population  makes  a  solid  mass 
of  64,000,000— while  in  the  whole  empire  there  are  only  153,135  foreign- 
ers. Among  the  peasants  the  common  style  of  address  at  a  public  meet- 
ing isnot  "gentlemen,"  or  "fellow-citizens,"  but  "ye  orthodox."  Her- 
esy is  a  crime  in  Russia,  unless  a  man  is  a  native-born  heretic,  like  the 
Mahometans — but  an  orthodox  Christian  may  believe  almost  anything 
and  scarcely  need  go  to  church  at  all.  Yet  there  is  plenty  of  fanati- 
cism and  bigotry  in  the  country.  Mr.  Wallace  discusses  the  emancipa- 
tion of  the  serfs  at  much  length,  and  gives  all  sides  of  the  question.  On 
the  whole,  the  emancipation  has  been  successful,  as  the  emancipation  of 
the  slaves  in  our  own  country  has  been— yet  there  are  numerous  inci- 
dental evils.  Mr.  Wallace  draws  no  such  parallel  as  this — indeed  he  al- 
most ignores  the  United  States  in  his  comparisons. 

The  original  Gwendolen  of  George  Eliot's  "Daniel  Deronda"  is, 
according  to  the  London  correspondent  of  the  Cleveland  Leader,  &  Lon- 
don woman.  She  was  formerly  worth  about  §1,000,000,  but  went  to  the 
continent,  became  addicted  to  gambling,  and  lost  most  of  her  money, 
even  parting  with  her  necklace,  as  the  book  states.  During  her  infatua- 
tion she  was  narrowly  watched  by  George  Eliot,  and  by  a  wealthy  gentle- 
man riving  to-day  in  Manchester,  and  so  interested  did  he  become  in 
"Gwendolen"  that  he  offered  to  make  good  her  losses  if  she  would  cease 
to  play,  but  was  refused.  The  lady  now  lives  in  London  on  an  income  of 
SI, 000  a  year,  all  that  is  saved  from  the  wreck.  She  is  25,  unmarried, 
and  said  to  be  very  handsome,  and  what  adds  interest  to  the  tale  is  the 
fact  that  she  is  the  granddaughter  of  one  of  England's  greatest  poets. 

The  Pope  has  created  eleven  Cardinals,  and  prominent  among  them 
was  Monsignor  Howard,  an  ex-Life  Guardsman,  who  has  quitted  the 
scarlet  coat  for  the  scarlet  hat,  much  to  the  edification  of  the  faithful. 
The  duties  and  dignitions  of  the  Cardinalate  were  solemnly  set  forth  to 
him,  and  the  ex-cornet  of  Cavalry  then  found  himself  having  his  hands 
kissed  by  a  whole  congregation  of  the  devout.  This  is  not  the  first  ex- 
ample of  the  kind.  The  reigning  Pope  himself  once  wore  a  military 
uniform. 

The  following  is  given  as  a  piece  of  authentic  news.  The  Duchess  of 
San  Arpino,  formerly  Lady  Burghersh,  and  nee  Lock,  is  to  marry  Lord 
Walsingham,  when  she  has  succeeded  in  getting  a  divorce,  now  in  pro- 
gress, from  her  present  husbaud.  The  only  hitch  seems  to  be  in  the  fact 
that  divorce  is  neither  recognized  nor  permitted  by  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church ;  but  inasmuch  as  the  Duke  has  been  anything  but  a  model 
spouse,  public  opinion  will  lend  its  weight  to  the  inevitable  decision  of  the 
civil  law. 

On  the  recent  occasion  on  which  the  Prince  of  Wales  honored  the 
Carlton  Club  by  accepting  their  invitation  to  dinner,  only  one  contretemps 
occurred.  At  the  beginning  of  dinner,  one  of  the  waiters  poured  out  a 
glass  of  the  celebrated  East  India  Sherry  for  the  Prince.  His  Royal 
Highness  swallowed  the  wine  at  a  gulp,  and  said,  "  No  wonder  you  fel- 
lows are  so  staunch  in  your  principles  if  you  drink  such  sherry  as  this 
with  your  soup  !"  The  dinner,  according  to  Vanity  Fair,  was  a  great 
success. 

At  a  meeting  between  the  Prime  Minister  and  His  Excellency  Kuo — 
both  typical  Conservatives — the  conversation  turned  on  the  length  of  the 
Envoy's  stay.  "  May  you,"  said  my  Lord  of  Beaconsfield,  with  the  cor- 
dial smile  which  suits  him  so  well,  "  find  it  pleasant  to  remain  in  our 
country  till  you  have  taught  me  Chinese!"  It  was  a  pretty  allusion  to  per- 
petuity, which,  when  translated,  gratified  the  Celestial  Envoy. 

The  Czar  Alexander  must  really  have  a  good  deal  of  the  unadulter- 
ated milk  of  human  kindness  in  bis  composition.  During  the  two-and- 
twenty  years  of  hi3  reign,  he  has  not  indorsed  a  single  capital  sentence, 
although  there  were  222  such  in  the  period  from  1855  to  1860  alone.  In 
this  respect  sequitur  patrem.  From  1826  to  1854  the  tribunals  of  Finland 
passed  1091  condemnations  to  death  ;  nofcone  was  carried  out. 

The  remains  of  Lord  George  Charles  Gordon  Lennox  were  interred  on 
Mirch  3d,  in  the  family  vault  of  the  Dukes  of  Richmond,  beneath  the 
Lady  Chapel  of  Chichester  Cathedral.  The  ceremony  was  quite  of  a  pri- 
vate nature,  but  the  respect  entertained  for  the  deceased  by  the  citizens  of 
Chichester  was  testified  by  a  general  closing  of  shops  along  the  route  of 
the  procession. 

The  Prince  of  Wales  had  a  narrow  escape  going  down  from  London 
to  Melton  the  other  day  ;  a  luggage -train,  which  shunted  only  just  in 
time  for  the  "  Royal  special "  to  pass,  no  sooner  got  back  on  the  line  than 
it  upset,  and  several  trucks  remained  on  the  line.  Had  the  train  con 
veying  the  Prince  been  a  little  later,  a  fearful  accident  must  have  oc- 
curred. 

The  Roman  Catholic  peers  now  muster  exactly  three  dozen,  includ- 
ing one  duke,  two  marquises,  seven  earls,  four  viscounts,  twenty-one 
barons,  and  one  countess  in  her  own  right ;  in  addition  to  which  there  are 
forty-seven  Roman  Catholic  baronets — facts  which  may  be  commended  to 
the  attention  of  Mr.  Whalley. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gladstone  entertained  the  Duke  of  Argyll  and  Lady 
Elizabeth  Campbell,  Lord  Blantyre,  Mr.  J.  G.  Talbot,  M.P.,  and  Hon. 
Mrs.  Tall)L>t,  Mr.  W.  H.  Gladstone,  M.P.,  and  Hon.  Mrs.  Gladstone, 
Mr.  Alfred  Tennyson,  Mr.  H.  Tennyson,  and  a  select  party  at  dinner 
lately. 

Deaf  ladies  now  wear  blue  glass  earings.  Then  they  are  sure  of  their 
'earing. 


[Pkrmasest    Advertisements.] 

A    ROGUE'S    RETROSPECT. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune.  Jane  6,  1849.] 
* '  Loring  Pickering,"  late  editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union,  absconded  recently, 
"leaving,  it  is  said,  many  of  his  friends  in  the  lurch  for  large  amounts.  On  the  25th 
"  ult.  a  warrant  was  issued  for  his  arrest  on  a  charge  of  forgery,  preferred  by  Samuel 
"  Treat,  Esq.  Officers  were  immediately  sent  up  the  Missouri"  in  pursuit  of  him,  as 
"  it  was  supposed  he  had  started  for  California.— Philadelphia  Bulletin." 


[From  the  New  York  Tribune.  June  19.  1849.1 
"Arrest  of  Pickering:,  late  Editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Union. — Subse- 
"  quent  accounts  do  not  entirely  confirm  the  reports  hitherto  received.  It  is  now 
"stated,  by  those  who  ought  to  know,  that  Pickering  was  arrested  in  St.  Joseph  by 
"Messrs.  Treat  &:  Krumrun,  and  subsequently  committed  to  the  custody  of  the 
"  Sheriff,  or  one  of  his  deputies,  of  Buchanan  County.  While  in  custody  he  found 
"  means  to  escape,  and  made  off  to  parts  unknown.  The  party  in  pursuit  of  him,  it 
"  is  said,  only  succeeded  in  obtaining  §700  from  hiin.  and  no  other  property  or  notes. 
"  Those  in  pursuit,  we  are  told,  were  not  prepared  with  any  authority  to  follow  him 
"  beyond  the  limits  of  the  State. — St.  Louis  Hepul/lican,  10th. 

[From  the  New  York  Tribune.  Jane  20,  1849.] 
11  The  Absquatulator. — Information  was  received  from  St.  Joseph  yesterday 
"  that  Messrs.  Krumrun  &  Treat  came  up  with  Pickering  at  that  place ;  that  they 
"  compounded  with  him  for  his  offenses  by  receiving  some  $750  in  money  and  about 
"  $4,000  in  notes  of  hand,  etc.,  and  then  let  him  go.  When  the  boat  left  he  was  fit- 
"  ting  out  for  California,  and  they  were  returning  by  easy  stages  to  St.  Louis.—  St. 
"Louis  Republican,  9lh. 

[The  above  named  Loring  Pickering  is  now  one  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  San 
Francisco  Daily  Evening  Bulletin,  and  Morning  Call,  two  papers  published  in 
this  city.  J 

Is  it  Repudiation  ? — For  the  State  of  California  to  issue  bonds,  neglect  to  pro- 
vide for  their  redemption  at  maturity,  refuse  payment  and  then  deny  the  holders  the 
right  of  trial  in  her  own  Courts. 


WHOLESALE    CROCERS. 


Newton  Booth,  C.  T.  Wheeler,  Sacramento.  |  J.  T.  Glover,  W.    W.    Dodqe,  S.    F 
"W.    W.    DODGE    &    CO., 
holesale  Grocers,  corner  Front  and   Clay  streets,  San 

April  1. 


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Francisco. 


REMOVAL. 

L.  H.  Newton.]  NEWTON    BROTHERS    &    CO.,  [Morris  Newton. 

Importers  and  wholesale  dealers  in  Teas,  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed   to  204  and  200  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. June  7. 

CASTLE    BROTHEES.— [Established,  1850.] 

Importers  of  Teas  and  East  India  Goods,  Nos.213  and  215 
Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  13. 


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TABER,    HAEKEE    &    CO., 
nccessors  to   Phillips,  Taber  A' Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 10S  and  110  California  street,  below  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  15. 


COMMISSION    MERCHANTS. 


D.  F.  HuTcnmas. 


J.  Sanderson. 


D.  M.  Dunne. 
FHffiNTX    OIL    WOEKS. 

Established  1850. — Hatchings  a-  Co.,  Oil  and  Commission 
Merchants,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Sperm,  Whale,  Lard,  Machinery  and 
Illuminating  Oils,  517  Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  8. 

J.    C.    ME&RILL    &    CO. 

Wholesale  A  net  ion  House,  304  and  206  California  street. 
Sale  days,  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  at  10  a.m.     Cash  advances  on  consign. 


Dec.  14. 


CHARLES    LE    UAY, 
American  Commission  Merchant,  -  -  1  Roe  Scribe,  Paris. 

OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL  STEAMSHIP    COMPANY, 

For  Japan  and  China,  leave  wharf,  corner  First  and  Bran- 
nan  streets,  at  noon,   for  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONGKONG,  connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai 

OCEANIC January  16th,  April  17th,  July  17th  and  October  16th. 

BELGIC February  10th,  Mar  16th,  August  16th  and  November  16tfc. 

GAELIC March  20th,  Juue  16th,  September  18th  and  December  18th. 

Cabin  Plans  on  Exhibition,    and    Passage   Tickets  for  sale  at    No.   4  New  Mont- 
gomery street.     For  Freight,    pplyatthe  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 
GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President.  Dec.  23. 

PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY- 

Freight  Department.— From  and  after  this  date,  Mr.  Geo. 
If.  Kice  will  act  as  Freight  Solicitor  for  this  Company.     He  can  be  found  at 
office,  218  California  street,  where  Shipping  Orders  may  be  obtained  until  12  o'clock, 
noon,  of  the  day  previous  to  the  departure  of  the  steamers.     Applications  after  that 
time  must  be  made  at  office,  corner  First  and  Branuan  streets. 
Feb.  U.  WILLIAMS,  BLAXCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

A.    S.    EOSENBATJM    &    CO., 

Southeast  corner  of  California  and  Battery  streets,  invite 
the  attention  of  their  customers  and  others  to  their  large  assortment  of  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands. ,f  CHEWING  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  CIGARITOS.  Consignments  of  Choicest  Brands  of  Cigars  received  by  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  18.]  A.  S.  ROSENBAUM  &  CO.      , 

BAG3,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  &  CO., 

113  Clay  and  114  Commercial  Streets, 

Sa.v  Francisco.  [May  24. 

DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

The    Angrlo-Califoniiaii    Bank,    Limited,    has    declared    a 
Semi-Annual  Dividend  of  five  (5)  per  cent.,  which  is  now  payable  at  the  Bank, 
422  California  street.     By  order  of  the       [March  SI.]        BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 


April   7,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER, 


15 


SPECIAL    BREVITIES. 


The  general  results  of  the  French  census,  token  :«t  the  close  of  the 
i.  have  not  yel  been  published,  snd  sre  looked  for  with  great  in 
The  future  of  the  country,  not  only  u  regards  Germany  but  m 
■  European  power,  hss  an  immeaiste  dependence  on  what  is  called  the 
movement  of  it-  population  as  ihownby  it-  vital  statistics.  Thus,  ; 
began  the  year  1870  with  s  surplus  of  B4,S06  births  over  all  deaths,  but, 
owing  to  the  war  «itli  Prussis  and  the  Commune,  the  next  tw< 
were  charged  with  an  excess  of  deathi  amounting  to  548,283,  -"'.l  .it  the 
sad  of  1874  then  «;*>  -till ;»  balance  of  17*422  to  be  overcome.  In  1875, 
completely  wiped  out,  but  the  disturbance  of  the 
caused  by  the  frightful  destruction  "f  males  has  not  yet  ceased. 
Their  number  \>  reckoneo  at  600,000,  and  it  has  -till  to  be  made  up.  In 
I860,  an.!  again  in  is;:!,  from  LOB  to  106  males  died  to  every  i'N>  females; 
in  the  three  years,  1870-72,  the  proportion  was  112, 120  and  1"7  to  100. 
Nor  is  nature  seen  to  be  making  an  effort  t.>  supply  the  deficit,  for  still  in 
France  as  in  most  civilised  countries  105  boys  are  Bora  to  every  100  -iris. 
The  total  population  of  France  in  L873  was  36,260,928,  against  36,855,178 
in  I860,  .mil  naturally  the  births  were  fewer  946,364  against  948,526;  but 
khs  percentage  had  slightly  increase  ■!  ~.t'<l  births  t . >  every  n*i  in- 
babitants  against  2.57  and  the  gain  was  chiefly  in  the  country.  The 
births  in  1874  were  063,652,  beuM  171,943  in  excess  of  tlie  deaths;  the 
marriages,  303,113,  were  fewer  than  in  1873  (321,238).  and  even  in  1869 
(303, 182. '  The  tendency  in  1873  was  t.>  an  increase  or  marriages  in  the 
rural  districts.  From  1825  to  1868,  inclusive,  there  were  on  an  average 
7.42  illegitimate  births  to  every  100;  in  I860  the  percentage  was  7.48,  in 
1873  it  was  7.46.  The  Department  of  the  Seine  has  naturally  here  a  bad 
pre-eminence,  more  than  a  quarter  of  its  births  being  illegitimate  (25  78 in 
1869,  25.23  in  187^1.  The  cities  outsiile  of  thia  department  show  10.89  per 
cent.;  the  rural  population,  4. '27.  In  all,  there  were  70,*>00  of  these  cast- 
aways  in  1873,  ami  43,896,  or  02  per  cent.,  fell  to  public  charity  in  default 
of  any  clue  to  their  parentage.  Great  changes  must  yet  take  place  in 
education  and  the  genera]  dUnusionof  intelligence  and  sounder  morals, 
and  probably  also  in  the  division  of  property  by  inheritance,  before  France 
can  exhibit  s  rapid  and  wholesome  gain  in  population. — Nation, 

Bev.  S.  H.  McGee,  of  the  Ashton  (111.)  Christian  church,  is  in  jail, 
charged  with  killing  his  wife  to  marry  the  daughter  <>f  one  of  his  rich 
parishioners.  The  girl  is  20,  pretty,  and  was  engaged  when  McGee  be- 
gan to  pay  her  special  attentions,  and  lie  had  been  in  the  place  but  a  few 
months  when  he  was  caught  kissing  the  girl  at  a  camp-meeting.  His 
wife,  who  had  borne  him  two  children,  was  much  loved  by  the  people. 
Latterly,  she  had  been  having  mysterious  attacks  of  illness,  and  a  week 
1. 1  >■>  ;ig"  <li'>l  in  spasms,  one  of  her  last  acts  being  to  to  throw  her  arms 
about  her  husband's  neck  and  saying:  "How  can  I  leave  you?"  An  ex- 
amination reveals  much  strychnine  in  her  stomach,  and  it  is  proved  that 
the  parson  bought  the  poison  of  a  neighboring  druggist  and  substituted  it 
for  the  powders  left  by  the  physician.  Moreover,  he  at  various  times  be- 
fore the  examination  said  poison  might  be  found  in  the  stomach,  was 
very  anxious  to  bury  his  wife  immediately  after  her  death,  and  was  once 
heard  saying  to  himself.  "I  wish  I  had  not  done  it?"  McGee  is  a  dan- 
dified man  of  30,  and  his  attentions  to  the  girl  had  broken  up  her  pre- 
vious marriage  engagement,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that  his  intention  was 
to  marry  her  and  secure  the  large  dowry  the  father  was  to  give  her.  One 
of  the  peculiarities  of  the  case  is  that  the  girl's  father  sides  with  the  par 
son  and  will  probably  pay  the  expenses  of  his  trial. 

Just  before  President  Lincoln's  assassination  he  received  many  letters 
threatening  such  an  event.  One  day  while  Mr.  Mathew  Wilson  was 
painting  his  portrait  and  Mr.  Seward  stood  behind  his  chair,  Mr.  Lin- 
coln opened  a  note  and  said,  "  Here  is  another  of  these  letters,"  which 
he  read  to  both  his  auditors,  after  doing  which  he  pointed  to  a  pigeon- 
hole and  said:  "  In  that  place  I  have  filed  eighty  just  such  things  as  these. 
I  know  I  am  in  danger,  but  I  am  not  going  to  worry  over  threats  like  these;" 
and  then  he  resumed  his  usual  animation,  and  the  quiet,  interested  artist 
went  on  with  his  work.  In  two  weeks  from  that  date  the  President  was 
assassinated. 

The  latest  illustration  of  the  growing  tendency  of  American  jour- 
nalism to  double-up  is  at  Augusta,  Ga.,  where  two  newspapers  that  have 
been  running  separately  since  the  last  century  have  been  put  together.  If 
just  half  the  newspapers  of  this  country  couid  be  suddenly  suppressed  or 
united  to  the  other  half,  it  would  be  a  great  boon  to  journalism  and  a 
great  comfort  to  newspaper  readers.  Fewer  newspapers  and  better  are 
the  need  both  of  the  profession  and  the  public,  and  the  papers  can't  be 
much  better  till  there  are  fewer. 

Old  Dr.  Absalom  was  a  quack,  and  shockingly  ignorant.  On  one 
occasion  he  was  called  bv  mistake  to  attend  a  council  of  physicians  in  a 
critical  case.  After  considerable  discussion  the  opinion  was  expressed  by 
one  that  the  patient  was  convalescent.  When  it  came  to  Dr.  Absalom's 
turn  to  speak,  he  said:  "Convalescent/  Why  that's  nothing  serious.  I 
have  many  times  cured  convalescence  in  twenty-four  hours." 

Suicide  --An  ironworker  named  George  Perka  was  standing  on  the 
footpath  in  Watery-lane,  Birmingham,  watching  the  steam  roller  at  work. 
As  the  machine  approached,  he  stepped  into  the  road,  and,  throwing 
down  his  hat,  he  cried:  "Where  that  goes  I  will  follow;"  and  he  then 
threw  himself  in  front  of  the  advancing  roller.  The  ponderous  machine 
passed  over  him,  leaving  him  a  mangled  corpse. 

Nellie  Grant  Sartoris  has  made*  the  ex-Preeident  a  bappy  grand- 
father again.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grant  expect  to  start  on  their  European 
trip  in  May,  accompanied  by  their  youngest  son,  and  be  gone  two  years, 
traveling  privately,  and  so  avoid  public  demonstrations. 

The  San  Francisco  millionaires  are  building  themselves  grand  resi- 
dences. Mark  Hopkins'  will  cost  $3,000,000;  Charles  Crocker's,  §2,300,000. 
Leland  Stanford  has  expended  $2,000,000  on  his  new  home.—  Springfield 
Republican. 

At  New  Orleans  they  amuse  themselves  on  Sundays  by  shooting  at 
turkeys.     "  Ladies"  also  participate  in  the  sport. 

It  is  suggested  that  the  street-cleaning  bureau  of  New  York  is  in 
league  with  the  bootblack  brigade. 

The  gentleman  who  kissed  a  lady's  "snowy  brow"  caught  a  severe 
cold,  and  has  been  laid  up  ever  since. 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


DR.    UDNTEB.8    PKOiESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS, 
riloronlo    h«-Imh»I    ol     *l<>.ll«-lii<-.    Toronto.  Jul)     1  llh.  lttlH.... 
X        I  DBTtUj   thai  t r i,    l-.ir,  r.  Dl    J  >nn  -  A     limit,  r.  lltCfMh   I    I.  .  U|i 

tuuoa  for  two  - 

tin  UedkaJ  Board  for  Upper Canada.       (Sgnsn)  U,  II.  WRIGHT,  U  D  . 

Mo  s,  boul  .i  M 
i>r  Hunter's  01  Sutlsrstnst  mbsrlA 

TEETH    SAVED  ' 

I/IIHiiu     l««ih    a    ftpeelalty.—  Ureat    patience    «• » 1«-ml«-il     to 
1     ciiiliinii     Chloroform  sdmlnbtend I  teeth  skillfull)  extrscted     After  too 

■nstsnt  pnciloe,  I  csn  guannten  sstlifn  moderate.    Offlos    liso 

Butt*  r  street,  soots  Houtgomerj.  puns  0  |  inc.  MORFFKW,  Dentist. 


M 


DR.    J.    H.    STAL'ARD. 
ember  of  tin-  Royal  «  oil.-  «■  oi  l»li>»lrlaiiM,   [.ontlou,  etc., 
rather  ol  "  rsmalo  UyRteno  od  the  Paetflo  Coast,"    B.K.  Post  and  Kcaniy, 


Dittos  Hours,  12  t«  :f  ami  ;  !•■  8  P.M. 


February  10. 


PHYSICIAN,     MIU.ION     ANB     ACCOl  CHECK, 

J-    J.    AUERBACH,    M.D., 
March  18.  3104  Stockton  Street,  Siui  Francisco. 

STEELE'S      SQUIRREL      POISON. 
[Patented  October  VMh,  18TO.] 

Sure  death  to  Squirrels.  Rats,  <Jopher».  ete.    For  nale  by  all 
Druggists,  (Jmcers  mid  (icncral  Dealers.     Price,  81  PST  box.     Made  b\  JAMfcLU 
G.  STKKLtt&OO.,  San  Fninciwo,  CaL     Liberal  discount  Ui  the  Trade.        Aug.  21. 


E' 


0.    P.    WARREN,    M.D. 
electie  Physician,  corner  of  Fourteenth   anil 

Oakland. 


Broadway, 

June  17. 


DR.    R.    BEVERLY    COLE 

Has  returned  from  bl»  Euro|tc»n  tonr,  and  will  resume  the 
practice  of  his  profession  fur  a  few  months.     Office,  10  GEARY  STKKKT. 
UoUTSj  12  to  3  P.M.  March  81. 

WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 

CUTTER    WHISKY. 

A  I*.  {totaling  A  Co..  No.  431  Jackson  street,  are  the  Mole 
•  Agents  on  thifl  Coast  for  the  celebrated  J.  H  CUTTER  WHISKY,  shipped  di- 
rect to  them  from  Louisville,  Kentucky.  The  Trade  are  cautioned  against  the  pur- 
chase of  inferior  and  imitation  brands  of  "J.  H.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon."  Owing  to 
its  deserved  reputation,  various  unprincipled  parties  ure  endeavoring  to  palm  off 
spurious  grades.     It  is  really  the  Best  Whisky  in  the  United  States.  March  19. 

A.    M.    OILMAN, 

Importer  and  Wholesale  Liquor  Denier,  308  California 
street,  offers  for  sale  Fine  Old  BourbOD  and  Rye  Whiskies,  Brandies,  vintage  of 
1*20  and  1*30,  Old  Fort  and  Sherrv  Wines,  Still  and  Sparkling  Wines,  etc.  Agent  b>r  the 
Celebrated  CACHET  BLANC  CHAMPAGNE.  Sole  Agent  for  MILLS'  STOMACH 
BITTERS. March-*. 

J.    H.    CUTTER    OLD    BOURBON. 

("1     P.    Moorman    A    Co.,    Mantilactnrers.    Louisville,    Kj  .--- 
j%    The  above  welWtnown  House  is  represented  here  by  the  undersigned,  who 
have  been  appointed  their  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 
July  3.  A.  P.  HOTALINO  &,  CO.,  420  mid  431  Jackson  street,  S.  F. 


J.    H.    CUTTER'S    OLD    BOURbON    AND    RYE    WHISKY, 
anul  uctnreil  by  Milton  J.  Hardy  A  Co.,  Suic-iu-Liw  and 

Successors  oi1  J.  H.  CU'ITEK,  Louisville,  Ky.  E.  MARTIN  &  CO., 

August  14.  No.  40S  Front  street.  Sole  Agents  for  the  Paeific  Coast 


M: 


BROKERS. 


REMOVAL! 
W.   Brown   A    Co.,  Stock  and    Money   Brokers,  bave  re- 
moved to  No.  317  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block, 


J.  \V.  Brows,  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange  Board. 


Jan 


HAVERSTICK    &    LATHROP, 

Money  Brokers,  4110  1-3  California  street,  between  Bank  of 
California  und  London  and  San  Francisco  Bank.  Silver  and  Currency  a  ^-pu- 
eialty,  and  to  those  wishing  to  buy  or  sell,  either  in  large  or  small  amounts,  we  can 
offer  superior  advantages.  March  10. 

J.  K.  S.  Latham. J  LATHAM     &    KING,  (Homer  &  KlKO. 

SneeesMors  to  James  II.  Latbam  A   Co.,  Stoek  and   Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco.   Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange 
Board,  Stocks  bought  and  carried  on  margins.  Aug.  12. 


HUBBARD    &    CO., 

Commission  Stock  Brokers,  324  1-2  Montgomery  street,  un- 
der Safe  Deposit  Building,  San    Francisco,  will  transact  business  through    the 
San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 

E.    P.    PECKHAM, 
/Commission    Stock    Broker   and    Member   8.    F.   Slock    Kx- 

*  '    change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 
vancea  made  on  active  account*.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
[June.  19.J 

0~OaLEES 

Excavating-  Apparatus  Company  ol'Nau  Francisco.— Empty- 
ing Vaults,  Sinks,  Cesspools,  Sewera,  Celiara,  Wells  and  ExcavatioDSin  the  day- 
time without  offence.  Orders  left  at  the  following  places  will  receive  prompt  atten- 
tion: Madison  Hi  Burke's,  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  streets;  Office  Super- 
intendent of  Streets,  City  Hall;  Office,  012  Commercial  street,  or  addressed  to  Presi- 
dent, Post  Office  box  10,  City.  Feb.  3. 

A    MAGNIF.'CE^T    STOCK    OF 
pianos  and  Organs  at  the  Music  Ma  re  rooms  or  A.  I..  Ban- 
Prices  very  low.  March  3. 


croft  A.  Co.,  No.  723  Market  street. 


G.    G.    GARIBALDI. 

Fresco    and    Decoration,    Nevada    Block,    No's   73    and    74. 

[January  13.] 


16 


SAN"    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER. 


April  7,  1877. 


A  TEMPORARY  SUSPENSION. 
The  moat  notable  occurrence  of  the  week,  in  business  circles,  was 
the  unexpected  suspension  of  the  so-called  "Grain  King,"  Isaac  Fried- 
lander,  who,  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century,  has  been  the  head 
and  front  of  the  Grain  and  Flour  Market  of  the  Pacific  Slope.  As  long 
ago  as  1850  he  began  issuing  circulars  for  foreign_distribution,  calling 
attention  to  California  as  destined  to  be  a  great  Wheat  growing  State, 
and  inviting  capital  to  come  here  and  develop  its  hidden  riches.  For 
years  he  toiled  and  labored  to  this  end,  and  in  a  very  few  years  he  was 
enabled  to  see  the  fruits  of  his  labors.  Large  crops  of  Barley  and  Wheat 
were  raised,  thus  shutting  out  imports  from  Chili  and  the  East  of  both 
Flour  and  Grain.  This  secured,  increased  acreage  was  devoted  to  both 
Wheat  and  Barley,  so  that  our  Grain  surplus  began  to  attract  the  world's 
attention  by  the  great  numbers  of  cargoes  of  Wheat  shipped  hence  to 
Great  Britain  and  the  European  Continent.  This  export  trade  has  stead- 
ily gained  upon  us  until  this  present  date,  when  we  find  that  since  the 
1st  of  July,  1876  (the  present  harvest  year),  to  date,  we  have  loaded  a 
fleet  of  289  ships  to  Great  Britain,  carrying  in  the  aggregate  upwards  of 
10,000,000  ctls.  of  Wheat,  valued  at  §19,000,000,  besides  much  Flour,  Barley, 
etc.,  shipped  to  China,  Australasia,  Central  America  and  elsewhere.  To 
be  more  exact,  our  entire  exports  of  Flour,  Wheat,  etc.,  for  nine  months 
of  the  harvest  year,  foot  up  10,200,000  centals  Wheat,  442,644  bbls. 
Flour.  More  than  one-half  of  this  business  has  passed  through  the 
hands  of  I.  Friedlander.  He  bought  the  Wheat,  he  chartered  the  ships, 
and,  in  fact,  has  been  the  man  of  all  work  to  regulate  prices,  to  load  and 
clear  the  ships,  to  negotiate  the  sterling  bills,  etc.,  he  being  the  chief  fac- 
tor for  a  score  of  parties  engaged  in  executing  foreign  orders  for  Bread- 
stuff. But  this  giant  mind  could  not  control  the  elements.  He  could  not 
command  the  rain  from  the  clouds,  nor  cause  the  grass  and  grain  to  grow 
upon  the  dry  lands,  and  although  he  poured  out  his  money  like  water  to 
help  on  the  husbandmen  to  plow,  to  buy  seed  and  plant  grain,  yet  without 
water,  the  needed  rain  from  heaven,  no  crops  could  be  produced,  and  this 
is  the  present  situation  in  the  valleys  wherein  Mr.  Friedlander  had 
expended  much  in  hopes  of  benefiting  many  worthy  enterprising  men  who 
leaned  upon  him  for  support.  Well,  the  time  came,  and  now  is,  when  he 
saw  that  the  hope  of  his  gains  were  likely  to  fail  and  he  succumbed  to  his 
fate  with  the  harness  on.  He  dies  game.  His  friends  offered  him  money 
and  credit  to  go  on,  but  he  could  not  see  his  way  clear  and  do  justice  to 
all ;  he  therefore  thought  it  best  to  suspend  payment  until  such  time  as 
he  could  gather  his  effects  together  and  see  what  his  true  condition  was. 
At  first  it  was  thought  the  effect  of  his  suspension  would  work  great 
injury  to  others  in  the  flour  and  grain  business,  but  we  hear  of  no  disasters, 
nor  do  we  know  of  any  serious  complications  that  are  likely  to  arise  there- 
from. On  Monday  next  a  full  statement  of  his  affairs  will  be  presented 
to  his  creditors,  and  whatever  proposition  he  may  make,  we  feel  confident 
that  it  will  be  accepted  without  a  dissenting  voice.  The  people  at  large, 
his  creditors,  all  feel  a  kindly  sympathy  for  "  the  old  man."  They  know 
he  is  honest  and  true,  and  that  he  wants  nothing  but  justice,  and  the  jus- 
tice and  wise  discrimination  heretofore  shown  by  him  to  others  in  the  past 
will  surely  be  shown  to  him,  in  return,  who  has  ever  maintained  the 
character  of  an  honest,  noble  man.  He  has  ever  been  the  friend  of  honest 
industry,  the  patron  of  good,  the  friend  of  the  friendless,  and  has  ever 
aimed  to  build  up  and  do  honor  to  the  city  and  State  of  his  adoption.  We 
venture  to  predict  that,  in  less  than  sixty  days,  Mr.  Friedlander  will  have 
satisfactorily  arranged  all  his  business,  and  that  he  will,  before  harvest, 
be  again  foremost  in  the  wheat  field,  his  friends  standing  by  and  support- 
ing him  with  the  same  generous  confidence  that  has  heretofore  followed 
him  in  all  his  long  California  career,  whether  of  prosperity  or  adversity. 


THE  SECOND  ACT  OP  THE  CHICO  TRAGEDY. 
As  il  the  first  portion  of  the  bloody  tale  of  crime  had  occupied  too 
much  public  time  to  unravel,  and  too  much  public  attention,  the  Butte 
County  Grand  Jury  evidently  determined  to  make  the  second  act  very 
short.  Indeed,  the  tragedy  is  developing  new  features,  which  will  shortly 
entitle  it  to  take  rank  with  the  most  brilliant  of  modern  farces.  The 
curtain  was  rung  up  on  Monday  last,  the  first  scene  being  the  impanneling 
of  the  erudite  and  learned  body  of  men  who  were  to  report  upon  the 
gravest  charges  ever  submitted  to  a  Grand  Jury  to  decide  upon.  The  list 
for  their  consideration  embraced  forty-odd  charges,  and  their  efforts  seem 
to  have  been  concentrated  in  finding  loop-holes  for  the  accused  to  escape 
by.  Their  deliberations,  from  first  to  last,  did  not  occupy  twenty-four 
hours,  and  on  the  third  day  they  brought  in  their  indecently  hurried  and 
disgraceful  report.  Ames,  Swain  and  Roberts  were  discharged  for  the 
extraordinary  reason  that  the  accusers  were  their  accompUces.  By  way, 
however,  of  showing  to  the  world  their  utter  and  complete  idiocy,  this 
august  Grand  Jury  held  Adam  Holderbaum  and  John  Mahoney  on  pre- 
cisely the  same  evidence  which  discharged  the  first  named  men,  viz.  :  the 
confessions  of  some  of  the  gang.  The  voluminous  dispatches  of  a  con- 
temporary show  clearly  that  the  first  tkreernen  should  have  been  held  on 
confirmatory  and  circumstantial  evidence,  and  any  man  who  desires  to 
preserve  the  honor  of  his  State  and  his  country  must  indeed  be  sick  at 
heart  as  he  peruses  the  details  of  the  action  of  this  criminally  ignorant 
pannel.  Ames,  of  course,  lit  out  of  Chico  within  a  few  hours  of  his  libera- 
tion, and  the  other  criminals  at  large  will  probably  have  followed  his 
example  long  before  this  appears  in  print.  The  moment  Ames  was  liber- 
ated, we  are  told  by  the  Chico  telegram  of  the  Chronicle  that,  "shifting 
his  pistol  to  the  front  of  his  person  so  that  all  should  see  it,  he  swaggered 
about  the  various  stations,  and  on  the  cars  from  Oroville  to  Chico,  as 
though  he  thought  himself  a  hero."  Truly,  we  may  bow  our  heads  if  this 
actiou  of  the  Butte  County  Grand  Jury  is  a  forecast  of  the  justice  that  is 
to  follow.  We  are  humiliated  by  the  enactment  of  a  series  of  ghastly 
murders  in  our  midst ;  we  are  contaminated  by  the  existence  of  these  men, 
who,  not  content  with  robbery  and  assassination,  poured  coal  oil  on  their 
victims  to  add  the  tortures  of  the  firebrand  to  the  agony  of  the  bullet. 
Shame  is  indeed  our  portion  and  degradation  our  food.  There  was  a 
chance,  a  week  ago,  that  the  speedy  hand  of  a  firm  and  unflinching  justice 
would  lift  this  hitter  load  of  humiliation  from  our  shoulders,  but  the  ver- 
dict of  the  world  at  large  today  must  be  that  California  is  swift  to  murder 
and  powerless  to  avenge. 

The  quicksilver  widow  is  back  again,  and  cinnabar  is  looking  up. 
Sh«  has  gone  to  her  old  quarters,  and  we  may  look  for  a  speedy  inflation 
of  the  market — that  is,  in  case  her  wind  will  hold  out,  for  we  hear  that 
she  has  got  wheazy  since  she  went  away. 


THE    NEW    HELL    RAILROAD. 

The  public  has  hardly  begun  to  appreciate  the  importance  of  the  new 
wire  rope  railroad  shortly  to  be  constructed  on  California  street.  People 
in  general  pay  very  little  attention  to  contemplated  improvements,  re- 
serving as  a  rule  all  their  admiration  until  the  project  is  completed  and 
in  actual  operation.  The  Directors  of  the  California  Street  Hill  Railroad 
are  wisely  keeping  quiet  about  their  future  plans.  Requiring  no  extrane- 
ous capital,  and  having  no  necessity  to  solicit  assistance  from  the  people 
at  large  in  the  matter  of  taking  up  their  stock,  they  have  conceived  an 
idea  which,  when  matured,  as  It  shortly  will  be,  will  tend  more  to  the 
beautifying*  of  San  Francisco  than  any  scheme  ever  advanced  since  our 
city  was  incorporated.  The  entire  length  of  the  road,  extending  to  Cem- 
etery avenue,  has  been  carefully  surveyed,  with  a  view  to  determining  the* 
exact  levels,  grades,  etc.  All  along  the  street  property  holders  are  hard 
at  work  fixing  sewers  and  getting  the  roadway  into  a  state  of  excellent  re- 
pair. A  great  deal  of  grading  is  going  on  at  the  intersection  of  Jones 
street,  that  unfortunate  hogs-back  of  the  city,  which  seems  destined 
never  to  preserve  an  equable  level  for  any  two  consecutive  blocks,  and  oc- 
casionally offers  a  miniature  mountain  to  the  aching  feet  of  the  tire'd  pe- 
destrian. Hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  are  being,  spent  all  along  the 
route,  and  owners  of  property  seem  fully  to  appreciate  the  value  which 
the  cars  will  hereafter  be  to  them,  and  at  the  same  time  to  vie  with  one 
another  in  rendering  their  portion  of  the  street  as  perfect  as  money  and 
labor  can  make  it.  By  the  time  the  company  is  ready  to  construct  the 
road,  California  street  will  be  the  finest  thoroughfare  in  the  city.  As  one 
of  the  directors  remarked  yesterday,  "  It  is  going  to  be  the  best  road  ever 
built  here,  and  will  be  tkc  feature  of  the  city."  Profiting  by  the  experi- 
ence of  former  undertakings,  and  building  upon  the  knowledge  they  have 
acquired,  the  tube  through  which  the  rope  passes  will  be  a  solid  mass  of 
railroad  steel  and  cement.  There  will  be  no  woodwork  at  all  in  its  con- 
struction, as  the  constant  pressure  on  the  road,  combined  with  the  effects 
of  wet  and  decay,  necessitates  constant  repairs  where  lumber  is  used. 
The  cars  will  be  constructed  on  the  lightest  model  thatcan  be  united  to  com- 
fort, and  the  dummies  will  be  a  pleasure  to  ride  upon  and  a  great  im- 
provement on  the  present  freight  wagons  employed.  With  regard  to 
speed,  a  far  higher  rate  will  be  attained  than  either  of  the  present  wire- 
rope  railroads  have  reached,  and  it  is  said  that  in  point  of  safety  nothing 
will  be  left  to  desire.  The  directors  are  Leland  Stanford,  David  Porter, 
P.  H.  Canavan,  A.  S.  Hallidie  and  Joseph  Britton.  The  road  is  expected 
to  be  completed  and  in  operation  early  in  the  Fall. 


THE    WATER    FIGHT. 


Subjoined  is  the  correspondence  between  his  Honor  the  Mayor  and 
the  President  of  the  Spring  Valley  Water  Works : 

Mayor's  Office,  April  3,  1877. 

Chas.  Webb  Howard,  President  Spring  Valley  Water  Works — Sir  :  I  am 
informed  by  the  gardener  at  Portsmouth  square  that  the  water  was  turned 
off  there  on  April  1st.  It  is  a  great  necessity  to  have  water  on  that 
square.  You  will  please  have  the  water  turned  on  there  immediately,  so 
that  it  can  be  used  as  heretofore.  If  not  done  immediately,  I  shall  take 
steps  to  have  the  proper  connection  made.     Respectfully  yours, 

A.  J.  Bryant,  Mayor. 

The  company  made  the  following  reply: 

San  Francisco,  April  3,  1877. 

Hon.  A.  J.  Bryant,  Mayor  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco^ 
Dear  Sir:  Your  favor  of  this  date  requesting  me  to  have  the  water  turned 
on  to  Portsmouth  Square  immediately,  or  in  default  thereof  you  will 
take  steps  to  have  proper  connections  made,  is  before  me,  and  in  reply  I 
beg  leave  to  say  that  the  Spring  Valley  Water  Works  will  turn  on  the 
water  at  said  square  whenever  the  city  make  proper  arrangements  to  pay 
for  the  same.  It  cannot  consent  to  do  so  until  then.  If  connections  are 
made  by  any  person  whomsoever,  without  the  consent  of  this  corporation, 
such  person  or  persons  will  be  held  personally  responsible,  and  this  com- 
pany will  take  such  steps  in  regard  thereto  as  it  shall  be  advised.  Very 
respectfully,  Charles  Webb  Howard, 

President  Spring  Valley  Water  Works. 

A  NEW  AMBASSADOR. 
Washington  likes  changes,  and  it  likes  Lords,  republican  though  it 
is.  or,  rather,  is  supposed  to  be,  for  we  are  greatly  mistaken  if  the  society 
of  the  national  capital,  men  and  women,  were  polled,  it  did  not  turn  out 
that  there  exists  a  majority  quite  willing  to  accept  the  pageantry  of  Roy- 
alty. It  has  always  been  somewhat  of  a  grievance  that  the  present  British 
embassador  was  only  plain  Sir  Edward  Thornton.  We  have  more  than 
once  read  articles  in  American  newspapers  complaining  that,  whilt  second- 
rate  European  powers  had  Earls  and  Dukes  accredited  to  them,  the  great- 
est Republic  on  earth  was  put  off  with  a  plain  knight.  It  did  not  appear 
to  be  appreciated  that,  as  the  minister  in  question  was  an  efficient  one,  it 
was  a  compliment  to  the  Republicanism  of  the  country  that  a  man  from 
the  ranks  of  the  people,  rather  than  from  the  privileged  nobility,  was  se- 
lected to  represent  an  aristocratic  country  in  a  Democratic  one.  But 
Washington  at  last  is  to  have  its  way.  Earl  Dufferin,  Governor-Gen- 
eral of  Canada,  is  to  replace  the  present  minister.  "  My  Lord"  will  be- 
come a  form  of  address  as  familiar  as  a  household  word  in  the  society  of 
the  capital.  The  Governor-General,  in  his  new  position,  will  be  of  use 
to  his  Canadian  friends,  especially  in  regard  to  reciprocity  treaty  matters. 

It  seems  likely  that  we  shall  have  a  lively  time  with  the  water  squab- 
ble. Bryant  says  turn  on,  Howard  cut  off,  and  we  suppose,  as  is  usual  in 
such  cases,  the  public  will  be  the  sufferer.  If  the  Board  of  Supervisors, 
Mayor  Bryant,  Howard  and  the  rest  of  the  wranglers  were  shoved  into 
the  Spring  Valley  flume  it  would  do  good  to  the  city,  though  it  might  for 
a  short  time  render  the  water  worse  than  it  now  is,  a  possibility  but 
hardly  a  probability. 

The  Water  Commissioners  are  dragging  their  slow  length  along. 
The  latest  id^a  is  to  hold  sessions  with  open  doors,  and  give  every  scheme 
a  chance  to  advocate  its  own  interests.  This  will  extend  the  discussion 
up  to  the  year  1897.     Good. 

A  little  Rochester  girl  who  had  been  taught  to  say  in  her  evening 
prayer,  "  Please  watch  over  my  papa,"  lately  improved  upon  that  by  ad- 
ding,      You'd  better  keep  an  eye  on  mamma,  too." 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


Office— OO*"    to   615   Merchant   (Street. 


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SAN  FKANCISCO.  APRIL  7,  1877. 


NUMBEB  11. 


BIZ. 


Quicksilver. --The  steamship  City  of  Peking,  hence  for  Hongkong, 
carried  upwards  of  14,000  flasks;  price  41c;  London  quotation,  t'7  10s  |:*' 
il  i>k.  Our  exports  by  sea  since  January  Cat  aggregate  16,680  Basks,  val 
ned  ;tt  9546,336,  against  same  time  last  year  of  s.sii  Basks,  valued  at 
$410,142;  increase  this  year,  6*866  flasks,  value  9136,194.  Our  receipts  of 
Quicksilver  for  1876  to  date  were  12,000  H;i^k-;  Bame  time  1877, 18,156 
flasks.  We  nave  1  efore  us  the  annual  report  of  Mr.  J.  B.  Randol,  Gen- 
eral Manager  of  the  IJuicksilver  Company.  Tin-  total  yn-ld  of  the  New 
Almaden  mine  for  the  year  specified  was  20,549  flasks,  an  increase  of 
more  than  50  per  cent,  over  the  year  preceding.  Mr.  Randol  makes  the 
assertion  that  a  large  part  of  the  Quicksilver  sent  to  China  is  made  into 
Vermilion,  and  recommends  its  manufacture  here.  Notwithstanding 
the  Largely  diminished  price  of  quicksilver  for  two  years,  the  absolute 
cost  of  production  h:is  been  SO  much  reduced  that  a  substantial  profit  has 
been  realized.  The  discovery  of  new  and  fairly  productive  mines,  and  the 
greatly  increased  yields  of  this  metal,  operated  against  the  Company, 
which  formerly  enjoyed  a  monopoly  of  the  business,  but  not  to  the  extent 
of  serious  or  lasting  damage.  The  President,  Abraham  P.  Baylis,  says 
in  his  remarks:  "  We  are  led  to  hope,  from  the  condition  of  the  demand 
and  supply,  as  well  as  from  the  feeling  existing  among  producers,  which 
renders  it  not  improbable  that  some  mutual  arrangement  will  be  entered 
into,  that  more  remunerative  prices  may  prevail  during  the  coming  year. 
From  the  best  information  obtainable,  it  would  scarcely  seem  as  though 
sufficient  quicksilver  to  satisfy  the  demand  could  be  produced  at  present 
prices."  In  reviewing  the  financial  condition  of  the  Company,  lie  says: 
"During  the  past  year  §300,000  of  the  second  mortgage  bonds  of  the 
Company  have  been  paid  off  and  canceled,  leaving  unpaid  and  outstand- 
ing 1 100,000.  The  value  of  the  cash  items  on  hand  at  the  close  of  the  year 
is  equivalent  to  the  sum  of  8550,000  more  than  enough  to  extinguish  the 
entire  iudebtness  of  the  Company.  The  amount  paid  in  extinguishment 
oi  the  bonded  debt,  with  interest  thereon,  during  the  past  four  year?,  to- 
gether with  the  value  of  quicksilver  and  the  actual  cash  on  hand  De- 
cember  31st,  1870,  make  the  sum  of  51,700,000,  equal  to  four  anil  a  half 
percent,  per  year  upon  the  entire  capital  stock  during  that  time.  The 
debt  is  now  practically  extinguished,  and  the  mines  were  never  before 
producing  so  much  quicksilver  at  so  small  a  cost."  We  shall  now  indulge 
in  a  few  extracts  from  Mr.  Randol's  report,  which  contains  an  original 
and  very  valuable  suggestion.  In  speaking  of  the  probably  production 
of  quicksilver  in  California  for  the  future  he  remarks:  "  My  information 
leads  me  to  believe  that  the  quicksilver  product  of  the  State  has  reached 
its  maximum,  and  that  the  number  of  profitable  and  permanent  mines 
will  yearly  decrease;  therefore,  it  is  unwise  to  exhaust  our  rich  iabores 
for  the  purpose  of  competing  with  those  whom  adverse  circumstances 
will  soon  compel  to  withdraw  from  the  field."  Mr.  Bandol  is  decidedly 
in  favor  of  limiting  the  production  of  the  mine  to  1,500  flasks  a  month, 
and  of  making  no  sales  under  the  minimum  price  of  50  cents  the  pound. 
When  the  prices  fall  lower,  it  should  be  the  Company's  policy  to  accu- 
mulate stock  and  hold  it  for  better  prices.  He  reiterates  his  suggestion 
that  the  Company  should  enter  largely  into  the  manufacture  of  vermil- 
ion at  the  mine,  stating  as  reasons  that  the  California  shipments  of 
quicksilver  to  China  in  1876  were  24,526  flasks,  to  which  were  added  large 
shipments  of  Spanish  quicksilver  from  London,  all  of  which  was  manu- 
factured into  vermilion,  and  a  considerable  portion  thereof  reshipped  in 
that  condition  directly  to  the  countries  that  had  exported  the  raw  mate- 
rial. He  adds:  "To  make  it  at  the  mines  would  save  cost  of  flasks, 
freight,  insurance,  commissions,  etc.,  on  quicksilver,  and  if  it  l>e  possible 
to  make  vermilion  from  the  ore,  a  still  greater  advantage  could  be  had  at 
the  mines."  We  have  frequently  been  at  a  loss  to  know  why,  with  every 
natural  advantage,  with  superabundance  of  the  raw  material,  and  with 
the  aid  of  experienced  chemists  and  experts  athand.no  effort  has  been 
made  to  adl  the  manufacture  of  vermilion  to  the  other  industries  of 
California. 

Wheat.— The  market  continues  strong,  with  a  good  local  milling  and 
export  demand,  with  considerable  sales  during  the  week— say  in  all  40,000 
ctls,  part  Oregon  Club,  at  S2  15@$2  20. 

Barley.—Early  in  the  week  quite  a  speculative  feeling  prevailed  with 
large  purchases  at  SI  50@$1  55  for  feed  and  SI  60@$1  65  for  brewing,  but 
at  the  close  offerings  were  more  free  and  prices  shaded  somewhat. 

Oats  —With  free  supplies  from  Oregon  prices  are  kept  quite  steady  at 
S3  15(3  $2  25  fcf  ctl. 

Corn.  —Speculation  has  become  quite  rife  and  prices  have  been  run  up 
to  SI  75  {i?  ctl.,  with  free  sales  of  Southern  Yellow. 

Hay.  —Supplies  are  free  with  small  cargo  sales  at  $13  50@$18  50  $  ton, 
according  to  quality. 


Tallow  —There  is  a  fair  export  demand  with  sales  of  20,000  Mm  Crude 
at  64c  cash  :  10.000  lbs  Refined  at  7,V. 

Hides.— The  supply  is  light  with  a  good  demand  for  Dry  at  W>0i  17c  for 
selections  ;    wet  salted,  7 \(q  9£c. 

HOPS.— Stocks  are  m  i.-h  reduced  ;  good  to  choice  held  at  1*'"  20c  ;  fair 
to  medium,  l'JV"  15c. 

Wool.  —Receipts  of  Spring  clip  are  heavy,  and  although   there  are 
many  Eastern  buyers  here  prices  have  declined.  Sides  for  the  week  a 
gate  1,500,000  lbs  fleece  at  18@20c  for  Northern  ;    10(5  l'JV  for  Southern 
Burry  ;  15@17.jC  for  fair  to  medium. 

Casi  Goods.  —  We  have  received  the  first  installment  of  the  Spring 
catch  of  Columbia  River  Salmon,  70  cs,  from  Win.  Hume's  cannery,  the 
same  consigned  to  Win,  T.  ( 'uleman  &  Co,  This  is  the  same  time  receipts 
reached  us  last  year,  anil  from  this  time  on  we  may  expect  to  be  in  the 
receipt  of  regular  supplies  of  ( iregon  Salmon  suited  to  the  English  market. 
Present  price  of  1-th.  tins,  si  5.V"  1   l.O  [:  doz,  in  cs  of  4  doz  each. 

Borax.  —  There  is  but  little  business  doing  at  the  moment.  We  quote 
Crude,  5Ac ;  Concentrated,  6@7c;  Refined,  9@9.Jc. 

Bags  and  Bagging  Material.  —  There  is  quite  an  effort  making  to 
concentrate  stocks,  to  form  a  ring,  and  to  put  up  prices  of  Standard  grain 
sacks  to  9c.  This  may  succeed  for  the  time  being,  but  stocks  are  too  large 
for  this  year's  crop  requirements. 

Coffee. —The  Eastern  demand  for  prime  Green  Central  American  is 
continued.  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  are  buyers  of  all  choice  lots  of  Costa 
Rica  and  Guatemala  at  20c,  while  Pale  Central  America  is  less  sought 
after,  at  18@19c.  O.  G.  Java  is  held  at  23@24c  ;  Manila  and  Kona  Green, 
20(3  21c  for  choice  lots. 

Sugar.  —  We  note  a  decline  of  Ac  ^  lb.  on  all  White  Refined,  now  13@ 
13k,  and  ^c  on  all  Yellow  Coffees,  now  9A@KHc.  No.  1  Chinh,  10c; 
Hawaiian  Grocery  grades,  9@10c. 

Rice. —Stocks  of  China  are  excessive — price  5@5Ac.  We  note  a  clos- 
ing-out sale  of  1,800  bags  Prime  Hawaiian  Table  at  4Jc. 

Teas.  —An  interesting  auction  sale  of  fresh  Japans  was  held  on  the 
5th  inst.  at  S.  L.  Jones  &  Co.'s  auction  house,  being  2,500  pkgs.  of  the 
importation  of  C.  A.  Low  &  Co.,  of  the  well  known  Diamond  L  brand. 
The  attendance  was  surprisingly  small;  225  hf. -chests  Young  Hyson,  A -lb. 
papers,  sold  at  30@31c;  338  hf. -chests,  1-tb.  papers  same,  at  29  Ac.;  350 
mats,  each  4,  5-R>.,  flowered  boxes,  Young  Hyson,  at  30@30.jC.;  385  hf.- 
chests  Japan  Oolong,  A-lh.  papers,  at  29@29.jC.;  300  hf.- chests  do.,  1-H>. 
Oolongs,  29c;    400  mats,  each  4,  5-lb.,  floowered  boxes,  Oolong,  30@31c. 

Oils.  —We  note  sales  of  3,200  glls.  Cocoanut  at  47Ac  for  export ;  Lin- 
seed, 72A@75c  ;  China  Nut,  65@67£o  ;  Devoe's  Kerosene,  34(2  35c. 

Metals.  —  The  demand  for  Pig  Iron,  Tin  Plate,  etc.,  is  very  sluggish, 
and  prices  largely  nominal.     Sydney  Block  Tin  we  quote  at  16(5  I8£c. 

Tonnage  continues  very  plentiful,  with  but  few  charters  offering.  £2 
to  Cork,  U.  K.,  for  Wheat  is  a  fair  quotation  for  the  day,with  very  little 
business  offering.  There  are,  however,  vessels  wanted  to  proceed  to 
Yokohama  to  carry  rice  to  England,  upon  terms  reserved. 


San  Franciscians  Abroad.-  Paris,  March  17th  :  Mrs.  M.  Y.  Bald- 
win, Miss  V.  Baldwin,  Richard  Brown,  Mrs.  Richard  Brown,  Mr,  Daw- 
son, Mrs.  Dawson,  W.  Dawson,  F.  Donnelly,  C.  Dorris,  H.  M.  Heuston, 
Mrs.  H.  M.  Heuston  and  family,  Mr.  Sunderland  and  family,  John  M. 
Tracey.  Rome,  March  17th  :  Henry  Epstein,  Col.  D.  E.  and  Mrs. 
Hungerford,  S.  L.  Simon,  Mrs.  John  Kelly,  J.  T.  Kelly.  NlOB.  March 
17th  :  W.  H.  Howard,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Howard,  J.  Prendergast.  GENEVA,. 
March  14th  :  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Watson,  Mrs.  O.  Hoffman  Burrows,  J.  C. 
and  Mrs.  Williamson.  Florence,  March  14th  :  L.  Livingstone,  tho 
Misses  Livingstone.  NAPLES,  March  10th  :  Mrs.  R.  E.  Brewster,  R.  S. 
and  Mrs.  Floyd,  F.  Gr.  Merchant  and  family.  Sorrento,  Marcti  12th  : 
Mrs.  G.  E.  Skinner.  — American  Register,  March  17th. 


Beerbohm's  Telegram.— London  and  Liverpool,  April  6th,  1877.— 
Floating  Cargoes,  strong;  Cargoes  on  Passage,  do.;  Mark  Lane,  firm; 
No.  2  Spring  Off  Coast,  53s.;  Do.  for  shipment,  51s.  6d.@52s.;  California 
Off  Coast,  53s.  6d. (S  54s. ;  Do.  nearly  due,  53s.  6d.j  Do.  just  shipped,  54s.; 
Liverpool,  good  demand;  California  Club,  lis.  Id. fa1  lis.  4d.;  Do.  Average, 
10s.  lld.fS'lls.  2d.;  Red  Western  Spring,  10s.  5d.@lls.  3d.  Second 
Dispatch.— Nearly  Due,  54s.;  Just  Snipped,  54s.  6d. 

Silver  was  quoted  in  London  yesterday  at  53jjd.  per  ounce,  925  fine; 
Consols,  96£;  United  States  5  per  cent,  bonds,  108£,  and  103}  for  4k  per 
cents.  

The  coast  steamers  Ajax,  Humboldt,  Monterey  and  Orizaba  will  sail 
for  the  usual  ports  to  day. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


April    7,  1877. 


CONDENSED    NEWS    CF    THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL. 

Saturday,  March  31st--  Judge  Ferral  and  George  W.  Tyler  engaged 
in  a  bout  at  fisticuffs.  "——A  shad  weighing  H  pounds  was  caught  in  the 
bay.— -Judge  Wright  has  ordered  the  proceedings  dismissed  in  the  mat- 
ter of  the  protest  against  the  change  of  grade  of  Filbert?  street,  Between 
Leavenworth  and  Hyde.-^—  The  new  church  of  St.  Joseph,  San  Jose, 
will  be  formally  dedicated  on  Sunday,  April  22d.  Archbishop  Alemany 
will  c£lebrate  Pontifical  High  Mass,  assisted  by  forty  priests. 

Sunday,  April  1st.  —  The  Oregon  Stock  and  Butchering  Company 
has  incorporated,  with  a  capital  stock  of  .3200,000.  The  company  project 
the  raising,  butchering  and  selling  of  cattle  in  California,  Nevada,  Oregon 
and  Idaho.  Directors:  Jolni  Catton,  fJ.  H.  Johnson,  J.  B.  Hagi,'in,  VV. 
B.  Case  and  B.  B.  Minor.  -The  Catholic  and  Episcopal  churches  gener- 
ally have  been  elaborately  trimmed  with  flowers  for  the  usual  Easter 
services  to-day.— —  The  Tabernacle  Aid  Society  has  elected  the  following 
ntficers:  George  T.  Hanly,  President;  H.  H.  Hamill,  Vice-President;  G. 
Baystream,  Secretary;  M.  H.  Heitzig,  Treasurer. 

Monday,  2d.  —  The  concert  for  the  benefit  of  the  Wo rkingw omen's 
Union  took  place  at  Pacific  Hall.— R,  E.  Garseynski,  late  correspond- 
ent of  the  New  York  Times  from  this  city,  and  known  as  "  Gar,"  sailed 
for  England  by  way  of  Panama  and  Aspinwall.-^— There  were  1,782  ar- 
rests made  by  the  police  force  during  March,  702  being   for   drunkenness. 

Tuesday,  3d.  —  Captain  Douglass  has  been  elected  an  honorary  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals,  besides  be- 
ing thanked  for  his  efficient  assistance  in  the  cock-fighting  raid.— The 
City  Hall  Commissioners  met  to-day  and  finally  passed  the  bills  for  the 
work  done  and  material  furnished  last  month,  aggregating  §55,000.—— 
Judge  Morrison  to-day  denied  a  motion  for  a  new  trial  in  the  suit  of  John 
McGrovern  et  aL  vs.  Goodall,  Nelson  &  Perkins.— The  City  of  Japan 
sailed  at  noon  to-day  for  Japan  and  China. 

Wednesday,  4th.  —  The  British  bark  Lynton  has  just  arrived  at  Cork, 
after  a  passage  of  197  days  from  this  port.  There  was  considerable  un- 
easiness in  regard  to  her.  "-The  Spring  Valley  Water  Company  has 
commenced  putting  meters  into  the  houses  of  consumers.  -^—  A  portrait 
of  Chief  Justice  Wallace  and  a  painting  by  Benjamin  West  are  the  last 
additions  to  the  exhibition  of  the  Art  Association.  The  exhibition  will 
close  on  Saturday  next. 

Thursday,  5th. —  The  Tyler-Ferral  cases  went  over  for  a  week  in  the 
Police  Court  this  morning,  by  request  of  Judge  Tyler  and  the  consent  of 
the  Prosecuting  Attorney.  The  Mayor  has  issued  instructions  to  re- 
store the  water  connections  with  all  the  parks,  and  also  directed  the  gar- 
deners to  practice  the  strictest  economy  in  the  use  of  water.  —The  suit 
of  B.  Grimes  vs.  Michael  Reese  was  dismissed  in  the  Fourth  District 
Court,  on  motion  of  plaintiff  's  attorney. 

Friday,  6th. —  The  passengers  who  were  on  the  train  which  was  par- 
tially wrecked  near  Cascade  arrived  in  the  city,  fourteen  and  a  half  hours 
behind  time.  ^— The  Blacklock-Manning-Pursglove  Gulf  of  California 
Oyster  and  Canning  Company  case  is  on  examination  in  the  Police  Court 
to-day.—  Dr.  Dio  Lewis  lectured  to  the  students  of  the  University  on 
"  Pnysical  Culture."— In  the  Smith  extortion  case  the  jury  disagreed. 
—The  Spring  Valley  Water  Company  have  applied  for  a  writ  of  pro- 
hibition against  the  Supervisors. 

TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  March  31st  —  Captain  Bogardus,  at  Gilmore's  Garden, 
broke  1,000  glass  balls,  one  at  a  time,  77  minutes  and  40  seconds.  He 
only  missed  28  balls  out  of  1,028. —Ex-Mayor  Oakey  Hall  turned  up 
in  Liverpool.-^— The  State  Bank  of  Harrisburg  has  gone  into  liquidation. 
Twenty  per  cent,  of  all  the  claims  will  be  paid  as  they  mature,  and  the 
balance  as  soon  as  possible.  ^— The  President  and  members  of  the  Cabi- 
net, with  General  Sherman  and  other  army  officers,  visited  the  arsenal  to 
review  the  troops  there. 

Sunday,  April  1st. —The  commission  of  Edgar  M.  Marble  of  Michigan, 
to  be  Assistant  Attorney  General  of  the  Interior  Department,  has  been 
signed.^— Six  companies  of  artillery  leave  for  New  England  posts  next 
week,  leaving  six  companies  in  the  garrison  at  the  arsenal.— The  State 
National  Bank  of  New  Brunswick  (N.  J.)  is  closed.  The  rumors  of  un- 
soundness caused  the  depositors  to  withdraw  their  money  freely  the  past 
few  days,  yet  the  suspension  caused  some  consternation. 

Monday,  2d — A  general  strike  is  imminent  nn  the  Philadelphia  and 
Beading  Railroad  in  consequence  of  the  order  issue!  to  their  employe's  to 
sever  their  connection  with  the  Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Engineers. 
Nine  vessels  of  the  Long  Island  fishing  fleet,  which  left  for  the  banks 
last  November,  are  now  so  long  overdue  that  it  is  believe  1  they  were  lost. 
•i^— General  Hampton  said  to  night  that,  in  the  event  of  troops  being  re- 
moved from  the  State  House  at  Columbia,  ha  thought  there  would  be  no 
difficulty  in  peaceably  securing  State  government  without  a  resort  to 
legal  proceedings: 

Tuesday,  3d.— There  are  ominous  foresh  ado  wings  in  private  circles 
here  of  startling  disclosures  to  follow  Tweed's  release  this  week.  It  is 
understood  his  confession  exposes  no  criminal  acts  of  associates  except 
where  the  statute  of  limitation  bars  prosecution.— Sweeney  has  issued  a 
card,  addressed  to  the  press  and  the  public,  asserting  that  he  is  disap- 

Sointed  in  the  postponement  of  his  case;  that  he  is  greedy  for  trial;  that 
is  intended  departure  from  this  city  is  not  kept  secret.^— The  news  of 
the  determination  of  the  Cabinet  to  withdraw  the  troops  from  Columbia 
causes  unbounded  joy  in  Charleston.  The  news  was  received  with  im- 
promptu meetings,  salutes  of  cannon,  and  other  demonstrations. 

"Wednesday,  4th.  —  Hampton  left  for  Columbia.  He  says  the  results 
of  his  recognition  will  be  the  best  vindication  of  the  wisdom  of  the  Pres- 
ident's policy,  which  would  finally  be  sustained  by  the  whole  country. 
A  bark  has  arrived  at  New  York  with  the  crew  of  one  vessel  and  a  por- 
tion of  that  of  another  which  had  been  in  collision  off  the  coast  of  Eng- 
land. One  sunk,  carrying  down  four  seamen,  and  the  other  had  to  be 
abandoned.^— The  Peoria  and  Rock  Island  Railroad  was  sold,  with  its 
appurtenances,  at  auction,  under  a  decree  of  foreclosure  of  first  mortgage 
stockholders,  to  R.  R.  Cable,  of  the  Rock  Island,  for  8500,000,  subject  to 


encrumbrances  of  8150,000.  The  road  originally,  in  1870,  cost  82,000,000. 
The  amount  of  the  bonds  was  81,500,000. 

Thursday,  5th.— General  Grant  is  in  Chicago,  and  visited  the  military 
headquarters  this  afternoon.-^— The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to-dxy 
called  in,  for  redemption,  810,000,000  of  five-twenty  bonds  of  "65,  May 
and  November,  upon  which  interest  ceases  July  5th.— —John  S.  Hoyt,  of 
Michigan,  has  been  appointed  Governor  of  the  territory  of  Arizona,  and 
John  F.  Hammmd,  of  Illinois,  Superintendent  or  Indian  Affairs  for  the 
Central  Superintendeucy.— Tue  Cabinet  in  its  session  to-  lay  considered 
contemplated  appointments. 

Friday,  6th.— Ex-Secretary  Robeson  asserts  that  the  money  received 
for  the  sale  of  the  Philadelphia  Navy  Yard  will  be  found  properly  ac- 
coxinted  for.  He  says  the  trouble  is,  that  the  Bureau  of  Yards  and  Docks 
thought  it  was  entitled  to  be  credited  with  the  proceeds  of  the  sale,  whereas 
it  was  distributed  amongst  the  various  bureaus.  ■  Rumors  were  in  circu- 
lation in  the  Treasury  Department  to-day  of  changes  in  important  heads 
of  divisions  of  that  Department.— It  is  authoritatively  ascertained  that 
there  has  been  no  change  in  the  date  heretofore  determined  upon  for  the 
extra  Congress  to  convene,  namely,  Monday,  June  4th. 

FOR  EX  OX. 

Saturday,  March  31st.—  Ceylon  advices  say  that  by  the  end  of  March 
25,000  laborers  will  be  paid  off  from  the  coffee  estates,  and  in  a  month  or 
two  there  will  be  some  60,000  to  provide  for. ^—  It  in  stated  that  France 
has  advanced  8100,000,000  to  Russia  to  enable  the  Government  to  redeem 
its  debt  interest  due  in  April.  —  Weston  and  OXeary  beyin  on  Monday 
walking  six  days  for  85,000  a  side  in  the  Agricultural  Hall,  London.—^ 
A  majority  of  students  in  Glasgow  University  have  signed  a  declaration 
that  they  desire  Gladstone's  election  to  the  Rectorship. 

Sunday,  April  1st.— The  Montenegrin  delegates  told  Safvet  Pasha 
to-day  that  they  maintained  their  last  demands,  whereupon  Safvet  inti- 
mated that  the  Porte  would  shortly  come  to  a  final  decision  and  com- 
municate it  to  them.— The  French  Budget  Committee,  though  almost 
exclusively  Radical,  has  refused  to  adopt  the  draft  of  the  report  on  the 
public  worship  estimates  drawn  by  Guichard,  on  account  of  its  violent 
hostility  to  Catholicism.-*—  The  troop  ship  Simoon  picked  up  a  boat  con- 
taining two  deserters  who  had  been  fourteen  days  at  sea,  without  food 
and  only  a  small  supply  of  water.— —A  proclamation  that  the  Govern- 
ment will  respect  the  rights  of  Biscay,  and  recommending  the  inhabitants 
to  remain  tranquil  has  been  issued. 

Monday,  2d.— Charles  Marchal,  a  painter  distinguished  for  his  Alsa- 
tian scenes,  has  committed  suicide  on  account  of  approaching  blindness. 
—Count  Henry  Von  Arnim  is  blind  through  erysipelas  and  is  not  likely 
to  survive  long.— —Cardinal  Cullen  is  seriously  ill  in  Paris. —Princess 
Charlotte,  the  eldest  daughter  of  the  Crown  Prince  Frederick  "William, 
has  been  betrothed  to  the  hereditary  Prince  of  Saxe-Meiningen.-^— Ger- 
many has  concluded  commercial  treaties  with  Peru,  Nicaragua  and  Guat- 
emala. —A  rumor  is  in  circulation  that  tbe  roof  of  Mont  Cenis  tunnel 
has  fallen,  overwhelming  two  passenger  trains. 

Tuesday,  3d.— Oakley  Hall  walked  in  Hyde  Park  yesterday  with  a 
middle  aged  lady.  All  efforts  to  obtain  an  interview  with  him  fail.  He 
positively  declines  to  be  questioned.  He  is  known  at  the  house  where  he 
lodges  as  Garbett,  and  is  accompanied  by  a  woman  who  passes  as  his 
wife.— Prince  Bismarck  has  tendered  his  resignation  of  the  Imperial 
Chancellorship.  The  reasons  for  the  step  are  not  positively  known,  but 
the  recent  difference  between  the  Prince  and  General  Von  Stosch,  head  of 
the  Admiralty,  is  believed  to  have  provoked  it.— Turkey  is  as  much  re- 
solved as  ever  to  resist  interference  in  her  internal  affairs.  If  Russia 
chooses  to  insist  on  Montenegro's  making  peace,  Turkey  will  probably 
consent  to  send  an  agent  to  St.  Petersburg  to  confer  in  regard  to  simul- 
taneous disarmament. 

Wednesday,  4tb.  —Van  Eyck's  painting  of  "  The  Virgin  and  Child," 
stolen  from  the  Berlin  Gallery,  has  been  recovered.'  -—An  English  firm  has 
successfully  tendered  a  bid  for  over  20,000  tons  of  iron,  in  face  of  compe- 
tition with  alt  American  manufacturers  and  despite  the  heavy  import  du- 
ties.—•  Von  Moltke  is  looked  upon  as  among;  the  possible  successurs  to 
the  Chancellorship.  Herr  Camphausen  will  provisionally  assume  the 
Prussian  Premiership,  whilst  Von  Buluw  ami  Hoffman  will  take  absolute 
direction  respectively  of  Germany's  foreign  and  domestic  affairs.  --Heads 
of  departments  will  discharge  the  duties  of  the  Imperial  Chancellor  dur- 
ing Bismarck's  absence.  ■  A  schoolhouse  in  the  Norwegian  village  of 
Ellingsa  has  been  burned  and  sixteen  children  perished. 

Thursday,  5th.—  Military  preparations  continue  without  interruption. 
The  negotiations  with  Montenegro  are  at  a  standstill.— Ad  the  Charges 
d'Affaires,  except  the  German,  yesterday  delivered  the  protocol  to  the 
Porte. — —  Montenegrens  in  Constantinople  express  their  anxiety  to  con- 
clude peace,  even  without  receiving  Nicsic—  Peace  has  not  yet  been 
concluded  between  Abysinia  and  Egypt,  but  probably  wiil  be.  The 
King  of  Shoa  has  captured  Gondar,  and  the  Abysiniau  army  has  in  con- 
sequence been  withdrawn  from  the  Egyptian  frontier.—  It  is  generally 
considered  to  be  very  doubtful  whether  Bismarck  will  ever  return  to  the 
active  management  of  affairs.— The  Berlin  Erutz  Zeituny  states  posi- 
tively that  Bismarck  insisted  on  being  put  on  the  pension  list,  which  is 
equivalent  to  a  total  resignation. 

Friday,  6th.  —The  Kreutz  Zdtuny  says  the  question  of  Bismarck's  re- 
tirement is  not  to  be  decided  until  the  Crown  Prince  returns  from  Han- 
over.—Paul  De  Cassagnac  has  been  sentenced  to  two  months  imprison- 
ment and  to  pav  a  tine  of  3,000  francs  for  insulting  the  Chamber  of  Dep- 
uties.—The  French  Government  has  not  decided  about  sending  an  am- 
bassador to  Constantinople,  as  the  disposition  of  the  Porte  seems  less  sat- 
isfactory than  before. A  fishing  boat,    in   endeavoring  to  enter  Banff 

Harbor  to-day,  was  dashed  on  the  rocks  and  six  of  the  <.rew  were 
drowned. 

1 '  Excuse  me,  sir,  "  said  a  shabby  genteel  individual  to  a  gentleman  a 
few  days  ago  in  the  street,  and  the  gentleman  et>pped  excused.  "  It  is 
not  my  custom  to  beg,"  began  the  first  speaktr.  "I'm  glad  to  hear  it," 
was  the  reply,  and  the  gentleman  moved  on. 


April  T,  1877, 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS   LETTER. 


CRADLE,  ALTAR,  AND  TCMB. 

CRADLE. 

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v     tn  thla  dly,  April  S,  te  th  ■  wife  of  Geo   Roddan,  ■  daughter. 
in  thla  city,  March  80.  <•  the  wife  ol  limn  Bchneider,  taon 
Tossuiaxii     in  th;*  cm  ,  a |  r  fi   of  Ik  Tin  T.-ln-in  -itm.  a  daughter. 

WiLki\-..s    in  Wert  Oakland,  April  *.  to  the  wife,  <•(  w.  n   Wilkinson, a  daughter. 

ALTAR. 

Aukv-Tkvm    ;  ci . , ..  a  AroytoMyraC  Treat 

CtutuioRfl  Ixkih    In  th,-  city,  starch  87,  Dr  Geo.  CtiUmoreto  Mr-  II.  h.  Inula. 
h\  i\s  w  ur.     lo  this  city,  April  3,  Wm   I.  Evans  to  Isabella  (■'  Wi 

kpril  ■.'.i')i"  R.  Hlllgroveto  VaryS  Pool 
ty,  April  1,  Ii<'nr\  Kaehli  r  lo  i  mma  Rehorst. 
Lilly-",  i  Rota  ri  Lillv  to  Mary  \\  h 

Masox-Levu    In  thb  city,  Uarch  27,  .'u-   V  Uason  to  Henrtetl  i  C   Lewis, 
Minos    hi  this  ciiy  April  3,  Gnu  ll  aforej  to  Nettle  M   Button 
N  h  m-MiTCimu    lo  thb  city,  April  3,  Ju  NImock  to  Josephine  Mitchell. 
Pirrib-Jamibln    in  thla  i  Ity,  Hatch  31,  Wro.  Pfrrie  to  Elisabeth  Janasen 

■  iimus     In  tbifl  dtj .  Uair  *  28,  J.  W.  Rockwell  t  i  ll    s.  Weightmau. 
Wueox-LsaLUQii    hi  this  city,  April  l,  Henry  Wilson  to  Mary  F,  Leslejgh, 

TOMB. 
Allen  -In  thit  dty,  April  4th,  Isaac  alien,  aged  BO  years. 
Bsatox — In  thU  city,  March  31,  Helen  Beaton,  aged  66  years. 
Bepplbr    In  this  ciw,  April  5,  Annie  Beppler,  aged  38  years: 
I'lssu  r.    in  tin-  .-it; ,  April  4.  M.  Cannavan,  aged  75 years, 
h;  v.     In  this  city,  March  31,  Ja<  O,  Dean,  aged  50  years. 
Fish  -In  this  city,  April  3,  David  Finn,  aged  75  3  ears 
Oilbsrt    In  this  city,  April  JS,  Leah  Gilbert,  aged  48  yean 
Bopwood    iii  this  city,  March  29.  Tbos.  W.  Hopwood,  aged  26  years. 
Kuas  ui    in  'hi*  city,  April  l  Thos.  Kiernan,  aired  57  years. 
Larsbk    In  this  city,  March  81,  Ole  Larsen,  aged  25  years. 
Mouk    In  this  city.  April  -,  Frederick  Morr, aged  35  rears. 
\i  rns-i    in  this  city,  April  5,  Mary  T.  Nutting,  agen  -2l  years. 
Pbriu    In  this  rity,  April .'..  Joaquin  Perea,  aged  48  years. 

RSARDOS      In  this  city,  April  1.  Agnes  Keardon,  ii^cl  *_' 1  years. 
SiiiRLDS    At  \allejo,  April  l.  Isaac  Shields,  aged  72  years, 
Tuoupsos     In  this  city,  April  2,  Hargarel  Thompson,  aged  47  years, 
U  kXEOOl  ttr  — III  this  city,  April  4,  lly.  Waueg.mtte,  ii^etl  41*  years. 


SCHOOLS  AND  SCHOOLMASTERS. 
Young  America  has  an  instinctive  dislike  to  anything  that  seems  in 
any  way  to  interfere  with  ur  hamper  his  much-vaunted  liberty.  He  has 
an  idea  that  corporal  punishment  at  school  is  degrading  to  his  "dignity  and 
manhood.  The  case  that  has  just  !>een  brought  into  the  Public  Courts 
of  one  Crown,  a  Principal  of  the  West  End  school,  charged  with  beating 
one  of  his  pupils,  gives  rise  to  the  question  as  to  how  far  this  mode  of 
punishment  is  advisable.  The  old  fashioned  spare-the-rod-and-s[Kiil-the- 
cbild  theory  is  now  hardly  carried  to  the  extent  of  days  gone  by,  when 
the  progress  of  a  child's  education  was  estimated  by  the  number  of  flog- 
gings he  hod  undergone.  A  schoolmaster's  position  is  by  no  means  an 
enviable  one.  He  is  placed  in  charge  of  a  number  of  children  of  all 
ages  and  temperaments,  whom  he  is  supposed  to  keep  in  a  state  of  per- 
fect control.  Should  he  find  it  necessary  at  times  to  resort  to  mechanical 
means  to  force  a  refractory  child  into  obedience,  the   chances  are  that  the 

Kro vocation  and  'the  punishment  will  le  both  grossly  misrepresented  at 
one  ,  and  an  indicant  protest  lodged  by  an  aggrieved  parent.  On  the 
other  hand,  were  he  to  allow  for  a  single  instant  his  authority  to  be  set  at 
naught,  all  school  discipline  would  cease  from  that  instant.  In  trying  to 
avoid  the  Scylla  of  mutiny  amongst  his  pupils,  he  may  fall  into  the  C'lia- 
rybdis  of  disgrace  with  the  parents.  In  the  instance  alluded  to,  how- 
ever, the  dominie  seems  decidedly  to  have  been  in  the  wrong,  as  lie  is 
accused  of  having  administered  the  whipping  in  question  whilst  in  a  state 
of  intoxication,  which,  according  to  numerous  witnesses,  was  not  au  un- 
frequent  occurrence.  This  is,  in  itself,  sufficient  cause  for  the  dismissal 
of  any  teacher.  

BRITISH    AND    CHINESE    "WASHING. 

A  few  months  ago,  a  well-known  hotel-keeper  in  Wales  advertised  in 
some  of  our  papers  for  a  "Chinaman  who  could  wash,1'  and  requested  Cal- 
ifnrniarl  and  Australian  papers  to  copy  the  advertisement.  Whether  this 
was  done  as  a  joke— for  many  advertisements  which  now  appear  in  the 
papers  are  intended  to  be  jokes — or  whether  the  hotel-keeper  had  found 
himself  in  difficulties  with  the  local  washerwomen,  we  do  not  pretend  to 
know.  We  should  be  very  glad,  however,  to  hear  that  Califomian  or  Aus- 
tralian papers  had  copied  the  advertisement,  and  that  it  had  induced  a 
number  of  "  Heathen  Chinee,"  skilled  in  all  the  mysteries  of  washing  and 
ironing,  to  settle  in  this  country. 

Under  these  circumstances,  it  would  be  a  perfect  godsend  to  house- 
holders if  some  few  thousands  of  Chinese,  skilled  in  the  arts  of  domestic 
washing,  would  emigrate  to  the  British  Islands,  and  form  settlements  in 
our  large  towns.  They  would  be  sure  to  meet  with  encouragement,  for 
they  not  only  can  afford  to  work  much  cheaper  than  the  British  servant  or 
laundress,  but,  in  addition  to  this,  they  look  upon  the  business  as  an  art;  and 
it  certainly  is  worthy  of  being  styled  a  fine  art  in  their  hands.  A  friend, 
who  recently  visited  San  Francisco,  and  sent  his  linen  to  a  Chinese  laun- 
dry in  that  city,  tells  us  he  was  so  de  ighted  and  astonished  at  the  brilliant 
results — the  snowy  whiteness  and  the  rigidity  of  his  shirt-fronts  more  es- 
pecially—that he  brought  two  of  them  home  to  show  his  laundress  what 
could  be  done  in  the  way  of  washing  if  it  were  properly  studied.—  Liver- 
pool Porcupine. 


WHAT    THE    WORLD    SAYS. 

"Ith.uilcHe.iveii.  good  Mr.  Atlas.*  inn  in    Anglo  Indian,  "thai 
roan  In   Babylon  who  »ill  nol   bow  the  knee   tn   < 

■  undri  l  >arth  die     bill 

nil    in  his  lustful  quasi  ol    now< ,-  0i  pena     and,  lo  !  .ill  able  •  lil 
forthwith  Hop  on  their  shameful   knei 

Hunkeyisro  and  the  monkeyism  oi  the  London  daily  journal*  are  simply 
■hocking,     Ben  m    have  Jung   Bahadoor  at  laal   gone  to  bis   reward, 

;u"1  '"  r|;l ''•'  "'  'i"'  truth  al i  him  we  have  i  |  ..■  in  from  the  pn 

extolling  bis  sagacity,  belauding  bis  fidelity,  testifying  to  hia  ntal 
ifaip,  and  wjUully   suppressing  all  honest  declaration  of    tl 
nature,    Ud  what  «.i-  Jung  r.uhad.M.r :-  lie  w.i.»  precise!)  what  Hamlets 
nude  was— a 

"  bloody,  bawdy  villain  \ 

K.iiiorsL-less,  treueherouH,  lei-hemns,  kindles*  villain  V 

He  was  as  cruel  as  any  tiger,  as  unsual  as  ;i  hogi  as  -in now-,  a 

in  his  own  Tend.     The  ruffian  was  steeped  to  the  elbows  in  the  bl 

hie  own  kinsfolk.    The  sun  of  India  never  shone  on  a  more  'unapt 

scoundrel.      But  be  wax  'successful  ;'  and  for  our  leaders  of  public  ouinion 

that  suffices!    Atlas  alone  gave  this  departed  devil  hU  duej  and 
thank  him." 

Most  celebrated  men  have  thoir  "doubles,"  and  the  Laureate  i>  no 

eve.ption  to  tlie   rule.     A   leading   musical   critic   closely    resembl.  -    Mr. 

T.  nnyson,  and  un,.  would  think  cultivates  the  resemblance.      Lnroj I 

"doubles,"  here  is  a  go... I  story.     The  late  Mr.  George  duties,  K.  A.,  bore 
a  strong  physical  resemblance  to  the  Late  Duke  of  Wellington,  and 

up"  as  much  as  possible  after  his  (Irace,  with  the  short  cloak,  bit 
collar,  and  Other  well-known  adjuncts.  Somebody  mentioned  this  fact  to 
the  Duke,  and  added  that  Mr.  Jones  u  as  often  stopped  in  the  street  by 
strangers  in  mistake  tor  his  Grace.  "Indeed."  said  the  old  warrior, 
grimly,  "  that  is  odd  ;  I  have  never  been  stopped  in  the  street  for  Mr. 
Jones." —  World. 

The  wife  of  the  Chinese  Ambassador  paid  a  private  visit  on  Thursday 
last  to  the  Hon.  Mrs.  T.  Bruce.  Mrs.  Brace's  butler  and  footmen  had 
to  be  locked  up,  as  it  is  not  permitted  that  a  Chinese  lady  of  position 
should  be  seen  unveiled  by  man.  Maids  answered  the  door  and  brought 
in  tea,  and  it  is  rumored  that  even  "  Mr.  Pug"  was  sent  out  of  the  draw- 
ing-room. The  Ambassador  has  three  wives,  of  whom  this  is  the  third 
and  favorite. 

A  society  has  been  formed  in  Liege  for  utilizing  cats.  This  has  been 
already  done  in  our  country  through  the  medium  of  veal-and-ham  pies. 
The  Belgians,  however,  intend  to  make  the  domestic  animal  take  the 
place  of  carrier-pigeons.  Several  experiments  have  already  come  off.  and 
with  considerable  success.  Even  in  London,  though  we  have  not  a  so- 
ciety for  cats,  the  cats  of  "  society "  manage  to  carry  a  good  deal  of 
news,  mostly  unpleasant,  from  one  drawing-room  to  another. 


The  kindliness  of  the  Prince  of  Wales  is  sufficiently  well  known  to 
all  who  are  brought  into  personal  relations  with  him.  It  was  something 
more  than  good-nature  which  prompted  him  to  give  up  his  carriage  on 
Saturday  last  to  Mr.  Irwin,  of  the  20th  Hussars,  when  he  was  badly  hurt 
at  the  Grand  Military.  Mr.  Irwin  came  to  terrible  grief  at  the  brook  ; 
his  horse  jumped  too  far  and  fell ;  as  he  sat  very  tight,  he  got  mixed  up, 
and  was  very  much  knocked  about.  The  Prince,  who  had  gone  down  to 
the  brook  to  see  the  jumping,  insisted  on  Mr.  Irwin  being  carried  to  his 
carriage  and  so  sent  to  London,  whither  the  Prince  returned  himself  by 
traiu.  

We  hear  that  there  was  a  great  crowd  at  the  Affaires  Etrangbrea 

recently.     General  Ignatieff  and  his  wife  had  dined  there,  and  the  so  dety 

of  Paris  flocked   in   to  gaze  upon  them.     Madame  Ignatieff   was  much 

admired.     We   hear,    furthermore,    that   husband   and  wife   are    fervent 

I  homoeopath ists,  and  that  the  General  has  placed  himself  and  his  eyeB 

|  under  the  care  of  Heermann,  an  American  homoeopathic  doctor,  who  has 

>  acquired  lately  such  a  prodigious  reputation  in  Paris  that  enthusiasts  call 

1  him  r  ho  mine  aux  miracles. 


Rossi  has  made  his  debut  in   St.  Petersburg  as  "  Othello."     The  Rus- 
sian press  finds  him  of  the  old  school— monotonous  and  solemn.     He  can 
express  rage,  disgust  and  irony,  but  lacks  sentimeut  and  sympathy, 
ter  things  are  expected  of  his  "Hamlet." 


Bet- 


NERVOUSNESS  AND  NERVINES. 
Nervousness  is  one  of  the  prices  we  have  to  pay  for  civilization  ;  the 
nervous  savage  is  a  being  unheard  of.  For  this  disorder,  which  is  partly 
of  mental  and  partly  of  bodily  nature,  relief  is  sought  in  various  ways, 
and  anions  these  we  may  place  the  employment  of  narcotics.  The  tem- 
porary relief  afforded  by  these  drugs  is  very  apt  to  lead  those  who  suffer 
from  nervous  sensations  to  put  too  much  trust  in  and  resort  too  fre- 
quently to  them.  In  the  long  run  they  prove  most  destructive  to  health. 
Their  use  has  of  late  become  so  frequent  as  to  threaten  society  with  a 
serious  evil.  It  has  been  boldly  contended  that  chloral  is  to  be  found  in 
the  work-boxes  and  baskets  of  nearly  every  lady  in  the  west  end  of  the 
metropolis  "to  calm  her  nerves."  No  doubt  this  is  an  exaggeration,  but 
it  is  a  fact  that  New  York  chloral  punch  had  become  an  institution 
scarely  a  year  after  the  introduction  of  chloral  into  medical  practice,  and 
now  it  turns  out  that  Germany— "sober,  orderly,  paternally-ruled  Ger- 
many " — has  such  a  thing  as  morphia  disease  spreading  among  its  popula- 
tion. The  symptoms  are  not  unlike  those  of  opium  eating.  Experience 
suggests  that  persons  suffering  from  this  disease  should  at  once  be  de- 
prived of  the  drug.  Their  willfulness  and  liability  to  relapse,  however, 
are  so  great,  that  it  is  said  that  only  about  twenty-five  per  cent,  have 
been  seen  to  recover  in  a  large  series  of  cases. — CmseIVs  Magazine. 

English  oysters  have  white  eyes. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE   SAN  FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER 


April   7,  1877. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

Recorded   in  the  City  an.3  County  of  San  Francisco.  California,  for  the 
Week  ending  April  5,  1877. 

Compiled  from  the  Records  of  the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKillop  it  Co., 
401  California  Street,  Han  Francisco. 


Friday,  March  30th. 


GRANTOR  AND  GRANTEE. 


Tiiop  C  Clifford  to  MiloP  Holmes. 
\V  .1  Shaw  to  B  H  Lichtenstein  ... 
D  C  Marchand  loML  Marchand. . 

L  J  Hurito  G  McWilliams 

EG  E  Borda  to  L  J  Hart 

Mary  Ellis  to  Caleb  Burhank 

Ezra  Hiucklpy  io  Wm  Crawford  .. 
D  F  McDonald  to  Julia  Samuels  .. 
C  H  Chamberlain  to  Isaac  Barker. 
W  J  Gnnn  to  Board  of  Education  , 

GeoH  Goddard  to  A  Vincent 

CH  Killey  to  J  Cud  wort  b 

T  Shephard  to  Cliua  Cnmminga 

Same  to  same 

W  J  Shaw  to  Edw  Kerniode 

E  A  Nolan  to  Orrington  Betts 


TC  Van  Ness  to  AF  Williams.. 


INSCRIPTION. 


N  Turk,  103:2  e  Devisadero,  e  25,  etc... 

S  13th,  75  e  Treat  av,  e  47:6,  etc. 

N  Bush,  131:8  w  Webster,  50x127:5 

Se37tb  and  Guerrero,  s  228,  etc 

Same 

Ne  17th  and  Folsom,  nw  250,  etc 

E  Potrero  av,  127  n  Mariposa,  25x200... 

%  of  and  1  acre.  McDonald  Tract 

E  Treat  av,  15(i  s  23d,  78x122:6 

Lots  10  and  17,  blk  29,  Uuiv'ty  M'd  Surv 

N  Geary,  55  w  Buchanan,  27:5x100 

N  Union,  00  e  Fil  more,  7:0x37:0 

Lot  2,  blk  D,  Railroad  H'd 

N  Ltigamore,  300  e  Capitol,  100x125 

EFiJ-om,  124:2^  8  12th,  s  24,  etc 

Se  Clementina,  155  ne  2d,  25x75;  se  Fol- 
som, 120  ne  Hampton,  24:0x75  ;  s  cor 
Folsom  and  Hawthorne.  75x22:0. . . 

Lots  9  and  10.  b)k  90,  Cal'a  Av  H'd. 


$5,500 

3,350 

Gift 

10,000 

5,500 

30,000 

1,500 

1 

6,500 

1 

2.S25 

402 

200 

100 

2,550 


9,500 
500 


Saturday,  March  31st- 


T  L  Com'rs  to  Rieh'd  Harris 

Rlch'd  Harris  to  Oliver  R  Dull.... 

Oliver  Hall  to  I  N  Thorns 

I  N  Tborne  to  Oliver  Dj  II    

Peter  G  Peltret  to  C  F  Webster. . . 

Same  to  Lewie  Pierce 

A  T  Green  to  James  Dunbar 

D  Dictj-m  to  Lonia  Slos? 

Jas  D  Thornton  to  Martin  Tierney 
Juana  Watdeier  to  Jas  Ambrose  .. 

MiloHoadley  to  Wm  Hollie 

Mary  A  Hand  tojno  S  Hand 

F  Ackerman  to  Mary  Marchini 

J  Scboenfeld  to  Moses  Selig 

Moses  Selig  to  Jno  Schonfeld 

J  G  Eastland  to  F  A  Hihn 


J  J  Reardon  to  Anne  J  Reardon  . 
Same  to  same 


Maurice  Dore  to  David  Brady 

H  H  Noble  to  Henry  Epstein 

Jacob  Decker  to  Pauline  Vandor. 
Pauline  Vandor  to  M  B  Decker.. 
A  M  Hamilton  to  J  Riechenbach. 
Geo  Kennedy  to  Henry  Malum... 
Wm  Boeworth  to  Denis  O'Leary. 

Jos  r.lnxome  to  same 

Wm  Tavlor  to  Jno  Mallon 

F  Wieland  to  Geo  Brown 

J  F  Van  Coi.rr  to  Chas  Main 

WH  Campbell  to  Wm  Sinon 


Kentucky  w,  121  e  Mariposa,  n  46:2,  etc 

Same 

Kentucky  w,  75  s  Mariposa,  10x100 

Same 

Nw  Howard  and  21st,  95x95 

N  21st,  05  w  Howard.  150x95 

Dolores  w,  S4  s  231.  30x100 

Lots  25  and  20,  blk  93,  O'Neil  &  H  Tract 
E  Castro,  174:1  n  Market,  n  25,  etc..:... 

Sw  Moss,  80  nw  Folsom,  25x80- 

Ne  Lvon  and  Sutter,  e  275,  etc 

S  23d,  125  e  Diamond,  103:4x114;  also,  w 

Diamond,  60  n  23d,  110x115:9. 

S25th.  50:10  w  Church.  50:11x114 

Sw  1st  nv.  214:7  eeP  st,  200x32:5 

Sundry  lots  in  different  parts  of  city 

Undiv  y-  ne  Stewart,  91:8  se  Mission,  ae 

45:10x137:6 

Nw  Nevada  and  Vermont,  68:8x100 

N  Geary,  165  e  Lvon,  27:6x137:6;  also, 

lots  13,  14, 15,  blk  226.  O'N  &  H  Tract 

Nw  Bryant,  128  sw  9th,  28x85 

Ne  Dupont  and  Gearv,  e  40,  n  60,  etc  ... 
Se  Bush  and  New  Cem'ty  av,  21 1:5&x85 

Same 

Larkin  w,  75  s  Lombard,  50x105:9 

S  Pine,  44:6  eBroderick,  21:6x92 

Se  24th  and  Columbia,  100x40 

Same 

N  Green,  220  w  Hyde,  20x00 

X  Pacific,  113:6  e  Franklin,  n  127* '4.  ele 

Lot  62,  West  End  H'd 

S  1'n ion,  91:6  e  Hyde,  e  i27:S  etc 


>    348 

400 

4 

50 

8,800 

10,175 

1,650 

700 

550 

4,500 

9,000 

1 
600 


7,500 
Gift 

Gift 

1,600 
5 

4,150 

4,200 

2,500 

3,700 

10 

4,000 

2,01 0 

U.Soo 

300 

600 


Monday,  £prl  2d- 


Gpo  Hearst  to  Ron't  Orphant 

J  II  Atkinson  to  J  II  Ttirney 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to  Jno  McLane  .. 
F  Madge  to  M  S  and  L  Bank... . 

F  Thomas  to  Murv  Kelly 

Geo  H  Wells  to  E  P  Williams  ... 

H  S  Ledyard  to  Geo  Frier 

Lilie  L  Fair  lo  Jno  R  Hite 

W  J  Shaw  to  Francis  Garrett... 
Jas  G  Hayden  to  Rudolph  Herman 

T  Oadogan  to  P  Donovan 

Lewis  P  Sage  to  T  H  Merry 

Cath  K  Brown  to  Jno  Grace 

J  Callow  to' Oregon  S  and  B  Co.. 

C  L  Newman  to  Fred'k  Mar.-h... 
Univty  H'd  As'n  to  L  C  Bliss... 
Harrison  St  H  As'n  to  R  Maguire 

Jas  Center  to  Nicholas  Smith 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to  Peter  Murray  — 
W  B  Ciimmingd  to  J  C  Win.ms... 
JC  Winaus  10  G  A  Watkern  .... 


E  Texas,  25:2  n  Mariposa,  n  79:10.  etc.. 
;N  Cal'a,  i:JT:oe  Laurel,  137:0x132:7^  ... 

IN  Day.  80  w  Church,  25x114 

|Ni'21st  and  Guerrero,  n  102:6,  etc 

:S  Natoma,  200  w  8th,  25x75 

jS  Powell  av,  100  e  Mission.  50x100 

t  Lot  3,  blk  44,  Excelsior  H'd 

|N  McAllister,  206:3  w  Jones,  30x137:6  .. 

I  Harrison  w,  86:0?i  s  12ih,  s  50,  etc. 

{Se  Baker  and  Tonqnui,  137:6x137:0 

'Ritrer  w,  75  s  Harrison,  25x75 

Nw  Pacific  and  Broderick.  137:0x127:8^ 

■Nw  Howard,  100  sw  7lh,  20x165 

lLot  6,  blk  23,  and  lot  8  in  blk  25,  Tide 
I    Lands  granted  to  Dunphy  and  others. 

Lot  31.  blk  2.  Johnston  Tract 

Lot  7.  blk  196,  University  II  d. 

Lot  77,  blk  142,  H'rison  St  H  (re-record) 

\E  Capp.  260  n  16th,  30x120 

hS  D.iv,  80  w  Church,  55x114 

I  Blk  48,  Excelsior  lid;  ulso,  blk  19,  same 
(Same 


5  350 
l,76f> 

375 
9,013 
2.000 
2,800 

500 
10  5D0 
3,350 
2.560 
2,300 
5,000 
7,000 

25,000 
500 
315 
800 
2,000 
270 

10,0110 


Tuesday,  April  3d. 


Frank  Barnard  to  Jos  Frank 

Geo  L  Bradley  to  same 

T  M  J  Dehon  to  Jos  Lessmann... 
J  lUrziurg  to  C  P  Robin  eon 


Eliz'lh  Robinson  to  A  Praro.. 
Win  L  Booker  to  BLacaze... 


Geo  S  Peter  to  Jno  Swales... 
Jno  Farley  to  Thos  Maloney 
EliKa  Troy  to  Pat  k  Troy..,. 
CD  Wheat  to  Geo  T  Shaw... 
H  L  Valencia  to  Jno  Plbrr... 

Jno  Pforr  to  Jos  Flach 

F  LA  Piocheto  W  Fitzpalrtck... .; 

E  He.iiy  to  Mary  A  Ilea'y ' 

Lizzie  F  Ralston  to  Wm  Sharon.. 

Win  II  lie  to  Levi  C  Lane 

J  H  Turney  to  W  K  Van  A  ten  .... 

Wm  Winter  to  Peter  Quinn 

J  Nightm^ale  to  Eugene  Lies 

S  RegeilBburger  toB  R'gensburger 

Bridget  Bauran  to  A  Calamari 

Jno  Kelly,  Jr,  to  Jas  Humphrey  . . 
Same  to  same 


Ne  Bush  and  Stockton,  e8S:  10,  etc 

!Se  16th  and  Sanchez,  00x30 

lLots  23.  25,  of  sub  of  P  V  lots  182  to  193; 
al»i   lot  7.  b:k  133,  ON  &  H  Tract.... 

]Sw  Filbert  and  Filbert  pi.  20x57:6 

IS  John,  160:6  e  Mason,  23x00,  subject  to 

I      morl  for  $1,400 

[Fair  Oaks  w,  91  n  John,  3lxl  17:6 

iHoffav  w,  247  s  16th,  25x92:6 

N  Sacto,  137:6  w  Hvde.  15:10x120 

'Lois  10,  11,12,  blk  327,  New  SS  F  H'd 
INe  Dolores  and  17th,  57;0x80 

Same 

'S  18th,  127:0  w  Guerrero,  22:6x114 

N  Pine,  100  w  Lagnna,  37:0x137:6 

'All  hit  in  the  estate  of  W  C  Ralston,  dec 

[50. v  lots  2.  3,  5.  blk  270.  W  A 

iNCal,  137:6  e  Laurel,  137:6x1 32 :7>BJ 

IS  Army,  190  e  Sanchez,  25x114 

iNw  %  sec  24,  t  2  s,  r6  w,  Ewald  Tract . . 

Se  Pine  and  Stcckton,  57:6x60 

N  Green,  90:9  w  Dupent,  18:2x57:6 

Sw  Valencia  and  Brosnan,  420x30 

E  Devisadero,  77:SK  s  Clay,  25x81:3  .... 


S  1 
45,000 
1,050 

320 
2,300 

2.600 

950 

1 ,350 

1 

750 

51) 

1 

1,125 

Gift 

50,000 

5 

2,1101) 

450 

1 

1.000 

2,750 

1,51)0 

700 


Wednesday.  £  pril  4th. 


MSnliiranto  Jean  Arteries .|K  Valencia,  BU  a  Ridley.  25x80 

Wm  Renton  to  Abbie  J  Smith Lots  426,  428,430.  432.  Gift  Mapl 

L  Gottig  to  A  N  Anderson |N  Jersey,  100  w  Vic;shnrL'.  25x114 

T  G  Cockrill  to  Laura  AKirkham.lN  Day,  150 e  Dolores.  50x114 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to  A  T  Green [Se  18th  and  Diamond,  223x125  ;  also,  se 

I     19th  and  Diamond,  67xl3» 

JPDameron  to  R  T  Ryan |Lot910,  Gift  Map  2 , 

R  F  Ryan  to  Jas  L  Kin.' Lois  910,  912,914.  910.  918,  Gilt  Map 

T  Mclnerney  10  Mary  Kirwan N  Alta,  112:6  e  Moiilg'y.  25x60 

Wm  J  Shaw  to  Timothy  SheebanJW  Isi*,  132:5 '«i  s  12tli,  s  26:2s;:. 


M  Conroy  to  Leon  Pieper E  Tehama.  50  n  Prospect  pi,  50x80  . 

Theo  A  Lord  to  Jos  Boardman lLot  3.  blk  23.  Market  St  H'd 


Cath  Murray  to  Jas  McGinn 'E  18th  av,  278:11  n  Clement,  50*120. 

R  A  McConahy  to  T  McCouahv. .  ,;l"nd  H  n  Bush,  2  6:3  w  Webs  r,  25x127.6 
TMcConahy  to  R  A  McConahy., .  Und  }<:  n  Bush,  231:3  w  Wen 5  r,  25x127:6 

Levi  P  Peck  to  Aaron  Cuok 'N  Pon,  137:6  w  Franklin,  55x120 

Thos  Byrne  to  P  Zimmerman INoe  w,  75  s  13th,  25x125  

Mary  Hickox  to  L  S  Macondray  . .  In  Cal'a,  100  e  Van  Ness,  77:9x137:6 

Jas  L  Ord  to  G  C  Holladay ICom  127:6  se  Harrison  and  275  nc  Spear, 

!     82x45:10 

S  Mosgrove  to  J  Griflin. iE  Bovce,  450  n  Pt  Lobos  av,  25xl2if      .. 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to  Geo  McClellan...  |Sw  D"ay  and  Church,  30x114 

S  Sac'to,  150:3 w  Fillmore,  50x137:6  .... 

W  Sherman,  75  n  ISth,  49.4x125 

E  Ashbury.  185  s  Waller,  8Ox;80:3 

Und  yA  nw  Commerce  &  Front,  120x125 

Und  %  nw  Union  and  Front,  70x125  .    . 

W  Fillmore,  53  u  Sac'to,  25x90:6 

W  Diamond,  60  n  22d,  50x115:9. 

N24th,  25;:7  w  Sanchez,  25x114 , 

W  Shotwell.  200  n  16ih,  30x120 

Lot  5,  blk  3,  Belle  Roche  City 

Und  5  acres,  McDomild  Tract 

Ne  Harrl-on  and  20th,  200x442:2 

Valencia,  92  s  16th,  b'OxtsS  ;  also,  v. 

1st  av,  125  n  16th,  30x100 

V  O'Farrell,  100:6  \vFnmk1ni,:»:0xl2O 


J  D  Hooker  to  Jos  Mansnr... 

Mich* I  Begley  to  Od'Anis 

J  A  Baner  to  Henry  Kohler 

A  B  McCreery  to  Geo  Law , 

Geo  Law  to  A  B  McCreery 

RC  Johnson  to  RB  Kellogg 

A  McLellati  to  C  Montgomery...., 

B  J  Shaw  to  Mary  E  French 

F  Galehouse  to  T  K  Wilson 

T  Mclnerney  to  Wm  Turey 

D  F  McDonald  to  John  Drohan... 

PederSather  to  J  PCanlin 

Agnes  Hewitt  to  Agnes  Rowland 


Gjo  Frink  to  L  Greenbatim., 


S3, 7*  I 

160 

400 

5 

5,000 

1 

250 

500 

1,450 

1.100 

220 

272 


750 
22,500 

1 

1,050 

550 

4,000 
1 

5,noo 

5 

5 

4,250 

500 

700 

2.700 

600 

1 

30,000 

Gill 
4,500 


Thursday,  April  5th- 


...ISnndry  lots  hi  different  parts  or  City... 

...Se  Hyde  and  Jackson.  137:6x102 

.  Nw  Folsom,  25  sw  Harriet,  sw 25x75... 

,|Same 

Se  McLea  Court,  204  ne  9th,  23x75 

N  25th,  100  e  Brvant,  25x104 

.  I  Lot  4,  blk  15.  S  VH'd  . 


C  P  Robinson  to  Chas  Lux 

Same  to  same 

Mary  Freeman  to  F  S  Wensinger 

S  Mor"enstern  to  same 

Donald  McLea  to  Jas  Magnire... 
E  Murray  to  F  and  Mech's  Bank. 
S  V  H'd  As'n  to  Hugh  J  Colvih . . 

Jno  O'Brien  to  Jas  Ward JLots  22  to  26,  Gilt  Map  4 

Jas  Ward  to  Jno  O'Brien |  Lots  46  to  50,  same 

H  C  Swain  io  WmB  Swain ILots  63.  71,72,  blk  347,  O  L 

P  H  Canavan  to  W  J  Shaw j Property  known  as  the  Ci l v  Gardens 

A  Vigoreaox  to  James  L  King I  Lots  213  to  222,  Gift  Map  2." 

MD  Miles  to  Jno  Landers [Lot  1,  blk  W,R  R  H'd  ;  also,  lots  80,  90, 

Fairmonnt  Land  As'n 

C  F  Fargo  to  City  and  Co  S  F iDnpout  w,  82  n  Snttei.n  44x30 

M  R  E  Becker  to  B  A  Becker jOctavia  w,  100  s  Tyler,  25x107:6 

B  A  Becker  to  M  R  E  Becker Und  J$  n  Cal'a.  60  w  Stockton,  w  40,  etc 

D  Donovan  to  Jno  W  Langdon ISe  Brannan,  30  ne  7th,  ne  25x75 

Jno  Langdon  to  Dan  Donovan...,  Same :  

B  J  Shay  to  Mark  Moritz IN  Unton,  43  eLeavth,  25x112:3,  intended 

I     to  operate  as  a  mortgage 
E  Wash  n  pl.SJ  ■>  Jackson,  s  33x90 
...  Nw  Oregon  and  Drttmm,  Ii0x3.) 

F  Daniel  to  Henry  Frank jM  B  37—  Guerrero,  Dolores,  16th,  16th  st 

F  S  Wensinger  to  Wm  Brooks Is  Vallejo,  137:0  w    Franklin,   58:9x137:0 


4,000 

5 

1,000 

40 

300 

500 

500 

400 

1 

700 

5,785 
26,566 
5 
5 
5 
5 

800 
10,000 
14.000 

110 


S.   F.   &    N.    P.    R.    R. 

CUiaiisre  of  Time.  —  On  autl  niter  Moinlny,  Jannnry  1st: 
j  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  D.JNAHUE,  Captain  W.  Warner,  Will  leave  U'asliington 
street  wharf,  daily  (Sundays  excepted),  at  3  P.M.,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  ears 
for  Cioverdale  an  J  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Guernville  Branch  to  KorbeTs  Mills  and  the  Great  Redwood  Forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cioverdale  daily  (Sundays  excepted),  at  6  a.m.,  connecting-  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Clo^e  connections  made  with  stages  for  So- 
noma, the  Geysers,  Ukiali,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  and  al^o  for  Mark  West,  Skaggo-' 
and  Littons'  Springs.       Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  a.si.  to  2:;j0  p.m. 

Sl'Sday  Excursions.—  <>n  and  af.er  Man-h  25,  1B77,  the  steamer  JAMlS  M.  DON- 
AHUE will  leave  Washingloii-st.  Wharf.  Sunday,  at  8  a.m.,  i  collecting  at  Donahue 
with  ears  for  Cioverdale,  way  stations,  and  the  great  Redwood  Forests.  Returning, 
will  arrive  in  San  Francisco  at  7:30  p.m.     General  Otfiee,  4'JO    Montgumen   street. 

A.  A.  BEAN,  Superintendent.  P.  DOXAHCE,  President. 

March  24.  P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Gcn'l  Pas.  &  Ticket  Agent. 


PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAT^HIP    CoKPAp-Y. 

The  Company's  steamers  will  sail  as  follows  at  12  M.: 
May  1,  for  YOKOHAMA  and  HO.N'OKONK. 

CITY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  April  10th.  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  tailing 
at  MAZATLAN,  MANZANILLO  and  ACAPl'LCO,  connecting  at  Acapulco  with  com- 
pany's steamer  for  all  Mexican  and  Central  American  ports  s..uth  uf  .-Uupuxu.  '1  iclc- 
etstu  and  from  Eurupe  by  any  line  for  sale  at  the  lowest  r.ites. 

CITY  OF  NEW  Y  »RK,  April  2.r>th,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  or  on  arrival  of  the  Fn- 
glish  mails,  for  HONOLULU",  KANDAVAU,  AUCKLAND,  bYDNEY  and  PORT 
CH  'XLMitiK.S.     To  Sydney  or  Auckland — Upper  Saloon,  isjiu.  Luwer  Saloon,  -^200 

CITY  OF  PANAMA,  April  10th,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TO\V.\SHNO,  Si.ATTLE 
and  TACOMA,  connecting  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Paeitic  Railroad  for  PORT- 
LAND, Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11  a.m.  on  day  of  sailing.  For 
freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  o.lice,  corner  of  First  and  Brannan  streets. 

April  7. WILLIAMS.  ULANCHAKD  &  CO..  Ajjents. 

FjR    ARiZMA    AKD    HEXl'^N    I0RTS 

For  Cape  San  Lucas,  La  Paz,  Jluzatlan,  Otiaymas  and  the 
Colorado  River,    touching  at   Magdaleua   Ray,    should  sutfieient  inducement 

oifer.  —  The  Steamship Master,  will  leave  for  the    above 

ports  on at  12  o'clock  M.,  from  FoLom-St.  Wharf,  eonnei-t- 

ing  at  the  Mouth  of  the  Colorado  River  with  the  Steamboats  and  Jarges  of  the  Colorado 
Steam  Navigation  Company  for  all  points  on  the  River.      Through  Rills  of  Lading 

will  be  furnished  and  none  others  signed.     Freight  will  be  received  on 

No  freight  received  for  Mexican  Ports  after ...,  at  12  noon,  and  Kills 

ot  Lading  for  those  ports  must  be  accompanied  by  Custom  Hou.se  and  Consular  Clear- 
ances.    For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
April  7.  J.   BERMINGHAM.  Agent.  10  Market  street. 

JOSEPH    GILLO'IT  S    S   EEL    PE?S. 

Sold  by  all  Stationers  throughout  the  Woii.'.    Sole  Agent 
for  the  United  States  :  MR.  Hi^N'RY  HOE,  91  John  street,  N.  Y        Jan.  10. 

UK  *^  XZ£h^*y  a  Week  to  Agents.    8IO  Outfit  Free. 

^POmH  MP  4    4      February  10.  P.  O.  V1CKERY,  Augusta,  Maine. 


The  Special  Organ  of  "Marriott's  Aoronlane  Navigation  Co. "--Fred.  Marriott,  Patentee. 

ESTABLISHED  JULY  20.  1FS6  Annual  S.b.«rlptlon    In  gold',  M.60. 


Price  per  Copy,  15  Corn.. 


©AS  FSA^SJQ3S 


DEVOTED  TO  THE   LEADING   INTERESTS  OF  CALIFORNIA  AND  THE   PACIFIC  COAST. 


Vol.  27. 


SAN  FRAN0IS00.  SATUEDAY,  APEIL  14,  1877. 


No.  12. 


Office*  of  the  Sun  Fraurlnco  Sewn  Letter,  China  Mnll,  CaUTor- 
ii  In  JIM1  Unit.  Soalb  side  Mftvh.iiit  street.  No.  607  lo  <J15,  San  Francisco. 

GOLD  BABS  -8S»®910— SttVRit    Ruts     i'.<"  16   |?  cent.  disc.  Treasury 
Note*  are  Balling  at    95j/.     Baying,  96.      Mexican  Dollars,  5^6 
per  cent,  disc.     Trade  Dollars,  4  j>er  cent.  disc. 


*3*  Exchange  on  New  York,  k  per  cent,  for  Gold  ;  Currency,  4$  per  cent. 

premium.    Ou  London,  Bunkers,  49d,(5 ;  Commercial,  49Aw  $d.  ; 

Paris,  5  francs  per  dollar.     Telegrams,  <j(5  jf  per  cent. 


JW  Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  April  6th,  at  3  p.m.,  105g.  Latest 
price  of  Sterling,  487@489. 

»"  Price  of  Money  here,  5@1  per  cent,  per  month— bank  rate.     In  the 
open  market,  1@1J.     Demand  active. 

Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.  —  New  York,  April 
13th,  1877.—  Gold  opened  at  106  ;  11  a.m.,  at  106&  ;  3  p.m.,  105g.  United 
States  Bonds  —  Five-twenties  of  1867.  1124,  ;  1881,  111§.  Sterling  Ex- 
change, 4  87(54  89,  short.  Pacific  Mail,  16$.  Wheat,  SI  65@1  80.  West- 
ern Union,  59.  Hides,  dry,  20(520A,quiet.  Oil— Sperm,  SI  31@$1  32. 
Winter  Bleached,  $160(5)165.  "Whale,  65(572;  Winter  Bleached, 
75(5*2.  Wool  -Spring,  fine,  22(5)30  ;  Burry,  12(516;  Pulled,  25@38. 
Fall  (lira,  17(5i22;  Burrv,  16(522.  London,  A pril  13th.— Liverpool 
Wheat  Market,  Us.  4d.(5  11s.  Bd.  Club,  lis.  8d.@lls..  lid.  United 
States  Bonds,  107.     Consols,  95f. 

ROYAL    MINT. 

The  following  is  a  return  of  the  gold  received  and  coined  at  and  is- 
sued from  the   Koyal  Mint,  in  William-street,  Melbourne,   during  the 
year  ended  December  31st,  187G: 
J  Oz. 

Gross  weight  of  gold  on  hand,  Dec.  31st,  1875 16,961,648 

Gross  weight  of  gold  on  hand,  Dec.  31st,  1876 19,119,034 

Gross  weight  of  Victorian  gold  received  in  1876 427,878.84 

Gross  weight  of  foreign  gold  received  in  1876 115,319.75 

Total  rtoss  weight  of  gold  received  during  1876 543,198.59 

Coin  issued  during  1876,  all  in  sovereigns £2,124,000    0    0 

Value  of  gold  bullion  issued  in  1876 14,144  10    1 

Total  value  of  issues  of  gold 2,138,144  10    1 

— Australasian  Insurance  and  Banking  Record,  for  February,  1877. 


THE    STOCK    MARKET. 

The  week  has  witnessed  some  violent  changes  in  the  stock  market, 
though  the  closing  quotations  are  decidedly  lower  than  any  yet  reached. 
For  the  first  time  in  many  weeks,  the  Bonanza  managers  have  shown  their 
hand  in  stock  operations.  It  was  full  time,  and,  indeed,  perhaps  too  late 
to  save  many  whose  support  is  so  necessary  whenever  an  active  market  is 
desired.  Prices  are  lmver  now  than  for  very  many  months,  and  indeed 
some  of  the  prominent  mines  are  selling  at  prices  which  would  not  begin 
to  duplicate  their  machinery  above  ground.  People  are  wondering  how 
all  this  is  to  end,  for  it  will  not  take  long  for  values  to  utterly  disappear. 
How,  then,  can  prospecting  be  continued?  Without  our  present  assess- 
ment system,  deep  mining  is  practically  impossible.  Had  it  not  been  in 
operation  in  the  past,  the  great  Bonanza  would  never  have  been  discov- 
ered, and  the  wealth  from  it  which  has  so  enriched  this  city  would  never 
have  been  found.  The  market  closes  feverish  and  excited,  quite  ready  to 
turn  either  way. 

The  Chinese  Ambassador  has  been  waited  upon  by  a  deputation 
directed  to  the  extinction  of  the  opium  trade.  In  his  reply  he  suggested, 
through  his  interpreter,  that  if  the  English  gave  up  the  opium  trade  the 
Dutch  would  take  it.  He  considered  opium  eating  was  a  curse  to  his 
countrymen,  corresponding  with  that  of  drunkenness,  with  which  we 
have  to  contend,  and,  priding  himself  on  the  colonizing  tendencies  of  his 
countrymen,  he  remarked  that  it  was  one  bad  feature  that  they  were 
likely  to  spread  the  vice  of  opium  eating  all  over  tbe  world. 


Mr.  V.  Aliriir.  So.  8  Clements  Lane,  London,  1a  authorized  to 

rueuivo  subscriptions,  advertiseiuouts,  communications,  etc,  for  this  paper, 


jftS0^^*  Published  with  this  week's  issue  a  Four- 
elfc*-*r-^    Page  Postscript, 

LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 

Mr.  Friedlanders  Affairs.— We  are  glad  to  observe  that  our  ex- 
changes generally  speak  in  the  kindliest  terms  of  Mr.  Friedlander,  and 
express  the  strongest  hope  for  his  speedy  resumption  of  business.  So  in- 
fluential a  contemporary  as  the  Springfield  Republican  says:  "  Mr.  Fried- 
lander,  the  great  wheat  king  of  California,  and  one  of  the  ablest  and  most 
prominent  citizens  of  San  Francisco,  has  failed  this  week.  Poor  crops  in 
the  San  Joaquin  valley,  and  the  attempt  to  push  his  monopoly  of  the 
wheat  market,  while  the  production  was  growing  faster  than  his  means, 
are  doubtless  the  cause  of  his  break-down;  but  will  probably  make  a  set- 
tlement with  his  creditors  and  resume  his  business."  To  which  the  News 
Letter  is  glad  to  add  that  the  affairs  of  Mr.  Friedlander  are  in  a  Bure  and 
satisfactory  state  of  adjustment. 

Rapid  Passages  across  the  Atlantic.  —  The  Inman  steamship  City 
of  Richmond,  Captain  R.  Leitch,  has  just  made  two  fine  runs  out  and 
home  across  the  Atlantic.  Leaving  Liverpool  on  February  14th,  she  ran 
from  Queenstown  to  New  York  in  8  days,  7  hours  and  55  minutes,  her 
greatest  day's  run  being  388  miles.  She  left  New  York  on  March  3d,  and 
ran  back  to  Queenstown  in  8  days,  1  hour  and  25  minutes. 


A  disgraceful  scene  was  witnessed  in  a  churchyard  at  Wolverhamp- 
ton, at  the  interment  of  a  young  man.  As  the  mourners  were  leaving 
the  grave,  a  local  publican  went  up  and  emptied  a  bottle  of  brandy  on  the 
coffin,  making  the  remark  that,  as  the  deceased  loved  the  liquor  in  life, 
he  should  have  it  in  death.  The  authorities  are  going  to  summon  the 
offender.     Quite  right. 

An  immense  meteor,  weighing  untold  tons,  alighted  some  time  since 
in  a  Nevada  valley ;  and,  as  they  assay  everything  out  there,  this  was 
taken  in  hand  by  a  chemist,  who  demonstrated  that  this  windfall  from 
the  heavens  was  a  real  bonanza,  yielding  $387  in  silver  and  S42  in  gold  per 
ton. 


It  appears  that  the  smack  Maria,  of  Bideford,  England,  lately 
struck  on  the  back  of  the  breakwater  at  Bude,  and  at  once  broke  up. 
This  is  the  most  serious  result  of  a  smack  on  the  back  we  remember. 


Dairy  Products.—  There  has  been  quite  a  rise  in  the  price  of  cnoice 
roll  Butter  during  the  week,  and  prices  advanced  to  27A_@30c. ;  Cheese  is 
very  plentiful  and  cheap,  say  6@10c;  Eggs,  25@28c. 


For  Table  Bay,  South  Africa. —The  Danish  brig  Margrelke  has 
sailed  with  5,230  centals  wheat,  valued  at  §11,500.  This  is  the  first  cargo 
sent  in  that  direction  since  July  25,  1874. 


The  coast  steamers  to  sail  to-day  embrace  tbe  George  W.  Elder  for 
Portland,  Monterey  for  Santa  Cruz,  Pelican  for  Eureka,  and  Senator  for 
Anaheim. 

Silver  was  quoted  in  London  yesterday  at  54 Ad.  per  ounce,  925  fine; 
Consols,  96;  United  States  5  per  cent,  bonds,  106*2,  ex  coupon,  and  103J 
for  4^  per  cents. 

The  steamer  Oceanic,  of  the  Occidental  and  Oriental  S.  S.  Co.,  will 
sail  on  the  21st  inst.  instead  of  the  17th  inst.,  as  previously  advertised. 


The  Liverpool  Wheat  market  was  given  yesterday  at  lis.  4d,@ 
lis,  8d.  for  average  California,  and  lis.  8d.  to  lis.  lid.  for  Club. 

The  English  Wheat  market  was  rumored  to  be  excited  yesterday 
afternoon,  and  cargo  lots  are  quoted  at  59s.  6d.  perquarter. 

Brokers  are  buying  half  dollars  at  5|@6  per  cent,  discount,  and  are 
selling  them  at  5£@5f  per  cent,  discount. 

Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  in  this  market  at  95|  buying  and  96£  selling. 
Legal  tenders  here  are  irregular  at  95£  buying  and  96  selling. 


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco,  California, 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


April   14,   1877. 


CHARITY. 


Only  a  drop  in  tbe  bucket, 
But  every  drop  will  tell ; 

1  lie  bucket  would  soon  be  empty 
Without  tbe  drops  iu  the  well. 


Only  some  outgrown  garments — 
They  were  all  I  bad  to  spare ; 

But  they'll  help  to  clothe  the  needy, 
And  the  poor  are  everywhere. 


A  word  now  and  then  of  comfort, 
That  costs  me  nothing  to  sa.y  ; 

But  the  poor  old  man  died  happy, 
And  it  helped  him  on  the  way. 


Only  a  poor  little  penny, 

It  was  all  I  had  to  give  ; 
But  as  pennies  make  the  guineas, 

It  may  help  some  cause  to  live. 

A  few  little  bits  of  ribbon  God  lovetb  the  cheerful  giver, 

And  some  toys — they  were  not  new;     Though  the  gift  be  poor  and  small; 

But  they  made  the  sick  child  happy,  What  doth  He  think  of  His  children 
Which  has  made  me  happy,  too.        When  they  never  give  at  all? 


THE  POPULAR  UNDERTAKER  —  WHAT  BRET  HARTE 
HEARD     IN    A    SLEEPING    CAR 

We  had  stopped  at  a  station.  Two  men  had  got  into  the  car  and 
had  taken  seats  in  the  one  vacant  section,  yawning  occasionally,  and  con- 
versing in  a  languid,  perfunctory  sort  of  way.  They  sat  opposite  each 
ocher,  occasionally  looking  out  the  window,  but  always  giving  the  stray 
impression  that  they  were  tired  of  each  other's  company.  As  I  looked 
out  of  my  curtains  at  them,  the  One  Man  said  with  a  feebly  concealed 
yawn: 

"  Yes,  well,  I  reckon  he  was  at  one  time  as  popular  an  undertaker  ez  I 
knew." 

The  Other  Man  (inventing  a  question  rather  than  giving  an  answer, 
out  of  some  languid  social  impulse):  "  But  was  he — this  yer  ondertaker — 
a  Christian — had  he  jined  the  church?" 

The  One  Man  (reflectively):  Well,  I  don't  know  ez  you  might  call  him 
a  perfessin'  Christian  ;  but  he  hed — yes,  he  lied  conviction.  I  think  Dr. 
Wiley  bed  him  UDder  conviction.  Et  least,  that  was  the  way  I  got  it 
from  him. 

A  long,  dreary  pause.  The  Other  Man  (feeling  it  was  incumbent  on 
him  to  say  something):  But  why  was  he  popler  ez  an  ondertaker? 

The  Oue  Man  (lazily):  Well,  he  was  kinder  popler  with  widders  and 
widderers— sorter  soothen  'em  a  kinder  keerless  way ;  slung  'em  suthin 
here  and  there  sometimes  outer  the  Book,  sometimes  outer  himself,  ez  a 
man  of  experience  ez  hed  hed  sorrer.  Hed,  they  say  (very  cautiously) 
lost  three  wives  hisself,  and  five  children  by  this  yer  new  disease — diph- 
thery— out  in  Wisconsin.  I  don't  know  the  facts,  but  that's  what  got 
round. 

The  Other  Man:  But  how  did  he  lose  his  popularity? 

The  One  Man;  Well,  that's  the  question.  You  see,  he  introduced  some 
things  into  ondertaking  that  waz  new.  He  hed,  for  instance,  a  way,  as  he 
called  it,  of  raanniperlating  the  features  of  the  deceased. 

The  Other  Man:  How  manniperlating  them? 

The  One  Man  (struck  with  a  bright  and  aggressive  thought):  Look 
yer,  did  yer  ever  notiss  how,  generally  speakin',  onhandsome  a  corpse  is? 

The  Other  Man  had  noticed  this  fact. 

The  One  Man  (returning  to  his  fact):  Why,  there  was  Mary  Peebles, 
ez  was  daughter  of  my  wife's  bosom  friend —  a  mighty  pooty  girl  and  a 
perfessing  Christian— died  of  scarlet  fever.  Well,  that  gal— I  was  one  of 
the  mourners,  being  my  wife's  friend—  well,  that  gal,  though  I  hedn't, 
perhaps,  oughter  say — lying  in  that  casket,  fetched  all  the  way  from  some 
Al  establishment  in  Chicago,  filled  with  flowers,  and  furbelows — didn't 
really  seem  to  be  of  much  account.  Well,  although  my  wife's  friend,  and 
me  a  mourner— well,  now,  I  was — disappointed  and  discouraged. 

The  Other  Man  (in  palpably  affected  s,ympathy):  Sbo!  now! 

"Yes  sir!  Well,  you  see,  this  yer  ondertaker — this  Wilkins— hed  a 
way  of  correcting  all  that.  And  just  by  manniperlation.  He  worked 
over  the  face  of  the  deceased  ontil  he  produced  what  the  survivin'  rela- 
tives called  a  look  of  resignation— you  know,  a  sort  of  smile  like.  When 
he  wanted  to  put  in  any  extrys,  he  produced  what  he  called — hevin'  reg'- 
lar  charges  for  this  kind  of  work — a  Christian's  hope." 

The  Other  Man:  I  want  to  know! 

"  Yes.  Well.  I  admit,  at  times  it  was  a  little  startlin'.  And  I've 
allers  said  (a  little  confidentially)  that  I  hed  my  doubts  of  its  being 
Scriptooral  or  sacred,  being,  *>z  you  know,  worms  of  the  yearth  ;  and  I 
relieved  my  mind  to  our  pastor,  but  he  didn't  feel  like  iuterferin',  ez 
long'  ez  it  was  confined  to  church  membership.  But  the  other  day,  when 
Cy  Dunham  died — you  disremember  Cy  Dunham?  " 

A  long  interval  of  silence.  The  Other  Man  was  looking  out  the  win- 
dow, and  had  apparently  forgotten  his  companion  completely.  But  as  I 
stretched  my  head  out  of  the  curtain  I  saw  four  other  heads  as  eagerly 
reached  out  from  other  berths  to  hear  the  conclusion  of  the  story.  One 
head,  a  female  one,  instantly  disappeared  on  my  looking  around,  but  a 
certain  tremulousness  of  her  window  curtain  showed  an  unabated  interest. 
The  only  two  utterly  disinterested  men  were  the  One  Man  and  the  Other 
Man. 

The  One  Man  (detaching  himself  languidly  from  the  window):  Cy 
Dunham  ? 

"Yes,  Cy  never  bed  hed  either  con-victions  or  perfessions.  lister  get 
drunk  and  go  round  with  permiscuous  women.  Sorter  like  the  prodigal 
son,  only  a  little  more  so,  ez  fur  ez  I  kin  judge  from  the  facts  ez  stated  to 
me.  Well,  Cy  one  day  petered  out  down  at  Little  Rock  and  was  sent  up 
yer  for  interment.  The  fammerly,  being  proud-like,  of  course  didn't 
spare  any  money  on  that  funeral,  and  it  was — now  between  you  and  me 
— about  ez  shapely  and  first-class  and  prime-mess  affair  ez  I  ever  saw, 
Wilkins  hed  put  in  his  extrys.  He  had  put  on  to  that  prodigal's  face  the 
Al  touch— hed  him  fixed  up  with  a  Christian's  hope.  Well — it  waz  about 
the  turning  point,  for  thar  was  some  of  the  members  and  the  pastor  his- 
self thought  that  the  line  oughter  be  drawn  somewhere,  and  thar  waz 
some  talk  at  Dea.  Tibbet's  about  a  reg'lar  conference  meetin'  regardin'it. 
But  it  wasn't  that  which  made  him  onpoplar." 

Another  silence — no  expression  or  reflection  from  the  face  of  the  Other 
Man  of  the  least  desire  to  know  what  ultimately  settled  the  unpopularity 
of  the  undertaker.  But  from  the  curtains  of  the  various  berths  several 
eager  and  one  or  two  even  wrathful  faces,  anxious  for  the  result. 

The  Other  Man  (lazily  recurring  to  the  lost  topic):  Well,  what  made 
him  onpoplar  ? 

The  One  Man  (quietly):  Extrys,  I  think— that  is,  I  suppose— not  know- 
ing (cautiously)  all  the  facts.  When  Mrs.  Widdecombe  lost  her  husband 
— 'bout  two  months   ago — though   she'd  been   through   the  valley  of  the 


shadder  of  death  twice — this  bein'  her  third  marriage,  hevin'  been  John 
Barker's  widder — 

The  Other  Man  (with  an  intense  expression  of  interest):  No,  you're 
foolin'  me! 

The  One  Man  (solemnly):  Ef  I  waz  to  appear  before  my  Maker  to-mor- 
row, yes!  she  waz  th^-  widder  of  Barker. 

The  Other  Man:  Well,  I  swow! 

The  One  Man:  Well  this  Widder  Widdecombe,  she  put  up  a  big  fune- 
ral for  the  deceased.  She  hed  Wilkins,  and  that  ondertaker  just  laid 
hisself  out.  Just  spread  himself.  Onfort'nately — perhaps  fort'nat'ly  in 
the  ways  of  Providence — one  of  Widdecombe's  old  friends,  a  doctor  up 
thar  in  Chicago,  comes  down  to  the  funeral.  He  goes  up  with  the  friends 
to  look  at  the  deceased,  smilin'  a  peaceful  sort  of  heavenly  smile,  and 
everybody  sayin'  he's  gone  to  meet  his  reward,  and  this  yer  friend  turns 
round,  short  and  sudden  on  the  widder  settin'  in  her  pew,  and  kinder  en- 
joyin',  as  wimmen  will,  all  the  compliments  paid  the  corpse,  and  he  says, 
says  he: 

"  What  did  you  say  your  husband  died  of,  marm  ?" 

"  Consumption,"  she  says,  wiping  her  eyes,  poor  critter — "  Consump- 
tion— gallopin'  consumption." 

"Consumption  be  d d,"  sez  he,  bein'  a  profane  kind  of  Chicago  doc- 
tor, and  not  bein  ever  under  conviction.  "Thet  man  died  of  strychnine. 
Look  at  thet  face.  Look  at  thet  contortion  of  them  facial  muscles. 
Thet's  strychnine.  Thet's  risers  Sardonicus"  (thets  what  he  said;  he 
was  always  sorter  profane). 

"  Why,  doctor,"  says  the  widder,  "thet — thet  is  his  last  smile.  It's  a 
Christian's  resignation." 

"  Thet  be  blowed  ;  don't  tell  me,"  sez  he.     "  Hell  is  full  of  that  kind 

of  resignation.     It's   pizon.     And  I'll "     Why,  dern  my  skin,  yes  we 

are  ;  yes,  it's  Joliet.  Wall,  now,  who'd  hev  thought  we'd  been  nigh  on 
to  an  hour  ? 

Two  or  three  anxious  passengers  from  their  berths:  "Say;  look  yer, 
stranger!    Old  man!    What  became  of"— 

But  the  One  Man  and  the  Other  Man  had  vanished. 

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Principals    of   Tonus:    Ladies'    Seminaries,    Boarding 

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Chief  Cook  and  Confectioner,  well  known  as  a  first-class  Caterer  and  Cook,  having 
kept  in  this  city  the  best  Restaurant  and  Ice-Cream  Saloon  for  the  last  twenty  years, 
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Has  been  invented  by  the  Queen's  Own  Company  of  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  so  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  $2  for  buffalo  handles,  $3  for  ivory, 
(currency- ;)  bv  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  bv  the  sole 
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sisting of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
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April    U.    1877. 


CALIFORN1  \      \l»\  EUTISEIi 


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LOVED    AND     LOST. 

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D 

» > :  bow  m\  i 

-  fall; 
Hut  tl; 

i        i  anil: 

l..'\ .-.i  and  1. 
And  grief  shall  never  die. 
Through  weary,  weary  Time, 
Shall  sound  tin-  dismal  ohima, 
LoTad  and  Lost '. 


Now  tiakt  the  failing  lamp 

night, 

I 

I    •  a  -i  B#ure  bright, 
R  noun 

talon.  Uturei 
'I  be  -i>!i  it  softly  wui  | 
And  i  waj 

Uo\  ed  and  Lost,  thy  surb 
rief  shall  Dover  cue. 
All  through  tli"  w.';trv  time 
Hark  t«>  toe  dismal  chime, 
Lovcl  and  I  rosti 


So  pan  the  heavy  hours, 

I  chide  the  long  delay, 
And  the  nighl  so  chill  and  dark, 

I  wiiit  tin-  lingering  •';>>■. 
At  but,  the  blissful  summons, 

What  notes  my  heart  enthrall; 
I'm  oorning,  I  am  ready!  — 

1   hear,  lln-ir  rotces  rati 

J,  .\.  d,  n"t  Lost!  they  cry, 
For  love  ehall  uever  die. 
And  f"  through  endless  time 
Shall  BweU  the  joyful  chime, 

l .■■■. ed,  doI   Lost! 


LADY  DOCTORS. 
Woman  has  tiiuniphed.  The  University  of  London  has  decided 
to  admit  the  gentle  sex  t..  it-  medical  degree,  and  we  are  to  have  lady 
after  all.  One  or  two  women,  as  every  one  knows,  have  already 
obtained  medical  qualifications,  but  it  has  been  done  in  each  case  by  ;i 
lucky  chance,  and  no  sooner  has  any  examining  body  admitted  a  lady  than 
it  has  straightway  repented,  and  refused  t<>  extend  the  same  privilege  to 
an]  others  of  her  sex.  Ami  in  snnieino.lu.il  sfliuols,  imtuMy  in  Edin- 
burgh, women  have  been  most  despitefully  used  A  Mi.--  Pecny,  admit- 
ted to  the  chemistry  class  there,  won  the  first  prize  ;  but  Professor  <  "rum 
Brown,  with  uitra-cannjness  even  for  a  Scot,  refused  to  give  it  her;  while 
i  the  ladies  studying  there  were  allowed  to  go  for  the  degree.  The 
truth  is,  that  women  desirous  of  entering  the  medical  profession  have 
I- '  n  kept  ont  simply  by  thr  jealousy  of  those  men  who  are  already  li- 
censed to  kill.  Like  other  professions,  that  of  medicine  is  a  gigantic 
trade  union,  and  the  doctors  and  their  representative  organs  have  raised 
a  unanimous  howl  at  the  bare  idea  of  women  entering  into  competition 
with  them.  Such  an  outcry  is  all  the  more  curious,  when  we  remember 
that  the  doctor's  right  hand,  the  nurse,  is  almost  invariably  a  woman,  and 
surely  in  many  cases— dangerous  ones,  too — the  recovery  of  the  patient 
depends  as  much  upon  her  as  upon  the  medical  man.  But  leaving  that 
question  for  the  preeent,  can  any  one,  no  matter  how  prejudiced,  deny  the 
right  of  ;i  woman  to  enter  a  profession  for  which  she  has,  in  many  ways, 
ape  ill  qualifications?  We  are  not  discussing  the  question  whether  ladies 
will  develop  large  practices  as  doctors  or  not,  that  has  nothing  to  do  with 
the  justice  of  the  demand  to  be  admitted  to  diplomas,  and  we  are  con- 
ten, ling  simply  for  that.  We  hail,  then,  the  decision  of  the  Senate  of  the 
University  of  London  with  profound  satisfaction.  No  medical  degree 
ranks  higher,  and  it  is  to  he  thrown  open  to  such  women  as  choose  to  un- 
dergo the  required  course  of  study,  and  can  pass  the  examinations.  It  is 
said  that  few  ladies  will  avail  themselves  of  the  chance,  and  that  is  quite 
possible,  f«>r  the  medical  profession,  like  all  others,  is  overstocked  ;  but 
that  is  not  the  point  we  are  discussing.  Women,  who  have  at  present  but 
few  Bpheres  of  remunerative  intellectual  activity  open  to  them,  demanded 
admission  to  the  profession,  and  all  honor  to  the  University  of  London 
that  it  has  thrown  open  its  doors  to  them.  There  are  other  difficulties  to 
be  overcome,  no  doubt,  such  as  the  permission  to  attend  classes  at  the 
medical  school.-;,  and  so  forth  ;  but  with  the  smiles  of  the  senate,  of  the 
court,  mis  I  iranville,  the  acidulated  Lowe,  and  the  scientific  Paget  and  his 
medical  brethren,  any  remaining  bugbears  will  soon  be  conquered.  And 
how  delightful  is  the -thought  of  a  lady  doctor!  What  could  be  more 
soothing  in  the  nervous  diseases  so  common  uow-a-days,  than  the  presence 
of  a  feminine  medical  ministrant  to  the  cravings  of  a  carefully  worn  con- 
stitution! Why  should  a  woman  be  less  womanly  because  she  playfully 
adjusts  the  bandage,  or  prescribes  the  harmless  necessary  pill  ?  Is  she  to 
forswear  all  charming  consciousness  of  her  own  beauty  because  she  knows 
how  the  aterno-cleido-mastoideus  aids  the  graceful  nose  of  her  head  ;  will 
she  deny  her  lover  the  kiss,  since  she  is  aware  of  the  action  of  the  orbicu- 
laris oris  during  that  "tenderest  pledge  of  soft  affections?"  Will  she  be 
a  worse  sister,  daughter,  or  wife,  because  she  has  a  right  to  put  M.D.  af- 
ter her  name?  Shade  of  Hippocrates  forbid!  Rather  will  she  echo  the 
words  of  a  brilliant  operator  and  sound  anatomist,  who  made  hi3  heroine 
sing  as  follows: 

"  O  Medulla,"  he  cried,  "O  thou  light  of  my  life, 
Thou  pith  of  my  skeleton's  ossa," 
And  I  buried  ray  head,  like  a  dutiful  wife, 

In  my  husband's  subclavian  fossa,"  — Truth. 


BANKS. 


THANK    YOU! 

The  Americans  are  certainly  ingenious  in  inventing  new  phrases.  I 
see  in  a  recent  number  of  that  "larkiest"  of  prints,  the  'JPriaco  News 
Letter,  which  is  a  welcome  visitor  in  London,  a  paragraph  which  runs  as 
follows:  "  We  are  told  that  a  very  truthful,  but  somewhat  intemperate, 
child  of  Bohemia,  who  is  fond  of  good  dinners  and  high  living,  says  that 
whenever  he  sees  a  well-roasted  canvas-backed  duck,  it  makes  his  mouth 
whisky.  His  regard  for  veracity  entirely  prevents  him  from  using  the  well- 
known  phrase,  'make  your  mouth  water/ as  that  1  righly- vilified -and- uf- 
late-much-abused  beverage  is  an  article  he  cannot  criticise,  never  having 
tasted  it." — London  Court  Circular, 

Hundreds  of  journals  copy  bodily  our  Town  Crier,  and  other  items, 
without  even  the  decency  of  crediting  the  source  from  which  they  are  de- 
rived j  others,  notably  some  Eastern  illustrated  papers,  change  the  caption 
of  articles,  and  unblushingly  insert  them  as  original.  We  have  no  objec- 
tion to  being  copied,  but  we  like  the  corn  to  be  occasionally  acknowledged. 


SWISS    AMERICAN    BARK. 

Iiimrpor.iio.i  in  Geneva,  Mititnerlnaad.  Jnnunr)  Mate,  i*7S. 
II.  8)11,000,000.      -I      no., I      11,000,1 

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pared  Iters  of  Crw 

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■tills  «»(  Exehnuarc  on  New  fork,  Philadelphia,  London.  Liverpool.  Paris, 
Lyons,  Uai  •■  ill.  -,   Bordeaux,  Oloron,  Ui  uikfort,  Geneve, 
Leunnno.  I  lh  itut  da  Fond                      FHboui      Bern,  Aim 
Zurich,  wtntertnur,  Bhaffhaasen,  st.  Gallon,  Lucern,  Ctaur,  BeUinaona,  Locarno,  Lu- 
gano, Uendrislo,  G a.  Turin,  Rillan,  Ploronoe,  Rome. 

Au  Assay  Ones  u  annexed  to  the  Bank     assays  of  (fold,  ellver,  quarts  ores 

anil  ■ulpburota     Rotunu  in  coin  or  bare,  ettboopti 1  thedepositci 

■  ■  made  on  bullion  and  ores     Duel  and  bullion  ■  in  in  Foi  warded  bom  any 
|iart  of  the  country,  and  returns  made  tbrougfi  Wens,  Fargo  ft  Co.,  or  by  cheeks. 
[September  18.1 

THE    BANK    OF    CALIFURNIA,    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

Capital $5,000,000. 

D.O.  Mills President.      I     WM.  ALVOKD    .Vlce-Pren't. 

THOMAS  llltOYYN Ca»liier. 

.    :  -.  is  : 

New  fork,  Agency  of  the  [lank  of  Calfornia  ;  Boston,  Troniont  National  Bank  ; 
Chicago,  Union  National  Bank:  St  Louis,  Boatman's  Saving  Bank:  New  Zealand, 
the  Bank  of  New  Zealand  ;  Lond.ni,  China,  Japan,  India  and  Australia,  the  Oriental 
Bank  Corporation. 

Tl>r  Bank  has  Agencies  at  Virginia  City  and  Gold  Hill,  and  Correspondents  In  all 
the  principal  Hiuing  Districts  ana  Interior  Towns  of  the  l'acifle  Coast. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued,  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Draw  direct  on  Lon- 
don, Dublin,  Parts,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Franklott-on-the-Haln,  Antwerp, 
Amsterdam,  st  Petersburgh,  Copenhagen,  Btockholm,  Christiana,  Locarno,  Mel- 
bourne, Sydney,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  shanghai,  Yokohama.  Nov.  4. 

THE    NEVADA    BANK,    OF    SAN     FRANCISCO. 
Paid  Up  Capital 810,000,000. 

Louis  ]>1<-B.;nif President.      I      J.  <'.  Flood.. Vice-President, 

X.  K.  Masteii Cashier. 

DiiiKcroRS  : — J.  C.  Flood,  J.  W.  Mackay,  W.  S.  O'Brien,  Jas.  G.  Fair,  Louis  McLano. 

Corrksi-oxdksts:— London— Smith,  Payne  &  Smith.-.  Paris — Hottanguer  &  Co. 
Hamburg— Hesse,  Newman  A:  Co.  Now  York— "  The  bank  of  New  York,  B.  N.  A." 
Chrcag       Merchants' National  Bank.     Boston — Traders'  National  Bank.   New  Orleans 

State  Na-tional  Bank. 

This  Bank  U  prepared  to  receive  deposits  on  open  account,  issue  certificates  nf  de- 
posit, buy  and  sell  exchange,  purchase  bullion,  and  transact  a  general  banking  busi- 
ness.    Collections  made  and  proceeds  remitted  at  current  rates  of  exchange.       Oct.  0. 

BANK    OF    BRITISH    COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter.-— Capital  paid  up,  si.suit,. 
Out),  with  power  to  increase  to  *10,000,0<>(>.  Southeast  corner  California  and  San- 
sninc  streets.  Head  Office— &  East  India  Avenue,  London.  Branches— Portland,  Or- 
egon; Victoria  and  Cariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  De|>osits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows  : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada—Bank  of  Montreal ;  Liverpool— North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company  ;  Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America — London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  Smith  America  ;  China  and 
Japan  — Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand  — Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dee.  ». \V.  H.  TILL1NOHAST,  Manager. 

THE   FIB3T  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Pnid  np  Capital  82<O00,OO0,  Gold.  President,  It.  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  1>.  Callaghan  ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Bodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  w,  Ritchie. 

DIRECTORS  :— B.  C.  Wool  worth,  D.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  D.  D.  Colton,  Edward  Martin,  .lanics  .MolHtt,  X.  Van  liergen. 

CORaBSPOSDBXTS— London  :  Baring  Bros.  i.v  Co.;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China.  Dublin:  Provincial  Bank  ol  Ireland.  Hamburg:  Hesse, 
Neunmn&Co.  Paris:  Hottinguer&Co.  New  York:  National  Bank  of  Commerce.  Boa- 
ton  :  Blaekstonc  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  Tins  Bunk  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business.  De|K>sits  in  Gold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  Status,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  in  Europe,  Chii.a  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  13. 

LONDON    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANK    (LIMITED). 

Capital,  83,000,000,  of  m  lilcli  83,000,000  iff  fully  paid  up  a* 
present  capital.  San  Francisco  Office,  424  California;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  S.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STKEETEN  ;  Assist- 
ing Manager,  CAM!  LO  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexcl,  Morgan  4£  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 
Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world. October  2tt. 

BANK  OF  COMMERCE,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Incorporated     I'nder    the    I, a  us    of    California. 

Capital One  Million  Dollars. 

Co rkespon dents  :— New  York,  National  Park  Bank  ;  Boston,  National  Bank  of  Re- 
dumption ;  Chicago,  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank. 

This  Bank,  lately  organised,  is  now  prepared  to  receive  Deposits,  discount  Business 
Paper,  issue  Credits,  buv  and  sell  Exchange,  make  Collections,  and  transact  a  general 
banking  business.  D.  W.  C.  THOMPSON,  President. 

A.  W.  Prestos,  Cashier.  March  3. 

THE    ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN    BANK    (LIMITED). 
d  C%£%  California  street,  San  Francisco.— London  Office,  3 

4e/^/%/  Angel  Court ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligman  ^  Co.,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  88,000,000.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buv  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FKED.  F.  LOW,         )   it«««»«» 

Oct  4.     TON.  STEIN  HART,    f  fllanagera- 

THE  MERCHANTS'  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO- 

Capital,  85,000,000.— Alvinza  Hoyward,  President :  R.  O. 
Sneath,  Yiee-Prcsident ;  H.  F.  Hastings,  Cashier  ;  II.  N.  Yan  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and  a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


April   14,  1877. 


THEATRICAL     ETC. 

California  Theater. —One  need  hardly  be  a  *'  prurient  prude  "  to  take 
exception  to  Measure  for  Measure  on  the  score  of  morality.  Nothing  is 
so  manifest  as  that  Shakspeare  wrote  *' for  the  market."  Without  the 
faintest  suspicion  that  he  was  the  greatest  genius  of  all  time,  he  strove 
merely  to  write  what  would  hit  the  public  taste,  and  that,  in  the  times  of 
Elizabeth,  was  a  very  lecherous  public  taste,  to  say  the  least  of  it.  With 
all  the  careful  pruning  of  the  management,  this  blemish  appears  in  every 
line,  and  it  is  safe  to  say  that  if  any  modern  playwright  had  attempted 
to  dramatically  produce  such  a  tale,  the  critics  would  have  incontinently 
scalped  the  aggressor  and  the  public  frowned  it  down.  Apart  from  this 
feature  Measure  for  Measure  has  another  fault  that  should  relegate  it  to 
the  closet  solely.  It  is  immeasurably  the  most  tedious  of  the  great  mas- 
ter's works.  Its  action  is  slow  and  stilted,  and  the  grossness  of  the  humor 
that  would  otherwise  relieve  it,  causes  that  important  element  to  be  now 
adays  almost  entirely  excised.  Apart  from  this  and  the  conviction  that 
Miss  Neilson  unprotitably  employs  her  timein  the  rendition  of  "  Isabella," 
we  have  nothing  but  praise  to  give  to  her  conception  of  that  character. 
It  was  very  strongly  and  effectively  played  throughout,  although  there 
were  several  passages  where  the  concentrated  passion  and  tiger-like  in- 
tensity of  such  a  genius  as  Clara  Morris  would  have  been  very  telling.  Of 
the  rest  of  the  cast  very  few,  from  the  nature  of  their  parts,  require  spe- 
cific mention,  Mr.  Hill  played  "  Angelo  "  with  all  the  ascetic  rigidity 
required,  and  did  his  best  acting  in  the  last  act.  Mr.  Keene's  prison 
scene  was  admirable  in  every  respect.  Mr.  Bishop,  as  "  Pompey,"  brought 
down  the  house  with  what  drollery  was  left  in  his  sorely  emasculated 
lines,  and  Miss  Wyatt  did  her  little  bit  very  acceptably.  Mr.  Mestayer's 
conception  of  "Lucio,  a  Fantastic,"  was,  we  fear,  a  generous  departure 
from  that  of  the  author.  On  the  whole  the  play  was  done  as  only  the 
California  can  do  Shakspeare,  and  the  monotony  of  its  performance  was 
manfully  endured  by  three  magnificent  audiences,  that  of  Wednesday 
being  one  of  the  largest  ever  crowded  into  the  good  old  house.  The  same 
bill  continues  this  afternoon  and  to-night.  On  Monday  the  star  will  es- 
say "Julia,  "'in  the  Hunchback,  a  play  that  should  long  ago  have  been  laid 
away  upon  the  dusty  shelves  of  forgotten  dramas.  On  Tuesday  evening 
she  presents  the  Lady  of  Lynns,  in  which  our  theater-goers  will  have  the 
opportunity  of  viewing  her  in  sharp  contrast  to  Miss  Wilton,  who  took 
Miss  Neilson's  pla.ce  as  "Pauline"  last  Saturday  at  a  moment's  notice, 
and  whose  unequivocal  success  at  once  dumbfounded  the  critics  and  de- 
lighted an  immense  audience,  the  latter  giving  Miss  Wilton  three  enthu- 
siastic calls  before  the  curtain.  Tuesday  afternoon  the  big-hearted 
English  beauty  gives  an  extra  matinee  in  aid  of  the  Women's  Hospital, 
when  Twelfth  Night  will  be  reproduced.  On  Wednesday  next  Miss  Neil- 
son  takes  her  farewell  benefit  as  "Juliet,"  and  makes  her  last  appear- 
ance, which  may  be  counted  upon  in  advance  as  the  largest  house  the 
California  will  see  this  year. 

Grand  Opera  House.--^  Midsummer  NigJd's  Dream  appeared  in  its 
long-promised  splendor  on  Monday  evening.  It  has  been  placed  on  the 
stage  in  a  manner  every  way  worthy  of  the  management,  and  has  much 
promise  of  competing  with  the  famous  Tour  in  length  of  run.  The  scen- 
ery is  delightful,  and  the  xjanoramic  landscapes  of  Voegtlin  are  in  perfect 
keeping  with  Shakspeare's  most  marvelous  conceit.  One  looks  at  the 
stage  with  the  languid  contentment  of  the  lotus  eater,  and  the  last  fall  of 
the  curtain  awakes  us  from  what  has  seemed  a  dream  in  all  verity.  One 
enjoys  Mr.  Voegtlin's  clever  landscapes  with  a  feeling  of  regret  that  his 
lovely  perspectives  and  translucent  waters  should  ever  be  returned  to  the 
dusty  darkness  of  the  flies.  Mr.  Lingham  walks  through  "Theseus"  with 
the  proper  dignified  stiffness,  to  the  accompaniment  of  a  very  unbride- 
like  "  Hippolyta."  Miss  Carey  makes  a  very  charming  "  Helena,"  her 
Athenian  dress  giving  due  prominence  to  her  beautiful  figure  and  classical 
features.  Her  poses  are  especially  picturesque  and  effective.  Miss  Ma- 
hon  as  "Hernia  plays  that  individual  with  her  usual  success.  Anything 
more  naturally  fairy-like  and  appropriately  done  than  Miss  Mayhew's 
"  Titania"  we  have  rarely  seen.  She  fits  the  part  like  a  glove.  The  best 
opportunity  of  the  piece  is  unquestionably  that  of  Mr.  Polk,  as  "Bot- 
tom," of  which  this  capable  comedian  takes  marvelous  little  advantage. 
"  Bottom"  is  not  a  sort  of  Shakspearian  "  Stage  Struck  Barber,"  and  Mr. 
Polk,  while  measurably  funny  at  times,  seems  to  flatly  misconceive  the 
part.  The  weaver  that  the  text  portrays  is  a  heavy,  fat-witted,  sluggish 
clown — one  who  has  never  seen  acting  probably,  and  had  no  intention  to 
burlesque  it.  Mr.  Polk  makes  him  a  nimble,  almost  juvenile,  ranter — his 
death  scene  in  the  last  act  being  simply  the  broadest  and  most  overdone 
burlesque.  Mr.  Kennedy  leant  somewhat  in  the  same  direction  as 
"  Thysbe,"  and  rather  overdid  the  sword  business.  The  "  Lion,"  "Wall" 
and  "  Moon"  are  exceedingly  funny.  Miss  Jenny  Beauclerc  looks 
"  Puck"  to  a  charm,  and  acted  it  well,  apart  from  the  fact  that  she  was  a 
little  spasmodic  upon  occasion  and  at  all  times  unintelligible,  the  latter 
the  result  of  a  crowded  utterance  more  easily  pardoned  in  burlesque  than 
legitimate  parts.  Miss  True  made  a  most  symmetrical  fairy,  and  upon 
the  whole  the  cast  ib  a  good  one.  The  four  little  midgets  who  brighten 
the  wood  scene  are  not  the  least  of  the  accessories.  We  wish  the  Dream 
a  fair  wind  and  a  good  run,  as  it  fully  deserves. 

Bush-Street  Theater.  --Tin-  revamping  of  this  house  under  its  new 
management  has  freshened  its  appearance  wonderfully.  The  latter  has 
only  to  add  comfortable  modern  seats  to  make  it  again  popular  with  soci- 
ety people.  Salsbury's  Troubadours  are  giving  a  unique  performance  of 
the  Vokes  order  at  this  theater.  This  organization  comes  to  us  well  her- 
alded, and  really  presents  a  performance  of  much  merit.  The  programme 
begins  with  a  capitally  done  farce,  in  which  Messrs.  Gourlay  and  Web- 
ster and  Miss  Nellie  McHenry  appear.  The  chief  attraction,  however,  is 
a  lively  jumble  called  Patchwork,  introducing  a  quantity  of  very  new  and 
clever  business.  The  strong  card  is  Mr,  Salsbnry,  who,  besides  being  a 
capital  comedian,  gives  some  excellent  imitations  of  famous  actors.  That 
of  Joseph  Jefferson  is  especially  remarkable,  the  voice  and  intonation  be- 
ing almost  exact,  and  the  resemblance  would  be  still  more  minute  did  Mr. 
Salsbury  stick  to  the  exact  text,  which  be  appears  to  have  altered  some- 
what. He  is  well  supported  by  Miss  Correlli,  who  has  a  most  charming 
soprano  voice;  Miss  McHenry,  who  is  pretty  and  vivacious  to  somewhat 
an  excess;  Mr.  Gourlay,  whose  "  business  "  is  clever,  but  whose  two  in- 
terminable songs  might  well  be  cut;  and  Mr.  Webster,  who  acts  very  well 
indeed.  Patchwork  is  a  taking-  performance  and  has  made  a  hit.  We  ex- 
pect the  Troubadours  will  find  substantial  reason  for  a  prolonged  stay. 

The  death  of  Commander  Joseph  D.  Marvin,  at  Yokohama,  Japan, 
is  announced. 


THOMAS  HILL'S  ART  SALE. 
On  Wednesday  next,  at  the  rooms  of  the  Art  Association,  there  will 
take  place  a  sale  which,  for  artistic  merits,  has  never  yet  been  equaled  in 
our  city.  The  value  of  Mr.  Hill's  pictures  is  so  fully  discussed  in  the 
"  Art  Jottings,"  to  be  found  in  another  column,  that  any  criticism  of  them 
here  would  be  superfluous.  We  refer  our  readers  to  the  very  able  article 
alluded  to  for  a  full  and  careful  discussion  of  the  relative  beauties  of  the 
works  now  offered  for  sale.  Mr.  Hill's  name,  of  itself,  is  sufficient  to 
command  the  attention  of  lovers  of  pictures,  and  our  careful  criticism  will 
doubtless  greatly  aid  would-be  purchasers  in  their  selection.  Our  city  is, 
and  should  be,  very  proud  of  her  artists,  and  we  believe  that  they  both 
know  and  appreciate  it.  None  of  the  brethren  of  the  brush  are  harder 
workers  than  Mr.  Hill,  and  his  success  is  the  result  of  his  great  talent 
added  to  his  unparalleled  industry.  Next  Wednesday's  sale  will  doubtless 
be  as  gratifying  to  the  maestro  as  to  his  clients.  Californians  will  not  for- 
get that  Mr.  Hill  received  the  first  gold  metal  at  the  Centennial  for  artis- 
tic excellence  in  landscape.  The  subject  was  the  Yosemite  Valley. 
Through  his  masterly  interpretation  of  our  unsurpassed  scenery,  includ- 
ing his  celebrated  picture  of  Donner  Lake  and  the  Eagle  subject,  Mr. 
Hill  has  done  a  great  deal  to  bring  the  matchless  beauty  of  our  State 
before  the  eyes  of  the  picture-loving  world. 

MECHANICS'    INSTITUTE    CONCERTS, 

Mechanics'  Pavilion,  corner  of  Mission  and  Eighth  streets. 
Popu'ar  Prices  !  The  fourth  of  the  series  of  eight  GRAND  POPULAR  PROM- 
ENADE CONCERTS  will  take  place  on  SATURDAY  EVENING,  April  14th.  Fare- 
well Appearance  of  MLLE.  JENNY  CLAUS,  the  Eminent  Violinist,  prior  to  her  de- 
parture for  Europe,  Programme  :  1.  Overture,  La  Gazza  Ladra,  Rossini ;  2.  Bass 
Song,  "The  Bell  Ringer,"  Wallace,  MR.  WALTER  C.  CAMPBELL;  3.  Grand  Fan- 
tasia for  Violin,  "  Figlia  del  Rcgimento,"  Alard,  MLLE.  JENNY  CLAUS;  4,  Grand 
Aria,  "Carnival  de  Venice,"  Benedict  (by  general  request),  MLLE.  ILMA  DE 
Ml'KSKA  ;  5  Selection,  "  Lucia  di  Lamuiernioor,"  Donizetti ;  C.  Overture,  "  Mar- 
itani,"  Wallace  ;  7.  Solo  for  Clarionet  (selected),  MR.  WERBA  ;  8.  Bass  Song,  "  The 
Miner,"  Felix  Marti,  MR.  WALTER  C.  CAMPBELL  ;  !).  Grand  Aria,  "Jours  de  mon 
Enfance,"  from  Pres  aux  Clercs,  Herold,  MLLE.  ILMA  DE  MURSKA,  with  brilliant 
introduction  and  violin  obligate,  MLLE.  JENNY  CLAUS  ;  10.  Fanfare  Militaire, 
Aseher.  POPULAR  PRICES.  General  Admission,  50  cents ;  Reserved  Seats,  25 
cents  extra.  April  14. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Bush  Street,  above  Kearny.  --John  Mct'nllongb,  Proprietor 
and  Manager ;  Barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager,  positively  last  nights  of  the 
engagement  of  the  world-famous  MISS  NEILSON,  who  will  appear  this  (Saturday) 
evening  as  "  Isabella,"  in  Shakspeare's  MEASURE  FOR  MEASURE,  played  by  herat 
the  Haymarket  Theater,  London,  for  six  weeks,  to  crowded  houses.  This  (Saturday) 
Afternoon,  April  14th.  Last  Neilson  Matinee— MEASURE  FOR  MEASURE.  Monday 
Evening,  April  16th,  MISS  NEILSON  will  appear  as  JULIA,  in  THE  HUNCHBACK. 
Tuesday  Evening,  April  17th,  as  PAULINE,  in  THE  LADY  OF  LYONS.  Tuesday 
Afternoon,  April  17th,  at  1  o'clock,  Extra  Matinee,  tendered  bv  MISS  NEILSON  and 
the  CALIFORNIA  THEATER,  in  aid  of  the  CALIFORNIA  STATE  WOMAN'S  HOS- 
PITAL—TWELFTH NIGHT.  Wednesday  Evening,  April  ISth-Farewell  Benefit  of 
MISS  NEILSON,  who  will  appear  once  more  as  JULIET,  to  accommodate  the  many 
who  were  unable  to  obtain  places  at  theformer  representations.  Fridav,  April  20th  — 
Benefit  of  MRS.  JUDAH. April  14. 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER. 

Kearny  street,  between  Washing-  to  n  anil  Jackson.  ---Sam  n  el 
Tetlow,  Proprietor.  Unprecedented  Hit  of  the  Original  Acrohatic,  Contor- 
tion Song  and  Dance  Artists  and  Master  Linguists,  JOHNSON  and  BRUNO  !  Con- 
tinued Popularity  of  the  Favorite  Sketch  Artists,  THE  BRAHAMS,  HARRY  and 
LIZZIE.  The"  Favorite,  CHARLEY  REED.  The  Great  and  Onlv  SHED  LeCLAIR, 
The  Popular  CARRIE  LEON  and  SAM  SWAIN.  The  Charming  Songstress,  MADGE 
AISTON.  Reappearance  of  the  People's  Comedian,  W.  C.  CROSBIE.  First  produc- 
tion of  Shakspeare's  beautiful  comedy,  in  two  acts,  of  KATHARINE  AND  PE- 
TRUCHIO  ;  or,  TAMING  THE  SHREW. April  14. 

BUSH    STREET    THEATER. 

Titus  .V  Locke,  Lessees  ami  Alan  agcrs.— G  lor  ions  and  Imme- 
diate Success  !  Crowded  and  Fashionable  Audiences  !  Read  the  opinions  of 
this  paper  of  SALISBURY'S  TROUBADOURS  in  PATCHWORK,  an  original  extrav- 
aganza, with  a  wealth  of  sparkling  music  and  genuine  fun.  Every  evening-  until 
further  notice,  PATCHWORK!  Beautiful  New  Scenery,  New  Furniture,  New  Car- 
pets, and  everything-  in  keeping  with  the  elegant  performance  <>f  the  TROUBADOURS. 
This  (Saturday)  Afternoon,  at  2  o'clock— PATCHWORK  MATINEE.  Seats  secured 
six  days  in  advance.  April  14. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

•Extra  Night! 

anv  stage  of  the  new  op- 
era, DER  YIERJAHRIGE  POSTEN (The  Forgotten  Outpost),  written  and  composed 
by  PROF.  GUSTAV  HINRICHES,  late  Musical  Director  of  the  Fabbri  Opera  Com- 
pany. The  opera  will  be  preceded  by  a  GR\ND  CONCERT,  in  which  the  prominent 
musical  talent  of  the  city  will  appear.     Prices  as  usual. April  14. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  Street,  between  Thiril  and  Fourth. —Acting:  Man- 
ager, Mr.  Chas.  Wheatleigb.  Another  Great  Success  !  Shakspeare's  Exqusite 
Fairy  Drama,  A  MIDSUMMER  NIGHT'S  DREAM,  with  Mendelssohn's  Music,  and 
Magnificent  Scenery,  Classical  Costumes,  Decorations,  etc.,  Every  Evening-  and  Sat- 
urday Matinee.  April  14. 

PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COHPANT. 

Freight  Department.— From  and  after  this  date,  Mr.  Geo. 
II.  Rice  will  act  as  Freight  Solicitor  forthis  Company.     He  can  be  found  at 
office,  218  California  street,  where  Shipping  Orders  may  be  obtained  until  12  o'clock, 
noon,  of  the  day  previous  to  the  departure  of  the  steamers.     Applications  after  that 
time  must  be  made  at  office,  corner  First  and  Brannan  streets. 
Feb.  24. WILLIAMS.  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

SKAGGS'    HOT    SPRINGS,    SONOMA    COUNTY,    OAL. 
peniug-  Tor  1S77,  April  1st. -—Many  improvements  are  just 

_  completed  in  the  already  commodious  hotel ;  the  cottages  of  last  year  have  been 
renovated,  and  several  new  ones  constructed.  Daily  line  of  stages  to  and  from  the 
Springs,  connecting  with  the  cars  to  and  from  San  Francisco.  Only  eight  miles 
staging  from  Gevserville.     Board  (rooms  included)  per  week,  $13. 

April  14. A.  SKAGGS,  Proprietor. 

L     C.    COX,    M.D., 

Late  of  Washington,   I>.   C,  890  Market  street,   corner  of 
Stockton.     Office  Hours— 9  to  11a.m.,  2  to  4  f.m.,  7  to  9  p.m. 
Special  attention  given  to  the  treatment  of  Diseases  of  Women. April  14. 

0.UICKSILVEK. 
or  sale— In  lots  to  salt,  by  Thomas  Bell,  Wo.  305  Sansome 

street,  over  Bank  of  California.  Nov.  16. 


1%/Tission  street,  between  Third  and  Fourth. - 

IT  I      Sunday  Evening,  April  15th,  first  representation  t 


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NOTICE. 
or  the  very  best  photographs  go  to  Bradley  &.  Rnlofson's, 

in  an  Elevator,  429  Montgomery  street.  Oct.  29. 


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CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER. 


SIBYLS    SONG. 


1  know  tli.it  he  b  f.»r 

Vnl  tli.it   I  ■  .UMKit  ■..  .    him  DOW  : 
-  to  in-- 
■  fated  \  ow. 

\      if 1 1  ■"  blow, 

Hi    ■      nt-  dear  1  plainly  bear 
As  th<>  were  ipoki 


Oh,  I  have  waited,  sad  tod  Ion*,  [by. 

W  huat  two  longyearshave  Journey  d 
Anil  do  loved  i  mine  own 

Hi-  erar  sooth'd  .!,. 

.■.  flee, 

Ami  leader  Joy  tuurp  it-  place, 
For,  oht  to-day  the  breeze*  say  [uaoa ! 
Mine  own  love  oornes,  end 


CHOBCfl  -■>-   t  Vis. 

Love  baa  wings,  and  o'er,  the  ne» 
Efome  lii-  brings  :»  voice  to  thee; 
Swift  across  the  snowy  main, 
"I  iiui  coming,  love,  again  1" 

—CatnIVs  Rfagaaint, 

A  WARNING  TO  SANTA  CRTJZ. 
That  powder-mill  explosion,  the  other  day,  ought  to  be  taken 
to  In  .ut  at*  a  warning  by  the  people  of  Santa  Orus,  ere  a  worse 
evil  befaUi  them.  Nine  tone  of  powder  exploded,  killed  one  man, 
wounded  several,  wrecked  the  building*,  and  although  the  town  is  two 
miles  distant  From  the  scene,  it  was  considerably  shaken  and  much  fright- 
ened. Now  that  was  all  !>;nl  enough,  but  it  wax  simple  child's  play  com- 
pared with  that  which  is  in  imminent  danger  >>f  occurring  right  in  their 
midst.  ( Hose  to  the  beach,  where  bathers  delight  to  disport  themselves, 
aiul  where  visitors  most  '1"  congregate,  and  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of 
the  dwellings  of  fully  six  hundred  persons,  there  is  a  wooden  wharf,  upon 
whicfa  there  [saw ten  ahantyused  Be  a  magazine,  and  generally  con- 
taining about  one  hundred  tons  of  powder.  Small  vessels,  with  careless 
seamen  in  charge,  load  there.    Steamers  Be  there,  Bpitting  out  sparks  and 

Bames  from  their  Smoke-Stacka,  and  in  more  than  one  instance  the  wharf 

has  actually  Keen  on  tire.     Workmen  and  others  persist  in  smoking,  the 

Warning    to  the  contrary  neiii;:  a  dead    letter.      SlimiM    ;iTi  explosion  take 

place,  and  it  seems  almost  miraculous  that  it  has  not  occurred  before  this, 
the  whole  town  would  inevitably  In-  destroyed.  It  is  a  must  extraordinary 
and  alarming  sight  to  find  yourself  alongside  of  n  wagon  loaded  with 
powder,  hu\  tng  only  -.<■  canvas  covering,  and  liable  at  any  moment  to  send 
you  to  destruction.  Set  just  such  wagons  are  to  be' seen  traversing  the 
streets  of  Santa  Cruz  almost  daily.  The  Powder  Company  appears  to 
successfully  blind  the  eyes  of  the  permanent  residents  to  these  alarming 
dangers,  but  we  are  persuaded  that  summer  visitors  will  not  permit  their 
vision  to  be  thus  tampered  with.  The  truth  is,  the  authorities  of  Santa 
( 'niz  must  cure  this  alarming  evil  forthwith,  or  else  there  must  be  such  a 
hue  and  cry  gotten  up  as  wul  deter  visitors  from  patronizing  ft  watering 
place  where  their  lives  are  iu  imminent  danger. 


BABY  FARMING  ON  A  LARGE  SCALE. 
There  is  something  terrible  in  the  thought  of  the  existence  of  a 
charitable  institution  in  which  402  children  less  than  a  year  old  have  died 
Out  "f  489  which  have  been  admitted.  The  case  is  made  still  worse  when 
we  learn  that  of  the  #7  children  not  thus  accounted  for,  77  have  been  re- 
moved, and  only  10  remain  in  the  institution.  The  unhappy  distinction 
of  having  a  class  of  its  inmates  subject  to  a  mortality  of  97 .f  per  cent,  be- 
longs to  the  orphanage  attached  to  the  Roman  Catholic  Convent  of  St. 
Vincent  de  Paul,  Westminster.  Yet  the  sisters  seem  to  have  been  per- 
sonally kind  to  the  infants,  and  to  have  been  kind  in  proportion  to  their 
means.  The  children  have,  in  many  cases,  been  received  in  a  miserable 
condition,  and  some  have  died  of  congenital  diseases.  But  insufficient  or 
improper  food  and  the  neglect  of  sanitary  precautions,  have  been  the  prin- 
cipal instruments  of  destruction.  There  is  little  doubt  that  the  poor  vic- 
tims would  have  had  a  better  chance  of  life  if  they  had  been  consigned, 
not  to  tender  and  incompetent  nurses,  but  to  the  probably  ruder  nurses  of 
the  Union.  One  moral  of  this  sad  tale  assuredly  is,  that  all  places  in 
which  large  numbers  of  children  are  nursed  should  be  subject  to  system- 
atic medical  inspection.  The  Guardians  of  St.  George's  Union  have  had 
a  meeting  on  the  subject,  and  a  resolution  was  passed  expressing  the  deep- 
est regret  at  the  large  number  of  deaths,  and  censuring  the  managers  for 
having  received  fresh  inmates  in  the  face  of  such  mortality.  A  motion 
was  also  carried  that  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board  all  institutions  which 
undertake  the  complete  maintenance  of  infant  children  belonging  to  the 
poor  should  be  placed  under  Government  supervision. — Exeter  Flyifig 
Post. 

PARAGRAPHIANA. 

Fro  Bono  Publico. 

We  take  pleasure  in  calling  attention  to  the  card  of  Dr.  L,  C.  Cox, 
in  our  advertising  columns.  The  Doctor  has  had  twenty  years'  experi- 
ence in  the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery,  in  Maryland  and  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  medical  department  of  Yale  College, 
as  well  as  of  the  New  York  Medical  College,  and  has  also  held  a  position 
on  the  medical  staff  at  Blackwell's  Island,  N.  Y.,  giving  while  there 
special  attention  to  the  diseases  of  women  and  children. 

J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.,  the  well-known  tailors,  have  now  completed 
all  the  arrangements  of  their  new  store  on  Montgomery  street,  near  Cali- 
fornia, and  have  everything  in  working  order.  Their  enterprise  in  moving 
to  the  very  center  of  our  business  quarter  is  already  reaping  the  reward  it 
deserves.  Their  custom  and  ready-made  clothing  needs  no  word  of  praise 
from  us.     It  is  simply  the  best  in  the  city. 


' '  Oh !  sharper  than  a  serpent's  child  it  is  to  have  a  thankless  tooth  ! " 
All  of  which  may  be  obviated  by  visiting  Dr.  Jessup,  on  the  corner  of 
Sutter  and  Montgomery  streets.  His  knowledge  of  dentistry  is  acknowl- 
edged to  be  unsurpassed,  and  his  practical  skill  in  the  construction  of  sets 
of  teeth,  is  without  a  rival.  The  celluloid  plate  invented  by  Dr.  Jessup  is 
a  marvel  of  trie  dentist's  art. 


The  Acknowledged  Great  Picnic  of  the  Season.— "O  gladly  we 
hail  the  return  of  the  day,  Which,  as  Britons,  we  welcome  with  heartfelt 
emotion."  The  British  Benevolent  Society  hold  their  picnic  this  year  on 
Thursday,  19th,  at  Badger's  Park,  East  Oakland. 


SIONAL 

SERVICE    METEOROLOOICAL    REPORT. 

WEEK 

ENDING  API 

iiiu 

tIL  13.   1877.  SAN  FRANC 

ISCO.  CAL. 

r. 

li<  it    ami     /...<•../     11. i r., in,  1, 

Frl.  6. 

Sal.  7. 

Sun  8 

Mon.  0. 

Tues  10 

W.-.l  1  i 

Thrl2 

80.11 

80.12 

80  11 

BO  "" 

■:  1  01 

30.110 

MOO 

Muj-imiim  and  Minimum  Thernumtmter, 

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61 

50 

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Mi-nil    Itnilif    lluinlililf/. 

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J'rfriilllna   II  hut. 

75 

V.       I 

W.       | 

W.          |          W.           |          W.          |        W.         | 
llim/--.Ui/.»    Trmrl.il. 

SW. 

249 

Ml 

STS          1        1"          |         ;i?9       |         102 

.Sllltr    uf    Hiittlu  r. 

200 

Fair.     | 

Clear.      | 

Fair.       |      Fair.       |      Clear.     |     Clear.      | 

rli.udv 

itntnj'aii  in  Twenty-four  iimirn. 

Total  Hit 

n  Jiiti'lna  Seaman  bat/inning  •lull/  1,  1N7G...\o 

70  inchce. 

SANITARY    NOTES. 

One  hundred  and  ten  deaths  occurred  this  week,  as  compared  with 
118  last.  There  were  78  males  and  32  females.  Thirty-two  were  under 
five  years,  20  between  live  and  twenty  years,  50  between  twenty  and  sixty 
years,  and  iS  over  that  age.  Three  persons  died  of  old  age  ami  ten  were 
Chinese  dying  from  unknown  causes.  The  high  mortality  is  entirely 
attributable  to  zymotic  diseases.  There  were  21  deaths  from  diphtheria, 
4  from  smallpox,  2  from  typhoid  fever,  2  whooping  cough,  2  diarrhoea,  2 
alcoholism.  There  were  six  deaths  from  heart  disease  and  2  from  aneur- 
ism, The  deaths  from  consumption  and  pneumonia  are  unusually  light, 
viz.,  9  from  the  first  and  4  from  the  second.  There  were  5  casualties,  1 
homicide,  and  1  suicide. 

The  monthly  report  for  March  has  been  presented.  It  compares  badly 
with  that  of  last  year.  The  total  mortality  for  the  month  was  511;  that 
of  March,  last  year,  305,  The  increase  is  observed  in  all  causes  of  death. 
The  zymotic  deaths  last  year  were  62;  this  year,  174.  The  constitutional 
diseases  last  year  were  613;  this  year,  82.  The  local  diseases  last  year 
were  134;  this  year,  152.  The  developmental  diseases  last  .March  were 
135;  this,  49.  The  deaths  from  violence  last  year  were  only  7;  this,  no 
less  than  20,  although  there  was  hut  one  suicide.  It  is  pretty  evident 
that  depreciation  of  stocks  does  not  lead  to  suicide  or  they  would  have 
been  more  numerous  last  month.  The  marked  fact  is  the  continued  prev- 
alence of  diphtheria,  from  which  the  deaths  were  110  in  the  month,  all 
but  one  under  20  years  of  age.  When  will  the  public  voice  be  roused 
against  the  causes  of  this  terrible  plague  ? 

REV.  MRS.  HANAFORD'S  BUMP3, 
Phcebe  Hanaford,  the  preacher,  is  going  clean  daft.  The  other  even- 
ing she  had  a  phrenologist  make  a  public  examination  of  her  head  before 
the  congregation  she  had  drawn  away  from  the  Jersey  City  church  that 
dismissed  ner,  in  order  to  certify  that  she  is  competent  to  fill  a  pulpit. 
He  did  this  to  the  admiration  of  the  audience,  and  several  of  her  oppo- 
nents were  heard  to  say  that,  if  they  had  only  heard  the  professor  before 
they  took  a  vote,  things  might  have  turned  out  differently.  Mrs.  Phuebe 
took  the  eulogy  of  the  man  of  science  calmly,  and  as  if  she  was  quite 
conscious  of  her  many  noble  attributes.  After  this  extraordinary  pro- 
ceeding was  over,  the  audience  were  put  to  the  utmost  good  humor  by  a 
young  man  who  sang  comic  songs,  including  one  imitating  a  drunken  rev- 
eler staggering  home,  with  tine  breadth  of  style.  This  appendix  to  the 
advertised  entertainment  "created  a  further  reaction  in  Mrs.  Hanaford's 
favor,"  says  the  reporter,  who,  it  is  to  be  hoped,  has  libeled  the  lady  in 
his  narrative. __ 

Jean  Ingelow  thus  briefly  and  beautifully  tells  the  whole  story  of  life: 
Sweet  is  childhood — childhood's  over; 

Kiss  and  part. 
Sweet  is  youth  ;   but  youth's  a  rover — 

So's  my  heart. 
Sweet  is  rest ;  but  all  my  showing 

Toil  is  nigh. 
We  must  go.     Alas  the  going! 

Say,  'Good-bye.'" 

Noses.— A  matter  of  no  ordinary  importance  afflicted  with  peculiarity 
of  feature  came  under  the  consideration  of  the  Birmingham  Watch  Com- 
mittee at  their  recent  meeting.  The  attention  of  the  committee  was 
called  by  one  of  the  town  councillors  present  to  the  fact  that  there  was  a 
man  going  about  Birmingham  with  an  extraordinarily  large  nose,  and  who 
was  constantly  followed  by  a  crowd  of  boys.  The  man  became  irritated 
at  being  the  object  of  this  ill-timed  curiosity,  and  had  thrown  several 
large  stones  at  the  boys.  It  was  suggested  that  the  committee  should  di- 
rect a  police-constable  in  plain  clotbes  to  follow  the  man  and  protect  him 
from  insult.  The  chief  officer  of  police  promised  to  take  the  necessary 
steps,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  no  time  will  be  lost  in  rendering  the  man 
with  the  nose  secure  from  further  molestation.  He  is  evidently  not  in- 
clined to  stand  any  nonsense,  and  the  Birmingham  boys  will  have  only 
themselves  to  thank  if  they  find  the  symmetry  of  their  own  features 
Bomewhat  marred  by  the  missiles  he  hurls  at  them  in  a  moment  of  not 
unnatural  irritation.    

The  tide  of  ladies'  fashion  has,  I  hear,  turned  in  favor  of  excessive 

plainness  in  dress.  Materials  are  still  to  be  rich,  but  the  make  is  to  be 
severely  simple.  Short  mantels  instead  of  long,  and  no  more  gorgeously 
fanciful  embroidery.  All  ornament  is  to  be  reserved  for  the  bonnets, 
which  are  to  be  massive  structures,  rainbow-hued  and  a  perfect  parterre  of 
flowers.  Ladies  are  to  wear  smart  dressing- gowns  f->r  afternoon  tea,  and 
at  quiet  dinners  before  a  ball.  Mr.  Worth  is  making  his  dresses  much 
shorter,  and  the  present  particularly  inconvenient  Ion-'  trains  are  to  be 
abbreviated,  which  is  a  blessing  for  which  diners-out  will  be  thankful.  In 
fact,  everything  is  to  be  simplified  and  shortened  except  the  Court  milli- 
ner's bills. — Atlas. 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


April   14,  1877. 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Ten  Thousand  at  Home  and  Abroad. 

Some  one  will  evidently  have  to  do  for  the  sham  baronets  what  the 
Sam.  Francisco  News  Letter  is  doing  for  the  sham  doctors.  For  it  is  mourn- 
fnlly  noted  in  the  new  edition  of  Dtbrett  that  soi-dissant  baronets  are  in- 
creasing apace  ;  that  many  directors  of  public  companies  have  nut  a 
shadow  of  a  right  to  the  baronetcies  they  unwarrantably  assume.  Appro- 
priately headed  by  a  death's-head  and  cross-bones,  the  journal  alluded  to 
prints  a  list  of  the  names  of  some  two  hundred  quacks,  prefaced  with  the 
pertinent  demand,  "'Gentlemen,  you  call  yourselves  doctors;  have  you 
diplomas?"  A  similar  test  might  justly  be  applied  to  English  titled  im- 
postors; and  we  would  suggest  that  Dcbrett,  having  been  the  first  to  di- 
rect attention  to  the  subject,  should  in  the  next  edition  be  the  first  to  bell 
the  cat. 

As  a  peculiarly  Prussian  trait,  it  may  be  recorded  that  among  the 
gifts  presented  to  his  Majesty,  the  Emperor,  lately,  there  was  an  engra- 
ving by  Prince  Henry,  and  a  book  hound  by  Prince  Waldemar,  the  two 
younger  sons  of  the  Crown  Prince.  Under  the  thrifty  habits  of  the  dy- 
nasty, each  of  its  Princes,  it  is  well  known,  in  order  to  become  acquainted 
with  the  popular  aspect  of  life,  has  to  learn  a  craft.  His  Imperial  High- 
ness the  Crown  Prince  is  a  compositor,  and  the  German  Emperor  a  gla- 
zier. It  is  related  of  King  Frederick  William  I.  that  when  in  his 
younger  years  he  was  inured  to  husbandly,  he  had  a  plow,  on  which  were 
engraved  these  words,  sic  ititr  ad  astro.  His  successors  have  remained 
true  to  the  motto,  as  well  as  to  their  ancestors'  practical  method  of  enfor- 
cing it  by  dint  of  hard  work. 

Lord  Btaccnsfield's  love  for  pipes  is  keen,  and  is  well-known 
among  hi*  more  intimate  friends.  One  of  these,  calling  on  him  one  morn- 
ing, was  surprised  to  see  on  the  table  along  case  not  unlike  a  coffin  stuck 
all  over  with  colored  labels.  When  Mr.  Disraeli  entered  the  room  he, 
while  talking,  opened  the  box,  and  took  therefrom  a  variety  of  pipes  of 
every  possible  kind  and  shape,  from  handsome  hookahs  to  dwarf  dud- 
heens.  He  handled  them  with  great  care  and  affection,  explaining  that 
the  case  had  followed  him  from  place  to  place  on  the  Continent  always  a 
day  too  late,  and  had  been  sent  to  London  in  the  last  resort,  the  carriage 
costing  ovefc  £S.  The  pipes  were  for  the  Conservative  leader's  unrivaled 
collection,  and  were  transferred  to  his  house  in  Whitehall  two  years  ago. 

The  King  of  Italy  has  been  pleased  to  confer  the  title  of  "  Cavalier 
della  Corona  d'Halia."  upon  Dr.  Filippo  Filippi,  the  great  art  critic  of 
Italy,  whose  incessant  vigilance  and  uncompromising  musical  criticisms 
have  so  largely  contributed  to  the  maintenance  of  the  Milanese  School  of 
Music.  Dr.  Filippo  Filippi's  late  work,  Musica  Musicisti,  is  considered 
the  most  complete  history  of  the  operatic  stage  as  well  as  of  the  progress 
of  instrumental  art  in  modern  times,  which  has  appeared.  The  work 
has  been  translated  into  German,  and  has  already  given  rise  to  endless 
controversies  between  the  fanatics  of  the  Italian  school  and  those  of  the 
music  of  the  future  as  represented  by  Wagner. — Court  Journal. 

Intelligence  has  been  received  of  the  death  of  Prince  Charles  William 
Louis,  of  Hesse-Darmstadt,  father  of  Prince  Louis,  husband  of  Princess 
Alice  of  England.  Prince  Charles  was  brother  of  Louis  III.,  Grand 
Duke  of  Hesse-Darmstadt,  chief  of  the  grand  ducal  line,  and  was  born 
April  23d,  1809.  He  became  a  general  of  infantry  Hessian  troops,  and 
also  proprietor  of  the  4th  Regiment  of  Hessian  Infantry.  He  married  on 
October"  22d,  1836,  Princess  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William  Prince  of 
Prussia,  and  cousin  german  of  the  reigning  Emperor.  By  this  marriage 
there  were  four  children,  Prince  Louis,  Prince  Henry,  Prince  William, 
and  the  Princess  Anne. 

His  Majesty  the  Emperor  of  Brazil  observed  the  eclipse  of  the 
moon  on  the  evening  of  the  27th,  at  the  Arcetri  Observatory.  The  Em- 
peror took  a  very  lively  interest  in  the  phenomenon,  and  discussed  with 
acuteness  the  hypothesis  with  which  Professor  Tempel,  the  astronomer, 
and  Professor  Echert  tried  to  explain  the  varying  shades  and  colors  in 
which  the  moon  appeared  during  the  different  phases  of  obscuration.  On 
Monday  last  his  Majesty  assisted  at  a  meeting  of  the  Anthropological 
Society,  when  Professor  Mantegazza  made  some  interesting  remarks  on 
several  Maori  skulls,  and  Professor  Giglioli  read  an  elaborate  paper  on 
the  ethnology  of  Brazil. 

Court  Mourning  in  St,  Petersburg.  —In  consequence  of  the  death 
of  the  infant  Grand  Duke  Alexander  Vladitnirovitch,  grandson  of  the 
Emperor  of  Russia,  the  Imperial  Court  has  gone  into  mourning  for  four 
weeks.  The  theaters  in  St.  Petersburg  remained  closed  for  three  nights, 
and  the  Baron,  von  Schwenitz,  German  Ambassador,  has  postponed  a  rout 
which  was  to  have  been  given  on  the  23d  instant. 

It  is  reported  that  the  Duchess  of  Edinburgh,  on  leaving  Malta, 
will,  after  a  short  stay  in  England,  go  to  Denmark,  where  her  Royal 
Highness  will  spend  the  greater  part  of  tjbe  summer  and  the  autumn. 
The  pretty  little  chateau  of  Fredensborg  is  said  to  have  been  fixed  upon 
as  her  residence. 

The  Pope,  in  acknowledgement  of  the  10,000fr.  lately  presented  him 
by  the  Comte  de  Chambovd,  has  sent  him  a  splendid  mosaic,  one-half 
representing  Pagan  Rome  in  gloom  and  clouds,  and  under  the  shadow  of 
death,  and  the  other  half  Christian  Rome,  illuminated  by  the  light  of 
Truth. 

The  Sultan  was  the  plaintiff  in  an  action  commenced  in  the  Chancery 
Division,  recently,  with  respect  to  a  steamship  now  lying  in  the  Thames. 
The  defendants  are  the  Union  Bank  of  London,  at  whose  application  the 
matter  was  to  stand  over  for  a  week. 

Lady  Abercromby  (one  of  the  Ladies  of  the  Bedchamber  to  the 
Queen,  and  an  artist  of  no  mean  pretensions)  has  painted  an  admirable 
portrait  of  the  Princess  Beatrice,  which  her  Majesty  has  graciously  ac- 
cepted. 

The  Marquis  of  Bute,  who  is  at  present  traveling  in  Italy,  will  re- 
turn to  Nice  in  ten  or  twelve  days  and  remain  there  till  the  28th  of 
April,  when  he  will  again  leave  for  Italy,  England  and  Scotland. — Court 
Journal. 

The  King  of  Denmark  has  given  Madame  Trebelli-Bettini  the  Da- 
nish decoration,  Litter  is  etArtibus,  as  an  acknowledgment  of  the  general 
admiration  which  her  singing  has  called  forth  at  Copenhagen. 


INSURANCE. 


INSURANCE    AGENCY    OF 
HUTCHINSON,  MANN  &  SMITH. 

NO    314    CALIFORNIA    STREET,    SAUT    FRANCISCO. 
AGENTS  FOR  THB 

Franklin  Ins.  Co Indianapolis,  Ind  New  Orleans  Ina.  Ass'n New  Orleans. 

Union  Ins.  Co Galveston,  Texas  St.  Paul  K  &  M.  Ins.  Co... St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Home  Ins.  Co Columbus,  Ohio  Atlas  Ins.  Co Hartford  Conn. 

People's  Ins.  Co Newark,  N.  J.  I  Revere  Fire  Ins.  Co Boston. 

National  L.  I.  Co.,  U.  S.  A..Wash'n,  D.  C.  iGirard  Ins.  Co- Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  M  ilion.6. 
POLICIES    ISSUED    ON    DESIRABLE   PROPERTY  aT   FAIR  RATES.     LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  PAID. 


Dec.  5. 


HUTCHINSON,  MANN  «fe  SMITH,  General  Agents, 

314  California  street,  San  FraiK-iseo. 


HOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Principal  Office,  406  California  Street,  San  Francisco. 
Cash  Assets,  January  1,  1S77,  *&'.to,291  ;  Liabilities,  s*5,!);'2  ;  Surplus  for  Policy 
Holders,  .«o;3'j,339.  J.  F.  Houghton,  President ;  Geo.  EL  Howard,  Vice-President  ■ 
Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary.      R.  H.  MAG  ILL,  H.  H.  BIGELOW,  General  Agents. 

Directors. — San  Francisco— Geo.  H.  Howard,  John  H.  Redington,  J.  F.  Houghton 
R.  B.  Gray,  Robert  Watt,  John  Currey,  L.  L.  Baker,  W.  F.  Whittier,  C.  C.  Burr,  E. 
M.  Root,  W.  H.  White,  J.  L.  N.  Shepard,  W.  M.  Greenwood,  George  S.  Mann,  Cyrus 
Wilson,  W.  T.  Garnitt,  C.  Waterhouse,  A.  P.  Hotaling,  A.  Block,  A.  K.  P.  Harmon, 
G.  S,  Johnson,  W.  O.  Wilson,  A.  W.  Bowman,  H.  L.  Dodge,  Charles  R.  Story.  Ala- 
meda County  Branch- -V.  D.  Moody,  Chauncy  Taylor,  A.  C.  Henry,  Robert'  S.  Far- 
relly,  Joseph  B.  Marlin,  W.  B.  Hardy,  T.  B.  Simpson.  San  Diego— A.  H.  Wilcox. 
Sacramento— Mark  Hopkins,  D.  W.  Larl,  Julius  Wetzlar,  James  Curolau.  San  Jose  — 
T.  Ellard  Beans,  B.  D.  Murphy,  A.  Poster,  J.  H.  Dibble,  J.  S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis, 
Jacob  Rich,  John  Auzerais,  John  Balbaeb.  Stockton  — H.  H.  Hewlett,  Chas,  lidding, 
J  D.  Peters,  A.  W.  Simpson,  H.  M.  Fanning.  Marysyille— D.  E.  Knight.  Grass 
Valley—  Win.  Watt,  T.  W.  Sigourney.  Portland,  Oregon— W.  S  Ladd,  C.H.Lewis, 
P.  Wasserman,  B.  Goldsmith,  D.  Maclcay.  Virginia  City,  Nevada— John  Gillig,  Isaac 
L.  Requa. March  17- 

FIRE  AND  MARINE  INSURANCE— UNION  )NE.  CO.  OF  S.  F. 

Tbe  California  Lloyds.— -Established  in  1861.— Nos.  416  and 
418  California  street-  Cash  capital  $750,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  £1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  !  !  Solid  Security  !  !  DIRECTORS. 
—San  Fraxcisco— J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Bore  I,  Cbarleg 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  0  Ralston,  I.  Lawrance  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Howes,  Nicholas  Luning,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Baum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Brandenstein,  Gustavo  Touchard,  G.  Brignardello,  George  C.  Hicko.x,  T.  Lem- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Lindenberger.  Sacramento— Edw.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Makvsville— L.  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  PORTLAND,  O.— 
Henry  Failing.     New  York — J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan 

GUSTAYE  TOUCHARD,  President.  N.  G.  KITTLF,  Vice-President. 

Charles  P.  Haven,  Secretary.        Geo.  T.  Boijen,  Surveyor.  Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 

FIKE     AM>     MAKIXE. 

"lash    Assets,    Jan.  1st,   187G,   8479, OOO. —Principal   Office, 


c 


218  and  '2-20  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  :— Pbtbb  Donahue,  Pres- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Ci'shixg,  Secretary ;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  of  Directors  : — Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Bocqueraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailey,  E.  W.  Corbert 
George O.  McMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson,  Dr.  C.  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  Ivers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County.  H.  W.  Seale,  Mayficld.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  business  of  Life  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  over  Fourteen  Million  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  corniced  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23. ] ^ 313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE     FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN, 
GERMANY. 

Capital,  6,000,000  Reich-Marks,  $1,500,000  «'.  S.  Cold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAN,  HLRSCHFEiiD  &  CO., 
Nov.  4. Office:  No.  302  Sansome  street,  under  W.  F.  &  Co.'s  Bank. 

_  ESTABLISHED    1821. 

Capital,  Gold $10,000,000. 

(U'AKDIiX  ASSlttANCE  CO.,  OF    IOSTDOK. 

Dec.  10. Agents  :  BALFOUR.  GL'THKIE  &  CO.,  230  California  st. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  815,000,000;  Accumulated  Funds,  up- 
wards of  $6,750,000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurance,  $1,380,000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN    ASSDRANCE   CO.,    OF  TORONTO,    CANADA. 

(lash  Assets,  81,207,  4s;j.  -l,oi:i!on  Assurance  Corporation, 
J     of  London,    England.     Cash   Assets,  sl4,!'Ki3.400. — Issue   Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.  CROSS  k.  CO.,  General  Agents, 

Jan.  20.  316  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 
lapital  85, 000,000. ---Agents:    Balfour,  Outbrie  &  Co.,  No. 


Cs 


230  California  street,  San  Francisco. 


No.  18. 


DIVIDEND    NOTICE. 

Home  Mutual  Insurance  Company.— This  Company  will 
pay  a  dividend  of  1  per  cent,  upon  the  capital  stock  on  and  after  April  10,  77. 
CHARLES  R.  STORY,  Secretary, 
April  7.  400  California  street. 

FOR    SALE. 
&  % i\   £\€\€\  r" rst  Mortgage  Bonds  of  ttoe  Nevada  County 

M&?3'  J»vF*  w\ w  Narrow  Gauge  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1S76,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  $  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  in  this  city.  No  more  desirable  investment  can  be  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit  [Sept.  <>.]         ANDREW  BAIPJ',  No.  :-:m  California  street. 

STUART    S.    WRIGHT, 

Attorney  and  Counsellor  at  Lair,   No.  504  Kearny  street, 
San  Francisco,  California.  Feb.  3. 


April   14,  1877. 


CALIFORNIA     Al>\  BKTISER. 


A    LITTLE    CHILD'S    FANCIES. 
1  think  the  world  |  lit. 

Or  ti 

j  wouldn't  haws  thought  ol  baviug  the  light, 
li  they  hadn't  first  wen  the  thada. 
And  then,  RgsJn,  I  alter  my  mind, 

And  think  perhaps  it  wi 
And  tin-  starry  night  was  only  designed 

For  a  Little  ohild  tired  of   play. 
-\inl  I  think  that  .in  angel,  when  nobody  knew, 
With  ;i  window  poshed  up  nty  high, 

use  of  the  seeds  oi  the  flowers,  fall  through, 
Prom  the  gardens  they  have  In  the  sky. 
For  they  couldn't  think  am  *>f  lilies  bo  white, 

,  1  know  ; 
But  1  wonder,  when  falling  from  such  :v  bight, 

The  dear  little  seeds  should  grow] 
And  then,  when  the  face  of  the  angel  was  turned, 
I  think  that  the  birds  Hew  by, 

Anil  are  ringing  t.i  us  the  BOngS  they  learned 

On  the  opposite  side  of  the  sky. 
And  s  rainbow  must  be  the  shining  below 

Oi  s  place  in  Beaven'B  flt»or  that  is  thin, 
Right  « 1  tee  t-i  the  door  when*  the  childn  I 

When  the  .lear  Lord  let.s  them  in. 
And  I  think  that  the  clouds  that  float  in  the  fkies 

Ar.-  the  curtains  that  thep  drop  down. 
For  fear  when  we  look  we  should  dazzle  out  <■•■ 

As  they  each  of  them  put  on  their  crown. 
I  do  not  know  why  tlte  water  was  sent. 

Unless,  perhaps,  it  might  be 

God  wanted  us  all  to  know  what  it  meant 

When  we  read  of  the  "Jasper  Sea." 
0!  the  world  where  we  live  is  a  lovely  place, 

But  it  oftentimes*  makes  me  Etigh, 
For  Fm  always  trying  onuses  to  trace. 

And  keep  thinking  "  Wherefore!"  and  "  Why  !" 
Ah!  dear  little  child,  the  longing  you  feel 

[&  the  Btir  of  immortal  wings; 
But  infinite  Love  one  day  will  reveal 

The  nmst  hidden  and  puzzling  things. 
You  have  odly  your  duty  to  try  and  do, 

To  he  happy  and  rest  content ; 
For  by  being  g 1  and  by  being  true 

You  will  rind  out  all  that  is  meant/ 


AN  ANTTENTE  LA  WE  FOR  YE  PRACTISE  OF  YE 
HEALINGS    ARTE. 

An  English  paper  doth  learnedly  save  :  "By  way  of  compensation  for 
the  jurisdiction  of  temporal  courts  in  spiritual  matters,  there  exists  a 
most  curious  piece  of  ecclesiastical  authority  over  a  secular  learned  pro- 
fession, which  we  believe  is  not  generally  known.  The  statute  3  Henry 
YI1I.,  cap.  n,  recites  that  "the  science  and  cunning  of  physic  and 
Burgery,  to  the  perfect  knowledge  whereof  be  requisite  both  great  learning 
and  ripe  experience,  is  daily  within  this  realm  exercised  by  a  great  multi- 
tude of  ignorant  persons,  of  whom  the  great  part  have  no  manner  of  in- 
sight in  the  same  nor  in  any  other  kind  of  learning  *  *  *  to  the  high 
displeasure  of  I  !od,  great  infamy  to  the  faculties,  and  the  grievous  hurt, 
damage  and  dest.rui.tion  of  many  of  the  King's  liege  people,  most  specially 
of  them  that  cannot  discern  the  uncunning  from  the  cunning  ;"  and  pro- 
ceeds to  enact,  **  to  the  surety  and  comfort  of  all  manner  of  people,"  that 
no  person  in  the  city  of  London  or  within  seven  miles  of  the  same  shall 
practice  as  a  physician  or  surgeon,  "except  he  be  first  examined,  approved 
and  admitted  by  the  Bishop  of  London  or  by  the  Dean  of  Poules  for  the 
time  being,  calling  to  him  or  them  four  doctors  of  physic,  and  for 
surgery  other  expert  persons  in  that  faculty."  Country  practitioners  must 
in  like  manner  be  approved  by  the  bishop  of  the  diocese.  Persons  prac- 
ticing without  this  approval,  whether  in  London  or  the  country,  are 
liable  to  forfeit  £5  per  month.  This  remarkable  Act  appears  to  have  never 
been  expressly  repealed  ;  the  framers  of  the  present  Medical  Act  had 
presumably  forgotten  its  existence,  and  we  are  not  aware  that  the  medical 
profession  has  ever  brought  it  forward  as  a  grievance." 

In  our  merrye  citye  of  holye  Sainte  Francis  are  manye  and  divers 
wicked  people  who  doe  most  evilly  administer  drugs  and  compound 
herbes.  The  same  are  of  a  variety  knowne  as  "quacks,"  and  for  their 
soule's  good  have  we  been  moved  to  copye  thys  and  manye  other  utter- 


RELICS. 
As  a  rule,  relics  are  rubbishing  things,  unless  you  can  sell  them  to 
the  Egyptians  for  pieces  of  silver  and  pieces  of  gold.  What  is  the  use  of 
a  brick  from  Jack  Cade's  house?  It  might  be  anybody's  house.  Or 
Lord  Bacon's  autograph  ?  It  may  be  the  production  of  a  clever  begging- 
letter  impostor.  Or  Buddha's  tooth?  It  may  have  been  your  tooth,  or 
mine,  which  we  parted  with  years  ago,  not  without  agony,  to  the  dentist. 
I  remember  bringing  away  with  me  from  Mexico  a  bit  of  the  bark  of  the 
tree— el  Arbol  de  la  Noche  Triste— against  which  they  say  Hernan  Cor- 
tes leant  during  the  whole  of  that  terrible  night  when  the  Aztecs  made 
their  last  despairing  effort  to  recover  the  city  of  Tenostitlan.  I  prized 
that  relic  very  highly,  but  a  little  black  dog  of  mine  ate  it  up  one  day  for 
a  frolic ;  nor  at  this  time  of  day,  I  fancy,  am  I  much  the  worse  for  being 
bereft  of  that  memento  of  the  Tree  of  the  Rueful  Night.  There  are,  to 
my  thinking,  but  three  relics  in  the  world  that  are  worth  prizing— your 
mother's  wedding-ring,  and  a  lock  of  the  hair  of  the  woman  you  have 
loved,  and  the  toys  of  a  little  child  that  is  dead.— O.  A.  Sola. 


The  Ohio  "State  Journal"  tells  of  a  village  clergyman  who,  visit- 
ing a  parishioner  suffering  from  a  lingering  disease,  expressed  to  his  wife 
a  hope  that  she  sometimes  spoke  to  him  of  the  future.  "I  do  indeed, 
sir,"  was  the  reply.  "  Often  and  often  I  wakes  him  in  the  night  and  says: 
'John,  John,  you  little  think  of  the  torture  as  is  prepared  for  you.'" 


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S.    F.   ft    N.   P.    R.    R. 

(1Iiiiiii;i'   Of  Time.  —  On     mill     alter     Monday,    Janiiaiv    lwl: 
/    the  steamer  JAMES  U    DONAH1  Warner,  «rf II  ta 

barf,  dalh  (Sui  ■  ')»  al  ■'•  p.m.,  connecting al  Donahue  with  can 

for  Cloverdala  and  Intermediate  stations,      I  Pulton  with  the 

Fulton  and  Gueravtlle  Branch  to  Korbel'a  Hills  and  the  Great  Redwood   i 
The  train  lenvcs   Cloverdalo  daily  (Sundays  excepted  ,  at  6  t  h  , 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco  For  Bo- 

lt Qej   i ■[-.  i  J.j.ili,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  and  also  tor  Honk  West,  Sktggtf 
and  Littons'  Burins*.      Freight  received  on  wharf  froi  0  r  u. 

Si  \i'\v  i:\<  i  rsioss     On  and  af  ar  March  26,  1877,  the  steami  r  JAW  B  M.  DON- 
AHUE will  leave  Washlngton<st  Wharf,  Sunday,  at  8  fc.iL,  counseling  ;if  ihmahue 

i  [overdale.  waj  stations,  and  the  great  Etedw 1  Forests     it  turning, 

will  arrive  In  San  Francisco  al  7:80  p.m.    Oenonu  Office,  42fi  Monteomen   itn 
a    \.  BEAN,  Superintendent  P.  DON  uHUE,  President 

March  24.  P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Qen*lPaa  A  Ticket  tgenl 

A.    S.    KOSENBATJM    ft    CO., 

Southeast  corner  of  California  nml  Battery  streets.  Invite 
theattent) t then- customam and  otnexato  tbeir  targe  assortment  of  the 

Best  and  Finest  Brands  ol  CHEWING  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  CIGARTT08.  Consignments  ol  Choicest  Brands  of  Cigars  received  by  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  18  ]  A.  S.  ROSENBAUM  .v  CO. 

THE    NATIONAL    CLOCK    CO., 

No.'s   31    and    33    Sutter    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 
(•presents:    An*onia    Brass   and   Copper    <"o.,   AVnt  erbnry 

ClOOk  t-'"  ,  W,  L.  Cilln'rt   Cluck  Co.,  K.  Ingraliani  A  i_V>.     Sulu  A'.-.ms  |. >r   the 


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OfflCfl  in  New  York  ;   No.  4  CORTLAHTO  STREET. 


Ml'KKAY  DA\  Is.  Agent 

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BBUGE, 


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-537   SACRAMENTO    STREET, 

)  BELOW    MONTGOMERY. 


ODORLESS 

Excavating  Apparatus  Company  ofSan  Francisco.— Empty- 
ing  Vaults,  Sinks,  Cesspools,  Sewers,  Cellars,  Wells  and  Excavations  in  the  day- 
time without  uffence.  Orders  left  at  the  following  places  Mill  receive  prompt  atten- 
tion: Madison  &  Burke's,  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  streets;  Office  Super- 
intendent of  Streets,  City  Hall;  Offiet',  ((12  Commercial  street,  or  addressed  to  Presi- 
dent, Tost  Office  box  10,  City.  Feb,  3. 

NOBLE    &    GALLAGHER, 

Importers  antl  Dealers  in  Painters*  materials,,  House,  Sign 
and  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper-Hanger.-  and  Glaziers,  No.  JiiS 
Jackson  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Saosotne,  San  Francisco.  Ceilings  and 
Walls  Kalsomined  and  Colored.     Jobbing  promptly  attended  to.  May  13. 


E.  D.  Edwards. 


E.  L.  Craio.  J.  Craig. 

CRAIG,    EDWARDS    &    CRAIG, 

Attorneys  ami  Counselors  at  Law.    Land  Suits  and  Patent  Right 
Cases  a  Specialty.     No.  '24U  Montgomery  street,  San  Francisco    California. 
■ [July  20.1 

PERSONS    VISITING    THE    EAST 

Will   find  full  files   of  PaclGc    Coast   papers  and  conve- 
niences for  letter  writing,  etc.,  at  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.'sOlHce,  (f5  Broadway, 
New  York.  March  25. 

STJTRO    &    CO., 

Bankers  and  Brokers,   408  Montgomery  street.— Highest 
price  paid  for  U.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bonds,  Serin,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin. 
Exchange  drawn  on  New  .  York.  May  20 

BLANK    BOOKS 

Sold  from  stock  or  manufactured  to  order  f  rotn  tlie  Carew 
Extra  Fine  Ledger  Paper,  bj   JOHN  G.  HODGE  &  CO.,  Importers,   Manufac- 
turers and  Wholesale  Stationers,  327,  3S9  and  331  Sansome  street,  S.  P.        Nov.  11, 

BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY   OF    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  daily,   from  10  a.m.  to    1  p.m.,  by  the  under- 
signed, to  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  to  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.                                                          J.  P.  MoCUBRIE,  Secretary, 
Oct.  23. 730  Montgomery  street. 

B.  F.  Fust.    Flint,  Bixby  &.  Co.]  [J.  Lek.    D.  W.  Folobr 

A.   P.   FLINT    &    CO., 

Graders,  Packers  and  Dealers  in  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  29. 

THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every    -variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Gilt, 
Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clocks  and  fine 
onzes;  also  a  full  line  of  Plumbers'  Goods.     122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
Jan.  27. 


Bronzes 
cisco. 


"BUGS    IN    SPRING    VALLEY    WATER." 

Jewett's  Water  Filter  and  Cooler  Should  be  Fsed  in  Every 
Family,  Hotel,  Restaurant,  Saloon,  etc.     For  sale  by     E.  K  Hi  WES  ^  O  '  , 
Feb.  17.   '  113,  120  and  122  Front  street. 

JOSEPH    GILLOTT'S    STEEL    PENS. 
old  by  all  Stationers  throughout  the  World.    Sole  Agent 

for  the  United  States  ;  MR.  HENRY  HUE,  91  John  street,  N.  Y.       Jan.  10. 

Patents  Procured.    Total  Cost,  855,  Including  Government 
fee.     So».d  for  pamphlet  to 
March  3.  KNIGHT  k  KNIGHT,  Washington,  D.  C. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER*  AND 


April   14,  1877. 


SAVINGS    BANKS    AND    NEEDED    LEGISLATION. 

The  next  Legislature  should  by  all  means  provide  some  better  secu- 
rity than  now  exists  against  the  establishment  of  mushroom  Savings 
Banks,  that  start  up  in  the  morning  and  are  smashed  to  earth,  as  it  were, 
bofore  many  suns  have  set.  If  there  is  one  class  of  the  community  more 
than  another  which  should  be  specially  protected  by  wise,  discriminating 
legislation,  it  is  the  saving  poor.  Their  motives  are  of  the  very  best. 
They  desire  to  protect  themselves  and  families  against  the  thousand-and- 
one  changes  and  chances  of  life.  They  wish  to  put  something  by  that 
shall  stand  them  in  good  stead  when  sickness,  old  age  or  calamity  over- 
takes them.  No  motive  that  actuates  the  human  mind  is  more  worthy  of 
being  fostered,  cherished  and  protected  by  the  body  politic  than  this.  It 
is  a  noble,  aye,  an  almost  holy  instinct.  In  all  well  regulated  communi- 
ties it  meets  with  the  encouragement  it  so  righteously  deserves.  In  some 
countries  the  Government  take  the  matter  in  hand  and  see  well  to  it  that 
the  savings  of  the  many  shall  be  as  secure  as  tbe  rock  of  ages.  It  is  a 
shame  and  a  scandal  to  this  Government  of  the  people,  by  the  people, 
and  for  the  people,  that  the  failure  of  Savings  Banks,  and  the  consequent 
robbery  of  the  most  deserving  class,  is  of  almost  daily  occurrence.  It  is 
for  the  good  of  the  whole  community  that  all  should  save  in  order  that 
none  may  become  a  burden  upon  city  and  county  charities.  In  this  sense 
there  is  for  all  of  us,  rich  and  poor  alike,  a  selfish  personal  interest  in 
this  question.  It  is  the  thriftless  who  draw  upon  our  costly  Benevolent 
Asylums  and  Almshouses.  It  is  the  careful  money  savers  who  make 
good  citizens,  educate  families  to  future  usefulness,  escape  dire  poverty 
and  its  attendant  evils,  contribute  to  the  State  rather  than  draw  upon  it, 
and  finally  go  down  to  honored  graves,  having  acted  well  their  part, 
wherein  all  the  glory  lies.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  statesman  to  see  that 
this  class  is  not  made  the  prey  of  designing  scoundrels.  The  anxiety  of 
the  poor  to  accumulate  is  at  once  their  strength  and  their  weakness.  It 
is  their  strength  for  the  reasons  we  have  already  given.  It  is  their  weak- 
ness because  in  their  eagerness  they  are  too  ready  to  look  out  for  the  larg- 
est promise  of  interest  without  having  the  ability  or  opportunity  to  learn 
without  doubt  or  peradventure  where  the  best  security  exists.  To  them 
a  bank  is  a  bank,  and  one  institution  is  as  good  *s  another,  and  a  good 
deal  better  if  it  will  only  promise  larger  profits.  This  anxiety  is  well 
represented  by  the  pensioned  soldier  who  recently  addressed  to  Treasurer 
Sherman  that  graphic  letter  which  is  going  the  rounds  of  the  daily  press, 
in  which  he  asks  for  advice  and  information  as  to  what  bonds 
are  the  most  profitable  in  which  to  invest  a  thousand 
dollars,  which  by  great  privation  he  has  managed  to  scrape  together. 
There  are  thousands  and  tens  of  thousands  like  that  honest  fellow, 
who  are  looking  out  for  the  largest  possible  advantage  from  their  invest- 
ments. Guided  by  their  eagerness,  and  unrestrained  by  any  exact  finan- 
cial knowledge,  they  rush  into  the  fraudulent  arms  of  the  fellow  who, 
without  responsibility  and  without  conscience,  has  opened  a  showy  bank 
in  a  showy  building,  with  the  design  aforethought  of  swindling  his  too 
confiding  customers.  The  past  has  been  fruitful  of  just  such  institutions. 
The  telegraph  has  almost  daily  been  bringing  us  along  tidings  that  San 
Francisco  is  not  alone  in  its  experience  of  disasters  in  this  direction.  We 
know  of  banks  existing  in  our  midst,  and  of  others  projected,  which  can 
offer  no  guarantees  of  safety,  because  they  possess  none.  They  present 
the  most  attractive  of  exteriors  and  promise  largely,  but  they  are  whited 
sepulchres,  full  of  rotten  representations,  and  in  which  there  will  inevita- 
bly yet  be  buried  many  thousands  of  honest  hopes  and  aspirations.  We 
call  upon  legislators,  present  and  expectant,  to  put  an  end  to  these  unsafe 
and  fraudulent  concerns.  It  is  not  to  the  credit  of  the  Legislature  that 
it  has  not  ere  now  provided  checks,  such  as  efficient  audit  and  publication 
of  facts,  to  prevent  men,  who  have  not  money  enough  of  their  own  to 
pay  their  honest  debts,  from  engaging  in  the  business  of  "  taking  care"  of 
other  people's  money.  Prevention  is  better  than  cure.  The  former  is  en- 
tirely in  the  hands  of  the  Legislature.  The  press  might  possibly  do 
something  toward  curing  present  evils,  but  the  task  is  at  all  times  a  dan  ■ 
gerous  one,  and  by  reason  of  the  difficulty  of  getting  at  the  bottom  facts 
of  skillfully  "  prepared"  books,  it  is  well  nigh  impossible  in  many  cases. 
If  this  were  not  so,  we  could  at  this  moment  point  to  at  least  two  institu- 
tions that  demand  attention,  because  of  their  utter  hollowness.  But  we 
have  done  enough  when  we  call  earnest  attention  to  the  subject  upon  the 
eve  of  a  legislative  election. 


CANADIAN  ANNEXATION. 
Goldwin  Smith,  a  shallow  prattler  upon  political  economies,  exposed 
and  pilloried  by  Disraeli  in  Lothair,  and  with  a  wrecked  reputation  in  his 
own  country,  finds  a  sort  of  unsatisfying  notoriety  in  this,  by  occasionally 
firing  off  pretentious  articles,  calculated  to  please  the  vanity,  rather  than 
to  cultivate  the  intellect,  of  the  people  amongst  whom  he  would  fain  win 
fame  and  fortune.  His  very  latest  attempt  is  an  altogether  autocratic 
predetermination  of  Canada's  future.  Her  relations  with  England  "can- 
not be  much  longer  maintained."  Goldwin  Smith  has  been  saying  about 
the  same  thing  in  reference  to  all  the  ^British  colonies  for  these  fifteen 
years  past,  but  yet  time  passes  along  and  the  "relations"  in  question  are 
not  only  "maintained,"  but  they  are  strengthened.  That  loyalty  which 
the  Britisher  feels  as  a  sentiment  at  home  becomes  a  passion  in  Australia 
and  the  Canadas.  Then  we  are  told  that  Canadian  independence  is  a 
"  lost  cause, "  and  that  the  inevitable  end  is  annexation  to  the  United 
States.  We  do  not  think  that  any  dispassionate,  well  informed  American 
unites  his  belief  with  that  of  this  recreant  Englishman.  There  are  many 
thoughtful  citizens  of  this  republic  who  enjoy  frequent  opportunities  of 
intercourse  with  our  neighbors  across  the  border.  These  citizens  invariably 
bear  testimony  to  the  fact  that  the  Canadians  are  "  more  British  than  the 
Britishers  themselves,"  and  that  whilst  annexation  is  a  dream  on  this  side 
it  is  an  abhorrence  on  that.  Annexation  is  impossible,  and  that  being  so 
it  is  idle,  nay  more,  it  is  mischievous,  to  raise  an  issue  that  can  only  pro- 
duce false  hopes  on  the  one  side  and  false  dreads  on  the  other.  If  there 
were  no  difficulties  to  be  got  over  in  regard  to  national  sympathies,  and  a 
love  for  different  institutions,  there  would  yet  remain  an  insurmountable 
barrier,  in  our  high  tariff,  and  in  the  necessity  for  its  continuance,  to  pay 
off  a  vast  national  debt.  No  !  Canadian  annexation  is  impossible,  but 
Canadian  friendship  is  an  active,  present  sentiment,  which  may  be  culti- 
vated with  advantage,  andallthe  more  successfully  by  dropping  irritating 
issues.  Friendly  cooperation,  and  even  rivalry,  in  enterprise  and  in  good 
works,  will  be  mutually  beneficial.  That  much  and  but  little  more  may 
we  reasonably  expect  from  any  wooing  of  that  cool  and  distant  jade,  Miss 
Canadia. 


DULL 

O,  wherefore  this  lugubrious  face, 

And  why  this  air  of  sadness  ? 

My  erstwhile    jolly  friend,  you're 

touched 
With  melancholy  madness ; 
You're  plight  seems  terrible  indeed, 
You  surely  need  consoling  ; 
O,  say  what  crushing  ill  has  set 
Your  eyes  so  wildly  rolling? 
"  Dull  times,:'  you  groan!  Upon  my 
I  don't  wish  to  abuse  you,       [word 
But  such  an  ass  I  never  saw — 
I  really  can't  excuse  you. 
Dull  times,  indeed!  Your  idiocy 
Surpasses  all  belief,  sir; 
If  times  are  dull,  then  rub   them 

bright, 
Which  can't  be  done  by  grief,  sir. 


TIMES." 

Times   were   not  always  dull,   you 

know, 
And  cannot  always  stay  so  ; 
My  goodness,   man,  why  will  you 
On  troubles  of  to-day  so?         [brood 
Though  stocks  have  shrunk,   and 

crops  have  failed, 
It's  only  for  a  season, 
And  if  we  cannot  grin  through  that, 
I'd  like  to  know  the  reason. 
We've  got  the  richest  landon  earth, 
We've  got  the  "smartest"  city, 
And  if  Dame  Fortune  with  one  frown 
Can  kill  us,  more's  the  pity. 
Confound  it,  man,  your  sour  looks 
Will  make  us  all  disgusted— 
A  bubble  that  can't  bear  a  breath, 
Well  merits  to  be  "  busted." 

:lip, 


Then  stiffen  up  that  drooping 

And  cease  this  vain  repining  ; 

You've  doubtless  heard  the  blackest  cloud 

May  have  a  silver  lining ; 

Be  brisk  and  bold,  take  heart  and  laugh 

Defiance  at  your  sorrow — 

The  hollow  of  the  wave  to-day, 

Will  be  the  crest  to-morrow. 


A  BOARD  OF  PUBLIC  WORKS. 
The  city  and  county  of  San  Francisco  is  a  large  constructor  of 
public  works,  and  it  proposes  to  enter  much  more  extensively  into  the 
business  in  the  future.  Soon  the  carrying  out  of  water  supply  works  will 
be  upon  us.  It  seems  inevitable,  too,  that  our  sewerage  system  will  in- 
volve a  large  degree  of  skilled  consideration,  and  the  expenditure  of  much 
money,  ere  it  is  put  in  a  condition  creditable  to  the  city.  Then  the  or- 
dinary street  work  stands  very  badly  in  need  of  more  practical  and  capa- 
ble treatment.  We  have  been  tantalized  and  worried  for  years  with  the 
worst  made  streets  to  be  found  throughout  the  civilized  world  as  the  pro- 
duct of  this  or  of  any  other  age.  We  are  building  a  City  Hall,  slowly  to  be 
sure,  but  nevertneless  we  believe  we  are  building  it,  because  we  read  of 
considerable  bills  being  paid,  although  we  fail  to  detect  that  the  walls  are 
mounting  any  higher.  That  structure  is  being  looked  after  by  three  Com- 
missioners, whose  identity  is  likely  to  be  changed  by  a  popular  election 
every  two  years,  and  who  are  then  chosen  because  of  their  qualifications 
to  discharge  other  and  totally  different  duties,  and  not  because  they  are 
in  any  sense  experts  in  the  art  of  City  Hall  building.  A  Mayor  may  be 
a  very  worthy  gentleman  and  an  admirable  insurance  agent;  an  Auditor 
may  be  a  competent  accountant,  and  a  City  and  County  Attorney  may 
be,  as  he  is,  a  sound  and  honest  lawyer;  but  not  one  of  these  good  quali- 
ties separately,  nor  the  whole  of  them  combined,  tend  in  the  slightest  de- 
gree to  convince  a  practical  mind  that  right  men  are  not  in  wrong  places  as 
Commissioners  to  build  a  gigantic  City  Hall.  As  if  these  gentlemen  had 
not  already  duties  incongruous  enough  tc  attend  to,  the  selection  of  a 
water  supply  scheme  is  also  entrusted  to  the  same  men,  with  one  excep- 
tion— the  District  Attorney  being  substituted  for  the  City  and  County 
Attorney  as  a  Water  Supply  Commissioner.  A  Street  Superintendent, 
subject  to  the  influences  of  contractors  and  of  his  employe's,  and  to  the 
caprice  of  popular  election,  is  chosen  to  meddle  with  and  muddle  our 
abominably  bedeviled  streets.  If  any  officer,  except  the  good-natured 
and  dauntless  Dr.  Meares,  ever  looks  into  our  pestilence-breeding  sewers, 
we  must  confess  we  don't  know  who  he  is.  Yet  it  is  a  well  understood 
fact  that  our  sewerage  system  will  have  to  be  completely  reconstructed, 
or  an  appalling  epidemic  will  almost  certainly  be  the  result.  Our  Sxiper- 
visors  have  a  sort  of  general  supervision  of  these  matters,  but  that  they 
are  altogether  inefficient,  if  not  worse,  is  what  everybody  knows.  That 
they  are  unmistakable  failures  as  constructors  of  anything,  save  the  ro- 
tundity of  their  own  pockets,  is  proven  by  a  thousand  disastrous  exam- 
ples. A  fitting  souvenir  to  present  each  Supervisor  upon  leaving  office 
would  be  a  collection  of  photographs  illustrative  of  the  condition  in  which 
he  leaves  most  of  our  streets.  The  fact  is  we  have  a  lot  of  round  pegs  in 
remarkably  square  holes.  It  would  be  impossible  to  conceive  of  the 
whole  business  bein^  worse  attended  to.  That  a  change  would  be  for  the 
better  seems  probable.  That  it  could  be  for  the  worse  is  impossible.  A 
Board  of  Public  Works,  made  up  of  scientific  engineers  and  of  practical 
experts,  would  surely  offer  better  guarantees  for  more  effective  results 
than  are  obtained,  or  can  be  expected,  from  the  numerous  incongruous 
and  altogether  inefficient  bodies  that  now  pretend  to  supervise  our  various 
public  undertakings. 

NEWS  FROM  THE  PLANET  JUPITER. 
Curious  news  has  just  been  received  in  Australia  from  the  planet 
Jupiter.  Instead  of  being  composed  of  ice  and  cold  water,  as  was  sup- 
posed by  Whewell,  it  is  now  certain  that  it  is  in  a  condition  of  intense 
heat.  The  body  of  the  planet  is  surrounded  with  an  atmospheric  envel- 
ope, loaded  with  mapes  of  heated  cloud.  This  is  proved  by  the  curious 
way  in  which  the  moons  have  become  temporarily  obscured  as  they  pass 
behind  the  planet  out  of  sight;  in  fact,  the  moons,  under  certain  condi- 
tions, may  be  seen  apparently  through  the  planet,  or  rather  through  parts 
lying  thousands  of  miles  within  the  apparent  outline.  This  is  a  most  in- 
teresting fact.  A  few  astronomers  had  already  inferred  that  such  must 
be  Jupiter's  condition,  but  it  remained  for  the  Australians  to  prove  it  by 
direct  observation.     

"Whenever  the  Turks  get  into  a  tight  place  they  depose  or  strait 
gle  a  Sultan,  and  when  the  Sultan  has  made  a  mistake  he  dismisses  his 
Prime  Minister.  The  last  Vizier,  according  to  latest  accounts,  is  to  make 
way  for  another  Effendi,  which  shows  vacillation  in  the  councils  of  the 
Porte.  Out  of  this  very  weakness,  and  perforce  of  the  evident  reluctance 
of  Russia  tf>  make  the  plunge,  is  the  hope  that  the  peace  of  Europe  may 
not  be  disturbed.  Touchstone's  definition  of  the  gradations  of  a  quarrel 
apply  so  very  exactly  in  this  case,  and  as  he  said,  even  in  the  last  extrem- 
ity the  thing  may  be  avoided.  "If  you  cross  the  Pruth,  then,"  etc. — "If 
you  don't  accept  the  protocol,  then,"  etc.  The  whole  thing  resolves  itself 
into  diplomatic  threats  of  war  with  an — if 


April    U,    1*77. 


i   ILIFORNIA     \l»\  KRTI8ER 


8 


THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

"Heel  thr  Orijn Wli»t  (he  tlf*i]  art  ihouV 

'*  ilno  Htftt  will  i'l»>  tti*  .loil.  lit,  with  >ou." 
I  •iiiik  hi  In*  (Ait  U  !<>nc  »•  *  1U1I. 
■u*<t-  linn  wr->»  l-.i.ii-r  kor)  bolder." 

"TBI  B         i  nr." 

It  is  not  generally  known  how  thai  populaz  Comedian,  Mr.  Wm, 
became  bald.  Many  nave  attributed  the  ip  u 
of  hi-  toeka  to  hi--  well  known  habit  of  carrying  bia  groceries  home  in  his 
hut,  uii'l  state  openly  that  on  one  ooouion  ft  tin  ol  mustard  got  Loom  on  ■ 
hoi  day.  and  did  aD  the  damage.  Others,  again,  Baser!  that  he  onoe 
had  hia  head  shaved  during  an  attack  of  deurlo.ni,  prodnced  by  over- 
study  ;  while  not a tew  think  that  he  baa  given  the  growth  ol  the  top  of 
his  Etead  away  little  by  little,  and  onrl  by  onrl,  to  hi*  many  lady  admi- 
ran,  All  these  stories  are,  however,  without  foundation)  and  raise  in 
■vary  particular,  indeed,  wm  Borace  baa  allowed  us  to  oontradict  them 
flatly,  ;imi  be  BtigmatiseB  them  as  the  weak  tnventiona  of  Mr.  Bishop, 
Mr.  Polk,  Messrs.  Raymond,  Sothern,  and  other  rival  comedians.  Stones 
an  also  cold  to  ths  effect  thai  Mr.  [Award  used  to  study  liis  parts 
standing  on  bia  head,  until  he  wore  thf  wooJ  off;  that  be  was  scalped  by 
[ndiana  when  orosaing  the  plains  ;  that  it  was  bitten  off  by  a  Luge  Aus- 
tralian bed-bug,  together  with  many  other  equally  foolish  and  wicked  in- 
ventions. The  real  truth  oi  the  whole  question  at  issue  is  as  follows: 
Mr.  L.  never  met  with  any  mishap,  or  had  any  habits  which  caused  liis 

hair  to  fall  out,  or  to  turn  -ray.  or,  in  fact,  affected  its  growth  in  any  way. 

We  ;irc  in  possession  ol  an  affidavit  from  Mrs.  Jane  Bulger,  of  White* 
ohapel  Road,  who  was  Mr.  UnganTa  first  and  only  nurse,  to  the  affect 
that  he  was  born  bald,  ami  on  that  account  christened  William  Borace. 

While  the  connection  between  his  infantile  dearth  of  hair  and  his  no- 
menelature  is  in  it  unite  clear,  still  the  genuineness  «if  this  affidavit  cannot 
l»e  doubted.  The  testimony  is  too  explicit  to  be  rejected,  and,  therefore, 
forever  sets  the  matter  at  rest,  and  crushes  the  foul  aspersions  which  ma- 
licious and  envious  brother  actors  have  endeavored  to  heap  on  Mr.  Lin- 
giSi  Is  head.     Ones  more  we  say,  emphatically — he  is  not  bald. 

They  are  conducting  several  pleasant  experiments  in  London  just 
now,  with  what  are  called  "sterile  putreacible  fluids,"  whatever  they  are. 
It  appears  that  they  got  the  germs  from  the  "  maceration  of  a  haddock's 
head  that  had  been  kept  for  fifteen  months,"  and  this  macerated  fish-cra- 
nium was  found  to  contain  numbers  of  *' springing  and  calycine  monads." 
We  do  not  object  to  scientific  men  keeping  a  perfect  museum  of  dead  cats 
and  decaying  vegetables,  if  theyaie  productive  of  amusement  to  them, 
but  this  li.sh  story  is  a  tittle  too  strung  for  our  nerves.  Professor  Tyndali 
is  said  to  have  once  put  a  dead  dog  and  a  rabbit  in  an  electric  chamber, 
and  to  have  resuscitated  them  in  less  than  five  minutes,  when  the  dog, 
who  had  been  starved  to  death,  immediately  ate  the  rabbit,  and  then 
expired  himself  of  repletion.  This  is  a  good,  wholesome  story,  and  sounds 
far  more  reliable  than  the  "springing  monads,"  who,  we  are  told,  were 
fed  with  Cohu's  nutritive  fluid,  freshly  prepared.  Ignorant  persons,  who 
do  not  read  the  Town  Crier  regularly,  are  informed  that  monads  are  ulti- 
mate atoms  or  minute  animalculce,  and  the  calycine  species  is  that  which 
possesses  a  cortical  epidermis,  and  rejoices  in  a  perianth,  an  involucrum, 
B  calyptra.  glume,  and  several  other  useful  organs.  After  this  explana- 
tion, it  will  oe  easily  understood  that  a  calycine  nomad  can  get  away  with 
a  good  lot  of  Cohn's  nutritive  fluid  for  breakfast. 

Money  is  a  balm  for  everything,  apparently,  even  for  the  sorrows  of 
outraged  maidenhood.  Therefore  Mrs.  Mary  K.  Donoho  comes  to  the 
front  with  a  suit  against  a  well-known  capitalist  for  5100,000  and  costs,  as 
the  price  of  the  alleged  seduction  of  her  daughter,  Miss  Lennie  McCor- 
rnick.  The  crime  is  supposed  to  have  been  committed  last  August,  so 
that,  as  time  rolled  on,  the  mental  anguish  of  the  plaintiff  probably 
doubled  and  trebled  itself,  paid  dividends,  and  turned  its  capital  over, 
until  the  sum  total  of  that  bitter  grief  reached  the  above  named  price. 
Here  let  the  T.  C.  enter  a  plea  for  his  own  paloeochrystic,  Arctic-frozen 
chastity.  In  no  case  would  he  wish  to  defend  an  offense  of  this  nature. 
On  the  contrary,  were  the  young  lady  a  relative  of  his,  he  would  perfo- 
rate the  defendant  with  conical  bullets  of  the  largest  size,  and  send  him 
with  bloody  hands  to  a  most  inhospitable  grave.  This  is  the  old-fash- 
ioned method  of  avenging  virtue,  and  not  a  bad  one  either.  At  any  rate, 
it  is  better  than  assessing  the  value  of  chastity,  which  most  people  have 
hitherto  supposed  to  be  priceless.  The  mother  who  will  give  the  story  of 
her  daughter's  shame  to  the  world  in  the  hope  of  coining  money  out  of  it, 
is  only  one  degree  better,  in  our  humble  opinion,  than  the  savage  who 
barters  her  comely  offspring  for  a  sack  of  potatoes. 

A  poor  bummer  begged  very  hard  one  day  lately  for  a  five-cent 
loaf  at  a  comer  grocery.  Times  are  hard  and  the  proprietor  was  obdu- 
rate, but  the  tramp  pleaded  piteously,  and  finally  got  the  loaf.  After 
eating  a  few  mouthfuls,  he  asked  for  a  little  butter  to  spread  on  it,  a  glass 
of  beer  to  wash  it  down  with,  and  the  loan  of  two  bits,  promising  to  pay 
for  the  whole  as  soon  as  ever  the  Nevada  Bank  was  open  and  he  could 
draw  a  check.  This  was  too  much  for  the  storekeeper,  who  immediately 
jumped  over  the  counter  and  pitched  the  bummer,  bread  and  all,  out  into 
the  street.  As  the  old  vagrant  rose  from  the  pavement  and  carefully 
brushed  the  dust  from  his  well-ventilated  hat,  he  heaved  a  bottomless  sigh, 
and  casting  a  mild  yet  reproachful  gaze  upon  his  assailant,  remarked  : 
V  You  wouldn't  trust  one  of  the  blessed  angels  from  heaven  for  a  pepper- 
mint lozenge,  not  if  he  offered  to  leave  his  golden  crown  on  deposit  as  se- 
curity." And  then  he  threw  the  rest  of  his  loaf,  with  a  whiz,  through 
the  door,  and  knocked  down  a  row  of  pickle  bottles  on  a  shelf,  before 
starting  in  to  see  if  he  could  run  a  mile  in  4:56.  "  Alas  for  the  rarity 
of  human  charity !" 

Mr.  P.  S.  Domey  wants  money  from  every  Caucasian  in  the  country 
to  send  on  to  Butte  county  to  defend  their  interests.  In  plain  language, 
this  means  to  pay  counsel  to  defend  theChico  murderers, whom  he  weakly 
denounces  throughout  his  secret  circular.  It  may  be  of  interest  to  Cau- 
casians and  others  of  their  kidney  to  know  that  the  Celestials  are  just 
now  very  thoroughly  armed  with  self-cocking  revolvers.  A  visit  to  our 
leading  gun  stores  will  supply  Mr.  Dorney  with  some  very  curious  statis- 
tics about  the  number  of  firearms  sold  to  almond-eyed  Asiatics  during  the 
last  few  months.  Such  societies  as  the  Caucasians  and  kindred  orders 
have  no  influence  except  for  bad,  are  gotten  up  in  excitement  and  fed  on 
fancied  wrongs,  and  any  man  who  is  misled  by  their  specious  arguments 
must  be  possessed  of  an  intellect  inferior  to  the  brain  power  of  a  zoophyte 
or  the  cerebellum  of  a  gelatinous  protoplasm. 


A  constant  interchange  of  civilities  b  goti  Ifarnia 

and  .\  wai  of  ■  ompliment, 

n  d  band<  d  nun  <\>  rer,  a  ho  i  ihtj  repair  by  i 

mi  a  \  ill  tin  of  ili-  choicest  brand,     Thia  time,  bowover,  we  are  one 

ah- at   Our  laatnotable  attention  1 ir  antipodean  neighbors  was  the  ship- 

in.  nt  of  Mr,  Welsh,  who  of  late  I 

tha  lv.  ;  \  i  a*      Tin-  is  the  gentleman  to  whom  Judge  Hon1 

man  alluded  delicately  in  bia  ohai  n  aa  a  perjurer  who  its  the  bread  of  bis 
employers  while  betraying  them.  Mr.  Weiss  did  well  to  get  away  from 
Amenci  next  Brand  Jury  met,  as  be   would  doubtless  have 

ad  a  shaii   nf  theii   attention.     Wnile.  howevsr,  we  chu 
what  at  ths  addition  we  have  forwarded  to  the  Brittan  <  tolonisn,  we  do  it 
modestly,  lest  our  Irate  cousins  should  in  revenge  immediately  consign  to 
our  care  d  gross  oi  bushwhackers  or  a  shipload  of  condemned  felons. 

The  condemned  and  respited  Mongol,  who  is  playing  tha  rolfl  of  I 
captured  mouse  In  the  hands  of  the  frolicsome  Gubernatorial  uati  did  not 
die  yesterday  as  he  should  have,  were  he  possessed  of  the  slights  I 
of  decency.  What  the  us.-  of  respiting  him  for  three  weeks  can  be,  un- 
less to  make  him  die  twice  over  once  for  each  murder  it  is  hard  to  say. 
There  is  no  real  mercy  in  uMtjKtning  the  music,  unless  the  authorities  in 
tend  to  grant  the  man  his  lift-,  which  would  perhaps  l"'  the  most  proper 
thing  to  do  under  the  circumstance.*.  A  better  idea  would  be  to  turn 
him  loose  for  a  few  months  among  his  enemies,  all  of  whom  seem  to  be 
bad  characters]  and   lie  would  probably  do  some  wry  useful  wholesale 

slaughtering.    The  i r  fellow  Beems  also  to  have  religious  doubts  about 

Christianity  and  Paganism  -in  fact,  he  does  not  know  which  creed  to 
hang  to,  and  would  rather  hang  to  none  at  all. 

The  "Lancet"  has  recently  recorded  a  splendidly  successful  case  of 
transfusion  of  blood.  The  patient,  a  clerk,  twenty  yearn  of  age,  was 
completely  demented,  hyperamic,  amesthctic,  and  cataleptic;  refused  all 
food  :  dribbled  constantly.     The  pulse  was  very  feeble,  rate  70,  respiration 

'J4.  His  state  was  one  of  profound  anosmia.  Five  of  the  strongest  stu- 
dents volunteered  to  supply  the  vital  fluid.  Three  hours  after  the  opera- 
tion he  asked  for  brandy,  and  on  being  refused  it,  knocked  the  doctor  and 
two  nurses  down,  and  after  kicking  the  hospital  dour  open,  walked  homo 
to  his  brother's  house.  The  following  morning  he  returned  to  the  hospital 
and  apologized  to  the  doctor  and  the  nurses  for  his  incivility,  which  he 
excused  on  the  ground  of  his  being-  pretty  full-blooded  and  rather  irritable. 
The  rapid  march  of  science  has  never  received  a  more  beautiful  tribute  to 
its  value  than  the  foregoing. 

The  Rev.  Father  Taylor  thinks  infants  ought  to  be  converted  as  soon 
as  they  are  weaned.  If  he  believes  what  he  says,  why  does  he  not  in- 
augurate a  series  of  revivals  in  foundling  hospitals,  orphanages  and  infant 
schools.  When  Mr.  T.  talks  about  a  change  of  heart  being  necessary  for 
infants,  who  cannot  have  ever  willfully  offended  God,  he  writes  himself 
down  an  asa.  He  probably  has  doubts  about  the  salvation  of  the  inno- 
cents whom  Herod  massacred,  and  would  like  to  see  the  rising  generation 
exchange  their  feeding  bottles  for  tracts.  We  hitherto  thought  that  the 
vapid  twaddle  of  this  venerable  missionary  was  a  kind  of  mild  pap  for  in- 
fantile intellects,  and  are  therefore  sorry  to  find  out  that  it  has  not  even 
this  to  recommend  it.  Thank  heaven,  we  are  personally  unacquainted 
with  the  reverend  gentleman,  and  long  may  he  keep  clear  of  our  nursery. 

An  exchange  says  that  the  luxury  of  tobacco -smoking  is  sometimes 
indulged  in  at  most  unseasonable  periods,  but  it  has  never  before,  per- 
haps, been  the  solace  of  the  suicide  in  his  last  moments.  An  inquest  was 
held  at  Loose,  near  Maidstone,  England,  lately,  upon  an  aged  farmer 
named  Avard,  who  hanged  himself  while  smoking.  The  pipe  still  re- 
mained between  his  lips  when  he  was  discovered.  The  old  man's  greatest 
earthly  comfort  was  evidently  tobacco,  and  some  unkind  theologians 
would  insinuate  that  he  is  smoking  still  in  his  new  home.  To  exchange 
the  drowsy  solace  of  nicotine  for  the  doubtful  hospitality  of  Old  Nick 
was  not  a  wise  proceeding,  though  we  trust  that  Mr.  Avard's  offense  has 
been  condoned  by  the  authorities  above,  and  that  he  is  now  smoking  a 
golden  pipe,  stretched  out  full  length  on  the  softest  cloud  that  floats. 

The  last  words  of  a  pious  undertaker,  who  died  lately,  will  be  read 
with  great  interest  by  a  large  circle  of  sorrowing  friends.  He  said  :  "  I 
have  always  had  hope  in  death,  especially  when  I  did  the  burying,  and 
for  fifty-seven  years  I  may  say  that  1  have  lived  by  death.  I  have  been 
liberal  to  my  customers,  though  I  have  always  screwed  them  tight,  and  I 
have  never  been  convicted  of  reckless  driving  or  of  using  imitation  rose- 
wood. Death  has  truly  been  my  friend  and  support  to  the  last,  and  it  is 
Life  only  that  is  hostile  to  me,  and  deserting  me  at  the  last.  Good  bye. 
ray  friends;  put  the  best  silver-plated  handles  on  my  coffin,  and  be  sure 
and  take  them  off  again  when  you  get  out  to  the  cemetery."  This  is  the 
only  instance  of  an  undertaker  ever  dying  that  we  know  of. 

Shakspeare's  arm-chair,  in  which  he  sat  when  engaged  in  writing  his 

f>lays,  has  just  been  sold  in  England  for  8225.  During  the  great  poet's 
ifetime  he  once  tried  to  pawn  it  for  two  shillings,  and  failed  through  the 
obi  I  u  racy  of  the  pawnbroker  and  the  dilapidated  condition  of  the  cane 
bottom.  This  brings  us  to  the  point.  The  T.  C.  is  open  to  sell  the  chair 
in  which  he  has  composed  the  brightest  thoughts  of  the  century,  to  the 
highest  bidder.  Bids  must  in  all  cases  be  accompanied  by  a  certified 
check,  which  should  be  as  large  as  possible,  and  will  be  immediately 
cashed.  In  no  case  will  irresponsible  parties  like  the  Academy  of  Sci- 
ences, or  the  Smithsonian  Institute,  be  treated  with. 

A  San  Francisco  butcher,  who  has  not  hitherto  been  celebrated  for 
his  piety,  recently  took  holy  orders.  It  appears  that  through  the  influ- 
ence of  some  friends  he  obtained  the  patronage  of  Archbishop  Alemany, 
Bishop  Kip,  the  Revs.  Piatt,  Gallagher,  Hemphill,  and  many  other  cler- 
gymen. His  daily  visits  to  these  distinguished  divines  have  been  product- 
ive of  much  good  to  his  bank  account,  and  he  now  spends  all  hia  morn- 
ings in  finding  out  whether  his  saintly  customers  require  lamb,  mutton, 
beef  or  veal  for   their  dinners.     This  is  what  he  calls  taking  holy  orders. 

A  correspondent  writes  to  ask  why  newly  married  men  are  called 
Benedicts.  The  reason,  we  believe,  is,  that  in  entering  on  their  new  state 
of  life  they  are  supposed  to  give  up  all  the  bad  bachelor  habits  to  which 
they  have  benedicted.     Now  is  the  time  to  faint. 

The  colored  ministers  are  very  much  interested  in  the  Montenegro 
question,  and  hope  it  will  be  settled  by  the  suppression  of  African  gam- 
bling dens. 

"Comparative  Value  of  Stocks  "  is  to  be  the  title  of  a  new  book 
by  Laura  D.     It  will  be  an  explosive  effusion. 


10 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND 


April  14,  lo?i. 


ESTRANGED. 
Some  day  she  will  come  back,  my  poor  lost  Dove — 
My  Dove  with  the  warm  heart  and  eager  eyes! 
How  did  it  fail  toward  her,  my  passionate  love? 
Where  was  the  flaw?  since  flawed  it  must  have  been, 
Or  surely  she  had  staid  with  me,  my  Queen. 
Her  heart  was  full  of  inarticulate  cries 
Which  my  heart  failed  to  catch ;  and  yet  she 

strove 
To  cleave  to  me.  Ah,  how  she  must  have  striven, 
Praying,   perchance,  ofttimes  for  strength  from 

Heaven! 
But  no  strength  came:  and  so,  one  fatal  day, 
Despairing  of  all  help,  she  went  away. 

And  there  her  half- completed  portrait  stands — 
The  fresh  young  face,  and'  gray  eyes  brimmed 

with  light. 
I  painted  her  with  flowers  in  her  hands, 
Because  she  always  seemed  so  bright  and  good. 
I  never  thought  the  studio's  solitude 
Would  hurt  her,  anyway:     I  thought  the  sight 
Of  painted  forms  and  unfamiliar  lands 
Would  be  enough  for  her.     She  was  too  mild, 
Too  patient  with  my  painter's  life.     Poor  child! 
Had  she  complained  at  all,  by  look  or  tone, 
Had  she  but  said,  "I  seem  too  much  alone; 
"  I  grow  half  fearful  of  these  painted  eyes 
That  never  change,  but,  full  of  sad  reproof, 
Haunt  me  and  watch  me;  and  these  Southern 

skies 
Reflected  in  deep  streams,  and  that  dark  boat 
Prom  which  a  girl  with  bare  sweet  breast  and 

throat 
Droops  willow-like,  and  dreams  of  life  and  love  ; 
And  that  youth's  dying  face,  which  never  dies  ; 
And  then,  again,  that  picture  of  Christ  there, 
Christ  fallen  in  an  agony  of  prayer, 
And  His  disciples  near  him,  sternsjnd  dumb, 
Like  men  who  know  the  fated  hour  has  come." 

Had  she  said  thus,  and  added,  "Take  me,  dear, 

Outside  of  these  sad  faces  ;  let  me  stand 

Once  more  within  life's  shallows,  and  there  hear 

Light  laughter  of  the  surf  upon  the  beach, 

JTor  here  the  very  sea  is  without  speech, 

So  still  it  is,  and  far  away  from -land: 

I  want  life's  little  joys  ;  this  atmosphere 

Oppresses  me  ;  I  cannot  breathe  in  it ; 

The  light  that  lights  your  life  leaves  mine  unlit" — 

I  should  have  answered  tenderly,  and  sought 

To  carry  out  in  all  her  slightest  thought. 

She  knew  I  loved  her,  through  those  winter  days: 

Did  it  not  comfort  her  at  all,  my  love  ? 

It  was  such  joy  to  look  upon  her  face, 

1  sat  for  hours,  content  to  be  quite  still, 

Peeling  her  warm  bright  beauty  fill 

My  soul  and  brain;  fearful  lest  she  should  move, 

And  speak,  or  go  ;  but  when  she  met  my  gaze 

I  turned  away,  as  if  I  had  done  wrong 

In  looking  on  her  loveliness  so  long. 

I  rarely  kissed  her,  rarely  took  her  hand  ; 

And  now,  I  think,  she  did  not  understand. 

Perchance  she  thought  my  love  was  passionless, 

Wanted  what  I  withheld,  yet  longed  to  give ; 

She  did  not  know  my  silence  a  caress — 

All  passion  by  reverence  was  controlled — 

And  so  she  deemed  my  ways  of  love  were  cold. 

Ah  me!  the  lonely  life  she  had  to  \ivei 

And  I  knew  nothing  of  its  loneliness. 

Hers  was  a  nature  quick  to  give  and  take, 

A  nature  to  be  broken  and  to  break  ; 

She  loved  confiding  valleys,  sun-kissed  rills, 

But  saddened  at  the  solemn  peace  of  hills. 

All  things  had  been  so  different  had  I  known 
Her  nature  then  as  now  *  and  yet,  and  vet, 
If  Bhe  came  in,  as  I  sit  here  alone, 
The  April  twilight  falling  through  the  room, 
And  all  the  pictures  lapsing  into  gloom — 
Came  in,  knelt  down,  and  prayed  me  to  forget, 
Forgive  her,  and  reclaim  her  for  my  own, 
I  should  be  glad,  and  draw  her  to  my  heart, 
And  kiss  the  rising  tears  away,  and  part 
The  sweet  hair  back,  and  fold  her  to  my  side, 
Yet  leave,  perchance,  the  want  unsatisfied. 

But  here  she  comes  not.     I  must  wait  and  bear; 

Live  on,  and  serve  my  art  as  best  I  may. 

If  I  can  catch  the  color  of  her  hair 

And  the  neck's  poise,  and  set  beneath  her  name, 

Shall  not  her  loveliness  hare  deathless  fame? 

Now  lights  shine  out  along  the  London  square. 

0  dreary  place!  where  no  joy  comes  at  all. 
There!  I  must  turn  the  easel  to  the  wall! 

1  cannot  bear  her  face  as  yet — 0  Love! 

O,  wounded  of  my  hands!  my  wounded  Dove! 
— Harpei^s  Magazine  for  March. 

Capt  Bumaby,  the  Asiatic  traveler,  finds 
the  Garden  of  Eden  very  cold.  On  Peb.  Sth  he 
wrote  from  Erzeroum,  which  is  close  to  it:  "The 
thermometer  is  about  zero.  If  the  weather  was 
like  this  at  the  creation,  Adam  and  Eve  must 
have  found  it  uncommon  cold  in  fig  leaves." 


A  FORCED  MARRIAGE. 
Annie  Baldwin,  a  Catholic  girl  of  Emerson, 
Neb.,  way  engaged  to  a  young  Protestant,  but  a 
young  and  rich  Catholic  named  Sullivan  inter- 
ested her  parents  in  his  suit,  and  the  girl's  father 
took  her  into  Nebraska  City  on  the  pretext  of 
shopping,  led  her  to  a  room  at  the  hotel  where 
Sullivan  and  a  priest  were  waiting,  and  forced 
her  to  marry  Sullivan.  After  the  ceremony,  the 
girl  appealed  to  the  landlord,  and  he  took  her  to 
an  adjoining  town.  Sullivan  afterward  appeared 
and  demanded  and  bore  off  his  unwilling  wife  ; 
but  her  friends  rallied,  and  the  same  night  took 
her  to  friends  in  another  town,  finally  returning 
to  her  own  home,  where  the  citizens  have  sworn 
to  tar  and  feather  Sullivan,  if  he  appears,  and 
the  girl's  parents  also,  if  they  do  not  behave. 

St.  Louis haspatentedan  artificial  angle- worm. 
The  next  thing  will  be  to  make  us  catch  artificial 
fish. 


C.  P.  K.  R. 


Commencing  Sunday,  April  1st,  1877,  and  until 
further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 
San  Francisco: 
(Overland   Ticket  Office,  at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  of 
Market  Street.) 


7f\f\  A.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washing- 
•  *-"-f  ton  st.  Wharf)  —  Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for    Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.        (Arrive  San  Francisco  8:10  r.M.) 


8AA  A.M.  (daily),  Atlantic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  vfv/  land  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland (0.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  p.m.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  5:35  p.m.) 


3AA  P.M.  (daily)San  Jose  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
AJVJ  janti  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 
rives at  San  Jose  at  5:30  p.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  0:35  a.m.) 


4Afk  P.M.  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
.\J\J  for  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Dos  Palmas  (Arizona  Stage  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  6:55 
p.m.  "  Sleeping  Cars"  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les. (Arrive  San  Francisco  12:40  p.m.) 


To  "  SAN  FRANCISCO,"  Daily. 


4AA  P.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washington 
•vo  st.  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  forCalistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  r.  M.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  11:10  a.m.) 


4  00  *>"31'  (Sundays  excepted)  Sacramento  Steamer 
•  V/w  (from  Wash'n  St.  Wharf),  for  Benieiaand  Land- 
ings on  the  Sacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  a.m.,  daily. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  8:00  P.M.) 


4      9A  P.M.  (daily),  Through  Third  Class  and  Acconi- 
•  O"     modation  Train,  via  Lathrop  and  Mohave, 
arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  a.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  7:30  A.M. 


FERRIES     AND     LOCAL     TRAINS. 

1-  .on.  "  SAST  FRANCISCO,"  Dally. 

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8.00 
8.30 
9.00 
9.30 
10.00 
10.30 
11.00 
11.30 
12.00 
P12.30 

p   3.00 
3.30 
4.00 
4.30 
5.00 
5.30 
6.00 
6.30 
7.00 

A  7.00 
8.00 
9.00 
10.00 
11.00 
12.00 
p   1.30 
2.00 
'    3.00 

A  7.30 
8.30 
9.30 
10.30 
11.30 

P12.30 
1.00 
3.30 
4.30 
5.30 
6.30 
7.00 

A  8.00 
t9.30 
Ptl.Oo 
3.00 
4.00 
t8.10 

A   S.00 
t'.'.M 

p  3.00 
4.00 
18.10 

A  7.30 
8.30 
0.30 
10.30 
11.30 
p  1.00 
4.00 
5.00 
6.00 

A  8.00 
10.00 

P   3.00 
4.30 
5.30 

tChange  Cars 

at 
East  Oakland 

9.201      5.00 
10.30       6.00 

Change  Cars 
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P*7.90 

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A   ti.101  "I      DAILY,       ( 
P  11.45     -  SUNDAYS   \ 

A  6.10 
p  6.00 

*10.30  p.m.  Sundays  only  to  Alameda. 

To  FERNSIDE  —  except  Sundays  — 7.00,  9.00,  10.00 
a.m.,  and  5  p.m. 

Extra  Excursion  Trains,  "Sandavs  only,"  to  Shell 
Mound  and  Delaware  St.,  West  Berkeley,  9.00,  10.30,  12. 

Regular  Trains  to  Berkeley  and  Delaware  Street  will 
not  be  prepared  to  accommodate  large  excursions. 


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FROM 

EAST 

OAKLAND. 

prom  HAY- 

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B.  LEANDRO. 

FROM 

OAKLAND. 
(Broadway.) 

A  8.00 
10.00 

P  3.00 
4.30 
5.30 

A  7.30 
8.30 
9  30 
10.30 
11.30 
t    1.00 
4.00 

A'U  25 
7.00 
8.03 
9.00 
10.03 
11.03 
12.00 

Atli.45 

7.55 

11.15 

til. 45 

p   3.40 

At7.08 
8.15 
11.35 
ptlSOS 
4,03 
t4.45 

A  6.40 
7.40 
8.40 
9.40 
10.40 
11.40 

A  6.50 
7.20 
7.50 
8.25 
8.50 
9.20 

p  2.50 
3.20 
3.50 
4.20 
4.50 
5.20 

5.001  p   1.00 



1.25,    10.20 

1      6.00       !:■'■' 

1 

6.50 

'3.20 
4.00 
5.00 
0.0J 
•10.00 

4.40 
5.40 
6.40 
7.50 
9.00 
10.10 

11.20 
11.50 
P12.20 
12.50 
1.20 
1.50 

8.00 
9.10 
10.20 

^ 

Change  Cars 

at 
West  Uaklnd. 

tChange  Cars 

at 
East  Oakland 

A  6.30 

A  5.40 

A'5.00 
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.'  SUNDAYS  'l 
)  EXCKITKD   I 

From  FERNSIDE- except   Sundays—  8.00,  10.00,  11.00 

a.m.,  and  6.00  r.M. 

♦Alameda  Passengers  change  ears  at  Oakland. 

A— Morning,     r— Afternoon. 

THE  CREEK  FERRY  BOAT 

Will  run— tide  permitting-from  5:50  A.M.  to  0:30  p.m., 
as  follows : 


J 

Leave 

Leave 

g 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

OAKLAND 

< 

(Market  St.   Station. 

(Broadway  Wharf.) 

1 

11:50—  1:20-  2:50—5:45 

11.00—12:40-  2:05-5:00 

2 

—12.05-  3:10-5:40 

5.50— —  1:30-4:30 

3 

12.50-3.40-5:40 

6:30— —  2:00-4:40 

4 

8:00— -  3.40—6:00 

0:30— —  2:00-4:40 

5 

7:30— -  2.50—5:30 

0:00-  8.45—  ....-4:20 

6 

7.10—  9.50- —5:20 

6:00      8:10— -3:50 

7 

7:40—11.00- —5:40 

6:00      9:00  — -4:15 

8 

8:50—10:20-11:50—5:40 

8:00-  9:40-11:00-5:00 

9 

7:40-11:00- —5:40 

6:00-  9:00—12:30-.... 

10 

7:40     11:30- 6:20 

6:00—  9:00—  1:00-.... 

11 

7:40-11:30-    ...-0:30 

12 

7:40—11:00- —2:45 

0:00—  9:00—12:30-:.... 

13 

9:00-11:30- —3:50 

7:40—10:00—  1:00-.... 

14 

10:00—12:20- —1:40 

8:45-11:10—  2:00-.... 

15 

10:40—12:15-  2:50—5:00 

10:00—11:30—  1:00-4:00 

"Official  Schedule  Time"  furnished  by  Anderbon  & 
Randolph,  Jewelers,  101  and  103  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towne,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION. 

SUMMER    ARRANGEMENT. 

Commencing;  April  15,  1877*  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  as  follows : 

8QA  a.m  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
•OU  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations,  fe^"  At  Pa.iaro  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forApTOs  and  Santa  Cruz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Monterey. 
rsgr°  stage  connections  made  with  this  train.  %*£"  A 
Parlor  Oar  attached  to  this  train. 


nO  £T  a    m.   (daily)  for  Menlo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
.UO    tioua         

3Q,C  p.m.  daily  (Sundays  excepted)  for  San  Jose, 
.LiO  Gilroy,  Pajaro,  Hollister,  Tres  Pinos  and  Way 
Stations.  &^"  Stage  connection  made  with  this  train  at 
Santa  Clara  for  Pacific  Congress  Springs.  £S^°  On 
Saturdays  Only,  this  train  will  connect  at  Pajaro  with 
the  Santa  Cruz  Railroad  for  Arros  and  Santa  Cruz. 
Returning,  Passengers  will  leave  Santa  Cruz  on  Mon- 
days at  4.00  A.M.  (Breakfast  at  Gilroy),  arriving  at  San 
Francisco  at  10.00  A.M. 


4,40 


p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


6.30 


P.M.  (daily)  for  Menk)  Park  and  Way  Stations. 


gg^  Sundays  an  Extra  Train  will  leave  for  San  Jose 
and  Way  Stations  at  9:30  a.m.  Returning,  will 
leave  San  Jose  at  5:45  p.m. 

A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  WILLCUTT,  Gen'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent 


SOUTHERN     DIVISIONS. 

{3f"  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Divisions 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
An"cles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Dos  Palmas 
[April  14.  J 


H.    H.    MOORE. 

Dealerin  Books  for  libraries.-- A  larg-e 
assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
ano  for  sale  at  MO  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
San  ^ncisco  Oct.  24. 


April    14,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER 


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NOTABILIA. 


It  is  not  apleasAut  thing  *  entc,  t'.dl  violently  In  love 

with  on*  "(  '  -alifoi  i  ,  ttnU  d  From 

■wells  up,  ui'l  yon  are  laid  up  f<-r  three 

from  tin*  effect  of  "poiei tk."     During  thi 

the  good  Impi  made  i-  entirely  effaced,  and  when  yon  leave 

ick  room,  all  over  blisters,  end  oavU  on  her,  she  turns  from  you  «i'li 

n.  and  rou  find  out  i  to  mother  fellow,     All  this  can 

be  averted  by  using  the  Grin  deli  a  Lotion,  the  only  Bnre  Antidote  to  i«>i- 

le  A  Co.,  No.  M*>  Kearny  street,  8,  !■'.; 

•  I.O.  I>.  anywhere. 

It  is  a  p-iinf  til  fact  that  tb  bouse  keeper  never  o1 

■  -tn-  of  the  ohurofa  more  rigidly  and  persistently  than  during  tent. 

i,  when  thevoan  have  ill  thnadvanta 
end  the  quiet  of  .«  family  combined,  by  visiting  Swain's  Original 
L  sbove  Kearny.     Elegant  oooking,  moderate 

fend  rvfined  surroundings,  make  this  /  ■  the  resort  for 

adies  and  gentlemen. 

Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis.  M.  D.,  etc. ,  may  be  consulted   at  his  ..tfice  and 

20  Sutter  street  between   Powell  and  Mason  streets,   daily, 

cram  U*  a.  h.  t.i  :t  p.  u.,  and  from  *>  to  B  p.  m.  ■  on  Sundays  from  11  to 2 

only.     Dr.    Curtis  i^  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 

:  bis  publications  can  1>*-  obtained  from  A.  L,  Bancroft  A  Co., 

for  the   P&ritic  coast,  or  from  the  author,  l>r.  Curtis,  520 

Sutter  street,  S.  F. 

A  Vermont  mother  remarked,  "  Yes,  I  want  my  daughter  to 
study  rhetoric;  for  she  can't  fry  pancakes  now  without  smoking  all  the 
p.*  We  will  bet  &00  gold  coin  that  if  the  poor  girl  only  had  a 
good  stove  she  conld  have  fried  the  pancakes  Ml  right.  The  king  of  all 
cooking  stoves  is  the  Union  Range,  for  which  Mr.  De  La  hfontanya,  on 
Jackson  street,  below  Battery,  is  the  agent,  Call  and  see  his  immense 
stock  of  hardware.    

The  parishioners  of  a  clergyman  in  Scotland,  in  expressing  to  him 
their  aversion  to  the  nseof  manuscript  sermons,  urged:  "What  gars  ye 
in  your  bit  papers  to  the  pulpit?"  H<_-  replied  that  it  was  best, 
for  really  he  could  not  remember  a  sermon,  and  must  have  his  pap^r. 
■'  Weel,  weeL.  minister,  if  ye  canna  remember  the  sermon,  then  dinna  ex- 
pect that  we  cau.''      

He  went  softly  behind  the  door  and  murmured,  "  I'm  a  man  of 
very  quiet  tastes.*1  Then  he  took  a  Bask  from  his  pocket  and  lasted  some- 
thing. God  bless  him!  It  was  the  purest  and  best  liquor  in  the  world, 
and  did  him  good.  It  was  genuine  O.K.  Cutter  Whisky,  for  which 
A.  I".  ll't.ilin-',  li."»  to  -I'M  Jackson  street,  is  agent.  This  item  is  strictly 
true.  

If  you  want  to  be  in  style  you  will  wear  an  amethyst  ring  on  the 
third  Bnger  of  your  left  hand.  Also  cough  sadly  now  and  then,  jisif  you 
were  the  last  of  an  illustrious  family.  Above  all,  to  be  really  in  the  fash- 
ion you  should  buy  your  carpets,  oil-cloths,  window  shades,  curtain  ma- 
terials, etc.,  from  John  J.  Mountain,  1020  Market  street,  and  15  Eddy 
street. 

.q 

A  Japanese  maiden,  who  is  now  being  educated  in  this  country,  says 
that  all  her  people  want  is  Christianity,  scissors,  wedding  breakfasts,  and 
good  furniture.  N.  P.  Cole  &  Co.,  of  220  to  22b"  Bush  street,  manufac- 
ture the  most  elegant  furniture  ever  seen.  Their  lounges,  easy  chairs, 
bed-room  and  parlor  sets,  have  never  been  equaled  in  the  history  of  the 
New  World. 

There  isn't  anything  very  funny  about  the  tail  of  a  rabbit,  even  if 
brevity  is  the  soul  of  wit;  and  there  isn't  anything  very  funny  about 
drinking  waterbugs,  or  swallowing  the  cheerful  cyclops.  No  one  need  do 
this  if  they  will  only  use  Bush  &  Milne's  patent  Silicate!!  Carbon  Filter. 
It  is  the  best  in  the  world.     Call  and  see  them,  under  the  Grand  Hotel. 


A  man  admired  the  photograph  of  his  wife,  recently  taken,  be- 
cause, as  he  remarked,  the  mouth  was  in  such  graceful  repose.  A  man 
with  a  talkative  wife  should  never  have  her  photographed  by  Bradley  & 
Rulofson,  because,  although  they  take  the  most  superb  pictures  ever  seen, 
they  are  "speaking"  likenessess. 

Little  drops  of  water,  little  grains  of  com,  make  the  festive  Bour- 
bon and  the  morning  horn  ;  which  fact  reminds  us  that,  of  all  the  places 
to  buy  "  the  festive  Bourbon,"  F.  &  P.  J.  <  !assin,  of  523  Front  street,  is 
one  of  the  best.  They  are  agentsforthe  O.K.  Golden  Plantation  Whisky, 
Heidsieck  Champagne,  and  several  other  well-known  brands. 

11  No  pains  will  be  spared,"  as  the  quack  said  when  ho  sawed  off  a 
patient's  finger  to  cure  a  felon.  This  is  also  the  motto  of  F.  S,  Chad- 
bourne  &  Co.,  the  celebrated  Importers  of,  and  dealers  in.  Furniture  and 
Bedding,  of  727  Market  street.  They  spare  no  pains  to  import  the  best 
goods  obtainable.  

The  way  to  preserve  the  cerebellum,  cranium,  tibia,  femur,  pia 
mater  medulla,  and  all  the  Latin  part  of  your  inside,  is  to  drink  Gerke 
Wine.  The  agent  is  I.  Landsberger,  10  and  12  Jones  Alley.  He  is  also 
agent  for  brands,  in  many  other  languages,  which  cannot  be  surpassed. 

A  great  many  poker  players  complain  that  they  can't  get  a  sight 
for  their  hand.  If  they  would  only  go  to  Muller,  the  optician,  of  135 
Montgomery  street,  they  would  get  what  is  better  still— sight  for  their 
eyes. 

A  young  man  at  a  musical  party,  being  told  to  "bring  out  the  old 
lyre,"  brought  out  his  mother-in-law.  The  perfection  of  modern  lyres  is 
the  Hallet  &  Davis  Piano.     Badger,  13  Sansome  street,  is  the  agent. 

The  various  Temperance  Societies  are  uniting  with  the  hot-copper 
sufferers  in  one  grand  object.  Their  idea  is  to  present  a  testimonial  to  the 
proprietors  of  the  mineral  water  they  both  love  so  well,  viz:  Aapa  boda. 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


I K    SAVEL 

1/lllina;    I..  Hi    n    N|>rrliill.v....<ir4-nl    patience    •KtttSMM     Co 
ti.  r  I.  i. 

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DEL  MORKKKW,  D*nUst, 


DR.    J.    H.    STAL' ARD. 

Member  of  Ibr   Royal  Collafre  ol   PbTUlelSUta,    I  omlon.  .  l<    . 

■  I    it-,  |-j  *.. ;;  m>.i  ;  ■,.  >  ■-.«. 

I»IIYHHIA\.     Nl  K(JK«.\     AMD     A<<OI<IIKIR, 

J-    J.    AUEKBACH     M.D-. 
March  13. y*n  Francisco. 

STEELE'S     SQUIRREL      POISON. 
[PattnUd  October  llttft,  I8TO.] 

Snre  death  to  Squirrel**,  Rait,  t^oplicrs,  ele.    For  sale  by  nil 
Druggists,  Grocers  and  (tonal   II  ■■  ■  ■         mo    *■  I  per  box     Hade  by  JAMfifl 

(.;.  STEELE  .u'<i,  San  Kran.-iMo,  i  .,!.      I  unit  t..  tli*-  TnuK  .Vi 

0.    P.    WARREN,    M.D. 
clcelic  Physician,  corner  of  Fonrteenth   ami    Broad  n  aj  . 

1  tekl  t*oi  Juik-  17. 

DR.    R.    BEVERLY    COIE 
SUI  returned  from  Mis  European  tour,  nn<l  will  resume  tlie 

pra<  tla    ol  in-   i  roll  salon  for  st  lew  months.    <  Nflce,  Id  OE>Rl   STlll  3T 
Hours,  12  to  3  p.m.  March  SI. 


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WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 


CUTTER    WHISKY. 

A  P.  IIotalliiK  A-  Co*,  No.  -131  Jackson  street,  are  the  Sole 
*  Agents  on  this  Coast  for  the  celebrated  J.  H,  CUTTKR  WHISKY,  shipped  di- 
rect L"  them  from  Louisville,  Kentucky.  The  Trade  arc  cautioned  against  the  pur- 
chase ol  Inferior  and  imitation  brands  of  "J.  H.  Cutter  old  itourhon."  owing  to 
it<  deserved  reputation,  various  unprincipled  parties  are  endeavoring  to  i>uini  off 
spurious  grades,    ii  j-  reallj  the  Bkxt  Wiubkh  in  the  Dnited  States.  March  19, 

A.    M.    OILMAN, 

Importer  ami  Wholesale  Liquor  Dealer,  30S  California 
street,  utters  for  sale  Fine  Old  Itourbon  and  Rye  Whiskies,  Brandies,  vintage  Of 
1820  arid  1830,  Old  Port  and  Sherry  Wines,  Still  and  Sparkling  Wines,  etc.  Agent  for  the 
Celebrated  CACHET  BLANC  CHAMPAGNE.  Sole  Agent  for  .MILLS'  STOMACH 
HI  ITERS.  Maivh  i 


J.    H.    CUTTER    OLD    BOURBON. 

C1    P.  Moorman   a    Co.,    ManuracturerN,   I^ouinvllle,  Ky.— 
j%    The  above  well-known  House  Lb  represented  here  by  the  undersigned,  who 

have,  been  appointed  their  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast 
July  3. A.  I*.  HOTALISG  &.CO-.  429  and  431  Jackson  street,  S.  F. 

J.    H.    CUTTE-VS    OLD    BOURBON    AND    RYE    WKISKY, 
jiiiulaif  urtii  l>y  Milton  J.  Hanly  A  Co..  Sous-in-Law  anil 

Successors  of  J.  H.  CUTTER,  Louisville,  Ky.  E.  MARTIN  -v  CO., 

August  14.  No.  408  Front  street.  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast 


M 


WHOLESALE    GROCERS. 


Newton  Booth,  C.  T.  Wheeler,  Sacramento.  |  J.  T.  Glover,  W.    W.    Dodge,  S.    F 
W.    W.    DODGE    &    CO., 

Wholesale  Grocers,  corner   Front  and    Clay  streets,   San 
Fr  -  ' 


rranciseo. 


April  1. 


REMOVAL. 

L.  H.  Nkwtos.]  NEWTON    BROTHERS    &    CO.,  [Morris  Nbwton. 

Importers  and  wholesale  dealers  In  Teas,  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed  to  204  and  200  California  street,  San    Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia.  * June  7. 

CASTLE    BROTHERS.— [Established,  1850.] 

Importers  of  Teas  and  East  India  Goods,  Nob.  213  and  215 
Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  13. 


s 


TABER,    HARKER    &    CO., 
necessors  to  Phillips,  Taber  A' Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 10S  and  110  California  street,  below  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  IB. 


BROKERS. 


REMOVAL ! 

JW.   Brown  &.  Co.,  Stock  and    Money   Brokers,  have  re- 
0    moved  to  No.  817  Montgomery  Btreet]  Nevada  lilock, 
J.  W.  Brows,  Member  S.  F.  Stock 'and  Exchange  Board.  Jan  8. 

J.  K.  S.  Latham.)  LATHAM    &    KINO,  [Homer  S.  Kino. 

Successors  to  James  II.  Latham  A   Co.,  Stock  and   Money 
Brokers, 411  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Member  S,  F.  Stock  and  Exchange 
Board.  Stocks  bought  and  carrk'l  on  mar-jins. Aug.  12. 

HUBBARD    &    CO., 
/Commission  Stock  Brokers,  324  1-2  Montgomery  street,  mi  - 

\y    der  Safe  Deposit  Building,  San   Francisco,  will  transact  business  through   the 
San  Francisco  SU>ck  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 

E.    P.    PECKHAM, 
/Commission    Stock    Broker   and    Member   S.    F.  Stock   Ex- 
'--'     change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
[June.  19.) 

ERNEST    L    RANS0ME, 

Patentee  and  Manufacturer  of  Artificial  Stone.  Office  and 
Show  Room  .  1U  BUSH  STREET,  Junction  of  Bush  and  Market.  Open  IS  to  '2 
daily.  ERNEST  L.  BANSOME  manufactures  Statues,  Vases,  Fountains,  etc  ;  Side- 
walks, Garden  Paths,  etc  ;  Monuments  and  Cemetery  Work,  Foundations,  Vails, 
etc.  ;  ornaments  for  Outside  Decorations,  Filters.  Every  description  of  Stone  Work 
of  good  quality  and  at  low  cost.  March  31. 


12 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


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April  14,   1877. 


HIS    SATANIC    MAJESTY    IN    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

"  When  angels  weep,"  the  bard  has  sung,  "  the  Devil's  sure  to  grin," 

And  only  chuckles  as  he  notes  each  new  and  startling  sin. 

Yet  somehow  in  this  Dawson  case  my  flinty  heart's  been  vexed 

To  think  a  parson  who  can  preach,  can't  act  upon,  his  text! 

It's  not  so  long  since  Proague  was  charged  with  borrowing  from  the  church 

To  buy  up  stocks,  and  when  he'd  bought,  he  left  them  in  the  lurch! 

And  Kalloch!     Well — we  all  know  him!    He's  always  proved  a  fraud, 

And  puzzles  all,  the  novel  way  he  seeks  to  serve  the  Lord! 

Like  Saul  of  old  you've  read  about,  who  kicked  against  the  pricks, 

These  preaching  parsons  do  indulge  in  the  oddest  kind  of  tricks! 

That  Doctor's  lecture  on  "Our  G-irls  "  has  brewed  a  rare  old  storm. 

They  vow,  if  e'er  they  catch  him,  that  they'll  make  his  jacket  warm! 

"  'Long,  lean  and  lanky! '  are  we,  eh  ?— the  beast! — as  if  lie  knows! 

The  cheek  to  say  we  ought  to  wear  suspenders  with  our  hose! 

We'll  show  him  what  we're  made  of,  if  he  comes  again  this  way, 

And  tries  to  run  us  down  like  that!    We'll  duck  him  in  the  bay! 

We  girls  are  all  a  bully  lot!  "  (I  hope  I  don't  misquote  her) — 

At  least,  the  men  all  tell  us  so  " — so  says  Miss  Katy  Kota! 

So  ho!  some  scandal's  come  to  light  about  that  Butchers'  Ring, 

And  how  the  bills  were  "  lobbied  "  through  by  Shrader,  the  ex-King! 

Maybe  the  grapes  are  somewhat  sour!    And  with  the  same  douceur 

That  Shrader  got,  e'en  Gibbs  might  cease  to  blackguard  Mr.  Leur! 

How  Supervisors  got  so  rich,  has  long  seemed  deuced  fumvy, 

But  now  we  see!    Each  measure  passed  is  lobbied  thro'  for  money! 

Jim  Urquhart's  puzzled!  he's  been  sacked,  and  the  only  reason  why 

Was  that  he  showed  extravagance! — his  horse-hire  was  too  high! 

One  horse  and  buggy  yet  he  found  was  always  quite  sufficient, 

Then  why  another  turnout,  eh  ?  their  economy's  deficient! 

McComb  is  in  high  feather!  he's  made  Governor — so  he  says — 

Of  Arizona,  and  will  take  as  Secretary — Hayes! 

He's  just  the  man  the  General  wants  in  case  they  have  a  tussle 

With  Indians,  for  he  knows  he's  strong — he's  felt  his  iron  muscle! 

So  tangle-foot  was  all  the  cause  of  Driscnll's  playful  hoax! 

Though  workingmen,  without  a  cent,  don't  like  these  cruel  jokes. 

An  ex-policeman,  too,  you'd  think,  would  not  kick  up  such  capers. 

What  won't  men  do,  though,  when  they're  soaked  with  alcoholic  vapors  ! 

Blacklock  &  Co.,  those  oyster-fiends,  whose  schemes  turned  out  such  bub- 
bles, 

With  fresh-developed  crimes  each  day  keep  adding  to  their  troubles! 

Commander  Glass  would  like  to  find  who  dared  to  say  he  smuggled! 

Hed  tan  his  hide  and  lay  it  on  the  thicker  if  he  struggled! 

A  reporter's  cheek  he  knows  is  tough,  but  he  thinks  he'd  find  a  spot, 

A  little  tenderer,  and  by  H 1!  he  vows  he'd  make  it  hot! 

What  can  these  down-cast  faces  mean,  these  bloodshot,  bleary  eyes? 

The  air's  quite  heavy  with  the  sound  of  Car-Conductors'  sighs! 

Bell-punches,  eh?  no  wonder,  then!  no  "  knocking  down"  of  fares! 

No  more  cheap  whisky  and  cigars!  no  cozy  suppers  theirs! 

The  good  old  times  are  gone,  alas!  the  halcyon  days  are  past! 

I  feared  that  things  must  come  to  this!  they  seemed  too  good  to  last! 

This  tell-tale  bell,  this  "  Punch  with  care  before  the  Passengare," 

Will  make  conductors  scarce.     They've  got  no  chance!  it  isn't  fair? 

That  stamp-affair  is  done,  I  see!  tho'  'twill  bear  some  further  light, 

To  show  who's  wrong,  since  Cheeseman's  proved  he's   always  in  the  right! 

Some  one  's  to  blame,  for  stamps,  you  know,  can't  stamp  themselves,  'tis 
plain. 

And  where  'twill  end,  if  this  goes  on,  is  really  quite  past  sayin'! 

So  Friedlander  is  all  O.K.  and  on  his  legs  once  more: 

We  can't  spare  him — 'twould  never  do!  his  loss  would  hurt  us  sore! 

That's  one  good  point  of  being  tall,  one  always  gets  respected; 

Folks  must  look  up  to  such  a  man — it's  only  what's  expected! 

For  murders,  suicides,  and  such,  you  still  keep  up  your  name! 

Here's  Spilker  first  pops  off  his  wife,  then  treats  himself  the  same! 

Mayor  Bryant  and  his  New  York  friend  have  nearly  broke  their  backs! 

Their  official  paunches  weighed  too  much  for  average  stable-backs! 

Of  course  a  Mayor  should  carry  weight!  but  for  driving  in  the  Park, 

Two  hundred  pounds  is  high  enough — especially  if  it's  dark! 

His  weight  don't  scare  Webb  Howard,  tho'!  he's  ordered  his  arrest! 

Well,  darn  that  Bug-juice  firm!  'tis  time  they  gave  us  all  a-restf 

DR.    MEARES'    LETTER    TO    THE    SUPERVISORS. 


The  following  letter  has  been  addressed  to  the  Board  of  Supervisors: 

In  the  interest  of  humanity,  I  beseech  you  to  take  immediate  action  in 
regard  to  the  cleansing  of  our  sewers.  In  my  opinion  our  death  rate  is 
increased  more  than  twenty-five  per  cent,  from  this  preventable  cause 
alone.  So  much  has  been  said  and  written  upon  this  subject  during  the 
last  ten  or  twelve  months  that  it  is  .unnecessary  for  me  to  elaborate  here. 
The  condition  of  our  sewers  is  •certainly  well  known  to  you  alL  That 
this  condition  is  a  frightful  cause  of  disease  and  death  cannot  be  denied. 

From  diphtheria  alone,  to  say  nothing  6f  other  zymotic  diseases,  we  are 
losing  more  than  a  hundred  of  our  children  monthly.  The  destruction  of 
a  railroad  train,  the  burning  of  a  theater,  the  loss  of  a  steamer  at  sea, 
strikes  a  sympathetic  cord  in  the  hearts  of  an  entire  nation.  Yet  we 
permit  a  preventable  cause  of  disease  and  death  to  continue  in 
our  midst,  exciting  but  little  attention  and  less  action,  when,  by  the 
expenditure  of  a  few  thousand  dollars,  this  cancer  of  contamination  and 
infection,  far  more  destructive  to  human  life,  can  be  removed. 

I  am  informed  that  the  statutes  of  18b"5-66,  pages  437—38,  give  your  hon- 
orable body  the  power  to  act  in  this  matter.  If  you  have  not  the  power, 
the  sooner  it  is  known  to  the  community  the  better,  for  surely  there  is 
enough  enterprise  and  benevolence  in  this  intelligent  a-nd  wealthy  city  to 
provide  the  means  to  remove  this  source  of  infection,  which  is  so  largely 
increasing  our  death  rate,  and  otherwise  producing  eo  much  distress 
among  our  people.  J.  L.  Meares,  Health  Officer. 

An  American  editor  says:  "Let  Turks  delight  to  howl  and  fight, 
for  'tis  there  nature  to  ;  let  Bear  and  Lion  growl  and  bite,  for  madness 
made  them  so.  But,  Yankees,  you  should  never  let  your  angry  passion 
rise  ;  don't  quarrel ;  trade,  work  hard,  lie  low,  and  forward  the  supplies." 


A  candidate  for  admission  to  the  Civil  Service  spelled  juicy  "gousy." 
As  he  disappointedly  turned  away  he  said  he  might  have  known  that  it 
was  spelled  "joozey." 


ART    JOTTINGS. 

Mr.  Thos.  Hill  holds  a  sale,  comprising  about  one  hundred  of  his 
paintings,  at  the  gallery  of  the  Art  Association,  on  Wednesday  next. 
The  pictures  will  be  on  view,  on  and  after  to-day,  until  the  hour  of  sale, 
and  in  order  that  buyers  may  see  the  pictures  they  contemplate  purchas- 
ing, both  by  gas  and  daylight,  the  gallery  will  be  open  every  evening  until 
10  o'clock.  On  Tuesday  evening,  Professor  Bromley,  the  A.  M.  of  the 
B.  C,  will  deliver  his  long-looked-for  and  mucn-talked-of  lecture  on  Art, 
in  the  school-room  adjoining  the  gallery,  and  this  will  doubtless  inure  to 
Mr.  Hill's  benefit,  in  that  it  will  bring  to  the  gallery  the  greater  part  of 
the  three  thousand  members  (we  include  the  families  of  contributors). 
This  will  be  the  second  sale  Mr.  Hill  has  had  since  his  return  to  Califor- 
nia, eight  years  ago,  the  first  sale  taking  place  at  H.  M.  NewhaU  &  Co.'s 
(who  conduct  the  present  sale),  about  four  years  since.  It  is,  perhaps, 
unfortunate  that  the  sale  should  be  made  just  at  this  time,  when  every- 
body's mind  is  engaged  in  carefully  looking  after  real  values  to  the  great 
neglect  of  the  Fine  Arts ;  but  Mr.  Hill  has  many  friends,  and,  of  course, 
those  who  attend  the  sale  will  be  the  gainers  by  the  hard  times  and  conse- 
quent paucity  of  buyers. 

The  late  hour  at  which  the  catalogue  was  completed  precludes  our 
giving  a  more  detailed  description  of  this  very  excellent  collection,  which, 
for  the  work  of  one  artist,  presents  a  versatility  of  character  which,  it  is 
safe  to  say,-eould  not  be  approached  by  any  other  artist  here  and  but  few 
elsewhere.  An  endless  variety  of  landscape  and  foliage  subjects,  with 
figures  and  animals  ordonnanced  in  a  masterly  manner,  with  here  and 
there  a  marine  and  still-life  piece,  which  shows  that  Mr.  Hill,  while  best 
in  landscape  and  foliage  effects,  can  make  an  excellent  showing  in  any- 
thing he  attempts  to  place  on  canvas,  and  although  he  displays  a  certain 
habitude  in  his  works,  he  is  far  from  being  nianuerish,  which  is  usually  an 
accompaniment  of  timidity.  All  his  pictures  give  evidence  of  great  bold- 
ness and  breadth  of  effect,  particularly  in  light  and  shade,  which  ever 
accompanies  a  master,  as  the  want  of  it  as  surely  does  the  performances 
of  an  indifferent  artist.  Of  course,  in  a  collection  of  this  size,  all  the 
works  cannot  be  of  equal  merit,  but  there  are  at  least  one-half  of  them 
among  which  the  connoisseur  would  be  at  some  loss  to  know  which  to 
choose,  unless,  indeed,  he  allowed  the  subject  which  was.to  his  liking  to 
turn  the  scales  in  its  favor. 

The  first  picture  on  the  catalogue,  "  a  flower  piece,"  is  charming,  in 
color  especially,  and  may  be  considered  the  best  still  life  in  the  collection, 
although  two  fruit  pieces — Nos.  32  and  71—  are  excellent,  as  is  also  No. 
22,  "  salmon  trout."  No  2  is  a  party  of  six  at  croquet,  and  is  a  fine  ex- 
ample of  a  large  number  of  pictures  in  the  collection,  beautifully  com- 
posed landscapes,  with  accessory  figures,  all  showing  beautiful  effects  of 
color  massing  and  superb  in  serial  perspective,  which,  after  drawing  and 
color,  is  the  great  charm  of  such  pictures.  Nos.  3,  4,  6  and  7  are  works  of  a 
similar  character,  but  having  more  of  animal  life  as  accessories.  The 
two  sheep  subjects  give  us  k  m union  to  the  life,  just  as  Jacque  paints 
them,  while  No.  13  forms  a  most  brilliant  and  lovable  picture.  No.  5 
is  "  Rescue  of  the  Innocents,"  heretofore  treated  in  this  column,  and  over 
which  Mr.  Hill  is  doubtless  prepared  to  expend  adue  amount  of  pentimento, 
if,  indeed,  he  will  not  have  already  done  so  before  it  again  meets  the  eye  of 
the  public.  No.  15  is  the  largest  picture  in  the  room,  and  is  doubtless  a 
portrait  of  the  spot,  rendering  it  a  harder  subject  to  successfully  treat 
than  when  the  artist  is  left  "fancy  free."  The  gigantic  size  of  the  trees, 
however,  is  well  shown  by  the  objects  about,  and  the  color  of  the  foliage 
is  as  luminous  as  can  be  desired,  and  is  one  of  the  strongest 
pictures  in  the,  room.  Number  20  is  a  ''  r '' .  dreary  bit,  but 
charming  in  color.  Of  the  same  character  is  No.  fu,  but  less  brilliant  in 
tone.  A  couple  of  excellent  pictures  are  Nos.  25  and  36.  Those  birch 
trees  are  painted  to  the  life,  and  "the  three  figures  in  the  one  are  most 
gracefully  posed,  while  the  fittings  of  camp  life  are  natural,  even  to  the 
dying  embers  of  the  neglected  fire,  showing  plainly  that  it  is  after 
lunch.  No.  53,  "Woodman,  spare  that  tree,"  is  a  picture  sketched  on  Di- 
rector Williams  ranch,  near  Mt.  St.  Helena,  and  gives  us  a  peep  at  that 
aesthetic  yeoman  as  he  appears  on  his  farm  during  vacation.  There  he 
stands,  in  shirt  and  pants  only,  with  a  huge  axe  across  his  shoulders,  in  a 
brown  study  as  to  whether  he  will  renew  the  attaque  on  a  large  oak  tree, 
about  four  feet^rough,  upon  which,  judging  from  an  incision  two  by  six 
inches  in  the  trunk,  we  are  led  to  believe  he  worked  artistically  the  day 
before.  The  picture  leaves  us  in  ignorance  as  to  whether  the  tree  was 
spared  *r  not,  but  no  doubt  it  was,  for  art  sake.  No  true  artist  but  would 
famish  with  cold  before  he  would  destroy  so  noble  a  tree. 

No.  52,  a  "  Se-saw  "  picture,  full  of  fine  color  and  excellent  pose. 

No.  54  is  a  fishing  party  of  six  in  quite  a  small  boat,  and  evidently 
bound  to  have  fun  if  no  fish.  This  picture  is  very  brilliant  in  color,  and 
is  one  of  the  most  carefully  finished  pictures  in  the  collection. 

No.  57  is  a  small  Indian  encampment  on  a  sort  of  bluff  looking  a  long 
distance  to  the  mountains.  The  atmospheric  effect  of  this  little  pictur* 
is  very  fine. 

Nos.  62  and  64  are  two  wood  interiors  of  excellent  quality  and 
masterly  handling.  Hill's  wood  scenes  are  evidently  his  pets.  He  seems 
to  revel  in  the  loneliness  of  his  forest  scenes. 

In  No.  58  we  have  the  only  thorough  Winter  scene  in  the  room,  and  it 
is  Winter,  too.  It  makes  the  spectator  shiver  as  he  contemplates  the 
barren,  snow-covered  landscape,  and  yet  there  is  an  aggravating  red  hue 
pervading  the  picture,  which  looks  warm,  but  really  is  but  a  promise  of 
warmth  without  the  reality. 

No.  78,  a  large  picture,  is  about  the  only  painting  in  the  mom  which 
indicates  wornout  Yosemite  work.  This  is  well  treated,  and  possesses 
fine  quality. 

No.  88  shows  a  drove  of  cattle  startled  by  meeting  two  children  in  the 
road.  The  attitude  of  the  leader  of  the  drove  is  very  fine,  and  is  just 
what  one  often  sees  when  meeting  a  boss  cow  of  the  tamer  sort.  His 
interest  in  the  scene  is  manifested  chiefly  to  favorably  impress  his  family 
with  a  due  sense  of  his  protecting  care,  although  at  the  first  alarm  he  is 
the  leader  in  the  retreat 

We  came  near  overlooking  a  number  of  small  figure  and  animal  sub- 
jects, which,  although  not  of  pretentious  size  or  commanding  subject,  are 
worthy  the  attention  of  connoisseurs  who  admire  a  good  deal  of  quality 
in  a  small  space.  We  bespeak  for  Mr.  Hill,  as  he  deserves,  an  apprecia- 
tive company  of  buyers,  if  not  the  largest  prices,  and  although  we  have 
upon  occasion  excoriated  him  for  carelessness  in  his  work,  we  are,  as  at  all 
times,  ready  to  give  honor  when  it  is  justly  due. 

Ten  vessels  have  arrived  at  Halifax  this  season  with  178,000  seal 
skins. 


April    14,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA     ADVKKTISKK. 


1* 


OUR    DRUGGISTS  AND  THE    PERCENTAGE  SYSTEM.  -- 
THE    OTHER     SIDE    OF    THE    QUESTION. 
In  publishing  tl     aariaaol  erl  DJfigibe  draarfsti  and  the 

lH.i-.nta-.-  lyeton,  we  .nit',  ritt.  Mm.  nor    havt* 

nmaappointed.     While  the  majority  of  tin*  respectable  tin 
of  imrtitv  bin  oordnally  Indorsed   our  oonne,  «  few  bnva   upreaeed 
th.-iiip.lv.-.  n  opposed  t"  our  interfering  in  the  matter,     i  tne  --f  our  drug;* 
giete,  doing  ■  large  prescription  buafaaae,  in  a  tetter  heaanl  us  on  Tuesday 

■\-  that  our  article*  ate  onesided,  him  a 

chance  of  ■peaMnyoa  the  other  aide  of  the  question.     In  the  following 

interview,  a-,  in  our  previous  papers,  ire  omit  names  i 

BaVOKVU.  I  have  called  in  reference  to|your  letter  of  the  10th,  in 
which  you  complain  of  our  articles  on  the  druggieta  being  oue  aided. 

Dbuooibt.-  tdo  not  see  any  reason  for  changing  my  opinion  on  tho 
subject, 

K.  The  editor  area  not  aware  there  waa  another  aide  t<>  the  question  ; 
it  you  v.  ill  rive  me  y.  or  ideas  on  the  subject,  they  will  get  aa  f»fr  *  hear- 
in.;  aa  anything  else  published  in  our  paper.  The  articles  are  not  written 
in  the  interest  of  any  ope,  or  of  any  clique,  but  solely  for  the  good  of  the 
whole  body  of  druggists  of  our  city. 

Di  The  IVewa  Letter  has  no  business  to  interfere  In  the  matter!  when 
people  read  your  articles,  they  are  afraid  to  come  into,  a  drugstore.  Your 
paper  will  ruin  the  proscription  busdneaa 

I;.  There,  sir,  yon  mistake;  a  number  of  drugguta  have  a**«ure<l  me 
that  their  prescription  business  has  increased  considerably  since  our  arti- 
cles have  been  published,  and  niost  of  them  expect,  when  the  full  ex- 
posure is  made,  that  their  rsreeoription  business  will  increase  until  it  be- 
comes proportionate  to  their  other  trade. 

D.—  I  don't  find  the  improvement  you  speak  of. 

K.  I  will  tvll  you  why  :  people  are  suspicious  that  you  nre  a  little  im- 
plicated in  this  matter,  and  I  see  quite  a  number  of  your  blanks  in  other 
stores.  I  think  if  you  ask  your  doctor  friends,  they  will  tell  you  they 
write  as  many  prescriptions  now  as  they  did  previous  to  the  publication 
of  our  articles.  If  so,  these  prescriptions  must  be  prepared  some  place; 
if  not  at  ymir  store  in  some  other  store. 

I  >.  -You  make  a  great  ado  about  signs  and  symbols.  They  have  noth- 
ing to  do  with  the  percentage  system,  and  yet  you  try  to  tug  them  to- 
gether.    EL— They  are  almost  invariably  linked  together. 

1  >.  -Do  you  think  Dr.  takes  percentage! 

K.    -No,  sir.  I  think  he  does  not. 

1).— Well,  here  are  a  number  of  Ids  prescriptions.  Here  he  calls  fur 
"Cough  Mixture,  6  ounces  ;"  "Anti-Dyspepsia  Mixture,  4  ounces;" 
"Anti-Rheumatic  Mixture,  ti  ounces;"  "Compound  Iodide  of  Potash 
Mixture,  x  ounces."  Not  one  of  these  is  officinal,  nor  do  the  names  fur- 
nish the  slightest  clue  as  to  how  the  preparation  is  to  be  made.  Can  you 
account  for  this '.' 

R. — I  am  not  the  defender  of  Dr. .     I  think  he  makes  use  of  a  bad 

system  ;  but  I  understand  that  his  receipts  are  well-known  to  every 
druggist  in  the  city;  besides  he  is  somewhat  of  a  routinist,  and  perhaps 
he  does  not  like  the  trouble  of  writing  the  same  thing  over  and  over  again. 
There  is  another  thing  that  would  lead  a  person  to  think  he  does  not  take 
a  percentage  from  any  store,  and  that  is  the  fact  that  he  has  got  a  private 
dispensary. 

L).— Now,  that  is  a  subject  you  ought  to  take  up—  physicians  keeping 
these  private  dispensaries.  If  you  take  that  up,  I  could  give  you  a  great 
deal  of  information  on  the  subject.  I  think  your  articles  on  such  a  very 
bad  system  would  meet  with  more  general  approval. 

K. — I  must  say  I  do  not  see  any  great  evil  in  the  system.  If  a  doctor 
can't  eke  out  a  living  practising  medicine,  I  don't  see  any  great  harm  in 
his  making  his  own  pills  and  medicinse.  I  know  it  must  hurt  the  drug- 
gists. 

I). — I  will  tell  you  the  evils  that  arise  from  it. 

R. — Had  we  not  better  confine  ourselves  to  the  percentage  system  for 
the  present? 

IX  —By  all  means,  if  you  desire  it.  You  talk  about  sixty-six  per  cent. 
— that  is  sheer  nonsense. 

R. — We  have  evidence  to  prove  every  word  we  say. 

D. — Oh,  you  have,  have  you?  Every  druggist  in  the  city  gives  per- 
centage, either  directly  or  indirectly.     For  instance,  Mr. says  he  does 

not  give  percentage,  yet  he  has  two  or  three  doctors'  who  always  send  to 
his  store.  These  doctors  run  up  large  accounts,  which  they  never  pay, 
and  which  always  amount  to  more  than  tbe  largest  percentage  can. 

R. — That  is  but  another  feature  of  the  percentage  system.  I  don't 
think  anything  can  be  done  about  it. 

D. — Unless  a  druggist  in  San  Francisco  pays  percentage  he  cannot  live; 
the  doctors  will  not  patronize  him. 

R.— But  if  no  druggist  in  San  Francisco  would  give  percentage? 

D.— Then  it  would  be  all  right. 

R.— The  News  Litter  intends  to  expose  the  system  so  thoroughly  that 
not  a  single  druggist  will  continue  the  practice. 

D, — I  think  your  exposure  is  premature. 

R. — By  how  many  days  ? 

D. — Oh,  if  it  be  only  a  matter  of  days  it  is  better  to  let  you  have  your 
owu  way.  This  publication  of  names  is  not  right  or  fair.  If  you  put  in 
your  paper  that  a  certain  druggist  gives  percentage,  you  ruin  his  business 
forever. 

R.— But  has  not  the  injured  one  a  remedy  ? 

D.— He  has,  to  some  extent:  but  it  is  not  fair  at  all.  If  my  name  is 
ever  published,  I  tell  you  I  will  make  it  pretty  warm  for  you. 

R.— We  will  risk  all  that.  When  we  were  getting  up  our  Quack  list 
you  approved  of  it,  and  gave  us  any  information  on  the  subject  you  could. 

1). — I  certainly  did  ;  and  now  you  show  your  gratitude  by  turning  on 
me. 

R. — "We  have  not  said  a  word  about  you  or  any  other  druggist.  \A  e 
have  simply  exposed  what  we  believe  to  be  an  imposition  on  the  public. 
Of  course,  if  you  take  your  stand  on  such  a  rotten  platform,  we  will 
sweep  you  and  it  away  at  the  same  time. 

j_). — Why  don't  you  go  into  the  Postoffice,  or  Custom-house,  or  Mint, 
and  expose  all  the  rascalities  there  ? 

R.— We  cannot  do  everything  at  the  same  moment.  When  we  get 
through  with  the  druggists  we  may  take  up  some  of  the  subjects  you 
mention.  When  we  went  after  the  quacks  they  said,  "Can't  you  let  us 
alone  and  go  after  the  druggists?"  Now,  when  we  go  after  the  drug- 
gists, they  say,  "Can't  you  let  us  alone  and  go  after  some  other  folks?  " 
And  so  it  always  is. 


D.    l   ihowjhl  von  ramo  t«  Lntarvfevi   m<  I      B      Bo  I   have,  -ir. 

I  >.        Til.  II   there  in  |i..   line   in   inflict    I 

EL     i  a  wh.it  you  have 

D.  If  I  ta. ike  any  arrangement  with  a  doctor,  it  i*  no  other  i 
business.  It  a  doctor  nelleres  I  am  a  good  danggist,  and  he  sends  hb 
proscriptioni  to  me,  knowing  I  will  put  than  up  correctly,  I  don't  nee 
who  has  any  right  to  object  The  prescription  belongs  to  the  doctor  until 
1  get  it;  then  it  belongs  t..  me.  The  ri.-k  person  has  no  claim  on  it  what- 
ever. 

U.    That  is  your  opinion,    Most  people  think  otherwise. 

D.  Most  people  aonM  know  anything  about  it.  The  doctor,  fearing, 
If  his  prescription  be  compounded  in  any  other  store  it  may  not  W  put  up 
correctly,  makes  an  arrangement  with  me  and  uses  eigne  or  symbols  rep> 

resenting  certain  formulas  known  only  to  him  and  tome,  Thisfe  a  pro- 
tection to  the  doctor  in  another  way.     He  discovers  that  .i  certain  comb! 

nation  has  very  curative  properties  ;  now.  if  he  wrote  this  combination 
OUt,  every  one  would  know  what  it  was,  hut  by  keeping  it  secret,  every 
One  Who  wants  any  of  it  has  to  go  to  him  first  and  then  to  COtUS  to  ma, 

K.  Is  not  this  a  kind  of  quackery  1  Are  there  not  some  doctors  who 
take  a  pride  in  curing  their  fellow-man,  and  when  they  discover  any  cura- 
tive agent,  in  publishing  it  to  the  world.' 

D. — Young  man,  you  have  mistaken  your  vocation;  you  ought  to  be  a 
preacher.      Your  ideas  are    Utopian,  but  when    you  have"  lived   as  long  as  I 

have,  you  will  discover  that  it  is  impossible  to  carry  on  business  without 
deviating  at  times  from  the  straight  path.  When  1  say  this,  1  do  not 
allude  to  the  percentage  system.  I  have  not  expressed  myself  as  clearly 
as  I  could  wish,  but  yon  can  perceive  from  my  remarks  that  there  is  some- 
thing* to  be  said  on  the  other  side. 
The  interview  then  terminated. 


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April  14,  1877. 


COLUMN    FOR    THE     CURIOUS, 

In    Nature,    Science,    and    Art. 

Can  romance  suggest  a  stranger  adventure  than  that  of  two  men  now 
in  London,  which  was  recounted  at  the  Thames  Police  Court  lately. 
Picked  up  in  an  open  boat  two  hundred  miles  from  the  nearest  land, 
somewhere  off  the  coast  of  Cochin  China,  the  captain  of  the  English 
barque  Cored  had  no  option  but  to  bring  them  on  to  England.  No  one  on 
board  understood  their  language,  and  Captain  Adams  has  failed  since  his 
arrival  in  London  to  find  out  who  and  what  they  are.  They  may  be*  Ana- 
mites,  that  is  people  of  Cochin  China,  or  they  may  belong  to  Siara,  or  to 
Borneo,  or  even  to  China  proper  itself.  In  his  dilemma  the  captain  ap- 
plied to  Mr.  De  Rutzen  at  the  Thames  Police  Court,  and  the  magisterial 
wisdom  was  exhibited  in  the  recommendation  to  communicate  with  their 
consul.  If  it  cannot  be  found  out  what  they  are,  how  can  their  consul 
be  discovered?  Who  is  the  Mezzofanti  of  the  present  day,  who  can  come 
to  ply  the  men  with  all  languages  and  lingoes  until  he  hits  upon  the 
right  one?  Then  the  half  civilized  lands  round  about  the  sea  where  they 
are  unwilling  voyagers  have  no  consuls  in  this  country.  An  arrangement 
was  made  that  the  poor  fellows  should  be  taken  to  the  Strangers'  Home, 
where  they  may  chance  to  meet  an  Oriental  who  has  some  words  in  com- 
mon with  themselves;  otherwise  we  suppose  they  would  have  to  remain  in 
England  until  they  had  learned  our  language  sufficiently  to  explain  where 
their  home  is.  Meanwhile,  what  is  going  on  at  that  home  ?  May  we 
perchance  hear  some  day  of  another  Enoch  Arden  in  real  life  among  the 
brown  men  of  the  East  Indies?  Not  long  since  some  Gal  way  fishermen 
were  returned  to  their  homes  whom  their  friends  had  given  up  for  lost; 
a  gale  had  carried  them  to  sea,  whence  a  friendly  ship  had  conveyed 
them  to  the  United  States.  But  the  time  for  a  journey  to  and  from  the 
Cochin  China  Sea  is  much  longer;  and  how  much  may  happen  at  their 
homes  before  the  two  men  have  learned  how  to  give  up  the  secret  of 
which  they  are  the  reluctant  possessors  ? 

A  New  Enemy  to  Trout.— Lieutenant-Colonel  W.  H.  Mercer  writes 
from  Weymouth  that  many  rivers  in  America  are  very  much  choked  with 
a  weed  very  difficult  to  eradicate,  and  from  which  a  worm  is  produced 
which  seizes  on  the  largest  trout  and  eats  through  every  part  of  the  fish 
untilit  becomes  unfit  for  food.  Both  these  nuisances  are  now  established 
in  the  Frome,  near  Dorchester  ;  the  gallant  colonel  having  taken  two 
large  trout  in  one  day  which  were  both  perfectly  black  and  unfit  for  food. 
A  large  trout  lately  caught  was  cut  open,  and  a  quantity  of  the  worms 
were  found  eating  through  the  fish.  A  few  years  ago,  when  the  weed 
was  unknown,  many  bridges  of  wood  were  thrown  across  the  river  by  the 
railway  company.  This  wood  came  from  America  and  doubtless  carried 
the  eeed  of  the  wood  in  some  of  it  splits  and  cracks.  When  the  piles 
were  driven  into  the  river,  the  weed  was  planted  into  its  element,  and 
soon  spread  down  the  river,  covering  it  in  the  summer  like  a  mat,  and 
spoiling  the  fishing.     The  worm  is  bred  in  the  weed. 

Further  Discoveries  in  Tar.  —The  dirty  product  known  as  tar  is  the 
Africa  of  the  chemist.  Everyone  who  dips  into  it  and  make  explorations 
is  sure  to  find  a  new  substance  to  reward  him  for  his  trouble.  Those  who 
w.u-e  earliest  in  the  field  came  upon  paraffine,  solar  oil,  creosote,  and  then 
followed  a  long  line  of  exquisite  colors  ;  this  branch  of  the  subject  being 
apparently  exhausted,  more  skillful  chemists  discovered  carbolic  acid, 
and,  subsequently,  a  way  of  manufacturing  salicylic  acid  ;  then  followed 
a  whole  progeny  of  sweet  odors,  including  artificial  oil  of  winter-green, 
all  of  which  were  made  from  the  noisome  tar;  finally,  a  German  chemist 
has  found  in  the  creosote  of  beech-wood  a  substance  out  of  which  he  has 
produced,  by  means  of  chloroform  and  excess  of  soda-lye,  a  fragrant  sub- 
stance closely  resembling  in  flavor  and  odor  the  celebrated  vanilla  bean. 
The  new  product  is  called  vanilline,  and  it  is  already  extensively  used  as 
a  substitute  for  the  native  vanilla  for  all  purposes  where  the  bean  was  for- 
merly employed. 

Tlie  last  of  the  giants  of  East  Anglia  is  no  more.  His  name  was 
Benjamin  Daniels,  and  he  was  born  and  lived  all  his  life  as  a  farmer  at 
Scratby,  on  the  coast,  about  six  miles  north  of  Yarmouth,  and  five  miles 
from  Somerton,  the  birth  and  resting-place  of  Hales,  the  Norfolk  giant. 
He  died  nn  the  sixth  of  this  month,  and  on  the  12th  was  buried  in  the  ad- 
joining village — Ormesby  St.  Margaret — the  funeral  being  witnessed  by  a 
large  concourse.  His  age  was  54,  night  6ft.  Gin.,  weight  24  stone,  width 
from  shoulder  to  shoulder  across  the  back  20in.,  symmetry  grand,  strength 
great,  frequently  loading  his  own  wagon  with  corn  by  carrying  four  bush- 
els of  wheat  under  each  arm  at  one  time,  and  he  has  brought  wreckage 
off  the  beach  which  had  foiled  three  men.  When  in  great  haste  to  have 
his  farm  work  done,  horses  being  much  engaged,  he  has  been  seen  har- 
nessed to  one  of  his  harrows  and  cultivating  the  land.  He  has  left  a 
widow,  but  no  family.     He  was  an  exceedingly  good-natured  man. 

A  fine  specimen  of  the  rough-legged  buzzard  [arcki  buteo  lagopus)  has 
been  captured  alive  at  Kilburn,  beneath  the  Cleveland  Hills,  under  some- 
what novel  conditions.  It  seems  that*  a  man  named  Barker,  a  horse- 
breaker,  was  leading  a  young  horse  through  a  gate  when  he  was  fiercely 
attacked  by  a  large  bird,  which  he  overpowered,  after  a  hard  struggle. 
The  bird  proved  to  be  a  fine  rough-legged  buzzard,  measuring  from  tip  to 
tip  of  his  wings  4ft.  10  inches.  It  has  since  been  secured  by  Mr.  Geo.  Ed 
son,  of  Maltby,  and  added  to  his  admirable  ornithological  collection. 
The  rough-legged  buzzard  is  a  much  more  courageous  bird  than  the  com- 
mon species.  It  is  found  in  all  northern  countries  of  the  globe,  and  oc- 
casionally in  England,  but  it  is  very  rarely  known  to  breed  there. 

Poison. — Most  gin-palaces  in  London  sell  pure  poison.  It  is  a  fable 
that  victualers  use  vitrol  or  turpentine,  but  they  corrode  the  throats  and 
stomachs  of  their  customers  quite  as  surely  by  using  raw  new  spirit, 
which,  like  Cape  brandy,  eats  the  mucous  membrane  as  nitric  acid  eats 
a  copperplate.  In  the  first  place,  they  buy  German  spirit  made  from  all 
sorts  of  things — wood  included — which  can  be  purchased  in  England  at 
Is.  5Ad.  per  proof  gallon,  and  this,  with  10s.  5d.  duty,  gives  them  mate- 
rial at  12s.  per  gallon  delivered.  Then  they  doctor,  "  flavor,"  "improve," 
the  poison  with  prune  wine,  honey  of  pine,  etc.,  and  sell  it  as  whisky, 

A  siagular  specimen  of  native  English  in  the  shape  of  a  petition  for 
pecuniary  help  was  recently  received  by  an  officer  at  Secunderabad,  Af- 
ter imploring  the  beneficence  of  the  regiment,  the  applicant  stated:  "I 
got  three  brothers  and  two  sisters  including  me,  but  my  brothers  are  dum- 
less  and  they  have  no  legs  and  hands,  but  for  my  another  sister  she  have 
no  eyes,  and  for  myself  I  can't  talk,  and  besides  that  my  brothers  and 
sister  they  never  eat  rice  nor  bread  except  milk  and  sugar,  and  my  broth- 
ers and  sister  they  are  turned  as  Christians." 


IN   CITY   CRIMINAL    COURT, 

San  Francisco,  California,  Monday,  April  9ch,  1877. 
The  People  vs.  Frederick  Marriott.- -Indictment  No.  4. 

Mr.  Campbell  {Counsel  for  Defenee).—li  the  Court  please,  in  this  case 
the  endeavor  on  the  part  of  the  defense  was  to  prove  a  justification  of  the 
libel.  So  it  was  until  Saturday  last,  when,  happening  to  meet  Mr.  Clay, 
he  made  an  explanation  entirely  new  to  me,  and  which  presented  an  en- 
tirely different  phase  in  the  matter,  and  which  would  go  entirely  to  relieve 
him  from  the  imputations  contained  in  the  article  in  question.  In  so  far 
as  consuming  the  assets  of  the  bank,  and  all  that  part  of  it,  which  is  really 
the  gravamen  of  the  charge,  the  statement  that  Mr.  Clay  made  to  me  is 
an  entire  answer  to  it.  I  stated  then  if  that  was  the  case  I  would  see  my 
client  in  relation  to  it ;  that  Mr.  Fay  and  myself  would  put  ourselves  in 
communication  with  Mr.  Marriott,  who  is  confined  to  his  house  by  sick- 
ness, and  also  with  the  counsel  for  Mr.  Clay;  and  we  then  arrived  at  the 
understanding  that  if  it  met  with  the  approbation  of  the  Court  and  the 
Prosecuting  attorney^  Mr.  Clay  should  make  thaj  same  explanation  here 
as  a  reason  for  dismissing  these  prosecutions.  The  Court  will  see  at  once  in 
relation  to  it,  that  it  explains  the  matter  which  was  alleged  in  the  indict- 
ment herein  regard  tohis consuming  theassetsof  that  company. and  shows 
that  in  point  of  fact  he  was  the  sufferer  by  the  ruin  of  the  bank.  I  think 
he  lost  somewhere  near  §130,000  by  his  connection  with  it.  And  by  con- 
sultation between  the  parties,  the  order  will  be  that  that  course  will  be 
taken  if  it  meet  with  the  approbation  of  the  Court. 

Judge  Ferral.—  I  should  like  to  hear  from  the  Counsel  representing 
the  People. 

Mr.  Highton,  (Counsel  for  the  People).— I  desire  to  say  this,  if  the  Court 
please.  ^  Mr.  Clay  has  been  engaged  here  in  this  city  in  some  litigation 
which  is  purely  of  a  private  character,  and  to  which  it  is  quite  unneces- 
sary at  any  length  to  refer.  That  litigation  has  been  of  a  very  protracted 
and  acrimonious  nature,  and,  in  the  estimation  of  Mr.  Clay,  was  greatly 
prejudiced  by  reason  of  these  libelous  publications  against  him,  which 
were  based  upon  entire  misrepresentations  of  fact,  and  which  were  calcu- 
lated at  once  to  injure  his  reputation  in  the  community,  and  to  deprive 
him,  to  a  certain  extent,  of  justice  in  those  private  suits  to  which  I  have 
alluded.  Mr.  Clay  was  simply  a  private  citizen.  He  was  not  before  the 
public  as  a  candidate  for  office,  or  as  an  incumbent  of  office,  or  in  any 
public  position  whatever  ;  and  all  that  he  has  ever  desired  has  been  simply 
to  be  allowed  to  use  the  ordinary  channels  of  the  law  in  the  settlement  of 
his  personal  and  private  business.  Now,  under  those  circumstauces,  these 
publications  in  the  News  Letter  were  made  against  him  with  the  effect 
which  I  have  endeavored  to  describe  ;  and  I  will  say  here  for  Mr.  Clay, 
that  from  the  very  inception  of  these  prosecutions,  he  has  constantly  ex- 
pressed but  one  desire,  and  thatwas,  that  his  reputation  might  be  properly 
vindicated  in  this  community  in  such  form  as  would  effect  a  complete  and 
perfect  vindication  by  evidence  that  all  these  various  charges  which  have 
been  made  against  him  were  not  founded  upon  fact,  but  upon  misrepre- 
sentation. He  has  never  had,  and  I  don't  think  his  counsel  representing 
him  have  ever  shown,  the  slightest  disposition  merely  to  persecute  any  in- 
dividual who  may  have  been  engaged  in  the  publication  of  these  libels ; 
but  he  was  firmly  determined,  as  an  act  of  justice  to  himself  and  in  some 
measure  to  the  public,  to  the  State  in  which  he  lives,  that  his  own  charac- 
ter should  be  vindicated,  and  that  he  should  be  allowed  to  pursue  his  un- 
trammeled  course  as  a  private  citizen,  in  the  management  of  his  own  pri- 
vate business  and  in  attending  to  his  private  litigation.  It  now  appeal's 
that  by  a  fortuitous  circumstance  entirely  unanticipated  on  the  part  of 
Mr.  Clay,  there  has  been  an  explanation  ar rived  at  with  reference  to  these 
most  serious  charges  which  have  been  made  against  him  in  connection 
with  the  Western  Savings  and  Trust  Company,  an  explanation  which  the 
learned  counsel  who  represents  the  defendant  here  has,  with  his  usual 
frankness,  stated  to  be  complete  and  satisfactory.  Mr.  Clay,  therefore, 
now  stands  in  the  position  where,  so  far  as  he  is  concerned,  he  deems  it 
unnecessary,  for  his  own  vindication,  that  these  prosecutions  should  pro- 
ceed. The  defendant  in  this  matter— and  that  is  a  very  important  con- 
sideration in  my  mind  as  well  as  in  the  mind  of  Mr.  Clay — is  a  person 
very  well  advanced  in  life,  and  as  I  have  been  informed  by  credible  au- 
thority, in  a  very  precarious  condition  of  health.  The  object,  therefore, 
of  these  prosecutions,  so  far  as  Mr.  Clay  is  concerned,  having  been  sub- 
served by  the  complete  vindication  which  I  have  mentioned,  he  feels  that 
under  these  circumstances,  it  might  appear  rather  as  an  act  of  persecution 
than  merely  on  behalf  of  public  justice,  if  he  himself  should  further  pro- 
ceed in  this  case.  We  desire,  with  the  permission  of  the  Court  and  with 
the  consent  of  the  Prosecuting  Attorney,  to  place  Mr.  Clay  upon  the  stand. 
He  has  already  been  examined  fully  with  respect  to  those  charges  which 
were  made  against  him  in  connection  with  his  life  in  Australia,  and  upon 
that  point  no  further  vindication  can,  by  any  possibility,  be  necessary, 
seven  or  eight  months  having  elapsed  since  the  charge  was  originally  pub- 
lished, and  no  word  of  testimony  having  ever  come  before  this  Court  or 
before  the  community  to  support  it.  Now,  for  the  information  of  the 
Court,  and  upon  that  ground,  under  the  statutory  provision  upon  the  sub- 
ject, we  ask  that  Mr.  Clay  may  be  placed  upon  the  stand  and  may  make 
his  statement  with  reference  to  the  particular  article,  which  is  comprised 
in  this  indictment.  Having  made  that  statement,  he  will  be  entirely  sat- 
isfied with  that  vindication,  which  will  probably  furnish  to  your  Honor  a 
sufficient  reason  in  connection  with  the  other  facts  which  I  have  brought 
to  your  notice,  namely:  the  advanced  age  and  the  physical  condition  of 
the  defendant,  to  justify  your  Honor  in  permitting  this  charge  co  be  dis- 
missed. That  is  the  position  we  occupy  in  the  matter,  if  the  Court  please, 
and  if  it  meet  with  the  approbation  of  the  learned  Prosecuting  Attorney, 
I  propose  to  place  Mr.  Clay  upon  the  stand  and  examine  him  in  your 
Honor's  presence  with  reference  to  that  object. 

Judge  Ferral.— Let  me  understand  the  Counsel.  Will  the  motion  to 
dismiss  go  to  all  the  cases. 

Mr.  Highton. — We  propose  to  postpone  the  other  cases,  if  your  Honor 
please,  for  one  or  two  weekst     We  are  only  speaking  now  of  this  case. 

Judge  Ferral.—  This  one,  indictment  No.  4?    Mr.  Highton.— Yes  sir. 

Judge  Ferral. — Very  well,  Mr.  Clay  can  take  the  stand,  if  he  so  de- 
sires. 

FiiEDEaiCK  CuKV—Sworn. 

Mr.  Highton— Mr.  Clay,  when  and  in  what  capacity  did  jt^u  first  become  connected 
with  the  Western  Savings  and  Trust  Company,  in  this  city  ? 

A.  About  two  years  and  a  half  ago  I  was  elected  Vice-President  and  Cashier  of  it 
Q.  Had  that  Company  been  in  existence  prior  to  that  time?    A.  Yes,  sir. 


April   n.  is;;. 


CALIFORNIA     A1»\  KHTISKH. 


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tj    i>>  months,  then,  you  had  ■  •rawo- 

.1    No,  »ir,  in.  mj  resigning;, 

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pony,  what  ..i::. 

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u.  wit.ii  w.i-  tin  ii  t.  A  million  of  doUars. 

o.  Did  thai  Bank  at  that  Umo  have tmei       u  | 

A.  They  might  have  I  i  ndeavorlng  to  obtain  them  at  that  I ■ 

i.  ,  then,  to  enlarge  their  buauiess  beyond  that  ol  n 

.i    |t  wu  In  orpofatod  for  the  purposes  i<f  id  Savings  Bank,  inoor> 

kinds  ol  business,  loaning  on  all  klndoj  securities 
O.  When  you  1  Bank,  did    80,000  represent  thi 

■ 
.i.   \-  wall  m  i  remember,  about  thai  amount    I  oouM  ool  speak  to  a  taw  dollars; 
■  thai  amount. 

Oompan]  at  that  timet    A.  I  did. 

...   Ml  '■ 

,600  worth  of  tho  capital  itoek.   I  afterwards  purchased  880,000 worth 

more  of  it  '  P**d  up. 

.. ..ii  at  -in  ,i  share  ;  you  paid  -_  50  and  had  the  stock 

yOU      p,  ^  ■hi  oww  d,  ■ '  i  worth  ol  that  stock 

.1.  yea,  air ;  out  of  tin  •  £60,000  thai  I  to  be  paid  up. 

o   your  contribution,  then,  to  the  funda  ol  that  aaaoclatlon  amounted  to  $03,000, 

u   During  the  lime  thai  you  were  connected  with  that  Bank,  were  you  in  constant 
:,. »Qon  with  tin-  Dfrectoi  i.      I-  Constant  ;  yes,  Bir, 
.    ,  .i  th<  gentlemen  who  were  connected  with  the  Bank  while 

vim  were  * iashlt  r 1 

A.  .Mr.  Howell,  Mr.  Sehreiber.  Mr.  Midyucuv     They    were  about   the  must  atten- 
tive Bin  [had      And  Mr.  Booth, 
Q    Sow,  Mr.  Clay,  when  you  retired  from  tint   Hank,  -which  was  about  twelve 

i  state  precise]]  the  circumstances  un- 
der which  you  retired. 

A.  As  Cashier  ol  the  Bank,  the.  Directors  were  well   aware  that   I  had  large  out- 

,  my  own,  and  knew  that  1  was  doing  b  discounting  business  on 

dm  own  account.   At  the  time  "t  the  panic,  and  the  breaking  up    >f  the  Bank 

■  in t  "I    oul-ide  paper  which  I  had   eausi  d  In  hu  dis- 

OOUntCd        I  notified  the  hired,  irs  as  l-i  the  e liti.Hl  of   the  securities  that  1  held  for 

r.  and  the  probabilities  that  the  notes  would  align  t'  protest,  and  that! 
would  be  una) iic  to  take  them  up.  1  called  their  attention  to  the  fact  that  it  would 
injure  the  Bank  ;  that  I  had  carried  it  successfully  through  the  panic,  and  that  it 
would  result  in  ail  Injury  to  the  Bank  for  me  to  remain  there  as  its  Cashier  with  the 
dailj  protests  ol  nor  paper.  They  considered  the  matter,  and  accepted  my  resigna- 
tion, ..iid  appointed  Mr.  Henry  Molyneu*  as  mj  successor  On  the  8d  daj  ol  Novem- 
ber i  r,  .■■  ived  this  n  ceipl  from  Mr  Uolyneux,  which  I  will  read  to  you.  Bo  was  my 
■diii-  ]  "Western  Savings  and  Trust  Company,  San  Francisco,  No- 
rSd  1875.  F.  Clay,  Esq,  Dear  Bir:  1  have  this  .lav  examined  the  notes  and 
"  Dthi  r  securities  held  by  you  as  the  property  of  the  Western  BatfngsandTrustCom- 

••  pany,  and  Ol .united  the  Cash  in  hand.  audha\c  found  every  thinir  satisfactory,  as 

"represented  by  the  books  and  vouchers.         [Signed.]  Hbnky  Holynbux." 

n.  Bo  that  when  your  connection  with  the  Bank  ceased,  you  turned  over  every- 
thing f  the  inrcct.ir- .'    .1.  I  turned  everything  over. 

ii   To  the  newly  appointed  Cashier  1    .1-  ¥es,  sir ;  everything:. 

O.  And  recoil  >l  that  receipt  as  a  voucher  for  that  factV    A.  Exactly  so  ;  yes. 

q.  Now  what  became  ol  your  Btock  in  the  Dank'.' 

I     [  still  ret. due  1  niv  Stock  at  that  time.     About  a    nmnth    after,  sonic  of  the  Di- 
rt ctors  called  my  attention  to  Boms  injudicious  loans  that  thoy  thought  l  had  mode. 
1  m  ide  ti"  in  a  written  proposition  that  tboj  appoiut  a  committee  of  three  from  their 
Directory  and  select  wnat  thoy  considered  the  lad  and  doubtful  loans  that  I  had 
de     Thai  did  so,  and  selected  $93,000  worth  of  what  they  considered  doubtful 
which  I  took  up  and  paid  for,  and  this  Is  the  answer  to  my  proportion: 
i;,   dine  1    *'  F.  Clay,  Esq.— Dear  sir :  Your  proposition  made  to  the  Board  of  Di- 
"rectors  of  this  Bank  November  17th,  has  been  accepted,  and   I  am  ready  to  turn 
"ovi  r  the  securities  in  accordance  therewith."    That  was  the  answer  to  my  proposi- 
tion to  take  up  all  the  bad  and  doubtful  debts  that  they  might  select  from  the  Bank. 
q  They  did  select,  then,  those  debte  that  they  called  bad  or  doubtful,  to  the 
amount  ol  808.0001    A.  893,000 
O.  And  you  took  up  those  debts?    .4.  I  did.  sir.  ye-. 

'l     Ti,uk  them  to  \..ur  mvn  private  account';     A.   I  did,  sar. 

i//-   Campbell    I  wan'l  to  ask  Mr  Clay  as  to  one  or  two  matters  m  relation  to  the 

Conne  rtion  ol  that  Bank  with  the  Insurance  Company,   which  has  been  alluded  to  in 
some  of  these  articles      )  don't  know  whether  it  is  so  in  regard  to  Undone? 
A.   Yes.  sir.      0.   What  is  the  name  of  the  Association 

,4.  Trust  Fund  Insurance  Association. 

Mr.  Hiahinii  -Trust  Fund  Assurance,  isn't  it? 

1  Trust  Fund  Insurance  Association,  The  Western  Bavings  and  Trust  Company 
was  original^  formed  to  seek  depositors  for  the  protection  of  life  insurance  policies 
in  thia  waj  "  There  was  a  programme  gotten  up,  by  which  a  party  taking  out  a  pol- 
icy of  life  insurance,  could,  by  ten  annual  payments  and  the  accumulation  of  Inter- 
,i  ,1  ■■■,.. Mt-.l  in  this  Bank,  they  would  guarantee  the  keening  up  of  that  policy  till  it 
expired  till  his  death,  and  at  the  end  of  that  time  would  hand  him  the  amount  of 
principal  paid  in  at  the  time.      It  was  necessary  for   the  Bank  only   to  earn  seven  per 

cent  per  annum  to  cover  this  contract.  When  a  policy  was  Bought  ami  a  deposit 
made  in  the  Bank  the  Bank  issued  a  certificate  to  the  holder  to  that  effect,  stating 
that  whenever  his  ten  annual  premiums  were  paid  up,  that  they  would  protect  his 
polii  |  till  he  died,  and  when  he  died  that  they  would  collect  theamount  of  his  policy, 
pa  vine  him  in  addition  to  the  amount  of  policy,  the  amount  of  principal  paid  in  for 
his  protection.  This  matter  was  gotten  up  by  Messrs.  Sehreiber  and  Howell  when 
they  formed  the  Bank,  when  they  incorporated  it. 

6.  That  was  before  your  connection  with  the  Bank? 

4  Yes  sir  ;  the  matter  became  very  successful,  and  the  deposits  Bowed  freely  in. 
Mr  Sehrieherand  How  ell  then  got  up  an  outside  corporation  called  the  Trust  Fund 
Insurance  Association,  and  proceeded  to  seek  policies  of  life  insurance,  insuring 
peoples' lives  They  would  receive  the  commissions  and  all  the  profit  appertaining 
to  it  and  the  Bank  would  simply  get  the  deposits.  Sehreiber  and  Howell  held  the 
control  of  this  stock,  and  consequently  held  the  control  of  the  deposits  m  the  Bank, 
from  the  fact  that  it  was  so  stipulated  in  the  certificate,  that  at  tho  expiration  of  the 
second  year  any  party  depositing  there  could  withdraw  his  deposit,  take  his  policy, 
and  take  eare  of  it  himself.  The  Trust  Fund  InsurancelAssocIation  was  so  much  ol  a 
success  that  thev  were  making  from  3  to  8  per  cent,  pcrlmonth  on  their  capital  stock, 
paying  a  dividend  monthly  of  1  per  cent,  on  it.  I  called  the  attention  ol  the  stock- 
holders and  Directors  to  the  fact  that  at  any  time  Messrs.  Sehreiber  and  Howell,  or  the 
Trust  Fund  Association,  of  which  thev  had  the  control,  could  withdraw  all  the  de- 
posits from  the  Hank  and  nominate  their  own  Bank  to  replace  them  in,  simply  acting 
in  concert  with  the  policy  holders,  of  whom  we  would  know  nothing.  1  submitted 
the  matter  to  Governor  Haight  and  others  ;  they  instructed  me  to  draw  the  paper 
and  to  buy  the  controlling  interest  of  that  corporation  at  its  par  value.  There  is  a 
document'now  on  record  in  the  Western  Trust  Fund  Association  papers  recording  that 
fact,  a  majority  of  the  stockholders  signing  it.     I  held  $25,000  worth  of  the  stock 


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b  '  >  u  held  In  Ibis  Trust    wbal 

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y.  Trust  Fund  in  on   ■ 

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. 

I.  Thi  gned by  the  majurllj  ■>(  the  itockhnldcn  ami. 

■  nlah  it. 
i  hat  arrangement  had  been  made  long  prior  t"  youi  retiring  from  the  position 
ned  and  then  pi  udlng. 

Q,  Ait.  r  you  rotirod,  and  after  your  luccosaor  had  taken  ] I  iroui 

you  almply  went  to  the  Bank  and  asked  whetiier  they  doslred  I  took  ••< 

not        i 
','    iitcr  consultation  they  told  you  they  did  :    A.  Yes,  sir,  and,  took  It 
Q.  And  this  stock  was  stock  which  had  paid  dividends  ol  oni  per  oanl   pa  month, 
and  on  which  a  fund  had  accumulated  ol  surplus  earuings  t--  the  amount  "i 
or  mon  ; 

■I.  future  premluma  For  Instance,  when  thej  soUelted  Insurance, 
tlie  Pacific  Utttua]  Life  Insurance  Compaii]  paid  n  much  ca  b  and  so  much  every 
year,  -  i  much  per  cenl  until  the  allowed  commission  «as  paid  up, 

Q    \  ■  >m  \ i ii  tit  i d  the  name  ol  Qol  arnor  Balght  in  y ■  stiatomonl  ;  what  oonneo- 

ti ii  i  hu  have  In  this  matterl 

i    ii.  was  a  i  «i  rector  and  one  ol  the  Auditing  Committee  when  i  passed  over  my 
vouchers, 
Mr.  Campbell    I  understand  you  to  sa>y  that  all  the  capital  stock  paid  In,  and  cx- 
.  what  you  paid  in,  merely  amounted  to  about  960,000.    Was  that  It  1    How 

v,  .i  •  jr  | 

A.   I    held   003,500  worth  of  the  stuck,  Mr.  Matthews  held  *W, .and    tin. 

about  s7.'t,i,o>  inuotts  of  the  stockholders  thai  ware  not  paid.  The  difference  bi 

that  nuthi  amount  ol  the  capital  stock  paid  up.    Tin u  -  ol  the  moai   "f  these 

stockholders  were  given  hack  to  them,  and  the  stock  taken  for  II    Sehreiber  and 

Howell's,  for  Instance,  and  that  aim. not  ol  m y,  some  s.'.n.m r  960.000    their 

notes  were  given  hack  to  them,  and  their  stock  replaced  in  the  Hank.  Bo  I  held  pretty 

near  ail  the  hank  on  bi  || 

Mr.  Wtialan  -What  do  I  understand  you  to  nay.  sirV 

.1     I  held  nearly  all  the  Bank  myself      It  was  almost  my  own  Bank 

Mr.  Cilinjih-ll     II. ov  long   before   the  failure  of  the   Bank  was    it  that  you   ceased 

to  act '.' 

.1  I  think  it  was  a  little  over  twe've  months,  sir.  I  would  like  to  state  something 
in  addition  to  it.      Mr,  liUjhton     Certainly. 

Witness— Whenever  the  bank  became  hard  up  for  cash,  which  it  very  often  did,  I 

used  tn  l ;ikc  from  the  as-ets  of  the  hank,  notes,  for  instance,  and  send  them  down  to 
the  Merchants'  Exchange  Bank,  where  my  credit  was  unlimited,  indorsed  the  paper, 
would  bring  the  coin  up  and  put  it  on  the  trays.  1  am  to-day  liable  for  ■i'TU.OlK)  there, 
which  has  accrued  from  just  such  acts. 

u    Well,  f<ir  that  ?70.000,  you  have  collateral  securities  up.  haven't  you? 

A.  The  balance  Of  what  1  have  is  up  to  pay  them.  Really  the  hank  had  the  most 
of  the  money  on  those  which  have  turned  OUt,  some  of  them,  to  be  very  bad.  The 
panic  changed  the  character  of  everything,  and  the  paper,  which  w  is  good  previously, 
was  bad  afterwards,  and  the  consequence  was  it  all  fell  on  my  shoulders. 

Judfft  !•'■  i  mi-  I  understand  the  motion  to  dismiss  applies  only  to  indictment  No.  4? 

Mr.  Klpflton—YeS,  sir      The  other  indictments  stand  over. 

JikUjk  Ft  mil— Against  Frederick  Marriott,  Senior? 

Mr.  Hlghton—Yos,  sir.     Those  stand  over. 

Judge  Ftrml—1%  meets  the  approbation  of  the  Prosecuting  Attorney,  docs  it? 

.!//•.    Whalun-  -That  has  my  consent. 

J>"/r/t  FetTai— Let  the  motion  be  granted,  and  indictment  No.  4  dismissed.  The 
other  cases,  by  consent.  I  understand,  go  over  for  one  week. 

Mr  Campbell— There  is  one  thing  I  desire  to  ask  Mr.  Clay,  that  1  did  not  ask.  that 
was  simply  this.  So  far  as  this  matter  of  dismissal  of  the  indictment  is  concerned.  1  will 
ask  you  whether  you  bud  ever  made  any  statement  to  me,  and  outside  of  the  ease,  in 
relation  to  it,  until  I  happened  casually  to  meet  you  on  the  Oakland  boat  list 
Saturday  ' 

I.  Nil.  sir;  there  was  never  any  meeting  till  last  Saturday  morning,  when  Judge 
Campbell  casually  met  roe,  and  he  mentioned  the  matter  to  me,  and  I  commenced 
explaining  a  few  things  that  I  thought  he  was  mistaken  about.  1  believe  that  was 
the  fact      Mr.  Composlt—Yee,  sir. 

,/>/</'/■  F,  rral  I  am  thoroughly  satisfied.  Those  other  cases  are  continued,  by  con- 
sent, till  next  Monday  at  10  o'clock. 


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JOYCE'S    SPORTING    AMMUNITION- 
[ESTABLISHED  1820.] 
lie  attention  of  spnriMtien    in  invlteil    to    the    following; 

Ammunition,  of  the  best  quality,  now  in  general  use  throughout  England, 
India  and  the  Colonies:  Joyce's  Treble  'Waterproof  and  V  :i  Quality  Percussion 
Caps ;  Chemically-prepared  Cloth  ami  Felt  Gun  Wadding' ;  Joyce  s  Gas-Tight  Car- 
tridges, for  Pin-fire  and  Central-fire  Breech-loading  Guns  ;  Wire  Cartridges,  for  killing 
game  at  long  distances,  and  every  description  of  Sporting  Ammunition.  Sold  by 
all  gun-makers  and  dealers  in  gunpowder. 

FREDERICK  JOYCE  &.  CO.,  Patentees  and  Manufacturers, 
Dec.  30.  67  Upper  Thames  street,  London. 

LEA    AND    PERKINS"    SAUCE. 

In    chum  <i  iieiK-c    of  spin-ions   linltntioiiM  of   «  oiw  I  s  i  i;ic- 
SlEIIii:  f*.H  <'IT.  which  are  calculated  to  deceive  the  public,   I,EA  A>I> 

S>l,Kltl.\S  have  adopted    A    NEW    LABEL    BEARING    THEIR    SIGNATURE, 

LEA  &  I'KKIUNS,  which  is  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUCE, 
and  without  which  none  isgehuine. 
ASk  for  LEA  He  PEBRINB'  Sauce,  and  sec  immc  on  wrapper,  la-hoi,  brittle  and  stoi>- 

Eot  Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  Blsckweu, 
ondon,  etc.,  etc.,  and  by  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  w-orld.  To  he  obtained  of 
Dee,  30.  MESSRS.  CROSS  &  CO.,  San  Francisco. 


CAUTION— BETTS'S   PATENT  CATSULES. 

Tliepublfr  are rewpef Ifnlly  Ciinlfoiied  Hi:  i  iE?ti«*M  I'niei't  i '.-» i»«u u-» 
flfe being lUfrlmrea.  BETTS'S  nfime  Is  upon  every  Capsule  be  maftcp  lor  the 
leading  Merchant  at  home  and  abroad,  and  be  la  the  Only  Inventor  and  Sole  Maker 
In  the  United  Kingdom.  Manufactorib:  1.  Wiiakp  Road,  City  Road,  I.om, on  . 
am>  H'H!i)KAU.\,KiuyfF..  _ June  la. 

ASTHMA    AND    CHRONIC    BRONCHITIS. 

The  moMt  effectual  remedy  will  be  foifml  so  be  Ontnrn  Tn- 
tulnw  prepared  in  all  forms,  for  .smoking  and  inhalation,  by  SAVORY  & 
MOORE,  1-13  New  Bond  street,  London,  and  sold  by  them  and  all  Chemists  and  Store- 
keepers th  rough  out  Canada  and  the  United  States,  Dec.  30, 

BAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  li  CO., 

113  Clay  and  11-1  Commercial  Streets, 

San-  Francisco.  [May  24. 


IhOOH^P/    i      Febi 


eek  to  Agents.     81f>  Outfit  Free. 

bruorylO.  1'  O.  VICKERV,  Augusta,  Maine. 


16 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER. 


April   14,  1877. 


NATIONAL  POLITICS. 
The  doings  at  Washington  of  late  have  been  peculiarly  interesting, 
and  from  a  national  rather  than  a  party  point  of  view.  Whilst  the  News 
Letter,  during  the  long  struggle  which  followed  the  casting  of  the  ballots 
atthe  presidentialelection,  stoutly  maintained  thatTilden  had  been  unques- 
tionably elected,  it  at  the  same  time  predicted  that  if  Hayes  were  inau- 
gurated he  would  turn  out  to  be  a  very  different  Chief  Executive  Officer 
than  was  expected  by  the  extreme  politicians  who  compassed  his  elevation 
to  that  position.  We  were  led  to  that  conclusion  by  a  careful  study  of 
bis  doings.  He  personally  avoided  entangling  alliances.  He  made  no 
promises  except  the  very  general  ones  contained  in  his  letter  of  accept- 
ance. He  did  not  accept  General  Grant's  invitation  to  meet  him  at  Long 
Branch.  In  short,  he  was  studiously  and  with  an  evident  design,  non- 
committal. Never  did  a  President  assume  office  less  fettered  by  pledges 
or  personal  promises.  That  be  seemed  to  make  a  point  of  maintaining 
that  position  all  through  the  contest,  was  some  evidence  to  a  dispassionate 
onlooker  that  there  was  a  method  in  his  proceedings  and  a  design  that,  if 
elected,  he  would  strike  out  a  course  for  himself.  That  was  our  conclu- 
sion, and  we  were  not  mistaken.  His  Cabinet  was  at  once  a  surprise  and 
a  gratification.  Fancy  Evarts  and  Schurz  being  in,  whilst  Morton  and 
Chandler  are  out!  Imagine  Key,  a  moderate  man  of  the  South,  dispens- 
ing Postoffice  patronage,  whilst  Blaine  is  making  pyrotechnic  displays 
against  the  Administration!  Conkling  is  reserving  himself  in  sullen 
silence,  whilst  old  Simon  Cameron  has  retired  in  disgust,  and  the  Foreign 
Relations  Committee  will  know  him  no  more  forever.  Florida  is  peace- 
able and  happy  with  a  Democratic  Governor,  who  was  not  elected  if  Til- 
den  was  not.  South  Carolina  is  in  ecstacies  of  delight  with  her  brave  and 
able  Governor  and  her  disenthralment  from  the  curse  of  carpet- baggery. 
Louisiana  is  still  unsettled,  but  the  outlook  is  promising.  Nicholls  is 
governing  with  the  consent  of  tbe  governed,  which  is  evidenced  in  the 
strongest  possible  manner  by  the  fact  that  to  his  officials  the  taxes  are  be- 
ing paid.  He  has  secured,  or  will  secure,  a  majority  of  the  Legislature, 
even  as  it  was  fixed  up  by  the  Returning  Board  in  order  to  oust  him. 
That  result  attained,  there  will  be  no  further  excuse  for  interfering  with 
him,  and  Hayes  following  his  present  course  to  its  logical  conclusion, 
will  doubtless  withdraw  the  United  States  troops.  Then  we  Bhall  have 
the  extraordinary  sight  presented  to  us  of  all  three  Democratic  Govern- 
ors being  counted  in  by  the  very  man  in  whose  behalf 
the  Democratic  Presidential  candidate  was  in  the  same  States 
counted  out.  This  is  an  event  the  logic  of  which  is,  indeed,  strange. 
If  Louisiana,  South  Carolina  and  Florida  elected  Nichols,  Hampton  and 
the  other  man,  whose  name  we  forget,  as  Governors,  then  whom  did  they 
elect  as  President  ?  We  comment  upon  this  circumstance  in  passing,  but 
it  is  not  worth  dwelling  upon,  it  is  already  a  dead  issue.  Hayes  is  in- 
augurated, and  that  is  an  end  of  it,  unless,  indeed,  Tilden's  quo  warranto 
proceedings  should  ever  come  up  for  decision  before  a  court,  many  mem- 
bers of  which  have  already  expressed  an  adverse  opinion  upon  his  case, 
but  who,  disapproving  of  Haves'  course,  may  now  be  not  altogether  un- 
willing to  change  that  opinion.  Verily,  we  make  history  fast  hereabouts  ! 
The  changes  are  as  rapid  as  the  variations  in  a  movine:  kaleidescope.  It 
will  be  quite  interesting  to  watch  the  developments  at  the  forthcoming 
session  of  Congress.  The  change  of  base  on  the  part  of  Hayes  will  be 
productive  of  other  changes.  He  will  have  to  secure  Southern  Demo- 
cratic support  in  both  Houses,  or  he  will  not  be  sustained  in  either  House. 
The  House  of  Representatives  is  Democratic.  The  Senate  has  a  Repub- 
lican majority  of  four  or  five,  but  more  than  that  number  will  prove  bit- 
ter enemies  of  the  administration.  Out  of  this  complicated  state  of  af- 
fairs there  will  come  movements  and  counter  movements  that  will  un- 
doubtedly have  great  influence  upon  the  future  constitution  of  poUtical 
parties,  and  may  result  in  greater  peace,  comfort  and  prosperity  to  the 
whole  nation  than  has  been  experienced  at  any  time  since  the  war. 


MONTGOMERY  AVENUE. 
Like  most  public  ■works  of  the  kind  undertaken  by  this  city,  the 
opening  up  of  Montgomery  avenue  is  being  carried  out  in  trickery,  and  is 
being  consummated  in  ways  that  are  dark  and  tricks  that  are  vain.  The 
scheme  by  which  property- holders  were  assessed  in  the  first  instance  has 
been  radically  changed,  insomuch  as  to  lead  to  costly  litigation,  the  end 
of  which  is  not  apparent,  and  which  will  tend  to  greatly  enlarge  the  cost 
of  the  so-called  improvement.  Then  again  the  grades  have  been  changed 
in  a  way  to  cause  needless  damage  to  valuable  property  rights.  These 
alterations,  if  understood  at  the  outset,  it  is  needless  to  say,  would  not 
have  been  assented  to  without  a  struggle.  Many  people  are  being  com- 
pelled to  submit  to  a  virtual  confiscation  of  their  property,  and,  what  is 
worse,  are  being  assessed  for  the  terrible  damage  that  is  being  done.  The 
leveling  up  of  the  roadway  along  a  considerable  portion  of  the  route  is 
completely  burying  the  houses,  which  will  have  to  be  pulled  down,  and 
the  lots  will  have  to  be  regraded,  whilst  there  is  no  material  at  hand  to  do 
it  with,  and  for  this  the  owners  are  being  mulcted  in  heavy  damages  for 
that  which  is  not  an  improvement,  but,  on  the  contrary,  is  a  serious  loss. 
Some  dozens  of  blocks  are  being  ruined  that  lie  quite  away  from  the 
avenue,  and  can  derive  little  or  no  advantage  from  it.  Much  of  the 
property  north  of  Broadway  might  just  as  well  have  been  confiscated  at 
the  outset.  Of  course,  it  was  expected  that  some  injury  would  accrue 
from  the  carrying  out  of  such  a  work,  but  it  is  altogether  wrong  that  the 
injury  should  exceed  that  which  was  contemplated,  and  was  supposed  to 
be  strictly  provided  for  when  the  scheme  was  first  assented  to.  Both 
grades  and  assessments  have  been  changed,  and  not  in  the  interests  of 
property  owners.  If  these  changes  are  repudiated,  and  litigated,  the  city 
will  probably  have  to  foot  the  bill.  Scores  of  houses  are  already  empty, 
and  scores  more  will  be  so  presently,  and  a  large  area,  of  which  Powell 
and  Filbert  maybe  taken  as  tbe  center,  will  remain  a  blot  and  an  eye-sore 
upon  the  city.  Heavy  rains  will  fill  up  the  ungraded  blocks  with  water, 
and  the  summer  suns  will  cause  a  dangerous,  festering  nuisance  to  arise 
from  the  evaporating  waters.  It  is  not  too  late  for  the  commissioners  to 
give  heed  to  these  matters.  Let  them  see  to  it  that  several  of  the  needless 
changes  are  abandoned,  and  that  as  little  harm  as  possible  be  done  to 
existing  interests.  If  they  will  not  do  this,  then  the  property  owners 
should  hold  a  meeting,  and  unite  for  their  mutual  protection.  We  are 
persuaded  that  they  have  rights,  which  even  commissioners,  at  their  sov- 
ereign will  and  pleasure,  cannot  altogether  abrogate.  Our  Supervisors, 
and  taxpayers  generally,  would  do  well  to  visit  the  locality,  and  take  note 
of  the  terrible  damage  that  is  being  done.  Pressure  should  be  brought  to 
bear  by  our  citizens  generally,  or  they  may  have  to  pay  for  the  mischief 
in  more  ways  than  one. 


A    FACE. 

[by  barton   grey.] 
There  is  a  face  I  remember,  For  the  face  is  here  in  my  dreaming, 

Clear  through  the  shadow  of  years  ;  It  walks  with  me  everywhere  ; 
I  can  see  it  to-night  so  plainly—        The  clear  gray  eyes  gleam  on  me, 
Except  now  and  then  for  my  tears.    Glimmers  the  golden  hair. 
A  face  you  would  not  have  fancied;  The  faces  of  men  and  women 
It  would  have  meant  nothingtoyou;  I  meet  with  every  day 
But  to  meithasjust  been  theonething  Pass  and  vanish— but  this  face 
To  dream  of  my  whole  life  through.  Can  never  fade  away. 
There  never  was  aught  between  us,   Whether  in  life's  hard  journey 
She  never  looked  into  my  heart ;        The  eyes  have  lost  their  light ; 
Friend  unto  friend  spoke  greeting,     Whether  the  mouth's  pure  sweetness 
Friend  as  from  friend  did  part.  Quivers  with  pain  to-night, 

The  summers  have  flushed  and  faded  I  know  not,  knowing  only 
So  often  since  last  we  met,  It  changes  not  for  me  ; 

I  am  sure  she  does  not  remember—  That  face  my  heart  keeps  safely 
I  know  I  cannot  forget  !  And  my  eyes  shall  never  see. 

—Christian  at  Work. 

GLOOM1 

_  The  whole  commercial  world  appears  to  be,  at  the  present  moment, 
in  a  period  of  depression,  which  has  even  extended  itself  to  our  prosper- 
ous State  of  California,  and  our  erewhile  still  more  prosperous  citv  of 
San  Francisco.  There  are  times  when,  without  any  apparent  or  known 
cause,  a  blight  spreads  itself  over  a  whole  country,  or  when  a  pestilence, 
equally  unexpected  and  equally  irremediable,  decimates  a  population ;  so 
in  like  manner,  and  with  a  certain  strange  regularity,  does  a  commercial 
blight  and  an  epidemic  of  commercial  stagnation  sweep  over  the  whole  of 
the  civilized  world.  We  walk  through  the  streets  of  our  young  city  to- 
day, and  note  with  feelings  of  sadness  the  absence  of  life  and  animation 
in  business,  and  on  all  sides  we  hear  the  same  complaint  of  extreme  dull- 
ness. It  cannot  be  only  owing  to  the  prostration  of  the  stock  market, 
and  the  consequent  depression  in  real  estate  by  those  forced  to  sell,  in  or- 
der to  cover  losses.  It  cannot  be  in  consequence  of  the  exode  of  our  pop- 
ulation, for  the  returns  show  a  continued  and  steady  increase  of  immigra- 
tion. A  new  and  most  promising  field  is  opening  up  in  Arizona,  by  rea- 
son of  the  extension  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  to  the  Colorado; 
our  crops,  spite  of  the  pessimists,  are  not  going  to  be  so  bad  ;  tbe  prices  of 
cerals  are  high,  and  may  be  will  be  higher,  and  yet  everything  is  awfully 
gloomy,  awfully  dull.  The  same  in  New  York  to  a  greater  extent;  the 
like  in  Great  Britain,  even  more  so;  still  more  fearfully  is  it  felt  in  Ger- 
many; least  of  all  in  France,  although  if  the  ravages  of  the  phylloxera 
are  not  arrested,  the  ruin  in  the  wine  districts  will  be  enormous.  All 
over  the  world,  commerce  is  paralyzed.  In  our  own  center,  credits  are 
being  alarmingly  restricted,  extending  even  to  the  retail  traders.  Cash 
or  no  sale  is  the  cry,  and  therefore  necessarily  transactions  are  much  lim- 
ited, both  in  number  and  quantity.  Everybody  is  anxious  to  sell,  even  at 
a  sacrifice;  to  turn  everything  into  cash  appears  to  be  the  great  desidera- 
tum, and  yet  without  trade  the  cash  is  useless.  We  suppose,  like  all 
scourges,  this  pestilence  will  pass  away,  and  that  we  shall  enter  upon  a 
more  healthy  state  of  affairs;  but  at  present  there  is  no  denying  that 
every  branch  of  industry  is  paralyzed,  and  all  business  sick  and  stagnant. 
In  strange  contradiction  to  this  is  the  placard  in  large  letters  on  the  new 
building  of  the  Real  Estate  Associates,  on  Montgomery  street — wanted,  a 
hundred  phi sterers  to  work  ten  hours  a  day;  wages,  four  dollars — and  they 
don't  find  them,  their  late  laborers  having  refused  three  dollars  and  a  half 
for  eight  hours.  Verily,  this  is  a  paradise  for  the  working  man.  That 
which  he  was  glad  to  get  per  week  in  Europe  to  support  himself  and  fam- 
ily, he  refuses  to  take  for  one  short  day's  work  in  San  Francisco.  Many 
an  English  clergyman  thinks  himself  happy  to  secure  a  hiving  worth  two 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds  a  year;  but  it  goes  begging  in  the  city  to  secure 
men  to  plaster  a  new  building,  and  this,  too,  at  a  time  when  hundreds 
and  thousands  of  our  business  men  are  not  making  their  expenses. 

WATER 

The  Mayor  on  Thursday  last  received  the  following  communication  : 
Spring  Valley  Water  Works,  516  California  St.,         \ 
San  Francisco,  April  11,  1877.  J 

Hon.  A.  J.  Bryant,  Mayor  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco— 
Dear  Sir  :  The  Spring  Valley  Water  Works  is,  and  has  been,  advised 
that  tbe  question  of  whether  the  city  is  entitled  to  water  free  of  charge 
from  the  pipes  and  mains  of  the  Company,  for  the  ordinary  daily  uses  of 
the  municipality,  has  been  passed  upon  and  determined  by  the  Supreme 
Court,  but  the  representatives  of  the  city  seem  to  be  advised  otherwise, 
and  out  of  this  difference  of  opinion  the  present  contest  has  arisen.  The 
Company  believe  that  it  has  taken  the  course  to  force  the  question  to  a 
speedy  determination ;  such,  at  least,  has  been  its  object.  But  if  tbe 
representatives  of  the  city  think  that  result  cannot  be  as  speedily  reached 
by  the  summary  proceedings  now  inaugurated,  we  are  ready  and  willing  to 
enter  into  an  agreed  case,  to  be  submitted  to  the  Supreme  Court  at  the 
present  term,  in  such  form  as  shall  and  will  secure  a  decision  of  the  ques- 
tions : 

First,  whether  any  of  the  water  used  or  required  by  the  city  for  its  ordi- 
nary daily  uses  and  purposes,  other  than  the  extinguishment  of  fires,  is 
comprehended  within  the  meaning  of  the  term  "other  great  necessity," 
used  in  the  statute,  and  the  city  is  by  reason  thereof  entitled  to  water 
from  the  pipes  and  mains  of  the  company  for  such  UBes  free  of  charge  ; 
second,  what  is  meant  by  said  term,  "other  great  necessity."  It  is  but 
fair,  however,  to  insist  that  a  case,  when  so  agreed  upon  and  determined, 
shall  end  all  controversy  between  the  city  and  the  company,  and  we  shall 
therefore  insist  that  if  a  case  is  made,  a  sum  shall  be  agreed  upon  as  the 
amount  to  be  accepted  by  the  company  in  lieu  of  all  claims  for  water 
heretofore  furnished  to  the  city,  and  it  shall  be  stipulated  that  in  case 
judgment  is  rendered  in  favor  of  the  company  upon  tbe  question  of  free 
water  for  the  ordinary  daily  uses  and  purposes  of  the  city,  judgment  shall 
also  be  entered  in  favor  of  the  company  against  the  city  for  tbe  amount  of 
money  so  agreed  upon,  payable  in  gold  coin,  as  and  for  the  value  of  the 
water  heretofore  used  for  such  purposes,  and  thereupon  the  suits  now 
pending  upon  money  demands  against  the  city  for  such  water,  and  the 
suits  against  its  late  Auditor,  shall  be  dismissed. 

Yours,  very  respectfully,  Spring  Valley  Water  Works. 

By  Charles  Webb  Howard,  President. 


Postscript 


TO    THE 


F£A!£Ofare 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


OlliiM— <!(>7    to    «J1.1    >5<-«-<-lu<iit    (Street. 


VOLUME  'Jl. 


8AH  FBANCISCO,  AjPRIL  !4    18i7. 


MTMBEK  12. 


BIZ. 


It  is  very  gratifying  t.>  !.  iiM.  t"  remark  that,  notwithstanding  the 
{loom  and  deureaaion  thai  the  market  for  ;ill 

our  merchants,  aa  a  class,atand  unacathi 
unharmed,     h  ha*  been  frequently  asserted  in  the  press  mi.1  <>n  the  Btreet 
past  that  our  merchants  were  verj  operatora 

and  si  bocks.     Were  this  true  to  any  great   extent,  the  terri- 

ble shrinkage  under  which  stocks  have  been  and  are  still  being  wrung 
re  this  have  wiped  out  half   <-f   them   from  existence.     But, 
on  the  contrary,  we  find  thai  our  dry  goods  merchants,  wholesale 
and  jobbers,  with  th'  ling  bronchesof  trade,  continue  to 

maintain  a  good  credit  among  bankers  and  others,  are  doing  a  g 1  aver- 

ith  the  interior,  and  that  as  a  whole   business  ia   fair   for  the 

cularly  so  wh  >n        i  on:  ider  the  very  unfavorable  outlook  for 

ips.     'I  here  is,  we  muat  admit,  t."  little  croaking  and  gruni- 

bling  in  i    i  ,    urters,.and  this  complaining  is  largely  confined  to  those 

ik  to  make aej  by    tock  jobbing  operations,  rather  than 

cantile  pursuits. 

Crop  prospects  do  not  improve  as  we  could  desire,  and  yet  the  Bituo- 

ri  i  ii  ia  no  worse  than  at  the  date  "f  our  last  paper.     We  have  yet  liberal 

-  .  f  Fit. iir  ami  Grain  in  the  State,  and  the  growing  crops  of  cereals 

in  the  centra)  and  northern  parts  of  the  State  now  present  a  healthful  ap- 

\  large  breadth  of  reclaimed  overflowed  landa,  that  have  for 

two  years  or  more  been  unproductive,  will  this  year  produce  beautifully. 

Irrigated  Lands  will  yield  well,  ami  as  a  whole  we  do  not  think  prospects 

.  are  anything  like  as   gloomy  and    alarming  as  many  are  inclined  to 

predict.     There  is  little  queation  but  that  good  prices  will  be  realized  this 

coming  harvest  year  for  all  the  products  of   the  farm,  and  that  in  the 

great  aggreg:  ti    raluea  will  be  found  to  compare  well  with  years  past. 

Prices  of  'Wheat,  Barley.  Corn,  etc.,  have  greatly  appreciated 
during  the  current  month,  partly  arising  from  the  advancing  tendency  of 
the  Bngliah  marketa  and  a  fair  prospect  that  the  Australian  Colonies  must 
look  to  us  for  supplies  of  Ureadstuffs  to  make  good  their  d<  ficiency. 
\\  ithin  the  past  week  choice  Wheat  has  lumped  up  from  $2  25  to  $2  35 
$  ctl.  Flour  has  also  advanced  25c  |.'  bbl,  while  Barley,  Corn  and  Feed- 
stuff generally  have  all  advanced  in  values  materially,  with  an  active 
market. 

Imports  of  Sugar  and  Rice  have  been  of  importance,  and  prices  have 
undergone  no  change.  We  quote  White  Crushed  Sugar  at  13cj  Yellow 
Coffee  Grocery  grades,  8@10Jc;  while  Table  lime  cannot  be  quoted 
better  than  5c  for  Hawaiian  and  Japan  ;  China,  .",(..  .">:<:. 

Coal  has  arrived  very  freely,  particularly  from  British  Columbia  anil 
the  a,  irth  coast.  I  largoes  of  this  kind  have  been  [.laced  as  low  as_s;  o<  S  (;i 
ton  while  Australian  is  scarce  and  wanted  at  89@9  60  for  Wallsend. 
Scotch  and  English  cargoes,  to  arrive,  cannot  be  quoted  better  than 
$7  J5@8.  It  is  seldom  that  our  Coal  market  is  so  overloaded  as  at  the 
pr  nt  moment.  Dealers  find  it  difficult  to  secure  storage  room,  nor  do 
they  see  any  money  in  buying  to  hold,  in  view  of  the  large  supplies  of 
K.  ,ii  ch  and  English  known  to  be  en  route.  Nor  do  we  see  any  pront  in 
store  for  those  who  have  cargoes  of  Anthracite  an.l  Cumberland  on  unite 
from  the  East.  The  truth  of  the  matter  is,  over  production  of  coal  at  the 
E  :st  and  elsewhere  is  the  occasion  for  overloading  this  and  other  marts, 
and  tin-  result  is  ruinously  low  prices  in  New  York,  California  and  else- 
where. Our  Mount  Diablo  ami  other  Pacific  Coast  mines  arc  now  passing 
through  a  fiery  ordeal,  and  they  cannot  escape  without  loss. 

Coffee  and  Teas. —Our  leading  importing  merchants  are  making  a 
stron-  effort  to  induce  the  Pacific  Mail  Company  anil  the  Central  Paclhc 
Railroad  to  cooperate  in  placing  freights  on  Coffees  so  low  as  to  turn  the 
current  of  export  from  Central  American  ports  to  (_  ahfornia  and  so 
across  the  continent  to  Chicago  and  St.  Louis,  rather  than  via  isthmus  to 
New  York,  and  thence  westward  to  St.  Louis  ami  (_  hieago.  this  trade 
reallv  belongs  to  us,  and  could  these  large  carrying  lines  see  well  to  their 
own  'interest,  it  would  not  be  long  before  the  whole  of  that  large  and  im- 
portant traffic  of  Central  America  would  fall  into  our  hands.  Could  we 
make  it  an  object  for  them  to  tend  all  their  Coffee  here,  then  we,  in  turn, 
could  supply  them  with  all  the  Flour  required,  besides  Dry  Goods,  fur- 
niture and  a  thousand  other  articles  now  drawn  by  them  from  the  Atlan- 
tic States.  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  have  already  found,  by  experience, 
that  Teas  from  China  and  Japan  can  be  imported  5c.  cheaper,  and  many 
days  quicker,  via  San  Francisco  than  via  Suez,  or  any  other  route,  even 
und 

the  Tea  carryir . 
risht  to  the  Coffee  trade. 


-s  omiker,  via.^an  rrauci.seo    una.,    .»«.^«^-,  ...    --••..- ' , 

ler  'the  most  favorable  circumstances;  and  now  that  we  have  secured 
Tea  carrying  trade  of  the  American  continent,  we  certainly  claim  the 
.„lit  to  the  "Coffee  trade. 

Coffee  at  present  is  worth  here  to-day  20c.  for  the  best  Green  deadly- 
ions,  and  at  this  price  Chicago  and  St.  Louis  will  take  all  our  ISo.  1. 


tion 


^  ..•  within  ;i  month   past   been   ca  rri  rj 
the  continent.     Unfortunately  a  lai  i  of  the  Central    Am 

■  pop  i>  ire  i-  nut  strictly  choice  Green,  bu1  lb   Pale,  and  that  the   | :. 
trad.  .1..  not  want.  t>  inj;  able  to  buy  al]  they  require  of  t!.;tt   description 
cheaper  in  .New  Fork  than  I  ere.     Again,  the  <  Ihicagoans  want  larg 
ff  uniform  quality,  which  this  season  they  find  hard  t.i  obtain  from   Rio 

■  !      v.  !,iiv. 

Tonnage  continues  to  be  very  plentiful,  with  few  or  no  charters  offer- 
ing fur  any  voyage.    The  last  Wheat  charters  to   Liver] 1   were  at  t'2, 

in  t.i  to  i  lork  or  Falmouth,  U.  K.,  t'2  2s.  ii  1.  Some  vcss.-ls  proceed  to  th<- 
Indies  in  ballast,  seeking,  while  others  drop  anchor  in  our  harbor  an.l 
wait  coming  events.  Wo  have  now  a  fleet  of  37  vessels  disengaged  in" 
port,  of  a  registered  tonnage  of  39,000  tuns. 

Salmon  arrive  sparingly  as  yet  from  the  Columbia  river.  Only  some 
200  es.  of  tin-  Spring  catch  have  yet  arrived,  and  they  Bold  at  --1  75  for 
i-  ■.  ■■  i"-:  -'!  5  i  I  55  i*  doz.ia  freely  offered  for  large  l"ts  May  ami  June 
delivery. 

Bags  and  Bagging.— S*.  icks  ai  i  large,  and,  with,  slim   crop  prospecl 
low  price-;  prevail.     Standard  *  train  Sacks,  22x36,  may  be  quoted  at  *\(<> 
9  •;  40  inch  Burlaps,  7c;  45 -inch  do,  7£c;  60-inch,  10(3  LOJc. 

Borax. --There  is  no  movement.  We  quote  (»c  for  ('rude,  7c  for  Con- 
centrated, and  9e  for  Refined. 

WooL— There  is  more  tone  to  the  market,  particularly  for  choice 
Spring  clip  from  the  north.  Good  to  choice  free  long  staple  commands 
22£@25c;  free  short,  17@20c;  Burry,  12@16c     Eastern  buyers  arc  here  in 

foodly  number,  making  free  purchases.  On  the  17th  instant.  Falkner, 
»ell  &  Co.  will  hold  their  first  public  trade  sale— H.  M.  NY-whall  &  I  lo., 
auctioneers.  The  result  of  this  new  departure  from  the  old  routine  of 
years  is  looked  forward  to  with  interest. 

Tallow.  --The  ship  Huguenot,  for  Liverpool,  will  carry  96,1241ba,  We 
quote  the  range  of  the  markes  at  6i(S'7Ac. 

Honey.--The  Huguenot,  for  Liverpool,  will  carry  310  cases,  valued 
at  $2,972.     The  crop  of  1877  will  be  light,  as  compared  with  last  year. 

Ores  and  Orcbilla.  —There  are  orders  here  for  Sheet  Isinglass  and 
Plumbago  in  quantities  for  shipment  to  Liverpool.  The  Huguenot,  for 
Liverpool,  carried  805  hales  Orchilla,  valued  at  $16,100. 

Barley  and  Corn.— We  note  free  purchases  of  feed  Barley,  at  Sl.GfifS 
$1.67^  gold;  Brewing,  $1.70@$1.75  per  ctl.;  fellowCorx.  commands  read- 
ily $1.75@$1.80  per  ctl.  Stock  ol  Barley  in  the  State,  April,  1,075,050 
ctls.;  of  Oats,  77,045  centals. 

Rye  and  Oats.— The  former  is  now  held  at  ?2  ;  the  latter  at  :-"_•. .".7 ■  ■(>' 
$2.50  per  cental.  "     - 

Bran  and  Hay.—  We  quote  Bran  at  $22.50;  Middlings  $32.50  per  ton. 
Hay  $16  to  $22.50  per  ton. 

Hops.— There  is  but  little  doing.     (loud  to  choice  quotable  at  18 

Potatoes  and  Onions. --The  former  very  plentiful  and  cheap, 
per  100  ths.    The  latter  scarce  at  $2.25(3  $2.50  [,'  LOO  Ids. 

Wheat  Exports.  —  Since  July  1st,  1876,  we  have  shipped  to  the 
United  Kingdom  290  vessels,  carrying  10,137,415  ctls,  valued  at  $18,888,- 
908  ;  same  time  the  year  before,  L58  vessels,  carrying  5.577.S70  ctls,  valued 
at  $12,350,000.  We  have  now  on  the  berth  five  vessels,  with  a  tonnage 
register  of  5,802  tons.  The  stock  of  Wheat  remaining  in  the  State,  April 
1st,  1,094,355  ctls. 

Flour. -The  stock  in  the  State,  April  1st,  was  59,274  bbls.  The 
present  jobbing  price  of  Gulden  Age,  Golden  (bate  and  Genesee  Mills 
Extra,  $7  25 silver,  $6  75 gold;  Superfine  brands,  $5;  Extra  Superfine, 
$5  50@6  1,-  196  lbs. 

Fruit.  --  The  market  is  abundantly  supplied  with  Strawberries,  at  $5@ 
$8  fc?  chest  of  80  lbs.  At  the  former  rate  canners  use  them  freely.  I  Iranges 
are  very  plentiful,  at  $15  Co  $35  1 '  -M,  according  to  size.  Lemons,  Limes, 
and  Bananas  are  all  in  good  supply. 


San  Franciscans  Abroad.—  Paris,  March  24th  :  Mr.  Alterman,  Mrs, 
Alternian,  W.  Alterman,  Miss  Virginia  Baldwin,  Mr.  Barnbeim,  John 
Deane,  II.  Rothschild,  Wm.  Melvin  Smith.  Mr.  Sunderland  and  family, 
John  L.  Williams.  Rome,  March  10th:  6.  F.  Merchant  and  family, 
Mrs.  John  Kelly.  F.  J.  Kelly.  Florence,  March  20th  :  S.  Hart.  Na- 
ples, March  19th  :  Mrs.  J,  L.  Bee,  Henry  Epstein,  Captain  II.  S.  and 
Mrs.  Floyd,  S.  L.  Simon.  Sobbento,  March  19th  .-  H.  Epstein,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Baker,  Mrs.  J.  L.  Bee,  S.  L.  Simon.  R.  B.  and  Mrs,  Gray,  Mrs.  G. 
E.  Skinner. — American  Jifftintn;  MunU  24th. 

The  bullion  shipments  from  the  bonanza  mines  on  the  11th  amounted 
to  $180,000. 


2 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEtYS  LETTER. 


April   14,  1877. 


CONDENSED    NEWS    OF   THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL. 

Saturday,  April  7th.— Some  laborers  at  the  junction  of  Market  and 
McAllister  streets,  unearthed  a  coffin  containing  human  bones.  This  was 
one  of  the  coffins  interred  in  Yerba  Buena  Cemetery  in  years  gone  by. 
— ^John  Staderman  fell  through  a  well-hole  from  the  fourth-story  to 
the  basement,  047  Market  street,  and  was  instantly  killed.1  "James  S. 
Urquhart,  Superintendent  of  the  Fire  Alarm  Telegraph,  was  arrested 
upon  a  charge  of  having  driven  at  an  unlawful  rate  of  speed.  He  was 
drunk.  — The  Grand  Jury  of  Sonoma  County  presented  a  true  bill 
against  W.  W.  Royal,  a  physician  at  Santa  Rosa,  for  rape  and  seduction. 

Sunday,  8th.  —Senator  George  H.  Rogers  states  that  he  did  not  pre- 
side, as  was  reported,  at  the  Mannix  &  Brady  meeting  last  Tuesday  even- 
ing.—The  first  number  of  the  Caucasian,  a  newspaper  devoted  to  the 
interests  of  the  order  of  that  name,  has  been  issued.  It  gives  a  list  of 
San  Francisco  firms  that  employ  white  labor.— A  silver  medal  is  to  be 
presented  to  John  Flynn,  the  boy  who  caught  the  runaway  team  a  couple 
of  months  ago.^— It  is  the  intention  of  the  Omnibus  Railroad  Company 
to  change  their  Worth  Beach  route  so  that  Chinatown  may  be  avoided. 

Monday,  9th.  —A  laborer  named  Charles  Kane,  twenty-six  years  of 
age,  dropped  dead  in  Dr.  Gates'  garden,  corner  of  Post  and  Fillmore 
streets. —The  Masonic  Fraternity,  of  San  Francisco,  will  give  a  grand 
entertainment  at  Woodward's  Gardens  on  Wednesday,  May  2d.  — —  The 
Garibaldi  Guard,  Captain  G.  Malatesa,  will  give  a  picnic  at  Badger's 
Central  Park,  Oakland,  on  Sunday  next.  The  twelfth  anniversary  of 
the  California  Hundred  and  Battalion  was  celebrated  by  a  parade  inspec- 
tion, dinner  and  ball,  at  their  armory. 

Tuesday,  10th.—  The  case  of  charles  Driscoll,  the  author  of  the  Cali- 
fornia street  hoax,  is  on.^— Ah  Moon  was  sentenced  to  imprisonment  for 
life,  for  murder.-^— The  examination  of  the  training-ship  boys  took  place 
on  the  Jamestown  to-day.  It  was  very  satisfactory.— The  California 
Woman  Suffrage  Association  held  a  meeting  in  Desbourg  Hall.-— There 
was  a  830,000  blaze  in  San  Jose. 

Wednesday,  11th.—  Oakland  Maid  arrived  to-day  from  San  Mateo 
to  take  part  in  the  trot  of  Saturday  next  with  Occident.——  Governor  Ir- 
win has  offered  a  reward  for  the  arrest  and  conviction  of  the  murderer  or 
murderers  of  Eugene  Mulligan.— —Robert  F.  Morrow  denies  the  story 
that  the  Nevada  Bank  people  called  suddenly  upon  him  for  8700,000.^— 
In  the  City  Criminal  Court  George  Peters  was  found  guilty  of  employing 
women  in  his  melodeon  after  six  p.m. 

Thursday,  12th.  —There  has  been  a  large  attendance  every  evening  at 
the  Ladies'  Fair  in  aid  of  St.  Bridget's  Church,  which  opened  at  Central 
Hall,  corner  of  Bush  and  Polk  streets,  on  the  5th  instant,  and  the  receipts 
have  been  satisfactory.  The  Fair  will  close  on  Saturdayjiight.-^—  The 
contract  for  supplying  the  new  buildings  of  the  San  Francisco  Stock  and 
Exchange  Board  with  electrical  apparatus  has  been  awarded  to  the  Cali- 
fornia Electric  Power  Company. -^— The  prisoners  at  work  filling  in 
Washerwoman's  Bay  are  under  the  surveillance  of  five  guards.^— Judge 
Wheeler  has  rendered  judgment  for  the  plaintiff  for  §417  02  in  the  suit 
of  Asa  Fisk  vs.  Charles  Krause. 

Friday,  13th.  —John  H.  Carmany  &  Co,  have  published  a  review  of 
the  commercial,  financial,  and  mining  interests  of  the  Pacific  Coast  for 
1876.  The  statistics  of  trade  presented  are  valuable  for  reference.— 
The  Platonic  Literary  and  Dramatic  Society  gave  an  entertainment  at 
Pacific  Hall.— The  objections  of  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad,  the 
Golden  City  Chemical  Works  et  al.,  to  the  extension  of  Seventh  street, 
will  be  heard  by  the  County  Court  on  the  20th  instant. 

TELEOBAPHIC. 

Saturday,  April  7th.  —  A  post  mortem  examination  of  the  body  of 
Orville  D.  Jewett  resulted  in  finding  five  bullets  in  the  left  side  of  his 
chest.  -^—Orders  were  received  from  Washington  to-day  discharging  all 
hands  in  the  construction  and  steam  engineering  department  of  fie  Ports- 
mouth Navy  Yard.-^The  total  loss  by  the  Lynn  tire  is  $100,000 ;  insur- 
ance, 970,000.  One  hundred  and  sixty  persons  are  thrown  out  of  employ- 
ment.^— A  resolution  was  reported  by  the  Canal  Committee  in  the  ISew 
York  Assembly  to  day,  fixing  the  canal-toll  sheet  for  1877.  It  reduces 
the  rate  on  grain,  domestic  salt  and  lumber,  fifty  per  cent. -^—  The  Kansas 
detectives  think  they  have  the  Bender  family  this  time,  certain. 

Sunday,  8th.  --The  Missouri  river  still  continues  to  rise,  and  the 
bottom  lands  between  Omaha  and  Council  Bluffs  are  almost  entirely  cov- 
ered with  water.  It  has  fallen  some  two  feet  at  Sioux  City,  and  is  rising 
above  there.— Senator  Sargent  has  nearly  closed  up  his  work  at  the 
Departments,  and  intends  to  leave  for  San  Francisco  on  Monday  evening. 
—There  are  grave  suspicions  that  William  M.  Maguire,  sole  survivor  of 
the  brig  Roanoke,  did  no .  tell  the  true  story.  His  statements  to  Captain 
Corson,  of  the  schoontr  which  rescued  hiin/Vere  contradictory,  and  gives 
rise  to  a  suspicion  that  the  crew  mutined  and  probably  murdered  the 
captain  and  his  followers  and  also  the  passengers. 

Monday,  9th.  —  An  accident  occurred  on  the  Southern  Pacific  Rail- 
road near  Wallop  station,  in  which  Conductor  Gilman  G.  Brown  was 
instantly  killed.  A  coupling  broke.— A  proclamation,  calling  the  Leg- 
islature together,  will  soon  be  issued  by  Governor  Hampton.-^— The  delay 
in  Tweeds  release  is  caused  solely  by  his  failure  to  turn  over  vouchers  and 
other  documents  revealing  the  names  of  public  men  who  received  ring 
money,  and  showing  the  amounts  paid  them.— —A  telegram  from  the 
Consul-General  of  the  United  States  at  Shanghai  states  that  the  published 
allegations  against  Minister  Seward  are  unfounded. 

Tuesday,  10th.  —  A  heavy  storm  at  Long  Island  to-day  broke  a  hole  in 
the  side  of  the  Russland  facing  land.  It  is  feared  that  if  the  heavy 
weather  continues  the  vessel  will  be  broken  in  two.  —Ex-Governor 
Tilden  was  riding  in  a  carriage  this  afternoon,  when  the  horses  ran  away. 
Tilden  jumped,. escaping  without  injury.— The  Supreme  Court,  in  the 
Centennial  appropriation  case,  has  decided  that  the  81,500,000  appropri- 
ated by  Congress  shall  be  returned  to  the  Government  before  any  divi- 
dends are  paid  to  stockholders. 

Wednesday,  11th.  —  Secretary  McCrary  has  ordered  the  removal  of 
troops  from  Alaska,  and  Secretary  Sherman  has  ordered  a  revenue  cntter 


to  Alaska  to  supply  their  place.  — -John  A.  Frye  was  arrested  at  Omaha 
and  jailed  for  having  in  his  possession  bogus  railroad  tickets,  which  he 
had  been  trying  to  sell  here.  He  had  forty  tickets  to  San  Francisco,  rep- 
resenting the  value  of  §4,000.— The  locomotive  engineers  referred  the 
question  of  the  strike  to  a  committee  of  five,  who  will  report  in  a  few 
days.«^— This  morning  a  locomotive  exploded,  killing  two  men  and 
wounding  another  seriously. 

Thursday,  12th.  —  At  the  thirteenth  anniversary  of  the  National 
Deaf  Mute  College,  Washington,  President  Hayes  made  a  short  and 
felicitous  address.— The  schoouer  Methane  went  ashore  on  No  Point, 
near  Baltimore,  and  the  captain,  mate  and  a  seaman  were  drowned.^— 
The  Hamilton  mill,  at  Paterson,  N.  J.,  burned  to-day,  Lo.ss,  8100,000; 
partially  insured.—  The  Bank  of  Avon,  at  Rochester,  has  suspended 
payment.^— A  fire  occurred  at  Pomeroy,  Ohio,' which  destroyed  twenty- 
five  business  houses,  offices  and  residences.  The  total  damage,  at  a  low 
estimate,  will  reach  8100,000 ;  insurance,  824,000. 

Friday,  13th.  --  The  Treasury  Department  has  decided  that  vessels 
engaged  in  trading  upon  waters  wholly  within  the  limits  of  a  State,  and 
not  having  a  navigable  outlet,  are  not  subject  to  the  navigation  laws  of 
the  United  States. — -Of  the  200  employes  at  the  burnt  St.  Louis  hotel, 
150  have  reported  and  another  is  expected  to  report  to-morrow.  It  is  not 
believed  that  many  of  them  are  lost.— James  H.  Moulton,  formerly  an 
officer  in  the  California  volunteers,  has  been  appointed  Treasury  Agent 
for  service  in  Alaska. 


FOREIGN. 

Saturday,  April  7th.  —The  appointment  of  Herr  Camphausen  and 
Herr  Von  Bulow  as  representatives  of  the  Chancellor  in  his  several  func- 
tions will  shortly  be  notified  by  an  Imperial  order.— —The  engagement 
is  announced  of  Joshu  Aoki,  Japanese  Envoy  at  Berlin,  to  Fr.  Von 
Rhode,  a  German  lady  of  rank.— The  Mussulmans  have  recommenced 
their  threats,  the  same  as  preceded  the  last  massacre.  The  inhabitants  of 
Ivor  village,  only  three  hours  distant,  have  been  infor-nel  they  had 
only  a  fortnight  to  live.  Christians  are  greatly  excited,  and  everywhere 
the  same  uneasiness  is  current  as  last  year.^—  The  Times'  Berlin  special 
announces  that  the  Bismarck  difficulty  is  arranged.  Bismarck  consents 
to  remain  in  office. 

Sunday,  8th.— The  Porte  appears  resolved  to  send  an  agent  to  St. 
Petersburg  to  negotiate  for  disirmament.  Thiers  has  received  news  from 
St.  Petersburg  that  the  Czarawitz  has  declared  categorically  in  favor  of 
peace,  and  that  Russia  urges  Montenegro  to  make  concessions.  The 
Bosnian  refugees  in  Croatia  sent  a  memorandum  to-day  to  the  British  Par- 
liament imploring  protection  in  case  they  return  to  their  homes. 
O'Leary  won  the  walking  match  in  London,  which  ended  at  2:50  P.  M.  to 
day,  Weston  being  twenty-two  miles  behind. 

Monday,  9th.--Hornycraft  &  Co's  Wolverhampton  Ironworks  are  to 
be  closed  because  of  the  eight-hour  system,  which  resulted  in  continuous 
loss.  Twelve  hundred  workmen  will  be  thrown  out  of  employment. 
Signor  Petrella,  a  composer  of  well-known  operas,  died  at  Genoa.  ^— • 
Gregory  Ganesco,  newspaper  publisher  and  politician,  died  at  Paris. 
—General  Gushing,  American  Minister,  has  had  a  farewell  audience 
with  the  King  at  Madrid.  ■—  The  number  of  natives  on  relief  works  in 
India  increased  30,000  the  past  week,  chiefly  in  Kemoul,  Bellary  and 
North  Arsot. 

Tuesday,  10th.— At  the  council  of  Turkish  Ministers  to-day  no  reso- 
lution was  arrived  at  regarding  the  question  of  peace  with  Montenegro  or 
of  the  sending  of  an  envoy  to  St.  Petersburg.— A  dispatch  from  Cet- 
tinje  states  that  the  Turks  have  concentrated  twenty-four  battalions  at 
Gatschko,  and  the  soldiers  await  the  decision  at  Constantinople.— A  dis- 
patch from  Widdin  says  that  the  Roumanians  have  thrown  up  six  batter- 
ies at  Kalaphat,  but  have  no  canon.— The  belief  in  war  increases. 
There  seems  to  be  no  doubt  that  the  protocol  and  the  Montenegren  ulti- 
matum will  be  refused, 

Wednesday,  11th. --A  special  to  the  Times  from  St.  Petersburg  says  : 
"  Bad  news  has  been  received  by  the  Government  from  Turkey,  and  a 
■war  manifesto  may  be  expected  on  Friday.— Business  on  the  London 
Stock  Exchange  is  very  fiat.  Turkish  bonds  are  lower  than  at  any  time 
since  the  dethronement  of  Abdul  Aziz.  —  An  imperial  order  issued 
yesterday  grants  leave  of  absence  to  Bismarck  till  August,  and  another 
suspends  all  measures  against  the  rinderpest,  which  is  considered  at  an 
end. 

Thursday,  12th.  —The  Tndependai tec  Behte  publishes  a  dispatch  from 
Paris  which  states  that  Duke  de  Cazes,  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs,  ar- 
rived in  Paris  on  Wednesday,  and  made,  in  conjunction  with  Lord  Derby, 
a  final  effort  to  induce  the  Porte  to  send  a  special  envoy  to  St.  Petersburg. 
This  is  the  last  chance  for  preserving  peace. -^—Russian  steamers  in  port 
have  received  orders  from  Odessa  not  to  take  passengers  or  cargo  for  the 
Mediterranean,  but  to  remain  at  Constantinople  for  further  orders.  ^— A 
fire  at  Stamboul  last  night  destroyed  between  three  and  five  hundred 
houses.     It  originated  in  the  Greek  quarter. 

Friday,  13th. —The  Turkish  circular  was  delivered  to  the  Russian 
Government  this  morning.  The  Agence  Husse  describes  it  as  categorically 
refusing  the  demauds  of  the  Powers  and  putting  an  end  to  all  further  dis- 
cussion.—Russian  troops  are  making  a  forward  movement  on  the  Ron- 
manian  frontier.— The  Prince  of  Montenegro  will  reject  any  proposal 
for  a  prolongation  of  the  armistice. 


Let  the  British  farmer  look  out !  The  Colorado  beetle  is  making 
his  way  dangerously.  He  has  bjen  caught  at  Bremen,  upon  goods  which 
came  from  New  York,  and  the  disagreeable  visitant  is  not  now  quite  a 
stranger  in  other  places  in  Germany.  Lord  Stanley,  of  Alderley,  was 
not  a  moment  too  soon  in  directing  the  attention  of  Parliament  to  the 
enemy  that  is  so  near  our  shores.  There  is  hope,  however,  in  the  fact 
that  the  Commissioners  of  Customs  are  on  the  alert.  They  have  issued  a 
circular  to  the  collectors  of  customs  at  the  various  ports  in  the  United 
Kingdom,  directing  that  instructions  already  given  for  detecting  the  beetle 
be  at  once  applied  to  potatoes  imported  from  Bremen  or  any  other  place 
in  the  German  Empire. 


April  n,  1877. 


POSTSlRIPrTO  TOE  SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS    LETTER, 


8 


CRADLE.    ALTAR.    AND    TOMB. 


CRADLE. 

■  ■ 

■ 

tpril  II,  to  the  wife  .-f  CUudc  »  tor. 

tighter 

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oof  8   \i   PorUcr,  ■  daughter. 
■ 
M  i--*  lly,  Apn!  i.  to  the  wlfi  »  son. 

Kraum    in  i  li,  ,i  .i..,  Rralnr,  a  son, 

.   \pnl  II,  to  11 
UcElrot    in  this  eftjr,  April  11,  to  the  wil    of  O        UcKlroy,  i  ion. 

\|.ril  II,  to  El.. 
Pacuiikr    In  this  city,  April  6  I     kaher.aaoa. 

lobu  BJstow,  ..  iod. 
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■         -■  hroder,  b  son. 
\  is  Glaus     i  >tJ.  H.Ve    QIaho,  a  son. 

v i -rii  i.  to  the  wife  ol  John  westphal,  n  daughter. 
ALTAR. 
i     In   i his  (it..  April  10,  LooJj  BaUbtc  to  Elba  .1    Moffitt. 
.  w  Collins  to  Christine  R    Loot* 
■■'     H.  V  ■    ■  hare, 

tpril  ...  Wendell  Boston  t-. » ".trrit-  \\  ii 
Hatha*  ti  -Pi  us  At  Rocklm,  April  >.  A.  I>  Bathawaj  to  Don  Pi 
■ !  ■  i  S.  Hoemcr  to  Man  m.  Coffin 

i  Pyne. 
En  this  city,  April  0,  B  B  Uilroy  to  Julia  P.  B 
Id  this  city,  Api  i  QUI 

K  utr—  in  this  city,  April  0,  Martin  Peterson  to  M.  J.  Kelly. 
EUndolpu  Ravuoxd    In  this  city,  April  11,  D   L  Randolph  toC  B.  Raymond. 
1    this  city,  April  i  k  to  Emilia  Gardner. 

li  ,■■  .1  i",  \\  in.  B.  \  oung  to  Bella  Pnnho. 

rsjib    in  this  city,  April  :.  Henrj  Zecher  t..  l.  Stclnberger, 
TOMB 
\pril  n.  Dr  Aubtrt,  ;i„-- ■!  n  years. 
i  i  ■  r :  ]  is,  Jos  Boj     .  in 

I  In  this  i-iiy.  A]  i..  Irno,  agt  d  58  yean. 

Crans    in  this  city,  Apr.i  B,  Uaraaret  C  Crane,  aged  16  years. 
In  this  city,  April  11,  Win,  Costello,  aged 34  years. 
Daioxbai    -In  this  city,  April  II,  Mary  Terese  Dalgneau,  aged  39  years. 

BAOAM      In  this  cite,  April  7.  Louisa  V.   E 

i        i  :i    in  this  cfty,  Apnl  7,  EUrriel  J.  French,  aged  n  years. 

<.  m  .!.  Lonu    In  this  iit> .  April  8,  Mary  Gallaght  r,  aged  13  years. 

Ehoaistfl     In  this  city,  ipril  U,  Anne  jHiggins,  iged  86 

Kasi    In  Hi  is  city,  Apr.  i  B,  Chas   Kane,  aged  26 

Hbxdosa    in  this  city,  April  0,  Prank  Antone  Mendosa,  aged  29  years. 

NSWMAS      In    East  Oakland,  April  l'J.  John  Newman,  a^'cd  47  vears. 

...  \pni  li.  D  .i   O'Leary,  aged  is  rears 

PLBA0AST     In  this  cftj  .  April  11,  Jnlin  J.  Pleasant,  a^'.-il   58  years. 

In  this  city,  April  <;,  John  Bpellmon,  aged  65  years. 
Ti  nXBR    lii  Alameda,  April  in,  Mrs.  Emma  Turner,  aged  SO  Years. 
Van  Dkcar—  At  Bllisvlllo,  III..  February  s,  E.  II.  Van  Decor,  aged  45  years. 

THE  LATE  CHARLES  COWDEN  CLARKE. 
We  regret  to  announce  the  death  of  Mr.  Charles  Cowden  Clarke, 
the  friend  ami  tutor  of  the  poet  Keats,  and  himself  the  author  of  many 
charming  works.  Mr.  Clarke  was  born  in  178H,  and  was  therefore  in  his 
ninetieth  year.  His  father  was  the  master  of  a  school  at  Enfield,  where 
Keats  was  educated  ;  and  whatever  classical  attainments  the  young  poet 
possessed  were  derived  from  Mr.  Clarke,  who  was  a  good  scholar,  and 
acted  as  usher  in  his  father's  school.  It  was  by  Mr.  Clarke  that  Keats 
was  introduced  to  Leigh  Hunt,  who  had  so  large  a  share  iu  directing  and 
encouraging  the  genius  which  was  to  produce  "Hyperion"  and  "The  Eve 
of  St.  Agnes."  In  his  Autobiography  Leigh  Hunt  describes  Mr.  Clarke 
as  "a  m;m  of  a  must  genial  natuiv  and  corresponding  pnrttcal  tast-',  ad- 
mirably well  qualified  to  nourish  the  genius  of  his  pupil;"  ami  also  speaks 
of  him  as  having  an  "ever  young  and  wise  heart."  His  own  contribu- 
tions tn  literature  were  numerous.  He  published  two  works  on  the  earli- 
est of  our  great  poets,  '"The  Riches  of  ( Jhancer,"  and  "Tales  from  Chau- 
cer, in  Prose."  He  was  associated  with  Mrs.  Clarke  (a  sister  of  Clara 
Novello)  in  the  composition  of  that  admirable  work,  the  "  Concordance 
to  Shakspeare,  and  in  the  editorship  r,f  <vn  edition  of  the  great  dramatist's 
plays,  published  by  Messrs.  CasseU.  He  was  likewise  the  author,  in  as- 
sociation with  Mrs.  Clarke,  of  some  delightful  books  for  the  young,  and 
during  the  last  few  years  contributed  largely  to  the  Genlle.ii  i.n'n  M  njt- 
sine,  where  he  but  recently  completed  an  interesting  set  of  reminiscences 
of  his  celebrated  friends.  The  loss  of  Mr.  Clarke  will  be  deplored  brail 
who  knew  his  amiable  and  attractive  qualities.  He  had  for  many  years 
resided  in  Italy,  and  his  death  took  place  on  the  13th  lilt.,  at  Villa  No- 
vello,  Genoa. 

The  Eclectics.— At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Eclectic  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, in  Dashaway  Hall,  but  fifteen  members  were  present.  The 
minutes  of  the  last  annual  meeting  were  amended  to  show  that  the  certifi- 
cate of  fellowship  in  the  possession  of  Dr.  C.  F.  Draper,  who  was  expelled 
from  the  society,  was  annulled,  and  the  Secretary  was  directed  to  request 
Dr.  Draper  to  surrender  the  certificate.  The  Board  of  Examiners  reported 
in  favor  of  the  applications  of  Drs.  W.  0.  Buckland,  J.  S.  Carter  and 
\Y.  (J.  Samuels  for  admisssion  to  membership.  A  permanent  Executive 
Committee  was  appointed,  consisting  of  Drs.  Clayton,  Summers  and 
Mason.  A  number  of  reports  were  received  and  referred.  Dr.  E.  de  F. 
Curtis  presented  to  the  society  2,000  copies  of  the  annual  address  delivered 
by  Dr.  J.  H.  Bundy  before  the  Society  at  the  December  meeting,  which 
he  had  printed  at  his  own  expense.  The  thanks  of  the  Society  were  ten- 
dered to  Dr.  Curtis.  Dr.  Warren  asked  leave  to  submit  a  new  set  of  by- 
laws which  he  had  prepared,  but  after  some  discussion  it  was  decided  not 
to  admit  them. 

St.  John's  Presbyterian  Church,  Post  street,  between  Mason  and 
Taylor.  The  Rev.  Dr.  W.  A.  Scott,  pastor,  will  preach  Sunday  at  11  a.m. 
and  7-A-  p.m.     Public  cordially  invited  to  attend. 

One  of  the  great  advantages  of  the  new  electrical  invention  for  the 
transmission  of  sound,  is,  that  you  can  telephoney  story  in  Boston  and 
make  your  friends  lautrh  in  New  Orleans. 


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tirnnd  Prise... . . 
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Justice 

♦Jackson 

Jenny  Glynn 

Jefferson 

Kossuth 

Kentuek  

Knickerbocker  . . 

Lady  Bryan 

Lady  Wosh'n  .... 

Loyal 

Monumental 

Mint 

Mansfield 

Modoe 

Meteor 

Meadow  Volley  . . 

Miami 

Martha  &  Bessie 

Northern  Belle  . . 
N  Con.  Virginia. 
Nevada  

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N,  Carson 

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Og.  Comstock. . . 

Prospect 

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Pictou 

Peytona ..... 

Raymond  &  Ely. 
Rising  Star 

Bye  Patch 

Sierra  Nevada  . , , 

Sliver  Hill 

Superior 

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Seg  Belcher 

Si. nth  Chariot . . . 
silver  Crown  .. . . 
S.  Barcelona 

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Twin  Peaks 

Utah 

Union  Flag 

Wells  Fargo.   .. . 

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yellow  Jacket. .. 

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Assessments  are  now  due  on  the  Stocks  above  marked  thus  * 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN"  FRANCISCO  NEWS   LETTER. 


.April  14,  1877. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 
Recorded  in  tb.e  City  and  County  of  Sau  Francisco.  California,  fcr  tn 
Week  ending  April  12,  1877. 

Compiled  from  the  Records  of  the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKillop  &  Co., 
401  California  titrcct,  San  Francisco. 


Friday,  April  6th. 


GRANTOR  AND  GRANTEE. 


Jno  Landers  to  A  Bote! 

I.  [I  Bailey  to  G  L  Wedekind 

W  A  Shaw  to  Ethv  Roper 

Geo  J  Haxe  to  Henry  Moffatt 
A  T  Green  to  Jno  Mullaney  ., 
Win  Hollis  iti  Chae  Murray  ... 

Thos  B  .Shannon  to  same 

Jos  Blnxome  to  same 

C  n  King  to  Wm  B  Swain.... 

Wm  II  Hill)  to  Kate  Dunne 

N  Conein  to  A  II  RuMi^rford 

Geo  Winter  to  Wm  Winler 

E  Tagpnrd  to  Rob't  Orphant 

Mary  Ellis  to  C  A  Curtis 

Pat:k  Condreu  to  Dennis  McNally 
S  F  Sinclair  to  Eugene  Lies  ... 

T  B  Shannon  lo  J  Bluxome 

Jas  Daly  to  Lawrence  McNally 


DESCRIPTION. 


Snndry  lots  in  different  parts  of  city 

Utah  w, 1611s  Santa  Clara,  w  100,  etc... 

Nc  Beale.  220:2  n  Fo!som,  45:10x137:6  .. 

Sw  Franklin  and  Post.  137:0x120    

S  19th,  24  e  Diamond,  33x100 

Nw  24th  and  Hampshire,  104x23 

Valencia  w,  200s  23d,  vv  102:0.  etc...... 

JNw  34th  and  Hampshire,  104x25 

INe  Sanchez  and  Dale,  2ljxl00 

NeFeil  and  Shradcr,  103:1^x275 

S  Morton,  30  w  Dlipont.w  20,  etc 

ISundry  properties  in  different  parts  city 
jNe  Muriposa  and  Texas,  e  75,  etc 

Se  Eldorado  st,  thence  w  25x110 

Lotl7,  blk  9,  Co^IegeH'd 

[Nw  O  stand  19th  av,  n  397,  etc 

iNw  25 Hi  and  Valencia,  90x65 

1 18th  av  w,  195  s  L  st,  104x240 


P2ICE 


10,(  101 1 

230 

7.100 

24,000 

9U0 

47,500 

5,000 

40 

6,900 

32,:»no 

6,0CQ 

2,100 

500 

350 

67 

1 


Saturday,  April  7th. 


.  IS"  Sutler,  68:9  e  Octavia,  6S.9xl20 

.  Se  Mission  and  17th,  e  245,  etc 

.  S  Green,  137:6  e  Mason,  68:9x137:6 

Same 

.  Same 

.  Same 

.  S  Cal'a,  120:3  e  Van  Ness,  26x137:6 

.  Sundry  lots  in  different  parts  of  city  ... 

Ann  C  Stott  to  Jos  Wissou |Nw  Chestnut  and  Monte')'  av,  \v  59:83$, 

n  60,  e9:9,  sc  78:1  to  com. 

Peter  Difley  to  Jno  R  Hite No.  t!46  Market  street,  on  n  Market  hetn 

1    Geary  and  Montgomery 


Solomon  Gump  to  Fred'k  Jacobi 

Mary  Ellis  to  Caleb  Burhauk 

P  Hnanl  toE  Van  Sauten 

E  Van  Sauten  to  H  Barroilhet 

H  Barroilhet  to  Thos  Grogan 

Paulin  Hnant  to  same 

Levi  C  Lane  to  Chas  Land 

Jas  C  Stott  to  Ann  C  Stott. 


sO.500 

23,-M  in 

50 


5,000 
500 


3,000 
1 


Korday,  April  9th. 


Wm  Hale  tn  Thos  Kelly 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to. Inn  A  Brown.. 
Lewis  S'rans's  to  W  J  Guun 

Eugene  Lice  to  E  L  Sullivan 


J  M  Comerford  to  Pat'k  Bradley  , 

Jno  Landers  to  J  Brown 

Rosa  Windel  to  Henri  Windel... 

A  T  Green  to  Jacob  H  Baker 

Chap  Mayne  toMarg't  Dugan.... 

H  Licbes'to  Martin  Heller 

W  Easton  to  Carrie  Eash  n 

W  C  Talbot  to  Sophia  G  Talbot. 

Wm  J  Shaw  to  J  Sullivan 

R  F  Morrow  to  Mary  A  Church.. 


Lacuna  w,  50  n  Po.-t,  75x62:6. 

S  2SH h,  SO  w  Sanchez,  25x1 14 

S  Duncan,  203  e  Sanchez,  25:8x114;  also 
n  Valley,  100  w  Church  ,  51:Sxl  14 

Nw  P  st  and  22d  av.  n  447,  etc  ;  also,  O 
L  bike  906  and  1021;  also,  uw  Q  st  and 
22d  av,  n  600,  etc 

N  28th,  200  w  Church,  25x114 

Nw  Market,  90  sw  15th,  sw  50,  etc 

E  Stockton.  90s  Sutter,  s  30,  etc 

E  Chattanooga,  230  s  23d,  30x117 

Ne29th  and  Church,  26:6x100 

Nw  Octavia  and  Pine,  68x137:6 

.  |Lot0,  blkN,  R  RH'd 

.jNe  Franklin  and  Jackson,  n  255:436,  etc 

.  N  14th,  25  e  Treat  av,  e  25,  etc 

.[Se  Cal'a  and  Battery,  137:6x137:6 


1 
350 


1,000 


1 

525 
1 

1,020 

800 

10,(011 

Gift 

Gift 

1,325 
325C00 


Tuesday,  April  10th. 


F  J  C  Lavillan  to  H  S  Wheeler  . 

H  Liebes  to  C  J  Behlow 

Same  to  Moritz  Lachman 

I  a  Goldman  lo  C  L  Weller 

F  Cassnllo  to  G  Faraco 

Jnlia  Dowlins  to  Sarah  Dowling 

E  R  Worth  to  Win  B  Swain 

W  J  Shaw  to  Jno  Grant 


A  C  Elmore  to  Addie  M  Viners.. 


Marcus  Modry  to  D  H  Hi  lien 

Alfred  Vetter  to  Hyam  Joseph 

Same  to  same 

Win  Thompson  to  Wm  Hulpiu  ... 
Hugh  Crockard  to  Jno  Johnston.. 


HS  Wheeler  to  Rob' t  Bright 

F  B  Wilde  to  H  Halin 

H  Hahn  to  Therese  Abloom 

City  and  Co  S  F  to  T  Caldwell. . . . 

T  Caldwell  to  J  II  B  Wilkins 

J  H  B  Wilkins  to  T  Colwell 

Eugene  Lies  to  Carailo  Martin  — 
A  Fiederickson  to  A  Fre  evickson 
Jno  O  Connor  to  Iliijrli  McCallum 

G  F  Pettinos  to  Tin  Pan 

S  J  Pellinos  lo  same 

August  H-Dinic  to  S  II  Long 

H  Matt  em  to  Cath  Muttern 


S  Pine,  300  w  Larkin,  25x120 

Octavia  w,  68  n  Pine,  39:6x137:6... 
Octavia  w,  107:6  n  Pine,  30x137:0.. 
S  cor  Stli  and  Clementina,  93x76... 
S  Union,  188:3  w  Kearny,  e  17:9.  etc;  also 

uinl  H  w  Lafayette,  64:6  n  Green,  n  23 

Lot  227,  Gift  Map  2 

Se,  Fulsom.  47  sw  Hawthorne,  35x75.... 
S    12th,  105  e  Folsom,e25,  s  8l:9&,  w 

25,  u  83:6  L.{ ,  etc , 

3  Washington.  28  e  Wetmore,  e  28,  b 

7:6,  w  16,  n  25,  etc 

Nw  Devisadero  and  Bush,  50x100 

Dupont  w,  new  line,  23  s  Sutter,  22x25.. 
Dupont  w,  old  line,  23  s  Sutter,  22x30.. 

Tehama  w,  350  n  Norwich,  25x80 

Se  Market,  100  nl  16th,  ne  26:8,  se  107:5, 

w  33:9,  nw  85:5?i  to  com 

SPire,  87:6  e  Polk,  25x120 

Lots  16  and  17,  blk  1,  Johnston  Tract  .. 

Same 

Ne  PI  Lohos  and  26lh  av,  u  450,  e  S2,  se 

330,  w  20,  etc 

Same 

Same 

Por  O  L blka 963, 964,  965 

Sub  5  in  lot  122,  P  V  Lands 

Kentucky  w,  300  s  Sierra,  w  200,  etc I 

N  Com'rc'l,  103*1^  eDtip,t,34:4Xxl37.6j 

Same i 

N  Wash-n,  123  w  Van  Ness,  27:6x127:8 Vj  I 
N  John,  80  w  Powell,  20x62:6 I 


$  20 
5,500 
4,505 

22,000 

600 
1 
1 

2,450 

6,000 
4,100 
8,009 
14,500 
975 

2,500 

6,500 

850 

Gift 


Gift 

4  (100 

11,050 

It) 

10.500 

Gilt 


Hiram  Tubbs  to  Edw  A  Davies  . 
C  M  Hitchcock  to  Peter  Dean... 

Peter  Bean  to  JH  Schleef 


Wednesday,  April  11th. 


F  C  Havens  to  C  Churchill , 

Mich')  Skelly  to  Wm  II  Harden. . 
Wm  J  Shaw  to  Caroline  Wood 

Rob't  Smith  to  Mary  Nevers 

Jas  Donovan  to  L  Auerbach 

Wm  De  Witt  to  Jane  De  Witt 

Rob't  Smith  to  J  O  Besse 

O  F  Cem'ty  As'n  to  Mrs  L  Mowrey 

A  Hamilton  to  Bridget  Bannan 

Same  ro  Cath  Griffith 

Willow's  L  As'n  to  W  H  Baylcss  . 
Paul  T'ct  H'd  As'n  to  J  Donnelly. 


;Iowa  w,  83:6  n  Sierra,  n  65,  etc 

INe  Valencia  and  22d,  e  125,  n  63:8,  w  to 
Valencia,  s  55:4  to  com 

Ne  Valencia  and  22d,  e  90,  n  58:6,  w  to 
Valencia,  s  52:6  to  com 

E  Folsom,  126  n  34th,  104x245 

N  cor  Howard  and  Grant  av,  56:8x137:6. 

E  Isis.   104:2%  s    12th,  s  48:5'i,e  75,  n 
45:1  x.j,  w  75  lo  com 

W  Broderick,  77:7'«  n  Cal,  27:6x82:6  ... 

N  Post,  180:5  w  Octavia,  25:10x129 

Sundry  lots  in  different  parts  of  city 

Broderick  w,  105:1',,  n  Cal,  27.0x82:6... 

Lot  3,  Rebekah  Grove  Beet  1,  O  F  Cem  . 

Larkin  w,  25  n  Greenwich,  25x105:9  .... 

[Larkin  w,  50  n  Greenwich,  50x105:9 

[Mission  w,  210  s  18th,  25x80 

'Lots,  blk  59,  Paul  Tract  H'd 


$    500 
7,500 


12,300 

2,S0O 
1,000 
6,500 
Gift 
1,000 
225 
1 ,260 
2,500 
2,750 
500 


Thursday,  April  12th. 


R  R  H'd  As'n  No  2  to  W  Conltor 

Same  to  Eliza  A  Miller 

Fred'k  Mason  to  Wm  Hollis 


Chas  Murray  to  B  J  Shay 

RH  Lloyd  to  Chas  Komfeld. 


C  Collins  toMich'lGirany 

Jas  M  Ryder  tn  David  R  Benton. 

H  Sand  L  Soc'y  loWm  Ede 

D  Farquharson  to  Isaack  Knbu., 

Win  Gleeson  to  Bridget  Davis 

Wm  Uollisto  JnoDocIlng 

G  Torrens  to  J  Garrington , 

S  E  Palmer  to  R  Thompson 

A  Marquard  to  Otto  Arnold.. 

C  H  Stanyan  to  J  C  Weir 

Jno  Kern  to  Jno  McDonangh 

Jno  Gray  to  Ilenrv  Koliler.. 

Wm  B  Swain  to  M  Connelly 

Rob't  Murdoch  to  Bame 

IraP  Rankin  to  W  F  Whittier... 

P  Carter  to  Fred'k  Mason 

A  H  Loughborough  to  J  George  . 
J  S  Porteous  to  Wm  F  Coupland. 


Lot  15,  blk  P,  Railroad  H'd  As'n  No  2. . 

Lot  14,  blk  I,  same 

P  N  blk  131,  bounder!  hy  Eldorado,  Kan- 
sas, Cent.T,  Vermont 

W  Valencia,  200  s  23d,  w  162J3,  etc;  also 
DW  Fo'som,  75  ne  Harriet,  25x75 

Und  int  u  cor  Folsnm  A  Harriet,  50x75 
nw  Folsom,  75  ne  Harriet.  25x7"i 

Lnt  5,  blk  260,  Golden  City  H'd  A*8*n  . , 

Und  5  acs  in  sect  13,  t  2  s,  r  0  w 

ENoc.  125  s  15th,  s  100, etc 

N  Fell,  103:1  tf  w  Cole,  103:1  Vx275 

E  Calhoun,  68:9  s  Union, -15:iiJxBl:S 

Xe  O'Farrelland  Broderick, 25x92.0.... 

N  Clay,  137:6  e  Larkin,  42x80 

N  Sutter,  137:6  w  Broderick,  275x137:6.. 

S  Lombard,  137:6  e  Hyde,  08:0x137:6  ... 

Ne  Pine  and  Lngnna.  137:6x137:6 

Lotsl  to  4,  blk  15,  Flint  Tract  H  ri 

W  Kearnv,  60  s  Green,  20x60.. , 

W  Vermont.  200  n  Colusa,  75x100 

W  Vermont.  200  n  Colusa,  25x100 

Sw  Beale,  275  se  Howard,  45:10x137:0. . . 

Sundry  lots  in  Golden  City  H'd 

S  Geary,  84:4x  w  Lagnna,  34:43x187:6 

E  Hyde,  97:6  s  Francisco,  40x137:6 


$    135 
185 


7,150 

5i  10 
8,500 
18.000 
7,000 

1,700 

1 .275 

1  l,C00 

1 

4,000 

10,0)0 

a.  ooi  i 
8,000 

30 
5 
12.000 
1 ,727 
1.500 
1,500 


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TEse  Company's  steamers  will  sail  a§  follows  at  13  H.: 
May  1,  for  YOKOHAMA  and  HONGKONG. 

CITY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  April  16th,  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  calling 
at  MAZATLAN,  SAN  BLAS,  MANZANUiOaildACAPULCO,  connecting atAcapulco 
with  company's  eteamer  for  all  Mexican  and  Central  American  ports  south  of  Acapulco. 
Tieketsto  and  from  Europe  by  any  line  for  sale  at  the  lowest  rates. 

CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  April  25th,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  or  on  arrival  of  the  En- 
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DAKOTA,  April  20th,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  ToWNSEND,  SEATTLE,  TACOMA 
and  OLYMPIA,  connecting  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for  PORT- 
LAND, Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11  a.m.  on  day  of  sailing.  For 
freight  ur  passage  apply  at  the  office,  corner  of  First  and  Erannan  streets. 

April  14.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

FJR    ARIZONA    AND    MEXICAN    POSTff. 

For  €ag>e  San  I^iacas,  I,a  Paz,  Itlazntlan,  Guayinas  nittl  the 
Colorado  River,  touching  at   Magdalena  Bay,   should  sufficient  inducement 

offer.  —  The  Steamship ,  Master,  will  leave  for  the   above 

ports  on at  12  o'clock  M. ,  from  Folsom-st.  Wharf,  connect- 
ing at  the  Mouth  of  the  Colorado  River  with  the  Steamboats  and  Barges  of  the  Colorado 
Steam  Navigation  Company  for  all  points  on  the  River.      Through  Bills  of  Lading 

will  be  furnished  and  none  others  signed.     Freight  will  be  received  on 

No  freight  received  for  Mexican  Ports  after ,  at  12  noon,  and  Bills 

of  Lading  for  those  ports  must  be  accompanied  by  Custom  House  and  Consular  Clear- 
ances.    For  freight  ur  passage  apply  to 
April  7. J.  BERMINGHAM,  Agent,  10  Market  street. 

OCCIDENTAL    AtfD    ORIENTAL   fcT^A?.:SHIP    COMPANY, 

ITlor  Japan  amS  Cnina,  leave  wharf,  corner  First  anil  Bran- 
'      nan  streets,  at  noon,    for  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONGKONG,  connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

OCEANIC January  10th,  April  21st,  July  17th  and  October  10th. 

CELGIC February  16th,  May  10th,  August  10th  and  November  16th. 

GAELIC March  20th,  June  10th,  September  ISth  and  December  lath. 

Cabin  Plans  on  Exhibition,  and  Passage  Tickets  for  sale  at  No.  4  New  Monl- 
coraerr  Street.  Fur  Freight,  pply  at  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
b  J  T.  H.  GOODMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 

GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President.  Dee.  23. 

OREGON    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

The  Only  Direct  J  A  no  to  Portland.— Regular  Steamers  to 
PORTLAND  leaving  San  Francisco  every  FIVE  DAYS -Steamships  CITY  OF 
CHESTER,  GEORGE  W.  ELDER  and  AJAX,  connecting  with  steanurs  to  SITKA 
and  PUGET  SOUND,  and  O.  and  C.  R.  R.  Co.  and  Oregon  and  C,  R.  R.  Co.  through 
Willamette,  Umpuua,  and  Rogue  River  Valleys,  Oregon.  Tickets  to  all  points  on 
the  O  and  C.  R.  R.  sold  at  reduced  rates.  Sailing  days  in  April— 14,  19,  24,  29,  at 
10  O'clock  a.m.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
April  14.  210  Battery  street. 

FOR    PORT]  AND,    0FEG0N- 

The  Only  Direct  Line.— Steamship  George  W.  Elder,  (on- 
nor  Commander,  leaves  Folsom-street  wharf.  SATURDAY,  April  14,  ai  10  a.m. 
April  14.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent,  210  Battery  st. 


The  Special  Organ  of  "Marriott's  Aeroplane  Navigation  Co. "--Fred.  Marriott,  Patentee. 


Prie»  per  Copy,  15  Contm.: 


ESTABLISHED  JULY  20.  IS  SB 


Annul  Smbaoription  (In  pold  ,  •"  M>. 


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DEVOTED  TO  THE  LEADING   INTERESTS  OF  CALIFORNIA  AND  THE  PACIFIC  COAST. 


Vol.  27. 


SAN  FEANOISCO,  SATUKDAY,  APRIL  21,  1877. 


No.  13. 


<•  i«,.»  oi  lh,-  Situ  Fritnrlaro  >'t»»  Letter,  rtilun  null.  Ciillfor- 
nl  A  -Hnl  I  Bui:.  Bonih  aide  Merchant  .street.  No.  0X17  to  615,  San  Francisco. 

GOLD  BARS-8906?!llil    Silver  Bars- 6@16  p  cent.  disc.  Treasury 
Notes  .ire  selling  at    96J.     Buying,  9SJ.      Mexican  Dollars,  4655 
per  cent  disc     Trade  Hollars,  3<V?S)  l>er  cent." disc 

W  Kxchahge  on  New  York,  h  per  cent,  for  Sold  ;  Currency,  51  per  cent, 

premium.     On   London,  Bankers,  481d.@ ;  Commercial,  49ld.  ; 

Pari.,  5  francs  per  dollar.     Telegrams,  jf(8  1  per  cent. 

•a- Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  April  20th,  at  S  p.m.,  106J.  Latest 
price  of  Sterling,  487  J@  489}. 

air"  Price  of  Money  here,  $65:1  per  cent,  per  month — bank  rate.     In  the 
open  market,  \(i  11.     Demand  active.  


THE  OCCIDENTAL  AND  ORIENTAL  LINE. 
W.-  have  to  note  the  somewhat  wholesale  exndtta  of  officers  and  petty 
officers  connected  with  this  service.  The  jiassengers  traveling  between 
tin-  port  and  the  China  seas  will  re.-.dily  recognize  the  names  of  men  who 
have  made  themselves  popular,  during  the  voyages  in  which  they  have 
been  employed,  for  their  urhanityand  unquestionable  professional  capabil- 
ity. They  are  principally,  if  not  ,'ili,  of  British  birth,  and  after  two  years 
service  they  return  to  visit  the  land  of  their  forefathers.  We  trust  they 
will  return  benefited  by  their  picnic  across  the  Atlantic,  and  in  the  mean- 
time we  wisli  them  Qod  speed.  The  names  of  the  officers  are  as  follows  : 
E  [..  ColTille,  second  officer  of  the  Oceanic  :  Robert  Scott,  third  officer; 
J.  H oUendata 1 1;.  N".  Reserve),  fourth  officer;  Owen  Brady.  ML  D.,  sur- 
geon. We  trust  that  the  Occidental  and  Oriental  line  will  be  able  to  re- 
place the  above  efficient  and  well- known  officers  by  men  of  equal  capacity 
and  merit. 

San  Franciscans  Abroad.  —  Pauls,  March  31st :  R.  Blackwell,  Mrs. 
R.  Blackwell.  .Miss  Lillie  Blackwell,  Miss  Louisa  Blackwell,  S.  H.  Car- 
lisle F  Donnelly,  Mi*.  Sunderland  and  family.  Geneva,  March  28th  : 
Mr.  Howard  and  family.  Rome,  March  26th:  H.  Epstein,  H.  \V.  Hoag, 
Col  D.  K.  and  Mrs.  Hungerford,  Miss  Hungerford,  E.  S.  Meade,  S.  L. 
Simon,  Mrs.  John  Kellv,  J.  F.  Kelly,  Charles  \V.  Stoddard.  London, 
March  31st :  R.  Brown,  Mrs.  R.  Brown.  Nice,  March  31st  :  Gen.  F. 
Williams.  BERLIN,  March  28th  :  Dr.  John  Nightingale.  Naci.es, 
March  20th  :  Mrs.  S,  F.  Bee,  Mrs.  R.  E.  Brewster,  R.  B.  and  Mrs.  Gray. 
Fi.oke.s-ce,  March  2-ith  ;  Mrs.  M.  O'Meara,  Miss  O'Meara.  Sorrento, 
March  2«th  :  Mrs.  S.  L.  Bee,  H.  Epstein,  R.  B.  and  Mis.  Gray,  Mrs.  G. 
E.  Skinner,  S.  L.  Simon.— Ama-wmn  fiaftster  of  Uvrch  31a». 

Latest  from  the  MerchantB'  Exchange.  —  New  York,  April 
20th,  1877.— Gold  opened  106§  ;  11  A.M.,  at  106J  ;  3  P.M.,  at  106.1.  United 
States  Bonds  —  Five-twenties  of  1807,  1121;  1881,  111  J.  Sterling  Ex- 
change, 4  87}@4  891,  short.  Pacific  Mail,  16J.  Wheat,  SI  05651  80.  West- 
ern Union,  678-  Hides,  dry,  2065201,  quiet.  Oil  -Sperm,  51  3165  SI  32. 
Winter  Bleached,  51  00  @  1  65.  Whale,  65(372 :  Winter  Bleached, 
r5@8J.  Wool -Spring,  fine,  20(528  ;  Burry,  1265  15;  Pulled,  25@35. 
Fall  Clips.  15  @  20  ;  Burry,  14(520. 
Wheat  Market,  lis.  8d.  @  12s.  3d. 
States  Bonds,  1004.     Consols,  95J. 

Tonnage,  Freights  and  Charters.  -At  this  date  we  have  35,000  tons 
disengaged  tonnage  in  port,  2,800  tons  under  engagement  to  load  wheat, 
and  13,0P0toos  miscellaneous.  Freights  to  the  U.  K.  are  entirely  nominal 
at  £2.  There  are  no  wheat  charters  upon  the  market— wheat  now  too  high 
on  this  coast  for  shipment  to  Great  Britain.  We  have  now  only  three 
ships  in  port  loading  wheat  for  the  United  Kingdom,  and  none  in  Oregon. 
Several  vessels  have  recently  sailed  hence  for  Liverpool  and  Manila  tn 
ballast  socking.  The  bark  Anttech  loads  lumber  and  spars  at  Burrard  In- 
let to  Shanghai,  at  S22. 

Califoiuians  Registered  at  the  Office  of  Charles  LeGay,  American 
Commission  Merchant,  1  Rue  Scribe,  Paris,  March  28,  1877.—  L.  A.  San- 
derson and  wife,  Sig,  Steinbort,  Louis  Livingston  and  wife,  A.  B.  Mc- 
Creery,  Frank  Cunningham,  C.  F.  Fargo,  A.  C.  Whitcomb,  \\  ■  Melvin 
Smith,  Abel  Guy,  Mrs.  Baldwin,  Miss  Virginia  Baldwin,  S.  H.  Carlisle, 
L.  Gerstle,  Miss  Sophie  Gerstle,  H.  R.  Bloomer,  John  Deane,  Mrs.  A. 
Patten,  Richard  Brown  and  wife,  A.  Oolman  and  wife.  


London,  April  20th. — Liverpool 
Club,  12s.  @  12s..    5<L      United 


Mr.  F.  AlKftr,  No.  8  ClemenCN  I.ntic.  London.  In  anlliorlrvtl  to 

receive  subsariptlous,  aavertSaamente,  communications,  ete.,  for  this  paper, 

Published  with  this  week's  issue  a  Four- 
JPat/e  Postscript, 

LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 


The  marriage  of  Miss  Louisa  Tevis  with  Mr.  John  O.  Breckenridge 
was  celebrated  on  Thursday  evening  lost,  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  Lloyd 
Tevis,  the  father  ol  the  bride.  The  officiating  minister  was  tlie  Rev.  Dr. 
Piatt,  rector  of  Grate  Church.  The  worthy  President  of  Wells,  Fargo 
&  Co.  v.  as  not  ambitious  to  make  a  great  display,  and  the  invitations 
were  confined  to  the  immediate  members  and  relatives  of  the  family.  On 
Thursday  next  the  happy  young  couple  will  hold  their  wedding  reception. 
Mr.  Breckenridge  is  a  young  Southern  gentleman  of  good  family,  and  in 
every  way  a  worthy  groom  of  so  fair  a  bride.  We  add  our  good  wishes  to 
the  universal  "  \on  voyage"  of  the  community. 

We  are  informed,  on  the  best  of  authority,  that  there  is  no  founda- 
tion in  fact  for  tb  heinous  charge  we  gave  credit  to  in  our  last  issue  con- 
cerning Mr.  Proagne.  We  regret  that  we  have  done  Mr.  Proague  the  dis- 
credit of  mixing  him  up  with  His  Satanic  Majesty  in  any  way.  Instead 
of  Mr.  Proague  borrowing  from  his  church,  we  now  know  that  hischurch 
is  indebted  to  him  for  a  large  and  handsome  donation  to  assist  them  in 
raising  their  debt. 

Beerbohm's  Telegram. --London  and  Liverpool,  April  20th,  1877.— 
Floating  Cargoes,  strong;  Cargoes  on  Passage,  firm. ;  Mark  Lane,  firmer, 
held  higher;  No.  2  Spring  Off  Coast, 57  s.;  Do.  for  shipment,  55s.  California 
Off  Coast,  58s.  6d.@59s.;  Do.  just  shipped,  and  nearly  due,  .5Ss.  Od. ; 
Liverpool,  good  demand;  California  Club,  12s.  6512s.  3d.;  Do.  Average, 
lis.  10d.65  12s.  Id.;  Red  Western  Spring,  lis.  6d.65jl2s.  4d.  Flour  in 
Paris  60  centimetres  per  8  Marks,  dearer. 

Commodore  Allen  celebrated  his  sixtieth  birthday  last  Tuesday 
evening.  The  hospitahle  mansion  was  profusely  decorated  with  bunting, 
and  our  leading  merchants,  with  their  wives  and  daughters,  celebrated  the 
auspicious  event.  Everybody  hail  a  good  time,  and  the  worthy  Commo- 
dore was  beaming  as  ever.  Music  and  dancing  was  kept  up  until  a  late 
hour,  and  the  guests  will  long  remember  this  happy  reunion. 


For  Liverpool.  —  The  ship  Gvtrfrti  Gate  was  cleared  by  Messrs.  Cross  & 
Co.,  on  the  18th  inst.,  with  20,712  oentals  wheat,  405  centals  borax,  3,800 
half  sacks  flour,  20  tons  ore  ;  the  whole  valued  at  575,082. 


A  Vermonter  in  Utah  writes  that  since  he  went  there  in  1859  the 
average  depth  of  the  water  in  Salt  Lake  has  increased  about  11  feet,  and 
the  salt  has  lessened  nearly  50  per  cent. 

Silver  was  nuoted  in  London  yesterday  at  54Jd.  per  ounce,  925  fine; 
Consols,  9oi :  United  States  5  per  cent,  bonds,  106J,  ex  coupon,  and  103J 
for  41  per  cents. 

The  next  steamer  for  Australia  will  be  the  Crip  of  Kew  Font,  to  sail 
hence  about  the  25th  instant,  or  on  arrival  of  the  London  mails. 


The  Liverpool  Wheat  market  yesterday  was  quoted  at  lis.  fid  Co  12s. 
for  average  California,  and  12s.v512s.  5d,  for  Club. 


For  Victoria,  B.  C.  —The  bark  Senrg  Buck,   for  Victoria,  carried 
1,700  mats  rice,  in  addition  to  other  cargo. 

Brokers  are  buying  half  dollars  at  6  per  cent,  discount,  and  are  selling 
them  at  5.}(£'5J  per  cent  discount. 

The  three  cross-cuts  on  the  1,700-foot  level  of  the  Best  &  Belcher 
mine  continue  in  porphyry. 

The  British  steamer  Oceanic  will  sail  to  day  noon  for  Yokohama 
and  Hongkong.  

Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  in  this  market  at  97  buying  and  97$  selline. 
Legal  Tenders  here  are  irregular  at  94£  buying  and  95J  selling. 
The  steamer  Idaho,  from  Mexico,  will  be  due  to-morrow. 


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  San  Prancisco,  California. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTEii*  AND 


-April   21,   1877. 


HOUSEKEEPING. 

Deck  your  house  from  inward  out,    Then  as  worldly  station  calls 

Let  there  be  an  inmost  shrine 
"Where  to  praise  with  gifts  devout 

Love  both  human  and  divine  ; 
After  that,  the  holiest  room 
Heap  with  choicest  things  thatgrow 


Spare  not  gold  nor  silver  show, 
Ambergris,  nor  forest  bloom, 
Man's  wrought  marvels  daintiest, 

Colored  canvas,  chiseled  stones, 
Comfort's  few,  but  all  that's  best, 

Each  that  special  beauty  owns. 


All  your  home  in  order  set, 
Nor  through  hasty  pride  forget, 

Chambers  still  outrank  the  halls. 

After,  if  you  more  can  spend, 
Neatly  decorate  the  shell 


Next  your  crumbling  fences  mend, 
Lay  your  road  beds  deep  and  well — 

But  beware  lest  these  beguile 

Care  on  outward  things  to  waste  ; 
Save  in  heart-cells  fair  and  chaste, 

"Where  does  fortune  really  smile  ? 
— Scribner. 


THE  "WORLD"  ON  HARRIET  MARTTNEATJ. 
Harriet  Martineau's  Autobiography,  with  memorials,  by  Maria 
"Weston  Chapman,  3  vols,  (Smith,  Elder  &  Co.).  'From  my  youth  up- 
wards I  have  felt  that  it  was  one  of  the  duties  of  my  life  to  write  my  au- 
tobiography.' When  this  is  the  opening  sentence  of  a  memoir,  we  may 
know  what  to  expect  as  its  sequel.  But  autobiographical  egotism  has 
never  before  reached  such  a  point  as  it  consistently  maintains  throughout 
these  three  volumes.  When  Jeremy  Bentham  was  on  his  deathbed,  he 
observed  that  there  was  only  one  thing  which  he  had  to  regret — that  it 
had  not  been  possible  always  to  have  by  him  a  stenographer  who  could 
have  taken  down  his  every  utterance.  A  similar  sentence  must  often  have 
secretly  possessed  Harriet  Martineau.  That  she  was  a  cle/er,  learned,  in- 
dustrious woman,  an  incisive  and  versatile  writer,  a  close  observer,  an  ac- 
cute  critic,  a  woman  who  had  a  varied  experience  of  men  and  manners, 
and  who  had  supplemented  a  tenacious  memory  by  copious  records  and 
notes,  every  one  knew.  The  story  of  such  a  life  could  not  fail  to  be  in- 
teresting and  instructive,  and  the  autobiography  will  make  its  mark  as 
one  of  the  books  of  the  year.  But  it  was  impossible  to  be  prepared  for 
the  display  of  such  a  combination  of  overweening  self-complacence,  self- 
involution,  sheer  vanity,  intolerance,  indifference  to  the  opinion  of  others, 
arrogance,  and  at  times  sheer  spite,  as  these  pages  reveal.  The  scurrility 
and  the  bitterness  of  the  article  which  Croker  wrote  in  the  Quarterly  on 
the  supposed  Malthusianism  of  Miss  Martineau  become  intelligible  and 
almost  excusable  by  the  light  of  these  memoirs  ;  and  one  may  even  feel 
some  satisfaction  at  the  thought  '  that  it  was  generally  agreed  there  was 
no  one  who  could  massacre  a  she-Radical  like  Kigby.'  To  herself  Miss 
Martineau  was  the  centre  of  the  universe,  and  her  mind  creation's  shrine; 
her  philosophic  and  economical  works  were  the  highest  utterances  of  hu- 
man wisdom,  the  Daily  News  the  ideal  and  the  type  of  all  possible  jour- 
nalistic excellence.  Periodical  writing  she  regarded  as  '  immoral  in  an 
artistic  sense  '  before  she  adopted  it  herself,  when  it  straightway  became 
a  consecrated  mission.  For  sometime  she  considered  that  Household  Words 
was  all  that  could  be  wished.  Charles  Dickens  declined  to  adopt  all  her 
theories  and  views,  and  Miss  Martineau  began  to  have  her  doubts  and 
fears.  A  little  later  it  appeared  that  both  Mr.  Dickens  and  Mr.  Wills 
were  audacious  enough  to  have  principles  and  convictions  of  their  own, 
which  were  not  in  accord  with  the  dogmas  of  Miss  Martineau.  The  lady 
was  of  course  furious,  wrote  Mr.  Wills  a  rude  and  impertinent  letter,  which 
is  given  tn  cxtenso  in  this  memoir,  and  transferred  her  contributions  to  the 
Daily  News,  Here  she  found  nerself  at  home,  and  it  must  be  confessed 
that  she  has  effectively  bequeathed  to  that  Nonconformist  print  traditions 
of  smog  superiority  which  it  successfully  preserves.  No  wonder  that  the 
then  editor  of  the  paper,  who,  it  appears,  when  he  received  the  intelli 
gence,  was  '  very  poorly  from  influenza,1  found  the  letter  from  Miss  Mar- 
tineau iu  18(iG  announcing  her  intention  to  discontinue  her  connection  with 
the  Daily  News,  have  'such  an  effect  upon  him  that  he  was  quite  unable 
to  reply  to  it.'  Newspaper  writing  was  Miss  Martineau's  metier.  She 
excelled  in  it:  she  was,  iu  fact,  a  born  journalist,  who  had  received  an  al- 
together superior  training.  She  could  write  on  anything  ;  and  everything 
she  wrote  she  wrote  well,  vigorously,  and  clearly.  Her  views  were  her 
own,  and  they  were  as  admirably  expressed  as  they  were  distinctly  con- 
ceived. Sociology,  science,  political  economy,  the  agricultural  laborer, 
sanitary  questions,  local  government,  the  financial  and  commercial  pro- 
blems of  the  day — on  all  these  Miss  Martineau  had  ideas  of  her  own,  and 
was  eminently  qualified  to  write.  The  first  twenty  years  of  her  literary 
life  had  been  a  preparation  for  the  career  of  journalism,  and  such  a  pre- 
paration as  few  journalists  have.  She  had  acted  as  a  universal  kind  of 
intellectual  midwife  ;  she  had  translated  Comte.  She  had  introduced 
many  other  speculative  and  practical  novelties  to  the  public  of  Great 
Britain.  She  had  traveled.  She  had  tried  her  hand  on  the  business  of 
local  administration  at  Ambleside;  she  had  accustomed  herself  to  write 
with  regularity,  rapidity,  and  precision.  Original  she  was  not ;  hut  she 
had  the  remarkable  gitt  of  imparting  to  views  and  opinions  which  she 
discovered  or  adopted  a  certaiu  degree  of  fascinating  freshness.  All  these 
things  made  her  invaluable  to  the  Daily  News.  The  gratitude  of  that 
journal  and  its  school  is  properly  due  to  Harriet  Martineau,  the  best  wo- 
man journalist  that  ever  lived.  That  is  her  position  in  literature  ;  and  if 
she  is  remembered  at  all  fifty  years  hence,  she  will  be  remembered  as  that 
and  nothing  more.  Her  friend,  Mrs.  Chapman,  has  performed  a  work  of 
supererogation  in  constructing  the  estimate  of  a  character  which  stands 
forth  unmistakably  portrayed  throughout  the  whole  of  the  autobiography 
in  true  womanly  charity.  Miss  Harriet  Martineau  seems  to  have  been 
singularly  deficient  in  true  womanly  delicacy  and  tact.  She  forfeited  the 
friendship  of  Charlotte  Bronte  because  she  lectured  her  with  almost  bru- 
tal candor  on  what  she  (Harriet  Martineau)  considered  her  literary  faults. 
Conscious  that  she  is  the  cynosure  of  her  own  empyrean  ;  always  mor- 
bidly mindful  of  the  fact  that  every  one  knows  her,  is  looking  at  her,  is 
thinking  of  her  ;  and  strong  in  the  conviction  that  she  is  free  from  all 
weakness  or  flaw — she  draws  up  a  minute  catalogue  of  the  imperfections 
of  her  acquaintances  and  friends,  allowing  occasionally  to  them,  with  an 
air  of  contemptuous  condecension,  a  few  merits.  Of  Tom  Moore  she  says 
that  he  had  coarseness  unredeemed  by  trace  of  wit.  Sydney  Smith  was 
wordly  minded,  unspiritual,  and  artificial.  Macaulay  was  a  failure  in  lit- 
erature and  politics,  and  a  plagiarist  as  well.  Of  Bulwer  she  writes  that 
the  spectacle  of  him  in  society,  'on  a  sofa,  sparkling  and  languishing 
among  a  set  of  female  votaries,  he  and  they  dizened  and  perfumed,  pre- 
sented the  nearest  picture  to  a  seraglio  to  be  seen  on  British  ground.'  Of 
Colerage  she  tells  us  that  his  philosophy  and  moralizing  were  most  like  the 
action  of  Babbage's  machine.     Of  Miss  Mitford  the  best  she  can  say  is 


that  she  wrote  a  graphic  style.  Her  estimates  of  Dickens  and  Thackeray 
are  iu  a  similar  vein  of  disparagement.  Miss  Martineau,  who  is  bitter, 
after  the  manner  of  superior  women,  against  the  vanity  of  men,  has  a 
good  deal  to  say  on  the  vanity  of  her  own  *ex  ;  yet  the  manner  in  which 
she  says  it  shows  that  it  was  the  absence  of  the' gratification  of  precisely 
that  vanity  in  herself  which  gave  the  sting  to  her  remarks.  She  sneers 
at  the  petty  homage  from  men  of  which  some  of  her  sisters  are  proud,  and 
then  protests  that  she  never  cared  to  receive,  such  homage  herself.  Deafuess 
and  ear-trumpet  notwithstanding,  she  tells  us  that  her  receptions  in  Lon- 
don were  eminently  unpopular  and  successful.  As  for  novels,  the  thea- 
ter—unless '  the  intellectual  interpretation  of  Shakespeare  by  Macready'— 
the  pleasures  of  the  table,  levity  of  conversation,  Miss  Martineau  is  per- 
petually reminding  us  that  she  was  above  all  that  sort  of  thing.  As  for 
religion  and  theology,  she  and  Mr.  Atkinson  had  made  up  their  minds 
there  was  nothing  in  it ;  and  Christianity  she  looked  down  upon  as  an  ab- 
surd superstition  which  she  has  herself  effectually  discredited.  But  here 
surely  Miss  Martineau  might  have  ceased  her  efforts  at  intellectual  des- 
potism over  her  fellow  creatures.  Having  established,  to  her  own  satis- 
faction, that  she  was  the  only  trustworthy  mentor  and  authority  in  time, 
it  is  too  much  to  have  to  accept  hex  as  our  infallible  instructress  for  eter- 
nity. 

Our  latest  letter  from  Paris  says:  "I  hope  I  am  not  anticipating 
your  other  Parisian  correspondents  by  making  a  note  of  a  new  device  in 
the  use  of  flowers  that  has  just  come  into  use  in  Paris.  It  is  the  wearing 
of  a  small  bunch  of  natural  flowers  on  the  shoes,  in  place  of  the  lace  and 
ribbon  rosettes  of  a  few  seasons  ago.  The  favorites  are  primroses,  yellow 
on  one  shoe,  purple  on  the  other,  or  mixed  on  both  ;  violets  are  much 
worn,  and  daises  are  just  "  coming  in."  The  fancy  is  a  very  pretty  one, 
and  has  been  quite  a  boon  to  the  poorer  order  of  bouquetieres.  Little  boys 
and  girls  find  a  ready  market  fur  their  two  sous  bunches  of  sweet  field 
flowers,  which  the  femmes  de  chambre  pin  into  the  shoes  to  be  worn  in 

morning  toilette There  is  a  good  deal  of  speculation  going  on  in 

the  green-rooms  and  in  many  drawing  rooms  as  to  the  position  Madame 
Patti  is  to  take  upon  her  next  visit  to  London.  'Will  she  be  received  at 
Marlborough  House  ?'  As  the  Marquise  de  Caux  she  had  the  entree  of 
the  highest  society  in  London,  but  she  is  no  longer  a  Marquise,  or  will  be 
so  no  longer,  I  suppose,  on  her  return,  and  then  ?  Perhaps  it  is  early  as 
yet  to  answer  the  question.  But  the  editor  of  the  World  is  perplexing 
himself  with  another  question— how  old  is  Patti?  I  believe  she  is  now 
thirty-four  ;  but  it  has  been  frequently  stated,  since  the  recent  scandal, 
that  the  diva  is  in  her  thirty-seventh  year,  and  although  Vapereau  and 
the  biographies  agree  that  she  was  born  in  the  spring  of  '43  are  at  variance 
as  to  the  month.  She  is  generally  believed  to  have  been  born  of  Italian 
parents  at  Madrid,  although  there  are  not  a  few  Americans  who  are  firm- 
ly convinced  'the  American  nightingale  '  first  saw  the  light  in  the  States. 
The  last  story  is  that  she  is  the  daughter  of  a  Jew  dealer  in  Houndsditch, 
and  that  she  was  sent  to  spend  some  years  in  America  in  order  to  efface 
the  East-end  connection,  and  to  give  her  that  exotic  air  English  people  so 
much  approve  of  in  singers,  it  being  a  well  known  fact  that  no  English 
woman  can  hold  a  candle  to  a  foreigner  or  the  operatic  stage." 

The  scientific  gardens  of  Paris  are  becoming  quite  a  theater  for  field 
sportsof  a  select  order.  Not  long  ago  an  English  falconer  was  invited  to 
establish  himself  and  his  trained  birds  as  one  of  them,  and  the  Parisians 
were  indulged  with  the  sight  of  falcons  worthy  of  the  age  of  chivalry. 
While  the  peregrines  were  allowed  to  perform  in  the  air,  a  group  of  cor- 
morants attracted  quite  as  much  attention  by  their  exploits  in  the  water, 
and  the  French  bourgeois,  who  had  never  stirred  further  beyond  the  ram- 
parts than  St.  Germain  or  Villeneuve,  began  to  talk  as 'loudly  about 
hawkimr  as  if  he  had  been  a  member  of  the  famous  Loo  or  Champagne 
Clubs.  It  is  now  the  turn  of  another,  and,  perhaps,  a  new  sport,  in  which 
birds  are  also  the  performers.  The  Jardin  d'Acclimatation  has  been  en- 
riched by  the  addition  of  some  fine  secretary  birds,  and  a  few  days  ago 
occasion  was  taken  with  their  help  to  offer  to  the  public  what  a  French 
paper  calls  "a  most  attractive  spectacle."  Some  vipers  had  been  procured, 
and  were  thrown  before  the  birds,  who,  to  the  intense  delight  of  the  spec- 
tators, lost  no  time  in  "engaging  in  a  struggle"  with  them.  The  combat 
must  have  been  rather  one-sided  if  the  birds  were  anything  like  f  nil-grown, 
for  a  secretary  has  been  known  not  only  to  vanquish,  but  to  devour  bodily, 
snakes  as  large  as  a  man's  arm.  But  the  gestures  and  tactics  of  the  birds 
while  engaged  in  the  fight  were  highly  amusing  to  the  visitors,  who  will, 
no  doubt,_  urge  all  their  friends  to  go  and  patronize  the  exhibitions  that 
may  be  given  in  future.  It  is  certain  that  the  gardens  are  far  better  suited 
for  the  ckagse  "u.r  mperea  than  for  displays  of  falconry  ;  for  the  secretary 
does  not  fly,  but  runs  after  his  prey,  and  that  at  a  prodigious  pace,  reserv- 
ing hit  wings  to  serve  as  a  weapon  of  offence  and  defence.  When  the 
snake  is  overtaken  one  of  the  wings  is  used  as  a  shield  and  the  other  as  a 
club,  while  the  long  and  hard  legs  of  the  bird  are  impervious  to  the  attacks 
of  the  foe.  A  common  viper  is,  however,  by  no  means  a  fair  match  for 
the  newly-trained  chasseur,  and  it  would  be  well  on  the  next  occasion  to 
make  a  quarry  of  a  stout  cobra  or  a  young  python. 

A  Melancholy  Barber.— A  barber  named  Felix  Adolphe,  who  cut 
hia  throat  recently  in  the  Rue  Saint  Honore,  Paris,  has,  according  to  the 
papers,  left  behind  him  a  letter  which  is  curious  enough  to  reproduce. 
Here  it  is:  "I  loved,  hoped,  and  believed.  To-day  I  doubt,  despair  and 
hate.  Mv  heart  has  been  killed;  let  my  body  be  so  likewise.  I  exercise 
the  only  liberty  that  God  has  given  to  man,  and  that  society  cannot  de- 
prive him  of,  viz:  that  of  destroying  himself.  I  was  born  "with  a  taste 
for  literature,  and  my  parents  made  me  a  barber.  I  was  married  to  a 
good  and  handsome  woman,  but  jealous  fate  deprived  me  of  her.  Ac- 
cursed be  man,  accursed  be  the  earth.  I  deliver  my  body  to  the  worms, 
my  hatred  to  the  infernal  spirits,  and  expire!  " 

"Where  is  happiness  to  be  found?"  asks  an  exchange.  Where 
is  it?  Why,  look  at  the  young  girl  across  the  street,  who  has  just  re- 
ceived a  fifty  cent  valentine.  See  her  blissful  smile!  Look  at  the  woman 
who  has  found  a  810  bill  in  the  vest  her  husband  left  this  morning  to  be 
mended.  Now  look  over  the  back  fence  here.  Do  you  see  that  man 
dancing  and  capering  about  as  if  he  were  crazy  ?  Well,  his  wife  is  going 
away  for  a  week.  These  are  three  cases  of  happiness  for  you,  and  tuere 
are  three  times  as  many  to  be  found  around  the  corner  at  a  boarding- 
house,  where  they  have  got  a  new  and  pretty  servant-girl,  who  wears 
pink  ribbons  in  her  yellow  hair. — Washington  Gazette. 


April   il,   1877. 


CALIP0RN1  \     ADVERTISER, 


THE    RIVER     TIME. 
[m  lokd  ltttok.] 

<  Mi.  ■  wonderful  stream  i-  the  River  Tim.-, 

. 
W  itb  :\  faultiest  rhythm  and  a  musical  rhyme, 
Ami  i*  broad  niiiv,-  sweep,  and  n  iui 

■ 
How  thi  winfc  n  are  drifting  Uke  flakea  of  mow, 
An. I  the  rammers  tike  buds  bet •■■ 

Aii.l  kh«  ear-*  an.l    thl 

On  tli  •  with  its  ebb  ana  Bow, 

in  the  shadow  and  ihi  en. 
i«.tl  [ale  op  the  Rivet  Ti 

ni'  playing ; 
.1  cloudless,  sky  and  a  tropical  cume, 
Aiul  a  voice  as  ',:  per  chime, 

And  the  Jnnee  with  the  roaee  axe  staying, 
And  the  name  of  thai  isle  i>  the  "  Long  Ago,*1 
And  we  bury  our  treasures  there; 

■  f  beauty  and  mow 

(The}  an  heap*  of  dust,  but  we  love  them 
There  an  trinkets  and  treasee  of  hair. 
Then  are  fragments  of  songs  thai  nobody  us 
And  a  part  of  an  infant's  prayer; 

a  harp  unswept  and  a  lute  without  strings, 
in  broken  vows  and  pieces  «>f  rings, 
And  tin-  garments  that  m  used  to  wear. 
Then  an  hands  which  an  waved  with  that  fairy  abort 

By  the  mirage  is  lifted  in  air. 
And  sometimes  we  hear,  through  the  turbulent  roar, 
Sweet  voices  we've  heard  in  tin-  days  gone  befoze, 

When  the  wind  down  the  river  is  fair. 
Oh,  ■  ed  for  aye  be  that  blessed  isle, 

All  the  .lay  ..f  life  till  night  ; 
Ami  w]  with  its  beautiful  smile, 

And  our  eyes  an  closed  t.>  slumber  awhile, 
May  thnt  greenwood  of  bouJ  be  in  Bight. 


THE    CHINESE    IN    THE    UNITED    STATES. 

The  Americans  of  the  Pacific  States  have  a  case  of  r(1usi.lcruble 
Btnngth  against  permitting  Chinese  immigration  into  those  States  to  j.'<> 
on  with. >nt  control  or  limit.  But  their  case  i*  marred  by  tin-  vulgarity, 
hypocrisy  and  cynicism  of  their  arguments,  and  weakened  by  the  fact 
that  their  own  hank  .»re  anything  out  clean,  ami  that  their  political  ftys- 
..  subjected  \-<  experiments  far  more  trying  than  the  incorpor- 
ation of  Chinamen  with  the  American  people.  The  report  <>f  the  Com- 
missioners who  have  been  investigating  the  subject  scarcely  affects  to  dis- 
guise tip-  real  ground  of  popular  repugnance  to  the  admission  of  china- 
men.  ft  is  the  competition  of  their  labor  which  i>  disliked,  whereas  their 
labor  is  their  one  valuable  contribution  to  the  good  nf  the  countries  to 
which  they  resort.  The  charges  <>f  dirtiness,  gambling  habits,  idolatry, 
trii-kery  ami  immorality  may  all  have  Borne  foundation;  but  with  what 
do  they  come  from  members  of  a  community  in  which,  till  the 
other  «lay,  a  dirty  shirt  was  a  proof  of  independence,  among  which  there 
are  more  gambling  houses  than  in  any  other  part  of  the  world,  which 
. t L ■  ■■  bad  to  make  it  an  inflexible  rule  of  good  manners  never  to  risk  ques- 
tions abont  a  lady^  antecedents,  anil  which  has  positively  created  ;i  whole 
language  of  profane  ami  complicated  oaths?  There  is  hardly  a  single  ac- 
cusation against  the  Chinese  settlers  which  does  not  admit  of  tin-  aort  of 
retort  conveyed  by  the  subtle  humor  of  the  "  Heathen  Chinee.''  Nor  i.-,  it 
t..  be  disguised  that  there  are  a  host  of  American  precedents  which  seem 
to  have  committed  American  statesmen  to  licensing  this  immigration  and 
eufranchisim:  the  emigrants  who  choose  to  reuiain.  The  founders  of  the 
American  Republic  no  doubt  expected  it  t>>  become  a  refuse  chiefly  for 
Englishmen  of  democratic  leanings  and  puritanic  tendencies.  But  the 
immigrants  who  really  came  in  multitudes  were  Roman  Catholic  Irish- 
men, with  a  love  for  the  Pope  and  no  dislike  to  despotism;  lint  all  this 
was  forgiven  them  in  consideration  of  their  doing  the  drudgery  of  the 
country;  and  it  was  loudly  proclaimed  that  there  was  no  amount  of  polit- 
ical ignorance  or  religious  obscurantism  for  which  democratic  institutions 
were  not  a  sufficient  cure. 

The  Irish  exodus  has  heen  succeeded  by  the  crowding  in  of  German's 
and  Scandinavians,  and  all  over  Europe  the  United  States  are  talk-. I  of 
as  a  paradise  ..pin  to  the  disinherited  of  the  earth.  No  doubt  it  is  to 
blunt  the  force  of  these  precedents  that  the  Commissioners  resort  to  the 
modern  cant  of  "  race,"  and  talk  of  the  Chinese  as  Mongolians.  It  might 
be  enough  to  answer  that  the  Japanese  also  are  Mongolians,  and  that 
impenetrability  to  new  ideas  is  the  last  charge  which  could  be  brought 
against  the  Japanese.  But,  of  course,  the  conclusive  reply  to  such  ob- 
jecti  '!.s  is  the  enfranchisement  of  the  negro.  The  moral  and  intellectual 
gulf  which  separates  the  native  American  from  the  Chinese  settler  is 
nothing  to  that  which  separates  him  from  the  population  which  till  the 
other  day  ruled  over  millions  of  white  Americans  in  the  Southern  States. 
The  worst  Chinaman  carries  about  with  him  traces  of  civilization,  though 
the  civilization  is  not  ours.  The  most  advanced  negro  has  a  great  deal 
in  him  of  the  mere  barbarian.  If  their  incapacity  for  participating  in 
government  is  a  strong  reason  for  forbidding  the  Chinese  to  settle,  the  in- 
capacity of  the  negro  is  matter  not  of  conjecture  but  of  experience.  His 
government  of  the  Southern  States  has  at  last  tired  out  and  revolted 
those  who  petted  and  protected  him;  his  corruption^  became  at  last  too 
outrageous  for  the  politicians  who  used  him  as  an  instrument,  his  folly 
too  gro'esque,  his  unskillfulness  too  imminently  dangerous.  The  conse- 
quences of  enfranchising  the  negro  will  be  felt  to  the  end  of  the  history 
of  the  United  States,  and  probably  for  little  but  evil.  As  slaves,_  the  ne- 
groes were  a  source  of  weakness  rather  than  strength  to  their  white  mas- 
ters. As  free  men,  it  looks  as  if  they  would  become  a  helpless  popula- 
tion of  day  laborers  and  small  traders,  absolutely  dependant  on  a  gov- 
erning  class  of  landowners  and  capitalists,  and  voting  implicitly  at  their 
bidding.  The  nation  which  has  thus  placed  its  destinies  at  the  mercy  of 
a  work  and  merely  imitative  race  will  scarcely  find  credit  if  it  affects  to 
dread  a  vigorous  race  with  ideas  and  customsof  its  own. — Pall  Mall  B»-t- 
get. 


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P.  H.  Kussell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Ohilds,  Los  Angeles.  Wm, 
ii i,  Sonoma  County.  BE.  W.  Scale,  Mayfleld.  Vie...  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Fun.  13. 

NEW  ENSLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  R0ST0N, 

Hns  transacted  the  buNliiess  oi'IJCo  Iusnrance  for  nearly 
thirty-live  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  overFot'RTBBN  Million  DoIiLarb,  The 
law  of  aEassachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  C'nm- 
pany,  divitliii!,' every  eent  nf  surplus  among  Pitliey-liohlers.  This  is  the  t)xt,Y  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  *  loasl  govemea  by  the  massachusette  Lapse  Lav.    Thi»  company 

lias  COmn"ed  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSMX,  General  Agent. 
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HERLIK-COLOGNE     FIRE    INSURANCE    C0MFAHY,     OF    BERLIN, 
GERMANY. 

Capital.  0.000,000  Reirli-^IarkH.  81.300.000  V.  S.  Clold  <*oiu. 
Raving  been  appointed  General  Agents  f..r  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are  now  pre- 
parcd  t->  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  tidkman,  ini;si'iii'i:i,M  tv  en., 

Nn\.  4. fWlee:    N..   ;;nj  So;s.-mc  street,  umler  W    F.  &  Co. 'a  Rank. 

ESTABLISHED    1821. 

Capital,  Gold SIO.000,000. 

GUARDIAN  ASSURANCE  CO..  OF   LONDON. 

Dec.  16.        Agents  :  BALFOUR,  GJ  THK1E  &  CO.,  280  California  at 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY.  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  815,000,000  ;  Aecumnlatc<l  Feuds,  up- 
wards of  ^,"50,000  ;  A"""ffil  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurance,  91 ,880.000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin,  W.  I,.  BOOKER,  Agentj 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street.  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN    ASSURANCE   CO,    OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

Clash   Asscis.  8I.-07,4S:i.---I,oinIon  AHsiirnnec  Corporation, 
j    of  London.  Bngland.    Cash  Assets,  914,003,406.— Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  ;>i  equitable  rates.  CKnss  \  co  .  i;rinr.ii  A^cnt-i, 

Jan.  20.  3]C!  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 
/  Capital  S9,O00,O0O. — Afroiit**:    BalTonr,  Onthrle  &  Co.,  No. 

V^    280  California  street,  San  Franci  ico.  No.  18. 

703.  SALE. 
£L.  X4\  4\4\d\  First  Mort^ase  Bouda  of  the  Xevatla  County 
^9*J'  Wm\ r\ 9\  w  Nan"ow  Gauge  nallroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  ami  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1870,  bearing 
interest  ;it  the  rate  of  A  per  cent,  per  annmn,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  in  this  city,  mo  more  desirable  investment  can  Be  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  jots  to  suit         [.Sept.  9.)        ANDREW  HAIKU,  No.  304 California  street. 

L     C.    COX.    M.D., 

Late  of  Washington.   I>.   C,  850   Market  street,   corner  of 
Stockton.     Office  Hours— 0  Ij  11  a.m.,  2  to  4  P.M.,  7  to  9  p.m. 

Special  attention  yivev  t"  the  treatment  of  Diseases  of  Women. April  14. 

SUTRO    ft    CO., 

Bankers  nn<l   Brokers,   408  Montgomery  street.— Highest 
price  paid  for  U.  tf.  lionds,  County  Bonds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin 
Exchange  drawn  on  New  .York.  May  20 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


April   21,   1877. 


THEATRICAL,     ETC. 

California  Theater.  —The  fashion  of  pooh-poohing  Miss  Neikon's  act- 
ing and  praising  her  beauty  and  training  only,  is  going  oat  among  the 
critics  since  last  Monday.  We  Bpeak  advisedly  when  we  say  that  The 
Huncfiback  has  never  been  performed  here  with  the  same  strength  of  cast 
and  the  perfection  of  rendition  in  the  principal  role  as  upon  that  occasion. 
From  the  first  scene  to  the  last  Miss  Neilson's  "Julia"  was  a  complete 
and  satisfying"  production  of  a  part  unnaturally  wordy  and  stilted  to  be- 
gin with.  Her  light-hearted  coquetry  in  the  first  act,  changing  with  in- 
imitable naturalness  to  her  mortification  at  biing  overheard  by  "Clif- 
ford," and  then  the  shock  with  which  she  hears  of  his  determination, 
were  all  unsurpassable  bits  of  acting  in  their  way.  The  scene  where 
"  Master  Walter  "  destroys  the  letter  would  have  alone  made  the  reputa- 
tion of  many  a  less  gifted  actress.  The  culmination  of  the  pleasure 
afforded  the  audience,  however,  was  at  the  famous  line,  "Clifford,  why 
don't  yon  speak  to  me?"  As  the  star  said  this,  she  threw  herself  upon 
the  chair  just  tendered  to  her  lover,  with  an  agonized  abandonment  of 
grief  that  brought  tears  to  the  eyes  of  the  spectators,  so  unutterably  pa- 
thetic was  her  whole  voice  and  bearing.  The  fact  that  Miss  Neilson  pos- 
sesses the  faculty  of  literal  absorption  in  her  parts— an  attribute  of  ge- 
nius only — was  evinced  by  the  tears  that  absolutely  poured  down  her 
cheeks  during  this  scene.  Of  Mr.  Keene's  "Clifford  '  we  wish  we  had 
more  to  say.  Dressed  with  inexcusable  plainness,  not  to  say  tawdriness, 
in  the  first  and  second  acts,  he  further  injured  his  reputation  by  an  over- 
done stolidity  in  the  reconciliation  scene  that  was  surprising.  Mr.  Ed- 
wards' "  Hunchback  "  was  a  bluff  and  breezy  performance,  but  destitute 
of  that  spice  of  craftiness  that  pertains  to  "  Master  Walter."  Mr.  Hill's 
"Modus,"  like  Miss  Wilton's  "  Helen,"  are  companion  pieces  of  well 
known  merit.  The  kissing  scene4  as  given  by  them,  is  one  of  the  best 
bits  of  high  comedy  on  the  stage,  and  well  deserved  the  recall  it  received. 
Miss  Wilton  had  somewhat  the  advantage  of  the  star  in  beauty  of  cos- 
tume, especially  in  the  second  act,  where  a  most  artistic  wig  admirably 
harmonized  with  an  uniquely  magnificent  toilet.  Mr.  Bishops  "Fathom" 
was  played  with  all  the  perennially  unctuous  humor  of  mat  popular 
comedian.  The  Lady  of  Lyons,  on  Tuesday,  was  a  brilliant  and  artistic 
performance,  but  in  no  sense  the  triumph  The  Hunchback  is  admitted  to 
have  been.  The  benefit  of  Miss  Neilson,  on  Wednesday,  was  a  veritable 
ovation.  The  house,  even  in  the  gallery,  was  crowded  to  suffocation  with 
our  society  people,  and  the  retreating  steps  of  our  beautiful  visitor  liter- 
ally strewn  with  flowers.  Last  evening  Mrs.  Judah  took  her  annual  ben- 
efit, which,  we  need  hardly  say,  was  a  bumper.  The  bill  was  Caste  and 
Nicholas  Nickfeby,  the  former  admirably  played.  The  next  attraction  at 
this  theater  is  Mrs.  Lingard  in  the  best  constructed  drama  of  this  genera- 
tion, Tlie  Two  Orphans. 

Baldwin's. — On  the  30th  of  the  current  month  this  beautiful  theater 
will  be  opened  for  a  season  of  English  Opera,  under  the  direction  of  Mr. 
C.  D.  Hess.  The  company  comprise  the  following  eminent  artists:  Mile. 
Martinez,  Mile.  Julie  Eosewald  and  Miss  Marie  Stone  (soprani),  Mrs. 
Zelda  Sequin  and  Miss  Adelaide  Randall  (contralti),  Mr.  Joseph  Maas, 
Mr.  William  Castle  and  Mr.  C.  H.  Turner  (tenori),  Mr.  William  Carle- 
ton  and  Mr.  A.  Dubreul  (baritones),  and  Messrs.  George  A.  Conly  and 
W.  H.  McDonald  (bassi).  In  addition  to  these  well-known  artists,  Mr. 
Segnin  is  with  the  company  to  fill  all  the  buffo  parts,  and  we  are  to  have 
the  pleasure  of  being  introduced  to  Miss  Marie  Lancaster,  Mr.  A.  W. 
Tarns  and  Mr.  A.  du  Cayla.  The  orchestra  is  under  the  care  of  Mr.  The- 
odore Rosenstein,  of  the  New  York  Conservatory  of  Music,  and  will  be 
conducted  by  our  old  friend,  Mr.  S.  Behrens.  Without  doubt  this  is  the 
strongest  and  best  opera  combination  which  has  visited  us  for  many  years, 
and  the  management  will,  we  trust,  have  no  cause  to  regret  the  speculation. 
Barton  Hill  lends  his  valuable  services  as  Acting  Manager,  and  the  thea- 
ter is  being  specially  redecorated  for  this  important  engagement.  Next 
week  we  shall  give  a  full  description  of  the  beautiful  additions  now  being 
made  to  this  lovely  temple  of  Thespis.  Opera  after  opera  will  be  pro- 
duced in  rapid  succession — Lucia  di  Lam mer moor,  Faust,  The  Bohemian 
Girl  and  Mignon  being  already  announced.  Several  of  the  artists  are 
new  to  this  city,  while  others — notably  Mr.  William  Maas,  Mr.  Carleton, 
Madame  Seguin  and  others— are  old  and  welcome  favorites.  The  prices 
of  admission  are  judiciously  moderate,  and  will  doubtless  tend  greatly  to 
the  success  of  the  forthcoming  season. 

The  Troubadours  continue  to  draw  large  houses,  as  might  be  expected. 
Such  a  plethora  of  genuine  frolicsome  fun  has  rarely,  if  ever,  been  pre- 
sented to  a  San  Francisco  audience.  Mr.  Gourlay  is  twisting  with  humor 
physically  and  mentally.  His  contortions  on  the  sofa  during  the  singing 
of  a  sentimental  ballad  in  Patchwork  must  be  seen  to  be  appreciated. 
Miss  McHenry  is  not  a  whit  behind  in  her  contributions  to  this  most 
infections  drollery,  and  Mr.  Salsbury's  imitations  of  "Rip  Van  Winkle," 
"  Hamlet,"  and  other  roles,  have  been  too  frequently  discussed  to  need 
further  praise  here.  Mr.  John  Webster  has  rather  an  unthankful  part, 
and  gives  ns  a  little  too  much  of  "  Gaily  tile  Troubadour."  We  hope  to 
see  him  shortly  in  another  role.  The  singing  of  Miss  Blanche  Corelli  is 
a  very  pleasant  feature  of  the  evening,  and  she  combines  some  very  excel- 
lent acting  with  it,  albeit  an  exaggerated  tremolo  or  vibrato  in  her  voice 
might  occasionally  be  -dispensed  with.  The  Troubadours  are  now  com- 
mencing their  third  week,  and  will  probably  substitute  another  programme 
shortly. 

Emerson's  Opera  Mouse  opens  on  Monday  with  the  ever  popular 
"  Billy  Emerson"  as  chef  de  cuisine.  This  little  theater  has  been  entirely 
redecorated,  frescoed  and  renovated,  and  bids  fair  to  be  a  permanent  home 
of  first-class  minstrelsy.  Mr.  Emerson  is  supported  by  Wash  Norton,  the 
Ethiopian  comedian,  Cheevers  and  Kennedy,  two  new  Eastern  songists 
and  dancists,  John  Hart,  Ernest  Linden,  A.  C.  Morland  and  others. 
The  vocalists  are  the  celebrated  tenor,  Mr.  Tilla,  formerly  with  the  Kel- 
logg troupe,  Mr.  Fredericks,  the  baritone,  Beaumont  Reed,  G.  H.  Harris 
and  James  Morrison.  The  orchestra  will  be  enlarged,  and  everything 
done  to  make  the  season  a  success. 

Grand  Opera  House.  —  The  beautiful  spectacle  of  Midsummer  Nights 
Dream  has  held  its  own  all  the  week,  and  is  to  be  replaced  on  Monday  by 
the  ever  welcome  Our  Boarding  House.  Such  artists  as  Miss  Eleanor 
Carey,  Miss  Katy  Mayhew,  Messrs.  Polk,  Bradley,  Kennedy  and  Billings 
have  placed  the  Grand  Opera  House  on  a  firm  footing  as  a  place  of  amuse- 
ment second  to  none  in  the  city.  We  shall  long  remember  Mr.  Voegtlein's 
beautiful  panorama,  but  an  insatiate  public  is  ever  demanding  novelties, 
and  even  it  perforce  must  yield  to  the  cry.  Our  Boarding  House  should 
draw  large  houses,  judging  by  the  extreme  popularity  of  its  first  run. 


BALDWIN'S. 

Lessee  and  M.inasor,  John  XU-Cnllonjrh.--  Opening-  Xig-ht, 
.MONDAY  EVENINGS,  April  20th.  The  management  has  the  extreme  pleasure 
to  announce  an  engagement  with  C.  D.  BESS,  Director  of  the  GRAND  ENGLISH 
OPERA  COMPANY,  commencing  on  the  above  date,  for  a  brief  season,  during  which 
the  best  works  in  their  extensive  repertoire  will  be  presented  in  rapid  succession. 
The  Company,  expressly  engaged  for  the  California  Season,  will  comprise  the  follow- 
ing Eminent  Lyric  Stars  :  Prima  Donna  Soprasos— MLLE.  MARTINEZ,  lute  Prima 
Donna  of  Strakosch  Italian  t-pera;  MLLE  JULIE  ROSEWALD.  already  favorably 
known  in  this  city  ;  MISS  MARIE  STONE,  recently  returned  from  her  successful  tour 
in  Italy.  Pkuia  Donna  Contraltos- MBS.  ZELDA  SEGUIN.  the  Famous  American 
Songstress  ;  MISS  ADELAIDE  RANDALL,  a  voung  and  competent  artiste.  TtNoRS— 
MR.  JOSEPH  MAAS,  MR.  \VM.  CASTLE,  both  well  known  through  former  signal 
successes ;  MR.  C.  H.  TURNER,  from  the  Crystal  Palace  English  Opera,  London. 
Baritones  — MR.  WM,  CARLETON,  the  first  Baritone  upon  the  English  Operatic 
Stage  ;  Mil.  A.  DUBREUL,  for  years  the  leading  Baritone  of  the  Italian  Opera,  N.  Y. 
Basbos  -MR.  GEO.  A.  CONLY,  the  "  Great- Yoiced  Conly,"  without  a  rival  in  Amer- 
ica; MR.  \V.  H.  McDONALD,  an  American  Basso,  recently  arrived  from  Italy. 
BfVFO— MR.  EDWARD  SEQUIN,  identified  with  the  most  successful  operas  in  Amer- 
ica ;  and  also  MISS  MARIE  LANCASTER,  MR.  A.  W.  TAMS,  MR.  A.  DU  CAYLA. 
These  artists  will  enjoy  the  support  of  a  Large  and  Well-Drilled  Chorus  and  an  En- 
tirely New  Orchestra,  under  the  care  of  MR.  THEODORE  ROSENSTEIN,  of  the  New 
York  Conservatory  of  Music,  and  embracing  many  of  the  Best  Soloists  of  the  Day,  to 
be  conducted  by  MR.  S.  BEHRENS,  Musical  Director.  The  first  opera  will  be  LUCIA 
DI  LAMMEBMOUB,  tube  succeeded  by  FAUST,  THE  BOHEMIAN  GIRL,  and 
MIGNON,  with  new  scenery  by  Voegtlin.  Opera  will  be  given  every  evening  except 
Saturday.  Matinees  every  Saturday.  The  Scale  of  Prices  will  not  be  advanced 
further  than  is  absolutely  demanded  by  the  expense  attending  this  important  engage- 
ment, namely:  Dress  Circle  and  Orchestra,  Admission,  SI  50 ;  Reserved  Seats  in 
same,  §2  00  ;  Gallery,  Admission,  50  cents  ;  Private  Boxes,  according  to  location.  The 
Sale  of  Reserved  Seats  will  commence  on  the  morning  of  Thursday,  April  27th. 
Further  particulars  will  be  shortly  announced.  BARTON  HILL, 
April  21. Acting  Manager. 

MECHANICS'    INSTITUTE    CONCERTS, 

Mechanics*  Pavilion,  comer  of  Mission  and  Eighth  streets. 
Popular  Prices  !  Fifth  Concert  of  the  Series  of  GRAND  J'oPULAR  PROM- 
ENADE CONCERTS  will  take  place  on  SATURDAY  EVENING,  April  21st.  Pro- 
gramme: 1,  Overture,  *' Felsenmuehle,"  Reissiter ;  2.  Aria,  "Adieu  mon  bean 
rivage,"from  L'Afrieaine,  Meyerbeer.  MISS  SELENE  DINGEON;  3.  Waltz,  "Ar- 
tists' Life,"  Strauss  ;  4.  Piano  Solo,  "  Fantasia  Dramatique,"  Reminiscences  from  Lu- 
cia di  Lammermoor,  Liszt,  SIGNOR  ESPINOSA  (Graduate  of  the  Conservatory  of 
Music,  Paris) ;  5.  Selection,  "Tannhauser,"  Wagner;  (i.  Overture,  "LeRoi  d'Yvetot," 
Adam;  7.  Song  for  Tenor,  "Good  Bye,  Sweetheart,"  Hatton,  MR-  BENJAMIN 
CLARK;  8.  Reverie  (for  strings  only),  Yogt;  9.  Duett,  "0,  Maritana,"  Wallace,  MISS 
HELENE  DINGEON  andBENJAMIN  CLARK.  10  March,  "King John,'  Hausthild. 
POPULAR  PRICES.  General  Admission,  50  ceuts  ;  Reserved  Seats,  25  cent- extra. 
Box  Sheet  open  at  Gray's  Music  Store.  April  21. 

EMERSON'S    OPERA    HOUSE 

Win.  Emerson,  Sole  Proprietor;  Sam.  E.  Wether  111,  Bnsi- 
ness  Manager;  Nat.  Homer,  Treasurer.  Mr.  Emerson  takes  great  pleasure 
in  announcing  to  the  citizens  of  San  Francisco  that  he  has  hecome  the  Sole  Proprietor 
of  the  Opera  House,  and  after  Frescoing,  Renovating  and  Redecorating,  will  be 
opened  on  M<  iNDAY.  April  23d,  as  the  Home  of  Minstrelsy,  with  the  following  great 
stars:  BILLY  EMERSON,  THE  GREAT.  WASH  NORTON,  the  laughable  Ethiopian 
Comedian— his  first  appearance.  CHEEVERS  and  KENNEDY,  the  par  excellence  of 
Song,  Dance  and  Change  Artists— their  first  appearance.  JOHN  HART,  the  Come- 
dian of  the  Ethiopian  Stage.  E.  LINDEN,  the  ever  pleasing  Female  Impersonator. 
A.  C.  MORLAND,  the  compounder  of  the  Modern  Ethiopian  Language.  C.  FRED- 
ERICKS, WM.  H.  TILLA,  BEAUMONT  REED,  G.  H  HARRIS,  JAMES  MORRISON, 
and  a  Full,  Efficient  and  Enlarged  Orchestra.  GRAND  MATINEE  SATURDAY. 
The  magnificent  decoration  of  this  beautiful  Minstrel  Theater  was  done  by  the  well- 
known  house  of  Frank  G.  Edwards,  Clay  street.  The  beautiful  gas  fixtures  are  from 
the  house  of  McNally  &  Hawkins.  April  21. 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER. 

Kearny  street,  between  Washington  and  .Vackaon.— Samnel 
Tetlow,  Proprietor.  Unprecedented  Hit  of  the  Original  Acrobatic,  Contor- 
tion Song  and  Dance  Artists  and  Master  Linguist*',  JOHNSON  and  BRUNO  I  Con- 
tinued Popularity  of  the  Favorite  Sketch  Artists,  THE  BRAHAMS.  HARRY  and 
LIZZIE.  The  Favorite,  CHARLEY  REED.  The  Great  and  Onlv  SHED  LeCLAIR, 
The  Popular  CARRIE  LEON  and  SAM  SWAIN.  The  Charming  Songstress,  MADGE 
AISTON.  Reappearance  of  the  People's  Comedian,  W.  C.  CRoSUIE.  First  produc- 
tion of  Shakspeare's  beautiful  comedy,  in  two  acts,  of  KATHARINE  AND  PE- 
TRUCHIO  ;  or,  TAMING  THE  SHREW.  April  21. 

BUSH    STREET    THEATER. 

TitasA  Locke,  Lessees  ami  Managers.— The  P  nolle  Vniver- 
sallv  and  Deeidedlv  Enthusiastic  in  their  Praise  of  SALSLURY'S  TROUBA- 
DOURS in  PATCHWORK  !  The  theater  crowded  nightlv  to  witness  MISS  NELLIE 
McHENRY'S  "  She's  a  Rosv,  She's  a  Posy  ;"  MISS  BLANCHE  CORELLI'S  "Petit, 
Petit  Oiseau  Gen  til ;"  MR.  SALSBURY'S  "  Hamlet"— "Put  Down  that  Light ;"  MR. 
JOHN  GOURLAY,  "All  that  Glitters  is  not  Gold  ;"  MR.  JOHN  WEBSTER,  "Gaily 
the  Troubadours  ;"  MR.  FRANK  MAEDER  controls  Vie  orchestra  a  la  Offenbach. 
The  happy  hit,  "  WE'LL  TAKE  'EM  IN."  PATCHWORK  to-night,  »nd  every  night 
uutil  further  notice.  April  21. 

PAID  WIN'S. 

Lessee  anil  Manager,  John  McCul lough---- Mr.  Barton  Hill 
respectfullv  informs  the  public  that  this  elegant  theater  will  short! v  open  under 
the  above  direction,  and  will  be  devoted  to  STRICTLY  LEGITIMATE  e'FFORTS,  in 
the  representation  of  Classical  and  Standard  Operas,  the  Old  and  New  Comedies,  and 
the  Best  Plays  of  the  Dav,  for  the  perfect  production  of  which  no  expense  or  labor 
will  be  spared.  The  season  will  commence  on  MONDAY  EVENING.  April  30,  1S77, 
with  the  engagement  of  the  celebrated  HESS  ENGLISH  OPERA  TROUPE.  Full 
particulars  will  be  duly  announced.  April  21, 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Bush  Street,  above  Kearny.-John  McC'rallongh,  Proprietor 
and  Manager;  Barton  Hill.  Acting  Manager.  Tin*  (Saturday)  Afternoon  and 
Evening,  April  21st,  the  Favorite  Artiste,  MISS  ALICE  DUNNING  (LINGARD)  will 
commence  a  brief  engagement  as  HENRI  ETTE,  in  the  famous  drama  of  THE  TWO 
ORPHANS.  April  21, 


Mi! 


GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 
ission  Street,  between  Thiril  and  Fourth.— Acting  Wan- 

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DREAM!  Last  Matinee  to-morrow,  Saturday.  Monday  Evening1,  April  23d,  repro- 
duction of  the  great  New  York  success,  OUR  BOARD!  XG  HOUSE.  April  21. 

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Titus  *  rocke.  Lessees  anil  Managers. —-Special  Notice! 
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April   21,  1877. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER 


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PARACRAPHIAN A 

Fro  Bono  Publico. 


The  scboouer  Moutaua  baa  U  it  UuuUUa,  bul  i-  obliged   t--  omne 

withoul  hercmrgn      li  trill  >>.■  ramembored  thai  th<   l  nil 

rt««OH  i  u,  ni  down  then  i  •  uphold  the  dignity  of  tl..  Ann  ri 

ou  Republi      8h«  hu  n  turn"  -1  without  doing  uything,  u  unfortunatelj 

tn  tbii  "  I  iropesl  m  r  '■  ipol   '    According  t..  the 

.n  Custom*  Regulations,   every  veoae]   Is  i pelted  toejthi 

mnnifeat  and  oUmv  docunenta.    Aj  the  Montana  bad  no  manifesl 

going  to  other  ports,  the  detention  mm  perfectly  legal    Subjoined  is  tn< 

article  In  question  i 

ran  10,  Ait.  «>.  oi  IDatu  mi  i  ltkms. 

laden  with  merehandlao  nchora,  the ' Oamandante  d 
■uirdo  '(Qtpulnof  inc  Port),  of  in-  ilapulj .  »iii  pnaonl  hbnseU  on  board,  and  will 

■  .  n  thi  -l,i].  -t-.r.   list,  i 

d  the  manifest,  or uumlfwto.  i  a  the  k.-. 

-  .in-,  eran  whi  .  .i  in  different  port  -." 

Tli.-  cnrcular  published  here  in  tin.1  papera  -;.y>  that  no  difficultiefl  are  t>> 

1h*  thrown  i.i  the  way  of  vessels  earning  merchandise  for  jiort-*  not  in 

Mexico,  hut  it  *till  says  that  the   manifest  is  to  he   banded  in  For  such 

merchandise. 

Tbe  Portable  and  Adjustable  Reading  and  Writing  Desk  is  the 
ti  t<>  useful  and  admirable  inventions.  Fixed  on  a  Folding 
tripod,  it  can  be  nsed  either  as  a  checker  or  chess-board,  a  lady's  work- 
stand,  or  a  tea  table.  It  also  makes  an  elegant  writing  desk,  holding  the 
paper  in  position  by  means  of  .-,  silver-plated  clasp.  With  equal  Facility 
it  tan  be  attached  to  any  kind  of  chair,  tilted  at  any  angle  for  reading,  or 
nsed  tint  when  required  for  writing.  At  the  Centennial  it  received  a 
diploma  and  medal  on  account  of  \\~  superiority.  It  can  he  Been  at  1-0 
Montgomery  avenue  (Commercial  Botel  I  Hock),  and  M«->sin.  HickethierA 
WQke  are  at  all  times  pleased  to  explain  its  manifold  usee  to  inquirers. 

Just  for  a  flyer,  and  out  of  one  of  those  curious  ami  kind  whims  which 
distinguish  men  at  tin-  head   of   their  profession.  Dr.  Jessap  made,  some 

time  ;..'n,  one  hundred  sets  of  teeth.  Worth  $35  a  Bet,  which  he  gave  hia 
patients    f.ir    ->7.      Tiny    say    that    bread    cawt  Ott  the  waters  returns  after 

many  days,  and  Dr.  Jessup  not  only  casts  the  bread,  hut  gives  people  the 
wherewithal  to  munch  it.  His  new  celluloid  plate  is  a  marvel  of  the  den- 
tist's art.  Any  one  in  trouble  with  their  teeth  would  do  well  to  consult 
him  without  delay,  at  his  office,  corner  Montgomery  and  Sutter  streets. 

Nothing  is  more  difficult  than  the  selection  of  a  reliable  tailor,  mi- 
le-- ;i  man  is  well  posted.  It  is,  therefore,  a  comfort  to  know  that  the 
great  success  of  J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.  in  custom-made  clothing,  sets  at 
rest  ail  doubt  which  may  have  ever  existed  on  the  subject.  Their  cutters 
are  all  artists  in  that  line,  and  the  stock  of  gentlemen's  furnishing  goods 
is  the  richest,  most  varied  and  best  assorted  in  the  city.  Note  their  new 
addi---    -415  Montgomery  street,  near  California, 


ART    JOTTINGS. 

The  auction  sale  of  Thomas  Hill's  paintings  on  Wednesday  evening 
last  was  a  failure  so  far  as  the  figures  realized  were  concerned.  It  seems 
very  singular  why  picture  buyers  do  not  pass  intelligent  judgment  between 
good  pictures,  which  they  know  to  begenuine,  and  those  of  uncertain  quality, 
and  still  more  uncertain  origin,  or  in  other  words,  as  the  Bulletin  art 
critic  tersely  puts  it,  the  shams,  which  are  constantly  being  worked  off  at 
auction,  bought  by  people  who  do  not  realize  how  foolish  they  appear 
when  showing  their  purchases  to  the  cultured.  It  puts  them  in  about 
the  position  of  one  who  displays  his  taste  for  literature  by  calling  atten- 
tion to  a  beautifully  bound  volume,  accompanied  by  a  well  known  literary 
name,  which  upon  being  looked  into  proves  to  be — a  lunch  basket. 

Marple  has  a  sale  at  the  Art  Association  gallery  on  the  2d  of  May. 
This  is  understood  to  be  IV'r.  Marple's  closing  sale  preparatory  to  taking 
up  hi-  residence  East,  probably  in  New  York.  The  offering  will  com- 
prise about  sixty  works.  The  present  outlook  for  the  sale  is  certainly 
anything  but  satisfactory. 

On  Tuesday  next  Messrs.  Newhall  &  Co.  will  sell  a  lot  of  paintings 
quite  similar  in  style  and  character  to  several  sales  held  in  years  "one  by. 
They  are  announced  as  being  from  tbe  same  gallery  (D.  dale  of  Philadel- 
phia), and  are  doubtless  manufactured  by  the  same  artists.  We  have 
nothing  to  say  of  such  pictures  when  offered  and  sold  for  just  what  they 
are— furniture  pictures— any  more  than  we  would  of  a  lot  of  chromos  or 
other  imitations  of  art;  but  when  they  are  announced  as  "  the  finest  col- 
lection of  oil  paintings  ever  offered  on  the  Pacific  Coast,"  we  protest.  It 
is  an  outrage  alike  upon  our  local  artists  and  the  picture-buying  public. 
Of  course,  in  regard  to  paintings,  tbe  auctioneers  are  in  a  measure  bound 
to  respect  the  wishes  of  their  consignors  regarding  descriptions,  quality, 
etc.,  and  no  fault  can  be  found  with  Newhall  &  Co.;  they  have  to  sell 
such  pictures  as  are  offered,  being  in  no  way  responsible  for  their  quality; 
nor  does  the  selling  of  such  trash  disqualify  Mr.  Eldridge  from  doing 
even-handed  justice  to  better  pictures  when  they  come  into  his  hands. 

'*  Dido's  Palace"  is  the  title  of  an  exceedingly  ambitious  picture  on  view 
at  Snow  &  May's  gallery  the  past  week.  It  is  painted  by  a  young  artist 
named  Robinson,  who  evidently  possesses  a  rare  gift  in  handling  the 
brush.  It  is  equally  evident,  however,  that  his  talent  in  this  direction 
has  been  sadly  abused,  either  for  want  of  art  training,  or  an  undue  and 
blind  adherence  to  the  crude  ideas  of  the  amateur.  The  picture  has  so 
many  errors  of  drawing,  light  and  shade  and  perspective,  that  its  beauties 
are  quite  lost  sight  of.  But  there  is  no  doubt  that  Mr.  Robinson,  with 
proper  schooling,  would  make  his  mark  as  an  artist.  We  are  informed 
that  the  gentleman  has  never  taken  a  lesson  in  painting.  If  thiB  be  so,  it 
is  certainly  a  remarkable  production.  The  picture  will  remain  on  view 
until  Wednesday. 

The  painting"  "  Yankee  Doodle,"  by  A.  M.  Willard,  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  has  arrived,  and  will  soon  be  on  view  to  the  public.  Mr.  Willard  is 
the  painter  of  the  originals  of  "  Pluck,"  "  Deacon  Jones,"  and  other  hu- 
morous subjects,  and  "  Yankee  Doodle"  has  been  made  quite  familiar  to 
us  all  by  the  cbromos  and  photographs. 

St.  John's  Presbyterian  Church,  Post  street,  between  Mason  and 
Taylor.— The  Rev.  Dr.  Scott,  pastor,  will  preach  Sunday  at  11  A.M.  and 
7^  p.m.     The  public  cordially  invited.  |[ 


9IONA.L    SERVICE    METEOROLOGICAL    REPORT.    WEEK 
ENDING  APRIL  10.  1877.  SAN  FRANCISCO.  CAL. 

Ilif/ttrnt      omd      /  ore,  W      It.t  r„»trtrr. 


Frl.  13.     Sat.  14. 


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Wind—Mile*  Traveled. 

178  |        .'(14  |  1SV 

State  >>}'  Weather. 
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NW 
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.10.89  inches. 


SANITARY    NOTES. 
One  hundred  and  eight  deaths  occurred  this  week  as  compared  with 
110  last.    There  were  oil  male-,  and  49  females  ;  48  under  five  j  ears  of  a  a; 
11  between  five  and  twenty  years ;  4'J  between  twenty  and  sixty  years, 

and  7  over  that  age.      Seven  I  'hiuese    from  unknown  causes.      ( )f  zymotic 

diseases,  14  were  diphtheria,  -1  fevers,  2  small-pox,  1  scarlatina,  ;i  infantile 

cholera.  There  were  no  deaths  from  apoplexy  or  paralysis,  and  only  one 
from  softening  of  the  brain.  Seventeen  persons  died  of  consumption,  6  of 
pneumonia,  and  1  from  bronchitis.  There  were  4  deaths  from  heart  dis- 
ease, 1  from  inflammation  of  the  liver,  2  from  inflammation  of  the  how  els, 
1  fmm  puerperal  peritonitis,  and  1  from  Bright V  disease,  There  were 
neither  accidental  deaths  nor  homicides,  hut  2  suicides.  Eleven  fresh  rases 
of  smallpox  have  been  reported  in  the  week,  making  1,5119  since  the  first 
appearance  of  the  disease. 

That  was  certainly  an  awkward  request  when  the  photographer  asked 
Lee,  the  Mormon,  to  "  assume  a  pleasant  look,"  just  before  he  was  shot. 
Burlington  Hawkeye. 

1819  1  I.  0.  0.  F.  [1877. 

ITUfty  •eighth  Anniversary  Celebration  of  the  Introduction 
"  of  Udd  Fellowship  into  America.  Thursday,  April  20th.  the  Odd  Fellows  .if 
San  Francisco  will  celebrate  their  Fifty-eighth  Anniversary  of  the  introduction  of 
Odd  Fellowship  into  America  by  a  grand  Picnic  at  LJelmunt  Park,  on  the  line  of  the 
S.  P.  It.  It.  Two  bands  of  music  have  been  provided.  There  will  bo  amusements 
and  games ol  different  kinds  inaugurated  and  prizes  awarded  therefor.  Also,  tmold- 
(ashioned  spelling  mutch,  exclusively  for  sons  and  daughters  o(  Odd  Fellows;  mas- 
sive silver  medala  will  be  awarded  as  LIBRARY  PRIZlCS  to  the  successful  contest* 
ants.  Cars  will  leave  the  S.  I*.  P.  U.  depot,  corner  of  Fourth  and  Townsond  streets, 
at  8,  8:30,  it,  io  and  11:25  a.m.  Returning,  leave  Belmont  at  3:80,  4,  5  and  5:30  p.m. 
TICKETS— Price  of  tickets  to  Belmont  and  return:  Adults,  il;  children  between  6 
and  14  .vears,  50  cents  ;  under  u  years,  free.  Tickets  can  be  obtained  from  the  Li- 
brarian at  Odd  Fellows'  Hall,  or  from  any  of  the  Committee,  and  at  the  Uejwt  on 
the  morning  of  tbe  Picnic.  HUBERT  HAKillT, 

April  21.  ' Chairman  Committee  of  Arrangements. 

DELINQUENT  LIST  OF   MONTGOMERY  AVENTJE  ASSESSMENT  FOR 
FISCAL    YEAR    1876-77. 

Notice  Is  hereby  given,  that  the  Hale  of  Real  Estate  Tor  the 
non-payment  of    the  Montgomery   Avenue  Assessment  for    the  fiscal   year 
1870-77,  isberobv  postponed  until  MONDAY,  the  80th  iustant,  at  10  o'clock  am, 

WILLIAM  FORD, 
April  21. Tax  CoUector  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

SPORTSMEN'S    EMPORIUM. 

Fishing  and  Iliititlii?  Pants  an<l  Stockings.  Also,  the 
largest  and  finest  assortment  of  Guns,  Rifles,  Pistols,  Fishing  Tackle  and 
Snorting  Articles  on  the  Pacific  Coast ;  Breech  and  Muzzle- Loading  Double  and 
Single  Uuns,  from  the  best  makers  ;  Remington  Sporting  Rifles  ;  Ballard,  Sharp  and 
Winchester  Rifles.  Also,  the  largest  and  most  complete  assortment  of  Sporting  and 
Gunmakurs'  Materials  in  the  United  States.  LIDDLE  &  KAICIUXG, 

April  21.  5:tS  Washing-tun  street,  San  Francisco. 

FOR  EtJfiESA,  HUMBOLDT  BAY,  CRESCENT  CITY,  FORT  0RF0RD, 
AND    COOS    BAY,    OREGON. 

The   Al   Clyde-bnllt     Iron    Nteamshlp    **  Pelican-*"    Jaines 
Carroll,  Commander,  will  sail  from   Jackson-Street  wharf,  for  the  above  ports, 
on  SATURDAY,  April  2sth,  1877,  at  9  o'clock  a.m.     For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
April  21. l».  B.  CGRNWALL,  12:t  California,  street. 

HICKiTHIER  &  W1LKE, 

C general  Agents  for  the  Paciiic  Coast  for  the  Portable  and 
X  AdjusUibl--'  Reading  and  Writing  Desks,  120  Montgomery  avenue  (Commercial 
Hotel  Block),  San  Francisco.  This  Desk  can  be  attached  to  a  chair  or  bedstead, 
therefore  very  useful  to  tmn-i  -t-  and  sick  chambers.  April  21. 

FOR    PORTLAND,    OREGON. 

The  Only  Direct  Line-  Leaving?  every  Five  Days.— Steam- 
ship CITY  UF  CHESTER,  Bolles,  Commander,  leaves    Folsom-street   wharf 
TUESDAY,  April  24th,  at  10  a.m.                            K.  VAN  UTEREXDORP,  Agent, 
April  21. 210  Battery  street. 

SANTA    CRUZ. 
o  rent  for  six  months,  to  a  responsible  parly,  a  furnished 
cottage  of  0  rooms.     Beautiful  view,  close  to  tbe  sea-beach.     Apply  to 
April  21. MILLER  &  RICHARD,  205  Leidesdorff  street,  S.  F. 

"DIDO'S    PALACE," 

A  painting  by  Charles  D.  Robinson-  will  be  on  view  to  the 
public  at  Snow  A;  May's  Art  Gallery,  for  eight  days,  commencing  Monday, 
April  10th.     Gallery  open  from  8  a.m.  till  0  p.m.     Admission  free.         '        April  21. 

J.    CRAIG,    ATTORNEY   AT  LAW. 
pecial  Attention  given  to  Land)   Suits  and  Patent  Right 

Cases.     Room  44,  Nevada  Block,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  April  21. 


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STUART    8.    WRIGHT, 
ttorncy  audi  Counsellor  at  Law,  Xo.  504  Kearny  street, 

i_    San  Francisco,  California.  Feb.  3. 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


ipril   21,  1877. 


COLUMN    FOR    THE    CURIOUS, 

In    Nature,    Science)    and    Art. 

Destruction  of  Sheep  Through  a  "Violent  Storm. — A  tremendous 
storm  recently  burst  over  Balala  Creek,  near  to  which  is  the  station  of 
Mr.  A.  Manson,  and  its  effects  are  thus  related  by  the  Uralla  Times:  On 
the  day  named  a  flock  of  sheep,  numbering  between  900  and  1,000,  and 
composed  of  ewes  and  lambs,  were  being  shepherded  by  a  boy  iu  the  em 
ploy  of  Mr.  Manson,  when,  the  weather  looking  rather  threatening,  the 
boy  left  the  sheep  grazing  partly  on  a  ridge  and  came  to  bis  master's  resi- 
dence. Shortly  afterward  the  storm  burst  over  the  locality,  and  for  two 
hours  a  perfect  deluge  of  rain  fell,  Mr.  Manson  describing  the  water  as 
descending  in  sheets,  and  completely-submerging  the  low-lying  country. 
After  the  violent  storm  had  spent  its  force,  Mr.  Manson,  little  thinking 
of  any  serious  damage  having  been  done,  went  in  the  direction  of  the 
place  where  the  sheep  had  been  left.  On  coming  to  the  spot  and  counting 
the  sheep,  it  was  found  that  fifty  ewes  and  thirty  fine  lambs 
had  been  swept  away  through  the  waters  in  the  creek  rising  and 
cutting  off  their  escape.  In  addition  to  this  serious  loss,  many  rods 
of  strong  fencing  were  carried  away.  The  body  of  water  which  came 
down  the  creek  was  like  a  solid  wall  many  feet  in  bight,  and  nothing 
could  resist  its  force.  It  is  a  rather  strange  circumstance  that  the  fury 
of  the  storm  appears  to  have  spent  itself  mainly  upon  the  property  of 
Mr.  Manson,  its  effects  being  scarcely  felt  at  a  neighbor's  place  two  miles 
distant. 

A  curious  feat  of  dentistry  was  recently  performed  at  the  Aqua- 
rium in  New  York,  where  a  young  female  hippopotamus  was  operated 
upon  by  Dr.  Kohn,  her  keeper.  The  animal  is  rather  more  than  a  year 
and  a  half  old  and  (says  the  Scientific  American)  is  just  losing  its  milk 
teeth  by  the  growth  of  the  second  set  of  teeth,  or  tusks,  behind  them. 
The  period  of  teething,  it  appears,  is  quite  as  painful  and  troublesome 
with  hippopotami  as  with  boys  and  girls.  "Baby,"  as  this  interesting 
young  female  was  familiarly  called,  was  seen  to  be  very  uneasy.  She 
was  continually  rubbing  her  snout  against  the  bars  of  her  cage  or  on  the 
floor,  and  in  other  ways  was  seeking  to  relieve  the  miserable  gnawing  of 
her  jaws.  The  young  captive  is  about  the  size  of  a  tolerably  large  pig, 
and  had  always  proved  herself  so  gentle  that  no  serious  difficulty  was  ap- 
prehended in  the  performance  of  this  unpleasant  operation.  No  straps 
or  fetters  of  any  kind  appear  to  have  been  resorted  to.  The  animal  al- 
lowed herself  to  be  rolled  over  on  her  side,  and  "only  kicked  and  grunted 
moderately  when,  after  two  or  three  attempts,  a  strong  pull  and  a  stout 
twist  wrenched  forth  the  offending'  tusk."  Dr.  Kohn,  adds  our  contem- 
porary, was  induced  to  draw  the  tooth,  not  only  to  relieve  the  animal's 
pain,  but  also  to  prevent  the  possibility  of  the  creature's  swallowing  it, 
and  thus,  perhaps,  committing  involuntary  suicide,  a  death  which  ani- 
mals in  a  wild  state,  it  is  said,  not  uufrequently  meet  with. 

Death  from  Snake  Bite. — A  case  of  death  from  the  bite  of  a  death- 
adder  is  recorded  by  the  Townsville  Herald.  Recently  a  boy  named  Rob- 
ert Cauovan,  aged  14  years,  in  the  employ  of  Mr.  Crosbie,  carrier,  was  in 
the  act  of  making  his  bed  under  the  wagon,  when  he  felt  something  prick 
him  on  the  back  of  the  wrist ;  it  caused  great  pain  and  swelling.  A  light 
was  procured,  when  a  death-adder  18  inches  long  was  discovered  under 
the  dray.  Mr.  Crosbie  immediately  killed  the  reptile  with  a  stick.  A 
small  puncture  was  observable  on  the  back  of  the  wrist,  which  Mrs.  Cros- 
bie immediately  scratched  with  a  pin  and  squeezed  it  to  make  it  bleed, 
and  also  tightly  bound  a  bandage  round  the  foreai'm.  He  was  then 
brought  into  town  to  Mr.  Clayton's  shop,  and  a  medical  man  not  being 
immediately  available,  and  delay  being  considered  dangerous,  an  injection, 
application  and  internal  dose  of  ten  drops  of  ammonia  were  administered; 
a  tight  bandage  was  also  placed  round  the  thick  part  of  the  arm.  The  boy 
then  walked  home,  a  distance  of  half  a  mile,  and  fell  into  a  sound  sleep 
for  four  hours.  About  11  o'clock  the  following  day  he  became  worse,  when 
Dr.  Wuth  was  called  in  ;  he  continued  to  get  worse  in  spite  of  all  medical 
efforts,  and  exactly  at  sundown,  twenty-three  hours  after  the  bite,  when 
being  walked  about  between  two  men,  he  suddenly  dropped  down  and 
expired. 

Where  Cyclones  Germinate.— The  first  element  in  producing  a  cy- 
clone is  fierce  sunheat  at  some  place,  hence  its  natal  spot  is  a  tropical  sea 
or  land.  The  air  in  certain  places,  becoming  greatly  rarefied  by  heat, 
ascends,  and  colder  air  rushes  in  beneath  from  all  quarters  to  supply  the 
void.  As  the  streams  of  colder  air  move  from  one  parallel  of  latitude  to 
another,  the  rotation  of  the  earth  imparts  the  whirl  in  a  manner  beauti- 
fully explained  by  Sir  John  Herschel  in  his  Astronomy.  Under  this  in- 
fluence those  north  of  the  equator,  of  necessity  revolve  in  a  direction 
opposite  to  that  pursued  by  the  hands  of  a  watch ;  while  those  south  of 
the  equator  do  just  the  reverse.  The  former  class  move  slantingly  away 
from  the  equator  northward,  the  latter  southward,  while  on  the  equinoc- 
tial line  itself  there  are  no  cyclones  at  all.  No  cyclone  ever  crossed  the 
equator. 

A  new  form  of  marine  sounder  has  been  described  to  the  French 
Academy  by  M.  Tardieu.  It  consists  of  a  spherical  envelope  of  caout- 
chouc, a  few  centimetres  in  thickness,  comnfunicating  with  an  iron  reser- 
voir by  means  of  a  tube  of  small  diameterfitted  with  a  valve.  The  caout- 
chouc envelope  being  filled  with  mercury,  any  increase  of  the  exterior 
pressure  makes  a  certain  quantity  of  mercury  pass  into  the  iron  reservoir, 
whence,  however,  it  cannot  return.  When  the  apparatus  has  been  low- 
ered in  deep  water  the  weight  of  mercury  found  in  the  reservoir  enables 
one  to  determine  the  pressure  to  which  it  has  been  subjected,  and  there- 
fore the  depth. 

The  red  fish  of  Wallows  Lake,  California,  are  described  as  being 
blood-red  in  color,  very  fat,  and  weighing  about  eight  pounds,  and  are 
preferred,  when  taken,  to  salmon.  It  is  said  there  are  only  four  lakes 
known  in  which  this  fish  is  found — Payette,  in  Idaho,  a  lake  iu  Maine, 
one  in  Scotland,  and  Wallows  Lake.  A  company  engaged  in  commer- 
cial fishing  on  the  latter  frequently  bring  in  a  ton  of  red  fish  at  a  haul, 
with  a  seine  of  medium  length.  Lake  Wallows  is  two  thousand  feet  deep, 
and  the  fish  suddenly  appear  on  the  surface  in  August  and  disappear  in 
December.. 

An  Insular  Cat-Farm. —An  enterprising  speculator  has  purchased 
Mansfield  Island,  an  islet  in  one  of  the  great  lakes — Erie,  if  our  geogra- 
phy be  not  at  fault — which  he  proposes  to  devote  exclusively  to  the  culti- 
vation of  cats.  He  will  stock  it  with,  say  a  thousand  toms  and  tabbies, 
and  bid  them  increase  and  multiply  ;  then,  when  the  stock  needs  thin- 
ning out,  he  will  proceed  to  take  the  nice  lives  of  as  many  as  may  have 
ripened,  utilizing  their  skins  and  intestines  for  commercial  purposes. 


BANKS. 


SWISS    AMERICAN    BANK. 

Incorporated  in  Geneva,  Switzerland,  January  34th,  1873. 
Head  Office,  in  Geneva.  Capital,  $3,000,000.  subscribed.  §1,000,000  paid 
up.  President,  HENRY  HENTSOH.  San  Francisco  Branch,  successors  to  Messrs. 
Hentsch  &  Berton,  527  Clay  street.  Directors  :  FRANCIS  BERTON  and  ROBERT 
WAIT. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  grant  Letters  of  Credit  on  Europe,  and  to  transact  every 
kind  of  Banking,  Mercantile  and  Exchange  Business,  and  to  negotiate  American  Se- 
curities in  Europe.     Deposits  received. 

Bills  of  Exchange  on  New  York,  Philadelphia,  London,  Liverpool,  Paris, 
Lyons,  Marseilles,  Bordeaux,  Oloron,  Brussels,  Berlin,  Hamburg,  Frankfort,  Geneva, 
Lausanne,  Chaux-de-Fonds,  Neuchatel,  Fribourg,  Bern,  Aarn,  Soleure,  Baden,  Basle, 
Zurich,  Winterthur,  Shaffhausen,  St.  Gallen,  Lueera,  Chur,  Bellinzona,  Locarno,  Lu- 
gano, Mendrisio,  Genoa,  Turin,  Milan,  Florence,  Rome. 

An  Assay  Office  is  annexed  to  the  Bank.  Assays  of  gold,  silver,  quartz  ores 
and  sulphurets.     Returns  in  coin  or  bars,  at  the  optionof  the  depositor. 

Advances  made  on  bullion  and  ores.     Dust  and  bullion  can  be  forwarded  from  any 
part  of  the  country,  and  returns  made  through  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  checks, 
ISeptember  1S.1 

THE    BANK    OF    CALIFORNIA,    SAN    FRANCUC0. 

Capital ©5,000,000. 

B.O.  MILLS President.       |      WM.  ALV»K9 ...Vice-Pres*t. 

TJUOM AS  BftO WJV Cashier. 

Agents  : 

New  York,  Agency  of  the  Bank  of  Calfomia ;  Boston,  Tremont  National  Bank  ; 
Chicago,  Union  National  Bank;  St.  Louis,  Boatman's  Saving  Bank;  New  Zealand, 
the  Bunk  of  New  Zealand ;  London,  China,  Japan,  India  and  Australia,  the  Oriental 
Bank  Corporation. 

The  Bank  has  Agencies  at  Virginia  City  and  Gold  Hill,  and  Correspondents  in  all 
the  principal  Mining  Districts  and  Interior  Towns  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued,  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Draw  direct  on  Lon- 
don, Dublin,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Antweip, 
Amsterdam,  St.  Petersburgh,  Copenhagen,  Stockholm,  Christiana,  Locarno,  Mel- 
bourne, Sydney,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shanghai,  Yokohama.  Nov.  4. 

THE    NEVADA    BANK,    OF    SAN    FEANCISCO. 
Paid  Up  Capital $10,000,000. 

Louis  McLaue President.      |      J.  C.  Flood.. Vice-President. 

K".  K.  Masten Cashier. 

Directors  :— J.  C.  Flood,  J.  W.  Mackay,  W.  S.  O'Brien,  Jas.  G.  Fair,  Louis  McLane. 

Correspondents:— London—  Smith,  Payne  &  Smiths.  Paris — Hottinguer  &  Co. 
Hamburg — Hesse,  Newman  &  Co.  New  York — "  The  Bank  of  New  York,  B.  N.  A." 
Chicago— Merchants'  National  Bank.  Boston — Traders'  National  Bank.  New  Orleans 
— State  National  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  receive  deposits  on  open  account,  issue  certificates  of  de- 
posit, buy  and  sell  exchange,  purchase  bullion,  and  transact  a  general  banking  busi- 
ness.    Collections  made  and  proceeds  remitted  at  current  rates  of  exchange.      Oct.  9. 

BANK    OF    BRITISH    COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter.— Capital  paid  up,  81,800,- 
000,  with  power  to  increase  to  §10,000,000.  Southeast  corner  California  and  San- 
some  streets.  Head  Office — 5  East  India  Avenue,  London.  Branches — Portland,  Or- 
egon; Victoria  and  Cariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows  : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada— Bank  of  Montreal;  Liverpool— North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland — British  Linen  Company  ;  Ireland — Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America ;  China  and 
Japan  — Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dec,  9. W.  H.  T1LL1NGHAST,  Manager. 

THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid  up  Capital  $2,000,000,  Gold.  President,  K.  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  D.  Callaghan  ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Rodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  W.  Ritchie. 

Directors:— R.  C.  Woolworth,  D.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  D.  D.  Colton,  Edward  Martin,  James  Moffitt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

Correspondents — London  :  Baring  Bros.  &  Co.;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China.  Dublin  :  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg  :  Hesse, 
Neunian  &  Co.  Paris:  Hottinguer  &  Co.  NewYork:  National  Bank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business.  Deposits  in  Gold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  iu  Europe,  Chh,a  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  13. 

LONDON    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANK    (LIMITED). 

Capital,  $5,000,000,  of  which  $3,000,000  is  rally  paid  up  as 
present  capital.  San  Francisco  Office,  424  California  ;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  S.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STREETEN  ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  CAMIL0  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 
Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world.  October  23. 

BANK  OF  COMMERCE,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Incorporated    Under    the    E.aiv-i    of    California. 

Capital One  Million  Dollars. 

Correspondents  :— New  York,  National  Park  Bank  ;  Boston,  National  Bank  of  Re- 
demption ;  Chicago,  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank. 

This  Bank,  lately  organized,  is  now  prepared  to  receive  Deposits,  discount  Business 
Paper,  issue  Credits,  buy  and  sell  Exchange,  make  Collections,  and  transact  ageneral 
banking  business.  D.  W.  C.  THOMPSON,  President. 

A.  W.  Preston,  Cashier.  March  3. 

THE    ANGL0-CALIF0RNIAN    BANK    (LIMITED). 
yd  £%  £>  California  street,  San  Francisco. ---liOiidon  Office,  3 

-yfc .-£',-»/  Angel  Court ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligman  &  Co. ,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  §o\000,000.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buy  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FRED.  F.  LOW, 

Oct  4. •       IGN.  STEIN  HART, 


■  Managers. 


THE  MERCHANTS'  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  FEANCISCO. 

Capital,  §5,0O0.0O0.— Alviusza  Hayward,  President :  B.  G. 
Sneath,  Yice-Presidcnt ;  H.  F.  Hastings,  Cashier  ;  R.  N.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and  a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 


April   21,  L877, 


CALIFORNIA     Al»\  EKTISEU. 


SONGS    OF    AN    EXILk*. 
Dress  iu  Excetwb        3  \  _i]k 

■  >f  ■  rich  jonquil  yellow,  u  .*  uliit- 

►wn  the  front,  wu   rery   hsntUoiuo.     A  block   latin  hiul    i      i 
{•lit  un  in  curved  mm  Slandario  bow  in  tl 

which  w*i    uTsogwl  in  utartesu)  a   toiUtta  ol  pale   iiilphur 

phnp-oolund  liliea  in  the  hair,ana  dUmondi  on  men  velvet  round 
the  qi 

»  tome!  Thin  u  truth  at  la  .  who  talk 

belles, 
And  knows  full  well  what  merit  they  j ■. 
And  v. 
Omits  all  mention  of  their  natural  charms, 

And  simply  tings  the  triumphti  "i"  their  drees. 
And  wisely  ao!  rince  'ti>  not  what  they  are, 
Bat  what  they  wear,  that  Lifts  them  "ii  the  oar 
■  ores  the  wiah'd-for  priie. 
\\ .  i .    Nature's  alu  fatum**  eyee  enough, 

Would  Talbot  advertise,  and  journals  puff. 

and  Eyes ' " 
Time  was,  when  Love  was  young  and  free  from  care, 
That  "Beauty drew  him  with  a  single  hair;" 
tole  a  lovelock  bom  Beh'nda'e  head; 
"  Scalpettes*1  to-day  would  prove  more  likely  spoils ; 
Strangled  he  lies  in  Lichtenfield's  "light  ooile.n 

And  the  new  "  chignon  marteaux  Btrike  him  dead 
Myra,  in  "fashionable  vetetnents"  dreat, 
Shows  no  obtrusive  sphere  below  her  breast, 

Y.  t  not  to  Nature  gives  the  praise  for  that  ; 
Myca'u  large  curves  would  move  derisive  Boom, 
But  for  the  friendly  aid  of  Addley  Bourne, 

"tiwantriU  Corset  keeps  tht  figw\  fiat.'1 
" Steam-molded  corsets,  model'd  on  the  busts 
Of  Greece  and  Rome,'  delude  the  man  who  trusts 

In  the  deceitful  forms  thus  deftly  deck'd  ; 
While  Mrs.  Birkett's  cunning  skill  has  made 
".V  compound  under-garment,    by  whose  aid 

%l  Laxmdry  expense  and  sizt  ■•/  waist  an  checiftL," 
When  Daphne,  fainting  in  the  sylvan  glade. 

The  impetuous  siiii-'.'.-il's  ju-.-i>n    w.mlii  evade, 

A  tree,  and  not  a  nymph  was  what  he  press'd  ; 
S.i  when  s.inie  nnxlern  bridegroom  fondly  grasps 
The  long-expected  joy,  he  merely  clasps 

An  "Oriental  bodice"  t->  his  breast. 
Yet  'neath  the  laurel's  hark  Apollo  felt 
A  heart  still  heating,  and,  the  while  lie  knelt, 

The  new  leaves  waved  to  him  a  last  caress  ; 
Happy  the  modern  lover  who  can  find, 
Beneath  the  pads  and  belts  his  fair  that  bind, 

Or  heart,  or  soul,  or  sense,  or  tenderness. 
Ye  pretty  fools!  ye  fools  not  even  pretty! 
Who  laugh  at  Moslem  wives,  and  deem  it  witty 

To  mock  them  for  the  lives  their  husbands  lead  'em, 
To  liberate  them  take  no  furthur  pains, 
But  let  them  rest  contented  in  their  chains, 

Till  you  have  made  a  wiser  use  of  freedom. 

—  The  World. 

A  GREAT  DISCOVERY;  OR    INDESTRUCTIBLE  IRON. 

A  great  discovery  has  just  been  made  by  Professor  Barff,  of  Lon- 
don, whereby  the  surface  of  iron  is  rendered  as  hard  as  steel, and  as  inde- 
structible as  gold.  It  is  difficult  to  conceive  of  iron  that  will  not  rust, 
and  with  a  surface  that  will  resist  the  action  of  acids,  and  the  hardest  file. 
Yet  such  is  the  case,  and  the  new  process  seems  calculated  to  extend  the 
use  of  iron  for  a  thousand  purposes  for  which  it  is  now  inapplicable,  from 
its  tendency  to  lust.  Every  one  knows  how  quickly  the  surface  of  iron 
articles  is  covered  with  a  red  powder  when  exposed  to  the  combined  in- 
fluences of  air  and  moisture.  This  rust  is  an  oxide.  There  are  two  ox- 
ides of  iron  ;  one  composed  of  fifty-six  parts  by  weight  of  metal,  and  six- 
teen parts  of  oxygen — the  otherof  one  hundred  and  twelve  parts  of  metal, 
and  forty-eight  of  oxygen.  One  is  called  the  protoxide,  the  other  the 
peroxide.  On  exposing  wet  iron  to  the  air,  the  protoxide  is  first  formed, 
but  it  soon  absorbs  more  oxygen,  and  is  converted  into  peroxide.  When 
this  peroxide  is  in  close  contact  with  metallic  iron,  and  moisture  is  pres- 
ent, peroxide  becomes  again  reduced  to  protoxide,  and  the  oxygen  lost  in 
the  operation  attacks  the  iron,  and  helps  to  increase  the  rust.  The  per- 
oxide acts,  in  fact,  as  a  carrier  of  oxygen  to  the  iron,  and  accounts  for  the 
rapid  destruction  of  all  iron  articles  which  are  exposed  to  ordinary  at- 
mospheric influences.  But  there  is  a  third  oxide  which  is  black  and  mag- 
netic, and  which  contains  three  times  fifty-six  parts  of  metallic  iron,  and 
four  times  sixteen  parts,  by  weight,  of  oxygen.  This  oxide  is  one  of  the 
hardest  and  most  indestructible  substances  iu  nature.  It  undergoes  no 
change  in  the  presence  of  moist  air,  and  even  resists  the  action  of  acids. 
In  New  Zealand  there  is  a  bed  of  it  which  is  washed  by  the  sea,  and  re- 
mains unaltered;  and  the  invention  of  Professor  Barff  consists  in  forming 
this  oxide  on  the  surface  of  iron  without  any  other  disturbance  of  the 
molecular  arrangement.  That  is,  an  impervious  coating  of  indestructible 
rust  is  formed  out  of  the  very  substance  which  requires  protection.  And 
this  is  how  it's  done:  "We  raise  the  temperature  of  iron  articles  in  com- 
mon use  in  a  suitable  chamber,  to,  say,  500  degrees  F.,  and  then  pass  the 
steam  from  a  suitable  generator  into  this  chamber,  keeping  these  articles 
for  five,  six,  or  seven  hours  at  that  temperature  in  an  atmosphere  of  su- 
perheated steam.  Differences  of  temperature  are  employed  where  differ- 
ent objects  are  to  be  obtained.  Polished  iron  or  steel  remains  at  500  de- 
grees until  completed.  Articles  coated  in  this  way  will  not  resist  the  ac- 
tion of  continued  moisture  out  of  doors,  but  will  indoors,  as  only  a  thin 
film  is  formed  of  (or  transformed  from  the  iron  into)  black  oxide.  At 
1.200  degrees  Fahrenheit,  under  superheated  steam  for  six  or  seven  hours, 
the  surface  becomes  so  changed  as  to  resist  any  action  of  water  or  acid 
fumes." 

When  once  a  simple  process  of  this  kind  has  been  discovered,  we  won- 
der at   our   blindness   to  what  must  have   so  often  taken  place  under  our 


■ 

n  afterward 
one  must  bat  a  noticed  that  iron  and  steel  < 
bard  and  black  with  this  oxide,  do  not  rust    Truly,  wi   an  all  i 
soon.     What  a  revolution  will  thl  i  Iron 

whiob  would  aol  last  i  day,  on  *  counl  ol  their  tendency  to  rait, 
and  con  rolled 

Into  leavi  ind  we  may  ioou  have  iron  hats 

and  clothes  that  will  resist  the  run,  and  kettles  and  sauos-pans  thai  v.id 

■  Barff  does  not  despair  of  flndingout  ■  method  of  oxidising 
ol  iron  ships,  heavy  machinery,   hi  ad  other 

ponderous  articles.  The  new  process  seem  i  to  promise  a  can  eoonomi  to 
the  managers  of  mines,  in  which  the  destruction  from  rust  Is  beyond  cal- 
culation, 

A  Pliant  Judge.  \t  the  Huntingdonshire  assisas,  Lately)  a  man 
aamed  Kitelav  was  convicted  of  stealing  ;i  quantity  of  olovei  as 
Ms.,  and  sir  Baliol  Brett  sentenced  him  to  one  month's  imprisonment. 
After  the  prisoner  was  removed  from  the  dook,  a  juryman  remarked, 
"  That  is  rather  stiif,  my  lord."  Lord  Justice  Brett:  "  Do  you  think  so, 
gentlemen?"  The  jury,  after  consulting,  said  they  did  think  so.  The 
indge:  "What  sentence   would    yoo.   su  lemon?"    The 

"(.'nt  in  halves,  my  lord."    The  judge:      \  ery  well,  gentlemen,  it  was 

your  verdict,  and  it  shall  he  your  sentence.      Let  the  prisoner  be  brought 

buck.''    Dpon  this  being  done,  the  judge  said  to  him:  "The  jury  think 

a  month  is  too  stilT  ;  take  fourteen   days."     And  that  sen; 

corded. 


SAVINGS    AND    LOAN. 


COLLATEBAL    LOAN    AND    SAVINGS  BANK.    CORNER    POST  AND 
KEARNY    STREETS,    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

Incorporated  Under  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  California. 

President J.  8.  SPEAR,  -1R   I  Secretary F.  S.  CARTER. 

Vice-President ItnB'T  STEVENSON.  |  Appraiser GEO.  O.  ECKER, 

riMii*  Bunk  is  prepared  to  loan  money  upon  collateral  secu- 
X  titles,  such  as  Bonds,  Stocks,  Savings  Bank  Books,  Diamonds,  Warehouse  Re- 
ceipts, etc.,  ut  from  1J  to  4  per  cent,  per  month.  The  Bunk  will  also  receive  Term 
Deposits,  and  allow  toe  following  rates  of  interest:  Term  Deposits  of  six  munths, 
l  per  cent,  pur  month  ;  Twelve  months,  l\  per  cent,  per  month, 
November  4. F.  S.  CARTER,  Secretary. 

G3BMAN    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 

Guarantee  Capital  8200,000. — Office  1526  California  street. 
North  side,  between  Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets,  office  hours,  from  u  a.m 
to  3  r.M.     Extra  hour  on  Saturdays  from  7  to  s  r.M,  fur  receiving'  of  Deposits  only 
Loans  made  on  Real  Estate  and  other  collateral  securities,  at  current  rates  of  interest. 
President L.  GOTTIG.  |  Secretary GEO.  LETTE. 

DIRECTORS. 

F.  Roeding,  H.  Schmieden,  Chas.  Kohler,  Ed.  Kruse,  Dan.  Meyer,  George  H.  Eg- 
gers,  P.  Spreekles,  N.  Van  Bergen.  Feb.  1. 

MARKET     STREET     BANK     OF     SAVINGS, 
634  Market  St,  Opposite  Palace  Hotel. 

President THOMAS  B.  LEWIS. 

Secretary W.  E.  LATSON. 

Interest  allowed  on  all  deposits  remaining-  in  Bank  over 
thirty  days.  Interest  on  term  deposits,  12  per  cent,  per  annum.  Deposits  re- 
ceived from  one  dollar  upward.  No  charge  for  Bank  Book.  On  receipt  of  remit- 
tances from  the  interior.  Bank  Books  or  Certificates  of  Deposit  will  be  forwarded  or 
delivered  to  agent.     Bank  open  on  Saturdays  till  S>  o'clock  r.M.  October  28. 

SAN    FBANCISC0    SAVINGS    UNION, 
£T*>4>  California  street,  corner  Webb.      Capital    and    Re- 

t"0.-^  serve,  $231,000.  Deposits,  gu',919,000.  Directors:  James  de  Fremery, 
President;  Albert  Miller,  Vice-President ;  C.  Adolpbe  Low,  D.  J.  Oliver,  Charles 
I  ".ilium  .  Charles  Pace,  Washington  Bartlett,  A.  Campbell,  Sen.,  George  C.  Potter; 
Cashier,  Lovell  White.  Dividends  for  two  years  past  have  been  74  and  u  per  cent,  re- 
spectively, on  ordinary  and  term  deposits.  Dividends  arc  payable  semi-annually,  in 
January  and  July.  Money  loaned  on  real  estate  and  on  United  States  Bonds,  or 
equivalent  securities. October  30. 

PIONEER  LAND  AND  LOAN  BANK  OF  SAVINGS  AND  DEPOSIT. 

Southeast  corner  California  and  Montgomery  streets.  Safe 
Deposit  Block.  Incorporated  1869.  Guarantee  Fund,  $200,000.  Dividend  No. 
100  payable  on  April  5th.  Ordinary  deposits  receive  8J  per  cent.  Term  de- 
posits receive  10  per  cent.  This  incorporation  is  in  its  ninth  year,  and  refen  to 
over  0,900  depositors  for  its  successful  and  economical  management. 

H.  KOFAHL,  Cashier. 
Tuos.  Gray,  President.       J.  C.  Duncan,  Secretary.  March  3t. 

MASONIC    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    BANE, 

No.  6  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple,  Kan  Francisco,  Cal.— 
Moneys  received  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits  ;  dividends  paid  semi* 
annually  ;  loans  made  on  approved  security.  This  bank  solicits  the  patronage  of  all 
persons.  | March  25.]  H.  T.  CRAVES,  Secretary. 

FRENCH    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 
Bush  street,  above  Kearny,  O.  Mahe,  IU  rector,  loans 

made  on  real  estate  and  other  collateral  securities  at  current  rates  of 


411 

interest. 


SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK —GUARANTEE  CAPITAL,  5300,000, 

Officers:  President,  John  I'arrott :  Vice-President,  Jerome 
Lincoln  ;  Secretary,  \V.  S.  Jones  ;  Attorney,  Sidney  V.  Smith.  Loans  made  on 
Real  Estate  and  other  Approved  Securities.  Office  :  No.  215  Sansome  street,  San 
Francisco. Oct.  14. 

DIME  SAVINGS  BANK,  646  MARKET  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO- 

FA.  Rutherford,  President  :  W.  McMahon  0"Brien, 
*  Cashier.  A  Bank  Book  issued  free  on  deposit  of  10  cents  and  upwards,  and 
payable  without  notice.  10  per  cent,  per  annum  on  Term  Deposits.  Open  from  0 
a.m.  to  4  p.m.     Saturday  evenings  till  1)  o'clock.  March  24. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    COMPANY,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO, 

S.  E.  Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Sts. 

CAPITAL $2,000,000. 

This  Company  is  now  open  for  the  renting  oi  \  a  tilts  and  the 
transaction  of  all  business  connected  with  a  Safe  Depository.  Pamphlets  giving 
full  information  and  rates  can  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  Company.  Hours, 
from  8  a.m.  to  6  r.M.  September  18. 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTEI*    AND 


April   21,  1877. 


HOW  THE  "WAR  "WILL  AFFECT  US. 
That  there  is  to  be  a  war  between  Russia  and  Turkey  seems  certain, 
and  that  it  will  assume  larger  proportions  is  a  probable  contingency. 
That  being  so,  it  will  be  interesting  to  note  how  we  shall  stand  affected. 
American  securities  will  appreciate  in  value,  and  the  selling  of  the  newly 
bonded  four  per  cents  will  be  a  task  of  hut  little  difficulty.  Money  is 
sensitive,  and  whilst  Europe  is  in  danger  it  will  seek  its  safest  and  best 
market  in  America.  Produce  of  all  kinds  will  obtain  higher  prices,  and 
the  extent  of  the  increase  will  be  the  measure  of  this  country's  gains 
from  this  ill  wind  that  blows  pomebody  good.  If  England  becomes  in- 
volved, which  is  possible,  though  we  hope  hardly  probable,  then  it  would 
be  difficult  to  set  metes  and  bounds  to  the  benefits  that  would  accrue  to 
us.  Already  our  wheat  is  fetching  enhanced  prices,  and  it  will  almost 
certainly  go  much  higher.  Had  Mr.  Friedlander's  suspension  been 
warded  off  for  four  weeks  longer,  the  improved  prices  would  have  tided 
him  over  the  difficulty.  It  is  a  pity  that  this  is  not  going  to  be  a  highly 
productive  season,  for,  if  it  had,  the  profits  of  our  farmers  would  have 
been  enormous  and  the  advantage  to  the  State  correspondingly  great. 
But  we  are  by  no  means  so  despondent  about  the  yield  as  some  of  our 
contemporaries.  Many  counties,  especially  those  around  the  coast,  will 
have  fair  crops,  and  the  total  product  will  leave  a  considerable  balance 
for  export,  which  will  realize  advanced  rates.  England  being  in  the  fight, 
then  this  city  ought  to  be,  and  probably  will  be,  the  point  whence  Eng- 
land's exchange  business  will  be  done  with  Australia,  China  and  Japan. 
The  gold  of  Australia  would  come  here  because  it  would  be  safe  in  Amer- 
ican bottoms,  and  here  it  would  be  exchanged  for  silver,  which  would  be 
remitted  to  China,  Japan  and  even  India,  per  the  Pacific  Mail  Steam- 
ship Company'B  steamers,  in  order  to  pay  Great  Britain's  indebtedness  in 
those  countries.  Hence  war  would  force  a  condition  of  things  that  might 
naturally  enough  be  brought  about  without  it  if  our  bankers,  merchants 
and  others  were  experts  in  their  business.  The  passenger  traffic  between 
England  and  the  countries  named  would  be  largely  increased,  and  in  a 
variety  of  ways  we  would  benefit,  materially  if  not  morally,  by  the 
threatened  calamity  which  at  this  moment  hangs  like  a  pall  upon  all 
Europe. 

THE  LAW'S  DELAY. 
In  no  place  on  the  earth  does  it  take  so  long  to  get  a  civil  wrong 
righted  as  it  does  in  California.  Our  Supreme  Court  often  takes  years  to 
decide  questions  that  ought  to  be  determined  in  so  mauy  hours.  In  Eng- 
land the  tendency  is  to  make  justice  travel  apace.  Civil  suits  of  the  high- 
est moment  are  finally  set  at  rest  in  from  four  to  six  months,  whilst  others 
involving  considerable  sums  of  money  are  settled  in  as  many  weeks.  We 
are  persuaded  that  if  litigants  there  were  subjected  to  the  same  delays 
that  are  of  constant  occurrence  here,  a  revolution  would  almost  result,  if 
there  were  no  other  means  of  cure.  We  know  of  a  case  in  which  a  man 
brought  suit  in  this  city  to  recover  §500  for  work  and  labor  done.  There 
was  no  defense  upon  the  merits,  and  judgment  was  given  from  the  bench 
in  favor  of  the  plaintiff.  An  appeal  was  taken  by  the  defendant  to  the 
Supreme  Court, which,  in  a  year  and  a  half,  resulted  in  favor  of  the  claim- 
ant. The  other  side  got  the  matter  opened  for  re-argument  by  means  of 
an  ex  parte  affidavit,  and  although  more  than  three  years  have  passed 
since  the  commencement  of  the  suit,  a  final  decision  has  not  been  rendered 
yet.  About  the  time  the  man  commenced  suit,  he  invested  a  sum  equal 
to  his  claim  in  sheep,  took  them  to  the  foothills,  and  has  realized  already 
three  times  the  amount  he  asks  the  Supreme  Court  to  find  him  entitled 
to.  A  friend  of  bis  had  a  bushel  of  prize  wheat  sent  to  him,  which  he 
has  since  planted  and  replanted,  and  the  last  yield  was  worth  more  money 
than  the  litigant  has  been  spending  three  years  to  obtain,  though  it  is  his 
honest  due.  Africa  has  been  crossed  by  Lieutenant  Cameron,  the  North 
Pole  has  almost  been  reached  by  Commander  Nares;  but  within  the  same 
period  five  able-bodied  Supreme  Judges  have  been  unable  to  determine 
whether  this  poor  fellow  is  honestly  entitled  to  a  paltry  five  hundred  dol- 
lars. Yet  the  Judges  work  hard,  as  their  appearance  indicates.  The 
Chief  Justice  and  his  fellows  exhibit  such  an  emaciated  condition  that  we 
would  not  urge  them  to  further  exertions  for  the  world.  But  until  they 
can  devise  some  more  speedy  method  of  determining  cause,  a  man  will 
find  that  to  gain  his  own  by  litigation  is  the  most  unprofitable  occupation 
in  which  he  can  be  engaged. 


THE    POLITICAL    SITUATION. 

The  political  situation  continues  to  be  watched  with  increasing  in- 
terest by  thinking  men.  At  no  time  since  the  war  has  the  outlook  been 
so  promising.  It  seems  at  this  moment  as  if  in  a  week  or  two  peace  and 
good  will  will  reign  throughout  this  broad  land.  This  is  an  astonishing 
result  to  flow  from  the  fraudulent  act  of  inaugurating  a  President  who 
was  not  duly  elected,  and  who  owes  his  position  to  the  irreconcilables.  If 
Morton,  Chandler  and  the  rest  could  only  have  foreseen  all  that  has  oc- 
curred during  the  past  six  weeks,  Hayes  would  have  been  out  in  the  cold, 
and  the  honesty  of  Tilden"s  election  would*  have  been  admitted  even  by 
them.  They  may  well  exclaim,  *'  There  is  a  divinity  that  doth  shape  our 
ends,  rough  hew  them  how  we  may!"  Florida  is  satisfied,  South  Carolina 
is  delighted,  and  Louisiana  is  almost  delivered,  and  will  be  wholly  so  in  a 
few  days.  The  President  is  persisting  in  his  policy  of  conciliation,  and  a 
tenure  of  office  that  threatened  dire  calamities  is  pregnant  with  good. 
The  nation  at  large  looks  on  with  unbounded  satisfaction;  the  press,  with 
exceptional  unanimity,  approves  and  applauds;  whilst  to  Ben  Butler, 
Wendell  Phillips  and  ex-Speaker  Blaine  remains  the  now  unpopular,  if 
not  odious,  task  of  leading  the  termagants  and  irreconcilables.  Grant 
said,  "Let  us  have  peace,"  but  did  not  give  it  to  us.  Hayes  came  in 
amidst  rumors  of  war,  and  in  six  short  weeks  has  done  more  to  secure 
harmony  and  concord  than  his  predecessor  accomplished  in  eight  years. 
Soon  all  the  State  Governments  will  be  working  smoothly,  to  the  great 
advantage  of  their  own  people,  and  to  the  promotion  of  the  peace  and 
welfare  of  the  whole  nation.  The  Administration,  then  relieved  of  its 
greatest  trouble,  will  have  time  to  turn  its  attention  to  the  civil  service, 
and  other  domestic  reforms  which  it  has  promised.  The  plain,  honest, 
unassuming  and  straightforward  Mr.  Hayes  is  doing  well.  Let  all  lovers 
of  the  country  stand  by  him,  strengthen  his  back-bone,  and  pray  that  his 
shadow  may  never  grow  less. 


In  the  City  Criminal  Court,  last  Mondav,  the  various  charges  of  libel 
brought  by  Frederic  Clay  against  Frederick  Marriott  and  Frederick  Mar- 
riott, Jr.,  were  withdrawn. 


THE  WAP.  IN  ETJROFE. 
[From  an  American  Point  of  View.  ] 
spear  in  old  Europe —  Shall  we  weep  as  we  see  them  preparing 


War  is  shaking  h: 

There's  a  prospect  of  murderous  work; 
The  Turk  curls  his  nose  at  the  RussLm- 
The  Russian  looks  black  at  the  Turk; 
The  German  is  watching  the  Frenchman 
Jlounseer  bridles  up  at  Meinherr; 


To  scatter  each  other  like  chaftV 
It  really  seems  scarcely  decorous 
At  others'  misfortunes*  to  laugh  ! 
-Goto!   Let  these  kings  butt  each  other 
Till  they  flatten  the  crowns  on  their  heads; 


And  the  dark  scowl  of  proud  Kaisar  Joseph  We  will  grin  when  the  war  fairly  opens, 


Is  returned  by  Italia  the  Fair. 
The  Lion  that  dwells  on  an  island, 
But  covers  the  earth  with  his  paws, 
Is  waiting  and  watching  in  silence, 
The  velvet  concealing  his  claws; 
A  thrill  wakes  the  slow  pulse  of  Asia— 
Kahns  aTid  caliphs  arming  their  hosts; 
And  grim  Death   with  his  baton  stands 

ready 
To  marshal  his  legion  of  ghosts. 


And  laugh  louder  the  farther  it  spreads. 
O  shade  of  the  great  Wooden  Nutmeg  ! 
0  ghost  of  the  Ligneous  Ham  ! 
Shall  your  virtues  be  once  more  discovered 
'Neath  the  folds  of  the  Turk's  oriflamme? 
In  camp  on  the  banks  of  the  Danube 
Shall  ve  make  the  bold    Russ    curse  his 

food? 
If  so,  this  war  won't  be  an  ill-wind 
That  bloweth  to  nobody  good. 


PRESENTATION  TO  SENATOR  SARGENT. 

The  beautiful  marble  bust,  executed  by  Mr.  Mezzara,  of  Senator 
Sargent  was  presented  to  him  on  his  arrival  in  this  city  last  Thursday 
evening.  The  following  is  the  text  of  the  address  delivered  by  the  Hon. 
A.  D.  Splivalo  on  the  happy  occasion: 

Senator:  Ever  since  the  classic  epochs  of  Greece  and  Rome,  it  has  been 
the  custom  to  immortalize  great  men  through  poetry  and  sculpture,  and 
though  society  has  had  many  changes  and  innovations,  this  primitive  idea 
has  never  been  changed.  Wealth  may  acquire  and  accomplish  many 
things,  but  popular  gratitude  can  never  be  obtained  except  through  the 
voice  of  a  grateful  people.  We  have  watched  your  course  in  the  House 
of  Representatives  and  in  the  Senate  with  that  solicitude  which  every 
citizen  has  for  the  good  of  the  country,  and  if  your  path  has  at  times 
been  blocked  with  thorns,  the  rose  has  bloomed  to  our  satisfaction, 
and  your  frieuds  and  admirers,  desirous  of  paying  you  a  tribute  which 
no  wealth  can  purchase,  and  wishing  to  hand  down  to  posterity  an  acknow- 
ledgment of  your  abilities  and  worth  as  a  representative  of  the  people  of 
this  State,  have  had  your  bust  in  marble  executed  by  our  talented  artist, 
Mr.  P.  Mezzara.  The  work  is  purely  Californian,  and  executed  in  the 
city,  and  we  beg  you,  on  behalf  of  Mrs.  Sargent,  to  accept  this  marble 
bust  of  yourself,  a  gift  of  the  persons  whose  names  appear  in  this  album. 

The  Senator  was  sensibly  affected,  and  said  he  could  find  no  words  to 
express  his  gratitude,  and  all  he  could  say  was,  '*I  thank  you  on  behalf 
of  the  lady." 

THE    WATER    SUPPLY    TROUBLE. 

In  the  interests  of  the  city  we  cannot  help  suggesting  that  there  is 
just  a  little  hint  that  may  be  advantageously  taken  by  both  sides.  There 
is  too  much  bad  blood  in  the  correspondence  that  has  recently  been  ex- 
changed. If  we  do  not  greatly  mistake  the  facts,  the  real  objects  that 
the  Spring  Valley  have  in  view  harmonize  completely  with  the  city's  best 
interests,  and  if  the  negotiators  on  each  side  frankly  and  considerately 
talked  together,  and  truly  understood  each  other,  we  are  persuaded  that 
an  amicable  arrangement  would  even  yet  be  arrived  at.  We  have  had  a 
long  drought,  and  it  is  possible,  but  hardly  likely,  that  it  may  continue 
through  another  Winter.  This  contingency,  though  remote,  is  one  which 
the  company  is  bound  to  consider  and  anticipate.  It  is  simply  doing  that 
when  it  seeks  to  place  a  most  effective  check  upon  the  frightful  waste 
that  has  been  going  on  at  several  of  the  public  departments.  No  other 
scheme  of  water  supply  can  be  completed  for  years  to  come.  Meanwhile 
we  are,  and  of  necessity  must  be,  dependent  upon  the  Spring  Valley 
Company.  That  being  so,  it  is  not  to  the  interest  of  citizens  generally 
that  anything  should  be  done  to  cause  a  needless  waste  of  water  until  the 
length  of  the  present  drought  is  determined.  It  is  an  act  of  forethought 
and  wisdom  to  be  prepared  for  even  another  dry  Winter.  Let  these  mat- 
ters be  dispassionately  discussed  by  cool  heads  on  both  sides,  and  if  that 
be  done,  we  believe  it  will  be  discovered  that  instead  of  antagonism  there 
is  in  reality  a  mutuality  of  interests. 

REGULATING  STOCK  BUYING  AND  SELLING. 
The  London  Stock  Exchange,  the  purest  and  best  body  of  its  kind 
in  the  world,  having  neglected  warnings  to  put  its  house  entirely  in  or- 
der, is  about  to  have  it  set  right  whether  it  likes  it  or  not.  Parliament 
has  appointed  a  committee,  and  given  it  a  long-handled  broom  with  which 
to  sweep  away  the  accumulated  dust  and  cobwebs  that  have  too  long 
hidden  certain  of  its  doings  from  the  public  eye.  It  has  never  been  ac- 
cused of  many  of  the  tricks  of  dishonesty  which  take  place  hourly  upon 
California  street.  The  fault  that  has  been  proved  against  it  is  that  cer- 
tain of  its  members,  by  a  combination  among  themselves,  have  secured 
quotations  for  new  loans  at  artificial  rates,  no  real  sale  havingtaken  place; 
which,  of  course,  had  for  its  object  the  swindling  of  investors.  The  dis- 
covery of  this  trick  has  so  incensed  the  people  and  Parliament,  that  the 
Exchange  is  about  to  be  regulated  by  law.  It  is  admitted  that  the  old 
institution  has  done  wonderfully  good  work  in  its  time,  and  it  has  been 
urged  that  it  should  be  let  off,  for  this  time,  with  a  caution.  But  Par- 
liament was  determined,  and  hence  a  committee  will  have  to  inquire,  and 
suggest  all  necessary  regulations  under  which  stocks  in  the  future  shall  be 
bought  and  sold.  Those  regulations  will  be  worth  watching  here;  as  they 
may  supply  our  own  Legislators  with  useful  hints. 

ANTI-CHINESE  MANIA. 
The  secret  societies  which  have  been  organized  upon  an  anti- 
Chinese  mania  basis,  are  discussing,  it  is  said,  measures  of  an  exciting,  if 
not  alarming  character.  The  Post  of  last  evening  vouches  for  the  truth  of 
its  statement,  that  at  a  recent  meeting  of  a  society  held  in  this  city,  it 
was  resolved  to  appoint  a  committee  of  surveillance  to  watch  the  office  of 
the  Post,  in  order  to  ascertain  who  was  communicating  information  to  it, 
and  that  one  member  proposed  to  raise  a  fund  "  to  put  Col.  Bee  (the  well- 
known  Chinese  agent)  out  of  the  way."  These  measures  are  a  mild 
imitation  of  the  Chico  atrocities,  and  demand  serious  consideration. 
There  must  be  no  toleration  for  the  secret  hatching  of  diabolical  plots. 
We  should  believe  our  contemporary  misinformed,  if  the  revelations  at 
Chico  did  not  point  distinctly  to  the  fact  that  the  secret  proceedings  of 
this  rn  i-Chinese  craze  have  a  wide  ramification.  These  developments 
necessitate  a  firm  administration  of  the  law  against  the  murderers  now 
under  arrest.  Wise  firmness  now  will  undoubtedly  stave  off  greater  evils 
in  the  future.     There  must  be  no  paltering  with  this  burning  question. 


April   81,   lsTT. 


CALIFORNIA     \l>\  ERTISEK. 


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THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

'IU*r  Hip  Otttf Wliai  tt||  .lrtil  *rt  ihout" 

*  »)n<»  thai  will  itl«v  th«  Ji-vil.  «ir.  with   v>  u  " 

K*'il  •  .1  u  lona  *-  i  i 

Wliu-li   DM*   bltu  Kr\>«   1«>LI,t  •  n-i   bol 

-.    ,,1     tt'tMIJV' 


Adipocere  Ei  rapidly  becoming  .»  most  useful  ro^rtttmrr.  end  there  i> 
no  knowing  where  the  advantages  to   be  derived   froin  it  may  ei 

.'  -m»*  i  farmej  recently  loe(  nverml  i.it  iheep  by  drowning.  The 
hediee  lay  for  over  ■  yew  .it  the  bottom  of  a  ranning  stream,  ana  on  be- 
ing taken  op  were  found  to  be  converted  into  a  white)  solid  end  non-pa* 
■  mce  very  lik.-  wax,  and  about  the  tame  weight  a.-*  the  day 
they  fell  into  tlif  water.  This  substance,  he  thought,  must  be  adipocere, 
end  be  eras  delighted  t«»  find  that  it  Ignited  readily  and  gave  as  good  a 
Ught  as  ;»  candle.  Since  that  time  death  has  be*n  busy  on  his  ranch,  and 
he  lost  two  horses,  bis  mother-in  lav  and  sevi  ral  calves,  Bui  thi  i 
Bo  Brave  digging  or  monumental  inscriptions.  They  ail  went  into  the 
creek  and  served  to  illuminate  bis  lonely  cabin  during  the  Following  Win- 
tar.  The  lesson  is  a  beautiful  one  and  most  applicable  to  our  virgin  State. 
When  the  relentless  sickle  of  tin-  Destroying  Angel  visits  our  country 
homes  in  the  future  and  carries  of  some  of  the  live  stock,  human  <>r  oth* 
pot  them  in  the  creek  if  they're  fat.  Sou  can  go  and  look  .it 
the  oja  man  or  the  old  woman  every  day  for  a  twelvemonth,  and  finally 
convert  them  into  the  finest  kind  of  candles.  Only  don't  adipocerify 
them  if  they're  Kan.  It  is  :i  monotonous  process,  and  they  never  burn 
well,  but  are  constantly  spluttering  and  going  out. 

There  is  no  prettier  compliment  to  a  distinguished  man  thnn  the 
national  custom  of  tendering  bim  a  surprise  party.  It  was,  therefore,  a 
very  happy  occasion  for  the  T.  C,  on  reaching  on  suite  uf  bix  rooms  in 
the  Palace  Hotel,  last  Thursday  evening,  to  find  the  parlors  filled  with  a 
large  number  of  bis  persona]  and  political  friends.  After  cordial  greetings, 
the  Hon.  A.  I  >.  Swivelblow  stepped  forward  and  addressed  the  T.  C.  as 
follows:  "Boss:  Ever  since  the  greasy  epochs  of  classic  Rome,  it  has 
been  the  custom  to  immortalize  great  nun  through  sculptry  and  nocture. 
Wealth  may  acquire  many  things,  hut  popular  gratitude  is  the  must 
melting  thine,  in  the  world.  (Here  we  were  banded  a  Likeness  of  ourselves 
done  in  butter  in  a  very  fluid  state.)    Boss !  if  yourpath  has  at  times 

been  thorned  with  blocks,  the  rose  on  your  nose  has  ever  bloomed;  and  if 
your  black  coat  has  at  times  been  worn  out,  at  least  it  has  often  contained 

u  silver  lining  whenever  you  could  reach  for  it.  The  beautiful  work  which 
is  partly  in  your  hand  and  partly  on  the  carpet  is  purely  Californian  and 

unadulterated,  and  we  beg  you,  on  behalf  of  Mrs.  T.  (.'.,  to  spread  this 
little  gift  over  your  bread  in  loving  memory  of  ourselves,  and  in  defiance 
of  the  democratic groosryman  who,  we  understand,  has  refused  you  further 
trust."  The  T.  C.  was  visibly  affected,  and  all  he  could  say  was,  "I  thank 
you  on  behalf  of  the  cow." 

The  cheerful  selection  of  a  prison  hospital  steward  from  a  batch  of 
convicted  thieves  is  a  time  honored  custom,  provocative  of  much  good. 
Our  latest  official  was  Mr.  Samuel  Etisdon,  a  gentleman  of  great  ability, 
unflinching  integrity,  and  a  most  delicate  manipulator  of  the  sick.  When 
a  person  is  brought  into  the  Prison  Hospital  with  a  cracked  head,  full  of 
bullets,  or  ornamented  with  several  pleasing  knife  woundB  and  three  or 
four  broken  limbs,  he  requires  undoubtedly  the  most  delicate  handling. 
This  is  Mr.  Etiadon's/orje.  He  can  remove  a  diamond  ring  from  a  slum- 
bering  patient  without  ever  waking  him  up,  or  go  through  a  dying  wo- 
man's pockets  without  attracting  any  attention.  The  cares  of  office  were, 
however,  too  much  for  the  tender-hearted  steward,  and  as  he  could  not 
get  a  vacation,  he  got  the  next  best  thing — drunk.  A  ruthless  captain  of 
the  police  searched  the  attendant  on  the  sick,  while  he  was  in  state  of  al- 
coholic coma,  and  deprived  him  of  all  the  mementoes  which  he  had  gath- 
ered in  lately,  including  three  rings,  some  jewelry,  a  dozen  handkerchiefs, 
and  a  bottle  of  whisky.  Surely  such  trifles  as  these  might  be  considered 
the  lawful  perquisites  of  this  worthy  jail  chamberlain,  but  the  greedy 
officials  not  only  deprived  him  of  his  little  souvenirs,  but  even  entered  two 
charges  of  larceny  against  him.     When  will  virtue  ever  get  its  reward  ? 

Simultaneously  with  the  appearance  of  Spring  lamb,  asparagus  and 
artichokes,  there  blooms  into  existence  the  succulent  plant  known  as  a 
Ward  politician.  The  first  sign  of  his  advent  is  the  discovery  that  you 
cannot  go  into  a  saloon  to  get  a  drink  without  finding  a  bulbous-nosed, 
blear-eyed,  nnlaved  beast,  frothing  at  the  mouth  and  dispensing  tobacco 
juice  everywhere — anywhere  except  in  the  spittoon.  The  Constitution  is 
as  rotten,  in  his  opinion,  as  the  cloth  in  his  pants,  unless  BriggS,  of  the 
Fourth  Ward,  is  beaten  ;  and  between  every  three  words  which  he 
utters  he  inserts  a  string  of  epithets,  strong  enough  to  extract  a 
gentle  perspiration  from  the  skeleton  of  a  dog.  If  you  approach 
him,  you  will  notice  that  his  unguicular  extremities  are  clothed 
in  deep  mourning,  while  his  breath  is  strongly  suggestive  of  his  hav- 
ing been  successfully  pursued  by  a  skunk  of  the  most  offensive  and 
fetid  kind.  His  bath  is  the  stagnant  pool  of  politics.  Unlike  the  Rev, 
Hallelujah  Cox,  h^  never  changes  his  scurillous  vestments  for  the  snowy 
linen  of  the  pulpit,  or  the  goodly  broadcloth  of  an  insurance  office.  In 
the  moist  foulness  of  his  whisky-soaked,  venal  rags,  the  local  politician 
belches  forth  streams  of  sewer  gas,  until  he  fills  the  air  with  an  aroma, 
compared  to  which  the  smell  of  a  bad  egg  is  a  most  reviving  scent. 

Frank  Leslie  and  a  staff  of  twelve  artists  and  journalists  are  on  their 
way  to  this  city.  This  is  carrying  matters  too  far.  For  years  the  T.  C. 
has  refused  to  allow  any  one  to  interview  him,  take  his  picture,  or  in  any 
way  publish  an  account  of  his  extraordinary  career.  And  now  comes 
Frank  with  a  staff  of  bloodthirsty  scrawlers  and  murderous  daubers;  yet 
we  are  obdurate.  During  his  stay  in  San  Francisco  we  shall  perform  all 
our  literary  labors  on  the  top  of  the  shot-tower,  or  incarcerate  ourselves 
on  the  roof  of  Baldwin's  Hotel.  Greatness  demands  privacy,  and  in  our 
case  it  shall  be  maintained,  if  necessary,  with  a  self  cocking  revolver.  Go 
grease  your  locks  and  put  on  your  daintiest  smirks,  ye  courtiers  of  harlot 
fame,  and  tell  the  invaders  the  lying  story  of  your  craven  lives.  For  onr 
part,  wrapped  in  what  is  left  of  a  two-dollar  shirt,  and  clad  in  the  thread- 
bare pantaloons  of  our  unalterable  integrity,  we  propose  to  be  as  solitary 
as  Simon  Stylites  and  as  silent  as  a  primeval  sepulchre  during  the  threat- 
ened incursion  on  our  spirits'  liberty. 

Mrs.  Sargent  does  not  appear  very  gratified  by  the  presentation  to 
her  of  the  marble  statue  of  her  husband.  She  says  it  is  nothing  new  to 
see  the  old  man  on  a  bust,  and,  as  times  are  hard,  she  is  not  thankful  to 
the  man  who  chiseled  him. 


Mr.  Joseph  Caaoy,  now  nerving  eight  years  for  forgery  and  thi 

felunj  .  wants  t ie  out  on  .*  legal  quibble  ui  Bims) 

Uthou  make  eleven,  and  en   un*u  | 

uoii.it v  supposed  thai  Mr.  <   uwy'e  Abilities  would  !..■  cooflneO  to  making 
oribbage  boards,  or  bricks,  ovai  at  San  Qui  ntin,  for  that  number  ol 
it   appears   that   by  some  monstrous  legal  obllq 

ve  out  both  sentence*,  a  fo  Sir   Boyle   Roche,  at  one  time.    Sup* 
this  t..  be  true,  the  Illustrious  poll  tas  forger  Is  now  entitled  to  bis 
Eiborty,  rnor  deducted  six  years  ol  hi  sunt  of 

his  ■Mivui-i.'i  ;ti  the  prison  fire.  California  has  .»  wondrous  faculty  for 
her  cleverest  scoundrels  escape  the  purpose  of  tin-  law,  and  do 
duubl  this  latest  victim  to  popular  prejadice  will  be  runoins  round  the 
<n\  shortly  with  diamond  studs  aud  ■  new  suit  of  broadcloth,  applying 
for  the  1 1  Kl  vacancy  in  the   \  -■  isor'a  office. 

The  advent  of  the  Russian  fleet  is  playing  had  havoc  with  the 
hearts  of  our  maidens,  The  gallant  rulers  of  the  sea  are  so  terribly  in 
earnest  that,  if  the  whips  stay  bare  six  months  longer,  there  will  not  be  a 
bachelor  left  in  tin-  squadron,  nor  an  eligible  girl  in  toe  <ity.  It  la  ■  com 
nion  thing  nowadays  to  meet  a  young  lady  on  the  street]  and  after  saluting 

her  with     How  do  yon  do,  Bliss  J •!"  to  be  answered, "  Excuse  me,  sir, 

but  I  am  -Mrs.  Lieutenant  *  Isernolovowousky,"  and  in  the  course  of  five 
minutes'  conversation  Bhe  will  ask  you  if  you  remember  Mary  Perkins 
that  was,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Kertehoskuioff,  and  wind  up  by  informing  you 
that  Lydis  Bullockson  i>  engaged  to  Captain  Tchernayeftsky.  Any  man 
who  would  advertise,  "  Russian  taught  in  twelve  lessons,"  could  get  up  a 
class  of  girls  in  a  week  that  would  till  Piatt's  Hall  to  repletion. 

The  druggist  who  wantonly  sold  a  man  seidlitz  powders  recently* 
when  be  called  for  arsenic,  ought  to  be  deprived  of  his  license.  We  think 
so,  the  Coroner  thinks  bo,  and  so  does  the  undertaker.  It  is  a  vile  impos- 
ture and  a  criminal  proceeding  to  load  a  man  up  with  carbonate  of  soda 
and  tartaric  acid,  and  let  him  suppose  that  he  is  moribund.  The  disap- 
pointment that  naturally  ensues  is  enough  to  kill  a  would-be  suicide,  in 
which  case  the  chemist  would  be  answerable  for  the  consequences,  and 
might  justly  be  tried  for  murder.  If,  however,  the  gentleman  who  has 
been  bo  bitterly  duped  by  this  heartless  pill-compounder  will  only  call  at 
this  office,  and  bring  his  coffin  with  him,  the  T.  C.  will  guarantee  to  sup- 
ply him  with  some  excellent  strychnine  or  a  capital  shot-gun,  either  of 
which  will  carry  out  his  admirable  design  at  very  short  notice. 

The  funny  saloon  keeper  who  collected  a  mob  of  two  thousand 
laborers,  by  a  bogus  advertisement,  was  fined  fifty  dollars  this  week. 
To  lie  mathematically  accurate,  it  cost  him  about  two  and  a  half  cents 
for  every  man  he  sold  How  good-natured  and  law-abiding  the  working- 
man  of  San  Francisco  is,  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  the  proprietor  of  this 
vile  hoax  still  has  a  roof  on  his  house  and  continues  to  sell  whisky  with 
unabated  patronage.  Had  the  crowd,  however,  caught  him  while  its 
blood  was  up,  it  is  more  than  probable  that  even  if  he  had  possessed  ten 
times  the  number  of  eyes  which  are  credited  to  Argus,  all  of  them  would 
have  been  incontinently  closed  and  horribly  swollen.  In  that  case  fifty 
dollars  would  have  never  covered  the  necessary  expenditure  for  raw  beef 
and  leeches. 

There  was  a  gastropodous  mollusk,  yclept  Captain  Seaward,  who 
had  a  difficulty  with  a  South  American  vegetable  named  Thompson  about  a 
beautiful  blonde  known  as  Mix.  Uobbius.  So  Thompson  went  for  Sea- 
ward, and  lacerated  his  caudal  fin  and  mutilated  the  sebaceous  glands  of 
his  nose  until  his  face  resembled  an  inspissated  viscous  zoophyte  who  had 
been  out  all  night  on  a  low  tide.  Then  Thompson  tried  to  go  seaward  in  the 
Oregon  steamer,  but  Seaward  would  not  let  him.  lie  swore  out  a  com- 
plaint that  his  zygomatic  bones  were  injured  through  contact  with  the 
tetradactyl  aforesaid,  and  Mr.  Thompson  was  arrested,  and  only  released 
on  the  fair  blonde  depositing  two  hundred  dollars  bail.  Moral  :  Do  not 
quarrel  about  ammonia-bleached  curls. 

Seven  dollars  and  a  half  does  not  seem  to  be  a  great  assessment  for 
a  Major-General  of  the  National  Guard  of  California  to  pay  for  his 
share  of  entertaining  the  Australian  team  at  a  Palace  Hotel  dinner, 
though  it  appears  to  have  been  an  impossible  sum  to  collect  from  Major- 
General  Vernon,  who  allowed  himself  to  be  sued  for  the  amount.  It  is 
not  therefore  a  matter  of  surprise  that  the  California  Kifle  Association 
should  have  stricken  the  veteran  free-luncher's  name  off  the  list  of  their 
honorary  directors.  The  Association  let  him  down  easily.  In  fact,  in 
the  words  of  Horace,  it  was  a  "  facilis  descensus"  of  Vernon. 

Shade  of  Izaak  "Walton  !  Not  content  with  murdering  Chinamen 
up  in  Onico,  some  fiends  along  the  Truckee  river  are  blowing  up  hundreds 
of  thousands  of  gentle  trout  with  giant  powder.  As  surely  as  we  hope 
that  in  the  one  case  our  State's  good  name  may  be  cleared  of  its  stain, 
through  the  execution  of  the  assassins,  so  do  we  devoutly  pray  that  the 
human  ghouls  who  are  making  our  streams  putrid  through  the  fiendish 
destruction  of  the  queen  fish  of  the  world,  may  be  condemned  to  live  on 
the  carcasses  of  their  victims  throughout  the  torrid  months  of  an  uncon- 
genial Summer. 

The  peripatetic  whisky-mil]  who  exploded  this  week  behind  the 
City  Hall,  whilst  in  the  act  of  lighting  a  cigar  stump,  is  a  benefactor  to- 
his  country.  His  spontaneous  combustion  suggests  to  a  thoughtful  mind 
the  advisability  of  immediately  forming  a  torch-patrol  to  perambulate 
the  city  every  evening  and  ignite  the  breath  of  all  the  alcohol-soaked 
bummers  whom  they  may  meet.  Leidesdorff  street  alone  would  yield 
a  rich  harvest  of  incinerated  corpses,  which  could  be  utilized  afterward  in 
the  new  process  of  making  gas  out  of  the  contents  of  ash-barrels  and 
refuse  heaps. 

Dr.  Simpson,  member  of  the  Board  of  Health,  charges  Judge  Ferral 
with  having  opposed  the  passage  of  the  Medical  Law  when  he  was  Clerk 
of  the  last  Assembly,  and  with  having  carried  his  feelings  against  the  bill 
on  to  the  bench  where  he  presides.  How  is  this,  Robert?  Is  it  because 
the  quacks,  being  numerous  and  active,  their  political  support  is  necessary 
to  your  future  advancement"; 

The  T  C.  notes  with  sorrow  that  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad  has 
only  earned  83,318,000  up  to  the  end  of  March  this  year.  This  settles 
forever  the  doubt  in  our  mind,  which  has  previously  existed,  as  to- giving 
np  journalism  and  buying  a  railroad.  Such  a  beggarly  pittance  as  this 
will  stop  all  prudent  newspaper-men  from  giving  up  their  employment, 
and  going  into  the  steam  whistle  business. 

A  thoughtless  printer  has  just  sent  us  down  a  galley  of  proof  as 
white  as  a  maiden's  brow.  In  excuse  he  says  that  the  proof  was  a  bad 
one,  because  ne  was  distracted  and  didn't  put  enough  think  on  it. 


10 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LET 


J^ER 


AND 


April  21,  1877. 


PRISON     THOUGHTS     OF     A     CON- 
DEMNED    CRIMINAL. 

The  following  lines  have  been  forwarded  to 
a  friend  by  James  Bannister,  who  is  now  await- 
ing execution  at  Chester  Castle,  for  the  murder 
of  his  wife,  at  Hyde,  on  December  15th  last: 
The  Curse  of  Dkink. 
What  curse  is  this  in  all  the  land, 
The  highway  to  Hell's  brink  ? 
Thou  knowest,  0  Lord,  and  we  know  too, 
It  is  the  curse  of  drink! 

Drink  is  the  cause  of  many  a  woe, 

Of  vice  it  is  the  sink, 
Of  love  and  peace  the  deadly  foe — 

The  curse,  the  curse  of  drink! 

What  is  it  makes  so  mMiy  poor, 

Who  might,  did  they  but  think, 

Keep  want  and  misery  from  the  door? 
'Tis  the  cursed  curse  of  drink! 

What  is  it  fills  asylums  full, 

And  prisons  to  the  brink  ? 
Alas!  O  Lord,  we  know  full  well — 

Chiefly  the  curse  of  drink? 

The  terrors  of  this  cursed  vice 
Should  make  us  ever  shrink ; 

For  plainly  it  is  Hell's  device — 
This  cursed  curse  of  drink! 

When  Thine  Apostle  cried  to  thee, 
Thou  would 'st  not  let  him  sink  ; 

0,  help  us  by  thy  mighty  aid, 
To  avoid  the  curse  of  drink. 


THE    GERMAN    EMPERORS    EIGHT- 
IETH BIRTHDAY. 

However  prominently  our  Emperor's  figure 
may  stand  out  in  the  future,  and  whatever  place 
he  may  occupy  in  history,  it  will  be  difficult,  nay 
impossible,  fur  the  future  historian  to  express  hi 
words  even  approximately  the  feelings  which 
moved  us.  his  contemporaries,  at  the  sight  of  this 
man.  The  prince  is  honored,  the  victor  admired, 
and  the  just  man  beloved  :  that  ever  has  been 
and  ever  will  be  the  case.  But  how  far  removed 
these  sentiments  are  from  that  indescribable  feel- 
ing with  which  we  regard  our  Emperor.  No 
name  we  could  bestow  upon  him  would  express 
our  sensations.  For  us  he  is  the  symbol  of  our 
new  Empire,  the  hero  of  a  fairy  tale  who  has 
awakened  the  virgin  Germania  from  her  enchant- 
ed sleep  of  centuries.  He  has  realized  the  fond 
longings  of  us  all.  The  efforts,  the  wishes,  and 
the  labors  of  a  whole  nation  have  found  in  him 
and  through  him  their  goal  and  conclusion,  as  it 

were He  is  the  head  of  the  Empire  and 

the  bearer  of  power,  but  from  liim  to  us  proceeds 
the  pressing  stream  of  an  unconscious  sentiment 
that  he  could  only  with  us,  and  we  could  only 
with  him,  have  gained  such  victories  and  found- 
ed this  unity.  Posterity  will  not  be  able  to  share 
with  us  this  feeling  which  constitutes  the  funda- 
mental harmony  in  to-days  song  of  joy.  Bless- 
ings upon  his  honored  head !  this  is  the  heart-felt 
prayer  of  the  people,  whether  spoken  or  unex- 
pressed. Our  old  men  have  traversed  with  him 
a  long  road  full  of  troubles  and  vicissitudes,  un- 
der his  eyes  our  young  men  fought  their  way  up 
the  hights  of  Koniggratz  and  Sedan,  to  our  chil- 
dren we  point  him  out  as  a  man  whose  like  they 
can  hardly  see  in  their  future  life.  Three  gener- 
ations stand  around  his  throne  ;  for  one  he  has 
surpassed  all  that  they  expected  from  their  leader 
given  by  God  and  chosen  by  the  people;  for  the 
others  he  has  opened  up  the  immeasurable  future 
of  German  glory  and  greatness;  all,  high  and 
low,  first  and  last,  unite  to-dayin  crying:  Health 
and  long  life  to  the  Emperor  and  the  Empire! — 
National  Zeitung,  March  22iL 


The  Banbury  Chamber  of  Agriculture, 

says  an  English  paper,  have  quite  turned  pale  at 
the  appearance  of  the  cattle  plague.  Yesterday 
the  members  passed  a  resolution,  hurriedly  and 
unanimously,  that  the  only  way  to  deal  with  the 
disease  was  to  have  all  the  cattle  slaughtered  at 
the  port  of  embarkation.  The  Privy  Council 
Orders  they  condemned  as  mere  peddling  nui- 
sances. They  ought  not  to  be  permissive,  but 
compulsory,  so  that  not  even  the  most  innocent 
cow  should  escape  the  fell  axe  of  the  slaughter- 
man. But  for  the  increasing  importation  of 
American  meat,  our  butchers  and  timid  farmers 
would  have  been  making  a  magnificent  harvest 
off  the  cattle  plague.  There  would  have  been 
such  a  to-do  about  it  that  by  this  time  it  would 
probably  have  been  only  possible  to  get  an  occa- 
sional pound  or  two  of  beef  as  a  curiosity  and  as 
a  great  favor,  and  perhaps  at  a  price  resembling 
that  paid  for  old  chiua. 


A  statement  of  some  importance  as  bearing 
upon  coolie  emigration  from  China  to  Pern  ap- 
pears in  the  Puna mn  Sl'tr  -ii"/  Ili-r.t/d.  and  is  re- 
produced elsewhere.  It  appears  that  arrange- 
ments have  been  made  through  Messrs,  Olyphant 
&  Co.  for  the  introduction  of  coolies  under  the 
new  treaty  between  China  and  Peru  ;  but  that 
there  is  some  disagreement  between  the  Peruvian 
Congress  and  the  Executive  on  the  subject,  the 
former  desiring,  contrary  to  what  the  Executive 
hold  to  be  their  right,  to  interfere  with  the  terms 
of  the  contract.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  diffi- 
culty may  be  adjusted,  and  that  this  will  be  the 
inauguration  of  a  system  which  will  free  emigra- 
tion from  China  to  Peru  from  abuses  which  for- 
merly attached  to  it,  and  will  prove  beneficial  to 
both  nations. 

English  railways  are  looking  up.  A  dividend 
has  been  announced  which  is  the  largest  ever  de- 
clared by  a  railway  company.  The  dividend  is 
at  the  rate  of  ISA  per  cent.,  and  the  company  is 
the  Salisbury  and  Yeovil. 


C.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Sunday,  April  1st,  1817,  and  until 

further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 

San  Francisco: 

(Overland    Ticket  Office,  at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  of 
Market  Street.) 


7AA  A.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washing- 
•  v/V/  t0u  St.  Wharf)  —  Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for     Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knigh t's  Landing.        (Arrive  San  Francisco  8:10  p.m.) 


8A[k  A.M.  (daily),  Atlantic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  vv/  land  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland  (O.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  p.m.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  5:3ft  p.m.) 


3f\f\  P.M.  (daily)  San  Jose  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  vv  land  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 
rives at  San  Jose  at  5:30.P.M. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  9:35  a.m.) 


J_  r\(\  P.M.  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
"t-V/U  for  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner. Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"  Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Dos  Palmas  (Arizona  Stage  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  6:55 
P.M.  "  Sleeping  Cars"  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les. (Arrive  San  Francisco  12:40  p.m.) 


4AA  P.  M.(daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washington 
•  \J\J  st.  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  for  Calistoga, 
Woodland,  William*,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  p.  m.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  11:10  A.M.) 


4AA  P.M.  (Sundays  excepted)  Sacramento  Steamer 
•  vU  (from  Wasta'n  St.  Wharf),  for  Beniciaand  Land- 
ings on  the  Sacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  a. m.,  daily. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  8:00  p.m.) 


4  On  P.M.  (daily),  Through  Third  Class  and  Accom- 
•  OV     modation  Train,  via    Lathrop  and  Mohave, 
arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  a.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  7:30  a.m. 


FERRIES     AND      LOCAL     TRAINS 


From  "SAN  FRANCISCO,"  Daily. 


A  7.  CO 
7.30 
8.00 
8:J0 
9.00 
9.30 
10.00 
10.30 
11.00 
11.30 
12.00 
Pl'2.30 
1.00 
1.30 
2.00 


A  6.10 
Pll.45 


3.00  A  7.00 
3.30  S.00 
4.00  9.00 
4.301  10.00 
5.00!  11.00 
5.30  12.00 
(i.Oolp  1.30 
G.30J      2.00 


7.00  " 
S.101 
9.201 

10.30 


3.00 

1.00 
5M)0 
6.00 


.;p*7.00 
J    *S.I0 

J*11.45 


§3= 


A  8.00 
10.00 

p  s.oo 

4.30 
5.30 


A  7.30  A  8.00 

8.30     t'J.30 

930lptl.00 

10.301      3  00 

11.30       4.00 

Pl'2.301    tS.10 

1.001 

3.30  s r ' 

4.30lt01iani>'e0ars 

5.30]  at 

0.30  East  Oakland 

7.00  

8.10l9.30,  3.00  and 

9.2014.00  con 'ct  di-1 
10.30  rectforS.  -I'e.lWest  O'kland 


A  8.00JA  7.30 

t9.30      8.30 

p  3.001     9.30 

4.001    10.30 

tS.10     1130 

1.00 

4.00 

5.00 

0.00 


A  o.io 
pii.45 


1  DAILY,  { 
■  SUNDAYS  < 
)    EXCEPTED  I 


A    0.10 
I'    0.00 


*10.30  P.M.  Sundays  only  to  Alameda. 

To  FERNSIDE  —  except  Sundays  — 7.00,  9.00,  10.00 
A.M.,  and  5  P.M. 

Extra  Excursion  Trains,  "Sandays  only,"  to  Shell 
Mound  and  Delaware  St.,  West  Berkeley,  9.00,  10.30,  12. 

Regular  Train's  to  Berkeley  and  Delaware  Street  will 
not  be  prepared  to  accommodate  large  excursions. 


To  "SAX  FBAXCISfO,"  Dnily. 


A  S.00 
10.00 

P  3.00 
4-30 
5.30 


A  7.30 
8.30 
9  30 
10.30 
11  30 
p  1.0C 
4.00 


A'O  25 
7.00 
S.03 
9.00 
10.03 
11.03 
12,00| 


OAKLAND. 
(Broadway.) 


At0.45 
7.55 
ll.lf      11.35 
til. 45  Ptl'208l 
P  3.40)      4.031 
+4.45 


Change  Cars 

at 
West  f/aklnd.i 


5.00  p  1.00 
ti.OOl  3.00 
'3.20 
4.00 
5.00 
0.03 

>io.oo 


A  5.40  A'5.00 

I    "5.40 

p*7.20 


I 


tChange  Cars 

at 
East  Oakland 


.U7.081A  G.40,A  C. 

7.40  7. 

8.401  7. 

9.401  8. 

10.40  S. 

11.401  9. 

p  12.40,  9. 

1.25,  10. 

2.401  10. 

4.401  11. 

5.40]  11. 

0.40  1' 12. 

7.50  12. 

9.001  1. 

10.10]  1. 


)  1  ,A  5.10  A  5.20 

!_     daily,    J         5.501      0.00 


P  2.50 
3.20 
3.50 
4.20 
4.50 
5.20 
5.50 
0.25 
6.50 
8.00 
9.10 
10.20 


From  FERNSIDE— except  Sundays— 8.00,  10.00,  11.00 

A..M.,  and  6.00  P.M. 

*Alameda  Passengers  change  cars  at  Oakland. 

A— Morning,     p— Afternoon. 


THE  CREEK  FERRY  BOAT 

Will  run— tide  permitting -from  5:50  A.M.  to  0:30  P.M., 
as  follows  : 


J 

Leave 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

< 

(Market  St.   Station. 

16 

—11:50-  2.30—5:15 

17 

—12:20-  3.30—5:45 

18 

—12:10-  3.30-5:45 

19 

7.15— -  2:50-5:15 

20 

S:15     3:45    6:00 

21 

7:00       9.40- 5:15 

22 

8:45—10:10-  4:15—5:45 

23 

7:00-10:30- —5:15 

24 

7:30—11:50- —5:20 

25 

7:30-10:40-     ...—1:45 

so 

8:00—11:10- —2:50 

27 

9:30—12.10- —3:50 

28 

10:30-2:00-5:00 

29 

10:50—12.30-  3:30—5:15 

30 

—11.40-  2:40—5:45 

Leave 

OAKLAND 

(Broadway  Wharf.) 

10:30- 

-  1:00- 

•3:40 

-11:00- 

-  2:00- 

•4:30 

-  2:00- 

-  1:30- 

0:00- 

-4:00 

6:30- 

-  2:30- 

-4:45 

6:00 

-  8:00- 

-3:30 

8:00- 

-  9:30- 

-11:00 

-5:00 

6:00- 

-  8:00- 

11:45 

0:00- 

-  8.50- 

-  1:00 

0:00- 

-  8:40- 

-11:50 

6:30- 

-  9:10- 

-12:20 

8:00- 

-10:50- 

-  2:00 

9:20- 

-11:40- 

•3:3(1 

10:00- 

-11:30- 

-   2:30 

-1:30 

-10:30- 

-  1:00-4:00 

"Official  Schedule  Time"  furnished  by  Anderson  & 
Randolph,  Jewelers,  101  and  103  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towne,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION . 

SUMMER     ARRANGEMENT. 

Commencing  April  15,  1877,  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  as  follows  : 

8  0f\  A.M  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  HolHster,  Tres 
.OvF  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  fes^At  Pa.iaro  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  iofAptos  and  Santa  Cruz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  MoxTEftHY. 
£§T"  Stage  connections  made  with  this  train.  J3P~  A 
Parlor.  Cab  attached  to  this  train. 


nO  £T  a    M.   (daily)  for  Menlo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
*UO    tions.  

3  0,^p.m,  daily  (Suudays  excepted)  for  San  Jose, 
*£iO  Gilroy,  Pajaro,  Hollister,  Tres  Pinos  and  Way 
Stations,  fc^—  Sta^e  connection  made  with  this  train  at 
Santa  Clara  for  Pacific  Confess  Springs.  fgf~  On 
Saturdays  Only,  this  train  will  connect  at  Pajaro  with 
the  Santa  Crdz  Railroad  for  Airos  and  Santa  Ckcz, 
Returning,  Passengers  will  leave  Santa  Cu.cz  on  Mon- 
days at  4.00  a.m.  (Breakfast  at  Gilroy),  arriving  at  San 
Francisco  at  10.00  A.M. 


440 


P.M.  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


A  OH  P.M.  (daily)  for  Menlo  Park  and  Way  Stations. 

g^T*  Sundays  an  Extra  Train  will  leave  for  San  Jose 
and  Way  Stations  at  9:30  a.m.  Returning,  will 
leave  San  Jose  at  5:45  P.M. 

A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  WILLCUTT,  Gen*l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 


SOUTHERN      DIVISIONS. 

yW  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Divisions 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Dos  Palmas. 
[April  14.] 


D 


H.    H-    MOORE, 
onier  i n  Books  Tor  Libraries.-- A  large 

assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 

>-  -*  ':ii"  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 

Oct.  24. 


ano  for  sale  at 
San  Francisco 


April  21,  is:;. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER. 


11 


NOTABILIA. 


It  is  told  lor  a  tact  thai  .1  Iittl.-  flaxen  bain  <l  boy  of  Bv«  rears,  who 
had  paned  the  afternoon  at   an  Mt-moneum,  looking  up  in  huxn< 

1  they  die,  turn  into  iiiimimi'  -,  .1.. 

all  the  papaa  turn  into  pu  pi  lies?"    Whether  tlii-*   i*  ao  or  nut  ie  in 
rial,  but  it  i-  a  fact  thai  aU  the  beat  freafa  lalmon,  of  the  oatcli  of  1877, 
are  turned  into  one   pound  oana  by  Emereon  Corville  &  Co.,  41fi  Pine 
Their  CulHnaville  Cannery  a  renowned  throughout  tin-  States. 
Samplea  and  prioeaon  application. 

Dr.  Hunter's  Professional  QualiGcatious.--Hv  an  overflight*  unin- 
tentional upon  our  part,  Dr.  Huntera  professional  qualification!   were 
tod,  in  connection  with   his  name,  fn  our  directory  of  physician! 
who  obtained  uoensi  vera!  State  Medical  Boards,     ft  should 

have  been  stated  that  he  was  a  Licentiate  of  the  Upper  Canada  Medical 
Board.  He  attended  lectures  at  the  Toronto  Medical  School,  as  will  be 
aaen  by  the  certificate  of  the  Sea 

Professor  of  Chemistry:  "Suppose  you  were  called  to  a  patient  who 
had  swallowed  a  heavy  doseof  poison,  what  would  you  administer?" 
A*.,  (who  i--  preparing  for  the  ministry,  and  who  only  takes  chemistry  bo- 
il is  obligatory):  "  1  would  administer  the  Sacrament!11    The  best 
however,  t<>  administer  to  ;i  person  suffering  1 1-. ,t 1 1  a  heai  y  dose  of 
to  gu  ;*t  once   to  Jan.  <;.  Steele  &  Co.'s,  No.  316  Kearny 
Btreet,  and  bu  delia    Lotion.     It  i>  the  Burest  antidote 

known,  and  no  picnic-party  should  be  without  it. 

"When  the  head  of  the  family  comes  home  at  a  shockingly  late  hour, 
his  weary  Belt  on  the  top  of  the  piano,  and,  while  gently  tickling 
the  keys  « ith  liis  major  toe,  murmurs  something  about  the  annoyance  ot 
a  squeaking  bed,  it  is  entirely  Bafe  to  draw  conclusions.  If  the  head  of 
tin*  family  would  only  drink  genuine  Old  Cutter  Whisky,  he  would  never 
get  into  Bnch  .*  state.  It  is  the  purest  Bourbon  in  the  world,  purer  than 
was  ever  the  Bourbon  dynasty.  A.  1*.  Hotaling,  429  to  431  Jackson 
Btreet,  sole  agent.     Vtrbum  ^•<i'. 

The  King  of  Dahomey  now  wants  to  fight  England,  France,  and 
Germany  combined.  He  has  invented  a  new  kind  of  club,  ami  wants  to 
see  it  thoroughly  tried. 


Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis.  M.  D.,  etc. ,  may  be  consulted  at  bis  office  and 
residence,  520  Sutter  street,  between  Powell  and  Mason  Btreets,  daily, 
from  lo  a.  u.  to  '■'<  ['.  m..  and  from  <'>  to  B  P.  M.:  on  Sundays  from  11  to  2 
only.  Dr.  Curtis  Is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 
cal Act;  his  publications  can  be  obtained  from  A.  L.  Bancroft  A  Co., 
agents  for  the  Pacific  coast,  or  from  the  author,  Dr.  Curtis,  520 
Sutter  street,  S.  F. 

One  woman  slapped  another  woman's  face  in  church  at  Boacobel,  Wis., 
the  other  day,  and  both  of  them  were  put  out,  one  by  the  slap,  the  other 
by  the  sexton,     The  quarrel  was  about  a  cm. k-stove,  each  one  declaring 

i'l  the  best.  The  finest  and  must  perfect  range  in  the  world  is  the 
"Union,"  for  which  Mr.  I>e  La  Montanya,  on  Jackson  street,  below 
Battery,  is  agent.     t_'all  and  examine  bis  mammoth  stock  of  hardware. 

Persons  may  differ  as  to  whether  eggs  are  best  hard  or  soft  boiled, 
fried,  poached,  scrambled,  or  in  an  omelette.  They  may  even  quarrel 
about  the  different  kinds  of  salad  dressing,  and  how  to  make  terrapin 
soup,  but  there  is  one  subject  on  which  your  worst  enemy  will  not  dis- 
pute with  you.  That  is  the  excellence  of  the  furniture  and  bedding  sold 
by  F.  S.  Chadbourne  &  Co.,  7-7  Market  street,  San  Francisco.     Bif! 

Purity  is  a  quality  we  all  love;  and,  as  Tom  Hood  quaintly  re- 
marked, "  To  the  pure  all  things  are  pure."  If,  then,  we  love  purity,  my 
brethren,  we  should  be  specially  careful  to  practice  it;  and  the  best 
means  to  adopt  is  to  purchase  a  patent  Silicated  Carbon  Filter  from  Bush 
..V  .Milne,  the  importers  of  (ias  Fixtures,  under  the  Grand  Hotel.  It  pu- 
rifies and  sweetens  water  instantaneously. 


Call  a  lady  "a  chicken,"  and  ten  to  one  she  is  angry.  Tell  her 
she  is  "  no  chicken,"  and  twenty  to  one  she  is  angrier.  But  take  her  to 
Swain's  Bakery,  on  Sutter  street,  above  Kearny,  and  treat  her  to  boiled 
chicken,  and  fifty  to  one  she  will  be  the  happiest  girl  in  town.  Swain's 
Bakery  is  the  place,  of  all  others,  for  elegant  luncheons,  ice  cream,,  con- 
fectionery, comfort,  and  pleasant  surroundings. 


Springfield,  EL .  has  a  female  dentist.  She  is  said  to  be  a  lady  of  gen- 
tle extraction.  Such  a  woman  is  bound  to  pull  through  life-  peaceably 
if  she  can,  forcibly  if  she  must. 

A  young  lady  of  Norfolk  was  so  agitated  while  dancing  with  the 
Grand  Duke  that  she  fainted  in  his  arms.  The  scion  of  nobility  merely 
passed  her  over  to  one  of  the  elder  ladies,  with  the  remark,  "Toodam- 
thinovitch  ;  give  her  some  Gerke  Wine."  A  glass  of  this  magnificent 
vintage  revived  the  fair  belle  at  once.  I.  Landsberger,  10  and  12  Joties 
Alley,  is  the  agent.      ^ 

Alluding  to  the  number  of  trap-doors  in  the  boards  of  a  theater,  a 
correspondent  asks:  "Is  it  safe  to  leap  upon  the  stage?"  That  entirely 
depends  upon  where  your  foot-lights.  The  softest  place  for  a  foot  to  light 
is  upon  one  of  the  magnificent  carpets  of  J.  J.  Mountain,  the  well-known 
importer  and  dealer,  of  1020  Market  street,  and  15  Eddy  street. 

It  is  a  curious  fact  that  most  of  the  bottles  in  which  Napa  Soda  is 
put  up  are  made  of  blue  glass.  "Whether  this  has  anything  to  do  with 
the  wonderful  curative  properties  of  this  excellent  mineral  water,  is  not 
yet  ascertained.     Napa  Soda  is  good  in  bottles  of  any  color. 

The  latest  addition  to  Madame  Tussaud's  wax-work  show  in  London 
is  a  model  of  the  Rev.  Arthur  Tooth.  It  draws  very  well.  The  latest 
additions  to  Bradley  &  Kulofson's  Photograph  Gallery  are  ton  numerous 
to  mention.     Their  pictures  have  never  yet  been  equaled  in  the  world. 

The  Vicar  of  Wakefield,  whose  son  took  home  a  gross  of  green  spec- 
tacles, might  have  made  his  fortune,  had  the  articles  only  been  of  the 
kind  kept  by  Muller,  the  optician,  135  Montgomery  street.  His  opera 
glasses,  eye-glasses,  and  pebble  spectacles  know  no  rival. 


The  present  style  "f  y*Min- l.i.li.^' -ii  ttfaio 

the  material.     In  fa  in.     In  that  - 

they  differ  from  the  chairs  and  lounges  sold  by  N.    I'.  <'•■!■■,  of  the  <  all- 
forma  I  Company.  220  to  226  Bu  h  itreet,  which 

are  made  to  bfl  Ml  in,  and  are  tlir  beat   in  the  world.      Go  and  SOS  t!i.  in. 

An  exchange  propnses  t<»  atUba  the  drunken  old  tramp-,  by  Bending 
them  t"  Join  the  Cubans,  with  guns  and  whisky.    The  whuky,  a) 
would  be   stood  to  fill   a  buster  with,  especially  if  it   waa  <>.  K.  Golden 
Plantation,  such  as  1\  ft  P.  J.  Ci   in,  528  Front  street,  are  agents  for. 

The  French  journalist,  Bdmood   About,  baa  Just  completed  a  tour 
of  Corsica,     lb  eayeall  the  inhabitants  there  are  wild  about  the  merits 
of  the  Ballet  &   Davis   Piano,     No  wonder!  it  defies  competition.     I 
jer,  18  Sansome  street,  is  the 


NOTiCE -A    NEW    FEATURE. 

To    Principals    of    Yon  us    I.mllt'**    Ntniiiiurlcs,    BonriHng 
hoolsaud  Colleges    M it.   l'KTK.H  JOB,  the  Ban  Francisco  l'i «r  French 

Chief  Oook  and  Confectioner,  well  known  is  :»  ftanVclaas  Caterer  and  Cook,  having 
kept  In  this  clt]  the  boal  Restaurant  and  iae-Creain  Baloun  for  the  last  twenty  years, 
often  in    lorvlc  las  a  Teacher  of  the  Culinary  Art.  also,  Fancy  Ulshea  and  Pastry. 

To  those  wishing1  to  form  .i  class,  smug ants  could  Basil)   be  made  at  terms,  by 

hi!  address  t>»  PETEB  JOB, 

So.  2619  Californls  street,  Ban  Fran  I 
No  objection  to  go  out  <>f  the  city.    New  Torsi,  London  and  Porta  have  *uuh 

I  rii.   17. 

[W,  It.  Mat. 


P.  a  Bsow.j 


SNOW    &    MAY'S    AHT    GALLEBY. 

SNOW     A     MAY, 

IMPORTERS    ami    MANUFACTUREBfl    OF 

Pictures,    Frame**,    Moldings,    ami    Artists'    Mater  In,  In. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  Dee.  19, 


ANT    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  been  Invented  by  the  Queen's  Own  Company  of  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  ol  which  Ui  bo  thin  and  flexible  a-  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hordrj  ever  Betting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  \i-'i\>-*t, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury,  it  is  creating  a  great  excitement  In  Europe  among 
the  experts,  woo  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  8S  for  buffalo  bandies,  $3  for  ivory, 
(currency  ;)  by  mall,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  libera]  terms  by  the  sole 
Bgentsinthe  united  States  NATHAN  JOSEPH  &  CO., 
Seutemler  2. So.  641  Play  street,  S.  F. 

OPENING  OF  RARE  AND  ELEGANT  BOOKS! 

H1I.  Moore  takes  pleasure  In  announcing;  that  having:  re- 
a  turned  from  his  annual  purchasing  trip  to  the  great  Eastern  and  European 
Literary  Depositories,  that  he  has  received  and  now  has  open  the  largest  assortment 
of  ANTIQUE  and  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before  brought  to  this  city,  con- 
sisting of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
fail  to  find  the  most  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  either  old  or  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  \aned  stork,  tiift  Books  in  Ureal  Variety.  Call"  and  examine 
our  stock.  [Dec.  10-|  II.  H.  MOORE, 609  Montgomery  street. 

PACIFIC   MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY 

Freight  Department.— From  and  after  this  date,  Mr.  (>«o. 
ll.  Stiff  will  act  as  Freight  Solicitor  fortius  Company.  He  can  be  found  at 
ollice,  '218  California  street,  where  Shipping  Orders  may  he  obtained  until  IS  o'clock, 
noon,  of  the  day  previous  to  the  departure  of  the  steamers.  Applications  after  that 
time  must  he  made  at  office,  corner  First  and  Uranium  streets. 

Feb.  24.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

ARMES    &    DALLAM, 

Manufacturers  ami  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Wood  ami  Willow 
Ware,  French  and  German  Baskets,  Brooms,  Brushes  and  Twines,  Cordage, 

Feather  Dusters,  Clothes  Wringers,  Mangles,  etc.    Sole  Agents  for  F.  N.  Davis  & 
Co. 'a  Building  Papers,  and  Irving  Bros  Japanese  Paper  Carpeting, 
March  17.  NO.'S  Zlfi  AND  ill  SACRAMENTO  ST.,  S.  F. 


W.  ilonnia. 


J.  F.  Kennkdy. 


■  '«>:,     SCUVVAB. 

MORRIS,    SCHWAB    &   CO., 

Importers  and  Dealers    in   Moldings..  Frames,  Engravings, 
Chromos,   Lithographs,     Decalcomanie,    Wax  and    Artists'   Materials,  21    Post 
street,  nearly  opposite  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco.  Feb.  4. 

SKAUG3'    HOT    SPRINGS,    SONOMA    COUNTY.    CAL. 

Opening  for  1877,  April  1st.— Many  improvements  are  just 
completed  in  the  already  commodious  hotel  ;  the  cottages  of  last  year  have  been 
renovated,  and  several  new  ones  constructed.     Daily   line  of  stages  to  and  from  the 
Springs,  connecting  with    the  ears  to  and  from   San    Francisco.     Only  eight  miles 
sUi'.'in'j  from  Cl'vsl-i'v  die.     Board  (rooms  included)  per  week,  sl'i. 
April  14.  A.  SKAUOS,  Proprietor. 

BAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  &  CO., 

113  Clay  and  114  Commercial  Streets, 

San  Francisco.  [May  24. 

BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY  OF   CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  daily,   from  10  a.m.  to    1  p.m.,  by  the  under* 
signed,  to  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  to  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society^  J.  P.  MoCURRIE,  Secretary, 

Oct.  23.  730  Montgomery  Btreet. 


B.  F.  Flint.    Flint,  Bixby  &  Co.] 

[  J.  Lee.    O.  W.  Foloer 

A.   F.   FLINT    &    CO., 

itraih'iH,  Packers  and  Dealers  In  Wool, 

\J(    and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Francisco. 

corner  of  Battery 

Jan.  29. 

THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every  variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Gilt, 
Steal  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clocks  and  fine 
Bronzes;  also  a  full  line  of  Plumbers' Goods.  122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Jan.  27. 


S' 
F' 


JOSEPH    GILLOTT'S    STEEL    PENS. 
old  by  all  Stationers  throughout  the  World.    Sole  Agent 

for  the  United  States  :  MR.  HENKY  HUE,  III  John  street,  N.  Y.       Jan.  10. 

QUICKSILVER, 
or  sale— In  lots  to  salt,  by  Thomas  Bell,  No.  305  Sansome 

street,  over  Bank  of  California.  Nov.  16. 


NOTICE- 
or  the  very  best  photographs  go  to  Bradley  A  Bulofson's, 

in  an  Elevator,  429  Montgomery  street.  Oct.  29. 


F' 


12 


SAtt  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LET/1ER  AND 


April  21,  lo/ 1. 


ST7TRO    SPEAKS. 

The  Tunnel  in  the  Comstock  nearly  Completed— How  the  Min- 
ing Companies  will  be  made  to  Pay  Tribute-  A  Remarka- 
ble Feat  of  Engineering. 

Adolph  Sutro,  proprietor  and  General  Superintendent  of  the  Sutro 
Tunnel,  who  has  been  the  best  abused  man  this  sfde  of  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tains for  the  past  ten  years,  a  man  of  perfect  physique  and  indomitable 
will,  which  latter  characteristic  the  Comstock  mining  magnates  have 
more  than  once  bitterly  acknowledged,  arrived  in  this  city  recently  from 
Washington  and  Nevada.  In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  Sutro  Tunnel  is 
nearly  completed,  and  that  its  completion  will  settle  many  vexed  ques- 
tions now  agitating  the  public  mind— that  in  regard  to  the  "  single-ledge  " 
theory  among  others — and  that  it  will  also  exert  a  very  decided  influence 
on  mining  on  the  Comstock,  a  representative  of  the  Chronicle  was  com- 
missioned to  call  upon  Mr.  Sutro  for  an  expression  of  his  views  of  the 
situation.  Mr.  Sutro  was  found  at  the  Baldwin,  with  his  family,  in  rug- 
ged health  and  intellectually  calm,  with  the  assurance  of  a  successful 
ending  of  the  onerous  labors  which  have  engaged  his  attention  since  1863. 
Upon  stating  the  object  of  his  visit,  the  Chronicle  Commissioner  was 
frankly  invited  to  propound  whatever  questions  he  desired,  and  he  com- 
plied with  the  request  in  the  following  manner: 

Reporter— The  Chronicleia  desirous  of  learning somethingauthoritative 
in  regard  to  the  progress  of  the  Sutro  Tunnel — when  it  will  be  completed, 
and  what  steps,  if  any,  will  be  taken  to  secure  the  observance  of  the 
terms  of  your  franchise  as  granted  by  Congress. 

Mb,  Sutro — Well,  the  "header"  of  the  tunnel  is  now  in  something 
like  10,500  feet  from  the  mouth.  The  total  distance  from  the  mouth  of 
the  tunnel  to  the  Savage  mine  is  about  19,500  feet.  You  will  therefore 
see  we  have  about  3.000  feet  to  go  yet  before  we  tap  that  mine. 

"  When  do  you  expect  to  reach  the  Savage  mine  ?  " 

"About  February  1,  1878." 

"  What  do  you  propose  to  do  when  you  get  to  the  Comstock,  in  the 
event  of  the  mining  companies  refusing  to  pay  you  the  royalty  of  §2  per 
ton  on  every  ton  of  ore  hoisted  out  of  the  Conistonk,  as  granted  by  the 
terms  of  the  law  of  Congress  ?  " 

"  We  don't  propose  to  go  to  law.  So  soon  as  we  cut  the  Comstock  lode 
I  shall  address  a  note  to  all  of  the  Comstock  companies  and  ask  them 
whether  they  wish  to  avail  themselves  of  the  tunnel,  and  whether  they 
intend  to  comply  with  the  terms  of  the  contracts  which  they  entered  into, 
and  the  laws  of  Congress." 

"Did  not  these  contracts  require  that  work  should  be  commenced  on 
the  tunnel  at  a  certain  time,  and  that  a  certain  amount  of  money  should 
be  expended  on  the  work  every  year?  And  do  not  these  companies  now 
claim  that  the  terms  of  these  contracts  were  not  complied  with  by  the 
Sutro  Tunnel  Company?" 

"It  is  true  that  the  contracts  provide  that  we  should  have  commenced 
work  August  1,  1868,  while  we  did  not  commence  until  October,  1869. 
But  the  delay  was  caused  by  the  managers  of  the  mining  companies  them- 
selves, who  combined  together  to  harass  and  annoy  us,  to  prejudice  the 
money  market  against  us  by  repeated  newspaper  attacks,  and  even  repu- 
diated subscriptions  amounting  to  §650,000  which  they  had  made.  It 
would  hardly  be  fair  for  them  to  complain  now  of  the  delay  in  commenc- 
ing the  work,  when  they  themselves  conspired  to  cause  such  delay.  Fur- 
thermore, the  law  of  Congress,  on  which  we  base  our  claims,  contains  no 
provision  whatever  as  to  the  time  to  be  consumed  in  the  construction  of 
the  tunnel." 

"  Why  did  these  people  conspire,  after  entering  into  these  contracts,  to 
delay  the  progress  of  the  work?  Why  did  they  also  repudiate  their  sub- 
scriptions ?  " 

"At  the  time  the  contracts  were  made  the  mining  manipulators  did  not 
fully  comprehend  the  importance  this  tunnel  would  play  after  its  com- 
pletion. But  after  they  had  read  my  publications  on  the  subject,  to  the 
effect  that  the  tunnel  after  its  completion  would  not  only  drain  the 
water  from  the  mines,  but  that  it  would  create  a  cheaper  outlet  for  ores, 
with  greater  facilities  for  concentration  and  reduction  at  its  mouth,  they 
perceived  that  milling,  out  of  which  the  rings  have  always  made  fortunes, 
would  he  to  a  great  extent  taken  from  their  hands  and  would  be  done  at 
a  cheaper  rate — I  will  venture  to  say  fifty  per  cent,  cheaper — and  the 
conclusion  became  inevitable  that  they  must  either  control  the  tunnel  or 
lose  the  enormous  profits  which  they  would  make  out  of  the  reduction  of 
ores,  tailings,  transportation,  the  sale  of  wood,  etc.  They  considered  it  a 
much  easier  task  to  break  up  our  concern  financially,  and  thus  control  it, 
than  to  buy  us  out.  As  a  result  the  war  against  us  commenced,  under 
the  leadership  of  Ralston,  Sharon  and  other  parties,  who  have  since  con- 
trolled the  mill  and  mining  ri»gs.  Another  interest  has  played  a  con- 
siderable part  in  the  opposition:  that  is,  the  wood  interest.  Wood -can  be 
floated  down  the  Carson  river  to  within  a  mile  and  a  half  of  the  mouth  of 
the  Sutro  tunnel  and  delivered  there  at  S6  50  a  cord.  It  can  be  taken 
through  the  tunnel,  and  hoisted  through  shafts  in  Virginia  at  a  cost  not 
exceeding  S2  per  cord  and  sold  in  Virginia  at  S9  per  cord.  The  present 
price  is  $12  per  cord.  The  Sutro  tunnel  will  offer  every  facility  to  mining 
companies  to  own  their  own  mills  at  the  mouth  of  the  tunnel,  which  will 
reduce  the  profits  of  mill  rings  and  transfer  whatever  profits  there  may  be 
to  the  pockets  of  the  stockholders.  In  short,  the  Sutro  tunnel  is  a  work 
which  is  greatly  in  the  interest  of  the  legitimate  owners  of  the  mines— the 
stockholders — and  all  the  opposition  to  it  has  emanated  from  the  parties 
who  are  looking  to  their  own  interests,  and  not  to  those  of  the  stock- 
holders." 

"  Do  you  claim  any  other  merits  for  the  tunnel  besides  the  drainage  of 
water,  cheaper  transportation  and  cheaper  facilities  for  reduction?" 

"I  do;  for  I  know  that  the  neighborhood  of  the  Comstock  mines  has 
not  begun  to  be  explored  as  yet.  None  of  the  mines  have  ever  drifted 
any  considerable  distance  either  east  or  west  for  fear  of  tapping  large 
quantities  of  water  and  being  drowned  out.  After  the  tunnel  once  reaches 
the  Comstock  lode  there  will  no  longer  be  any  limit  to  the  explorations 
which  may  be  made,  for  if  any  great  quantity  of  water  is  encountered 
above  the  tunnel  level  it  will  flow  off  of  its  own  accord ;  if  below  the 
tunnel  level,  a  few  hundred  feet  of  pumping  will  not  make  a  formidable 
obstacle.  For  these  reasons  I  think  that  explorations  in  all  the  mines  of 
the  Comstock  will  be  inaugurated  and  carried  through  ona  most  extensive 
scale,  and  whatever  bonanza  may  exist  will  surely  be  discovered." 

"  Don't  you  think  it  will  be  an  advantage  to  the  mining  companies  to 
have  their  connections  ready  as  between  mine  and  mine,  so  that  when 
you  reach    the   Savage   mine  all  those  whose   lower  levels  are  below  the    i 


tunnel  may  commence  to  pump  into  it  at  once,  and  the  water  above  the 
tunnel  level  may  flow  into  it  of  its  own  accord?"' 

"  I  do.  If  the  mining  managers  mean  to  act  in  the  interest  of  the 
stockholders,  they  will  commence  to  make  these  connections  immediately, 
for  they  could  not,  even  in  that  case,  complete  them  before  we  reach  the 
Savage.  A  good  many  connections  now  exist  between  the  Ophir  and 
Belcher  mines,  but  they  are  nearly  all  on  the  wrong  level." 

"  Would  you  meet  the  mining  companies  with  a  view  of  settling  all  dif- 
ficulties and  arriving  at  some  understanding?" 

"  I  would  not  have  the  slightest  objection.  Some  plan  might  be  ar- 
ranged which  might  prove  mutually  satisfactory.  There  should  really  be 
no  conflict  of  interests  where  so  much  is  at  stake,  and  where  nothing  but 
a  fair  compensation  is  demanded  for  actual  benefits  conferred." 

"  Do  you  expect  any  future  troubles  in  Washington  ?" 

"  I  do  not.  This  matter  is  now  so  fully  understood  by  members  and 
Senators  that  it  would  be  simply  impossible  to  secure  any  legislation  in- 
imical to  us;  and  even  if  such  legislation  could  be  secured,  it  would  not 
affect  us  in  the  slightest  degree,  for  Congress  has  no  right  under  the  Con- 
stitution to  legislate  away  or  interfere  with  our  vested  rights." 

At  this  juncture  Mr.  Sutro  was  called  away,  and  the  Chronicle  represen- 
tative took  his  departure. 


OTJR  DRUGGISTS  AND  THE  PERCENTAGE  SYSTEM. 

We  are  obliged,  on  account  of  pressure  on  our  space,  to  omit  some 
interesting  matter  relating  to  the  druggists.  The  following  excerps  are 
from  a  mass  of  letters  on  the  subject,  which  we  have  received. 

A   druggist   writes   to   us  as   follows:  "Last  Monday  evening,  a  lady 

brought  in  a  prescription  for  me  to  fill ;  it  was  written  by  Dr. ,  on  one 

of  Mr. 's  blanks.     The  lady  asked  me  the  price  of  it,  and  when  I  told 

her,  she  said  she  had  been  to  Mr. 's  store,  and  he  bad  priced  it  at  the 

same  figure.  She  thought  as  I  save  no  percentage  I  ought  to  be  able  to 
put  it  up  cheaper.  I  told  her  I  could  not  do  so,  and  also  that  I  thought 
there  was  some  mistake  in  the  price  she  got  at  Mr. 's  store,  as  he  al- 
lowed Dr. fifty  per  cent,  on  his  prescriptions.  I  made  up  the  medi- 
cine for  her,  and  then  sent  a  boy  to  have  the  prescription  compounded  at 

Mr. s  store.     The  lady  was  quite  correct ;  the  price  was  the  same  as  I 

charged.  While  wondering  at  this,  I  observed  the  bottle  was  a  very  light 
color,  and  on  examining  it  I  found  that  in  place  of  fluid  extract  a  simple 

tincture  had  been  substituted.     I  took  it  to  Dr. ,  and  asked  him  was 

it  correct.  He  said  it  was.  I  explained  to  himhe  had  written  for  fluid  extract, 
and  this  was  evidently  simple  tincture.  He  said  the  medicine  in  the 
bottle  was  what  he  wrote  for.  I  then  told  him  I  had  put  up  the  medi- 
cine just  as  he  wrote,  and  the  lady  had  got  it,  and  that  I  had  the  bottle 

made  up  at  Mr.  's  store  merely  to  satisfy  myself  about  the  price,  as  I 

knew  he  could  not  give  the  article  called  for  at  the  price  he  did,  after  ta- 
king out  fifty  per  cent,  for  the  doctor.  I  then  asked  him  would  he  wish 
me  to  get  the  medicine  from  the  lady,  telling  her  that  a  mistake  had  been 
made,  because  I  gave  her   the  article  called   for,  whereas  I   should  have 

given  her  something  he  did  not  write   for.     Dr. said  it  was  all  right 

— the  tincture  or  the  fluid  extract  would  do  equally  well.  The  matter 
might  have  gone  no  further,  had  not  the  lady,  on  Wednesday  last,  com- 
plained to  the  doctor  that  the  medicine  seemed  very  strong.  He  told  her 
there  was  some  error  made  in  compounding  it.     She  then  came  to  me,  and 

I  went  with  her  to  Dr.  's  office.     Dr. deuied  having  accused  me 

of  making  a  mistake,  while  the  lady  declared  most  positively  that  he  had 
done  so  only  an  hour  before.  Dr. would  not  acknowledge  the  under- 
standing he  had  with  the  druggist — to  substitute  a  cheap  medicine  for  an 
expensive  one — and  I  therefore  was  obliged  to  explain  the  matter  thor- 
oughly to  the  lady,  and  Dr.  could  not  say  a  word  in  self-defense." 

From  another  letter  we  take  the  following:  "For  the  last  month  there 
has  not  been  a  day  but  some  of  my  family  were  sick.  My  family  doc- 
tor told  me  to  go  to  a  certain  druggist,  aad  I  went  there  nearly  every 
other  day.  I  paid  for  medicines  from  $4  to  §6  a  week.  After  read- 
ing y.mr  first  article,  I  resolved  to  try  some  other  store,  and  when  I  did, 
I  found  my  prescriptions  cost  me  about  one-half  what  they  did  before. 
In  two  weeks  I  saved  enough  for  a  year's  subscription  to  your  paper.  I 
expect  by  the  end  of  the  year  to  save  quite  a  nice  fittle  sum,  and  just 
now  anything  saved  is  quite  acceptable ;  I  have  lost  so  much  on  stocks." 

A  gentleman,  who  informs  us  we  have  opened  his  eyes,  writes  to  us  in 

the  following  strain:  "When  my  mother  was  sick,  we  called  in  Dr.  

to  attend  her.  He  said  he  would  order  her  some  medicine,  but  he  would 
have  to  look  over  some   book  before  he  wrote  his  prescription,  so  he  would 

leave  it  for  me  at 's  drug  store.     I  went  down  an  hour  after  he  left  to 

's  drug  store,  and  asked  for  the  prescription  ;  but  they  would  not  let 

me  have  it,  nor  even  a  copy  of  it,  but  they  said  the  medicine  was  pre- 
pared, and  I  could  have  it  for  -52.  I  was  obliged  to  take  it.  I  always 
trade  for  my  drugs  with  Mr. ,  so  I  took  the  medicine  to  him  to  ex- 
amine. He  said  it  was  some  s»rt  of  syrup  tincture  of  Peruvian  bark, 
and  that  a  gill  of  it  (which  was  the  quantity  I  got)  was  only  worth  about 
four  or  six  bits.  I  should  not  have  noticed  this  but  for  what  you  wrote 
about  the  druggists  in  the  News  Letter.  On  a  number  of  occasions  before 
I  thought  there  was  something  wrong,  but  what  you  say  has  opened  my 
eyes.     I  think  it  is  a  shame  to  impose  on  sick  people." 

Writers  of  letters,  in  relation  to  druggists,  should  bear  in  mind  that 
for  the  present  they  must  confine  their  remarks  to  the  percentage  system. 
If  we  were  to  enter  on  the  many  avenues  of  investigation  that  correspond- 
ents ask  us  to  do,  there  would  be  room  for  little  else  in  our  paper.  Thus 
the  long  and  interesting  paper  from  a  San  Francisco  physician,  with  re- 
gard to  druggists'  prescribing  over  their  counters,  the  rather  testy  paper 
of  a  gentleman,  who  sigus  himself  "  Galen,"  attacking  the  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Society,  and  also  the  communication  from  an  old  apothecary,  giving 
his  opinion  of  doctors  who  keep  private  dispensaries,  are  irrelevant  to  the 
subject  of  our  present  investigation.  Next  week  we  will  resume  our  ar- 
ticles on  the  percentage  system,  and  meanwhile  we  desire  to  hear  from  two 
or  three  druggists  who  have  not,  as  yet,  informed  us  of  how  they  stand 
in  relation  to  the  matter. 

A  Deaf  and  Dumb  Sculptor. —There  has  just  been  placed  oufside 
St.  Saviour's  Church  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb,  Oxford-street  (corner  of 
Queen-street),  a  statue  of  "The  Good  Shepherd,"  which  has  been  entirely 
modeled  and  carved  by  Mr.  Joseph  Gawen,  a  deaf  mute,  who  was  a  pu_ 
pil  of  the  late  Mr.  Behnes,  and  an  assistant  of  the  late  Mr.  Foley,  R.A 


Fuck  thinks  that  Louisianians  who  want  specie  payments  should  bejin 
favor  of  Nicholls. 


April   21,  1877. 


CALIFORNIA     -\l>\  EUT1SER, 


ia 


THE    CHURCH     AT    HOME 

Oh.  \\.  t.tll 

I  >li  tin-  ohUTcl]  -  ■  uUl  .t  "  .ill. 
Ai.l    i 

For  the  Lii 

■ 


All,  my  deter,  far  awny 

li4  your  dear  old  church  to-d*y, 
t '.'.-I  and  diiBi 
Ul  kneel,  uid  ■oftly  plead 
For  the  exile  In  hei  Deed, 


(Happy  kimea  of  prayer  and  praise!)  That    khi 

You  ttinl  1.  I     a  "ii  1 1  u ii ' 


THE  VOICE  OF  EUROPE  ON  THE  TURKISH   QUESTION. 
Few  questions  .>t  late  yean  have  excited  more  general  interest  than 
ind  very   few  bftve   caused  mon    discussion  or   ijreater  (Ufferenoe  of 
opinion.     In    England   hardly  any  of  the  leading  journals  take  the  same 
new.     The  /  S         torii   loud  in   it"  denunciations  of  1 1 * » •  Porte, 

and  inaifta  upon  the  extermination  of  the  Ottoman  Empire  in  Europe. 
It  i*  the  mouthpiece  of  the  party  headed  by  Gladstone,  and  known  by  the 
name  of  "the  crusaders.*1  The  World  and  Ptort  Mail  Gaaette  would  pre- 
serve the  integrity  «-f  Turkey,  though  from  different  points  of  view,  the 
former  from  bitter  animosity  sgainst  Russia,  ever  exposing  her  Bnancjal 
weaknesa  and  utter  bankruptcy,  and  the  latter  from  ■  kindly  I 
toward  the  Derby  Mini-trv.  u  Russia,  the  Oototot  St.  Petersburg, 
and  the  advocates  for  wari  and  denounce  as 

enemies,  even  the  Cxar    himself,    those  who    strive  for  peace.      The 
.  whilst  inimical  to  Russaa,  at  the   same  time  severely  eriti- 
■  policy  of  the    British  Government.    The    M  -     1        Preue  of 
i>  eminently  conservative,  and  jealous  of  any  movement  that 
might  encroach   upon   the   Anstro*  Hungarian    frontiers.     The   Iford  of 
Brussels,  without  being  absolutely  Turcophile,  is  always  attacking  the 
Russian.    The  Journal   />••    Detail  of  Paris  rather  aims  at  entangling 
England  in  the   ■  ■  ntroversy,  it  not  in  the  war,  aiul  supports  the  French 
Government  in  its  non-interfering  declaration.     It  is  the  purpose  of  this 
pa|>er,  during  the  continuance  of  the  present   complications,  as  well  as 
pending  the  war,  should  such  arise,   t«>  give  extracts  from  the  leading 
European  journal*,  in  order  that  its  readers  may  be  familiar  not  only 
with  the  course  of  events,  but  also  with  the  varied  remarks  of  the  leading 
m    ipapere  thereon.    Every  country  has  its  own  peculiar  interests  to  sei  v  , 
ounsequently  each  looks  through  hi.-*  own  spectacles,  and  the  press  is  but 
an  echo  or  expounder  of  its  thoughts  or  aspirations. 

l'ir-t  of  all,  let  it  be  borne  in  mUtd  that  the  last  published  ultimatum 
of  the  Russian  Government,  and  tin-  conditions  upon  which  it  would  con- 
sent to  demobilize  the  armies  which  menace  the  borders  of  Turkey,  both 
in  Europe  and  Asia,  were  as  follows :  In  the  first  place,  Turkey  to  make 
jm.'iu  .■  with  Montenegro  ;  secondly,  that  the  Turkish  armies  be  disbanded  ; 
and  thirdly,  distinct  signs  of  the  beginning  of  reform  in  Bosnia  and  Bul- 
garia. But,  says  the  London  fiteononiisf,  reviewing  the  difficulties  about 
disarmament,  "if  Europe  bids  Turkey  disarm,  she  is  bound  to  see  that 
Russia  disarms  also,  and  the  Russian  conditions  con6ict  with  this  neces- 
sity. Again,  it  is  not  by  any  means  clear  that  Turkey  will  disarm,  even 
if  we  tell  her  in  the  name  of  Europe  to  do  so.  Her  action  depends  upon 
the  caprice  of  an  ignorant,  inexperienced  man,  and  the  fanaticism  of  a 
mob.  The  Turkish  army  is  composed  of  adventurers  and  fanatics  from 
every  Mussulman  province  under  the  Sultan's  rule  ;  they  have  been  gath- 
ered together  in  the  hour  of  extremity  by  the  Porte,  with  the  avowed 
purpose  of  resisting  an  invasion  by  the  only  Christian  power  that  is  still  on 
religious  grounds  an  aggressive  power.  Are  we  sure,  then,  that  even  the 
Dt  01  the  Porte  to  disband  its  army  pari  paMU  with  that  of  Russia 
would  mike  it  certain  that  the  agreement  would  be  carried  out  to  the 
Satisfaction  of  the  St.  Petersburg  Government."  The  London  Times 
says:  "  Our  Government  insists  that  Russia  shall  demobilize.  Russia 
will  do  so  if,  on  a  review  of  the  whole  position,  military,  political  and 
financial,  she  has  made  up  her  mind  that  nothing  remains  for  her  but  this 
course.  All  that  we  have  to  offer  in  return  is  the  sixth  part  nf  a  remon- 
strance at  the  Porte.  By  way  of  softening  a  term  which  by  persistency 
has  become  distasteful,  it  has  been  suggested  that  the  word  demobilization 
be  changed  to  deconcentrati«n."  The  London  Sfotat-n-  triumphantly 
exclaims:  "  Russia  has  obtained  the  power  of  throwing  the  whole  onus  of 
refusing  to  disarm  upon  Turkey,"  and  follows  with  a  violent  attack  on  the 
British  Government,  who,  "having  virtually  recalled  Sir  Henry  Elliott 
from  Constantinople,  for  his  strong  Turkish  proclivities,  have  appointed 
Mr.  Layard  as  his  successor,  the  strongest  Turcophile  after  our  late  envoy." 
La  France,  Paris,  says  : 

If  the  Protocol  is  not  signed  to-day,  end  if  regrettable  indications  begin  to  appear 
ol  its  never  being  signed  at  all,  the  fault  must  he  attributed  only  to  Lord  Beacons- 
field.  That  Minister,  not  feeling  himself  starang  enough  to  call  upon  the  Porto  todis- 
arni  immediately,  finds  it  more  convciiieTit  to  ask  Ku^ia  to  deinobiliz-  in  the  first 
plate,  or  at  *>«?  w""g  time,  and  to  use  his  own  words  at  the  Council  of  the  Slat,  to 

ask  no  mitten  engagement  from  kus-ia,  in  l'rotoeol.     They  will  not  understand  that 

to  disarm  before  Turkey  would  be  for  Russia  a  humiliation,  an  imprudence,  and  a 
crime.  The  first,  because  it  is  the  Porte  which  is  the  accused;  me  second,  because 
the  Porte  would  not  demobilize;  and  the  third,  because  the  disarmament  of  Russia 
preceding  that  of  Turkey  would  leave  the  Christians  helpless,  without  defense,  in 
bee  ol  Mussulmans,  for  new  massacres. 

La  Repuhlique  Francaise  takes  a  brighter  view  of  the  matter,  as  fol- 
lows : 

Russia  probably  does  not  desire  war  any  more  than  the  other  European  nations; 
but  by  the  concentration  of  her  troops,  and  hy  her  attitude  in  the  Kastern  question, 
ahe  has  advanced  so  far  that  she  cannot  retire  without  having  first  obtained  a  per- 
fectly honorable  moral  satisfaction.  No  one  intends  to  refuj*  her  that,  on  condition 
that  the  general  tranquility  shall  not  thereby  he  compromised,  and  that  the 
future  shall  be  properly  secured.  These  are  not  irreconcilable  conditions,  and  it  does 
not.  appear  to  us  that  there  are  any  reasons  for  despairing  of  finding  a  ground  on 
which  the  various  Powers,  who  are  all  animated  by  the  same  love  I  >f  peace,  may  come 
to  terms.  How  often,  since  last  Autumn,  people  who  take  a  dark  view  el  every- 
thing have  thought  that  we  were  on  the  eve  of  a  catastrophe,  and  have  fortunately 
been  mistaken  1  For  our  part,  we  have  never  ceased  to  combat  such  views,  and  hith- 
erto events  have  not  proved  us  to  be  wrong.  We  are  convinced  that  it  will  he  the 
same  this  time,  and  that  the  alarms  which  have  recentlybeen  felt  in  certain  i>oh(ieal 
circles  will  prove  no  less  chimerical. 

Subsequent  event*,  the  news  of  which  hare  heen  received  by  telegraph, 
confirm  the  apprehensions  of  some  and  partially  the  hopes  of  others.  The 
Protocol  has  not  been  actually  signed.  Turkey  has  refused  to  accept  it 
unconditionally.  Russia  has  withdrawn  her  envoy  from  Constantinople 
and  is  massing  her  forces  on  the  frontiers  of  Turkey.  Ironclads  are  mov- 
ing up  the  Danube,  and  Austria  is  ready  to  enter  Bosnia  in  case  of  an  ad- 
vance into  Roumania  by  Russia.  Every  one  appears  to  be  ready,  but  no 
one  appears  to  be  willing.  War  appears  to  be  imminent,  but  no  overt 
act  of  aggression  has  taken  place. 


THE     UNIVERSITY     BOAT    RACE. 
Without  Indulging  Id  extruviiK*no-. 

.\  I .  im.  .  n  the  ti-t-  it   i  til  -\  crowsl 
I    ■ 
but  iii«  re  1 

I  rok<  Una,  but  i  huh 

■    i 
1 
■bather  in  the  bopt  ol  U  udol  itiowal  r  ai 

■  ripple  upon  Ihe  water,  but  tl  lead  urf  could 

be  raised,  with  oi  Ubm   that  the 

...  k  wL1i.  r       Mr.  J.  W. 

Chitty,  Q-C,  wi*  iuu|.ir\  .o.i  Mr    i    Bearii  itarter. 

i  won  the  t.>--  tnd  took  the  Pulham  ihore,  not  an  advantage,  ws  should  say, 
tor  ih.v  ha. i  ti..  ,  the  teed  Hills,  .»  dUtai 

Thej  rowed  In  their  Claaper  boat     Tbs  starting  wherries  wit.-  moon  <i  dangi  roua\y 

ton  other,  end  tat  proximity  ol  the  boats  «.i-  thuigeroui  dui 
pert  of  the  i*  -      it  would  be  well  U   more  i  Ibon  room  wort  given  In  future 
■tort      B<  w»j  evenl]  and  cleanlj  .  I  bmbridgi  rowing  88  and  Oxford  87. 

So  [lint.'  could  in'  won  from  the  mnpiro'i  boaL  thi  n  wu  Bnl  littli  to  ■  I 

■  i  ■  ii  in)  thing,  '  tzrord  bad  i  tee  fa  I  the  best  ol  it.  and 
kept  it  foretime  Doming'  round  the  Point,  Oxford  steered  too  close  lo,  ontol  ths 
two,  while  Camprldge  mon  judlctouelj  kept  In  what  Uti  tream  there  «;•« 

nU-r       l'.i-t  Hi.*  hunk  Hit-  boat*  •■  ■\n<i\  to  he  mir  uitil  oar,  ami  to  bo  rowing 

stroke  (or  stroko  (37  each  "f  them.)  As  thoj  came  by  the  Crab  Tr«  I  ixford  drew  out 
■  little,  and  reached  Hammersmith  Bridge  apparent!]  firm,  but  \>\  s  fv«  feet  only,  in 
'.'  min  in  we.  from  the  start,  Up  to  tbii  time  both  boats  bad  been  rowing  as  well  to- 
gether u  could  W-  wished.  ITiere  came  now  s  curve  ol  mors  than  a  mile  In  Bsvor  of 
Qunbridge,  and  the  outside  water  In  which  Oxford  were  rowing  waa  the  rougher. 
Cambridge  went  op,  and  led  by  s  few  teel  at  the  Doves,  and  bj  near|)'  half  %  length 
along  Hammersmith  Mall.  They  dow  met  the  loll  force  ol  the  breexs  in  the  p 
Btrsiaht  water  bj  Chlswick.  Oxford  forced  the  pace,  and  came  slowly  up  At  the 
middle  ol  the  Byol  thei  were  level,  and  "till  thej  drew  shead  rowing  81  to  88  "t  Cam- 
bridge  ;  both  boats  --till  in  good  form.  There  were  two  terribVj  i  lose  shaves  «f  fouls 
in  this  remch.  In  the  first  Oxford  gave  lfray  with  h  sharp  nheer,  and  In  the  so  end 
Osmbridge  did  Ukev  i-..-.  with  great  generosity  ;  for  we  Bancs  '  ixford  were  then  in  the 
w  r. 'ii^r.  and  were  boring  upon  them.  At  Ohuwlck  Ohoroh  Oxford  had  drawn  marly 
their  own  length  ahead  ;  Cambridge  seemed  to  be  feeling  the  effects  ol  the  pace,  and 
their  stroke  side  was  not  so  well  together,  while  Oxford  were  more  even  than  has 
been  usually  the  casein  their  practice.  Cambridge  sploshed  a  good  deal,  Oxford 
never  touched  ■  ripple,  and  Inch  bj  inch  they  drew  away  up  Horse  Reach,  There 
was  almost  daylight  to*purc  off  the  Bull's  Head,  and  when  Barnes  Bridge  was  reached, 
inlOmlo.  AS  see.,  Oxford  had  a  clear  yard  or  two  lead,  and  seemed  to  have  (he  race 
in  hand.  They  wire  rawing  apparently  ;i  trifle  within  themselves,  while  Cambridge 
wore  rowing  a  faster  stroke,  throwing  upsomc  water  and  losing  ground.  But  nfi.  r 
passing  the  White  Bail  there  was  a  Lurch,  and  a  Btoi  page  was  observed  in  the  0>ford 
boat;  bow  soar  had  gone,  cracked  in  two  places,  bo  it  was  held  together  bi  little  mor 
than  the  leather  of  the  button,  nnd  from  that  point  he  was  unable  to  feather  it  against 
a  head  wind,  or  to  make  any  practical  use  of  it.  The  stoppap«  brought  Cambridge 
up  Instantly  till  their  bows  were  amidships  of  Oxford.  The  latter  were  left  with  u 
half-lengths  lead  half  a  mile  fmni  home,  and  little  inure  than  seven  oars  with  which 
to  get  there.  The  seven  uncrippled  men  of  the  crew  kept  well  together;  how,  with 
his  oar  in  trouble,  was  at  see-saw  with  the  rest,  and  often  could  not  put  hi*  blade 
into  the  Water  at  all,  but  bad  enough  to  do  to  save  it  from  catching  the  water  &a  it 
drooped.  It  was  altogether  the  most  exciting  finish  that  wc  have  ever  seen  upon  any 
water.  Cambridge  cjuickened  their  stroke,  ouford  did  their  best  to  answer  spurt  for 
spurt,  ami  Oxford  men  in  the  steamers  keptasking  in  horror  how  far  it  was  to  the 
winning1  post.  At  the  Shin  the  boats  seemed  to  he  locked  level — if  anything1,  Ox- 
ford with  a  yard  or  so  the  best  of  it.  The  Oxford  rudder  was  hard  on  all  this  time  to 
keep  the  balance  of  four  oars  against  three,  and  still  there  were  more  than  a  hun- 
dred yards  to  be  rowed  The  judge  fired  bis  gun  at  the  finish,  and  then  seemed  to 
disappear.  For  the  best  part  of  half  an  hour  the  umpire  uteamed  backwards  and 
forwards  to  find  him,  but  without  SUCCeSSJ  He  made  no  attempt  to  rejtort  his  ver- 
dict to  the  official  who  had  absolute  control  over  the  race.  Rumors  went  about  that 
Oxford  had  won  by  two  yards,  or  that  it  was  a  dead  heat.  At  last  it  was  stated  that 
the  judge  had  communicated  to  some  one  in  the  press  boat  that  the  result  had  been  a 
dead  heat.  The  umpire  then  steamed  back  to  London,  having  left  orders  for  the 
judge  to  appear  before  him  without  delay  to  record  a  formal  verdict.  The  time  of 
the  race  was  24  min  10  see- ,  which  is  long;  but  it  must  be  remembered  that  the  tide 
was  nearly,  if  not  quite,  dead  water,  and  there  was  a  breeze  foul  all  the  way. 

At  the  boat-race  dinner  of  the  two  crews  that  night  Mr.  J.  W  Chitty.  the  umpire, 
made  the  formal  announcement  of  the  result  of  the  race.  For  till  then  there  had 
been  no  official  communication  upon  the  subject,  though  hearsay  statements  as  to 
the  \erdiet  of  the  judge  had  gone  abroad.  During  the  afternoon  that  functionary 
had  attended  upon  Mr.  Chitty  in  the  robing-room  of  the  (tolls  Court  and  there  re- 
corded his  observations.  Those  statements,  divested  of  the  more  homely  language  of 
the  judge,  the  umpire  laid  before  the  dinner-party.  "  The  imaginary  hue  across  the 
river  upon  which  the  judge's  eye  rested  was  crossed,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Judge,  by 
both  ho(t,  at  the  same  time  This  in  ordinary  terms  meant  a  'dead  heat,' anil  BUCh 
would  be  the  reconl  of  the  race.  Inasmuch  as  the  verdict  of  the  judge  was  given  in 
good  faith,  and  there  never  had  been  any  imputation  upon  his  integrity,  and,  since 
from  his  decision  '.here  was  no  appeal,  th  i  umpire  trusted  that  his  verdict  would  re- 
main not  only  unquestionable  but  unquestioned."  This  is  the  proper  view  to  take  of 
the  matter,  and  no  doubt  both  universities  will  bow  to  the  decision.  We  trust,  how- 
ever, that  another  year  the  arrangements  In  this  respect  will  he  more  businesslike. 
In  the  first  pla'-e,  a  formal  record  of  the  result  should  be  made  by  the  jurlgv  to  the 
umpire  immediately  after  the  conclusion  of  the  race.  Secondly,  he  should  be  pro- 
vided with  two  flag's,  one  of  each  color,  to  hoist  as  a  signal  of  his  decision.  Thirdly, 
there  should  be  Bags  put  up  on  each  side  of  the  river,  so  as  to  fix  a  line  for  the 
finish:  and  since  it  now  appears  that  the  post  of  judge  can  be  not  always  quite  a 
sinecure,  but  one  which  requires  a  clear  head  and  the  exercise  of  intelligence,  it 
would  he  lietter  if  in  future  some  old  university  "re  were  asked  to  take  the  office, — 
Pali  Mall  liHdget. 


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April  21,  l8f 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Ten  Thousand  at  Home  and  Abroad. 

The  Prince  Imperial.— On  March  16th  the  Prince  Imperial  attained 
his  majority,  as  years  are  counted  in  England  to  lads  not  born  in  the 
purple.  Twenty-one  years  a<jo  the  Ambassadors  of  the  Great  Powers 
were  assembled  in  Paris  to  conclude  a  Treaty  of  Peace,  and  to  end  what 
we  now  know  to  have  been  a  costly  and  useless  war.  On  the  morning  of 
March  15th  a  salute  of  guns  announced  that  an  heir  was  born  to  Napo- 
leon III.,  and  the  Ambassadors  of  all  the  Great  Powers  made  haste  to 
the  then  master  of  legions.  In  August,  1870,  the  Prince  Imperial  re- 
ceived the  "baptism  of  fire"  at  Saarbruck,  and  within  a  few  weeks  wit- 
nessed the  downfall  of  the  Empire  at  Sedan,  and  the  proclamation  of 
the  Republic  at  Paris.  The  Prince  has  passed  the  happiest  years  of  his 
life  in  England,  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  military  engineering  at  Wool- 
wich. In  spite  of  the  coldness  of  the  Pontiff,  the  Empress  Eugenie  per- 
sists in  hoping  that  sacerdotal  influences  may  be  employed  in  the  restora- 
tion of  the  Empire.  The  Pope  cannot  forget  that  the  temporal  power 
began  to  decay  from  the  day  when  Napoleon  went  to  Italy,  and  that  the 
cession  of  Lombardy  presaged  only  too  truly  the  advent  of  the  King  of 
Italy  into  Rome  as  his  capital,  as  Cavour  said,  "with  its  22  centuries  of 
glory."  The  21  years  of  the  life  of  the  Prince  Imperial  present  us  with 
extremes  that  are  hardly  credible,  Russia  defeated  and  Turkey  trium- 
phant ;  France  and  England  victorious  in  field  and  siege,  and  Turkey  ad- 
mitted to  the  public  law  of  Europe;  Sardinia  making  her  first  appearance 
as  a  European  Power ;  Prussia  excluded  from  the  Congress  of  Paris, 
where  Sardinia  takes  the  vacant  seat,  in  1856.  In  1877  we  have  Turkey 
in  bankruptcy,  anarchy,  and  ruin  ;  Russia  pressing  exactly  the  complaint 
as  in  1854  ;  the  French  Empire  gone ;  Sardinia  expanded  into  Italy ; 
Prussia  absorbed  into  Germany,  and  Germany  chief  master  of  the  Con- 
tinent. And  in  1856  the  names  of  Bismarck  and  Ignatieff  had  never 
been  mentioned  ;  to-day  they  are  the  two  most  eminent  diplomatists  in 
Europe. 

The  Queen's  Title  in  India.  —In  answer  to  Sir  G.  Campbell,  who 
asked  whether  it  was  true  that  the  new  Indian  title  of  Her  Majesty  had 
been  officially  translated  "  Kaiser-e'-Hind,"  and  if  so,  why  the  Viceroy 
had  used  a  German  title,  and  set  it  out  in  a  Persian  language,  both  Ger- 
man and  Persian  being  equally  unknown  to  the  nations  of  India,  Lord 
G.  Hamilton  replied  that  it  was  quite  true  that  the  official  translation 
of  Her  Majesty's  title  was  Kaiser-e'-Hind,  and  that  since  the  question 
had  been  put  on  the  paper  he  had  received  numerous  communications 
from  distinguished  Oriental  scholars,  who  had  all  expressed  indignant 
astonishment  that  a  person  with  the  Indian  experience  of  Sir  G.  Camp- 
bell should  have  fallen  into  the  error  of  assuming  that  the  title  of  Kai- 
ser was  unknown  to  the  natives  of  India.  From  these  distinguished  au- 
thorities he  had  gathered  that  Kaiser  is  an  old  Arabic  word  in  use  for 
many  centuries,  and  well-known  in  the  East.  Moreover,  the  title  had 
not  been  adopted  by  the  Viceroy  without  due  consideration,  or  without 
the  unanimous  approval  of  his  council.  Sir  G.  Campbell  next  asked  why 
the  title  had  been  set  forth  in  the  Persian  tongue,  to  which  Lord  G.  Ham- 
ilton replied  that  the  word  "Kaiser"  was  Arabic,  Persian,  and  Greek, 
and  he  referred  Sir  George  to  his  Greek  Testament,  where  it  will  be  found 
more  than  once. 

The  Emperor's  eightieth  birthday  was  celebrated  on  March  22d 
throughout  Germany.  In  Berlin  it  was  observed  with  special  festivities. 
At  eight  o'clock  in  the  morning  His  Majesty  began  to  receive  the  con- 
gratulations of  the  members  of  his  family,  the  officers  of  his  household, 
the  German  Princes,  the  Ambassadors  and  Special  Envoys,  and  the  Pres- 
identsof  the  Reichstag.  At  half-past  three  the  German  Princes  presented 
Anton  von  Werner's  enormous  picture,  which  represents  the  proclamation 
of  the  Empire  in  the  Galerie  d3s  Glaces  at  Versailles.  It  contains  more 
than  140  portraits  of  princes,  officers,  generals,  and  soldiers,  and  is  in  a 
magnificent  frame,  ornamented  by  the  arms  of  the  princes  who  contribu- 
ted to  it,  and  by  escutcheons  charged  with  the  Imperial  eagle.  The 
Grand  Duke  of  Baden  delivered  an  address  to  the  Emperor.  Another 
valuable  present  was  made  to  His  Majesty  by  the  city  of  Berlin,  namely, 
a  copy  of  the  statue  of  Queen  Louisa,  which  is  to  be  erected  near  that  of 
King  William  III.  in  the  Thiergarten.  The  streets  near  the  palace  were 
crowded  with  people.  Almost  all  the  houses  in  the  center  of  the  city 
displayed  the  national  colors.  The  illuminations  in  the  evening  were 
magnificent. 

A  Cardinal-Elect.  —The  Rfcht  Rev.  Monsignor  Howard,  who*  in  a 
few  days,  will  be  added  to  the  Sacred  College  at  Rome  by  His  Holiness, 
is  a  distant  cousin  of  the  present  Duke  of  Norfolk,  and  his  name  figures 
in  Lodge's  and  Burke's  Peerages  as  the  only  son  of  the  late  Edward  Gyles 
Howard,  who  was  the  son  of  Edward  Charles  Howard,  youngest  brother 
of  Bernard  Edward,  15th  duke.  He  is  described  as  "a  prelate  of  the 
Church  of  Rome,"  and  he  was  born  on  February  13th,  1829,  so  that  he  is 
only  just  48  years  of  age.  In  early  life  he  was  an  officer  in  the  2d  Life 
Guards,  and  we  believe  that  he  rode  at  the  head  of  the  military  pro- 
cession on  the  occasion  of  the  Duke  of  Wellington's  funeral  in  1852.  He 
subsequently  quitted  the  army  and  went  to  Rome,  where  he  entered  holy 
oi-ders.  He  is  at  present  Archbishop  of  Neo  Ccesarea,  in  partlbtta  injide- 
lium.  It  will  be  remembered  by  readers  of  English  history,  and  espe- 
cially of  that  of  the  Stuart  era,  that  he  is  not  the  first  member  of  the 
ducal  house  of  Howard  who  has  been  elevated  to  the  Cardinalate. 

Baron  von  Loe,  formerly  Secretary  of  Legation  to  the  German  Em- 
bassy in  Paris,  has  been  condemned  by  the  Municipal  Court  of  Berlin  to 
one  year's  imprisonment  on  account  of  three  articles  published  in  the 
Bekhsglticke,  of  which  he  was  proved  to  be  the  author.  The  court  also 
sentenced  Dr.  Gehlsen,  the  editor  of  the  paper,  to  five  years'  imprison- 
ment ;  and  Count  Hermann  Arnim,  formerly  Councillor  of  Legation, 
who  was  also  implicated  in  the  matter,  to  three  months'  imprisonment. 

Mr.  Bright. — Mr.  Blight's  stay  at  Mentone  has  proved  a  fortunate  cir- 
cumstance in  more  ways  than  that  of  bringing  about  the  re- establishment 
of  the  right  hon.  gentleman's  health.  It  is  no  secret,  according  to  May- 
fair,  that  Mr.  Bright  did  not  go  the  full  length  of  his  old  friend  and 
chief,  Mr.  Gladstone,  in  his  Eastern  policy.  Mr.  Bright  stopped  short  of 
coercion,  as  indeed  he  would  of  any  policy  that  might  eventuate  in  war. 

General  Ignatieff  intends  to  publish  his  reminiscenses  as  Ambassador 
at  the  Golden  Horn.  The  book  is  to  be  a  series  of  sketches  descriptive  of 
the  condition  of  the  Porte  and  the  Ottoman  Empire.  There  are  to  be  in- 
serted diplomatic  raisonnements. 


Edhem  Pasha,  the  present  Grand  Vizier,  is  a  poet.  He  is  the  author 
of  "Selim  III.,"  "  Johanna  Gray,"  and  other  dramas.  Before  his  de- 
parture from  Berlin  he  finished  a  volume  of  poems  and  handed  the  man- 
uscript to  the  Oldenburg  Court  publishing  firm  of  Schulze,  who  are  about 
to  bring  it  out  in  a  handsome  edition.  A  highly  interesting  work  may 
Bhortly  be  looked  for. 

Prince  Bismarck  has  been  appointed  by  the  Emperor  Hereditary 
Chief  Ranger  of  the  Duchy  of  Pomerania. 

COMftfllSSION    MERCHANTS. 


D.  F.  HUTCHINGS. 


J.  SANDERSON. 


D.  M.  Dunne. 

PHG3NIX    OIL    WORKS. 

Established  1850.— IS u tellings  «Sr  Co.,  Oil  and  Commission 
Merchants,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Sperm,  Whale,  Lard,  Machinery  and 
Illuminating  Oils,  517  Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  8. 

J.    C.    MERRILL    &    CO. 

Wholesale  Auction  House,  204  and  206  California  street. 
Sale  days,  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  at  10  a.m.     Cash  advances  on  consign, 
ments.  Dec.  14. 

CHARLES    LE    WAY, 
American  Commission  Blercuaut,  -  -  1  Rue  Scribe,  Paris. 

S.   F.   &    N.   P.    B.    B. 

(Ilia niic  of  Time.  —  On  and  after  Monday,  January  1st; 
J  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE,  Captain  W.  Warner,  will  leave  Washington 
street  wharf,  daily  (Sundays  excepted),  at  3  p.m.,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  cars 
for  Cloverdale  and  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Guernville  Branch  to  Korbel's  Mills  and  the  Great  Redwood  Forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cloverdale  daily  (Sundays  excepted),  at  (i  a.m.,  connecting  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Close  connections  made  with  stages  for  So- 
noma, the  Geysers,  Ukiah,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  and  also  for  Mark  West,  Skaggs' 
and  Littons'  Springs.       Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  a.m.  to  2:30  p.m. 

SUNDAY  EXCURSIONS.—  On  and  after  March  25,  1877,  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DON- 
AHUE will  leave  Washington-st.  Wharf,  Sunday,  at  3  a.m.,  connecting  at  Donahue 
with  cars  for  Cloverdale,  way  stations,  and  the  great  Redwood  Forests.  Returning, 
will  arrive  in  San  Francisco  at  7:30  p.m.     General  Office,  4215  Montgomery  street. 

A.  A.  BEAN,  Superintendent.  P.  DONAHUE,  President. 

March  24.  P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Gen'l  Pas.  &  Ticket  Agent. 

LEA   AND    PEBBINS1    SAUCE. 

In  consequence  of  spurious  imitations  of  WORCESTER- 
SHIRE SAUCE,  which  arc  calculated  to  deceive  the  public,  BjEA  AND 
PEIERIXS  have  adopted  A  NEW  LABEL  BEARING  THEIR  SIGNATURE, 
LEA  &  PiCRRINS,  which  is  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUCE, 
and  without  which  none  is  genuine. 

Ask  for  LEA  &  PERRINS'  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrapper,  label,  bottle  and  stop- 
per     Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  Blackwell, 
London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  by  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  be  obtained  of 
Dec.  30.  MESSRS.  CROSS  &  CO.,  San  Francisco. 

CAUTION.— BETTS'S   PATENT   CAPSULES. 

The  public  nrercjipeflftilly  cautioaiert  that  Bvlis'M  Prleitl  «:<  psuli* 
are  beintr  infringed.  BETTS'S  name  is  upon  every  Capsule  he  makes  tor  the 
leading  Merchants  at  home  and  abroad,  and  he  is  the  Only  Inventor  and  Sole  Muker 
In  the  United  Kingdom.  Manufactokis:  1,  Wharf  Road,  City  Road,  London, 
and  Bordeaux,  France.  June  16. 

C3N3UWPTION,   INDIGESTION    AND  WASTING  DISEASES. 

Tlie  most  efficacious  remedies  are  Pancreatic  Emulsion  and 
Pancreatine.  The  original  and  genuine  prepared  only  by  SAVORY  &  MOORE, 
143  New  Bond-street,  London.  Sold  by  them  and  all  Chemists  and  Storekeepers 
throughout  Canada  and  the  United  States.  Dec.  30. 

A.    S.    BOSENBAUM    &    CO., 

Southeast  eorner  of  California  and  Battery  streets,  invite 
the  attention  of  their  customers  and  others  to  their  large  assortment  of  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands  nf  CHEWING  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  CIGARITOS.  Consignments  of  Choicest  Brands  of  Cigars  received  by  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  18  ]  A.  S.  ROSENBAUM  &  CO. 

TSE    NATIONAL    CLOCK    CO., 
No.'a    31    and    33    Sutter    Street,    San    Francisco,    California. 

Represents:    Ausonia    Brass    and  Copper    Co.,   Waterbury 
Clock  Co  ,  W.  L.  Gilbert  Clock  Co.,  E.  Ingraham  &  Co.     Sole  Agents  for  the 
Ithaca  Calendar  Clock  Company.  MURRAY  DAVIS,  Ageut. 

Office  in  New  York  :  No.  4  Cohtlaxdt  Street.  March  17. 

\  t®*  PRINTS  -g& 

1 537   SACRAMENTO    STREET, 

)  BELOW    MONTGOMERY. 

ODORLESS 

Excavating-  Apparatns  Company  of  San  Francisco.—  Empty- 
ing Vaults.  Sinks,  Cesspools,  Sewers,  Cellars,  Wells  and  Excavations  in  the  day- 
time without  uffence.  Orders  left  at  the  following  places  will  receive  prompt  atten- 
tion: Madison  &  Burke's,  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  streets;  Office  Super- 
intendent of  Streets,  City  Hall;  Office,  612  Commercial  street,  or  addressed  to  Presi- 
dent, Post  Office  box  10,  City.  Feb.  3. 

NOBLE    &    GALLAGHER, 

Importers  and  Dealers  in  Painters*  materials.  House,  Sign 
and  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper-Hangers  and  Glaziers,  No.  438 
J-Bckson  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Sansome,  San  Francisco.  Ceilings  and 
Walls  Kalsomined  and  Colored.     Jobbing  promptly  attended  to.  May  13. 

ERNEST    L    RANS0ME, 

Patentee  and  Manufacturer  of  Artificial  Stone.  Office  and 
Show  Room  .  10  BUSH  STREET,  Junction  of  Bush  and  Market.  Open  12  to  2 
daily.  ERNEST  L.  RANSOMF,  manufactures  Statues,  Vases,  Fountains,  etc.  ;  Side- 
walks, Garden  Paths,  etc  ;  Monuments  and  Cemetery  Work,  Foundations,  Walls, 
etc.  ;  Ornaments  for  Outside  Decorations,  Filters.  Every  description  of  Stone  Work 
of  good  quality  and  at  low  cost.  March  31. 

CAREW    LEDGER    PA  PEES 

Have  no  equal  for  making- Blank  Books.    John  G.  llodg-e 
&  Co.,  Importers  and  Manufacturing  Stationers,  327,  329,  331  Sansome  street 
Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast.  Nov.  4. 

Patents  Procured.    Total  Cost,  §55,  including'  Government 
fee.    Sc*d  for  pamphlet  to 
March  3.  KNIGHT  &  KNIGHT,  Washington,  D.  C. 


BRUCE, 


April   21,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA     ADVKKTISKK. 


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WHAT    THE    WORLD    SAYS. 

What  ia  Madame  Pnttisage,  and  '■■  whi 

tile  doubt  oil  1  oth  U 

:.il.  th.it  tin-  ami  i«  111  her 

■ 

■ 

■omewhat  at  >  the  month.     She  ii  to  have 

Madrid,  although   then  are  Dot  .i  fen 
Americana  who  :»!*■■   firmly  convinced  "the   American  righting*] 

li.-l.t  in  tha  State*.    The  laat  itorj  1  hare  heard  i-  that  the  M.»r 

nulai     we  most  nol  '.1  wppoat    is  really  the 

in  Honndauitohi  and  boat  ihe  «;; 

.  ir-  in  America  in  order  t->  a  f.i  ■_■  the  Bast  and  connection,  and  to 

give,  her  tint  eaotic  air  Engiish  people  *•■  mnch   approve  ol  In  singera,  it 

»  well-known  fact  that  if   KngUshwoman  can  hold  a  candle  to  ■ 

ier  on  the  ojwi  rywoman,  then,  _i»  Madame 

I'.itti    Spanish,  or  Italian,  or   American!     Her  marri  te    she 

tarried  at  the  French  Consulate   here  in  London,  I  believe    woold 

tp  the  matter,  French  law  being  much  mure  particular  than  our  own 

in  tuch  matter*.     .1 '■'■'.<. 

When  Messrs.  Moody  and  Sankey.  tin-  American  evanceliata.  were 
trying  to  convert  the  inhabitants  of  London  to  their  own  faith,  it  waa 
feared  tli.it  there  would  be  much  backsliding  soon  after  their  departure  ; 
yet  there  aeema  to  be  aofoondatloo  for  this  apprehension.  The  Lord  High 
Chancellor,  one  of  the  principal  converts,  etui  retains  his  preference  of 
prayer-meetingB  to Cabinet  Councils.  Mr.  Moody,  who  i*  bowei 
in  converting  the  wicked  people  in  tin-  <*it>  of  Boston,  the  Puritan  a  nter 
..f  New  England,  told  hi-  hearers  at  a  recent  meeting  that  he  had  re- 
ceived ;i  letter  from  ;i  lady,  win.,  when  he  was  in  London..  "  left  her  beau- 
tiful residence  -'it  of  London,  and  came  and  took  lodging*  right  uear 
where  the  meetings  were  held;  and  she  came  *■>  the  meetings  ool  merely 
t"  enjoy  them,  but  i><  labor  and  bring  some  one  t.>  i  Ihriat  The  lady  Bald 
that,  of  the  one  hundred  and  fifty  converts  thai  bad  been  looked  after 
by  her,  not  one  had  been  lost."  Thus,  counting  the  Lord  Chancellor, 
air.  Moody  appears  t-»  have  made  one  hundred  and  fifty-one  steadfast 
rta  iii  ;t  city  numbering  four  millions.  Why  ia  it  that  Messrs. 
Moody  and  Sankey  seem  to  avoid  Chicago?  I  thought  that  their  mission 
Wftfl  to  pro-  up  Funds  wherewith  t.»  build  :i  church  there,  yet  they  appear 
t<>  have  ;i  rooted  disinclination  t<<  return  to  that  city. — Attaa, 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  'Wiggins,  the  well-known  duologue  duettist« 

and  clog  I    -  leave  to  announce  that  they  «*ili  give  i  soim  must- 

Windsor  Castle,  with  tin.- kin. 1  aeaistanceoi  a  few  emperors,  popes, 

ineens,   princes,   princesses,  and   membersof  the  aristocracy  who 

are  their  intimate  friends.     In   the  course  of  the  evening  the  following 

i  ill  U ■  ^niiir:  -The  same  Old  Game,"  by  Lord  Beaconsfield  :  "Par- 

irlaSyrie,"  as  a  duett,  by  Mr.  Goschenand  Mr.  Cave;    'Proud 

in,.,  and  stainless  my  crest,"  by  Mr.  Spencer  Lyttleton  ;  "  Don*t 

i  noise,  or  else  youll  wake  the  baby,"  by  the  Dune  of  Edinburgh. 

Only  persons  whose  names  are  to  be  found  in   Burke,  Debrett,  or  Dod 

:   Imitt  ■!  ;  and  no  member  or  scion  of  the  peerage  can  procure  a 

ticket  without  the   production  "f  a   voucher,  signed  by  the  Queen,  the 

Princess  of  Wales,  or  Mrs.  William  Wiggins.    This  entertainment  is  not 

confounded   with   any  low  "benefit"  or  anything  of  that  kind. 

"  —Atlas. 

A  London  Correspondent  says:  "As  ladies  of  birth  and  rank  are 
t  iking  to  going  upon  the  stage,  ii  La  not  surprising  that  the  social  position 
of  actors  and  actresses  is  unproved.  As  the  Prince  of  Wales  attended 
the  wedding  of  Nilasohn,  so  Lord  Dudley  attended  that  of  Miss  Etosina 
Vokes,  now  Mrs.  Cecil  Clay.  The  wedding  dresses  were  quite  in  the 
fashion  which  has  jus!  come  in.  Lace  and  tulle,  and  orange-flowers,  are 
now  as  much  out  of  date  as  the  swallow-tail  coat  and  Mack  trowsers  which 
gentlemen  used  to  wear  twenty-live  years  ago,  The  bride  wore  cashmere 
and  velvet  and  a  hat,  and  the  bridesmaids  dark  navy-blue  velvet  and 
cashmere  and  hats  to  match.  The  advantage  of  this  kind  of  costume  ia 
that  it  can  be  worn  out  of  doors  on  other  occasions  than  a  wedding.  By 
the  way.  the  «  lay-V.-kes  wedding  came  off  on  Sunday,  on  the  principle, 
'The  better  the  Jay,  the  better  the  deed."' 


Some  one  will  evidently  have  to  do  for  the  sham  baronets  what  the 
San  Francisco  News  Letter  is  doing  for  the  sham  doctors.  For  it  is  mourn- 
fully noted  in  the  new  edition  of  Debrett  that  aoi-dmant  baronets  are  in- 
creasing apace:  that  many  directors  of  public  companies  have  not  a 
of  .;  right  to  the  baronetcies  they  unwarrantably  assume.  Appro- 
priately headed  by  a  death's-head  and  cross-bones,  the  journal  alluded  to 
prints  a  list  of  the  names  of  some  two  hundred  quacks,  prefaced  with  the 
pertinent  demand,  ''Gentlemen,  you  call  yourselves  doctors;  have  you 
diplomas?"  A  similar  test  might  justly  be  applied  to  English  titled  im- 
p<>»tnnt;  and  we  would  surest  that  Dtbrett,  having  been  the  first  to  di- 
rect attenthm  to  the  subject,  should  in  the  next  edition  be  the  first  to  bell 
the  cat. —  World.  _« _ __ — 

Tne  milleuium.  -when  it  arrives,  is  scarcely  likely  to  begin  its  manifest 
tations  in  the  London  Bankruptcy  Court ;  yet  not  so  long  ago  the  I  ►fficial 
Assignees'  Office  contained  three  functionaries  whose  names  were  respect- 
ively Innocent,  Angel,  and  Dove.  Far  more  in  harmony  with  the  tradi- 
tions of  the  place  was  the  recent  appearance,  one  after  the  other,  of  three 
bankrupts,  whose  faltering  tongues  confessed  the  appropriate  patronymics 
of  Goose,  Gander,  and  Gosling.  Then  there  appeared  an  insolvent  feath- 
erless  biped  yclept  A.  Byrd,  who  was  urgently  pursued  by  a  Mr.  Swan, 
a  Miss  Swallow,  aud  a  Miss  Woodcock.—  The  World. 


The  late  Miss  Harriet  Martineau  had  a  snug  little  country  retreat 
in  Norfolk,  namely,  Bracondale  Lodge,  near  Norwich;  and  on  Thursday 
and  Friday  last  her  somewhat  extensive  collection  of  paintings  and  arti- 
cles of  virtu  there  were  dispersed  by  the  auctioneer's  hammer.  A  land- 
scape by  George  Morland  was  knocked  down  for  350  guineas,  and  two 
pictures  by  "Old  Crome"  in  very  bad  condition  fetched  'MO  guineas  and 
300  guineas  respectively  :  otherwise  the  "effects,"  which  included  some 
1,000  books,  each  with 'Miss  Martineau's  signature  written  therein,  went, 
comparatively  speaking,  for  a  mere  song. 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


DR     HONTE-iS    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 

Lii-<-<f t int<>  vi «■  ii i«-f* i  Board    lor  1  pper  «  iuimi1ii.-*m- mi  ■  r 

TEETH    SAVE!",  ' 

I.IJIlliiK    Teeth     n    K|»eeliill>  .-— Great     piUifiiee    eilemleil     to 
■  n     Chloroform 


Butter  rtn 


Pit    MOK1  l  i  u,  [> 


DR.    J.    H.    BTAL'ARD, 

M<  iu'm  i  of  the  it. >.ini  Collect]  <»i  PbjnaieJamahj  i. i«.n..i.-.. 
author  ol      i  ■  i.  ■  ■    1 1      ene  on  the  1 
units  Hours,  ii  <<>  8  and  v  t->  B  r.M. 

I'HTNKIAX,     HI  KUF.OX     AND      AtTOI  f IIKI  K, 

J.    J.    ATJERBACH     M.D.. 

March  13.  8104  Stockton  street,  Ban  Fninci*co. 


STEELE'S     SQUIRREL      POISON. 
{PatUlUd  October  IMA,  1S75.] 

Sore  (tenth  to  Squirrel*.  Hats,  Gophera,  etc.    For  ante  by  nil 
Druggi  ts,Gn 
u.  STEELb  .v  CO..  San  Fi 


E 


raj  Dealers.    Price,  81  per  box     Had<   b]  JAMES 

mrisi'ii,  ('ill.      I.ilii-nd  .ii- ill-. Hi.    Tnvh  \ul     .'.I. 

0.    P.    WARRF.N,    M.D. 
rlectlc  Pliynlelnn,  corner  of  Fourteenth   mill    Bromlwsy, 
Oakland.  June  17. 

DR.    R.    BEVERLY    COLE 

Hon  returned  from  bin  European  tour,  nnd  will  resume  the 
practice  ol  his  profession  fur  ;i  few  months.    Office,  16  GEARY  9TRE3T. 
Hours,  12  to  -i  i*.m.  Uarcfa  81. 

WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 

CUTTER    WHISKY. 

A  I'.  IIot:iltnur  A-  Co.,  NO.  131  Jackson  st  reet.  lire  the  Sole 
#  Agents  ou  thia  Coast  for  the  celebrated  J.  H.  CUTTER  WHISKY,  Bhlpped  di- 
reel  bo  them  from  Louiuville,  Kentucky.  The  Trade  ore  cautioned  against  Hie  pur- 
ehaseof  inferior  and  Imitation  brands  of  "J.  H.  Gutter  Old  Bourbon."  Owing  t<> 
ii-.  deserved  reputation,  various  unprincipled  parties  ore  endeavoring  to  jialni  off 

s|iiiri<ni~  Lrnuios.      It  is  really  the  Ukst  Whisky  in  the  I'liil.-il  >i:.t-  -  Man-h  I'.i 

A.    M.    OILMAN, 

Importer  and  Wholennle  Liquor  Denier,  :tos  Cnllfornla 
Btreet,  offers  f>>r  sale  I-'iiiL-  (H»l  Uourhim  and  live  Whiskies,  Brandies,  vintage  of 
1820  and  1880,  old  Port  and  Sherry  Wines,  StUl  and  Sparkling  Wines,  etc.  Agent  for  the 
Celebrated  CACHliT  ULA.nl'  OhAMPAONE.  Side  Aijeiit  for  MILLS'  STOMACH 
iii  i     RS. March  4. 

J.    H.    CUTTER    OLD    BOUEBON. 

(1    P.   Moorman   A   Co.,    Huiitii'itctiirers.   Louisville,   Ky.«- 
j%    The  above  well-known  House  is  rapresentcd  here  by  the  undersigned,  who 
have  been  appointed  their  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 
July  8.  A.  P.  IIOTALING  &  CO.,  420  and  431  Jackson  street.  S.  F. 

J.    H.    CUTTER'S    OLD    BOURBON    AND    RYE    WHISKY, 
unurttctured  i\v  Milton  J.  llanly  A-  Co.,  NoiiM-in-Lnu'  hiicI 

Successors  Of  J.  H.  CUTTER,  Louisville,  Ky.  E.  MARTIN  &  CO., 

August  14.  No.  40S  Front  street,  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast 


M 


WHOLESALE    GROCERS. 


Newton  Booth,  C.  T.  Wheeler,  Sacramento.  |  J.  T.  Glover,  W.    W.    Dopoe,  S.    F 
W.    W.    DODGE    &    CO., 

Wholesale  Croccrn,  corner  Front  and    Clay  streetH,   San 
Francisco.  April  I. 


REMOVAL. 

L.  H.  Newton.]  NEWTON    BROTHERS    &    CO.,  [Morrib  Newton. 

Importer*  anil  wholeNnle  dealerN  in  Tea».  Foreign  C>oo«In  and 
Groceries,  have  removed  to  -J04  and  ZOO  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia.  ____^„  June  7. 

CASTLE    BROTHERS—  [Established,  1850.] 

Importers  of  Tens  and  EaHt  India  OooiIn,  No»..213  and  215 
Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  13. 

TABER,    HABKER    &    CO., 

Sueeessors  to  Phillips,  Taber  A- Co.,  Importers  And  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 108  and  110  California  street,  below  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  lfi. 

BROKERS. 


REMOVAL ! 

JW.   Brown   A'  Co.,  Ktoek  aud    Money   Brokers,  nave  re- 
%     moved  to  No.  ;H7  Montxonii iry  Street,  Nevada  Block, 

J.  w.  Buo'.vn.  Uember  B.  P.  stork  mid  Exchange  Board.  Jan  8. 

J.  K.  S.  Latham.]  LATHAM    &    KING,  [Homer  S.  Kiko. 

Successors   to  James  II.   I.ntlnim  «v   Co.,  Ktock  anil   Money 

[^     Brokers,  411  California  street,  Han  Francisco.  Member  8.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange 
Board.  Stocks  bought  and  carried  on  mar^his^ Aug.  12. 

HUBBARD    &    CO., 

(lommlAsIon  Stock  Brokers,  324  1-2  Montgomery  street,  mi  - 
j    der  Bate  Deposit  Building,  San    Francisco,  will  transact  business  throuirh    the 
San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  Julv  17. 


E.     P.     PECKH^M. 
/^omiutsslon    Ktoek    Broker   and    Member   8.    F-   Stock   Ex- 

^  '    change,  ll.J  Oalilornia  streot    Stocks  bought,  sold  ami  carried.     Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.    Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
[June.  19.) 

OFFICES  OF  THE  AEROPLANE  NAVIGATION  CO., 

jan,  4.  No.  607  to  615  Merchant  street.  San  Frai  eisco. 


16 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETffER. 


April  21,  1877. 


THE  SUPREME  JUDGES  AS  EXAMINERS. 
"We  have  heard  it  remarked  by  lawyers  in  good  standing  that  exam- 
inations of  law  students  by  their  Honors,  the  Supreme  Judges  of  the 
State,  often  amount  to  a  farce.  If  we  are  to  form  an  opinion  from  the 
staggering  array  of  questions  orally  submitted  to  a  class  the  other  day  at 
Sacramento,  we  should  say  that  in  that  instance  it  was  an  inaccurate,  pre- 
sumptuous and  pretentious  display  worthy  of  a  Mr.  Justice  Shallow.  It  is 
not  necessary  to  travel  far  down  the  list  to  discover  that  fact.  Questions 
4,  5  and  6  are  ample  for  the  purpose.  They  read  as  follows:  "  Is  the 
power  of  the  British  Parliament  limited  ?  In  what  manner  does  the  Con- 
stitution of  England  restrain  the  power  of  Parliament?  Where  must  we 
look  for  the  Constitution  of  England,  and  what  are  the  great  principles 
"UDon  which  it  is  based?"  We  know  a  man  who  is  not  a  lawyer,  much 
less  a  Supreme  Judge,  who  would  like  to  have  the  author  uf  those  ques- 
tions under  fire,  before  a  large  audience,  precisely  as  he  had  those  stu- 
dents, and  if  upon  a  fair  examination,  entirely  within  the  scope  of  his 
own  inquiries,  the  spectators  were  not  satisfied,  and  even  himself  con- 
vinced, that  he  deserved  to  be  "  plucked"  for  asking  them,  it  would  only 
be  because  of  their  charity  and  his  self-sufficiency.  The  ripest  of  scholars 
might  well  fail  to  answer  questions  that  are  manifestly  framed  in  igno- 
rance of,  or  at  least  with  but  a  shallow  acquaintance  with,  the  precedents 
and  intricacies  of  English  constitutional  history.  The  most  industrious 
of  students,  having  Hallani  and  Delorme  at  his  finger  ends,  and  being  a 
perfect  master  of  May's  parliamentary  practice,  would  fail,  naturally 
enough,  to  give  definite  answers  to  questions  born  of  a  confusion  of  ideas 
on  the  part  of  the  examiner.  It  was  asked  if  "the  power  of  the  British 
Parliament  was  limited?"  To  whom,  we  respectfully  ask,  is  it  given  to 
determine  that  hitherto  undetermined  question  ?  The  power  referred  to 
was  unlimited  enough  to  take  off  the  head  of  a  king,  whilst  his  successor, 
pointing  to  the  Speaker's  mace,  the  outward  sign  of  Parliamentary  au- 
thority, was  powerful  enough  to  enforce  obedience  to  his  peremptory  com- 
mand to  "  take  that  bauble  away!"  Parliament  has  been  powerful  enough 
to  permanently  change  the  succession  to  the  throne.  If  it  can  do  that, 
then  what  greater  thing  remains  for  it  to  do  ?  It  is  long  since  we  have 
had  access  to  a  certain  old  fusty  and  musty  volume  of  "  Delorme  on  the 
Constitution,"  but  we  recollect  its  contents  distinctly  enough  to  remember 
that  amidst  its  dry  details  it  has  this  somewhat  amusing  paragraph :  ' '  Par- 
liament, in  its  corporate  capacity,  has  power  to  do  anything,  except  create 
human  beings,  which,  however,  it  is  amply  competent  to  do,  through  its 
members,  in  their  individual  capacities."  A  broader  definition  of  unlim- 
ited power  it  would  be  difficult  to  imagine.  Yet  a  sapient  Supreme 
Judge  asks :  "  In  what  manner  does  the  Constitution  of 
England  restrain  the  power  of  Parliament  ? "  We  defy  the  Judge 
to  give  a  distinct  answer  to  his  own  question.  He  may  be  ready  to  say 
that  the  King  or  Queen,  as  the  case  may  be,  has  power  to  veto  acts  of 
Parliament.  Quite  a  mistake.  The  Crown  has  constitutionally  no  such 
power,  and  it  has  not  been  exercised  for  two  centuries  or  more.  The 
Sovereign  is  bound  to  follow  the  advice  of  her  Ministers,  who  in  their 
turn  are  compelled  to  give  only  such  advice  as  Parliament  will  sanction. 
Thus  we  come  back  to  the  fountain  of  all  real  power,  which  is  Parliament. 
Hence  comes  that  curious  English  constitutional  axiom  so  inexplicable  to 
some  minds,  that  "the  Queen  can  do  no  wrong,"  which  simply  means  that 
she  can  of  her  own  will  do  nothing.  Practically  Parliament  is  restrained, 
and  that  very  effectually  too,  by  the  power  of  public  opinion.  But  that 
is  a  very  undefined^aud  undefinable  kind  of  restraint  which,  in  the  form 
in  which  it  is  often  employed,  finds  no  constitutional  recognition.  It  is 
in  fact  a  power  higher  than  the  Constitution,  higher  than  the  Sovereign, 
and  higher  than  Parliament,  which  is  but  its  mouthpiece  and  representa- 
tive. There  is  no  estate  of  the  realm  but  must  finally  yield  to  the  force 
of  the  public  will.  The  Constitution  itself  may  not  stand  in  the  way. 
This  is  the  great  difference  between  the  English  and  American  forms  of 
Government,  and  is  one  reason  why  the  former  in  its  essence  and  spirit  is 
really  more  Democratic  than  the  latter.  It  is  true,  up  to  the  present, 
that  all  powerful  public  opinion  exhibits  itself  in  right  royal  shapes, 
but  that  is  because  it  chooses  to  do  so.  Then  again,  our  Judges  asked: 
"  Where  are  we  to  look  for  the  Constitution  of  England?"  A  thing  that 
has  never  been  defined  is  not  to  be  found  in  any  one  book,  and  not  wholly 
discoverable  in  a  great  many  that  is  changeable,  and  may  be  materially 
enlarged  by  the  precedent  of  a  single  night,  where,  indeed,  may  it  be 
looked  for?  If  the  Judges  never  refuse  to  admit  another  applicant  until 
they  can,  with  unquestionable  exactitude,  solve  these,  their  own  problems, 
it  will  be  a  mighty  long  time  before  there  are  any  more  rejected  candi- 
dates to  be  carried  out  in  fainting  fits.  If  their  Honors  had  pursued  their 
inquiries  into  English  constitutional  history  with  due  intelligence,  we 
should  have  been  glad,  We  can  conceive  of  no  branch  of  study  more 
calculated  to  give  a  young  lawyer  a  due  appreciation  of  his  profession,  and 
of  the  processes  by  which  law  was  established  and  liberty  won.  The 
peculiar  form  of  the  questions  asked  is  the  best  evidence  that  even  our 
State  Supreme  Judges  are  painfully  ignorant  of  that  constitutional  his- 
tory, without  a  knowledge  of  which  they  must  fall  far  short  of  duly  ap- 
preciating that  large  body  of  unwritten*  or  common  law,  which  they  are 
daily  called  upon  to  administer. 

QUACKERY    LEGISLATION     AND    LITIGATION. 

The  State  Medical  Society  has  just  held  its  annual  meeting  and 
eaten  its  accustomed  dinner.  We  note  its  proceedings  with  some  inter- 
est. The  good  effect  of  agitation  by  the  News  Letter  is  apparent  in  almost 
every  resolution  that  was  adopted.  The  unanimous  expulsion  of  certain 
pretenders,  the  dropping  the  names  of  others,  and  the  acceptance  of  the 
resignation  of  a  great  many  more,  are  proceedings  indelibly  stamped  with 
the  News  Letter's  brand.  It  was  reported  that  the  new  law  was  found  to 
be  *'  ineffective  and  calculated  to  legalize  quackery."  Precisely;  that  is 
what  we  loudly  proclaimed  when  Gibbons  and  Bates  were  so  industriously 
engaged  in  the  emasculation  of  better  proposals.  But,  weak  as  the  law 
is,  it  would  have  produced  better  results  if  the  prosecution  which  has 
taken  place  under  it  in  this  city  had  been  undertaken  with  more  consider- 
ation. If  the  worst  and  most  notorious  rascals,  like  Luscomb  and  Flat- 
tery, had  been  selected  first,  convictions  would  have  been  obtained,  pre- 
cedents would  have  been  established,  and  the  working  of  the  law  would 
have  been  understood.  Then,  step  by  step,  the  ranks  of  the  more  preten- 
tious fellows  could  have  been  successfully  assailed,  until  at  last  the  whole 
crowd  would  have  been  routed.  But  advice  is  thrown  away  upon  the 
San  Francisco  society.  In  Sacramento  they  manage  matters  better. 
There  has  been  no  trouble  there  in  enforcing  the  law  and  in  putting  the 
man  Flattery  to  rest.     There  need  be  none  here,  if  discretion  is  exercised. 


THE  PRESS  AND  STOCKS. 
The  relations  of  the  press  with  the  Stock  Market  have  never  yet 
been  placed  upon  a  satisfactory  footing.  It  is  no  part  of  a  newspaper's 
duty  to  pursue  a  predetermined  policy  of  either  bearing  or  bulling  the 
market.  Its  first  and  chief  duty  is  to  give  an  unbiassed  report  of  all  pro- 
ceedings connected  with  mining  "and  stock  operating.  It  is  to  be  regretted 
that  the  press  has  never  yet  put  itself  in  a  position  to  gather  this  kind  uf 
information  with  successfulness  and  reliability.  It  accepts  whatever  is 
doled  out  to  it  by  interested  managers,  and  remains  content  therewith. 
Frequently,  when  there  is  anything  important  going  on,  miners  are  shut 
up  in  their  holes,  and  information  which  is  the  very  incarnation  of  false- 
hood is  imparted  to  the  newspapers.  It  must  be  confessed  that  the  press 
shows  in  this  direction  an  astonishing  lack  of  its  accustomed  enterprise. 
Instead  of  being  at  the  mercy  of  mining  managers  it  might,  if  it  exhib- 
ited industry  and  backbone,  soon  make  itself  master  of  superintendents, 
secretaries  and  directors.  We  have  heard  within  a  very  recent  period  of 
miners  being  made  to  sleep  in  the  ore-houses  of  the  most  important  mines, 
and  of  a  cordon  of  watchmen  being  placed  around  the  works  to  prevent  access 
on  the  part  of  news-gatherers.  If  the  press  were  honest  enough  and  firm 
enough  it  could  prevent  all  this.  If  actuated  by  motives  of  public  good 
alone,  and  if  pursuing  its  righteous  ends  with  candor  and  proper  out- 
spokenness, it  could  at  all  times  restrain  the  public  from  dealing  in  the 
stock  of  mines  at  which  such  tricks  were  being  played.  We  are  per- 
suaded that  it  would  pay  well  to  maintain  a  competent  and  faithful  re- 
porter at  Virginia  City  to  watch  and  report  upon  all  proceedings  there. 
If  this  were  done  with  discretion,  firmness,  and  unquestionably  good 
faith,  it  would  make  the  fortune  of  the  daily  first  accomplishing  so  good  a 
work.  There  is  a  large  demand  for  mining /arts,  and  the  paper  that  will 
supply  them  will  meet  with  a  rich  reward.  They  are  not  supplied  at 
present ;  no,  not  by  a  great  deal.  Quite  the  contrary,  indeed,  for  most  of 
what  we  read  are  fictions  from  interested  sources,  whence  no  independent 
paper  that  desires  a  reputation  for  undoubted  reliability  should  accept 
without  serious  suspicion  and  question  any  statement  whatever.  It  may 
be  difficult  at  first  to  get  at  the  truth,  but  in  the  end  it  will  be  found  to 
be  not  impossible.  Barriers  would  give  way,  and  soon  mining  news  would 
be  as  available  as  any  other  kind  of  news.  Secrecy  could  be  made  so 
odious  that  it  would  come  to  be  about  the  last  thing  managers  would  want 
to  be  accused  of.  By  all  means  let  the  dailies  find  out  the  facts  and  tell 
them  truly  first,  last,  and  all  the  time.  If  beyond  this  they  have  a  duty 
to  perform  it  is  to  warn  unwary  persons  against  the  abominable  evils  Gf 
buying  on  margins,  and  of  stock  gambling  generally. 

THE    GRAB*    KDNG. 

Friedlander's  affairs  are  yet  in  abeyance.  The  two  arbitrators  chosen 
to  adjudicate  the  accounts  with  Driesback  have  not  yet  agreed,  nor  have 
they  chosen  an  umpire  ;  consequently,  everything  in  the  way  of  a  settle- 
ment is  in  abeyance.  All  the  other  creditors  have  signed  off,  agreeing  to 
accept  Friedlander's  offer  of  25c.  It  seems  hard  for  a  man  to  toil  for 
twenty-five  years  or  more  in  building  up  a  business  aggregating  eighty 
millions  of  dollars,  with  an  unsullied  reputation  and  an  untarnished  credit, 
and  when  nearing  the  end  of  a  race,  when  victory  was  about  to  crown  the 
effort,  to  fail  with  a  bare  deficit  of  S300,000.  Could  this  failure  have  been 
tided  over  sixty  days,  the  result  would  have  been  very  different.  At  the 
time  of  the  suspension,  Friedlander  owned  and  controlled  50,000  tons  of 
wheat,  here  and  en  route  to  Great  Britain.  The  rise  has  been  about  -% 
per  ton.  This  woidd  have  made  good  the  deficit,  and  the  general  routine 
of  his  business,  with  an  unimpaired  credit,  would  have  added  $500,000  to 
his  store.  Here  we  see  the  risks  attending  the  very  best  and  wisest  busi- 
ness operations.  First,  the  drought  ruins  the  crop  relied  upon  for  capital 
to  carry  on  a  successful  business,  while  European  complications  that  were 
looked  upon  as  sure  for  a  rise  in  wheat  and  flour,  with  a  large  profit,  came 
too  late  to  save  our  friend  from  bankruptcy.  Business  in  wheat  shipments 
suffers  greatly  by  Friedlander's  suspension.  There  does  not  appear  to  be 
any  one  with  grit  enough  to  take  his  place.  English  orders  for  wheat  have 
been  here  for  weeks,  and  no  one  is  found  able  or  willing  to  name  a  price 
for  one  or  more  cargoes.  Those  that  buy  do  so  in  lots  of  50  or  100  tons, 
as  they  can  find  it.  We  all  miss  the  head  and  prime  leader,  "The  Grain 
King.*  He  is  only  resting  from  his  labors.  The  "  King"  is  not  yet  dead, 
but  will  live  and  rule,  King  of  the  California  Wheat  Trade.  Of  this  we 
have  not  a  doubt.  There  is  power  behind  the  throne,  which  will  yet  be 
felt  in  our  midst.       

TWEED  CONFESSDXG. 
Tweed  is  at  last,  after  a  long  run,  on  his  knees  confessing  ;  but  that 
he  has  yet  made  a  full  breast  of  it,  is  by  no  means  apparent.  He  is 
"  cinching"  not  a  few  prominent  men,  who  are  responding  with  a  perfect 
chorus  of  denials.  It  seems,  at  this  distance,  that  he  is  most  concerned 
in  punishing  those  who  have  not  been  true  to  him,  and  it  looks  as  if  he 
is  particularly  mindful  that  his  own  party  shall  not  bear  all  the  odium 
arising  from  his  thievery.  It  has  often  been  claimed  that  if  the  bottom 
facts  of  his  doings  could  be  reached,  the  result  would  be  the  everlasting 
destruction  of  the  Tammany  organization.  But,  so  far,  his  confession 
most  hurts  Republican  State  Legislators.  The  swindling  charter  which 
he  got  passed  was  suspiciously  supported  by  Republican  members,  and 
now  ugly  facts  are  disclosed  as  to  the  why  and  the  wherefor.  Bribery, 
wholesale  bribery  was  the  means  to  that  vile  end.  Recorder  Hackett 
broke  off  from  Tammany  because  a  purist  of  the  first  water,  and  was,  as 
such,  re-elected  on  an  independent  ticket.  Now  comes  the  "  Bess,"  and 
shows  that  the  furniture  of  his  house  was  corruptly  supplied  at  the  City's 
expense.  Oakey  Hall  escaped  conviction,  smote  his  pharasaical  breast, 
declared  that  he  was  not  as  other  men,  and  inveighed  against  Tweed,  who 
now  tells  his  little  story,  which  exhibits  Hall  as  one  of  the  worst  of  the 
crowd,  and  he  now  practically  confesses  judgment  by  running  away.  It 
is  well  that  the  whole  truth  should  be  known.  It  is  a  righteous  result 
that  the  modus  operandi  of  so  gigantic  a  conspiracy  should  be  known.  To 
Governor  Tilden  and  Charles  O'Connor  everlasting  credit  is  due  for  the 
perseverance  and  ability  with  which  they  have  followed  this  matter  up. 


An  appeal  to  the  charitable  ha?  been  made  by  the  London  Morning 
Post  on  behalf  of  the  family  of  the  late  Mr.  Howard  Glover,  the  musical 
composer,  son  of  the  celebrated  actress,  Mrs.  Glover.  The^  widow  and 
her  twelve  children  are  now  in  London,  in  dire  poverty,  "  without  furni- 
ture, -with  scanty  and  insufficient  clothing,  and  only  bread  to  eat."  Do- 
nations may  be  sent  to  Mitchell's  library,  33  Old  Bond-street. 


Postscript 


I^BTiTER 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER. 


Office—  <»OT     «<>    «Sl.->    31t-l-<-llJlllt    Str<-i-(. 


VOLUME  17. 


SAN  FBANCISCO,  APRIL  21,   1877. 


KtTMEEK  13. 


BIZ. 


The  most  interesting  feature  of  the  week,  in  commercial  oil   : 

taction   Sales  of  our  great  Wool 
staple,     M    -         i  .  B  II  .v   Co.  have  the  credit  of  building  a  fine 

ly  adapted  to  the  storage  and  grading  of 
I  an  area  el  275x137  ',  on  the 

■  t  Tow  Dsend  and  Six  tb  Btreets,  immediately  adja  ent  t  •  t  Jio  depots  of 
iiu'  Railroad  it  tii.it  point,  and  where  the  Wool  ran  be 

irred  directly  from  the  tars  to  the  Warehouse  without  extra  ex- 
rage  can  at  all  times  be  secured,  and  the 
ry  grading  and  assorting  done  at  the  lowest  rates.     Hill,  Newhall 

Co.  v  tioneers  on  this  occasion;  the  sale,  as  perca! 

taking  place  on  the   17th   instant.     The  offering  consisted  of  Borne  1,200 
■  aliforoia  Wools,  the  greater  portion  of  h  liich  had  been  graded,  yet 
not  put  into  compress    I  '  oent;  thus  leaving  buyers  the  op- 

portunity of  examio  .      ;   irchasing.     The 

terms  w<  re  cash  on  delivery.     The  offering,  for  the  mosl  part,  consi 
Souther  .  unwashed.     No  Northern  or  Or- 

egon  Beece   catalogued.    The  attendance  was  large,  consisting  of  local 

trade  buyers,  commissioii    merchants,  and  a  g liy  number  of  Bastero 

manufacturers,  drawn  hither  by  the  novelty  of  the  offering.  The  best 
Lota  sold  at  2GXg  22c.,  say  24  bales;  113  bales  sold  at  18@  18Jc.  These  were 
conditioned  :  good  staple,  0-1  bales,  ditto,  17c;  324  bales, 
ditto,  16<§  L6  [C.;  285  bales,  ditto,  15  5  15>.:  92  bales,  short  staple,  14(5  Uj 
<•■  iits;  26  bales,  b  »vy  fleece,  13&.;  65  bales,  ditto,  12fc;  18  bales,  Burry 
and  Earthy,  8j@9c.  The  sale  closing  with  offering  22  bales  Australian, 
long  staple  ;  "  Clothing"  and  "Combing"  at  36Jt@39  cents. 

Th3  Wool  market,  outside  of  the  auction  sale,  has  been  rather  slack 
during  the  week,  less  than  1,000,000  lbs.  having  changed  hands,  chiefly 
within  the  range  of  15(5  10c.  for  average  lots  of  Spring  Clip;  Good  to 
Choice,  Ls./'jiir. ;  Extra  Choice,  long  sta|4e,  Northern,  22@24e.  A  clos- 
ing out  sale  of  ail  the  old   stock  of  Fall  Wools  may  be  noted  at  10.«»lUc. 

say  LOO,000  lbs.  The  receipts  of  Wool  thus  far  this  year  aggregate 
9,550   bales    an   increase,  as  compared  with  the  same  time  last  year,  of 

:■  I 0  bales.  All  parties  in  interest  express  to  the  writer  their  entire  eatr 
iefaction  at  the  result  of  this  their  first  public  Wool  offering,  and  an- 
noun  ring  it  as  their  intention  to  have  a  second  like  sale  early  in  May. 
Among  other  buyers  at  the  Bale  we  noticed  that  Messrs.  Cross  &.  Co.  pur- 
I  several  of  the  most  desirable  lots  for  investment,  thus  showing 
their  interest  and  good-will  in  the  inauguration  of  public  Wool  sales  uu 
this  coast  like  those  in  London,  Australia  and  other  foreign  cities. 

Sheep.--In  this  connection  some  reference  to  our  Sheep  is  appropriate. 
Our  large  Socles  are  likely  to  be  Badly  diminished  this  Summer  by  the 
prevailing  drought.  One  gentleman,  who  has  -10,000  sheep  in  the  lower 
coast  counties  of  the  State,  stated  to  the  writer,  a  few  days  ago,  that  on 
account  of  the  poor  pasturage,  he  had  set  all  his  sheep  adrift,  to  Beek  fod- 
der wherever  they  could  6nd  it  in  the  mountains  and  over  the  plains,  and 
that  he  did  not  expect  to  save  more  than  5,000  out  of  the  whole  number. 
We  know  of  other  parties  like  situated,  who  will  be  heavy  losers  of  both 
flocks  and  herds,  particularly  in  the  southern  part  of  the  State.  No  grass, 
no  feed  this  year.  The  loss  of  Stock  must  necessarily  be  very  heavy  this 
year,  by  reason  of  the  excessive  drought,  yet  there  are  those  who  think 
the  State  will  be  the  gainer  by  thinning  out  a  vast  number  of  poor,  com- 
mon Mexican  Sheep  and  Native  Cuttle,  and  thus  giving  place  to  blooded 
stock. 

General  Merchandise. --The  auction  sales  of  Coffee,  Teas,  Rice, 
Spices,  etc,  announced  in  the  early  part  of  the  week,  were  in  noway  suc- 
cessful. Only  sample  lots  sold.  The  bulk  of  the  offerings  withdrawn  : 
pri  es  unsatisfactory  to  the  importers. 

Coffee. --Imports  for  the  first  quarter  of  three  years  stand  thus: 
1875.  4.742.G12  lbs.  ;  1876,  2,491,008  lbs.  ;  1877,  5,0:17,1)52  lbs.  This  large 
increase  this  year,  so  early  in  the  season,  is  because  the  steamers  from 
Central  American  ports  do  the  bulk  of  the  carrying  trade,  rather  than 
sailiu-  vessels  in  years  past.  Much  the  largest  part  of  ..or  Coffee  comes 
from  Central  American  ports,  say  4,423,720  lbs.  out  of  5,697,952  lbs.  This 
Green  Coffee  is  highly  esteemed  here,  and  is,  besides,  a  great  favorite  in 
Chicago  and  St.  Louie,  tu  which  points  in  the  interior  large  invoices  are 
shipped,  several  thousand  bags  of  the  new  crop  having  already  been  sent 
by  Pacific  Railroad  the  past  few  .weeks.;  price,  20c.  We  quote  PaleC.  A. 
at  18£@19c  ;  O.  G.  Java,  23fS23ic  ;  Manila,  8S^  19c  ;  Kio,  20c.  During 
the  week  some  8,000  bags  have  reached  us  from  Champerico  and  Guate- 
mala.    Holders  of  Prime  Green  are  firm  at  19(ol20c. 

Sugar.-Claus  Spreckles  is  now  the  President  of  the  California  Sugar 
Refinery  Company,  and  has  recently  been  appointed  the  selling  agent  of 
the  company,  .succeeding  Messrs.  Eggers  &  Co.,  who  have  for  years  had 
the  business  agency  of  the  Refinery.     The  Bay  Sugar  Refinery  is  now  in 


fu]  workin  ordffn,  turning  out  their  patent  Cube  and  other  sorts  "f 
White  and  Yellow  Sugar.    The   former  we  quote  al  L3  j  L34c,  the  latter 

1  [awaiian   I :  ro  erj    {grades    e  II    readilj 
Washed,    in.n.:  ,     Some  few   lots  of    White    Refin 
from  the  Bast,  but  not  to  any  extent.     The   following   figure     v.  ill   show 
our  imports  of  Sugar  for  the  first  quarter  of  the   past  three 

ad  167V  H'.U1,1N7  lbs.  7,869,792  fa,  18,685,089  tba,  respectively. 
This  pearfa  large  imports  were  divided  as  follows;  Manila.  6,660,709  lbs, 
Hawaiian,  5,996,917;  Batavian.  8,663,678!  China,  2,107,788;  Central 
American,  156,807,    The  two  refineries  nam  td  have  the  capacity  to  refine 

all  the  Sugar  required  upon  the  Pacific  Slope,  and  this  Urge  and  Imj 

ant  trade  they  intend  to  securei  making  a  huge  discount  to  all  Territorial 

who  will  come  here  for  their  supplies]  instead  uf  going  I 
New  York  or  St.  Louis  for  their  Sugars  ana  Syrup. 

Rice. --The  stooks  in  warehouse  are  large,  and  prices  both  low  and 
nominal.  Imports  for  the  first  quarter  of  three  years  p  st  compare  as 
follows:  1875.  8,850,478  lbs.;  L876,  13,754,832 lbs.:  1877,  14,712,539 lbs. 
Ph  reat  bulk  of  our  imports  come  from  Hongkong.  Of  Hawaiian, 
583,098  tbs.  this  year,  which  latter  is  a  slight  increase  over  last.  year.  The 
price  is.  however,  very  low,  as  is  also  the  case  of  Japan  Table,  both  having 
sold  lately  as  low  as  4£e,  while  China  is  worth  5(fi   i 

Teas.  --  Stocks  are  thought  to  he  large,  yet  less  than  in  past  years. 
Prices,  however,  rule  very  low  for  Japan,  in  papers;  say  30@32jc  for 
standard  brands.  Imports  for  the  first  quarter  of  1875,  2,621,620  lbs.; 
L876,  1,115,360  lbs.;  1877,  711,100  lbs.  This  is  exclusive  of  the  Large 
quantity  that  comes  here  by  steamer  and  passes  East  in  transit  over  the 
Pacific  Railroad. 

Borax.  —  The  ship  Golden  Gate,  for  Liverpool,  carried  405  ctls.  Our 
exports  for  the  first  quarter  of  the  year,  by  sea,  for  1876  and  1877,  stand 
thus  ;  2,247  cs,  2,750  pkgs ;  409  cs,  15,132  ctls,  the  former  valued  at 
$53,452,  and  the  latter  §101,484.     Market  quiet,  at  old  rates. 

Coal. --The  supplies  from  all  quarters  for  the  first  quarter  of  the  two 
past  years  stand  thus,  in.  round  figures:  1876,  110,000  tons;  1877,  117,000 
tons.  The  most  notable  decrea.se  is  in  California  Mt.  Diablo— say  11,500 
tons;  Bellingbam  Bay  has  fallen  off  4,459  tons;  Coos  Bay.  1,000  tons; 
Anthracite,  1,055  tons.  The  increase  is:  In  Australian,  4,707  tons;  Eng- 
lish, 4.010  tons;  Cumberland,  2,178  tons;  Seattle,  4,700  tons.  Australian 
is  wanted  at  89(5  9  50;  Scotch  and  English  Steam,  hard,  to  sell,  to  arrive, 
at  s7  50(5  B;  Spot  Steam  Coast  Coals,  $7@8;  Wellington,  for  household 
purposes,  89,  by  the  cargo. 

Salmon. —Columbia  river  Fish  are  as  yet  scarce.  Canning  for  the 
season  has  commenced,  yet  there  is  a  great  want  of  good  feeling  existing 
between  the  canners  and  the  fishermen,  and  the  fear  is  that  the  catch  will 
be  greatly  restricted  unless  a  speedy  compromise  is  made.  The  former 
offer  35c,  and  the  latter  ask  50c.  for  the  Salmon.  At  present  business 
la-re  is  at  a  il    id  lock,  quotable  at  SI  55  for  lib.  cans,  but  no  sellers. 

Quicksilver.-- The  demand  continues  active,  both  for  China  and  elsi  - 
where.  Some  say  there  are  speculative  buyers  at  41c;  price  11  V"  liv. 
Stocks  do  not  accumulate  much.  All  produced  goes  olf  somewhere.  Ex- 
ports  by  sea  since  January  1st.  16,590  flasks,  value  $575,182;  last  year, 
same  time.  9,743  flasks,  value  $452,107.  Considerable  has  also  been  sent 
East  overland  since  January  1st.  The  O.  and  O.  steamer  Oceanic  will 
carry,  it  is  said,  to  Hongkong  some  2.000  flasks.  The  last  steamer  to 
Mexican  ports  carried  810  flasks,  and  the  Paul  Revere,  to  Call&O,  200 
flasks. 

Flour. --The  price  has  recently  advanced  to  $7  50,  gold — $8,  silver. 

We  q  iote  extra  Genesee  Mills,  Golden  Age,  Golden  Gate,  in  cargo  lota; 
$7  25@7  50;  Superfine,  SO;  Extra  Superfine,  $6  50#  196  ms.,  all  in  cloth. 

Wheat.— The  market  is  firm.  Prices  have  gone  up  rapidly  From  $2  25 
to  §2  60  1 '  ctl.  during  the  week.  Some  large  purchases  for  milling  made 
ut  82  35'"  '1  55. 

Barley. --The  advance  is  continued.  Sales  at  SI  75@1  85  \$  ctl.  for 
Feed  and  Brewing. 

Corn.  —The  market  is  firm  at  81  85@1  87*  for  Southern  Yellow; 
Bound  do.,  «2@2  10  tf  ctl. 

Oats.-The  market  is  strong  at  82  15@2  35  #  ctL  Hay. —Prices  bave 
advanceil  to  $16(5  20  #  ton. 

Tallow  is  plentiful  at  5@6c.  Hides. —Dry,  16(5 17c ;  Wet  Salted, 
7£@9c.     Hops.  —  13@16c.  for  fair  to  good;  Choice,  18@20c. 

Butter  and  Cheese.—  Our  receipts  of  Butter  from  the  interior  for  the 
first  quarter  of  the  years  1870  and  1877  respectively  stand  thus:  2,302,100 
lbs.,  3,098,900  lbs.,  being  an  increase  this  year  of  927,400  lbs.  Of  Cheese 
the  receipts  for  the  same  time  in  1876  and  1877  stand  thus:  1,520,400  lbs., 
1,539,900  lbs.  Decrease  this  year  19,500  lbs.  The  present  stock  of  <  'ali- 
fornia  Butter  and  Cheese  is  large.  We  quote  choice  roll  Table  Butter  at 
30@32Jc.j  Cheese,  12&@15c;  Eggs,  2G@27ic.  $  lomil 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


April    21,  1877. 


CONDENSED    NEWS    OF   THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL. 

Saturday,  April  14th.  —The  yacht  Frolic,  built  for  Captain  Harrison, 
was  launched  at  North  Point  at  1  o'clock  to-day.—— Annie  Kernan, 
aged  22,  a  milliner,  was  somewhat  needlessly  brought  before  the  Com- 
missioners of  Insanity  and  discharged.  *■  -  The  body  of  an  unknown  man, 
about  30  years  of  age,  was  washed  ashore  near  Lime  Point.  The  body 
had  not  been  many  days  in  the  water. ^— The  Pacific  Mail  steamship 
Dakota  reports  that  at  4:50  a,  m.  she  saw  breakers  off  Point  Reyes,  but 
heard  no  fog  whistle. 

Sunday,  15th.-- A  young  man  of  respectable  family  named  James 
Rhern  is  under  arrest,  charged  with  assault  to  murder.— —P.  Holia,  a 
native  of  Denmark,  aged  45  years,  died  suddenly  at  1023  Stockton  street. 
—J.  F.  Robinson  was  brought  from  Santa  Cruz  by  Captain  Stone,  on 
a  charge  of  misdemeanor.  He  is  accused  of  selling  a  small  bay  steamer 
which  did  not  belong  to  him  to  Peter  Donahue  for  §1,000. ——There  were 
110  deaths  last  week,  of  which  78  were  of  males.  Diphtheria  was  the 
cause  of  21  deaths  and  small-pox  but  4.  Fourteen  cases  of  the  latter  dis- 
ease were  reported  during  the  week. 

Monday,  16th.--  Another  Russian  corvette— the  Japonctz — has  ar- 
rived in  the  harbor,  Captain  \\  ishniakoff  in  command.  She  came  under 
sail  from  Honolulu,  and  was  18  days  making  the  voyage.—  Ellen  J. 
McGinn  has  been  granted  a  divorce  by  Judge  Daingerfield  from  James 
E.  McGinn  on  the  ground  of  cruelty  and  desertion.— —Charles  Otte,  a 
Battery  street  saloon  keeper,  tried  to  commit  suicide  with  a  sedlitz 
powder  on  Saturday  night.— The  fair  given  by  the  ladies  of  St.  Bridget's 
Church  netted  about  84,000. 

Tuesday,  17th.—  The  Sutter  street  Railroad  Company  is  about  erect- 
ing a  new  market  house  on  Polk  street,  between  Bush  and  Austin.— 
Tue  new  Hall  of  Records,  it  is  announced,  will  be  completed  and  tin-own 
open  to  public  inspection  some  time  during  this  week.—  Odd  Fellows 
who  have  been  such  for  20  years,  held  a  meeting  to-day  to  organize  a 
Veteran  Old  Fellows' Association.  >^— The  Chamber  of  Commerce  held 
its  regular  quarterly  meeting  to-day.— John  Johnson,  of  No.  23  Clara 
street,  became  the  father  of  triplets  on  Saturday. 

Wednesday,  18th*--  A  drunken  saloon-keeper  named  Fulmore  fell 
over  the  dashboard  of  Potrero  car  No.  7  on  the  bridge  last  evening,  and 
had  his  left  arm  frightfully  mutilated  by  the  wheels.  He  was  taken  to 
the  French  Hospital.— The  collection  of  paintings  by  Thomas  Hill  was 
disposed  of  this  evening  at  the  Art  Association  rooms.  ■  The  Belmont 
Mining  Company  has  brought  suit  in  the  Fourth  District  Court  against 
O.  H.  Bogart,  to  recover  $18,029  49  on  a  promissory  note.— N.  K. 
Masten,  cashier,  and  E.  Hansen,  accountant,  of  the  Nevada  Bank,  have 
resigned  in  consequence,  it  is  said,  of  differences  with  the  President, 
Louis  McLane.  George  L.  Branden  has  been  promoted  to  the  post  of 
accountant. 

Thursday,  19th.— Michael  Reese  borrowed  8275,000  yesterday  from 
the  City  Treasury,  giving  City  and  County  bonds  in  security.  The 
money  is  part  of  the  8700,000  in  the  Sinking  Fund  for  the  redemption  of 
bonds. ^— The  open  sessions  of  the  Water  Commissioners  will  begin  soon, 
the  Mayor  being  on  his  way  back  to  the  city  from  San  Louis  Obispo.  A 
comparison  of  quantity  and  value  will  be  made,  with  the  estimates  of  the 
engineer,  Colonel  Mendell.— The  ball  and  chain  brigade,  at  work  filling 
in  Washerwoman's  Bay,  is  increased  from  twenty-four  to  sixty.  The 
work  is  progressing  favorably.  ~^The  j  ury  in  the  second  trial  of  Marshal 
S.  Smith,  for  extortion,  stood  ten  for  conviction  and  two  for  acquittal. 

Friday.  20th. —  A  new  set  of  colors  will  be  presented  to  the  Second 
Regiment  N.  G.  C,  Col.  Smedberg.—  As  there  is  only  $3,700  to  the 
credit  of  the  Jamestown  training  ship  fund,  and  this  sum  will  have  to  last 
until  July  1st,  a  number  of  petty  officers  have  been  discharged,  and  the 
expenses  reduced  to  a  fraction  over  $800  per  month.— In  the  Municipal 
Court  charges  of  emlezzlement  against  Isaac  S.  Allen,  and  extortion 
against  Julius  Mailhouse,  were  continued  until  April  2<i.-^— A  fire  broke 
out  this  mrrning,  at  2:15  A.  IK,  in  the  basement  of  I\o.  805  Dupont  street. 
Damage  slight. 

TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  April  14th.  —  Frank  Leslie,  accompanied  by  his  wife  and 
a  staff  of  twelve  journalists,  artists  and  photographers,  are  in  Chicago, 
en  route  to  California.  Bob  Ingersoll  and  wife  expect  to  visit  the  Pacific 
Coast  soon.  Fires  are  raging  in  the  woods  near  Roundout,  N.  Y.  On 
Stony  Hill,  six  miles  from  that  city,  an  area  of  ten  square  miles  has  been 
burned  over.  A  Commercial  special  reports  the  arrest  of  the  negro 
Booker,  at  London,  Ohio,  and  the  recovery  of  the  boy  Havens,  who  was 
taken  by  hiin  from  the  neighbornood  of  Columbus,  some  days  ago. 

Sunday,    15th.  —  Governor  Hampton   has   addressed   a   note  to   the 

■  Chamberlain  officials,  requesting  them  to*  turn  over  the  State  offices  to 
their  successors,  subject  to  the  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  when  the 
Court  should  be  filled  by  the  election  of  a  Chief  Justice,  which  will  take  place 
'immediately  after  the  convening  of  the  Legislature  on  the  24th  inst;  ■ 
Twenty  employes  of  the  Pension  office  were  dismissed  to-day.— Mark- 
ley,  the  other  principal  in  the  ludicrous  duel  at  Little  Rock,  was  to-day 

I  fined  $50  and  costs.— The  President  has  pardoned  Charles  E.  Bruce, 
convicted  in  April  last  of  forgery,  and  sentenced  to  one  year  in  the  Albany 
Penitentiary.     This  is  the  first  pardon  by  President  Hayes. 

Monday,  16th.  —  The  conclusion  into  which  the  recent  decision  of  the 
Court  of  Appeals  has  thrown  the  excise  question  is  causing  serious  trouble 
to  a  large  number  of  liquor  dealers  in  New  York.'—  -Nothing  transpired 

j  to-day  as   to   further  negotiations   in    New  Orleans.     The   proposition  to 

.  admit  all  the  elected  members  to  the  Nicholls  Legislature  is  the  leading 
subject  of  discussion.  The  Conservatives  think  this  will  be  the  basis  of 
settlement.^—  Ex-Governor  Curtin,  of  Pennsylvania,  says  that  there  is 
no  truth  in  the  statement  that  he  is  a  defendant  in  the  suit  began  by 
Kennedy  &  Co.  in  connection  with  the  recent  Wall  street  or  any  other 
transaction. 

Tuesday,  17th.  —  Major  Reno,  recently  sentenced  to  be  dismissed 
from  the  service,  has  forwarded  to  the  War  Department  a  request  for 
delay  in  the  presentation  of   the  case  to  the  President,  claiming  that  he 


has  additional  evidence  which  will  tend  to  mitigate  sentence.  The  request 
has  been  granted.— ^Anna  Dickinson  abruptly  closed  her  engagement 
with  the  Eagle  Theater  to  night,  owing  to  her  dissatisfaction  with  the 
management.  She  will  not  play  again  until  early  next  season.  In  a 
day  or  two,  200  employe's  of  the  Bureau  of  Engraving  and  Printing  of  the 
Treasury  Department  will  be  dismissed.  This  reduction  will  be  followed 
at  the  end  of  the  month  by  the  additional  dismissal  of  200  more. 

Wednesday,  18th.  —  A  decision  in  favor  nf  Myra  Clark  Gaines, 
involving  millions  of  dollars'  worth  of  property  in  New  York,  will  be 
rendered  by  District  Judge  Billings.  The  litigation  has  extended  over 
forty  years,  and  this  decision  ends  the  struggle  in  favor  of  the  claimant.  ^— 
Tweed's  confession  was  handed  to  the  Attorney- General's  deputy  by 
Townsend,  Tweed's  counsel,  to-day.  The  statement  fills  some  fifty  pages 
of  manuscript,  and  Attorney-General  Fairchild  says  he  will  immediately 
take  up  consideration  of  the  document,  giving  it  his  earnest  attention.— 
The  Coroner's  inquest  is  proceeding  with  the  investigation  of  the  Southern 
Hotel  fire,  this  morning,  but  no  evidence  having  any  bearing  on  the  origin 
of  the  fire  or  its  management  is  brought  out. 

Thursday,  19th.  --  Lyle  Levy,  leader  of  a  notorious  band  of  counter- 
feiters, was  arrested  to-day  at  Osgood,  Indiana,  by  United  States  detect- 
ives, and  taken  to  Indianapolis  for  a  hearing.— —Ex-President  Grant  and 
family  are  at  Harrisburg,  and  are  guests  of  J.  D.  Cameron.  They  will 
remain  here  several  days.  No  bodies  were  found  in  the  Southern  Hotel 
ruins  to-day.  The  contents  of  both  safes  were  taken  out  uninjured.  In 
the  largest  safe  was  a  large  amount  of  property  of  different  kinds,  belong- 
ing to  guests  and  boarders.  Among  it  was  seventeen  thousand  dollars' 
worth  of  diamonds,  which  were  delivered  to  the  owners 

Friday,  20th.  —The  Packard  Legislature  is  rapidly  dissolving.  There 
are  now  sixty-five  or  sixty-six  Returning  Board  members  in  the  Nicholls 
House.  C.  P.  Pelham,  formerly  professor  in  the  Old  South  Carolina 
College,  and  more  recently  editor  of  several  leading  newspapers  in  South 
Carolina,  died  to-day.— A  terrific  tornado  passed  through  Rutherford 
county,  Georgia,  last  night,  blowing  down  fifteen  houses,  killing  three 
persons,  and  wout ding  eight  others.  It  is  stated  positively  that  ex- 
Senator  Cameron  will  not  accompany  ex-President  Grant  on  his  European 
trip. 

FOREIGN. 

Saturday,  April  14th. --Russian  Consuls  are  preparing  to  leave 
Turkey.  ■—-The  Turkish  army  on  the  Danube  is  to  be  reinforced. 
Turkey  refuses  to  accede  to  the  den.ands  of  Mortenegro  or  to  prolong  the 
truce.  —A  secret  alliance  is  reported  between  Russia  and  Persia.  — 
Preparations  are  making  for  marching  250,000  Russians  across  the  Pruth. 
—It  is  announced  in  London  that  on  the  first  of  May  next  the  tariff  on 
the  Atlantic  cables  will  be  increased  to  three  shillings  per  word.  ^— A 
fleet  of  Austrian  ironclads  is  ordered   to   Grecian   waters. 

Sunday,  15th— The  Neu  Frti  Presse  says:  "The  Turks  have  com- 
menced throwing  a  bridge  over  the  Danube  at  Kalament. "  ■  Le  Nord 
publishes  a  telegram  from  London  stating  that  the  English  Government 
is  of  the  opinion  that  under  the  present  circumstances  any  further  steps 
for  the  maintenance  of  peace  are  useless.  John  O'Connor  Power  denies 
that  he  intends  to  resign  his  seat  in  Parliament. 

Monday,  16th.— Fifty  railway  engines,  fitted  forganges  of  Roumanian 
lines,  have  been  supplied  by  Berlin  factories.  One-third  of  the  army  of 
Kisheneff  will  not  cross  the  Pruth,  but  will  move  toward  Sulini  to  cross 
over  into  the  Oobrudeha,  in  Upper  Bulgaria.  Two  Turkish  monitors  are 
at  Sulini.— The  Athens  correspondent  of  the  Daily  Netos  states  that 
the  Greek  Government  has  given  orders  that  an  army  of  00,000  men  be 
in  readiness  for  active  service  in  case  of  need.  The  feeling  in  Athens  is 
intensely  anti-Russian.— The  German  contractors  who  supplied  the 
corps  at  Bslford  and  Strasbourg  have  arrived  at  St.  Petersburg,  where 
they  are  making  large  contracts.— —A  Bucharest  telegram  announces 
that  the  entry  of  the  Russians  into  Rouraania  will  begin  on  Monday  or 
Tuesday. 

Tuesday,  17th. — Prince  Bismarck  has  left  Berlin  for  Varzin.— Car- 
dinal Ledothowski  s  extradition  was  really  demanded  and  granted  by  the 
Italian  Government,  but  the  Pope  gave  him  asylum  at  the  Vatican.— In 
the  House  of  Loids  to-day  Earl  Granville  criticised  tie  Government's 
policy  touching  tVe  Eastern  question.  He  said  the  protocol  was  nearly 
the  same  as  the  Berlin  memorandum.  \\  hy  did  not  the  Go*  eminent  ac- 
cept that?  The  united  action  of  Europe  at  that  time  might  have  pre- 
vented a  war. 

■Wednesday,  18th.— Gladstone's  health  is  causing  his  family  anxiety, 
and  medical  men  advise  hiin  to  go  abroad.  '—From  oO.OOO  to  (>->, 000  peo- 
ple took  part  in  the  Tichborne  demonstration  yesterday.  Their  leader, 
De  Morgan,  proceeded  alone  to  the  House  of  Commons.— It  has  been 
decided  that  the  Turkish  Cabinet  shall  meet  daily  to  deliberate  on  the 
situation.  It  is  reported  that  on  the  outbreak  of  war  Russian  subjects 
will  be  expelled  from  Turkey.— Abdul  Kerim  Pasha,  Turkish'  Com- 
mander-in-Chief, and  Achmet  Eyoub  Pasha  were  to  leave  Rustcrltick  on 
Tuesday  for  Silestria.  Seventy  Krupp  cannon  have  reached  Rastchuck. 
The  Russian  Consul  there  is  ordered  to  prepare  to  depart. 

Thursday,  19th.— At  the  Newmarket  race  to-day  W.  H.  Sanford's 
American  filly  Donna,  by  Baywood,  won  the  handicap  plate.  The  dis- 
tance run  was  about  five  eighths  of  a  mile.  Ursula  second,  Playfair 
third.  Nine  horses  ran.  Pardon,  who  started  as  the  favorite,  finished 
seventh.  The  odds  were  twenty  to  one  against  the  winner.  Donna  won 
easily.— A  Paris  correspondent  states  that  the  Mediterranean  squadron 
of  the  United  States  has  obtained  the  requisite  permission  to  pats  through 
the  Dardanelles  from  the  Porte,  and  will  immediately  proceed  to  the 
Bosphorus.— Midhat  Pasha  has   arrived  at  Barcelona. 

Friday,  20th.— Layard  is  expected  to-night.  He  will  have  an  inter- 
view with  Edhem  Pasha  and  Safvet  Pasha  to  morrow,  but  no  hope  is 
entertained  of  avoiding  war.—  Hobart  Pasha,  Commander-in-Chief  of 
the  Turkish  Navy,  has  left  for  the  Danube.— —The  plague  is  increasing 
in  Bagdad.  — r^cThe  report  of  an  engagement  near  Nicsic  proves  to  le 
false. -^—  Charh s  Brallaugh  and  Mrs.  Annie  Besant,  the  Free-Thought 
advocates,  recently  arrested  on  a  charge  of  printing  and  publishing  a 
pamphlet  alleged  to  be  of  immoral  character,  have  been  held  for  trial. 


A,..!!  21,  1877. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN   PRANCISCO  NEWS    LETTER. 


HIS    SATANIC     MAJESTY    IN    SAN     FRANCISCO, 
r!  Oh  dear  !  how  "  [  oould  almost  drop  n  tear,  oh! 

My  rolritH    and  they're  leMoni  low     have  sank  eleandown  to 

last  unlueky, 
put  -«■.  who  Fancies:  iheli  his  "  Ducky  !  " 
bo  » ill  -'-It  their  iouIi  for  office, 
toe  much  !     Mb*  LoDnie'a  no  green  do 
:  ■  I  Ik)  she  wasn't  so  ] 

Nor  thoiufht  her  virtue  worth  what  now  she  claims  a lost  prioe  ! 

t  Siptd's  freaks  are  strange,  we  know,  it  >»•■  nu  a  w< 
I  to  neeoe  :\  weall  by  man  ! 
i  t  ?  what*s  in  the  ■  bisky '.' 

all  kind  of  antics  queer,  and  mas  frisky  1 

don't  approve  the  fun  !  it'»  apt  t"  make  one  sore, 
rows  hell  never  jump  again  through  any  plafc 

.    ■  be  stun  ;    i  Hd  Ryi  Gi 

He  11  ii  in  !  "    just  like  the  Scotch,    so  canny  ! 

M  iw  hard  it  is  t>>  please  all  men  !     Blacklock's  a  stran  ion 

■.  ■■  bis  picture  hung  in  state  to  grace  the  "  Rogues  i  lollection," 
he's  in  luck!  he  now  will  have  a  place 
"Among  the  Man  we  Know"    -the  pride  of  all  the  Blacklock  race  ' 
plenty  more  should  knng  there,  too,  1  mean  tti  ii 

<  too,  in  R  row  ! 

Knight  and   Ure  n  forsooth]  whoarelovi  i stoop 

ie  a  p  "i-  half-erased  old  wretch,  an  idiot,  for  their  dupe! 
them  I'm  half  afraid  we've  got  no  loathsome  den: 
Nu  hole  in  H--U  that's  black  enough!  they're  brutes!  they  cant  1"  men! 

ben  your  qua*  bould  be  there!  they're  murderers,  nothing 

short. 

do  right  to  practice  with  Diplomas  that  are  bought* 
['in  glad  to  ■  Flattery's  nailed!  bis  career's  been  oue  long  string 

and  crime  of  every  kin*  I!  the  villian  ought  tit  swing! 

i  ■      ite,  indeed,  in  whom  there  is  nofguile." 
A  plucky  chap!  the  Bort  oi  man  on  whom  you'd  go  your  pile! 
What  cared  be 'bout  his  young  bride's  creed?  or  a    Rabbi's  threats  and 

prayers! 
He'd  vowed  to  wed  her,  and  he  did,  in  Bpite  of  Jewish  snares! 
A  wail's  gone  up  from  th'  Elarbor  men;  they've  nearly  had  enough 
Of  the  coat'tar  nuisance  in  the  Bay,  the  slimy,  stinking  stuff ! 
'I'll  iy*re  ill  old  "■'"■■"  to  mselves,  and  when  their  stock  of  pitch  runs  out, 
They'll  tell  the  Gas  folks,  l.ut  till  then,  they'd  rather  be  without! 
What  a  nice  example  you  are  set  by  your  City  Kail  I  k>mmissioners. 
The  language  used  is  quite  a  treat  to  the  crowd  of  gaping  listeners! 

i  .  "Scoundrels!      such  pet  names  may  be  p'raps  complimentary, 

But  elsewhere  b'wonld  Ik-  infra  dig,  and  hardly  parliamentary! 
Low  blasphemy's  n  hat  our  Tar  b'lat  roughs  imbibe  with  mother's  milk, 
But  it's  not  the  "Cheese"'  for  Count  illors,  and  persons  of  that  ilk! 
Tin-  <  'ity  Hall,  that  Elephant,  is  hungry!  must  be  fed. 
So  far  it's  Cost  u.s  all  too  much,  t'were  riieaper  if  t'were  dead! 
It's  belly's  craving  all  the  time!  more  plaster,  more  cement! 
TVill  cat  its  head  off  !  Starve  the  beast!  or  make  believe  it's  Lent! 
So  Michael  Reese  is  hard  up,  eh?  and  begs  a  trifling  loan 
From  t  'ity  funds?    That  he  was  poor  is  what  has  long  been  known! 
He  must  he  careful  and  retrench,  not  squander  all  his  wealth 
In  charity,  though  what  he  gives  he  always  gives  by  stealth! 
So  there   are  ttvmc  women  want  to  work?  and  have   formed  a  "Washing 

Club!" 
Though  the  Club  they  mostly  like  to  use  is  a  black  thorn  for  poor  "hub!" 
What  Bcandal!  gossip!  won't  they  talk  when  elbow-deep  in  suds. 
What  necks  they'd  tike  to  wring,  the  same's  they  wring  the  dirty  "duds?" 
Another  Russian  wed  this  week!  another  happy  pair! 
You  youngsters  must  look  out!  the  girls  seem  great  on  Russian  bearj 
They  re  rusAin'  things,  that's  sure!  but  then  'tis  easy  guessing  why — 

A  bear  can  hug  so  gloriously,  and  they  know  it!— girls  are  sly! 

HEW    PUBLICATIONS. 

The  Effxta  of  Crop  and  Self-Fertilization  in  the  Vegetable  King- 
dom.   ByChariea  Darwin.     New  v/ork:  D.  AppIeton&Co. 

When  reading  this  book  one  cannot  but  be  struck  with  the  intimate  re- 
lation that  exists  in  the  natural  conditions  of  animal  and  vegetable  life. 
Here  we  have  an  exhaustive  essay  of  some  four  hundred  and  odd  pages 
on  the  science  of  breeding  in  and  in,  or  self-fertilizing,  and  of  the  crossing 
with  other  families  of  the  same  species  in  the  floral  kingdom.  The  result 
appears  in  a  series  of  tables  showing  the  superiority  andgreater  fecundity 
of  the  crossed  plants  over  the  self-fertilizers.  Insects,  principally  bees,  as 
well  as  the  wind,  arc  the  unconscious  agents  of  propagation,  and  the 
pollen  carried  by  them  to  the  stigma  of  a  flower,  sometimes  from  a  great 
distance,  and  often  from  a  distinct  species,  has  been  proved  to  produce 
seeds  forming  larger  and  healthier  plants  than  the  hermaphrodites  that 
were  protected  by  nets.  The  book,  though  technically  learned,  is  highly 
interesting. 

A  REVIEW  OP  THE  Commercial,  Financial  AND  MlSTNQ  Istfri'-sts  of  tjik  Statu  ok 
California  for  l*7o\  FftOM  T.IK  Commsicci.u,  HBKALD.  Sail  Francisco;  J.  H.  Car- 
many  &  Co. 

Great  pains  and  much  patient  labir  has  been  spent  on  this  valuable 
statistical  work.  It  is  impossible  to  give  extracts.  We  can  only  say  that 
this  is  a  book  that  ought  to  be  on  every  merchant's  table,  and  should  lie 
spread  broadcast  through  the  whole  world.  Information  like  this  makes 
California  known  and  appreciated,  and  induces  that  immigration  we  so 
much  desire  and  can  so  well  reward. 

The  Canadian  .Monthly  for  April  comes  to  us  with  the  first  number 
of  a  new  novel,  called  "  Green  Pastures  and  Piccadilly,"  by  that  delightful 
writer,  William  Black.  There  is  also  a  good  article  on  Bermuda,  and  a 
strange  Indian  narrative  of  the  game  of  Lacrosse,  just  introduced  into 
England  from  Canada  ;  a  notice  of  the  jelly  fish,  in  connection  with  rudi- 
mentary biology,  is  followed  by  tho  usual  "  Round  the  Table  "  gossip,  a 
detail  of  local  events,  and  book  and  musical  reviews.  It  is  a  very  credit- 
able number. 

The  rumor  that  the  Indians  prepare  to  renew  hostilities  at  "the  first 
grass"  is  in  reality  a  canard  of    '  the  first  water." — Puck. 


CRADLE.  ALTAR.  AND  TOMB. 

CRADLE. 
Dloum    h 

In 

C v     in  thli  city,  \|-nl  i  •.   to  the  h  I     ■ 

In  [pill  16,  to  Ibo  wtfo  of  W.  H.  < 

■ 

Davii    lu  Uaryavllle,  February  10,  to  the  wife  ol  i     \    I 
Dolam     Near  1  I    I 

i  . 

L]    !  i     to  the  9  Ifeof  A.  Oi 
Hymaj     i  to  tho  wife  ■•(  ii.  W.  h 

II  i>^.  .     ;  .  I  :     !  I  .|     . 

Hi  ski  \    In  this  city,  April  16.  to  tho  wUeol  Can)    B.  Henrlx,  a  d»u 

!    tblecJty,  \|T.i  i  j,  to  the  wlfi  ol  J  is,  A   Boo 
■  i  ii  ohi    in  this  efty,  April  i  .  to  the  "■  II    ol  I     I  fhtur, 

:  — In  Oakland,  kprll  10,  to  the  wife  ol  L.  W.  Kiml  ill,  a  daughter. 

in  thli  cit) .  April  10,  to  the  wife  ol  P.  H.  Mi  I 
In  thi   city,  Iprli  I* .  to  the  wife  ol  I  C   Moon  .  i  daughter 
Re  ii   thb  city,  April  16,  to  the  wife  of  G.  W.  W   Roche,  s  daughter. 

B  ii  ph     in  this  ''ii  v,  *.pi ii  17,  '"  the  « ii"  ol  Jos.  Rolph,  i  danghl  i 
TriiMiru.    in  iVlameda,  ipril  17,  to  the  wife  ol  Bey,  0  Tiirnbull,  »  daughter, 
w  u  htbr    iii  thl  ■  city,  Ipril  17.  to  the  wife  ol  J   wachb  r,  n  daughti  r, 
Waa i;i'    in  i  hi-  rii'. ,  iprll  17,  to  the  wife  ol  Robert  Wostdorp,  a  dau 

ALTAR. 
UitisKM  \nn-.Mitciikll    in  this  city  April  in,  rinw.  Rrinkmann  to  Ellen  Mitchell. 

BATTISTI-MoI  in       hi    I  In-    city,  April   10,  Loul     Battlstf  to  I  li.-;i 

i  i  i:     in  this  city,  April  18,  Qeo  E,  Blake  to  Emma  Qardenler. 

Eastin-Wiooin    iii  this  ritj  April  1 1.  Ool.  W.  B,  i  aetta  to  i.  W,  tt  ,- 
i  i  ■  •■  Qadb    In  this  city,  ^pril  16,  Fritz  '/..  Ernst  to  A  II.  1£  Gade 

').  \m:    In  this  city,  April  12,  Frank  French  to  Maggie  1 ne, 

Lwn-TwiM,    In  thia  eltj .  April  17.  ii.  B.  Land  to  Emma  i     Pw  ing. 
LiVKos-KoscuRis     In  this  city,  kpril  17,  Boris  do  Livron  to  Mrs.  F.  Kosebkln. 

I  ■■'.     In  this  city,  Isaac  Moore  to  Annlo  M.  1 

Marli     Pbtbiujom     In  San  Lorenzo,  AprlllS,  HonryB  Marllnto3  E  Petei  on, 
RsHTsciiLBR-IUiscn    In  this  city,  April  12,  -I  G  Rentschler  t.i  Amelia  Raisch! 
Trbwih  avi  i.ni    ,\i  San  Juan  South,  April  1 1,  Root  Trewin  to  Liazle  T.  Welch. 

Ektbb-  -In  this  city,  April  U,  Edward  Watson  to  Carrie  0.  Eoye 

TOMB. 
Bbirxi     In  this  city,  April  12,  Bartholomew  Beirne,  aged  M  years. 
Bradnb?  -  In  thie  cltir,  April  19,  Mrs.  ForbeH  Brodney,  aged  <m  years. 
CuRXia    In  thia  city,  April  16,  John  M.  Curtis,  aged  25  years, 
Cummings — In  this  city,  April  16,  Maurice  Cummings,  aged  89  years. 
Da  Ro    In  this  city,  April  16,  Chas.  De  Ro,  aged  31  years. 
Gi  rBRiB    In  this  city,  April  is,  Rosanns  Guthrie,  aged  36  years. 
Gikbbbrq  —In  tlii-*  city,  April  it,  Ascher  Ginsberg,  aged  15  years, 
Oill-Iii  Oakland,  April  in.  Marj  Gill,  aged  40 years 
Hauan — In  this  city,  April  is,  Mrs.  Anna  B,  Hagan,aged  87  years. 
King— In  this  city,  April  13,  Daniel  King,  aged  "7  years. 
Kolb — In  this  <_ity,  April  !"•.  Abraham  Kolb,  aged  i"'  years. 
Rraus— In  this  city,  April  17.  Samuel  Kraua,  aged  21  years. 
Levinson— In  tliis  city,  April  15,  Louis  Levinson,  aged  63  years. 
Lynch— In  this  city,  April  19.  Belle  lynch,  aged  27  years. 
McAlkkck— In  this  city,  April  17,  Root  S   HoAleece,  aged  34  years. 
V,  i      In  San  Rafael,  April  17,  Harry  Fearing  Nve.  aged  26  years. 
O'Rourkk— In  this  city,  April  l(j,  Lawrence  O'Bourke,  aged  47  years. 
Pkttke— In  this  city,  April  17,  Mary  .1.  Pettee,  aged  26 years, 
Rock— In  this  city,  April  19,  Mary  Rock,  agod  (JO  years. 
Scakamucia— In  this  city,  April  10,  John  Scaramncia,  aged  4S  years. 
Walter — In  this  city,  April  16,  Geo.  Walter,  aged  1  year  7  mos. 


PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

The  €oniE>any*N  steamers  will  sail  as  follows  at  12  M.: 
May  1,  for  YOKOHAMA  and  HONGKONG. 

COLIMA,  April  80th,  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  calling  at  ACAPULCO,  SAN 
JOSE  DE  GUATEMALA,  LA  LIBEETAD  and  PUNTA- ARENAS,  Tickets  bo  and 
from  Europe  by  any  line  for  sale  at  the  lowest  rates. 

CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  April  26th,  at  12  O'clock  noon,  or  on  arrival  of  the  En- 
glish mails,  for  HONOLULU,  KANDAVAU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT 
CHALMERS.    WO  additional  is  charged  for  passage  in  Upper  Saloon. 

DAKOTA.  April  20th.  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TOWNSEND,  SEATTLE,  TACOMA 
and  OLYMPIA,  connecting  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for  PORT- 
LAND, Oregon.  Tickets  must  he  purchased  before  11  a.m.  on  day  of  soiling.  Per 
freight  or  passage  apply  at  tho  office,  corner  of  First  and  Brannan  streets. 

April  Bl.  WILLIAMS.  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

FJE    ARIZONA    AND    MEXICAN    PORTS. 

For  Cape  San  I^neas,  I, a  Paz,  Jtlazntlan,  Ciuaynias  ami  Hie 
Colorado  River,  touching  at  Uagdaiena  Bay,  should  sufficient  inducement 

orlcr.  —  The  Steamship ,  Master,  will  leave  for  the    above 

ports  on at  12  o'clock  M.,  from  EolHoni-st.  Wharf,  connect- 
ing at  the  Mouth  <  if  the  C<  ill  muh  i  River  with  the  Steamboats  and  Barges  of  the  Colorado 
Steam  Navigation  Company  for  all  points  on  the  River.     Through  Bills  of  Lading 

will  be  furnished  and  none  others  signed.     Freight  will  be  received  on 

No  freight  received  for  Mexican  Ports  after ,  at  12  noon,  and  Bills 

of  Lading  for  those  j>ortH  must  be  accompanied  by  Custom  House  and  Consular  Clear- 
Alices.      For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
April  7.  "    J.  BERM1NGHAM,  Agent,  lu  Market  street. 

OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL   LTEAKSHIP    COMPANY, 

IJ^or  Japan  and  China,  leave  wharf,  corner  First  and  Bran- 
/       nan    streets,   at    noun,    for  YOKOHAMA   AND    HONGKONG,    connecting   at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

OOBANIG January  16th,  April  21st,  July  17th  and  October  10th. 

BELGIC ■-  February  16th,  May  10th,  August  Kith  and  November  16th. 

GAELIC March  20th,  June  16th,  September  18th  and  December  18th. 

Cabin   Plans  on   Exhibition,    and    Passage   Tickets  for  sale  at    No.    4  New  Mont- 
gomery street.     For  Freight,    pply  at  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 

GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President.  Dec.  23. 

OREGON    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 
ri^he  Only  Direct  Lino  to  Portland.— Regular   Steamers   to 

I:  PORTLAND  leaving  San  Francisco  every  FIVE  DAYS— Steamships  CITY  OK 
CHESTER,  GEORGE  \V.  ELDER  and  AJAX,  connecting  with  steamers  to  SITKA 
and  PUGET  SOUND,  and  O.  and  C.  R.  II.  Co.  and  Oregon  and  C.  R.  R.  Co.  through 
Willamette,  Cmpqua,  and  Rogue  River  Valleys,  Oregon.  Tickets  to  all  points  on 
the  O,  and  C.  It.  R.  sold  at  reduced  rates.  Sailing  days  in  April—14,  10,  24,  29,  at 
10  o'clock  a.m.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 

April  14.  210  Battery  street. 


4 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCrSCO   NEWS   LETTER. 


April  21,1877. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

Recorded  in  tie  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  California,  for  tbe 
Week  ending  April  17,  1877. 

Compiled  from  the  Records  of the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKillop  <fc  Co., 
401  California  Street,  A'n/t  Fi-ancizco. 

Friday,    .April  13:h. 


GRANTOR  AND  GRANTEE. 


Vattbew  Hos&n  to  WmSinon... 

T  L  Com'rs  to  M  C  Parley 

August  Ilcmrae  to  W  L  Elliott... 
Arnold  Fuller  tn  Clms  D  Olds  ... 
ChasDOldetoH  Plagcmano.... 
T  G  McLeran  to  Harriet  Wilson 


J  B  McMinn  to  II  Peyroutet . 
C  J  Brenham  to  B  Peyton.... 


DESCRIPTION. 


IT  H  E  Henck  to  Hannah  Crone  .. 

Fanny  Henck  to  same 

G  M  Condecto  F  and  Mechs  Bank 

Same  to  same 

9  .1  Nathan  to  G  H  Goddard 

K  J  In^'e  to  Hyam  Joseph 


\Vm  J  Shaw  to  Thos  Donahue 

Wm  Frnhling  to  F  Tohelmann 


Lot  554,  Gift  Map  2 

Se  Clementina.  405  bw  5th,  25x75 

E  Franklin,  4<i:8  b  Wash'n,  26x137:7.... 

W  A  blfes518  and  523 

Ne  Baker  and  Huight,  137:0x121:10^... 
N  Ridley,  239:0  w  West  Mission,  w  40, 

n  159:4,  e  45:1,  s  110  to  com 

N  Sac'to,  44  e  Stockton,  43:8x59 

Sundry  lots  in  different  parts  of  city,  and 

land  in  Alameda  Co. 

Nw  Mission,  350  ew  6th,  50x85 

Same 

N  Vaitejo.  149:6  e  Van  Ness,  25x122:9... 
Ne  Folk  and  Francisco,  137:0x137:6  .... 

Se  Tyler  and  Van  Ness,  100x:0 

Und  J$  sw  Fremont,  183:4  nw  Mission, 

45:10x137:6 

SeFolsom  and  12th,  s  76:*2)rf,  etc 

S  Sac'to,  100  w  Larkin,  27:6x118 


1      60 
7 

0,210 


1 
12,000 


22,000 

10 
1,900 

2,5(10 
20,000 


9,750 

10,900 
5,150 


Saturday,  /prill4tn. 


Edw  Martin  lo  Ada  Loftus j8.26-100  acres  Schaadt  Tract,  subject  to 

j     mort  for  $8,000. 

JasH  Lofms  to  E  Martin |Same 

F  Tobclmann  to  Wm  Klnmpp jS  Sac'to,  100  w  Larkin,  27:6x118 


tfam'l  Crim  to  C  Gerdea 

CAL  Peckham  to  E  T  Menomy 

C  F  Webster  to  Geo  D  Bliss 

J  s;iii,  ike  to  LL  Baker 

OS  Brrnhnm  to  C  Spreckele 

Be'ty  Bienhum  to  sumo 

J  L  Taylor  to  Kelly  Ti-he 

A  D  Godfrey  to  Felix  O'Brien  ... 

Felix  O'Brien  to  R  Shannon |Lot  1465.  sunn 

Mathew  Crooks  to  J  P  Dameron..  iSe  Bub  bell,  460  bw  7th,  sw  181:2,  etc... 
E  L  Sullivan  10  W  II  Johnson  ....  W  Montgy,  137:6  s  Jackson,  s  61:6,  etc 


B  Mission,  ISO  n  13th.  30x122:6 

Und#  n  Channel,  137:6  w  6th,  45:10x120 

Lot  16,blk4,  FainnountExH'd 

Ne  Wash'n  and  Franklin,  127:8^x124:3 

Sw  16th  and  Howard,  w  175:6,  etc 

Same , 

.  Lois  14  and  15,  b'k  042,  PtLobosAvfl. 

.  lLots  182,  202.  Gift  Map  3 


LC  Redinyton  to  Edw  B  Pond... 


Archie  Harloe  to  C  J  Cressey  .. 
A  M  Hamilton  to  Ellen  Walsh  . 
L  Harris  to  Wm  H  Johnson... 
J  B  F  Davis  to  Harriet  Davis  .. 
Wm  Hoi  lis  to  C  Weisheiraer  ... 
JuoClongh  to  Edw  Brackett ... 


S  Cul'a,  137:6  w  Mason,  137:0x120,  Uilbj  t 

to  mortgage, 

W  Buchanan,  82:6  s  C'al'a.  27:0x81:3  .... 

Nw  Larkin  and  Greenwich,  25x105:9 

W  Ellen,  210  s  24th,  50x125 

W  Guerrero,  183  s  21st,  61x117:6 

N  16th.  265  e  Guerrero.  34x100 

S  Marshall,  125  w  Craw,  s  110,  etc 


Monday,  April  16th- 


David 'Conklinc  to  R  H  Llovd  ....  IN  Grove,  S5  w  Buchanan,  52:0x120 

CTRyland  lo  M  C  and  E  Farron.  Lots  14,  15,  blk  550,  Bay  Park  AddiCn  H 

Mary  S  Page  to  same |Same 

Sylvester  Moore  to  J  F  Sullivan.. .  |N  2lst,  192:6  w  Guerrero.  25x144 

S  Simmons  to  P  Cunningham jSe  Precita  av,  133:S  neMis'n,  ne20:S,  etc 

Louis  McLane  toMercb  Ex  Co  ...  S  Cal'a,  137:6  e  Montg'y,  68:9x137:0 

N  Landry  to  same |Same 

J  II  M  Townsend  to  same iSame 

J  S  Alemany  to  Jno  En  Wright N  St  Roses,  Ii5  e  Ferrie,  25x100 

S  L  Jacobs  to  Lavinia  Dessau (Nw  Filbert  and  Stockton,  137:6x137:6  .. 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to  R  Neumann IN  80th,  ISO  w  Church,  25x1 14 

F  Cunningham  to  A  Chil which j  Lot  940,  Gift  Map  4 

Martha  Loomis  to  Adolphe  Weske  Sw  Steiner  and  Elliot  Park,  41:3x8S,  sub 

I     to  mortgage 

Jno  Sedgwick  to  Isidore  Cohn ILot  3,  blk  35,  Excelsior  Hd;  also,  lots  4, 

5, 6, blk  92,  University  Hd 

Nw  Mason  und    Ellis,  97:6x60  ;  also,  v, 
Mason,  77:6  n  Ellis,  60x:37:H 

W  Hampshire,  177  s  24ih,  24x100 

N  Grove,  So  w  Buchanan,  52:6x120 

Se  Brannan,  30  lie  7th,  25x75 

Sw  Sanchez  and  F>l'1_',114xS0 

Se  Broadway  and  Stockton,  93x60 

Lots  20  to  24,  blk  126,  Haley  &  O'N  T'ct 

Same 

Ne  5th  and  Townsend.  1S3:4x120 

W  Sbotwell,  200  n  16th,  30x120 

Same 

Sw  Vale  and  Church,  34x100 

I\V  Shot\vi;l!,2IIO  n  16th,  30x120 

Nu  .Vision  and  ltfth,  00x80,  subject  to 

I     mortgage  for  $3,000 

Thos  Adams  to  City  and  Co  S  F...]Nw  Post  and  Dupont,  25x31:1  J*} 

Thos  Adams  to  same W  Dupont,  25  n  Post,  24:6x81: 1# 

Wm  Brown  to  same jW  Dupont,  45  s  Sutler,  30x30 

O  L  Rousstl  toCB  JRoussel jN  Sa^amore,J90  e  Orizaba.  300x1 25;  also 

se  Market, ^25  sw  6rh,  25x90  ;  also, 

Oak,  55  e  Goitiih,  27:6x95    

Wm  Hollisto  Andrew  Younger...  '\V  Stevenson,  238:0  s  20th,  11:0x75  .., 


J  J  Corbctt  to  Nevada  Bank  of  S  F 


Wmllollis  to  J  J  Coffey 

D  Conkling  to  C  H  Burton 

D  Donovan  to  J  Longdon 

Geo  Walcom  to  Julia  Donahoe.. 
Jean  G  Sonrdry  to  J  B  Villain  .. 
Jae  F  PLce  to  Thos  Mclnerney. 

Wm  Gate  to  same 

R  F  Morrow  to  S  Glazier 

Chas  Lakeman  to  T  K  Wilson  .. 

E  A  Lakeman  to  same 

\V  Landon  to  Jno  Hubhert 

Jno  Center  to  T  K  Wilson 

David  Plato  to  J  F  Flathmann.. 


S4.C00 

4,000 

6  000 

'     5 

1,500 

330 

30.000 

16.5U0 

5 

GOO 

600 

300 

1 

28,000 

16,000 
1,400 
1  500 
750 
Gift 
4, (iso 
325 


15,000 

1 

250 

1,300 

850 

1 

1 

1 

325 

10,000 

375 

250 

7,500 


80,01  0 

2,  It  10 

8,000 

1,500 

25,i  k.o 

5 
1.200 

30,000 

10U 

5 

1,200 

1 

10,050 

28,476 
10,215 

18,247 


Gift 

2,650 


Tuesday,  April  17th. 


R  H  Lloyd  to  Anna  M  Conkling. . . 

M  Francescovich  to  R  Behhan 

Mrs  H  B  Housmao  to -J  Housman. 

Wm  Hollis  to  Colvin  Nutting,  Jr. 

WmBein  to  Mary  A  Kelly 

Wm  Hollis  lo  Pat'k  McAtee 

Same  to  Edw  Patton 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to  S  Mayhell 

T  K  Wilson  to  A  Le  Cante 

Jno  Mcintosh  toMarg't  Martin.. 
S  W  Dennis  to  Mary  E  Dennis... 
N  P  T  Co  to  Jno  B  Rider 

Same  to  Albert  W  Scott 


Fred'k  Mason  to  Jno  D  Gilmour. 
Geo  F  Sharp  to  Fred'k  Mason  ... 


|N  Grove,  85  wBuchanau,  52:6x120 

W  Kansas,  275  s  Sierra,  25xltl0 

N  Clay,  50  w  Fillmore,  25x102:8',  ;  also, 

lots  1,2,  3,  bib  92.  UniVivM'd  tract.. 

S  Tyler,  82:6  w  Scott.  55x110 

N  Pine.  135  w  Webster,  27x87:6 

S14th,  126  e  Castro,  26x1 15 

W  Hampshire,  98  n  25th,  24x100 

N30th,  130  c  Church,  25x1 14 

WShotwell,200n  16tb,  35xl2<i 

E  Columbia  pi.  50  u  Prospect  pi,  25x80. 

Lot  13,  blk  17,  Noe  Garden  H'd 

Ne  Steuart,  91:8  nw  Folsom,  91:8x137:6. 

flnhj  to  mori 

Nu  Steuart.  45:10  nwFols'm,  45:10x137:6. 

suhj  to  morr 

Ne  Maiu,  91:S  Be  Howard, 45: 10x45;  10.. . 
Same 


Gift 
&    200 

1,500 

3.8f>0 

1,855 

825 

750 

375 

2,550 

350 

Gilt 

30,000 

15,000 

6,000 

250 


HIGHEST  STOCK  QUOTATIONS  FOR  WEEK  ENDING  APB1L  50, 1877. 
Sat.      Monday.      Ti;K3DAY.      Wednmsdv    Tiilk.sd'v.        Friday. 
a.m.    p  m.    a.m.    p.m.    a.m.    p.m.    a.m.    p.m.'  a.m.    p.m. 


Name  of  Mine. 


A  odes 

Alpha   

Alta 

Atlantic  Con 

Alps 

American  Flat. . . 

Alpine 

Advance  

Belcher 

Best  &  Belcher    . 

BaltoCon 

Bullion 

Baltic 

Boston . 

Belmont 

Benton 

Crown  Point 

ChoIIar 

Con.  Virginia 

California 

Caledonia 

Cosmopolitan.  .. 
Cons  Imperial.  .. 
Coso  Con.     .... 

Confidence 

Cromer 

Challenge 

Dayt  'ii 

"Dardanelles  ... 

Eureka  Con 

Exchequer 

f-lobe 

•  iould  &  Curry  . 
Great  Eastern  . . . 

Gila 

'Golden  Chariot . 
General  Thomas. 

Grand  Prize 

*Hale&  Norcrossi 

Hussey 

Harrisburg 

*Julia 

Justice 

♦Jackson 

Jenny  Glynn 

♦Jefferson 

Kossuth 

Kentuck  

Knickerbocker  . . 
K.  K.  Cons...... 

Lady  Bryan 

Leopard  

Lady  Wash'n 

Leviathan  

Loyal 

Leeds 

Mexican 

Monumental  .... 

"Mint 

Mansfield 

Modoc 

Manhattan 

Meteor 

Meadow  Valley  . . 

Miami 

Martha  &  Bessie. 

New  Coso 

Northern  Belle  . . 
N  Con.  Virginia. 

Nevada  

New  York 

Niagara  

N.  Light 

N.  (Jaison 

Ophir 

i.verman  

Occidental 

Og.  Comstock... 

Prospect .... 

Poorman 

Phil  Sheridan  .. 

Panther   

Pictou 

Peytena 

Raymond  &  Ely. 

Rising  Star 

Rock  Island 

Rye  Patch 

*Savage    

Sierra  Nevada  . . . 

'Silver  Hill 

Superior 

Southern  Star. .. 

Succor 

Seg  Belcher 

South  Chariot . . . 
Silver  Crown  ,. . . 

S.  Barcelona 

Solid  Silver 

Trojan 

Trenton  

Twin  Peaks 

Union  Con 

♦Utah 

Union  Flag 

Washoe 

Woodville 

Wells  Fargo.    ... 

Ward 

WestComstock  . . 
Yellow  Jacket... 


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COAST. 

Vol.  27. 

SAN  FSANOISOO, 

SATUEDAY, 

APRIL  28, 

1877. 

No.  14. 

OIHri'*  of  Iti*1  Sun  Francisco  Sirws  letter.  China  Mr.il.  Calif  or- 
ula  Mall  Bns .  South  mJc  Herchant  Street,  No.  G07  to  CIS,  San  Francisco. 

(10LD  BARS— 890<S)910— Silver  BAB3- 6@16  *?  cent.  disc.  Treasury 
*    Notes  are  selling  at    95.      Buying,  -'11.      Mexican  Dollars,    4@S 
per  cent.  disc.     Trade  Dollars,  3@3|  per  cent.  disc. 

tR~  Exchange  on  New  York,  A  per  cent  for  Gold  ;  Currency,  6  per  cent. 

premium.     On   London,  Bankers,  48$d.@ ;  Commercial,  49^d.  ; 

Paris,  5  franca  per  dollar.     Telegrams,  $(q  1  per  cent. 

*S"  Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  April  27th,  at  3  P.M.,  107.    Latest 
price  of  Sterling,  48$.ffl:490. b 

-W  Price  of  Monev  here,  J@l  per  cent,  per  month — hank  rate.     In  the 


\h. 


Bon  Voyage.  --  Mr.  Win.  M.  Neilson  left  by  the  City  of  New  York  to 
make  thfl  Australian  tour.  We  thus  lose,  for  a  time,  a  bright  and  vigor 
one  writer,  and  an  earnest  and  honest  man,  who  has  deservedly  won  for 
himself  many  warm  friends.  Mr.  Neilson's  career  has  been  a  somewhat 
remarkable  ">ne.  One  of  the  originators  of  protection  in  the  colonies,  he 
was,  it  is  said,  one  of  the  bravest,  but  most  unfortunate  of  Australian 
Parliamentary  Representatives.  It  will  be  recollected  that  he  negotiated, 
with  credit  to  himself  and  advantage  to  his  principals,  the  contract  for  the 
Webb  and  Holladay  steam  line.  He  has  several  times  visited  England 
on  this  ami  other  important  missions.  Between  whiles  he  has  been  an 
able  contributor  to  the  press,  the  A'  e\s-  LitU-r  in  particular  having  had  the 
advantage  of  servicer  which  it  affords  us  pleasure  to  recognize.  We  wish 
Mr.  Neilson  a  pleasant  voyage,  success  iu  his  undertakings,  and  a  speedy 
return.  

C.  W.  Bonynge  and  lamily  left  on  the  Overland  train  of  Wednes- 
day morning  for  Europe,  purposing  to  stay  till  a  better  appearance  of  the 
market  advises  a  return  to  new  fields  of  conquest.  Mr,  B.  is  Vice- 
J-'re-ident  of  the  San  Francisco  Stock  Exchange,  and  although  a  member 
of  the  Board,  is  not  a  broker,  preferring  to  operate  with  his  own  capital 
Being  for  the  past  year  a  leader  in  the  bear  interests,  the  present  condi- 
tion of  the  stock  market  is  positive  evidence  of  the  sagacity  which  foresaw 
and  planned  for  the  coming  storm,  and  now  retires  with  a  large  fortune. 
Till  lately  he  has  been  prominently  identified  with  the  Spring  Valley 
Water  Works,  of  which  Company  he  has  been  a  director,  but  with  the 
same  good  judgment,  sniffing  trouble  afar  off,  he  placed  his  stock  on  the 
market  above  par,  and  is  now,  no  doubt,  coolly  surveying  the  steady 
decline  in  the  value  of  the  stocky 

San  Franciscans  Abroad.— Paris,  April  7th:  S.  H.  Carlisle,  S.  D. 
Gary,  F.Donnelly,  C.  and  Mrs.  Dorris,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lapharn,  Mrs. 
Sunderland  and  family,  Mrs.  S.  L.  Wright,  Miss  Lizzie  Wright,  Ralph 
Wright  ROUE,  April  2d  :  Mrs.  S.  L.  Bee,  R.  B.  and  Mrs.  Gray,  Mrs. 
J.  P.  Moore,  Dr.  W.  fit  Ryer,  F.  F.  Ryer,  Mrs.  John  Kelly,  J.  F. 
Kelly.  Nanus.  April  3d:  Mrs.  S.  L.  Bee,  R.  B.  and  Mrs.  Gray,  D. 
Hewes,  E.  S.  Meade.  Geneva,| April  4th:  Charles  William  Kingsland, 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Mowe,  Miss  Mnwc,  Charles  and  Mrs.  McCreary.  Dm  sin  \, 
April  4th  :  Miss  M.  Dempsey.  Florence,  April  2d  :  Mrs.  (I.  W.  Mowe, 
Mass  Mowe,  Mrs.  Gen.  Redington,  Miss  Redington,  H.  W.  Redington, 
J.  W.  Sanderson,  M.  M.  Scudder.  Venice,  April  2d  :  Captain  R.  S. 
Floyd,  CoL  D.  E.  Hungerford  and  family. — American  Register,  April  7  th. 

Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.  —  New  York,  April 
27th,  1877.— Gold  opened  107  ;  11  a.  m.,  at  107  ;  3  p.  m.,  at  107£.  United 
States  Bonds  —  Five-twenties  of  1867,  112£  ;  1881,1111.  Sterling  Ex- 
change, 4  88@4  90,  short.  Pacific  Mail,  18|.  Wheat,  82  10@2  25.  West- 
era  Union,  58g.  Hides,  dry,  22@22*,  quiet.  Oil— Sperm,  SI  30@$1  31. 
Winter  Bleached,  SI  GO  (a  1  65.  Whale,  65fa  08  ;  Winter  Bleached, 
75@80.  Wool— Spring,  tine,  20(3,28  ;  Burry,  12(5  15  ;  Pulled,  25(535. 
Fall  Clips,  15  (5  20  ;  Burry,  14(520.  London,  A'pril  27th.— Liverpool 
Wheat  Market,  13s.  Id.  @  13s.  4d.  Club,  13s.  5d.  @  14s..  United 
States  Bonds,  105i-     Consols,  93  15-16@§. 


Beerbohm's  Telegram.— London  and  Liverpool,  April  27th,  1877.— 
Floating  Cargoes,  improving;  Mark  Lane,  firm;  No.  1  Spring  Off 
Coast, 65s.;  California  do.,  64s.@65s.;  do.  just  shipped,  65s.;  do.,  nearly 
due,  65s.;  No.  2  Spring,  for  shipment,  64s.;  English  Country  Markets 
generally  2s.  dearer;  French  do.,  If.  dearer;  Liverpool  Market,  excited; 
California  Club,  13s.  3d.(5U3s.  6d.;  do.  Average,  13s.  ld.@13s.  3d.;  No. 
2  Spring,  12s.  6d.(5]13s.  6d. 


Mr.  F.  AU'ur.  No.  8  ClemcntH  Latie.  London.  In  authorised  to 
receive  subscriptions,  advertise  menta,  communications,  etc.,  for  thin  paper, 

tfrf^j^*  Published  with  this  week's  issue  a  Four- 
IJW'.    Page  Postscript, 

LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 


The  Stock  Market— During  this  week  the  market  has  been  charac- 
terized  by  considerable  activity,  with  many  small  fluctuations  in  prices. 
The  market  is  in  a  decidedly  feverish  condition,  and  notwithstanding  the 
heavy  losses  which  have  been  very  generally  made,  seems  to  be  in  shape 
for  a  large  advance,  provided  that  development^  so  long  hinted  at,  can  be 
shown  up.  Without  it,  we  have  no  faith  in  any  well  sustained  advance. 
Bullion  shipments  for  the  Con.  Virginia  are  now  coming  forward  at  a  rate 
which  promises  with  certainty  the  payment  of  a  dividend  early  in   May. 

The  Frank  Leslie  Tourists  came  overland  last  Thursday,  and  are 
welcome,  for  they  are  a  bright,  intelligent  group,  composed  of  Frank  Les- 
lie and  his  wife,  C.  B.  Hackley  and  wife,  Miss.  Gr.  A.  Davis.  B.  Hemyn  (Jack 
Harkaway),  H.  A.  Ogden,  W.  R.  Yeager,  Ham.  S.  Wicks,  G.  EL  Ogden, 
E.  R.  Curley,  and  W.  K.  Rice.  With  the  aid  of  photography,  penman- 
ship, and  brains,  we  expect  that  our  dearly  beloved  and  much  vaunted 
California  will  be  done  clue  justice  to. 

The  writ  of  prohibition  forbidding  the  County  Court  to  issue  execu- 
tions, was  dismissed  yesterday.  The  dismissal  leaves  the  County  Court 
free  to  take  such  action  as  it  chooses  in  regard  to  the  sale  of  the  property. 
If  a  sale  is  made,  costs  amounting  to  about  850  will  be  added  to  each 
judgment 

Teas.— The  Alaska,  of  the  P.  M.  S.  S.  Co.'s  line,  has  arrived  since  our 
last  with  less  than  the  usual  supply— say  to  San  Francisco,  2,081  pkgs., 
and  for  Eastern  cities,  to  go  overland  by  Central  Pacific  Railroad,  4,455 
pkgs. — i.  e.,  to  New  York,  3,255;  to  Chicago,  600,  and  for  Montreal,  477 
pkgs.,  balance  scattering.     The  market  lacks  animation  for  all  kinds. 

Quicksilver. —Exports  by  sea  since  January  1st  aggregate  18,224 
flasks,  valued  at  $628,541;  same  time  year  previous,  9,775  flasks,  valued  at 
$453,553.  The  market  is  rather  slack  at  this  writing,  holders  asking  41J@ 
42c,  and  shippers  offering  only  41c. 

Fruit.  —California  Oranges,  Lemons  and  Strawberries  are  now  plentiful 
and  cheap.  Cherries  have  also  made  their  appearance  and  will  soon  be 
abundant.  Oregon  Winter  Apples  arrive  freely  and  sell  readily.  Dried 
Fruits  of  all  kinds,  Raisins  included,  are  abundant  and  cheap. 


Silver  was  quoted  in  London  yesterday  at  54 |d  per  ounce,  925  fine  ; 
Consols,  94 ;  United  States  5  per  cent.  Bonds,  105ft,  ex  coupon,  and 
103^  for  4.V  per  cents.    

The  California  mine  sent  down  51  bars  Dore  Silver  on  the  26th,  valued 
at  ¥215,923,  making  $1,215,991  on  April  account.  The  dividend  is 
assured.  

In  a  few  weeks  we  will  issue  a  beautiful  colored  map  of  the  Seat  of 
War.  It  will  be  the  most  comprehensive  and  accurate  map  ever  published. 

A  rumor  was  current  throughout  the  city,  on  Thursday,  that  John  B. 
FelUm  had  suffered  a  relapse,  but  there  was  no  foundation  for  the  report. 


Three  million  seven  hundred  thousand  persons  have  ridden  on  the 
Clay  Street  Hill  Railroad  to  date. 

On  the  26th  there  was  37  bars  bullion,  valued  at  §140,623,  shipped 
from  the  Consolidated  Virginia  mine,  making  8507,553  on  April  account 


The  Liverpool  Wheat  Market  is  given  to-day  at  13s.  ld.@13s.  4d. 
for  average  California,  and  13s.  5d.  to  14s.  for  club. 


Half  Dollars  yesterday  were  at  6  per  cent,  discount  to  buy,  and  were 
selling  at  5i(5?5.f  per  cent  discount.  • 

The  steamers  Gypsy,  Monterey  and  Pelican  will  sail  for  the  usual 
southern  coast  ports  to-day. 

Trade  Dollars  were  quoted  in  this  market  at  96£  buying  and  97  selling 
yesterday. 


Printed  and  Fnblishod  by  tha  Proprietor,  Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco,  California. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


April   28,   1877. 


BOOK    REVIEWS. 

A»  Axaltsis  of  Religious  Belief.  By  Viscount  Amberly.  From  the  late  London 
Edition.     D.  M.  Bennett,  publisher,  New  York. 

The  number  of  books  written  by  disciples  of  "free  thought"  which 
have  appeared  during  the  past  ten  years  has  been  very  great,  and  is  con- 
stantly increasing.  Scarcely  a  week  passes  in  which  some  missile  of  un- 
belief does  not  fall  into  the  Christian  camp,  and  create  consternation 
among  the  warriors  of  the  True  Faith  in  proportion  to  its  nature  and  the 
source  from  whence  it  comes.  It  may  be  a  thunderbolt  from  the  ponder- 
ous mortar  of  Strauss,  carrying  all  before  it,  and  crashing  into  the  very 
deepest  foundations  of  the  Church;  or  a  conical  steel  projectile,  glisten- 
ing, deadly,  and  piercing  without  a  shock,  from  the  perfect  weapon  of 
Eenan;  or  a  scientific  explosive,  dropped  silently  into  the  camp  and  Jeft  to 
work  destruction  in  its  own  way,  by  JDarwin,  lyndall  or  Huxley;  or  it 
may  be  a  mere  squib  of  scoffing  ignorance,  that  tizzies  harmlessly  and  dis- 
gusts both  parties  by  its  blustering  imbecility,  thrown  by  the  hand  of  a 
Bradlaugh. 

The  work  we  have  now  under  consideration  is  certainly  not  of  the  last 
named  class.  As  its  title  imports,  it  deals  with  other  beliefs  than  the 
Christian;  indeed,  there  is  hardly  a  religion  on  which  the  author  does  not 
touch.  The  tenets  and  characters  of  the  great  founders  of  Confucianism, 
Taonism,  Buddhism,  Parseeism,  Islamism  and  Christianity,  not  to  men- 
tion those  of  less  illustrious  culture— heroes  and  prophets— are  all  consid- 
ered and  passed  in  review.  The  religion  inculcated  by  Christ  is,  however, 
naturally  given  the  most  prominent  place,  and  to  the  author's  ideas  con- 
cerning it  we  must,  in  this  review,  principally  confine  our  attention. 

But,  first,  a  few  words  about  the  author  himself.  Viscount  Amberly, 
the  Bon  of  Lord  John  Russell,  and  consequently  a  member  of  the  great 
ducal  House  of  Bedford,  had  more  to  contend  against  when  he  undertook 
to  differ  from  the  faith  of  his  forefathers,  than  falls  to  the  lot  of  most 
"free-thinkers."  Brought  up  in  the  strictest  tenets  of  the  Christian 
church,  by  a  pious  and  orthodox  mother,  he  yet  retained  independence  of 
thought  enough  to  discover  and  reject  the  fallacies  of  her  teachings ; 
hampered  by  the  conservative  prejudices  of  his  class  and  family,  he  yet 
ventured  to  "leap  the  narrow  pales  "  and  boldly  strike  out  for  himself  on 
a  oath  that  he  knew  would  meet  with  their  disfavor.  Nothing  can  show 
more  plainly  the  obstacles  which  he  had  to  surmount  in  this  respect  than 
the  fact  that  after  his  death — which  unfortunately  occurred  while  his  book 
was  still  in  the  press — the  Duke  of  Bedford,  backed  by  Lord  John  Russell 
himself,  tried  to  buy  up  the  entire  edition  issued  ;  as  the  American  pub- 
lisher observes,  this  is  "enough  to  make  every  sympathetic  and  inquiring 
person  anxious  to  read  the  results  of  his  labor  of  years." 

As  has  been  before  stated,  Lord  Amberly  analyzes  all  the  principal 
religions  of  the  world.  His  researches  on  Christianity,  however,  besides 
being  most  comprehensive,  are  also  the  most  interesting  to  the  general 
reader.  He  enumerates  six  great  religious  founders  :  Confucius,  Lao-tse, 
Sakyamuni  or  Guatama  Buddha,  Zoroaster,  Mahomet,  and  Jesus  Christ ; 
of  these,  the  last,  in  many  respects,  is  the  greatest  and  the  best. 

Having,  of  course,  no  idea  of  conceding  the  divinity  of  Jesus,  Lord 
Amberly  investigates  his  history,  character  and  doctrines  by  precisely  the 
same  rules  as  he  would  those  of  any  other  celebrated  man,  and  in  thus 
dealing  with  so  delicate  and  difficult  a  subject,  it  is  singular  with  what 
skill  be  avoids  the  symplegade3  of  wanton  irreverence  of  the  one  hand 
and  affectation  of  reverence  on  the  other. 

Of  course,  the  New  Testament  is  the  only  source  from  which  any  sup- 
posably  authentic  information  about  the  life  and  character  of  Jesus  can 
be  gleaned.  Without  troubling  himself,  then,  about  the  real  authorship 
of  the  gospels,  he  takes  them  as  they  are,  and  uses  them  as  the 
bases  of  his  inquiry.  In  these  gospels  he  discerns  three  distinct 
strata:  "A  stratum  of  fact,  a  stratum  of  miracle  and  marvel,  and  a  stra- 
tum of  mere  imagination  within  the  realm  of  natural  events.1'  Corre- 
spondency to  these  divisions  he  treats  Jesus,  first,  as  historical;  secondly, 
as  mythical;  thirdly,  as  ideal.  "  The  historical  Jesus  is  the  actual  hu- 
man figure  who  remains  after  abstraction  has  been  made  of  the  miracu- 
lous and  legendary  portions  of  his  biography.  The  mythical  Jesus,  who 
is  found  in  the  three  first  gospels,  is  the  human  subject  of  legendary  nar- 
ratives; the  ideal  Jesus,  who  is  found  in  John,  is  a  completely  superhu- 
man conception/' 

After  considering  his  subject  from  these  three  points  of  view,  the  au- 
thor proceeds  to  inquire,  first:  "What  did  the  Jews  think  of  him?" 
Secondly,  "What  did  Jesus  think  of  himself?"  Thirdly,  "What  did 
his  disciples  think  of  him  ?"  and,  fourthly,  "  What  are  we  to  think  of 
him  ?  " 

It  is  our  intention,  in  a  future  rrimber,  to  give  our  readers  some  details 
of  this  most  interesting  discussion. 

Our  Public  Schools  Must  and  Shall  be  Uxtrammeled  bt  the  Priests  of  Ant  De- 
nomination. Written  by  a  Huguenot. 
This  is  a  pamphlet  of  some  twenty-six  pages  on  a  subject  we  had  thought 
was  worn  threadbare.  Its  object  is  to  exaite  and  continue  the  discussion 
about  secular  and  religious  education,  which  has  already  caused  so  much 
bad  feeling  in  this  countrv.     Our  advice  to  the  public  is  not  to  read  it. 


TO  HIS  SATANIC  MAJESTY  THE  GIRLS  OF  BAN  FRAN- 
CISCO SEND  PROTEST. 

We  want  to  know  why  your  Majesty  classes  us  amongst  the  element 
known  as  "  Hoodlum."  We  would  have  you  understand  that  if  it  is  our 
misfortune  to  live  in  San  Francisco,  and  so,  according  to  your  account, ' ( are 
booked  for  hell,"  that  we  all  do  not  use  slang,  neither  are  we  all  anxious 
to  marry  Ethiopians,  Chinamen,  or  Russians  ;  and  some  of  us  are  not  so 
afraid  to  work  as  you  try  to  make  out  we  are. 

Dear  King  Lucifer,  do  not  disparage  us  too  much  in  the  eyes  of  the  op- 
posite sex.  Heaven  knows  you  have  a  strong  enough  hold  upon  them  al- 
ready, without  grudging  the  small  share  of  favor  they  bestow  upon  us  un- 
happy damsels.  Do  not  frighten  them  away,  we  beg  of  you.  We  ac- 
knowledge that  you  have  the»greater  influence  upon  our  gentlemen  friends 
for  you  are  with  them  all  the  time,  even  while  we  poor  girls  are  doing  our 
best  to  make  a  favorable  impression.  It  is  not  fair  of  your  Majesty,  in- 
deed it  is  not ;  and  if  you  continue  to  underrate  us,  we  will  become,  so 
good  that  you  will  find  yourself  cheated  of  our  company  in  the  world  to 
come.    We  hope  your  Majesty  will  heed  our  remonstrance. 

Signed,  Lillie  Dale,  Daisy  Deaxe,  Aura  Lea, 

and  five  hundred  others. 

San  Francisco,  April  27,  1877. 


BANKS. 


SWISS   AMERICAN    BANK. 

I  incorporated  iis  Geueva,  Switzerland,  January  24th,  1873. 
Head  Office,  in  Geneva.  Capital,  $2,000,000.  subscribed.  81,000,000  paid 
up.  President,  HENRY  HJiNTSUH.  San  Francisco  Branch,  successors  to  Messrs. 
Hentsch  ic  Berton,  527  Clay  street.  Directors  :  FRANCIS  BERTON  and  ROBERT 
WAIT. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  grant  Letters  of  Credit  on  Europe,  and  to  transact  every 
kind  of  Banking,  Mercantile  and  Exchange  Business,  and  to  negotiate  American  Se- 
curities in  Europe.     Deposits  received. 

Bills  of  Exchange  on  New  York,  Philadelphia,  London,  Liverpool,  Paris, 
Lyons,  Marseilles,  Bordeaux,  Oloron,  Brussels.  Berlin,  Hamburg:,  Frankfort,  Geneva, 
Lausanne,  Uhaux-de- Foods.  Neuchatel,  Fribourg,  Bern,  Aarn,  Soleure,  Baden,  Basle, 
Zurich,  Winterthur,  Shaifhausen,  St.  Gallen,  Lucern,  Chur,  Bellinzona,  Locarno,  Lu- 
gano, Mendriaio,  Genoa,  Turin,  Milan,  Florence,  Rome. 

An  Assay  Office  is  annexed  to  the  Bank.     Assays  of  gold,  silver,  quartz  ores  . 
and  sulphurets.     Returns  in  coin  or  bars,  at  the  option'of  the  depositor. 

Advances  made  on  bullion  and  ores.     Dust  and  million  can  be  forwarded  from  any 
part  of  the  country,  and  returns  made  through  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  checks. 
[September  18.1 

„     .        THE    BANK    OF    CALIFORNIA,    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

Capital 55,000,000. 

D.O.  MILLS President.       |      WX.  AI/VOKD.  ..Vice-Pres't. 

THOMAS  BROWN Cashier. 

Agents  : 

New  York,  Agency  of  the  Bank  of  Calfoniia ;  Boston,  Tremont  National  Bank ; 
Chicago,  Union  National  Bank  ;  St.  Louis,  Boatman's  Saving  Bank  ;  New  Zealand, 
the  Bank  of  New  Zealand  ;  London,  China,  Japan,  India  and  Australia,  the  Oriental 
Bank  Corporation. 

The  Bank  has  Agencies  at  Virginia  City  and  Gold  Hill,  and  Correspondents  in  all 
the  principal  Mining  Districts  and  Interior  Towns  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued,  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Draw  direct  on  Lon- 
don, Dublin,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankiort-on-the-Main,  Antwerp, 
Amsterdam,  St.  Petersburg!!,  Copenhagen,  Stockholm,  Christiana,  Locarno,  Mel- 
bounie,  Sydney,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shanghai,  Yokohama.  Nov.  4. 

THE    NEVADA    BANK,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO. 
Paid  Up  Capital 810,000,000. 

Louis  IScLane President.      |      J.  C.  Flood..  Vice-President. 

W.  K.  Mas  ten Cashier. 

Directors  :— J.  C.  Flood,  J.  W.  Mackay,  W.  S.  O'Brien,  Jas.  G.  Fair,  Louis  McLane. 

Correspondents:— London— Smith,  Payne  &  Smiths.  Paris— Hottinguer  &  Co. 
Hamburg— Hesse,  Newman  &  Co.  New  York—"  The  Bank  of  New  York,  B.  N.  A." 
Chicago— Merchants'  National  Bank.  Boston— Traders'  National  Bank.  New  Orleans 
— State  Na-tional  Bank. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  receive  deposits  on  open  account,  issue  certificates  of  de- 
posit, buy  and  sell  exchange,  purchase  bullion,  and  transact  a  general  banking  busi- 
ness.    Collections  made  and  proceeds  remitted  at  current  rates  of  exchange.       Oct.  9. 

BANK    OF    BRITISH    COLUMBIA. 

Iiicorporated  by  Royal  Charter.— Capital  paid  up,  81.800,. 
with  power  to  increase  to  $10,000,000.  Southeast  corner  California  and  San- 
some  streets.  Head  Office — 5  East  India  Avenue,  London.  Branches — Portland,  Or- 
egon; Yictoriaand  Cariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada— Bank  of  Montreal ;  Liverpool — North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company  ;  Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America ;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand — Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dee.  9. W.  H.  T1LLINGHAST,  Manager. 

THE  FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid  np  Capital  $3,000,000,  Gold.  President,  B.  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  D.  Callaghan  ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Rodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  W.  Ritchie. 

Directors:— R.  C.  Wool  worth,  D.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  D.  D.  Colton,  Edward  Martin,  James  Moffitt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

Correspondents — London  :  Baring  Bros.  &  Co. ;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China.  Dublin  :  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg :  Hesse, 
Neuman&Co.  Paris:  Hottinguer  &  Co.  New  York:  National  Bank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business.  Deposits  in  Gold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  in  Europe,  Chii.a  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  13. 

LONDON    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANK    (LIMITED). 

Capital,  §5,000,000,  of  which  $3,000,000  is  fully  paid  np  as 
present  capital.  San  Francisco  Office,  424  California ;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  S.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STREETEN  ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  CAMILO  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 
Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world.  October  23. 

BANK  OF  COMMERCE,  SAN  FRANCISCO. 
Incorporated    Under    the    Laws    of    California. 

Capital One  Million  Dollars. 

Correspondents  : — New  York,  National  Park  Bank  ;  Boston,  National  Bank  of  Re- 
demption ;  Chicago,  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank. 

This  Bank,  lately  organized,  is  now  prepared  to  receive  Deposits,  discount  Business 
Paper,  issue  Credits,  buy  and  sell  Exchange,  make  Collections,  and  transact  atreneral 
banking  business.  D.  W.  C.  THOMPSON,  President. 

A.  W.  Preston,  Cashier.  March  3. 

THEANGLO-CALIFORNIAN    BANK    (LIMITED). 
A  £>£>  California  street,  San  Francisco.-— London  Office,  3 

^\-s£i/£)  Angel  Court  ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligman  &  Co. ,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  .*o\000,000.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buy  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FRBD.  F.  LOW,         )  . 

Oct  4.  IGN.  STEINHART,    J 


Managers. 


THE  MERCHANTS'  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 

Capital,  $5,000,000.— Alviiiza  liar  ward.  President :  R.  G. 
Sneath,  Vice-President :  H.  F.  Hastings,  Cashier  ;  R.  N.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and  a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  22. 


April   ft,   1877. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER, 


THE    SUNS    DELAY. 

rati 
If   wintry  btrdl  at  of  ■  mate. 

If  froaan  roow-di  \  tin   ran, 

And  etucua  Bra  ire  kindling  one  bj 

■   . 
1  still  :un  Ban  in  doubt  conoenilng  spring. 
I  wonder  if  the.  ipring  t]  year 

Will  bring  another  ipring  both  loafl  end  den ; 
If  heart  end  spirit  will  tm-1  out  their  •pring, 
t'r  if  the  world  alone  will  bnd  and 

Sing,  booe,  to  me! 
Bweet  notes,  my  hope,  ^..ft  notes  f«>r  memory, 
Tin-  .".ti>  will  Mir  ly  qnicken  soon  or  lata, 
it  bird  will  twitter  t«>  ;i  mate  : 
log  mual  daw  d  again  with  warmth  and  bloomj 
» 'r  in  fcnia  world,  or  in  the  £prld  to  oomei 

tof  spring! 
Till   I,  too,  blusrfom  ami  rejoice  and  SUMf. 

Christina  lioseetti. 

LETTER    FROM    THE    PIOUS    JONES. 

Yokohama,  March  29th,  1877. 

Dear  News  Letter:  The  fighting  still  continues,  nm.l  Kumamoto 
red  ;  though  all  the  Imperial  troops  and  reserves 
are  trying' bard  to  do  so.  Bnt  ths  end  most  be  nigh,  as  numbers  must 
eventually  prevail,  notwithstanding  ths  bravery  <>f  the  inferior  numbers. 
The  Insurgents  want  three  obnoxious  ministers  t<>  resign,  find  the  latter 
object— hence  the  fighting.  It  is  very  stupid,  on  the  part  of  the  three, 
nut  to  resign  and  let  the  nrttunu  Insurgents  take  their  places,  ami  their 
pay,  instead  of  deluging  the  country  with  blood.  The  three  must  be  de- 
voidof  all  feeling  tii  remain  in  their  in»rtf<»li.is,  insteail  of  taking  a  nice 
trip  around  the  world,  or  enjoying  themselves  in  Paris.  But  as  the  three 
won't  resign,  thousands  must  be  killed  and  wounded.  It  is  very  stupid, 
on  the  part  of  Saigo,  t.>  fight  about  such  trifles.  It  would  have  been 
more  simple  to  have  sent  a  bottle  of  "  Aqua  Tophana"  to  each  minister, 
and  thus  save  a  gooddeal  of  bother.  They  used  to  do  these  things  much  bet- 
ter in  Japan  when  I  first  came  lure.  There  is  no  doubt  that  the  Imperial 
Government  has  been  too  rapid  with  its  reforms,  but  that  is  no  reason  for  in- 
surrection. But  nowthat  the  recaloitrantprovinoe  of  Satsuma  has  revolted, 
the  government  is  determined  to  put  an  end,  once  forever,  to  its  feudal 
independence,  and  make  it  like  the  other  provinces  of  Japan,  for  hitherto 
it  was  unite  independent  of  the  mandates  of  the  Central  Government— a 
state  of  affairs  not  to  be  tolerated  in  any  country.  "One  and  Undivided" 
most  be  the  motto  of  all  well-governed  countries,  even  if  a  few  of  the 
ministers  are  jnven  to  a  little  harmless  peculation.  I  have  heard  that  even 
in  the  United  States  it  sometimes  happens  that  a  minister  feathers  his 
nest.  Whether  this  is  true  or  not,  I  don't  know;  but  no  one  revolts  in 
[Uence,  I  abominate  insurgents.  Even  the  virtuous  Communists 
found  no  more  favor  in  my  sight  than  do  the  virtuous  Satsuma  insurgents. 
I  hate  virtue— it  is  its  own  reward.  I  like  something  more  substantial. 
I  think  the  Yokohama  Volunteers  are  "gone  coons."  Nothing  more  has 
been  heard  about  them.  We  have  had  two  fires  (native  article),  200 
houses  burnt  in  the  first,  and  150  the  night  before  last.  No  gas  yet. 
"Sayonara,"  The  Pious  Jones. 

HORRIBLE  EXECUTION  AT  LEEDS,  ENG. 
John  Henry  Johnson  was  executed  in  Armly  Jail,  Leeds,  recently, 
for  the  murder  of  Amos  Waits,  at  Bradford,  on  December  20th.  Askern, 
of  York,  was  the  executioner.  On  the  bolt  being  withdrawn  the  rope 
broke,  and  the  culprit  dropped  to  the  ground.  A  thicker  rope  was  pro- 
cured, and  he  walked  up  the  scaffold  with  great  fortitude.  Death  did  not 
take  [dace  for  at  least  five  minutes,  and  during  that  time  his  convulsions 
were  fearful  to  look  upon.  When  on  the  scaffold  he  told  the  chaplain  he 
died  happy.  Another  correspondent  telegraphs:  Before  the  white  cap 
was  drafcyn  over  the  face  of  the  condemned  man  he  whispered  to  the  chap- 
lain, "  Tell  my  mother  that  I  die  happy."  Askern  then  seized  a  lever 
beneath  the  culprit's  feet  and  pushed  it,  and  the  trap  fell,  but  to  the  hor- 
ror of  the  spectators  the  rope  gave  way  with  a  loud  snap,  and^ Johnson 
was  precipitated  to  the  ground.  There  was  a  moment's  pause.'  No  one 
seemed  to  know  how  best  to  act.  On  a  sign  from  the  Governor  some  of 
the  warders  tore  down  the  black  calico  which  surrounded  the  drop,  and  a 
chair  was  brought  for  Johnson,  but  he  was  not  hurt,  and  refused  the  prof- 
fered seat.  After  a  lapse  of  ten  minutes  a  new  and  thick  rope  was  fast- 
ened to  the  crossbeams,  and  Johnson  was  led  from  beneath  the  drop,  and 
walked  firmly  up  the  scaffold  steps.  This  time  the  rope  withstood  the 
strain,  but  for  some  reason  death  was  not  instantaneous.  The  body  quiv- 
ered as  if  in  convulsions,  and  these  fearful  struggles  continued  for  fully 
five  minutes,  the  small  knot  of  onlookers  meanwhile  remaining  uncovered 
and  silent. — Echo.  

TUPPER'S    ADLETJX. 

My  last  farewell — O  brothers  both ! 

No  foes  at  all,  but  friends  all  round; 
Albeit  now  homeward,  little  loth, 

To  dear  old  England  I  am  bound — 
Accept  this  short  and  simple  pray'r 

(A  cheerful  verse,  no  parting  knell), 
To  every  one  and  everywhere 

My  thankful  blessing,  and  farewell! 

An  applicant  for  the  San  Antonio  post-office  is  absolutely  certain  that 
Hayes  will  give  it  to  him.  As  there  are  about  20  in  hot  pursuit  of  the  of- 
fice, we  had  the  curiosity  to  know  what  made  him  so  positive.  "Are  you 
the  widow  of  a  deceased  army  officer,  with  a  family  to  support?"  we 
asked.  He  replied  that  he  had  never  tried  to  be  anobody's  widow. 
"  Did  you  stump  for  Hayes,  or  were  you  on  the  returning  board,  or  did 
you  save  the  Union  in  the  same  regiment  with  Hayes,  or  did  you  go  to 
school  with  Wheeler,  or  how  is  it,  anyhow,  that  you  know  Hayes  will  ap- 
point you?"  "Well,  you  see,  I've  made  personal  sacrifices  for  Hayes." 
"  How  so  ?"  "It's  confidential,  remember."  "Certainly,  honor  bright." 
"Well,  I  lost  five  gallons  of  whisky  and  850  worth  of  cigars  betting  on 
Tilden.  I  have  sent  the  receipted  bills  with  my  application."— San  An- 
tonio (Tex.)  Herald. 


SAVINGS    AND    LOAN. 


COLLATERAL    LOAN    AND    SAVINGS  BANK,    CORNER    POST   AND 
KEARNY    STREETS,    SAN    FRANCIS. 0 

Incorporated  Under  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  California. 

I  B  SPI  \it .  .11:     Seeretary r.  B.  CARTEB 

I  ■■      I00.I  ROB  r  BTKVI  JJBON      Appmbel  GEO    O.  Ki 

ri^ltln  ltnnk  U  prepare*!  to  |.>mii   money  upon  rolJuli  ml  neru- 

I     rll 

p<  r  month.    Ill"  i'.. nik  nrlll  suo  n  ■  Its  t.  ran 
DepoflHs,  and  allow  the  following  tab     ol  Interest:    Term  D  months, 

ml  per  month  j  I  srelvi  months,  1 1  pet  1 1  n!   per  month. 

N        mheri. F.  8.  L'AKTKK,  Secretary. 

GERMAN    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 

Guarantee    Capital    #200.000.— Office  B2Q    <Mlir.»n.h.Mr.,l, 
North  side,  between  Montgomery  and  Kearny  rtreots   Office  boon,  (rom  0  am 
to3p.it    Extra  hour  on  Saturdays from  7  to  8  p.H,foT  receiving  ol  Depoalti  only 

Loans  mail,  on  Real  Kstato  mid  other  collateral  securities,  at  current  rates  Ol  Interest 

President L.  GOTTIU.  |  Secretary GEO.  LETTS. 

D1BWT01& 
F.  Roedimr,  H.  Schmieden,  Ohas.    Kohler,  Ed  Kruse,  Dan.  Mover,  George  H.  Y.a- 

1,'its,  P.  S|.nx-kl. ■■■,  V  Vmi  Hereon.  Feb  1 


MARKET     STREET     BANK      OF     SAVINGS, 
„     „  634  Market  St.,  Opposite  Palace  Hotel. 

President THOMAS  B.  LEWIS. 

Searetarj w.  E  LATSON. 

Interest  nllouoil  on  nil  deposit*  romul  uliig  In  Bnnk  over 
thirty  days.  Interest  on  term  deposits,  12  per  cent,  per  annum,  Deport*  re- 
ceived From  one  dollar  upward.  No  onarge  for  Bank  Book.  On  receipt  ol  remit- 
tances from  the  Interior,  Bank  Books  or  Oortiflcates  ol  Deposit  will  be  forwarded  or 
delivered  to  agent     Bank  open  on  Saturdays  till  0  o'clock  P.M.  October  28. 

SAN    FRANCISCO     SAVINGS    UNION, 
£TO«>  California  street,  corner  Webb.      Capital    and    Re- 

►JO -^  serve,  Sill, 000.  Deposits,  $6,9111,000.  Di hectors  :  Junius  de  Frcmcry, 
President;  Albert  Miller,  Vice-President;  C.  Adolphe  Low,  D.  J.  Oliver,  Charles 
Baura,  Charles  Pace,  Washington  Bartlett,  A.  Campbell,  Sen.,  George  C.  Potter; 
Cashier,  Lovell  White.  Dividends  for  two  years  past  have  been  T£  and  9  per  cent,  re- 
spectively, on  ordinary  and  term  deposits.  Dividends  are  payable  semi-annually,  in 
January  and  July.  Money  loaned  on  real  estate  and  on  United  States  Bonds,  or 
equivalent  securities.  October  30. 

PIONEER  LAND  AND  LOAN  BANK  OF  SAVINGS  AND  DEPOSIT. 

Sooth  cant  corner  California  and  Montgomery  streets,  Safe 
Deposit  Block.  Incorporated  I860.  Guarantee  Fund,  8200,000.  Dividend  N©. 
1U0  payable  on  April  5th.  Ordinary  deposits  receive  Si  per  cent.  Term  de- 
posits receive  10  per  cent.  This  incorporation  is  in  its  ninth  year,  and  refen  to 
over  5,900  depositors  for  its  successful  and  economical  management. 

H.  KOFAHL,  Cashier. 
Tuos.  GnAY,  President.       J.  C.  Duncan,  Secretary.  March  31. 


MASONIC    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    BANK, 

No.  6  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco,  Gal.— 
Moneys  received  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits  ;  dividends  paid  semi- 
annually ;  loans  mode  on  approved  security.  This  bank  solicits  the  patronage  of  all 
persons'. [March  25. J U  T.  GRAVES,  Secretary. 

FRENCH    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 
Bnsh  street,  above  Kearny,  G.  Mahe,  I>irector.  Tonus 

made  on  real  estate  and  other  collateral  securities  at  current  rates  of 


411 

interest. 


SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK —GUARANTEE  CAPITAL,  5300,000. 

Officers:  President,  Jobn  Porrott;  Vice-President,  Jerome 
Lincoln  ;  Secretary,  W.  S.  Jones  ;  Attorney,  Sidney  V.  Smith.  Loans  made  on 
Real  Estate  and  other  Approved  Securities.  Office :  No.  215  Sansome  street,  San 
Francisco. Oct.  14. 

DIME  SAVINGS  BANK,  646  MARKET  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO- 

FA.  Rutherford,  President  ;  W.  McMahon  O'Brien, 
o  Cashier.  A  Bank  book  issued  free  on  deposit  of  10  cents  and  upwards,  and 
payable  without  notice.  10  per  cent,  per  annum  on  Term  Deposits.  Open  from  9 
A.ii.  to  4  P.M.     Saturday  evenings  till  9  o'clock.  March  24. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    COMPANY,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO, 

S.  E.  Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Sts. 

CAPITA!, 82,000.000. 

rilhis  Company  is  now  open  for  the  renting:  of  vaults  and  the 

I  transaction  of  all  business  connected  with  a  Safe  Depository.  Pamphlets  giving 
full  information  and  rates  can  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the*  Company.  Hours, 
from  8  a.m.  to  0  P.M.  September  18. 

DELINQUENT  LIST  OF    MONTGOMERY  AVENUE  ASSESSMENT  FOR 

FISCAL    YEAR    1876-77. 
I^Totlce  is  hereby  given,  that  the  sale  of  Real  Estate  for  the 

J^|      non-payment  of    the*  Montgomery  Avenue  Assessment  for    the   fiscal  year 
1870-77,  is  hereby  postponed  until  MONDAY,  the  UOth  instant,  at  10  o'clock  A.M, 

WILLIAM  FORD, 
April  21.  Tax  Collector  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

8P0RTSMEN'S    EMPORIUM. 

Fishing1  and  Hunting'  Pants  and  Stockings.  Also,  the 
largest  and  finest  assortment  of  Guns,  Rifles,  Pistols,  Fishing  Tackle  and 
Sporting  Articles  on  the  Pacific  Coast ;  Creech  and  Muzzle- Load  in  15  Double  and 
Single  Guns,  from  the  best  makers  ;  Remington  Sporting  Rifles  ;  Ballard,  Sharp  and 
Winchester  Rifles.  Also,  the  largest  and  most  complete  assortment  of  Sporting  and 
Gunmakers'  Materials  in  the  United  States.  LIDDLE  &  KAED1NG, 

April  21.  53$  Washington  street,  San  Francisco. 

FOR  EUREKA,  HUMBOLDT  BAY,  CRESCENT  CITY,  PORT  0RF0RD, 
AND    COOS    BAY,    OREGON. 

The  Al   Clyde-built     Iron     Steamship    •'  Pelican,"     James 
Carroll,  Commander,  will  sail  from  Jackson-street  wharf,  for  the  above  ports, 
on  SATURDAY,  April  28tb,  1S77,  at  9  o'clock  a.m.     For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
April  21. P.  B.  CORNWALL,  123  California  street. 

HICKETHIER  &  W1LKE, 

(general  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast  for  the  Portable  and 
X  Adjustable  Reading  and  Writing  Desks,  120  Montgomery  avenue  (Commercial 
Hotel  Block),  San  Francisco.  This  Desk  can  be  attached  to  a  chair  or  bedstead, 
therefore  very  useful  to  tourists  and  sick  chambers.  April  21. 


s 


J.    CRAIG,    ATTORNEY    AT   LAW. 
peclal  Attention  given  to  Tand   Salts  and  Patent  Right 

Cases.     Room  44,  Nevada  Block,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  April  21. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTEK    AND 


April   28,   1877. 


THEATRICAL,     ETC. 

Baldwin's.  — The  reopening  of  this  beautiful  theater  is  set  for  "Wednes- 
day evening  next,  when  Mr.  Hess1  English  Opera  Company  will  render 
Lucia  di  Lammermoor.  In  our  last  issue  we  spoke  fully  of  the  merits  of 
tiiis  very  strong  combination,  and  predicted  for  them  a  profitable  and 
pleasant  season,  which  subsequent  inquiries  only  confirm.  This  week  we 
propose  to  speak  particularly  of  the  great  alterations  which  have  been 
made  at  Baldwin's  since  Mr.  John  McCullough  leased  the  theater  and 
Mr.  Barton  Hill  undertook  its  management.  The  theater  was  as  nearly 
perfectas  could  be  when  it  was  first  opened,  a  year  or  more  ago,  but  to- 
day it  is  absolutely  faultless,  and  its  arrangements,  from  the  stage  to  the 
gallery,  leave  nothing  to  desire.  The  first  change,  and  the  most  impor- 
tant that  has  been  made,  is  the  widening  of  the  rows  in  the  orchestra 
and  the  orchestra  circle.  Seventy  seats  have  been  sacrificed  to  the  com- 
fort of  the  public,  which  gives  a  width  of  thirty-seven  inches  between  the 
rows  in  the  orchestra  and  thirty-six  inches  in  the  circle.  The  seats  at  the 
California  Theater  are  very  comfortable,  yet  the  width  between  the  rows 
is  only  thirty-four  and  one-half  inches.  All  that  was  omitted  in  the 
hurry  of  the  opening  has  now  been  carefully  and  brilliantly  done.  The 
entrances  have  all  been  widened  and  connect  with  the  hotel  on  every  tier. 
The  paneling  has  been  perfected,  the  draughts  excluded  by  elegant  leath- 
er-covered swinging  doors;  a  beautiful  bronze  chandelier  has  been  erected 
in  the  outer  entrance,  and  the  mediceval  wrought  iron  gates  gilded  as  orig- 
inally intended  in  the  design.  The  whole  house  is  lit  by  electricity,  and 
the  beautiful  apparatus  inclosed  in  the  bed  of  the  wall,  where  it  takes  up 
no  room.  The  house  has  been  refioored  at  an  easier  angle,  and  covered 
with  elegant  carpets  and  matting  where  necessary.  The  dress-circle, 
which  in  our  humble  opinion  is  the  place  par  excellence  to  hear  and  see 
from,  contains  400  seats,  from  each  of  which  the  view  of  the  whole  stage 
is  perfect.  The  boxes  are  so  constructed  that  by  the  withdrawal  of  a 
panel  two  can  be  converted  into  one,  and  several  new  exits  have  been 
constructed,  so  that  in  case  of  panic  the  theater  can  be  emptied  without 
danger  <->r  confusion.  The  scenery  of  the  first  opera,  Lucia,  is  rntirely 
new,  and  from  the  inimitable  brush  of  Mr.  Voegtlin.  The  chorus  has 
been  drilling  regularly  and  excellently  under  the  baton  of  Mr.  A.  W. 
Tarns.  It  consists  of  twenty-two  fresh  voices,  and  will  be  as  agreeable  a 
feature  of  the  new  opera  company  as  past  choruses  have  been  a  bad  one. 
The  orchestra  is  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Theodore  Itosenstein,  and  in 
addition  to  three  or  four  Eastern  instrumentalists  wall  embrace  Messrs. 
Peipers,  Padovani  and  other  well  known  artists.  Mr.  Macevoy  has  been, 
as  usual,  an  indefatigable  Superintendent  and  worker,  and  Mr.  Barton 
Hill  has  thrown  all  his  indomitable  energy  into  the  arrangements  until, 
as  we  have  said,  there  is  nothing  left  to  desire.  The  cast  of  Lucia  di 
Lammermoor  will  include  Miss  Marie  Stone,  Miss  Lancaster,  Mr.  Joseph 
Maas,  Mr.  Wm.  Carleton,  Mr.  W.  H.  McDonald  and  Mr.  A.  W.  Tarns, 
and  on  Thursday,  Friday  and  Sunday  evenings,  Fui'.st,  The  Bohemian  Girl 
and  Mignon  will  be  presented,  Lucia  being  repeated  at  the  Saturday  mat- 
inee. Of  the  beautiful  interior  of  Baldwin's  it  13  unnecessary  to  speak. 
The  rich  frescoing  and  the  crimson  satin  curtain  are  all  familiar  to  our 
readers,  and  the  recent  improvements  combine  to  make  this  theater  the 
most  perfect  in  the  TJnited  States  if  not  in  the  world. 

California  Theater.  —  Mrs.  Lingard  returns  to  us  from  her  Australian 
successes  with  no  abatement  of  the  symmetrical  attractions  and  excep- 
tional personal  beauty  so  popular  with  her  admirers  here.  She  opened  in 
that  most  successful  of  modern  plays,  the  Tiro  Orphans,  and  presented  the 
not  very  trying  role  of  "Henriette"  with  her  old  acceptance.  She 
labored,  however,  under  the  disadvantage  of  following  immediately  upon 
the  footsteps  of  Neilson,  whose  magnificently  attended  engagement  some- 
what exhausted  our  theater-going  public.  "We  could  wish  all  the  members 
of  the  California  company  could  have  seen  the  manner  in  which  this 
remarkable  drama  was  produced  at  the  Union  Square  Theater,  in  New 
York.  Several  of  the  characters  are  played  there  with  a  difference  of 
conception  as  represented  here,  that  it  is  not  easy  to  overlook  our  differ- 
ence for  the  worse.  Thus,  Mr.  Keene,  while  playing  "Pierre"  with  great 
excellence,  broadly  speaking,  was  much  too  energetic  and  emphatic,  so  to 
speak,  in  his  portrayal  of  weakness  and  humility.  We  also  doubt  whether 
the  decidedly  Saxon  phrase,  "  Cut  and  come  again,"  used  by  him  in  the 
duel  scene,  has  the  warrant  of  the  dramatist,  or  befits  the  mouth  of  a 
Frenchman.  The  "Mother  Frochard"  of  Mrs.  Saunders  was  of  the 
peanut-woman  type.  Mr.  Hill's  "De  Vaudrey"  and  Mr.  Bishop's  "Pi- 
card  "  were  both  admirable  in  their  way,  though  a  shade  less  dignity  in 
the  former's  case  would  better  comport  with  the  impulsive  young  noble  he 
is  supposed  to  be.  Mr.  Mestayer's  "  Jacques  "  is,  in  our  opinion,  the  very 
best  assumption  this  actor  has  ever  given  us.  The  part  fits  him  to  a  fault, 
and  we  do  not  see  how  any  improvement  could  be  made  in  his  rendition 
of  it.  Miss  Wyatt's  "  Louise"  was  a  simple  failure.  This  hard-working 
young  lady  pushes  her  strivings  after  the  intense  to  the  verge  of  burlesque. 
Instead  of  the  pathetic  portrait  of  the  abused  and  suffering  blind  beauty, 
her  inake-up  presented  an  emaciated  idio*  in  the  last  stages  of  consump- 
tion. To  this  unnecessarily  repulsive  exterior  was  added  a  quavering 
utterance,  carried  to  an  utterlv  absurd  excess.  Miss  Wyatt  has,  of  late, 
affected  a  peculiar  mechanical  quivering  of  the  lips  as  indicative  of  dis- 
tress. Unless  a  natural  ar>d  unconscious  habit  of  the  muscles,  such  a 
peculiarity  strikes  the  spectator  at  once  as  unpleasantly  artificial.  Wednes- 
day evening.  Our  Boys  took  the  boards,  introducing  Mr.  Lingard  as 
"  Perkyns  Middle  wick,"  in  which  opinions  disagree  as  to  his  comparison 
with  Sir.  Pateman  in  the  same  part.  Our  public  is  familiar  with  this 
delightful  and  wholesome  comedy  through  its  late  successful  run  at  the 
California.  It  is  produced  with  the  same  almost  perfect  cast,  and  now, 
as  then,  delights  appreciative  audiences. 

Miss  Eleanor  Carey,  a  young  lady  who,  by  her  modest  demeanor, 
charming  manners  and  earnest  attempts  at  perfection  in  her  art,  has 
already  endeared  herself  to  the  theater-goers  of  San  Francisco,  and  is 
likely  to  become  still  more  popular,  appears  before  the  public  as  a  bene- 
ficiare— for  the  first  time  in"California— next  Tuesday  evening.  Consult- 
ing the  taste  of  her  San  Francisco  admirers,  she  has  chosen  the  ever- 
popular  play  of  East  Lynne  (Mrs.  Henry  Woods'  version),  and  with  an 
excellent  cast  to  assist  her  she  will  undoubtedly  make  a  hit  in  the  dual 
role  of  "  Lady  Isabel  "  and  "  Madame  Sine,"  her  emotional  powers  being 
peculiarly  well  suited  to  the  parts.  That  this  young  lady  deserves  some 
recognition  of  her  genuine  talent,  will  be  conceded  on  all  hands,  and  we 
heartily  wish  her  every  success  and  a  crowded  house.  The  performance 
includes  the  popular  comedy,  A  Rough  Diamond. 


Tue  Adelphi  Theater.— Messrs.  Cogill  &  Cooper  will  open  their  uew 
and  charming  vaudeville  Theater  this  evening.  At  an  expense  of  815,000, 
they  have  fitted  up  one  of  the  most  comfortable  and  perfectly  appointed 
places  of  amusement  in  the  city.  The  auditorium  is  divided  into  an 
orchestra,  parquette  and  circle,  separated  into  nine  boxes  and  two  hirge 
divisions  for  stalls.  There  are  four  proscenium  or  stage  boxes.  The  entire 
seating  capacity  is  for  about  650  persons.  The  upholstery  is  in  blue  cloth 
leather  and  hangings.  Elegant  lace  curtains  and  heavy  blue  damask  cloth 
are  used  in  the  boxes.  The  ceiling  and  walls  have  been  frescoed  in  the 
Pompeiiau  style  by  F.  Pellegrini.  The  company  numbers  twenty-seven 
performers,  most  of  whom  are  new  to  California,  having  been  specially 
engaged  from  the  East.  For  the  opening  night,  sixteen  complete  sets  of 
scenery  have  been  prepared,  and  under  the  able  management  of  Messrs. 
Cogill  &  Cooper,  a  first-class  variety  and  vaudeville  programme  will  be 
presented.  The  Adelphi  fills  a  gap  in  this  city  which  has  long  been  felt, 
and  we  predict  a  brilliant  success  fcr  this  first-class  and  pleasant  addition 
to  our  places  of  amusement. 

Grand  Opera  House.  —  Our  Boarding  House,  the  recent  genuine  hit 
of  which  is  still  fresh  in  the  minds  of  our  theater-goers,  was  reproduced 
here,  on  Monday,  with  the  same  success  that  attended  its  first  representa- 
tion. The  cast  was  the  same  already  familiar  to  us,  excepting  the  intro- 
duction of  Miss  Walters  and  Miss  Rogers.  Messrs.  Polk  and  Kennedy 
were  as  amusing  as  heretofore,  while  Mr.  Bradley's  "  Col.  Elevator  "  has 
gathered  even  more  finish  of  detail.  Mr.  Lingham's  "Floretti"  can  be 
safely  considered  a  character  creation  of  no  mean  order.  This  evening 
there  will  be  one  more  performance  of  the  wonderful  Tour  of  the  World, 
for  the  benefit  of  Mr.  Charles  Wheatleigh,  the  capable  Manager,  whose 
unmistakable  success  in  the  conduct  of  the  big  theater  has  increased  the 
enviable  prestige  awarded  him  in  the  East.  We  anticipate  a  jammed  and 
enthusiastic  house. 

Emerson's  Minstrels. — This  strong  organization  opened,  on  Monday 
evening,  to  a  densely  crowded  and  very  fashionable  house.  The  decora- 
tions and  improvements  are  such  as  to  forcibly  remind  one  of  the  Fifth 
Avenue  Theater,  in  New  York,  the  size  and  shape  of  the  house  especially 
favoring  this  illusion.  In  one  respect,  however,  we  reyret  to  perceive' no 
change.  The  seats  are  still  the  same  narrow,  uncomfortable,  back-breaking 
affairs  of  yore.  The  new  acquisitions  among  the  company  were  very  good, 
especially  Cheevers  and  Kennedy.  Emerson's  new  budget  was  loudly 
encored,  and  the  favorite  minstrel  absolutely  deluged  with  flowers.  Ernest 
Linden  appeared  in  some  gorgeous  toilets  and  resplendent  with  diamonds. 
Perhaps  the  most  enjoyable  portion,  however,  was  an  act  in  which  the 
inimitable  Hart  convulsed  the  audience  with  his  peculiar  humor.  Many 
new  names  are  underlined. 

Pacific  Hall, — Mr.  J.  M.  Macallister  commences,  on  Monday  evening, 
a  limited  season  of  Soirees  de  Prestidigitation.  He  comes  here  with  a 
world-wide  reputation  as  a  wizard,  and  is  assisted  by  some  very  clever 
artists  in  his  representations.  His  repertoire  is  so  large  that  the  pro- 
gramme will  be  changed  every  evening.  A  pleasant  feature  for  the  vis- 
itors is  announced,  viz  :  The  nightly  presentatioti  of  one  hundred  elegant 
and  costly  gifts.  It  is  a  long  time  since  a  good  prcstidigitateur  has  visited 
San  Francisco,  and  Mr,  Macallister  promises  to  introduce  a  number  of 
novelties  never  yet  presented  to  our  public. 

Bush-Street  Theater.  —  The  "Trouoadours"  continue  their  capital 
performances  at  this  house,  with  undiminished  attendance.  The  bill  con- 
tinues to  offer  Patchwork  as  its  principal  attraction,  with  no  change,  ex- 
cepting that  the  introductory  farce  for  this  week  is  A  Cup  of  Tea,  most 
delightfully  played.  On  the  whole,  no  pleasanter  evening  can  be  spent 
than  at  this  cosy  little  theater. 

Next  Wednesday  (May  2d)  the  Masonic  Fraternity  will  give  an  en- 
tertainment at  Woodward's  Gardens  for  the  benefit  of  their  Charitable 
and  Relief  Fund.  The  arrangements  promise  an  enjoyable  and  success- 
ful affair. 

JOHT*    J.    MOUNTAIN, 

Dealer  in  Carpets,  Oilcloths,  Window  Shades.  Curtain  Ma- 
terials, ete.     No.  1020  Market,  street ;  also,  No.  15  Eddy  street,  San  Francisco, 
California.  April  23. 

WANTED, 

Information  of  James  Mullan,  of  Ballintcmple,  Garva^rh, 
County  .berry,  Ireland.  When  last  heard  of  was  on  hoard  the  ship  "  Moses 
Taylor,"  in  June,  1ST;"'.  Information  will  be  thankfully  received  at  the  office  of  this 
paper  by  his  brother  John.  April  23. 

SANTA    CRUZ. 

Mary  Clarke  i.flrs.  W.  19.  l>aily)  announces  that  she  has 
opened  a  first  class  Boarding  House  at  Santa  Cruz  for  the  ensuing  Summer, 
near  the  beach,  handsomest  grounds  in  Sauta  Cruz.  Shall  have  the  BEST  TABLE 
in  Santa  Cruz.     Address  VV.  H.  DAILY,  Santa  Cruz,  for  rooms,  terms,  etc.     April  28. 

DR.    N.    J.    MART£NACHE, 
rom  the  Facnlty  of  Paris,  Eye,  Ear  and  Throat  Diseases, 

5i  Kearny  street.  April  23. 

PAT    A   VISIT   TO   MESSRS    FEISTEL    &   GERRARD, 

The    French    Chiropodists   and    Manicures,    where    Corns, 
Bunions,  Warts,  Inverted  Nails,  etc.,  are  skillfully  treated.   83ti  Market  street, 
opposite  Fourth.     Sole  Agents  for  the  Sozopach  for  purifying  the  feet.        April  28. 

FOR    SAIE. 

One  of  the  Finest  Carriage  Teams  in  the  Fnited  States, 
without  exception.  Kind,  without  any  trick,  but  very  stylish  ;  erect,  spirited 
and  sound  ;  jet  black  tails,  full  and  heavy,  reaching  ground,  with  long,  heavy 
manes.  Aged  6  and  7  years,  and  PERFECTLY  MATCHED.  18  hands  1  ioch  high  ; 
also  adapted  to  road  wagon.  One  with  a  record  of  2:50  to  gentleman's  road  wagon  ; 
the  other  equal  in  speed  ;  no  pullers.  Suffice  to  say  will  fill  any  requisition  from  the 
most  fastidious.  Sold  for  want  of  use.  Purchaser  extended  their  use,  with  full 
privilege  of  .satisfaction,  before  purchasing.  Apply  at  bl7  Howard  street,  near 
Fourth,  from  12  M.  to  2  o'clock  p.m.  April  28. 

"YANKEE   DOODLE,    OS   THE   S   IRIX   OF   '76," 

A  Colossal  Painting  by  Archibald  M.  Willard.  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  mil  be  exhibited  at  Snow  &  May's  Art  Gallon*,  21  Kearny  street,  on  and 
after  MONDAY,  April  30th. April  23. 

RESTAURANT    AND    BAR, 

EScunntenhaus  and  V.  Rong-e,  Proprietors,  Wo.  G  Leides- 
t    dorff  street,  between  Pine  and  California,  under  Merchants'  Exchange  Bank, 
San  Francisco.  ap2S 


F 


April   28,  1877. 


(   U.IFORNIA     Al>\  ERTISER. 


PARACRAPH IAN  A 
Pro  Bouo  Publico. 


Wo   uoto   with  plenaure  that  Mr.   and    Mm.    W.    ft    Dmil 
upounil  ,i  Bret  oUm  ;  manner. 

Mrs    Dttilj  ■•  I    tter  known  [•■  tier  old   fricnda by her maUeu  name  of 
The  hoiu  •  i-  situ  ite  d<  ■      ■  .  and  mtrronnded  by 

Smith  Flnce."    The  table  is  one 
of  the  i"  Bt  in  the  Stat,',  :m!  under  the  personal  ran  ■  of  that 

admirable  oulainiero,    "Margaret   Goldsboro,1'  a  folloorpoof  httendanta 
looks  after  the  oomfort  of  t]  aid  while  Mr-.  Daily  superintends 

ment  of  the  house,  Mr.  Daily,  our  champ 
ol  hii  visitors  in  the  n  iter.     l*he  grounds  have  also 
boon  handsome!]  ornamented,  an  J  haw  been  greatly  nailed  t«>. 

All  lovers  of  good  luncheons  will  remember  "  Krn.st,"  formerly 

with  Hoesoh,  «'n  Clay  street,  and  move  recently  steward  of  the  Ban  Fran- 

•  r.  in.     They  will  be  gratified  to  learn  that  under  the  firm  name  of 

K.  Schnatenhaofl  and  V.  Rouse,  friend  Brnast  dm  opened  an  excellent 

QBetaorant  and  bar  at  No.  6  Leideedorfi  strvt,  between  Pine  and  <  California 

and   directly   under  the  Merchants'  Exchange   Bank.     Bus  long 

nee  and  that  «»f  his  partner,  Mr.  Kongo,  is  a  guarantee  tlmt  the 

■  >f  the  restanrant  and  the  liquids  of  the  bar  will  be  all  the  heart 

of  the  professional  gourmet  can  demand. 


Saturday  next,  the  5th  of  May,  the  St  Andrews  Society  holds  its 
annual  excursion   and  picnic  at  I  a,  San  Rafael,     the  sturdy 

men  offer  no  allurements  t-<  the  noisy  hoodlum,  consequently  their 
gathering  differs  greatly  from  the  usual  society  or  militarv  picnic,  This 
of  Attraction  for  the  Lower  classes  makes  the  St.  Andrews 
excunttnii  a  wry  enjoyable  anniversary,  and  1 1  j •  -  ohildren  of  the  Bighlands 
manage  their  holiday  so  su  oeasfully  an  to  invariably  reflect  great  credit  on 
themselves  and  afford  unlimited  amusements  to  their  guests. 

We  have  received  from  A.  Roman  8c  Co.  "  The  Gentleman's  Per- 
fect Letter  Writer, **  and]  although  we  cannot  understand  how  a  gentleman 
should  not  be  able  to  write  a  letter,  yet  for  those,  to  une  the  expression 
of  the  advertisements,  "  whose  education  baa  been  neglected,''  that  is  to 
say,  for  the  hod-carriers  who  have  made  money  in  stocks  or  real  estate, 
the  book  is  invaluable.  - 

Ali.  the  "Australian  andBanking  Record,"  beautifully  printed  and  sta- 
tistically  useful 

Persons  suffering  from  neglect  of  their  teeth  in  any  shape  whatever, 
should  at  ouce  vwit  l)r.  Jessup.  on  the  cornermf  Sutter  and  Montgomery 
streets.  His  skill  in  dentistry  requires  no  eulogy  from  the  press,  as 
thousands  of  our  citizens  practically  acknowledge  it  every  time  they  sit 

down    to  dinner.     Dr.  Jessup's  celluloid    plate  is  the   marvel  of  modern 
dental  inventions. 

Some  time  during  the  year  1870,  the  name  of  P.  Bailey  appeared  in 
<>ur  Quack  Lost  Chas.  A.  Bayly  has  shown  us  the  diploma  granted  by 
the  Medical  Commission  of  the  Province  of  East  Flanders,  in.  1852,  to  P. 
Bayly,  authorizing  her  to  practice  as  midwife. 

Since  J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.  have  taken  up  their  quarters  on  Mont- 
gomery street,  near  California,  all  the  Brokers  wear  fashionable  clothes, 
and  beautiful  linen.     This  looks  well — for  the  firm. 

Dr.  Wm.  J.  Younger  (having  returned  from  abroad)  will  resume 
practice  at  his  old  office.  No.  224  Stockton  street,  on  Monday,  April  2d. 


SIGNAL    SERVICE     METEOROLOGICAL    REPORT.     WEEK 
ENDING  APRIL  26.  1877.  SAN  FRANCISCO.  CAL. 


Hit/heft    and 

Lowest 

Haronifter. 

Frl.  20. 

Sat.  21. 

Sun  22. 

Mon.  23 

Tues  24 

Wed  25 

Thr26 

80.04 

21).  01 

29.93 
29.92 

29.98 

30.14 
30,00 

29.08 

29.82 

29.9U 
29.81 

30.05 
30.00 

Maximum  and  Minimum  Thermometer. 


00 

40 

45 

NW. 
375 

Clear. 


00 

40 

wsw. 

314 
Clear. 


58  60  63  60 

43  43  48  52 

Mean    Daily  If  timidity. 

75         |  72         |  02         |        77 

Prevailing   Wind. 

W.       |     wsw.     i       w.       [      w. 

Wind— Miles   Trareled. 
232  |       204         |         269       |         225 

State  of  Weather. 
Clear.       ;        Fair.       |       Fair.       |      Clear. 


W. 
335 

Fair. 


Rainfall  in  Twenty-four  Hours. 

I  I  I  I 


I 


Total  Rain  During  Season  beginning  -Tuly  1,  JS7G. .  .10.85  inches. 


SANITARY    NOTES. 

Ninety-seven  deaths  are  reported  this  week,  as  against  108  last. 
There  were  b'l  males  and  36  females,  9  Chinese.  Under  5  years  of  age, 
35;  between  5  and  20  years,  11;  between  20  and  60  years,  4G;  over  GO 
years,  5.  Of  the  zymotic  diseases,  there  were  15  diphtheria,  1  fever,  1 
erysipelas,  2  small  pox,  1  infantile  cholera.  There  is  a  marked  diminu- 
tion of  diseases  of  the  respiratory  organs— only  li>  from  consumption  and 
4  pneumonia.  There  were  three  accidental  deaths,  1  homicide  and  3  sui- 
cides.    Only  8  fresh  cases  of  small  pox  were  reported  in  the  week. 

The  fresh,  bright  air  and  quick  winds  have  greatly  ameliorated  the  san- 
itary condition  of  the  city.  All  forms  of  acute  disease  have  decreased, 
and  the  two  great  scourges,  small  pox  and  diphtheria,  are  on  the  decline. 
This  should  be  time  for  precautionary  action,  for  which  there  is  ample 
room.  Diphtheria  is  still  fatal  to  twice  the  number  of  children  than  it 
is  in  all  London. 


Another  sixpenny  weeklj' illustrated  paper  is  out.  The  first  number 
appeared  on  the  7th  of  April.  Its  title  is  Touchstone ;  or,  The  New  Bra, 
and,  in  spite  of  its  name,  it  is  not  a  comic  publication. 


MR      MARPLES    LAST    SALE. 

H   M.  NowlMll  &  Co.  will  ofl 

i  m  i   w.  l  \\  -  pic'i  | 
lar  artist   la  about 

Immodl  blm  t-.  knon  that  t'.dif-tr 

'.;,.  naval  in 

Buropo  tor  .■  The  plol  mn 

bibitioo  at  430  Pins  street,  from  10  a   m.  to  10  v.  u.t  noxl    r  ■ 

and  Wednesday,  and  up  to  the  !■ -ol   isle  on  Thursday,  Mi. 

II,    Thi  ue  onntainn  I    then 

carefully  and  diligently  executed,   En  Mr,  Ektarpl 

Clear  Lake,  Santo  Cms,  and  Indeed  the  whole  "f  the  Pacific  Coast  Line 
Oregon  to  Southern  California,  i-  represented  iii  the  works  now 
offered  for  Bale.  Mr.  Marple  doee  not  natal  pictures  wholesale,  or 
■  '.  like  ;i  fen  a  white  washer,  to  Bee  now  many  yard*  he  can  cover 
in  a  day.  ( >n  the  contrary,  hi-  pictures  evidence  oarers]  thought,  accurate 
detail,  and  Immense  research  after  Justifiable  offsets.  Above  all.  he  never 
sacrifices  nature  to  fancy.  An  element  of  truth  pervades  hi*  works 
throughout,  and  it  is  just  this  feature  will  make  thsrsewltof  hi*  future 
trai  ols  bo  valuable. 


TSK    ENTERTAINMENT 
rfp<>  be  STlven  by  the  M  iiMoiilr   I  'rater  til  4 y  id  U'tKitlHArd'N  t;»r- 

JL  deux,  on  THE  SECOND  <  'F  MAY,  promisee  t->  be  better  Id  .w  rv  respect  than 
those  heretofore  given.  There  is  to  be  a  variety  "f  srnusejneriti  to  nil  alL  There 
will  be  recitations  \.\  seven!  well  knnwi  i  i  j  tin  CnHfomin  Theater.  Hiss 
tfellle  Holbrook,  Hist  Qraoe  Pierce  and  Mr.  i;  UvlngstOD  have  Idnd4j  volunteered 
their  profeestona'  senrtcea  The  Amphion  Qlee  Cloh  are  exsMoted,  and  will  render 
some  <>(  their  choicest  selections.  The  celebrated  Professor  SLJean,  ol  the  black 
art  Dotoriety,  the  modern  Uephistopheles  ol  the  East,  who  has  row  DtJy  arrived  here 
fr..mi  Jorusalem,  will  entertain  the  audience  \\iiii  some  ol  the  most  Btaraing  li  n  rde- 

main  perfonoances  ever  before  witnessed  En  America     All  sin.-.u:  ~--<:  i Then.- 

will  W  dancing  for  all  those  who  desire  ii  Qoodmnsic  snde  grand  time  for  alL 
The  entertainment  is  fi.r  the  An'l-.HMiQX  and  EVENING. Aj». 

PACIFIC    HALL, 

Bush  Ntreot,  Cnlirornln  Tliontcr  Bnlltllnsr.— Ifftrry  Weatoii, 
Uanager.    Lhnited  Season  Only,  commencing  MONDAY   EVENING,   April 
80th.    Appearance  ot  the  Great  MACALLISTKli.  the  Host  Wonderful  Illusionist  of 

Modern  Times,  will  present  each  evening  n  choice  selection  nf  his  Illu^iuns,  Wonders 
ami  Mimclos,  etnbraeins:  Science,  .Mirth  itnd  Mystery.  ONE  HUNJ»kKl>  Elegant  and 
Costly  PRESENTS  will  be  riven  away  evcr\  night,  Admission  (gallery),  one  envelope, 
25  cents  ;  Lower  or  reserved  portion  of  house,  two  envelopes,  60  cents.  Seats  can  be 
secured  at  the  Hull  without  extra  charge.  i-MininenehigSsitimlivy,  April  28th.  GRAND 
GIFT  MATINEE  Saturday,  at  2  o'clock  p.m.  Admission  to  all  parts  of  the  house, 
25  cents. April  2*. 

ADELPHI    THEATER. 
sf'ata^'  California  strc-t.  above  Kenriiy.-'-Cofrfli,  Cooper  A 

Oil  4  Co.,  Propritora  Grand  Opening  Night!  The  ADELPHl  will  be  thrown 
open  to  the  public  for  the  first  time  SATURDAY  EVENING,  April  28th,  Grand  pro- 
duction, for  the  first  time  In  California,  ••!"  the  new  and  sensational  drama,  in  three 
acts  entitled  THE  WEB  OF  GRIME.    COGILLand  COOPER  in  a  new  and  original 

sketch,  entitled  SUSAN  SIMPSON'S  SISTER.  The  World's  Wonder,  FRED  LEVAN- 
TINE. Popular  Prices  of  Admission. — Orchestra  Seats,  50  cent*;  Parquette,  25 
cents  ;  Stage  Boxes,  $5 ;  Dress  Circle  Stalls,  SI  ;  Center  Uoxes,  $4  ;  Side  boxes,  $1 ; 
Doors  open  at7  o'clock.     Performance  to  commence  at  8  o'clock  precisely.     April  2S. 

BALDWIN'S^ 

Lessee  nml  Manager,  John  MeCiilloMsrh.--  Opening  Night, 
WEDNESDAY  EVENING,  May  2d.  Engagement  with  C.  D.  HESS,  Director 
of  the  GRAND  ENGLISH  OPERA  COMPANY,  Mr.  S.  Befarens,  Musical  Director. 
New  Scenery  byVoegtlin.  Wednesday  Evening,  May  2d,  LUCIA  DI  LAMMERMOOR, 
Mi-^s  Marie  Stone,  Miss  Lancaster,  .Mr.  Joseph  Maas,  Mr.  Wm.  Carlcton,  Mr.  W.  II. 
McDonald  and  Mr.  A.  W,  Tains  in  the  east.  Thursday,  FAUST  ;  Friday,  DOHEMIAN 
GIRL;  Saturday  Matinee,  LUCIA;  Sunday,  HIQNON.  Opera  every  night  except 
Saturday.     Uox.  Sheet  now  open.     Rarion  Hill,  Acting  Manager.  April  28, 

"NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATEK- 

Kenruy  Street,  between  Wa.shiiigtonanilJackNon.*-Snninel 
Tetl'jw,  Proprietor;  W.  I'.  Oosbie,  Stage  Manager;  E.  Zinnner.  Musical  Di- 
rector. Johnson  and  BRUNO,  the  Original  Acrobatic,  Contortion  Song  and  Dance 
Artists  and  Master  Linguists.  THE  BRAHAMS,  HARRY  and  LIZZIE,  the  Favorite 
Society  Sketch  Artists.  CHARLEY  REED,  Ethiopian  Comedian,  Character  Artist 
and  Stump  Speech  Orator.  CARRIE  LEON  and  SAM  SWAIN,  the  Celebrated  Acro- 
batic Song  and  Dance  Artists.  R.  T.  TYRRELL,  the  Celebrated  Tenor.  The  Great 
Double  Company  in  Comedy,  Farce  and  Drama. April  28. 

BU3H    STREET    THEATER. 

TItns  A  E.ocke,  l.CMHces  nntl  Managers. —This  (ftntiinlny)  Af- 
ternoon, positively  last  time  of  SALSHFRV'S  TROUHAD*  »FKS  in  PATCH- 
WORK !  This  (Saturday)  Evening,  April  28th,  will  be  presented  for  the  iirat  time, 
with  beautiful  new  scenery,  a  charming  Musical  Extravaganza,  written  by  Mr.  M. 
Bahibury ,  for  the  Troubadours,  entitled  THE  JiKooK,  which  combines  an  unusual 
Wealth  ol  MERRY  MUSIC  and  ROLLICKING  FUN.  Seats  can  be  secured  at  the 
Box  OHIce. April  28. 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  Ntreet,  between  Thlrtl  and  Fourth.-**  Acting;  Alnn- 
ager,  Mr.  Chas,  Wheatleigh.  This  (Saturday)  Afternoon,  last  time  of  Graver's 
Intensely  Amusing  Comedy,  OUR  BOARDING  HOUSE,  the  Oreat  Eastern  Success 
This  (Saturday)  Evening.  Benefit  of  MR.  CHARLES  WHEATLEIGH,  when  THE 
TOUROETHE  WORLD  IN  EIGHTY  DAYS  will  be  reproduced.  Tuesday  Evening, 
May  1st,  Benefit  of  MISS  ELEANOR  CAREY. April  28. 

CALIFORNIA  'THEATER. 

BunIi  Street,  above  Kearny. —Jolin  Mct'iillonirh,  Proprietor 
and  Manager;  Barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager.  Engagement  ..<  BOSS  ALICE 
DUNNING  and  MR.  WM,  HORACE  LINGARO.  This  (Saturday)  /fternoon and  Eve- 
ning, April  28th,  last  performances  of  OUR  RoYS  !  Miss  Alice  Dunning  as  "  Mary 
Melrose,"   Wm.  Horace  Lincard  a-i  "  I'erkyn  Mi'Mlev.-u-k."     In  Rehearsal,  CHARITY. 

EMERSON'S    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Wm.  Emerson,  Proprietor  and  Manager;  S.  E.  Wetlicrlll, 
Business  Manager ;  Nat.  Homer,  Treasurer  ;  C.  S.  Fredericks,  Stage  Manager. 
Every  Evening  and  Saturday  Afternoon,  THE  GREAT  EMERSON'S  MINSTRELS, 
the  MiggflTrt  Hit  of  the  Season.  Hundreds  Turned  Away.  No  extra  charge  for  Re- 
served  Seats. April  2S. 

MECHANICS    INSTITUTE    CONCERTS, 

Mechanics*  Pavilion,  corner  of  Mission  and  Eigrhth  streets. 
Popular  Prices  I  Sixth  Concert  of  the  Series  of  GRAND  POPULAR  PROM- 
ENADE CONCERTS  will  take  place  on  SATURDAY  EVENING,  April  28th,  Gen- 
eral Admission,  50  cents  ;  Reserved  Seats,  25  cents  extra.  Box  Sheet  open  at  Gray's 
Music  Store.  April  28. 

ST-    ANDREW'S    SOCIETY- 
xenrsion    and   Picnic  to    EnurcB   Grove,   San   Rafael,  on 

SATURDAY  next,  May  5th.   Scottish  Games,  and  other  amusemeuts.     April  28. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER,   AND  . 


April   28,  1877. 


COLUMN    FOR    THE    CURIOUS, 

In    Nature,    Science*    and    Art. 

Torpedoes. — It  appears,  8ays  the  Echo,  that  we  have  four  varieties  of 
torpedoes  at  present  in  use  in  the  navy.  Hervey's  torpedo  ib  towed 
against  an  enemy  by  a  rope  from  the  yard-arm  of  the  attacking  ship. 
The  ground  torpedo  is  sunk  at  the  entrance  of  harbors,  and  fired  by 
electricity,  either  from  the  shore  or  from  a  self-acting  apparatus  set  in 
action  when  touched  by  a  vessel.  The  spar-torpedo  is  employed  for  boat 
service,  and  is  of  the  same  pattern  as  that  so  successfully  tried  recently 
by  the  French  naval  authorities.  But  the  most  deadly  weapon  of  all  is 
the  Whitehead,  or  fish-torpedo.  This  is  a  cigar-shaped  cylinder,  fourteen 
feet  long,  and  sixteen  inches  in  diameter,  containing  a  bursting  charge  of 
gun-cotton.  It  is  arranged  so  as  to  travel  at  any  depth  under  the  water- 
line  that  may  be  wished,  and  is  propelled  by  a  screw  worked  by  com- 
pressed air.  The  head  of  the  machine  contains  the  detonator  which  ex- 
plodes the  charge,  and  it  can  be  set  so  as  to  explode  on  striking  an  object, 
or  at  any  distance  under  one  thousand  yards  ;  if  it  misses  its  mark,  it  can 
be  so  arranged  as  to  float,  on  half-cock,  so  as  to  be  recovered.  It  will 
travel  for  one  thousand  yards  at  the  rate  of  twenty  knots  an  hour,  so 
that  at  night  a  vessel  might  easily  be  blown  up  without  being  aware  of 
the  presence  of  an  enemy.  In  fact,  as  Lord  Charles  Beresford  recently 
informed  the  House,  "  it  can  do'  anything  but  speak."  But  perhaps,  in 
this  instance,  speech  is  silver  and  silence  is  gold. 

Infection  by  Post.— It  is  little  use  incurring  the  cost  and  trouble  of 
large  measures  for  the  isolation  of  contageous  disease,  if  those  lesser  pre- 
cautions which,  in  fact,  make  up  the  sum  of  safety,  are  overlooked  or  dis- 
regarded. For  example  (remarks  the  Lancet),  what  particular  advantage 
is  likely  to  ensue  from  removing  the  unaffected  members  of  a  family  in 
which  small-pox  or  scarlet  fever  has  obtained  a  footing,  if  they  are  daily 
apprised  of  the  state  of  affairs  in  the  sick  chamber  by  means  of  letters 
elaborated  at  the  bedside,  and,  for  the  evasion  of  prying  eyes,  carefully 
wrapped  in  blotting  paper  in  thin  envelopes  ?  It  is  not  necessary  to  make 
any  sensational  statement  as  to  the  manner  in  which  diseases,  of  this 
class  at  least,  are  propagated.  If  the  atmosphere  surrounding  the  patient 
is  laden  with  germinal  particles  capable  of  inoculating  a  healthy  subject, 
it  is  obvious  the  malady  may  be  transmitted  in  an  envelope  with  the  aid 
of  thick  blotting-paper,  or  without  that  accessory.  The  matter  may  be  a 
small  one,  but  it  is  sufficiently  important  to  make  precaution  expedient. 
It  would  be  well  if  the  domestic  quarantine  covdd  be  more  rigidly  carried 
out,  and  the  very  natural  desire  of  excluded  friends  to  be  kept  informed 
as  to  the  progress  of  a  case  of  infectious  diabase  gratified  in  a  way  less 
likely  to  defeat  the  purpose  of  separation. 

Here  is  a  novelty  in  breach  of  promise  prosecutions.  To  have  two 
strings  to  your  bow  has  been  usually  believed  to  be  advantageous  ;  but 
its  benefits  have  limits,  as  Mrs.  Farrow,  widow,  and  mother  of  eighteen 
children,  has  found  to  her  cost  at  the  Norwich  Assizes.  Mrs.  Farrow  is 
42  years  of  age,  and  in  the  course  of  correspondence  with  a  master  stone- 
mason of  54,  as  to  the  apprenticeship  of  one  of  her  sons,  she  averred  that 
the  said  stonemason  had  promised  her  marriage.  Two  of  her  sons  and  a 
daughter  maintained  the  accuracy  of  her  statement,  while  the  defendant 
asserted  that  the  whole  thing  was  a  conspiracy  between  plaintiff  and  her 
witnesses.  The  circumstances  certainly  looked  suspicious,  and  the  jury 
gave  a  verdict  for  the  defendant — probably  moved  thereto  by  the  fact 
which  came  out  .in  the  course  of  the  trial  that  the  fruitful  widow  had 
had  another  swain,  against  whom  she  had  a  second  action  pending  for 
breach  of  promise.    Norwich  bachelors  had  better  be  careful. 

The  "Journal  des  Debats"  relates  that  a  train,  while  at  full  speed  on 
one  of  the  Russian  railways,  was  suddenly  brought  to  a  stop  by  an  enor- 
mous mass  of  insects  of  the  cricket  species  [padurella padura  ;  smi/nthurus) 
which  were  piled  up  on  the  rails  to  such  an  extent  as  to  render  the  onward 
passage  of  the  train  impossible.  These  insects  exist  in  great  numbers  in 
the  more  humid  parts  of  Russia,  and  often  give  great  trouble  by  penetra- 
ting into  the  fissures  of  the  doors  of  the  railway  carriages. 

Some  years  ago  a  large  tract  of  peat-bog  was  drained  at  Grange- 
mouth, Scotland,  the  loose  mud  and  moss  being  carried  down  the  drains 
to  the  estuary.  The  consequence  was,  that  the  oyster  beds  in  the  estuary 
were  covered  over  with  mud,  and  the  bivalves  entirely  destroyed.  "  Noth- 
ing," writes  Frank  Buckland,  "is  so  fatal  to  oysters  as  a  mud-storm,  ex- 
cept it  be  a  sand-storm.  The  mud  and  sand  accumulate  in  the  oyster's 
delicate  breathing-organs  and  suffocate  it." 

Sideraphthite  is  the  name  of  a  new  iron-alloy,  composed  of  65  parts 
iron,  23  nickel,  4  tungsten,  5  aluminum,  and  5  copper.  It  is  said  to  resist 
sulphureted  hydrogen,  is  not  attacked  by  vegetable  acids,  and  only 
slightly  by  mineral  acids.  It  is  really  more  useful  than  standard  silver, 
while  it  can  be  produced  at  a  cost  not  exceeding  that  of  german-silver. 
For  alloys  that  have  to  be  silver-plated  to  prevent  oxidation,  this  mate- 
rial is  a  perfectly  successful  substitute. 

A  correspondent  of  the  "Lancet"  writes  that,  when  traveling  in 
the  upper  Sikkim  Himalaya,  at  elevations  *above  12,000  feet,  he  took 
whisky  in  small  quantities,  to  counteract  the  effects  of  strong  exertion  in 
a  cold,  rare  atmosphere.  The  consequence  was  the  reverse  of  what  was 
expected,  being  drowsiness  and  lassitude,  lasting  an  hour  or  more.  Cold 
tea,  on  the  contrary,  was  found  to  produce  a  feeling  of  exhilaration  and 
capacity  for  renewed  efforts. 

From  soundings  made  by  the  U.S.  sloop  Gettysburg,  the  Challenger, 
and  the  Geiman  frigate  Gazelle,  a  writer  in  Nature  infers  the  probable  ex- 
istence of  a  submarine  ridge  or  plateau  connecting  the  island  of  Madeira 
with  the  coast  of  Portugal,  and  the  possible  subaiirial  connection,  in  pre- 
historic times,  of  that  island  with  the  southwestern  extremity  of  Europe. 
A  similar  plateau  connects  the  Canary  Islands  with  the  African  Continent. 

M.  Louis  Blanc,  in  presiding  at  a  lecture  by  M.  Hamel,  editor  of  the 
Homme  Libre,  on  St.  Just,  is  reported  as  having  described  the  Reign  of 
Terror  as  a  fatality  and  not  a  system.  The  greatness  of  the  results  ob- 
tained was  sufficient  to  justify  them,  and  the  terreur  bla/iclte  was  a  thous- 
and times  more  terrible  than  the  terreur  rouge. 

The  telephone  appears  to  be  well  adapted  for  transmitting  signals  in 
mines;  indeed,  according  to  the  Mining  Rerieio,  telephones  are  already 
employed  with  great  advantage  in  many  of  the  deep  workings  of  this 
country. 

The  ne^t  number  of  the  Contemporary  Review  will  contain  an  article 
from  the  pen  of  M.  Ernest  Renan. 


INSURANCE. 


INSURANCE   AGENCY    OF 
HUTCHINSON,  MANN  &  SMITH. 

NO    314    CALIFORNIA    STREET,    SAN    FKANCISCO. 

AGENTS  FOE  THE 

Franklin  Ins.  Co Indianapoli3,  Ind  New  Orleans  Ins.  Aes'n New  Orleans. 

Union  Ins.  Co Galveston,  Texas  St.  Paul  F.  &  M.  Jna  Co.  -  .St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Home  Ins.  Co Columbus,  Ohio  :  Atlas  Ins.  Co Hartford   Conn. 

People's  Ina.  Co Newark,  N.  J.  Revere  Fire  Ins.  Co Boston. 

National  L.  I.  Co.,  U.  S.  A..Wash'n,  D.  C.  iGirard  Ins.  Co- Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  US  jlions. 
POLICIES    ISSUED    ON    DESIRABLE   PROPERTY  aT  FAIR  RATES.     LOSSES 
■     EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  PAID. 

HUTCHINSON,  SEANN  «fc  SMITH,  General  Agents, 
Dec.  5.  314  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

HOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Principal  Office,  406  California  Street,  San  Francisco. 
■  Cash  Assets,  January  1,  1877,  ¥093,291 ;  Liabilities,  i-5,9;>2  ;  Surplus  for  Policy 
Holders,  $580,339.  J.  F.  Houghton,, President ;  Geo.  H.  Howard,  Vice-President: 
Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary.     R.  H.  MAGILL,  H.  H.  BIGELOW,  General  Agents. 

Directors. — San  Francisco — Geo.  H.  Howard,  John  H.  Redington,  J.  F.  Houghton 
R.  B.  Gray,  Robert  Watt,  John  Currey,  L.  L.  Baker,  W.  F.  Whittier,  C.  C.  Burr,  E. 
M.  Root,  \V\  H.  White,  J.  L.  N.  Shepard,  W.  M.  Greenwood.  George  S.  Mann,  Cyrus 
Wilson,  W.  T.  Garratt,  C.  Waterhouse,  A.  P.  Hotaling,  A.  Block,  A.  K.  P.  Harmon, 
G.  S.  Johnson,  W.  O.  Wilson,  A.  W.  Bowman,  H.  L.  Dodge,  Charles  R.  Story.  Ala- 
meda County  Branch — V.  D.  Moodv,  Chauncy  Taylor,  A.  C.  Henry,  Robert  S.  Far- 
relly,  Joseph  B.  Marlin,  W.  B.  Hardy.  T.  B.  Simpson.  San  Diego— A.  H.  Wiluox. 
Sacramento— Mark  Hopkins,  D.  W.  Earl,  Julius  Wetztar,  James  Carolau.  San  Jose— 
T.  Ellard  Beans,  B.  D.  Murphy,  A.  Pfister,  J.  H.  Dibble,  J.  S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis, 
Jacob  Rich,  John  Auzerais,  John  Balbach.  Stockton — H.  H.  Hewlett,  Chas.  Belding, 
J.  D.  Peters,  A.  W.  Simpson,  H.  M.  Fanning.  Marysville— D.  E.  Knight.  Grass 
Valley— Win.  Watt,  T.  W.  Sigourncy.  Portland,  Oregon— W.  S.  Ladd,  C.  H.  Lewis, 
P.  Wasserman,  B.  Goldsmith,  D.  Macleay.  Virginia  City,  Nevada— John  Gillig,  Isaac 
L.  Requa.  March  17. 

FIRE  AND  MARINE  INSURANCE— UMI0N  J»S.  CO.  OF  S.  F. 

Tbe  California  Lloyds.— Established  in  1861.— Nos.  416  and 
418  California  street.  Cash  capital  >750,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  $1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  !  !  Solid  Security  1  !  DIRECTORS. 
— Sax  Francisco — J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Borel,  Charles 
Kobler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  Lawrance  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Howes,  Nicholas  Luning,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Baum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Brandcnstein,  Gustave  Touchard.  G.  Brignardello,  George  C.  Hickox,  T.  Lliu- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Lindepberger.  Sacramento— Edw.  Cadwulader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Marysville— L.  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  O. — 
Henry  Failing.     New  York — J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President.  N.  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 

Charles  D.  Haven,  Secretary-        Geo.  T.  Boiien,  Surveyor.  Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
FIKE     AND    MARINE. 

Clash  Assets,  Jan.  1st,  1870,  SiTS.OOO.-- Principal  Office, 
j  213  and  '220  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  : — Peter  Donahue,  Pres- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Viee-President ;  CnARLES  H.  Cusiiing,  Secretary ;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  of  Directors  : — Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'SulIivan,  A.  Bocquera2,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailey,  E.  W.  Corbert, 
GeorgeO.  McMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant.  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson,  Dr.  C.  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  Ivers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County.  H.  W.  Seale,  Mayfield.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  business  or  Ufe  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  over  Fourteen  Million  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  comr.'«ed  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.] 313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN, 

GERMANY. 


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apital,  6,000,000  Reieb-Marks,  gl.500,000  I  .  S.  Gold  Coin. 

Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAN,  HIRSCHFELD  &  CO., 
Nov.  4. Office:  No.  302  Sangonie  street,  under  W.  F.  &  Co.'s  Bank. 

ESTABLISHED    1821. 

Capital,  Gold S10,000,000. 

OCA RBI  AX  ASSURANCE  CO.,  OF    LONDON. 

Dec.  16.  Agents^  BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO.  ,_230_Ca)ifornia  st. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  915,000,000  ;  Accumulated  Funds,  up- 
wards of  ^3,750,000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insuranee,  ¥1,:>S0,000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN   ASSURANCE  CO.,   OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

('laxli  Assets,  81, 207, 483.— London  Assurance  Corporation, 
j    of  London,   England.    Cash  Assets,  $14,993, 4(56.  —  Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.  CROSS  &  CO.,  General  Agents, 

Jan.  20.  316  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 
lapital  85,000,000.-— Agents:    Balfour.  Guthrie  A   Co.,  No. 


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CALIFORNIA     Al»\  EUTISER. 


LUDWIG    VAN     BEETHOVEN. 
Died  March  26.  1827. 

All   that   it  writ  in  rhyme*  he  told   in    I 

Til  md  dtriner  ip 

"  i  ;  lighter  i'lnl  Uu  moan*, 

His  r»pl  tpair.     '  Pvru  bit  t-«  teach 

^  How  musi< ■'-  mbtler  language  mar  outreach 
The  bi 

Till  our  weak  utterance  f  >il  beaide  tb«  rich 

of  tempestuous  chorda, 
Swoln  with  a  raatet  voice  than  mortal  breath  affords. 

The  thought,  which  like  an  In  prite 

i   visible  hue 
And  form  and  motion  fr.nn  his  spirit's  might, 

And  winged  with  nnimagined  Lightnings  Bew 

Forth)  a  full-bodied  Muno,  and  upgrew, 
In  i :  lion  of  strong  loveliness, 

A  beauty  and  a  wonder  to  the  few 
Rare  spirit*  whose  intenaer  glow  can  trace 

The  wandering  bouJ  of  sound  to  its  fair  dwelling-place. 

^ — London  Graphic. 

REPORT    ON    THE    PHYLLOXERA. 
The  commission  appointed  by  the   French  Academy  oi  Sciences  to 
Inquire  into  thia  subject  has  just  presented  its  report     After  premising 
thiii  the  parasite  bi  been  ravaging  25  departments  of   Franco, 

while  it  threatens  Burgundy,  the  Loire,  the  Cher,  and  Champagne,  it 
states  that  in  many  districts  poverty,  privation,  and  even  misery,  have 
t  the  affluence  produced  by  viticulture.  The  fruitf ulnesB  of  the 
vine  has  diminished  to  such  an  extent  that  the  price  if  wine  must  rise 
i.J  lv.  to  the  great  detriment  of  the  consumer.  Already  there  is  a 
diminution  of  traffic  in  consequence  on  railways  and  canals;  the  public 
taxes  will  yield  insufficiently,  while  the  expenses  of  the  State  will  be  in- 
creased. If  the  cultivation  of  the  vine  fails  there  will  he  hands  without 
work,  demoralization  consequent  upon  hopeless  misery,  and  poverty  uni- 
versal, it',  since  1867,  the  phylloxera  lias  been  enabled  to  Jain  ground  to 
such  an  extent,  it  will  complete  its  work  of  destruction  in  a  much  shorter 
time,  owing  to  its  unlimited  reproduction,  and  for  many  years  to  come 
one  of  its  principal  sources  of  wealth  will  be  lost  to  France.  Now,  if 
nothing  be  done,  the  evil  is  sure  to  spread  beyond  all  hope  of  recovery; 
by  doing  something,  however  insufficient,  the  danger  may  at  least  be 
warded  <>ff  for  a  time,  and  there  may  be  some  chance  of  saving  those 
parts  that  have  not  yet  been  invaded.  The  commission,  therefore,  pro- 
pose: 1.  That  the  exportation  of  vines  from  infested  places  be  forbidden. 
'_'.  That  the  planting  of  phylloxerad  vines  in  uninfected  districts  be  for- 
bidden. 3.  That  if  a  diseased  spot  appear  in  an  nninvaded  district  it  be 
instantly  subjected  to  eradication,  the  roots,  stems,  and  stakes  be  burned 
on  the  spot,  and  the  ground  well  disinfected.  4.  That  the  latter  process 
be  extended  to  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  ground  cleared ;  and,  5, 
that  the  vines  be  disinfected  with  a  certain  precautionary  peYimetre. 

A  FUNNY  TRICK  OF  A  LITTLE  PRINCE. 

Once  at  Balmoral  the  queen  had  for  guests  the  little  folks  belonging 
to  the  Prince  of  Wales,  and  one  day  when  thev  were  all  having  a  pleas- 
ant little  family  tea-party,  with  a  few  friends  dropping  in,  little  Prince 
Leopold  was  seized  with  a  spasm  of  bad  behavior,  which  called  for  a  se- 
vere reprimand  from  the  royal  grandmother,  and  quite  shocked  his  pretty 
Auut  Beatrice.  The  queen  spoke  to  him  pretty  severely,  but  it  made  no 
difference,  he  behaved  worse  and  worse,  until  finally  she  said:  "  Now, 
Master  Leopold,  you  have  been  so  naughty  that  I  shall  punish  you  ;  you 
must  go  under  the  center-table  and  stay  there  till  you  can  be  a  good  boy." 
So  little  Leopold  hid  his  five-year-old  self  under  the  long  cloth,  which  came 
nearly  to  the  floor  all  round,  and  became  very  quiet.  After  a  little  while 
the  queen  said:  "Now  Leopold,  are  you  good?"  "No,  grandmother," 
answered  the  little  prince.  After  five  minutes  she  repeated  the  question. 
And  Leopold  repeated  the  same  answer.  Another  five  minutes.  "  Now 
are  you  good?"  asked  the  queen.  '*  Yes,  grandmother,"  in  a  very  sweet 
and  good-natured  voice.  "Then  you  may  come  out,"  And  out  came 
.Master  Prince  Leopold,  beaming  and  lovable,  but  not  so  much  as  a  thread 
of  clothes  to  cover  his  little  royal  body,  and  his  eyes  fairly  sparkling  with 
mischief.  Wasn't  be  wrapped  up  in  a  shawl  and  carried  out  in  a  hurry! 
And  the  queen, — well,  the  queen  smiled  ;  for,  though  he  was  very  naughty, 
wasn't  he  her  dear  little  grandson,  and  how  could  she  help  it  ?—  Wide 
A  wake. 


A  terrible  case  of  lynch  law  law  occurred  in  Waynesborough,  Ga,, 
on  the  'J'.id  ult.  A  band  of  thirty  men  called  at  the  sheriff's  residence  in 
that  town  at  eleven  o'clock  at  night,  and,  forcing  him  to  deliver  up  the 
keys,  they  proceeded  to  the  jail,  and  took  out  of  a  cell  a  colored  prisoner 
named  Wells,  charged  with  murdering  a  white  peddler.  After  shooting 
him  several  times  he  was  placed,  still  alive,  on  a  side  bench,  and,  a  chain 
being  fastened  round  his  neck,  the  bench  was  removed,  when  fifteen  bul- 
lets were  fired  into  his  body.  The  chain  broke,  but  was  carefully  re- 
spliced,  and  the  body  hung  up  again.  The  lynchers  are  unknown,  and 
the  coroner's  verdict  makes  no  suggestion. 


Manure  and  a  Catholic  Priest's  Blessing.  —It  is  related  that,  on  a 
farmer  requesting  a  Roman  Catholic  priest  to  bless  three  of  his  fields,  the 
request  was  at  once  complied  with  as  regards  the  first  two,  but  that  the 
priest  gave  the  following  excellent  reason  for  refusing  to  follow  a  similar 
course  in  regard  to  the  third:  "  My  good  man.  I  connot  bless  this  field 
until  you  have  dunged  it."  We  fear  it  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  there 
are  not  only  individual  fields,  but  also  whole  farms,  which  the  priest 
might  well  decline,  for  the  same  reason,  to  bless. — Scottish  Paper. 

A  new  Urdu  paper  is  about  to  be  published  in  Bombay.  It  is  to  be 
edited  by  Maho  mine  dans,  but  the  practical  editor  is  probably  to  be  a 
European,  and  the  paper  is  to  be  the  first  serious  attempt  to  rival  in  the 
vernacular  in  India  Anglo-Indiau  newspaper  enterprise. 


.  A  man  starved  himself  to  death  in  Manchester,  England,  last  month, 
and  the  Coroner's  jury  rendered  a  verdict  of  "Suicide  with  attenuating 
circumstances." 


WHAT    THE    WORLD    SAYS. 

Twenty- four  people  died  at  the  J  tton  on  March  97th, 

and  tli  reosptl  i  vas  imr- 

v  bright  and  animated,  that  slevi  n  d  ttionalitii  i  and  nine  ■ 
were  represent  pretty  Madao  did  thenon 

on  "t  hex  drawing  rooms  with  the  Bexlle  grace  and  the  strange  Bower 

arm  which  n  London  axi  I  hn  i 

other  Japanese  ladies  were  there;  the  Prinuceaof  rlfsen,  wife  of  one  "f 
the  four  great   ex  di  the  West  j  Mad 

i-'t  ween  Jaj  ■        ; ;  and 

BsTademoisselle   Kltanlma.  maid  <-f  honor  of  the   Princess  of  rXlseiL    All 
four  had  just  oome  back  From  Paris  with  new  dresses,  which  they  s 
if  they  had  been  born  on  the  banks  of  the  Seine.    1  ilityof 

the  Japanese  is  really  amazing,  and  it  was  perhaps  the  more  striking  the 
other  night,  because  ol  the  oontrasl  offered  by  the  members  of  the  Chi 
nese  Embassy,  all  of  whom  were  present.    Then  was  a  lady  with  ■  re* 
■    le  coll,  eti.-n  of  pearls  and   diamonds,  and  there   was  a  Japanese 

tea-service   which    was    more  remarkable  still.      Specimens  of  all  tl Id 

porcelains  of  Japan  were  included  in  it,  many  of  them  of  great  rarity. 
There  were  saucers  of  the  shape  of  forked  lightening,  and  cups  as  thin 
and  as  multi-colored  as  soap-bubbles  in  the  sun;  there  were  finger-howls 
from  Sateumo,  and  little  trays  from  Kioto;  and  in  all  this  real  Japanese 
tea  was  served  to  such  as  were  curious.—? Atlas. 


In  the  current  number  of  "Myra's  Journal"  the  editress  returns 

to  the  charge  on  the  subject  of  nightshirts.      She  says: 

"  I  feel  hound  to  remark  that  gentlemen's  night-shirts  arc  much  em- 
broidered in  red-and-blue  Russian  embroidery,  and  that  no  one  could 
pass  the  windows  of  the  Grands  Magazins  du  lam  vie  last  <  tctober  or  at 
the  present  moment  without  being  strtick  by  the  elegance  which  this  em- 
broidery gives  to  an  otherwise  unromantic  costume.  J  think  most  gentle- 
men are  pleased  by  any  little  token  of  pains  being  taken  upon  their  ap- 
parel, and  that  neither  husbands  nor  brothers  are  indifferent  to  the  fiue 
needlework  bestowed  upon  them  by  loving  hands." 

There  is  no  accounting  for  taste  ;  but  the  majority  of  husbands  and 
brothers  I  am  acquainted  with  would,  I  think,  prefer  the  fine  needlework 
to  be  bestowed  on  their  garments  thau  on  themselves.  The  lady  further- 
more says: 

"  It  is  rather  amusing  to  be  called  "  Miss"  after  a  long  period  of  mar- 
ried life,  and  a  hearty  laugh  was  enjoyed  by  my  husband  and  ua  at  the 
paragraph  in  question," 

I  must  apologise  humbly  for  my  mistake,  and  I  have  no  doubt  that  Mr. 
Myra  in  his  "  otherwise  unromantic  costume,"  when  "  much  embroidered 
in  red  and  blue,"  is  "a  joy  forever." 

It  is  notorious  that  many  of  the  sacred  relics  brought  back  by  pious 
pilgrims  to  shrines  in  the  Holy  Land  and  elsewhere  have  been  manufac- 
tured in  Birmingham  and  the  Potteries.  It  seems  a  thankless  act  to 
insinuate  anything  like  discredit  against  the  discoveries  of  Dr.  Schliemann 
at  Mycenae.  But  we  aie  bound  to  say  that  in  his  native  country— Ger- 
many— where,  of  course,  he  may  be  a  prophet  without  the  honor  due  to 
him,  gruve  and  general  suspicion  exists  as  to  the  genuineness  of  the 
trouvaille.  A  distinguished  Teutonic  historian  recently  expressed  his  dis- 
belief in  the  Hellenic  origin  of  the  contents  of  the  alleged  treasure-house 
of  Atreus  in  the  most  emphatic  manner,  adding  that  it  was  significant 
that  these  relics  of  the  Homeric  past  were  only  unearthed  when  Dr. 
Schliemann  and  his  wife  were  present.  Dr.  Schliemann,  we  may  state,  is 
as  wealthy  as  he  is  enthusiastic.  Let  us  hope,  however,  that  the  unwor- 
thy suspicion  of  the  Teutm  savant  above  alluded  to  is  merely  the  expres- 
sion of  scholastic  jealousy;  and  let  us  always  remember  that  Germany 
is  the  source  of  modern  skepticism,  and  that  it  was  a  German  historian 
who  first  spoke  with  disrespectful  incredulity  of  the  Roman  kings. 


The  following  maybe  absolutely  relied  upon:  Last  week  Count  Or- 
loff  still  hoped  in  the  Emperor's  power  of  imposing  peace,  though  admit- 
ting the  feeling  against  it  in  Russia.  "We  have  nothing  to  gain,  all  to 
lose,  by  war,"  he  said.  "  We  know  all  the  German  machinations  to  bring 
about  war.  Austria  would  take  the  Bosnian  provinces  ;  Germany,  Rou- 
mania;  France  would  be  crushed  ;  England  would  go  to  Constantinople. 
And  to  bring  this  about  we  should  have  the  sterile  uonor  of  fighting  the 
Turk,  and  giving  military  satisfaction  to  the  army  of  the  Pruth."  He 
said  that  Germany  (in  the  person  of  a  near  relative  of  Bismarck)  is  keep- 
ing the  pot  boiling  in  Herzegovina,  but  that  negotiations  are  now  on  foot 
to  see  if  Schouvaloff  can  obtain  from  the  Emperor  the  withdrawal  of  the 
clause  in  the  Protocol  referring  to  Turkey's  disarmament,  and  that  it 
should  be  left  as  "  a  lateral  and  parallel  Question,"  to  be  treated  verbally, 
or  in  official  side-writing,  with  that  of  Russia's  disarmament.  He  con- 
sidered Ignatieff  s  visit  to  England  as  a  false  move,  and  spoke  much  of  the 
coolness  between  him  and  Schouvaloff.-~.dtf'™  in  the  World. 


While  on  the  subject  of  Africa,  I  see  Sir  Theophilus  Shepstone  has 
failed  to  bring  the  Dutch  Boers  of  the  Transvaal  round  to  Lord  Carnar- 
von's way  of  thinking.  I  am  not  surprised  at  their  being  opposed  to  any 
change,  when  I  remember  the  following  fact:  When  the  first  branch  bank 
was  opened  at  Bloemfontein  in  the  Orange  Free  State,  a  Boer,  who,  after 
the  manner  of  his  kind,  had  hoarded  up  all  the  savings  at  home  with  a 
view  to  buying  land,  presented  himself  to  the  manager,  and  said:  "  I  hear 
you  take  care  of  people's  money.  How  much  do  you  want  for  taking 
care  of  mine?"  "We  don't  want  anything,"  was  the  answer;  "and 
moreover,  if  you  leave  it  with  us  for  a  fixed  time,  we'll  give  you  interest 
on  it."     "What!"  said  the  Boer,   "you   offer  to  pay  me  for  taking  care 

of   my  money!    You  must  hs  a  d d  set  of  scoundrels!"    And  ho 

walked  off,  buttoning  up  his   breeches-pocket,  which  further  reminds  me 
that  the  Boers  always  go  to  bed  with  their  trowsers  on. 

It  is  really  true  that  whan  the  young  banker's  son,  Camondo,  wrs 
taken  for  the  Prince  Imperial  the  other  day,  on  landing  at  Marseilles,  a 
Cabinet  Council  was  held  in  Paris  ;  and  had  it  not  r.een  for  the  warning 
of  the  Due  Decazes  to  make  sure  that  he  was  the  Prince,  lest  they  should 
be  the  laughing-stock  of  Europe,  the  Ministers  would  have  committed  the 
betise  of  arresting  him.  As  it  was,  his  apartment  was  visited  by  a  com- 
missairc  de police,  accompanied  by  four  officers. 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


April   28,  1877. 


A    FLAGRANT    OUTRAGE. 

I  ever  there  was  an  atrocious  wrong  done  to  the  patient  and  long 
su'f  j  ing  property- holders,  it  is  now  being  consummated  in  the  construc- 
tion of  that  useless  street  known  as  Montgomery  Avenue.  As  not  every 
one  understands  the  law  under  which  works  of  this  kind  are  carried 
out,  it  will  be  well  to  put  its  substance  in  plain  worrla  before  our  readers. 
After  the  property  has  been  condemned  (about  which  the  holder  has  noth- 
ing to  say),  damages  are  assessed  and  divided  among  the  adjacent  prop- 
erty-holders, pro  rata.  So  far  so  good.  Now,  suppose  that  one  of  the 
owners  happens  to  be  East,  does  not  hear  of  the  matter,  and  is  ignorant 
of  the  tax  which  he  is  called  upon  to  pay.  He  is  not  even  served  with  a 
Bummons,  or  given  the  chance  to  appear  in  Court — a  privilege  which  is 
never  denied  to  a  debtor  for  S5  worth  of  groceries.  A  County  Court 
judgment  is  obtained,  from  which  there  is  no  appeal,  and  his  homestead  is 
sold  right  out  from  under  his  feet.  A  simple  notice,  in  an  obscure  news- 
paper, is  the  only  announcement  of  the  intended  action,  and  without  say- 
ing by  your  leave,  or  with  your  leave,  the  Sheriff  walks  in  and  disposes 
of  the  whole  property.  So  much  for  this  monstrous  law,  under  which 
still  greater  wrongs  are  being  perpetrated,  in  the  case  in  question.  The 
deluded  residents  of  Montgomery  Avenue  have  dutifully  complied  with 
the  requirements  of  this  unjust  statute.  They  have  paid  their  assess- 
ments, their  State,  City,  and  County  taxes  ;  they  have  paid  for  sewerage, 
and  for  the  grading  of  the  street,  and  seen  the  great  gusty  thoroughfare 
approach  completion,  until  it  was  ready  to  be  macadamized.  JNow  comes 
the  culminating  point  of  the  wrong.  A  ring  of  contractors  go  to  the  le- 
gislature and  lobby  through  a  bill  to  rojrade  the  Avenue,  to  take  up  the 
sewers,  and  do  all  over  again  work  which  was  done  wrong  in  the  first 
place  through  their  own  criminal  carelessness.  It  does  not  matter  to 
them  that  the  North  Beach  property,  instead  of  increasing  in  value,  has 
depreciated  ;  they  do  not  care  whether  the  tax  eaten  lots  can  stand  the 
fresh  assessment,  though  it  is  a  fact  that  some  of  them  would  not  sell  for 
the  amount  of  the  latest  impost.  Montgomery  Avenue  is  actually  of  no 
benefit  except  as  a  funnel  to  blow  the  dust  into  the  business  portions  of 
the  city.  The  outrages  which  are  perpetrated  by  contractors  on  our 
streets  every  few  months,  under  the  name  of  repairs,  are  hard  enough  for 
the  tax-payer  to  bear,  but  this  burden  is  one  which  every  citizen,  who  is 
interested  in  delivering  our  town  from  the  claws  of  monopolies  and  rings, 
should  resent  with  all  his  might. 

Since  the  above  was  in  type,  the  Judge  of  the  Nineteenth  District 
Court  has  dismissed  the  writ  of  prohibition,  which  was  issued  on  the  19th 
instant  upon  the  complaint  of  J.  P.  Dameron,  thus  leaving  property- 
holders  at  the  mercy  of  the  County  Court,  which  threatens  to  add  $50  to 
each  judgment.  

THE    WATER    STRIFE. 

In  our  last  issue  we  pointed  out  clearly  that  there  was  a  mutuality 
of  interests  on  the  part  of  the  Spring  Valley  "Water  Works  and  the  City 
Fathers  which  required  dispassionate  discussion  on  both  sides.  We  re- 
gret that,  as  another  week  passes,  we  have  only  further  an  ill-advised  hos- 
tility to  record.  The  action  of  Mr.  Swift,  in  preparing  an  opinion  that 
the  city  of  San  Francisco  is  the  successor  to  the  interest  of  the  Pueblo  of 
Yerba  Buena,  and  was  and  is  the  owner  of  Lobos  Creek  and  Mountain 
Lake,  is  very  much  to  be  regretted.  It  savors  too  much  of  the  ill-temper 
which  Mr.  Swift  has  lately  displayed  as  the  city's  adviser,  and  comes  far 
too  late  in  the  day  to  be  of  any  value  or  to  have  any  weight.  As  the  case 
stands  at  present  we  have  on  the  one  hand  a  powerful  corporation  nettled 
at  what  they  conceive  to  be  a  gross  injustice  dealt  them  by  the  city. 
When  that  corporation  found  that  even  the  decisions  of  the  Supreme 
Court  were  powerless  to  effect  the  payment  of  their  water  bills  they  com- 
menced an  aggressive  policy  and  shut  off  the  water  from  ourpublicsquares 
and  parks.  The  city,  in  a  corresponding  fit  of  petulance,  connected  the 
mains  again,  and  then  came  a  series  of  explanations  by  which  it  seemed 
that  further  litigation  would  cease  and  an  amicable  adjustment  of  the 
question  be  arrived  at.  The  last  action  of  the  Supervisors,  on  the  ad- 
vice of  Mr.  Swift,  supported  by  the  City  Attorney,  threatens  to  subvert 
all  hopes  of  a  pacific  settlement  and  to  plunge  San  Francisco  into  an  ap- 

farently  endless  and  interminable  strife  with  the  Water  Works  Company, 
n  the  event  of  such  litigation  the  policy  of  both  contending  parties  will 
be  to  metaphorically  cut  each  others  throats  as  often  as  they  can,  while 
the  poor  taxpayers  will  be  bled  for  the  expenses  of  the  suit  and  be  the 
sufferers  throughout  the  loug  struggle.  The  present  season  is  likely  to  be 
a  very  dry  one,  and  the  welcome  rain  will  in  all  probability  be  an  absent 
guest  until  October  or  November  next.  In  the  face,  then,  of  a  dry 
Summer  and  a  prospective  drought,  there  would  seem  to  be  more  need  of 
harmony  betweeen  the  civic  authorities  and  the  Spring  Valley  Water 
Company  than  has  ever  existed  hitherto.  Mr.  Swift's  action  in  attack- 
ing the  Company's  title  is  the  worst  scheme  which  ever  entered  that  emi- 
nent counsel's  brain,  and  he  will  do  well  to  divest  himself  of  all  personal 
feeling  in  the  matter  and  apply  himself  to  the  cultivation  of  the  serious 
interests  of  the  city.  The  latest  news  as  we  go  to  press  is  that  the  Spring 
Valley  Company,  through  their  attorney,  Chaales  N.  Fox,  commenced  an 
action  against  the  city  yesterday  to  quiet  title  to  the  Point  Lobos  Creek 
lands.  This  verifies  our  prediction  of  the  long  and  tiresome  litigation 
which  is  now  inevitable. 

A    PLEA    FOR    THE    GALLOWS. 

The  tenderhearted  among  us  are  constantly  urging  the  abolition  of 
that  noble  tree  on  which  the  murderer  is  accustomed  to  pay  the  penalty 
of  his  crimes.  As  is  well  known  the  opponents  of  the  death  penalty  have 
carried  their  views  so  successfully  in  the  State  of  Maine  that  a  year  ago 
hanging  was  done  away  with.  Ihe  idea  doubtless  was  that  if  the  State 
stopped  executions,  criminals  would  cease  to  murder;  but  we  learn  from 
the  columns  of  the  Nation  that  recent  statistics  in  Maine  prove  to  the 
contrary.  For  a  long  time  there  had  hardly  been  a  murder  committed, 
but  within  a  year  no  less  than  nine  have  been  chronicled,  most  of  them 
being  pleasantly  referred  to  as  "family  murders."  Our  criminals  have 
long  had  the  reputation  of  ability  to  cheat  the  gallows,  and  in  these  days 
no  one  believes  that  an  assassin  will  be  executed  until  he  is  launched  into 
eternity.  The  firmness  with  which  the  death  penalty  is  carried  out  in 
other  parts  of  the  world  contrasts  strongly  with  our  own  lax  system  of 
reprieves  and  commutations,  but,  at  least,  we  have  yet  the  power  to  hold 
the  rope  in  terrorem  over  the  prisoner's  head — a  privilege  which  the  good 
people  of  Maine  seem  foolishly  to  have  thrown  away. 


"IF    WISHES    "WERE    HORSES." 

Who  does  not  daily  hear  the  wish  Just  lliink — if  England  were  wined  out, 

Expressed— or  just  implied —  At  what,  pray,  could  you  point, 

That  in  the  coming  war  the  Russ  And  state  with  native  modesty  : 

Will  lower  John  Bull's  pride?  "We  licked  her  outo"  joint I" 

And  this  by  those  who  speak  his  tongue    A  hundred  years  you've  had  the  chance 

(A  little  spoiled,  perforce),  (this     To  boast  at  her  expense — 

And  draw  their  blood  from  him  (though  If  she  were  clean  demolished  now, 

Is  slightly  mixed,  of  course).  Your  loss  would  he  immense. 


O,  foolish  Brother  Jonathan, 

Why  will  you  nurse  your  spite? 
Why  will  you  wish  your  kinsman's  fall? 

You  know  it  isn't  right. 
O,  baby  Brother  Jonathan, 

Pray  blubber  for  the  moon  ; 
Twould  be  in  better  taste,  and  then— 

You'd  get  it  just  as  soon. 


But,  really,  there's  not  much  to  fear- 
Old  England's  still  alive ; 

And  as  far  as  evil  wishes  go, 
She's  likely  to  survive. 

Then  honor  rest  upon  her  flag. 
When  she  shall  choose  to  fight ; 

If  she  beats  back  Russian  bayonets, 
She  may  launh  at  Yankee  spite. 


A    RACE    OF    DEVILS. 


It  is  idle  to  d*;ny,  in  the  face  of  the  constantly  recurring  outrages  and 
cold-blooded  murders  recorded  in  this  city,  that  we  have  a  terribly  vicious 
element  in  our  midst.  The  frequency  of  crime  is  ceasing  to  startle  us, 
and  the  community  is  now  so  accustomed  to  the  daily  perusal  of  the 
bloody  record  that,  like  an  opium  eater,  it  requires  a  dose  of  extraordinary 
magnitude  to  fully  realize  the  potency  of  the  evil.  From  time  to  time 
the  clergy  preach  on  the  necessity  of  early  training;  the  daily  newspapers 
fill  up  an  odd  column  with  a  half-hearted  remonstrance  against  hoodlums; 
the  police  make  an  occasional  raid  on  Tar  Flat,  and  some  half  dozen  louts 
are  sent  to  the  Industrial  School.  That  is  about  the  extent  of  the  work 
done  so  far,  and  even  that  is  done  in  a  desultory  and  feeble  manner.  The 
foul  murder  of  Officer  Coates  on  Wednesday  night  more  immediately 
fans  our  long  smothered  feelings  on  this  subject  into  a  blaze;  but  sad 
as  the  occurrrnce  is,  it  is  but  a  very  small  drop  in  the  ocean  of  crime 
which  has  bo  long  deluged  our  city.  Let  any  gentleman,  who  is  so  in- 
clined, walk  through  the  northern  and  western  portion  of  our  city  on  Sun- 
day next.  These  neighborhoods  are  supposed  to  be  eminently  respectable, 
and  to  present  a  favorable  contrast  to  the  vicious  purlieus  of  the  city  front 
and  the  notorious  haunts  of  the  southern  section.  We  will  guarantee 
that  during'  his  afternoon  walk  he  shall  come  on  dozens  of  groups  of  boys 
reeking  with  blasphemy  and  foul  language;  that  he  shall  see  an  unlimited 
number  of  fights,  and  hear  countless  oaths  from  the  lips  of  children  not 
yet  in  their  teens.  He  can  go  further,  where  there  are  vacant  lots,  and 
see  and  hear  worse;  nor  will  his  observations  be  confined  to  the  ruder  sex. 
The  hoodlum  girl, whose  draggled  shoe  strings  and  loud,  brazen  laugh  pro- 
claim her  lost  innocence,  is  there,  too,  and  the  Sabbath  afternoon  rings 
again  with  her  ghastly  merriment.  The  evil  is  not  one  which  can  be 
checked  by  a  few  straggling  efforts  of  the  press,  the  clergy,  or  the  philan- 
thropist. It  demands  the  attention  of  the  people  at  large.  Meetings 
should  be  held  in  various  parts  of  San  Francisco,  and  protective  commit- 
tees be  permanently  organized  for  the  suppression  of  these  juvenile  fiends, 
east,  west,  north  and  south.  Nothing  short  of  the  personal  activity  of 
respectable  householders  will  ever  touch  this  frightful  state  of  things.  It 
involves  discomfort,  danger,  and  many  unpleasant  rencontres  doubtless, 
but  this  cannot  be  helped.  Further,  such  an  organization  must  be  perma- 
nent, as  these  ill  weeds  thrive  all  the  better  for  being  temporarily  checked. 
We  have  used  the  word  "  protective"  committees  in  preference  to  the  old 
word  "vigilance,"  because  the  stigma  of  some  unwise  acts  in  early  da3's 
still  attaches  itself  to  the  latter  word.  Above  all,  let  the  Legislature  pro- 
vide for  whipping  this  class  of  criminals.  Good,  sound  birch-rod 
floggings,  such  as  Dr.  Hawtrey,  of  Eton  College,  and  Archbishop  Mark- 
ham,  of  Westminster,  used  to  administer,  will  reach  the  souls  of  these 
ugly  hounds  in  quicker  time  than  the  longest  term  of  imprisonment  per- 
missible by  law.  The  one  entails  disgraceful  personal  chastisement  and 
acute  bodily  pain  ;  the  other  is  a  comfortable  seclusion  and  a  pleasant 
companionship  with  the  foul  herd  of  their  brothers  in  vice.  This  evil 
must  be  checked. 

A    GOOD    MOVE. 

Anything  which  confines  the  operations  of  dealers  in  stocks  to  their 
legitimate  channels  is  a  move  in  the  right  direction,  consequently  we  hail 
with  satisfaction  the  action  of  the  Pacific  Stock  Exchange  this  week  re- 
garding the  revision  of  their  constitution.  We  are  told  that  the  amend- 
ments adopted  specially  hit  the  former  loose  and  discreditable  system  of 
transferring  stocks  from  one  broker  to  the  other,  and  generally  place  the 
client  on  an  equal  footing  with  his  broker.  Accepting  these  statements 
with  great  caution,  and  even  admitting  that  nothing  has  been  yet  done 
to  strike  at  the  root  of  the  many  evils  connected  with  stock  gambling,  it 
is  at  least  "ratifying  to  know  that  the  brokers  admit  the  necessity  of  re- 
form. In  England  Parliament  has  taken  the  matter  in  hand  and  is  cor- 
recting abuses  with  a  high  hand.  The  evils  of  speculation  there  dwindle 
into  insignificance  by  the  side  of  the  rotten  system  in  vogue  on  the  Pacific 
Coast.  ''Margins,"  "puts"  and  "calls"  are  fraudulent,  stock  certificates 
are  undoubtedly  bad  features  of  California  stock  gambling,  but  these  are 
nothing  in  comparison  with  the  mischievous  manipulation  of  mines  by 
unscrupulous  stockholders  and  swindling  trustees.  It  is  bad  enough  to 
know  that  a  broker  can  sell  the  same  piece  of  stock  on|a  margin  to  fifty 
customers  and  pocket  their  money  as  soon  as  it  has  depreciated  suffi- 
ciently, although  he  never  could  have  reproduced  his  customers'  property 
had  the  market  taken  a  sudden  and  rapid  rise.  It  is  not  a  pleasant  reflec- 
tion that  brokers'  clerks  do  a  quiet  inside  business  with  stocks  which  do 
not  belong  to  them,  or  that  hitherto  honest  citizens  do  not  scruple  to 
inflate  stocks  which  they  know  to  be  worthless  in  order  to  protect  them- 
selves by  unloading.  The  listing  of  "wildcat"  stocks,  in  which  ground  is 
not  even  broken,  is  another  flcurse,  invariably  followed  by  the  levy  of 
assessments,  which  are  continued  until  the  worn-out  holder  allows  his 
stock  to  become  delinquent  and  to  be  bought  in  for  nothing  by  the 
scheming  projectors  who  first  sold  it  to  him.  If  the  Pacific  Stock  Ex- 
change is  in  earnest  about  reform,  let  it  at  once  aim  at  the  heart  of  all 
fraudulent  operations,  the  extent  of  which  it  should  surely  know  even 
better  than  ourselves.  If  in  doing"  this  it  should  lose  a  few  rotten  branches 
and  incur  the  displeasure  of  the  curbstone  fraternity,  the  immediate  loss 
will  be  an  ultimate  and  permanent  gain.  The  parent  tree  would  be 
healthier  and  more  vigorous  and  become— what  now  seems  to  thousands  of 
ruined  investors  an  impossibility — an  institution  above  suspicion. 


April  88,  i»t;. 


CALIFORN1  \     ADVERTISER. 


THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

"Bhi  Um  itior'"    "What  the  davtl  *n  tbouT" 

-i    ■■.'■'  |   .-.;.  Uir  <i< m!.  -tt.  «i'h  >(.u." 

i  ^tii!.-  In  In-  (ail  a«  long  ft*  a  Ball, 
\\  Im-h  nude  him  icrvw  Ik<I>Ict  m.t  b 

— "T^       ■'  \\  . 

The  Tyler -FeiTAl  case  la  getting  badly  mixed  up.  wad  the  question 
of  tin*  hour  is  whether  Jud       Fei  an  try  Mr.  Tyler  for  an  assault, 

oommitted  on  the  Judge,  in  hi*  own  Court  Room.    The  f.  ''..  having 
reed  bVom'a  Commentaries,  sees  olesr  througfa  the  whole  case,  ano  i  ►com 

the  adoption  ol  the  following  oourse.     Let   Mr.   Pemlgeton  the 
stand  and  give  hie  testimony,  whii  b  moat  be 
.Mr.  Tyler,  on  the  grennd  of  there  being  no  .' 

linn  admitted  by  the  bailiff,  and  Court  oingi  the 

Ml  be  on  the  bench,  and  the  plaintiff,  therefore,  unable  to  appear. 
At  this  point,  Tyler  might  announce  thai,  ajthough  he  is  the  defendant 
tu  the  case,  he  i*  al  En   hia   legal  oapacity  as  oounael  for  the 

plaintiff,  and  submit  medical  certificate  declaring  that  Judge  Perral  was 

l  to  his  bed  by  an  attack  "i"  meaalea  This  gives  the  defendant 
Tyler,  in  hi* capacity  at  plaintiff's  counsel,  power  to  open  tin.* ea.-e  in  the  ab- 
asneeof  hu  olient,wno  ia,in  th<  meantime,fined950by  the  Judge  for  his  non- 
appearance. Counsel!  argument  ahowa  the  jury  that  a  violent,  cow- 
ardly, and  unprovoked  assault  wan  cammitted  on  the  plaintiff,  for  which 
he,  the  defendant,  aska  95,000  damages.  Counsel  then  puts  himself  on 
tin.-  itand,  and  examines,  en  SB-examines,  and  re-direct-examines  himself 
1  Dgth,  after  which  he  submits  bia  case  to  the  jury,  who  Btay 
out  five  minutes,  and  bring  in  a  verdict  of  petty  larceny,  with  a  recom- 

tion  to  mercy.  Judge  Ferral  then  sentences  Mr.  Tyler  to  pay  a 
sum  fine,  and   Mr.  Tyler  charges  Jndge  Perral  $400  for  his  services  as 

i.  Thus*  a  great  insult  i*  avenged;  the  honor  of  the  bar  is  sus- 
tained, ;ui<l  the  transaction  is  an  agreeable  and  lucrative  one  all  round, 

A  great  deal  of  *  Ihristian  rubbish  has  been  written  from  time  to  time 
■bout  the  religious  Brahmin  rite  known  as  the  "Suttee."  Missionaries 
condemn  it,  religious  people  inveigh  against  it,  and  the  world  generally 
holds  up  to  horror  the  burning  of  wives  with  their  husbands'  remains. 
The  world,  the  pious  ami  the  fanatic  missionary  are,  jus  usual,  wrong. 
There  is  really  no  un>re  healthful  custom  peculiar  to  any  nation  than  the 
roaatingof  a  live  wife  simultaneously  with  her  dead  husband.  Every 
devout  Indian  lady  knows  that  when  her  lord  dies  she  lias  to  accompany 
him,  and  the  testimony  of  all  first-class  martyrs  is  to  the  effect  that  being 

!  alive  is  conducive  of  considerable  corporeal  irritation,  and  is,  on 
the  whole,  a  disagreeable  operation.  Consequently  the  Brahmin  female 
devote.'  is  somewhat  interested  in  the  preservation  of  her  husband's  life. 
She  never  attempts  to  poison  him,  or  gets  him  to  insure  his  life  in  her 
favor.  If  be  stays  nut  late  at  the  Club  Bile  never  drives  him  to  despera- 
tion with  her  reproaches.  If  he  is  ill  she  tends  him  with  the  assiduity  of 
a  dozen  hired  nur.-es;  she  never  lets  him  fight  duels,  though  she  puts  tal- 
low on  his  nose  at  the  slightest  appearance  of  a  cold.  The  Suttee,  in- 
stead of  being  abused  in  this  country,  should  be  encouraged.  It  is  the 
duty  of  every  husband  who  knows  himself  to  urge  upon  Congress  the 
necessity  of  introducing  this  rite  into  America  at  once.  Had  civilization 
only  adopted  it  years  ago,  the  elder  Mr.  Weller  need  never  have  mur- 
mured to  Samivel  from  the  depths  of  his  broken  heart,  "  Sammy,  beware 
of  widdera.*1 

At  last  a  gentleman  has  been  found  who  knows  how  to  leave  the  com- 
munity in  a  gentlemanly  manner.  Baron  von  der  W'ense,  having  mailed 
a  letter  to  the  <  loroner,  is  reported  to  have  commenced  a  tour  round  the 
ocean  in  eighty  days.  Having  disposed  of  about  $4,000  to  his  relatives 
and  obviated  the  necessity  of  a  funeral  by  swimming  out  to  aea  with  a 
vial  of  poison  in  his  mouth,  he  makes  his  exit  from  this  world  of  sorrow 
in  an  artistic  and  thoroughly  graceful  style.  It  will  commend  itself  to  all 
future  suicides  as  a  happy  conceit.  There  is  no  malodorous  inquest  or  a 
blood-stained  floor  ;  there  is  an  utter  absence  of  the  noisy  pistol  or  the 
awkward  knife.  His  clothes  also  are  saved  for  some  future  occupant,  and 
Baron  von  der  Wense  will  not  even  occupy  the  valuable  time  of  the  local 
grave  digger,  or  grace  the  slabs  of  the  Morgue  with  a  confused  mass  of 
unsightly  remains.  Had  he  consulted  us  before  starting-  we  could  have 
probably  got  up  a  nice  party  to  go  with  him.  The  idea  is  so  novel  and 
ingenious  that  a  committee  of  yachtsmen  would  gladly  have  accompanied 
him  till  he  got  well  out  to  sea,  ami  then  helped  to  uncork  his  little  bottle 
of  refreshments  in  the  shape  of  strychnine.  If  this  noble  example  be 
generally  followed  there  will  be  excellent  sea  fishing  next  year. 

"What  have  we  done,  O,  Lord,  that  this  evil  should  be  inflicted 
upon  us?"  asks  the  just  man  aa  he  reads  in  the  paper  that  Theodore 
Til  ton  is  coming  to  lecture  in  San  Francisco  on  the  "Problem  of  Life  !  " 
This  city  may  be  a  modern  Nineveh,  worse  than  plague  stricken  Egypt, 
nearly  as  wicked  as  Chicago,  deserving  of  fire,  sword,  famine,  earth- 
quakes, droughts  and  the  iron  heel  of  grinding  monopolies,  but  it  has  surely 
never  (lone  anything  to  merit  the  presence  of  Theodore  Tilton.  Moody 
and  Sankey,  or  the  devil  in  bodily  form  would  be  more  welcome  guests. 
Beecher,  uneasy  with  a  million  prurient  desires,  the  entire  Bender  family 
from  Kansas,  with  Ananias  and  Sapphira  in  double  songs  and  dances,  and 
Judas  Iscariot  in  his  great  banging  and  busting  act  would  be  received  by 
this  community  with  feelings  of  comparatively  unalloyed  delight,  but 
Theodore  Tilton— ugh  !  This  is  too  much.  We  shall  pray  cautiously  for 
railway  accidents  (not  of  the  kind  which  Theodore  revels  in)  and  break- 
downs of  all  sorts,  and  should  the  invader  reach  our  shores  in  safety,  we 
hope  that  his  flowing  locks  may  catch  in  the  first  California  oak  near  the 
track  and  leave  him  suspended,  like  Absalom,  while  the  moaning  breezes 
murmur  o'er  his  corpse,  i,Vade  retro  Satanas." 

Will  some  bloated,  millionaire  oblige  us  with  about  sixty-three 
words  of  violent  and  scorching  abuse  against  our  private  character?  The 
T.  C.  is  not  very  particular  whether  Flood  &  O'Brien,  Sharon,  Keene, 
Baldwin,  or  Michael  Reese  do  the  talking,  though  the  last  named  gen- 
tleman is  preferable,  from  the  fact  that  his  dislike  to  these  columns  is  ex- 
cusable. But  the  accusations  against  us  must  be  of  a  decided  nature. 
We  would  prefer  being  called  a  big  red-handed  bigamist  from  Honolulu, 
and  have  it  asserted  that  our  local  habitation  was  a  jail,  our  favorite  pas- 
time forgery,  and  that  we  had  been  convicted  of  thieving,  horse-stealing 
and  raising  checks.  We  guarantee  to  be  content  with  the  modest  emolu- 
ments of  a  libel  suit,  or  to  retire  from  the  slaughter  of  the  American  lan- 
guage on  a  satisfactory  compromise.  Agents  who  will  guarantee  to  Becure 
us  the  necessary  amount  of  vilifying  will  be  liberally  dealt  with. 


It  is  conjectured  ifortabte  lib*,    i 

■  i Iisj   ta&t   <>■■  ; 

•■.  take  uiotagrapha  essisr  than  any  other  firm  In  the  world. 

oily  ..f 

their  pli  tares    and  so  do  the  contents  of  our  albums! 

Mlsfortiiues.  like  borrow,  d  umbrellas,  are  i     if  they  be- 

long  to  others  ;  but  the  way  to  pari  company  with  all  the  mlsfhrtui 
the  world  is  to  use  Qenujne  "Id  Cutter  Whisky,  for  which  A.   P 
in/.  l29to481Jackt  ent    It  is  the  purest  antidote  far 

your  own  and  other  people's  sorrows  extant, 

What  makes  the  car-go  ?    The  freight. 


A  Chicago  man  advertises  for  a  wife  with  a  knowledge  of  mnsio,  and 
remarks  that  no  "  Maiden's   Prayer"  or  "Silver  Threads"  kind  of  a  girl 

The  community  feels   badly  over  the  reeent  cowhiduig  of    one  physi- 
cian by  another.    It  was  hoped  that  the  difficulty  might  have  been 
by  a  duel  with  drug*,  each  one  challenging  the  other  to  swallow  1  Is  favor- 
ite  prescription  at    fifteen  paces.    The  combat  would   doubtless  have 

resulted  in  tin-  immediate  death  of  both  contestants  that  is,  if  they 
drank  fair  ;  and  it  WOttld  have  been  very  .'ratifying  to  our  Citizens  to  have 
Been  the  differing  doctors  hoisted  by  their  own  pharo-aeeutieal  petards. 
They  might    also  have    tossed  up  for  the    privilege    of    bleeding,  CUppfn  J, 

leeching  and  blistering  each  other,  or  if  that  offer  we  re  declined,  they 

could  have  pelted  each  other  with  blue  pills  until  their  honor  was  Batisfieu. 
In  fact,  there  are  ci, die:-*  ways  in  which  these  disciples  of  Galen  might 
have  amply  fulfilled  the  requirements  of  the  code  of  honor  without   n 

ing  to  the  plebeian  cowhide,  though  we  frankly  confess  that  were  the 
means  left  to  ourselves,  we  would  shut  the  bellicose  M.  D.*8  up  in  a  dark 
room,   and    provide   them   both  with   the   largest  sized  dissecting  knives 
known  to  science. 
American  i:ommiMiu.>  iat-rennni,  -  -  1  line  Scribe,  PurlH. 

8.   F.   &    N.   P.    B.    R. 

(Ihmitce  of  Time.  •-  On    mill    after    Monday,  Jannnry   1st; 
j    the  steamer  JAMES  M   DONAHUE, Captain  W.  Warner,  will  leave  Washington 
street  wharf,  dally  (Sundays  excepted),  at  :t  p.m.,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  ears 

(or  (.'loverdale  im'.l  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Guernville  Branch  to  Korbel'8  Mills  and  the  ti real  Redwood  Forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cloverdale  daily  (Sundays  excepted),  at  6  A.H.,  connecting  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Close  connections  made  with  stages  (or  So- 
noma, the  Geysers,  Okiah,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  and  also  for  Mark  West,  Skaggtf 
and  Littons'  Springs.       Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  a.m.  to  2:80  P.M. 

StsDAv  Excursions.— On  and  after  March  26,  1877,  the  steamer  JAM  KS  M.  DON- 
AHUE  Bill  leave  Washington-St.  Wharf.  Sunday,  at  S  a.m.,  connecting  at  Donahue 
with  cars  for  Cloverdale.  wav  stations,  and  the  great  Redwood  Forests.  Returning, 
will  arrive  in  San  Francisco  at  7:^0  P.M.     General  Olfice,  42tS  Montgomen   street. 

A.  A.  UFAN,  Superintendent.  P-  DONAHUE.  President. 

March  24.  P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Gen'l  Pas.  &  Ticket  Ageut. 

Gymnastics  are  to  be  henceforth  a  prominent  feature  in  our  public 
schools,  and  next  term  will  briny  forth  graduates  in  flip-flaps,  band-springs 
and   the  flying   trapeze.     The    first   class   will  work    out   mathematical 

froblenis  on  their  beads  and  deliver  valedictories  from  the  horizontal  bar. 
t  is  expected  that  the  muscles  of  the  scholars  will  be  so  developed  us  to 
induce  a  hitherto  unknown  attitude  of  civility  on  the  part  of  the  teach- 
ers Above  all,  Dr.  Dio  Lewis,  that  eminent  old  philanthropic  and  pre- 
historic nonentity,  who  has  devoted  three  quarters  of  a  century  to  the 
study  of  boys  and  girls,  will  give  special  instruction  in  the  iron-jaw  busi- 
ness, spring-board  leaping,  and  vaulting  over  a  wooden  horse.  This  of 
itself  should  convert  our  unmuseular  and  flabby  children  into  .Roman  ath- 
letes anil  gymnasts  of  the  highest  type. 

Love's  ardor  knows  no  bounds,  and  apparently  occasionally  finds  a 
rapacious  rival  in  its  agents.  Lieutenant  de  Kalands  cheerfully  paid 
S200  to  a  Vallejo  saloon  keeper  for  the  services  of  bis  yacht  in  assisting 
his  bride  to  elope,  and  did  not  even  murmur  when  he  was  charged  $33  for 
chickens  which  his  beloved  spouse  is  alleged  to  have  consumed.  He 
kicks,  however,  at  the  demand  for  S300  more,  and  very  justly  so.  It  is 
gratifying  to  find  a  Russian  officer  who  resents  the  imputation  of  being  a 
soft  piece  of  humanity,  at  the  mercy  of  every  dollar-sucking  leech,  and 
the  American  dispenser  of  justice  over  the  bay  will  doubtless  read  the 
whisky  selling  plaintiff  a  wholesome  lesson  on  extortion. 

Ann  Eliza  has  obtained  an  annulment  of  her  mock  marriage  with  that 
hoary-headed  and  peccant  old  prophet,  Brigham  Young.  It  is  difficult  to 
see  how  a  United  States  Judge  could  seriously  listen  to  evidence  about 
the  marriage  relations  of  women  who,  under  the  pretense  of  being 
"  sealed"  to  a  polygamist,  are  practically  living  in  the  most  menial  state 
of  concubinage  with  him.  This  decision  has,  however,  one  good  feature: 
it  leaves  Brigham  Young  without  any  wives  at  all,  and  is  a  precedent  to 
the  whole  harem  to  at  once  institute  proceedings  against  him  for  reasona- 
ble compensation  for  their  housework. 

Mr.  Blacklock  will  doubtless  lie  glad  to  hear  of  the  loss  of  the  schooner 
Lizzie,  laden  with  oysters,  at  Yakeima  bay.  It  is  very  wrong  of  un- 
scrupulous parties  to  gather  oysters  out  of  the  Pacific  Ocean  while  Mr. 
Blacklock  is  in  prison  and  cannot  help  himself.  As  soon  as  the  triHing 
charges  of  forgery  and  other  little  matters  are  disposed  of,  the  proprietor 
of  all  the  oysters  in  the  Pacific  will  probably  bring  actions  against 
all  parties  infringing  on  his  rights,  only  we  are  afraid  he  will  have  no  op- 
portunity for  twenty  or  thirty  years  to  come. 

The  Post  comes  out  this  week  with  a  profound  article  on  the  qualities 
of  an  Art  Director  and  a  perfect  essay  on  chiaro  oscuro.  Why  it  should 
depart  from  its  usually  elegant  and  instructive  pork-and-beans  style  of 
editorial  the  community  is  not  informed,  though  the  thoughtful  mind  will 
connect  the  absence  of  Colonel  'Inton  in  Arizona  with  this  rash  and  inex- 
cusable onslaught  on  the  Encyclopedia. 

A  young  lady  read  in  the  report  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  lately, 
that  a  contractor,  named  Driscoll,  got  00  days  for  constructing  a  redwood 
sewer  in  Fifteenth  street.  "  Poor  man,"  she  cried,  "he  comes  of  a  very 
old  family,  indeed,  and  they  will  feel  bitterly  any  act  of  his  which  has 
incarcerated  him  even  for  an  hour." 

Brunswick,  (Me.,)  has  alady  who  never  buys  new  cloaks,  but  fixes 
over  her  husbands  old  coats,  and  converts  them  into  Talmas  and  Polo- 
naises. It  is  not  improbable  that  this  penurious  female  wears  the  breeches 
too. 


10 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


April  28,  1877. 


F    1™  .    ui  ?n  ^P010"3  ,wr°nS  done  to  the  patient  and  lonff 

I  "fn8  property-holders  it  is  now  being  consummated  in  the  construo 
,,,,  of  that  useless  street  known  as  Montgomery  Avenue.  As  not  every 
e  understands  the  law  under  which  works  of  this  kind  are  carried 
L  \r  be  W?U^t0  P,U*  lts  substance  "  plain  words  before  our  reader 
fter  the  property  has  been  condemned  (about  which  the  holder  has  noth- 
g  to  say),  damages  are  assessed  and  dixided  among  the  adjacent  prop- 
rtyiolders,^™ rat,,      So   far  so  good.     Now,  suppose   that  one  of  the 

,™i  '       Vu   C1Ued  UI>0n  t0  w     He  is  not  e™>  served  with  a 

Wnmons,  or  given  the  chance  to  appear  in  Court-a  privilege  which  is 
u:yer   denied  to   a  debtor  for  S5   worth  of  groceries.     A    County  Court 

KlfeSt  ™  ?bftamed'  'I™'",  '■"'"//l  fe''C  is  "°  °W,  and  his  homestead  S 
old  right  out  from  under  bis  feet.  A  simple  notice,  in  an  obscure  news- 
aper  is  the  only  announcement  of  the  intended  action,  and  without  say- 

"rh?E.  '  orfmtlLyOUr   l6*™'  the  Sheriff  ™&«  i"  and  disposes 

f  thB  "'''f'fle  JW'TOCfc-a  r&S  n'OUi  lain  I  ' '  "~ 

This  was  a  gift  from  Howard  Clay. 

Just  see,  the  pearls  are  getting  dim. 

They  say  that  pearls  are  tears — what  stuff  ! 

The  setting  looks  a  little  rough. 


He  was  as  handsome  as  a  prince — 

And  jealous!    But  he  went  to  Rome 
Last  fall.     He's  never  written  since. 

I  used  to  visit  at  his  home — 
A  lovely  place  be3rond  Fort  Lee, 
His  mother  thought  the  world  of  me  ! 

Oh  no!  I  sent  his  letters  back. 

These  came  to  me  from  Washington. 
But  look,  what  a  tremendous  pack! 
He  always  wrote  me  three  for  one. 
.    .     T  know  I  used,  to  treat  him  ill — 
«ets  every  few  monlhs,  under  the  name  of  repairs,  are  hard  enough  for 

•l^  ;PHa>:eri0,bea-'  but  this  burden  is  one  ^ioh  every  citizen,  who  is 
-erested  in  delivering  our  town  from  the  claws  of  monopolies  and  rings 
mild  resent  with  all  his  might.  i,uba. 

o!SC10thVab'?V8  wf  in.*yPe'  the  Judge  of  the  Nineteenth  District 
£nt  I n™  "T  *he  7?\  °K  irbibiti™.  which  was  issued  on  the  19th 
tant  upon  the  complaint  of  J.   P.  Dameron,  thus  leaving  propertv- 

=hT.dgmentmerCy  ty  C°Urt'  whi<*  threatens  »"  add  fco  to 

THE    'WATER    STRIFE. 

to  our  last  issue  we  pointed  out  clearly  that  there  was  a  mutuality 
interests  on  the  part  o    the  Spring  Valley  Water  Works  and  the  C  ty 
there  which  required  dispassionate  discussion   on  both  sides.     We  re 
t  that  as  another  week  passes  we  have  only  further  an  ill-advised  hot 
fA  to  ""S-o'Laiy'-at  ffit«'ravlln¥r'esSt:'"ift   ~  ■ If-""  <?&*4  ,"' 


cbauLsm,  ana   hi  In 


n  Italian  paper)  gives  an 
■eriment  in  cremation  in 
,  on  tbe  body  of  a  man, 

The  apparatus  used  was 
ill-known  Italian   profes 

consists  of  a  brickwork 
n  outside  covering  of  iron 
his  is  a  second  vaulted 
e  same  material,  the  in- 
i  being  two  centimetres, 
•nts  all  loss  of  caloric,  and 
itside  of  the  urn  cool  du- 
(u  the  centre  of  the  inner 
gating  on  which  tbe  body 

In  the  instance  in  ques- 
%  the  corpse  was  pushed 
e  aid  of  some  simple  me- 
nace of  two  hours  and  a 


half  was  reduced  completely  to  cinders. 

During  the  month  of  March  150  ships  passed 
through  the  Suez  Canal.  The  receipts  of  the 
Company  amounted  to  3,090,000f. 


C.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Sunday,  April  1st.  1877,  and  until 
further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 
San  Francisco: 
(Overland    Ticket  Office,   at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  of 
Market  Street.) 


7C\f\  A.  M.  (dailv),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washin 
.\J\t    r~~jz*j!ri-  r  •■  Connectmcr  with  Trains  f- 


i  sadly  i 
You  know  tbe  head  that  lock  forsook  ; 

You  know — but  you  could  never  guess! 
Nor  would  I  tell  you  for  the  world 
About  whose  brow  that  ringlet  curled. 

Why  won't  I  tell  ?    Well,  partly,  child, 
Because  you  like  the  man  yourself; 

But  most,  because — don't  get  so  wild! 
I  have  not  laid  him  on  the  shelf — 

He's  not  a  bygone.     In  a  year, 

I'll  tell  you  all  about  him,  dear. 

■WALTER    BAGEHOT. 

The  death  of  Mr.  Walter  Bagehot  is  a  loss  to 
literature,  but  it  is  still  mork  markedly  a  loss  to 
journalism.  The  late  editor  of  the  Economist  had 
two  qualities  which  gave  bim  a  distinctive  place 
among  writers  of  leading  articles.  He  could  deal 
abstrusely  with  abstruse  subjects  and  yet  not  for- 
get that,  whatever  may  be  the  part  reserved  for 
specialists  in  the  ultimate  formation  of  public 
opinion  of  the  moment  is  the  opinion  of  men  of 
ordinary  cultivation  and  intelligence,  and  that 
the  jouralist  who  fails  to  make  himself  under- 
stood, by  them  misses  his  mark.  There  may  be 
other  writers  on  the  money  market  whose  grasp 
of  the  subject  is  as  great  as  Mr.  Bagehot's,  or 
whose  judgment  is  held  iu  equal  respect  by  the 
men  who  compose  the  market.  But  where  shall 
we  Hnd  articles  on  City  matters  that  week  after 
week  command  the  attention  and  sustain,  the  in- 
terest of  educated  men  who  have  no  personal 
concern  in  such  subjects  and  no  knowledge  of 
them  beyond  that  which  Mr.  Bagehot  has  him- 
self imparted  to  them  'i  But  it  was  not  only  as 
specialist  singularly  competent  to  make  his  spe-' 
cialty  understood  that  Mr.  Bageshot  was  remark- 
able. He  was  also  a  political  critic  of  singular 
comprehensiveness  and  impartiality.  This  sec- 
ond quality  is  perhaps  almost  as  rare  as  the 
former.  In  a  sense  no  doubt  all  journalists  are 
political  critics.  They  are  so,  that  is  to  say,  as 
opposed  to  the  politicians  proper,  who  are  men 
of  action.  But  among  themselves  journalists 
may  be  divided  into  men  of  action,  the  object  of 
whose  writing  is  to  get  certain  things  done  or  left 
undone,  and  critics,  the  object  of  whose  writing 
iB  to  appreciate  all  that  can  be  alleged  in  favor 
of  getting  certain  things  done  or  of  leaving  them 
Budone.  Mr.  Bagehot  had,  in  a  very  great,  de- 
gree two  faculties  not  often  found  in  combina- 
tion. He  could  see  with  singular  clearness  both 
sides  of  a  subject,  and  he  could  understand  that 
when  a  decision  had  once  been  made  it  must  be 
carried  out  with  as  much  energv  as  though  the 
arguments  had  been  all  on  one  side. 


-Connecting  with  Trains  for 
clir  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
daiding  and  Sacramento. 
an  Woodland,    Williams    and 

ve  San  Francisco  3:10  P.M.) 


thtic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
rgicramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
nT'ax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Onia- 
h  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
j've  San  Francisco  5:35  p.m.) 


T>se  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
ling at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 


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Ve  San  Francisco  9:35  A.M.) 


tbss  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
sjjkton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
igtuenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
[gfifll,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Cot- 
ton and  J3os  Palmas  (Arizona  Stage  Connection).  Con- 
nects at  Niles  with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  6:55 
P.M.  "  Sleeping  Cars"  between  Oakland  and  Los  Ange- 
les. (Arrive  San  Francisco  12:40  P.M.) 


4f\f\  P.  M.  (daily),  VallejoSteamer  (from  Washington 
■  \J\J  st.  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  f or  Calistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  P.  si.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  11:10  A.M.) 


(from  Wash'n  St.  Wharf),  for  Benieiaand  Land- 
ings on  the  Sacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  A.M.,  daily. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  8:00  p.m.) 


4    0  ji  P.M.  (daily),  ThroughThird  Class  and  Aeeom- 
•  O"     modation  Train,  via  Lathrop  and  Mohave, 
arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  A.M. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  7:30  A.M. 

FERRIES     AND     LOCAL     TRAINS 


From  "SAX  FRANCISCO,'*  Daily. 


A  7.00 
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8.00 
8,30 
9.00 
9.30 
10.00 
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5.00 
6.00 


A  8.00 
10.00 

p  3.00 
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at 
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A  6.10 
p  6.00 


*10.30  P.M.  Sundays  only  to  Alameda. 

To  FERNSIDE  — except  Sundays  — 7.00,  9.00,  10.00 
A.M. ,  and  5  P.M. 

Extra  Excursion  Trains,  "  Sandavs  only,"  to  Shell 
Mound  and  Delaware  St.,  West  Berkeley,  9.00,  10.30,  1-2. 

Regular  Train's  to  Berkeley  and  Delaware  Street  will 
not  be  prepared  to  accommodate  large  excursions. 


To  "SAN  FRANCISCO,"  Daily. 


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P  2.50 

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7.00 

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10.101      1.50 

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From  FERNSIDE— except   Sundays— 8.00,  10.00,  11.00 

A.M.,  and  6.00  P.M. 

•Alameda  Passengers  change  cars  at  Oakland. 

A— Morning,     p— Afternoon. 


THE  CREEK  FERRY  BOAT 

Will  run— tide  permittiutr— from  5:50  a.m.  to  0:30  p.m., 
as  follows  : 


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SAN  FRANCISCO 

< 

(Market  St.   Station. 

Hi 

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19 

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21 

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22 

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24 

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7:30-10:40-    1:45 

26 

8:00—11:10- —2:50 

27 

9:30—12.10- —3:50 

2B 

10:30-  2:00    5:00 

29 

10:50—12.30-  3:30—5:15 

30 

—11.40-  2:40-5:45 

Leaye 

OAKLAND 

(Broadway  Wharf.) 

-11:00—  2:00-4:30 

6:00- 

- —  2:00-4:30 

0:00- 

—  1:30-4:00 

6:30- 

- —  2:30-4:45 

6:00- 

-  8:00- -3:30 

8:00- 

-  9:30-11:00  -5:00 

0:00 

-  8:00    11:45-.... 

6:00- 

6:00- 

6:30- 

-  9:10—12:20-:.... 

S:00- 

-10:50—  2:00-.. . . 

9:20- 

-11:40—  ....-3:30 

10:00- 

-11:30-  2:30-4:30 

-10:30—  1:00-4:00 

"Official  Schedule  Time"  furnished  by  Anderson  & 
Randolph,  Jewelers,  101  and  103  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towne,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

NOETHEEN  DIVISION. 

SIMMER     ARRANGEMENT. 

Commencing  April  15,  18T7,  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  as  follows : 

8  0  A  A.M  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
.0\J  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  &£§^"At  Pajako  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forAPTOS  and  Santa  Cruz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Monterey. 
fr^y  Stage  connections  made  with  this  train.  J^"*  A 
Parlor  Car  attached  to  this  train. 


nO/^A    M.   (daily)  forilenlo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
.AO    tkms. 

3  OrC  p.m.  daily  (Sundays  excepted)  for  San  Jose, 
>+jO  Gilroy,  Pajaro,  Hollister,  Tres  Pinos  and  Way 
Stations.  SS^'sta^e  connection  made  with  this  train  at 
Santa  Clara  for  Pacific  Congress  Springs.  £S^°"  On 
Saturdays  Only,  this  train  will  connect  at  Pajaro  with 
the  Santa  Cruz  Railroad  for  Aitos  and  Santa  Cruz. 
Returning,  Passengers  will  leave  Santa  Cruz  on  Mon- 
days at  4.00  a.m.  (Breakfast  at  Gilroy),  arriving  at  San 
Francisco  at  10.00  a.  m. 


4.  4-0  P-M-  (da^y)  for  ^an  **ose  and  Way  Stations. 


6.30 


r.M.  (daily)  for  Menlo  Park  and  Way  Stations. 


g£^  Sundays  an  Extra  Train  will  leave  for  San  Jose 
aud  Way  Stations  at  9:30  A.M.  Returning,  will 
leave  San  Jose  at  5:45  p.m. 

A.  C.  BAS3ETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  WILLCUTT,  Gen'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 


SOUTHERN     DIVISIONS. 

55^=  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Divisions 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Dos  Palmas. 
[April  14.  j 


H.    H.    MOORE. 

Dealer  in  Books  for  Libraries.— A  large 
assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
ano  for  sale  at  619  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
San  Francisco  Oct.  24. 


April   28,  L877. 


CALIFORNIA    Al»\  ERTISER. 


11 


NOTABILIA. 


The  ladies  of  Dr.  Scott's  choir,  on  m«  .*(  tl«-  fsir- 

the  city.    To  fimn  up  at  thai  choir,  Mid  watch  tli<-- 
boas,  and  Baton   tothoM   nraphlc   volcw,  would   till  the  'In!!  loulol  -< 

in  with  joy.     Yet  thaaa  Kolden-haired  darlin 

not  aj  i  ;  hou]  li  then  11  one  nnwtion  about  which 

thty  are  unanimous.    It  u  that   bTmereon  OorviUs  A  Co. 'b  fresh  canned 

I  in  the  world.     It  i*  put  up  in  one  pound  cans,  from 

ho|  L877|  and  forwarded  direct  from  una  OoUinaviUa  Oannery  to 

415  Pine  street. 

Talk  about  airing  hie  heart!    Well,  perhaps,  hesometimee 

but  it'-  like  ■  lobster  breaking  one  of  Ita  olawi    another  sprouts  al 

e!    A  more  vexatious  accident  than  the  break* 

,  heart  is  the  cracking  ol  ■  stove,  and  the  moiling  "f  a  dinner.   If 

would  only  ui  .  kept  by  Mr.  De  La  ofontanya, 

kaon  street,  below   Battery,  they  would  uever  know  the  sorrow 

of  .i  broken  heart,  or  ;.  cracked  st  ive,  either.    Go  and  see  the  largest  mid 

best  stock  of  hardware  on  tba  coast. 


Dr.  Hunter's  Professional  Qualifications --P.y  an  oversight,  unin- 
tentional upon  our  part,  Dr.   Hunter's  professional  qualifications  were 

not   stated,  in  connection    "itlt    hi*    nuiiic,  fu  our  ilimtnry  <if  pin  -i.  i.m- 

wl btained  ucenaea  from  the  several  State  Medical  Boards,     It  should 

have  been  stated  that  he  was  a  Licentiate  of  the  Upper  Canada  Medical 
Board.  Be  attorn!*.--.  1  lectures  at  the  Toronto  Medical  School,  as  will  be 
seen  by  the  certificate  of  the  Secretary. 

A  Boston  man  lias  suffered  severely  through  his  hat  having  "a  brown 
riming  colored  by  a  poisonous  aniline."    He  has  registered  a  vow 
to  wear  hats  in  future  without  aniUning*. 


Advertising  is  a  g 1  thing;,  hut  when  a  prominent  grocer  carried  to 

a  funeral  an  umbrella  on  which  was  painted  conspicuously  the  busineBB  of 
bii  house,  and  held  it  over  the  preacher's  head  while  he  read  hit*  prayers, 

the  bystanders  thought   he    was  running  the  thing  into  the  ground.     That 

is  not  the  wayJaa  l^.  Steele  &  Co.,  of  316  Kearny  street,  do,  yet  every 
one  knows  that  Gbindblia  Lotion  is  the  only  sure  antidote  to  poison-oak. 

it  should  l»e  B  part  of  ev,  ry  picnic. 

A  prominent  Mormon  married  a  young  girl  in  1873,  her  mother  the 
next  Spring1- and  finally  her  grandmother.  There  is  no  telling  where  he 
would  have  stopped   if  furnishing  hud  not  come  so  expensive.    They 

would  have  the  best  in  the  world,  and  used  to  order  everything,  from  a 
cradle  U>  a  parlor-set,  to  be  sent  to  Salt  Lake  from  the  celebrated  furni- 
ture house  of  N.  I*.  Cole  A:  Co.,  220  to  22l>  Bush  street. 


Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis,  M.  D.,  etc. ,  may  be  consulted  at  his  office  and 
residence,  520  Sutter  street,  between  Powell  and  Mason  streets,  daily, 
from  10  a.  M.  to  :i  P.  M.,  and  from  0  to  8  P.  m.  ;  on  Sundays  from  11  to 2 
only.  Dr.  Curtis  is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 
cal Act  ;  his  publications  can  be  obtained  from  A.  L.  Bancroft  &  Co., 
sole  agents  for  the  Pacific  coast,  or  from  the  author,  JJr.  Curtis,  520 
Sutter  street,  S.  F. 

The  married  ladies  of  a  western  city  have  formed  a  Come-Home- 
Husnand  Club.     It  is  about  four  feet  long. 


The  world  is  full  of  real  pain,  it  is  true,  and  misery,  as  Mr.  Tupper 
remarks,  is  not  a  fleeting  joy;  but  the  cellars  of  I.  Landsberger.  of  10  and 
12  Jones  Alley,  are  full  of  a  sham  pain — a  California  champagne — which 
excells  the  vintages  of  France,  and  is  a  permanent  joy,  to  drink.  His 
Gerke  Wine  reminds  one  of  the  most  delicate  Niersteiner — only  it  is 
better. 

A  Chicago  lady  who  asked  her  little  son  at  a  fashionable  hotel  if  he 
knew  that  men  «  is  French  for  bill  of  fare,  fainted  when  he  replied,  'Menu 
it.'  The  best  bill  of  fare  in  the  whole  city  is  to  be  found  at  Swain's  Ba- 
kery, on  Sutter  street,  above- Kearny.  It  is  the  fashionable  luncheon 
place  of  the  town,  and  combines  quiet,  comfort,  and  moderate  prices  with 
excellent  cooking.      

No  great  man  dies  now-a-days  until  he  has  read  at  least  two  first- 
class  obituaries  on  himself.  All  great  men  would  live  to  a  very  advanced 
age,  anyway,  if  they  would  only  use  pure  stimulants.  F.  &  P.  J.  Casein, 
523  Fnmt  street,  are  noted  for  the  exceptional  excellence  of  their  wines 
and  liquors.  Their  O.  K.  Golden  Plantation  whisky  is  a  regular  life  re- 
storer. 

"He's  filling  his  last  cavity,"  mournfully  said  a  young  dentist,  as 
they  lowered  the  coffin  of  his  deceased  partner  into  the  grave. 

A  Hotel  in  Kansas  has  the  following  notice  displayed  in  the  bedrooms: 
"Gentlemen  wishing  to  commit  suicide  will  please  take  the  center  of  the 

room,  to  avoid  staining  the  bed-linen,  walls,  and   furniture  with  bl L" 

That  hotel  is  mighty  particular  about  its  furniture  and  bedding,  because 
it  is  the  finest  obtainable,  and  bought  from  F.  S.  Chadbourue  &  Co.,  727 
Market  street.     Selah! 

A  San  Francisco  woman  is  so  cleanly  that  she  uses  two  rolling- 
pins — one  for  the  pastry,  and  the  other  for  her  husband's  head  ;  yet  she 
probably  drinks  impure  water,  with  all  her  cleanliness.  No  one  need  do 
this  if  he  will  only  buy  a  patent  Silicated  Carbon  Filter,  from  Bush  & 
Milne,  under  the  Grand  Hotel.     It  purifies  water  instantaneously. 

Pair  of  Slippers— A  couple  of  eels. 


"I  suppose,"  said  a  tourist  in  Alaska,  "that  you  must  depend  on 
foreign  commerce  for  nearly  all  your  comforts?"  "Well,  yaas,"  re- 
sponded an  old  trapper,  "  we  do  depend  mostly  on  owe  farrin'  trade."  If 
you  don't  see'  this  joke,  go  to  Muller,  the  celebrated  optician,  of  135 
Montgomery  street,  and  buy  a  pair  of  his  elegant  pebble  spectacles. 

My  first  is  a  slumber,  my  second's  a  vowel;  my  third  is  an  interjec- 
tion, and  my  fourth  is  two-thirds  of  a  day.  My  whole  is  the  best  min- 
eral water  in  the  world.     Give  it  up  ?    Nap-a  Soda.     Take  a  drink. 


It  is  conjectured  thai  nfortabb  Ufa, 

tab   titum*  ttuy.     Bradli  | 

Brthan  any  other  Ann  in  the  world, 
ild  medali  and  diplomas,  for  Bxceuenoe,  testify  to  the  beauty  "f 
their  picturei    and  so  do  tno  contents  of  our  albums, 

Misfortunes,  like  borrowed  umbrellas,  are  easily  carried    if  ii 
Ion    to  othi  1 1  ;  but  the  way  to  pari  company  with  all  the  miafortunee  in 
rid  Is  to  oh,-  Genuine  Old  Cutter  Whisky,  for  which  A.   P,  Botal 
in.-,  ii".'  to  181  Jackson  itreet,  Ii  iole  agent    It  i«  the  purest  antidote  fox 
your  ow  n  and  other  people's  Borrowi  extant. 


What  makes  the  car-go  ?    The  freight 

A  Chicago  man  advertises  for  a  wire  with  a  knowledge  <>f  mnslo,  and 
remarks  that  no  "Maiden's  Prayer"  or  "Silver  Threadi  'kind  of  a  girl 
will  aiibWtr ;  although  she  must  be  able  to  play  on  n  Battetrft  Davis  pi< 
ano.     Badger,  13  San breet,  is  the  agent 


COMMISSION    MERCHANTS. 


L>.    F.    Ih'TClllNGS. 


J.  Bakdi  eu  0  ■ 


D.  M.  Donas, 
PHCENIX    OIL    W0EK8. 
s(n.l>liHliO(l    IS50.  —  lliiti'liliiK"  A-  Co.,  Oil  nml  Commission 

"__    Merchants,  Manufacturers  and  Dealer   Id  Sperm,  Whale,  Lard,  Machinery  and 
umlnating  Oils,  617  Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  8. 

J.    C.    MERRILL    &    CO. 
holcsnlc  Auction  House  jo  i  mid  206  California  street. 
Bale  dayS|  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  at  10  a.m.    Cosh  advances  on  consign. 

Dec.  14. 


B 


W 


CHARLES-  LE    liAY, 
American  fomralsslo,;  Merchant,  -  -  1  Rne  Scribe,  Paris. 

S.    F.   &    N.    P.    R     R. 

(^tiRiisce  or  Time.  —  On    and    after    Monday.  January    !*,<; 
j    the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE,  Captain  w.  Warner,  will  leave  Washington 

street  wharf,  daily  (Sundays  excepted),  at  3  \\\\,,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  ■  :ir:j 
for  Cloverdale  and  Intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  the 
Fulton  and  Guernville  Brunch  to  Korbel's  Mills  and  the  Great  Redwood  Forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cloverdale  daily  (Sundays  excepted),  at  6  A.M.,  connecting  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Close  connections  made  with  stages  for  So* 
noma,  the  Geysers,  Ukiah,  Clear  Luke,  Mendocino,  ami  also  for  Mark  West,  Skaggs' 
and  Littons'  Springs.       Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  a.m.  to  2:80  i-.m. 

Sunday  Excursions.— On  and  after  March  25,  1877,  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DON- 
AHl'K  will  leave  Washington-st.  Wharf,  Sunday,  at  8  a.m.,  connecting  at  Donahue 
with  cars  for  Cloverdale,  way  stations,  and  the  great  Redwood  Forests.  Returning, 
will  arrive  in  San  Francisco  at  7:30  r.M.     General  Ollice,  426   Montgomery  street. 

A.  A.  BEAN,  Superintendent.  P.  DONAHUE,  President. 

March  2-1.  P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  Gen'l  Pas.  &  Ticket  Agent. 

JOYCE'S    SPORTING    AMMUNITION. 

[ESTABLISHED  1820.] 

The  attention  of  Sportsmen  is  invited  to  the  following* 
Ammunition,  of  the  best  quality,  now  in  general  use  throughout  England, 
India  and  the  Colonies  :  Joyce's  Trehle  Waterproof  and  F  3  Quality  Percussion 
Cans;  Chemically-prepared  Cloth  and  Felt  Gun  Wadding;  Joyce's  Gas-Tight  Car- 
tridges, for  Pin-fire  and  Central-fire  Creech-loading  Guns  ;  Wire  Cartridges,  for  killing 
game  at  long  distances,  and  every  description  of  Sporting  Ammunition.  Sold  by 
all  gun-makers  and  dealers  in  gunpowder. 

FKEDEU1CK  JOYCE  &■  CO.,  Patentees  and  Manufacturers, 
Dec.  30. f>7  Upper  Thames  street,  London. 

LEA    AND    PERKINS'    SAUCE. 

In  consequence  of  spurious  imitations  of  WORCESTER- 
SHIRK  S  At  «  !"..  which  are  calculated  to  deceive  the  public,  I„EA  A\D 
PEBBINS  have  adopted  A  NEW  LABEL  BEARING  THEIR  SIGNATURE, 
LEA  ft  PERKINS,  which  is  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUCE, 
and  without  which  none  is  genuine. 

Ask  for  LEA  &  PERRINS"  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrap|>er,  lahcT,  bottle  and  stop- 
per.    Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  Black  well, 
London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  by  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  he  obtained  of 
Dec.  30.  MESSRS.  CROSS  &  CO.,  San  Francisco. 

CAUTION.— BETTS'S  PATENT  CAPSULES. 

The  pnblie  art-  rcMperiritlJ.v  cautioned  (lint  Bvltn'w  Patent  CnpMiIe* 
arc  being  Infringed.  BETTS'S  name  is  upon  every  Capsule  he  mokes  lor  the 
leading  Mcrcluirtts  :ii  home  anil  abroad,  and  he  1*  the  Only  Inventor  and  Sole  Maker 
In  the  United  Kingdom.  Manufactoeis:  1,  Wharf  Road,  City  Road,  London, 
and  Bordeaux,  Fbaxce.  June  15. 


8 


BKUCE, 


BEST    FOOD    FOR    INFANTS, 
upnlyiiig  tlic  hijjliest  «t mount  of  nourishment  In  the  most 

digestible  and  convenient  Form.  SAVORY  .V  MOOREj  14a  New  Bond  street, 
London,  and  all  Chemists  and  Storekeepers  throughout  Canada  and  the  United 
States. Dec.  30. 

A.    S.    KOSENBAUM    &    CO., 

Southeast  eomer  of  California  and  Battery  streets,  invito 
the  attention  of  their  customers  and  others  to  their  large  assortment  "f  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands  of  CHEWING  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  CIGAKTTOS.  Consignments-  of  Choicest  Brands  of  Cigars  received  by  every 
Steamer. [Oct.  IS  ] A.  S.  KOSENBAUM  k  CO. 

(833-  PRINTS  TE1 
537   SACRAMENTO    STREET, 
BELOW    MONTGOMERY. 

ODORLESS 

Excavatiiifr  Apparatns  Company  of  San  Francisco.— Empty- 
ing Vaults,  Sinks,  Ccaspoobs,  Sewers,  Cellars,  Wells  and  Excavations  in  the  day- 
time without  offence.  Orders  left  at  the  following  places  will  receive  prompt  atten- 
tion: Madison  &  Burke's,  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  streets;  Ollice  Super- 
intendent of  Streets,  City  Hall;  Office,  (112  Commercial  street,  oraddressed  to  Presi- 
dent, Post  Office  box  10,  City.  Feb.  3. 

BLANK    BOOKS 

Sold  from  stock  or  manofactnred  to  order  from  the  Carew 
Extra  Fine  Ledger  Paper,  by  JOHN  Q.   HODGE  &  Co.,  importers,   Manufac- 
turers and  Wholesale  Stationers,  327,  329  and  331  Sansome  street,  S.  F.        Nov.  11. 

paicitts  Procured.    Total  Cost,  £55,  flnelndiiiBr  Government 


fee.     Sc*d  for  pamphlet  to 
f[       March  3. 


KNIGHT  &  KNIGHT,  Washington,  D.  C. 


32 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  ANB 


April  28,  1«m-. 


ART    JOTTINGS. 

It  is  quite  remarkable,  the  increasing  interest  in  art  matters  in  this 
city  ;  curious,  too,  to  note  the  attention  latterly  given  the  subject  by  the 
press.  A  two-column  article  is  quite  a  common  occurrence  in  the  leading 
dailies.  The  artists  and  their  friends  are  ]'ust  now  anxious  to  know  the 
author  of  "  Pen  Portraits  of  Artists'*  in  last  Sunday's  Chronicle.  Some 
of  those,  whose  names  were  connected  with  the  profession  in  a  manner  not 
to  be  envied,  are  strong  in  their  belief  that  the  spirit  of  the  article  was 
dictated  by  one  of  their  own  number,  and  that  he  has  made  himself  a 
cat's-paw  to  a  Mephistophiles  in  art,  whose  interests  demand  and  efforts 
ought  to  be  directed  to  aiding  all  the  artists,  and  not  in  throwing  dirt  over 
any.  We  do  not  claim  that  the  publication  was  not  quite  proper  as  anewspa- 
per  article,  but  insist  that  members  of  the  profession,  as  wellas  their  supposed 
friends,  should  have  no  part  or  lot  in  it.  Neither  a  first-class  notice  of  the 
one,  nor  the  excoriation  of  those  who  are  not  patrons  of  the  other,  can  be 
pleaded  in  justification.  As  before  noted,  sundry  artists  are  anxious  to 
make  the  acquaintance  of  the  author.  If  it  shall  finally  appear,  as 
reported,  that  there  wa3  a  trinity  in  its  production,  there  will  be  scalps 
enough  to  go  around,  especially  if  side-whiskers  may  be  counted  in. 
English  Bohemians  are  fond  of  traducing  American  character,  but  we 
advise  them  first  to  let  the  artists  alone,  and  next  to  look  nearer  home  for 
striking  examples  of  those  who  do  not  have  regard  for  the  community  in 
which  they  live,  in  the  exercise  of  unbridled  licentiousness. 

•'Yankee  Doodle"  is  the  title  of  a  huge  canvas  which  will  be  on  view 
to  the  Eesthetic  (and  otherwise)  public  on  and  after  Monday.  The  chief 
attraction  will  be  its  size,  and  its  principal  merit  lies  in  being  patriotic. 
Patriotism,  like  religion,  covers  a  multitude  of  sins,  although  in  "  Yankee 
Doodle  "  there  are  but  few  to  be  hidden,  and  these  are  not  of  a  sufficiently 
serious  character  to  mar  its  beauty.  It  is  certainly  a  primitive  subject, 
painted  by  an  artist  who,  we  learn,  is  entirely  self-taught.  His  only 
schooling  in  art  was  received  in  the  little  log  school  house  in  the  village  of 
Bedford,  near  Cleveland,  Ohio,  thirty- years  ago.  At  any  early  age,  Mr. 
Willard  turned  his  attention  to  drawing  pictures  on  the  slate  instead  of 
solving  arithmetical  problems,  and  gave  evidence  of  such  promise  in  art 
that  a  little  later  on  we  find  him  in  a  factory  as  a  decorator  of  furniture. 
Entering  the  army  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  he 
served  through  it,  and  here,  doubtless,  Mr.  Willard  caught  the  idea  of 
painting  the  martial  work  under  consideration.  The  picture  is  something 
of  a  caricature,  although  the  occasion  and  surroundings  are  of  the  most 
serious.  It  will  be  remembered  that  the  first  heard  of  the  now  celebrated 
Nast  was  when  he,  after  serving  through  the  war,  exhibited  his  painting, 
"Marching  through  Georgia,"  and  it  is  quite  possible  that  Mr.  Willard 
will  come  into  a  like  celebrity.  His  exceedingly  comic  pictures,  "Pluck" 
and  "Deacon  Jones,"  are  replete  with  humor,  and  stamp  him  as  an  artist 
full  of  the  inventive  genius  so  valuable  to  one  of  his  profession. 

The  great  qualities  which  the  picture  does  possess  are  motion,  spirit, 
vim.  It  could  as  well  have  been  called  "The  Spirit  of  76."  As  the 
spectator  stands  before  the  picture,  he  almost  feels  as  if  the  trio  would 
marcn  over  him,  and  the  earnest  look  of  each  face  confirms  the  belief. 
Here  we  have  youth,  manhood  and  old  age  going  forth  to  do  battle  for 
liberty.  In  those  days  they  fought  from  principle  alone,  and  every  man 
was  expected  to  do  his  duty  regardless  of  military  usage.  That  old  man, 
with  his  gray  locks,  hatless  and  coatless,  looks  as  if  he  might  be  marching 
right  into  the  jaws  of  death,  with  his  son  on  one  side  and  his  grandson  on 
the  other.  The  former  has  a  bandage  about  his  head,  through  which  the 
blood  is  oozing,  but  he  heeds  it  not,  determined  to  lead  his  band  to  victory 
or  death.  What  an  example  for  the  modern  soldier,  only  too  glad  to  go 
to  the  rear  at  the  first  appearance  of  blond,  and  too  often  without  it.  As 
pictorial  art  has  been  the  great  handmaid  of  the  Mother  Church  in  her 
march  to  victory,  so  has  it  ever  been  the  most  valuable  ally  of  nations  in 
establishing  their  status.  Unfortunately,  art  has  accomplished  but  little  for 
ourcountry  in.  this  direction,  and  Mr.  Willard  has  donenobly  in  so  forcibly 
portraying  the  struggle  for  those  principles  which  we  of  to-day,  in  our 
sectional  struggles  for  party  power,  have  too  often  forgotten  or  utterly 
trodden  under  foot.  A  great  complaint  regarding  the  exhibition  of  this' 
work  at  the  Centennial  was  that  too  many  pictures  were  crowded  around 
it.  It  is  not,  we  regret  to  say,  improved  in  its  present  position,  and,  in 
addition,  a  couple  of  huge  white  marble  statues  are  planted  right  up 
against  it,  in  front.  This  constitutes  about  the  only  fault  to  be  found 
with  the  exhibition,  which  will  doubtless  prove  attractive  in  spite  of  these 
blunders. 

On  Wednesday  evening  next,  at  the  Art  Rooms  on  Pine  street,  Mr. 
Marple  holds  a  farewell  sale  of  his  entire  collection  of  paintings,  about 
sixty  in  number,  preparatory  to  his  departure  for  New  York,  where  he 
expects  to  find  a  wider  field  for  the  sale  of  his  works.  Marple  is  known 
as  a  faithful  student  of  nature,  a  conscientious  and  pains-taking  artist; 
not  much  given  to  elaborating  nature,  preferring  to  paint  that  which  he 
sees  rather  than  what  he  imagines  might  be  seen.  The  largest  and  most 
important  work  in  the  collection,  "  View  of  the  Sierra  Summit,"  from 
Brighton,  near  Sacramento,  has  received  due  credit  heretofore  in  our 
columns,  as  have  most  of  his  other  pictuYes  comprising  this  sale,  none  of 
which  have  been  thrown  off  for  the  occasion.  A  large  work,  "  Job's 
Peak,  from  Hope  Valley,"  in  the  last  Art  Association  exhibition  at- 
tracted much  attention  for  its  strength  of  color  and  natural  sunset  effect. 
"  Mt.  Tallac  "  is  another  excellent  picture.  "  Mt.  Diablo,"  a  twilight 
effect,  is  full  of  good  quality,  as  is  also  "  Silver  Creek  Caiion."  In  the 
collection  are  a  large  number  of  small  pictures,  all,  or  nearly  all,  being 
out-door  studies  from  nature  and  thoroughly  Californian  in  their  character. 

Mr.  Virgil  Williams  has  resigned  the  Directorship  of  the  Academy  of 
Design.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  Trustees  will  prevail  upon  Mr.  Wil- 
liams to  stay  another  term,  at  least,  during  which  the  new  Director 
should  be  introduced,  and,  as  it  were,  brought  into  the  harness.  No  Art 
School  comprising  sixty  scholars  should  be  suddenly  transferred  from 
one  master  to  another.  It  cannot  be  done  without  confusion  and  loss  of 
time  to  all  concerned.  Every  teacher  has  different  views.  True,  they 
are  more  imaginary  than  real,  and  even  this  can  be  obviated  by  a  thor- 
ough understanding  between  the  old  and  the  new  master. 

No  selection  has  as  yet  been  made  of  a  successor  in  the  event  of  Mr. 
Williams  adhering  to  his  resolution;  but  it  will  undoubtedly  fall  to  the 
lot  of  Mr.  R.  D.  Yelland,  a  gentleman  of  fine  abilities  as  a  teacher,  and 
what  is  of  scarcely  less  importance  in  a  school  such  as  this,  a  man  of 
sterling  qualities  personally.  No  doubt  Mr.  Williams'  eminent  fitness  in 
this  connection  has  had  much  to  do  with  the  great  success  of  the  school, 
and  it  is  gratifying  to  know  that  we  shall  suffer  no  loss  in  this  direction  in 
the  selection  of  Raymond  D.  Yelland. 


HIS    SATANIC    MAJESTY    IN    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

My  head's  just  splitting!  I'll  confess  I've  been  indulging  rather  steep 
In  "  Jamestown  gin!"  it 's  not  bad  stuff!  and  it  certainly  is  cheap! 
Wise,  Maynard,  Strother,  and  myself,  and  our  Democratic  friends, 
Have  held  high  jinks  these  last  few  days!    We've  got  the  choicest  blends! 
Poor  Glass,  tho',  shouldn't  get  abused,  and  have  to  stand  such  teazin', 
One  must  take  whisky  from  a  glass — it's  the  only  way  in  reason! 
Another  deficit!  one  more  man  his  trust  has  been  betraying! 
Unlike  the  State  Lands,  now  it  seems  Boti's  books  won't  stand  surveying! 
Lost  fee-books!  lands  all  gobbled  up!  and  fifty  thousand  short! 
Nine  years  he  's  boasted  he's  been  smart,  but  after  all  gets  caught! 
What  high-toned  tastes  you  're  getting,  eh  ?  a  Baron  for  a  cook! 
And  Leland,  too,  turns  up  his  nose,  if  his  steward  's  not  a  Duke! 
Though  the  "  Jook"  has  proved  no  Duke  at  all,  but  a  common,  low-bred 

thief, 
And  the  love-sick  Baron  's  drowned  himself,  in  trying  to  drown  his  grief/ 
No  more  '11  he  flip  the  slap-jacks  round,  or  fry  the  morning  steak, 
But  fond  of  baron,  he  has  gone  where  he  'U  have  a  chance  to  bake! 
How  strange  your  Quarantine  laws  are!  here's  th'  Alaska  come  to  port 
With  small-pox,  yet  the  passengers  land,  and  set  all  rules  at  nought! 
Maybe  you  relish  sniall-pox,  tho'  ?  if  so,  you  do  your  best 
To  give  the  Coroner  lots  of  fees,  and  spread  the  welcome  pest! 
Your  girls  have  waxed  quite  wrothy!  and  have  sent  a  protest,  signed 
By  "Lillie  Dale,"  and  "Daisy  Deane,"  with  "five  hundred  more"  be- 
hind! 
They  say  I  have  "disparaged"  them!  and  always  seem  to  revel 
"  In  finding  fault;"  "  So  now,  just  stop!    Please  do,  kind  Mr.  Devil!" 
I  think  they're  pleased:  I  noticed  them!  and  hence  this  billet-doux — 
For  when  girls  say,  "  There,  Billy,  donl!  "  they  mean  "  Please,  Billy,  do!" 
"  Who  wants  a  Russian  beau]  not  we!  Perhaps  you  think  you  're  funny!" 
That's  so!  I  knew  'twas  not  the  men  they  wanted,  but  their  money! 
And  then  they  threaten  "to  turn  good  for  spite!"  {just  like  the  ladies!) 
And  "  cheat  me,  if  I  don't  reform  of  their  company  down  in  Hades!" 
As  if  they  could!  I'm  not  afraid  I'll  lose  you,  pretty  misses, 
You'll  get  your  share  of  roasting — no!  I'll  take  it  out  in  kisses! 
Your  milit'ry  men  seem  out  of  luck!     Brave  Beaumont  used  to  figure 
The  pride  of  all  the  "  Jersey  squad  "  that  ever  pulled  a  trigger! 
But  I  s'pose  he  thought  he'd  done  enough  for  Uncle  Sam's  small  pay, 
So  laid  his  hands  on  all  he  could,  then  bolted  right  away! 
And  as  he  wanted  company,  Schwartz  thought  he'd  join  his  chum, 
So  he  "corralled"  six  thousand  more — or  some  such  trifling  sum! 
The  National  Guards  are  a  gallant  lot — the  foremost  in  the  field, 
And,  as  was  proved  in  Vernon's  case,  their  motto's  "Never  yield!  " 
The  Major  should  have  yielded,  tho',  not  growl,  and  say  he's  "  cinched!  " 
A  charge  is  what,  thus  far,  at  least,  the  boys  have  never  flinched! 
A  hash  bill,  ton!  the  only  debt  a  man  should  never  owe; 
What's  seven-fifty!     It's  too  small!    The  thing's  a  pretty  go! 
Doc.  Whitney's  turned  phrenologist!  and  is  trying  hard  to  find 
The  different  points  in  people's  heads,  and  bumps  of  every  kind! 
But  Tyrrell  says  the  process  hurts!     He  wasn't  blessed  with  bumps 
Till  Whitney's  cowhide  put  them  there,  and  now — his  head's  all  lumps! 
If  that's  the  way  the  science's  learnt,  he'd  rather  go  without! 
He  can't  come  that  on  him  again!  the  last  time  let  him  out! 
What's  got  into  your  Judges  ?    Where' h  the  prestige  of  the  bar  ? 
One  would  have  thought  'twere  bad  enough  to  quarrel,  swear  and  spar! 
But  here's  Judge  Tyler— just  the  same's  some  felon — been  arrested 
For  larceny!    Whac  can  all  this  mean?    The  public's  interested! 
It  can't  be  that  his  sympathy  with  the  Jolly  Gutntfs  cause 
Has  made  him  wish  to  share  his  fate  inside  the  jail-house  doors! 
The  "  Revival  "  still  goes  bravely  on!  tho'  I'd  think  they  soon  must  quit, 
Or  Heaven  will  get  so  choked  up  that  they  won't  have  room  to  sit! 
What  do  you  think?     Frank  Leslie's  here!  and  has  sent — the  dear  old 
A  scented,  gilt-edged  note  to  say:  "Drop  in  to-night  for  dinner!"  [sinner — 
He's  come  to  see  the  sights!  and  vows  he'll  never  leave  the  city 
Without  a  glimpse  of  "  Satan  " — he's  ne'er  seen  me — more's  the  pity! 
So  that  explains  the  bobtailed  coat,  this  wondrous-shapen  boot 
That  I've  contrived.     I  feared  he'd  faint  at  my  poor  old  cloven  foot! 
As  it  is,  I  guess  he'll  think  me  odd,  and  tell  them  in  New  York 
All  sorts  of  yarns;  but  see!  'tis  late!  I'm  off  now! — want  a  walk? 

OUR  "SPECIALS." 
The  employment  of  a  force  of  "special"  police,  except  in  cases  of 
emergency,  is  open  to  numberless  objections.  The  extent  to  which  the 
system  has  come  to  be  abused  in  this  city  has  completely  destroyed  the 
object  for  which  it  was  ordained.  Not  subject  to  the  same  rigid  discipline 
and  surveillance  of  the  regular  officers,  their  beat  is  invariably  selected 
more  with  an  eye  to  the  pecuniary  gains  attaching  thereto  than  from  any 
actual  necessity.  An  aspirant  for  such  a  position  has  but  to  go  the  round 
of  a  circle  of  friends,  persuade  them  that  a  "special"  is  urgently  needed 
in  their  neighborhood,  and  then,  if  no  glaring  defect  appears  in  his  char- 
acter, partly  for  friendship's  sake,  partly  from  policy,  he  is  forthwith 
appointed  to  the  "beat."  His  monthly  salary,  varying  from  8150  to  S300 
per  month,  is  made  up  by  a  tribute  levied  on  the  pockets  of  his  patrons, 
whose  property  he  has  undertaken  to  protect.  This  sum,  in  some  locali- 
ties, is  largely  supplemented  by  bribes  and  gratuities  from  dens  and 
houses  of  low  repute,  which,  for  an  extra  consideration,  are  allowed 
nightly  to  violate  the  very  laws  which  he  has  sworn  to  enforce.  The  brisk 
competition  which  ensues  at  the  vacancy  of  any  favored  beat  tells  its  own 
unvarnished  tale.  Were  it  not  for  the  fear  that  some  dire  consequences 
would  result  from  such  a  step,  there  are  few  who  would  not  to-day  prefer 
to  dispense  with  the  services  of  their  "Special."  The  old  adage  that 
recommends  the  propriety  of  "setting  a  thief  to  catch  a  thief  is  particu- 
larly applicable  in  this  instance.  Of  course,  there  are  white  and  black 
sheep  in  every  calling,  but  in  this  matter  the  black  unfortunately  predom- 
inate. There  is  scarcely  a  dive  in  this  city  but  has  its  own  paid  officer  to 
watch  over  and  guard  its  interests.  Heaven  help  the  poor  wretch,  half- 
crazed  with  the  vile,  maddening  liquor  that  is  doled  out  in  these  dens  of 
iniquity,  who  falls  into  the  hands  of  a  special  myrmidon  of  the  law!  No 
greater  blot  can  exist,  no  greater  discredit  be  thrown  on  the  regular  force, 
than  the  continuance  of  this  system.  If  it  is  necessary  that  there  should  be 
extra  officers  detailed  for  this  or  other  duty,  let  them  be  regularly  appointed 
and  regularly  paid  by  the  city  for  that  purpose.  But  let  them  be  given 
to  understand  that  they  are  paid  to  enforce  the  law,  not  where  it  may 
chance  to  suit  their  purpose,  but  in  every  instance  where  they  are  cogni- 
zant ot  its  violation. 


April   28,  1877. 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER, 


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CRADLE.  ALTAR.  AND  TOMB. 


CRADLE. 

B.  M>|  *">'  '•  *' 

tighter. 

ho  w  if.'  .'i  I-,  i''.  . 

pellet,  ;i  -"i>. 

■ 

\  L  ril  -i.  !■>  Ulfl  De\  lui,  ;i  BOD. 

BVIHB— In  this  i  K.  BvaOB,  n  itaiyhttw. 

,  Brown  s  Valley,  NanaCo.,  April  £4,  to  the  wife  of  W,  Flomlng,*  son. 

Qiwotu    hi  thl  r.',  :i  daughter. 

in  tins  oily,  A'.  .  a.  Janssen,  adj  a 

HALUKfl     Iii  this  city,  April  26,  t"  tin    wiiY  .>f  V    F,  Hulling,  a  daughter. 

:Hy,  April  SO,  to  the  wlfo  of  Joflj.  Koro,  i 
Kk.llv    in  thin  city,  April  22,  t<-  the  wife  ••i  Ju  P.  Kelly,  a  son. 
Id  this  city,  to  the  wife  ol  Hanj  Seehn.a  daughter, 
rraai     in  thla  i-!i> .  \pril  23,  [--  the  wife  ol  Sam  Lessynsty,  a  son. 
Mm     In  this  city,  April  23,  to  the  wife  ol  H.  Albert  Man,  a  son. 
Nkill    In  lhi«  city,  April  20,  to  the  wife  ol  J.  s.  NeiU,  ;i  son. 
Pinkban    In  this  city,  tpril  24,  t<>  tin-  wife  of  C.  H  Pinhham,  a  daughter, 

'.  pril  28,  to  the  wife  i>f  Dennis  Kedmond,  s  daughter. 
Sr.uik     In  this  city,   ipril24.  to  tin:  \\ii\    vi  .'■*lm  Surk,  adaugfater. 

.  april  28,  to  the  wife  of  John  B  Thompson,  a  son. 

U  a  BOD    -  In    tins    lily,  April  L'i,  to  the  Wife  Of  Jay.  Wilson,  a  BOIL 

ALTAR. 

BrXL»s-FKR\ALi»     In  this  rity,  April  10,  Henry  M.  Bullcn  to  Ahhey  M.  Fornald. 
QrinoRD-JeTnutts    In  this  cits  April  '_'t,  Frederick  CU0ord  to  Agnes  Jeffresa 
l>i  BOUV-Bracu     Iii  thin  city,  April  Hi.  A.  )'.  Dubois  t<>  Maria  A.  Bnich. 
BwbxIt-Dalt    In  Ibis  city,  April  22,  A.  H.  Kwell  to  Annie  Daly; 

InCbiC',  April  IS,  Win.  II    l*'..ril  t«>  Minnie  Bliveli. 

Gract-Eddy    In  this  city.  April  20, Geo  P.  Grant  to  Charlotte  K.  Eddy. 
Harvbt-Cocrtsbt— In  U  nl  22,  Win.  H.  Harvey  to  Johanna  Courtney. 

May    -In  this  city,  April  21,  \V.  II.  .lefts  to  Carrie  E.  Maj 
Rlbiin-Krickb    in  this  dty,  April  10,  Henry  Klehn  to  Anna  K.  Kricke. 
Lrbcb-Ooor  -  in  this  city,  April  21,  Prof.  G  K.  Lorch  to  Leona  B.  Cook. 
Hicull-Beaadblek-  In  this  city,  April  25,  Chaa  1".  Ulckell  to  Clara  Beardslee. 
Noun-Dotlr    In  this  city.  April  22,  Wm.  H.  Nolan  t..  Henrietta  Doyle. 
BBMiRR-AliBPACORR  -  In  una  city,  April  i*>,  Samuel  Seller  to  Knmia  Ansnachcr. 
\\ \\lmi -GaxHOIiL— In  this  city,  April  22,  K.dwiird  Walsh  to  Alice  J.  Carroll. 

TOMB. 
Allien* — In  this  city,  April  "2d,  Mary  Jane  Allen,  ag-ed  30  years. 
livLKs-ln  this  clti .  April  6,  John  Mather  Bytes,  aged  8 years. 
BOQHISCICH     En  this  city.  April  24,  Bald"  N    lio;rhisi*ich,"  aged  37  years. 
Oootbs — In  thifl  city,  April  26,  Chaa  J.  Cootes,  aged  M  years. 
Dslktbra— In  this  cita ,  April  20,  U  inuel  Delevera,  aged  68  years. 

Ki-MKIS-In  this  city.  April  S-.  l'l.ilip  Kiistcin,  aj>>:d  74  years. 

FlsilKH,  — In  this  city,  April  £i,  Thus.  £>.  F ishcr,  aged  7>  years. 

GrSKNAS—  In  this  >:it\  .  April  2<3,  Ellen  T,  tJrcntmn,  aged  25  years. 

Hopkins— In  this  city,  April  21.  John  Hopkins,  aged  71  year's. 

I.AMiiKitT— In  this  city,  April  22.  Jas     Lambert,  aged  33  years. 

Mklij  is—In  this  dty,  April  24.  .Mrs.  Elmira  Melius,  aged  70  years. 

Nblsok— At  San  Bafael,  April  26,  Henry  A  Nelson,  aged  48  years. 

(  i'Neill— In  this  city,  April  25,  Mrs.  Margaret  U'Neill.  aged  sf.  years. 

Proviskb  — At  Columbia,  Mo.,  April  15,  Dr.  Wm,  Provines,  aged  81  years. 

Rock— In  this  city,  April  19,  Mary  Rock,  aged  60  years. 

Sullivan— In  this  city,  April  26,  Wm.  J.  Kennard-Sullivan,  aged  24  years. 

Tilunoiiast  -In  tiii-  city,  April  23,  Thus    De  Silver  Tillinghast,  aged  55  years. 
Van  VALBR — At  Cushing's  Springs,  April  28,  Andrew  Van  Valer,  Jr.,  aged  40  years. 
Wright— In  this  city,  April  10,  Seidell  Stuart,  son  of  Stuan.  S.  and  Maria  B.  Wright, 
grandson  of  Judge  Seldon  S.  Wright,  aged  1  month. 


REAPING. 

Every  one  is  sowing,  both  by  word  and  deed  ; 
AH  mankind  are  growing,  either  wheat  or  weed ; 
Thoughtless  ones  are  throwing  any  sort  of  seed. 
Serious  ones  are  seeking  seed  already  sown  ; 
Many  eyes  are  weeping,  now  the  crop  is  grown  ; 
Think  upon  the  reaping— each  one  reaps  his  own. 
Surely  as  the  sowing  shall  the  harvest   be,— 
See  what   you  are  throwing  over  hill  or  lea, 
Words  and  deeds  are  growing  for  eternity. 
There  is  one  all  knowing,  looking  on  alway, 
Fruit  to  him  is  flowing,  feeling  for  the  day — 
Will  your  heart  be  glowing,  in  the  grand  array? 
Ye  that  would  be  bringing,  sheaves  of  golden  grain, 
Mind  what  you  are  flinging,  both  from  hand  and  brain, 
Then  mid  glad  songs  singing,  you  shall  glean  great  gain. 


PICNICS. 

If  the  accidents  and  unpleasant  features  of  the  Odd  Fellows'  picnic 
on  Thursday  serve  as  a  warning  to  respectable  people  to  keep  away  from 
these  miscellaneous  annual  riots,  a  great  good  will  have  been  ef- 
fected nt  a  little  cost.  While  sympathizing  with  those  who  were  hurt 
and  frightened  by  the  falling  of  the  platform  and  the  ditching  of  the 
railway  engine,  it  is  impossible  to  disregard  the  fact  that  the  results  in 
both  cases  might  have  been  much  more  serious.  Some  years  ago  a  terri- 
ble gloom  was  cast  over  the  community  by  the  giving  way  of  the  apron 
connecting  the  Oakland  wharf  with  the  boat,  and  the  drowning  of  a  large 
number  of  citizens  on  their  return  from  a  picnic.  Other  accidents— some 
fatal,  some  not — have  been  placed  on  record  since  then,  yet  the  public  ap- 
petite for  these  hoodlum  gala  days  seems  rather  to  increase  than  dimin- 
ish. Every  picnic  is  ushered  in  with  great  pretentions  to  respectability 
and  promises  of  pleasure,  yet  the  day  after  the  fair  we  generally  read 
something  like  the  following,  which  appeared  in  the  Chronicle  of  yesterday  : 
"  In  spite  of  the  precautions  taken  the  hoodlum  element — male  and  fe- 
male— was  present  in  force.  Several  very  animated  disputes  occurred  at 
Belmont  before  leaving,  and  a  tour  of  observation  through  the  train  dur- 
ing the  transit  to  this  city  revealed  in  one  car  a  number  of  young  women 
smoking  cigars.  In  another  a  party  of  drunken  hoodlums  were  holding 
high  carnival,  and  in  another  a  crowd  of  women  were  uproariously  sing- 
ing slangy  ditties.  The  picnic  was  a  decided  success  in  point  of  numbers, 
but  otherwise  a  failure."  The  influence  of  these  meetings  on  young  girls 
is  notoriously  bad,  and  no  one  will  contend  that  either  sobriety  or  purity 
are  their  special  features.  If  it  is  urged  that  the  treasuries  of  our  various 
societies  are  replenished  and  benefited  by  these  means,  then  in  the  name 
of  decency  let  the  officers  of  these  societies  weigh  the  matter  over  care- 
fully and  see  if  they  cannot  hit  upon  some  more  reputable  means  of  fill- 
ing their  respective  cash  boxes. 


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The  Sunday  School  Picnic  of  St.  John's  Church  will  be  held  at  Laurel 
Grove,  San  Rafael,  on  the  second  Saturday  in  May.  The  Industrial 
School  Band  has  been  engaged  for  the  day  and  occasion. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND 


April  28,  la/ 1. 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Ten  Thousand  at  Home  and  Abroad. 

From.  CastiUe  comes  a  tale  of  the  woes  of  Isabella  Seg'unda.  That 
amiable — though  not  in  every  way  estimable — lady,  among  the  rest  of 
her^  Royal  personnel,  possessed  a  dwarf,  of  vivacious  manners,  but  of 
limited  stature.  In  fact,  this  little  courtier  was  only  two  feet  one  inch  in 
hight,  but  was  endowed  with  all  the  wit,  and  a  preternatural  share  of 
impudence,  of  his  tiny  order.  In  due  time,  as  history  records,  the  Queen 
of  Spain  found  it  expedient  to  cross  her  frontier  with  all  the  speed  that 
her  portly  person  admitted.  In  her  train  went — inter  alias  (or  alios) — the 
Bleeding  Nun,  a  gray  parrot,  garrulous  with  much  bad  language,  and  the 
dwarf.  Isabella  was  a  prudent  lady,  and  had  laid  up  treasure  beyond 
the  reach  of  Prim  and  his  provisional  government;  so  in  the  Parisian 
Palace  in  the  Avenue  du  Roi  de  Rome  the  ex-Queen  and  the  ex -dwarf 
held  their  court.  He  amused  the  daughter  of  a  hundred  kings  greatly; 
he  could  mimic  her  ex-ministers,  and  6nd  endless  sallies  of  sarcasm  at 
all  the  other  monarchs  who  did  not  visit  with  Alfonso  the  Twelfths 
mamma.  He  would  make  his  little  throat  hoarse  of  a  morning  with  mim- 
icking the  speeches  of  Castelar,  and  would  even  stretch  his  body  to  undue 
lengths  in  order  to  imitate  the  walk  of  stately  Figureas.  He  was  the  slyest 
of  little  men.  Nobody  suspected  him,  and  accordingly  in  his  visits  to 
"look  after  his  property" — afield  in  the  neighborhood  of  Aranjuez — he 
managed  to  pick  up  a  good  deal  of  useful  gossip,  and  to  do  not  a  little  of 
that  plotting  which  eventuated  in  the  recall  of  Alfonzo  and  the  return 
of  Isabella  to  her  ungrateful  subjects.  But  the  dwarf  stayed  behind. 
The  King  put  his  veto  on  this  plotting  little  bit  of  property  accompany- 
ing bis  respected  mother.  All  the  Spanish  Kings  had  kept  dwarfs,  but 
no  King  kept  one  now,  and  the  youthful  ruler  was  not  to  be  singular. 
Besides,  he  hated  the  tiny  wretch,  and  as  the  arrival  of  his  parent  was  a 
sad  enough  reBection,  he  determined  to  have  but  one  woe  at  a  time.  And 
so  in  fair  Spain  Isabella  sits  dwarfless  and  disconsolate.  As  for  the  man- 
nikin  himself,  he  had  amassed  a  fortune  out  of  all  proportion  to  his  size, 
and  fiuds  Paris  a  pleasant  city,  and  the  Parisians  the  politest  of  people  to 
ex-courtiers — big  or  little — who  have  money. — Court  Circular. 

Poor  Victor  Emmanuel  is  again  in  difficulties.  His  civil  list  was  cur- 
tailed some  years  ago  under  the  Ministry  of  Signor  Sella,  who  induced 
the  King  to  abondon  one-fourth  of  the  sum  received  from  the  State,  the 
amount  now  being  only  twelve  and  a-half  millions  of  francs.  His  Ma- 
jesty, who,  as  U  known,  is  very  generous,  never  has  any  money  in  his 
pocket,  and  is  often  obliged  to  borrow  a  few  louis  from  his  aide-de-camp. 
The  history  may  be  remembered  of  the  Bills  of  the  King,  genuine  or 
forged,  which  passed  through  the  hands  of  a  number  of  Italian  bankers. 
In  order  to  put  an  end  to  a  state  of  affairs  which  does  but  little  credit  to 
a  great  nation,  Signor  Depretis  proposes  that  the  civil  list  shall  be  raised 
to  14,250,000f.  Of  the  increase  of  l,750,0Q0f.,  the  sum  of  750,000f.  only 
is  to  go  to  the  personal  expenditure  of  his  Majesty,  the  balance  of  1,0Q0,- 
OOOf.  being  intended  for  the  interest  and  amortissement  of  his  debt, 
which  amounts  to  twenty-two  millions.  The  King,  as  may  be  remem- 
bered, has  a  large  number  of  palaces,  but  the  maintenance  of  these  is 
precisely  the  cause  of  his  difficulties.  Some  of  them  have  been  ceded 
again  to  the  public  domain  ;  but  on  account  of  the  large  number  of  cities 
which  were  formerly  capitals  in  Italy,  the  measure  cannot  be  carried  out 
to  a  large  extent. — Court  Journal. 

The  Emperor  of  the  Brazils  and  the  King  of  Sweden  and  Norway, 
the  latter  now  staying  at  Heidelburg  with  the  Queen,  who  is  seriously  ill, 
have  signified  their  intention  to  pay  their  respects  to  the  Emperor  Wil- 
helm.  Both  sovereigns  are  traveling  incognito,  the  Emperor  of  the  Bra- 
zils as  Count  Alcantara,  and  King  Oscar  as  Count  Haga.  The  Berlin 
Geographical  Society,  to  whose  travelers  Dom  Pedro  was  exceedingly  at- 
tentive in  his  States,  think  of  electing  him  an  honorary  member.  King 
Oscar,  an  enthusiastic  admirer  of  the  German  Emperor,  intends  staying 
several  days  in  Berlin.  A  maneuver  of  troops  under  hre,  in  which  the 
King  takes  a  great  interest,  will  be  arranged  in  his  honor.  After  de- 
parture of  the  two  Monarchs  the  Emperor  goes  to  Wiesbaden,  from  whence 
he  purposes  making  an  excursion  to  Alsace -Loraine,  especially  to  Stras- 
bourg, not  visited  by  his  Majesty  since  the  war.  From  Strasburg  his 
Majesty  will  proceed  to  Dessau  to  assist  at  the  marriage  of  the  Princess 
of  Anhalt  with  the  Hereditary  Grand  Duke  of  Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 
Nothing  certain  is  yet  known  of  the  further  itinerary  plans  of  his  Ma- 
jesty, somewhat  dependent  on  the  Czar's  movements. — Court  Circular. 

The  Duke  and  Duchess  of  Edinburgh,  accompanied  by  their  suite, 
visited  the  Royal  Naval  Hospital.  Malta,  on  the  24th  ult.  The  Duchess 
in  passing  through  the  wards,  made  gracious  inquiries  regarding  many  of 
the  patients,  and  evinced  special  interest  in  the  cabin  vacated  that  day 
fourteen  years  ago  by  her  husband,  then  a  midshipman,  on  his  recovery 
from  a  serious  illness.  Mrs.  Bernard  afterward  entertained  their  Royal 
Highnesses  at  luncheon.  Vice- Admiral  G.  T.  Phipps  Hornby,  com- 
mander-in-chief, Rear- Admiral  and  Mrs.  Rice,  Colonel  and  Mrs.  Freer, 
and  others,  were  present. 

The  King  of  Italy  has  just  sent  the  following  letter,  dated  from  San 
Rossore,  to  the  widow  of  Prince  Antoine  Bonaparte:  "  Princess— The  ir- 
reparable and  cruel  loss  you  have  just  suffered  causes  me  the  deepest  grief. 
I  share  your  immense  sorrow,  and  I  very  sincerely  regret  a  dear  friend 
for  whom  I  have  the  greatest  affection.  Accept,  madam,  my  condolence 
for  the  misfortune  which  has  befallen  you,  and  my  devoted  respect. — Vic- 
tor Emmanuel."— Court  Journal. 

The  engagement  is  announced  of  his  Excellency  Jushii  Siozo  Aoki, 
the  Japanese  Envoy  to  the  Berlin  Court,  to  Fraulein  von  Rhade,  a  Ger- 
man lady  of  rank.  The  Japanese  Envoy  has  been  long"resideut  in  Ber- 
lin, where  he  studied  at  the  University,  and  acted  as  Secretary  of  Lega- 
tion prior  to  being  appointed  Minister. 

General  de  Charrettes,  who  had  the  custody  of  an  album  contain- 
ing the  signatures  of  more  than  30,000  volunteers,  "prepared  to  sh*>d 
their  blood  for  the  Catholic  Church  and  the  Temporal  Power,"  arrived  at 
the  Vatican  recently. — Court  Journal. 

■With  reference  to  books  of  the  largest  circulation,  a  correspondent 
expresses  his  belief  that  Shakspeare  and  some  such  modern  novel  as 
"  Lady  Audley's  Secret,"  find  more  readers  than  either  "  Uncle  Tom's 
Cabin    or  Bunyan. 

Banff  Castle  has  been  sold  by  the  Earl  of  Seaheld. 


OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL  STEAMSHIP    COMPANY, 

For  Japan  ana  China,  leave  wharf,  corner  First  and  Bran- 
nan  streets,  at  noon,   for  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONGKONG,  connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

OCEANIC. . . . .-. January  16th,  April  21st,  Julv  17th  and  Octoher  16th. 

BELGIC February  16th,  Mav  Kith,  August  16th  and  November  16th. 

GAELIC March  20th,  June  16th,  September  ISth  and  December  ISth. 

Cabin  Plans  on  Exhibition,    and    Passage  Tickets  for  sale  at    No.    4  New  Mont- 
gomery  street.     For  Freight,    pplyatthe  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 

GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President.  Dec.  23. 

OREGON  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

The  Only  Direct  Line  to  Portland. — Regnlar  Steamers  to 
PORTLAND  leaving  San  Francisco  cverv  FIVE  DAYS -Steamships  CITY  OF 
CHESTER.  GEORGE  W.  ELDER  and  AJAX,  connecting  with  steamers  to  SITKA 
and  PUGET  SOUND,  and  0.  and  C.  R.  R.  Co.  and  Oregon  and  C.  R.  R.  Co.  through 
Willamette,  Umpqua,  and  Rogue  River  Valleys,  Oregon.  Tickets  to  all  points  on 
the  O.  and  C,  R.  R.  sold  at  reduced  rates.  Sailing  davs  in  April— 14,  19,  24,  2\),  at 
10  o'clock  A.M.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
April  14. ^^  210  Battery  street. 

OPENING  OF  RARE  AND  ELEGANT  BOOKS! 

HIT.  Moore  takes  pleasure  in  auuonncingr  that  having  re- 
s  turned  from  his  annual  purchasing  trip  to  the  great  Eastern  and  European 
Literary  Depositories,  that  he  has;  eceived  and  now  has  open  the  largest  assortment 
of  ANTIQUE  and  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before  brought  to  this  city,  con- 
sisting of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
fail  to  End  the  most  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  either  old  or  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  varied  stock.  Gift  Books  in  Great  Variety.  Call  and"  examine 
our  stock.  [Dec.  16.]  H.  H.  MOORE,  009  Montgomery  street. 


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NOTICE-A    NEW    FEATURE. 
Principals    of    Tonus1    Ladies'    Seminaries,    Boanling- 

Schools  and  Colleges— MR.  PETER  JOB,  the  San  Francisco  Pioneer  French 
Chief  Cook  and  Confectioner,  well  known  as  a  first-class  Caterer  and  Cook,  having 
kept  in  this  city  the  best  Restaurant  aqd  Ice-Cream  Saloon  for  the  last  twenty  years, 
offers  his  services  as  a  Teacher  of  the  Culinary  Art;  also,  Fancy  Dishes  and  Pastry. 
To  those  wishing  to  form  a  class,  arrangements  could  easily  be  made  at  terms,  by 
sending  names  and  address  to  PETER  JOB, 

No.  2519  California  street,  San  Francisco. 
No  objection  to  go  out  of  the  city.     New  York,   London  and  Paris  have  suoh 
classes  for  ladies.  Feb.  17. 

F.  C.  Snow.]  SNOW    &    MAY'S    ART    GALLERY.  [W.  B.  May. 

SXOW    A    MAT, 

IMPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 

Pictures,    Frames,    Moldings,    and   Artists'    Materials. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  Dec.  19. 


AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  been  Invented  by  the  Queen's  Own  Company  of  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  so  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting-  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  $2  for  buffalo  handles,  S3  for  ivory, 
(currency  ;)  by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  by  the  sole 
agents  in  the  United  States.  NATHAN  JOSEPH  &  CO., 

September  2.  No.  641  Clay  street,  S.  F. 

PACIFIC   MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

Freight  Department.—From  and  after  this  date,  Mr.  Geo. 
II.  Kice  will  act  as  Freight  Solicitor  for  this  Company.  He  can  be  found  at 
office,  21S  California  street,  where  Shipping  Orders  may  be  obtained  until  12  o'clock, 
noon,  of  the  day  previous  to  the  departure  of  the  steamers.  Applications  after  that 
time  must  be  made  at  office,  corner  First  and  Brannau  streets. 

Feb.  24.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

ARMES    &    DALLAM, 

Manufacturers  and  Wholesale  Healers  in  Wood  and  Willow 
Ware,  French  and  German  Baskets,  Brooms,  Brushes  and  Twines,  Cordage, 
Feather  Dusters,  Clothes  Wringers,  Mangles,  etc.     Sole  Aget.ts  for  F.  N.  Davis  & 
Co.'s  Building  Papers,  and  Irving  Bros  Japanese  Paper  Carpeting. 
March  17.  NO.'S  215  AND  217  SACRAMENTO  ST.,  S.  F. 


W.  Morris. 


J-  F.  Kennedy. 


Jos.  Schwab. 
MORRIS,    SCHWAB    &   CO., 

Importers  and  Dealers    in   Moldings,  Frames,  Engraving's, 
Chromos,   Lithographs,    Decalcoinanie,    Wax  and  Artists'  Materials,  21  Post 
street,  nearly  opposite  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco.  Feb.  4. 

SKAGGS'    HOT    SPRINGS,    SONOMA    COUNTY.    0AL. 

Opening  for  1877,  April  1st.— Sf  any  improvements  arejnst 
completed  in  the  already  commodious  hotel ;  the  cottages  of  last  year  have  been 
renovated,  and  several  new  ones  constructed.     Daily  line  of  stages  to  and  from  the 
Springs,  connecting  with  the  cars  to  and  from  San  Francisco.     Only  eight  miles 
staging  from  Geyserville.     Board  (rooms  included)  per  week,  812. 
April  14. A.  SKAGGS.  Proprietor. 

BAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  &  CO., 

113  Clay  and  114  Commercial  Streets, 

San  Francisco.  [May  24. 

NOBLE    &    GALLAGHER, 

Importers  and  Dealers  in  Painters'  Materials,  House,  Sign 
and  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper-Hangers  and  Glaziers.  No.  438 
Jackson  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Sansome,  San  Francisco.  Ceilings  and 
Walls  Kalsomined  and  Colored.     Jobbing  promptly  attended  to.  May  13. 

BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY  OF    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  daily,   from  10  a.m.  to   1  p.m.,  by  the  under- 
signed, to  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  to  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.  J.  P.  McCURRIE,  Secretary, 

Oct.  23.  730  Montgomery  street. 


B.  F.  Flint.    Flint,  Bixby  &  Co.] 
A-.   P. 


[  J.  Lee,    D.  W.  Folqeb 
FLINT    &    CO., 

Graders,  Packers  and  I>ealers  In  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  29. 

THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every  variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Gilt, 
Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clucks  and  fine 
Bronzes;  also  a  full  line  of  Plumbers'  Goods.  122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Jan.  27. 


April    28,  JS77.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


15 


SPECIAL    BREVITIES. 


The  Paris  Exhibition  of  1870  will  cot  only  be  In  a  beautiful  and 
building*  surrounded  by  fountain! 
yet  unknown  t.>  tbi  i  ihibition  will 

one  "i  tli*'  new  things  now  in  preparation  to  mcinato 

all  tli--  gad  about  world,  whether  grave  or  gay.     In  1867  folks  went  totes 
a  more  splendid  Paris  than  was  o\  er  imagined  twenty  years  before, 
f.irrti  out  «-f  narrow  streets  and  fetid  all*  j  and  Ugbl ;  the  peo- 

ple who  go  thither  in  1878  will  behold  the  fairest  city  of  the  earth  finii  bed 
tad  dreawdas  though  for  s  bridal  The  stately  plan  «>f  the  new  M  Bob  I 
de  Ville,"  now  rising  fast  on  the  noble  lite  of  thai  destroyed  by  the  com- 
mune, will  complete  the  magnificent  line  of  public  buildings  on  the  right 
bank  "i  the  Seine,  which  begins  with  tbeTmlleries,  to  terminate  with  the 
grand  display  of  architecture  which  Includes  the  new  Courts  of  Justice, 
the  preftecture of  police,  and  the  ancient  towers  <>f  NotreDame.  The 
spacious  hospital  of  the  hotel  Dienwill  be  finished  in  1878:  and  the  Lou- 
vre "ill  stand  prmnlly  out  from  h<-r  ruins.  The  avenue  ile  I'Opi-rn,  will  lie 
opened:  and  so  will  the  new  boulevard  St.  Germain,  called  after  the 
name  of  a  forgotten  abbott,  yet  destined  to  be  one  of  the  busiest  thor- 
ires  of  a  city  now  hardly  sufficiently  impressed  with  respect  for 
Ejmen  highly  connected.  Tramways  from  every  point  nf 
r  on  the  move:  and  there  in  confident  talk  of 
an  underground  railway,  which  will  relieve  the  streets  of  superabundant 
traffic,  to  the  joy  of  aU  sh<  rt  sighted  or  feeble  persona  al  crossings.  Paris 
is  abo  to  be  so  illuminated  by  central  electric  lights  set  up  in  exalt.  .1  po- 
sitions that  the  night  will  be  us  clear  as  day,  ami  much  merrier,  with  all 
kinds  of  music,     t  ■ 

It  will  be  remembered  that  two  conieesiona  by  Lee,  the  Mountain 
Meadow  murderer,  were  published  at  the  time  of  his  execution,  between 
which  there  were  some  notable  and  singular  discrepancies.  The  first  was 
published  by  the  New  York  ffera/d,  and  charged  the  responsibility  for 
the  massacre  directly  and  uniquivocalby  upon  Brigbana  Young;  the  latter 
one,  which  was  riven  out  by  United  States  District  Attorney  Young, 
cast  scarcely  any  blame  upon  the  Mormon  leader..  The  explanation  seems 
to  be  that  the  second  confession  was  originally  quite  asBevere  upon  \  nung 
as  the  first,  having  been  obtained  upon  a  promise  of  clemency  if  he  would 
make  a  clean  breast,  but  was  garbled  and  expunged  in  the  Mormon  inter- 
est, and  presumably  for  money,  by  the  government  officials  who  received 
it.     Attorney-General  Devena  will  look  into  the  matter. 

Gen.  Grant  has  been  visiting  his  Missouri  homestead,  which  is  about 
five  miles  out  of  St.  Louis.  It  was  the  home  of  the  Dent  family,  and  it 
was  there  that  Lieut.  Grant,  when  on  duty  at  Jefferson  barracks,  not 
many  miles  distant,  wooed  and  won  Julia  B.  Dent,  who  has  been  to  him 
such  a  devoted  wife.  After  he  resigned  bis  commission,  old  Mr.  Dent 
gave  the  young  couple  80  acres  of  timber  land,  and  the  future  conqueror 
of  the  rebellion  used  to  chop  wood,  pile  it  up  in  chords,  and  haul  it  to 
St.  Louis,  where  be  would  drive  about  the  streets  until  he  could  find  a 
men  He  found  it  hard,  however,  to  make  both  ends  meet,  and  en- 
deavored  in  1855  to  get  appointed  county-surveyor,  but  the  justices  of 
the  superior  court  preferred  another  candidate. 

The  "Jewish  Messenger"  makes*' Good  Friday"  the  text  for  de- 
preciation of  the  religion  which  celebrates  it.  "Christianity,"  it  says, 
"  cannot  better  a  Jew;.  AD  that  is  beautiful  in  the  daughter,  the  mother 
possesses  mellowed  and  improved  by  age.  .  .  You  can  confer  no  boon 
mi  Ji  ws  by  endeavoring  to  weaken  their  faith  and  seduce  them  to  adopt 
a  creed  that  is  nothing  if  not  Jewish.  Let  the  clergy  leave  the  Jews 
alone,  and  endeavor  to  improve  the  Christianity  of  their  hearers.  .  . 
The  Jews  are  in  good  hands;  they  need  no  mediators.no  better  light 
than  the  perpetual  fire  that  was  kindled  on  Mt.  Sinai,  and  is  the  beacon 
for  all  creeds." 

Further  developments  as  to  the  Prime  woman,  who  was  sent  to  jail 
f..r  larceny  at  WesthMd,  a  few  flays  ago,  show  her  to  have  wealthy  friends 
in  western  New  York.  She  claims  to  have  been  married  when  only  11 
\  ears  old.  to  have  become  a  mother  at  12,  a  widow  when  14,  and  to  have 
married  again  at  lb'  a  man  who  became  a  state  senator  while  she  was  his 
wife.  He,  too,  died,  but  she  refuses  to  tell  of  her  course  since  that  time, 
only  that  she  went  to  the  centennial  as  lady's  maid.  Though  exposure 
and  hard  usage  makes  her  appear  35,  she  probably  is  little  over  20  years 
of  age. 

The  New  York  Life  Insurance  Company  refuses  to  pay  the  80,000 
for  which  was  insured  the  life  of  Wesner  Murray,  of  Goshen,  N.T.,  be- 
cause he  put  his  life  in  jeopardy  by  horse-whipping  Robert  Burdell,  who 
shot  him.  The  principle  of  equity  is  that  the  policy-holder  was  jeopard- 
ing his  life  by  violating  the  law,  and  the  policy  provided  that  insurance 
could  net  be  recovered  if  the  life  was  lost  in  violation  of  the  law.  The 
precedents  are  said  to  be  in  favor  of  the  Insurance  Company,  and  the 
fact  is  principally  interesting  as  going  to  warn  holders  of  life  insurance 
policies  to  be  law-abiding  members  of  the  communitjp. 

A  -woman  trarap,  by  the  name  of  Walker,  died  recently  in  Phrenix- 
ville.  Pa.,  and  there  being  found  in  her  skirts  bank-books  and  other  pa- 
pers representing  $18,000,  there  arose  as  great  a  contest  for  the  body  and- 
clothes  as  there  was  for  Homer's  birth-place  after  his  death.  First-Cousin 
Charles  W.  Beardsley,  of  Bridgeport,  finally  carried  off  the  body  and  the 
booty,  and  the  poor,  deserted  tramp  has  now  had  a  first-class,  but  we 
imagine  tolerably  cheerful  funeral  down  in  Connecticut. 

A  Fairhaven  fiend,  whose,  wife  refused  to  get  up  and  make  a  fire  the 
other  morning,  made  it  himself,  and  then  dragged  his  wife  out  of  bed, 
and  held  her  upon  the  hot  stove  till  she  was  probably  fatally  burned.  It 
is  a  dreadful  warning. 

The  reduced  telegraph  rates  are  not  found  to  greatly  increase  busi- 
ness, and  the  competition  must  tell  heavily  on  the  Western  Union's  prof- 
its. As  for  the  profits  of  the  Jay  Gould  line,  it  never  had  any—except 
in  Wall  street  gambling. 

The  cable  rivalry  connects  itself  with  the  land  telegraph  competition, 
and  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  people  assure  the  public  that  the  Direct  ca- 
ble company  has  not,  and  will  not,  amalgamate  with  the  old  line  and  put 
up  prices. 

At  Rome  a  society  for  the  defense  of  family  principles  has  just 
awarded  its  civil  crown  to  a  lady  named  Mme.  Bouillet,  who  has  given 
birth  to  her  thirty-sixth  child. 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


DR.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 
loenliftl*  ■•Clival  llimril    for  I  |tner   <nuiiiln.-- 
j     Medical  Society  uf  California.     Otfta  trout,  April  II 


TEETH    SAVED  ' 

I^miiiK   iv.  in   n  Specialty.—- Great   paMeaec  caimdrd   to 
ooDaron     Chloroform  administered,  and  kflef  Ion 

! 

■  Montgomery.  DB.  MORI  PEW,  Di 


31 


DR.    J.    H.    STAL'ARD, 
ember  of  the  Royal  4'olleirr  of"  PhyMlrlmift,    London .  <  n  .. 
author  <■(  "  female  Hyglonfl  on  Uu  si;.  Pool  snd  Kenmy. 


I  ttflce  Hours,  IS  to  8  and  7  t--  >  v. v. 


V-l.iu.ir>  10 


PHYSICIAN,    BVBGBOX    AND     ACCOI  (1IKI  K, 

J.    J.    AUERBACH,    M.D., 
March  13.  310*  Stockton  -in  .  t.  San  Francisco. 

STEELE'S     SQUIRREL      F0IS0N. 
[Patented  October  llMft,  1875.] 

Snredcnth  lo  NqiitrrelN,  RjiIm,  <>0|>hcn*,  etc.    For  »»le  by  all 
Druggists.  Grocers  and  General  Dealers.    Price,  St  per  box.    Made  by  JAMES 

i.    siii.u.vv  CO  .  Ban  FmncUco,  Oal.     Liberal  diecuunt  to  the  Trade.        Aug'.  21. 


E 


0.    P.    WARREN,    M.D. 


elcetlc  Phynlclnu, 
Oakland. 


corner  of  Fourteenth   and    Brontlnay, 

June  17. 


DR.    R.    BEVERLY    C0IE 

Ha»  returned  from  hi**  European  tonr,  and  will  resume  the 
practice  of  his  profession  for  a  few  months.    otHcc,  10  GEARY  STREET. 
Bours,  IS  to  3  p.m.  March  31. 

WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 

CUTTER    WHISKY. 

A  P.  llotnlin<f  A  Co.,  No.  131  Jackson  street,  are  the  Sole 
•  Agents  on  this  Coast  fur  the  celebrated  J.  H.  CUTTER  WHISKY,  whipped  di- 
rect to  them  from  Louisville,  Kentucky.  The  Trade  are  cautioned  against  the  pur- 
chase of  inferior  and  imitation  brands  of  "J.  H.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon."  Owing  to 
ii*  deserved  reputation,  various  unprincipled  parties  arc  endeavoring  to  palm  off 
spurious  grades.     It  is  really  the  Best  Whisky  in  the  United  States.  March  19. 

A.    M.    GILMAN, 

Importer  and  Wholesale  Liquor  Dealer,  308  California 
street,  offers  for  sale  Fine  Old  Bourbmi  and  Rye  \\  hibkies,  Brandies,  vintage  of 
1420  and  1880,  Old  Port  and  Sherrj  Wines,  8tUl  and  Sparkling  Wines,  etc.  Agentforthe 
Celebrated  CACHET  BLANC  CHAMPAGNE.  Bole  Agent  for  MILLS'  BTOHACS 
B1TTKBS. March  4. 

J.    H.    CUTTER    OLD    BOURBON. 

("1    P.  Moorman  A   Co.,    Mannfaeturert*.  Louisville.  Ky.— 
j%    The  above  well-known  House  is  represented  here  by  the  undesigned,  who 
have  been  appointed  their  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 
July  3.  A.  P.  HOTALING&  CO.,  42ft  and 431  Jackson  street,  S.  F. 

J.    H.    CUTTER'S    OLD    BOURBON    AND    RYE    WHISKY, 

Mannf  itetnred  by  Slilton  J.  Hardy  A*  Co.,  Sons-iu-Law  and 
Successors  Of  J.  H.  CUTTKR,  Louisville,  Ky.  K.  MARTIN  &  CO., 

August  14.  No.  408  Front  street.  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast 


WHOLESALE    GROCERS. 


Newton  Booth,  C.  T.  WhhBLBR,  Sacramento.  |  J.  T.  Glovxr,  W.    W.    Dodob,  S.    F 
W.    W.    DODGE    &    CO., 

Wholesale  Grocers,  corner  Front  and    Clny  streets,  San 
Francisco.  April  1. 

REMOVAL. 

L.  H.  Newtos.]  NEWTON    BROTHERS    &    CO.,  [Morris  Newton. 

Importers  and  wholesale  dealers  in  Teas.  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed   to  '204  and  "200  California  street,  San   Francisco.  Cal- 
ifornia. June  7. 

CASTLE    BROTHERS._-[Establiehed\1850.]  ■ 

Importers  of  Teas  and  East  India  Goods,  Nos.  213  and  215 
Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  13. 


s 


TABER,    HARKER    &    CO., 
neeessors  to  Phillips,  Taber  *  Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, IDS  and  110  California  street,  below  Front,  Sail  Francisco.  April  15. 


BROKERS. 


REMOVAL ! 
W.   Brown   a-  Co.,  Stock  and    Money   Brokers,  nave  re- 


ived to  No.  817  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block, 
^.1  "\V.  BROWN,  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange  Board. 


Jan   8. 


.!.  K.  S.  Latham.]  LATHAM    &    KING,  [Hoxm  S.  Kino. 

S neeessors  to  James  H.  Kni limn  A-   Co.,  Stock  and   Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco.  Member  S.  F  Stock  and  Exchange 

Board.  Stocks  hou-jlit  and  carried  on  margins. Aug.  12. 

HUBBARD    &    CO., 

Commission  Stock  Brokers.  324  1-2  Montgomery  street,  nn- 
der  Safe  Deposit  Building,  Sao    Francisco,  will  transact  business  through    the 
San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 

E.    P-    PECKHAM, 
/Commission    Stock    Broker   and    Member   S.    F.  Stock    Ex- 

^  -*     change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  Bold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
[June.  1 9.  J 


OFFICES  OF  THE  AEROPLANE  FAVIGATI0M  CO., 

No."  807  to  615  Merchant  street,  San  Francisco. 


16 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    L-E1TER. 


April  28,  1877. 


THE    WAR    IN    EUROPE. 

At  length  the  Rubicon  is  passed.  The  vanguard  of  the  Russian  army 
has  crossed  the  Pruth,  and  ere  long  the  Mahoinedan  crescent  and  the 
Greek  cross  will  face  one  another  on  the  banks  of  the  Danube.  The 
peace-making  protocol  that  only  a  week  ago,  signed  by  the  six  Powers, 
was  to  restore  tranquility  and  settle  all  vexed  questions,  is  now  a  dead 
letter,  for,  as  Lord  l)erby  said,  as  a  reservation,  when  signing,  "It  will 
be  of  no  effect  unless  the  conditions  are  carried  out  on  both 
sides."  And  certainly  these  conditions  were  not  onerous  nor  one- 
sided. They  demanded  peace  between  Montenegro  and  Turkey  by 
the  latter  conceding  a  rectification  of  the  frontier  line  and  the 
free  navigation  of  the  Bojana,  also  to  place  all  armies  on  a  peace 
footing  and  take  measures  to  tranquilize  the  disturbed  Provinces  of 
Bosnia,  Herzegovina  and  Bulgaria,  Russia  and  Turkey  to  consent  to 
a  mutual  disarmament  or  demobilization,  as  it  is  called.  There  was  no 
mention  in  the  protocol  of  coercion,  either  to  enforce  its  clauses  or  in  case 
of  their  not  being  carried  out  as  promised.  It  was  thought  and  hoped 
that  on  its  promulgation  peace  would  be  insured,  but  that  hopehasproved 
fallacious.  The  first  objection  came  from  Montenegro,  who  insisted  upon 
Nicsic  and  a  seaport,  which  could  only  be  taken  from  or  ceded  by  Austria. 
Then  Russia  wanted  a  special  envoy  to  be  sent  from  Constantinople  to 
St.  Petersburg}],  for  the  purpose  of  arranging  the  terms  of  disarmament, 
and  when  Turkey  appeared  inclined  to  agree  to  that  proposition,  fresh  ob- 
stacles arose,  until  at  length  Turkey  rejected  the  protocol  and  the  Russian 
officials  took  their  departure  from  the  Ottoman  Empire.  It  was  said  at 
the  time  that  the  protocol  was  a  bridge  to  cover  the  Russian  retreat,  but 
the  voice  of  the  nation  was  stronger  than  the  Czar,  however  much  he 
might  have  been  inclined  to  pacific  measures.  And  yet  it  was  the  Rus- 
sian Government  that  proposed  the  protocol,  and  it  was  with  a  view  to  its 
acceptance  by  the  great  Powers  that  General  Ignatieff  was  sent  on  his 
famous  mission  to  the  various  European  courts.  Strangely  enough, 
this  protocol  drawn  up  by  Russia  was  an  effectual  answer  to  Prince 
Gortchakoff's  circular,  to  which  all  the  Cabinets  were  studying  a  suitable 
reply.  Now  it  is  null,  and  it  is  gravely  asked  whether  Russia  ever  ex- 
pected it  would  be  otherwise.  Any  one  reading  the  calm  and  temperate 
address  of  the  Sultan  at  the  opening  of  the  Turkish  Parliament,  with  its 
promise  of  reform  and  subsequent  active  measures  for  the  purpose  of 
carrying  it  out,  will  well  understand  how  a  sensitive,  jealous  nation  would 
naturally  object  to  dictation,  or  even  to  supervision,  and  can  well  enter 
into  a  community  of  feeling  with  a  Kurd,  who  said  from  his  place,  in 
reply  to  some  remarks  about  the  great  misery  caused  by  the  present  state 
of  things,  "You  talk  of  misery,"  said  he,  "and  yet  I  see  brilliant 
uniforms,  luxurious  palaces,  and  many  elegant  carriages  in  Constanti- 
nople. Come  to  our  Province  if  you  really  want  to  know  what  misery 
means.  I,  myself,  like  most  of  the  people  in  my  Province  go  about  in 
rags,  and  it  was  only  by  a  great  effort  and  sacrifice  that  I  have  been  able 
to  get  this  coat  to  appear  decently  among  you,  and  yet  I  am  ready  to  give 
up  this  coat  and  resume  my  old  rags  in  order  to  fight  for  the  honor  and 
existence  of  my  country.  No  one  has  a  right  to  interfere  with  our 
own  domestic  affairs,  and  we  Ottomans  protest  solemnly  against  any  such 
interference  by  any  foreign  Power."  When  such  expressions  as  those 
contained  in  the  concluding  sentence  created  an  enthusiasm  and  excite- 
ment which  the  President  vainly  endeavored  to  quell,  it  will  be  seen  how 
difficult  it  is  to  come  to  any  terms  with  Turkey. 

From  the  meagreand  disjointed  news  we  get  by  telegraph,  we  learn  that 
the  Russians  crossed  the  Pruth  at  Leovo,  on  the  line  of  railroad  between 
Russia  and  Roumania,  and  from  last  accounts  from  fifty  to  eighty  thou- 
sand troops  now  occupy  the  Roumanian  territory.  Now  Roumania,  al- 
though doing  homage  to  Turkey,  can  hardly  be  called  a  portion  of  the 
Sultan's  dominions.  It  is  an  independent  State,  governed  by  a  Prince  of 
the  House  of  Hobenzo^ern,  receiving  counsel  and  instructions  from  the 
German  Court,  and  only  nominally  a  portion  of  the  Turkish  Empire. 
Consequently,  Prince  Charles  formally  and  courteously  protests  against  an 
invasion  he  is  powerless  to  resist,  informs  his  Parliament  that  the  Russian 
army  is  merely  in  transit,  does  not  intend  to  occupy  Bucharest,  will  pay 
for  all  that  it  takes  in  the  way  of  supplies,  and  it  is  surmised  that  in  ease 
of  success  of  the  Russian  arms,  Roumania  will  give  effectual  aid,  to  be 
rewarded  by  an  elevation  to  an  independent  kingdom.  It  appears  prob- 
able that  the  Russian  force  is  moving  to  Dobroudsha,  in  the  north  of  Bul- 
garia. To  do  this  they  must  cross  the  Danube,  and  herein  lies  their  first 
difficulty.  The  Turkish  gun-boats  are  cruising  in  the  river,  the  country  on 
the  Roumanian,  or  northern  bank,  is  a  morass,  with  but  a  few  badly  made 
roads  crossing  it,  the  south  bank  of  the  river  is  strongly  fortified,  and, 
being  much  higher  than  the  opposite  shore,  commands  the  passage.  There 
are  no  bridges  across  the  Danube,  and  the  enemy  will  be  compelled  to  use 
pontoons.  It  will  be  many  days  yet  before  the  preparations  will  be  suffi- 
ciently advanced  to  enable  the  army  to  make  a  decisively  forward  move- 
ment, and  although  at  present  Turkey  has  to  weaken  her  line  by  elonga- 
tion along  her  Danubian  defences,  yet  she  can  at  a  short  notice  concen- 
trate her  forces  upon  any  given  spot.  In,  the  meantime  Russia  is  attack- 
ing the  Asiatic  possessions  of  the  Sultan,  and  the  troops  have  penetrated 
into  the  interior  of  Kars,  though  from  the  latest  accounts  they  have  suf- 
fered a  repulse,  with  the  loss  of  eight  hundred  men.  In  the  course  of  next 
week  we  shall  have  more  definite  news,  particularly  as  to  the  attitude  of 
the  other  European  powers,  as  upon  their  action  depends  the  momentous 
question  whether  the  war  is  to  be  limited  to  the  present  combatants,  or 
become  fearfully  general. 

MUSCLE    VERSUS    BRAINS. 

The  Secretary  of  the  California  State  Medical  Society,  Dr.  G.  G. 
Tyrrell,  was  lately  attacked  in  a  cowardly  manner— from  behind — by  an 
individual  known  as  Dr.  J.  D.  Whitney.  Dr.  Tyrrell  was  in  the  act  of 
lifting  up  his  carpet-bag  when  the  "Doc"  bounced  out  and  struck  him 
two  or  three  blows  over  the  head,  and  then  as  suddenly  bounced  back 
again  into  safe  quarters.  Our  Law  Courts  will  doubtless  render  it  appa- 
rent to  Dr.  J.  D.  Whitney  that  murderous  attacks  cannot  be  safely  in- 
dulged in  except,  iudeed,  on  his  private  patients.  In  the  meantime  we 
apologize  to  Dr.  Tyrrell — a  gentleman  visiting  this  city  simply  in  his 
official  capacity — on  behalf  of  the  decent  portion  of  the  community  for 
this  disreputable  attack.  Impostors  and  their  abettors  carry  on  a  war  for 
supremacy;  the  uneducated,  disreputable  and  unintellectual  many  still 
struggle  against  the  educated,  reputable  and  intellectual  few.  So  far  the 
impostors  have  always  had  it  their  own  way  in  the  so-called  medical 
societies  of  San  Francisco. 


THE  EMBEZZLING  MANIA. 
San  Francisco  seems  to  be  particularly  unlucky  in  the  matter  of  de- 
faulters. Scarcely  a  week  passes  without  some  fresh  case  of  embezzle- 
ment, each  more  startling  than  its  predecessor.  Men  in  whom  hitherto 
the  utmost  confidence  has  been  reposed,  against  whom  no  whisper  of  mis- 
chief has  ever  been  raised,  are  suddenly  discovered  to  have  levanted  with 
varying  amounts  of  cash,  or  valuables,'  that  had  been  intrusted  to  their 
care.  Public  confidence  naturally  gets  more  or  less  shaken  by  these  oft- 
recurring  casualties,  and  one  begins  to  sigh  for  Diogenes'  lantern,  to.  dis- 
cover if,  perchance,  an  honest  man  is  left  in  the  city.  During  the  last  few 
days  a  deficit  of  some  $49,000  odd  is  reported  to  have  been  discovered  in 
the  State  Surveyor's  Office,  while  close  following  on  the  heels  of  this  reve- 
lation comes  the  announcement  that  a  confidential  clerk  in  the  Pension 
Office,  together  with  a  confederate  in  crime,  are  defaulters  to  the  time  of 
S6,000  apiece.  That  such  a  state  of  things  should  prevail  in  our  midst  is, 
indeed,  much  to  be  deplored.  In  the  case  of  Government  Officers,  the 
root  of  the  evil  is, _  doubtless,  to  be  traced  to  the  ill-advised  and  pernicious 
custom  of  appointing  fresh  officers  with  every  change  in  the  Administra- 
tion, and,  whatever  may  be  their  "record,"  removing  these  old  servants 
to  give  place  to  party  favorites.  As  long  as  public  security  is  made  sub- 
servient to  private  and  party  interests,  so  long  will  the  same  disastrous 
results  ensue.  Provided  a  man  shows  himself  efficient  in  his  department, 
and  be  of  irreproachable  character,  it  is  at  once  an  act  of  injustice  to 
him,  and  detrimental  to  the  interests  of  his  office  that  he  should  be  dis- 
charged at  a  moment's  notice.  Every  public  servant,  on  entering  office, 
is  fully  aware  of  the  length  of  his  term,  and  is  too  often,  on  that  account, 
unfortunately  tempted  to  make  hay  while  the  sun  shines,  and  improve 
his  chances  while  the  golden  opportunity  presents  itself.  In  the  case  of 
Confidential  Clerks,  Book-keepers,  and  persons  of  that  class,  the  fault 
not  rarely  lies  with  the  employers  themselves.  Trusting  implicitly  in 
every  statement,  every  balance-sheet,  that  is  laid  before  them,  or,  per- 
haps, from  an  unwillingness  to  display  an  ignorance  of  matters  with 
which  they  profess  to  be  acquainted,  they  throw  irresistible  temptations 
in  a  young  man's  way.  The  fast  living,  costly  rooms,  and  other  expen- 
sive tastes,  which  to  outsiders  speak  but  too  plainly,  reveal  nothing  wrong 
to  the  employer,  and  he  displays,  as  a  rule,  the  utmost  astonishment  when 
the  denouement  comes.  In  some  large  houses  in  England,  private  detect- 
ives are  employed,  who  watch  every  movement,  and  keep  track  of  every 
farthing  of  expenses  incurred  by  the  different  clerks.  This  may  be  car- 
rying the  system  of  surveillance  rather  to  extremes,  but  the  result  is 
shown  in  the  good  effects,  both  on  the  employer  and  the  employed.  Till 
the  "boss  "  deigns_  to  take  some  further  interest  in  the  movements  and 
moral  welfare  of  his  employe,  so  long  will  his  safe  be  liable  to  periodical 
inroads. 

THE  FUTURE  OF  THE  SOUTH. 

The  cloud  which  has  hung  so  gloomily  over  Louisiana  and  South 
Carolina  for  the  last  six  months,  has  vanished,  and  there  is  a  well-founded 
promise  of  sunshine  for  the  future.  For  the  first  time  in  eleven  years 
these  States  are  governing  themselves.  For  the  first  time  since  the  term- 
ination of  the  war,  the  white  and  colored  races  are  in  a  fair  way  of  realiz- 
ing that  their  interests  are  identical,  and  that  the  gain  of  the  one  cannot 
be  advanced  by  the  loss  to  the  other.  Whatever  the  motives  of  Presi- 
dent Hayes  may  be  (and  there  are  those  who  will  attribute  them  to  self- 
interest),  his  policy  regarding  these  two  hitherto  unhappyStates  is  a  brill- 
iant piece  of  diplomacy.  His  action  in  their  regard  is  the  inauguration 
of  his  dictatorship  and  a  happy  promise  of  moderation  and  wisdom  fur 
the  future.  It  means,  virtually,  the  expulsion  of  carpet-baggers  and  the 
administration  of  a  political  cathartic  to  the  choked-up  avenues  of  good- 
will and  harmony.  Chamberlain,  who  has  been  constantly  asserting  his 
devotion  to  the  people,  and  his  desire  to  die  for  them,  has  gone  to  live  in 
New  York.  Governor  Packard  will  probably  follow  suit  and  take  his 
followers  with  him.  The  existence  of  the  carpet-bagger  in  the  South  de- 
pends solely  on  his  ability  to  keep  the  two  races  in  a  constant  state  of  irri- 
tation. He  is  a  cantharides  blister  on  an  old  and  unhealed  sore — a  con- 
stantly moving  seton  in  a  body  desirous  of  repose.  This  element  has 
been  displaced  from  Arkansas,  Georgia,  Alabama,  Texas  and  Virginia, 
and  from  their  disappearance  dates  the  prosperity  of  these  now  flourishing 
States.  Similar  results  will  followin  South  Carolina  and  Louisiana,  if  only 
the  Governors  elect  will  be  as  true  to  their  promises  as  President  Hayes  has 
been  to  his.  It  is  incumbent  on  them  to  deal  out  the  laws  of  the  United 
States  to  white  and  colored  citizens  alike,  and  at  this  juncture  to  be  more 
than  ordinarily  careful  that  the  latter  have  the  full  benefit  of  all  privi- 
leges accorded  them  by  the  Constitution.  It  is  true  that  Carpenter,  the 
late  Collector  of  the  port  of  Charleston,  says  that  he  cannot  live  in  South 
Carolina  under  Wade  Hampton's  rule,  intimating  that  therefore  no  Re- 
publican can;  but  Mr.  Carpenter's  real  reason  for  disliking  that  part  of 
the  country  may  more  reasonably  be  attributed  to  a  little  deficiency  of 
§40,000,  for  which  we  believe  he  has  since  been  indicted.  Once  more  we 
predict  a  brilliant  and  happy  future  for  the  whole  of  the  "  solid  South," 
if  only  the  temperate  policy  which  has  settled  their  troubles  so  effectually 
be  carried  out.  Bull-dosing,  riots  and  armed  mobs  have  had  their  day, 
andaneweraof  commercial  prosperity  and  wise  government  isnow  in  order. 

A  JUDICIAL  DEAD-LOCK 
The  ablest  of  lawyers  occasionally  commit  the  most  absurd  blunders. 
A  late  Lord  Chancellor  of  England,  whose  legal  knowledge  was  very  deep, 
drew  up  his  own  will,  worded  in  such  ambiguous  terms  that  no  two  mem- 
bers of  the  bar  could  be  found  to  agree  as  to  its  construction.  The  Tyler- 
Ferral  case,  which  has  given  rise  to  the  awkward  dilemma  as  to  who  shall 
try  the  case  in  the  City  Criminal  Court,  since  no  provision  has  been  made 
by  law  for  the  substitution  of  another  Judge,  has  revealed  another  inter- 
esting flaw.  The  statute  provides  that  no  Judge  can  sit  in  judgment  on 
any  case  in  which  he  has  been  interested  as  Counsel,  except  asProsecuting 
Attorney.  Curiously  enough,  it  has  neglected  to  provide  for  a  substitute 
in  his  stead.  An  Attorney  may  be  engaged  in  a  case  to-day,  while  to- 
morrow he  may  be  elected  Judge  by  the  popular  vote,  and  be  called  on  to 
adjudicate  in  the  case  in  which  he  was  engaged  prior  to  his  election.  This 
the  law  distinctly  forbids,  though  it  fails  to  suggest  the  remedy.  Of  course 
a  change  of  venue  can  be  resorted  to,  but  unless  botb  parties  consent,  the 
application  is  not  granted.  The  argument  in  the  Tyler- Ferral  case  will 
doubtless  open  up  some  interesting  questions  in  relation  to  the  matter,  and 
some  practical  loop-hole  be  suggested  in  either  emergency.  In  the  mean- 
while, our  law-makers  must  be  careful  not  to  enact  statutes  which  are 
either  practical  impossibilities  or  ingenious  conundrums. 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


Olli«-«---«SO~    to    <5ir>    Moi-.-liaiit    !"*tv«-«-t. 


VOLUME  B7. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  APRIL  28    1877. 


NUMBER  14 


BIZ. 


Hostilities  having  actually  begun  between  the  Russians  and  Turks,  its 

!mi    tii.'    Finance  and  Commerce  •  <!"   the  world  at  once  becomes 

Apparent      Even  here,   upon  the  far-off   Pacific  Slope,   we  feel  its  in- 

beginnings  of  an  important  upward  movement,  first 

in  the  ra    i  I  Breadstufis.     Flour  and  Wheat  arc  the  world's  barometer. 

tre  the  staff  of  Life  to  many,  and  it  is  to  be  regretted  that  i  'alifornia 

■  i  be  benefited   to  the  extent  of  high  prices  on  a  full  prop  of  Wheat 

and  Barley.     Oregon  is,  however,  likely  to  receive  her  full  share  of  the  rise 

In  i  tread&tuffs,  our  sister  State  having,  as  is  reported,  the  largest Wheatcrop 

rnered.     It  i-  probable  that  Cah'fernia  may  have  from  tin.1  harvest 

noti  maturing  a  surplus  for  export  of  250,000  tons    posssibly  one-half  the 

quantity  of  Wheat  ami  Flour  snipped  the  harvest  year  now  drawing  to  a 

dose.    Should  this -be  the  case,  ue  prices  realized  -^v*  >ti  K  i  return  to  the 

growers  a  handsome  profit     possibly  as  much  as  she  would  have  realized 

from  a  full  crop  in  ordinary  years. 

Wheat  has  now  squarely  advanced  to  3a  1;?  lb.,  ami  Flour  to  88  I1 
Mil.  At  this  advanced  rate  we  do  not  look  for  any  export  trade  to  Great 
ij  even  at  the  present  low  rate  of  £2  freight— certainly  not  until 
after  harvest]  unless  perchance  cargoes  afloat  and  en  route  Bhould  ad- 
vance beyond  65s.  -a  rate  not  yet  quoted,  hut  which,  no  doubt,  will  soon 
be  reached  by  reason  of  short  stocks  in  the  United  Kingdom,  and  the 
certainty  of  supplies  of  Wheat  being  cut  off"  from  Continental  ami  other 
Bouroea  heretofore  relied  upon  for  a  large  portion  of  supplies.  Liverpool 
advices  note  an  increased  price  for  Maize  (Indian  Corn),  and  in  point  of 
fact,  all  food  stuffs  are  bound  to  advance  so  long  as  the  war  continues. 
The  vast  armies  called  into  the  field  of  battle  draw  off  thousands  from 
the  fields  of  agriculture,  and  instead  of  being  producers,  they  become 
large  consumers,  and  those  countries  far  removed  from  the  scene  of  strife 
are  the  ones  to  reap  a  pecuniary  harvest,  and,  of  course,  the  United 
States  of  America  come  in  for  their  full  share  of  benefits. 

It  is  not  alone  our  cereal  crops  that  are  to  be  benefited  by  the  war, 
but  we  expect  to  see  prices  of  Wool,  Hides,  Leather,  Tallow,  Canned 
Meats,  Salmon  and  other  Case  Goods,  all  advance  more  or  less  as  the 
season  advances.  En  short,  we  believe  that  nearly  all  our  Commercial 
interests  are  to  be  promoted  and  stimulated  by  the  war. 

Money  is  very  plentiful  here  on  this  Coast,  as  well  as  the  world 
over  fur  that  matter,  and  interest  is  now  lower  than  we  ever  remember  it 
to  have  been  either  in  England  or  New  Vork  or  other  monetary  centers. 
This  fact  of  itself  will  stimulate  speculation  in  all  sorts  of  staple 
merchandise. 

For  a  year  or  more  past  we  on  the  Pacific  Slope  have  hardly  known  of 
any  large  or  extended  speculation  in  Wheat,  Flour,  Barley,  Corn,  Coffee, 
Sugar,  Rice,  Tea,  Tobacco,  etc.  The  very  low  prices  now  ruling  forsome 
of  these  staples  must  surely  attract  attention  at  no  distant  day.  Then 
there  is  Quic  silver,  one  of  our  leading  products,  that  is  now  selling  lower 
than  ever  before,  that  must  attract  the  attention  of  Foreign  capitalists. 
To  this  we  add  the  product  of  our  Gold  and  .Silver  mines.  Any 
increase  of  traffic  in  the  form  of  speculation  in  merchandise  of  any 
description  is  sure  to  show  itself  in  all  other  pursuits  to  a  greater  or  less 
extent.  And  we  do  firmly  believe  that  the  time  is  near  at  hand  when 
this  terrible  depression  in  Mining  Stocks  and  Shares  will  be  dispelled  and 
confidence  once  more  restored  to  the  street.  This  Stock  depression  has 
been  ruinous  to  thousands  of  our  citizens,  many  of  them  cleaned  out  and 
robbed  by  rings  of  designing  men  bent  upon  the  destruction  of  their 
fellows.  This  is  soon  to  end,  and  we  firmly  believe  that  a  better  day  and 
brighter  skies  are  soon  to  illuminate  our  horizon.  Already  we  seem  to 
behold  glimmerings  of  a  better  state  of  things  in  our  midst.  It  is  really 
stirprisiir.;  that  with  all  the  terrible  decline  in  stock  values  the  past  few 
months  (mining  interests)  that  so  few  failures  have  been  reported—-' 
Court  records  show  fewer  attachments  than  the  average  of  the  past 
Dome  it  ■if    Produce. 

During  the  present  harvest  year  [say  ten  months),  we  have  received 
from  the  interior  the  bulk  of  10,550,000  ctls.  of  Wheat;  against  u,000,000 
otls.  for  a  like  year  preceding,  and  9,400,000  ctls.  for  the  like  period  of 
1874-5.  Of  Flour,  in  same  seasons,  1,811,000  qr.  sks.,  1,523,000  qr.  sks., 
1,041,000  qr.  sks.,  respectively. 

Our  exports  by  sea,  for  the  ten  months  of  two  last  harvest  years  stand 
thus:  1870-7— Flour,  bbls.,  451,314;  1875-6— do.,  384,000;  Wheat,  ctls., 
10,322,000— do.,  5,700,000. 

Exports  since  July  1,  1376,  to  the  United  Kimrdom,  embrace  293 
vessels,  carrying:  Wheat,  ctls.,  10,245,749— value,  819,154,108;  1875,  same 
ttime,  5,098,028— value,  §12,569,835.  Besides  more  or  less  Flour.  There 
.are  now  only  three  vessels  on  the  berth:  The  Huguenot,  1,181  tons;  .Loch 


i  fact 


Cree,  821  tons;  Majgie  Trimble.  820  ton*-  say  2,822  tons.     The  export  of 
Breadstuff  has  now  about  ceased  until  after  harvest  in  duly. 

Flour  and  Wheat. --Supplies  are  light.  We  now  quote  Superfine 
Flour,  SO  50@7;  Extra  Superfine,  *7  50;  Extra  Family  and  Bakers' 
Extra,  S8(s  s  50.  Wheat— 'J  be  price  during  the  week  has  advanced  from 
$2  55  to  S2  95,  with  sales.    Closing  price  for  choice  lots,  S3  l,<  ctL 

Barley  and  Corn.  --  Of  the  former,  supplies  are  liberal,  yet  the 
ing  crop  ie  very  unpromising.     The  present  price  of  Brewing  and  Cheva- 
lier, SI  80(3.  !  85  \.<  ctl.     i  'oni  is  in  fair  supply,  with  sales  at  $1  96X6  I  95 
I1"  ctl.     Planting  is  now  in  order,  and  the  hope  is  expressed  that  we  are  to 

have  a  large  crop  of  Maize  this  fall. 

Oats  and  Rye.  —  By  reason  of  free  supplies  from  '  hvgon,  the  former 
sells  at  S2  -V"  '1  50.     The  latter,  being  in  small  stock,  sells  at  $2  #  ctl. 

Hay  sells  freely  at  818(3  26  I '  ton. 

Hides.-- Prices  of  Dry  have  rapidly  advanced  this  month  from  16|c.  to 
ISA-,  for  selections;  Wet  Salted,  8@9c. 

Tallow.— We  note  a  sale  for  export  of  18,000  lbs.,  in  shipping  order, 
at  (tjjc. ;  Common,  in  cheap,  rough  pkgs.,  is  plentiful  at  5@Gu. 

Oil  Cake  Meal. —The  present  price  is  $40  y?  ton.  Corn  Meal  —{42 
@43  8?  ton.     Ground  Barley  has  been  advanced  to  $40(5  42  §  ton. 

Bran  and  Middlings. --The  mill  price  is  now  827  50@37  50  \,t  ton, 
respectively. 

"WooL —The  receipts  thus  far  this  season  are  in  excess  of  last  year. 
For  all  good  lots  of  Northern  Fleece,  clean  and  free,  24(3  26c.  is  paid;  Lots 
not  so  good,  20@22c;  average  8  raos.  growth,  17 Oj ■10c;  free,  short  staple, 
14@16c.;  Burry  and  Earthy,  heavy  and  short  staple,  9(3>llc.  Freight 
engagements  now  making  by  sea  to  New  York  to  some  extent. 

Hops.— The  market  is  about  cleared  of  all  inferior  parcels,  and  the 
price  of  fair  to  good  uow  18(5  20c. 

Butter,  Cheese  and  Eggs. —Choice  Roll  Butter  is  very  plentiful  at 
30@32£c;  New  Cheis;,  13(«  14c;  Old,  6@10c.     Eggs,  25c.  $  doz. 

Borax.  --The  stock  is  light  and  the  present  demand  limited— say  lie  f<  ir 
Crude;  7@7ic  for  Concentrated,  9@9£c  for  Refined. 

Bags  and  Bagging. —Stocks  are  large,  and  the  California  require- 
ment—Oregon's demand— is  now  showing  itself.  Sales  are  reported  of 
500,000  Burlap  grain  sacks  22x30  at  or  about  8Jc 

Coffee. —The  steamship  China,  from  Central  American  ports,  brought 
up  12,400  bags.  Probably  two-thirds  of  the  year's  crop  supply  has  now 
reached  us.  Holders  of  all  lots  of  No.  1  Green  are  firm  at  19A@20c, 
Pale,  18@19c  ;  O.  G.  Java,  23@23£c;  Rio,  20c. 

Coal  —Supplies  here  and  to  arrive  are  large  and  free,  causing  low 
prices  to  prevail  for  Scotch  ami  English  as  well  as  I  'oast  kinds  s.iv  *7("  X 
will  cover  the  range.  Australian  is  scarce  at  S'J@9  50.  Anthracite  and 
Cumberland  are  both  plentiful  and  cheap. 

Chemicals.  —  No  sales  of  importance  are  reported.  Bi-Carb.  Soda  is 
scarce,  at  5c 

Gunny  Bags.  —  We  quote  Potato  Gunnies,  standard  size,  at  llje. 

Metals. —  The  demand  is  light  for  all  kinds.  Pig  Iron,  $30@33:  Tin 
Plate,  $7@7  50  ;  Sydney  Pig  Tin,  17£@18c. 

Rice.  —  Stocks  are  large  and  the  market  sluggish,  at  5@5\c  for  China  : 
Japan  and  Hawaiian,  4^(Sr5c 

Spices.  —  With  free  stocks  of  all  kinds,  prices  are  both  low  and  nominal. 

Spirits  and  Wine. — The  market  is  well  supplied  with  California  Pure 
Spirits  at  s|  32J@1  37£;  Eastern,  SI  17V'/  I  20;  Moorman's  J.  II.  Cut- 
ter Bourbon  continues  to  command  the  market  at  $3@4  |jf  gall.,  according 
to  age.  California  Wines  are  steadily  growing  in  favor  -none  latter  than 
Kohler  &  Frohling,  Buena  Vista  Vinieultural  Society  and  I.  Landsberger 
&  Co.'s  Champagne. 

Sugar. — Since  our  last  reference  the  price  of  all  kinds  has  been  ad- 
vanced Ac.  \$  lb.  by  the  refiners — the  market  being  now  well  controlled  by 
the  Bay  and  California  Refinery.  We  now  quote  Cube  and  Crushed  at 
]::'.'"  l.;,e;  Granulated,  13c;  Golden  C,  U}c;  Extra  do.,  1H(r11  ,V.; 
Hawaiian  Grocery  Grades,  8(5  10&C,  with  free  sales. 

Salmon.— Advices  reach  us  that  the  Columbia  River  canners  have  bad 
to  give  in  to  the  fisherman,  paying  50c  for  all  Salmon  caught,  as  against 
30c  last  year.  The  run  of  Salmon  is  now  quite  free.  The  Geo.  W.  Elder 
brought  down  on  her  last  trip  724  cases.  We  quote  the  spot  price,  SI  75; 
to  arrive,  SI  50.  The  Australian  steamer  carried  hence  on  the  25th  inst. 
300  cs  Salmon.  It  is  said  that  the  low  price  of  Tin  this  year  offsets  the 
high  price  of  Fish. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  N#WS  LETTER  April   28,  1877. 


Aitf/nstus  laver,  Architect.} 


NEW  CITY  MALI,  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO. 


[  FTcderichf  Marriott,  Publisher. 


OPENING  THE  HALL  OF  RECORDS  TO  THE  PUBLIC,  IN 
THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEW  CI1Y  HALL. 
Perhaps  the  most  imposing  portion  of  our  grand  municipal  s tincture, 
the  New  City  Hall  and  Halls  of  Justice,  now  in  the  course  of  construc- 
tion, is  the  new  Hall  of  Records  connected  therewith,  now  for  the  first 
time  thrown  open  to  the  public  by  the  Commissioners.  The  whole  block 
of  buildings,  which  will  cost  at  completion  some  four  millions  of  dollars, 
was  commenced  in  the  Spring  of  1871,  and,  through  political  controversy 
for  the  control,  only  the  Record  Hall  has  thus  far  been  made  available  for 
occupation.  The  exterior,  in  its  general  character,  is  in  the  French  renais- 
sance style  of  architecture,  circular  in  form,  surrounded  by  a  colonnade 
communicating  in  a  similar  manner  with  the  municipal  offices  and  Law 
Courts  of  the  main  building,  as  shown  by  our  illustration.  It  is  finely 
proportioned  throughout,  possessing  all  the  elements  of  perfect  art  and 
design  in  its  pyramidal  contour  as  it  gracefully  rises  by  gradations  story 
by  story  from  the  massive  base  to  its  dome-crowned  apex.  The  work  is 
fireproof  and  isolated,  except  that  which  in  Cathedral  architecture  might 
be  designated  the  cloister  portion  ;  this  is  of  moderate  night,  and  forms  a 
useful  covered  way  to  the  City  Hall  proper.  The  interior  effect  is  most 
striking  to  the  visitor,  admirably  lighted  and  thoroughly  adapted  to  all 


the  purposes  for  which  it  was  projected  by  its  architect.  Ample  oppor- 
tunity also  exists  for  ventilation,  an  item  so  essential  in  a  climate  of  this 
humidity  for  the  preservation  of  valuable  archives.  The  large  hollow 
iron  columns,  twelve  iu  number,  have  been  ingeniously  utilized  by  Mr. 
Laver,  the  designer,  to  this  use,  and  will  communicate  with  the  exten  al 
atmosphere  through  the  Rotunda.  The  interior  of  the  building  is  fitted 
up  v. i;h  racks,  etc.,  complete  with  offices  for  the  Recorder  and  his  dep- 
uties, and  everything  necessary  to  subserve  the  tedious  work  of  the 
Searcher  of  Records.  The  cost  of  the  Hall  of  Records  is  about  half  a 
million  dollai'S,  and  is  of  the  following  dimensions,  viz.  :  Hight  from  ter- 
race to  top  of  cresting,  145  feet ;  bight  from  marble  fl  lor  to  under-ide  t  f 
rotunda,  120  feet ;  hight  from  floor  to  first  gallery  rail,  30  feet ;  hight  from, 
first  to  second  gallery  rail,  20  feet;  diameter  to  outside  of  colonnade,  135 
feet ;  diameter  of  interior,  90  feet ;  width  of  galleries,  21  feet.  This  work, 
since  the  retirement  of  the  architect,  has  been  done  under  the  supervision 
of  E.  R.  Hatherton  and  ex-Governor  Purdy.  It  is,  however,  fair  to  credit 
the  architecture  to  Mr.  Augustus  Laver,  who,  in  good  faith,  was  brought 
from  New  York  to  construct  the  building  from  his  design  as  now  being  ex- 
ecuted, but  who,  from  some  political  circumlocution,  has  most  unjustly 
been  overthrown  without  remuneration. 


TEXT  OF  PRINCE  GORTCHAKOFFS  CIRCULAR. 
St.  Petersburg,  April  24th,  —Following  is  the  text  of  Prince  Gort- 
chakoff's  circular: 

The  Imperial  Cabinet  has,  since  the  commencement  of  the  Eastern  crisis,  ex- 
hausted all  the  means  in  its  power  in  order  to  bring  about,  with  the  co-operation  of 
the  Great  Powers,  the  pacification  of  Turkey.  All  the  proposals  made  to  the  Porte, 
in  consequence  of  the  understanding  between  the  Powers,  have,  however,  met  with 
insurmountable  resistance.  The  London  protocol  was  the  last  expression  of  the 
united  will  of  Europe.  The  Imperial  Cabinet  had,  iu  signing  it,  offered  its  hands  as 
a  last  attempt  at  conciliation,  liy  its  declaration  accompanying'  the  protocol  it  had 
marked  out  the  conditions  which,"  if  loyally  accepted  and  carried  out  by  the  Porte, 
were  calculated  to  bring  about  the  re-establishment  and  strengthening  of  peace.  The 
Porte  has  answered  by  afresh  refusal.  This  eventuality  was  not  provided  for  iu  the 
protocol.  Europe  had  confined  itself  to  the  stipulation  that  the  Great  Powers,  if 
they  were  disappointed  in  their  hopes  of  seeing  the  Porte  carry  out  the  reforms  ener- 
getically, reserved  the  right  to  puint  out  in  common  the  means  which  they  should 
think  proper  to  secure  the  welfare  of  the  populations  and  the  interests  of  a  general 
peace.  Thus  the  European  Cabinets  had  foreseen  a  contingency  that  the  Porte 
would  not  fulfill  its  promises,  but  not  that  it  would  respect  the  demands  of  Europe 
at  the  same  time.  Lord  Derby's  declaration  had  established  that  since  Her  Brittanie 
Majesty's  Government  only  consented  to  give  its  signature  to  the  protocol  iu  the  in- 
terests of  a  general  peace.it  was  to  be  understood  from  the  outset  that  in  the  event 
of  this  object,  viz.,  a  mutual  disarmament  and  peace  between  Russia  and  Turkey, 
not  being  obtain  ted,  the  protocol  should  be  regarded  null  and  void.  The  Porte's  re- 
jection of  the  protocol  and  the  motives  upon  which  it  is  based,  leaves  no  hope  that 
the  Porte  will  accede  to  the  wishes  and  counsels  of  Europe.  They  exclude  every 
guarantee  for  the  executions  of  the  reforms,  and  render  peace  with  Montenegro  and 
the  execution  of  the  conditions  by  which  disarmament  and  pacification  could  be 
brought  about  impossible.  Under  these  circumstances  the  success  of  any  attempt  at 
compromise  is  excluded,  and  there  remains  only  the  alternative  to  allow  that  state 
of  things  to  continue,  which  the  Powers  declared  incompatible  with  their  interests 
and  those  of  Europe,  or  to  try  by  coercive  measures  to  obtain  that  which  the  unani- 
mous efforts  of  the  Powers  failed  to  obtain  by  means  of  an  understanding.  My  ex- 
alted master  has  resolved  to  undertake  that  which  he  bad  invited  the  Great  Powers 
to  do  in  common  with  him.  His  Majesty  has  ordered  his  armies  to  cross  the  fronti  r 
of  Turkey.  You  will  bring  this  resolution  to  the  cognizance  of  the  Government  to 
which  you  are  accredited.  In  fulfillment  of  the  duty  which  is  imposed  upon  him  by 
the  interests  of  Russia,  whose  peaceable  development  is  impeded  by  the  constant 
troubles  in  the  East,  his  majesty  is  convinced  that  he  at  the  same  time  responds  to 
'  the  views  of  Europe. 

A  countryman  with  a  load  of  pork  was  met  by  a  young  girl,  who 
genteelly  made  him  a  very  low  courtesy.  He  exclaimed:  "  What!  do  you 
make  a  courtesy  to  dead  hogs?"  aNo,  sir,"  answered  she;  to  the  live 
one."  

The  Rev.  Dr.  W.  A.  Scott,  pastor  of  St.  John's  Presbyterian 
Church,  Post  street,  between  Mason  and  Taylor,  will  preach  on  Sunday, 
at  11  A.  M.  and  7h  P.  m.    The  public  are  very  cordially  invited  to  attend. 


FULL    TEXT    OF    THE    CZARS    MANIFESTO. 

St.  Petersburg,   April  24th.— Following  is  the  text  of  the  Czar's 

manifesto  : 

Our  faithful  and  devoted  subjects  know  the  strong  interest  we  have  always  felt  in 
the  oppressed  Christian  population  of  Turkey.  Our  desire  to  ameliorate  their  condi- 
tion has  been  shared  by  the  whole  Russian  nation,  and  shows  itself  ready  to  bear 
fresh  sacrifices  to  alleviate  the  position  of  the  Christians  in  the  Balkan  peninsula. 
The  blood  and  property  of  our  faithful  subjects  have  always  been  dear  to  us,  and  our 
whole  reign  attests  that  our  constant  solicitude  never  failed  to  actuate  us.  In  the 
deplorable  events  which  occurred  in  Herzegovina,  Bosnia  and  Bulgaria,  our  object 
before  all  was  to  effect  an  amelioration  in  the  position  of  the  Christians  in  the  East 
by  means  of  negotiations,  and  in  concert  with  the  gr.?at  European  Powe*  s,  our  allies 
and  friend".  For  tw  .  years  we  have  nude  incessai  t  efforts  to  induce  the  Poite  to  ef- 
fect such  reforms  as  would  protect  the  Christians  in  Bosnia,  Herzegovina  and  Bul- 
garia from  the  arbitrary  measures  of  local  authorities.  The  accomplishment  of  these 
reforms  was  absolutely  stipulated  by  anterior  engagements  contracted  by  the  Porte 
toward  the  whole  of  Europe.  These  efforts,  supported  by  the  diplomatic  represent- 
ations made  in  common  with  other  Governments,  have  not,  however,  attained  their 
object.  The  Porte  has  remained  unshaken  in  its  formal  refusal  of  any  effective 
guarantee  for  the  security  of  its  Christian  subjects,  and  has  rejected  the  conclusions 
'at the  Constantinople  Conference.  Wishing  to  essay  every  possible  means  of  concili- 
ation, in  order  to  persuade  the  Porte,  we  proposed  to  the  other  Cabinets  to  draw  up 
a  special  protocol,  comprising  the  most  essential  conditions  of  the  Constantinople 
Conference,  and  to  invite  the  Turkish  Government  to  adhere  to  this  international 
act,  which  states  the  extreme  limits  of  our  peaceful  demands  ;  but  our  expectation 
was  not  fulfilled.  The  Porte  did  not  defer  to  this  unanimous  wish  of  Christian 
Europe,  and  did  not  adhere  to  the  conclusions  of  the  protocol.  Having  exhausted 
pacific  efforts,  we  are  compelled,  by  the  haughty  obstinacy  of  the  Porte,  to  proceed, 
to  more  decisive  acts,  feeling  that  our  equity  and  dignity  enjoin  it.  By  her  refusal 
Turkey  places  us  under  the  necessity  of  having  recourse  to  arms.  Profoundly  con- 
vinced of  the  justice  of  our  cause,  and  committing  ourselves  to  the  grace  of  the 
Most  High,  we  make  known  to  our  faithful  subjects  that  the  moment  foreseen, 
when  we  pronounced  the  words  to  which  all  Russia  responded  with  complete  unan- 
imity, has  now  arrived  We  expressed  the  intention  to  act  independently  when  we 
deemed  it  necessary,  and  when  Russia's  honor  should  demand  it.  hi  now  invoking 
the  blessing  of  God  upon  our  armies,  we  give  them  the  order  to  cross  the  Turkish 
frontier.  (Signed)  Alexander. 


Five  thousand  broom  handles  a  day  are  made  in  Shiocton,  Wis.,  and 
the  married  male  Shioctoner  never  stays  out  at  night  longer  than  nine 
o'clock. — Norristoicn  Herald. 


It  is  stated  that  the  Nova  Scotians  are  beginning  to  kick  against  the 
name  of  "  Blue  Noses,"  An  indigo-nation  meeting  is  to  be  called  on  the 
subject  at  an  early  day. 


•Tin  a  broken  man,"  said  a  poet, 
answer,  "fori  have  seen  your  pieces." 


*'  So  I  should  think,"  was  the 


April  98,  1877, 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN    FRANCISCO  SEWS    LETTER. 


CONDENSED    NEWS    OF    THE    WEPK. 


I.4M    II.. 

Saturday.  April  21at  —  Kiuil  Kurander,  the  broker,  convicted 
drii  in  0 11  in  J.  \\  oU  .v  (  ■ 

tOTV,   1  An- 'lie  r  in    i 

livery  stable,  334  Bu*h  street     l>amage  trifling."^— -Charles   Barkln  bad 
□  below  tin!  lumber  which  fell  upon  it. 

——'If  tflympio  Club  waa  held  at  t 

<  Ir Is, 

Sunday.  22d.  —During  last  meek  l"s  persons  died  in  this  city  59 
males  and  19  Femali  •..— —  II  ury  V  Fox,  a  Deputy  in  various  offices  ol 
the  City  Government,  died  from  the  effects  of  a  piatol-eh<  t  wound  in  the 
In  .i'I.^— Ki  .ink  Kttlin,  a  native  of  Suit/-  rland,  aged  about  H$,  fell  sick 
in  the  •■■  fc,  and  wae  taken  to  the  City  Pri    ■ 

pital,  1  shortly  aftur  enti  an 

Monday,  23d.--'1.  I".  Petrachi  wa    arrested   at    the  instant f  the 

Superintendent   of  Streets,  on  t > i •■  charge  of  obtaining   m 

■  eared  in  tho    Police   Court    yester 

on    bis   wife.'  ■■■Paul  T.  ECeitt,  the 
it    kh<     Palace    Hotel,  charged   with  stealing  variona  valuable  ar> 
us  of  money,  was  held  to  anawer  in  the  Police  Conrl 
day  in  $4,000  bail. 

Tuesday,  Mth. —Commissions  were  issued  to  Hugh  EL  bTaii   as  Jun- 
ior Pint  Lieutenant,  John  B.  Well  r,  Jr.,  as  Senior  Second  Lieutenant, 
•ii' i    Lieutenant. ■■■-■Tax  Collector  Ford 
paid  into  the  *  -ity   Troa  ed    tax    money   for 

— -  M  b  k,  No.  BO,  was  placed  on  the  northwest 

corner  of  Broadway  and  Montgomery  Bb 

Wednesday.  25th  —The  steam  r   .v.    ark,  for  the    Dumbarton   line, 

wassn  unohed  at  the  Potrero  yards, In  the  City  Criminal 

\.  t ;.  Cameron  was  oned  $30  for  failing  to  keep  proper  entries  in 
Doka.     The  leniency  of  the  Court  was  solicited.—— Police  officer 
was  shot  and  kflle  i  by  a  hoodlum  named  Runk,  on  Clay  street. 
■mFi  party  arrived  on  the  overland  train. 

Thursday,  26th.  —An  immense  crowd  attended  the  Oil.]  Fellows  pic- 
nic at  Belmont.  There  were  two  Berious  accidents. ^^The  chain  jjang  at 
work  filling  op  Washerwomans  Bay  number-  '>."»  prisoners.-^— it  is  l>o- 
lieved  that  John  T.  Beales,  the  absconding  Secretary  of  the  California 
Stock  Board,  went  to  Panama  on  the  steamship  Calima.  >~ >  >  Revenue  offi- 
isnre  of  fifty  barrels  "f  whisky  at  the  Eagle  ware- 
■  Bros.,  Illinois,  on  the  ground  of  insuf- 
ficiency of  stamps. 

Friday,  27th  .--The  Cambrian  Mutual  Aid  Society  has  taken  prepara- 
tory steps   toward   the  erection   of  a   hall.  —  V.  M.  Gaffney,  formerly 
foreman  of  the  Spring  Valley  Water  Works,  is  a  candidate  for  Superin- 
nr  of  Streets.       'The  Seaman's   Friend   Society  ask  a  donation  of 
in  ea>  b  of  the  churches  in  this  city,  to  aid  in  furnishing  the  chapel. 

TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  April  21st--I>udh-y  Kimball,  six  years  old,  shot  Steven 
Cox,  Beven  years  old,  in  Boston,  on  account  of  a  juvenile  quarrel.  Both 
are  Bona  of  prominent  business  men. —The  Cnited  States  Grand  Jury 
indicted  Thomas  P.  Somerviile  and  G-otleib  Bngle,  charged  with  conspir- 
.  defraud  the  Government  of  s250,000.— — The  Catholic  pilgrims 
from  Canada  attended  mass  at  the  Cathedral  in  New  5Tork,  celebrated  by 
i  Cardinal  Mel  lloskey.  The  court  of  OroviUe  met  to  try  the  case  of  A. 
]  I  .:  !.■[-!  um  in.  for  an  ait-uipt  to  commit  arson,  in  furnishing  the  oil  to  set 
fire  to  old  l  Jhinatown,  in  Chico. 

Sunday.  22d. -- Captain  George  Barker  died  in  Hudson,  X.  Y.,  aged 
85.  He  is  believed  to  have  been  the  oldest  Free  Mason  in  the  United 
States. Spencers  spectacle  factory  at  Newcastle,  X.  V.,  was   burned. 

Loss,  $130. 01)0.  —Nearly  a    whole  Mock   of  building    was    destroyed    in 

Omaba  City  by  tire. The  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  reached  the   Col- 

.  river  seven  miles  below  Fort  Yuma. 

Monday,  23d.  —  Max  Strakos?h  has  engaged  Clara  Louise  Kellogg  in 
New  York  for  a  season  on  the  Pacific  coast,  for  which  she  is  to  receive 

$30,000,  gold. The  Red  I  '1 1  and  Spotted  Tail  agencies,  for  some  time 

iu  charge  of  the  military,  will  soon  he  turned  over  to  the  civil  authorities. 

Ex-State  Senator  woodin  says  that   he   never  received  any  money 

while  in  Albany  for  legislative  purposes  beyond  what  was  paid  him  by 
the  state  Senate  in  1870. 

Tuesday,  24th. —Nine  car  loads  of  immigrants  arrived  at  Sacramento 
from  the  East.— The  President  and  Mrs.  Hayes  entertained  the  mem- 
hereof  the  Cabinet  and  ladies  and  the  members  of  the  Louisiana  Com- 
mission.—Morton  will  urge  to  passage  ins  bill  to  change  the  manner  of 
electing  President  and  Vice  President  of  the  United  States. 

Wednesday,  25th.  --The  schedule  of  James  H.  Falconer,  who  made 
his  assignment,  shows  his  indebtedness  to  be  $100,000.— On  account  of 
the  European  war  news  the  markets  on  the  Board  of  Trade  are  active  and 
prices  higher.  June  wheat  opened  this  morning  at  51  80,  an  advance  of 
22  cents  since  Monday.^— The  Oriental  Powder  Mill  Company-,  of 
Granby,  .Maine,  have  a  contract  nearly  completed  for  a  quarter  million 
dollars'  worth  of  powder  for  Russia. 

Thursday,  26th.  --The  declaration  of  war  by  the  Czar  was  read  sim- 
ultaneously on  the  three  vessels  forming  the  Russian  squadron  in  New 
York  harbor.—  No  one  has  been  decided  up  m  for  the  position  of  Min- 
ister  to   Russia. Edward    D.  Carpenter  is  very  ill  in  New  York,  and 

not  expected  to  recover,  from  the  effects  of  a  surgical  operation. — — CoL 
S.  D.  Harris,  for  a  number  of  years  editor  of  the  Ohio  Farmer  at  Cleve- 
land, died  suddenly. 

Friday,  27th  —Letters  have  been  addressed  to  Hon.  Sir  John  A. 
Mac-Donald,  Hon.  Alex.  McKenzie  and  the  press,  calling  attention  to  the 
fact  t'iat  on  the  20th  of  June  Queen  Victoria  will  have  completed  the 
40th  year  of  her  reign,  and  proposing  that  the  Canadians  should  manifest 
their  national  attachment  by  requesting  Her  Majesty  to  take  the  title  of 
Empress  of  Canada 


I  OKI H.\. 

Saturday,  April  21st    -It   labeliai 

beneff,  will  rem  un  «  ith  th<  —  ' 

French  editor,  ntenced   to  two  montha*  imprisonment 

and   three   t!<  fine   foi  insult    t--  the  public  l'-owi-.         \ 

revolt  baa  broken  out  In  I'  ■■  Pn    Ident  I1 

land,  his  brother,  have  — — 

Porto  tb  not  intend  to  send  an  Ambaaaador  Ui  Constant! 

Sunday,  22d  --  Cardinal  Vantti    HI    l '■  aaoni,  Archbi«hop 
is  dead.-^VThe  Russian  Vice-*  in,  laia  Mim 

■  bed   b)  Turlvi-)i  soldiers."— «A  portion  ol   the  Turki 
■  po  M  ion  at    I  Cei  ■■■-.  a,  near  '  laiats,  «  hei  I  i    ct  the 

will   try  to  cross  the  I  (anube.-^— Bullion  withdrawn  from  the 
Bank  of  England  on  balance  was  E67.000, 

Monday,  23d.  --  The  United  States 
stantinople.     The   remainder  of  the  Am 

the  Syrian  coast  immediately. ■•—•Prince  Henry  VII,  i      '  ias  been 

appointed  Embassadoi  at  Constantinople. -^»M.  Nelidoff  and  the  entire 
staff  of  tli--  Russian  Embassy  have  hit  Constantinople.     The    R 
anus  Ii,  ived  from  the  doors  of  the  Emba 

depai  t ii iv. -^ It.  is  believed  the  Czar  and  the  Empress  will  reside  during 
the  war  principally  at  Uliusk,  near  Moscow. 

Tuesday,  24th.  --The  Czar's  manifesto  to  the  Russian  army  and  peo 
pie  ":»-  promulgated  to-day.     The  Euipt  r  «  de  lares  that   i 

.  in  of  the  Protocol,  and  the  obstinate  refusal  of  the  Porte  to  yield 
tet  demands  of  Europe,  the  moment   ha    arrii  b  < 

independently. — Prince  Gortchakoff  'a  circular  dispatch  wi 

■  i    to  Powers.     It  states  that,  in  seeking  to  obtain  by  arms 

Europe  vainly  endeavored  to  secure  by  peaceable  means,  Russia  believes 
she  furthers  European  interests.  ^^It  is  apparent  that  the  famine  is 
approaching  its  worst  point  in  Calcutta. 

Wednesday,  25th.  --  Prince  Nicholas  of  Montenegro  has  gone  to  the 
Albanian  frontier.  —  "Skirmishing  is  reported  near  Kars.— An  imperial 
order  was  promulgated  to  day,  declaring  Bessarabia,  Littoria,  the  District 
of  Kherson,  and  the  provinces  of  Taurida  and  the  Crimea,  in  a  state  of 
siege. ^^ Another  outbreak  of  the  cattle  plague  has  compelled  the  slaugh- 
ter of  1-4  liead  in  Middlesex,  England.— -The  press  of  London  unani 
mously  condemn  the  Russian  manifesto. 

Thursday,  26th.  —  Specie  in  the  Rank  of  France  increased  six  million 
francs  the  past  week.— -The  greater  part  of  the  Russian  troo] 
moving  in  the  direction  of  Belgrade,  to  secure  the  passage  through  Do- 
budscha.  '  -The  Imperial  manifesto  was  read  and  enthusiastically 
received  in  all  the  churches  of  the  E&UBsian  Empire.— —-Rumor  is  current 
that  the  British  fleet  has  been  ordered  to  the  Bosphorus. 

Friday,  27th.  —  Safvet  Pasha  has  addressed  the  following  dispatch  to 
the  Turkish  Embassador  at  London  ■  The  first  engagement  has  just  been 
fought  at  Tehurkson  (Asiatic  Turkey),  near  Batoum  and  the  Black  Sea 
coast,  After  some  fighting  the  enemy  was  defeated  and  put  to  rout  with 
a  loss  of  800.— »The  number  of  Russians  who  have  entered  Roumania  is 
estimated  at  80,000.  They  are  concentrating  at  Barbaschi.  No  Russians 
have  crossed  the  Sereth  or  Danube.^— The  Turkish  Charge  d'Affairea 
and  the  staff  of  the  Embassy  left  St.  Petersburg  this  morning. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY. 
The  anniversary  exercises  of  the  San  Francisco  TheoIogicalSemjnary 
wjiv  held  Thursday  evening  iu  Sb.  John's  Presbvfcerian  Church.  The  at- 
tendance was  large  and  the  music  good.  The  organ,  presided  over 
by  Professor  Seward,  who  is  also  the  leader  of  the  church  choir,  is  said 
to  he  the  best  in  the  city.  Eight  students  delivered  essays,  each  limited 
to  five  minutes  in  length.  The  annual  address  was  delivered  by  Rev. 
John  Hemphill,  of  Calvary  *  imrch,  and  was  a  scholarly  effort  and  well 
received  by  the  large  audience  in  attendance.  The  Rev.  Wm.  A.  Scott, 
I).  D.,  L.L.  D.,  presided,  being  President  of  the  Seminary.  Rev.  Dr. 
Burrows  and  Rev.  Dr.  Eells  also  took  part  in  the  exercises.  The  sub- 
jectstreated  upon  in  brief  by  the  students  were  as  follows:  "  The  Still 
Small    Voice.'    J.  Hemphill;    "We  Gather    to    Scatter,"    T.    II.  Paden  ; 

"Education  and  Religion,"  J.  M.  Dinsmore:  "  Enjoyment  not  always  a 
Criterion  of  Success,"  J.  L.  McKeehan,  M.  1  >. ;  "A  Spiritual  Ministry 
the  Hope  of  the  Church,"  W.  O.  Phillips  (excused  by  reason  of  illness)  j 
"A  Limited  and  Popular  View  of  Justice,"  A.  T.  Robertson;  "Atti- 
tude of  the  Pulpit  to  Natural  Science,"  A.  H.  Croco  ;  "  Fanaticism,"  F. 
H.  Robinson  ;  "The  Next  Chaos,"  W.  Thomson.  The  last  three  gentle- 
men named  were  graduates  of  the  senior  class,  and  received  the  parchment 
at  the  hands  of  Rev.  Dr.  Scott.  Mr.  Thomson,  at  the  close  of  his  essay, 
took  occasion  to  address  a  few  farewell  remarks  to  his  fellow  students, 
and  then  turned  to  the  President  and  Faculty  and  feelingly  and  elo- 
qnently  returned  thanks  for  the  kind  and  faithful  instruction  received  at 
their  hands.  The  Benediction  was  pronounced  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Eells. 
This  school  of  the  prophets  is,  we  are  happy  to  say,  established  on  a  firm 
basis,  and  is  steadily  gro.ving  in  public  favor  by  the  churches  and  people 
on  this  coast. 

The  Rev.  Wm.  Speer,  D.D.,  late  Secretary  of  the  Presbyteriai 
Board  of  Education,  Philadelphia,  was  with  his  wife  passengers  on  the 
Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Alaska,  from  China,  and  writes  to  us  while  at 
quarantine  in  this  harbor  as  follows  : 

At  Quarantine,  Steamer  "  Alaska,"  April  23,  L977. 

Back  BO  far  homeward  after  our  long  journey.  Had  a  grand  time  fmm  Peking 
down  the  whole  way  to  Canton.  Every  moment  Beamed  filled  with  Bomething  of  in- 
terest. But  we  are  rea!  glad  to  £ct  back  to  Uncle  Sam's  dominions.  We  are  quar- 
antined here  for  just  nothing  at  all.  A  couple  of  li(ilit  eases  of  varioloid  appeared  af- 
ter starting  from  Hongkong,  and  were  put  on  shore  at  Yokohama  to  prei  ent  any  dif- 
ficulty at  all.  A  couple  of  others  have  turned  up  since,  but  only  such  as  are  happen- 
ing every  day  in  every  town  and  city.  Among  the  cabin  passengers  there  has  been 
none.  They"  are  gentlemen  of  different  nations,  one  of  them  an  intelligent  Russian 
Captain  in  the  Navy.  All  think  our  detention  most  unreasonable  and  unnecessary 
to  be  kept  here  when  they  have  important  business  and  other  requirements  demand- 
ing  attention.  I  am  anxious  to  get  on  to  Philadelphia  and  home  as  soon  as  I  can. 
W.  s. 

Men  are  frequently  like  tea — the  real  strength  and  goodness  are  not 
properly  drawn  out  until  they  have  been  in  hot  water. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO   THE  SAN  FRANCISCO   NJWS  LETTER. 


April  28,  1877. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

Recorded  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco.  California,  for  the 
Week  ending  April  24,  1877. 

Compiled  from  the  Record*  of  the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKiUop  efc  Co., 
401  California  Street,  San  Francisco. 


Wednesday,  April  18th. 


GRANTOR  AND  GRANTEE. 


DESCRIPTION. 


TC  Edwurds  10  A  P  Ilolaling  ....IE  Harrison.  260  s  24lh,  50x100 

T  I;  E  A  lo  same N  Yallojo,  150  e  Laguna,  50x137:6  . 

Win  Hollis  to  samp 'Same 

Same  to  Alex  E  Squire Ulampsliire  w:  146  d  25th,  25x100  . 


F  Harrison  to  J  G  Kiltie. 

SLiltlelield  to  S  Carr 

Wm  Bollia  to  S  A  McDonald 

Mary  Vails  to  Edw  Kelly 

E  L  Suilivaii  to  Jos  Frank 

Jus  Wesson  to  W  G  Wayman 

Jno  Olto  lo  Jno  Fitzgerald 

W  G  H'ayman  to  J  Wesson 

Wm  Tlollis  to  Hannah  J  Sheehy.. 

Wm  Smith  to  W  ilawxhurst 

A  Hcmmeto  Jas  D  Bailey 

F  Eauc&  lo  A  Hartmann 

A  Ha  it  m  anil  to  Frank  Encb 

Jno  Rosen feld  to  E  ButTandeau 


G  Kennedy  to  J  N  Hammit., 
S  C  Massett  to  N  F  Marsh  . . 


Sunsome  w,  (18:9  n  Pacific. 36x137:0  .... 

Lot  2,  blk  4,  Garden  Tract  H  d 

N  Pine,  140:1014  e  Pierce,  25x137:6 

Leay'th  w,  97:fi  s  Broadway,  20x60 

F  Wash's.  12el\  e  Kearny,  46:7^x100. 

S  17th,  76:3  e  Sanchez,  e  23:5,  etc 

Church  w,  51  s  Jersey,  25x75 

S  17th.  75  e  Sanchez,  s  84:6,  etc 

E  Castro,  50  s  14th,  20x100 

Lots  5  and  6.  blk  82;  Central  Park  II  d.. 

Franklin  w,  55  s  Wash'n.  37:6x187:6 

N  Geary,  105:0  e  Jones,  21x52:0 

Same,  subjeet  to  n  o.-igage 

Com  54:6  e  Bncbanau  on  s  1  of  50-v  4,  W 

A  826,55:6x27:6 

VicksblU'l-  w.  411:6  s  22(1.22:0x1011 

S  17th,  100  e  Sanchez,  50x208,  subject  to 

mortgage 

Nw  15th  and  Guerrero,  w  100,  etc 
Same 


Mary  A  Quale  to  Jas  H  Latham 

Mary  Mears  to  same 

Win*  Mollis  to  B  Cocks IB  Valencia.  149  n  21st,  23x90  . . . 

R  Bassini'er  to  Pat'k  Kelly |Lot50,  blk  27,  Fairmomit  lid 

J  G  Klmnpkcto  W  OConnell  ....Lot  10.  blk  18.  R  It  AvH'd 

Jas  Butler  to  Pat'k  Waters Gunnison  av  w,  400  s  Preeita  pi,  25x110 

J  Cokley  lo  Dan'ICoklev ISw  Polk  and  Bonita,  30x84:6 

Wm  Hollia  to  J  B  Gonyeau [Hampshire  w,  125  s24th,  52x100 


S2.500 

2,800 

2.S00 

650 

5,000 

5 

1.600 

1.750 

2S,CIOO 

1 

500 

1 

750 

4,11110 

12,1'UO 

21,500 

21,500 

5 
2,200 

3,50" 

300 

1,500 

3,200 

S00 

35 

550 

Gifl 

1,350 


Thursday,  April  19th. 


Tbos  Byrne  lo  Jno  Gray 

Jos  L  Moody  to  Louis  A  Garuett. 

Wm  Hoi  lis  toF  Wiese 

Same  to  Michael  .Murray 

Same  to  Tbos  Shirlaw 

Same  to  Angus  Cameron 

TP  Winter  to  Juo  Brewster 


W  Bartlelt,  160  n  23d,  u  40x125 

E  Mason,  91:8  3  Sac'to,  s  45:10x68:9 

N  20th,  233  w  Valencia.  28x114 

N  Ellis,  55  w  Pierce,  w  27:6x100 

E  Stevenson,  151  s  20lh,  s  22x75 

N  O'Farrell,  899)4  w  Steiner.  w  37x82:6. 
Trasl  Deed,  lot  65  blk  574,  C  P  H'd  Asn 

n  Jackson,  137:6  w  Bucb'n,  25x127:8^ 
50-v  lot  in  blk  31,  uud,  nw  cor  of  sd  blk 

ime 


Geo  Ellis  to  Jno  Revalk 

Mary  Ell's  to  same 

Wm  Mollis  to  Geo  Edwards ISe  Jersey  and  Noe,  e  75x114 

Edw  Martin  to  S  V  H'd  As'u Sundry  lots  in  S  V  H'd  As'n 

E  C  Boobar  to  W  Richardson Lot  15,  blk  23,  lot  25,  b!k45,  Tide  Lands 

B  Lawrence  to  A  II  Lemmen IBeach  and  Water  lot  No  727 


[■'  M  Smith  to  Dennis  Flannery. 

MCameto  to  Geo  W  Tyler 

Geo  W  Tyler  to  Chas  Cameto 

Clariitda  Wriiht  10  H  J  Wallis — 


Jesus  M  Ainsa  to  Manuel  Ainsa  ... 

Wm  Mollis  to  E  B  Robertson 

Same  to  John  Trapp 

TRE  Aloeame 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to  John  Fiiineguu  . 

R  B  Balmore  lo  Geo  Obenauer N  Pine,  51  w  Webster,  31xS' 

Geo  MeWilliamstoT  A  Douglass.  IW  Sanchez. 26:6  n  29th,  25x105, 
Same  lo  N  P  Medlock |E  Noe,  126:6  s  28th,  25x105 


Com  nw  cor  W  ter  lot  727,  22:11x68:9... 
Und  X  s  Polk,  117:6  c  Stockton,  20x57:1 

Same 

W  Sai  chez.  76:6  n  19th,  n  75x105  ;  also, 
nw  Hancock  and  Sanchez,  w  105x26:1 

S  Lombard,  40  w  Dupont,  40x90 

E  Valencia,  103  n  21st,  23x90 

S  24th,  40  e  York,  40x100,  sub  to  mortg  < 

Same 

Nw  Day  and  Dolores,  39x114 


S'J  5UI 
1,450 
5,4011 
4,800 
3.5S1 
5,400 

1 

500 

500 

•    800 

860 

3,000 

6,01)0 

890 

565 

600 

2,500 

250 

5,450 

4,100 

4,100 

825 

4,000 

400 

300 


Friday,  April  30th- 


B  S  Manchester  to  F  E  Bowman 
J  C  Duncan  to  Geo  L  Bradley  .. 

Jno  J  Fullou  to  Sarah  Kelly 

Alice  J  Allen  to  A  S  Dohrniann. 


Lois  291  and  292,  Cobb  Tract 

Sundry  lots  in  O  Neil  &  Halev  Tract..,. 

W  Stanford,  125  n  Townseod,  50x80. . . 

N  Pine,  137:6  w  Dcviso,  55x137:6 

S  A  Woodbury  to  Juo  M  Gilloney  5  acres  com  at  a  pt  distant  n  34!*i  deg,  e 
i    3  chains  and  60  links  fr  a  shaft  on  sw 

cor  of  Mountain  Lake 

Tims  Gleason  lo  Jno  Taylor 'S  Bay,  16:3  e  Mason.  22:6x60 

G  Middlehoffto  City  and  Co  S  F..IW  Diiponl,9S:6  n  Post.  24x31:lX 

K  MeGinley  to  JuoS  Barrett |N  Minna,  117  w  2d,  lOxSO 

Wm  Hollis  to  Calvin  Nulling,  Sr.jS  Union.  100  e  Lacuna,  25x137:6 

Same  to  same N  Vallijo,  100  e  Laguna,  25x137:3 

J  M  Wood  to  Wm  Hale !s  Clay,  110  e  Broderiek,  55xl27:S'q ;  also, 

se  Clay  and  Devisadero,  81:3x27:8'.i  .. 

Bridget  Bagnell  to  J  M  Wood Same 

F  Cunningham  to  S  FP  W  Fact'y  W  A  lilks  31,  32,  3S 

Wm  Hale  lo  U  Pierce. |Se  Clay  and  Devisadero,  81:3x27:8!ii .... 


$    450 

1 

10 

2,200 


1 

900 

19,522 

2,500 

950 

1,400 

5 
1,512 
5,000 

600 


Satnrday,  April  21st. 


Jno  HIUKei  lo  Berll.a  Newport 
F  Billings  to  Risdon  I  Jc  L  Works 
Teirenee  Reilly  lo  Bridget  Reilly.. 
O  P  Cem'ty  As'n  to  c  II  Scbnoor. 

Geo  J  Triebel  to  Li  u  s  Triebel 

S  Carr  to  S  Lilt  etieiil 

Leon  R  Meyers  to  Walter  Young  . 
Pt  Lobos  Av  II  As'n  to  J  Jtidson  . 

Jno  Judson  to  Jno  Bays 

J  C  Westphalto  E  L  Sullivan 

EL  Sullivan  lo  Louis  Schultz 

v,  .1  '  .nun  to  Pat  k  Kenny 

F  L  A  Pinche  to  Jos  Falll 

Jmili  Merrill  to  Chas  E  Miller 

Jno  McCarthy  to  Geo  Mearns 

J  I!  Merrill  to  S  F  Rogers 

Benj  Wallace  toGeo  R  Monro 

Jno  H  Sievers  to  U  Barroilhet 

Wm  Mollis  to  Mary  Kelly 

Jno  Grant  to  O  de  Brettvllle 

Mary  A  Mowry  lo  Marg't  Grace. . . 

Wm  Hale  to  Paul  Bunker 

Paul  Buuker  to  AL  Sweetland. 

Wm  Hollis  to  E  H  Shearer 

Geo  McWilliams  to  Wm  Murphy  . 

H  E  Broohs  to  Julius  Jucobs 

M  McGaughran  to  Jas  Tuohy 


Sw  Pans  and  Russia,  s  125,  etc 

Se  Howard,  45:10  sw  Main,  137:6x137:6  . 

S  15th,  mo  vrtGuerrero,  30x100 

Lot  5.  Friends  Home  Sect  plat  13,  O  F  C 

NPcB  ,75w  Baker,  25x100 

Lot  3,  blk  4,  Garden  Tract  Hd 

Nw  Howard,  297  sw  3d,  43x80 

Lots  10, 17,  blk  643,  Pt  Lobos  Av  H'd  . . 

Same  (2  deeds) 

N  Wash  n,  32:5>,  e  Kearny,  81:8j&1100  . 
Ne  cor  Wash'n  and  Kearny.  100x87:3%. 

S  Vale,  203  w  Guerrero,  51:4x114 

Lot  19,  blk  6,  City  Land  Ass'n 

NCal,  110  w  Devisadero.  27:6x132:7 

Se  R  st  and  27th  av,  e  240,  elc 

N  Cal'a,  137:6  w  Devisadero,  27:6x132:7. 

N  17th,  592  e  Douglass,  n  248:10,  etc 

S2lsl,  155  e  Noe.  150x114 

W  Joice,  87:6  n  Pine,  n  28,  etc 

N  Francisco,  137:0  w  Larkin,  137:6x137:6 

Dolores  w,  151:6  n  28tb,  25x100 

s  Cal,  200:3  w  Buchanan,  25x137:6 

S  Cal,  181:3  e  Webber,  25x137:0 

jl  Laguna,  150  s  Green,  75x100 

S  2Sth,  105  w  Sanchez,  25x114 

.V  DeviBO,  137:6  n  Eddy,  25x125 

8  Union,  110:8  w  Hyde,  21x65 


*    200 

40.000 

Gifl 

70 

1,800 

20,500 

5 

200 

5 

10:100  i 

1,300 

90 

1,625 

400 

1 ,625 

2,650 

2,7,10 
3,000 

600 

5 

4,000 

2,925 

300 
1,000 
1,650 


Monday,  April  23d. 


Wm  Hollis  to  J  E  Richards 

J  E  Richards  to  Marv  Richards , 

W  Codington  to  Jno'Hinkcl  

Jos  Grindrod  to  N  PLangland... 

F  Cunningham  to  A  Jackson 

Tbos  Byrne  to  Pat'k  Keafce 

Same  In  Jno  Murphy 

Sand  L  Soc'y  to  Louisa  McNeil  . 
Wm  S  Bell  to  Juo  P  Twist 


W  Guerrero,  264  n  19th,  n  26,  etc 

Same 

Lots  1,  2,  7.  S,  blk  10,  Excelsior  Il'd. . . . 

Lnt-53,  55,  57,  Gift  Map  3 

Loib32,  33,  blk  KB,  ON  &  H  Tract 

Noe  w,  125  s  18th,  25x125 

Noe  w,  100  s  18th,  25x125 

S  Day,  30  e  Church,  25X114 

E  cor  Harrison  and  1st,  71:6x69,  subject 
to  morigaiefcir  £2,000 

Lois  3,  23,  blk  92,  Market  and  1  ltli  St  II 

E  Dolores,  244  s  21st,  32x117:6  ;  also,  w 
Fair  Oaks,  244  s  21st,  32x117:6 

E  Sherman,  167  n  18lb,  30x125 

Nw  Hyde  and  Allen ,  39x60 

Hampshire  w,  190  a  24th,  25xl (hi 

N  McAllister,  137:6  w  Pierce,  75x137:6  . . 

Nw  Howard,  225  sw  71b,  50x165 

Ne  Cal'a  and  Pierce,  51:3x120 

Noe  w,  145  11  19lh,  50x125 

Chas  Mayne  to  J  Wesnndtmk 'Dolores  w,  70:6  n  20th,  25x100 

Wm  A  Piper  lo  Henry  Barroilhet. .  Ne  Waller  and  Laguna,  137:0x137:6,  subj 

lomort  for  $12,000 

Anthony  Dwyerto  J  H  Mitchell  ..Is  24th,  SO  w  York.  20x80 


Edw  F  Hall,  Jr.  lo  Jas  T  Boyd.... 
L  Pinch  As'n  to  Geo  Edwards 

E  E  Harvey  to  same 

Adolph  Heine  to  J  Belkowsky 

Wm  Hollis  to  Sarah  E  Mercer 

JnoSpotiiswood  to  Jos  Figel 

Henry  Johnson  to  Marv  E  Nelson 

Win  Hollis  to  Thos  P.endell 

Wm  Norris  to  P  M  Collins 


£1,800 
Gift 
1,000 
1,039 
500 
700 
700 
300 

180CO 


1.150 
1.510 

725 
8,400 
13  600 
4,9011 
1,150 

700 

6,4112 
4,000 


Tuesday,  April  24th. 


Geo  Fowlie  to  P  T  Secnlovich....  IN  Valley.  280  w  Church,  25x114 

Wm  Hollis  to  P  n  Fleming Ne  16th  and  Guerrero,  37x80 

S  and  L  Soc'y  to  Mich'l  Terman.js  Day,  55  e  Sanchez,  e 50. etc 

C  Harriman  lo  R  Orion |Und  }4  n  Sac'lo,  100  w  Drumm,  25x119:6 


Jos  Frank  lo  Chas  Otto. 

C  II  KilleytoGeoS  Reed 

Thos  Byrne  to  P  II  Bnrmeister.. 

E  A  Coulter  to  Wm  Coulter 

Wm  Hollis  to  S  Casciani 

Wm  Rollins  to  Jacob  Bacon.... 

Thos  Darey  to  Mary  Dnnlap 

T  R  Tui'gle  to  J  M  Meredith.. . . 


S  Suiter,  110  w  Tay'or,  w  27:6x68:9.. 

E  Fillmore,  92  s  Union,  23x87:6  ... 

N  17th,  191:10  e  Church,  w  52,  etc  . 

Lot  14,  blk  I,  RRH'd  No  2 

Hampshire  w.  122  n  25th,  24x100  .. 
N  Vallejo,  60:9  e  Lyon,  e  40:3.  etc  . 

Sanchez  w,  146  s  21st,  25x105. 

Dolores  w.  114  s  23d,  146x25 


*    100 

3.7110 

2,000 

8,550 

211,410 

2.01 10 

I    3,000 

Gift 

650 

75 

500 

900 


LATEST  PRICES  OF  IMPOET  AND  EXPORT  STAPi.ES. 


METALS. 

Pig  Iron, Scotch, No. 1... 
Bar  Iron, assorted,?*  «>.. 

Metal  Sheathing, ty  n> 

Tin  Plates, 1  C,  3*  box... 
Tin  Plates,  I  X,¥  box... 

Lead,  Pig,  i?  lb 

Lead, Sheet,?*  a. 

BaneaTin,  ?!  lb 

Quicksilver 

COAL. 

West  Hartley,?!  ton 

Australian 

Cumberland 

Anthracite 

Bellingliam  Bay 

Mount  Diablo 

COFFEE. 

Guatemala,  ?!  lb 

Java, Old  Government.. 

Manila 

Costa  Rica 

RtCE 

China, No.  1,11  B 

China,No.2 

Hawaiian 

WINES. 

Champagne,  ?!  doz 

Port ,  according  to  brand, 

1*  gallon 

Sherry, do.  do 

OIL. 

Co  aland  Kerosene 


PRICES. 

£10  OJ  <§,  34  80 

—  3  '  @  —    &% 

—  20  ©  —  22 

7  50  @  8  50 
10  50  © 

—  6  @  —    GJi 
@  —  10 

—  25  ia 

—  >;  ...  -  42 

8  —  «,    S  50 

9  00  @  9  25 
14  0J  @  17  110 
14  00  @  15  00 

8  CO  @ 

5  75  ©   7  75 

—  19  ®  —  20 

—  23  @  —  23X 


—  5'tJ® 

—  5J4@ 

—  Hi®  —    5 


2  00    @    6  75 
1  75    ©   7  00 

-  38    ©  — 50 


TEAS. 

lapans 

Oolong 

SUGARS. 

China, No. 1,31  lb 

Sandwich  Island 

Manila 

Crashed,  Airorican 

Muscovado 

Peruvian 

CANDLES. 

Sperm  Wax,  1*  lb 

Adamantine 

8PIRITUOUS  LIQUORS. 

Whisky,  Ameiican 

Whisky,  Scotch 

Whisky  Irish 

Alcohol,  American 

Hum ,  Jamaica 

Brandy,  French 

BAGS  AND  BAGGING. 

Chicken  Gunnies 

Gunny  Bags  in  bales 

Buiiart  Bags 

Hessian, 45-inch,  ?*  yard 

DOMESTIC  STAPLES. 

Wool,  f  ft 

Tallow 

Hides 

Wheat,?*  100  lbs 

Barley 

Dais 

Flour,?*  196  lbs 


PRICES. 

-?—  80  m  —  50 

—  45  ©  —  55 

—  9  ©—li1. 

—  8  @—  UWj 

—  7  ©—    7^ 

—  13' ji—  13fe 

—  8  @—    9 

—  10  ©  —  10)4 

—  SO  @  —  42 

—  10  @  —  15 

2  25  ©   5  50 

5  00  ©    5  50 

5  00  @    5  50 

2  25  ©   2  40 

4  511  @    5  25 

4  00  ©  10  00 


■  10    © 

■  8*5 


9—  12 


9 
8« 


—  12  ©  —  25 

—  0  ,i5  —     7 

—  18  ®—  19 
2  50  ©    3  00 

1  B5  ©    1  90 

2  10  @    2  50 
7  llll  '■     S  51 


PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

The  Company's  steamers  will  snil  as  follows  at  121  M.: 
ALASKA.  May  3,  tor  YOKOHAMA  and  HONGKONG. 

COLIMA,  May  1st.  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  calling  at  ACAPUI  CO,  SAN 
JOSE  DE  GUATEMALA,  LA  LIBERTAD  and  PUNTA  ARENAS.  Ticke'.s  to  and 
from  Europe  by  any  line  for  sale  at  the  lowest  rates. 

ZEALANDIA,  May  23d,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  or  on  arrival  of  the  English  mails, 
fur  HONOLULU,  KANDAYAU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT  CHALMERS. 
felO  additional  is  charged  for  passage  in  Upper  Saloon. 

CITY'  OF  PANAMA,  April  30th,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TOWNSEND,  SEATTLE 
and  TACOMA,  connecting  at  TACOMA  witli  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for  PORT- 
LANDj  Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11  A.M.  on  day  of  sailing.  For 
freight  or  passage  apply  at  Hie  office,  corner  of  First  and  Braiman  streets. 

April  2S.  WILLIAMS.  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents.  - 

JOSEPH    SILIOIT'S    SiEEL    PEKS. 
olil  by  all  Stationers  throughout  the  World.    Sole  Agent 

for  the  United  States  :  .MR.  HENRY  HOE,  91  John  street,  N.  Y.       Jan.  16. 

FOR    lOBTLAND,    OREGON. 
rflhe  Only  Direct  Line,  Leaving  every  Five  Days.— Steam* 

I       ship  GEORGE  W.  ELDER,  Connor,  Commander,  leaves    Folsoni-street  wharf 
SUNDAY,  April  29th,  at  10  A.M.                              K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
April  28. 210  Battery  street. 

SANTA    CRUZ. 

To  rent  for  six  months,  to  a  responsible  party,  a  furnished 
cottage  of  6  rooms.     Beautiful  view,  close  to  the  sea-beach.     Apply  I" 
April  21. MILLER  &  RICHAIitl,  205  Leidesdorll  street,  S.  F. 

OOlCliSILVEJl. 
or  sale— In  lots  to  suit,  by  Thomas  Bell,  Bfo.  305  Sansome 

street,  over  Bank  of  California.  Nov.  10. 


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SAN  FBANOISOO.  SATUBDAY,  MAY  5,  1877. 


No.  15. 


oilir.H  of  I  hi-  Sim  I'rniirNfn  \imvm  Letter,  Chlua  Mull.  Cal  i  I  i>r- 
n In  Malt  Bits'*  South  side  Merchant  street,  N->  «0~  to  615,  San  Francisco. 

GOLD  BARS-$90@910 -Silver  B.uis-fitfrlG  $  cent.  disc.  Treasury 
Notes  are  selling  at    96.      Baying,  94*.      Mexican  Dollars,  4@4A 
per  cent,  disc,     Trade  Dollars,  6(5  5|  per  cen£  disc. 

*y  Exchange  OO  New  York,  k  per  cent,  for  Gold  ;  Currency,  5Jper  cent. 

pnniinm.      On    L.mdon,  Bankers,  4Hjd.(S' ;  Commercial,  49Ad.  ; 

Paris,  5  francs  i«*r  dollar.     Tele-ram-,  ,"/  1  per  cent. 

W  Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  May  4th,  at  3  P.M.,  106|.      Latest 
price  of  Sterling  48Kui  41*0. 

*3"  Price  of  Money  here,  ?(51  per  cent,  per  month— bank  rate.     In  the 
OpBD  market,  1(3  \\.     Demand  active. 

RUSSIA  AND  AMERICA. 
From  a  correspondence  just  published  between  the  whaling  mer- 
chants of  Massachusetts  and  the  American  Secretary  of  State,  it  appears 
that  the  Riwrion  Government  have  recently  dented  the  right  of  American 
whalers  to  cruise  in  the  Sea  of  Ochofok,  and  have  sent  a  man-of-war  to 
enforce  tin-  prohibition.  The  Massachusetts  merchants  assert  that  their 
.  having  been  thus  cniujieuud  to  seek  for  cargoes  in  the  Arctic 
Ocean,  was  the  cause  of  the  loss  of  half  their  fleet  in  1876.  In  his  reply 
to  the  inquiry  as  to  whether  American  vessels  have  aright  to  take  whales 
in  the  Sea  of  Oohotsk,  the  Secretary  states  that  his  first  intimation  of  the 
refusal  of  Russia  to  allow  them  to  do  so  was  from  Honolulu,  when  his 
department  was  advised  that  a  British  whaler  had  ljeen  ordered  off  by  a 
Russian  war  vessel.  The  American  Minister  at  St.  Petersburg  was  in- 
formed by  the  Russian  authorities  that  the  commander  of  the  vessel  had 
acted  according  to  his  orders,  and  the  Minister  has  promised  a  copy  of 
the  regulations,  but  these  have  not  yet  been  received.  The  Secretary 
further  says  that  while  not  admitting  the  right  of  any  foreign  Govern- 
ment to  control  navigation  or  fishing  in  the  high  seas,  in  the  absence  of 
particular  information  concerning  the  authority  claimed  by  Russia  over 
this  particular  water,  he  cannot  at  present  give  a  more  satisfactory  reply 
to  tin-  inquiries  made  but  that  measures  have  been  taken  to  call  the  at- 
tention or  the  Russian  Government  to  the  matter. 

THE    STOCK    MARKET. 

The  week  just  closing  has  witnessed  both  the  lowest  prices  yet 
reached  and  the  sharpest  advance  seen  for  many  a  day.  Ihe  lowest 
point  was  reached  on  Thursday,  on  the  official  announcement  that  the 
Nevada  Bank  had  reduced  their  schedule  of  loan  on  the  Bonanza  stocks 
to  S15  per  share.  Huge  blocks  of  these  stacks  were  thus  immediately 
forced  upon  the  market,  which  were  chiefly  gobbled  up  by  the  brokers 
generally  known  as  acting  for  the  Bonanza  crowd.  People  wonder  greatly 
at  this  reduction,  and  the  comments  made  are  decidedly  rough.  It  is 
now  positively  stated  that  the  usual  two  dollar  dividend  will  he  paid  on 
both  the  Con.  Virginia  and  California  on  the  15th  instant.  The  general 
market  seems  to  be  rapidly  gaining  in  strength  and  tone,  and  if  thrii  de- 
velopment can  only  be  shown  up,  look  out  for  lively  times  again.  Money 
is  so  plenty  that  it  needs  but  this  impetus  to  instantly  restore  confidence, 
and  thus  a  general  advance.  The  market  closed  quite  firm  at  a  general 
advance. 


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THE    AMERICAN    LINE. 

Philadelphia    and    Liverpool    Steamers. 
he  following  first-class,  rnll-ponered  steamships  are  in- 
tended to  sail  from  LIVERPOOL  for  PHILADELPHIA  every  WEDNESDAY  : 
Pennsylvania 3104  Tons Captain  Harris- 
Ohio 8104  Tons Captain  Morrison- 

Indiana 3104  Tons Captain  Clarke. 

Illinois 3104  Tons Captain  Shackford. 

\bbotsf«,rd         2554  Tons Captain  Dclamotte. 

Kenilworth 2538  Tons Captain  Prowae. 

Cabin  Passage,  £15  15s.  to  £2 1 ,  according:  to  the  accommodation 
and  number  in  the  Staterooms,  all  having  equal  Saloon  Privileges. 

For  Passage  or  Frkiuiit  apply  in  Philadelphia  to  Peter  Wright  ft  Sons  ;  Liverpool. 
Richardson  Spenee  &  Co. ;  London,  Gilead  A.  Smith  &  Co.  ;  Glasgow,  VL  Langlands 
&  Sons  ;  Dundee,  J,  T.  Inglis ;  Belfast,  E.  J.  L.  Addy  ;  Queenstown,  X  &  J.  Cum- 
mins &  Bros.  ;  Paris,  Charles  Le  Gay  ;  Havre,  Burns  &  Mclver  ;  Antwerp,  H.  Klein 
&  Co.  ;  Rotterdam,  Wambersie  &  Son.  Mayo. 


JhTr.  P.  Aiirar,  No.  8  Clements  Lane,  London,  Is  no  tborlzed  to 

receive  subscriptions,  advertisements,  communications,  etc.,  for  this  paper, 

Published  with  this  week's  issue  a  Four- 
Page  Postscript, 


LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 


An  Enormous  Liquidation.  -  In  Glasgow,  last  week,  at  a  meeting 
of  the  shareholders  of  the  Western  Bank  of  Scotland  in  liquidation,  the 
chairman  said  the  liquidation  began  nineteen  years  ago.  There  had  been 
realized  out  of  the  general  assets  of  the  bank  fully  £5,000,000,  and  col- 
lected on  call  from  the  shareholders  £1,800,000,  and  recovered  from  the 
directors  £150,000,  making  nearly  £6,500,000.  From  this  sum  there  had 
been  paid  off  liabilities  amounting  to  £6,134,000.  There  had  been  repaid 
to  the  shareholders  £72  per  share  of  £125  per  share  which  had  been  called 
up.  It  was  a  matter  of  satisfaction  that  in  this,  the  largest  liquidation 
in  the  world,  every  creditor  had  been  paidin  full  with  interest.  The  pub- 
lic had  not  lost  a  farthing  by  the  failure  of  the  bank.  In  a  short  time 
the  shareholders  would  again  meet  to  wind  up  the  concern. 

Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.—  New  York,  May 4th, 
1877.— Gold  opened  106J  ;  11  a.  m.,  at  106$;  3  p.m.,  atlOGg.  United 
States  Bonds  —  Five-twenties  of  1867,  113|  ;  1881,  111.  Sterling  Ex- 
change, 4  88(&4  90.',  short.  Pacific  Mail,  21.  Wheat,  dull,  5  to  10  lower. 
Western  Union,  Gl£  Hides,  dry,  22(5)22$.  Oil—Sperm,  SI  30@S1  31. 
Winter  Bleached,  SI  60  (5)  1  65.  Whale,  65(5.68  ;  Winter  Bleached, 
75(5-80.  Wool-Spring,  fine,  20(S>28  ;  Burry,  12@15 ;  Pulled,  25@35. 
Fall  Clips,  15  @  20  ;  Burry,  14@20.  London,  Mav  4th. — Liverpool 
Wheat  Market,  12s.  6d.  @  13s..  Club,  12s.  7cl  @  13s.  4&  United 
States  Bonds,  I0S&     Consols,  93J. 

Long  Live  the  King.  —  It  is  with  no  ordinary  degree  of  pleasure— not 
to  say  extreme  gratification— that  we  are  enabled  to  announce  to  our 
readers  that  ISAAC  Fkikdlander,  commonly  called  the  "Grain  King," 
has  again  resumed  business,  havingmade  a  satisfactory  cashsettlement  with 
his  creditors.  Mr.  Friedlander  will  now  be  prepared  to  charter  ships, 
buy  grain,  and  do  a  general  commission  and  shipping  business  as  here- 
tofore.    All  town  and  country  friends  may  now  go  on  their  wayrejoicing. 

Beerbohm's  Telegram— London  and  Liverpool,  May  4th,  1877.— 
Mark  Lane,  qnjet  but  steady;  No.  2  Spring,  Off  Coast,  64s.@65s.:  do.  for 
shipment,  62s.  6d.;  California  Off  Coast,  65s.;  do.  just  shipped  and  nearly 
due  65s.;  English  and  French  Country  Markets  quiet;  Liverpool  Market, 
steadier;  California  Club,  13s.@13s,  4d.;  do.  Average,  12s.  9d.(5.13s.;  Red 
Western  Spring,  12s.  9d.@13s.  Ud.  Amount  of  wheat  in  transit  for 
Europe,  1,219,000  qrs.;  do,  of  corn,  576,000  qrs. 

Califomians  Registered  at  the  Office  of  Charles  LeGay,  American 
Commission  Merchant,  1  Rue  Scribe,  Paris,  April  13,  1877:  Charles 
Mi-< 'n-ary  and  wife,  Mrs,  G.  W.  M<»we,  Miss  M*>we,  Airs,  Selden  S. 
Wright,  Miss  Lizzie  Wright,  Miss  Robbie  Wright,  1).  T.  Murphy,  John 
Deane,  Charles  Sntro,  Mablon  D.  Eyre,  Abel  Guy,  Dr.  Eugene  Celle, 
Truxton  Beale,  C.  F.  Fargo,  Frank  Cunningham,  W.  Melvin  Smith, 
Hyppolite  Belloc  and  wife. 

The  Southern  cotton  planters  are  rejoicing  over  the  prospect  of  a 
partial  emancipation  from  negro  labor  in  the  recent  invention  of  a  cotton- 
picker.  The  machine  is  drawn  by  two  horses,  will  do  the  work  of  100 
men,  and  pick  a  bale  of  cotton  at  an  expense  of  only  $1,  while  the  cost  of 
the  picker  is  S300. 

Silver  was  quoted  in  London  yesterday  at  53$d.  ^  oz.,  925  fine;  Con- 
suls, £M£j  United  States  5 -per  cent.  Bonds,  105.J,  ex  coupon,  and  103J  for 
4 1  -per  -cents. 

The  Liverpool  Wheat  market  was  given  yesterday  at  12s.  6d.@13s. 
for  average  California,  and  12s.  7d.@13s.  4d.  for  Club. 

Brokers  were  buying  Half -Dollars  yesterday  at  6@6£,  £?cent.  discount, 
and  are  selling  them  at  5.{(5  5^  J?  cent,  discount. 

The  Nevada  Bank  has  been  loaning  only  $15  on  Consolidated  Vir- 
ginia and  California  stocks. 

Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  in  this  market  at  95.T  buying  and  95£  selliug. 
Legal  Tenders  here  are  irregular  at  944  buying  and  95  selling. 


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco,  OaUfornia, 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTBR    AND 


JVIay   5,  1877. 


"WEDDED. 

Somequick  and  bitter  words  we  said,  And  I?    I  matched  her  scorn  with 
And  we  parted.     How  the  sun  scorn, 

Swam  through  a  eullen  sea  of  gray!  I  hated  her  with  all  my  heart, 
A  chill  fell  on  the  Summer  day,  Until  we  chanced  to  meet  one  day; 

Life's  best  and  happiest  hours  were  She  turned  her  pretty  head  away  ; 
done,  I  Baw  two  pretty  tear-drops  Btart, 

Friendship  waB  dead.  Lo!  love  was  born. 

HowproudwewentourseparatewaysSome  fond,  repenting  word  I  said, 
And  spake  nowordandmadenomoan, She  answered  only  with  a  sigh; 
She  braided  up  her  flowing  hair,        But  when  I  took  her  hand  in  mine 
That  I  had  always  called  so  fair,        A  radiant  glory  half  divine 
Although  she  scorned  my  loving  tone,Flooded  the  earth  and  filled  the  sky. 

My  worda  of  praise.  Now  we  are  wed. 

"TRUTH"    FROM    ST.     PETERSBURG. 

You  have  no  idea  what  airs  of  importance  we  give  ourselves,  since 
the  eyes  of  Europe  are  directed  upon  us.  We  are  most  impecunious,  and 
we  are  having  a  very  dull  winter,  but  we  do  like  being  talked  about,  and 
knowing  that  in  London  and  in  Paris — more  particularly  the  latter— the 
newspapers  are  full  of  prognostications  of  what  we  intend  to  do.  To  un- 
derstand what  Government  and  society  is  in  the  capital  of  the  Russian 
Empire,  a  person  must  have  lived  there,  otherwise  he  can  form  no  esti- 
mate of  how  exceedinglysmall-townish  we  are  in  all  our  ideas  and  notions. 

We  live  under  an  autocrat.  He  is  a  good,  well-meaning  man,  exces- 
sively weak,  and  Uke  most  weak  men,  easily  influenced  by  those  around 
him.  Of  late,  the  Emperor  has  greatly  aged,  and  he  looks  ill  and  worn. 
He  is  now  fifty-eight,  and  he  believes  in  the  Kussian  superstition  that  no 
Romanoff  ever  lives  until  he  is  sixty.  He  is  in  perpetual  dread  of  assas- 
sination, meddles  as  little  as  he  can  in  the  Government  of  the  country, 
and  is  bored  and  blase  more  than  it  is  possible  to  conceive.  Although 
habitually  good-natured,  he  sometimes  gives  way  to  bursts  of  passion. 
The  other  day,  when  at  a  ball  at  Moscow,  an  officer,  who  is  short-sighted, 
ran  against  him  inadvertently.  The  poor  fellow  put  up  his  glass,  and,  to 
his  horror,  found  whom  he  had  nearly  fallen  over.  "  Remove  him,"  said 
the  Emperor  ;  and  not  only  was  he  removed  from  the  ball-room,  but  from 
the  Russian  army.  The  Emperor  and  Empress  are  friends,  without  pre- 
cisely being  lovers.  The  Empress  is  exceedingly  devout,  and  passes  most 
of  her  time  with  the  priests  of  the  Greek  Church,  over  whom  she  has 
much  influence. 

The  Grand  Duke  Heritier  has  the  exterior  of  a  bear,  and  of  his  inte- 
rior little  is  known.  He  seems  to  be  devoted  to  his  wife,  and  never  loses 
an  opportunity  to  rail  against  the  Germans  in  Russian  service.  If  he 
comes  to  the  throne,  it  will  be  a  bad  time  for  these  gentry,  and  France 
will  be  able  to  count  upon  an  ally,  for  he  in  no  way  snares  the  respectful 
adoration  of  his  father  for  Uncle  William. 

The  only  other  member  of  the  Imperial  family  of  any  note  is  the  Grand 
Duke  Constantine.  He  is  at  the  head  of  the  Admiralty,  in  which  capa- 
city he  has  developed  peculiar  notions  respecting  the  construction  of  ships, 
and  still  more  peculiar  notions  respecting  the  salary  which  ought  to  be 
paid  to  himself  for  his  services  to  the  State. 

The  most  important  man  in  Russia  next  to  the  Emperor  is  Count  Ad- 
lerberg,  and  probably  no  man  in  the  Empire  is  more  unfitted  for  the  duties 
of  a  statesman.  The  Count  was  brought  up  with  the  Emperor,  and  the 
two,  to  use  an  expressive  French  phrase,  have  long  been  "freres  et  co- 
chons."  Count  Adlerberg  is  a  heavy-looking  person,  with  the  intellect  of 
a  "plunger."  The  Emperor  is  constantly  assisting  him  with  money,  and 
some  years  ago  made  him  a  present  of  some  gold  mines  belonging  to  the 
State  domains.  His  requirements  are,  however,  inexhaustible,  and  he  is 
always  in  difficulties.  He  is  the  'v  Ministre  de  la  Cour,"  a  post  which  is 
somewhat  equivalent  to  that  of  Keeper  of  the  Privy  Purse.  He  is  not 
loved  by  the  heir  to  the  throne,  and  he  is  intriguing  in  order  to  be  made 
Chancellor,  because,  once  a  Chancellor,  always  a  Chancellor;  and  he 
thinks,  that  to  enjoy  this  title,  together  with  the  salary  for  life,  would  be 
at  once  an  honorary  and  remunerative  position.  The  other  personal  friend 
of  the  Czar  is  Prince  Souvaroff,  an  honest  and  worthy  man,  who  seldom 
interferes  in  politics,  but  accompanies  his  Majesty  to  the  theater. 

There  are,  with  us,  no  such  things  as  Cabinet  Councils. .  Occasionally 
there  is  a  grand  Council,  at  which  all  the  Ministers,  like  other  Council- 
lors, attend,  but  each  minister  is  supposed  to  have,  in  the  administration 
of  his  department,  nothing  in  common  with  his  colleagues.  Prince  Gort- 
chakoff  is  Chancellor  of  the  Empire,  and  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs. 
He  is  eighty-four,  but  has,  in  reality,  little  to  do  with  the  Ministry.  He 
dines  at  four  o'clock  ;  after  dinner  he  goes  to  the  Foreign  Office  for  about 
an  hour,  and  in  the  evening  gossips  in  a  salon,  for  the  old  gentleman,  like 
David,  has  a  keen  eye  for  a  pretty  woman.  The  two  real  heads  of  his 
department  are  Jomini  and  Hamburger,  and  their  chief  thus  deseribps 
them.  "Jomini,  e'est  ma  plume  ;  Hamburger,  e'est  mon  raisonnement. " 
The  latter  is  a  little  hunchback,  with  all  the  talent  that  hunchbacks  pro- 
verbially possess.  Timachieff,  the  Minister  of  the  Interior,  is  a  man  of 
society,  amiable,  good-natured,  and  uttefly  null.  Reutern,  the  Minister 
of  Finance,  is  clever  in  his  specialty,  and  has  tne  reputation  of  being 
honest.  Valouitff,  the  Minister  of  Domains,  enjoys  the  same  reputation. 
Milutine,  the  Minister  of  War,  is  a  hard-working  man,  and  sincerely  de- 
sirous to  organize  the  Army  on  an  efficient  footing.  The  most  important 
Minister  is  Mezensoff,  who  is  at  the  head  of  the  police,  the  position  which 
formerly  was  held  by  Count  Schouvaloff.  Mezensoff,  like  Schouvaloff 
before  him,  is  master  of  the  Emperor  through  his  dread  of  assassination. 
Every  few  weeks  he  arrives  in  the  sanctum  of  the  Czar,  and  with  myste- 
rious accents  observes:  "  Je  les  tiens  heureusement :  deux  jours  plus  tard 
et  c'e"tait  trop  tard."  Then  he  explains  to  the  terrified  Emperor  that  he 
has  discovered  a  conspiracy,  and  by  his  zeal,  energy,  and  talent,  rendered 
it  abortive.  The  Emperor  thanks  Heaven  that  his  life  is  watched  over 
by  so  able  a  guardian,  aud  Mezensoff,  by  means  of  this  oft-repeated  expe- 
dient, remains  master  of  his  master.     *     ***     *     *    *     *     **■** 

When  the  Bulgarian  attrocities  were  published,  there  was  a  strong  feel- 
ing in  favor  of  war  with  Turkey,  which  was  fostered  by  the  priests.  The 
miserable  cowardice  of  "  our  brothers  "  in  Servia  first  damped  the  enthu- 
siasm, and  now  we  are  so  absorbed  in  the  contemplation  of  our  impecuni- 
ous position,  that  we  have  very  little  thought  of  our  fellow- Christians  in 
Turkey.  We  all  of  us  have  too  much  difficulty  in  discovering  the  way  to 
make  two  ends  meet  to  care  whether  the  Russian  flag  waves  over  Con- 
stantinople. Mouey,  money,  money,  is  our  cry.  In  this  city  there  are 
few  social  gatherings  because  no  one  can  afford  to  give  them.  Even  the 
officers  of  the  Guard,  who  used  to  gamble,  gamble  no  more,  because  they 


have  nothing  to  gamble  with.  The  emancipation  of  the  serfs  was,  no 
doubt,  a  mo3t  glorious  achievement,  but  we  are  in  the  position  of  the 
Southern  States  of  America  after  the  emancipation  of  the  negro.  When 
proprietors  have  paid  their  taxes  very  little  remains  for  them.  The  peas- 
ants, too,  complain  that  the  land  will  not  yield  enough  to  enable  them  to 
live  and  to  satisfy  the  tax  collector.  In  despair,  each  year  they  get  more 
and  more  lazy,  and  drink  more  and  more  vodki.  In  the  northern  Prov- 
inces all  the  peasants  want  tn  emigrate  to  the  southern  provinces,  because 
they  have  been  told  that  the  soil  is  more  fruitful,  while  in  the  southern 
provinces  the  peasants  say  that  the  parched  plains  are  not  so  fertile  as 
further  north.  Our  railroads  have  not  been  financially  successful ;  most 
of  them  have  been  built  for  strategical  purposes,  and  it  does  not  pay  to 
use  them  for  the  transport  of  cereals  abroad,  because  of  the  competition 
from  America  in  foreign  markets.  If  war  means  increased  taxation,  it  ie 
impossible,  for  taxation  cannot  be  increased.  Where  there  is  nothing, 
Emperors,  like  Kings,  lose  their  rights.  The  only  chance  of  war  lies  in 
our  politicians  thinking  that  it  would  be  more  respectable  to  pretend 
that  bankruptcy  has  been  owing  to  war,  than  it  has  been  owing  to  over- 
expenditure  on  the  part  of  the  Government,  and  on  the  part  of  many  in- 
dividuals. But  these  heroic  measures  are  not  likely  to  be  adopted.  You 
may  depend  upon  this,  that  for  the  last  few  months  we  have  been  looking 
everywhere  for  a  bridge  over  which  decently  to  retire  from  the  position 
that  we  took  up  with  respect  to  Turkey.  Only  do  you  people  in  England 
help  us  ever  so  little,  and  we  are  ready  to  draw  in  our  horns.  All  admit 
that  we  have  made  a  mistake,  and  all  we  ask  is,  not  to  be  forced  to  say 
this  in  so  many  words.  Ignatieff  is  now  the  most  unpopular  man  in 
Russia.  _  He  has  got  us  into  the  mess,  and  he  ought  to  get  us  out  of  it. 
After  his  famous  China  Treaty,  he  was  looked  upon  as  the  coming  man. 
Gortchakoff  was  jealous  of  him,  and  packed  him  off  to  Turkey,  in  the 
hope  that  he  would  lose  his  reputation  there  as  a  diplomatist.  But  he 
was  determined  to  distinguish  himself,  and  he  began  at  once  to  intrigue. 
He  is  a  clever,  though  unscrupulous  man.  Little  by  little  he  dragged  our 
Government  into  his  intrigues,  and  was  always  assuring  them  that  if  they 
would  leave  it  to  him,  Russia  could  establish  a  Protectorate  over  Turkey 
without  the  risks  and  expense  of  a  war.  We  complain  that  he  has 
dragged  us  to  the  verge  of  war,  and  that  the  Protectorate  is  as  far  off  as 
possible. 

Another  reason  why  we  want  at  all  costs  to  avoid  war  is,  that,  as  at 
the  outbreak  of  the  Crimean  war,  it  has  been  discovered  that  our  army 
organization  is  rotton,  and  that  the  money  which  ought  to  have  been  de- 
voted to  it  has  been  pillaged.  Every  day,  when  the  Minister  of  Finance 
deplores  the  amount  which  has  been  spent  in  mobilization,  the  Minister 
of  War  replies  that  the  discovery  of  army  maladministration  has  been 
worth  the  expenditure.  You  are  making  a  great  deal  of  fuss  about  our 
officially  promising  to  demobilize.  You  evidently  are  not  aware  that  our 
mobilization  has  been  little  beyond  brutumfulmen.  A  decree  recently  ap- 
peared to  mobilize  seven  arm^e  corps.  Do  you  want  to  know  what  fol- 
lowed ?  Seven  generals  were  appointed  to  the  command  of  these  army 
corps,  and  they  are  the  titular  commanders  of  mythical  armies.  Instead 
of  troops  being  sent  to  the  Southern  army,  troops  have  been  withdrawn. 
Every  week  regiments  have  been  ordered  to  make  long  marches  in  order 
to  learn  how  to  march.  They  have  on  this  plea  marched  off,  and  they 
have  never  returned. 

Now  I  do  hope  that  English  statesmen  will  understand  our  position, 
and  see  that  our  rulers  are  children,  who  are  afraid  of  the  fire  which  they 
have  been  poking  up,  but  do  not  like  to  say  that  they  are  afraid.  Every 
country  has  its  intriguers,  but  in  no  country  in  the  world  are  intrigues 
which  require  time  to  succeed,  less  to  be  feared  than  in  this.  We  live 
from  hand  to  mouth.  We  are  not  planning  and  plotting,  in  order  that 
eventually  Turkey  may  become  ours.  Our  policy  is  a  day-to-day  policy. 
Our  sympathies  for  the  Christians,  under  Ottoman  rule,  have  cooled  down. 
We  are  not  ready  for  war,  and  we  do  not  know  when  we  shall  be  ready. 
Probably  we  shall  never  be  ready.  Anyhow,  do  not  aid  intriguers  among 
us,  like  Ignatieff,  to  make  war  inevitable.  If  your  newspapers  will  go  on 
telling  us  that  we  are  deep  Iagos  ever  scheming  to  acquire  Turkish  terri- 
tory, we  shall,  in  the  end,  believe  it  ourselves,  and  if  they  will  insist 
that  we  are  aiming  at  some  grand  diplomatic  victory,  we  shall  fancy  that 
Europe  will  despise  us  if  we  do  not  gain  this  victory. — Truth. 

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A    MARRIAGE     A    LA    MODE. 

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loom,  l  propose  lo  »  nd  ii  to  you  otherwise  Intact,    It  Is  addr.  ibout  to 

iiuhtj."  ana  run-  ufoltowa: 

HI  Duun  Aiunm  :    You  lefl  dm  hi  your  letter  which  I  raoelvodthb  morning, 

Ihatrouan  going  to  join  what  Edwin  nrast  the  Robtaannyal  mar- 

!  tiding  to  himself,  ol  course,  though  utterly  without  mason,  u  you  maj 

tud  jou  m}  th.it  >i.ii  wish  io  ask  my  advtoo as  to  too  best  way  of  managing 

a  busbaod,  u /fa  and  un  "  always,  so  bappj  and  pro  ; 

Hut  ah.  d  i-\l\  mii,'-  wounds  to  the  «orld,  01  take 

upbosrds  to  n  where  evei  rthlng  one  does 

for  you  know  I  us  naturally  proud)      rob        with,  then,  ]    unthevory 

urth  to  whom  you  ought  t"  come  In  this  matt  r ;  and  as  for  advice  of 

how  torn  it  1  should  like  to  ask  myself,  tor  Edwtnisnuwl 

i  mere  olpher. 

dtogcther  unbosom  myself,  and 
tel)  you  thai  I  am  realty  anything  but  happy,    Positive  Ql  it.  ituienl  i  really  do  think 
me,  ("r  Colonel  D'Araj  says  that  woman,  even  In  her  highest  develop- 
ment, i-  capable  "(  KuMnimolatinn.    Vou  remember  Qussie,  who  you  met  here  at  tea 
friend  who  knew  aomebodj  whose  hushana  used  to  knock  her 
about  Immensely  wben  he  was  in  a  passion,  but   he  afterwards  got  quite  nice,  and 
picked  her  up,  and  rubbed  the  place,  and  felt  sorry,  and  gave  her  sometime!  ai  ok- 
I  bracelets  worth  thousands  and  thousands  of  pounds  I    That  is  the  kind  of 
might  realhj  have  loved  ;  and  Ell-treatment  from  the  man  one  loves  one  can 
tu  know.    But  I  have  no  such  lues     For,  as  for  Edwin,  he  is  reaUj  "  neither 
I,  nor  good  red'herring,  ou  never-know  where  you  hove 

him     \\  hen  son  dine  with  us,  and  he  sccma  so  amiable,  wreathed  In  smiles,  and  u> 
■unr  up  that  bw  id  best   dew,  only,  wben  you  dine,  as  he  fan- 

men  dont  know  'i  in  that  i  In  I,  hospitable  manner,  which  makes  ball  a  glass 
seem  Hke  i  i  h  ile  one,  i  dan  ru  you  think  him  charming,  and  dont  see  his  cloven 
i  it  In  pubfio  Edwin's  manners  are  perfei  ti\  gentlemonh  (never, 

I  ir,  as  you  know,  could  i  have  married  .i  mob  !),  Bui  it  La  Impossible  to  find 
words  (or  hi*  aggravatingness'iD  private,  and  all  about  such  small  things,  trifles  light 
as  air  ;  ho  will  nag,  nag*  nag  about  these,  darling,  "  until  ill's  blue  I" 

■  the  kind  "f  thing  that  constant!]  happens,  Indeed  it  i-  an  everyvday  occur- 
Pi       '■■  qui  wants  !■■  .>-k  a  friend  of  one's  own  t"  luncheon  or  dinner,  you 

■ !  i>*  •.!-■  a  .  n  bo  has  been  kind  to  one,  and  understood 
one,  end  I  with  ono's  position,  and  Bald  nice  things.    Well, If  Edwin  really 

■offered  front  the  "green-eyed  monster,  one  could  aasllj  forgive  him— for  O,  Anv 

■  ho  would  doI  stick  stilettoes,  daggers,  knives,  forks,  into  (he  lxis.nn  of  ono's 
ii  I    But  uol  bo  Edwin.    He  Isiri  fond  enough  of  one  t*>  be  Jealous,  and 

hasn't  the  eouruk'o  even  t->  Hick  oft*  the  wasii  that's  ^.hii^  t->  hit*:  one  on  a  hot  day  ! 
Such  a  oilil,  i'\iiii-.il  t  rout  lire,  dearest  ;  all  the  repose  'if  ••  Vere  do  Vore,"  with  none 
,r  good  looks  '  Such  a  creature  !  Well,  when  this  person  comes  to 
luncheon  >>r  .linn,  r.  it  makes  one  positively  shudder  t*i  Bee  the  raise,  foul,  disgustingly 
inner  ol  Edwin,  and  one  really  hardly  understands  how  one  was  ever 
persuaded  t"  marry  Bucfa  a  brute.  Sarcasm,  falseness,  Beeming  courtesy,  oombinod 
with  utter  weakness  ol  character;  ail  these  things  make  one  really  see  him  in  his 

IniL'o.liirs.  lihiI  rr^'M  tlmi    .-in:  ever   allowed    oneself  to  become    his   prcv  !     By  the 
bye,  did  l  ever  tell  you  about  my  Bret  mo-: tin'.'  with  Colonel  l-'Arc>  .'    It  was  just  like 

dugs  one  reads  about  In  a  French  novel ;  and  when  I  tell  you  that  Edwin  has 
never  read  .'  French  novel  In  his  life,  and  prides  himself  upon  it,  and  scoffs  at  them, 
you  will  not  wonder,  dear,  that  [should  sutforfri.inwhatr.il ■!  D'Arcy  calls  "  a 

i  imprisonment"— not  in  the  ordinary  meaning  of  the  word,  of  course,- but 
spiritually  and  atmospherically  (fur,  though  a  Guardsman,  bo  is  tremendously  well 

d,  and  interest  d  in  ill  sorts  ol  deuciously  obscure  things;  he  can  talk  by  the 
hour  about  sympathies,  affinities,  predestinations,  emanations,  cte.,  and  though  ol 
very,  very  good  family,  heir  to  I  don't  know  what,  he  i*  a  Republican,  and  belles  esin 
almost  nothing !    This  will  perhaps  shook  you,  but  wait  till  you  sec  him  !)    Well, 

some  dai ,  dear,  I  win  tell  you  about  our  first  meeting,    it  was  j  of  those  things 

that  could  only  have  happened  to  me  ;  and  now  I  certainly  do  feel,  when  I  am  with 
him,  the  presence  <>f  the  master-mind.  Fur  he  Is  immensely  clever,  and  is  one  of 
those  men  for  whom  one  would  commit  any  folly,  <>r  even  undergo  pain.  You  will 
know,  dear,  the  sort  ol  person  be  is  wben  I  tell  you  that  directly  one  sees  him  one 
fools  instinctively  Impelled  t"  perform  for  him  some  menial  aet,  such  as  biting  off  the 
end  of  his  cigar,  so  thoroughly  does  one  feel  that  he  dominates  one,,  you  know,  and 
that  his  heel  is  on  one's  nook,  lie  is  in  even-  way  immensely  clever  !  sings  with  a 
lovely  tenor  voice,  and  writes  splendid  poetry  (which  was  out  up  in  some  horrid  news- 
paper, whose  eyes  1  should  like  to  tear  out,  and  called  "  S win humc-and -water !" 
Edwin  read  out  the  review  and  gloated  over  it,  for  to  speak  it  Edwin  of  poetry,  or 
romance,  or  anything  mystic,  i?  like  flourishing  a  red  cloak  before  a  bull !)  Then  if 
you  give  him  n  scran  ol  paper  of  any  color  (Colonel  D'Arcy)  he  will  make  a  delicious 
"  ink  smudge  "  (as  he  cans  it ,  for  great  people  are  always  modest)  with  hie  ringer  or 
thumb,  but  in  reality  it  looks  like  The  Deluge,  or  Thf  /last  Day,  by  Martin  or  Turner 
(two  celebrated  painters);  in  fact,  I  can  see  no  difference.  These  and  many  other 
things,  dear,  which  I  cannot  dwell  upon  now,  and  at  the  same  time  so  much  expres- 
sion .-md  s<j  well  dressed,  and  so  thoroughly  different  in  everythingto  Edwin!  .... 
lie  said  t.i  mo  yesterday  something  which  I  have  been  thinking  since  it  so  awfully 
true  (f.T  he  is  constantly  quoting  French,  which  has  given  Edwin  an  excuse  for  Bay- 
ing that  his  mind  was  "  reeking  of  the  French  novel" — fancy  !).  This  is  the  sentence, 
and  it  certainly  does  apply  wonderfully  to  my  case  :  "  Lafeinmr,"  he  said  (in  suck 
a  voice,  dear,  and  looking  up  atone  in  a  way  impossible  tn  describe),  "dime  flncontiu, 
etavecta/emme  marieeTviConnuve  n'estjamaU  '■  mart."  Alas,  no,  dearest  A ra- 
minta,  as  you  will  find  out  ere  long.  I  have  no  doubt  ! 

If  there  is  one  thing,  dear,  that  J  must  have  and  do  adore  in  a  man,  it  is  mind,' 
imil  niie  can't  wmidor  if  lhe\  like  the  same  thing  in  rue.  This,  one  cannot,  of  course, 
expect  Edwin  to  understand,  for  mentally  he  is  horribly  material  (as  most  of  them 
are.  you  will  find),  and  he  can't  in  the  least  appreciate  intellect.  In  fact,  if  one  talks 
to  him  about  anything  really  clever,  or  deep,  or  spiritualistic,  he  puts  on  an  expres- 
sion exactly  as  if  he  was  smelling  a  bad  smell,  irritating  in  the  extreme,  and  most 
rude  and  uncomplimentary  to  me  (who  he  has  no  wish  now  in  any  way  to  please,  or 
even  conciliate,  except  for  some  motive  !)  Provided,  therefore,  one  has  all  those  crea- 
ture comforts  (which  one  could  have  got  far  better  elsewhere,  perhaps— I  must  tell 
you  about  that  afterwards,  and  how  unfortunate  it  was  he  and  J  didn't  meet  before, 
and  show  you  those  delicious  verses),  Edwin  seems  to  think  one  ought  to  be  perfectly 
contented"(for  this  is  all  his  realistic  mind  can  grasp,  you  know),  and  wonders  one 
ever  finds  the  voice  to  complain.  Colonel  D'Arcy  says,  however  (and  I  perfectly  be- 
lieve it,  for  he  has  made  these  things  his  study),  that  Edwin  and  I  ought  never  to 
have  come  together  at  all.  There  is,  he  says  (what  1  always  felt  sure  of),  an  absolute 
absence  of  ideality  about  Edwin  ;  besides  which.  Colonel  D'Arcy  has  for  some  time 
silently  studied  and  observed  his  head  and  countenance,  and  has  been  much  struck 
by  the  shape  of  them.  The  lower  jaw,  he  says,  is  utterly  material  and  carnivorous, 
whilst  the  sloping-away  forehead  and  chin  denote  a  difficulty  of  conception  and  an 
infirmity  of  purpose,  joined  to  a  deficiency  of  mental  calibre.  And,  indeed,  if  you 
can  fancy  to  yourself  the  combination  of  materialism,  infirmity,  deficiency  of  mental 
calibre,  difficulty  of  conception,  joined  to  an  utter  carnivorousness  of  jaw,  there  you 
have  an  exact  portrait  of  Edwin  all  over ,' 

How  differently /behave  to  his  friends  and  relations  (who  are  nearly  all  frumpy, 
disagreeable,  and  most  treacherous— a  vice  1  abominate,  being  myself  entirely  above- 


l*iard     who  come  I 

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1 

H    their   own  t 

V.  t 

i  er,  from  mi  n 

l.  ike  ill 

the  gra",  dear,  who  watches  Colonol  D'A 
oven  "felt  it  her  duty"  t<>  speak  to  I  i 

i  M  ml  rim  qfftdUmaJt,  -■  that    I 

ought  n.dh   to  i  take,  which  Colonol 

1  ly  secret  ol  life.    V*ou  wlH  nil  Anunlnu, 

that  nun.'  i-  QOt  b}  any  mOOIM  ■  'ml  oi    I  it   «•■  .ill    "I   U-.  haw    •■■, 

Him  i-  Edwin  ;  and  so  do  let  me  bog  of  you  to  And  oul  J  oboe  whether  your  in- 
tended I-.  reaUj  lulled  to  rou     plritually,  mentally,  phj  deadly,  and  phronolo 
a»  well  as  In  other  ways;  f"r  ii  u  when  one  finds  oat  oi  too  hue  th»t  one 

■  king  not  the  slightest  Interest  In  anything,  and  whhing(a»  I 
do)  tint  husbands  had  onlj  one  head  (like  Nero). 

with  regard  to  the  other  question  iron  ask  me  (about   how  t"  tousle  one's  fringe 
without  moling  It),  I  have  worried  about  It  more  than  i  can  say,  and  laid  awake 
night  after  night)  and  thought,  and  the  mystery  is  at  las)  slui  Idatod     [Prop  ■■• 
lag,  to  be  a  little  daiUuswne%  'd,  for,  it  Is  vorj  unromantlo.)    A  common  clay  pi|»o. 
dear ;  and  when  you  have  got   It,  cling  toil  as  you  would  to  "your  precious  aye 

(as  housemaids,  finding  it  oi o*b  dresslnar-tablo,  are  apt  to  think  it  ram.-  there  by 

accident,  and  throw  it  away).  Bleated  not  veryhot,It  due  far  bettor  than  tons  . 
and  then  wind  your  hair  round  It,  and  tCfWtchet  it  tightly  for  a  few  minutes,  and  (as 
Colonel  D'Arcj  saj  b) "U  )<  u  ■  -t  fait .'"  (lie  is  really  so  very  amusing,  [do  king  s-i  t<> 
Introduce  him  to  you !)  Dont  think,  dearest,  thai  I  have  forgotten  your  other  oom- 
mission,  because  it  basn'j  arrived  (the  "kotpopMb  ,  I  moan]  i  have  been  trying  hard 
to  gel  the  address  ol  the  man  wbo  sella  It  (somewhere  in  Paris,  I  am  told,  it  works 
wonders),  but  1  have  oot  yet  succeeded,  it  i*  applied  with  finnttiL  And  now  good- 
bye, my  dearest  Araininta  ;  I  much  fear  that  this  letter  has  0080   all  about  mj  OWH 

wretched  miseries  ;  but  revenge  yourself,  dear,  by  telling  me  In  return  all  aboutyour 
darling  self,  and  believe  me  ever  "  t-mt  a  tot "  (as  Colonel  D'Arcy  would  say  ;  aomeof 

his  njUOtatlonfl  really  make  one  die  with  laughter  0  Angklina. 

Hire  ends  the  letter,  and  I  must   say  I  cannot    help  feeling    a   little   unea-iiu:ss    re- 
speotini;  the  future  i.i   tin-  i>i>i>at/- ,  mingled  with  smut  compassion  tor  Edwin,  against 

whom  toere  eeems  to  me  to  bo,  after  all,  no  special  charge  ol  bnitaUt^ormlsooDduet, 

with  the  except i. ill  of  the  careless  allusion  to  the  fact  of  his  having  "other  IrottB  in 
the  fire,"  as.  Indeed,  who  has  not?  It  has.  however,  convinced  me  more  than  ever  of 
the  truth  of  your  saying  that  marriage  Is  a  lottery ;  and  until  I  can  he  certain  of  ob- 
taining  a  prize  "spiritually,  mentally,  physically,  and  phrenologicaUyn  suited  to  me, 
1  think  I  bad  perhaps  better  remain  as  I  am.  V. 

FOR    SALE. 

Oue  or  the  Fluent  CarrlRtre  iVnms  in  the  I'nltcil  Slates. 
without  exception.  Kind,  without  any  trick,  but  very  stylish  ;  ereet,  spirited 
and  sound  ;  jet  black  tails,  full  and  heavy,  reaching  ground,  with  long,  heavy 
manes.  Aged  it  and  7  years,  and  PERFECTLY  MATCHED.  HI  hands  1  i..oh  high'; 
also  adapted  to  road  wagon.  One  with  a  record  of  2:50  to  gentleman's  road  wagon  : 
the  other  equal  in  speed  ;  no  pullers.  Suffice  to  say  will  fill  any  requisition  from  the 
most  fastidious.  Sold  for  want  of  use.  Purchaser  extended  their  use,  with  full 
privilege  of  satisfaction,  before  purchasing.  Apply  at  iil7  Howard  street,  near 
Fourth,  from  12  si.  to  2  o'clock  P.M.  April  28. 

DELINQUENT  LIST  OF   MONTGOMERY  AVENUE  ASSESSMENT  FOE 
FISCAL    YEAR    1876-77. 

Notice  is  hereby  given,  thnt  the  Hale  of  Real  Estate  Tor  the 
non-payment   of    the    Montgomery    Avenue  Assessment   for    the   fiscal   year 
1870-77,  is  hereby  postponed  until  MONDAY,  the  30th  instant,  at  10  o'clock  a.m, 

WILLIAM  FORD, 
April  21.  Tax  Collector  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

SPORTSMEN'S    EMPORIUM, 

Fishing  a  ml  Hunting  Pants  anil  Stockings.  Also,  the 
largest  and  finest  assortment  of  Guns,  Rifles,  Pistols,  Fishing  Tackle  and 
Sporting  Articles  on  the  Pacific  Coast;  Breech  and  Muzzle-Loading  Double  and 
Single  Guns,  from  the  best  makers  ;  Kemington  Sporting  Kifles  ;  Ballard.  Sharp  and 
Winchester  Rifles.  Also,  the  largest  and  most  complete  assortment  of  Sporting  and 
Gunmakors'  Materials  in  the  United  States.  LIDDLE  &  KAKDINO, 

April  21.  53S  Washington  street,  San  Francisco. 

HICKtTHIER  &  WILKE, 

C general  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast  for  the  Portable  and 
X  Adjustahl-.-  Ken-lino;  and  Writing  Desks,  12(1  Montgomery  avenue  (Commercial 
Hotel  Block),  San  Francisco.  Thin  Desk  can  be  attached  to  a  chair  or  bedstead, 
therefore  very  useful  to  tourists  and  sick  chambers.  April  21. 

WANTED, 

Information  of  James  MuIIan,  of  Bnlllntcmplc.  Oarvogh, 
County  Dcrry,  Ireland.  When  last  heard  of  was  on  board  the  ship  "  Moses 
Taylor,"  In  June,  157.'..  Information  will  be  thankfully  received  at  the  office  of  this 
paper  by  his  brother  John.  April  28. 


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DR.    N.    J.    MARTINACHE, 
rom  the  Faculty  of  Paris,  Eye,  Ear  and  Throat  Diseases, 

6J  Kearny  street.  April  28. 


PAY    A   VISIT   TO   MESSRS.  FEISTEL   &  GERRARD, 

The    French    Chiropodists   ami    Manicures,    where    Corns, 
Bunions,  Warty,  Inverted  Nails,  etc.,  are  skillfully  treated.   83o  Market  street, 
opposite  Fourth.     Sole  Agents  for  the  Sozopach  for  purifying  the  feet.        April  28. 

J.    CRAIG,    ATTORNEY   AT   LAW. 
peclal  Attention  friven  to  Land  Snlt*  and  Patent  Right 

Cases.     Room  44,  Nevada  Block,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  April  21. 


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"YANKEE   DOODLE,    OR   THE   S   IRIT   OF   '76," 

A  Colossal  I'niiiitnu  ■  ii.v  Archibald!1!!.  Millard, of  Cleveland, 
oh  in,  will  be  exhibited  at  Snow  i:  Hay'fl  Art  Gallery,  21  Kearny  street,  on  and 
after  MONDAY,  April  30th. April  28. 

ARMES    &    DALLAM, 

Manufacturers  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Wood  and  Willow 
Ware,  French  and  German  Baskets,  Brooms,  Brushes  and  Twines,  Cordage, 
Feather  Dusters,  Clothes  Wringers,  Mangles,  etc.     Sole  AgeLts  for  .F.  N.  Davis  & 
Co.'s  Building  Papers,  and  Irving  Bros   Japanese  Paper  Carpeting. 
March  17.  NO.'S  215  AND  217  SACRAMF.NTO  ST.,  S.  F. 

SKAGGS'    HOT    SPRINGS,    SONOMA    COUNTY,    CAL. 

Opening-  for  1877,  April  1st* — Many  improvements  are  jnst 
completed  in  the  already  commodious  hotel ;  the  cottages  of  last  year  have  been 
renovated,  and  several  new  ones  constructed.     Daily  line  of  stages  to  and  from  the 
Springs,  connecting  with   the  cars  to  and  from   San    Franciseo.     Only  eight  miles 
staging  from  Gevserville.     Board  (rooms  included)  per  week,  812. 
April  14.        A.  SKAGGS,  Proprietor. 

OFFICES  OF  THE  AEROPLANE  NAVIGATION  CO., 

Jan.  4.  No.  607  to  615  Merchant  street,  San  Francisco. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


May  5,  1877. 


THEATRICAL,     ETC. 

Academy  of  Music.  —This  exquisite  temple  of  the  lyric  muse  was 
opened  under  the  new  management  on  Wednesday  evening  to  a  house  lit- 
erally jammed  with  the  beauty  and  fashion  of  the  city.  All  the  new  im- 
provements and  arrangements  made  by  Manager  Hill  were  visibly  ap- 
proved of  by  the  audience,  and  added  still  more  to  the  comfort  and  at- 
tractiveness of  what  is  now  probably  the  handsomest  theater  of  its 
capacity  in  the  world.  Lucia dt '  Lammermoor  was  presented  by  a  thor- 
oughly capable  company,  a  most  excellently  drilled  chorus,  and  the  best 
opera  orchestra  we  have  probably  ever  had  here.  While  Miss  Marie 
Stone  was  hardly,  in  voice  or  acting,  entitled  to  criticism  as  a  full-fledged 
prima  donna,  her  "Lucia  "  was  a  very  enjoyable  assumption.  Her  voice 
is  exceedingly  fresh  and  elastic,  and  little,  if  any,  fault  can  be  found  with 
her  execution.  In  fact,  when  the  natural  awkwardness  and  stiffness  at- 
tendant upon  a  not  very  extended  professional  career  is  removed,  Miss 
Stone  may  safely  be  considered  to  have  a  promising  future.  Mr.  Maaa,  as 
"Edgardo,"  evinced  a  decided  improvement  in  his  acting,  and  with  his 
voice  in  admirable  trim  gained  the  lion's  share  of  the  applause,  his  "  T\i 
cheaDio"  being  exceptionally  well  done.  Mr.  Carleton  was  received 
with  his  old  acceptance,  and,  excepting  an  occasional  flatting,  gave  a  good 
account  of  his  really  delightful  voice.  The  other  characters  were  taken 
by  Mr.  Tarns  as  "Norman,"  Miss  Lancaster  as  "Alice,"  and  Mi*.  Turner 
as  "  Arturo,  the  latter  doing  more  with  his  role  than  any  one  we  remem- 
ber. Mr.  McDonald  had  a  solo  as  "Raymondo"  that  was  much  ap- 
plauded. On  the  whole  the  opera  was  most  successful.  On  Thursday 
evening  Faust  was  given,  introducing  Mile.  Martinez,  Miss  Randall,  and 
Messrs.  Castle  and  Conly.  This  opera  did  not  prove  the  success  in  all 
respects  that  its  predecessor  was,  and,  if  we  except  some  delicious  sing- 
ing, and  still  better  acting,  by  Mr.  Castle,  there  was  nothing  particularly 
noteworthy  to  record  in  its  rendition.  There  is  every  augury  of  a  brilliant 
opera  season,  and  much  is  expected  of  this  really  powerful  organization 
and  the  unlimited  resources  at  the  command  of  the  Academy's  new  man- 
agement. Both  Mr.  McCullough  and  Mr.  Hill  seem  determined  thenow 
twin  theaters  shall  leave  all  competition  in  the  shade.  Next  week  we 
have  a  change  of  opera  every  night,  and  all  favorites  with  our  public. 

Grand  Opera  House.— The  only  event  of  the  week  possessing  any 
novelty  at  this  theater  was  the  benefit  of  the  accomplished  leading  lady, 
Miss  Eleanor  Carey,  on  Tuesday  evening,  and  which  was  marked  by  an 
exceedingly  large  and  enthusiastic  house.  The  play  was  East  Lynne,  the 
wildly  emotional  drama  in  which  Mrs.  Bowers  has  won  much  money  and 
some  fame.  Miss  Carey's  rendition  of  the  difficult  dual  role  displayed  an 
intensity  and  force  of  feeling  fur  which  we  were  not  altogether  prepared, 
and  her  whole  impersonation  was  in  every  sense  a  success.  In  the  last  act 
especially  was  her  audience  roused  to  the  most  emphatic  expression  of  ap- 

froval,  and  evinced  their  pleasure  by  many  recalls  and  unlimited  flowers, 
t  is  evidently  in  such  roles  as  this  that  this  refined  and  charming  young 
actress  is  destined  to  shine.  The  other  members  of  the  company  sup- 
ported the  beneficiare  with  more  than  the  degree  of  thoroughness  usual 
at  benefits,  Mr.  Lingham  being  especially  effective.  So  marked  was  Miss 
Carey's  success  that  the  same  play  was  repeated  on  the  succeeding  two 
nights.  Last  evening  Mr.  Lingham  took  a  very  well-deserved  benefit  as 
"  Hamlet,"  his  performance  being  in  some  respects  of  much  merit  and  in 
others  somewhat  peculiar.  We  reserve  a  more  detailed  criticism  until  our 
next  issue.     This  afternoon  the  inevitable  Tour  for  the  matinee. 

California  Theater.  —  Business  at  this  house  has  not  been  as  large  as 
usual,  owing  to  the  multiplicity  of  attractions  elsewhere,  especially  the 
opening  of  the  Academy  of  Music,  under  the  same  management.  Our 
Boys,  Charity,  Sweethearts  and  Frou-Frou  make  up  the  programme  of  the 
week,  and  all  most  acceptably  presented  by  the  Lingards  and  the  regular 
company.  Mr.  Lingard's  best  assumption  by  far,  this  week,  has  been  his 
"Sir  Simon  Simple,"  in  Not  Such  a  Fool  as  He  Looks.  As  "Jennie 
Northcott,"  in  Sweethearts,  Mrs.  Lingard  treated  us  to  by  far  the  best  bit 
of  work  she  has  yet  given  us,  and  gratified  her  admirers  by  looking  more 
than  ordinarily  lovely.  On  Monday,  Theater-goers  will  enjoy  an  excep- 
tional treat  in  the  appearance  of  Mr.  Ben  De  Bar  as  Fahtttff,  in  which 
character  he  has  attained  a  success  that  ranks  his  rendition  of  that  part 
with  Mr.  Bishop's  Pistol.  These  two  actors  may  be  considered  as  the 
foremost  exponents  of  real'Shakspearian  humor  now  on  the  stage. 

Emerson's  Minstrels. --This  strong  company  of  burnt  corki?ts  are 
nightly  tilling  the  snug  little  opera  house  with  delighted  audiences.  Of 
all  the  new  performers  we  can  speak  approvingly,  though  we  think  Wash. 
Norton  as  an  end  man  nut  at  all  a  success.  A  new  act,  in  which  John 
Hart  personates  a  dressmaker,  is  received  with  shouts  of  laughter.  The 
beBt  feature  of  the  performance,  however,  is  Billy  Emerson's  new  special- 
ties, Morkirty,  the  M.  P.,  being  a  remarkably  clever  song  and  imitation  of 
our  local  police  "  specials;"  Allien  Banana  is  also  very  laughable.  Chee- 
ver  and  Kennedy  are  unusually  clever  song  and  dance  men,  notably  so  in 
Irish  assumptions. 

Ma cal lister's  Magic. — Pacific  Hall  has  been  crowded  this  week  to  see 
the  entertainment  of  Professor  Macallister.  Although  the  admission 
charges  are  very  moderate,  the  tricks  are  as  good  or  better  than  any  hith- 
erto seen  in  this  city.  The  Professor  gives  away  100  really  valuable  pres- 
ents every  night.  How  he  manages  to  do  it  is  perhaps  part  of  his  magic, 
but  numbers  of  our  citizens,  after  being  astonished  at  his  prestidigitation, 
have  been  still  more  bewildered  at  receiving  an  elegant  set  of  china  or  a 
handsome  piece  of  furniture  as  the  result  of  their  visit.  The  soirees  are 
to  be  continued,  their  great  popularity  fully  warranting  it. 

Bush-Street  Theater,  —The  Troubadours  have  achieved  another  hit 
in  Brook,  a  merry  burletta  by  Salsbury,  in  which  all  the  peculiar  business 
of  this  capital  troupe  is  introduced.  The  water  effect  and  the  sprightly 
and  taking  songs  interspersed  all  through,  are  exceedingly  well  received, 
and  the  audiences  show  no  falling  off  in  numbers  or  in  appreciation.  Mr. 
Salsbury's  imitations  improve  with  repetition. 

The  many  friends  of  Miss  Adelaide  Oliver  will  regret  to  hear  that 
this  very  accomplished  young  lady  has  been  compelled,  from  the  effect  of 
a  long  and  severe  illness,  to  forego  the  anxiously  looked  for  debut  she  was 
to  make  on  the  San  Francisco  stage,  and  in  the  place  of  giving  the  public 
an  opportunity  to  judge  of  her  talent,  we  understand  she  will  soon  depart 
for  the  East  and  Europe,  with  a  view  of  regaining  her  accustomed  spirits 
and  health.  We  trust  that  the  trip  may  accomplish  all  the  desired  results, 
and  that  we  may  soon  have  the  pleasure  of  welcoming  back  to  our  city 
one  of  the  most  talented  and  popular  young  ladies  of  whom  it  has  ever 
beeu  our  privilege  to  boast. 


FRANK    LESLIE    AT    THE    NEW    CITY    HALL. 

Hearing  that  Mr.  Laver  had  made  a  visit  to  the  New  City  Hall,  and 
had  accidentally  met  our  Eastern  visitors,  Mr.  Frank  Leslie  and  party, 
and,  anxious  to  know  his  criticism  thereon,  the  News  Letter  dispatched  a 
reporter  to  the  residence  of  that  gentleman  on  Howard  street  to  ascer- 
tain particulars. 

Reporter  JV.  L.—I  understand  that  you  incidentally  met  our 
friend  and  confrere,  Mr.  Leslie,  the  father  of  the  illustrated  press  of  the 
United  States,  on  the  New  City  Hall  building. 

Architect.— Yes,  it  was  the  merest  accident,  my  being  invited  by  a 
friend  at  that  hour  to  visit  the  Hall  of  Records.  I  first  met  the  Commis- 
sioners, their  Secretary,  George  Thomas,  and  ex-Governor  Purdy,  the 
Superintendent,  all  of  whom  received  me  with  overwhelming  courtesy, 
but  under  the  circumstances  of  my  retirement,  brought  about  through 
political  pressure  and  influence,  which  are  well  known  to  the  public,  my 
presence  on  this  occasion  was  evidently  not  included  in  the  programme. 

Rep.  If.  z:— What  do  you  think  of  the  New  Hall  of  Records,  now 
it  is  so  far  completed  1 

Archt.—  That  is  a  very  leading  question,  but  I  might  modestly  say, 
with  the  exception  of  the  details,  the  tout  ensemble  effect  is  better  than  I 
had  anticipated.  There  were  many  defects,  generally  known,  in  my  de- 
sign, which  unfortunately  have  been  during  my  retirement  carefully  car- 
ried out.  These,  had  I  been  permitted,  I  had  "intended  to  alter  from  my 
first  architectural  studies  and  large  scale  drawings.  A  model  in  large 
buildings  is  very  desirable. 

Rep.  If.  L.—  What  do  you  mean  by  a  model  ? 

Archt.— I  mean,  molding  the  shape  of  the  building  in  clay  or  plaster 
or  other  material,  from  the  design,  so  as  to  judge  the  effect  of  a  large 
work  before  its  commencement,  that  where  so  much  was  involved  no  mis- 
takes in  the  proportions,  nor  otherwise,  would  be  made.  This  I  recom- 
mended to  the  first  Commission. 

Rep.  XT.  L.—  What  did  Mr.  Leslie  say  in  reference  to  the  building 
as  a  work  of  art  ? 

Archt.— Very  little.  On  being  introduced  by  His  Honor  Mayor  Bry- 
ant, I  stated  that  he  had  honored  me  with  a  plate  in  the  pages  of  his 
Illustrated  Weekly  in  18G9,  of  the  new  State  Capital  at  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Rep.  If.  L.~ l)id  he  in  any  way  compare  these  buildings  you  have 
designed  ? 

Archt. — Yes,  he  said  that  I  had  done  something  very  inexpensive  here 
as  compared  with  the  New  York  Capitol.  I  replied  that  it  had  been  very 
cheap  and  unpleasant,  so  far  as  I  was  concerned,  and  that  I  hoped  that 
the  architectural  critic  attached  to  his  staff  in  New  York  was  not  one  of 
the  party.  There  being  ladies  present,  I  promised  Mr.  Leslie  that  I 
would  meet  him  at  his  hotel  on  my  return  from  the  country,  in  the  course 
of  a  week. 

For  Astronomers—Every  honeymoon  has  a  man  in  it. 


BALDWIN'S. 

Lessee  and  Manager,  John  ITIcCulloufrh.-- Engagement  with 
C.  D.  HESS,  Director  of  the  ENGLISH  OPERA  COMPANY.  Mr.  S. 
Bebrens,  Musical  Director.  The  Scenery  by  Yoejrtlin.  This  (Saturday)  Matinee,  at 
2  o'clock,  LUCIA  DI  LAMMERMOOR,  with  the  same  cast  as  on  the  opening  night. 
Sunday  Evening-,  May  6th,  MIGNoN.  Nkx-  Week  :  Monday  (last  time)  FAUST- 
Tuesday  (hist  time).  MIGNON;  Wednesday,  IL  TROVATORE  (first  appearance  of 
MRS.  SEGUIN);  Thursday,  MARTHA;  Friday,  FRA  DIAVOLO  ;  Saturday  Matinee, 
IL  TROVATORE.  Opera  will  he  given  every  evening  except  Saturday.  Matinee  ev- 
ery Saturday.     Bahto.v  Hill,  Acting  Manager.  May  5. 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER. 

Kearny  Street,  between  Washington  and  Jackson.— Snmnel 
Tetlow,  Proprietor;  W.  C.  Crosbie,  Stage  Manager;  E.  Zimmer,  Musical  Di- 
rector. JOHNSON  and  BRUNO,  the  Original  Acrobatic,  Contortion  Song  and  Dance 
Artists  and  Master  Linguists.  THE  BKAHAMS,  HARRY  and  LIZZIE,  the  Favorite 
Society  Sketch  Artists.  CHARLEY  REED,  Ethiopian  Comedian,  Character  Artist 
and  Stump  Speech  Orator.  CARRIE  LEON  and  SAM  SWAIN,  the  Celebrated  Acro- 
batic Song  and  Dance  Artists.  R.  T.  TYRRELL,  the  Celebrated  Tenor.  The  Great 
Double  Company  in  Comedy,  Farce  and  Drama.  May  5. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Bash  Street,  above  Kearny. —John  McCulIongb,  Proprietor 
and  Manager  ;  Barton  Hill.  Acting  Manager.  Lust  Night  of  MISS  ALICE 
DUNNING  !  This  (Saturday)  Matinee  and  Night,  FROU-FROU  !  Miss  Alice  Dun- 
ning (Lingard)  as  "Gilbcrte."  Monday  Evening,  May  7th,  first  appearance  in  Cal- 
ifgrnia  of  the  distinguished  comedian,  BEN  DE  BAR,  in  his  renowned  impersona- 
tion of  FALSTAFF,  in  the  MERRY  W1YES  OF  WINDSOR,  with  new  scenery  by 
Porter  [ind  Seabury.  May  5.  * 

BUSH    STREET    THEATER. 

Titus  A-  Locke,  Lessees  and  Managers.— daily  the  Trouba- 
uoars  I  Unprecedented  Success  of  their  Second  Production.  To-night,  and 
e\— gf  evening  until  further  notice,  SALSBURY'S  TROUBADOURS  in  their  original, 
ana  one  of  the  brightest  extravaganzas  ever  conceived,  THE  BROOK  !  An  Operatic' 
Nosegay  !  Sparkling  Wit !  Refined  Fun  !  Beautiful  New  Scenery  by  Dayton  \  This 
(Saturday)  Afternoon --BROOK  MATINEE.     Scats  secured  six  days  in  advance. 

EMERSON'S    OPERA    HOUSE 

Win.  Emerson,  Proprietor  anil  Manager:  S.  E.  Wether* II, 
Business  Manager  ;  Nat.  Homer,  Treasurer  ;  C.  S.  Fredericks,  Stage  Manager. 
Entire  Change  of  Bill  !  Every  Evening.  EMERSON'S  MINSTRELS  !  Home  of  Min- 
strelsy !  Instantaneous  Hit,  and  without  (Question  a  Most  Pronounced  and  Decided 
Success  !    No  Extra  Charge  for  Reserved  Seats.     Grand  Matinee  SATURDAY. 

PACIFIC    HALL, 

Bash  Street,  California  Theater  Bnilding.— Harry  Weston, 
Manager.  Immense  Success  !  To-night,  every  night  during  the  week,  and 
Saturday  Matinee,  the  GREAT  MACALLISTER,  and  the  Munificent  Distribution 
of  ONE  HUNDRED  PRESENTS  Nightly.  Admission,  Gallery,  25  cents  ;  Reserved 
Seats,  50  cents.  May  5. 

MECHANICS'    INSTITUTE    CONCERTS, 

Mechanics'  Pavilion,  corner  of  Mission  ami  Eighthstreets. 
Popular  Prices  !  Last  Concert  but  One  of  the  Scries  will  take  place  on  SAT- 
URDAY EVENING,  May  5th.  Conductor,  MR.  R.  HEROLD.  General  Admission, 
50  cents  ;   Reserved  Seats,  25  cents  extra.    Box  Sheet  open  at  Gray's  Music  Store. 


M" 


GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 


_     ager,  Mr.  Ohas.  WheatU-iirli.  This  (Saturdav)  Afternoon,  May  5th,  Special  Mat- 
inee at  2  o*elock-THE  TOUR  OF  THE  WORLD  IN  EIGHTY  DAYS.  May  5. 

ST.    ANDREW'S    SOCIETY. 
xenrsion    anil   Picnic  to    Laurel   Grove,  San   Rafael,  on 

SATURDAY  next.  May  5th.   Scottish  Games,  and  other  amusements.     April  28. 


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SERVICE     MF.TEOROLOOICAL    REPORT. 

WEEK 

ENDING  MAY  3.  1877.  8AN  FRANCISCO.  CAL. 

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fS76...10.s.',  Ini'lira. 

SANITARY  NOTES. 
One  hundred  and  nineteen  deaths  oooarred  thia  week  a*  com- 
partd  with  '.'7  last  There  vera  *'-7  malee  and  52  Females;  '.>  Chinese  and 
1  whit.-  from  unknown  ennies.  Under  ">  years  "f  age,  38;  between  ■"•  and 
90 years,  U;  between 30 and 60 years,  60;  and  over  60  .wars,  in.  There 
were 2 deaths  Erona  "hi  see;  of  fiymotk  cause*  <>  w«.iv  various  forms  of 
fever,  11  diphtheria*  2  diarrhea,  1  whooping-cough,  1  erysipelas;  there 
were  3 deaths  from  apoplexy,  tunl  tt  fnun  congestion  of  tin-  hruin.  Dis- 
;  tli.-  respirator;  organs  were:  Bronchitis,  1;  croup,  2:  pneumonia, 
B;  consumption,  17;  hyilmthorax,  '2.  There  Were  3  deaths  from  alcohol- 
ism, ami ."» from  heart  disease;  there  were  •"■  aoffidflntaj  deaths,!  homi- 
cide, and  -  snicidea.  Small-pox  haa  at  length  disappeared  from  the  mor- 
tality Ii*t,  having  mad.-  its  rir^t  appearance  one  year  ago.  It  attacked 
L610  persons.     Only  3  fresh  cases  have  l>een  rej>orted  in  the  city  during 

thr-  week.      There  are  five  other  casts  Omnngst   the   Chinese  passengers  of 

tin-  Alaska,  who  are  in  -qnarantine.  Diphtheria,  though  less  fatal,  in 
ftill  severe.  Sore  throats  amongst  children  are  extremely  common,  due 
almost  invariably  t<»  exposure  to  the  damp,  quick  winds  of  the  afternoons. 
No  children  should  be  allowed  out  after  2  o'clock  without  warm  clothing. 
There  is  thia  week  some  increased  mortality  from  fevers.  With  foul  sew- 
srs  and  deficient  water  supply  the  mortality  from  this  class  of  diseases  is 
likely  to  increa-se.  Looking,  also,  to  the  low  condition  of  the  Spring 
Valley  reservoirs,  all  witter  should  be  boiled  and  filtered  previous  to 
drinking.  It  i--,  perhaps,  Bafest  to  reserve  the  application  of  unboiled 
water  to  the  skin.  Apropos  to  the  .piarrel  between  the  Spring  Valley 
and  the  city,  we  are  reminded  of  the  celebrated  fight  between  the  Kil- 
kenny cats,  who  fought  until  nothing  remained  of  either  but  their  tails, 
ami  all  about  very  little,  for  if  the  public  do  not  pay  for  the  water  they 
consume  the  burden  will  surely  be  made  to  fall  on  the  consumers  of  Spring 
Valley  water,  who  are  also  the  public  in  another  way.  The  fact  is,  the 
city  have  got  to  purchase  at  least  a  material  interest  in  the  Spring  Valley 
Company  in  order  to  protect  the  public  interests,  and  the  sooner  this  is 
done  the  less  will  it  be  necessary  to  pay.  Kvery  year  the  monopoly  will 
become  stronger  and  the  public  more  impotent. 

ROD  AND  GUN 
The  California  Sportmen's  Club,  which  held  its  annual  meeting  on 
Wednesday,  was  originated  by  a  few  gentlemen  desirous  of  seeing  the 
game  and  ash  of  this  State  protected,  and  the  law*  relating  to  them  fully 
carried  out.  They  were  determined  to  attempt  to  check  the  indiscrimi- 
nate slaughter  of  quail,  trout,  deer  and  other  game,  which  has  prevailed 
for  so  many  years,  and  which  had  almost  put  an  end  to  all  sport  in  our 
streams  and  on  our  hillsides,  both  for  the  adult  sportsman  and  the  ardent 
young  Nimrod,  The  work  so  far  done  has  been  well  done,  and  it  is  to  be 
hoped  that  the  Club  will  do  still  better  in  the  future,  for  it  has  the  best 
material  in  its  ranks  of  any  organization  in  this  State,  and  is  second  to 
none  in  America.  We  hope  they  will  look  more  fully  to  the  propagation 
of  game  fish  than  they  have  during  the  past  year,  and  a  little  more  to  the 
protection  of  game  and  fish  killed  out  of  season,  as  we  find  that  many 
infringements  of  both  take  place  every  year.  As  the  same  gentlemen 
have  been  honored  with  a  continuation  of  the  confidence  of  the  Club,  we 
hope  they  will  give  its  affairs  the  full  benefit  of  their  valuable  experience 
in  these  matters.  They  control  the  fishing  privilege  of  three  of  the  most 
beautiful  sheets  of  water  in  America  or  Europe,  when  it  is  considered 
that  the  one,  so  near  the  city,  Merced,  can  be  reached  in  fifty  minutes. 
San  Andreas  in  one  hour  and  twenty  minutes,  and  Pilarcito3  in  two  and 
a  half  hours.  All  these  lakes  are  full  of  the  speckled  beauties,  and  many 
of  them  are  taken  by  the  members  of  the  Club  each  week.  Now  that  the 
San  Andreas  has  been  opened,  we  expect  to  bear  of  some  large  fish  being 
taken,  as  we  know  this  lake  comes  next  to  Merced  in  size  of  its  fish,  but 
in  quantity  San  Andreas  has  the  lead.  This  is  owing  to  lack  of  judgment, 
in  our  opinion,  for  if  Merced  was  properly  handled,  we  feel  assured  it 
would  soon  become  one  of  the  most  famous  places  for  trout  and  game  fish 
in  America.  We  trust  the  Directors  will  use  a  little  of  their  funds  on 
these  waters.  

The  Star  Copying  Pad  (Rowland's  patent)  is  a  new  invention,  by 
which  clear  and  uniform  copies  of  letters,  waybills,  statements  or  other 
manuscripts  can  be  made  more  rapidly  than  by  any  other  process  now  in 
use.  Its  advantages  are  completeness,  saving  of  time,  the  obtaining  of 
twenty-five  different  sheets  of  manuscript  at  one  time  if  necessary,  and 
generally  more  uniform  copying  than  any  other  system  offers.  H.  S. 
Crocker  &  Co.,  401  and  403  Sansome  street,  are  agents  for  this  excellent 
invention.  

J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.,  Merchant  Tailors,  and  dealers  in  Gents'  Fur- 
nishing Goods,  415  Montgomery  street,  between  California  and  Sacra- 
mento streets,  San  Francisco. 

One  by  One  they  Depart.  —  I>ied,  in  Illinois,  April  14tb,  Mrs. 
Louisa  E.  Peterman,  sister  of  S.  E.  Brown,  foreman  of  this  paper. 


Like 


THE    TREES    IN 
the  Brat  tain!  streak  ■ 
dawning, 
Which  tells  th.it  day  i-  ol  -l,  i 
Like  the  iii-t  •'<  maiden, 

B  ■  sbs  >lu1  by ; 

Like  the  toy  divine  ol  the  mother 

Before  bar  child  ihi 
So  faint,  hh  d.-.ir,  and  so  bli 
Arc  your  misty  to|w,  » >  i  i 


EARLY    SPRING. 

I  i  .11  i..  i  the  d 

That  ~tir  In  fold 

■  uuli-  «..f  bin 
The  Hi'-  that  never  grows  old 
\\-t  wait,  ohi  wait,  though  they  woo 
you 
The  sun,  the  rain  drops,  thebreese; 

Break  not  to.,  aooa  into  vi-rdi.ru, 

0  misty,  beautiful  I 


AT    A     WEDDING. 

•d  at  Btoka  Uhureh,  Dsvonport,  Bug* 


A  SCENE 
An  amusing  incident  oocurre 
hind,  lately.  The  Rev.  J.  Sector  de  Couroelles,  the  curate,  was  officlat 
ing  at  a  wedding,  and  when  he  asked  for  the  ring  it  was  missing.  The 
bridegroom  declared  that  the  bride  had  it;  the  bride  s:d<l  to  the  contrary. 
The  service  wss  stopped;  both  turned  out  their  pockets,  and  meanwhile 
the  bridegroom  rated  the  bride  somewhat  soundly  for  her  alleged  ei 

ness,  Whilst  the  bride  persisted  that  she  hud  given   the    riiiL,'    previously  to 

the  bridegl m,  and  that  he  must  have  lost  it.     Mr.  de  C.urcelles  had  no 

ring  on,  nor  had  any  one  in  the  church,  and  bride  and  bridegroom  de- 
parted to  tli'-  church  porch — the  one  grumbling  and  the  other  scolding  to 
look  for  the  missing  link.  At  length  it  struck  the  clerk  that  a  small  ring 
attached  to  bis  watch  guard,  and  on  which  hung  a  locket,  might  be  de- 
tached and  lent  for  the  occasion.  It  was  very  small,  but  it  just  went  on 
the  orthodox  finger,  anil  the  clergymen  therefore  returned  to  the  altar, 
and  the  two  were  made  man  and  wife.  Directly  they  were  married,  how- 
ever, the  railing  commenced  again,  and  continued  until  the  ring  was 
found  in  the  bowl  o:  a  pipe  that  was  in  the  man's  pockel,  —Court  Journal. 

EIGHTY    MHiLIONa 

Some  idea  of  the  extraordinary  accumulation  of  wealth  in  Franco 
may  be  gathered  from  the  fact  that  there  has  been  lately  in  the  vaults 
of  the  Hank  of  Kniuee  over  eighty  millions  sterling,  whereas  England, 
which  does  vastly  more  business,  has  only  about  thirty-four  millions.  The 
peasantry  were  always  frugal ;  but  now  the  wealthy  traders  and  bankers 
are  frugal  also,  and  the  fact  that  they  have  to  pay  an  income  tax  which  is 
graduated,  but  is  never  less  than  7  per  cent.,  anil  in  some  cases  is  as  high 
as  11  percent.,  is  agood  excuse  for  saving,  lint  with  this  accumulation 
comes  the  difficulty  of  finding  investments.  The  great  railway  companies 
of  France  are  at  this  present  time  actually  investing  their  enormous  re- 
serves in  buying  English  bills,  which  pay  them  only  1  per  cent.  The 
Bank  of  France  discourages  deposits  as  far  as  it  can,  and  whereas  for- 
merly it  was  glad  enough  to  receive  money  from  outsiders,  and  to  allow 
them  to  open  accounts,  now  every  obstacle  is  put  in  the  way  of  their  do- 
ing so.  Gold  and  silver  are  now  so  plentiful  that  a  traveler  may  spend  a 
week  in  Paris  and  not  see  a  note  the  whole  time  he  is  there. 


German  subjects  in  Cuba  have  been  "excused"  from  the  payment 
of  the  extraordinary  war  taxes  which  General  Jovellar  sought  to  impose 
upon  them.  The  Berlin  Government  has  acted  in  the  matter  with  its 
usual  promptitude  and  success. 


Dr.  Wm.  J.  Younger  {having  returned  from  abroad)  will  resume 
practice  at  his  old  office,  No.  224  Stockton  street,  on  Monday,  April  2d. 

SAUCELIT0    FERRY. 

Summer  Arrangement.— On   and  after  April    2d,   1877,  a 
swift  and  commodious  steamer  will  leave  as  follows  : 
San  Fkaxcibco,  foot  of  Davis  street :  8:30  a.m.,  H.  H. ;  11:00  a.m.  ;  *3:30  p.m.  ;  5:30 
P.M.,  R.  H.     Saichlito  :    7:50  A.M.,  R.  R.  ;  J>:3o  a.m.  ;  1:00  P.M.  ;  4:30  p.m..  It.  R. 

Sunday  Time. ---San  Francisco,  foot  of  Davis  street :  8:00  a.m.,  U.  It.  ;  10:00 
A  si.  ;  12:00  m.  ;  2:00  p.m.  ;  5:00  P.M.  SaccbMTO  :  9:00  a.m.  ;  11:00  a  ii.  ;  1:00  P.M.  ; 
3:30  P.M.  :  6:15  P.M.,  K.  R.     *This  trip  at  2:00  P.M.  on  Saturday. 

On  .MONDAY  an  Extra  Trip  from  from  San  Francisco  at«:i>0  a.m.,  and  on  SATUR- 
DAY an  extra  trip  from  Saueo.ito  at  0:15  p.m. 

LANDS  for  sale  in  lots  to  suit.  Inquire  at  the  office  of  the  Company,  No.  320  San- 
some street,  or  of  M.  DORE  &  CO.,  No.  410  Pine  street. 

May  f>.  FRANCIS  AVERY,  Sujierinteiident. 

FOB  EUitESA,  HUMBOLDT  BAY,  CRESCENT  CITY,  FORT  0RF0RD, 
AND    COOS    BAY,    OREGON. 

The  Al   Clyde-built     Iron    Steamship    "Pelican,"    James 
Carroll,  Commander,  will  sail  from   Jackson-street  wharf,  fur   the  above  ports, 
on  TUESDAY,  May  Sth,  1S77,  at  0  o'clock  a.m.      Fur  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
May  5.  P.  Ii.  CORNWALL,  123  California  street. 

FOR    PORTLAND,    OREGON. 

The  Only  Direct  Line,  Leaving1  every  Five  Days.— Steam- 
ship CITY  of  CHESTER,  Bolles,  Commander,  leaves  Folsom-streot  wharf 
WEDNESDAY,  May  9th,  at  10  A.M.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 

May  5.  210  Battery  street. 


430 

and  sold  on 

FALKNER, 
California 

a  general  wool 
commission. 

iELL    & 
street, is 
commission 

CO. 

IIOH 

■>ii  -in 

S    WOOL    AGENCY. 

open  for  the  transaction  of 

jsm.     Sheep  and  ranch  property  bought 
May  5. 

SPECIAL    NOTICE. 

On  and  after  Monday.  May  7th,  the  steamer  James  M.  Don- 
ahue will  make  two  trip*  daily,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  from  Washington 
street  wharf  at  7:15  a.m.  and  3  p.m.,  for  CLOVERDALE  and  Way  Stations.     May  5. 


M 

E, 


W1LSN    WHITE, 
erchancllse   Broker.      Jute  Goods  a  Specialty. 

California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal,     P.  O.  Box  009. 


DR.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 

Licentiate  Medical  Board    for  Upper  Canada.— Licensed  by 
the  Eclectic  Medical  Society  of  California  to  practice  medicine  in  the  State  of 
California  under  the  new  law.     Office  :  321  Sutter  street.  April  21. 

PHYSICIAN,     SURGEON    AND     ACCOUCHEUR, 

J.    J.    AUERBACH,    M.D-, 

March  13.  224  Kearny  street,  San  Francisco. 


NO.   204 

May  5. 

REMOVAL. 
w.  McGratv,  Attorney  and  Counsellor  at  Law,  removed 

to  504  KEARNY  STREET,  comer  of  California.  May  5. 


SAN"    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


May  5,  1877. 


COLUMN    FOR    THE    CURIOUS, 

In    Nature,    Science,    and    Art. 

In  a  recent  article  in  the  Fortnightly  Review,  Sir  John  Labbock  says 
of  a  species  called  Polyergus  rufcscens  ;  They  present  a  striking  lesson  of 
the  degrading  tendency  of  slavery,  for  they  have  become  entirely  depend- 
ent on.  their  slaves.  Iwen  their  bodily  structure  has  undergone  a  change  : 
their  mandibles  have  lost  their  teeth,  and  have  become  mere  nippers — 
deadly  weapons,  indeed,  but  useless  except  in  wer.  They  have  lost  the 
greater  part  of  their  instincts  :  their  art,  that  is,  the  power  of  building  ; 
their  domestic  habits,  for  they  take  no  care  of  their  own  young,  all  this 
being  done  by  the  slaves  ;  their  industry — they  take  no  part  in  providing 
the  daily  supplies;  if  the  colony  changes  the  situation  of  its  nest,  the 
masters  are  all  carried  by  the  slaves  to  the  new  one  ;  nay,  they  have  even 
lost  the  habit  of  feeding.  Huber  placed  thirty  of  them,  with  some  larvfe 
and  pupae,  and  a  supply  of  honey,  in  a  box.  "  At  first,"  he  says,  "they 
appeared  to  pay  some  little  attention  to  the  larvae  ;  they  carried  them  here 
and  there,  but  presently  replaced  them.  More  than  one-half  of  the  Ama- 
zons died  of  hunger  in  less  than  two  days.  They  had  not  even  traced  out 
a  dwelling,  and  the  few  ants  still  in  existence  were  languid  and  without 
strength.  I  commiserated  their  condition,  and  gave  them  one  of  their 
black  companions.  This  individual,  unassisted,  established  order,  formed 
a  chamber  in  the  earth,  gathering  together  the  larvae,  extricated  several 
young  ants  that  were  ready  to  quit  the  condition  of  pupae,  and  preserved 
the  life  of  the  remaining  Amazons."  This  observation  has  been  fully  con- 
firmed by  other  naturalists.  However  small  the  prison,  however  large  the 
quantity  of  food,  these  stupid  creatures  will  starve  in  the  midst  of  plenty 
rather  than  feed  themselves;  I  have  had  a  nest  of  this  species  under  »b- 
servation  for  a  long  time,  but  never  saw  one  of  the  masters  feeding.  I 
have  kept  isolated  specimens  for  weeks  by  giving  them  a  slave  for  an  hour 
or  two  a  day  to  clean  and  feed  them,  and  under  these  circumstances  they 
remained  in  perfect  health,  while  but  for  the  slaves  they  would  have  per- 
isbedin  two  or  three  days.  I  know  no  other  case  in  Nature  of  a  species 
having  lost  the  instinct  of  feeding. 

A  New  Plant  for  Cattle  Feeding.— At  a  meeting  of  the  Directors  of 
the  Highland  Society,  recently,  an  account  of  the  agricultural  plant  for 
cattle-feeding  and  paper-making,  by  Mr.  William  Gorrie,  Rait  Lodge, 
Trinity,  Edinburgh,  was  read.  The  writer  said  :  A  selected  variety  of 
the  tree  mallow,  Lavatera  arborea,  the  natural  habitats  for  the  normal 
form  of  which  in  Scotland  are  the  Bass  Rock,  with  other  islets  of  the 
Firth  of  Forth,  and  Ailsa  Craig,  has  an  ordinary  hight  varying  from  six 
to  ten  feet,  but  it  can  be  grown  to  more  than  twelve  feet.  It  is  a  biennial, 
but  the  first  year  it  may  be  planted  after  the  removal  of  any  early  crops, 
and  matured  in  the  following.  From  the  limited  experiments  I  have  been 
enabled  to  make,  its  products  in  seed,  bark,  and  heart-wood,  are  estimated 
at  about  four  tons  of  each  per  acre.  Chemical  analyses,  by  Dr.  Steven- 
son Macadam  and  by  Mr.  Falconer  King,  of  its  seeds  show  these  to  be 
fully  equal  in  feeding  properties  to  oilcake,  the  present  value  of  which  is 
about  £10  per  ton,  thus  showing  a  return  of  about  £80  per  acre  for  seed 
and  bark.  In  various  parts  throughout  the  western  coasts  and  Orkney 
Islands,  the  mallow  has  invariably  been  found  to  thrive  well ;  and  I  feel 
confident  that  it  might  there  be  made  to  yield  higher  pecuniary  returns 
from  hitherto  comparatively  worthless  ground  than  ordinary  agricultural 
crops  do  in  the  best  cultivated  districts  of  Britain. 

A  New  Use  for  Glycerine. — Physicians  and  dentists  who  use  small 
mirrors  to  explore  the  throat  and  teeth,  astronomers  employing  large  mir- 
7ors  out  of  doors,  all  who  have  occasion  to  use  spy-glasses  in  foggy  weather, 
and  especially  those  near-sighted  persons  who  cannot  shave  themselves 
without  bringing  their  noses  almost  in  contact  with  the  looking-glass,  are 
doubtless  aware  that  the  lustre  of  mirrors  becomes  soon  dimmed  by  the 
breath,  by  dew,  and  generally  by  water  in  a  vaporous  state.  The  way  to 
prevent  this  troublesome  fog  (says  the  Scientific  American)  is  simply  to 
wipe  the  surface  of  the  mirror  before  using  with  a  rag  moistened  with 
glycerine.     By  this  substance  watery  vapor  is  completely  taken  up. 

Electric  Eels. — Three  electric  eels  from  the  river  Amazon  have,  says 
Nature,  been  added  to  the  Westminster  Aquarium.  As  they  require  to  be 
kept  at  a  temperature  of  between  70  and  80  degrees  Fahrenheit,  it  needed 
some  ingenuity  to  bring  them  from  Liverpool,  where  they  were  landed,  to 
London.  _  By  placing  the  vessel  containing  them  on  foot-warmers,  and 
telegraphing  on  for  changes  of  foot-warmers  at  different  stations,  the  wa- 
ter on  arriving  at  Westminster  was  found  to  be  at  75  degrees.  The  eels 
are  lodged  in  a  tank  kept  warm  by  a  steam-pipe  passing  under  the  shingle, 
and  are  at  present  by  the  alligators.  These,  by  the  by,  are  waking  up 
wonderfully  in  activity,  and  the  attendants  have  now  to  keep  a  sharp  look- 
out when  cleaning  the  tank. 

The  practice  of  thinning  out  the  berries  of  grapes  in  order  to  obtain 
larger  and  more  perfectly  ripened  fruit,  appears  to  be  gaining  advocates  on 
the  Continent.  The  Hamburger  Gartenzeitung  describes  the  results  of 
Borne  experiments  in  this  direction  with  the  early  black  July  grape.  In- 
stead of  an  almost  uneatable  fruit,  which  is  usually  abandoned  to  spar- 
rows, wasps  and  children,  good-flavored,  well-ripened  large  bunches  were 
produced.  If  such  an  improvement  can  be  effected  with  an  inferior  va- 
riety, it  is  clear  that  the  practice  of  thinning  might  profitably  be  extended 
to  all  dense-clustered  varieties,  when  the  object  is  to  gain  the  best  quality, 
and  it  is  recommended  for  outdoor  culture  as  well  as  under  glass. 

Cure  for  Sea-Sickness. — The  London  correspondent  of  the  Liverpool 
Daily  Post  tells  us  that  the  homeopathists  have  discovered  a  certain  rem- 
edy for  sea-sickness.  It  isjapomorphia,  and  a  very  small  dose  of  it  taken 
once  an  hour  in  water  will  remove  the  qualms.  They  are  so  certain  of  its 
success  that  they  are  going  to  procure  a  gratuitous  circulation  of  it  amongst 
vessels  that  carry  passengers.  It  is  also  useful  for  beasts,  whose  sufferings 
are  often  extreme. 

A  new  use  for  magnets :  A  London  boy  had  broken  a  needle  in  the 
calf  of  his  leg,  and,  before  resorting  to  surgical  instruments,  it  was  de- 
cided to  try  the  effect  of  a  powerful  magnet  in  withdrawing  the  steel. 
After  a  number  of  experiments  in  different  positions,  the  needle  was 
drawn  to  the  surface  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  leg  from  which  it  en- 
tered. 

The  Fjrst  National  Bank  in  Bristol  has  three  women  on  its  board  of 
directors:  Mrs.  Sarah  Flanders,  Miss  Fanny  M.  Lawless,  and  Miss  Alice 
P.  Lawless, 


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INSURANCE    AGENCY    OF 
HUTCHINSON    &   MANN, 

Iff©    314    CALIFORNIA    SXREKT,    SAN     FRANCISCO. 

AGENTS  FOR  THB 

Franklin  Ins.  Co Indianapolis,  Ind  New  Orleans  Ina.  Ass'n New  Orleans. 

Union  Ins.  Co Galveston,  Texas  St.  Paul  F.  &  M.  Ins.  Co... St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Home  Ins.  Co Columbus,  Ohio  j  Atlas  Ins.  Co Hartford   Conn. 

People's  Ins.  Co Newark,  N.  J.  Revere  Fire  Ins.  Co Boston. 

National  L.  I.  Co.,  U.  S.  A. .  Wash'n,  D.  C.  iGirard  Ins.  Co Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  Millions. 

POLICIES    ISSUED    ON    DESIRABLE   PROPERTY  aT  FAIR  RATES.     LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  PAID. 

H VTCHIXSON  A  At  ANN,  General  Agents, 

May  5.  314  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

HOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Principal  Office,  406  California  Street,  San  Franeisco. 
Cash  Assets,  January  1,  187",  ¥090,291  ;  Liabilities,  S5,952  ;  Surplus  for  Policy 
Holders,  §5S9,339.  J.  F.  Houghton,  President;  Geo.  H.  Howard,  Vice-President; 
Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary.     R.  H.  MAGILL,  H.  H.  BIGELOW,  General  Agents. 

Directors.—  San  Francisco— Geo.  H.  Howard,  John  H.  Redington,  J.  F.  Houghton 
R.  B.  Gray,  Robert  Watt,  John  Currey,  L.  L.  Baker,  W.  F.  Whittier,  C.  C.  Burr,  E. 
M.  Root,  \V.  H.  White,  J.  L.  N.  Shepard,  W.  M.  Greenwood,  George  S.  Mann,  Cyrus 
Wilson,  W.  T.  Garratt,  C.  Waterhouse,  A.  P.  Hotaling,  A.  Block,  A.  K.  P.  Harmou, 
G.  S.  Johnson,  W.  O.  Wilson,  A.  W.  Bowman,  H.  L.  Dodge,  Charles  R.  Story.  Ala- 
meda County  Branch — V.  D.  Moody,  Chauncy  Taylor,  A.  C.  Henry,  Robert  S.  Far- 
relly,  Joseph  B.  Marlin,  W.  B.  Hardy,  T.  B."  Simpson.  San  Diego— A.  H.  Wilcox. 
Sacramento— Mark  Hopkins,  D.  W.  Earl,  Julius  Wetzlar,  James  Carolan.  San  Jose— 
T.  Ellard  Beans,  B.  D.  Murphy,  A.  Poster,  J.  H.  Dibble,  J.  S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis, 
Jacob  Rich,  John  Auzerais,  John  Balbach.  Stockton— H.  H.  Hewlett,  Chas.  fielding, 
J.  D.  Peters,  A.  W.  Simpson,  H.  M.  Fanning.  Marvsville— D.  E.  Knight.  Grass 
Valley— Wm.  Watt,  T.  W.  Sigoumey.  Portland,  Oregon— W.  S.  Ladd,  O.  H.  Lewis, 
P.  Wasserman,  B.  Goldsmith,  D.  Macleay.  Virginia  City,  Nevada— John  Gillig,  Isaac 
L.  Requa. March  17. 

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The  California  Lloyds.--- Established  in  1SGI.-—  Nos.  416  and 
418  California  street.  Cash  capital  £750,000  in  Gold  Assets  exceed  $1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  ! !  Solid  Security  ! !  DIRECTORS. 
—Sam  Frascisco— J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  j.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
0,'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Borel,  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralstou,  I.  Lawrance  Pool,  A,  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Howes,  Nicholas  Luning,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Eaum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Brandenstein,  Gustave  Touchara,  G.  Brignardello,  George  C.  Hickox,  T.  Lem- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Liudenberger.  Sacrajiexto — Edw.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Marvsville— L.  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  0. — 
Henry  Failing.     New  York — J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President.  N.  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 

Charles  D.  Haven,  Secretary.        Geo.  T.  Boiiex,  Surveyor,  Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
FIKE     AND    MARINE. 

Clash  Assets,  Jan.  1st,  1876,  9478,000. — Principal  Office, 
j  21S  and  220  Sausome  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  :— Peter  Donahue,  Pres- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Cusuing,  Secretary ;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  ok  Directors  : — Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Bocqueraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailey,  E.  W.  Corbert, 
George  O.  McMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson,  Dr.  C.  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  Ivers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County.  H.  W.  Seale,  Mayfield.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  business  of  Life  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  over  Fourteen  Million  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  comr.Med  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.] 313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE    FLEE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN, 

GERMANY. 

Capital,  6,000,000  Relch-SIarks,  Sl,500,000  C.  S.  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAN,  HIRSCHFELD  &  CO., 
Nov.  4. Office:  No.  302  Sansome  street,  under  W.  F.  &  Co.'s  Bank. 

ESTABLISHED    1821. 

Capital,  Gold $10,000,000. 

OVARDIAX  ASSURANCE  CO.,  OF    LOXDON. 

Dec.  16. -  Agents  :  BALFOUR,  GUTHRIE  &  CO.,  230  California  St. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  ©15,000,000  ;  Accumulated  Funds,  up- 
wards of  $o\750,000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurance,  ¥1,380,000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOMER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN   ASStSRANCE   CO.,    OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

("lash  Assets,  ©1,307,483.™ London  Assurance  Corporation, 
j    of  London,   England.     Cash  Assets,  514,993,466. — Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.                     CROSS  &  CO.,  General  Agents, 
Jan.  20. 316  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVFRPnoL. 

Capital  $5,000,000.— Agents:    Balibnr,  Guthrie  &  Co.,  No. 
230  California  street,  San  Francisco.  No.  18. 

FOR  SALE. 
^*A  4~fe|~|ffc  First  Mortgage  Bonds  of  the  Nevada  County 
MpO"  "•"  ™vF"#  Narrow  Gauge  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1S76,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  8  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  tbe  bank  of 
Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  in  this  city.  No  more  desirable  investment  can  be  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit.         [Sept.  P.]         ANDREW  BAIRD,  No.  304 California  street. 

L     C.    COX,    M.D., 

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Stockton.     Office  Hours— 9  to  11a.m.,  2  to  4  p.m.,  7  to  9  P.M. 
Special  attention  given  to  the  treatment  of  Diseases  of  Women.  April  14. 

SUTRO    &    CO., 

Bankers  and  Brokers,  40$  Montgomery  street.—  Highest 
price  paid  for  U.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bonds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin. 
Exchange  drawn  on  New  .York.  May  20 


May   6,  1877. 


CALIFORNIA     AD\  ERTISER. 


EHEU,     FUGACES! 
i. 
k  hangi  on  tha  son  Idasad 

The  pnluDB  necontls  t-»  niinutos  oaU  ; 

T..-X.  (    .        1/ 

its  sJ  tli"  mirror  thi 
And  -mill**  m  aha  braids  her  golden  hair; 
» >.  in  tin-  light,  bat  Iht  hoe  is  fairl 
riot,  fed       Tick, 

From  oTer  1 1 » *  -  aea  the  g 1  ship  brh 

The  lover  of  whom  the  maiden  n 
From  the  orange  tree  the  tir-t  I 

aVeJb,  tockt    Tick,  toeti 


The  oM  clock  hangs  "ii  the  flower-deckad  wall — 

.  tori  '    Tick,  tockc 
Th&  golden  boon  the  days  enthrall; 
Tick,  tockt    Noont 

The  lover's  pride  Uld   hi*  lo«  are  blest — 

The  maiden  is  folded  to  his  breaat ; 
On  hex  brow  the  holj  bloaannu  rest ; 
Ti.k,  tockt    Tick,  tockt 

O,  thrice    thrice  long    may  the  sweet  bells  ohime, 
Thrilling  flame  through  all  triumphant  time!    *    * 
Still  t«  uiv  heart  beafai  that  measured  rhyme — 
Tick,  tockj    Tick,  tockt 

in. 
The  oh!  clock  hang*  on  the  gr.iv.  (l»u  wall — 

Tic\tockJ     Tick,  tockt 
The  drear  yean  into  eternity  fall ; 

Tiri;  tori:'      Ti.k,  tockf 

The  thread  that  you  spider  draws  with  care 
Across  the  eleam  of  the  mirror  there, 
Seems  like  the  ghost  of  a  golden  hair: 
Tick,  tockt    Tirk;  tockt 

The  sweet  hells  chime  for  those  who  may  wed — 
The  neroli'BUOW  crowns  many  a  head  — 
But  tree  and  maden  and  luver  are  dead: 
Tick,  tockt     Tick,  tockf 


THE  JAPANESE  BERLIN  ENVOY  IS  ENGAGED  TO 
MARRY  A  GERMAN  LADY  OF  RANK — 
FRAULEIN  VON  RHADE. 
An  announcement  appears  in  the  London  Times  of  the  Gth  inat.  that 
Siozo  Aoki,  the  Japanese  Envoy  to  the  Berlin  court,  is  engaged  to  Frau- 
lein  von  Ethade,  a  German  lady  of  rank.  As  two  or  three  marriages  of  a 
similar  character  have,  within  the  last  few  years,  been  contracted,  which 
have  led  to  the  most  deplorable  results,  a  word  of  warning  may  not  be 
out  of  place.  Civilization  in  Japan,  even  as  it  exists  at  present,  is  very 
dissimilar  to  that  of  Europe,  The  social  customs  of  the  people,  as  regards 
the  relations  of  the  sexes,  are  probably  of  as  loose  a  character  as  any  to 
be  found  elsewhere  in  the  world.  While  it  is  possible  that  women  in 
Japan  may  possess  more  influence  than  in  other  Oriental  countries,  their 
position  is  nevertheless  such  as  it  would  be  sheer  madness  in  a  woman, 
educated  in  Europe,  to  propose  to  occupy.     Marriage  is  not  the  lasting 

obligation  which  it  is  here;  :md  a  change  of  wives  is  accomplished  fre- 
quently, and  from  mere  caprice.  Faithfulness  in  a  man  is  not  expected, 
and  is  certainly  never  practiced.  A  notification  from  the  Japanese  Gov- 
ernment, relating  to  mixed  marriages,  says:  "Any  woman  of  foreign  ex- 
traction  who  shall  marry  a  Japanese,  shall  be  looked  upon  as  a  natural- 
ized Japanese,  and  be  subject  to  the  laws  of  the  Empire."  I  have  no 
hesitation  in  saying  that  the  marriage-laws  of  Japan  are  unsuited  in  every 
way  to  any  woman  brought  up  with  European  notions,  or  with  an  atom 
of  self-respect.  A  Japanese  gentleman  when  in  London  or  Berlin  is  as 
different  as  possible  from  the  same  gentleman  when  in  Yeddo.  Here, 
with  bis  marvelous  facility  for  imitation  and  adaptation,  our  fashions  be- 
come him  well ;  he  uses  his  knife  and  fork,  and  relishes  his  food  as  if  he 
had  never  known  any  other  ;  he  lifts  his  hat  with  a  grace  that  would  be- 
token he  had  worn  one  all  his  life  ;  he  sits  on  chairs,  he  sleeps  in  beds, 
and  otherwise  comforts  himself  in  a  civilized  way.  latere  his  house  is  a 
roof  rupported  by  four  posts,  with  paper  screens  to  enclose  it,  and  with- 
out the  proper  means  of  privacy;  it  is  devoid  of  furniture  ;  he  squats  on 
mats,  which  also  serve  as  his  bed  ;  his  only  food  is  rice,  fish  and  vegeta- 
bles, which  he  devours  with  chop-sticks  ;  his  dress  is  generally  a  gross 
caricature  of  European  apparel ;  and  his  habits  are  such  as  almost  prohi- 
bit the  association  with  him  of  Europeans.  Strangely  enough,  his  liking 
for  his  own  ways  and  customs  seems  to  become  intensified  on  his  return  to 
his  own  country.  The  European  wife  of  a  Japanese  will,  therefore, 
though  "a  lady  of  rank,"  have  insurmountable  difficulties  to  contend 
against,  if  she  desires  to  retain  her  social  standing  among  her  own  coun- 
trywomen ;  it  being  further  well-known  that  the  wives  of  the  higher  offi- 
cials are  often  selected  from  the  most  accomplished  of  the  licensed  courte- 
sans. Let  me  recall  the  passage  in  Mr.  Adams'  history  of  Japan:  "  Is 
there  a  Japanese  equivalent  for  our  word  '  chastity  ? '  I  know  it  not." — 
Correspondent  World, 

The  ' '  Railway  News  "  reports  that  the  traffic  receipts  of  the  rail- 
ways in  the  United  Kingdom  for  the  week  ending  March  23d,  upon  a 
mileage  of  15,119£,  amount  to  £1,0:58,053,  being  equal  to  £08  13s.  per 
mile.  For  the  corresponding  week  of  last  year  the  receipts  were  £1,012,- 
96G,  the  number  of  miles  open  14,820.?,  or  £68  7s.  per  mile.  A  compari- 
son of  the  two  weeks  shows  an  increase  in  the  aggregate  receipts  of  £25,- 
087,  and  an  increase  in  the  number  of  miles  open  of  298i. 


Love,  the  toothache,  and  tight  boots,  are  things  which  cannot  be  kept 
secret. 

A  Parliamentary  Fowl. — The  hen  that  made  a  motion  to  lay  on  the  \ 
table.  ' 


BANKS. 


SWISS    AMERICAN    BANK. 

Incorporated  in  Genera,  Hwltaorland,  January  Miss,  UTS. 
ii  mil  U    H'j.noo.ooo. 

•-■7  i  .  uiil   ItnlihliT 

1%U  Bank  Is  prepared  I  sad  to  ttanssd 

ldnd  ol  Bankln 

runt  K  -   ;Fi    I    nr      |..  I  ■     ■ 

Bllla  «r  Bxehaasre  on  No*  ITork,  PhUadalphfa,  London,  Ui«| 

Lyons,  Uarsslllos,  Bordeaux,  Oloron,  bruuels,  Berlin,  Hamburg,  rrankforl 
Lausanne,  Chaux-do-Fbnd  Bern, 

Zurich,  wlntsrthur,  ShaffhauNo,  B4,  gallon,  Luoarn,  four,  HclUnxoin,  Looarno,  La* 
i  irjii.  Milan,  Flon  di  a,  Borne, 

An  Aaaa jr Osscs u  sunoxod  to  Un  Bank  assnya  ol  gold, sUvar, quarts  mas 
sad  ■ulpbBrets     Betunu  ti rbars,atth<  opt i  the  depositor 

advanoes  made  on  bullion  and  cms.     Duel  and  bullion  can  be  forwarded  bom  any 
part  ft  the  eouabyt  and  returns  mado  through  Wells,  Fargo  4  Oct.,  or  bj  obeoks. 
ISeptomlwr  18.J 

THE    BANK    OF    CALIFORNIA,    SAN    FBANCISCO. 

Capital... $5,000,000. 

n.  o.  mills President,      |     wi.  alvokd.  TiccrreN't. 

I -iiiMi  is  ii:c<m\  n Cannier. 

.\i. i:\TH  : 

New  York,  Agency  of  the  R»nk  of  Calfornla;  Boston,  Iremonl  National  Bank; 
Chicago,  Union  National  Bank  ;  St    Louis,  Boatman's  Baring  Band  ;  Ne«  Zealand, 

the  Bank  Of   NSW  Zealand  ;   London,  China,  Jii]*u,  India  un>l  A i i.sU-.»l in,  the  Oriental 
Rank  d trporation. 
The  Hank  has  Aganclas  »t  Virginia  city  and  Gold  Hiti.  ind  Oorrespondants  in  all 

the  principal  Milling-  Districts  anil   Interior  Towns  of  the  Pacific  Cuatft. 

Letters  of  Oredll  Issued,  available  In  nil  parts  of  the  world*  Draw  direct  on  Lon- 
don, Dublin,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Frankfort-on  the-Haln,  Antwerp, 
Amsterdam,  si.  Petersburch,  Copenhagen,  Stockholm,  Christian*,  Locarno,  Mel- 
bourne. Sydney,  Auckland,  Hongkung,  Shanghai,  Yokohama.  Not.  4. 


THE    NEVADA    BANK    OF    SAN    FBANCISCO, 
SJJf    FJtAXCISCO,     CAL. 

Capital $10,000,000  Gold,  Paid  Up. 

Louis  \ri,iuio Prealilcut.     |     J.  C.  Flood..  Vice-President. 

i  .  T.  4'hrlNteusen Cashier. 

Issues  Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits,  available  in  any  part  of  the  world 
Makes  Telegraphic  Transfers,  and  draws  Exchange  at  customary  usances.  This  Hank 
has  special  facilities  for  dealing  in  Bullion. 

CoRBESPONOENts:— London— Smith,  Payne  &  Smiths.  Paris — Hottlnguer  &  Co. 
Hamburg— Hesse,  Newman  &  Co.  Dublin— Bank  of  Ireland.  New  York— The  Bank 
of  New  York,  N.  B.  A.  Japan,  China,  Bast  Indies— Branches  of  the  Chartered  Mer- 
cantile Bank  of  India,  London  and  China.  Australian  Colonies— Branches  of  the 
Bank  of  Australia.  Also,  in  all  the  principal  cities  of  tha  United  States.  Agency  at 
VIRGINIA,  Nevada— George  A.  King,  Esq  ,  Agent.  May  l>. 

BANK    OF    BRITISH    COLUMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter.-— Capital  paid  up,  91, 800,- 
000,  with  power  to  increase  to  510.000,000.  Southeast  corner  California  and  San- 
some  streets.  Head  Office— 5  East  India  Avenue,  London.  Branches— Portland,  Or- 
egon; Victoria  and  Cariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  jiartsof 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  ratos  upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows  : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada— Bank  of  Montreal  ;  Liverpool— North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company  ;  Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America  ;  China  and 
Japan -Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand  -Hank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
ami  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dee.  9. W.  H.TILLIVQHAST,  Manager. 

THE   FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Pniil  up  Capital  »2, 00O,000,  Oolcl.  President,  R.  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  D.  Callaghan  ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Rodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  \V.  Ritchie. 

Dona-roils  :  R.  t '  Wnnhvorth,  P.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  D.  D.  Oolton,  Edward  Martin,  James  Moffitt,  N.  Van  Borgen, 

CociuM'oMu  vis  London  :  Baring  Bros,  k  Co.;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China,  Dublin:  Provincial  Hank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg:  Hesse, 
Neuman  JkCO.  Paris:  Hottingnor&Co.  New  York:  National  Rank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  banking  business.  Deposits  in  Hold,  .Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  in  Europe,  Chh.a  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  mode  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  13. 

LONDON    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANK    (LIMITED). 

Capital,  85,000,000,  of  which  83,000,000  is  Tally  pniri  np  a* 
present  capital.  San  Francisco  Office,  424  California;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  S.  LATH  Ail  ;  Manager.  JAMES  M.  STRKETKN  ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  CAMILO  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Rankers, 
Third  National  Bank.  This  Rank  is  prepared  to  transact  utl  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Rusiness  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world. October  2a. 

BANK  OF  COMMERCE,  SAN  FBANCISCO. 
Incorporated)     Under    the    Law**    of    California. 

Capital One  Million  Dollars. 

Corrksfondrn'ts  :— New  York,  National  Park  Rank  ;  Boston,  National  .Bank  of  Re- 
demption ;  Chicago,  Corn  Exchange  National  Bank. 

This  Bank,  lately  organized,  is  now  prepared  to  receive  Deposits,  discount  Business 
Paper,  issue  Credits,  buy  and  sell  Exchange,  make  Collections,  and  transact  a  general 
banking  business.  D.  W.  C.  THOMPSON,  President. 

A.  W.  Prbston,  Cashier. March  3. 

""THE    ANGL0-CALIF0KNIAN    BANK    (LIMITED). 
i^)£)  California  street,  San  FrancLsco.— London  Office,  3 

•^Mr. -£>.■&  Angel  Court ;  New  York  Agents,  J.  \V.  Seligman  &■  Co. ,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  SfS.OOO.OOO.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buy  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FRED.  F.  LOW,         )  „ 

Oct  4.  ION.  STEINHART,    )  Uaua£ers. 


8 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


May   5,  1877. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  TO  YUMA. 
In  another  week  the  iron  horse  will  have  connected  Arizona  "with 
California.  Trains  are  already  running  up  to  the  Colorado  river,  and  we 
are  promised  that  Yuma  will  be  opened  early  in  May  aa  a  regular  agency 
station,  and  as  the  railroad  terminus  for  all  prominent  points  in  Arizona 
and  New  Mexico.  It  seems  only  the  other  day  that  our  pen  was  perform- 
ing its  mission  of  congratulation  to  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  on  the 
opening  of  the  road  to  Los  Angeles,  and  now  we  have  to  record  the  com- 
pletion of  nearly  250  miles  more  of  the  company's  enterprise.  Yuma  is 
just  719  miles  from  San  Francisco,  248  from  Los  Angeles,  and  300  from 
Tucson,  which  is  reached  by  the  Southern  Pacific  Mail  Line  of  passenger 
stages.  The  old  pioneer  will  smile  as  he  looks  back  twenty  years,  and  re- 
members the  time  it  took  to  get  to  the  southern  portion  of  the  State,  the 
hills  he  had  to  plod  over,  and  the  rivers  he  had  to  cross.  Now  he  can 
board  the  cars  in  San  Francisco,  repose  in  his  sleeping  car  all  night,  and 
land  fresh  and  bright  in  Los  Angeles  twenty-two  hours  afterward.  If  his 
business  carries  him  further  south,  a  ride  of  some  sixteen  hours  takes  him 
to  Arizona,  where  steamers,  stages  and  freight  teams  are  ready  to  convey 
him  either  north  or  south.  It  is  impossible  in  the  limits  of  this  short  ar- 
ticle to  dwell  on  the  advantages  to  the  immense  tract  of  country  which  is 
opened  up  and  made  accessible  by  the  construction  of  this  line.  The  in- 
numerable products  of  Southern  California — its  fruit,  bullion,  wool, 
honey,  hides  and  grain — are  all  now  within  easy  reach.  Lands  that  have 
hitherto  had  no  value,  on  account  of  the  impossibility  of  conveying  their 
produce  to  a  market,  now  afford  rich  prospects  to  the  agriculturist  and 
the  farmer.  The  G-ulf  of  California  is  now  within  forty  hours'  travel 
of  this  city,  and  we  can  run  up  the  Colorado  river  in  about  the  same  time 
that  it  used  to  take  to  reach  San  Diego  five  years  ago.  From  Yuma, 
steamers  go  north  to  Castle  Dome,  Picacho,  Camp  Colorado,  Ehrenberg, 
Colorado  Indian  Reserve,  Aubrey  Landing,  Chimehuevis  Ranch,  Camp 
Mohave,  Hardyville  and  El  Dorado  Canon.  Stages  connect  with  Stan- 
wix,  Maricopa  Wells,  Phcenix,  Wickenburg,  Prescott,  Florence,  Silver 
King  Mines,  Globe  City,  Tucson,  Apache  Pass  (Camp  Bowie)  and  Me- 
silla  (New  Mexico).  It  requires  no  skill  to  enumerate  the  immense  ad- 
vantages to  be  derived  immediately  from  this  last  advance  of  the  locomo- 
tive, but  there  is  cause  for  great  self- congratulation  at  its  accomplishment, 
and  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  deserve  immense  credit  for  their  in- 
domitable energy. 

WHAT  WATER  SHALL  WE  BUY? 
The  present  week  has  been  taken  up  by  the  various  propositions  of 
the  advocates  of  the  different  water  schemes  now  before  the  Commission, 
and  the  greater  part  of  next  week  will  also  be  consumed  in  the  same  way. 
On  Monday  the  Spring  Valley  urged  its  views,  and  offered  its  right,  title 
and  interests  for  the  sum  of  §16,000,000.  Tuesday  was  occupied  by  the 
claims  of  Lake  Merced,  the  owners  of  which  desire  to  sell  their  water  for 
$2,500,000,  or  to  erect  works  and  supply  the  city  with  thirty  miles  of 
pipes  for  §3,500,000.  This  proposition  includes  1,000  acres  of  land  ad- 
jacent to  the  lake.  On  Wednesday  the  Milo  Hoadley  plan  to  bring  water 
from  San  Gregorio  and  Pescadero  was  submitted.  The  terms  are  §500,000 
for  the  water,  and  the  cost  of  bringing  it  to  the  city  will  be  about  §8,000,- 
000  more.  The  San  Joaquin  proposition  was  laid  before  the  Commission  on 
Thursday.  This  plan  will  cost  §11,500,000,  or  §13.500,000,  according  to 
the  way  in  which  it  is  carried  out.  Yesterday  the  Commissioners  ad- 
journed until  Tuesday  next,  when  the  further  hearing  of  the  remaining 
propositions  will  be  proceeded  with.  At  the  present  time,  and  until  the 
merits  of  all  the  schemes  have  been  laid  before  the  public,  the  press  is  per- 
force silent  as  to  the  advisability  of  accepting  any  of  them.  But  it  is  not 
too  early  to  warn  the  people  of  the  great  responsibility  with  which  they 
will  shortly  be  shouldered.  The  Commissioners  will  offer  first  that  plan 
which  seems  best  to  them;  and  within  thirty  days  afterward  the  city 
will  say  by  its  vote  whether  that  water  shall  be  purchased  or  not.  As  the 
law  stands,  scheme  after  scheme  may  be  given  to  the  public  to  vote  upon 
until  they  decide  which  one  they  will  accept.  Water  we  must  have,  and 
of  course  must  pay  for,  but  we  incur  the  debt  with  our  eyes  open.  If  the 
people  choose  to  burden  themselves  with  a  debt  of  twelve  to  twenty  mil- 
lions of  dollars  for  some  Quixotic  and  unfeasible  system  of  waterworks,  they 
will  have  no  rings  or  monopolies  to  accuse,  but  only  themselves  to  blame. 
It  is  therefore  of  great  importance  that  intelligent  citizens  should  study 
for  themselves  the  full  and  comnrehensive  reports  which  are  now  being 
laid  before  the  Commission,  so  tnat  our  future  supply  may  be  all  we  can 
desire,  both  in  the  quality  of  the  water  and  the  price  we  pay  for  it.  The 
sessions  of  the  Commission  are  open  to  the  public. 

NO  FEAR  OF  DEATH. 
The  late  John  Brooks  Felton  has  passed  away,  and  his  name  is 
added  to  the  ranks  of  the  good  men  who  are  enjoying  the  calm,  peaceful 
rest  of  the  tomb.  The  death  of  Mr.  Felton  is  no  ordinary  bereavement. 
Looking  at  his  life  simply  in  its  professional  capacity,  his  loss  is  incalcu- 
lable. From  the  date  of  the  famous  "  City  Slip  Lot  Suits  "  up  to  within 
ten  days  of  his  death,  he  worked  ceaselessly.  Without  going  into  a  mi- 
nute history  of  his  career,  it  is  safe  to  say  that  for  many  years  there  has 
hardly  been  a  suit  of  any  magnitude  in  which  he  was  not  employed,  or, 
at  least,  consulted.  The  Mariposa  suit,  the  Beideman  and  Carpentier 
cases,  the  Estudillo  and  San  Pablo  ranch  disputes,  besides  important  liti- 
gation of  the  Central  Pacific  Railroad,  and  endless  private  lawsuits 
involving  immense  sums  of  money,  all  attest  the  power  and  clearness  of 
his  mind  and  the  indomitable  energy  of  his  spirit.  Mr.  Felton 's  history 
has  been  so  fully  given  by  the  daily  press  that  it  is  not  necessary  to  re- 
produce it  here.  He  was  in  his  fiftieth  year  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and 
leaves  a  tvidow  and  two  children  behind  him.  He  had  no  fear  of  death,  but 
an  unconquerable  dread  of  the  return  of  his  old  enemy,  paralysis,  which  to 
him  was  worse  than  death.  Only  two  or  three  weeks  ago  he  was  out  in  the 
Park  with  one  of  his  oldest  and  dearest  friends,  and  during  the  drive  spoke 
quite  freely  on  the  subject.  He  said  that  of  course  he  knew  we  must  all 
die,  and  he  was  ready  to  submit  when  he  was  called,  but  the  thought  of 
being  paralyzed,  and  having  one-half  of  his  body  useless  and  practically 
dead,  was  what  he  feared.  Had  he  only  taken  physicians'  advice  and 
rested,  he  might  have  lived  many  years  yet;  but  the  habit  of  work  was 
irresistible,  and  of  the  two  he  probably  preferred  death  to  idleness.  Mr. 
Felton  was  buried  yesterday  in  Oakland,  with  full  Masonic  honors,  and 
attended  by  a  large  concourse  of  sincerely  sorrowing  friends. 


A  number  of  Church  of  England  clergymen  have   formed  a  church 
league  for  the  separation  of  Church  and  State. 


AN    UNWELCOME    VISIT. 

Theodore  Tilton  has  come  to  California,  The  man  who  prostituted 
his  wife's  honor  for  the  sake  of  his  own  popularity  has  come  to  lecture  us  on 
"  The  Problem  of  Life."  With  that  dissimulation  which  appears  to  be  a 
part  of  his  nature,  he  disclaims  any  idea  of  his  having  come  to  California 
with  the  mercenary  purpose  of  such  a  mechanical  thing  to  him  as  lectur- 
ing on  a  subject  he  has  worn  threadbare.  He  came,  accompanied  by  his 
daughter  (poor  girl),  to  see  the  great  grove  of  Calaveras,  to  see  the  Gey- 
sers, to  visit  the  Yosemite,  to  gaze  upon  the  loveliness  of  San  Francisco's 
fair  daughters;  but  to  lecture  was  not  in  his  thoughts.  How  is  it,  then, 
that  our  shop-windows  are  disfigured  with  his  seraphic  visage;  that  our 
walls  are  plastered  with  letters  three  feet  long  brazening  forth  the  name 
of  Tilton  ?  We  are  sick  of  seeing  those  upturned  eyes  and  the  long  locks 
brushed  from  the  brow  and  drooping  o'er  the  back;  and  when  we  contrast 
the  smooth  picture  with  the  old  care-worn  face,  full  of  lines,  and  the  for- 
cibly rigid  anatomy  that  stalked  into  the  Bohemian  Club  at  their  High 
Jinks  last  Sunday  night,  we  can  well  understand  the  excess  of  humbug 
and  the  power  of  imagination.  Frank  Leslie,  who  sat  next  to  him,  moved 
uneasily  in  his  seat,  and  edged  away  when  he  recognized  his  neighbor. 
The  Club  cheered  the  illustrious  stranger.  The  Bohemians  are  naturally 
good-natured,  and  cheer,  like  maidens  weep,  from  very  wantonness.  The 
women  will  flock  to  the  lecture  to  look  at  and  listen  to  the  man  who  has 
procured  them  the  pleasure  of  impure  scandal,  and  Mr.  Theodore  Tilton 
will  solve  the  problem  of  life  by  securing  enough  dollars  to  pay  his  travel- 
ing expenses,  with  a  balance  in  his  pockets. 

[Men  like  Tilton  and  Beecher  iu  time  attain  to  a  stage  of  contempt  for  the  opinions 
of  mankind,  and  a  fearlessness  iu  pursuing  a  "  dodge  "  that  is  really  marvelous  to  an 
ordinary  sinner.  Theodore's  "  cheek,"  in  thrusting  his  detestible  presence  on  this 
sadly-afflicted  community,  shows  at  once  that  he  has  beneath  it  a  jawbone  that  a  mod- 
ern Sampson  might  desire.  In  visiting  the  Bohemian  Club,  it  was  painfully  evident 
that  he  was  conscious  of  being  in  the  presence  of  men  who  very  correctly  estimated 
his  merits,  and  with  whom  check  was  perfectly  familiar,  and  could  not  deceive.  He 
was  there  for  a  purpose,  but  was  as  nervous  as  a  young  Miss  at  her  first  ball ;  it  was 
perfectly  pitiable  to  behold  him  !  It  is  asked  what  brings  him  here,  and  the  natural 
answer  is,  money ,'  he  always  goes  in  for  money— though  he  does  not  always  get  it. 
However  we  might  be  pained  were  beecher  to  turn  up  here,  we  should  certainly  be 
disposed  to  ignore  his  presence,  in  consideration  of  the  fact  that  he  stood  up  like  a 
man  for  his  unhappy  victim,  and  swore  after  a  fashion  that  would  terrify  even  a  man 
who  served  an  apprenticeship  to  it  in  Flanders.  But  for  this  pious  fraud,  our  whole 
soul  loathes  him  i  He  represents  a  sneaking,  moral  depravity  happily  his  own.  It  is 
false  to  accuse  the  Bohemian  Club  of  having  "  cheered  "  this  fellow.  A  few  feeble 
cheers  were  given  by  two,  or  possibly  three,  of  his  acquaintances.] — Editorial  Note. 


SANTA  CRUZ  JUSTICE. 
There  is  food  for  much  solid  thought  over  the  startling  intelligence 
from  Santa  Cruz,  Francisco  Arias  and  Jose  Chamalis,  the  murderers  of  a 
man  named  de  Forrest,  were  found  hanging  on  Thursday  morning  from 
the  upper  cross-beams  of  the  San  Lorenzo  bridge.  The  details  of  the 
murder,  according  to  the  confession  of  Chamalis,  are  as  follows  :  The  two 
men  wanted  to  go  to  a  circus  and  had  no  money,  whereupon  Arias  took 
his  shotgun,  and  they  went  out  hunting  the  necessary  coin  together,  very 
much  as  ordinary  citizens  are  accustomed  to  search  for  quail  or  rabbits. 
De  Forrest  was  the  first  game  that  appeared,  and  he  was  immediately 
bagged  with  the  second  barrel.  The  victim  panned  out  eight  dollars,  of 
which  Mr.  Arias  kept  five  and  a  half  for  his  professional  services  and 
handed  his  partner  the  balance  for  spending  money.  Having  dragged  the 
body  of  de  Forrest  out  of  the  way,  the  two  murderers  went  to  the  circus, 
and  apparently  enjoyed  the  comicalities  of  the  clown  and  the  equestrian 
acts  as  much  as  anybody.  If  any  community  can  produce  a  horror  to 
equal  this  we  should  like  to  hear  it.  Santa  Cruz  is  one  of  the  quietest  of 
seaside  towns,  and  its  citizens  of  that  mild  type  which  characterizes  the  in- 
habitants of  pleasant  fishing,  bathing  and  Summer  resorts.  It  is  there- 
fore to  be  regretted  that  they  should  have  been  so  fearfully  agitated  by 
the  terrible  crime  as  to  have  taken  matters  into  their  own  hands  and  an- 
ticipated the  Bolemn  execution  of  the  law.  There  were  probably  two 
feelings  in  the  breasts  of  the  self-appointed  judges— utter  detestation  of 
the  revolting  and  bloody  assassination,  and  a  terrible  fear  that  the  cul- 
prits would  escape.  It  is  easy  to  condemn  their  action,  but  it  is  better  to 
forget  it  while  a  record  of  fifty  odd  deliberate  murders  against  three  or 
four  executions  is  staring  us  in  the  face  in  San  Francisco.  There  are 
deeds  of  violence  which  will  rouse  to  frenzy  a  settlement  of  Quakers.  In 
this  case  the  murder  was  fully  confessed  and  avenged  by  citizens  in  hot 
blood,  and  while  it  is  bad  to  have  to  acknowledge  that  lynch  law  exists  in 
this  country  in  the  year  1877,  it  is  still  worse  to  know  that  the  constant 
defeat  of  justice  and  the  mockery  of  its  sessions  can  sometimes  be  pleaded 
in  excuse  of  acts  in  themselves  indefensible. 


A  MUNICIPAL  BROOM  NEEDED. 
However  hastily  the  last  Grand  Jury  may  have  rushed  through  their 
duties,  it  is  undeniable  that  they  have  presented  to  the  public  several 
forcible  suggestions  of  great  value.  They  say  well  that  ignorance,  crime, 
vice,  hoodlumism  and  idleness,  as  well  as  peculation  and  extravagance, 
are  fast  driving  men  to  the  conclusion  that  city  governments,  as  now  prac- 
ticed in  America,  is  a  failure,  and  prompt  remedies  must  be  fou::d  and  ap- 
plied. For  the  great  increase  of  crime  and  hoodlumism  in  our  city 
parents  of  children  must  accept  a  large  share  of  the  responsibility. 
Homes  that  without  parental  discipline,  and  the  abode  of  ignorance, 
idleness  and  drunkenness,  are  producing  a  percentage  of  looseness  and 
crime  among  the  rising  generation  in  this  city  that  is  fearful  to  contem- 
plate, and  unless  remedies  are  applied,  the  whole  atmosphere  of  social  life 
will  become  affected.  They  further  urge  the  advisibility  of  taking  from 
the  State  the  power  it  now  exercises  to  appoint  the  principal  executive 
officers,  and,  profiting  by  the  experience  of  New  York,  to  vest  the  power 
in  the  Mayor,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Board  of  Fi- 
nance. In  view  of  the  importance  of  local  reform  and  local  self-govern- 
ment for  San  Francisco,  they  recommend  the  immediate  formation  of  a 
Municipal  Society,  irrespective  of  party,  composed  only  of  those  who  pay 
taxes,  and  whose  names  appear  upon  the  city  and  county  assessment 
roll,  the  object  of  the  Society  to  be,  not  the  nomination  of  specific  candi- 
dates for  office,  or  the  election  of  specific  candidates  to  office,  but  prima- 
rily to  obtain  such  legislative  action  at  the  next  session  of  the  Legislature 
as  will  secure  to  the  city  absolute  control  of  her  own  municipal  affairs 
without  State  legislation 


The  Recorder  has  decided  to  commence  moving  into  the  new  Hall  of 
Records  next  Wednesday,  unless  something  occurs  to  prevent  an  occu- 
pancy of  the  new  quarters  at  that  time. 


5,   1877. 


CALIFORNIA      \l>\  EKTISER. 


THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

"SMI  thr  rn»r Wh«i  tin*  .lr»it  «rt  thou?" 

"•Id*  lh»l  will  (i1«j  tti»  .tf»il.  »ir.  with  joo." 
n  In-,  uil  n<  loofl  »-  m  lUil. 

.n-t  bolder." 
I  W  \XTLET." 


Mr.  Joseph  Maas,  tiu- l.t.iiiu- u-iior  .>f  the  Baldwin  Opera  Troupe, 
ha«  rx**»<'n  t..  in-  \.ry  proud  ol  b&  voice,  for  It  once  saved  hia  life.  Be  u 
nsasjUiiistalj  fond  ol  hunting  and  Bahing,  and  about  four  years  ago  started 
» 'ii  ■  buffalo  hunt,  in  ptnnpany  with  his  old  Mend,  Dion  Boooloault,  The 
■nrroonding  ouontri  mi  hill  ol  badly  dlapoaed  Indians,  bat  oar  hunters 

■  all  times  willing  toriaktheir  scarps  for  ;i  good  %* «-«-k's«  *|>ort.     On 

this  uooaatan  they  managed  to  loae  their  way  and  miss  the  trail  which  tad 

so  their  temporary  camp,  m  that  aa  night  onma  on  they  were  utterly  at  a 

to  take.     They  had   fortunately  lolled  a  young  bull 

last  before  duak,  and  making  a  virtue  ol   necessity  they  tethered  their 

and  lit  a  tit-.'.  They  litul  scarcely  finished  a  hasty  meal  of  buffalo 
steaks  when  an  arrow  cane  whining  by  their  camp  lire,  ami,  in  lean  time 
than  it  takes  to  read  this,  they  found  themselves  bound  hand  and  fool  by 
illy  Apaches.  Then  wss  no  hope  of  deliverance,  and  both  Mr. 
M.i.v.  ami  .Mr.  Boucicanlt  expected  instantaneous  death.  At  this*  juncture 
Dkm,  who  was  almost  comatose  from  fright,  murmured  feebly,  "Joe, 
sting  me  Bra  Poco  onoe  more  before  I  die,  and  my  scalp  will  come  on 
much  essier.M  Mr.  Mass  tearfully  complied  with  his  friends  request,  and 
ha«l  got  a.-  far  as  "  The  wild  flowen  aoon  "ill  ahed  their  bloom,  around 
m\  -a-1  and  lonely  tomb,"  when  two  hie  Indians  came  up  smiling  all  owr 
uii'i  granted,  "  Heap  good  more  '■"  The  gifted  tenor  finished  the  aria, 
hut  explained  that  be  could  sine  no  more  unle.-s  he  wa.s  unbound.  The 
Apachi  s  loosened  his  thongs,  and  Mr.  afaas,  with  a  despairing  hope, went 
on  with  the  opera.  Prom  nine  !■.  ML  until  three  the  next  morning  ha  kept 
on  singing,  every  time  he  stopped  the  savages  poked  him  with  a  spear. 
However,  just  as  bis  larynx   was  about  to  hurst,  the  last  Indian  dropped 

i  and  Mr.  Uaas  stole  away,  after  catting  the  hide  ropes  which 
hound  his  friend.    They  reached  the  settlement  in  safety,  but  up  to  this 

day  the  talented  artist  never    plays    the    third  act  of  JE/UCMI  without  being 

overcome  by  emotion. 

No  one  ever  supposed  that  Supervisors  knew  anything  about  city 
government,  but  it  was  thought  that  at  least  they  could  drive  a  plug 
alone  a  wide  Street  at  the  rate  of  four  miles  an  hour,  without  upsetting 
the  buggy,  or  that  they  could  get  out  ol  the  way  of  passing  vehicles,  at 

i  I-  verly  as  an  ordinarily  DerVOUS  Old  woman.  This,  however,  ap- 
pear* not  to  1m-  the  case,  and  three  of  our  muuicipal  Solons  are  now  con- 
fined to  their  beds  with  broken  lees,  dislocated  knee-caps  and  bruised 
heads.  Up  to  date  no  further  accidents  have  been  recorded,  but  it  is 
stated  that  Supervisors  Strother,  Wise,  Roberts  and  Gibbs  absolutely  re- 
fuse to  e"  out  riding  any  more,  and  have  even  declined  a  contractor's  invi- 
tation to  a  Cliff  Souse  sapper,  because  it  was  too  far  to  walk.  Messrs. 
Eaton  ;tnd  Drucker  examine  the  axles  of  all  the  street  cars  they  get  into, 
and  refuse  to  cross  Kearny  street  without  the  aid  of  two  policemen  to 
keep  wagons  out  of  the  way.  If  the  entire  Board  were  only  physically 
disabled  for  about  three  months,  the  advantage  to  the  city  would  be  in- 
calculable, and  it  would  be  a  good  idea  to  offer  a  reward  to  enterprise  by 
giving  handsome  prizes  to  any  one  who  can  succeed  in  running  over  or 
otherwise  injuring  one  of  the  City  Fathers.  They  seem  unsusceptible  to 
the  ravages  of  small-pox  or  diphtheria,  and  probably  a  comminuted  frac- 
ture or  a  sprained  ankle  is  the  best  and  most  effectual  method  of  keeping 
them  out  of  mischief  for  a  time. 

That  ugly  swindle,  by  which  all  the  approaches  to  North  Beach  are 
being  regraded  for  the  benefit  of  a  gang  of  contractors,  has  called  forth 
triumphs  of  ingenuity  on  the  part  of  the  inhabitants  in  the  way  of  getting 
from  one  street  to  another.  Mr.  WhifHeton,  who  lives  somewhere  near 
Francisco  street  and  Taylor,  having  ascended  Mont  Blanc  in  his 
youth,  has  organized  a  corps  of  guides  who  lower  the  inhabitants  down 
"precipices  on  ropes,  convey  them  across  chasms,  and  assist  them  to  climb 
the  ravines,  which  seem  to  be  a  necessary  part  of  street  grading.  Some  of 
these  mountain  crevices  are  fatally  dangerous.  Master  Willie  Johnson 
I'll  down  the  abyss  at  the  corner  of  Filbert  and  Powell  streets  last 
week,  and  his  body  has  not  been  recovered  yet.  He  was  unfortunately 
not  in  any  way  related  to  the  contractors,  so  that  his  loss  is  peculiarly 
painful.  During  the  coming  winter  it  is  expected  that  the  residents  of 
North  Beach  will  be  cut  off  from  all  communication  with  the  city,  except 
by  sea.  But  the  Pacific  Mail  S.  S.  Co.  will  probably  run  a  line  of  vessels 
from  the  city  front  to  Meigg's  wharf  three  times  a  month.  A  food  re- 
liable guide  gets  §4  a  day,  but  as  the  service  is  getting  more  dangerous  to 

life  and  limb  every  day,  tourists  are  getting  very  scarce^ ^ 

only.  Dr.  Curtis  is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 
cal Act  ;  his  publications  can  be  obtained  from  A.  L.  Bancroft  &  Co., 
sole  agents  for  the  Pacific  coast,  or  from  the  author,  Dr.  Curtis,  520 
Sutter  street,  S.  F. 

Stingy  Aunt:  "Well,  Robin,  have  you  enjoyed  yourself?"  Robin: 
"Oh,  yes,  aunt ;  but  I  wish  I  hadn't  come.  Brother  Jim  is  sure  to  cry 
halves  when  I  get  home,  and  when  I  say  you  didn't  give  me  nothing,  he'll 
punch  my  head  for  a  story."  She  knew  he  was  lying,  for  she  looked  at 
the  boy  from  behind  a  pair  of  Midler's  pebble  spectacles,  and  saw  right 
through  him.     Muller,  optician,  135  Montgomery'  street. 

Motto  for  a  Haunted  House—"  I'll  make  a  ghost  of  him  that  lets 
me. " — Ha  udet. 


Mr.  Pinney  is  not  content  with  getting  away  with  a  big  steal,  out  of 
the  proceeds  of  which  he  is  educating  his  son  at  Cambridge  University, 
England,  but  he  threatens  to  come  back,  confess,  implicate  several  citizens 
in  his  late  villainies,  and  accuse  half  the  city  of  complicity  in  his  frauds. 
The  consideration  for  these  valuable  services  will,  of  course,  be  immunity 
from  prosecution  and  liberty  to  start  on  another  pilfering  expedition. 
The  T.  C.  has  no  objection  to  Pinuey's  sending  on  the  names  of  all  guilty 
parties  who  merit  punishment,  but  in  the  name  of  a  long-suffering  com- 
munity he  is  respectfully  asked  to  stay  away  himself.  We  will  furnish 
him  with  a  letter  of  introduction  to  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty,  and  as 
he  thoroughly  knows  how  to  run  a  navy  yard  in  America,  he  would  pre- 
sumably be  equally  successful  in  Great  Britain.  If  that  fails,  let  him 
give  lectures,  just  as  other  men  without  characters  do.  A  good  subject 
would  be,  "  Supplies  and  Economy. 


Mrs.  Bcyersdorl  sni ik  that  her  hu 

toft  bar  l"  d  and  board  the  will   not  1m   r.  i]xmsthls  for  hi*  •( 

triable  custom  ••!  females  whisM  husbands  find  the  climate  of  their 

h<   irth   and  lioine  tOO  tTOpll  li  Jack's  hair 

out.    ah<  ■-'    him. 

Next  week  there  «ill  probably  b  h  aided  to  the 

ronief*  office  something  Like  il"  k,  Jack,  and 

all  shall  be  forgiven,"    In  tin-  meantime  it  i--  not  likely  that  the  irate 

ipouse  will  out  her  nails,  and  poor  Jaok'i  appsaranc i  the  doorstep  ol 

i.  will  probably  be  the  signal  for  i  il  plowing  and  liberal 

rtili/ine  of  hi  followed  by  active  application  oJ  the 

rolling-pin,  as  a  sort  of  welcome  home. 

There  are  two  unfortunates  in  Paris  who  have  bean  trying  to  escape 
from  durance  rile  bj  sro*  Ives  to  death.    One  i-  a  lady  whose 

propensity  for  throwing  vitriol  hits  just  got  her  into  trouble  :  the  other  i* 
a  man  suspected  ol  Bawaisu*natlng  bis  daughter.  The  authorities  oould  not 
make  them  open  their  months,  and  the  prisoners  oould  not  well  doss  their 

nostrils,  so  the  prison  COOk  used  to  jerk  soup  and  milk  up  their  noses  until 
they  gave  way  under  repeated  applications  of  the  dote.  We  Can  ima^iin- 
the  facetious  jailer  asking  them  DOW  their  lunch  smelt  without  any  impro- 
priety, and  the  most  unprejudiced  individual  will  readily  concede  that, 

however  much  the  stomach  may  appreciate  it,  the  noS6  is  not  the  most 
pleasant  avenue  for  the  administration  of  good  hot  ox-tail  soup  with  plenty 
of  pepper  in  it. 

The  dailies  have  treated  us  this  week  to  a  very  pretty  heliodoric  ro- 
mance  about  a  young  man  in  consumption  "  who  i>  a  woman."  The 
industry  which  they  display  in  ferreting  out  nastinesa  u  worthy  of  all 
praise;  in  fact,  the  road  to  success  of  the  modern  American  newspaper 
seems  to  consist  in  a  gopher-like  burrowing  under  the  ulcer-  of  revolting 
and  mysterious  vice.  The  utterances  of  a  brilliant  political  writer  or  a 
profound  philosophical  thinker,  are  to-day  almost  trodden  under  font  by 
impatient  readers,  and  the  hungry  mob  rushes  wildly  by  to  pursue  its 
p:i>si> mate  search  after  the  appetizing  record  of  scandal,  impurity  and 
shameless  exposures.  Bespeotability  pays  less  as  the  years  roll  on,  and 
what  our  fathers  deemed  putridity  is  now  a  sure  symptom  of  life. 

The  panic  in  mining  stocks  may  ruin  thousands  of  rich  men,  but  it 
is  a  perfect  bonanza  to  the  cheap  restaurant  men.  Delicacy  compels  us 
to  omit  names,  but  the  amount  of  beans  and  dry  hash  that  prominent 
brokers  consume  at  present  is  having  a  healthy  effect  on  cheap  produce 
stores.  The  T.  C.  admires  the  spirit  of  the  cinched  dealer,  who,  having 
discharged  all  his  clerks  and  rented  half  his  office,  dines  off  three  dishes 
for  a  quarter;  but  it  does  not  look  well  to  see  one  of  the  former  kings  of 
California  street  haggling  with  a  Commercial-street  waiter  for  a  piece  ol 
butter  with  his  tishball.  In  the  meantime  the  turkeys,  frogs  and  turtle 
find  no  purchasers,  and  aristocratic  dining  places  axe  suddenly  converted 
into  tenantless  mausoleums.     Va  n'rtix  I 

The  grinding  heel  of  street  railroad  companies  is  once  more  metaphor- 
ically on  the  chest  of  the  poor  drivers  and  conductors,  whose  salaries  have 
been  cut  down  twenty  per  cent,  this  week.  The  unhappy  employes  have 
twice  failed  in  their  efforts  to  get  a  bill  [Missed  reducing  their  hours  of 
labor  from  sixteen  hours  a  day  to  a  more  reasonable  limit,  and  they  are 
now  being  punished  for  their  temerity  by  a  reduction  of  wages  and  in- 
creased surveillance.  It  is  now  in  order  for  the  companies  to  raise  pas- 
sengers' fares,  put  the  horses  on  half  allowance  of  oats,  and  to  pass  a  res- 
olution declaring  that  the  cars  shall  be  painted  once  in  every  twenty  years. 
These  human  mills  grind  exceeding  sure,  and  not  very  slowly,  either. 

One  of  the  funniest  modern  comedies  is  the  periodical  session  of 
what  is  known  as  the  Grand  Jury.  The  electric  telegraph  hardly  sends 
a  message  as  quickly  as  this  august  body  flashes  through  the  bundles  of 
bills  which  it  ignores,  finds  and  reports  on.  The  scribe  of  the  body  gene- 
rally writes  half  a  column  about  the  prisons,  hospitals,  sewerage,  drain- 
age and  other  evils;  and,  with  admirable  prestidigitation,  the  jurors  make 
their  bow,  bolt  from  the  seene  of  their  labors,  and  transform  themselves 
into  private  citizens,  with  interests  of  their  own  to  attend  to  in  the  shape 
of  oil,  tallow,  hides,  dry  goods  and  commerce  generally.  Iu  the  trans- 
action of  these  private  interests  they  axe  presumedly  less  hurried. 

We  confess  to  a  weakness  for  the  "music  of  the  future."  As  a 
tuneless  chaos  and  a  high  class  of  cat  music,  it  out-herods  an  orchestra  of 
deaf  mutes   playing   in  different  keys,  and,  in   its  perfection,  nearly  ap- 

f  roaches  the  effect  of  an  amateur  brass  band  having  their  first  rehearsal, 
t  is  not  difficult  to  play,  and  some  of  Wagners  first  overtures  may  be 
easily  performed  by  a  tyro  in  music.  AJ1  that  is  necessary  to  execute 
them,  is  to  get  two  little  boys  to  sit  on  the  key-board  of  a  large  organ, 
while  a  third  covers  the  remaining  notes  with  his  elbows  and  wrists. 
Then  pull  out  all  the  stops,  and  blow  for  fifteen  minutes.  It  is  deli- 
cinusly  wild  harmony. 

The  plasterers  have  actually  consented  to  go  to  work  again  for  four 
dollars  a  day.  They  have  been  on  the  strike  for  some  time  on  the  ques- 
tion of  working  ten  hours  instead  of  eight.  It  is  worthy  of  note  that 
while  people  at  large  are  terribly  pinched  for  money,  these  hod-carrying 
putty -shippers  have  been  standing  on  their  dignity  for  greater  daily  wages 
than  they  amid  earn  in  a  week  in  the  bogs  where  they  were  raised.  Four 
dollars  a  day  is  about  8108  per  month — an  income  which  many  a  well- 
educated  and  hard-working  man  fails  to  receive.  But  then  it  is  not  every 
one  who  can  slap  on  plaster. 

Mr.  Chin  Mook  Sow  issued  his  cards  of  invitation,  this  week,  to  a 
select  party  of  citizens  whom  he  was  anxious  to  have  present  at  his  pas 
seul  neck-tie  party.  The  missives  were  printed  on  fine  pink  paper  and 
worded  as  follows:  "You  are  respectfully  requested  to  be  present  at 
the  County  Jail  to  witness  the  execution  of  Chin  Mook  Sow,  on  Friday, 
the  4th  day  of  May,  1S77,  at  1  o'clock  p.  m."  If  the  invitation  was  some- 
what ghastly,  at  least  it  was  decorous,  only,  after  perusing  it,  it  made  one 
wish  that  the  givers  of  social  parties  would  in  future  change  the  wording 
of  their  cards  somewhat. 

The  latest  story  about  Patti  is,  that  she  is  seriously  contemplating 
embracing  the  (ireek  Faith,  in  order  to  wed  Nicolini.  The  prima  donna 
will  embrace  anything  to  get  rid  of  the  Marquis  de  Caux,  but  what  she 
seems  most  desirous  of  eventually  embracing,  is  the  aforesaid  tenor 
singer. 

The  Danifian  Musical  Club  announces  a  picnic  at  an  early  date.  As 
they  are  all  darn  Han  fellows,  it  is  to  be  hoped  they  will  have  adamfian  time 
and  dam  Han  weather,  and  that  none  of  them  will  get  drunk  or  disorderly, 
so  that  not  a  damfian  may  have  to  be  imposed  next  morning  by  the  Police 
Judge. 


10 


SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


May  5,   1877. 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Ten  Thousand  at  Home 
and  Abroad. 


Prince  Waldemar,  the  youngest  brother  of 
the  Princess  of  Wales  has  been  made  the  victim 
of  his  kind  heartedness.  It  appears  that  some 
time  ago  a  person,  under  the  pretence  of  wishing 
to  sell  some  curious  coins,  had  obtained  access  to 
his  Royal  Highness,  who  is  an  enthusiastic  col- 
lector of  rare  coins,  medals,  and  antiquities,  and 
who  possesses  a  very  rare  collection  already.  The 
coins  offered  for  sale  were  valueless,  but  fcthe 
Prince  goodnaturedly  showed  the  person  his  own 
collection  and  dismissed  him.  A  few  days  after- 
wards, having  evidently  watched  his  opportunity, 
the  man  presented  himself  again,  and  being  re- 
cognized by  the  porter  was  allowed  to  enter  the 
castle,  where,  telling  the  valet  of  the  Prince  that 
he  came  to  attend  an  appointment  with  his  Roy- 
al Highness,  he  was  incautiously  allowed  to  en- 
ter the  Prince's  apartments,  and  quickly  profiting 
by  the  occasion,  and  having  remarked  where  the 
Prince  kept  his  gold  medals,  some  of  which  are 
unique,  one  single  one  having  only  been  struck, 
he  broke  open  the  drawers  and  left  the  palace, 
carrying  away  a  large  number  of  gold  coins  and 
medals.  The  Prince,  on  his  return  at  once  dis- 
covered the  robbery,  and  information  was  sent  to 
the  police,  who  fortunately  recovered  most  of  the 
stolen  property. 

Cardinal  Manning,  who  seemed  to  be  able 
to  live  upon  a  straw,  and  yet  feel  no  effects  from 
his  abstinence,  has  received  a  warning  which  he 
ought  to  take,  for  the  sake  of  the  ecclesiastical 
organization  of  which  he  is  the  mainspring.  It 
is  fuuuy  to  think  that  a  priest  who  is  a  teetotaler 
and  eats  hardly  more  food  than  he  drinks  wine, 
who  will  toy  with  a  crust  ot  bread  at  a  marriage 
feast,  and  who  goes  about  a  drawing  room  almost 
like  a  Vision  of  Death  among  revelers,  should 
have  to  pay  the  penalty  which  usually  falls  to 
men  who  indulge  in  high  living  ;  yet  it  is  never- 
theless strictly  true  that  the  Cardinal  has  got  the 
gout — "poor  gout,"  as  it  is  called.  He  fasts 
still,  however,  and  preaches  very  much  the  same 
as  usual.  Pius  IX.  eats  and  drinks  enough  to 
sustain  his  old  age,  while  the  English  Cardinal 
eats  hardly  enough  to  keep  a  bee  alive. 

The  celebration  of  the  Russian  Easter  was 
recently  solemnized  at  midnight  in  the  church  of 
the  Rue  Daru  with  the  accustomed  pomp  and 
chorus  accompaniment.  Prince  Orloff,  the  Am- 
bassador of  the  Empire,  and  the  members  of  the 
Embassy,  an  full  uniform,  and  the  chief  mem- 
bers from  among  the  Russian  residents  in  Paris, 
were  present,  the  ladies  appearing  in  their  most 
sumptuous  twilets.  At  the  end  of  the  mass  each 
embraces  his  or  her  neighbor,  and  every  one  re- 
peats the  words,  "  Christos  vokrees!  Christos  vo- 
kress!  "  (Christ  has  risen). 

Prince  Henry  of  Prussia,  the  second  son  of 
the  Crown  Prince,  and  a  grandson  of  Queen  Vic- 
toria, proposes  to  present  himself  for  the  annual 
examination  qualifying  for  a  naval  cadetship, 
along  with  other  candidates,  on  the  15th  inst. 
The  examination  will  come  off  at  Kiel.  Having 
passed,  the  Prince  will,  it  is  announced,  be  at- 
tached to  the  sailing  frigate  Niobe,  for  a  course 
of  instruction  in  practical  seamanship  nnder  the 
guidance  of  Captain  Koster. 

Sir  Jung  Bahadoor's  funeral  was  an  imposing 
ceremonial,  when  his  principal  Ranee  performed 
suttee ;  the  two  others  were  persiaded  not  to  do 
so.  The  death  of  Sir  Jung  Bahadoor,  will,  it  is 
said,  oblige  aM  the  male  inhabitants  of  Nepaul  to 
keep  their  heads  shaved  for  a  year,  according  to 
the  custom  in  force  in  the  country. 

The  rumor  is  again  revived  that  the  J?rince  of 
"Wales  intends  to  visit  Australia  and  New  Zea- 
land next  year.  It  is  said  he  will  be  accompanied 
by  the  Princess  of  Wales,  and  come  home  by  way 
of  the  United  States.  Of  course  later  in  the 
year,  as  he  has  his  duties  to  perform  in  Paris  at 
the  Exhibition  independent  of  those  at  home. 

The  Sultan  has  conferred  the  Star  of  the  Or- 
der of  Osmanie,  set  in  diamonds,  upon  the  Grand 
Vizier,  as  a  token  of  his  Majesty's  recognition 
and  approval  of  the  policy  pursued  by  him  since 
he  has  been  in  office. 

Prince  Napoleon,  who  had  been  on  a  visit  to 
Corsica  to  present  his  sons  to  his  countrymen  of 
the  island,  has  now  returned  to  Paris  from  that 
country  and  Prangine. 

There  never  has  been  a  question  of  the  mar- 
riage of  the  King  of  Spain  with  the  Infanta 
Christine,  eldest  daughter  of  the  Duke  de  Mont- 
pensier  to  make  it  necessary. 

The  Emperor  of  Germany,  it  is  said,  wrote 
on  the  margin  of  Prince  Bismark's  application 
for  leave  simply  one  word,  "Never." 


REVIVING  THE  STYLES  OF  EDEN. 

I  recently  saw  a  young  French  lady  at  a 
party,  in  a  gored  princesse  dress  of  pale  salmon- 
colored  silk,  fitting  as  closely  and  with  as  little 
fullness  in  the  skirts  as  possible.  There  was  not 
a  particle  of  drapery  or  flounces  about  the  dress, 
the  only  trimming  being  a  flat  band  of  embroid- 
ery in  pale  blue  and  silver  on  a  dark  ground  that 
went  around  the  waist,  sleeves  and  skirt,  and 
transversely  across  the  front  from  shoulder  to 
skirt  hem.  When  the  young  wearer  sat  down, 
she  looked  like  a  figure  molded  in  peach  ice,  and 
as  the  waist  was  cut  very  low,  and  there  were  no 
sleeves  at  all  to  speak  of,  she  might  have  sat  as  a 
model  to  a  sculptor  with  perfect  ease,  not  to  say 
propriety.— Mrs.  Hooper's  Paris  Letter. 

A  Sunday-school  speaker  spoke  en  Cor- 
inthians. He  opened  by  stating  boldly  that  we 
cannot  all  go  to  Corinth.  The  disappointment 
was  so  great  that  the  members  of  the  infant  class 
were  affected  to  tears. 


C.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Tuesday,  May  1st.  1877,  and  until 
further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 
San  Francisco: 
(Overland    Ticket  Office,   at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  of 
Market  Street.) 


7(\fi  A.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washing- 
■  vV  ton  St.  Wharf)  —  Connecting  with  Trams  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for    Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.        (Arrive  San  Francisco  8:10  p.m.) 


land  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland  (0.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  p.m.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  5:35  P.M.) 


land  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 
rives at  San  Jose  at  5:30  p.m. 
(Arrive  San  Francisco  9:35  a.m.) 


4-  00  P,M-  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
J^**-'"  for  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Pilot  Knob  (Arizona  Stages).  Connects  at  Niles 
with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  6:55  p.m.  "Sleeping 
Cars"  between  Oakland,  Los  Angeles  and  Pilot  Knob. 
(Arrive  San  Francisco  12:40  p.m.) 


4AA  P.  M.  (daily),  VallejoSteamer  (from  Washington 
•  v\J  st.  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  for  Calistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  p.  m.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  11:10  A.M.) 


4AA  P.M.  (Sundays  excepted)  Sacramento  Steamer 
•  \J\J  (from  Wash'u  St.  Wharf),  for  Beniciaand  Land- 
ings on  theSacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sac- 
ramento at  9:00  a.m., daily. 
^____ (Arrive  Sau  Francisco  8:00  p.m.) 


4      0A  P.M.  (daily),  Through  Third  Class  and  Accom- 
•  Ovr     modation  Train,  via  Lathrop  and  Mohave, 
arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  a.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  7:30  a.m. 

FERRIES     AND     LOCAL     TRAINS- 


From  «  SAN  FRANCISCO,"  Daily. 


To  "  SAN  FRANCISCO,"  Daily. 


A  7.00 
7.30 
8.00 
8.30, 
9.00 
9.36 
10.08 
10.30 
11.00 
1L30 
12.00 
P12.30 
1.00. 
1.30 
2.00 


A  6.10 
Pll.45 


3.00 
3.30 
4.00 
4.30 


5.30 
6.00 


A  7.00 
8.00 


10.00 
11.00 
12.00 
'  1.30 
2.00 
1  3.00 
8.10  4.«0 
9.20!  5.00 
10.30       G.06 


I       8.10 
'*11.45 


a  7.: 

8.30; 

9  30 
10.30 
11.30 


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OAKLAND. 
(Broadway.) 

A  S.00 

A  7.30 

A'0.25 

Atli.45 

At7.0S 

A  0.40 

A  6.50 

p  2.50 

10.00 

8.30 

7.00 

7.55 

8.15 

7.40 

7.20 

3.20 

P  3.00 

0.30 

8.03 

11.15 

11.35 

8.40 

7.50 

3.50 

4.30 

10.30 

9.00 

til. 45 

Ftiaoa 

9.401      8.25 

4.20 

5.30 

11.30 

10.03 

p  3.40       4.03 

10.40       8.60 

4.50 

P   LOG 

11.03 

t4.45 

11.401      9.20 

5.20 

4.00    12,00 

P12.40!      9.50 
1.25,    10.20 



1      6.O0I     3.00 

1 

4.40 
5.40 

11.20 

11.50 

8.00 
9.10 

, '\     4.00 

^ i 

5.00 

6.40 

i'12.20 

10.20 

Change  Cars       6.03 

tChange  Cars 

7.50     12.50 

at          1*10.00 

at 

9.00l     1.20 

WestOaklnd.1 

East  Oakland 

10.10|      1.50 

A  0.30 

A  5.40!A-5.00 

"1                      |,A  5.10;a  5.20 

l'*7.20 
■8.30 

f  Sunday's  1 

)  EXCEPTED   \ 

From  FERNSIDE-except   Sundays— 8.00,  10.00,  11.00 

a.m.,  aud  0.00  p.m. 

FROM  SAN  JOSE- Daily —7:05  and  8:10  A.M. 

♦Alameda  Passengers  change  cars  at  Oakland.  . 

A— Morning,     r— Afternoon. 

THE  CREEK  FERRY  BOAT 

Will  run— tide  permitting-— from  5:35  a.m.  to  6:00  p.m., 
as  follows  : 


< 

Leave 

Leave 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

OAKLAND 

*■' 

(Market  St.  Station. 

(Broadway  Wharf.) 

1 

—11:25-  2.30—5:15 

5:35- —12:40-3:40 

2 

12:20-  2.30-  5:15 

6:20  — —  1:30-3:40 

3 

6:50    -2.30    5:15 

0:00— —  1:20-3:40 

4 

6:50— -  2:40-5:15 

6:00—  8:20— -3:50 

5 

6:50— -  3:00-5:40 

6:00—  8:40—  ....-4:15 

« 

9:00— -3:20    5:00 

7:00—10:00—  4:10-5:45 

7 

6:50—11.20- —5:15 

6:00—  8:00— -3:45 

8 

6:50—12.10-     ...—5:15 

6:00--  8.30-.. ...-4:00 

9 

6:50—  9.30-  1:40—5:20 

6:00—  8:00-11:00-4:10 

19 

6:50-  9:30-  2:00-5:30 

0:00—  8:00    11:00-4:30 

11 

7:20-  9:50-  2:30-6:00 

6:30—  8:20—11:30-5:00 

12 

8:50—11:30-  3:45—.... 

7:45—10:00—  1:00-5:30 

13 

9:10—10:40-12:10—2:30 

9:50-11:25-12:50-5:00 

14 

10:40-2:30     5:20 

9:30    11:30     -4:00 

15 

11:05-  2:30    5:15 

10:00—      .  .—12:10-3:40 

"Official  Schedule  Time"  furnished  by  Anderson  & 
Randolph,  Jewelers,  101  and  103  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towne,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN   PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION. 

SVMMKK     ARRANGEMENT. 

Commencing  April  15,  1877,  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  as  follows : 


8  0  A  A.M  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
•  0\J  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  &3§^  At  Pa-iaro  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forAPTOs  and  Santa  Cruz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Monterey. 
JSF°  Stage  connections  made  with  this  train,  j^"  A 
Parlor  Car  attached  to  this  train. 


UOC  a    M.   (daily)  for  Memo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
.UO    tions. 

3.25' 


daily  (Sundays    excepted)  for   San  Jose, 

Gilroy,  Pajaro,  Hollister,  Tres  Pinos  and  Way 

Stations.  gs^'Stage  connection  made  with  this  train  at 

Santa  Clara   for  Pacific    Congress    Springs.      ^^°  On 

Si  <jrana  Jury  iu«,y  u»vc  iuouc^  ,A«ou*u  Jn«t* 

ties,  it  is  undeniable  that  they  have  presented  to  the  public  several 
■cible  suggestions  of  great  value.  They  say  well  that  ignorance,  crime, 
:e,  hoodlumism  and  idleness,  as  well  as  peculation  and  extravagance, 
j  fast  driving  men  to  the  conclusion  that  city  governments,  as  now  prac- 
;ed  in  America,  is  a  failure,  and  prompt  remedies  must  be  found  and  ap- 
ied.  For  the  great  increase  of  crime  and  hoodlumism  in  our  city 
rents  of  children  must  accept  a  large  share  of  the  responsibility, 
omes  that  without    parental  discipline,  and  the  abode  of   ignorance, 


P12.30 

Idleness  and  drunkenness,  are  producing  a  percentage  of  looseness  and 
^■j^ime  among  the  rising  generation  in  this  city  that  is  fearful  to  contem- 
5'3Qate,  and  unless  remedies  are  applied,  the  whole  atmosphere  of  social  life 
6_30jill  become  affected.  They  further  urge  the  advisibility  of  taking  from 
7.0ole  State  the  power  it  now  exercises  to  appoint   the   principal   executive 


».20| 


10.30  East  Oakland 


at 
West  O'kland 


a  ti.10 
Pll.45 


\  TJtAJLT,  / 
r  Br.VDAYS  < 
J    EXCEPTED  I 


A  6.10 
p  6.00 


*10.30  p.m.  Sundays  only  te  Alameda. 

To  FERNSIDE-except  Sundays  — 7.00,  9.00,  10.00 
A.M.,  and  5  p.m. 

To  SAN  JOSE— Daily— 19:30  A.M.,  3*0,  4*0  p.m. 

Extra  Excursion  Trains,  "  Sundays  only,"  to  Shell 
Mound  and  Delaware  St.,  West  Berkeley,  0.00,  10.30,  12. 

Regular  Trains  to  Berkeley  and  Delaware  Street  will 
not  be  prepared  to  accommodate  large  excursions. 


m»  Hip    unwfr 


SOUTHERN     DIVISIONS. 

f5?"  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Divisions 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4;00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Pilot  Knob. 
[May  5.] 


H.    H.    MOORE. 

Dealer  in  Boohs  for  Libraries. —A  large 
assortment  of  fine  and  rare  books  just  received, 
and  for  sale  at  fi09  Montgomery  street,  near  Merchant, 
San  Francisco  Oct.  24. 


Mai 


1877. 


C  1LIF0RNLA     AD\  ERTISER. 


11 


NOTABILIA. 


A  blind,  deal  auddumb  man  ..uim  l--.„iu,-  for  relief  to  Mr.  Bm«i 
:>il|..  lui  week,  .tint  tluit  gentleman,  whom  b*mr1 

■  it.-.l  Imn  in  t..  partake  "i  -'in.  lunch.  I 
wy  ..  polnl  of  ..  pin  iticking  up  in  the  chair  to  which  the  chai 
dealer  in  bivalve*  led  the  old  man,  and  he  unfortunately  sal  down  on  it. 
Th«  way  In  which  he  opened  hie  eye*,  yelled  "murderr  and  called  Mr. 
CorvJIIe  «  blear-eyed  old  fraud,  attracted  the  attention  of  a  policeman, 
and  the  imnortor  vu  placed  in  oostody.  Had  he  remained  quiet,  he 
would  ;  one-pound  tin  of  Rmeram  CnrviUVi  beel  canned  Sal 

mon,  of  thhi  yeara  catch.     It  is  put  up  in  the  Collins  villa  Cannery ,  and 
■r  US  Pine  rtreet    Try  it. 

Horse-doctors  mnerally  speak  in  ;»  lubdned  and  low  tone  of  voice, 

quire  thi-*  habit,  probably,  in  riok-rooma.  The  habituee  of  Swain's 

Bakery  generally  converse  in  a  low  tone  over  their  lunch,  and  they  ao 

qnjra  tin-  babil  bei  suae  they  are  all  well-bred,  and  belong  t..  the  highest 

iety.      Swain's    Bakery   a   situate  on  Sutter  street,   above 

Kearny,  and   i*  the  quietesl  and  best  conducted  establishment  in  this 

tionery,   Bngbah   muffins,  ice-creams,  and   pastry,  are 

marvels  of  onlinary  art,  and  artistic  triumphs,  worthy  of  Michael  An 

Titian.     Sufi  aed. 

The  best  way  to  cure  ;i  severe  case  of  probable  hydrophobia  ia  to  get 
igh  fence  and  wait  till  the  dog  goes  away  ;  but  the  best  way  to 
pdson-oak,  is  topiuohaaea  bottle  of  QrindeliaLtQ* 
tion  from  Jas.  »;.  Steele  &  Co..  316  Kearny  street  In  the  woods  *>f  Cal- 
ifornia, as  well  aa  on  the  hillsides,  may  be  found  :»  very  venomous  shrub 
the  "  poison  oak  "  <>r  "  poison  ivy"  and  at  this,  the  picnic  and  excursion 
season,  it  ia  well  to  be  provided  with  the  only  bom  antidote,  uVnuWta,  a 
flowering  shrub  that  grows  by  it*  side 


A  wicked  critic  of  Democratic  torchlight  processions  tried  an  exper- 
iment on  one  the  week  before  election.  Be  rushed  suddenly  into  the 
midst  of  it,  and  raising  bis  voice,  shouted  "Mike!  Mike!"  Whereupon 
the  v. ;  ion  atoppea,  and  answered  "  What?" 

A  farmer  who  Hvea  in  "'  Sardscrable  "says,  that  owing  to  the  drought 
and  poor  land  together,  his  grass  was  so  short  tlmt  he  had  to  lather  it 
be  could  mow  it,  and  when  it  was  dry,  t<>  rake  it  with  a  fine-tooth 
comb.  I  fry  seasons  are  a  terrible  trial  We  bad  one  ourselves  once.  It 
was  the  time  we  ran  short  of  Old  Cutter  Whisky  up  in  the  mountains. 
-V.  1'.  Sotaling,  129  and  431  Jackson  street,  keeps  the  only  genuine  Old 
t   Bourbon  Whisky,  and  ah!  what  a  thin:,'  of  beauty  it  is! 

A  woman  who  was  told  that  some  tables  in  the  Russian  department 
were  made  of  malachite,  exclaimed:  "My  goodness!  1  thought  Mala- 
chite was  on*.-  of  the  prophets."  A  man  need  not  be  one  of  the  prophets 
to  foretell  that  the  patent  Silieated  Carbon  Kilter  will  shortly  be  f«. and 
in  every  tmuse.  It  purifies  common  pond  water  instantaneously,  and 
i  it  sweet,  wholesome,  and  delicious.  Bush  &  Milne,  the  import- 
ers of  gas  fixtures,  under  the  Grand  Hotel,  are  sole  agents. 

If  you  are  getting  on  swimmingly  in  business,  this  is  the  time  of 
year  when  you  will  look  for  a  little  relaxation;  which  reminds  us  that 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Daily  have  opened  a  first-class  boarding  house  in 
Santa  Cruz  for  the  coming  summer.  The  grounds  are  elegant,  the  table 
superb,  and  while  Mrs.  Daily  looks  after  the  comfort  of  visitors,  and  di- 
rects the  large  corps  of  attendants,  our  champion  swimmer,  Mr.  W.  H. 
Daily,  supervises  the  bathing  arrangements,  and  generally  dispenses  at- 
tentions tu  Ins  guests. 

A  boy  was  much  exercised  for  fear  he  would  not  know  his  father  when 
they  both  reached  Heaven.  His  mother  eased  him  by  saying,  "All  you 
will  have-  to  do  is  to  look  for  an  angel  with  a  red  nose." 

A  woman,  hearing  a  great  deal  about  "preserving  autumn  leaves," 
concluded  to  put  up  a  few  jars  of  them.  She  told  a  neighbor  yesterday 
that  she  didn't  think  they  would  ever  be  fit  to  eat,  and  that  she  might 
just  as  well  have  thrown  her  sugar  away.  Money,  well  invested,  is  never 
"sugar"  thrown  away,  and  the  best  thing  young  housekeepers  can  do  is 
to  save  up  their,"  sugar,"  and  buy  their  furniture  from  N.  P.  Cole  &  Co., 
220  to  22(>  Bush  street.     Best  in  the  world. 


Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis,  M.  D.,  etc. ,  may  be  consulted  at  his  office  and 
residence,  520  Sutter  street,  between  Powell  and  Mason  streets,  daily, 
from  10  A.  M.  to  li  P.  M.,  and  from  (J  to  8  P.  M.;  on  Sundays  from  11  to  2 
only.  Dr.  Curtis  is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 
cal Act  ;  his  publications  can  be  obtained  from  A.  L.  Bancroft  &  Co., 
sole  agents  for  the  Pacific  coast,  or  from  the  author,  Dr.  Curtis,  520 
Sutter  street,  S.  F. 

Stingy  Aunt:  "Well,  Robin,  have  you  enjoyed  yourself?"  Robin: 
"Oh,  yes,  aunt ;  but  I  wish  I  hadn't  come.  Brother  Jim  is  sure  to  cry 
halves  when  I  get  home,  and  when  I  say  you  didn't  give  me  nothing,  he'll 
punch  my  head  for  a  story."  She  knew  he  was  lying,  for  she  looked  at 
the  boy  from  behind  a  pair  of  Midler's  pebble  spectacles,  and  saw  right 
through  him.     Muller,  optician,  135  Montgomer}'  street. 

Motto  for  a  Haunted  House--"  I'll  make  a  ghost  of  him  that  lets 
me." — Hamlet. 

A  spendthrift  heir  cheated  the  Jews  lately.  He  was  successor  to 
the  property  of  his  uncle,  an  old  gentleman  eighty-four  years  of  age,  and 
had  borrowed  -^50,000  on  postobits,  i.  e.  payable  after  the  old  man's  death. 
But  the  young  man  drank  all  sorts  of  bad  liquor  and  rot-<jut  whisky,  and 
died,  while  the  old  man  buys  all  his  wines  and  spirits  from  F.  &  P.  J. 
Cassin,  523  Front  street,  is  still  living,  and  in  the  enjoyment  of  excellent 
health. 

A  gentleman  met  a  very  quiet  newsboy  selling  papers.  "  Is  there  any 
news?"  inquired  the  gentleman.  "  Lots  o' news,"  replied  the  boy,  "but 
nothin'  to  holler,  except  what  every  one  knows  already,  viz:  that  the 
Union  Range  is  the  best  in  the  world,  and  that  Mr.  De  La  Montanya  is 
agent  for  it,  and  keeps  these  stoves  in  all  sizes."  It  is  necessary  to  re- 
member his  address,  which  is  Jackson  street,  below  Battery. 


A  Sundiy  School  child  was  asked  to  explain  the  rite  of  I 
She  k'.-t  .»  bit;.  nd  blurted  out  tlmt  it  was  done  by  earatehlng 

your  inn  with  .i  lancet,  and  rubbing  vaccine  matter  int..  It      \ 

I  thii  brilliant  Infant  mo  i 

l«7i  on   Mon1  ,  ,i,  .-. 1 1  the  oelebritiei  bare  their 

taken. 

A  dressmaker's  apprentice  «i>e»k*  of  her  cross-eyed  lover  a*  tl 
Ion  a  host  looks  are  cut  bias. 


An  old  Scotch  wroman  r.rninin. -Mil. .I  :i  preacher  who  arrived  at  the 

lurk  wet  through  to  set  at re  into  tin-  pulpit    "  You'll  be  dry  enough 

This  reminds  as,  in  the  matter  of  dryness,  .»f  Mr.  I.  Land 
ert  excellent  California  ohampagnea,  Good  Judges  of  wine  acknov 
that  they  rival  the  finest  French  vintages,  whue  his  Qerke  wine  I 
tainly  unequaled  by  any  foreign  hock. 

It  is  fashionable  now-a-daya,  if  a  man  tills  yon  a  li.-,  to  allude  to  it 
as  a  Constantinople  telegram,  it  i^  also  Fashionable,  and  of  very  good 
sense,  to  call  on  V.  S.  <  [hadbourne,  7L.T  Market  street,  if  you  want  furni- 
ture and  bedding.  This  excellent  firm  enjoys  universal  patronage,  on  ac 
count  of  the  lowness  of  their  prices,  anil  tin-  excellence  of  their  goods, 

"Ma,  dear,"  said  an  intelligent  net,  "  what  do  they  play  il"'  organ  so 

! t  for  when  church  is  over !    Is  it  to  wake  us  up?"    No  music  u  half 

it,  or  wakeful,  as  that  to  be  obtained  from  a  Hallet  &.  Davis  piano. 
Ki'k'T,  I.'i  Sansome  street,  is  agent. 

Said  Jones,  sweepingly,  "When  you  are  in  Rome  do  as  the  Ro- 
mans do;"  and  .Johns, ai  replied,  "When  you  are  in  gin,  do  aa  the  Iu- 
jins  do."  He  meant,  drink  Napa  Soda  and  get  sober.  Its  virtues  are 
legion. 


COMMISSION    MERCHANTS. 


D.  V.  HUTOHTNOS. 


J.  Sanderson. 


D.  M.  Damn, 
PHCEVIX    OIL    WORKS. 

Established   lN5o.---iBniri.iii:;*  <tr  Co.,  Oil  and  CommiMion 
Merchants,  Manufacturers  ami  Dealers  in  Sperm,  Whale,  Lard,  Machinery  and 

Illuminating-  Oils,  517  Front  street,  San  Franeiscn.  Jan.  8. 


w 


J.    C.    MERRILL    &    CO. 
holcuale  Auction   Houne.  20t   mikI  200  California  street. 

Salt-  days,  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  at  10  _v  m.     Cash  advances  on  consign. 
. Deo.  h. 


CHARLES    LE    UAY, 
American  Commission  Merchant,  -  -  1  Rue  Serine.  Paris. 


S.    F.    &    N.    P.    R.    R. 

(Change  of  Time.  •••  On  and  after  Monday,  January  1st; 
j  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DONAHUE,  Captain  W.  Warner,  will  leave  Washington 
street  wharf,  daily  (Sundays  excepted),  at  8  P.M.,  connecting  at  Donahue  with  cars 
for  Cloverdale  and  intermediate  stations.  Connection  made  at  Fulton  with  tlio 
Fulton  and  Guernville  Branch  to  Korbel's  Mills  and  the  Great  Redwood  Forests. 
The  train  leaves  Cloverdale  daily  (Sundays  excepted),  at  0  A.M.,  connecting  with 
steamer  at  Donahue  for  San  Francisco.  Close  connections  "made  with  stages  for  So- 
noma, the  Geysers,  Ukiah,  Clear  Lake,  Mendocino,  and  also  for  Mark  West,  Skagg3* 
and  Littons'  Springs.       Freight  received  on  wharf  from  7  a.  si.  to  2:30  P.M. 

Sunday  Excyrsions.—  On  and  after  .March  25,  lb"7,  the  steamer  JAMES  M.  DON- 
AHUE will  leave  Washington -st.  Wharf,  Sunday,  at  8  a.m.,  connecting"  at  Donahue 
with  L-ars  for  Cloverdale,  way  stations,  and  the  great  Redwood  Forests.  Returning, 
will  arrive  in  San  Francisco  at  7:30  P.M.     General  OIHee,  426   Montgomery  street. 

A.  A.  BEAN,  Superintendent.  P.  DONAHUE.  President. 

March  24.  P.  E.  DOUGHERTY,  GenT  Pas.  &  Ticket  Agent. 


LEA    AND    PERRINS*    SAUCE. 

In  consequence  of  spurious  imitations  of  WORCKSTER- 
8HTRE  SAUCE,  which  aro  calculated  to  deceive  Hie  public,  LEA  AND 
l'KKKIXN  have  adopted  A  NEW  LABEL  BEAltlXG  THEIR  SIGNATURE, 
LEA  &  PERRIN8,  which  is  placed  on  every  hottlo  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUCE, 
and  without  which  none  is  genuine. 

Ask  fur  LEA  &  PERRINS'  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrapper,  label,  bottle  and  stop- 
per     Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  WorccBtor  ;  Crosse  &  Black  well, 
London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  by  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  be  obtained  of 
Dec  30.  MESSRS.  CROSS  &  CO.,  San  Francisco. 


CAUTION— RETTS'S   PATENT  CAPSULES. 

Tin-  public  are  i'c.|K'i  -tt'iill.-i    »;i  nl  ioi  ctl  I  hnl  BeltM'M  I'ittetil   C*aj>*iilea 
are  being  infringed.    BETTS'S  name  Is  upon  every  Capsule  he  makes  lor  the 

li'ii'liiiK  M'tc!i:iii[-  ;ii  home  und  all  road,  and  he  Is  I  he  Only  Inventor  and  Sole  Maker 
in  the  United  Kingdom.  Manufactory:  1.  Wiiaiif  Road,  City  Road,  Ln.vnoN, 
and  Borijeaux,  France.  June  16. 


ASTHMA    AND    CHRONIC    RR0NCHITIS. 

The  most  effectual  remedy  will  be  round  to  be  Dntnrn  Tn- 
ini.'i.  prepared  En  all  forms,  for  smoking  and  inhalation,  by  SAVORY  & 
MOORE,  143  New  Bond  street,  London,  and  Hold  by  them  and  all  Chemists  and  Store- 
keepers throughout  Canada  and  the  United  States.  Dec.  30. 


BTiXJCE, 


[637   SACRAMENTO    STREET, 
)  BELOW    MONTGOMERY. 


ODORLESS 

Excavating:  Apparatus  Company  ol'San  I'm ncisco. --  Em §»*>  - 
ine;  Vaults,  Sinks,  Cesspools,  Sewers,  Cellars,  Wells  and  Excavations  in  the  day- 
time without  offence.  Orders  left  at  the  following  places  will  receive  prompt  atten- 
tion: Madison  &  Burke's,  corner  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  streets;  Office  Super- 
intendent of  Streets,  City  Hall;  Office,  (il2  Commercial  street,  or  addressed  to  Presi- 
dent, Post  Office  box  10,  City.  Feb.  3. 


CAREW    LEDGER    PAPERS 

Have  no  equal  for  making:  Blank  Books.    John  O.  Hodge 
&  Co.,  Importers  and  Manufacturing-  Stationers,  327,  329,  331  Sansome  street 
Ayents  for  the  Pacific  Coast.  Nov.  4, 

Patents  Procured.    Total  Cost,  $55,  including  Cloverumeut 
fee.     Se*d  for  pamphlet  to 
March  3.  KNIGHT  &  KNIGHT,  Washington,  D.  C. 


12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND 


May  5,  Iom. 


_THE  EASTERN  POLICY--THOSE  HORRIBLE  TURKS. 

Mr.  G-ladstone'fhasf  just  published  a  pamphlet  on  the  Eastern  ques- 
tion. In  it  he  inveighs  loudly  against  England's  apathy  in  allowing  the 
continuance  of  the  fiendish  outrages  onj  the  part  of  the  Turks,  yet  nota- 
bly fails  to  suggest  any  practical^  method  of  carrying  out  his  proposed 
scneme  of  vengeance.  Oppression  and  violence,  it  is  true,  appear  still  to 
be  rampant,  and  in  the  very  worst]  form.  The  Fortnightly  Review,  in 
alluding  to  the  cruel  rapacity  of  the  tithe  gatherer  and  other  officials, 
quotes  some  glaring  atrocities  just  recently  perpetrated.  It  says:  "The 
rapacity  of  the  official  is  of  the  very  essence  of  Turkish  government,  as 
it  has  been  the  essence  of  all  governments  of  Turkish  type.  The  regular 
taxation  is  the  least  part  of  the  oppression.  Indeed,  it  is  said  that  the 
amount  of  the  legal  and  nominal  taxation  is  not  at  all  intolerably  heavy. 
But  this  is  no  measure  of  what  is  really  exacted.  The  nominal  charge  is 
doubled  and  trebled  by  arbitrary  extortions.  There  is  no  limit  to  im- 
posts and  requisitions  and  lawless  exactions.  Here  is  an  instance,  taken 
from  a  very  good  authority: 

"  Even  in  ordinary  times  the  Turkish  Zaptieh  bent  on  business,  or  the 
Turkish  official  bent  on  pleasure,  visit  the  Bulgarian  villages,  eat  and 
drink  and  leave  without  paying.  As  a  rule  they  shun  Mussulman  and 
even  larger  Bulgarian  villages,  where  they  know  there  is  an  inn  to  be 
found,  and  are  not  allowed  to  billet  themselves  in  private  houses.  But 
where  there  is  no  inn  they  and  their  horses  are  sheltered  and  fed  in  pri- 
vate dwellings,  and  the  expenses  thus  incurred  are  afterwards  assessed 
by  the  inhabitants  on  the  whole  village.  The  expenses  which  some  of 
these  villages  have  had  to  bear  this  year  for  such  purposes  are  something 
incredible.  Thus  the  case  is  reported  of  a  poor  widow  of  Kourtovo  Ko- 
nare  (Youtcholare),  whose  total  annual  contribution  fur  direct  taxes 
amounts  to  six  piastres,  while  the  share  of  the  common  village  expenses 
she  has  had  to  pay  reached  the  figure  of  eighty-five  piastres!  All  this  is 
illegal,  as,  according  to  the  law,  the  zaptieh  must  pay  for  what  he  con- 
sumes. But  the  peasant,  knowing  that  if  he  is  mysteriously  robbed  or 
ill  treated,  after  he  has  had  an  unpleasantness  with  the  zaptieh,  he  can 
hope  nothing  from  the  law,  shrinks  from  a  step  which  he  knows  will  be 
fraught  with  danger  to  his  future  safety." 

Here,  too,  is  an  episode  in  tax- collecting,  which  it  can  hardly  be  called 
mere  sentimentalism  to  view  with  disgust: 

"Ala  Bey  being  gone,  the  Lieutenant  left  in  charge  of  Pozar  bade  his 
men  arrest  all  the  male  population  of  seven  years  and  upwards,  and 
beating  them  most  unmercifully,  he  shut  them  up  in  the  stables,  crowded 
together  like  sheep  in  their  pens,  by  this  means  compelling  the  women  to 
satisfy  the  unjust  demands  of  the  tithe-gatherer,  Bekir  Pehlevan.  Re- 
monstrances against  the  iniquity  of  these  demands  and  against  the  unpro- 
voked ill-treatment  of  their  children  were  attempted  by  some  of  the  more 
respectable  imprisoned  heads  of  the  families,  but  the  Lieutenant,  by  way 
of  answer,  threw  them  back  into  prison,  ordered  his  men  to  get  into  the 
houses  and  have  themselves  served  by  the  women  with  the  best  the  larders 
afforded,  and  allowed  the  old  women,  if  they  attempted  to  keep  the  young 
ones  out  of  sight,  to  be  exposed  to  the  most  infamous  and  obscene  insults 
and  tortures,  which  cannot  be  described  to  English  readers.  The  village 
was  thus  militarily  occupied  for  two  nights  and  one  day:  the  men  in 
durance,  the  women  at  the  ravagers'  discretion.  Some  of  the  worst  Turks 
of  the  neighboring  villages  came  up,  seizing  Christian  laborers  where  they 
chanced  to  be  in  the  field,  and  compelling  them,  in  their  own  ribald,  gro- 
tesque way,  to  carry  them  pick-a-back  like  beasts  of  burden,  using  their 
knives  as  spurs  to  urge  them  on,  when,  through  age  or  illness,  they  fainted 
on  the  way." 

"  Some  of  the  peasants  had,  in  the  meanwhile,  found  their  way  to 
Vodena,  and  described  to  the  Kaimakam  the  condition  to  which  their 
village  and  people  were  reduced,  in  consequence  of  the  iniquity  of  the 
tax-gatherer.  The  Kaimakam,  as  the  custom  is,  appointed  a  Commission 
of  Inquiry,  consisting  of  one  Christian  and  two  Mussulmans.  The  Com- 
mission, acting  under  the  in8uence  of  Dourzi  Caratzovali,  Ala  Bey's 
friend,  made  no  report.  The  village,  meantime,  had  been  robbed,  every 
house  gutted,  and  hardly  a  tile  left  sound  upon  the  roofs.  All  the  pro- 
duce of  the  poor  people,  the  furniture,  clothing,  etc.,  or  as  much  of  it,  at 
least,  as  did  not  tempt  the  plunderers,  became  the  property  of  the  tithe- 
gatherer,  who  picked  up  a  sum  of  30,000  piastres  in  silver,  while  the  sum 
for  which  he  had  farmed  the  village  tithes,  for  three  years,  was  only 
51,000  piastres.  The  peasantry  have  at  last  been  left,  sorely  beaten,  ter- 
rified, and  destitute  of  everything,  after  submitting  for  three  days  to 
every  kind  of  outrage." 

One  more  frightful  horror  remains  yet,  as  described  by  the  Times  Cor- 
respondent, to  have  happened  at  St.  Cyr  or  Woolwich.  The  students  of 
the  Military  School  at  Constantinople  laid  before  the  Porte  a  Memorial, 
protesting  against  the  banishment  of  Midhat  Pasha,  and  asking  for  his 
recall.  Whether  or  not  they  had  any  right  to  mix  themselves  up  in  this 
political  question,  may  or  may  not  be:  but  the  punishment  inflicted  was 
more  in  accordance  with  the  customs  of  Dahomey  than  with  those  of  a 
Government  supposed  to  have  been  humanized  in  the  least  degree. 
The  students  were  summoned  by  roll-call,  and  the  name  of  the  in- 
dividual who  penned  the  petition  w*s  demanded.  A  young  man 
aged  twenty-two,  unwilling  to  compromise  his  companions,  bravely 
avowed  the  authorship.  Forthwith  dragged  to  prison,  and  summarily 
tried,  he  was  condemned  to  two  hundred  blows  with  a  stick,  on  the  soles 
of  his  feet,  but  died  when  little  more  than  half  of  the  torture  had  been 
inflicted.  "  Old  Russia,"  with  its  "  knout,"  and  Austria  with  her  custom 
of  making  an  offender  "run  the  gauntlet"  between  two  rows  of  soldiers, 
with  bayonets  pointed  at  his  breast,  is  nothing  compared  with  this  relic 
of  barbarity  that  the  "reformed  "  Turk  so  pertinaciously  clings  to!  " 

"This  happened  scarcely  six  weeks  ago,  and  everybody  knows  that 
there  is  no  more  chance  of  punishment  or  redress  than  if  all  the  parties 
to  the  outrage  had  been  transferred  to  the  moon.  And  then,  when  the 
people  rise  against  such  villainies,  we  are  assured  that  the  rising  is  wholly 
due  to  Russian  intrigue!" 

Surely  Turkey  is  getting  "  civilized!" 

St.  John's  Presbyterian  Church,  Post  street,  between  Mason  and 
Taylor.  The  Rev.  Dr.  W.  A.  Scott  will  preach  on  Sunday  at  11  A.  M. 
ami  7',  p.m.  Evening  subject:  "The  Model  Apostolic  Church."  The 
public  cordially  invited  to  attend. 

The  Sunday  School  Picnic  of  St.  Johns  (Dr.  Scott's)  Church  will 
take  place  next  Saturday,  May  12th,  at  Laurel  Grove,  San  Rafael.  A 
good  time  is  expected.  The  full  band  of  the  Industrial  School  is  engaged 
for  the  day. 


WHAT    THE    WORLD    SAYS. 


Speaking  of  protocols  and  treaties,  it  is  strange  on  what  small 
matters  success  is  dependent.  Years  ago  I  was  in  America,  and  went 
down  with  the  English  Minister  in  the  United  States  to  a  small  inn  in 
Virginia,  where  we  were  to  meet  Mr.  Marcy,  the  then  U".  S.  Secretary  of 
State,  and  a  Reciprocity  Treaty  between  Canada  and  the  United  States 
was  to  be  quietly  discussed.  Mr.  Marcy,  the  most  genial  of  men,  was  aa 
cross  as  a  bear.  He  would  agree  to  nothing.  "  What  on  earth  is  the 
matter  with  your  chief?"  I  said  to  a  secretary  who  accompanied  him. 
€'He  does  not  have  his  rubber  of  whist,"  answered  the  secretary.  After 
this,  every  night  the  Minister  and  I  played  at  whist  with  Mr.  Marcy  and 
his  secretary,  and  every  night  we  lost.  The  stakes  were  very  trifling,  but 
Mr.  Marcy  felt  flattered  by  beating  the  Britishers  at  what  he  called  their 
own  game.  His  good  humor  returned,  and  every  morning  when  the  de- 
tails of  the  treaty  were  being  discussed,  we  had  our  revenge,  and  scored  a 
few  points  for  Canada.  — Truth. 


Mr.  Ruskin's  case  is  another  illustration  "f  the  truth  of  the  saying 
that  men  of  genius  ought  not  to  be  entrusted  with  money.  His  father 
left  him  £120,000,  besides  some  valuable  pictures  and  property  at  Heme 
Hill,  Denmark  Hill,  and  Greenwich.  He  sold  the  pictures,  bought 
Brankwood,  spent  £15,000  on  harness  and  stabling,  helped  his  poor  re- 
lations to  the  amount  of  £32,000,  and  has  since  spent  about  £84,000,  to 
use  his  own  expression,  "variously."  He  estimates  that  he  is  now  worth 
about  £50,000;  but  he  intends  disposing  of  all  his  property  with  the  excep- 
tion of  £12,000,  upon  the  interest  of  which  he  means  either  to  live  or  die. 
With  such  expensive  tastes  aud  costly  fancies  as  those  indulged  in  by  the 
gifted  author  of  the  "  Stones  of  Venice,"  £400  or  £500  a  year  will  be  but 
a  starvation  allowance. 


I  hear  that  two  very  opposing  currents  of  opinion  struggle  with  each 
other  in  Paris  about  the  "  retreat  "  of  Prince  Bismarck.  One  side  posi- 
tively declares  that  the  mighty  Chancellor  withdraws  because  he  is  un- 
able to  lead  his  imperial  master  to  declare  war  against  Prance.  The 
other  side  asserts,  with  equal  certainty,  that  the  Prince  recedes  to  Varziu 
because  he  is  unable  to  prevent  the  same  imperial  master  from  declaring 
war  against  France.  Under  these  circumstances  I  remember  distractedly 
the  title  of  an  article  which  appeared  seven  weeks  ago  in  the  World,  and 
I  exclaim,  '*  Which?  "  Unless,  indeed,  it  should  happen  to  be  neither. — 
Atlas. 


The  following  is  the  opinion  of  a  very  distinguished  French  cavalry- 
general  on  the  next  war  :  "  If  the  war  is  general,  we  shall  abandon  Nancy, 
defend  ourselves  behind  the  Meuse,  and  meet  the  Germans  in  Belgium. 
If  the  war  should  unfortunately  again  be  a  mere  duel,  then,  if  it  occurs 
within  the  next  three  years,  we  can  only  tight  behind  the  Meuse  on  the 
line  of  Sedan,  Toul,  Belfort.  In  three  years  this  line  of  fortresses  will  be 
finished.  We  shall  then  try  to  fortify  the  frontier  itself,  and  to  hold 
Nancy,  although  personally  I  think  that  Nancy  will  always  be  unten- 
able."— Atias.  ___ ^_^^^__^^_^^ 

What  are  Princes  coming  to  ?  Searching  to-day  in  the  Petites 
OJfiches  for  a  man-servant  of  all  work,  I  came  upon  this  advertisement : 
"  A  person  of  the  highest  position  would  be  glad  to  make  up  a  match  be- 
tween a  demoiselle,  or  young  widow,  and  a  Prince,  thirty-five  years  old, 
whose  title  is  inscribed  in  the  Almanack  de  Gotha.  The  dower  of  the 
lady  must  be  in  proportion  to  the  station  of  the  Prince,  and  to  the  prom- 
inent position  which  he  would  wish  his  wife  to  assume  in  courtly 
circles." — Truth. 

PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

The  Company's  steamers  will  sail  as  follows  at  12  M.: 
ALASKA,  May  5,  for  YOKOHAMA  and  HONGKONG. 

COLIMA,  May  15th,  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  calling  at  MAZATLAN,  MAN- 
ZANILLO  and  ACAPULCO,  connecting  at  Acapulco  with  Company's  steamer  fur  all 
Central  American  ports  south  of  Acapulco.  Tickets  to  aud  from  Europe  by  auy 
line  for  sale  at  the  lowest  rates. 

ZEALANDIA,  May  23d,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  or  on  arrival  of  the  English  mails, 
for  HONOLULU,  KANDAVAU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT  CHALMERS. 
fclO  additional  is  charged  for  passage  in  Upper  Saloon. 

DAKOTA,  Mav  10th,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TOWNSEND,  SEATTLE,  TACOMA 
and  OLYMPIA,  connecting  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for  PORT- 
LAND, Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11  a.m.  on  day  of  sailing.  For 
freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  comer  of  First  and  Brannan  streets. 

May  5.  WILLIAMS.  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agenta 

OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL  STEAMSHIP    COMPANY, 

For  Japan  and  China,  leave  wharf,  corner  First  and  Bran- 
nan  streets,  at  noon,  for  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONGKONG,  connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

OCEANIC January  10th,  April  21st,  July  17th  and  October  ICth. 

BELGIC February  16th,  Mav  16th,  August  16th  and  November  10th. 

GAELIC March  20th,  June  ltith,  September  18th  and  December  18th. 

Cabin  Plans  ou  Exhibition,    and    Passage   Tickets  for  sale  at    No.    4  New  Mont- 
gomery street.     For  Freight,    pply  at  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Genera!  Passenger  Agent. 

GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President. Dec  23. 

OREGON  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

The  Only  Direct  Line  to  Portland. ---Regular  Steamers  to 
PORTLAND  leaving  San  Francisco  every  FIVE  DAYS— Steamships  CITY  OF 
CHESTER,  GEORGE  W.  ELDER  and  AJAX,  connecting  with  steamers  to  SITKA 
and  PUGET  SOUND,  and  O.  and  C.  R.  R.  Co.  and  Oregon  and  C.  R.  R.  Co.  through 
Willamette,  Umpqua,  and  Rogue  River  Valleys,  Oregon.  Tickets  to  all  points  on 
the  O.  and  C.  R.  R.  sold  at  reduced  rates.  Sailing  davs  in  Mav— 4th,  9th,  14th,  19th, 
24th,  2&tb,  at  10  o'clock  a.m.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
May  5.  210  Battery  street. 

PACIFIC   MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

Freight  Department.— From  and  after  this  date,  Mr.  Ceo. 
II.  Kice  will  act  as  Freight  Solicitor  for  this  Company.     He  can  be  found  at 
office,  21S  California  street,  where  Shipping  Orders  may  be  obtained  until  12  o'clock, 
noon,  of  the  day  previous  to  the  departure  of  the  steamers.     Applications  after  that 
time  must  be  made  at  office,  corner  First  and  Brannan  streets. 
Feb.  24.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

fib  X.  TCdL^^  a  Week  to  Agents.    $10  Outfit  Free. 

HpO«  J&«  M?  4    4       February  10.  P.  O.  VICKERY,  Augusta,  Maine. 


May   5,  1877.                                           CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER.                                                            18 

THE    BUSINESS     KEELING. 

The  depression  in  biuineai  obcles  i                       -  has  been  so  < 
a  natter  of  feeling,  a  kind  "f  a  gloom  flf  ln-art,  that  a  ruction   in  the 

■  '  d   tin-   buoyancy  of  certain  war  Mora  have  n  vi 
osptible  effect   in  brightening   the  situation.     In  the  first  place,  says  the 

dstuffs  and  provisions  gives  a  great 
stimulus  to  agrictilture  just  at  the  season  when  the  fanners  an  1 » 
their  operations  for  the  year.   The  oountrj  papers  are  laden  with  exhorta- 
tions t.<  the  farmers  t"  increase  the  acn                       to  the  fullest  extent. 
There  is  ■  strong  tendency  From  the  ctaes  and  snforoed  idleness  to  the 
nnni  and  labor.    This  movement   i--  healthy,  and  it  in  undoubtedly 
assisted  by  the  recenl  dt                            rope. 

Another  immediate  effect  of  the  war  b  a  sudden  demand  for  leather, 
and  consequent  activity  in  all  the  leather  industries.    A  few  days  ago  the 
exportation  of  leather  was  fiat :  now  prices  have   risen  from  8  to  10  per 
and  61,700  hides  were  shipped  to  England  Last  week,    faekson  s. 
Befanlti  says  there  was  more  leather  sold   in  the  hmt  three  day*  of  hist 
week  at  Boston  than  for  thirty  days  before.     He  tuts  Inteh  sent  l."»,in.K) 
bides  to  England,  the  same  to  Germany,  and  b  filling  an  order  for  4,000 
to  Russia,  tn  say  nothing  of  a  bugs  order  for  army  blankets  to  Turkey. 
The  daily  receipts  of  leather  at   Boston  ure  very  Inrge,  but  the  market  is 

Swept    ban,  according   to  the  local    reports-.      Hemlock   sole   has  advanced 

about  I"  per  oant     unerican  leather  has  been  making  its  way  for  some 
time  in  England,  where  it  is  universally  known  as  **  red  leather,''  being 
hemlock-tanned,  while  the  English  leathers  are  oak-tanned  and  of  a  much 
lighter  color. 

There  are  oounter-influences:  the  cotton  export  is  rather  depressed  by 
war,  and  every  ris..  in  breadstuffe  increases  the  cost  of  living  here.    There 
will  be  a  reaction,  too,  in  time,  but  perhaps  a  restoration  of  reasonable 
confidence  In  the  future  and  of  a  living  amount  of  business  would  prove  a 
sufficient  compensation.     The  puhlu  sticks  are  also  recovering  somewhat, 
but  do  not  belong  very  much  higher  than  their  present  rating. 

The  course  of  gold  will   be  governed   largely  by  the  London  money 
market.     If   there  should  lie  an   active   demand   for  money  over  Europe, 
and  American  bonds  should  be  turned  into  nioney  to  carry  on  the  opera- 
tions of  war.  tl  ere  might  be  a  drain  of  bullion  from  this  side.     But  there 
are    many    reasons   for   not   anticipating   any   s\ich   result.     Money  has 
almost  never  Jjeen  such   a  drug  in  the  market   as   it   is   in   the   European 
markets  to-day.     The  Bank  of  France,  for  the  first   time  in  its  history, 
has  reduced  its  discount  rate  to  "J per  cent.;  the  Bank  of  England  race  has 
been  that  for  a  year,  but  is  now  at  3  per  cent,  for  a  year.     England,  Ger- 
many, Austria,  and  even  France,  to  BO^e  extent,  have  acquired  such  dis- 
trust of  investment  ;i*  is   almost  unparalleled.     American   bonds  are  the 
ni'ist  striking  exception  to  this  distrust,  and  would  seem  to  be,  therefore, 
the  last  form   of  investment  to  be  thrown  overboard.     The    Financial 
Chronicle  also  calls  attention  to  the  fact  that  even  cotton  rose  perceptibly 
in  price  as  soon  as  fighting  began   in  1870,  although  the  first  effect  of  the 
declaration  of  war  was  to  knock  it  down  2  pence  per  pound  at  Liverpool. 

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Con.  Virginia 

lAilifoniki 

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Hussey 

Harrisburg 

•Julia 

Jenny  Glynn .... 
Jefferson 

Knickerbocker  . . 

K.  K.  Cons 

Lady  Bryan 

Lady  Wash'n  .... 

Loyal 

Leeds 

Monumental 

•Mint 

Meteor 

MeLellan 

Martha  &  Bessie . 

Northern  Belle  .. 
*N  Con.  Virginia 
Nevada  

Niagara  

N.  Light- 

N.   Cat  son 

ART    JOTTINGS. 

The  gallery  of   the  Art  Association  was  enlivened  for  the  second 
time  on  Thursday  evening  by  the  presence  of  the  jolliest  of  auctioneers, 
J.  O.  Eldridge,  the  occasion  being  the  sale  of  Marple's  collection  of  paint- 
ings, preparatory  to  going  East   for  a  residence.     The  prices  reached  were 
low.  in  Keeping  with  the  times,  which  are  in  such  a  disjointed  condition 
as  to  almost  forbid  any  sort  of  stir  in  the  fine  arts.     The  expectation  of 
the  managers  of  the  Art  Association,  that  these  sales  would  tend  to  pop- 
ularize the  galleries,  seems   to   meet   with   some  dissent  among  certain  of 
the  artists  who  do  not  sell  at  auction.     Judging  from  a  communication  re- 
ceived this  week,  it  meets  with  but  little  favor  from   a  majority  of  them. 
We  learn  that  a  large  collection  cf  foreign  paintings  are  about  to  be  hung 
in  the  North  Gallery,  the  object  being  to  still  further  popularize  the  insti- 
tution by  making   tlie   members   and   the   public  in  general  familiar  with 
first-class  foreign  pictures,  and  at  the  same    time    to   give    material  aid  to 
their   sale    in    this    market,  in    the   shape   of  an  indorsement  by  hanging 
them  in  the  association  galleries. 

In   this  connection,  we  are  reminded  that  the  Claghorn  collection  of 
paiiuings  were  sold  in  New  York  on  the  18th  and  19th  of  last  month.    Mr. 
i  Haghornis  a  liberal  patron  of  art,  and  was  the  gentleman  who  interested 
himself  in  raising  a  large  sum  of  money  with  which  to  build  the  splendid 
Academy  in  Philadelphia.      In  a  comparatively  short  space  of  time  nearly 
three  quarters  of  a  million  of  money  was  at  the  disposal  of  Mr.  Claghorn 
and  his  associates,  and  this,  too,  was  given  (the  greater  part  of  it)  by 
about  twenty-five  individuals  and  firms.     We    are   not  aware  whether  or 
no  the  institution  in  Philadelphia  ever  resounds  to  the  music  of  the  auc- 
tioneer's hammer,  or  whether  collections  of  foreign    pictures  are  admitted 
in  order  to  popularize  the  institution.     Self-respect  is  the  first  and  most 
important  quality  in  an  individual,  and  the  same  rule  will  apply  to  insti- 
tutions which  look  to  the  public  for  aid.     The  only  hope  for  our  Art  As- 
sociation is   that  it  be  in  some  manner  endowed  by  wealthy,   public- 
spirited  citizens.     Such  an  association  never  was,  never  will  be,  self-sup- 
porting.     If    the   Association   be    so   conducted  as   to   deserve   and   re- 
ceive the  united  support  of  the  resident   artists,  the  public   will  in    time 
rally  to  its  support,  and  it  will  become  a  success;  but  if  its  doors  are 
thrown  open  to  auction  sales,  and  its  galleries  converted  into  a  bazaar  for 
traffic   in  foreign  works  of  art,  it  must   be  evident   to   the  most   obtuse 
observer  that  it  cannot  receive  the  support  of  the  local  artists,  and  there- 
fore will  utterly  fail  of  accomplishing  the  good  and  beneficent  objects  in- 
tended, viz:  to  foster   and   encourage  home  art.     It  remains  for  the  man- 
aging directors  to  decide  if  the  association   shall  be  the  handmaid  of  local 
or  foreign  art.     We  submit  it  cannot  be  both. 

*  overman  

0g.  Ci  imstock. .. 

Prospect .... 

Poorman 

Panther  

Pcytona 

Raymond  &  Ely. 

Rising  Star 

Hock  Island 

Rye  Patch 

•Sierra  Nevada  .. 
Silver  Hill 

Superior 

Southern  Star... 

Seg  Belcher 
South  Chariot . . . 

Silver  Crown 

S.  Barcelona 

Solid  Silver 

Trenton 

Twin  Peaks 

Union  Con 

•Utah 

Union  Flag 

Washoe 

Wnodville 

Wells  Fargo.    ... 
Ward 

WestComstock  .. 
Yellow  Jacket . .. 

"AN    HEIR    WANTED." 
Mr.  Edward  Preston  writes:    "The  following  curious  advertise- 
ment appeared  in  1820  :    'Information. — Any  person  who  can  give  infor- 
mation of  Mr.  Henry  Ferguson,  who  died  in  1808,  aged  ninety-four  years, 
a  native  of  America,  will  receive  a  good  compensation  for  the  favor.     He 
was  found  dead  near  the  Tower,    £1,500   in   bank   notes  was  discovered 
sewed   in  between   his  clothes,  and  a  bundle  of   manuscript  was  found  in 
his  pocket,  containing  a  "Learned  History  of  the  Progress  of  the  Arts 
and  Sciences  from  the  Period  of  the  Romans  up  to  1808."    In  his  wretched 
hovel  near  the  City  a  very  valuable  library  was  also  found.     Apply  at  253 
Oxford-street.'   I  have  numerous  romantic  heir-at-law  advertisements,  but 
the  above  is  quite  unique  in  its  way," 

Assessments  are  now  due  on  the  Stocks  above  marked  thus  * 

The  Dairyman's  Ditty:  "Tis  butter  little  faded  flower."    The  Butch- 
er's: "  Meat  me  by  moonlight  alone." 

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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND 


May  5,  ltw  i 


FrTRT.TM    O'TOOLE. 


DV    HARRY    BANES. 


There's  brave  men  in  battle,  when  cannon  resound, 
And  men  who  in  shipwreck  are  steady  and  cool ; 

But  never  has  yet  an  equal  been  found 

To  the  courage  and  bravery  of  Phelini  O'Toole. 

He's  brave  and  he's  gallant,  without  knowing  why  : 
He  cares  not  for  science;  he  cares  not  for  rule: 

His  philosophy's  this:  To  save,  he  will  die  ; 

There  is  but  one  Phelini,  and  he's  an  O'Toole. 

To  save  helpless  women,  at  the  word  of  command, 
He  bravely  came  forward,  for  duty  he  strives  ; 

Ascending  the  ladder,  his  life  in  his  hand, 

Defying  the  fire  fiend,  while  hope  now  revives. 

Brave  Phelim  O'Toole  mounts  higher  and  higher, 
And  reaches  the  high  elevation  at  last ; 

He  bears  fainting  women  from  torturing  fire 

Down  the  perilous  ladder — the  danger  is  past. 

Full  many  an  evening  these  girls  have  all  sought 
The  angels  of  mercy  in  heavenly  glow  ; 

They  never  imagined,  they  never  once  thought 
An  angel  of  safety  would  come  from  below. 

The  example  of  bravery,  where  can  it  be  learned  ? 

Who  is  the  teacher?     Where  is  the  school  ? 
Where  can  the  highest  position  be  earned  ? 

Go  take  you're  first  lesson  from  Phelim  O'Toole. 

He'll  tell  you  in  heaven  he  always  relies, 
And  then  calmly  waits  for  duty  to  call ; 

When  time  comes  for  action,  grim  death  he  defies, 
No  dangers  deter  him,  no  terrors  appal. 

When  others  are  losing  their  reasoning  powers, 
Be  watchful  and  careful,  be  steady,  keep  cool ; 

Care  not  though  every  one  falters  and  cowers, 

But  march  boldly  forward  like  Phelim  O'Toole. 

What  girl  would  not  fall  into  Phelim's  strong  arms  ? 

In  the  garden,  the  park,  by  the  fountain,  the  pool, 
As  well  as  when  frightened  by  sudden  alarms  ? 

A  noble  protector  is  Phelim  O'Toole. 


THE  STORY  OF  A  PICTURE. -- OUR  OWN  "ELAINE" 
OUTDONE. 
We  hear  so  much  at  present  of  pictures  missing,  nowin  Londonand 
now  in  Berlin,  that  we  woDder  no  one  has  yet  told  in  the  newspapers  the 
story  of  a  lost  picture  not  less  remarkable  than  that  of  the  Duchess  of 
Devonshire.  We  never  could  remember  names,  and  we  shall  not  insist  on 
them  ;  but  the  interest  is  in  the  story,  and  the  names  are  nothing.  It  is 
said  that  Messrs.  L'Agneau,  the  great  picture-dealers  of  Paris,  purchased 
at  the  Hotel  Drouot  a  magnificent  portrait  by  Greuze  for  the  prodigious 
sum  of  £10,500.  They  never  intended  to  give  such  a  price  for  it,  knowing 
perfectly  its  real  value,  which  is  under  £2,000  ;  but  they  rose  to  the  ma- 
jestic hights  of  £10,500  through  a  desire  to  teach  one  of  their  clients  a  les- 
son. This  was  the  Marquis  de  Studely,  who  is  worth  about  half  a  million 
a  year,  and  who  had  through  their  agency  been  spending  enormous  sums 
oil  the  purchase  of  pictures,  for  which  they  received  a  splendid  commis- 
sion. One  day  the  Marquis  took  it  into  his  head  to  save  this  commission, 
and  to  intrust  the  biddings  for  the  Greuze  he  coveted,  not  to  the  Messrs. 
L'Agneau,  but  to  one  who  would  make  them  at  the  cheap  rate  of  nothing 
at  ail.  The  head  of  the  house  of  L'Agneau,  when  he  heard  of  this,  waxed 
wrath,  vowed  revenge,  and  determined  thatthe  Marquis  should  gain  noth- 
ing by  his  frugal  resolution.  He  therefore,  when  the  sale  came  on,  ran  up 
his  biddings  to  a  sum  far  beyond  the  amount  which  his  refractory  client 
was  intent  on  saving.  At  last  the  Marquis,  or  his  friend  for  him,  bid 
£10,000.  Monsieur  L'Agneau  ought  now  to  have  been  content  with  his 
great  revenge.  But  who  can  always  command  oneself  in  moments  of  ex- 
citement? He  thought  he  might  still  pile  on  the  agony,  and  that  his  op- 
ponent was  too  game  to  be  beaten.  He  nodded  another  £500  ;  the  Mar- 
quis declined  to  go  higher,  and  the  picture  was  knocked  down  to  the  dealer 
at  a  price  more  than  five  times  its  value.  This  was  a  severe  blow,  and  the ' 
elder  L'Agneau  gut  much  teased  for  it  by  his  brothers — his  partners. 
They  were  rich,  however  ;  they  could  afford  to  throw  away  their  money 
now  and  then,  and  belonging,  as  they  did,  to  a  facetious  fraternity,  they 
put  on  a  smiling  face  and  attempted  to  recover  their  money  by  exhibiting 
the  dear-bought  picture  at  a  franc  for  admission.  The  plan  did  not  suc- 
ceed; the  public  by  no  means  flocked  into  the  gallery  ;  and  there  seemed 
little  use  in  keeping  open  the  exhibition.  •  But  the  Messrs.  L'Agneau,  as 
we  have  said,  were  of  a  facetious  fraternity,  and  the  youngest  of  the  broth- 
erhood determined  to  have  a  joke  at  his  brother's  expense.  He  lived  at  an 
hotel  on  the  boulevard,  not  far  from  the  gallery  where  the  Greuze  was  ex- 
hibited, and  the  key  was  always  taken  to  him  at  night  and  left  with  him. 
In  the  dead  of  night  the  jocose  brother,  with  sprightly  imaginations  of  his 
brother's  face  in  the  morning,  took  the  key,  opened  the  gallery,  cut  out 
the  picture  cleverly,  and  made  things  look  as  if  all  had  been  the  work  of  a 
thief.  The  one  brother  had  his  laugh,  and  the  other  was  in  consternation. 
Imagine  the  feelings  of  the  elder  one,  who  had  bought  a  picture  for  five 
times  its  value  and  then  had  itstolen  !  The  younger  brother  was  delighted, 
and  all  he  did  was  to  take  the  picture  and  deposit  it,  under  a  promise  of 
the  strictest  secrecy,  with  the  great  engraver,  Monsieur  Consanguins,  who 
had  been  engaged  to  engrave  it.  Am  I  to  tell  the  sequel  ?— how  the  pic- 
ture was  miraculously  discovered  in  America  ;  and  how,  at  the  same  time, 
by  some  spiritual  process,  which  probably  Dr.  Slade  could  account  for, 
there  was  found  in  the  studio  of  M.  Consanguins  a  beautiful  steel  engrav- 
ing, the  very  image  of  the  picture. —  Would, 


More  than  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  mountains  in  North  Carolina 
were  measured  by  Professor  Guyot.  Of  this  number  the  lowest  is  some 
2,500  feet,  and  the  highest  is  6,707  feet.  There  are  fifty-four  mountains 
over  6,000  feet  in  bight;  forty-five  over  5,000  feet  in  hight,  but  not  so 
much  as  6,000,  and  fifteen  mountains  over  4,000  feet,  but  no  so  much  as 
5,000  feet  high.     Black  Mountain  is  the  highest,  being  6,707  feet. 


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Literary  Depositories,  that  he  has.*  eceived  and  now  has  open  the  largest  assortment 
Of  ANTIQUE  and  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before-  brought  to  this  city,  con- 
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IMPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 
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AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  been  invented  by  the  Queen's  Own  Company  of  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  so  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION'.  $2  for  buffalo  handles,  S3  for  ivory, 
(currency  ;)  by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  by  the  sole 
agents  in  the  United  States.  NATHAN  JOSEPH  &  CO., 

September  2.  No.  041  Clay  street,  S.  F. 


May    5,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER 


15 


AN    APRIL    FOOL. 

lo  think  tlmt  Spring  wra  roar  lai.h  : 

mell  ol  flower*.     Did  you  not  Know  HI 
M..T  prtttl  role*  i-  lik.  tti.   i. tin  on  thatch 

,  w  End  u>  blow  it. 

[no  >■; 
Y<-u  rorang  froni  oul  your  I"  ■  !  in  auoh  ;i  hurry, 

Tt.  .1  .n  ronroftpand  laced  your  kirtio blue, 
OpODOd  the  door,  all  bright  with  jovfa]  rturry. 

And  then  st.>.>.t  uugbty  March  awaiting  youl 

Poor  foolish  violet) 
hUachievotM  March,  who  lores  t.<  foo)  ttid  tease, 

To  tickle  Bowen  with  handi  aU  chilly-fingered, 
Nii_i  them  and  pinch,  and  make  them  r-lnin'n.  and  urn 

Ami  with  thai  they  in  tin-  warm  earth  had  lin^vrvl. 

Misguided  violet! 
The  moment  that  he  -.'«  you  stan.liiiL,-  there, 

tie  seized  and  palled,  and  roughly  dragged  you  out, 
Oat  >>i  the  door  into  tin-  frosty  air. 

An. I  "■  Ai-i-il  Fooll"  he  aril  a  with  laugh  ami  shout. 

Dear  little  violet 
Tin-  tears  are  standing  in  her  blue,  blue  eyes; 

NV  ■■  tty  one  most  be  more  wary, 

Keep  fast  her  door,  lie  still,  refuse  t«>  rise. 

Ami  wait  the  summons  oi  the  April  fairy. 

— Susan  Coofii/ijc. 

OUR    JAPAN    LETTER. 

Yokohama,  April  12th,  1877. 

Dear  News  Letter:  No  Eraafa  news  from  the  seat  of  war.  Troops 
continue  t--  pass  through  here  on  their  way  there.  Last  Sunday,  over 
two  thousand  men  embarked.  The  native  newspapers  contain  chiefly 
blanks,  which  r.-n.U-rs  their  [►en»on;\l  highly  interesting',  ami  bothecs  the 
e'lit<>r>  <•!  tin-  foreign  newspapers,  who,  to  vent  tht-ir  wrath  on  the  Uovern- 
ment  for  withholding  news,  try  to  write  up  rehellion  in  all  its  phases. 
Thin  is  much  t<>  l»e  reyretteil.      The  Tt>k'w  Tmux  is  an  honorable  exception; 

bo  is  IheJopoji  PujicA.  The  Mikado  is  still  at  Kioto,  and  his  maids  <if 
honor  making  lint  for  the  wound»-.l.  The  ti^htin^  has  become  niultevnl ; 
swords  and  Eancee  are  freely  used,  and  with  effect.  The  policemen  are 
Saorurai,  accustomed  to  the  nse  of  the  sword*  It  i*  for  that  reason  that 
so  many  of  them  are  sent  for,  it  must  Bound  strange  to  those  not  on  the 
spot  that  policemen  should  fight  instead  of  soldiers.  The  soldiers  fight, 
too,  bat  they  have  uo  swords  except  those  used  for  bayonets,  and  the  In- 
surgents won't  oome  down  from  their  passes  in  the  mountains  bo  fight  in 
the  open,  which  rather  bothers  the  Imperialists.  Kunmmoto  Castle  still 
holds  out,  and  though  the  Insurgents  have  not  yet  been  beaten,  they  have 
no  advance,  which  is  so  much  gained  by  the  Government.  A  few 
smaller  insurrections  have  broken  out  in  Hiushiu.  The  Chinese  frigate 
that  was  here  has  left  for  Hiogo.  The  Government  has  ordered  a  levy  of 
10,000  men,  in  addition  to  the  40,000  already  at  the  seat  of  war.  The 
only  other  item  Of  news  I  have  to  communicate  is,  that  this  settle- 
ment is  still  unlighted.  Yours,  as  usual, 

The  Pious  Jones. 

We  have  been  so  long  accustomed  to  look  upon  the  United  States 
as  the  end  of  poor  men's  wanderings  that  it  looks  almost  in  the  light  of 
"carrying  coals  to  Newcastle"  to  find  an  emigration  setting  in  from  Amer- 
ica to  Australia  from  tin-  Xew  World  to  the  newer  still.  Nevertheless, 
Antipodean  Colonies  are  receiving  reinforcements  of  the  best  class  of 
settlers  from  this  very  unlikely  source.  Trade  is  at  present  so  dull  in  the 
United  States  that  skilled  mechanics  can  find  no  employment  in  the  large 
cities,  and  are  either  returning  to  Europe,  or  seeking  home  elsewhere. 
The  preeent  Australasian  exodus  began  about  four  months  ago,  and  in 
stimulated  by  the  Government  of  New  South  Wales,  which  was  bo 
well  pleased  with  the  specimens  of  American  manufactures  exhibited  at 
the  <  'euteunial  Fair  in  Philadelphia  that  it  appropriated  a  sum  of  money 
to  enable  artificers  from  "the  States"  to  settle  in  the  colony.  Many  of 
the  emigrants  are  native  Americans,  but  there  are  also  representatives  of 
almost  every  European  nationality.  There  are  miners  from  Pennsylva- 
nia, machinists  from  Newark  and  Paterson,  workers  from  the  looms  of 
Massachusetts,  and  mechanics  from  almost  all  the  towns  iu  the  New  En- 
gland States.  Among  the  emigrants  was  one  family  of  thirty  members— 
grandparents,  children,  and  grandchildren.  A  number  of  Negroes  were 
also  anxious  to  go,  but  the  agent  declined  to  send  them,  though  his  in- 
structions from  the  New  South  Wales  Government  placed  no  obstacles  in 
the  way  of  the  "colored  people"  changing  their  skies.  These  emigrants 
are.  doubtless,  a  loss  to  us,  who,  when  better  times  come,  will  have  need 
of  them  here.  But,  on  the  other  hand,  they  are  a  decided  gain  to  Aus- 
tralia. It  will  be  curious  to  see  the  effect  or  this  large  American  immi- 
gration in  the  Australian  Colonies.  Will  the  new  arrivals  proselytize, 
or  will  they  become  proselytes?  Will  their  children  be  Englishmen — or, 
rather,  Austro  Britons — or  will  they  cherish  remembrance  of  the  Great 
Republic  from  whence  they  came  to  a  colony,  which  is  Republican  all  ex- 
cept in  name? 

"John  Bull"  says  that  at  Lady  Northcote's  recent  assembly  some 
beautiful  dresses  were  worn,  among  the  most  noteworthy  being  those  of 
the  Countess  of  Onslow,  Countess  of  Donoughmore,  Lady  Clinton,  Lady 
Selwin  Ibbetson,  and  Mrs.  Hegan-Kennard.  A  dress  of  pale  grayish 
blue  had  a  flounce  round  the  bottom  headed  by  a  closely-gathered  bouill- 
onne,  and  an  upright  frill ;  across  the  front  was  arranged  a  very  broad 
scarf  of  mandarin  silk,  artistically  draped,  and  also  ornamented  the  bod- 
ice, which  was  high  on  the  shoulders  and  almost  without  sleeves.  A  sou- 
pir  pink  silk  had  the  front  trimmed  with  narrow  curved  flounces  of  beau- 
tiful old  Mechlin;  the  overdress  was  of  black  velours  cisele,  en  princttse 
at  the  back,  high  at  the  shoulders,  low  back  and  front,  ami.  with  a  mere 
rim  of  the  pink  as  a  sleeve,  pink  lily,  and  diamond  stars  in  the  hair.  An 
ecume  de  mer  toilet  was  of  the  material  known  as  pcaille  de  poisson  ;  it 
was  trimmed  with  emerald  green  velvet  and  narrow  Brussels  lace,  and 
was  made  en  princesse,  laying  very  far  down  at  the  back  ;  the  ornaments 
were  of  pale  pink  coral.  A  young  lady  wore  a  very  clinging  dress  of  fine 
white  cashmere,  edged  with  a  Greek  key  pattern  in  gold  braid  of  two 
different  widths  and  with  gold  frinfie ;  the  underskirt,  with  very  long 


train,  was  of  white  silk,  edged  wfth  ■  deep  nuance,  t  booUl 

oune  beading  ;  the  '  .,  ami  had  the  key  i 

i  r d  tin-  ton  which  a  rltbout 

■  ll  belt  was  worn  round  the  waist,  and  three  bands 
hair,  «  bioh  was  arranged 
moots,  uicludii  ri  Eon  of  the  aru 


old. 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


I 


TEETH    SAVED  ' 
I  Ulna-  Teeth   a  Bpeetnlay^  "Or— t   pniicnce  <  «i>u<i<<i    to 
bered,  Mid  teeth  -kiiiiuih  sztrai  tod     after  ten 
i     )'n<  m  moderate.    Offloc    ISO 
ion.  a  l  DR.  MORFFEW,  n.  nil 


ohildron     Chloroform  adml 


rears  ooni 
Battel 


DR.    J.    H.    STALIARD, 
ember  or  the  llo.vui  Collesre  or  1'hynlclnuM,  London.  etc., 

s.k.  Port  end  Kearny, 

Feb 


M< 
authored  "Female  onrtene  on  the  Pacific  Cots) 
Office  Hours,  LS  to  3  and  7  to  8  p.m. 

PHYSICIAN,    SUUGEOX     AND     ACX'OI  «  11  El  It, 

J.    J.    ATTEKBACH      M.D.. 
March  18.  310$  Stockton  Street,  San  Francisco. 

STEELE'S     SQUIRREL      POISON. 
[PatrnUd  Octobsr  19  W,  1876.] 

Sure  death  to  Squirrel*.  Bate,  Gopher*,  ete.    For  sale  by  nil 
Druggists,  Grocers  and  Genera]  Dealers.    Price,  hi  per  box.    Made  by  JAMES 
*;.  STEELE  i  00.,  San  Brandonr,  Cftl    Uboral  discount  to  Ma- Trade.       Aug;  81. 


E 


0.    P.    WARREN.    M.D. 
clectle  Physician,  corner  of  Fonrteenth  and    Broadway, 

Oakland,  Junel7. 


DR.    R.    BEVERLY    COIE 

Has  returned  from  his  European  tonr,  and  will  resume  the 
practice  ol  his  professioo  tor  u  raw  months,    office,  iu  GEARY  STRE2T. 
Hours,  1*2  to  3  P.m.  March  81. 

WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 


CUTTER    WHISKY. 

A  P.  H  ota  ling;  A-  Co.,  No.  tli  Jackson  street,  are  the  Sole 
•  Agents  on  this  Coast  for  the  celebrated  J.  H.  CUTTER  WHISKY,  shipped  di- 
rect to  them  from  Louisville,  Kentucky.  The  Trade  are  cautioned  against  the  pur- 
chase ol  inferior  and  Imitation  brandy  ol  "J.  H.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon,"  owing  to 
its  deserved  reputation,  various  unprincipled  parties  are  endeavoring  to  palm  off 
spurious  grades,     it  is  really  the  Bkht  Whisks  in  the  United  States.  March  19. 


A.    M.    OILMAN. 

Importer  and  Wholesale  Liquor  Dealer,  308  California 
street,  offers  for  sale  Fine  Old  Bourbon  and  Rye  Whiskies,  Brandies,  vintage  of 
1820  and  1330,  Old  fort  and  Sherry  Wines,  Still  and  Sparkling  Wines,  etc.  Agent  for  the 
Celebrated  CACHET  BLANC  CIIAMBACNE.  Sole  Agent  for  MILLS' STOMACH 
B1TTEKS. March  4. 

J.    H.    CUTTER    OLD    BOURBON. 

("1     P.    Moorman    *V    Co.,    Mail  ■■  I 'm-t  m  rrr.s,    Louis* lllf.    Hj>« 
j%    The  above  well-known  House  is  represented  here  by  the  undersigned,  who 
have  been  appointed  their  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 
July  3.  A.  P.  HOTALING  &  CO.,  4'2l)  and  431  Jackson  street,  S.  F. 

J.    H.    CUTTER'S    OLD    BOURBON    AND    RYE    WHISKY, 
anufacturert  by  Milton  J.  Hardy  A  Co.,  Sons-iu-Law  and 

Successors  of  J.  H.  CUTTER,  Louisville,  Ky.  B.  MARTIN  &  CO., 

August  14.  No.  408  Front  street.  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast 


M 


WHOLESALE    GROCERS. 


Newton  Booth,  C.  T.  Wheeler,  Sacramento.  |  J.   T.  Glover,  W.    W.    Dodqe,  S.    F 
W.    W.    DODGE    &    CO., 

Wholesale  ©rocers,  corner  Front   ami    Clay  streets,   San 
Fr.i 


Francisco. 


April  t. 


REMOVAL. 

L.  H.  Nbwto.v.]  NEWTON    BPOTHERS    &    CO.,  [Morris  Newton. 

Importers  and  wholesale  dealers  In  Teas,  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed   to  204  and  200  California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia.  ____ June  7. 

CASTLE    BROTHERS.— [Established,  1850.] 

Importers  of  Teas  and  East  India  Goods,  Nos.213  and  315 
Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  13. 


8 


TABER,    HAREER    &    CO., 
nceessors  to   Phillips,  Taber   A  Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 108  and  110  California  street,  below  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  15. 

BROKERS. 


J.  K.  s.  Latham.]  LATHAM    &    KING,  (Homer  S.  Kixo. 

Successors  to  James  11.  Iwitham  A    Co.,  Stock  and   Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco.  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange 


Board.  Stouks  bought  and  carried  on  margins. 


A»g.  12. 


HUBBARD    &    CO.. 

Commission  Stock  Brokers,  334  1-2  Montgomery  street,  nn- 
der  Bate  Deposit  Building,  Kan    Francisco,  will  transact  business  through   the 


San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board. 


July  17. 


E.    P.    PECKHAM, 
/lommtsslon    Stock    Broker   and    Member   S,    F.  Stock   Ex- 

*  J    change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
[June.  19.  J 

JOHN    J.    MOUNTAIN, 

Dealer  in  Carpets,  Oilcloths,  IV i  nilon   Shades,  Curtain  Ma- 
terials, etc.     No.  1020  Market  street ;  also,  No.  15  Eddy  street,  San  Francisco, 
California.  April  28. 


IB 


8AH    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER. 


May  5,  1877. 


THE  "WAR  BETWEEN  RUSSIA  AND  TURKEY. 

The  protocol,  from  which  present,  if  not  permanent,  peace  was 
expected,  is  effectually  killed  by  the  action  of  Russia  in  crossing  the 
Pruth.  It  was  like  some  children  of  promise.  Six  eminent  political 
physicians  assisted  at  its  birth,  but  it  could  not  stand  the  rude  northern 
blast,  and  in  a  brief  period  it  was  no  more.  The  protocol  took  six  weeks 
of  careful  preparation  by  the  great  Powers,  and  in  six  days  it  was  power- 
less and  null.  The  following  is  the  exact  text  of  Lord  Dirby's  protest : 
"Inasmuch  as  it  was  solely  in  the  interests  of  European  peace  that  her 
Britannic  Majesty's  Government  have  consented  to  sign  the  protocol  pro- 
posed by  Russia,  it  is  understood  beforehand  that  in  the  event  of  the 
object  proposed  not  being  attained — namely,  reciprocal  disarmament  on 
the  part  of  Russia  and  Turkey,  and  peace  between  them— the  protocol  in 
question  shall  be  regarded  as  null  and  void."  Nothing  could  be  more 
straightforward  and  manly  than  this  declaration.  At  the  same  time  it 
betrayed  a  lurking  distrust  of  Russia  in  the  mind  of  Lord  Derby,  which 
subsequent  events  confirmed.  What  really  did  happen  immediately  after 
the  signing?  Count  Schouvaloff,  who  is  a  species  of  diplomatic  Suwarrow, 
rough,  discourteous,  and  ready  to  obey  the  least  dictates  of  his  master, 
however  contrary  to  good  faith  they  may  be,  was  so  haughty  and  rude  at 
Constantinople,  in  his  manner  of  insisting  upon  disarmament,  that  it  was 
said  of  him  that  the  Porte  treated  the  insurgent  government  of  Servia 
with  far  more  consideration  than  the  Russian  ambassador  displayed 
toward  a  country  with  which  his  sovereign  was  at  least  nominally  at 
peace.  Russia  must  have  been  perfectly  aware  that  it  would  be  morally 
impossible  for  Turkey  to  disarm  in  presence  of  the  forces  arrayed  on  her 
frontiers,  nor  could  she  allow  any  intervention  in  the  affairs  of  Monte- 
negro, which,  though  virtually  sustained  by  Russia  in  her  revolt,  is  in 
reality  a  Turkish  province.  Then  it  was  proposed  that  Turkey  should 
send  an  ambassador  to  St.  Petersburg,  to  which  the  Porte  assented,  but 
Russia  threw  fresh  obstacles  in  the  way.  It  must  always  be  borne  in 
mind  that,  in  all  their  diplomatic  proceedings,  the  Turks  have  never 
evinced  the  ungoverned  impulse,  or  the  want  of  tact  and  sometimes  of 
temper,  which  have  been  displayed  by  other  diplomatists.  They  did  not, 
indeed,  follow  the  lead  of  Europe  in  the  game  recently  played  on  the 
official  green  table,  but  they  had  won  every  trick  up  to  that  point, 
and  yet  the  position  of  the  Porte  throughout  the  whole  Conference  was 
most  critical.  The  Great  Powers  of  Europe  were,  as  it  seemed,  trying 
her  for  a  capital  offense;  an  immense  army  encompassed  her  frontiers, 
ready  to   invade   her  at   the   least   excuse;  dissatisfaction  and  rebellion, 

Srompted  by  her  enemies,  were  within  her  borders;  the  support  of  Great 
ritain  was  withdrawn,  the  Government  was  disorganized,  the  Sultans 
murdered  or  deposed,  the  treasury  bankrupt  and  creditors  clamorous. 
Yet  with  all  these  the  Porte  has  maintained  its  dignity,  and  certainly 
has  out-generaled  the  most  astute  diplomats  of  Europe.  The  late  action 
of  Russia  has  united  the  Turkish  nation,  and  to-day  the  world  looks  on 
with  admiration  at  the  proud  attitude  of  the  invaded  kingdom.  Grant- 
ing the  misgovernment  and  cruelty  that  has  existed  in  Turkey,  and  the 
necessity  for  reform,  still  when  that  reform  had  actually  commenced,  not 
through  outside  coercion,  but  by  conviction  of  its  necessity;  when  a  Par- 
liament had  been  summoned  which  was  working  actively  for  the  amelior- 
ation of  the  Sultan's  subjects,  surely  that  was  not  the  time  for  a  hostile 
army  to  invade  her  territory  under  the  plea  of  protecting  those  whose 
wrongs  were  being  redressed,  and  of  exacting  that  which  was  already 
progressing.  No  diplomatic  sophistries,  however  skillfully  they  may  be 
worked  up,  will  blind  Europe  to  the  fact  that  if  Russia  desired  a  pacific 
solution,  sufficient  compromises  might  have  been  found  in  the  protocol 
itself.  But  if  her  intention  has  been  all  along  to  subvert  the  Ottoman 
Empire,  abundant  pretexts  seem  to  have  been  easily  found  by  an  imagina- 
tion so  fertile  in  such  resources  as  those  possessed  by  Prince  Gortscha- 
lcoff,  or  by  Count  Schouvaloff's  Declaration,  so  imperious  in  tone,  so  un- 
just in  principle  and  so  incompatible  with  ihe  idea  of  demobilization, 
which  the  Declaration  itself  was  professedly  designed  to  realize.  But 
Turkey  could  not  prostrate  herself  in  the  mire  in  order  to  satisfy  the  ar- 
rogant fanaticism  of  the  Slavs,  and  the  guilt  of  war  lies  at  the  door  of 
Russia  and  at  hers  alone. 

Meanwhile,  the  belligerents  appear  rather  to  be  feeling  each  other's 
strength  than  actually  coming  to  close  quarters.  The  affair  at  Ratoum, 
which  was  magnified  into  a  victory  by  the  Turks,  appears  to  have  been 
merely  a  reconnaissance  by  General  Milikoff,  who  left  his  camp  at  Ziami 
on  the  29th  of  April,  accompanied  by  some  battalions,  forty  pieces  of 
artillery  and  some  regiments  of  Cossacks.  He  advanced  to  the  defenses 
of  Kars,  and,  after  a  skirmish  wherein  one  Turkish  gun  was  dismantled, 
withdrew  to  his  headquarters,  leaving  a  body  of  cavalry  at  Vizinkeff, 
and  taking  a  hundred  prisoners,  probably  native  Armenians.  A  more 
serious  movement  is  on  the  Danube.  One,  some  reports  say  two,  Turk- 
ish monitors,  appeared  off  Ibralia  and  proceeded  to  shell  the  fortress. 
The  Russian  batteries  replied,  and  the  monitors  withdrew.  There  was 
no  harm  done,  and  probably  the  attack  was  more  to  ascertain  the  posi- 
tion of  the  batteries  than  as  an  assault.  Still,  it  is  the  first  gun  fired  in 
Roumania,  and  it  may  tend  to  force  Prince  Charles  into  a  stronger  alli- 
ance with  Russia,  and  to  declare  war  Vn  Turkey,  whose  only  safety  at 
present  appears  to  consist  in  the  jealousy  by  the  Russians  themselves  of 
the -Roumanians.  The  Russian  Generals  object  to  the  Roumanian  forces 
being  formed  into  a  separate  corps  under  their  Prince,  who,  in  his  turn, 
insists  on  leading  his  own  troops  into  action. 

The  last  news  of  any  importance  is,  that  the  xfcussians  are  advancing  in 
great  force  toward  Kars,  with  the  object  of  cutting  off  Turkish  commu- 
nication with  Erzeroum,  and  that  the  Porte  has  notified  the  representa- 
tives of  the  Powers  of  the  blockade  of  the  whole  Russian  coast  of  the 
Black  Sea.  We  also  learn  that  it  was  the  Russians  who  fired  the  first 
gun  at  Ibralia.  The  Austrian  Ministers  state  in  the  Reichstag  and  Diet 
that  they  do  not  deem  a  resort  to  warlike  measures  necessary  in  view  of 
the  attitude  of  the  other  Powers.  If  this  state  of  things  continues  the 
war  will  be  confined  to  the  two  present  belligerents — a  consummation 
devoutly  to  be  wished. 

Sadyk  Pasha,  lately  the  Turkish  Ambassador  at  Paris,  hearing  of 
"guarantees,"  told  the  following  anecdote  :  A  Jew  at  Routsehouk  was  bar- 
gaining with  a  poulterer  for  a  pair  of  fowls.  At  last  he  said,  "Well,  I  will 
take  them  at  your  price,  only  I  have  not  my  money  with  me."  "Oh, 
then,"  said  the  dealer,  "there  is  an  end  of  it."  "Not  at  all.  The  bar- 
gain is  struck.  I  will  only  take  one  of  your  fowls,  and  will  leave  you  the 
other  as  guarantee." 


CUCKOO  1    CUCKOO !  1 

[See  Shakspeare.] 
Now,  there  are  divers  kinds  of  fame— the  statesman  and  the  hero 
Contend  for  notoriety  with  Herod  and  with  Nero; 
The  martyr's  crown  is  less  observed  than  is  the  murderer's  halter — 
What  faultless  man  is  talked  about  like  Tweed,  the  Boss  defaulter? 

And  having  fame  of  any  sort  and  earned  in  any  fashion, 
We  know  the  famous  one  forthwith  contracts  a'  rapid  passion 
For  lecturing  us,  which,  you'll  perceive,  is  but  a  pleasant  fiction— 
To  see  the  man,  ynu  gladly  bear  the  audible  infliction. 

And  now,  behold,  of  all  the  mob  of  ranting  rostrum-madmen 
That  ever  sought  to  draw  a  crowd  as  good  men  or  as  bad  men, 
We  have  the  very  queerest  chap  that  ever  woman  suckled — 
A  Tilton — who  is  popular  because  he  is  a  cuckold. 

Go,  pay  your  dollars  down  in  haste,  ye  Benedicks  and  matrons) 
Ye  are  the  sympathetic  folk  he  counts  on  as  his  patrons; 
Go,  ladies,  study  well  his  horns  and  learn  how  to  bestow  them, 
Go,  gentlemen,  and  learn  from  him  how  well  it  pays  to  grow  them. 

There  have  been  times  when  men  who  had  this  fellow's  provocation, 
Have  thought  that  blood  alone  could  pay  for  such  deep  degradation; 
Poor  fools!  they  should  have  gilt  their  horns,  like  this   "poor  outraged 

creature" — 
Though,  true,  it  is  not  all  men's  luck  to  owe  them  to  a  Beeeher. 

__  -^T.  A,  H. 

THE  BELL  PUNCH  SYSTEM  AND  ITS  RESULTS. 
Of  all  the  street  railroad  companies,  but  three  have  so  far  adopted 
the  bell-punches  on  their  lines,  and  after  a  trial  of  nearly  a  month,  they 
pronounce  the  results  decidedly  satisfactory.  The  agent  for  this  compara- 
tively new  system,  Mr.  Beadle,  in  introducing  his  patent  from  the  East, 
has,  however,  declined  to  sell  his  right  out  of  hand,  but  has  entered  into 
a  contract  with  those  using  them  to  supply  and  keep  in  repair  any  number 
of  punches  at  a  royalty  of  15  cents  per  car.  The  offer  has  been  accepted 
for  one  year  by  the  Central,  North  Beach  and  Mission,  and  the  Market- 
street  roads.  The  Superintendent  of  the  Central  expresses  himself  as 
highly  pleased  with  the  experiment,  and  whether  or  no  on  this  account 
cannot  be  ascertained,  but  certain  it  is  that  the  receipts  for  the  last  month 
are  largely  in  excess  of  previous  months,  and  of  the  corresponding  time 
last  year.  The  usual  number  of  cars  daily  running  on  their  roads  is  about 
thirty-three,  and  with  all  contingencies,  they  do  not  calculate  that  the 
punches  used  (which  average  2J  to  each  car)  cost  altogether  then  more 
than  §5  a  day.  As  the  patentee  has  just  returned  East,  Mr.  Gould,  the 
Superintendent  of  the  Market-street  road,  in  deference  to  his  wishes,  has 
just  drawn  up  a  report  of  the  working  of  the  system  on  his  lines.  He 
says  that  the  increase  in  the  receipts  during  the  adoption  of  the  bell-punches 
has  been  too  trivial  to  notice.  He  takes,  however,  a  higher  view  of  the 
good  effects  that  he  thinks  will  invariably  follow,  in  that  an  opportunity 
is  afforded  to  well-disposed,  conductors  to  prove  their  honesty  beyond  a 
shadow  of  a  doubt.  The  alacrity  with  which  all  the  old  conductors  un- 
der him  have  responded  to  the  "  deposit  plan,"  which  prevails  rather  gen- 
erally East,  has  been  very  pleasing,  each  man  cheerfully  agreeing  to  de- 
posit a  certain  sum,  from  which  all  shortcomings,  as  registered  on  the 
punch,  are  deducted  or  charged  against  his  salary.  The  class  of  men, 
too,  who  have  applied  for  positions  under  the  new  regulation  have  shown 
a  marked  improvement,  and  he  has  great  hopes  that  the  general  character 
of  car  conductors  will  now  be  raised  to  a  higher  standard  than  before. 
The  North  Beach  and  Mission  Superintendent  pronounces  the  system  a 
success,  though  as  yet  the  books  show  no  appreciable  difference  in  the  re- 
ceipts. The  Sutter  street  railroad  will  shortly  adopt  a  distinct  patent  of 
its  own,  purchased  by  Mr.  Casebolt,  and  manufactured  in  this  city  by 
Mr.  Harris,  on  Lei-ieidorff  street.  The  chief  feature  of  the  "  Casebolt 
patent"  is  that  it  is  a  bell-nipper  instead  of  a  hell-punch.  The  tickets  will 
be  nipped,  not  punched,  and  so  be  available  again  for  transfer  purposes. 
Another  advantage  lies  in  the  fact  that  although  no  register  is  affixed,  the 
bell  cannot  be  made  to  ring  without  the  tickets  being  actually  inserted. 
It  is  certainly  the  more  cumbersome  of  the  two  machines,  weighing  some 
2h  pounds,  whilst  the  "Beadle  patent"  only  weighs  about  li  pounds, 
the  former  being  calculated  to  cost  810,  against  ©20  or  even  $25  as  the 
price  of  the  latter.  The  bell-punch  is  not  intended  to  dispense  with  the 
services  of  the  usual  number  of  private  detectives,  or  "spotters,"  em- 
ployed on  the  different  lines,  but  it  is  found  to  be  of  great  assistance  to 
them,  besides  acting  as  an  additional  check  in  the  interests  of  the  com- 
panies. On  the  whole,  a  new  era  seems  to  be  dawning  for  those  inter- 
ested in  the  street  car  business,  both  as  regards  the  employers  and  the 
employed. 

THE  LAST  PENALTY1. 
The  Chinaman  Chin  Mook  Sow  suffered  the  extreme  penalty  of  the 
law  yesterday  afternoon  at  two  o'clock.  His  death  was  instantaneous, 
and  he  met  his  doom  with  considerable  fortitude  and  resignation.  Mr. 
E.  J.  Pringle  and  Mr.  Solomon  Sharp  were  unceasing  in  their  efforts  up 
to  the  last  to  procure  his  reprieve,  but  Governor  Irwin  very  wisely  de- 
cided to  allow  the  law  to  take  its  course.  The  point  which  the  News 
Letter  is  constantly  urging  on  its  readers  is  the  necessity  of  the  stringent 
carrying-out  of  the  law,  as  the  only  means  of  suppressing  the  reckless 
spirit  which  is  so  unhappy  a  feature  of  the  rising  generation.  There 
are  fourteen  prisoners  now  awaiting  trial  in  this  city  on  charges  of  murder, 
and  while  it  is  to  be  hoped  in  each  case  that  the  innocent  may  be  acquitted, 
it  is  equally  to  be  desired  that  the  guilty  may  suffer  full  and  adequate 
punishment  for  their  crimes.  Nothing  short  of  this  undeviating  rigor 
will  stop  the  flow  of  blood  in  our  streets  and  the  deeds  of  violence  which 
are  daily  recorded.  Whether  the  murderer  fears  the  gallows  or  not,  it  at 
least  rids  us  of  his  presence;  and  as  a  garden  requires  to  be  constantly^ 
weeded,  so  our  community  demands  the  extirpation  of  the  vicious  element 
Which  is  assuming  such  terrible  proportions  in  our  midst. 

Farmers  are  atop  of  the  fence  as  to  what  they  shall  plant  this  year,  and 
wander  through  the  seed  stores  in  an  aimless  way,  sit  on  the  barrels  for 
a  while,  and  then  go  home  to  think  the  matter  over  till  next  time.  The 
tobacco  crop  is  apt  to  be  worthless;  corn  can  be  brought  from  the  West 
for  less  than  the  cost  of  raising  it;  potatoes  have  gone  to  the  bugs,  and 
everybody  wants  some  one  else  to  try  the  sugar-beet  experiment. 


Postscript 


TO    THE 


*»A 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


Oflll<-4 — «»OT    to    <5l.->    Mercliant    Street. 


VOLUME  £7. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  MAY  0.  1877. 


NUMBER  15. 


BIZ. 


The  attention  of  business  men  is  attracted  day  after  dav  to  the  vast 
rowing  importance  of  the  Anions  b  la  opening  up  to  us 

by  the  completion  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  now  in  running 
to  the  Colorado  river    Fort  Soma  Station.     « fare  are  now  running  daily 
to  the  river,  carrying  both  p  I  Freight.    The  line  of   travi  I  to 

on  to  tit-   river,  is  steadily  increasing,  now  that  Pal- 
<]■-  have  been  placed  on   the  daily  lint-.     Every  attention  is 
paid  to  the  comfort  of  travelers  by  the  railroad  company,  and  one  night's 
travel  hence  brings  you  to  the   Pico   Bouse,  Los  Aigeles,  where  "  mine 
;    ever  ready  to  do  the  agreeable  to  his  guests.    Speaking  of  rail- 
roads, we  notice  large  shipments  of  i  toffee  to  St  Louis  and  ( •hicago,  sev- 
eral thousand  bags  having  recently  been  sent  East  by  the  Central  Pacific, 
and  very  recently  large  quantities  of  Domestic  Cotton  Goods  have  been 
t  here  from  New  York  and  other  Eastern  cities  by  rail,  at  the  re- 
II-.     During  tlie  Winter  months  ">c  |-  II.  was  charged, 
and  this  drove  targe  quantities  around  Cape  Born,  the  rate-  charged  being 
h  to  admit  of  the  overland  carriage.     IVr  contra,  we  see  that  the 
■  minole  has  just,  been  cleared   for   New   York,  carrying  2,337  bales 
Wool,  weighing,  1,267,1  !l  tbs,  the  freight  upon  which  is  only  \c  \;  lh,  as 
i-r  2V  V  lh  charged  by  the  Pacific  Railroad. 

Cheap  freights  seem    to   be    the   order  of  the   day.      A  vessel  has  just 

bartered  to  carry  a  cargo  of  Salmon  and  general  merchandise  to 
Liverpool,  at  £2,  with  "long  laydays."  The  Pacific  Mail  Steamship 
Alaska,  sailing  hence  this  day  for  China  and  .Japan,  carries  Flour,  at  $2.50 
per  t<>n,  and  (Quicksilver,  at  >'12«'  $10  per  ton.  AH  other  merchandise  in 
proportion.  There  are  several  Peruvian  Guano  charters,  now  on  the 
market  to   the  Cnited   Kingdom,  at   tills.,  and  to    the  Continent,  62s.  6d. 

Tonnage. — At  tins  writing  we  have  upward  of  36,000  tons  of  disen- 
gaged  vessels,  now  in  port,  seeking,  with  but  a  slim  show  for  business  for 
'  ir  90  days  to  come,  when  the  new  Wheat  crop  will  hegin  to  go 
forward. 

Crop  Prospects.--!  'areful  obervers  now  place  California  and  Oregon 
surplus  combined  of  Grain  and  Flour  at  400,000  tons;  the  former  having 
lees  than  half  a  crop,  and  the  latter,  a  much  larger  crop  than  ever  before 
harvested. 

Trade  and  Commerce  does  not  iui[>rove  as  much  as  we  could  desire 
or  expect,  considering  the  great  abundance  and  cheapness  of  money  in  all 
the  monetary  centers  of  the  commercial  world.  Never  before  has  interest 
dropped  as  low  as  now  on  this  coast,  and  yet  to  get  money  the  very  best 
gilt-edged  security  is  required,  and  (lint  every  needy  person  has  not  got  at 
his  disposal.  The  Stock  Market  has  become  saoUy  demoralized  -worse 
anl  worse— and  prices  even  of  the  Bonanza  mines  have  fallen  tremen- 
dously, i  'im;  would  think  there  must  be  money  in  investments  at  present 
quotations,  but  who  knows  the  end  from  the  beginning,  when  all  stocks 
seem  to  be  paralyzed  ?  It  is  a  subject  that  we  do  nut  desire  to  dwell  upon, 
;  I  i,  we  see  that  all  the  bright  anticipations  of  friends  and  the  calcula- 
tions of  the  masses  all  vanish  as  in  a  moment. 

No  Wheat  vessels  on  the  Liverpool  berth,  either  here  or. in  Oregon. 
Such  a  circumstance  has  not  yet  before  occurred,  we  believe,  in  two  y.  ars. 
The  last  ship  to  clear  was  the  "Maggie  Trimble,  April  30th,  with  9,600  bbls. 
Flour,  and  0,047  ctls.  Wheat. 

Our  Wheat  Fleet  —During  ten  months  of  the  harvest  year  we  dis- 
patched  to  Liverpool  and  the  European  Continent  some  3,00  ships,  of 
the  largest  class,  carrying  10,300,000  ctls.  Wheat,  valued  at  *r.UOO,000, 
as  against  L60  vessels  the  year  previous,  with  5,699,000  ctls.  Wheat,  val- 
ued at  sll'..-)70,000. 

Wheat  and  Flour.— During  the  past  few  days  the  feverish  excite- 
ment engendered  by  the  War  news,  has  undergone  a  decided  change,  and 
prices  of  Wheat  that  had  touched  3|c.  fell  to  ;Jc.  Flour,  however,  keeps 
up  to  57<g  *7  50  for  Superfine,  to  $9{g  $9  50  for  Extras. 

Barley.  Corn  and  Oats. —Holders  of  Barley  are  now  anxious  sellers 
at  $1  80@$1  00  B?  ctL,  in  view  of  a  probable  early  harvest.  Corn  has 
been  aold  at  $2(5  $2  10  fc?  ctL,  but  is  less  firm.  Oata  command  $2@$2  25 
$  ctL 

Beans.  —There  has  been  quite  a  sudden  advance  in  the  price  of  Bayo's 
and  all  other  colored  Beans,  say  4@oc. 

Hay  commands  516(5  *24  t?  ton. 

Potatoes  and  Onions,— The  former  are  plentiful  (old)  at50@75c;  new 
crop,  -SI  50  I?  100  lbs.;  Onions,  scarce  at  2!V3c.  #  tb. 

Hides  and  Tallow.—  There  is  a  good  shipping  demand  for  Dry  Hides 
at  lSka  19c. ;  Wet  Salted,  8J@9c.  for  selections;  Tallow,  5@5£c. ;  for  Com- 
mon Good,  6@(iAc;  Refined,  9c. 


Wool. --The  inarkei  i,  strong.  Bales  during  the  week  from  private 
hands  aggregated  Boms  2,5  0,000  lbs.,  at   22&(S  26c,    for   pood  to  choice 

Northern  Fleece,  while  a I,  fair  averaged  condition   brought  15  tn 

all  unwashed  and  ungraded.  At  public  auction  on  the  2d  instant,  II.  M. 
NewhaU  ft  Oo.  held  their  Beoond  Spring  sale  at  the  wool  packing  and 
grading  warehouse  of  Falkner,  Bell  &  Co.     About  600  bah-,  were  sold  at 

J  ■ ',.-.,  for  w.-ll  mo  ti  tinned  Northern  fleece,  ungraded,  while  Son  thorn, 

of  fair  condition  and  Btaple  good,  Boldal  17(5  17;  ■. ;  other  lots  of  Southern, 
ofi  condition,  Bhort  staple,  Bold  at  bv.f"  '  '<.•.;  and  a  few   bales  Heavy  and 
K  irtby  with    Burrs,  Bold  at  8(H  LOc.    After  the  auction  bsvi  ral  lots,  un 
graded]  that  did  not  bring  Limits,  sold  at  private  sale  at  so    ■ 
upon  auction  prices. 

Uencrnl  Merclinntllfte. 

We  remark  an  improved  feeling  in  the  market  for  both  <  loffee  and 
Sugar,  with  free  purchases  of  Central  American  Green,  both  for  local 
trade  and  for  shipment  to  Chicago  and  St.  Louis,  at  10,  llt.Yc'JOe,  leaving 
the  market  strong  for  all  choice  lots.  Stocks  liberal.  The  \V.  H.  Mej  er, 
from  Honolulu,  has  arrived  since  our  lust,  with  3,936  kegs  and  1,363 
Hawaiian.  This  description  is  in  active  request  at  7'.<"  LOJc,  according  to 
grade.  The  Belgic,  from  Hongkong,  brought  5,955  bags  Refined.  This 
we  quote  at  10c  for  best  lots.  California  Kenned,  \M(a  134c;  Yellow  *  lof- 
fee, llJ^ll.V. 

Borax.— The  ship  Seminole,  for  New  York,  carried  2,975  cs.  Concen 
trated  and  500  cs.  Refined.     Prices   remain   substantially  the  same  as  for 
a  long  time  past — say  C(St7c.  for  the  former,  9(aj9Ac.  for  the  latter. 

Bags  and  Bagging.— The  mai-ket  continues  sluggish  for  all  kinds. 
We  quote  Burlap  Grain  Sacks,  22x30,  Si©8tfc. 

Quicksilver.— Our  receipts  for  four  months  of  the  past  two  years 
stand  thus:  1876, 16,630  flasks.;  1877,  25,271  flasks.  Our  exports  have 
been  about  sufficient  to  consume  the  entire  product,  leaving  only  a  light 
stock  surplus.  Our  monthly  production  is  about  5,000  flasks.  During 
the  week  there  have  been  free  buyers  at  41Ac.  for  export,  which  is  the 
closing  rate. 

Rice. —The  Belgic,  from  Hongkong,  brought  20,365  bags.  Stocks 
heavy  and  business  light  at  5@5£c.  for  China,  4$@5c.  for.Japan.and  Ha- 
waiian Table. 

Brandy,  Spirits,  and  Whisky. —The  market  for  Native  Crape 
Brandy  seems  to  be  hardening  under  the  influence  of  the  so-called  Brandy 
Bill  regulating  the  Internal  Revenue  bonded  system.  The  stock  is  found 
to  be  much  less  than  was  expected  in  Warehouse.  Neutral  Spirits  com- 
maud  si. 22',  ;  *\.:\T\  for  Proof  Gallons;  while  Moormans  J.  H.  Cutter 
Old  Bourbon  continues  to  command  the  market  at  $3,50(5  5.50  per  gallon, 

Coal.  —There  is  rather  an  improved  tone  to  the  market  for  Australian 
Steam  Cargoes  to  arrive    say.  $9(5  $9.25,  while  Scotch  and  English  Steam 

continue  to  rule  low  less  than  cost  of  freight.  Seattle  and  other  Coast 
supplies  are  free,  at  sx.     Mt.  I  liablo  sells  at  even  a  less  price. 

Salmon.— We  are  beginning  to  receive  free  supplies  of  Case  Salmon 
from  Columbia  River.  The  early  receipts,  for  the  most  part,  will,  with- 
out doubt,  be  delivered  on  contract.    There  is  a  ship,  now  on  the  berth, 

prepared  to  load  Salmon  for  Liverpool  at  £2  freight.  We  o,uote  1  lh  cans 
at  >l ,55  per  dozen. 

For  New  York. —The  ship  Seminole,  in  the  Dispatch  line,  George 
Howes  &  ( 'o.,  lias  just  sailed  for  New  York  with  a  cargo  valued  at  $327, 
000,  consisting  in  part  of  Borax,  Bone  Dust,  loo  tons  Pig  Lead.  544  tons 
Iron  Ore,  84  tons  Copper  Orej  Oil  16,937  gallons  whale,  22,255  do. 
Sperm,  L,003  do.  Cocoanut.  3,234  do.  Coast  Whale  ;  Pepper,  449  sks.: 
Wine.  15,836  gallons  j  Wool,  1,207,144  lbs.,  etc. 

Overland  freights  Eastward  by  Central  Pacific  Railroad,  all  in 
pounds,  for  the  first  three  months  of  1875,  1876  and  1S77  were  17,386  056, 
14,302,121.  and  13,103,143  pounds,  respectively.  The  falling  off  tips  year 
is  in  Barley  shipments,  3,100,000  lbs.  Tea  shipments  have  also  fallen  off 
2,000,000  lbs.  Wool  has  increased  3,000,000  lbs.  These  are  the  most  im- 
portant variations. 

San  Franciscans  Abroad.  -P.wtis,  April  14th  :  W.  and  Mrs.  Beck- 
man,  Howard  Campson,  Mrs,  11.  Campson,  S.  H.  Carlisle,  S.  1).  Cary, 
F.  Donnelly,  C.  and  Mrs.  Dorris,  Mrs.  Ford,  Mr.  Fowler,  Miss  Fanny 
Fowler,  Miss  Nellie  Fowler,  Robert  I),  Guard,  Mrs.  *  t'Mcara,  Miss 
O'Meara,  Louis  S.  Schotield,  Mrs.  Sunderland  and  family,  Charles  Sutro, 
Mis.  S.  L.  Wright,  Miss  Lizzie  Wright,  Balph  Wright.  NAPLES,  April 
9th  :  R.  B.  and  Mrs.  Gray,  E.  S.  Meade.  LONDON,  April  14th  :  1  *.  I '. 
Davis,  H.  Duncan,  Alex.  Watson.  GENEVA,  April  11th  :  ( lharles  M.  and 
Mrs.  Crane,  Seth  Cook,  E.  Hull,  Miss  A.  S.  Sunderland,  K.  S.  Sunder- 
land. ROME,  April  9th  :  Mrs.  John  Kelly,  J.  F.  Kelly,  C.  W.  Stoddard, 
Florence,  April  11th  :  D.  Hewes,  J.  W.  Morse,  L.  A.  and  Mrs.  Sander- 
son.— American  Ilajinto;  April  14th, 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


May   5,  1877. 


CONDENSED    NEWS    OF   THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL. 

Saturday,  April  28th.— The  setting  off  of  red  lights  from  the  roof  of 
the  museum  on  Market  street,  near  Sixth,  caused  an  alarm  from  box  47, 
by  an  individual  who  thought  the  house  was  on  fire.— —The  Grand  Jury 
were  occupied  with  the  case  of  Autonia  Von  Apponig,  the  German  girl 
accused  of  murdering  Josephson.  She  claims  that  he  shot  himself  after 
seducing  her.— —Chief  Ellis  has  addressed  a  communication  to  the  B  tard 
of  Supervisors,  asking  that  action  be  taken  to  provide  the  family  of  Officer 
Cootes,  murdered  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty,  with  a  reasonable  com- 
pensation, as  they  are  left  destitute. 

Sunday,  29th.—  The  annual  picnic  of  the  Knights  of  the  Eed  Branch 
was  held  at  Fairfax  Station,  about  four  miles  beyond  San  Rafael.  It  was 
estimated  that  nearly  3,500  persons  attended. -^— The  Golden  Gate  Yacht 
Club  made  its  thirteenth  regular  excursion  round  the  bay  on  the  Az<ih_-nc. 
-^C.  T.  Christensen  was  elected  Cashier  of  the  Nevada  Bank  in  the 
place  of  N.  K.  Masten,  who  resigned  some  days  ago.  — -  Adam  Mann, 
shot  by  Patrick  McGeough,  on  board  the  steamer  Julia,  on  the  4th  inst., 
died  at  St.  Mary's  Hospital  of  his  wounds. 

Monday,  30th. —Charles  A.  Seley,  the  embezzler,  forger,  and  ab- 
ductor of  the  little  Cunningham  boys,  was  to-day  held  to  answer  for  the 
last  named  crime,  with  bail  fixed  at  §2,000.— —The  City  and  County  At- 
torney has  filed  a  complaint  in  the  Supreme  Court,  ou  behalf  of  the  city, 
to  compel  ex-Tax  Collector  Austin  to  pay  into  the  County  Treasury 
$208,708  22,  protested  taxes  held  by  him.  ■  Frank  Leslie  proposes  to 
photograph  the  principal  streets  of  San  Francisco  and  its  more  important 
buildings  for  publication  in  his  illustrated  newspaper.  ——Bryan  Don- 
nelly, the  belligerent  deputy  sheriff,  was  given  ten  days  to  perfect  his  ap- 
peal by  Judge  Ferral  to-day. 

Tuesday,  May  1st  —The  vacation  of  the  Fourth  and  Twelfth  Dis- 
trict Courts  virtually  began  to-day,  as  no  important  cases  will  be  taken 
up  until  after  July  9th.—  The  plasterers  have  at  last  acceded  to  the 
terms  of  the  Real  Estate  Associates,  $4  per  day  for  ten  hours,  and  work 
is  progressing  at  the  company's  new  building  on  Montgomery  street. 
Officers  Michaels  and  Wilson  have  collected  on  Dupont  street,  between 
Pine  and  Market,  §240  for  the  fund  for  the  benefit  of  the  widow  of  Officer 
Cootes,  which  altogether  will  reach  nearly  $2,000. 

Wednesday,  2d. — One  of  the  Russian  gunboats  ran  afoul  of  the 
training  ship  Jamestown,  in  Mission  Bay,  and  inflicted  some  damage. 
After  clearing  the  Jamestown  the  gunboat  ran  into  one  of  her  consorts, 
and  both  sustained  injury.— —Forty- two  cases  came  under  the  notice  of 
Coroner  Swan  last  month,  classified  as  follows  :  Murder,  3;  suicide,  9;  ac- 
cidental, (i;  manslaughter,  1;  natural  causes,  19;  human  remains,  2;  still- 
born, 2.  The  males  numbered  27,  and  females  13.— In  the  City  Court 
to-day  the  case  of  Julius  Maillhouse,  charged  with  attempt  at  extortion, 
was  continued  till  May  7th.  He  was  released  nn  his  own  recognizance. 
The  second  trial  of  Clarence  Mathews,  the  clairvoyant,  was  set  for  the 
14th. 

Thursday,  3d.— The  County  Court  will  be  in  session  on  Friday  and 
Monda}'  next,  and  then  adjourn  for  two  weeks,  holding  court  every  second 
week  thereafter  during  the  vacation.  '"  —  San  Quentin  is  filling  up  so  rap- 
idly that  a  n:\v  cell  building  with  accommodation  for  300  prisoners  will 
have  to  be  erected  immediately.  ■■■■The  man  who  saved  Margaret  Dillon 
from  being  burned  to  death  at  Sixth  and  Folsoni  streets  on  Tuesday  was 
Elliott  Wood,  living  at  No.  613  Linden  street. ^—  A  large  gang  of  men 
is  at  work  on  the  Frank  Jones  removing  ballast.  It  is  expected  that 
everything  will  be  in  readiness  by 'Friday  morning  at  high  water,  or  Sat- 
urday at  farthest,  for  another  attempt  to  pull  the  vessel  off. 

Friday,  4th.—  The  Sportsman's  Club  has  elected  the  following  officers: 
President,  W.  W.  Traylor;  Vice  President,  Arthur  M.  Ebbets;  Directors, 
Alexander  Weed,  D.  A.  McDonald  and  E.  F.  Preston.— The  Photo- 
graphic Art  Society  held  its  monthly  meeting  at  Marden'a  Gallery.— E. 
L.  Strohecker,  of  50S  Kearny  street,  has  just  published  a  map  of  the  seat 
of  war  in  the  East.—— Sir  William  Verner  and  family,  England,  are  at 
the  Palace.  — Fire  Marshal  John  L.  Durkee  was  thrown  from  his  buggy 
while  turning  the  corner  of  Third  into  Tehama  street.  He  received  a  se- 
vere ankle  sprain  and  several  bruises  about  the  body. 

TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  April  28th.  —  The  eighth  annual  -report  of  the  Board  of 
Indian  Commissioners  reviews  the  result  of  the  peace  system  and  depre- 
cates the  want  of  good  faith  r.f  the  Government  in  its  treatment  of  the 
Indians.  Colonel  Thomas  W.  Higginson,  one  of  the  oldest  of  the  old 
guard  of  Abolitionism  in  Rhode  Island,  writes  a  letter  to  the  Tribune 
heartily  indorsing  the  President's  action  in  withdrawing  the  garrisons 
from  the  State  House  of  Louisiana  and  South  Carolina.— Strong  efforts 
are  being  made  in  South  Carolina  to  secure  the  aid  of  the  President  to 
stop  the  prosecution  of  those  engaged  in  the  election  and  Hamburg  mas- 
sacres.——In  the  suit  of  the  English  owners  of  the  Emma  mine  against 
Park,  the  jury  this  evening  brought  in  a  verdict  for  defendant. 

Sunday,  29th.  --  An  old  citizen  of  Kansas  named  Dubars,  who  claims 
to  have  been  one  of  a  party  who,  when  the  Bender  family  emigrated  so 
suddenly  from  the  scene  of  their  manifold  murders  in  that  State,  followed 
their  trail,  and  having  encountered  them,  had  a  short,  sharp  tight,  which 
ended  in  the  summary  burial  of  the  whole  family.— The  unexpended 
balance  of  appropriations  for  harbor  improvements,  aggregating  over  two 
millions,  is  ordered  made  available  by  the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  pur- 
pose designed.  Rates  on  fourth-class  freight  have  advanced  on  the 
basis  of  40  cents  to  New  York. 

Monday,  30th.  —  During  the  temporary  absence  of  James  Hurd,  of 
North  Warren,  his  insane  wife  killed  their  son,  aged  ten  years,  and 
hanged  herself.— The  public  debt  statement  for  April,  which  will  be 
issued  on  Tuesday,  will  show  a  reduction  in  the  debt  for  the  current 
month  of  about  $3,500,000,  and  an  aggregate  reduction  since  July  1st  of 
about  $28,000,000.— Judge  John  E.  King  has  been  appointed  Collector 
of  the  port  cf  New  Orleans.  Judge  King  was  Judge  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Louisiana. -^Isaiah  Hanscom  has  been  relieved  from  duty  as 
Chiet  of  the  Bureau  of  Construction  in  the  Navy  Department,  and  John 
W.  Easley  has  been  assigned  to  duty. 


Tuesday,  May  1st  — The  Union  Banking  Company  of  Philadelphia 
closed  its  doors  this  morning,  and  it  was  discovered  that  the  cashier, 
James  A.  Hill,  is  a  defaulter  for  over  $25,000.  Depositors  will  be  paid  in 
full.— $300,000  in  gold  coin  was  shipped  to  Europe  to-day,  from  New 
York,  and  the  same  amount  is  being  packed  for  to-morrow's  steamer. 

Wednesday,  2d.  —  Some  Southern  men,  who  have  latety  talked  with 
the  President,  say  he  will  favor  the  passage  of  the  Texas  Pacific  Railroad 
bill.  He  has  lately  given  considerable  attention  to  the  subject. -—The 
Sun  reports  that  Keene  presented  W.  H.  Vanderbilt  with  a  team  of 
horses,  who  refused  to  accept,  but  offered  to  buy  them  at  a  fair  price. 
The  cun^ecration  of  Rev.  John  Lancaster  Spauldiug  as  Archbishop  of  the 
new  diocese  of  Peoria,  Illinois,  took  place  in  St.  Patricks  Cathedral. 

Thursday,  3d. —It  seems  the  life  of  the  murdered  Judge  Chisholm, 
of  Mississippi,  was  threatened  on  last  election  day,  and  he  was  not  allowed 
to  vote.  He  was  variously  intimidated,  and  it  is  insisted  by  Mississippi 
Republicans  that  he  was  finally  murdered  for  his  politics.  ""-Indications 
are  that  Southern  men  will  insist  on  the  Speaker  coming  from  their  sec- 
tion, and  will  attempt  to  defeat  Randall.  N.  C.  Musselman,  President 
of  the  Union  Banking  Company,  is  arrested  on  affidavits  of  the  cashier 
charging  the  President  with  embezzling  the  moneys  of  the  bank  and 
using  them  in  speculation. 

Friday,  4th.  —  Edgar  M.  More,  the  boy  who  shot  and  killed  Mabel 
Hall,  a  ballet  girl,  at  the  Theatre  Comique,  in  St.  Louis,  about  a  year 
aL'o,  and  who  was  convicted  of  murder  and  sentenced  to  be  hanged  June 
1st,  has  had  his  sentence  commuted  to  imprisonment  for  life.— —It  is 
rumored  to-night  that  a  political  combination  has  been  effected  which  will 
secure  the  election  of  General  Banks  as  Speaker  of  the  next  House  of 
Representatives. -^The  iron  molders  of  Virginia  City  are  on  a  strike  in 
consequence  of  a  ten  percent,  reduction.  No  demonstration  yet.  They 
are  expected  to  parade.—  John  T.  Daly,  owner  of  the  Winslow  Hotel, 
New  York,  and  an  old  Californian,  who  disappeared  last  Tuesday  morn- 
ing, is  still  missing. 

FOREIGN. 

Saturday,  April  28th.—  A  special  from  Pera  confirms  the  report  that 
Turkish  ships  have  commenced  an  atta  k  on  Shifka  ilsu,  on  the  easttrj 
side  of  the  Black  sea.— —Grand  Duke  Nicholas  and  staff  will  not  cross 
the  frontier  for  some  days.  The  health  of  the  troops  is  excellent,  iu  spite 
of  the  coldness  of  the  weather.^— The  occupation  of  Kalafat  bas  been 
given  up  for  strategical  reasons.  The  danger  of  a  collision  between 
Turkey  and  Rmimania  seems  obviated.  ^— It  is  stated  a  Turkish  fleet  is 
off  Odessa,  but  has  not  received  instructions  to  bombard  the  city. 

Sunday,  29th.— The  battle  at  Batoum  raged  throughout  yesterday. 
The  Russians,  commanded  by  the  Grand  Duke  Michael,  were  repnlsed 
with  heavy  loss.  The  Turks,  under  Hassan  Pasha,  suffered  a  slight  loss. 
The  Russians  resumed  the  attack  last  night  and  were  again  defeated  and 
driven  across  the  frontier.  ^— It  is  stated  that  the  Russians  captured  a 
Turkish  camp  at  Meikosdere  on  Wednesday,  and  afterwards  advanced  to 
Kissatch.  i-iASt,  Petersburg  telegram  states  that  the  Austrians  have 
remonstrated  with  the  Porte  against  its  alleged  intention  of  invading  Ser- 
vian territory. 

Monday,  30th.— During  the  night  entry  into  or  departure  from  the 
Bosphorus  and  Dardanelles  is  absolutely  prohibited.  All  light  will  be 
extinguished,  except  two  at  the  entrance  to  the  Bosphorus  and  two  in  the 
Dardanelles,  and  these  may  also  be  put  out.— —  The  Turkish  budget 
shows  a  deficit  of  $4,500,000. —England  has  issued  a  proclamation  of 
neutrality  on  the  Eastern  question.— Greece  only  delays  declaring  war 
until  the  Russians  cross  the  Danube. 

Tuesday,  May  1st.—  The  colossal  statue  of  Prince  Bismarck,  which 
was  exhibited  at  Philadelphia  last  year,  was  unvailed  at  Kissengen  yes- 
terday, close  to  the  spot  where  Kuhlmann  attempted  to  assassinate  the 
Prince.  —  The  Czar  has  telegraphed  to  the  Prince  of  Montenegro:  "I  am 
firmly  resolved  this  time  to  realize  the  sacred  mission  of  Russia  and  my 
predecessor.  God  will  aid  us."— —A  special  from  Odessa  says  that  by 
orders  received  on  Saturday,  Odessa  has  been  declared  in  a  state  of  siege. 
—  Passage  down  the  Danube  is  now  impossible,  owing  to  obstructions 
placed  by  Russians  at  the  mouth  of  the  Pruth. 

Wednesday,  2d.— It  is  reported  that  in  fighting  before  Kars  the 
Turks  were  driven  back.— —A  Vienna  correspondent  confirms  thenevs 
received  from  Erzeroum,  that  on  the  29th  and  30th  of  April  battles  wti  e 
fought  before  Kars,  but  the  result  is  unknown.-^—  The  first  engagement 
since  the  expiration  nf  the  armistice  has  occurred.  A  Herzegoviuau  in- 
surgent force  attacked  a  Turkish  vanguard  force,  near  Nevesinge,  killing 
fifteen.— The  Itusse  reports  that  an  English  steamer  entering  the  harbor 
of  Kertch  without  necessary  precautions  was  totally  destroyed  by  a  tor- 
pedo. — All  Mussulmans  in  Bosnia  and  Herzegovina  between  the  ages  of 
sixteen  and  sixty,  have  been  summoned  to  join  the  army  in  those  pro- 
vinces. 

Thursday,  -3d.  —  A  message  from  Vienna  gives  the  following  account 
of  the  battle  of  Kars:  The  center  of  the  Russian  army,  40,000  strong, 
under  Melikoff,  attacked  Mukhtar  five  miles  from  Kars  April  29th.  The 
Turks  fought  desperately.  The  Russians,  supported  by  powerful  artil- 
lery, succeeded  in  dislodging  them  from  their  position.  Mukhtar  called 
out  his  reserves,  and  attempted  on  the  30th  to  recover  the  lost  ground 
with  00,000  men,  but  was  defeated  and  driven  hack  under  the  guns  of 
Kar3.  The  Russian  losses  were  considerable;  those  of  the  Turks  enor- 
mous.——The  most  important  war  news  of  to-day  is  that  the  Russians 
have  a  number  of  ironclad  batteries,  drawing  only  a  few  feet  of  water,  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Dniester,  near  Akerman,  which  they  hope  to  safely  con- 
vey to  the  Kilia  mouth  of  the  Danube,  and  over  the  bar  to  the  town  of 
Kilia.     River  engagements  may  therefore  be  expected. 

Friday,  4th.  —  Ex-Queen  Isabella  requested  the  Pope  to  use  his  in- 
fluence with  King  Alfonso  to  dissuade  him  from  contracting  a  marriage 
with  any  Princess  not  of  the  Catholic  faith.  It  appears  that  the  Pope 
is  indisposed  to  interfere.^— About  fifty  shots  were  exchanged  between 
the  Russian  batteries  at  Ibraila  and  a  Turkish  turret-ship  and  a  gunboat. 
The  Russian  batteries  and  town  were  uninjured.  The  apparent  object  of 
the  Turks  was  to  ascertain  the  Russian  strength  and  the  position  of  the 
batteries.—  Numbers  of  Bulgarians  are  being  formed  in  battalions 
officered  by  Russians.  It  is  expected  that  at  least  one  division  umu'«.-r- 
ing  10,000  men.will  be  formed  of  Bulgarians  who  have  fled  into  Roumania. 


POSTS*  RIPT  TO  TIIK  SAN   FRANCISCO  NEWS    LETTER. 


HIS    SATANIC    MAJESTY    IN    SAN     FRANCISCO. 

■k  !     Hu  the  world  oon 
The  til  nil  thli  |  ..it-  n 

'.  qow  warn  t"  shun  it  meeting, 
\\  ith  bat*  pulled  dow  D  o*e?  fro*  niug  bl 

\\  hat  i.m.i,  men  an  t.»  let  their  uvea  be  Mi 
folly!  Home*  despoiled,  hopes  blaatad,  :  btodl 

when  will  thej  gel  ■  ndowed  with  lenaa!  and  not  i  profit, 

:,  beyond  tl  iket! 

Tl wner'a  thrive!  gel  aleek  .«'  mysterious  way. 

And  \  YouYe  told  "the  mines  don t  pay!" 

og  d  Ye  think  to  itand  tliis  fun.  beta  ad  duped,  and 

OS]  J 

To  let  tl  and  jeer  si  you  victims  that  they've  trapped! 

1  down  t"  -w.  11.  not  worth  a  pinch  "f  snuff; 
And  "  Belcher*'    now  no  loi  reallydcuced  I  oughl 

who  could  guess  how  many  that's  not  ' 
While  J  1 1  uel  jade    all  whom  she  once  had  Bmitten! 

Take  "  <  Iverman  "    clean  busted,  too!  and  <  '<onfidt  «•••'  that's  blamed 
For  what.  poor  thing,  's  ii"  fault  >>f  hers,  becai  -■     >  imedi 

I'M  /  ■  friends  ukuI. I  tike  to  utat  hares! 

And  you,  t-  iltyin'  with  your  bean! 

Hnw  Ophir's  followers  sigh  in  vain:  '  "■'  for  a  dividend]  " 
While  Panther  calls  out  lustily  f<  mend! 

'l^.ut  tiiii.'  -  ighl  away  de  dded 

T"  try  some  other,  which,  perhaps,  won't  t  urn  out  so  one-si 

II"!  hi 1  and  thunder!  here's  a  row!  a  Water  War,  by  Gad! 

lies  trying  to  i  never  had! 

Rive,  ten,  or  fifteen  millions  each,  and  they  kindly  will  present  as 
With  a  daily  quantum  of  fn  d  other  hich-toi 

Spring  valley,  though *s   the  modest  l<>t!  they'd  like  to  sell,  but 

won't 

lonot  like  to  see  the  city  quite  bi  in  they  don't! 

r  the  lowest!  his  wi  bhe  '*  t--stl  " 

Ami  while  they  'all  each  other  names,  -  the  best! 

Th-  Pilgrim  Pinney's  coming  back!  to  take  some  Government  billet. 
He  '11  a  here  'a  not  a  frill  hut  what,  yon  bet,  he'll  til?  it! 

And  Beales,  too!  he  's  been  beard  of  down  in  Panama's  balmy  clime, 
Where  he  basks,  and  chuckles  in  his  sleeve,  and  has  a  royal  time! 
Rut  mind  your  pockets  !  be  may  like  t>>  pluck  another  goose ! 
Another  wild-cat  mining  scheme  may  Boon  be  drifting  loose! 

3upervi  jors  hurt, 
ami  Roberts  tried  their  hand  at  lying  t  -in  the  dirt !     [rum, 
al  fur  the  citj  at.  hut  they  must  drive  with  more  deco- 

Por  if  this  state  of  a,  the  Board  won't  have  a  quorum  ! 

Potioeisecni  famous  n  hi  and  have  gained  a  solid  footing 

By  showing  at  the  Douglass-match  how  good  they  are  at  Bbooting  ! 
Maybe  tl  ot  so  drunk  that  he  failed  each  time  to  mark  it. 

For  ten  men  thi  r-  displayed  their  skill  —  they  ne'er  once  hit  the  target ! 
I  murderers,  hoodlums  and  the  like  how  secure  yon  all  must  feel 
With  such  a  hit  i.f  armed  police  !  what  havoc  won't  they  deal? 

Wit  it's  all  this  fnssV   this  m:i*(|iU'l"i<lr  '.'  a  sort  of   Devil's  mystery  ?    [tory  ? 

In  Sell's  name  what'*  #'»  sex ?  it's  shape?  what  is  the  "Creature's    his- 

Is  t  nun  or  woman,  this  St.  *  'lairV  a  witch  or  demon  sprite.' 

1  believe  it's  all  a  cunning  trick,  that  wouldn't  hear  the  light ! 

Ah  !  Theodore  Tilton's  come  to  give  you  sweet  lessons  in  free  loving, 

I  suppose  t  will  take  !  who  could  object  to  Religion  mixed  with  hugging? 

If  that's  "  Life's  Problem,"  I  can't  see  there's  any  need  of  tussling 

Th  solve  so  soft  a  kind  of  riddle  !  why,  it's  the  easiest  thing  in  puzzling. 

1  -aid  !  poor  erring  men  could  not  withstand  such  beauty, 
Antonia  Apponig's  got  scot  free  !— the  Law  has  done  its  duty! 
What  !  she  a  murderess  ',  't  were  too  had  to  bint  Buch  to  a  jury  ! 
That  form,  that  face,  so  pure,  so  good,  could  never  writhe  in  fury! 
Astoundii  ire's  Nato  now.  an  ex-jail  bird,  forsooth. 

Thinks  that  the  City— verdant  youth  !  —should  "ante  "  for  his  tooth/ 
Too  thin  ■'  had  't  been  i  tooth,  't  were  different,  but  'tis  plain 

He  never  had  one  !   but  will  find  his  trouble  's  all  in  vain. 


A    BUSHMAN'S    BRIDS. 


Many  curious  anecdotes  illustrative  of  the  manners  of  the  early  set- 
tlers in  Australia  art-  told  of  the  strange  progress  through  the  bush  made 
by  the  late  Mrs.  Chisholm.  On*1  of  these  describes  the  calmness  of  her 
attitude  when,  to  the  terror  of  the  party  of  girls  she  was  conducting,  a 
strong  bnshman  suddenly  sprang  from  the  thick  covert  and  laid  hold  of 
the  reins  of  her  horse.  The  driver  took  up  a  waddy  he  had  in  the  van  to 
strike  him  over  the  head,  taking  him  for  a  bushranger,  when  Mrs.  ( 'his- 
bolm  arrested  his  hand.  The  man  asked,  "Are  you  Mrs.  Ohisholm? ' 
"I  am!"  "You  are  the  very  person  I  wanted  to  see."  This  again  made 
the  driver  very  uneasy,  and  he  again  looked  wistfully  at  the  waddy. 
"Do  you  see  that  nice  looking  farm  on  the  side  of  the  hill?"  "I  do." 
"Well,  then,  the  face  and  smile  of  a  woman  never  crossed  my  threshold 
—now,  for  God's  sake,  Mrs.  Chisholm,  if  you  have  got  a  nice  Tipperary 
girl  with  you — leave  me  one,"  and  pulling  out  a  large  number  of  bank 
notes  he  added:  "This  is  the  thing  that  will  do  it  with  the  clergyman — 1 
wish  you  would  see  what  I  have  in  the  cottage— several  flitches  of  bacon, 
a  chest  of  tea,  a  bag  of  sugar,  and  plenty  of  everything.  Besides  I  have 
a  bullock  dray,  horses,  cows  and  calves,  with  lots  of  fowls  and  pigs  too." 
Mrs.  Chisholm  said  to  this  modest  bnshman,  "I  have  several  nice  Tip- 
perary girls  with  me  in  the  drays,  but  at  present  I  am  going  through  the 
District  and  I  never  make  matches  on  the  road."  "  Oh,  I  would  feast 
your  whole  party  for  a  week  if  you  would  only  consider  my  case,  and 
may  God  bless  you!"  Mrs.  Chisholm  did  settle  on  a  farm  not  far  off  a 
nice  Tipperary  girl  that  she  thought  would  suit  this  well-to-do  bnshman, 
and  bad  no  fear  that  he  would  not  soon  find  her  out,  and  some  months 
afterwards  Mrs.  Chisholm  had  the  pleasure  of  hearing  of  their  marriage. 


News  has  at  length  been  heard  from  Captain  Burnaby,  the  hero  of  the 
*'Hide  to  Khiva."  The  gallant  officer,  we  learn  from  Constantinople, 
has  returned  from  Kars,  and  recommenced  his  return  journey  to  England. 
He  does  not  think  either  the  Russian  or  the  Turkish  army  in  Asia  suffi- 
citntly  prej  ared  for  war. 


CRADLE.  ALTAR.  AND  TOMB. 


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i:  toi  -     i  .    I    i    I  liter 

i .  ■ ,  .       .  ,  re  of  1 

Qcion    m  this  city,  April  SO,  to  the  wife  of  1> 

in  this  oltj .  U  ■■.■■■   ;  J.  B-  Oai     nl      iaoi 

Lpi  1127,  to  tho  v 
'  In  i  takl  "nl.  ■    wife  of  J,  J,  Hannifin, 

1  ■  i  -.,■.  I  i.  II  Jacobs,  ■ 

Kvi  v- ii.i     in  this  city,  nay  L,  to  the  wife  of  M.  Ku<  n 

In  this  city,  Ma}  ■',  to  the  wlfool  David  M.  Sell  m, 
Luiir    In  this  city,  April  27,  to  the  wife  o'l  11   r  Luhr,  a 

In  tin   city,  April 29,  to  the  wifeo-I  Abraham Lachman,  s     m. 
i  In  tl  tlay  2,  to  the  wife  of  Jacob  Luchslnger,  ■  d  raghb  r. 

In  tWs  city.  May  2.  to  tho  wife  ol   tugust  Mehrten     

In  this  city.  May  1,  to  tho  wifo  of  S.  II   Pomeroy, 
1  in  this  citj  Mi-,  i.  to  th-  «if-'  of  .1   If.  Bademaker,  ;i  daughter. 

In  thla  city,  Mu  I,  to  tho  wife  of  J.  H.  Stanley,  a    on. 

i  i  i  ■      In  this  city,  April  SO, 1 I  Fred  Toklu,  a  daughter. 

Wuiski.v    in  i in-  city,  April  24,  to  the  wife  ol  W.  I .  J.  Wrinkle, 

ALTAR. 

Bbrkard-L     dstrou     In  this  city,  April  28,  John  F  Bernard  to  J.  I    I Istrora 

i :  a    In  this  city,  April  29,  Wm.  Beyer  to  B,  M.  Btutto 
1 1  i.     In  thin  city,  April  SO,  Jos.  Burkey  to  Mrs  C. '  arpenter. 
Qardixo-Lachiias    iii  this  city,  March  15,  ES.  n    n  u-.i  i  n_  to  i;   Lachman. 

JOOBT-Sl  IIROBDBB      In  this  '  it>  ,  April  'J.'.,  Merlin  JoOSt  I"  KmtO  Bchroeder, 

In  iin-  city,  \|>r;l  29,  L^uls  Kurt  to  Gertrude  Koenlg 
Lawboh-Lai  sib    In  this  city,  May  ^,  Wm,  A.  Lawson  to  Margaret  8,  Lauria 
Mi  Ki,\/n;-iii:.\i.v- In  thu  city,  April  28,  Geo.  B   McKeudeto  Emma  W,  Healey. 
PATrBRsox-AppLBTOK— In  this  ritv.  April  'J.'.,  Ail:nn  Patterson  toG.  a.  ii  Anpleton, 
u.m'li  \n.-Ai;i'.Ari.\M>    In  this citv,  Uaj  I,  Root,  K.  Raphael  to  Rebecca  Abrahams. 
Btbwart-Rab— In  this  L'it;-,  April  26,  John  K.  Stewarl  to  Agnes  Rae. 
W'hiti:  Bjuoas    in  this  >!i...  Maj  i.  Geo  L.  White  to  i.i.v.n  U   Reagan. 
ZuiNs-Born-  in  tiii.-.  city,  May  i,  Otto  T,  Zinns  to  .Mary  A.  Boyd. 

TOMB. 

Barhlsv    In  this  city,  April  '27,  Wm  Barkley,  aged  79  years. 
Hi  imicK—  in  this  eitj ,  m,i>  i,  Jessie  a.  Burdick,  aged  U yearn 
Coi       in  this  rit.\ ,  April  29,  Robert  George  Cove,  aged  *2 "years, 
in  bll  --in  tins  rit\,  April  29,  Jos.  Duell,  aged  58  years. 
Forduah    In  tlii.-  city,  Mas  -■  Margaret  Fonlbam.agcd  65  years. 
Ki;i.i.i\  -In  Oakland,  May  2.  John  K  Felton,  agod  w  years. 
Qrbns  in-   in  this  city,  April  26,  Ellen  T.  Grennan,  aged  25  years. 
Hbalv— In  this  city,  AprOSO,  Cecilia  T.  Bealy,  aged  28  years. 
Kklley  — In  this  city,  May  t.  Sidney  Kelly,  aged  (JO years. 
Kb  minvv  -  In  tl:i-  ritv,  M.i\  'J,  lMriirl  Kouniey,  aged  46  years. 
Krhp— In  this  city,  May  2,  Catherine  Anne  Kemp,  aged  4.r.  year-. 
McGivbrh    in  this  city,  May  E,  Patrick  McGivera,  aged  2:t  years. 

Nkwstkad  -In  Fruitvale,  April  liii,  John  Ncwsteail,  ageel  11   yearn. 
O'KEBPE— III  this  city,  Map 2,  Mary  O'Keefe,    aged  :i'.l  years. " 
Parrisii— Iii  this  city,  April  SO,  Aaelia  Parriah,  aged  67  years, 
Roberts  —  IiAhis  eity,  April  .SO,  .Mar\  .lulia  Iloherts,  aged  10  iniinths. 
Smith— In  this  eity.  .Ma>  1,  Chas.  Smith,  «ged  50  years. 
sii.i.iv  is— In  this  city,  May  ■'!,  John  Sullivan,  aged  42  years. 
Van  Duersbn — In  this  city,  April  no,  Nettie  Van  Duersen,  aged  23  years. 
Wilson—  hi  this  eity,  May  1,  Ubas.  Wilson,  aged  50  years, 
Wi;i,sii     In  this  eity,  Ma\  -J,  Bridget  Welsh,  aged  7s  years. 


WESTON  AISTD  O'LEARY. 
Speaking  of  the  late  contest  between  Weston  and  O'Leary  in  London, 
the  Daily  Telegraph  Bays:  The  exhibition  is,  in  every  sense  of  the  word,  a 
very  remarkable  one.  Taking  O'Leary'a  performance,  we  find  that  lie 
walked  in  all  520  miles  in  six  days.  This  gives  an  average  of  more  than 
86  miles  to  the  day,  and,  under  any  circumstances,  86  miles  is  a  wonderful 
day's  journey.  Captain  Barclay's  great  achievement  of  1,000  miles  in 
1,000  hours  comes  by  a  rough  arithmetic,  which  diregards  fractions  to  24 
miles  a  day  for  41  days,  or  thereabouts.  Now,  there  is  obviously  a  wide 
difference  between  80  miles  a  day  for  six  consecutive  days,  and  24  miles  a 
day  for  41  consecutive  -lays,  and  by  this  difference  O'Leary  is  a  better  and 
fitter  man  than  the  famous  gentleman  pedestrian  of  the  last  generation. 
Wc-st'iii,  on  the  other  hand,  to  do  him  justice,  was  beaten  by  so  little  that, 
morally,  he  can  claim  to  have  scored  a  "tie."  He  was  outwalked  by  ten 
miles  only,  thus  losing  in  each  day  no  more  than  a  mile  and  two-thinls. 
This  is  a  very  r  arrow  margin  on  80  miles,  and  it  may  fairly  be  maintained 
for  all  practical  purposes  that  the  one  man  is  as  good  as  the  other. 
O'Leary  is  the  better  walker,  and  has  the  neater  style  of  the  two. 
Weston  has  greater  endurance,  andean  do  with  less  sleep.  This  being 
admitted,  it  is  perhaps  as  well  that  matters  should  rest  where  they  are, 
and  that  no  steps  should  be  taken  for  a  return  match. 

A  somewhat  extraordinary  statement  is  made  by  the  not  over- 
veracious  Paris  Figaro.  It  is  to  the  effect  that  the  Legitimist  party  in- 
tends raising  a  subscription,  the  object  of  which  would  be  to  buy  back 
Lorraine,  and  present  that  province  to  the  C'omte  de  Chambord,  who 
would  return  it  to  France  on  ascending  the  throne.  "  We  do  not  doubt," 
Bays  the  Figaro,  "  that,  as  we  have  said  before,  all  who  love  their  country 
will  joyfully  accept  such  a  resolution.  The  sum  would  not  exceed  400,- 
000,000  francs;  it  would  not  come  up  to  500,000,000  francs.  We  are  told 
that  a  great  family,  of  ancient  lineage  and  well  known  to  every  one,  has 
already  subscribed  1,000,000  francs.  Of  course,  this  subscription  would 
be  an  advance  made  to  France,  and  those  who  take  part  in  this  patriotic 
movement  would  be  reiumbursed  according'  to  conditions  to  be  affixed 
hereafter.  This  would  increase  the  chances  of  the  Com te  de  Chambord, 
who,  as  every  one  knows,  has  never  cost  France  anything."  Unfortu- 
nately for  this  fine  combination,  remarks  the  Paris  correspondent  of  the 
Times,  the  consent  of  the  parties  is  required,  and  the  Germans  do  not 
seem  inclined  to  close  with  the  bargain.  This  is  a  good  occasion  for  re- 
membering the  proverb,  "A  bird  in  the  hand  is  worth  two  in  the  bush," 
or,  as  the  French  have  it,  "  Un  boa  tieiis  vaut  mieux  que  deux  tit  Vawas." 


Paying  the  Piper—Settling  the  plumber's  bill. 


POSTSCRIPT   TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO   ^EWS  LETTER. 


May  5, 1877. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

Recorded  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  California,  for  the 
Week  ending  May  3,  1877. 

G 'implied  from  the  Records  of  the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKillop  cfc  Co., 
401  California  Street,  £>'a?i  Francisco. 


"Wednesday,  April  25th. 


GRANTOR  TO  GRANTEE. 


DESCRIPTION. 


Pat'k  O'Neill  to  Mich-]  O'Neill.... 

Wm  E  iVorth  to  Wm  B  Swain 

M  de  Snzato  J  Hapgerly 

Chas  Johnson  to  Marg't  Johnson. 
CSkidtnoretoE  E  Eyre 

Wm  Wi  liter  to  Geo  Winter 

Jesse  R  Smith  to  C  Moulthrop 

P  G  Partridge  to  BJ  Shay 

Wm  HolHa  to  Jas  McGinn 

BJ  Shay  to  Victol  Biuet 

Same  to  Rob't  Bragg.  Jr 

Same  to  Jercjniah  Clifford 

Same  to  Jos  Coffey 

Same  to  Denis  Kane  

Jos  P  Cuntin  to  EdwP  Flint 

J  Quast  to  Philip  Hoehn 

W  Richardson  to  Louie  Zeh 

Louis  Zeh  to  W  Richardson 

Geo  Pennc  to  H  Biirroi  Ihet 

NP  Perine  to  Geo  M  Periue 


S  25th,  152:3  e  Church,  50x11-1 

Se  Folsom,  4"  sw  Hawthorne,  33x75 

Potrero  w.  20  n  23d, -25x100 

N  28th,  100  w  Dolores,  25x114 

S  Pine,  175  w  Buchanan,  37:0x137:6,  sub 

tomort  for  $3,000 

Strip  of  ne  hi  sect  2-1,  t  2  s,  r  6  w 

Jones  w,  87:0  s  Geary,  25x00 

SwArmy  and  Church,  228xS0 

Nw  Ellis  and  Pierce,  27:lixl00 

Church  w,  70  s  Army,  25x80 

Nw  Church  and  27th,  51x70 

Nw  Church  and  Army,  80x50 

Church  w,  50  s  Army,  26x80 

Church  \v,  51  n  27th,  25x80 

S  Ridley,  180:8  w  Mission,  w  30,  etc 

S  24th,  101:10  e  Noe,  50:11x114 

Sundry  lots  in  Tide  Lands 

Snndrv  lots  in  Tide  Lands 

'Ne  Gtb,  75  se  Bryant,  50x00 

ISamc 


5,000 


Thursday,  April  26th. 


Wm  lloilis  to  L  F  Stvles 

L  F  Styles  to  Elizabeth  Styles  . 
p  G  Partridge  to  Thos  Magee.. 
Thos  Nelson  to  Abner  Doble  .. 


Same  to  same 

Same  to  Ellz'th  Nelson 

Geary  St  Ex  H  As'n  to  II  Mahan  . 

Jos  M  Comerlord  to  J  Moore 

Wm  Iloliisfo  A  T  Green 

Same  to  Thos  Kelly 

Same  to  WRPuriutoo 

G  M  Rnnire  to  R  Brother  ton 

City  and  Co  S  F  to  John  H  Baird  . 
Pat'k  O'Connor  to  R  O'Connor.., 


Same  to  Pat'k  Byrne 

J  R  Spring  to  S  M  Mezes.. 


S  M  Mezes  to  Patrick  Liuchey  . . 
T  B  Vallentine  to  J  Sagemiller.. 
Geo  Tor  re  n  s  to  Sarah  Torrens.. 
T  J  Bedford  to  W  G  Wayman  . . . 

Mary  El!is  to  C  A  Curtis 


W  Joice,  115:0  n  Price,  n  22x77 

Same 

Se  Stevenson,  235  ne  4th,  20x70 

S  Mission,  250  e  2d,  25x80;  also,  e  Ever- 
ett. 275  w  3d,  OOxSO;  also,  ne  Fremont, 
137:0  Be  Market,  se  45:10x107:6 

Sundry  lots  in  Western  Addition 

50-v  lotBl  and  6,  blk  418,  W  A 

Lots  3,  4,  9,  10,  blk  209.  Geary  St  Ex  Hd 

N28th,  175  e  Church,  25x114 

W  Valencia,  31:7  s  20th,  s  73:5x110 

E  Valencia,  126  n  21st,  n  23y80 

E  Stevenson,  107  b  20th,  6  22x75 

E  Laguna,  100  s  Union,  e  50,  etc 

Sundry  lots  in  Western  Addition 

Com  22  ft  ft  ne  cor  of  Gilbert  st  and  lotl 
owned  by  Harriet  Miles,  etc 

Com  at  s  cor  of  Harriet  Miles  lot  on  Gil- 
bert st,  22x36 

Com  61:93$  w  Waverly  pi  and  94:6>.i  n 
Clay,  25:9Hi  x35:9  J< 

W  Waverly  pi,  08:9  n  Clav,  28:7'.iv01:9.'v 

Nw  Sutter  and  Webster,  2x137:0 '.. 

N  Clay,  179:6  e  Larkin ,  e  20.  etc 

Se  17th  and  Sanchez,  e  76,  etc  ;  also,  ne 
17th  and  Sanchez,  <;  S2,  etc 

Nw  Eldorado  and  Vermont,  50x100;  also 
a  lot  25x100  adjoining  on  Eldorado  st. 


5 

9,200 


Friday,  April  27th. 


Wm  Mollis  to  Jno  Wigmore 

J  M  Livingston  to  Llovd  Tevis  .. 
Geo  Edwards  to  W  H  Peckham.. 

H  Joseph  to  Citvand  Co  S  F 

Jno  G  Kel  logg  to  Wm  Hollis 
Same  to  same 


Wm  Hale  to  same 

S  V  H'd  As'n  to  Edw  P  Hodnett. 

Wm  Hollis  to  CC  O'Donnell 

Peter  Deeo  to  Geo  A  Barnett 

F  Ackerman  to  Mary  Marcbini... 
B  E  Babcock  to  City  and  Co  S  F. 

E  W  Burr  to  M  Brnroa»im 

Wm  H  Benson  to  M  Moritz 


David  Hunter  to  City  and  Co  S  F 


C  Bcngenheimer  to  Geo  Haas  . 
Nellie  M  Mel  to  same 


N  Vallejo,  125  e  Laenna,  25x137:6 

Ne  Franklin  and  Clay,  137:0x127:8%... . 

S  18th.  75  w  Hartford,  25x75 

W  Dnpont,  23  s  Sutter,  22x30 

NCal,  191:9  w  Lamina,  30x137:0 

S  Sac  to,  137  0  e  Buchanan,  137:6x137:6  ; 

n  Cal'a,  137:0  e  Buchanan,  53:9x137:6  ; 

n  Cfll'a,  137:6  w  Laguna,  53:9x137:6  .. 

50-vara  2  and  5,  W  A  230 

Lot  4,  bik42,  S  V  H'd 

Ne25th  and  York,  50x95 

Sw  Polk  and  O  Farrell,  100x120,  subject 

to  mortgage  for  $11,000 

S  25th,  50:10  \v  Church,  50:11x114.... 

W  Dnpont,  40  n  Sutter,  42x30 

W  Mason,  68:9  s  Pacific,  s  08:9,  etc  .. 
E  Folsom,  65  b  23d,  s  30x90,  subject  to 

mortgage  lor  $1,000 

W  Duponl,  42  s  Bush,  84x30  ;  also,  nw 

Dnpont  and  Sutter,  40x30 

N  Jersey,  250  w  Noe,  80x114        

Com  SO  w  Larkin  and  CO  n  Geary,  30x30 


12,300 
5 


Saturday,  April  28th. 


J  R  Basford  to  Benj  C  Wright  . 
S  F  Sav  Union  to  Wm  Noethig 

F  F  Feiscl  toM  P  While 

J  C  Moody  to  Choa  Skidmore, . 
Thos  Jennings  to  J  G  Jackson 


S  Bush,  55  eGough,  27:0x120 

W  Minna,  140  n  15th,  35x80 

Nw  Minna,  90  sw  11th,  25x80 

S  Pine,  175  v*  Buchanan,  37:0x137:6 

N  Sutter,  160  e  Franklin,  5x120 

Rich'd  McCunn  to  Micb'l  Welsh. .  Is  3:)lh,  75  w  Dolores,  w  70,  etc 

GMiddlehoh"  to  Marg't  Wickman.lS  Oak,  188:9 e  Franklin,  e  44,  etc 

Jno  Farrell  to  H  E  Bullivar.t 'W  Noe,  105  s  15th,  25x110 

CB  Greenfield  to  F  J  Greenfield  ..IN  O'Farrcll,  132  w  Steiner,  22x82:6 

Wm  Young  to  City  and  Co  S  F... .   W  Dupont,  87:6  s  Sutter.  25x3i) 

G  Kennedy  to  C  McCarthy IN  Vicksbui'L',  09 s  22d.  22:6x100 

Hiram  Tnbbs  to  Edw  A  Davies  ...  ;lowa  w,  83:6  n  Sierra,  n  05,  etc 

C  M  Hitchcock  to  Peter  Dean iNe  Valencia  and  22d,  e  125,  n  63:8,  w  to 

Valencia,  s  55:4  to  com 

Ne  Valencia  and  22d,  e  90,  n  58:0,  w  to 
Valencia,  s  52:6  to  com 

E  Folsom,  120  n  34th,  104x245 

N  cor  Howard  and  Grant  av,  56:8x187:6. 

Elsis.  104:2?a  s  12th,  s  48:5?i,  e  75,  n 
1H,  w  75  to  com 

W  Broderick,  77:7JU  n  Cal,  27:6x82:6  . . . 

N  Post,  180:5  wOctavia,  25:ll)xl29 

Snndry  lots  in  different  parts  of  city 

Broderick  w,  105:1  %  u  Cal ,  27:6x82:6. . . 

Lot  3,  Rebekah  Grove  sect  1 ,  O  F  Cem  . 

Larkin  w,  25  u  Greenwich,  25x105; " 


Peter  Dean  to  J  H  Schleef.. 


F  C  Havens  to  C  Chnrchill , 

Micb'l  Skelly  to  Wm  II  Harden. 
Wm  J  Shaw  to  Caroline  Wood. . . 


Rob't  Smith  to  Mary  Nevers., 
Jas  Donovan  to  LAuerbach., 
Wm  De  Witt  to  Jane  De  Witt 
Rob't  Smith  to  J  O  BeBse  .... 
O  F  Cem'ty  As'n  to  Mrs  L  Howrey 
A  Hamilton  to  Bridget  Bannan 


Same  io  Cath  Griffith i  Larkin  w,  50  n  Greenwich,  50x105:9 

Willow's  L  As'n  to  W  H  Baylcss  .'Mission  w,  210  s  IS th,  25x80 

Paul  T'ct  H'd  As'n  to  J  Donnelly. 'Lot  8,  blk  59,  Paul  Tract  H'd 


S4,2.i0 

1,400 

5 

8,000 

1,200 

1,000 

6000 

850 

Gilt 

14,945 

2.4U0 

500 

7,500 

6,C00 

5 

12,300 

2,800 
1,000 
6,500 
Gift 
1,000 
225 
1,250 
2,500 
2,750 
500 


Monday,  April  3&th. 


Josiah  Moulton  lo  J  Spotti?wood. 

B  J  Shay  to  Jas  Murphy 

H  F  William  to  Edw  H  Parker... 
A  Brand  to  Franco  Amor  Sav  B'k 
Chas  Kornleld  to  Wm  K  Rogers  . 


D  Spreckles  to  Wm  Uhler 

Wm  T  Fonda  to  Jno  Bayo 

S  and  L  Socy  to  P  C  McNulty.. 

Mathew  Killian  to  same 

P  C  McNulty  to  Mary  Drucker.. 

Wm  Tavlor  to  Jos  Holland 

F  Jacobi  to  H  Schmieden 

A  T  Green  to  J  no  Reagan 


Mutual  R  E  Co  to  Mary  Wiese  .... 

Same  to  same 

FLA  Pioche  to  J  H  Rawlings.... 

J  J  Hintz  to  C  Donovan 

GT  Vincent  to  Geo  F  Sharp 

A  B  Grogan  to  K  C  Harrison 

Mary  A  Green  to  Wm  A  Green 


Wm  A  Green  to  Mary  A  Green. . . . 


Elvira  W  Hobbs  to  J  K  C  Hobbs. 


Nw  Ellis  and  Steiner,  137:6x137:6 

W  Church,  128  s  Army,  26x80 

N«  25th  oud  Vicksburg,  75x114 

E  Sanaoni'*,  54  s  Green,  82:6x137:6 

TJnd  X  n  cor  Folsom  and  Harriet,  ne  50, 
etc;  nw  Folsom.  75  ne  Harriet,  25x75. 

W  Folsom,  125  S22d,  50x122:6 

N  Sac'lo.  137:6  e  Baker.  55x117:*'.! 

Ne  30th  and  Sanchez, 30x1 14 

Same 

Same 

D29d,75e  Alabama,  50x104 

N  Sutter,  68:9  e  Octavia,  68:9x120 

S  23d,  148  w  Dolores,  w  21x100  ;  also,  e 
Chattanooga,  100  s  23d,  25x117 

Ne  Mission  aud  20th,  30x95 

Same 

Lots  9  and  10,  blk  47,  City  Land  As'n... 

E  G  uerrero,  75:6  a  21st,  25x100 

50-vara  3  and  6,  in  N  B  Water  blk  4 

Se  Market,  80  sw  9th,  100x160 

Und  H  nw  Battery  and  Greenwich,  275x 
137:6;  also,  und  \;  nw  Market,  141:10^ 
e  Eddy,  e  45,  etc;  also,  s  ElliB,  137:6  e 
Powell,  e  25:7,  etc 

TJnd  2-3  nw  Market,  141:10!4  e  Eddy,  e 
45,  nw  62:6,  etc;  also,  s  Ellis,  163:1  e 
Powell,  e  112:2,  etc 

All  interest  in  the  partnership  property 
of  Hobbs,  Pomeroy  &  Co 


11,000 
400 
300 


7,300 

10.250 

2,200 

500 

1 

550 

2.800 


2,100 
4,000 
4,000 

180 
1,325 

400 
67,500 


Tuesday,  May  1st. 


Henry  C  Droger  to  J  Hasshagen. 
J  R  Mains  to  A  W  Thompson  . . . 

Jno  White  to  Fanny  White 

Wm  F  Cashman  to  Jas  Simpson , 

Jno  B  Robins  to  S  K  Adonis 

J  M  Comerford  to  T  Pringle 

Jno  Hinkel  to  Wm  0  Fox 

M  H  Garland  to  GeoJReber 

B  J  Shay  to  Henry  Godln 

F  S  Wensinger  to  C  Nelson 

Jno  Grant  to  O  de  Brettvllle. 


Mary  A  Mowry  to  Marg't  Grace.. 

WmHaletoPaul  Bunker 

Pa  til  Bunker  to  A  L  Sweetland 

Wm  Hollis  to  E  H  Shearer 

Geo  McWilliams  to  Wm  Murphy 
H  E  Broohs  to  Julius  Jacobs..  .., 
M  McGaughran  to  Jas  Tuohy..... 


Nw  6th  and  Brannan,  85x75 

Und  hi  50-vara  lots  1,  2,  in  blk  318,  W  A 
Nw  Pacific  and  Gougb,  265:2^x137:5... 

Nw  Turk  and  Polk,  137:fixl37:6 

WKansaB,  100  s  Yolo,  50x100 

E  Church,  I01:fin28th,  25x100 

Lois  2,  7,  por  of  8,  blk  10,  Excelsior  H'd 

S  25th,  50:11  e  Noe,  5H;llxl44 

W  Church,  101  s  Army,  25x80 

N  Folsom,  25  sw  Harriet,  25x75 

NFtancisco,  137:6  w  Larkin, 137:6x137:6 

Dolores  w,  151:6  n  28tb,  25x100 

S  Cal,  206:3  w  Buchanan,  25x137:6 

S  Cal,  181:3  e  Webster,  25x137:6 

E  Laguna,  150  s  Green,  75x100 

S  28th,  105  w  Sanchez,  25x114 

W  Deviso,  137:6  n  Eddv,  25x125 

S  Union,  110:8  w  H)de,  21x05 


15,000 

500 

Gift 

59,000 

800 

500 

1,300 

750 

400 

4,000 

3,000 

600 

5 

4,000 

2, '.125 

300 

1,000 

1,650 


Wednesday,  May  2d. 


H  S  andL  Soc'y  to  W  Morrissey  .'W  Sanchez,  28:6  s  16th,  25x100 

A  J  Plate  to  Clans  Spreckles IPotrero  Nuevo  blks  11  and  16 

Univ'ty  College  to  S  FT  Seminary  S  Haight,  137:6  w  Octavia,  68:9x137:6.. 


Louis  Peres  to  CF  Wagner  , 

Ch  as  Skidmore  to  E  E  Eyre 

Jno  Hiukle  to  B  M  Uundrup 

!  A  R  Hvnes  to  Julius  Jacobs 

JosMKinley  toEF  Ohra 

Frank  Tilford  to  Mary  Riley 

Peter  E  Martin  to  F  E  Weygant. 

1st  Seamen's  Bethel  to  same 

Isaac  Barker  to  Jno  Cox 

Jos  Brandestein  to  S  B  Waltson 

J  D  Casebolt  to  Henry  Koch 

J  McDonald  to  Jas  Donovan 

L  L  Robinson  to  Jno  Carroll 

B  J  Shay  to  Jno  S  Barrett 

A  Fielding  to  Jno  Daniel 

E  Robertson  to  J  N  McKay 

Same  to  same 

Jno  Carroll  to  L  L  Robinson 

E  O  R  Kasten  to  Edw  Pique 

O  F  Redfiekl  to  SP  Dewey 

S  Parcell  to  A  E  Chamberlin. . . . 
P  S  McNeal  to  Caroline  C  Reed. 
Jos  Godchaux  to  I  Newberger  .. 


jSwlstav.  250sePst,  32x100... 

IS  Pine.  175  w  Buchanan,  37:6x137:6 

S  Russia,  100  e  London' 50x100 

Lot  5,  b!k  23.  lot  2.  blk  22,  Noe  Gard  Hd 

E  Folsom,  lOOn  24th,  n  52,  etc 

N  Bay,  137:6  w  Hyde,  31x137:0 

N  Mission,  275  ne  2d,  37x100 

Same 

E  Treat  av,  156  s  23d,  78x122:6 

Sundry  lots  in  different  parts  of  city.... 

N  Harry  pi,  187:6  e  Lacuna,  27:6x80 

W  Mission,  90  n  Willows,  23:4x80 

Com  100  s  15th  &125w  Sharon,  s  100,  etc 
.  IE  Howard,  215  s  22d,  45x122:6  ;  also,  w 

Webster,  24  n  Kate,  24x81:3 

.  E  Baker,  77:7  s  Sac'to,  55x82:6 

.  N  Kate,  113:9  w  Buchanan,  23:9x89:6  ... 

.  N  Kate.  90  w  Buchuuan,  23:9x89:6 

.  E  Sanchez,  148:3?-.,  n  Market.  el9:63£,  etc 
.  Se  Arlington,  322  ne  Miguel,  ne  81,  etc. . 
.  Lots  2  and  3,  blk  200,  Golden  City  H'd. . 
.  |E  San  Jose  av,  53  s  Serpentine,  30x80.. 

.jSundrv  lots  in  different  parts  of  city 

.lW  Folsom,  148  s  17th,  25x122:0 


$1,100 
3,500 
12,000 
16.000 
S.0O0 
160 

3,300 

1,600 

12,500 

1 

7.11110 
'  1 
1.411 
4.600 
1,000 


975 
975 
2,200 
400 
250 
1 

10 
2,000 


Thursday,  May  3d. 


Theo  von  Borstel  to  Chas  Quast  ..|S  Sac'to,  182:6  w  Larkin,  30x118 

P  JMogan  to  J  H  Jones S  25th,  152:9  e  Noe,  50:11x114 

Maria  A  Haskell  to  B  B  Briggs... .  jSw  2d,  175  sw  Harrison, 35x90 

J  Hutchinson  to  R  Hutchinson ]N  17th,  160  w  Guerrero,  w  50,  etc 

R  F  Morrow  to  S  Glazier Ne  5lh  and  Towusend,  183:4x120 

Geo  Tait  to  E  Anderson Nw  Minna,  96  ne  2d.  21x60 

J  H  O'Brien  to  B  J  Shay    |Lot  6,  in  blk  F,  R  R  H'd 

J  C  Duncan  to  Nathan  King Lots  27, 18,  in  blk  29,  City  Land  As'n.. 

A  D  McDonald  to  Wm  Hollis |W  Valencia,  31:7  s  29th,  so  inch  x  100. 

Lucy  B  Benson  to  Mary  Bickford..  JLot  6,  blk  11,  University  M'd  Survey  .. 

A  C  Morse  to  Sarah  E  Morse 'N  20th,  205  w  Sanchez,  50x114 

M  P  Mendel  to  Frank  Lacoste |N  Hayes,  137:6  e  Labium,  35:13^x120  ... 

B  J  Shay  to  Dan' I  -I ones IN  Union,  48  eLeav'lh,  e  25,  etc 

G  A  Coursen  to  Mark  McDonald..  S  Ridley,  270  w  Valencia,  50x160 


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No.  16, 


OIHre*  of  the  San  Fmnrlico  »wt  Lcllfr,  <  hi  un  Hiiil.  t  ultl  i>r- 
n In  MhII  Bmr.  s-mhIi  dd«  UTercbanl  street,  No.  iW7  to  016,  San  Francisco. 

GOLD  BARS    8900910    Savin  Bars    6@1G  tfcent  disc.  Treasury 
arc  selling  at    95b      Baying,  MJ,      Mexican  Dollars,  3  per 
cut.  disc     Trade  Dollars,  4U"  ■"»  per  cent 


Exchange  on  Ken  York,  V  per  cent,  for  Gold  ;  Currency,  BJ  per  cent 
London,  flankers,  -P^d-d/ -;  Commercial,  49Ad.  ; 


premium.     On 

l'.tii-.  ■"•  Erancfl  per  dollar. 


Telegrams,  jf(&  1  j»er  cent. 


*  Lab*st  price  of  Cold  at  New  York,  May  llth,  at  3  P.M.,  107j}.    Latest 
3@490. 


'Price  of  Honey  here,  ?(5tl  per  cent,  per  month— bank  rate. 
open  market,  U$lj      Demand  active. 


In  the 


Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.  —  Nkw  Fork,  Way  llth, 

1877.   -Gold   opened   107  :  11  a.m..  at   107:  ;  :i  p.m..  ;it  lofij.      United 

St.it.-s    Bonds  —  Five-twenties  of  1867,  U3S  ;   1881,111}.     Sterling   Ex- 

W  .  ■   1  90,  abort     Paci6cMau\  2lJ.    Wheat,  dull,  82  22(S$2  30, 

i  Hides,  dry,  22(5122$.      OU      Sperm,  SI  28^-Sl  90. 

Winter   Bleached,  $160  (a  1  63.      Whole,    65&70;    Winter    Bleached, 

Wool -Spring,  fine,  20@30  ;    Burry,    L2@15;    Pulled,  25@36, 

FaU  Clips,    15(5  20;   Barry,  U@20.      London,  May  llth. —Liverpool 

Wheat    Market,  12s,  9d.@13a.   4d.      Club,  13s.  3d.@13a.  9d.      United 

States  Bonds,  1061.    Consols.  93  l5-lo\ 

The  offering  of  wool  by  Falkner,  Bell  &  Co.,  at  their  Wool  Agency 
Purcbanr,  corner  sixth  and  Townsend  BGreets,  on  Friday.  May  llth,  was 
well  attended  by  Eastern  and  local  buyi  re.  The  catalogue  comprised 
L,366  balsa     Among  the  offered   were  John  Parrottfa,  H.  M.  NewhaU'a 

and  other  well  known  clips.    The  sale  was  a  sn ^s    i.oim  hales  bring 

Bold  and  331  passed.  Among  the  bnyen  were  Ball  &  Julian,  Flint,  Van 
BlarcoraA  Abbott,  Lovejoy,  Rathbone,  Whitry  k  Webster,  and  other 
well  known  hovers.  Good  fair  California,  l'_'\  to  18Jcj  extra  choice,  20  to 
36gc  ' 

From  Colorado  River.— The  steamer  NrirUrn,  on  her  last  trip, 
brought  op  1,662  bags  galena  and  other  ores.  Indications  imw  point  un- 
mistakably to  the  development  of  large  mining  interests  in  Arizona-  one 
of  the  reeulte  of  the  opening  up  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  to  Fort 
Vnuia,  thus  making  the  difference  of  time  and  travel  of  little  moment, 
and  bringing  us  very  near  t<>  one  of  the  richest  mining^ districts  in  the 
world.  The  time  ia  near  at  hand  when  ininien.se  quantities  of  rich  ore 
will  he  brought  here  from  Arizona  by  rail. 

Beerbohm's  Telegram. —London  and  Liverpool,  May  llth,  1877.— 
Floating  Cargoes,  dull;  Cargoes  on  Passage,  rather  easier;  No.  2  Spring 
Off  Coast,  95s.;  do.  for  Bhipment,  64s.;  California  Otf  Coast,  66s.  (&  66s.; 
do.  just  shipped  and  nearly  due,  66a.;  English  Country  Marketa,steady; 
French  do.,  generally  cheaper;  Liverpool  Market,  firmer;  California  *  Hub, 
13a.  5d.(§  L3a  8cL;  do.  Average,  13s.  2d.@13e.  5<L 

A  bill  to  collect  a  tax  on  whisky  ami  beer  by  means  of  "an  instru- 
ment something  like  a  car  bell-punch,"  has  passed  the  Virginian  Legis- 
lature.    It  is  to  l*i  put  up  in  every  bar-room  in  the  State. 


THE    AMERICAN    LINE. 

Philadelphia    and    Liverpool    Steamers. 

The  following  first-clnsM,  f  Hll-powereil  sttenmshlpH  arc  in- 
tmded  60  Bail  from  LIVttllPOOL  for  PHILADELPHIA  every  WEDNESDAY: 
Pennsylvania. v 31  <H  Tons Captain  Harris- 
Ohio..  3104  Tons Captain  Morrison- 
Indiana 8104  Tons Captain  Clarke- 

DUneis 3104  'Pans Captain  Shackford- 

Abbotsford 2554  Tons Captain  Delamotte- 

Keiiihvurth 2538  Tons Captain  Pmwse- 

Cabin  Passage,  £16  15s.  to  £21,  according  to  the  accommodation 
and  number  in  the  Staterooms,  all  having  eo.ua!  Saloon  Privileges. 

For  Passaqk  or  Freight  apply  in  Philadelphia  W  Peter  Wright  &  Sens  ;  Liven I, 

Richardson,  Spence  &  Co. ;  London.  Quoad  A.  Smith  i  Co. ;  Glasgow,  M.  l.anglnn-ls 
&  Sons  ;  Dundee,  0.  T.  IngJis ;  Belfast,  E.  J.  L.  Addy ;  Queenstown,  N".  &  •).  Cum- 
minfi  &  Bros.  ;  Paris,  Charles  Le  Cay  ;  Havre,  Bums  &  Jlclver  ;  Antwerp,  H.  Klein 
&  Ca  ;  Rotterdam,  Wambcrsie  &  Sou.  M&3   "• 


Mr.  F.  Alirnr.  No.  H  Clement**  I. am'.  Loudon,  Jm  an  I  hori  red  to 

rtoeivc  subscriptions,  advertise  men  tt,  communication  a,  etc.,  for  this  paper, 


"Published  with  this  week9 8  issue  a  Fow~ 
Page  Postscript, 


LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 

Secretary  Schurz  has  got  around  to  the  pension  bureau  and  agents, 
one  of  the  standing  conundrums  of  the  interior  department.  Under  the 
present  system,  it  costs  the  Government  about  half  a  million  to  disburse 
$28,000,1)00,  besides  fees  paid  by  pensioners  to  the  agents.  The  Boston 
agents,  and  Boms  others  who  have  larger  districts,  reap  from  $10, (MX)  to 
$18,000  a  year  from  them.  Mr.  Sehurz  proposes  to  reduce  the  agents  from  68 
t>  i  22,  ti  >  reduce  the  fees,  and  otherwise  to  simplify  the  work  of  the  bureau. 


The  Springfield  Republican  Las  been  defending  itself  in  a  libel  suit, 
in  which  t!  e  court  appeared  to  have  taken  such  L,Tound  as  to  debar  news- 
papers from  publishing  anything  respecting  which  the  editor  could  not 
swear  to  the  truth  of  ;dl  the  details  before  a  justice  of  the  peace.  If  such 
is  the  law  of  Rbal  in  tbia  State,  the  quicker  it  is  modified  to  suit  common 
sense  tins  better  it  will  he  for  the  public  interests.—  Boston  Transcript. 


The  depression  in  mining  stocks  continued  throughout  the  week, 
and  closed  very  heavy  under  forced  sales  of  "  margin1'  accounts.  Kvery- 
thing  along  the  line  was  slaughtered  yesterday,  and  the  "'  bonanzas,"'  in 
spite  of  the  bracing  efforts  from  the  bonanza  firm,  continue  to  droop  un- 
der the  jiersmtent  and  heavy  sales  of  short  sellers.  At  this  writing,  there 
is  nothing  to  indicate  any  immediate  improvement 

All  past  performances  of  Transatlantic  steamers  have  been  eclipsed 
by  the  White  Star  steamer  G>  rmanic,  Captain  Kennedy.  Prom  the  time 
she  left  Liverpool  until  her  arrival  at  New  York  only  seven  days  and  ten 
hours  elapsed,  and  we  believe  this  to  be  the  fastest  voyage  on  record. 

The  tobacco  crop  of  Tennessee  this  year  will  be  larger  than  usual, 
and  the  prospects  are  that  the  acreage  will  continue  to  increase  for  some 
years.  There  are  10,000  square  miles  in  the  State  well  adapted  to  the 
growth  of  tobacco,  while  only  ?jO,000  acres  are  employed  in  that  way. 

News  received  at  Constantinople  from  Bagdad  gives  t-he  following  de- 
tails of  the  plague;  "From  the  10th  to  the  31at  of  March  the  deaths 
amounted  to  :*i';"  from  the  1st  to  the  7th  of  April,  00;  from  the  7th  to  the 
13th,  198.    The  disease  appears,  therefore,  to  be  making  progress. 

The  Niagara  water-power  property,  on  the  American  side  of  the 
Niagara  Falls,  was  sold  at  auction  recently,  and  bid  in  by  a  Buffalo  man 
associated  with  Mr.  Oneesebrough  and  others,  of  the  Falls  village, 
at  87 1 ,000.  

Orchilla. — The  steamer  Niewbern,  from  Mexican  ports,  brought  up  1,500 
bales  in  transit  for  Liverpool.  The  increasing  magnitude  of  this  trade  is 
attracting  considerable  attention. 

Silver  was  quoted  in  London  yesterday  at  o-Ud.  fr?  0Z.,  925  fine;  Con- 
sols, 04;  United  States  ".-per  cent.  Bonds,  106£,  ex  coupon,  and  103 i  for 
4^-per-conts.  

Last  year  there  was  a  diminution  of  the  number  of  emigrants  from 
Ireland,  compared  with  1875,  of  14,082,  the  total  number  being  38,315. 

The  recent  celebration  of  Kmperor  Alexander's  59th  birthday  recalls 
the  tradition  that  no  Czar  will  ever  live  to  see  his  GOth  birthday. 

The  Liverpool  Wheat  market  stood  yesterday  at  12s.  9J.  (5.13s. 
4d.  for  average  California,  and  13s.  3d.@13s.  9d,  for  Club. 

It  is  by  no  means  improbable  that  the  Duke  of  SomeJaet  will  shortly 
succeed  Mr.  Ward  Hunt  as  First  Lord  of  the  Admiralty. 


General  Grant  and  his  family  sailed  from  Philadelphia  ifor  Europe  on 
the  10th  of  May. 

Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  in  this  market  at  95£  buying  and  96  selling. 

Legal  Tenders  here  are  firmer  at  9<U  buying  and  93  selling. 


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco,  California, 


SAN     FRANCISCO     NEWS     LETTER     AND 


May   12,  1877. 


TIME    TO    MB. 
Time  to  me  this  truth  hath  tautrht,  So,  iu  many  a  loving  breast, 
Tia  a  truth  that's  worth  revealing;  Lies  some  canker-grief  concealed. 
More  attend  from  want  of  thought,  That,  if  touched  w  more  oppressed, 
Than  from  any  want  of  feeling.  Left  unto  itself — is  healed. 

If  advice  we  would  convey,  Oft,  unknowingly,  tbe  tongue 

There's  a  time  we  should  convey  it:  Touches  on  a  chord  so  aching, 
If  we've  but  a  word  to  say,  That  a  word,  or  accent  wrong, 

There's  a  time  in  which  to  say  it!      Pains  the  heart  almost  to  breaking. 


llanj-  a  beauteous  flower  decays, 
Though  we  tend  it  e'er  eo  much; 
Something  secret  on  it  preys, 
"Which  no  human  aid  can  touch! 


Many  a  tear  of  wounded  pride. 
Many  a  fault  of  human  blindness, 
Had  been  soothed,  or  turn'd  aside, 
By  a  quiet  voice  of  kindness! 


Time  to  me  this  truth  hath  taught, 
'Tis  a  truth  that's  worth  revealing  ; 
More  offend  from  want  of  thought, 
Than  from  any  want  of  feeling, 

THE    DIAMOND    FIE2UD& 

Cape  Town,  Cape  of  Good  Hope.  April  3, 1877. 
Dear  News  Letter:  I  write  this  from  my  old  stamping  ground  of  C>»n- 
stantia,  twelve  miles  from  Gape  Town,  the  road  to  which  on  both  sides, 
as  you  personally  know,  is  clothed  with  geraniums  ten  feet  higb.  I  will, 
from  time  to  time,  send  you  further  particulars  of  our  diggings,  on  one 
condition,  that  you  fail  not  to  send  on  regularly  a  copy  of  the  JVewa  Let- 
ter.   You  know  'Frisco  is  my  home: 

It  is  barely  ten  years  since  the  first  diamond  ever  found  in  the  Cape  Colony  was 
taken  away  from  some  little  Dutch  children  who  were  playing:  with  it,  and  now  the 
annual  value  of  tbe  exports  in  these  yenis  is  to  be  counted  by  tens  of  thousands  of 
pounds.  Nor  is  there  any  fear  that  the  diamondiferous  soil  is  being  worked  out ;  on 
the  contrary,  the  greater  the  depth  reached  by  the  elaborate  machinery  which  is 
daily  taking  the  place  of  tbe  more  simple  contrivances  originally  used,  the  mure  sat- 
isfactory are  the  results.  To  the  generality  of  English  readers  the  geography  of 
South  Africa  is  so  vague  aud  unknown  that  a  more  particular  description  of  the*  lo- 
calities whence  the  diamonds  arc  brought  cannot  fail  to  he  a  necessary  prelude  to  the 
due  comprehension  of  any  information  regarding  them.  Some  GOO  miles  inland,  as 
the  crow  would  fly,  to  the  northeast  of  Capetown,  lies  a  small  territory  lately  ac- 
quired by  the  British  Empire  by  cession  from  tne  Chief  of  the  Griquas,  and  known 
as  Griquatand  West.  A  certain  rather  important  portion  of  it  is  still  claimed  in  am- 
icable fashion  by  the  Orange  Free  State,  and  tbe  exact  question  of  the  boundary  hue 
is  barely  settled".  Only  100  miles  from  north  to  south  and  150  from  east  to  west,  it 
yet  attracts  a  population  which  is  numerically  great  as  compared  to  the  meagre  re- 
turns from  other  parts  of  the  colony.  15,000  white  people,  10,000  colored,  and  20,000 
native  laborers,  make  up  a  respectable  total  of  inhabitants,  especially  as  they  are 
nearly  all  centered  in  one  spot- 
Diamonds  were  at  first  found  singly  and  scattered  along  the  course  of  the  Orange 
and  Vaal  Rivers,  and  diggings  were  established  iu  various  promising  spots.  Attempts 
were  also  made  to  find  whe.ncr  the  natives  had  ever  thought  it  worth  while  to  collect 
and  preserve  any  of  the  shining  stones,  and  iu  this  way  the  famous  "  Star  of  Smth 
Africa "  was  purchased  from  a  Caffre  witch-doctor,  but  no  other  equally  valuable 
stones  have  since  come  to  light  in  the  same  way.  The  digginr  at  first  was  mere  sur- 
face scratching,  and  it  was  only  Bve  years  a_-..>  that  tiie  now  famous  Kimberley  mine, 
originally  known  by  the  rough-and-ready  name  of  New  Rush,  started  into  existence. 
Unfortunately,  diamond  diggings  is  fatal  to  the  symmetry  or  beauty  of  a  landscape, 
and  Kimberley  resembles  n  .thing  so  much  as  a  giant  ant-heap  era  nbled  into  ruins, 
with  the  swarming  inhabitants  bmy  repairing  damages.  ButnoSIlingup,  smoothing- 
over  process  is  really  at  work  ;  each  day  m  >re  earth  is  turned  over,  fresh  claims,  di- 
vided and  subdivided  into  niiuutest  sec.  ous,  are  bei  >g  worked,  and  overall  tbe  con- 
fused heap  of  excavations  stretebesa  labyrinth  ne  network  of  wire  ropes,  70  ft.  above, 
by  which  to  haul  up  the  buckets  of  wasu-dirb.  The  first  diamonds  were  found  very 
close  to  the  surface  by  the  river  banks,  and  even  heavy  rains  would  affect  the  quan- 
tity discovered.  They  used  to  be  washed  out  of  the  gravel  y  soil  l_y  a  cradle,  such  as 
is  used  by  goli-diggers,  and,  considering  the  rade  and  imperfect  nature  of  the 
process,  the  quantity  found  even  then  and  the  quality  of  the  stones  were  suggestive 
of  vast  treasures  still  eoucea'ed.  Yet  the  report  of  mo  e  than  one  geologist  sent  out 
expressly  for  the  purpose  was  that  South  Africa  was  distinctly  diamondferous,  and 
that  the  stones  found  by  the  river-side  were  accidental,  aud  the  claims  would  be 
worked  out  at  a  depth  of  five  or  six  feet,  which  was  actually  the  case.  In  spite  of  all 
this,  diggers  swarmed  along  the  valley  of  the  Vaal,  camps  sprang  up  in  all  directions, 
solitary  Boers,  who  bad  not  seen  half  a  dozen  people  together  in  their  lives,  woke  of 
a  morning  to  find  as  manv  hundreds  hard  at  work  by  their  drift,  or  waiting  to  ask  at 
what  price  they  would  sell  their  barren  acres.  Of  conrBe  the  vicissitudes  of  fortune 
were  great,  and  n  en  were  ruined  or  made  wealthy  by  turns,  and  by  turns  tbe  fame 
of  the  South  African  Dianeni  Fields  rose  anl  fell.  It  was  not  until  the  system  of 
dry  digging  had  been  fairly  establish -d,  five  years  ago,  at  New  Rush — rechristened 
the  Kimberley  mine — that  diamond  digging  took  its  place  as  one  of  the  recognized 
industries  of  the  world,  and  that  a  large  thriving  town  has  sprung  up  around  the 
Email  surface  which  incloses  unknown  weait'i.  At  first  the  digging  was  hast;,  and 
superficial,  as  niurht  be  expected,  but  when  the  ground  came  to  be  more  equally  par- 
celed out,  the  debris  already  thrown  up  and  supposed  to  have  been  carefully  searched, 
yielded,  by  the  new  process  of  water-washing  brought,  to  bear  on  it,  diamonds  to  the 
value  of  upwards  of  a  million  of  pounds.  In  fact,  the  richness  of  the  soil  of  this 
especial  mine  will  be  best  understood  by  the  statement  that  from  90  to  95  per  cent. 
of  all  the  diamonds  exiKirted  from  the  Cape  come  from  the  Kimberley  mine,  and  yet 
its  surface  only  extends  over  some  nine  acres.  For  every  foot  it  has  been  worked 
down  the  average  yield  has  been  in  value  ±:1TO,000,  and  at  a  depth  oi  SO  feet  below 
the  surface  diamondiferous  ground  has  been  struck. 

In  spite  of  these  stubborn  things,  figures  and  facts,  it  will,  however,  always  be  a 
mystery  to  geologists  why  so  great  a  profusion  of  diamonds  should  be  hidden  in 
ground  bearing  so  few  of  the  character! sties  of  the  best-known  diamond  mines  else- 
where. It  can  only  be  accounted  for  by  a  theory  of  eruption,  and  this  is  supported 
by  the  constant  intrusion  of  broken  rock,  limestone,  shale,  and  basalt,  into  the  true 
diamoniferous  ground.  Resides  which,  it  is  also  a  singular  fact  that  different  parts  of 
the  mine— and  it  should  be  recollected  how  ciose  such  parts  must  be  in  so  small  an 
area— prod uee  totally  different  diamonds  as  to  color  and  weight.  These  precious  nine 
acres  pay  a  royalty  of  £3  per  annum  for  every  31ft  square,  and  there  is  besides  a  li- 
cense on  the  diamonds  found.  The  mine  at  Kimberley  is  surrounded,  as  are  most  of 
the  mines,  by  a  girdle  of  distinctly  non-diamond  if  erous  rock,  and  it  is  from  this  sort 
of  basin-like  form  that  the  Dutch  took  their  word  "  pan  "  as  the  earliest  name  for  the 
depressions  holding  the  rich  deposits  here  and  then?.  In  contradistinction  to  this  is 
the  term  "kopje."  a  hillock  ;  and  although  diamonds  have  been  found  in  small  quan- 
tities in  the  "kopjes,"  Still  it  is  into  the  "pans,"  or  reservoirs,  that  the  trueduimond- 
iferous  material  has  evidently  teen  washed.  It  is  curious,  too,  that  these  "pans" 
are  all  surrounded  by  the  same  sort  of  ring  of  porphyry,  or  green  stone,  and  that 
other  precious  stones  of  less  value,  such  as  emeralds,  rubies,  and  sapphires,  arc  also 
found,  with  large  quantities  of  garnets  The  water  -track  below  the  surface  in  some 
of  the  "  pans"  is  salt,  and  the  color  of  the  diamond-bearing  clay  changes  from  yellow 
ochrous  to  bluish  gray  as  it  gets  deeper. 

Every  step  made  towards  the  .-dry.  especially  of  the  Kimber- 

ley mine,  has  been  gradual,  which  makes  it  all  the  more  satisfactory,  and  the  neces- 
sary experience  -  ■■...  are  the  go  ilogical  conditions  -has  had  to  be  bought 
inch  by  inch.  At  the  mine  itself  then  reeling  tnfavurof  the  gradual 
amalgamation  of  the  small  claims  and  a  cons  titration  of  the  resources 
the  great                 -  bo  all  diamond   digs 


is  the  facility  of  theft,  d 

of  supervision.     Hatty  unproremenie  have  necessarily  been  made  in  the  diamond- 
finding  process  -  in  a  very  primitive  fashion  by  the  simple 

method  of  emptying  the  sifted  diamoudiferous  soil  up  on  a  long 
ting  a  score  ol  Caffi  -  r  the  si    aes  with  iron  scrapers,  but  this  was  i 

beyond  expression,  and  gave  great  opport unities  for  concealing  any  particularly  fine 
g.m.  It  is  not  more  than  a  couple  of  years  since  the  system  of  washing  the  diamond- 
bearing  ilay  was  introduced,  a:id  at  first  it  met  with  great  opposition,  butit  has  grad- 
ually made  its  way,  and  is  now  universally  adopted-  Among  itsotheradvantages  the 
.  i  labor — always  a  consideration,  in  ?pite  of  the  swarming  black  population — 
. :...  and  ttie  possibility  of  theft  is  reduced  to  a  nnfttflium.  Wages  are  high  fur 
even  native  labor,  and  although  the  Cafires  do  not  remain  long  at  the  Fields,  sriil 
fresh  ones  come  with  every  new  moon  to  fill  the  vacant  places.  So  native  eares  to 
remain  and  work  for  3  longer  time  than  is  sufficient  to  earn  money  to  purchase  some 
sort  of  firearm  and  ammunition,  and  it  has  been  found  necessary  at  the  Fields  to 
relax  the  stringent  regulat'o.is  in  force  elsewhere  about  arming  the  natives.  It  is  an 
anxious  question  withSoutu  African  politicians  as  to  how  far  they  have  been  justified 
in  holding  out  the  only  bribe  which  would  have  attracted  sufficient  labor  to  the  new 
industry,  but  it  became  a  matter  of  choice  between  no  labor  at  all,  to  be  obtained  for 
love  or  money,  and  labor  purchased  at  the  cost  of  arming  an  excitable  native  popula- 
tion, thick  as  the  sand  on  the  seashore.  In  all  Colonial  legislation  the  exigencies  of 
the  moment  have  to  be  met  and  dealt  with  as  best  they  may,  and  in  no  other  fashion 
could  the  demand  for  labor  in  the  Fields  have  been  supplied-  At  present  the  supply 
of  labor  is  well  kept  up  at  Kimberley,  and  there  is.  therefore,  no  difficulty  to  be  an- 
ticipated on  this  point. 

As  a  field  for  the  investment  of  capital,  the  gold  and  diamond  fields  of  the  world 
are  peculiarly  attractive,  though  the  days  are  long  gone  by  when  the  ruined  spend- 
thrift, the  dishonest  clerk,  the  social  failurss  of  society,  eould  set  off  thither  as  to  a 
veritable  Tom  Tiddler's  ground.  Now  over  almost  ail  these  subterraneau  treasure- 
halls  rise  piles  of  complicated  and  costly  maehinen,  whether  for  crushing  gold- 
bearing  quartz  or  sifting  diamoudiferous  clay,  and  skilled  labor  is  at  a  premium.  It 
is  true  fortunes  can  still  I  e  made  at  diamond  and  gold  fields  in  as  many  months  as 
would  take  years  elsewhere,  but  they  are  chiefly  realized  by  storekeepers  and  grog- 
sellers,  and  the  overcharged  working  bees  in  the  great  underground  hives  of  earth 
look  eagerly  to  the  fast  approaching  lines  oi  railroad  to  reduce  these  trains  to  a  more 
healthy  level.  Argus. 

SAVINGS    AND    LOAN. 

COLLATERAL    LOAN   AND    SAVINGS  BANK.    C0BNEB    POST  AHD 
KEiBNY    STBEE1S,    SAN    FBANCIS-O. 

Incorporated  Under  the  Laws  of  the  State  of  California, 

President J.  S.  SPEAR,  Jit  I  Secretary F.  S.  CARTER. 

Vice-President ROBT  STEVENSON".  |  Appraiser GEO.  O.  ECKER. 

Tliis  Bank  is  prepared  to  loan  money  npoii  collateral  secu- 
rities, such  as  Bonds,  Stocks,  Savings  Bank  Books,  Diamonds,  Warehouse  Re- 
ceipts, etc.,  at  from  l£  to  4  per  cent,  per  month.    Tne  Bank  will  also  receive  Term 
Deposits,  and  allow  the  following  rates  of  interest :    Term  Deposits  of  six  months, 
1  per  cent,  per  mouth  ;  Twelve  months,  1J  per  cent,  per  month. 
November  4. F.  S.  CARTER,  Secretary. 

GERMAN    SAVINGS    AN3    LOAN    SOCIETY. 

Guarantee  Capital  8200,000. — Office  536  California  street, 
North  side,  between  Montgomery  and  Kearny  streets.  Office  hours,  from  9  a.« 
to  3  p.m.     Extra  hour  on  Saturdays  from  7  to  s  r.it,  for  receiving  of  Deposits  only 
Loans  made  on  Real  Estate  and  other  collateral  securities,  at  current  rates  of  interest. 
President L,  GOTTIG.  i  Secretary GEO.  LETTE. 

DIRECTORS. 

F.  Roedrag,  H.  Schmieden,  Chas.  Kohler,  Ed-  Erase,  Dan.  Meyer,  George  H.  Eg- 
gers,  P.  Spreckles,  N*.  Van  Bergen.  Feb.  1. 

MABKET     STBJEET     BANK     OF     SAVINGS, 
634  Market  St-,  Opposite  Palace  Hotel 

President ....... THOMAS  B.  LEWIS. 

Secretarv »".  E   LATSON. 

In  I  ere*  t  allow  e  I  oil  all  deposits  remaining  iu  Bank  over 
thirty  days.  Interest  on  term  de,«_.sitsr  12  per  cent,  per  annum.  Deposits  re- 
ceived from  one  dollar  upward.  No  charge  for  Bank  Book.  On  receipt  of  remits 
tances  from  the  interior.  Bank  Books  or  Certificates  of  Deposit  wilt  be  forwarded  or 
delivered  to  agent.     Bank  ojien  on  Saturdays  till  9  o'clock  p.H-  October  28. 

SAN  FBANCISC0  SAVINGS  UNION, 
*TOJ)  California  street,  corner  Webb.  Capital  and  Re- 
OcJ.4  serve,  $231,000.  Deposits,  $6,919,000.  Directors:  James  de  Fremery, 
President  ;  Albert  Miller.  Vice-President  ;  C.  Adolphe  Low,  D.  J.  Oliver,  Charles 
Baum,  Charles  Pace,  Washington  Bartlett,  A.  Campbell,  Sen.,  George  C.  Potter; 
Cashier,  Lovell  White.  Dividends  for  two  years  past  have  been  7£  and  y  per  cent  re- 
spectively, on  ordinary  and  term  deposits.  Dividends  are  payable  semi-annually,  in 
January  and  July.  Money  loaned  on  real  estate  and  on  United  States  Bonds,  or 
equivalent  securities.  October  30. 

PIOffEEli  LAND  AND  LOAN  BANK  OF  SAVINGS  AND  DEPOSIT. 

So  nth  east  corner  California  and  Montgomery  streets.  Safe 
Deposit  Block.  lncor]>orated  1369.  Guarantee  Fund.  $300,000.  Dividend  N*. 
100  payable  on  April  Site  Ordinary  deposits  receive  BJ  percent.  Term  de- 
posits receive  10  per  cent.  This  incorporation  is  in  i'-s  ninth  year,  and  refer*  to 
over  5.&00  depositors  for  its  successful  and  economical  management. 

H.  KOFAHL,  Cashier. 
Taos-  Grat,  President.       J.  C.  Duncan,  Secretary.  March  31. 

HASJNIC    SAVINGS    AND    iOAN    BANK, 

No.  6  Post  street,  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco,  Cal.— 
Moneys  received  on  Term  aud  Ordinary  Deposits;  dividends  paid  semi- 
annually ;  loans  made  on  approved  security.  This  bank  solicits  tbe  patronage  of  all 
persons'. [March  ^..j  H.  T.  GRAVES,  Secretary. 

FRENCH    SWINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 
Bnsh  street,  above  Kearny,  G.  Mane,  Director,  roans 
made  on  real  estate  and  other  collateral  securities  at  current  rates  of 


411 


interest. 


SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK —GUARANTEE  CAPITAL,  $300,000. 

Officers:  President,  John  Parrott:  Vice-President,  Jerome 
Lincoln  ;  Secretarv,  W.  S.  Jones  ;  Attorney,  Sidney  V.  Smith.     Loans  made  on 
Real  Estate  and  other  Approved  Securities.     Office :  No.  215  Sansome  street,  San 

Frauciseo. Oct-  M- 

DIME  SAVINGS  BANK,  646  MARKET  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO- 

FA.  Rutherford.  President  -.  W.  MeWahon  O'Brien. 
*  Cashier.  A  Bank  Book  issued  free  on  deposit  of  10  cents  and  upwards,  and 
payable  without  notice,  10  j.cr  cent,  per  annum  on  Term  Deposits.  Open  from  9 
a.m.  to 4  r.::,    Satorda  :    »s  till  9 o'clock. 


March  24. 


TH^  MRRC3AN-TS-  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  FFANCISCO. 

Capital.  Sto.OOO.OOO. — Alvinza  Hajward,  President:  K.  G. 
Sne&th,  Viee- President ;  H  F,  Has  .-.  shier;  R.  X.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Telegraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and  a 
general  Banking  business  transacted.  August  2i 


12,    1877. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER. 


TfcLC    EMPTY 


CRADLE. 

i    . 

M  .th-iv.l 

i  mirth.       Her  child  mr  it-  pond  ni -:hr 
ul  nilence,  She  should  ha  U  tied, 

ad,  '.  should  she  know. 

ul   the  heart      there  nnlv  W  •  ■  tlth,  ai 

She  knowi  th.«:  they  are  not  dead!      TheM  would  :i  mother  bestow. 

i tulle,  An-!  tbifl  i    t!i-'  dai 

The  pillow  v  lately  i»n  En  Heaven    where  she  hu  Bed; 

Hut  hu  away  has  the  birdling  Bi  ai  nourety  guarded, 

flown  from  Its  litt!.-  neat  B3  ai  1  led. 

Crooning  the  lullabies  over 

Th.tt  nnee  were  her  babe's  delight,     » Iver  the  empty  n<  -'-. 
All  through  the  mi  Oan  yon  not  (-<•■•  through  the  shadows 

She  followi  its  upwara  Bight.  Way  it  is  all  tor  the-  beat? 

:  the  heavenly  kingdom 
Than  riches  of  earthly  crown ; 
Better  the  early  morning  flight. 
'I  ban  "ii"  when  the  sun  is  down  ; 

1  an  •  mptv  oaaket. 
Than  |eweu  besmirched  with  sin: 
Baler  than  these  without  the  fold, 
Are  those  that  have  entered  in.  — Scott    a 

LORD    DERBY'S   REPLY  TO   THE  RUSSIAN  CIRCULAR. 

Gladstone's  Pro-Russiau  Resolutions -- New  Armaments. 

London,  May  7.  Lord  Derby's  answer  to  QortschakofTs  circularnote 
la  published.  It  i-  in  the  formofa  note  from  Lord  Derby  to  Luftus, 
British  Ambassador  at  St.  1'  The  following  is  the  text: 

on.  May  1.-  I  forwarded  to  your  Excellency  on  the  34th  ultimo 
■  t  Prince  GortscbakolTfi  circular,  announcing  that  the  Bmperorof 
Russia  had  given  ord  the  frontiere  "f  Turkey,     Her  Majesty's 

Government  have  received  this  communication  with  deep  regret.  They 
cannot  aocept  the  statements  and  conclusions  with  which  Prince  G  irts- 
chaknS  haa  accompanied  it  .1-  justify  ing  the  action  thus  taken.  The  pro- 
fcooot,  t<>  which  IK-r  Majesty's  Government,  ;'t  the  instance  of  Russia, 
recently  became  .1  party,  required  from  the  Sultan  no  fresh  guarantee  ■  for 
the  reform  of  his  administration.  With  a  view  of  enabling  Russia  l»etter 
tain  f r-  mi  isolated  action,  it  affirmed  the  interest  taken  in  common 
by  the  Powers  on  the  condition  of  the  <  Christian  populations:  of  Turkey. 
It  went  "ii  t»>  declare  that  the  Powers  would  watch  carefully  the  manner 
in  which  the  promises  of  the  Ottoman  Government  were  carried  into  ef- 
1  I  that,  should  their  hopes  once  more  be  disappointed,  they  re- 
served the  right  to  consider,  in  common,  what  means  they  might  deem 
beat  fitted  to  secure  the  peace  and  well-being  of  Christians.  To  these 
donaof  intentions 01  the  Powers,  the  consent  of  the  Porto  was 
not  naked  or  required.  The  Porte  no  doubt  has  thought  fit,  unfortu- 
nately in  the  opinion  of  Her  Majesty's  (.lovernment,  to  protest  against 
this  question  as  implying  encroachments  on  its  independence;  but,  while 
so  doing,  and  while  declaring  they  cannot  consider  the  Protocol  as  having 
any  binding  character  on  Turkey,  the  Turkish  Government  have  again 
affirmed  their  intention  of  carrying  into  execution  such  reforms,  Her 
Majesty '8  Government  cannot  admit,  as  contended  by  Prince  Gortsena- 
koff,  that  the  answer  of  the  Porte  removed  all  hope  of  deference  to  the 
of  Europe,  and  all  security  for  the  application  of  re- 
.  lid  not  necessarily  preclude  the  possibility  of  the  conclusion  of 
peace  with  Mtiiiteiievro,  or  of  an  arrangement  for  mutual  disarmament. 
Her  Majesty's  Government  still  believe  that,  with  patience  and  modera- 
tion on  both  spies,  these  objections  might  not  improbably  have  been  at- 
tained. 

Prince  *  rortsohakoff,  however,  asserts  that  all  opening  is  now  closed  for 
attempts  at  conciliation.  Whether  resolved  to  undertake  the  task  of  ob- 
taining by  coersion  that  which  the  unanimouB  efforts  of  the  Powers  failed 
to  obtain  by  persuasion — and  he  expresses  his  Majesty's  conviction  that 
this  step  is  in  aceophmrc  with  the  sentiments  of  Europe — it  cannot  be  ex- 
pected that  Her  Majesty's  Government  should  agree  in  this  view.  They 
have  not  conceded  their  feeling  that  the  presence  of  large  forces  on  the 
frontiers  of  Turkey,  menacing  its  safety,  rendering  disarmament  impossi- 
ble, and  awakening  feelings  of  apprehension  and  fanaticism,  constitutes  ;i 
National  obstacle  to  pacification  and  reforms.  They  cannot  believe  that 
the  entrance  of  those  armies  upon  Turkish  soil  will  alleviate  the  difficulty 
or  improve  the  condition  of  the  Christian  population.  But  the  course  on 
which  th.-  Russian  Government  has  entered  involves  a  greater  and  more 
Berious  consideration.  It  is  in  contravention  of  the  stipulation  in  the 
Treaty  of  Paris,  by  which  Russia  and  other  Powers  engaged  to  respect 
the  independence  and  territorial  integrity  of  the  Ottoman  Empire.  In 
tin'  Conferences  of  London,  in  1S72,  at  the  close  of  which  the  above  sti- 
pulation,   witli  others,    was   continued,    the    Russian    Plenipotentiary,   in 

common  with  those  of  other  Powers,  signed  a  declaration  affirming  it  to 

be  :tu  essential  principle  of  the  law  of  nations  that  no    Power  can  liberate 

itself  from  an  engagement  of  a  treaty,  nor  modify  the  stipulations  thereof, 
unless  with  the  consent  of  the  contracting  parties  by  means  of  amicable 

arrangement.  In  taking  action  against  Turkey  on  his  own  part,  and  hav- 
ing recourse  to  arms  without  further  consultation  with  his  allies,  the  Em- 
peror of  Russia  has  separated  himself  from  Europe  in  concert,  and  haa 
at  the  same  time  departed  from  the  rule  to  which  he  himself  had  sol- 
emnly recorded  his  consent.  It  is  impossible  to  foresee  the  consequence 
of  such  an  act.  Her  Majesty's  Government  would  willingly  have  re- 
frained from  any  observation  in  regard  to  it,  but  as  Princ?  Grortschakoff 
seems  to  assume,  in  his  declaration  addressed  to  all  the  Governments  of 
Europe,  that  Russia  is  acting  in  the  interest  of  Great  Britain  and  of 
other  Powers,  they  feel  bound  to  state,  in  a  manner  equally  formal  and 
public,  that  the  decision  of  the  Russian  Government  is  not  one  which  can 
have  their  concurrence  or  approval.  Signed,  1>ekby. 

Having  observed  protests  in  the  newspapers  against  the  sale  of  Am- 
erican partridges  and  Norwegian  grouse,  L  was  led  to  buy  and  eat  these 
foreign  birds.  The  former  are  somewhat  more  gamey  in  taste  than  their 
English  relatives  :  the  latter  are  absolutely  tasteless.  The  partridges  cost 
Is,  per  bird,  and  the  grouse  9dL  per  bird.  They  are,  therefore,  cheap, 
without  being  nasty.  —Trntli. 


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GomestreotB.  Head  Office— 6  East  India  Avenue,  London,  Branches— Portland,  or- 
egon;  Victoria  and  Oariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  liusines*.  Accounts  ojicned  subject  to  Check 
;m.i  Special  Deposits  received.    Commercial  Credits  granted  available  In  ;iil  ports  of 

the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  mad..1  i.n  good  cut  lateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  Us  Head  Office  und  Branches, and  ujf.n  its  Agents 
OS  follows  : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada  — Bank  of  Uontroa] ;  Liverpool— North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company  ;  Ireland  -Bonk  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America— London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America ;  China  and 
Japan— Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  [few Zealand— Bank  <-i  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dee.  8. W.  H.  TIl.LINflHAST.  Manag  r. 

THE   FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FEANCISC0,  CAL. 

Paid  up  1'apltal  $2,000,000,  Gold.  President,  K-  C.  Wool- 
worth  j  Vice-President,  l>.  Callaghan  ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Hodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  W.  Kit  'hie. 

DIRECTORS  :  tt.  C.  Woolworth,  D.  Callayhan,  C.  C.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  U   D.  Colton,  Bdward  Martin.  James Moffltt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

Corrksfoxdsnts  London  :  Baring  BroB.  .^  Co.;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  china.  Dublin:  Provincial  Bank  ni  Ireland.  Hamburg:  Hesse, 
Neuman&Co.  Paris;  SotUnguer&  Co.  NewYork:  National  BanJt  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  Firsl  National  Bank.  This  Banx  i*  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business.  Deposits  in  Cold,  silver  and  Currency 
received  •  '■  or  on  apooia]  deposit    Exchange  for  nlc  on  the  principal 

cities  ol  tho  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  tho  Continent  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  in  Kuropo,  Chiua  and  Japan.    Collections  attended  to  and 

prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dee.  IS. 

LXNDON    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANK    (LIMITED). 
/  lupititl.  $5,000,000.01  nliUIi  $3,000,000  is  lully  paiil  tip  :i» 

\y  present  capital.  San  rranclaco  Office,  -ui  Collfomia:  London  Office,  22  old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  s.  Latham  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STBEETEN  ;  Assist- 
an1  Manager,  CAMILO  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bonk  of  England  and  hondon 
Joint  Stock  Bank;  New  ITork  Bankers,  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 

Third     National    Bank.      This   Bank    in    prepared    to   transact,   nil    kinds  of   General 

Bonking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 

cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world.  October  23. 

THE    ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN    BANK    (LIMITED) . 
i~}£)  California  street.  San  Francisco.  —  London  Office,  3 

-^.   -£      Angel  Court  '.   New  fork  Agents,  .1.   \V .  Seliguian  &  Co.,fe  Broad  street. 

Authorized  Capital  St«jck,  96,000,000,     \\'ill  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 

Collecti  us,  buy  and  sell   Kxehaiigc  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 

Credit  available  throughout  the  world,  FRED.  F.  U  >w, 

Oct  4.  h;n  STEINHART, 


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Managers. 


SAFE    DEPOSIT    COMPANY,    OF    S4N    FKANCISCO, 

S.  E.  Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Sts. 

CAPITAL 82,000.000. 

Tlii**  Company  in  now  open  for  the  renting  of  vaults  ami  the 
transaction  ol  all  business  connected  wath  a  Safe  Depository.  Pamphlets  giving 
full  information  and  rates  can  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  Company.  Hours, 
from  8a.m.  to  H  p.m.  September  is. 


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K  0.  VICKERT,  Augusta,  Maine. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


May   12,   1877. 


YOUTH,     SPRING    AND    AGE. 

When  ringdoves  bill  with  cooing  sound,     When  willow  buds  begin  to  swell. 
And  violets  Hue  the  meadow  round  ;  And  bluebirds  soft  their  matings  tell ; 

When  wood-pinks  bloom  in  amorous  red.  When  blackbirds  whistle  from  the  trees, 
And  woodcock  nest,  and  partridge  tread  ;  And  Mayflowers  scent  the  morning  breeze 
When  maple  trees  their  sweets  distill,         When  meadows  smoke  with  foggy  Steam, 
And  gleeful  maids  like  planets  fill  :  And  trout  run  upward  in  the  strewn 


When  tbeir  sweet  lips  show  love's  desire, 
And  thine  own  blood  warms  like  a  fire— 
Then  woo  them  to  thy  throbbing  heart, 
And  feel  the  glowing  current  start ; 
Then  shall  they  blush  a  rosy  pale. 
And  trembling  lisp  the  tender  tale— 
O  blissful  joys,  when  love  is  young  ! 
Springfield,  April  lMh,  1877. 


Then  kiss  thy  wife  in  fond  embrace, 
Though    age  has    dimmed    her   youthful 

grace  ; 
And  mark  the  twinkle  of  her  eye, 
Her  beating  heart  and  tender  sigh— 

"Age  chills  my  blood,  but  not  my  love." 
C.  C.  Mkruitt. 


THEATRICAL,     ETC. 

Baldwin's  Theater.  —A  succession  of  handsomely  given  operas  have 
attracted  fine  audiences  thi3  week.  Of  these  performances  the  best  were 
unquestionably  Miffnon  on  Sunday  night,  //  Trovatare  on  Wednesday, 
and  Martha  on  Thursday  evening.  //  Trovatore  may  be  considered,  both 
as  regards  the  opera  in  its  entirety  and  in  the  artistic  elaboration  of  its 
details,  as  giving  more  genuine  satisfaction  than  any  yet  produced.  It 
was  presented  with  the  best  material  in  the  organization  in  the  cast,  and 
the  addition  of  Mrs.  Zelda  Segirin  as  "Azucena."  This  popular  and 
pleasing  contralto  was  received  with  hearty  appreciation,  and  was  fre- 
quently applauded,  if  not  always  wisely.  Mrs.  Seguin's  voice  has  evi- 
dently improved  in  execution  since  her  last  visit,  but,  nevertheless,  has 
lost  very  noticeably  in  freshness,  and  shows  occasional  evidences  of  over- 
straining. Her  rendition  of  this  trying  role  had  unmistakable  merits 
though,  and  her  duos,  especially,  were  exceedingly  well  done.  The  hit  of 
the  occasion,  however,  was  made  by  Mile.  Martinez,  who  sang  and  acted 
"Lenora"  with  afire  and  strength  of  delineation  as  unexpected  as  it  was 
effective.  Mr.  Maas  presented  a  "  Manrico  "  of  many  excellent  points. 
His  singing  was  better,  as  usual,  than  his  acting,  and  he  gave  the  most 
famous  of  all  duos  with  considerable  enthusiasm  and  power.  Mr.  Carle- 
ton  repeated  "  II  Balen,"  in  response  to  a  persistent  encore.  If  the  Hess 
Troupe  succeed  as  well  with  the  rest  of  their  very  extensive  repertoire,  we 
shall  have  reason  to  congratulate  ourselves  in  earnest.  Next  week  the  list 
is  still  more  attractive. 

Grand  Opera  House.  —  After  Dark,  and  one  or  two  benefits,  has 
been  the  not  too  well  attended  bill  of  fare  at  this  house  during  the  week. 
Mr.  Bradley  has  certainly  deserved  better  of  an  ungrateful  public  than  to 
play  to  the  slender  audience  of  Wednesday  evening.  _  Last  night,  Mr. 
Kennedy  gathered  a  handsome  house  to  do  honor  to  this  clever  character 
actor's  benefit.  The  feature  of  the  evening  was  a  clever  sketch  by  Clay 
M.  Greene,  entitled  Pigtail  vs.  Shamrock,  in  which  Mr.  Kenuedy  repeated 
and  improved  upon  Ins  now  famous  Chinese  imitation.  This  evening,  the 
Treasurers  of  the  Grand  appeal  to  the  public  in  a  bill  comprising  bits 
from  all  the  many  "hits"  made  under  Manager  Wheatleigh's  reign. 
This  afternoon,  the  most  successful  of  recent  bills  is  given  for  the  mati- 
nee, J2a»t  Limne  and  The  Bough  Diamond.  In  the  former,  Miss  Carey 
presents  for  the  last  time  the  most  effective  and  powerfully  drawn  imper- 
sonation of  her  present  engagement.  We  can  ill  spare  this  clever  and 
popular  actress,  and  trust  she  will  be  among  those  retained  by  Mr.  Mc- 
Donald at  the  expiration  of  the  present  legitimate  season,  which  termi- 
nates to-night.  The  majority  of  the  present  company  are  already  under 
engagement  elsewhere,  we  understand. 

California  Theater.— Mr.  Ben  De  Bar's  "Falstaff  "  in  the  Mwry  Wires 
of  Windsor  can  hardly  be  claimed  as  an  unequivocal  success.  Even  John 
Jack,  wretched  as  he  wss  in  everything  else,  infused  more  of  the  unctuous, 
oily  humor  of  Shakspeare  into  the  old  reprobate  than  his  present  per- 
sonator.  Mr.  De  Bar  is  the  emblem  rather  than  the  thing.  In  his  de- 
livery, make  up,  by  play,  and  special  stage  business  he  gives  a  very  com- 
plete idea  of  the  ton  of  a  man,"  but  the  fine,  inimitable  essence  of  the 
boastful  libidanous  old  sinner  is  wanting.  The  company  of  the  Cali- 
fornia, as  might  be  expected  in  "  legitimate, "  gave  the  star  the  strongest 
possible  support;  Mr.  Hill's  "Ford,"  and  Mr.  Keene's  "Dr.  Cairns''  being 
both  admirable  in  every  way.  The  latter's  make  up  and  accent  did  him 
infinate  credit.  Mr.  Bishop,  as  "Hugh  Evans,"was  "  as  good  as  ever,"  to 
use  an  expressive  localism.  Mr.  Long  was  excellent  as  "  Slender."  Miss 
Wilton  looked  and  acted  "  Mrs.  Page  "  admirably,  while  "  Sweet  Anne 
Page  "  had  a  charming  representative  in  Miss  Blanche  Chapman.  On 
Monday  we  have  the  Hess  Opera  Troupe. 

Bush-Street  Theater  — "  The  Troubarlours  "  finished  their  engage- 
ment this  week  to  good  business,  The  Brook  proving  as  an  attractive  a 
card  as  Patchwork.  Some  of  Mr.  Salsbury's  imitations  of  famous  actors 
are  really  remarkable,  and  on  the  whole  these  clever  people  leave  quite  a 
void  in  the  light  amusement  world.  On  Monday  "  Buffalo  Bill  "  and  his 
unique  coterie  of  sensational  actors  will  show  our  city  folks  how  the  red- 
skins are  hunted  on  the  great  plains. 

Emerson's  Opera  House.—  The  Minstrels  continue  the  even  tenor  of 
their  successful  way.  Emerson's  new  song,  "  Brown  the  Tragedian,"  has 
made  a  hit  equal  to  his  "  M.  P."  John  Hart  is  to  the  front  in  two  new 
sketches,  while  Ernest  Linden  and  Cheevers  and  Kennedy  are  to  produce 
novelties  for  the   coming  week  in  their  several  specialties. 

Professor  Macallister,  the  Wizzard,  still  continues  to  supply  our 
citizens  with  an  unlimited  quantity  of  sewing-machines,  tea-sets, 
lounges,  pianos  and  valuable  presents.  With  Lord  Dundreary  we  bow 
our  head  and  acknowledge  that  how  he  does  it  is  "  one  of  those  things 
which  no  fellow  can  find  out."  His  tricks  are  marvelous  and  more  neatly 
done  than  we  ever  remember  to  have  seen.  Large  audiences  greet  him 
night  after  night,  and  his  popularity  here  is  unprecedented  in  the  annals 
of  entertainments.  Each  evening  presents  some  new  feature  to  the  de- 
lighted audience,  and  his  soirees  are  thronged  to  the  utmost  capacity  of 
Pacific  Hall. 

The  First  Benefit  in  San  Francisco  of  Mr.  J.  B.  Polk  will,  through 
the  courtesy  of  Mr.  Barton  Hill,  take  place  at  the  California  Theater  on 
Sunday  evening  next.  Mr.  Polk  has  made  many  friends  in  San  Francisco, 
and  established  himself  as  a  comedian  of  great  ability.  The  evening's  bill  of 
fare  will  consist  of  Everybody's  Friend,  with  Miss  Ellie  Wilton,  Miss 
Carrie  Wyatt,  Miss  J.  C.  Walters,  Mr.  T.  W.  Keene,  Mr.  J.  N.  Long 
and  Mr.  J.  B.  Polk  in  the  cast,  and  Turning  the  Tables,  in  which  Polk  and 
Bishop,  Miss  Bella  <  'hapinun,  and  the  entire  strength  of  the  California 
Theater  Company  will  appear. 


A  great  fiddler,  not  so  great  as  the  gentleman  with  the  superfluous  j, 
was  Sir  William  Fairbairn,  the  eminent  engineer.  The  following  story  i« 
told,  by  Sir  William  himself,  of  his  exploits  on  that  fascinating  instru- 
ment:  "When  a  young  man  (he  says)  the  violin  became  my  constant 
traveling  companion  for  a  number  of  years.  I  could  play  half  a  dozen 
Scotch  airs,  which  served  as  an  occasional  amusement,  not  so  much  for 
the  delicacy  of  execution  as  for  the  sonorous  energy  with  which  they  were 
executed.  For  several  years  after  my  marriage  my  skill  was  put  to  the 
test  for  the  benefit  of  the  rising-  generation  ;  and  although  duly  appre- 
ciated by  the  children,  the  fiddle  was  never  taken  from  the  shelf  without 
creating  alarm  in  the  mind  of  their  mother,  who  was  in  fear  that  some 
one  might  hear  it.  A  dancing-master,  who  was  giving  lessons  in  the 
country,  borrowed  the  fiddle,  and,  to  the  great  relief  of  the  family,  it  was 
never  returned.  Some  years  after  this  I  waspresent  at  the  starting  of  the 
cotton-mill  for  Messrs.  Crros,  Deval  &  Co.,  Westerling,  in  Alsace,  where 
we  had  executed  the  water-wheel  and  milhvork  (the  first  wheel  on  the 
suspension  principle  in  France).  After  a  satisfactory  start,  a  great  dinner 
was  given  by  M.  Gros  on  the  occasion  to  the  neighboring  gentry.  During 
dinner  I  had  been  explaining  to  M.  Grros,  who  spoke  a  little  English,  the 
nature  of  home-brewed  ale,  which  he  had  tasted  and  much  admired  in 
England.  In  the  evening  we  had  music,  and,  perceiving  me  admire  his 
performance  on  the  violin,  he  inquired  if  I  could  play,  to  which  I  an- 
swered in  the  affirmative,  when  his  instrument  was  in  a  moment  in  my 
hands,  and  I  had  no  alternative  but  one  of  mv  best  tunes,  the  '  Keel  Row,' 
which  the  company  listened  to  with  amazement,  until  my  career  was  ar- 
rested by  M.  Gros  calling  out  at  the  pitch  of  his  voice :  *  Top,  top,  Mon- 
sieur !     By  gad,  dat  be  home-brewed  music  ! '" 


In  times  of  domestic  war  prepare  for  a  piece — of  your  wife's  mind. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATEE. 

John  McCnllonsrh,  Proprietor  and  Manager:  Barton  Hill, 
Acting  Manager.  Important  Extra  Announcement.  ENGLISH  OPERA  at  the 
CALIFORNIA  THEATER.  The  Man  cement  has  the  pleasure  to  announce  that  it 
has  effected  an  arrangement  for  transferring  the  HESS  ENGLISH  OPERA  COM- 
PANY to  the  California  Theater,  where  the  greater  stage  facilities  will  admit  of  the 
produetion  in  a  suj  erior  manner  of  all  the  grand  Operas  requiring  Extensive  Scenic 
and  Mechanical  Effects.  The  first  Opera  will  he  given  at  this  House  on  Monday  Eve- 
ning, May  14th,  when  Richard  Wagner's  Great  Opera.  THE  FLYING  DUTCHMAN, 
will  be  presented  with  a  strong  cast.  Combined  Orchestra.  Increased  Chorus.  New 
scenery,  prepared  after  the  Original  Models,  ii.eludh  ff  the  GREAT  MOVING  SHIPS. 
The  Management  isalso  happv  tu  announce,  that  owing  to  the  great  seating  capacity 
of  the  California  Theater,  there  will  be  NO  ADVANCE  IN  THE  PRICES  BEYOND 
REGULAR  DRAMATIC  RATES.  Reserved  Seats,  Dress  Circle  and  Orchestra,  -1  50  ; 
Admission  Dress  Circle  and  '  rchestra,  $1  U0  ;  Balcony  Admission,  50  cents  ;  Gallery, 
25  cents.     Box  Sheet  now  open.  May  12. 

BUaH    STREET    THEA1EB. 

Til  us  A-  Locke,  Lessees  ami  Managers.— This  Evening:,  May 
12th,  last  appearance  but  one  of  SALSBURY'S  TROUBADOURS,  when  PATCH- 
WORK will  be  reproduced  in  response  to  public  desire.  Th is  final  presentation  of 
PATCHWORK  will  be  enhanced  bv  New  Songs,  Specialtiee  and  unusually  attractive 
features.  This  (Saturday)  Afternoon-LAST  TROUBADOUR  MATINEE.  Sunday 
Night— Last  appearance  of  the  TROUBADOURS  in  San  Francisco.  Monday  Eve- 
ping,  May  14th— BUFFALO  BILL  and  CAPTAIN  JACK,  supported  by  a  powerful 
dramatic "jpganization,  in  their  famous  Western  Drama,  LIFE  ON  THE  BORDER. 
Seats  secured  six  days  in  advance. May  12. 

EME«SDN'S    OPERA    HOUSE 

Win.  Emerson,  Proprietor  ami  Manager;  S.  E.  « retherill, 
Business  Manager  ;  Nat.  Homer,  Treasurer  ;  C.  S.  Fredericks,  Stage  Manager. 
Entire  Change  of  Bill  !  Every  Aet  New  !  Overwhelming  Success  of  the  Great  and 
Only  EMERSON'S  MINSTRELS!  San  Francisco  Wild  with  Excitement.  The  Old 
Favorite  Returned.  Hundreds  Turned  Away  eyery  Night.  Standing  Room  only  after 
S  o'clock.  Acknowledged  by  the  Press  and  Public  to  be  the  Finest  Minstrel  Theater 
in  the  World.  No  Extra  Charge  for  Reserved  Seats.  Grand  Matinee  Saturday. 
Look  out  for  NEW  STARS. May  12. 

CALTFORNIA    THE-TEB. 

Bnsh  Street,  above  Kearny.--  John  McCnllonj^h.  Proprietor 
and  Manager;  barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager.  This  ^Saturday)  Evening,  May 
12th,  last  night  of  the  distinguished  comedian,  MR.  BEN  DE  BAR,  in  his  renowned 
impersonation  of  FALsTAFF,  in  Shakspeare's  Comedy  of  THE  MERRY  WIVES  OF 
WINDSOR,  with  New  Scenery  by  Porter,  Seabury  and  Assistants.  Near  Windsor 
Castle,  The  Garden  Inn,  Interior  of  Ford's  Dwelling-,  Heme's  Oak,  Windsor  Forest, 
FALSTAFF  MATINEE  this  (Saturday)  Afternoon,  at  2  o'clock.  Next  Monday— THE 
HESS  ENGLISH  OPERA  TRoUPii. May  12 

GRAND    OPERA    HOUSE. 

Mission  Street,  between  Thir;l  ami  Fourth.— Acting  Man- 
agcr.  Mr.  Chas.  Wheatlcigh.  Last  Night  of  the  Season.  This  (Saturday)  Eve- 
ning', May  12th—  TREASURER'S  BENEFIT.  Monster  and  attractive  bill  by  the  en- 
tire Company,  including  the  celebrated  California  Street  Scenes  and  Wreck  of  the 
Henrietta,  from  the  "  Tour  of  the  World  in  Eighty  Days,'  Scenes  in  Midsummer 
Nights  Dream,  Voegtlin's  Grand  Panorama  ;  also,  "Pcdrygodiana,"  "The  Serious 
Family,"  etc May  i*. 

MECHANICS'    INSTITUTE    COKCERTS, 

Mechanics*  Pavilion,  corner  of  Mission  ami  Eighth  streets. 
Last  Concert  of  theSeas,,n  will  be  given  on  SATURDAY  EVENING,  May 
12th,  when  will  be  oifered  a  Programme  of  Great  Merit,  in  which,  by  kind  permission 
of  C  D  Hess,  Esq.,  the  following  distinguished  artists  of  the  Grand  English  Opera 
Company  will  take  part  :  MISS  MARIE  STONE,  Soprano  ;  MISS  ADDIE  RANDALL, 
Contralto  ;  MR.  WM.  CASTLE,  Tenor;  MR.  GEO.  F.  CONLY,  Basso.  May  12. 


NEW    BELLA    TJNTON    THEATER. 

Kearny  Street,  between  Washington  ami  Jackson.— Samuel 
Tetlow,  Proprietor.  JOHNSON  and  BRUNO,  the  Original  Acrobatic,  Contor- 
tion, Song  and  Dance  Artists  and  Master  Linguists.  THE  BRAHAMS,  HARRY  a>id 
LIZZIE,  the  Favorite  Society  Sketch  Artists.  CHARLEY  REED,  Ethiopian  Come- 
dian, Character  Artist  and  Stump  Speech  Orator.  R.  T.  TYRRELL,  the  Celebrated 
Tenor.     The  Great  Double  Company  in  Comedy,  Farce  and  Drama. May  12. 

BALDWIN'S. 

Lessee  and  Manager,  John  McCullonfrh.—Mr.  C.  »-  Hess' 
GRAND  ENGLISH  OPERA  COMPANY.  Last  Appearances  at  this  Theater. 
Saturday  Matinee-IL  TROVATORE.  Sunday  Night,  May  13th-THE  BOHEMIAN 
GIRL.  Mr.  Maas,  Mr.  Carletou,  Mr.  Scguin.  Mr.  Turner,  Mine.  Rosewald  and  Mrs. 
Seguin  in  the  cast.  In  Preparation— Richard  Wagner's  great  work,  THE  FLYING 
DUTCHMAN.     Barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager.  


May  1-2. 


PACIFIC    HALL, 

Bush  Street,  California  Theater  Building. --Harry  Weston, 
Manager.  Second  Week.  Entire  New  Change  of  Programme  !  Every  Eve- 
nhv  and  Saturday  Matinee,  MACALLISTER  and  his  Munificent  Distribution  of  ONE 
HUNDRED  PRESENTS  Nightly.  Admission,  Gallery,  •»;*.  cents;  Reserved  Seats,  aO 
cents. 


May  12 


M.n    19,  1877. 


CALIFORNIA     Al>\  ERTISKli. 


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SERVICE    METEOROLOGICAL    REPORT. 

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SANITARY    NOTES 
Oue  hundred  and  three  deaths  occurred  thu  week,  u  oompared  with 
119  last.     There  wen  63  malea  and  4'^  femalea;  ;t"  under  ."»  years,  10  Le- 

20  and  60  years,  and  11    over  thu 
i  inly  5  deaths  ante  from  unknown  cause*,  of  which  ■»  were  Chinese     I  if 
rymot:  19  ware  diphtheria,   B  typhoid   fever,  ■'(  small-pox,  l 

whooping  cough.     There  were  3  deaths  from  apoplexy,  1  paralysis,  _'  brain 
.  1  inflammation  «»f  the  brain,  1  infantile  ronvulsions.     Dnva  ■  a  of 
tin-  r<-sj.ir.tt'T>   organs  m diminishing    II  phthisis  and 7  pneumonia,*! 
ind  1  oongeation  of  the  lungs.     There   are   tli"   usual  high  propor< 

ti'Hi  <>f  inftiMiitu.ttioti  of  tin'  st"iii,i'-li  nml  Imwels.      (  Mie  person  d'wl  of  old 

There  were  two  soil  ides  and  one  execution.  Only  one  fresh  case  of 
■mall-pox  baa  been  reported  from  the  city,  but  11  oases  have  been  sent  to 
tin?  Twenty  sixth  street  hospital  from  tin-  quarantine  station.  The  monthly 
r<-[>  iti  o>r  nfarch  is  presented.  The  total  deaths  were  -hil  -160  more  than 
in  March  last  year.  The  chief  increase  i>  due  to  zymotic  Mis.-a.-L-s  ami  to 
i  iolen  ■-  Last  year  the  deaths  from  symotic  diseases  were  62;  thia  year 
then  were  in.  of  which  76  were  diphtheria.  Last  year  there  were  bnt  7 
deaths  from  violence;  in  Man-h  this  year  there  were  33. 

A  new  twin  steamer  for  the  English  channel  Steamship  Company, 
built  uj>on  the  same  principle  as  the  Cofftofta,  hut  differing  in  important 
points  of  construction,  and  intended  to  secure  speed  as  well  as  prevent 
sickness,  was  launched  from  Leslie's  yard,  on  the  Tyne,  on  the  Hth  ult 
This  vessel  i>  named  the  Bxpreu^  and  is  composed  of  two  complete  hulls, 
300  feet  long,  from  the  inner  sides  of  which  rises  an  arch,  bearing  an  im- 
mense superstructure,  containing  cabins  and  saloons,  and  occupying 
nearly  the  entire  width  of  the  hull  and  almost  the  whole  length  of  the 
bow.  The  vessel  steams  either  way.  its  there  are  complete  and  inde- 
pendent engines  in  each  hull.     The  total  power  is  a,000horee. 

The  medal  for  ungallant  conduct  must  he  awarded  to  the  young  men 
of  the  graduating  class  of  the  Kingston  (X.  Y.)  academy.  The  principal 
I  two  young  ladies,  who  were  the  two  highest  in  the  classes,  to  be 
aalutatorian  and  valedictorian,  whereupon  the  young  men,  who  were  not 
as  smart  as  their  competitors  of  the  other  sex,  rebelled,  and  declared  they 
would  have  nothing  to  do  with  the  dosing  exercises.  The  principal  very 
properly  refused  to  change  the  arrangement,  and  an  open  revolt  was  im- 
minent, when  the  young  lady  selected  as  valedictorian  very  generously 
declined  to  deliver  the  address  under  any  circumstances. 


A  large  establishment  has  been  opened  in  St.  Louis  for  drying  eggs. 
It  is  in  full  operation,  and  hundreds  or  thousands  of  dozens  are  going  into 
its  insatiable  maw.  The  e^'gs  are  carefully  "candled"  by  hand  -that  is,  ex- 
amined by  light  to  ascertain  whether  g 1   or  not  -and   are  then  thrown 

into  an  immense  receptacle,  where  they  are  broken,  and  by  a  centrifugal 
operation  the  white  and  yolk  are  separated  from  the  shell  very  much  as 
liquid  honey  is  separated  from  the  conih.  The  liquid  is  then  dried  by 
lir.it,  hy  patent  process,  and  the  dried  article  is  left,  resembling  sugar;  and 
it  is  put  in  barrels,  and  is  ready  for  transportation  anywhere. 


The  Angora  goats  from  Asia  have  been  introduced  into  Texas  very 
largely  within  the  hist  few  years.  One  man  has  now  about  1,000  crossed 
witli  tlie  Mexican  goat.  The  hair  or  wool  is  long,  and  will  sell  from  7o 
cents  to  §1  a  pound.  The  skin  or  hide  makes  the  morocco  leather  and 
kid  glove;  the  suet  is  the  best  in  the  world;  and  the  meat  of  the  young 
goat  is  tender  and  toothsome.  On  the  whole,  the  goat  business  in  Texas 
and  Mexico  promises  to  be  a  great  feature  in  their  future. 

A  bill  passed  by  the  Missouri  Legislature  certainly  makes  a  Berious 
business  of  the  grasshopper  scourge,  and  for  the  war  that  has  been  de- 
clared upon  it  all  able-bodied  male  persons  between  twelve  and  sixty 
years  of  age  are  to  be  drafted  for  two  days  in  each  week  during  the  Spring 
months  of  the  year,  those  who  refuse  tu  respond  forfeiting  a  dollar  for 
each  absence. 

"That  baby,"  said  a  thoughtless  spectator  at  the  Cleveland  baby 
show  the  other  day,  "may  look  pretty  enough  at  home,  hut  it  is  hardly  up 
to  the  standard  here.  Don't  you  think  so?"  addressing  a  lady  who  stood 
near.  "Excuse  me  from  commenting,  sir,"  said  the  lady,  "as  my  opin- 
ion might  be   biased.     I  am  its  mother."     The  man  took  a  walk. 


A  professor  of  dancing  in  New  York  has  dedicated  the  name  of  P. 
Volleau  Cartier  to  fame  by  waltzing  five  hours  last  Friday  night  without 
stopping.  He  used  up  some  dozen  or  twenty  partners,  both  men  and 
women,  in  the  operation. 

There  is  perhaps  no  one  quality  that  can  produce  a  greater  amount  of 
mischief  than  may  be  done  by  thoughtless  good  nature. 


PAR ACRAPH IAN  A 

Fro  Bono  Publloo. 


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J.  B  Golly  &  Co,  ;tl  Keernj 
lh«   seat   of   war, 

Part  lei  the  whole  of 

I    in    Europe   ISei  iria,    Hen    :nvlna,    Montem    ro,  Ronmanla 
Southern  Hun                                                             toe  northwestern  and 

northern  portion  "f   Asia  Minor,  the  Can  lutbern 

■  to.    The  .tl tnpili  d  from  I bi  lab 

■  raphioally  a  tm  at     The   raJiro  id  ire  dis- 
tinct!) marked,  and  even  the  *umll<<»t  vilhi  I  m  it. 

Buff  do  Bill  has  ■>  number  nf  hi-  tndl  m  exhibition  In   \.  b 

-torv.  on  Kearny  street     We  notice   the    Winchester   Hep 
Rifle    among    the   tot,   showing  what  did    the   work.     Thai 
rifle  manufactory  in  the  United  States  that   has   not   as  srlj     ou   I 

■  Bill's  opinion  of  their  weapons;  and  the  w  inchester  bein 
prominently  forward  by  him  is  a  very  good  sign  that  it  in  the  beat  gun   in 

the  world  for  actual  service. 

Teeth  are  tlie  most  important  of  all  our  hones.  Our  troubles  com 
in.  nofl  with  teething  and  finish  when  we  air  toothless.  It  is  of  the  high- 
est importance  t.>  keep  our  enameled  ivories  well  preserved,  or  to  ,. 
them  if  they  are  lost.  Dr.  Jessup,  on  tin-  corner  of  Sutter  ami  Mont- 
gomery streets,  stands  at  the  lead  of  Ins  profession  as  a  skilled  dentist, 
and  his  celluloid  plate  is  the  perfection  of  modern  invention. 

A:  Roman  &  Co.  are  agents  for  a  beautiful  colored  map  giving  the 
whole  area  of  the  European  country  now  unhappily  involved  in  war. 
In  addition  to  the  very  accurate  delineation  of  the   various  territories 

affected  by  the  Struggle,  there  i-  also  a  very  clever  .summary  of  the  statis- 
tics of  the  belligerents  and  some  capital  information  relative  t<»  the  mat- 
ter at  issue. 

"Communism  not  of  Christianity"  is  the  subject  chosen  by  Hev. 
Dr.  Scott  for  his  Sunday  evening  lecture,  in  St.  John's  I'resbyterian 
Church,  at  ".}  o'clock.  All  are  invited.  Dr.  Scott  will  also  preach  at  11 
A.  M.,  and  administer  the  Communion. 


A.  R.  Biggs  &  Co.,  of  305  California  street,  still  keep  up  their  repu- 
tation for  choice  wines  and  good  liquors.  Their  house  is  well  known  to 
all  old  residents,  and  there  is  no  more  reputable  linn  in  the  city. 


J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co. ,  Merchant  Tailors,  and  dealers  in  Cents'  Fur- 
nishing Goods,  415  Montgomery  street,  between  California  and  Sacra 
mento  streets,  San  FranciBC  ■. 


St.  John's  Picnic.  —The  Sunday  School  picnic  connected  with  Rev.  Dr. 
Scott's  church  comes  off  today  at  Laurel  Grove,  near  San  Rafael.  Boat 
leaves  at  '.>.'.  o'clock.     Good  music. 


Gutte  &  Frank,  general  agents  of  the  Hamburg  Magdelburg  Fire 
Insurance  Company,  of  Hamburg,  have  removed  to  No.  307  California 
street,  between  Sansome  and  Battery. 

Dr.  Wm.  J.  Younger  (having  returned  from  abroad)  will  resume 
practice  at  his  old  office.  No.  224  Stockton  street,  on  Monday,  April  2d. 


CUNARD    L'NE. 

British   ami   North   Amsrlean   Royal   >laii    Steamships   be- 
tween MOW  YORK  and  LIVERPOOL,  calling  at  QUEE^STOWN. 
Sailing  from  New  York  every  Wednesday. 

BOTHNIA May  SO    July    4    August   8 

ABYSSINIA lune    (J    Julv  11     Aui.oi.st  ir, 

s<  vuiiA rune  LS    July  18    August  jl! 

kl'ssia tune  20    July  2.*.    Amrnst2u 

ALGERIA luno  27    Aug.  1     Sept'ber  & 

Passage  can  lie  soeured  and  all  information  given  on  application  to 

May  12. WILLIAMS,  BLAXCHAKU  &  CO.,  218  California  at. 

FOR    MEXICAN    PORTS. 

IT^or  tape   Smi    Lncns,    i,a    i»nz.    TtliiziUlan.    and    <-  Dayman, 
1       touching  at  Ma-.Uk-un  if;r, ,  should  su  Ueient  hulueemontolTcr.— The  steamship 

Ni:\vi(hKN,  Wm.  UETZGGR,  Blaster,  will  leave  for  the  above  ports  on  WEDNES- 
DAY, May  Kith,  at  12  o'clock  m.,  from  Folsom-street  Wharf,  Through  i(illn  of 
Lading  will  lie  furnished  and  none  others  signed.  Freight  will  bo  received  on  Thurs- 
day, May  10th.     No  freight  received   after  Tuesday,  May  15th,  at  12  o'clock  noon, 

and  Hill.-  of  Lading  nm.-t  he  aei.nin|.anied  l>v  Custom  House  and  Consular  Clearances. 
For  freight  or  passage  apply  to                                          J.  BEKMINGHAM,  Agent, 
May  12. 10  Market  street. 

FOR  FORT  TOWNSEND,   VICTORIA,  NANAIM0,  FORT  WRANGLE 
AND    SIT    A 

The  Steamuhip  California,   Charles  Tliorne.   Commander, 
will  sail  from  Portland,  Oregon,  on  TUESDAY,  May  1st.  1877.  and  on  the  FIRST 
DAY  OF  EACH  MONTH  thereafter.     For  freight  or  passage  apply  to  QEORGE  W. 
WEIDLER,  Agent,  Portland,  Oregon,  or                          P.  B.  CORNWALL. 
May  12. 123  California  street. 

DIVIDEND     NO  110  2. 

Oilice  or  the  Consolidated  Virginia  Mining  Compnuy,  Sau 
Francisco,  May  7th,  1877.— At  a  meeting  of  the  itourd  of  Trustees  «>f  the  above 
named  Company,  held  this  day,  a  dividend  (No  &t)  Of  Two  (2)  Dollars  per  share  was 
declared  payable  on  Monday,  May  14th.    Transfer  books  closed  until  May  16th. 
May  12. A.  W.  HAVENS,  Secretary. 

AuoCBTUS  LaVBB.]  LAVER    &    CURLETT,  [William  lvw.ktt. 

Arehiteets,  Furnish  Phuis,  BpecificationM  and  Superin- 
tendence for  the  Construction  or  Renovation  of  Dwelling  Houses,  and  every 
description  of  Building.  Offices  :  01  and  (J2  Academy  building,  330  Pine  street,  San 
Francisco.  May  12. 

FOR    PORTLAND,    OREGON. 

The  Only  Direct  Line,  Leaving  every  Five  Days.— Steam- 
ship GEORGE  W.  ELD  hit,  Connor,  Commander,  leaves  Folsom-street  wharf 
MONDAY,  May  14lh,  at  10  a.m.                               K.  YAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
May  12. 210  Battery  street. 

REMOVAL. 

1,T     Vt .  McOraw,  Attorney  and  Connscllor  at  law,  removed 
Urn    to  604  KEARJTY  STREET,  corner  of  California.  May  5. 


SAN     FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETT: 


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May   12,  1877. 


SPECIAL    BREVITIES. 


A  correspondent  in  Paris,  writing-  on  the  9th  ult.,  says:  "The  re- 
port that  the  Bank  of  France  has  advanced  20,000,001)  f.  in  gold  to  the 
Russian  Government  to  assist  it  to  pay  its  next  coupon  was  inexact,  but 
there  was  some  foundation  for  it.  The  Bank  of  France  could  not  have 
made  such  an  advance  unless  it  had  been  authorized  to  do  so  by  a  special 
law  of  th«  National  Assembly;  and  no  such  law  has  been  submitted  to 
the  Chamber.  Yet  it  is  perfectly  true  that  the  advance  has  been  made 
to  the  Kussian  Government ;  not,  however,  by  the  Bank  of  France,  but 
by  some  private  bankers  who  have  deposits  in  that  bank.  As  to  the  pro- 
posed resignation  of  Prince  Bismarck,  there  is  good  reason  to  believe  that 
it  was  prompted  by  deeper  motives  than  those  mentioned  in  the  papers. 
It  was  intimately  connected  with  the  attitude  of  Germany  toward  Rus- 
sia ;  so  much  so  that  Count  Andrassy,  whose  strongest  supporter  is  the 
German  Chancellor,  has  abandoned  his  plan  of  making  a  short  stay  in 
his  country-house  at  Terebes,  apparently  because  he  thought  it  more  pru- 
dent to  remain  at  Vienna  uutil  the  position  of  affairs  should  become  more 
definite  at  Berlin." 

A  useful  warning  to  ladies  and  others  who  indulge  in  the  practice  of 
obtaining  sleep  by  means  of  narcotics,  is  conveyed  by  a  story  told  at  the 
meeting  of  the  Cambridge  Board  of  Guardians,  recently.  A  man  named 
Lawrence,  a  railway  porter,  who  had  been  suffering  from  an  attack  of 
bronchitis,  apparently  died.  His  remains — or  rather  what  were  supposed 
to  be  his  remains — were  placed  in  a  coffin,  and  the  surgeon  having  certi- 
fied that  his  death  was  sudden,  the  coroner  was  consulted  as  to  whether 
an  inquest  should  be  held  on  the  body.  Happily,  in  the  end  this  question 
was  disposed  of  by  the  deceased  himself,  who,  after  reposing— let  us  hope 
not  uncomfortably — for  two  days,  got  out  of  his  coffin  and  sat  down  on  a 
chair  in  the  room  where  he  had  been  deposited.  His  prolonged  ini^nsi- 
bility,  it  turned  out,  had  been  caused  by  a  sleeping  draught,  which  his 
mother  had  administered  to  him.  Lawrence  may  congratulate  himself 
that  he  was  neither  dissected  nor  buried  alive  ;  but  the  case  is  neverthe- 
less, on  the  whole,  an  uncomfortable  one. 

It  appears  from  a  communication  made  to  the  German  Parliament 
that  40,000  copies  of  the  official  history  of  the  Franco-German  War  have 
been  sold,  and  that  the  clear  profits  realized  thus  far,  after  paying  the 
cost  of  printing  and  all  other  expenses,  already  amount  to  £15,000.  This 
sum  it  is  proposed  to  devote  to  the  promotion  of  military  science.  Al- 
most equally  great  has  been  the  success  of  a  work  of  a  very  different  de- 
scription. Of  the  German  edition  of  Carl  von  Scherzer's  "Novava  Ex- 
pedition" no  less  than  29,000  copies  have  been  sold,  and  translations  in 
Italian  and  English  were  published  besides.  The  official  account  of  this 
expedition  fills  twenty-one  volumes,  illustrated  with  229  plates  and  maps. 
Their  production  cost  £25,179,  and  the  sales  of  the  scientific  portions  of 
the  work  only  yielded  £3,824.  About  400  copies  were  presented  to 
learned  societies  and  savants.- 

Animal  Vaccination.  —The  Medical  Examiner  publishes  the  report  of 
the  commission  on  animal  vaccination,  as  practiced  in  Belgium,  where 
small-pox  has  been  stamped  out.  Jenner  proved  that  direct  vaccination 
from  the  cow  was  an  absolute  protection  against  small-pox,  but  that  hu- 
manized lymph  was  less  infallible.  The  commissioners  point  out  that 
animal  vaccination  avoids  the  risk  of  introducing  disease,  which  is  the 
rallying  cry  of  anti-vaccinationists.  They  visited  the  State  Vaccinal 
Institute  of  Brussels,  which  lias  been  established  eisrht  years.  Calves  are 
let  by  the  owners  for  seven  days.  The  results  are  perfectly  successful. 
In  the  severe  epidemic  of  1871,  not  one  of  the  10,000  children  vaccinated 
from  the  institute  took  small-pox. 

It  is  a  thousand  pities  that  the  vast  stacks  of  arms  up  at  the  arse- 
nal, which  Mr.  Longfellow  likened  to  an  organ  ever  so  many  years  ago, 
cannot  be  sold  at  this  time  to  some  of  the  combatants  in  Europe.  But 
nobody  cares  for  muzzle-loaders,  even  of  the  excellent  Springfield  model 
with  which  the  great  rebellion  was  fought.  Besides,  the  attempt  to  sell 
off  some  of  them  during  the  Franco-Prussian  war  involved  some  scandals. 
It  is  stated  that  the  Government  of  the  United  States  has  about  400,000 
of  these  muzzle-loaders  still  on  hand.  They  are  not  likely  to  rise  in  value 
as  we  recede  from  the  muzzle-loadinpr  era,  and  it  would  be  good  economy 
for  the  Government  to  realize  on  its  junk  at  the  earliest  opportunity. — 
Sprinifjield  Republican. 

The  cheap  restaurants  in  Paris  known  as  the  "Bouillons  Duval" 
increase  in  favor,  as  is  proved  by  the  following  return,  giving  the  number 
of  meals  served  during  the  last  six  years:— 1871,  2,356,991 :  1872,  2.409,- 
760;  1873,  2,590,849;  1874,  2,G59,82S;  1S75,  2,925,093;  1S76,  3,045,801. 
The  average  cost  of  each  meal  to  the  customer  has  been  as  nearly  as  pos- 
sible Is.  6d.,  and  the  profit  on  each  to  the  company  lid.  The  receipts  of 
the  different  restaurants  during  1876  were  £226,283,  ancl  from  the  butchers' 
shops  attached  to  them  £94,199,  making  in  all  £320,482,  or  £12,729  more 
than  in  1875.  The  expenditure  forl87G  was  £303,981,  leaving  a  net  profit 
of  £16,504  for  distribution  among  the  shareholders. 

The  Australian  ' '  Medical  Journal''  states  that  Mr.  Sydney  Gib- 
bons recently  delivered  a  lecture  before  the  Australian  Health  Society,  at 
Melbourne,  on  "  Kissing  and  Its  Consequences,"  his  object  being  to  show 
that  many  forms  of  disease,  especially  those  presumed  to  depend  upon 
fungoid  bodies  for  their  reproduction,  are  communicated  by  this  mean3. 
The  London  Chemist  and  Druggist  remarks:  "Weunje  the  attention  of 
the  promoters  of  the  new  city  of  Hygeliopolis  to  this  item.  All  their 
elaborate  drainage  will  be  of  no  avail  if  a  crowd  of  amorous  lunatics  are 
to  be  permitted  to  continue  the  oseula'.ory  inoculations  emanating  from 
their  fungoid  carcasses." 

During  1376,  says  the  AtJienazum,  443  journals  were  published  in 
Spain  ;  95  were  political,  65  religious,  78  literary,  105  scientific,  artistic, 
and  industrial,  and  100  ivere  miscellaneous.  The  Gorrespondancia  de  Es- 
pana  has  the  largest  circulation,  having  circulated  during  the  last  year 
nearly  twenty-one  millions  of  copies,  besides  about  two  millions  of  extra 
sheets  (supplements.)  Upward  of  eleven  millions  of  copies  were  sent  to 
the  provinces,  while  9,700,000  were  absorbed  by  Madrid.  About  24,000 
advertisements  were  inserted  in  the  Con'espondancia  during  1876. 

According  to  the  researches  of  Herr  F.  Muench,  our  earth  has  at  one 
time  or  other  been  inhabited  by  155,000  kinds  of  animals,  of  which  20,- 
000  are  now  extinct,- while  the  other  135,000  are  still  with  us.  Among  the 
survivors  are  2,000  varieties  of  mammalia,  1,000  of  birds,  1.500  "creeping 
things,"  8.000  of  fish,  100,000  of  insects,  4,000  radiata,  3,500  polypifera, 
1,400  infusoria,  and  Herr  Muench  himself. 


INSURANCE. 


INSURANCE    AGENCY   OF 
HUTCHINSON    &   MANN, 

NO    314     CALIFORNIA     STREET,    SAM     FRANCISCO. 

AUESTS  FOB  TUB 

Franklin  Ins.  Co Indianapolis,  Ind  New  Orleans  Ins.  Ass'n New  Orleans. 

Union  Ins.  Co Galveston,  Texas  St.  Paul  F.  &  M.  Ins.  Co... St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Home  Ins.  Co Columbus,  Ohio  ( Atlas  Ins.  Co Hartford   Conn. 

People's  Ins.  Co Newark,  N.  J.  i  Revere  Fire  Ins.  Co li->t>t*'ii. 

National  L.  I.  Co.,U.  S.  A. .Wash's,  D.  C.lGirard  Ins.  Co Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  Millions. 
POLICIES    ISSUED    ON    DESIRABLE   PROPERTY  aT  FAIR  RATES.     LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  PAID. 

HUTCHINSON  A  MANN,  General  Agents, 
May  5.  314  California  street,  San  Franeiseo. 

HOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Principal  Office,  406  California  Street,  San  Franeiseo. 
Cash  Assets,  January  1,  1577,  ¥iijj,2i>l ;  Liabilities,  ^5,f)52  ;  Surplus  for  Policy 
Holders,  $550,339.  J.  F.  Houghton,  President;  Geo.  U.  Howard,  Vice-President; 
Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary.      R.  H.  MAG1LL,  H.  H  BIGELOW,  General  Agents. 

Directors. — San  Francisco — Geo.  H.  Howard,  John  H.  Redington,  J.  F.  Houghton 
R.  B.  Gray,  Robert  Watt,  John  Currey,  L.  L.  Baker,  W.  F.  Whittier,  C.  C.  Burr,  E. 
M.  Root,  W.  H.  White,  J.  L.  N.  Shepard,  W.  M.  Greenwood.  George  S.  Mann,  Cyrus 
Wilson,  W.  T.  Garratt,  C.  Waterhouse,  A.  P.  Hotaling,  A.  Block,  A.  K.  P.  Harmon, 
G.  S.  Johnson,  W.  O.  Wilson,  A.  W.  Bowman,  H.  L.  Dodge,  Charles  R.  Story.  Ala- 
meda County  Branch — V.  D.  Moody,  Chauncy  Taylor,  A.  C.  Henry,  Robert*  S.  Far- 
relly,  Joseph  B.  Marlin,  W.  B.  Hardy.  T.  B.  Simpson.  San  Diego— A.  H.  Wilcox. 
Sacramento— Mark  Hopkins,  D.  W.  Earl,  Julius  Wetzlar,  James  Curolau.  San  Jose  — 
T.  tllard  Beans,  B.  D.  Murphy,  A.  Pfister,  J.  H.  Dibble,  J.  S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis, 
Jacob  Rich,  John  Auzerais,  John  Balbach.  Stockton— H.  H.  Hewlett,  Chas.  Bclding, 
J.  D.  Peters,  A.  W.  Simpson,  H.  M.  Fanning.  Marysville— D.  K.  Knight.  Grass 
Valley— Wm.  Watt,  T.  W.  Sigoumey.  Portland,  Oreg.n— W.  S  Ladd,  C.  H.  Lewis, 
P.  Wassenuan,  B.  Goldsmith,  D.  Maelcay.  Virginia  City,  Nevada— John  Gillig,  Isaac 
L.  Requa,  March  17. 

FIEE  AND  MAKING  INSURANCE.— VH ION  JNS-  CO.  OF  S.  F. 

The  California  I^loyds.— Established  in  1861.—- Nos.  416  and 
418  California  street.  Cash  capital  $750,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  $1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  !  !  Solid  Security  ■  !  DIRECTORS. 
— San  Fraxcisco — J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Borel,  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  Lawrancc  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Howes,  Nicholas  Luning,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Baum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Brandonstein,  Gustavo  Toucfaard,  O.  Brignardello,  George  C.  Hickox,  T.  Lem- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Lindcnberger.  Sacramento — Edw.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Marvsvillr— L.  Cunnighani,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  O, — 
Henry  Failing.     NBW  York— J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phelan. 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President.                      N.  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 
Charlkh  D.  Haven,  Secretary.        Geo.  T.  Boiikn,  Surveyor Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
FBUE    AND    MARINE. 

C1a-h  Assets,  Jan.  1st.  1S76,  8478,000.— Principal  Office, 
J  218  and  220  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Okfickrs  :— Peter  Dokahub,  Pres- 
sident;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Cisiiing,  Secretary;  H.  II.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  of  Directors  : — Peter  Donahue.  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
CSullivan,  A-  Boe'queraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailey,  E.  W.  Corbert, 
George  O.  McMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixley,  F  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson,  Dr.  C.  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  Ivcrs,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County.  H.  W.  Scale,  Mayfield.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSUEANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  business  of  Title  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  over  Fourteen  Million  Dollaiis.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Only  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  como'-ed  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.]  313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE    FIEE    JNSUEANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN, 
GERMANY. 

Capital,  6,000,000  Reich -Marks,  $1,500,000  U.  S.  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coa^t,  we  are  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDiiMAN,  H1RSCHFELD  &  CU., 
Nov.  4. Office :  No.  302  Sansome  street,  under  W.  F.  &  Co.'s  Bank. 

'~~  ESTABLISHED    1831. 

Capital,  Gold $10,000,000. 

GUARDIAN  ASSURANCE  CO.,  OF    LONDON. 

Dec.  16.  Agents:  BALFOUR.  GUTHltlE  &  CO.,  230  California  st. 

NOETHERN  ASSUEANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABEEDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  815,000,000;  Accumulated  Funds,  up- 
wards of  S(i,750,000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re- hi  sura  nee,  sl.:lsu,0uu. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN    ASSURANCE  CO.,    OF  TORONTO,    CANADA. 

("1a*h  Assets,  ^!.2i>7.4s:j.---r,oni(!osi  Assurance  Corporation, 
j    of  London,    England.    Cash  Assets,  SS14,993,4U0, — Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.                     CROSS  &.  CO.,  General  Agents, 
Jan.  20. . aiti  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 
/Capital  $5, OOO, 000.--- Agents:    Balfonr,  Guthrie  &  Co.,  No. 

V>    230  California  street,  San  Francisco.  No.  18. 

FOR    SALS. 
t*k  X4\   lf\f%4\  First  Mortgage  Bonds  ofthe  Nevada  Comity 

M^tll'tx"!'/  Narrow  Gauge  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1S76,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  8  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  in  this  citv.  No  more  desirable  investment  can  be  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit         [Sept.  i).j        ANDREW  BA1UD,  No.  304  California  street. 

SUTEO    &    CO., 

Bankers  and  Brokers,  40$  Montgomery  street.— Highest 
price  paid  for  U.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bonds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreigu  Coin. 
Exchange  drawn  on  New  .York.  May  20 


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J.    CRAIG,    ATTORNEY   AT  LAW. 
pecial  Attention  given  to  Lmid   Suits  and  Patent  Bight 

Cases.     Room  44,  Nevada  Block,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  April  21. 


Mi>    19,  1977. 


GALIFORN1  \     ADVERTISER, 


MY    ANSWER 


Do  |  thiuy 

A  voi 

Do  v.-ii  kn 

win, 
With u«  raokleai  doth  of  a  boyl 

•  luty  Out) 

Mm  llln  you  ii .■-■■■  I  vat. 

Now  stand  :*t  kha  bw  •  >*'  mv  worn  m1  ■  noj, 

I'ntil  I  shall  quwtion  thoo. 
>'<■'(  rvqaln  your  aiuttoo  ihsi]  always.  I 

Your  10  la  and  jroai  shirli  be  whole : 
ii*.-  your  heart  to  be  u  fcrae  m  God's  stars, 

An. I  u  pore  as  liis  Heaven,  yoursool 

)       i  oooh  tor  y<>ur  mntton  and  beef: 

/  require  a  amah  ejnaber  thing 

•  wanting  for  socks  and  shirts  — 

I  look  for  a  man  and  a  tdng: 
A  king  far  the  beautiful  realm  called  home, 

Ami  .»  man  that  hi"  Maker,  I 
Shall  look  upon  as  he  did  on  the  first, 

And  lay,  "It  ii  very  good!" 

I  am  fair  and  young,  but  the  rose  will  fade> 

Prom  myaoft  young  obeek  one  day: 
Will  you  love  me  thru,  'mid  the  falling  leaves, 

As  you  did  'mid  tin*  blossoms  of  May? 
If  your  luart  an  ocean,  ao  strong  and  deep, 

I  may  launch  my  all  on  it*  tide? 
A  loving  woman  finds  heaven  or  hell, 

The  day  she  beoomea  a  bride. 

I  require  all  thinga  thai  are  grand  and  true, 
All  thinga  that  a  man  should  be; 

If  you  give  this  all.  I    would  stake  my  lifo 

To  I".-  all  yon  demand  of  me. 
If  you  cannot  l»-  this  -a  laundresa  and  cook 
You  can  hire  -and  little  to  pay — 

But  ■  WOman'a  lic:irt  and  B  woman's  life, 
Are  not  to  Ik.'  won  that  way. 

EUROPEAN  ARMIES. 
The  fifth  edition  of  Boron  de  Worms'  book,  "The  Policy  of  Eng- 
land in  the  Bast."  contains  some  uster^ating  tables  .in  the  population  and 
armies  of  the  different  European  nations.  According  to  these  returns, 
the  Ottoman  Empire,  inclusive  of  the  tributary  States,  comprises  13,000,- 
01  K>  Turks.  1,:j  (»,(MHj  Aral,,,  i ".00. 000  Tartars,  Turkomans,  and  Zingarees, 
:».1l':J,imn>  Roumanians.  2,000,000  Greeks,  4,800,000  Bulgarians,  500,000 
StTvianw,  and  K0(),ooo  llulgarians  professing  the  Mahommedan  faith.  In 
Servia  there  are  460,000  Roman  Catholics,  and  100,000  in  Albania.  Al- 
together,  the  population  of  the  eaipire  reaches  52,002,008  ;  but  this  is  in- 
cluaive  of  nearly  11,000,000  Nubians,  5.000,000  Egyptians,  and  8,000.000 
Roumanians  and  Servians.  In  another  table,  the  effective  uf  the  armies 
of  the  different  Powers  are  stated  as  follows:  Russia,  1,789,671;  Germany, 
1,248,831;  Fran  e  [inclusive  of  the  reserves  and  territorial  armv),  1,118,- 
525*  Austria,  964,208;  Italy,  871,871;  England,  055,808;  and  Turkey, 
629,736,  In  the  Turkish  army  there  are  154,376  regulars  to  475,300  irre- 
gulars, while  in  the  other  European  armies,  with  the  exception  of  Eng- 
land, there  is  about  an  eqnal  proportion  of  active  and  reserved  forces.  In 
rl  of  fleets.  France  has  Otf  ironclad  vessels,  as  against  01  possessed  by 
Great  Britain,  but  the  latter  Power  has  440  other  war  vessels  as  compared 
to  only  366  in  the  French  navy.  Russia  has  31  ironclads  and  124  other 
war;  Turkey  has  21  ironclads ;  Italy,  17;  Austria,  12;  Germany, 

8;  and  Greece,  1,  Montenegro  lias  only  100,000  inhabitants,  with  an  an- 
nual revenue  of  £5,000,  but  it  has  20,000  soldiers— in  other  words,  all 
the  able-bodied  men  are  under  anus.  The  public  debt  of  Russia  exceeds 
£300,000,000,  or  half  as  much  again  as  that  of  Turkey. 

USEFUL  KNOWLEDGE. 
The  statistics  of  suicides  in  France  for  the  year  1876  have  just  been 
printed.  From  these  figures  it  appears  that  during  the  past  year  5,017 
persons  put  an  end  to  their  existence  in  that  country.  Of  these,  4,435 
were  males,  and  1,132  females.  The  methods  employed  for  the  destruc- 
tion of  life  were,  of  course,  various— hanging,  strange  to  say,  appears  to 
have  been  the  most  popular,  no  fewer  than  2,472  persons  having  killed 
themselves  by  means  of  the  rope.  Drowning  comes  next  on  the  list, 
numbering  1,514  victims,  805  destroyed  themselves  by  firearms,  407  by 
the  fumes  of  charcoal,  120  by  poison,  154  threw  themselves  off  public 
buildings,  31  threw  themselves  under  railway  trains,  13  died  from  "inter- 
nal combustion  produced  by  the  absorption  of  liquids,"  one  threw  himself 
into  the  fire.  Among  the  most  Frequent  causes  of  suicide  were,  mental 
alienation  1,433  ;  drunkenness,  500 ;  physical  suffering,  708  ;  domestic 
trouble,  633;  and  fear  of  destitution,  320.  The  suicides  are  classed  as  fol- 
lows: 1,828  peasants,  1,038  workmen,  027  persons  belonging  to  the  liberal 
professions,  241  to  the  commercial  classes,  and  228  domestic  servants  ; 
1,946  were  unmarried  ;  1,087  married,  with  children  ;  058  married,  without 
children;  29  were  under  sixteen  years  of  age,  103  between  sixteen  and 
twenty-one,  048  between  twenty-one  and  thirty,  820  between  thirty  and 
forty,  1,053  between  forty  and  fifty,  1,161  between  fifty  and  sixty,  983  be- 
tween sixty  and  seventy,  52S  between  seventy  and  eighty,  while  77  were 
eighty  years  old  or  upward.  By  far  the  larger  number  of  suicides  were 
committed  in  the  department  of  the  Seine,  which  contributes  915  to  the 
melancholy  list,  while  even  in  the  most  thickly  peopled  of  the  other  de- 
partments the  suicides  hardly  number  100  for  the  twelvemonth. 


PATRIOTIC    BUILDING    SOCIETIEa 
Some  excitement  1. 1  m  by  the  di 

thai  th<    I  D  im  the 

1  '<• !  h  mn    ■  l(l.|   the  li torn 

now  m  liquidation.    The    Direi  I  in   hi  une    i 

■ 
public  moni  \  t  i  the  extent  of  I 

with  the  Sheffield  Patriotic  Buildli  to  !>••  more 

than  was  first  supposed,  and  the  amount  I  Bfl    000    h; 

■  are   involved,  one  of  them   to   tl stent  of  £09,000. 

smaUer  olubs,  which  had   iyon  deposit  at  the  lancer  once,  «iM  lose 

all.     Another  Director  has  filed  hu  petition,  with  liabi  lated  at 

£70,000. 

What  are  the   "beet man's*'    privileges  at   a  wedding?    A  young 

woman  named  Connor,  sum ned  in  tie-    Dublin   Police  Court  a  i 

Dr.  Lynch  for  having,  at  a  wedding  recently,  everal  tunes  attempted  to 
■  an  i  in  th<  -mi  h  ;  tru  -.:■•  m  that  tool*  ■  1  ice,  having 
torn  her  drees,  worth  £4.  The  dot-tor  promised  to  replace  toe  drees,  but 
did  not.  For  the  defence  it  was  pleaded  that  he  only  took  the  recognized 
liberties  with  the  bridesmaid;  but  the  magis'.rato,  Mr.  O'Donell,  Maid  that 
doI  being  "  best  man  "  he  was  not  privileged.  The  crowd  in  onurt  were 
greatly  amused,  and  the  magistrate  finally  told  all  concerned  to  "go 
away  out  of  that?"  His  decision,  however,  that  "best men"  at  wed- 
dings are  "  privileged  "  is  important,  but  it  would  have  I n  more  satis- 
factory it"  his  worship  bad  more  particularly  defined  what  their  i  rivilcgos 
axe,  He  rarely  cannot  nn?an  that  they  .an,  with  impunity,  teat  a  lady's 
dress  in  their  anxiety  for  an  embrace, 

John  Wolfe,  who  went  from  Stockbridge  to  California  last  Fall,  died 
giara  recently,  and  when  the  telegraphed  news  reached  Ins  mother,  Mrs. 
Richard  Wolfe,  ol  Stockbridge,  she  was  taken  with  convulsions  and  now 
lies  in  a  critical  condition,  she  had  protested  against  John's  going  away, 
and  the  fact  of  his  illness  had  been  concealed  from  her. 


There  is  no  truth  in  the  statement  that  has  been  circulated  that 
Mr.  E.  D.  J.  Wilson  is  to  be  the  editor  of  the  London  Economist.  The 
po-t,  it  is  understood,  has  been  offered  to  Mr.  G-itfen,  the  Chief  of  the 
Statistical  Department  at  the  Board  of  Trade.  There  cannot  be  a  bet- 
ter choice,  but  it  is  not  yet  known  whether  Mr.  C4iffen  will  accept  it. 


A  bucket  of  white  paint  will  work  marvelous  improvements  about 
a  man's  premises,  but  perhaps  the  most  picturesque  effect  possible  to  pro- 
duce with  it,  is  obtained  when  a  man  leans  his  back  against  a  fresh  painted 
fence. — Syracuse  Times. 


Holyoke  boasts  a  woman  who  married  for  the  first  time  at  14,  has  had 
seven  husbands,  four  of  whom  are  dead,  two  divorced,  and  the  seventh 
now  living  with  her.  Local  theologians  arc  bothering  as  to  whose  wife 
she  shall  be  in  the  resurrection. 


Wellington  Watson,  formerly  a  popular  photographer  of  Detroit, 
took  a  fatal  dose  of  poison  the  other  day,  because  his  wife,  who  had  just 
procured  a  divorce  from  him,  turned  him  out  of  her  house  and  married 
another  man  the  next  day. 


The  appointment  of  Colonel  Valentine  Baker,  the  Englishman,  to 
the  command  of  a  Turkish  brigade,  has  been  canceled  on  the  recommend- 
ation of  Redif  Pasha,  who  declares  that  European  officers  are  not  needed. 

The  Norxistown  "Herald"  suggests  that  the  guillotine  be  called 
into  requisition  to  suppress  the  tramp.  Well,  that  would  be  a  capital 
way  to  get  a  head  of  him,  that's  a  fact. — Puck. 


The  most  remarkable  fact  in  the  statistics  of  European  armaments 
is  that  France  has  two  more  ironclads  than  England.  The  numbers  are, 
France  03,  Great  Britain,  61. 

DELINQUENT  LIST  OF   MONTGOMERY  AVENUE  ASSESSMENT  FOR 

FISCAL    YF.ATt    1876-77. 
"\Totice  is  hereby  given,  that  the  Male  of  Real  Estate  for  the 

±\     iioii-piiyinuiit  of   the  Montgomery  Avenue  Assessment  for   the  lUcal  year 
1*7(1-77,  is  hereby  postponed  until  MONDAY,  the  30th  instant,  at  10  o'clock  a.m, 

WILLIAM  FORD, 
April  2L 'l*ax  Collector  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

SPORTSMEN'S    EMPORIUM, 

Fish  in-  iiimI  i!  iinti  ii  jj  Punts  and  Stockings.  Also,  the 
largest  and  finest  assortment  of  Guns,  Itiilea,  Pistol*,  Fishing  Tackle  and 
Spurting  Article^  <jn  the  I'nvifie  Cuast ;  IJreeeh  mid  Muz/le-Lnadintj  Double  and 
Single  Guns,  from  the  bust  makers  ;  Keiniugtnn  Sporting  Rifles;  Ballard,  Sharp  and 
Winchester  Rifles.  Also,  the  largest  and  most  complete  assortment  "f  Sporting  and 
Gunmakers'  Materials  in  the  United  States.  LI  DOLE  &  KAKDINO, 

April  21.  63;>  Washington  street,  San  Francisco. 

HTCKETHIER  ft  W1LKE, 

(general  Agents  for  the  Fncilic  Coast  lor  the  Portable  and 
X  Adjustable  Reading  and  Writing  Desks,  126  Montgomery  avenue  (Commercial 
Hotel  Block),  San  Francisco.  This  Desk  can  be  attached  to  a  chair  or  bedstead, 
therefore  very  useful  to  tourists  and  sick  chambers,  April  21. 

"WANTED, 

Information  of  James  Mullan,  <>i  Itallinteniple,  Garva#rh, 
County  Derry,  Ireland.  When  last  beard  of  was  mi  board  the  ship  "Moses 
T.iyl'T,"  in  June,  1876.  Information  will  be  thankfully  received  at  the  office  of  this 
paper  by  his  brother  John.  April  28. 

PAY   A  VISIT  TO   MESSRS.  FEISTEL  ft  GERRARD, 

The    French   Chiropodists    and    Manicures,    where    Corns, 
Bunions,  Warts,  Inverted  Nails,  etc.,  arc  skillfully  treated.   Kill  Market  street, 
opposite  Fourth.     Sole  Agents  for  the  Sozopach  for  purifying  the  feet.        April  28. 

FALKNER,       ELL    ft   CO.'S    WOOL    AGENCY. 
4  6>  a  |  California  street,  is  now  open  for  the  transaction  of 

-"iej'I.F    a  general  wool  commission  business.     Sheep  and  ranch  property  bought 
and  sold  on  commission.  May  6. 

SPECIAL    NOTICE. 

On  and  after  Monday,  May  7th,  the  steamer  James  M.  Don- 
ahue will  make  two  trips  daily,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  from  Washington 
street  wharf  at  7:16  a.m.  and  \i  p.m.,  for  ULuVERDALK  and  Way  Stations.     May  5. 

WI1BCN    WHITE, 
ercliandise   Broker.     Jute  Goods  a  Specialty.     Xo.   20-1 

May  5. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


May   12,  1877. 


PINNEY  PRO  AND  CON. 
This  is  an  age  of  exposures.  No  one  is  surprised  at  the  impeach- 
ment of  his  neighbor,  and  the  sounding  of  the  morass  of  impurity  devel- 
ops an  apparently  bottomless  stratum  of  mud.  However  much  the  or- 
dinary reader  may  be  inclined  to  accept  unproven  accusations  for  gospel, 
it  is,  nevertheless,  every  man's  duty  to  separate  the  endless  chaff  of  as- 
persion from  the  solid  wheat  of  criminality.  Mr.  Pinney  comes  to  the 
front  this  week  with  an  array  of  charges  against  Senator  Sargent,  Con- 
gressman Page,  General  La  Grange,  Mr.  Carr,  and  others,  which  cannot 
be  passed  over  in  silence.  Time  will  develop  the  truth  or  falsity  of 
Pinney's  accusations,  hut  as  that  gentleman  is  at  one  and  the  same  time  a 
public  prosecutor  and  an  acknowledged  absconder,  it  will  not  be  amiss  to 
sift  the  gist  of  his  statement,  and  analyze  the  matter  of  his  bombshell. 
Pinney's  plea  is  that  he  was  the  victim  of  a  gang  of  unscrupulous  politi- 
cians, who  made  him  their  scapegoat,  and  saddled  their  iniquities  on  him. 
The  weak  points  of  the  confessor  are,  that  he  does  not  tell  us  anything 
about  his  relations  with  the  notorious  woman  who  was  the  companion  of 
his  flight,  or  give  us  the  slightest  clue  as  to  the  reasons  for  her  being  his 
fellow  passenger.  If  she  was  not  his  partner  and  paramour,  but  merely  a 
fellow  passenger  on  the  same  vessel,  why  did  he  give  the  captain  of  the 
Baron  Ballantyne  -?2,000  extra  to  land  him  on  the  extreme  eastern  coast 
of  Brazil  to  avoid  her  company?  Unless  Mr.  Pinney  explains  fully  this 
seemingly  disreputable  portion  of  his  history,  the  gravamen  of  the  remain- 
der of  his  wrongs  as  a  victim  will  lose  nearly  all  of  its  avoirdupois.  The 
fact  that  his  wife  obtained  a  divorce  from  him,  consequent  upon  this 
scandal,  is  an  additional  reason  that  it  should  be  cleared  up.  The  subse- 
quent reported  reconciliation  has  no  effect  on  this  page  of  the  narrative. 
His  plea  that  the  same  woman  caused  the  ruin  of  the  captain  of  the  Bal- 
lantyne  is  an  aggravation  of,  rather  than  an  excuse  for,  his  acts.  The  fraud- 
ulent raising  of  money  on  certificates  of  alleged  indebtedness  of  the  Navy 
Department  to  contractors,  if  true,  demands  no  criticism,  and  the  idea 
of  a  man  leaving  a  million  dollars  of  security,  in  order  to  abscond  with 
$12,000,  is,  on  the  face  of  it,  equally  childish.  No  intelligent  citizens 
have  ever  believed  that  our  Federal  Offices  in  San  Francisco  were  held  by 
incorrupt  individuals.  Admit  that  the  Custom  House  is  seething  with 
venality,  that  the  Mint  is  as  crooked  as  an  ivy  branch,  how  do  the  de- 
velopments of  Mr.  Pinney  release  him  from  the  penalties  reserved  forcrim- 
inals  of  his  class.  Granted  that  he  is  not  adeserter,  and  that  his  evidence  may 
be  fatal  to  the  men  whom  he  accuses,  there  does  not  seem  to  be  any  loop 
hole  by  which,  even  on  the  ground  of  his  turning  states  evidence,  he  should 
escape.  As  the  matter  stands,  his  statements  are  worthless.  Should  they 
prove  true,  it  is  still  to  be  hoped  that  George  M.  Pinney  may  yet  receive 
the  full  deserts  of  his  infamous  complicity.  If,  however,  Mr.  Pinney  has 
returned,  as  he  states,  to  pay  up  all  his  liabilities,  and  prove  that  he  is 
the  victim  of  a  deeply  laid  plot,  he  will  find  no  stauncher  friend  than  our- 
selves to  aid  him  in  his  work. 

CONFIDENCE  IN  MINES. 
A  howl  goes  up  to  heaven  from  a  chorus  of  directors  and  trustees 
that  the  public  will  not  pay  assessments,  and  that  prospecting  in  the 
mines  must  soon  cease.  The  long-suffering  and  badly  duped  stockholder 
is  actually  realizing  that  many  of  the  certificates  which  he  has  so  long 
cherished  in  his  safe  are  of  more  value  as  a  means  of  lighting  the  kitchen 
stove  than  anything  else.  His  mind  is  pregnant  with  a  list  of  assess- 
ments, paid  freely  and  willingly,  which  he  knowsnow  served  to  fatten  direct- 
ors and  secretaries,  instead  of  being  used  to  purchase  pick-axes  and  giant 
powder.  The  public  has  lost  all  confidence  in  the  flimsy  underground 
bubbles,  and  the  good  must  suffer  alike  with  the  evil.  Where  an  honest 
and  reliable  venture  can  get  a  hundred  dollars  to-day  to  aid  in  its  devel- 
opment, four  years  ago  it  could  have  had  a  hundred  thousand.  The  com- 
missions alone  on  stocks  bought  and  sold  each  year  have  run  away  up 
into  the  millions;  but  these  totals  are  paltry  and  insignificant  compared 
with  the  fabulous  sums  raised  by  assessments,  the  larger  part  of  which 
were  fraudulently  engulfed  by  the  propagators  of  the  different  schemes, 
and  never  used  in  the  working  or  development  of  the  mines.  People  ask 
where  has  all  the  money  yone  to,  which  we  hear  is  lost  lately  in  milling 
stocks  ?  The  answer  is  simple.  The  paper  part  of  it,  which  existed  only 
theoretically,  has  fallen  down  the  abyss  of  fictitious  securities  ;  the  silver 
and  gold  has  passed  from  the  hands  of  the  brokers  to  buy  lands,  houses, 
horses,  carriages,  and  modern  luxuries.  In  fact,  it  has  been  squandered 
by  these  modern  Croesuses,  just  as  schoolboys  spend  their  pocket-money. 
Whether  public  confidence  will  ever  revive  is  doubtful,  unless  mining 
money  is  handled  as  scrupulously,  and  regulated  as  carefully  as  money  in- 
vested in  other  commercial  investments.  We  have  all  bitten  at  the 
molten  cake,  and  found  the  taste  exceeding  sour,  and  many  who,  a  year 
ago,  were  laughing  at  the  credulity  of  the  Englishmen  in  buying  Egyp- 
tian loan  stock  are  now  forced  to  confess  that  they  have  been  duped  them- 
selves, on  a  much  larger  scale.  It  is  imperative  that  stockholders  should 
have  such  access  to  the  company's  books  as  their  interests  demand,  and  a 
board  of  Public  Audit  would  be  a  useful  check  on  the  dishonesty  of  direct- 
ors. Above  all,  the  workings  of  the  diamond  drill  ought  to  be  known,  and 
truthfully  reported  ;  all  of  which  reforms  are  as  likely  as  the  millenium. 

THOSE  SHIPS. 
The  wires  tell  us  that  English  shippers  are  somewhat  agitated  over 
the  presence  of  the  Russian  men-of-war  in  American  waters.  It  is  not 
probable  that  any  serious  rupture  will  take  place  between  England  and 
Russia  within  one  hundred  and  twenty  days,  before  which  time  there  will 
be  enough  English  war  vessels  on  the  Pacific  and  Atlantic  coasts  to  pro- 
tect their  commerce,  and,  if  necessary,  annihilate  the  little  cruisers  who 
are  now  our  guests.  The  idea,  however,  that  the  Russian  squadron  con- 
templates seizing  Victoria  and  bombarding  Vancouver's  Island  is  gross 
folly.  The  acquisition  of  that  territory  could  in  ro  way  benefit  the  Czar, 
unless  he  succeeded  in  selling  his  conquest  to  the  United  States ;  and 
although  British  bottoms  might  be,  perhaps,  invented  from  lifting 
anchor,  and  cargoes  be  temporarily  delayed,  there  is  no  bellicose  signifi- 
cance to  be  attached  to  the  presence  of  the  Russian  men-of-war  either 
here  or  in  the  Atlantic.  Navies  have  to  be  kept  moving,  and  the  English 
navy,  in  particular,  is  remarkable  for  its  system  of  cruising  round  the 
world.  Indeed,  Russia  will  have  all  she  can  do  to  hold  her  own  at  sea 
with  the  Turkish  ships  of  war.  Apart  from  Peter  the  Great,  and  one  or 
two  other  lug  ships,  her  navy  is  vastly  inferior  to  that  of  the  Sultan,  and 
even  if  her  armies  cross  the  Danube  successfully,  and  penetrate  to  Con- 
stantinople (which  Europe  will  never  allow),  it  is  absurd  to  suppose  that 
her  ships  could  have  any  political  significance  here,  or  betoken  anything 
else  except  good  will  toward  the  American  Republic 


PITY    POOR    PINNEY. 

Peculating  Pinney,  pilgrim  Pinney  's  back  again; 

Plundered  parties  pause  perplexed— he  promises  to  pay! 
Pious  people,  please  perceive,  Pinney  is  a  paragon — 

Penniless  and  penitent,  pity  P.,  I  pray! 

Pinney,  pranksome  pilferer,  proves  the  past  a  paradjx — 
Puts  his  plea  so  plaintively,  so  pluckily  and  pat, 

Points  at  Page,  the  patriot,  as  pirate  and  as  plagiarist — 
Palliate  his  peccancy,  and  pitty  P.  for  that! 

Pestilent  reporters,  pause,  pause  ere  ye  persecute 

Pinney's  peerless  partners!     If  ye  persevere, 
Possibly  will  Pilly  Carr— plastic  politician — 

Proprietor  of   prattling  periodicals,  appear. 

Poor,  plucked- pigeon  Pinney!  prospective  pinions  pester  thee! 

Perchance  'twere  proper  policy  to  still  have  posed  perdu; 
Pilgrimage  is  preferable,  at  least,  to  penitentiary; 

Repack,  then,  thy  portmanteau,  pretty  private,  for  Peru. 

MR.     ROEBUCK'S    SPEECH. 

Pressure  on  our  columns  prevents  us  from  publishing  Mr.  Roebuck's 
magnificent  speech  in  its  entirety,  but  below  we  give  the  concluding  por- 
tion of  it,  believing  that  it  echoes  very  faithfully  the  general  sentiment  of 
Englishmen  toward  Russia  at  this  time.  Its  temper  is  vigorous,  earnest 
anu  bold,  and  if  its  conclusions  are  sound,  there  can  be  but  little  doubt  as 
to  the  ultimate  course  of  Great  Britain  in  the  present  Eastern  difficulty. 
Mr.  Roebuck  says : 

I  am  not  a  prophet,  sir,  but  of  this  I  am  sure,  that,  whatever  may  hap- 
pen, England  will  not  see  Turkey  pass  into  the  hands  of  Russia.  Austria 
will  not  see  it;  Germany  will  not  see  it;  Italy  will  not  see  it;  and  France 
will  not  see  it.  ("  Hear  !  hear  !"  from  the  0 imposition.)  You  say  "  Hear! 
hear!"  I  wish  your  "  hear,  hears  "  were  loud  enough  to  be  heard  in  St. 
Petersburg.  It  is  for  that  purpose  that  I  desire  to  refer  to  that  great 
dream  or  expectation  of  the  Russian  people — you  cannot  meet  one  of 
them  without  feeling  that  they  cherish  it — the  expectation  that  they  will 
one  day  be  at  Constantinople.  Doubtless  the  climate  of  Moscow  and  St. 
Petersburg  is  such  as  would  make  it  an  agreeable  exchange  to  go  from  it 
to  that  of  Constantinople,  and  the  passing  of  the  Czar  from  the  frozen 
North  to  the  beautiful  banks  of  the  Bosphorus  would  be  a  very  happy 
change  for  him.  But  let  him  not  lay  that  flattering  unction  to  his  soul. 
The  Russian  will  never  be  permitted  to  take  Constantinople  while  Eng- 
land has  a  ship  at  her  command  or  a  soldier  that  she  can  send.  If  we  are 
to  have  war,  the  consequences  and  the  responsibilities  of  that  war  must 
rest  on  the  Russian  Government  and  on  the  late  Administration  of  this 
country.  I  do  say,  and  there  are  people  in  this  country  who  will  believe 
what  I  say,  that  the  conduct  of  the  late  Administration  was  last  year  any- 
thing but  that  of  patriotic  statesmen  who  thought  only  of  their  country's 
interest  and  its  honor.  The  responsibility  of  a  war.  if  a  war  is  to  come, 
must  be  shared,  I  say,  by  the  late  Administration.  That,  I  know,  may 
be  deemed  a  bold  assertion.  It  never  has  been  my  habit  to  withhold  the 
opinions  that  I  entertain.  It  has  been  my  habit  in  life  to  express  myself 
in  very  plain  language.  I  do  say  on  the  present  occasion,  and  I  feel  satis- 
fied that  when  the  time  shall  come  for  posterity  to  decide,  as  it  must  de- 
cide, on  the  shares  of  all  who  have  taken  part  in  these  great  transactions, 
their  x>raise  will  be  given  to  the  present  Administration  and  their  reproba- 
tion to  the  last. 

MORE  SCHEMES. 
The  time  of  the  Water  Commissioners  has  this  week  been  taken 
Tip  with  the  presentation  of  three  more  propositions  from  companies  anx- 
ious to  supply  San  Francisco  with  limpid  streams.  The  San  Joaquin 
company  proposes  to  construct  and  complete  a  system  of  water  works  for 
the  city  of  San  Francisco,  consisting  of  headworks  on  the  San  Joaquin 
river,  pumping  works  and  engines  at  or  near  the  headworks,  and  relief 
engines  for  high-service  force  mains;  reservoirs  for  high  and  low  service; 
rights  of  way  for  pipe  line  from  headworks  to  San  Francisco;  distribu- 
tion reservoirs,  capable  of  delivering  25,000,000  gallons  a  day,  at  an  eleva- 
tion of  450  feet  above  the  city  grades,  for  the  sum  of  §10,800,000  in  city 
bonds,  bearing  6  per  cent,  interest.  Colonel  Von  Schmidt  submitted  a 
proposition  to  the  Water  Commissioners  to  bring  100,000,000  gallons  of 
water  daily  from  Lake  Tahoe  to  a  reservoir  at  Auburn.  The  company 
will  complete  the  work  in  five  years'  time,  at  a  cost  of  $4,26b\ltiu\  A 
payment  of  75  per  cent,  will  be  required  during  the  progress  of  the  work, 
and  the  remaining  25  per  cent,  at  the  completion  thereof.  The  main 
source  of  supply  is  Lake  Tahoe,  0,000  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea;  the 
greatest  depth  is  1,500  feet.  A  dam  is  to  be  constructed  in  "the  Truckee 
river,  at  the  outlet  of  the  Lake.  Below  the  first  dam  a  second  dam  has 
been  constructed,  from  which  the  water  will  be  taken  by  a  canal  to  Au- 
burn. The  Mount  Gregory  Water  and  Mining  Company  proposed 
yesterday  the  sale  of  its  water  right,  understanding  such  acquisition  to  be 
the  object  of  the  Commission  and  this  inquiry  the  elucidation  of  the  plan. 
The  sum  asked  for  the  water  right  is  8250,000,  in  payments  as  authorized 
by  statute.  It  will,  however,  cost  511,000,000  to  bring  the  supply  in  to  the 
city.  Next  week  the  Commission  will  hear  the  remaining  propositions, 
which  will  be  summarized  and  commented  on  by  the  Neios  Letter  as  soon 
as  the  list  is  complete. 

The  Tilton  Lecture  last  Tuesday  disappointed  everybody.  A  lot  of 
scraggy  old  women,  accompanied  by  their  very  subservient  lesser  halves,  and 
the  usual  crowd  of  quidnun  s,  formed  the  greater  proportion  of  the  numbers 
that  filled  Piatt's  Hall.  There  were  others,  ministers  of  the  gospel  and 
lawyers,  who  came  to  see  what  the  apostle  of  marital  morality  had  to  say. 
The  women  were  disappointed,  because  there  was  nothing  sensationally 
nasty  in  the  discourse;  the  husbands  were  disgusted,  because  there  was 
no  onslaught  on  wive's  incontinence;  the  ministers  of  the  gospel  heard 
nothing  but  the  platitudes  they  had  themselves  often  uttered,  and  the 
lawyers  saw  nothing  on  which  to  hang  the  ghost  of  a  plea.  The  whole 
gist  of  the  lecture  on  the  "Problem  of  Life"  may  be  summed  up  in  "  Be 
virtuous  and  you  will  be  happy." 

Two-thirds  of  the  Members  of  Congress,"  says  a  Washington  paper, 
"  are  suffering  with  severe  colds."  Here's  a  chance  for  the  doctors  to 
make  a  raid  on  the  national  coughers. 


19,    L877. 


CALIKOKN1  \      \l>\  EUTISF  R. 


THE    TOWN    CRIER. 


"  lt*»r  Iho  t  rt*I  '"     "W      >'    • 

*<)n»  that  will  i>i»j  tb«  d«Tl 

<  if  m  hia  tail  a*  ' 

.   iruM    bo] 


Following  the  example  ol  £*iuL  who  consulted  the  Witch  ol  Rndor; 
L  who  -tun  in- -ii.'.  t  Mephistophiles;  and  our  landlord,  who  la  always 
il  at  the  unpunctuality  .-f  ..nr  payment  of  houM   n  i 
7'.  C.  tin-  wash  detennineu  to  have  mi  Interview  with  Beelasbnb  with  re- 
Theodore  Tilton  «ufc  of  California.     After  the   nsual  in 
m   and  the  ei  peatingthe  prayers  of  our  youth 

rd  bad  all   failed,  we  determined   to  oonaull  a   first  clan   ai    ro 
iil.l.-  book    "ii  the    hla.kart.      Hi-    in 
fonnatioo  wee  to  the  effect  that  Satan  wm  getting  old  end  cross,  and  did 
■..■r  luxnmoneei  as  readily  u  he  oaed.     He  thought,  however,  that 
the  oH  boy  could  be  tempted  by  the  preparation  of  a  Spaniah  dinner, 
flanked  4  burning  alcohol     Accordingly  we   en 

warm   Methodist   church,  whew   Apollyon  baa  a  Bitting,  and  offered  up 
lulterated,  biasing  rum,  a  plate  of  ooiling  »' 

Capper  soup,  a  dish  of  fried  Collies,  deviled   kidneys,  two  bottles  of  Ta- 
nd  an  Indian  curry  with   sulphuric  acid   trimmings.     In  a 

■hurt  t-'  - l .  ■  t  -,n  ■  high  state  ••!  g 1  humor,  and  after 

clearing  the  tabls  in  three  minutes,  and  remarking  that  he  felt  nice  and 

e  demanded  the  reason  of  tit.-  holocaust     "Gel  Theodore  Tilton 

out  of  California!"  he  shrieked     "What!  my  Theodore?    Never!     I 

wuuld  sooner  part  with  my  pat  cloven  hoof  than  cause  this  well-loved 

servant »  moment's  annoyance  '  "    With  ■  fearful  Imprecation  on  our  -in 

■  ■  .ii  fled  the*  scene,  and,  seeing  how  the  matter  stands,  his 

will  ibal  i.  and  nevei  mora  shall  tin-  name  of  Theodore  Tilton 

disgrace  these  columns, 

The  attention  ol  the  authorities  is  called  tea  nuisance  which  should 

Iced  at  once,  before  it  results  fatally.  We  allude  to  a  peripatetic 
6endwho  peddles  ,  im  house  to  house.  This  week,  one  of 
these  perambulating  monsters  called  on  a  lady  residing  in  the  Western 
Addition,  and  insisted  on  suiting  her  with  a  pair  of  eye-glasses.  The 
poor  woman  protested  in  vain  that  her  sight  was  perfect,  and  that 
she  had  been  so  assured  by  her  family  optician.  She  attempted  to 
the  door,  but  the  heartless  villain  bad  his  pack  half  inside,  and, 
knowing  his  advantage,  continued  to  press  his  wares  on  bis  victim. 
"Madam,"  be  said,  "you  do  not  know  it,  hut  one  glance  at  your  face 
convinces  me  that  you  have  no  epithelium  in  your  cornea.  The  muscles 
of  your  sclerotica  an-  all  wasted  away,  ami  your  retina  is  entirely  desti- 
tute of  vitreous  humor.*1     Here  the  l r  lady  turned  white,  and  handed 

her  tormentor  a  dollar  and  a  half— all  the  money  she  had  in  her  pocket. 

ing  the  coin  with  a  ghastly  smile  of  contempt,  the  fiend  continued: 
"Madam,  the  glasses  you  require  will  cost  you  three  dollars,  as  I  find 
that  your  optic  nerve  has  no  tocos.  Yon  exhibit  symptoms  of  diplopia, 
which  should  be  a  dollar  more,  and  you  really  ought  to  allow  me  to  hum 
your  lids  with  blue  Btone,  as  they  are  evidently  horribly  granulated."  At 
this  point  the  J r  woman  fainted  on  the  hall  flour,  and  the  rascally  in- 
terviewer vanished  through  the  garden  gate,  murmuring  that  times  were 
hard,  and  no  signs  of  rain  before  October. 

Mr.  C.  A.  Franklin  informs  the  public  that  the  small-pox  in  Arizona 
is  such  a  mild  and  pleasant  disease  that  he  is  desirous  of  inducing  persona 
to  emigrate  there  on  purpose  to  catch  it.  Be  Bays:  "  Should  it  he  proved 
that  the  climate  of  Ariz-. in  is  antagonistic  to  this  loathsome  malady, 
then  our  Territory  is  the  best  place  for  parties  to  contract  and  get  well  of 
this  disease,  and  1  should  have  no  hesitation  in  recommending  any  anil  all 
ie  here  and,  if  possible,  take  our  small-pox  at  once."  The  horrible 
thought  Bashes  across  the  remnant  of  our  brain  that  Mr.  P.  is  an  Arizona 
undertaker,  and  has  just  bought  a  job  lot  of  coffins  cheap.  We  once  knew 
a  country  editor  who  invited  every  one  to  come  to  Santa  Barbara  on  ac- 
count of  the  quiet  and  retired  position  of  the  cemetery;   but  bis  mind  was 

■  i  through  preaching  the  gospel  in  early  life  and  he  was  excusable. 
It  may  be,  however,  that  Sir.  Franklin's  views  are  correct,  and  that  hidden 
beauties  exist  in  the  amusement  of  catching  the  small-pox,  which  are  only 
just  being  developed.  In  our  humble  opinion,  however,  the  advantages 
offered  are  not  even  sufficient  to  induce  an  ordinary  man  to  send  his 
motherdn-law  there,  and  until  some  new  and  pleasing  features,  such  as 
twelve  foot  rattlesnakes,  cholera  morbus,  or  sunstroke  can  be  exhibited 
and  Barely  relied  on,  we  shall  keep  ours  at  home  and  trust  to  Providence 
to  remove  her  in  some  special  manner. 

The  Berkeley  students  come  to  the  front  this  week  in  a  new  role. 
Emulating  the  example  of  older  colleges,  they  are  accusal  l,y  an  anony- 
mous correspondent  of  a  daily  paper  with  being  intoxicated,  and  throw- 
ing furniture  out  of  a  third-story  window.  "  a.imt>->t,nnx  ujititr  jurene* 
dumsumusl"  Let  us  make  hay  in  the  sunshine  of  our  youth,  and  per- 
ish  the  narrow-minded  Uriah  Heap  who  objects  to  such  innocent  hilarity. 
The  T.  C.  minds  him  of  many  such  merry  tilts  beneathf  the  roof 
of  a  far-off  Alma  Mater,  where  he  used  to  carve  his  name  on  the  bench 
during  chapel,  and  read  off  a  repetition  lesson  from  another  boy's  back. 
Only  there  the  penalty  was  paid  in  red  stripes,  which  gave  a  poecilitic  ap- 
pearance to  the  buttocks  of  the  birched  offender,  while  here  the  peccant 
student  is  threatened  with  exposure  in  the  daily  papers.  If  the  T.  C.  can 
only  discover  the  name  of  the  anonymous  assailant  of  our  Berkeley  boys, 
he  will  send  it  to  a  trusty  sophomore,  and  help  craftily  to  douse  the 
craven  hound  in  a  pond,  smear  him  with  pitch  and  lamb's  wool,  and 
otherwise  brand  him  as  a  miscreant,  stool-pigeon,  and  a  sneaking  spoil- 
There  is  an  undersized  little  cur  who  may  be  seen  daily  on  the  Oak- 
land train  scented,  oiled  and  polished,  as  is  the  manner  of  liliputian  hood- 
lums  who  stare  at  young  ladies  and  "  mash"  them.  He  is  remarkable 
for  an  aquiline  nose  and  a  small  black  moustache,  and  he  invariably  nuts 
his  feet  up  on  the  cushions  until  some  young  and  pretty  girl  comes  along, 
when  he  withdraws  them  with  considerable  display  in  the  hope  of  attract- 
ing her  attention,  and  inducing  her  to  take  the  place  by  his  side.  Of 
other  passengers  he  takes  no  notice,  so  it  is  gratifying  to  have  to  record 
that  the  other  evening  a  very  stout  old  woman  with  a  large  market  basket 
flopped  right  down  on  the  beast's  hoof,  and  came  within  an  ace  of  crushing 
his  foot  and  breaking  his  leg.  As  this  description  and  also  the  facts  are 
perfectly  accurate,  we  have  only  to  say  that  any  one  who  will  sprain  the 
the  young  gentleman's  ankle  by  sitting  on  it  successfully,  shall  receive  a 
free  copy  of  the  News  Letter  for  a  whole  year. 


It  la  not  exactly  pleasant  bo  be  ohaai  I  bj  *  uu 

■  when  you  wake  in  the  m<  i 
bat  it  Is  s  great  deal  worse  and   Fai  mon    shattering   tu  the  nervi 

lI  by  the  modern  interviewer  ol  a  daily  paper,     It  b  said  that  Mr. 
Pinnei  looks  undet  thi    I  n   retiring,  and   frequently 

finds  thr. r  tour  r<  |  sled  there. 

.'.  and  hunts  tl"-  drawers  of  bis  bureau,  before  he  is  convinced  be 
can  retire  In  safety,  and  oven  these  precautions  an  of  no  avail,  Fornl 

noticed,   "U>'    night     this  Week,  that     US    bolster  Was  ■  little    hard,  and   OH 

examination  it  developed  n  Chronictt  man,   taking  short  band   no 
everything  he  said  in  his  sleep.     It  i-.  bad  enough  to  know  thai  Lbs  chim 
nay  or  the  stoi  Bre  proof  Journalist,  bul   El  things 

too  far  when  a  live  pap  i  di  ruj  ss  its  employes  as  hotel  servants,  espe- 
cially when  they  have  to  black  up  for  it,  as  at  the  Palace.  However,  the 
pubuo  must  have  information,  even  if  "the  snapper  up  of  unconsidered 
trifles  "  has  to  pei  lonate  an  exiled  Polish  count. 

Puck  is  a  new  and  excellent  weekly  illustrated  paper,  published  In 
New  York,  and  beemins  with  wit  and  satire.  This  week,  nowev< 
notice  n  cartoon  representing  President  Hayes  as  Perseus,  slayin 
dragon  of  Misrule,  which  is  about  to  devour  Andromeda,  who  personates 
the  "South."  We  nlways  uinlersto.nl  that  Ceplteut  had  chained  this 
young  lady  to  a  rock,  to  appease  the  wrath  of  Mr.  Neptune.  Under 
ircumstances  it  is  s  little  surprising  that  the  picture  should  be  en- 
titled "The  Modern  St.  George."  What  the  patron  saint  of  England, 
who  is  supposed  to  have  lived  in  the  reign  of  Diocletian,  has  to  do  with 
the  adventures  of  the  fabulous  son  of  Zeus  and  Danae  is  not  very  clear. 

Pihk    is    also    informed    tliat     lViv-nis    had    a     sickle  -shaped    BWOTO,    that 

Pegasus  bad  wings,  and  that  Mexican  stirrups  were  never  in  fashion  in 
(Ethiopia.  The  T.  c.  is  pleased  to  call  attention  to  this  capital  publica- 
tion; and  as  I'ifk  is  very  young,  lie  must  n.it  mind  being  hauled  over  the 
Coals  for  the  badly-mixed  mythological  cocktail  winch  has  provoked  a 
touch  of  our  lunar-caustic  quill. 

A  Book-firm  advertised  this  week  for  a  "sterling  Catholic,"  and  of- 
fered him  a  remunerative  position.  The  salary  of  the  T.  C.  not  being 
more  than  sufficient  to  intoxicate  him  daily  at  a  neighboring  saloon,  be 
answered  the  advertisement,  in  person,  and  interviewed  the  proprietor 
of  the  store  as  follows:  "Dominus  vobiseum.  cum  multis  cockcaUibns !  I 
appear,  sir,  as  an  applicant  for  the  position  you  offer,  and  would  have 
come  sooner,  only  I  make  a  practice  of  hearing  tive  Masses  every  day,  and 
going  to  confession  three  times  a  week.  'Sicut  erat  in  principle,  et  nunc, 
et  semper,"  which  means,  "as  I  begin  I  continue,  and  don't  intend  to 
stop."  "Laudato  Dominum  omnesgentes."  with  a  shade  of  Angostura 
bitters  in  it,  is  the  strongest  thing  I  ever  drink,  and  I  have  the  highest 
recommendations  from  two  undertakers,  who  have  frequently  eulogized 
my  demeanor  at  funerals."  The  appeal  was  wasted,  however,  as  a  man 
with  a  large  brass  cross  on  his  chain,  and  a  holy-water  stoup  in  each  pocket 
had  secured  the  position  an  hour  previously. 

To-day  the  most  important  event  of  the  year  will  be  settled,  and  the 
fierce  war  at  the  polls  of  the  Democratic  primaries  will  for  a  time  hush 
the  roar  of  the  Russian  artillery  and  divert  attention  from  the  bloody 
waters  of  the  Danube.  To-day  we  shall  know  whether  McGutfin  carries 
the  day  or  O'Finnigan  and  Flaherty  are  defeated.  Excitement  is  run- 
ning very  high,  and  one  ticket  contains  the  name  of  Monsieur  Timothy 
Mc  Man  us- -a  wily  device  to  try  and  catch  the  French  vote.  Personally 
we  shall  vote  for  McGruffin.  He  accommodated  us  lately  with  a  trifling 
loan  from  motives  of  pure  good  nature.  The  clear  and  limpid  waters  of 
politics  are  pleasant  to  bathe  in,  and  we  love  to  see  reflected  on  their  rip- 
pling bosom  the  golden  rays  of—  twenty-dollar  pieces.  Vote  for  MeGuffin. 

It  is  a  dangerous  experiment  to  try  and  lick  a  butcher  boy.  Mr. 
Fabri  undertook  the  castigation  of  his  assistant  this  week,  and  before  he 
knew  anything  at  all  he  found  himself  hung  up  on  one  of  his  own  meat- 
hooks,  skinned  and  quartered,  and  the  boyon  the  point  of  selling  him 
for  soup-meat.  Had  not  timely  assistance  arrived  he  would  inevitably 
have  been  cut  into  chops,  his  roasting  parts  neatly  rolled  up  and  fastened 
with  string.  The  boy  was  thoughtless  in  treating  his  master  like  a  sheep; 
but  what  can  you  expect  from  a  butcher?  The  T.  C.  intends  starting  a 
market  of  his  own  shortly,  and  would  be  glad  to  secure  the  services  of 
this  young  knight  of  the  cleaver  to  make  mince-meat  of  a  whole  army  of 
frauds,  who  are  constantly  besieging  this  office. 

Will  some  well-disposed  money  shop  kindly  cash  a  little  Navy 
Yard  certificate  in  our  possession  'i  The  document  avers  that  as  soon  as 
there  are  funds  in  the  Treasury  that  office  will  pay  the  T,  C.  $49,786  67^ 
for  furnishing  attar  of  roses  to  grease  the  machinery  of  Uncle  Sam's 
steamers.  The  indorsements  are  correct  in  every  particular,  as  we  are 
very  careful  of  our  spelling;  but  should  they  prove  unsatisfactory,  we 
have  in  reserve  a  document  acknowledging  that  the  Department  owes  us 
847,351  oO  for  Lubih's  best  soap  to  wash  Hecks  with.  The  names  at- 
tached to  this  last  paper  defy  the  smartest  expert  in  signatures.  The  two 
are  for  sale  for  $1,000  and  a  free  passage  to  Pernambncn.  For  further 
particulars  apply  at  this  office. 

The  good  people  of  Nebraska  are  about  to  commence  a  season  of 
prayer  for  the  destruction  of  grasshoppers.  If  the  experiment  is  a  success, 
which  it  will  be  if  the  newspapermen  will  keep  out  of  it,  it  would  be  well 
for  the  people  of  San  Francisco  to  follow  suit  and  inaugurate  a  series  of 
orisons  calling  down  divine  vengeance  on  fleas  and  mosquitoes.  The  T.  C. 
will  guarantee  not  to  join  in  the  petitions,  or  in  any  way  interfere  with  the 
probable  granting  of  the  request.  On  the  contrary  he  will  dissemble  and 
pray  the  other  way  until  the  last  insect  is  defunct.  Next  to  praying,  flea- 
powder  or  pennyroyal  are  probably  the  best  available  remedies  for  this 
plague. 

We  shall  wait  the  arrival  of  Miss  Emily  Soldene  with  intense  anxiety, 
for,  next  to  the  mammoth  cave,  if  there  is  anything  in  the  world  that  is 
beautiful  to  gaze  on  it  must  be  that  young  lady's  mouth.  The  Illustrated 
New  Yorker  remarks  on  the  subject:  *' It  is  said  that  Ashton  kisses  Sol  - 
dene  three  times  on  the  mouth,  when  the  stage  business  only  calls  for 
once,  but  then  it  takes  him  three  times  to  get  across.1'  Mrs.  Oates  had  a 
generous  lip,  hut,  judging  from  this  description.  Miss  Soldene  Beems  to  be 
far  more  liberally  supplied  with  osculatory  appliances.     Time  will  show. 

Mr.  John  B.  Weller.  Junior,  Assistant  City  and  County  Attorney, 
is  about  to  apply  to  the  Legislature  for  permission  to  change  his  name 
prom  Weller  to  Better.  Comparatively  speaking,  there  can  ne  no  objec- 
tion to  the  granting  of  his  petition,  and  in  a  grammatical  sense  it  will  be 
an  infinite  relief  to  an  educated  community. 


10 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS 


BETTER    AND 


May  12,  1877. 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Ten  Thousand  at  Home 
and  Abroad. 


Lord  Ribblesdale  was  married  on  April  7th, 
at  St.  George's,  Hanover  Square,  to  Miss  Char- 
lotte Tennant,  daughter  of  Mr.  Charles  Tennaut, 
of  The  Glen,  Peeblesshire.  The  bride  wore  a 
white  satin  dres3,  trimmed  with  Spanish  ruse 
point  lace,  and  from  a  wreath  of  orange  blossoms 
a  tulle  veil  was  fastened  with  diamond  marguer- 
ites, and  round  her  neck  was  a  necklace  of  dia- 
monds. Her  eight  bridesmaids  were  the  Misses 
Lucy,  Laura,  and  Margot  Tennant,  her  sisters  ; 
the  Hon.  Beatrix  and  the  Hon.  Adelaide  Lister, 
sisters  of  the  bridegroom;  Miss  Gertrude  Harter, 
Miss  Winsloe,  and  Miss  Wolfe  Murray.  They 
wore  the  palest  blue  silk  princesse  dresses,  trim- 
med with  Valenciennes  lace,  with  white  muslin 
bibs  and  aprons,  also  trimmed  with  the  same 
lace  ;  white  straw  gipsy  hats,  ornamented  with 
muslin,  blue  ribbon,  and  lace  rosettes.  The  cer- 
emony was  performed  by  the  Rev.  Henry  Mon- 
tagu Villiers,  M.A.,  rector  of  Adisham  Kent. 
Lord  and  Lady  Ribblesdale  left  town  in  the  af- 
noon  for  Boulogne,  on  their  way  to  the  north  of 
Italy. 

Particulars  are  furnished  from  Pera  of  the 
funeral  of  Mrs.  Hobart,  the  highly  esteemed 
wife  of  Hobart  Pasha.  Not  only  the  English 
colony,  but  representatives  of  almost  every  na- 
tionality in  the  Turkish  capital,  were  present  at 
the  ceremony.  The  Sultan  sent  his  aide-de-camp, 
Colonel  Ahmed  Ali  Bey;  several  Pashas,  and 
many  other  Turkish  officers,  also  attended.  The 
coffin,  which  was  carried  by  British  men-of-wars 
men,  was  heralded  in  the  procession  by  a  number 
of  Turkish  seamen,  and  messages  of  condolence 
were  sent  from  all  sections  of  the  Turkish  com- 
munity. As  bearers  of  the  pall  eight  of  the  best 
known  English  residents  officiated.  The  body 
and  the  mourners  were  conveyed  in  three  large 
steamers  to  Scutari  Cemetery,  where  a  choral 
service  was  performed,  many  ladies  kneeling  by 
the  side  of  the  grave.  Hobart  Pasha  was  too 
seriously  indisposed  in  consequence  of  his  sudden 
bereavement  to  attend  the  obsequies,  but  has 
since  then  somewhat  recovered. 

Father  Hyacinthe's  first  Sunday  lecture  in 
Paris  appears  to  have  been  a  great  success.  It 
was  delivered  in  the  Chateau  d'Eau,  which  was 
filled  by  an  audience  numbering  4,000  persons. 
Among  those  present  were  some  of  the  greatest 
speakers  in  France,  MM.  Lachaud,  Jules  Favre, 
and  Challemel  Lacour,  who  went,  it  may  be  sur- 
mised, not  so  much  from  interest  in  the  subject, 
as  to  study  the  manner  of  one  of  their  peers  in 
the  field  of  eloquence.  Father  Hyacinthe's  ap- 
pearance on  the  platform  was  greeted  by  three 
rounds  of  vehement  and  unanimous  applause, 
and  perfect  silence  prevailed  when  he  prepared 
to  speak.  At  allusion  to  Montalembert,  one  of 
the  audience  whistled  loudly,  and  was  immedi- 
ately turned  out.  This  was  the  only  disturbance 
that  occurred. 

The  Queeu,  with  Prince  Beatrice  and  Prince 
Leopold,  attended  divine  service  at  Osborne  on 
Sunday.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Vaughau,  Master  of  the 
Temple,  preached.  Major-General  Sir  Dighton 
Probyn,  K.S.I.,  arrived  at  Osborne  on  April  6th, 
and  dined  with  the  Queen.  April  7th  being  the 
54th  birth-day  of  Prince  Leopold,  H.M.S.  Hector 
(guardship  at  Cowes)  fired  a  Royal  salute  at 
noon.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Vaughan  dined  with  the 
Queen.  In  the  evening  Herr  Wilhelmj  and  Sig- 
nor  Piatt  performed  on  the  violin  and  violoncello 
before  the  Queen  and  the  Royal  Family,  Mr.  Cu- 
sins  accompanying  on  the  pianoforte. 

At  the  request  of  the  Australian  Colonies, 
Her  Majesty's  Government  have  selected  Sir  \Y. 
Jervois,  K.  C.  M.  G.,  R.  E.,  Governor  of  the 
Straits  Settlements,  and  Lieut. -Colonel  Scratch- 
ley,  R.E.,  to  advise  the  respective  Colonial  Gov- 
ernments on  a  scheme  of  defence  for  the  chief 
Australian  ports.  Colonel  Scratchley  has  already 
left  England,  and  will  join  Sir  W.  Jervois  at 
Sydney. 

It  is  stated  that  Mr.  Abert  Grant's  pictures, 
which  are  to  be  sold  by  Messrs.  Christie,  Man- 
son  &  Woods  next  month,  have  been  valued  by 
a  competent  authority  at  £500,000.  The  inter- 
est on  that  amount  alone  would  give  Mr.  Grant 
a  princely  income. 

The  Princess  of  Wales  arrived  at  Athens  on 
April  10th,  and  was  greeted  with  an  enthusiastic 
reception.  She  was  met  at  Corinth  by  the  King, 
who  accompanied  her  across  the  Isthmus  to  Ka- 
lamaki,  whence  she  proceeded  in  the  Royal  yacht 
to  the  Piraeus. 

The  Queen's  birthday  will  be  kept  on  Sat- 
urday, June  2d,  instead  of  Saturday,  May  20th, 
as  originally  announced.  Her  Majesty  is  expect- 
ed to  go  to  Balmoral  about  the  middle  of  May, 


C.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Tuesday,  May  1st,  1877,  and  until 

farther  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 

San  Francisco: 

Overland  Ticket  Office,  at  Ferry  Landing,  foot  Market  st. 


7f\f\  A.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo  Steamer  (from  Washing- 
.WLF  con  St.  Wharf)  —  Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams.  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for    Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.        (Arrive  San  Francisco  8:10  p.m.) 


8  fit  |  A.M.  (daily),  Atlantic  Express  Train  (vis.  Oak- 
•  l/l/'land  Ferry)  for  Sacranieuto,  Marysviile,  Red- 
ding and  Portland  (U.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogdeu  and  Oma- 
ha, Conuects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:40  P.M.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  5:35  P.M.) 


3fifi  P.M.  (daily)  San  Jose  Passenger  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  "U  land  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 
rives at  San  Jose  at  5:30  p.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  0:35  a.m.) 


4nn  P.M.  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
•  vJ"  for  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santa  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Pilot  Knob  (Arizona  Stages).  Connects  at  Nilos 
with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  6' :55  p.m.  "Sleeping 
Cars"  between  Oakland,  Los  Angeles  and  Pilot  Knob. 
(Arrive  San  Francisco  12:40  p.m.) 


St.  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  forCalistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  r.  M.  for 
Truckee,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "  Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  11:10  a.m.) 


(from  Wash'n  St.  Wharf),  for  Beniciaand  Land- 
ings on  the  Sacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sacra- 
mento at  9:00a.m.,  daily.  (Arrive San  Francisco 8:00  p.m. 


4     0|i  P.M.  (daily),  Through  Third  Class  and  Accom- 
•  O"     modation  Train,  via  Lathrop  and  Mohave, 
arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  a.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  7:30  a.m. 


FERRIES     AND     LOCAL     TRAINS. 

From  "SAW  FBAJSCISCO,"  Daily. 

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10.30  East  Oakland 

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*10.30  p.m.  Sundays  only  to  Alameda. 

To  FERNSIDE— except  Sundays  — 7.00,  9.00,  10.00 
A.M.,  and  5  P.M. 

To  SAN  JOSE— Daily— 19:30  A.M.,  3:00,  4:00  p.m. 

Extra  Excursion  Trains,  "Sundays  only,"  to  Shell 
Mound  and  Delaware  St.,  West  Berkeley,  9.00,  10.30,  12. 

Rkoular  Trains  to  Berkeley  and  Delaware  Street  will 
not  be  prepared  to  accommodate  large  excursions. 


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4.40 
5.40 
6.40 
7.50 
9.00 
10.10 

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7.50 
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8.50 
9.20 
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10.20 
10.50 
11.20 
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From  FERNSIDE -except  Sundays— 8.00,  10.00,  11.00 

A.M.,  and  6.00  r.M. 

FROM  SAN  JOSE— Daily— 7:05  and  8:10  a.m. 

♦Alameda  Passengers  chaDge  car3  at  Oakland. 

A— Morning.     P — Afternoon. 


THE  (SEEK  FERRY  BOAT 

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as  follows : 

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OAKLAND 

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(Broadway  Wharf.) 

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6:20- —  1:30-3:40 

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6:00— —  1:20-3:40 

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6:50-12.10-    ...—5:15 

6:00--  8.30- -4:00 

9 

6:50—  9.30-  1:40—5:20 

6:00—  8:00-11:00—1:10 

10 

0:50-  9:30-  2:00-5:30 

6:00—  8:00-  11:00-4:30 

11 

7:20—  9:50-  2:30—0:00 

6:30—  8:20—11:30-6:00 

12 

8:50—11:30-  3:15—.... 

7:45—10:00—  1:00-5:30 

13 

9:10—10:40-12:10—2:30 

9:50—11:25—12:50-5:00 

14 

—10:40-  2:30—5:20 

9:30    11:30— -4:00 

15 

—11:05-  2:30-5:15 

10:00     —12:10-3:40 

"Official  Schedule  Time"  furnished  by  Anderson  & 
Randolph,  Jewelers,  101  and  103  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  and  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N.  Towne,  General  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION . 
SVMMER     ARRANGEMENT. 

Commeuciiig  April  15,  1877,  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  as  follows  : 


8qA  a.m  (dairy)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
*0\J  Pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  &&*  At  Pa-iaro  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forArros  and  SANTA  Cruz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Monterey. 
p^°  Stage  connections  made  with  this  train.  JST"  A 
Parlor  Car  attached  to  this  train. 


HO  PC  a    m.   (daily)  for  Menlo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
,AO    tions. 

3  0C  p.m,  daily  (Sundays  excepted)  for  San  Jose, 
.LtfJ  Gilroy,  Pajaro,  Hollister,  Tres  Pinos  and  Way 
Stations.  &ST  Stage  connection  made  with  this  train  at 
Santa  Clara  for  Pacific  Congress  Springs.  J5F"  On 
Saturdays  Only,  this  train  will  connect  at  Pajaro  with 
the  Santa  Cruz  Railroad  for  Aitos  and  Santa  Cruz. 
Returning,  Passengers  will  leave  Santa  Cruz  on  Mon- 
days at  4.00  A.M.  (.Breakfast  at  Gilroy),  arriving  at  San 
Francisco  at  10.00  a.m. 


A    Afi  p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


f»  Ofi  p.m.  (daily)  for  Menlo  Park  and  Way  Stations. 


gjg^  Sundays  an  Extra  Train  will  leave  for  San  Jose 
and  Way  Stations  at  9:30  a.m.  Returning,  will 
leave  San  Jose  at  5:45  p.m. 

A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  WILLCUTT,Gen'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 

SOUTHERN      DIVISIONS. 

jpg"  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Divisions 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  and  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Pilot  Knob 


S.    F.    &    N.    F.    R.     R. 

CHANGE   OF  TIME. 


Commencing  Monday,  May  7th,  1877.  and  until 

further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  leave  S.F.: 

(Ticket  Office,  Washington-street  Wharf.) 

7  1  fT  a.m.  Daily,  except  Sundays,  Mail  and  Express. 
•  J-*-'  Steamer  "James  M.  Donahue"  (from  Wash- 
ington-street Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  at  Donahue 
for  Lakeville,  Petaluma,  Santa  Rosa,  Fulton,  Mark  West, 
Windsor,  Healdsburg,  Litton's,  GeyserviHe,  Cloverdale, 
and  way-stations,  making  stage  connections  at  Santa 
Rosa  for  Sebastopol,  Freestone,  Bodega,  Duncan's  Mills, 
Stewart's  Point,  Gualala,  Point  Arena,  Cuffey's  Cove,  and 
all  points  on  the  Coast ;  also  Mark  West  Springs  and  Pet- 
rified Forest;  at  Littons  for  Litton's  Springs;  at  Geyser- 
viHe for  Skatrgs'  Springs;  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers, 
Ukiah,  Lakeport,  Clear  Lake,  Highland  Springs,  Whit- 
tier  Springs,  Bartlett  Springs,  Mendocino  City,  and  other 
points  on  the  Coast. 

g^=  At  Fulton  with  Fulton  and  GuemeviDe  R.  R.  for 
Korbel's,  Guemeville  and  the  Redwood  Forests.  (Arrive 
San  Francisco  8.30  p.m.) 


3T  PC  p.m.  Daily,  except  Sunday,  Express.  Steamer 
.  LO  "  James  M  Donahue,"  connectingat  Donahue 
with  trains  for  Cloverdale  and  way  stations  ;  at  Lakeville 
with  stages  for  Sonoma.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  1.10  p.m.) 


8fii\  a.  m.  Sundays  only,  Excursion.  Steamer 
•  l/U  "James  M.  Donahue,"  connecting  at  Donahue 
with  trains  for  Cloverdale  and  way-stations.  AH  stage 
connections  made  with  this  train. 

At  Fultun  with  F.  &  G.  R.  R.  for  Guemeville,  the  Big 
Trees  and  Picnic  Grounds.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  7.30  p.m. 


■Freight  received  from  7  a.m.  to  5  p.m.,  except  Sunday. 
A.  HUGHES,        A.  A.  BEAN,        P.  E.  DOUGHERTY. 
Gen.  Manager.  Sup't.  Gen.  P.  &  T.  Ag't. 

General  Office  :  426  MONTGOMERY  ST.        May  12. 


l-\  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER 


11 


NOTABILIA. 


Two  girls 

l 

I   !:.  i    Hi   two  dliJB.     She 
.   ih«r  than  •■■■  ■  J 

ann.      i  3arafa  would  not  try  the 

ill  in  bed,  with  her  vym  bunged  up,  and 

i.iipkiii.     Ad  n  her,  uhI  doesn't  intend  to  otil  again, 

1       (irinttolia   Lotion  ii"  .  .  picnio.     (for  salt  byX  G. 

■  uy  -trvet. 

"Smith's  dead, "  sud  Tfmkina.     uNn!"criod  thoamaaed  Pulonko; 

inu  tin-  mutt,  r? "    " Consttmptlnri."  snswerad  Tinddni,  "and, 

poor  follow,  this  will  be  thfl  Longest  coffin  •pell  he  ever  had.*1    Nobody 

vwr  dJ  notion  who  uses  genuine  Old  Cutter  Whisky.     [I   u 

l.  and  A.  1*.  (Totaling,  429  to  i;>l  Jack- 

wm  ctr  i it.    To  took  :»t  Mr.  Botalinv  yon  would  not  think 

he  was  forty,  although,  through  the  use  "f  Cutter  whisky,  lit-  baa  already 

of  l"7  yean,  and  is  still  hale  and  hearty. 

The  report  that  the  Emperor  of  Germany  is  t»i  retire  fr«»ni  liis  juvution 

the  effete  monarche  nf  tin-  Old  World,  and  become  a  drummer  of 

a  firm,  is  an  error.     It  arose  from  tin-  fact  that  he  has  received 

eighty  foreign  titers.     Hi-  i*  coming  to  America,  however,  to  recruit  his 

hearth  at  Santa  Cms,  where  he  will  !»<•  the  guest  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daily, 

am!  enjoy  the  beet  bathing,  ami  all  tin.*  uomtorteof  their  elegant  boarding 

tnd  beautiful  grounds.     Every  one  who  wants  a  searside  holiday 

stays  there. 

A  Pennsylvania  Spiritualist  materialised  half  a  <lozen  mackerel  the 
other  night,  I. lit  it  was  discovered  the  next  uiuniitiK'  that  they  belonged 

to  the  Spirit  «>f  a  live  man  two  blockt  aWay. 

A  Georgia  negro  tuist-,1  a  mule's  tail  to  ur/e  it  over  a  fence.  The 
small  attendance  at  the  funeral  next  'lay  showed  that  the  people  didn't 
can  ii  he  iliil  twist  tin-  mule's  tail.  This  has  not  really  anything  to  <h< 
with  tliu  excellence  of  the  g la  made  by  the  California:  Furniture  Manu- 
facturing Company,  except  that  every  body  does  nut  know  the  mule 
s»t«>rv,  whereas  all  the  world  is  aware  that  the  address  of  X.  1'.  Cole  it 
Co,  i-.  220  t..  l"_'i".  Bush 


It  is  rather  a  raspicious  sign  than  otherwise  when  a  woman  makes  a 
f. ict- at  the  man  she  loves,  nnless  she  has  eaten  something  that  disagrees 
with  her.  However,  ladies  win.  lunch  at  Swain's  Bakery  never  make 
i  ever  eat  anything  which  disagrees  with  them.  It  is  the  quietest 
and  most  refined  place  in  the  city,  and  the  cooking  is  Buperb.  Swain's 
Bakery  U  on  Sutter  street,  above  Kearny,  ami  their  ice  cream  ami  con- 
fectionery is,  if  possible,  finer  than  ever. 

An  exchange  says:  "The  modern  cook  stove  is  approaching  a  decree 
of  perfection  which  will  require  a  competent  engineer  With  a  stated  salary 
to  run  it."  Not  if  a  person  buys  a  Union  Range.  This  stove  h;us  no 
rival.  (  mi  the  contrary,  it  ia  a  perfect  blessing  to  young  housekeepers, 
and  requires  m»  experience  to  keep  it  c;...iuL'.  Mr.  lie  La  Montauya,  on 
i  -tr-'er.  below  Battery,  has  every  size  in  his  mammoth  stock  of 
hardware.     Economy  and  perfection  are  its  leading  qualities. 


Carriages  with  bine-glass  ^  indows  are  fashionable.  They  cure  every- 
thing except  jealousy  and  envy.  For  this  affliction  only  green  glass  should 
be  used.  

Dr.  E.  de  F.  Curtis,  M.  D.,  etc. ,  may  be  consulted  at  his  office  and 
residence,  ,VJO  Sutter  street,  between  Powell  and  Mason  streets,  daily, 
from  10  a.  if.  t"  :i  p.  H.,  and  from  Q  {••  8  i".  M.;  on  Sundays  from  11  to  2 
only.  1  >r.  Curtis  is  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 
cal Act  :  bis  publications  can  be  obtained  from  A.  L.  Bancroft  &  Co., 
enta    for   the   Pacific  coast,  or  from  the  author,  Dr.  Curtis,  520 

Sutter  street,  S.   F.        

A  precocious  juvenile  answered  his  teacher  that  Indian  meal  was 
composed  of  roast  missionaries.  While  doubting  the  fact,  we  are  re- 
minded that  a  finer  meal  than  Indian  meal  is  a  supper  of  Emerson  Cor- 
ville's  Red  Cross  Brand  of  Canned  Salmon.  It  is  all  from  the  catch  of 
1*77.  and  put  up  in  one-pound  tins  at  theCollinsville  Cannery.  No  such 
delicious  fish  was  ever  before  offered  to  the  public. 

Theodore  Thomas  is  handsome,  and  looks  down  modestly  as  a  coy 
maiden,  and  hifl  English  is  just  enough  broken  to  make  him  as  interest- 
ing as  a  chair  with  three  legs.  The  most  interesting  chairs  we  ever  saw 
were  at  the  Furniture  and  Bedding  store  of  F.  S.  Ohadbourne  &  Co., 
727  Market  street.  They  keep  the  most  elegant  furniture,  of  the  newest 
designs,  at  extremely  moderate  prices. 

A  dog  fight  is  not  a  nuble  spectacle,  although  it  is  undoubtedly  a  dis- 
play of  cur-rage. 

The  Optometer  is  the  greatest  invention  of  the  century.  It  does  in 
a  minute  what  oculists  often  fail  to  find  out  after  a  long  and  expensive 
examination.  In  a  word,  it  measures  the  eyesight,  and  detects  the  exist- 
ence of  myopia,  presbyopia,  hypermetropia,  or  astigmatism.  Muller, 
the  celebrated  optician,  135  Montgomery  street,  is  always  pleased  to  ex- 
plain its  use  to  his  customers. 

"The  secret  of  my  quiet  happiness,"  said  Bishop  Kip  the  other  day, 
"is  undoubtedly  the  serenity  of  my  conscience  ;  but  I  attend  to  my  corpo- 
ral wants  also,  and  I  am  careful  to  use  only  the  purest  California  wines 
at  my  table."  He  purchases  the  famous  Gerke  Wine,  and  the  celebrated 
Landsberger  Champagne,  exclusively  from  I.  Landsherger,  10  and  12 
Jones  Alley.  

In  a  sermon,  recently,  Mr.  Moody  said:  "  If  you  cannot  be  a  light- 
house, be  a  candle."  We  have  heard  of  young  ladies  who  would  prefer 
being  half  of  a  match.  Many  a  girl  has  made  a  brilliant  match  through 
getting  photographed  at  Bradley  &  Eulofson's.  Their  portraits  are  the 
most  perfect  triumphs  of  the  photographer's  art. 


The  preaout  at  via  »(  n  to  mind  the  n-nmrk  of  ■  sable 

'•thai  he  had   ma  '   ellnj  noticed  if  he   lived  fro  de  month  of 
April,  be  lived  fro  da 

.Hid  drink-.      K.  ,V   I".  J, 

■  . 

found  iii  the  city,     All  our  first  rami!  .  from  tbtsnou 

name .,[  nrbioh  ti  ■  guarantee  for  the  quality  of  the 

Oakey  H.ill  was  ones  an  aotor,  bul  bli  "Brit  enpsarenne "  didn't 

nything  lik-  pnearanoe,     A 

greater  sensation  i*  the  disappearance  of  impnritioa  from  water  by  the  dm 

of  the  SUioatod  t larbon  Filter.     Every  family  should  si  <■  tbii  perfect  m»- 

chine  in  operation  at  Bush  &  Hilnes,  under  the  Grand  HoteL 


Are  you  fond  of  tongue,  sir  ? ' 

and    I    like  it  sti/l." 


'I    was  always  fond  of  tongue, 


Dr.   Austen's  new  betaoUtax>parabromdihJt   roaiulidobensol   i*  "  pro- 
■i "'  a  powerful  irritant.     Whether  it  is  ever  pronounced  othi 

we  do  not  know.     Napa  Soda  tsthe  best  counter  irritant,  and  we  are  safe* 
iflfied  with  BO  pronouncing  it. 


When  does  a  young  lady  drink  music?  When  she  has  a  piano  for  tea. 
The  best  piano-forte  known  to  modem  times  is  that  truly  royal  instru- 
ment, the  Mallet  &  Davis.      Badger,  l.'i  Sansome  street,  is  th..-    sole  agent 

for  San  Francisco. 


SAUCELITO    FERRY. 
Ouiniitor  Arrangement. "-Oil   mail    after  April    2(1, 


.    1*77, 

swift  snd  commodious  steamer  will  leave  as  follow 

San  Kkam  isoo,  foot  el  Davis  Btroel  :  B:30  *  u.,  u  it. ;  11:00  a.m.  ;  *3:30  p.m.  ;  5:80 
p.m..  It.  K.    SanczLrro:   7*0  a  s.,  K.  It  ;  0:80  a. v.  ;  1:00  p.m.  ;  1:80  p.bl,  k  B. 

Nmi'lay  Time.—  Sas  i'i  ■  ■■.  .  i  o,  foot  of  Davis  stroel:  8^)0  am.,  it.  it. ;  10:00 
a  m.  ;  18:00  x.  ;  2:00  p.m.  ;  6:00  p.u.  BAOOBLrro:  »:00  a.m.  ;  11:00  a  m.  ;  1:00  v.u. ; 
8:30  p.m.  :  0:1s  p.m.,  K.  H.    •Tbla  trip  at  2:00  p.m.  on  Saturday. 

On  MoMiav  on  Extra  Trip  from  rrom  Ban  Francisco  atQ&O  a.m.,  and  on  SATUR- 
DAY an  extra  trip  from  Saaoelito  at  S:lfi  t  u. 

I.AN'1'S  for  >:iie  in  I. its  to  suit .      Inquirr  :t!  tliu  offieo  of  the  Ciini|iauv,  No,  320  San- 

Bomo  Btn  ot,  orot  M.  DORE  &  CO.,  Ko.  410  Pino  street. 
May  6.  FRANCIS  AVERY,  Superintendent 

OPENING    OF    RARE  AND    ELEGANT    BOOKS! 
II.  Moore  inkcs  pleiiNiire  In  n iiiioiineliB^  tlint  having?  re- 

,    turned  from  his  annual  purchasing  (rip  to  the  great  Eastern  ami  European 

Literary  Dopositorlos,  that  he  has:  eceiveo  and  oow  tuu  "pen  the  largest  assortment 
of  ANTIQUEand  MODERN  L1TKRATURE  ever  before  brought  t<»  this  dty,  con- 
sisting of  many  old  and  rire  l ks,  and  other  norolUea  in  literature.    N«i  one  can 

fail  to  On  J  the  must  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  either  old  <>r  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  varied  stook.  (Jilt  Books  in  Great  Variety.  Call  and  examine 
•urstock.  [Dee.  10.]  H.  H.  MQOltE,  609  Montgomery  street. 

F.  C  Show.]  SNOW    &    HAY'S    ART    GALLERY.  [W,  U.  May. 

SNOW    A     MATT, 

IMPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 

Pictures,    FrameM,    MfMiii^s.    auil    Artists1    Matcrlnls. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  Dec.  19. 


II 


AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  been  Invented  by  tlic  4'tin'ou"N  Oun  Company  or  En- 
gland,  the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  80  thin  ami  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding1,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  $2  fur  huffalo  handles,  &i  fur  ivory, 
(currency  ;)  by  mail,  1U  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  by  the  sulo 
jents  in  the  United  States. 


September  2. 


NATHAN  JOSEPH  &  CO., 

No.  (Ml  Clay  street,  S.  F. 


FOR    SAJE. 

One  or  the  Finest  Carriage  Teams  In  the  1'iilteil    States, 
without  exception.     Kind,  without  any  trick,  but  very  stylish  ;  erect,  spirited 
and  sound ;  jet  black  tails,  full  and  heavy,  reaching  ground,  with  long,  heavy 

manes.     Aged  o  and  7  years,  and   PERFECTLY  MATCHED.      10  hands  1   i..eh   high  ; 

also  adapted  to  road  wagon,  one  with  a  record  of  2;fi(>  to  gentleman's  road  wagon  ; 
the  other  equal  in  speed  ;  no  pullers.  Sulticc  to  say  will  fill  any  requisition  from  the 
most  fastidious.     Sold   for  want  of  use.     Purchaser  extended  their  use,  with  full 

Privilege  of  satisfaction,    before  purchasing.      Apply  at  B17   Howard  street,    near 
ourth,  from  12  m.  to  2  o'clock  i.m.  April  28. 

SKA.GG3'    FOT    SPRINGS,    SONOMA    COUNTY,    0AL. 

Opening  for  1S77.  April  1st.— Many  Improvements  are  Jast 
completed  in  the  already  commodious  hotel ;  the  cottages  of  last  year  have  been 
reru'vated,  and  several  new  ones  constructed.  Daily  line  of  stages  to  and  from  the 
BpringS,  connecting  with  the  cars  to  and  from  San  Francisco.  Unly  eight  miles 
staging  from  GevserviMe.     Board  (rooms  included)  per  week,  812. 

April  11. A.  SKACCS,  Proprietor. 

ARME3    &    DALLAM, 

Mjimi  1  mi  iirers  nml  Wholesale  I>ealcrsln  Wood  ami  Wlllow 
Wore,  French  and  German   Baskets,  Brooms,   Brushes  and  Twines,  Cordaye, 

Feather  l  lusters.  Clothes  Wringers,  Mangles,  etc.  Sole  Agents  for  F.  N.  DaviB  s 
Co.'s  Building  Papers,  and  Irving  Bros  Japanese  Paper  Carpeting. 

March  17.  NO.*S  215  AND  217  SACRAMENTO  ST.,  S.  F. 


T 


SANTA    CRUZ. 
o  rent  for  Nix  month**,  to  a  responsible  pnrty,  a  f  iirnlsheU 

ttnge  of  ti  rooms,     iicautihil  view,  ol08e  Ui  the  sea-boach.     Apply  to 
\pril  21.  MILLER  &  RICHARD,  205  LoidesdortT  strcut,  S.  F. 


'YANKEE   DOODLE,    OE   THE   S   IEIT    OF   '76," 

A  Colossal  Palntliis  by  Archibald  >l .  Willnril.  "1  <  lov.hinil. 
Ohio,  will  i,c  exhibited  at  Snow  Lt  .May's  Art  Gallery,  21  Kearuystreet,  on  and 
alter  MONMiAY,  April  30th. April  28. 

QUICKSILVEE. 
or  sale— In  lots  to  salt,  by  Thomas  Bell,  No.  305  Sansome 

street,  over  Rank  of  California.  Nov.  16. 


F 


NOTICE- 
or  the  very  best  photogrraphn  go  to  Bradley  *  ItnlofNon'H, 

in  an  Elevator,  429  Montgomery  street.  Oct.  29. 


F 


STUART    S.    WRIGHT, 
ttorney  and  Conaisellor  at  l,;o\ .   No.  504  Kearny  street, 

^    San  Francisco,  California.  Feb.  3. 


12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND 


May  12,  Ion. 


OLD    LETTERS --IN    VERSE. 

[BY    ELIZABETH    A.    DAVIS.] 

Just  a  bundle  of  yellow  old  letters, 
The  mouldering  records  of  years, 

Rising  up  like  dim  phantoms  unbidden 

With  tales  of  their  joys  and  their  tears. 

Cut  the  knot  in  the  fast-fading  ribbon 

And  sort  them  once  more  as  they  came: 

Smile  again  o'er  the  pleasures  now  vanished ; 
Forget  all  the  heart-aches  and  blame. 

Gather  up  the  crushed  leaves  of  old  fancies, 
Sweep  down  the  thick  cobwebs  of  time, 

Brush  the  dust  from  the  chamber  of  friendship 
And  wake  it  to  memory's  rhyme. 

Ah!  here's  one— the  oldest  and  yellowest — 
So  daintily  worded  and  penned  ; 

But  the  fingers  that  traced  it  have  crumbled 
To  the  dust  o'er  which  violets  bend. 

Here's  another  in  queer,  printed  scrawlings, 
The  first  from  a  wee,  dimpled  hand, 

Treasured  fondly,  more  precious  than  jewels, 
And  often  and  lovingly  scanned. 

Eager  missives  that  tell  of  ambition, 
Or  the  story  that's  never  grown  old, 

Glow  with  pictures  of  hope  or  fruition, 
Life's  morning  in  crimson  and  gold. 

Trembling  characters  traced  by  the  aged, 
With  words  that  are  half  a  caress, 

Turning  back  on  the  brink  of  the  river, 
To  comfort,  to  cheer,  and  to  bless. 

Curls  of  hair,  faded  roses,  dim  pictures 

Of  faces  long  since  turned  to  clay, 
Who  can  tell  with  what  visions  they're  blended, 

What  hopes  that  went  down  in  a  day. 
Oh!  the  host  of  half -slumbering  memories 

That  cluster  round  relics  like  these, 
When  pleasure  has  quaffed  the  full  goblet, 

And  time  has  left  nothing  but  lees. 


LADIES    AND    HORSES    IN    PARIS. 

Pabis,  April  20, 1877. 

The  statement  that  "  le  clieval  est  un  noble  animal  "  is  made  so  fre- 
quently by  Frenchmen,  it  is  put  forward  by  them  with  so  much  persist- 
ence and  so  much  apparent  conviction,  that  it  has  acquired  the  external 
characteristics  of  a  national  article  of  faith,  and  has  taken  a  modest  place 
beside  the  sun  of  Austerlitz,  galette,  blue  blouses,  and  the  immortal  prin- 
ciples of  '89.  I  do  not  presume  to  decide  whether  the  belief  is  real,  or 
whether,  as  happens  sometimes  with  other  elements  of  doctrine,  it  is  as- 
serted simply  as  a  duty  to  society;  the  fact  of  its  superficial  existence  is 
all  that  I  allude  to,  and  as  to  that  no  doubt  is  possible. 

The  horse,  then,  being  accepted  as  ''noble,"  it  is  natural  that  a  "  So- 
cie'te'  Hippique"  should  have  constituted  itself  in  order  to  still  further 
proclaim  his  nobility,  and  that  this  Society  should  get  up  annual  shows  of 
him  in  the  chief  towns  of  France.  The  Paris  show  is  now  going  on,  and 
I  have  spent  m/  recent  afternoons  in  a  patient  contemplation  of  as  many 
as  possible  of  the  five  hundred  "  echuntdlons  de  la-  race  chevaline"  which  are 
collected  in  the  Palais  de  Fludustrie. 

Let  me,  however,  at  once  declare,  honestly  and  additionally,  that  I  have 
passed  those  afternoons  in  looking  at  women  quite  as  much  as  in  looking 
at  horses.  It  would  indeed  be  more  honest  still  to  avow  that  I  have 
looked  a  good  deal  more  at  the  women  than  at  the  horses.  In  doing  so,  I 
have  acted  like  all  my  friends  and  acquaintances.  We  all  pretend  that 
we  have  a  bottomless  admiration  for  the  noble  animal;  that  we  rise  up 
into  enthusiasms  the  moment  we  behold  him,  and  that  we  are  exhaust- 
ively learned  iu  everything  that  concerns  him;  but  every  one  of  us  is  of 
opinion  that  woman  is  a  nobler  animal  still,  and  that  we  know  still  more 
about  her. 

This  being  so,  a  horse  show,  like  many  other  entertainments  in  this 
place,  is  but  an  excuse  for  love-making;  the  women  are  as  well  aware  of 
that  as  we  are,  so  they  come  to  it  in  crowds.  The  result  is  that  the  So- 
cie'te'  Hippique  is  a  rich  and  prosperous  institution;  for  there  is  not  one 
more  proper  thing  to  do  in  the  world  of  Paris  than  to  subscribe  to  that 
Society  in  order  to  have  the  right  to  meet  one's  friends  in  the  reserved 
stand. 

Then,  again,  the  show  is  held  in  April,  when  the  trees  and  Spring  fash- 
ions are  simultaneously  budding;  just  at  J;he  very  moment  when  Winter 
clothes  are  being  abandoned,  and  when  fresh  stuffs  and  brilliant  colors  are 
timidly  peeping  out. 

For  these  good  reasons  the  southern  side  of  the  Palais  de  l'lndustrie  is 
filled  each  afternoon  with  pretty  women  and  highly-civilized  men,  who 
look  negligently  at  the  horses  and  earnestly  at  each  other.  Considered  as 
a  horse  show,  the  thing  can  scarcely  be  said  to  rouse  the  emotious  of  the 
spectators;  but  regarded  as  an  exhibition  of  women,  it  is  very  brilliant. 

And  yet  the  horse  part  of  it  is  really  not  bad  at  alL  The  French  are 
manufacturing  horses  with  the  same  laborious  attention  and  the  same  un- 
deniable success  as  they  have  been  manifesting  lately  in  the  fabrication  of 
eggs,  locomotives,  and  telegraph  wire.  They  are  selling  all  these  products 
against  ua  on  our  own  ground;  and  the  horses,  perhaps,  are  the  best  of 
them  all;  they  are  at  all  events  better  than  the  eggs,  and  are  at  least  as 
good  as  the  locomotives.  Nothing  higher  is  to  be  found  at  Islington  than 
a  good  deal  of  what  is  now  being  trotted  out  here.  The  grands  carrosiers, 
particularly,  are  a  remarkably  even  and  good-looking  collection.  The 
saddle-horses — though  many  of  them  are  excellent  in  shape  and  action — 
are  less  satisfactory  as  a  group;  but  then  that  may  be,  perhaps,  because 
they  are  seen  with  a  man  on  their  backs.  I  wish  to  speak  with  the 
humblest  reverence  of  the  riding  capacities  of  the  French  nation,  and  I 
eagerly  proclaim  that  there  are  members  of  it  who  mount  superbly  on  a 
horse;  but  still  I  think  that  it  will  be  generally  admitted  that,  somehow 
or  other,  taking  the  situation  as  a  collective  whole,  horses  and  riders  do 
not  always   go  quite   together  in   France.     I  have   noticed,  during  these 


afternoons,  two  men  and  a  boy  who  really  did  sit  in  their  saddles  as  if 
they  liked  it;  the  boy  particularly  (a  handsome  little  fellow  in  the  blue- 
velvet-bound  cap  of  the  Jesuit  schools)  pounded  about  on  a  long  gray 
pony  in  a  workmanlike  fashion,  fully  worthy  of  a  young  Briton  home  for 
the  holidays,  only  the  little  Jesuit  took  off  his  cap  to  his  acquaintances  as 
he  galloped  past,  with  a  circling  wave  which  was  beyond  the  power  of 
the  Briton.  But  the  rest  of  the  riders  did  not  appear  to  me  to  be 
altogether  on  even  terms  with  their  animals;  their  objects  in  life  were  not 
absolutely  identical;  each  went  his  own  way,  and  the  divergence  of  senti- 
ment and  of  movement  was  not  attractive,  particularly  in  the  jumping. 
Some  of  the  riders  shouted  and  jerked  up  their  arms  at  every  hurdle; 
others  seemed  to  wish  to  relieve  their  horse  by  doing  part  of  the  jumping 
themselves;  it  was  very  kind  and  considerate  of  them,  of  course,  but  still 
it  was  not  in  harmony  with  the  notions  which  prevail  in  England. 

One  small  personage,  a  dealer,  was  an  excellent  performer.  His  ways 
were  a  little  too  suggestive  of  a  rough-rider,  and  there  was  a  want  of  finish 
about  his  legs;  but  his  back,  the  carriage  of  his  head,  and  the  movements 
of  his  hands  were  all  quite  perfect;  he  really  did  go  with  bis  horses  (he 
rode  five  or  six  yesterday)  as  if  he  belonged  to  them. 

Such  of  the  male  specators  as  do  not  content  themselves  with  the  society 
in  the  stand  stroll  about  magnificently  in  the  mud  in  the  middle  of  the 
arena,  render  their  boots  lamentably  dirty,  and  incur  a  serious  risk  of 
being  run  or  ridden  over  by  the  competitive  animals  which  are  rushing 
about  all  day.  But  then  the  gentlemen  in  the  middle  enjoy  the  counter- 
balancing privilege  of  looking  as  if  they  understood  it.  That  a  few  of 
them  do  so  is  quite  certain  ;  the  French  have  won  our  races  often  enough 
to  prove  that  some,  at  all  events,  amongst  them  know  quite  as  much 
about  a  horse  as  we  do.  But  it  may  be  surmised  that  a  majority  of  the 
visitors  to  this  show  are  less  instructed,  and  that  the  air  of  critically 
appreciative  experience  with  which  they  scrutinize  each  candidate  is  not  a 
justifiable  consequence  of  their  previous  education.  I  saw  one  fearfully 
fat  man  yesterday  (the  father  of  two  short  round  young  ladies  in  green), 
who  put  his  hat  on  one  side,  and  stooped  laboriously,  and  investigated 
hind  legs  as  if  he  had  spent  his  entire  life  with  hind  legs,  and  knew  their 
mysteries,  and  was  not  to  be  deluded  by  them.  Yet  I  happen  to  be  aware 
that  the  fat  man  is  a  clerk  in  a  Ministry,  and  that  he  "knows  no  more 
adout  a  horse  than  p'raps  be  does  of  Greek." 

And  there  was  a  young  gentleman  who  endeavored  to  assume  an  aspect 
of  the  intensest  science,  who  took  notes,  who  shrugged  his  shoulders  from 
time  to  time  with  sadness  and  scorn,  and  who  at  other  moments  exhibited 
all  the  signs  of  satisfied  contemplation,  but  who  nevertheless  did  not 
manage  to  impress  bystanders  with  the  conviction  that  he  could  accu- 
rately distinguish  a  mule  from  a  donkey. 

The  women  have  not,  however,  offered  us  anything  very  strange  at  this 
year's  show  ;  the  new-born  fashions  have  been  indicated,  but  they  have 
not  appeared  in  force.  We  all  could  see  that  yellow  and  mottled  feuille- 
morte  (like  the  shell  of  a  plover's  egg)  are  the  coming  colors ;  that 
yellow  parasols  are  already  dethroning  the  red  ones  of  last  year;  that 
satin  and  silk,  and  satin  and  wool,  are  largely  mixed  in  the  same  dress  ; 
and  that  the  bonnets  are  garlands  of  leaves  and  flowers.  These  facts 
have  been  evident  for  a  week  past  to  the  most  careless  eye,  and  further- 
more they  were  confirmed  to  me  authoritatively  yesterday  by  a  very 
animated  person  who  bore  a  costume  of  orange  cachemire  and  dead  leaf 
silk,  with  inexplicable  superpositions  of  yellow  satin  all  about  it,  whose 
head  sustained  a  coronet  of  gold  roses  with  vast  yellow  strings,  whose 
right  hand  brandished  a  yellow  umbrella,  and  whose  left  arm  supported 
a  thin  overcoat  of  almost  yellow-drab  cloth.  I  mention  these  details 
because  they  manifestly  form  part  of  the  history  of  our  time  ;  but  I  can- 
not conscientiously  advise  English  women  to  adopt  orange  cachemire 
gowns  with  satin  splashes,  because,  so  far  as  my  capacities  permit  me  to 
judge,  the  arrangement  is  nauseously  ugly. 

Yet  that  orange  composition  remains  in  my  mind  as  the  great  fact  of 
the  horse-show  ;  my  memory  mixes  up  chestnuts,  blacks,  grays,  bays  and 
browns  in  an  undistinguishable  crowd  of  trotters  and  jumpers,  but  the 
gamboge  invention  stands  out  before  my  eyes  as  clearly  as  if  I  were  still 
gazing  at  it;  and  this  proves  to  me  once  more  that  the  tendency  of  Paris 
exhibitions  is  lo  advertise  one  thing,  and  to  show  you  another.  The 
Exposition  Maritime,  two  years  ago,  was  composed  exclusively  of  furni- 
ture and  garden-tocls ;  this  time  we  go  to  the  Palais  de  l'lndustrie  for 
horses,  and  we  find  petticoats.  Perhaps  it  is  quite  right.  It  is  just,  how- 
ever, to  call  attention  to  the  fact  that  no  prizes  whatever  are  given  for 
dresses,  and  that,  on  the  contrary,  there  are  two  hundred  and  sixty-six 
prizes  for  horses,  amounting  together  to  nearly  £4,000. 

Another  time  the  experiment  might  be  tried  of  leaving  the  horses  in 
their  stables,  and  of  keeping  the  ring  clean  for  the  ladies  to  walk  about 
while  the  band  plays.  Indeed,  Mademoiselle  Oropoff  suggested  that  very 
plan  yesterday  to  a  member  of  the  committee.  She  said,  with  charming 
simplicity  and  frankness,  that  she  regards  the  spectacle  of  the  horses  as  a 
privilege  which  she  is  forced  to  enjoy,  but  which  she  cannot  sufficiently 
regret.  She  comes  every  day,  like  all  the  others,  because  the  thing  has  to 
be  done,  because  it  is  the  inevitable  duty  of  a  woman  in  society  to  be  seen 
there  :  but  how  much  pleasanter  it  would  be  if  there  were  no  galloping 
and  no  tobacco  and  no  grooms  in  shirt-sleeves  ! 

Madame  Naxos,  who  was  in  red  all  over  (a  remnant  of  the  now  aban- 
doned principles  of  a  month  ago),  held  a  court  yesterday  on  a  front  bench, 
where  the  men  in  the  ring  could  lean  over  toe  barrier  and  talk  to  her. 
She  was  very  much  surrounded,  and  she  was  particularly  eloquent.  Her 
theories,  however,  were  special  to  herself;  her  notion  of  a  horse-show 
seemed  to  be — so  far  as  I  could  understand  it — that  all  the  candidates 
should  be  put  successively  into  her  carriage  and  be  driven  up  and  down 
the  Champs  Elysees.  IS  one  of  the  women  present  supported  this  idea; 
but  a  good  many  of  the  men  declared  that  there  was  merit  in  it. 

After  all,  women  are  not  safe  judges  to  follow  in  the  matter — French- 
women, I  mean.  Their  general  notion  of  a  horse  is  that  it  is  a  machine 
whose  function  it  is  to  drag  them  about;  provided  it  drags,  they  ask  uo 
more  from  it.  As  the  horse-show  point  of  view  is  different,  very  few  of 
them  understand  it.  And  wh\r  should  they  ?  For  myself  I  have  fancied 
sometimes  that  it  would  be  a  wise  plan  to  exclude  them  altogether  from 
the  show,  and  to  strictly  limit  it  to  horses.  But,  then,  if  that  were  done, 
nobody  would  pay  to  go  in,  the  receipts  would  disappear,  there  would  be 
no  money  available  for  prizes,  and  consequently  no  show.  The  circle  is  a 
vicious  one:  without  women  no  show  is  possible;  'with  women  no  show  is 
looked  at.  The  only  way  out  of  it  is  to  reflect  that,  on  one  point  at  least, 
there  is  a  resemblance  between  women  and  horses,  and  that  there  is  an 
old  French  proverb  which  observes  that  "  Des  femmes  et  des  chevaux  il 
n'en  est  point  sans  de'fauts."  — Maf  in  the  World, 


Mux     12,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA     ADYKUTISKK. 


1:1 


:..w  . 

Ho.  1  tra 

HIS    SATANIC    MAJESTY  S     DILEMMA 

■ 

r  curia, 
.  And  : 
'  i     Ooold  i  1'iu  knon 

\\  hi  r.   i 

Or  *  l1  -.     '  i  m  !' 

Bal  ah,  lu  .ill  In  vein      I  I 
i 

•  i  din  11-  x  know;  ii  Isirt  I,' 
l-  ill  that  I  tu  gel  trotn  (in  in. 

lh-w  tnu*.  <li  ,ir  IikihI-,  th.it  girl*  arc  sly. 

■•■  We  oft  in. i.'.  nbi0  of  '  Llllle  Dale." 
The  mocking  bur  ona  BnuTc  and  Bay; 

•  Bui  ihc  auo  Doha  Deane  are dead. 
If  you  .iini  I  believe  the  lay. 
Then  Aon  Lee  !>;»-■>  long  been  trad. 

the  ■  mafd  ol  golden  hair, 
to  brother  Ned, 
iM.it  worry  me,  it  Ii  nol  fair.' 

m\  braves,  you  know  hill  well, 
Why  l  bave  turned  (ram  king  to  churl; 
Twerc  botb  r  rarmy  throue  to  sell, 
Tlmii  to  be  baffled  bj  a  vi/' .' 

mong  you  all  can  trace 
Where  In  this  world  Uvea  Ullle  Dale, 
The  rictor'a  crown  your  brow  shall  grace; 
Bo  go  your  ways;  you  mutt  not/aii .'" 


HIGHEST  STOCK  QUOTATIONS  FOB  WEEK  ENDING  MAY  11. 1877. 


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■  gallant  men; 

to  do, 

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i  -  hi-  baught)  head, 
throng 
bad  led 
In  paths .(  wl<  kedn  a  among 

bia  royal  band, 

And  patient  wail  toe  )ii-  coaomand, 
Pur  imd  to  go,  f"r  them  to  itay. 

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rtore 
I  thing*  from  in] 
Tin  tnu-  1 1 
Rlghl  '■■;■  '     ■ 

.  f  ween. 
Whilst  secrets  brommy  heart  I  bring. 


thoy  wool  away,  this  gallant  i«nd, 

hut  ah.  Hi-  midd  they  could  not  flod 
Named  l.iliu-  Dale  in  all  the  lam). 

-  are  Mind, 
Their  kiiiur  ii  croai  and  frowns  "n  them; 
He  frets,  bestornu,  he  tears  his  hair. 
■  Where  hi  this  Lttlls  ' '  '-1'    "  be    i 
but  only  echo  answers  "Whore? 


ART  JOTTINGa 
The  San  Francisco  Art  Association  has,  (hiring  the  week,  gone 
through  with  the  farce  of  ■  press  riew  and  members'  reception  over  u  col- 
of  paintings  brought  here  from  Munich  by  an  artist  and  dealer  of 
center.  All  true  friends  of  the  Association  entertained  grave 
donbta  at  to  the  policy  of  surrendering  the  gallery  to  our  local  artists  for 
the  purpose  of  making  special  sales  therein,  notwithstanding  the  ateocia- 
tirm  received  a  doily  rental  of  $10  for  the  use1 6f  the  gallery,  gas,  etc, 
from  tin'  artists.  It  was  justly  considered  to  be  :in  unfair  discrimination 
Against  those  artiste  who  do  not  make  auction  sales  of  their  work,  in  that 
it  crowded  their  pictures  out  of  the  gallery  at  a  time  when  they  most 
needed  the  aid  of  it,  in  keeping  their  work  before  the  public;  hut  when 
it  was  announced  that  the  Board  of  Directors  had  given  the  free  use  of  the 
gallery,  including  printing  of  catalogue  and  advertising,  for  the  exhibition 
de  of  this  Foreign  collection,  everybody  wondered  wherein  such 
an  exhibition  could  advance  the  interests  of  the  association,  but  were 
told  by  the  Directors,  through  the  Secretary,  that  these  pictures,  120  in 
number,  comprised  the  mo$i  magnificent  collection  of  foreign  pictures 
ever  brought  to  this  city,  and  os  such  would  aid  in  cultivating  a  taste  for 
true  art,  being  selections  from  the  ateliers  of  moat  of  the  celebrated  art- 
tats  of  Europe,  including  Gerome,  Toulmouche,  Gonpil,  Hue,  Caraud, 
Andreas  Achenbach,  Madou  and  others.  The  greater  part  of  this  mag- 
t  collection  (ninety-four  picture)  are  now  op.-n  to  the  public,  and 
we  trust  that  every  member  of  the  association  will  make  it  convenient  to 
visit  the  gallery,  in  order  to  see  what  is  being  done  to  advance  art  inter- 
ests in  this  city,  by  those  in  charge  of  the  Art  Association,  It  is  to  be 
regretted  that  some  of  our  artists,  aitinu'  as  a  Committee  on  Selection 
and  Hanging,  prevailed  upon  the  exhibitor  to  keep  from  view  the  resi- 
due ol  this  collection,  which  included  one  example  rrom  the  easel  of  the 
exhibitor,  he  being  an  artist  himself.  It  i?  claimed  that  these  tabooed 
works  are  m-t  up  to  tru?  standard  of  excellence  required  by  the  Board  of 
Directors.  'Ibis  must  be  a  mistake,  as  it  is  plain  to  he  seen  that  there 
are  many  anion-  those  exhibited  winch  have  no  standard  of  excellence  at 
all.  It  has  been  suggested  that  after  these  rejected  pictures  had  been 
culled  out.  the  whole  lot,  by  accident  or  desigu,  gut  mixed  together  again, 

and  that  the  Committee,  being  unable  to  agree  upon  the  same  pictures 
a  second  time,  mt  thegordianknot,  by  lopping  off  a  certain  number  haphaz- 
zard,  and  hanging  the  rest.  Now,  as  it  is  very  clear  that  the  Committee 
has  discovered  merit  in  some  of  the  accepted  pictures,  which  the  public 
will  be  utterly  unable  to  see,  it  is  but  reasonable  to  suppose  that  the  pub- 
lic might  find  some  goo  I  in  the  rejected  where  the  Committee  could  not. 
We  theivfop'  stiL,"-,'est  that  the  balance  of  this  nuui„ ifi<;-„t  collection  be 
brought  to  the  front  at  once.  It  is  unfair  alike  to  the  exhibitor  ami  the 
member- • 'f  tin;  association  to  thus  arbitrarily  cut  off  what  maybe  the 
most  interesting  part  of  this  most  magnificent  collection.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  what  we  have  said  regarding  these  pictures  will  not  prejudice 
any  one  against  them.  There  are  some  good  among  them,  and  next  week 
we  shall  take  pleasure  in  pointing  them  out,  provided  they  are 
still  on  exhibition  in  the  same  Lrallery.  In  the  meantime  the  pic- 
ture-loving and  picture-buying  public  will  have  visited  the  gallery,  so  that 
it  will  be  demonstrated  how  satisfactorily  Jottings  can  discuss  the  merits 
of  this  collection;  but  by  all  means  let  those  rejected  pictures  be  hung, 
especially  No.  52,  "  Shades  of  Life,"  painted  by  the  artist  exhibitor  him- 
self. It  seems  the  Committee  had  the  bad  taste  to  throw  this  picture 
out  after  it  was  catalogued  and  hung.  Let  us  hope  there  was  no  profes- 
sional jealousy  in  this  action  of  our  local  artists,  but  it  looks  a  little  sus- 
picious, to  sa^  the  least,  and,  to  satisfy  all  concerned,  let  this  picture,  if 
not  the  others  rejected,  be  hung  in  its  place,  and  not  cause  everybody  to 
look  in  vain,  these  days,  for  "The  Shades  of  Life."  If  no  better  plan 
can  be  devised,  let  it  be  hung  in  the  salon  des  refuses,  or  south  gallery, 
with  the  local  artists'  pictures.  The  highly  eulogistic  invitation  to  the 
pre.«3  to  inspect  this  magnificent  collection,  were  issued  on  Monday  last, 
but  the  dailies,  with  one  exception,  have  had  nothing  to  say.  Surely  a 
special  exhibition,  gotten  up  under  the  auspices  of  the  Art  Association, 
is  entitled  to  some  degree  of  respect.     Come,  gentlemen,  speak  out! 


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California 

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Cose  Con 

Confidence 

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Golden  Chariot .. 
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Lady  Wash'n .... 
Loyal 

Monumental 

Mint 

Mansfield 

Manhattan 

Meteor 

Meadow  Valley  .. 

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Martlia  A:  lk-nail'. 

Northern  Belle  , . 
■N   Con.  Virginia 

Nevada  

New  Vork 

Niagara 

N.  Light 

N.  Cuson 

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Poorman 

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Panther  

Pictou 

Peytona 

Raymond  &  Ely. 

Rising  Star 

Rock  Island 

Sierra  Nevada  . . . 

'Silver  Hill 

Superior 

Southern  Star... 

Succor  

Seg  Belcher 
South  Chariot . . . 

Silver  Crown 

s.  Barcelona 

Solid  Silver 

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Union  Con 

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Washoe 

WoodvuTe 

Wells  Fargo.    ... 

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WcstComstock  . . 
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Assessments  are  now  due  on  the  Stocks  above  marked  thus  " 


You  can  talk  by  telegraph  now,  and  there  is  no  use  in  trying  to  get 
out  of  reach  of  your  mother-in-law's  tongue. 


14 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND 


May  12,  la/ 1. 


WHAT    THE    WORLD    SAYS. 


Wiien  an  unfortunate  wretch,  weary  of  life  and  maddened  by  de- 
spair, stands  on  the  parapet  of  Waterloo  Bridge,  prepared  to  end  his  or  her 
troubles  in  the  heart  of  the  Thames,  a  humane  policeman  seizes  him  or 
her,  transfers  the  would-be  suicide  to  the  police-cells,  and  the  kindly  mag- 
istrate induces  repentance  by  means  of  solitary  confinement  and  the  min- 
istrations of  a  prison  chaplain.  But  the  illogical  law  permits  thousands 
of  people  to  assemble,  and  thousands  of  shillings  to  be  paid,  at  the  Agri- 
cultural Hall,  whilst  a  couple  of  madmen,  under  the  pretence  of  sport, 
shorten  the  lives  allotted  to  them  in  the  presence  of  the  police  as 
surely  as  do  suicides  from  the  bridges  of  the  Thames.  A  modern  walking 
match  attendeil  by  doctors,  rjriests,  ladies,  and  the  representatives  of  En- 
glish pluck,  is  about  the  most  sickening  spectacle  that  could  well  be  de- 
vised by  a  nation  indignant  at  cock-fighting,  and  virtuously  outraged  at 
vivisection.  Words  could  not  well  describe  the  painful  sight  of  American 
athletes  half  delirious  from  want  of  sleep,  half  hysterical  with  tortured 
nerves,  lollopping  along  a  track  with  their  tongues  out,  to  the  brutal  ap- 
plause of  the  British  people.  Ears  would  be  shocked  to  hear  the  pitiful 
pleading  of  the  pedestrians  wakened  from  their  restless  sleep,  and  com- 
pelled to  rush  out,  half  slobbering  up  their  food  as  they  pursue  their  mer- 
ciless and  quite  unnecessary  course ;  and  for  what?  Sportsmen  tell  us, 
for  the  sake  of  showing  nature  racked  to  its  highest  tension,  and  of  prov- 
ing the  sublime  endurance  of  man.  Common  sense  tells  us,  for  the  sake 
of  earning  a  few  hundred  pounds  in  the  most  cruel  fashion.  It  is  all  over 
now.  The  men  have  done  walking,  and  they  have  not  died  ;  and  that  is 
all  that  can  be  said.  The  Catholic  youth  of  London  are  to  give  a  feast  to 
O'Leary,  who  fasted  throughout  Lent,  and  won  a  wonderful  wager,  mak- 
ing himself  the  while  into  a  miserable  spectacle.  But  ' alls  well  that  ends 
well."  Let  us  have  no  more  of  these  walking-matches,  lest,  encouraged 
by  the  mercenary  applause,  the  bow  is  bent  too  far  and  the  thin  string  of 
life  is  cracked.  The  doctors,  the  priests,  and  the  noble  sportsmen  would 
not  care  to  see  O'Leary  drop  down  dead  on  the  track,  or  to  see  Weston 
walking  over  the  brink  of  his  grave  and  into  it.  Society  would  not  hold 
those  spectators  guiltless  if  the  next  walking-match  ended  in  a  ghastly 
tragedy. — From  Atlas  in  the  World,  and  w&l  worthy  of  the  Old  and  New. 

If  Sir  H.  Elliot  intends,  as  I  am  informed,  to  write  an  account  of  re- 
cent 'Clouds  in  the  East,'  he  will  probably  have  some  rather  startling  dis- 
closures to  make  on  the  sending  of  the  British  fleet  to  Besika  Bay.  A" 
story  current  in  military  circles  is,  that  General  Ignatieff  obtained  so 
great  a  hold  over  the  wretched  mind  of  Abdul  Assiz  that  he  at  last  per- 
suaded him  to  let  him  garrison  Constantinople  with  Russian  soldiers. 
Whereupon  Sir  H.  Elliot  sent  for  the  British  ironclads,  who  received  or- 
ders to  blow  out  of  the  water  any  Russian  who  attempted  to  land  at  Con- 
stantinople. If  so,  what  fanatic  Liberals  called  '  an  idle  Beaconsfield 
demonstration'  may  have  been  a  downright  strategic  necessity. — Atlas. 

If  we  are  to  believe  veracious  telegrams  there  are  2,000,000  work- 
ingmen  out  of  employment  in  the  United  States.  The  entire  population 
of  the  United  States  is  38,558,371.  Assuming  half  to  be  women,  there 
are  10,279,186  males.  Assuming  half  of  the  males  to  be  children,  there 
are  9,630,592  men.  We  are,  therefore,  called  upon  to  believe  that  every 
fifth  man  in  the  United  States  is  a  workingman  out  of  employment. 
This  is  all  the  more  absurd,  as  in  agricultural  districts  there  is  no  want  of 
employment,  and  in  many  parts  of  the  Far  West  there  is  more  work 
than  hands  to  do  it. — Truth. 


It  is  surely  time  for  some  enterprising  publisher  to  produce  an  Amer- 
ican dictionary  ;  for  word  coinage  is  progressing  so  rapidly  in  the  United 
States  that  without  a  vocabulary  the  newspapers  of  that  country  are  well 
unintelligible.  '  Ulsterated'  is  the  latest  addition  to  the  language.  It 
sounds  formidable,  but  only  signifies  that  any  one  so  dubbed  is  in  the 
habit  of  attiring  himself  in  one  of  those  coats  which  take  their  name  from 
the  northern  province  of  Ireland.  Pigeon  English  is  as  naught  compared 
to  the  language  of  trans-atlantic  editors. —  World. 


Good  news  for  the  builders!  The  polka  is  to  be  in  vogue  this  season, 
and  naturally  when  all  the  couples  engaged  in  it  give  a  stamp  simulta- 
neously there  is  no  dance  so  trying  to  the  floors.  At  Lady  Catherine 
Weylaud's  and  at  Lady  Leslie's  lately,  the  guests  were  in  abject  terror  of 
of  being  hurled  into  the  supper-room  below  while  the  polka  was  being 
danced,  and  there  are  many  houses  in  London  less  substantially  built  than 
those  presided  over  by  these  fair  hostesses. 

The  best  news  we  have  heard  for  a  long  time  from  Germany  is  that, 
when  the  Marquis  d'Abzac,  Marshal  MacMahon'a  first  aide-de-camp,  was 
sent  to  Berlin  to  compliment  the  Emperor  on  his  eightieth  birthday,  the 
Prince  Imperial  of  Germany  gave  him  heartiest  greeting  and  welcome, 
not  on  his  own  account  only,  but  as  the  envoy  of  France.  '  That  abom- 
inable war  party,'  said  the  Prince,  'wouJil  have  made  such  a  handle  of  it, 
had  not  France  sent  a  representative  for  the  Kaiser's  birthday,  that  we  were 
really  anxious  lest  that  excuse  should  be  furnished  them.' — World. 

Who  is  to  conduct  the  foreign  policy  of  England,  her  Majesty's  Gov- 
ernment or  the  member  for  Greenwich?  I  ask  this  because  I  hear,  on 
excellent  authority,  that  in  an  interview  with  General  Ignatieff  Mr.  Glad- 
stone urged  upon  him  that  Russia  should  not  give  way  in  any  one  point, 
and  above  all  that  she  should  not  demobilize  her  armies.  Is  this  patriot- 
ism ? — Atlas.  

So  2, 500, 000  francs'  worth  of  debts,  owed  by  gamblers  to  the 
late  Homburg  Bank,  have  been  sold  for  £260.  Every  player  used  to  be 
allowed  to  play  one  coup  on  parole  without  staking  any  money.  This 
coup,  however,  could  not  be  for  more  than  500  francs.  Therefore,  there 
are  five  thousand  persons  wandering  about  Europe  whose  word  has  not 
proved  as  good  as  their  money. — Truth. 

Schouvaloff  paid  the  Prince  of  Wales  the  compliment  of  attending  at 
the  Charing  Cross  Station  to  see  him  off  to  the  Continent.  If  our  mem- 
ory serves  us  right,  in  the  prize-ring  they  always  shake  hands  before 
fighting. 

Princess  Mary  of  Hanover,  after  taking  eight  months  to  make  up  her 
mind,  has  finally  refused  the  hand  of  her  cousin  H.RH.  the  Duke  of  Con- 
naught. 


COM3VMSSION    MERCHANTS. 


J.  Sanderson. 


D.  F.  Hutcuisos.  D.  M.  Di/xne. 

PHCENIX    OIL    WORKS. 

Established  1850.— Hntchiug-s  *V  Co.,  Oil  and  Commission 
Merchants,  Manufacturers  and  Dealers  in  Sperm,  Whale,  Lard,  Machinery  and 


Illuminating  Oils,  517  Front  street,  San  Francisco. 


Jan.  S. 


w 


J.    C.    MERRILL    &    CO. 
holesalc  Auction  House,  204  and  306  California  street. 

Sale  days,  Wednesdays  and  Saturdays  at  10  a.m.     Cash  advances  on  consign. 

nienta.  ____^_ Dec.  !*■ 

CHARLES    LE    tiAY, 
American  Commission  merchant,  -  .  l  Rne  Scribe,  Paris. 

JOYCE'S    SPORTING    AMMUNITION. 
[ESTABLISHED  1820.] 

The  attention  of  Sportsmen  is  invited  to  the  following- 
Ammunition,  of  the  best  quality,  now  in  general  use  throughout  England, 
India  and  the  Colonies  :  Joyce's  Treble  Waterproof  and  F  3  Quality  Percussion 
Caps ;  Chemically-prepared  Cloth  and  Felt  Gun  Wadding ;  Joyce's  Gas-Tight  Car- 
tridges, for  Pin-fire  and  Central-fire  Breech-loading  Guns  ;  Wire  Cartridges,  for  killing 
game  at  long  distances,  and  every  description  of  Sporting  Ammunition.  Sold  by 
all  gun-makers  and  dealers  in  gunpowder. 

FREDERICK  JOYCE  &  CO.,  Patentees  and  Manufacturers, 
Dec.  30.  57  Upper  Thames  street,  London. 

LEA    AND    PERKINS'    SAUCE. 

In  consequence  of  spurious  imitatious  of  WOBCESTIK- 
SHIRE  SAUCE,  which  are  calculated  to  deceive  the  public,  LEA  AKD 
PERRIXS  have  adopted  A  NEW  LABEL  BEARING  THEIR  SIGNATURE, 
LEA  &  PERKINS,  which  is  placed  on  every  bottle  of  WORCESTERSHIRE  SAUCE, 
and  without  which  none  is  genuine. 

Ask  for  LEA  &  PERRINS'  Sauce,  and  see  name  on  wrapper,  lahel,  bottle  and  stop- 
per     Wholesale  and  for  export  by  the  proprietors,  Worcester  ;  Crosse  &  Black  well, 
London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  by  grocers  and  oilmen  throughout  the  world.  To  be  obtained  of 
Dec.  30.  MESSRS.  CROSS  &  CO.,  San  Francisco. 

CAUTION— BETTS'S   PATENT  CAPSULES. 

lae  pnblic  :n*«  respectfully  c;iutiot.c«l  that  RvitH*H  S*atetit  CnpNiileM 

are  being  Infringed.    BETTS'S  name  is  upon  e  very  Capsule  lie  makes  tor  the 

leading  Merchants  at  home  and  abroad,  and  he  is  the  Only  Inventor  and  Sole  Maker 
In  the  United  Kingdom.  Makufaotoris:  1,  Whahf  Road,  City  IIoaj>,L(.iki>ok, 
ahp  Bordeaux,  Fkance.  June  15. 

CONSUMPTION,    INDIGESTION    AND  WASTING   DISEASES. 

The  most  efficacious  remedies  are  Pancreatic  Emulsion  ami 
Pancreatine.  The  original  and  genuine  prepared  only  by  SAVORY  &  MOORE, 
143  New  Bond-street,  London.  Sold  by  them  and  all  Chemists  and  Storekeepers 
throughout  Canada  and  the  United  States.  Dec.  30. 

A.    S.    EOSENBAUM    &    CO., 

Southeast  corner  of  California  anil  Battery  streets,  invite 
the  attention  of  their  customers  and  others  to  their  large  assortment  of  the 
Best  and  Finest  Brands  of  CHEWING  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 
and  CIGARITOS.  Consignments  of  Choicest  Brands  of  Cigars  received  by  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  18  ]  A.  S.  ROSENBAUM  i:  CO. 

SAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  &  CO., 

113  Clay  and  114  Commercial  Streets, 

Sax  FRANCISCO.  [May  24. 

W.  Morris.  Jos.  Schwab.  J,  F.  Kennedy. 

MORRIS,    SCHWAB    &    CO., 

Importers  and  Dealers    in   Moldings,  Frames,  Engravings, 
Chromos,    Lithographs,     Decaleomanie,    Wax  and  Artists'  Materials,  21  Post 
street,  nearly  opposite  Masonic  Temple,  San  Francisco.  Feb.  4. 

THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every  variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Gilt, 
Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Bronze  Clocks  and  fine 
Bronzes;  also  a  full  line  of  Plumbers' Goods.  122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco. Jan.  27. 


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[J.  Lee.    D.  W.  Folder 


B.  F.  Flint.    Flint,  Bixbv  &  Co.] 

A.   P.   FLINT    3c    CO., 

Graders,  Packers  and  Dealers  in  Wool,  corner  of  Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Francisco,  Jan.  a9. 

NOBLE    &    GALLAGHER, 

Importers  and  I>ealersin  Painters*  Materials,  House,  Sign 
and  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper-Hangers  and  Glaziers,  NV  y.',s 
Juekson  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Sansome,  San  Francisco.  Ceilings  and 
Walls  Kalsoinincd  and  Colored.     Jobbing-  promptly  atteuded  to.  May  13. 

BRITISH    BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY   OF    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  daily,  from  10  a.m.  to    1  p.m.,  by  the  under- 
signed, to  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  to  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.  J.  P.  McCURRIE,  Secretary, 

Oct.  23. 730  Montgomery  street. 

BLANK    BOOKS 

Sold  from  stock  or  manufacturctl  to  order  from  the  Carew 
Extra  Fine  Ledger  Paper,  by  JOHN  G.  HODGE  &  CO.,  Importers,    Manufac- 


turers and  Wholesale  Stationers,  327,  329  and  331  Sansome  street,  S.  F. 


Nov,  11. 


BKUCE, 


&%-  prints  -^a 

537   SACRAMENTO    STREET, 

BELOW    MONTGOMERY. 


"Oaten  ts  Procured.    Total  Cost,  $55,  including  Government 


fee.     Seud  for  pamphlet  to 
March  3. 


KNIGHT  &  KNIGHT,  Washington,  P.  C. 


H.    H-    MOORE. 

Denier  In  Books  for  Libraries.— A  large  assortment  of  line 
and  rare  books  just  received,  ann  for  sale  at 
Merchant,  San  Francisco 


>ny  Montgomery  street,  near 
Oct,  24. 


JOSEPH    GILLOTT'S    STEEL    PE£S. 
old  by  all  Stationers  throughout  the  World.    Sole  Agent 

for  the  United  States  :  MR.  HENRY  HOE,  01  John  street,  N.  Y.       Jan.  lti. 


S' 


Iift3    t-j.  1877. 


UNTIL    DEATH. 

And 

Nay,  it  *  >■  r.i-li  .mil  n  i 
If  ti  .  another,  beritaoi 

I  «n  old  not  r- a<  li  out  of  my  quiet  irrava 
To  bind  thy  heart,  it  i;  ibould  oh 

Love  ihould  not  Im  ■ i] : 
My  !  I   tni-t.  will  w.ilk  ■ 

In  daanr  li.lit  tli  hi  gfloV  IhOM  -irtlily  ln.-rti-. 
■  ■<  i  and  eoviee  keen 
\\  hich  bow  this  laoe  with  thorns. 
Thou  w..ul>Ut  not  fool  my  shadowy  t-areea. 

It",  afti  r  death,  my  aoal  ■boold  linger  hero; 
Men's  haarni  Brave  ■  .  ■     ■■■  tenderness, 

i  in  and  near*. 
It  woold  not  make  me  sleep  more  peacefully 

That  thou  wirt  wasting  all  thy  lift-  in 
For  my  poor  take;  what  love  thou  hast  [or  me, 

Beotow  it  11-   I 
( Jarre  not  upon  :i  .-tout-  when  I  am  dead 

The  praises  wbioh  remoraeful  monrnera  give 

To  Wfin.'ii  -  gruvt ;t  tanly  rvcmnjKTiKO  - 

Bat  speak  them  while  I  live. 

Heap  not   tin*  heavy  marble  "U  my  ]j«;ul 

Po  -hut  sway  the  sunshine  and  the  dew  ; 
all  blossoms  grow  there,  and  let  [Trasses  wave, 
Ami  Hm>drope  filter  through. 
Tnon  wilt  meet  many  fairer  and  more  gay 

Than  I  ;  but,  trust  me,  thou  canst  never  find 
One  who  will  love  and  serve  thee  night  and  day 

With  a  more  single  mind. 
Forget  me  when  I  die.     The  violets 

Above  my  rest  will  blossom  just  as  Hue, 
Nor  miss  thy  tears:  e'en  Nature^  self  forgets; 
lint  while  I  live,  be  true! 

INDECENT    ADVERTISEMENTS. 
At  every  turn  the  pedestrian  in  the  streets  of  the  city  is  subjected  to 
an  intolerable  nuisance,  by  having  some  bills  or  advertisements  thrust  un- 
oiousry  into  his  bend,  anil  forced  on  him,  whether  he  will  or  not 

The  majority  of  these  ;ire  of  mi  outrageously  obscene  description,  the 
outpourings  of  the  diseased  mind  of  an  unscrupulous  nuack.  One  can- 
not turn  ;i  corner  without  encountering  some  sturdy  urchin,  or  strapping 
both  equally  importunate,  who  persist  in  presenting  you  with  a 
revolting  list  or  loathsome  diseases.  The  name  of  the  one  man  that  alone 
can  effect  a  cure  in  your  distressing  case  is  conspicuously  printed  on  the 
lull    in    glaring  letter-.     .Surely  it  is   infliction  enough,  and  demoralizing 

i,  besides,  to  be  unable  to  take  np  any  morning  paper  or  pe- 
riodica] without  these  unseemly  announcements  staring  you  in  the 
face.  With  these,  however,  it  is  only  a  question  of  business,  and 
:     n.it   forced  to   pierce  the  offensive  matter.      On  the  street  the 

i  different,  and  before  we  are  enabled  to  discover  the  disgusting 
contents,  our  .-very  sense  of  decency  and  propriety  is  unwillingly  shocked. 
I.  if  tender  age,  respectable  matrons,  young  girls,  all  are  invited  to 

accept  tltf  proffered  paper,  and  there  are  few,  either  from  curiosity  or  ig- 
norance, who  do  not  peruse  at  Least  a  portion  of  the  handbill  before  throw- 
ing it  away  to  add  to  the  accumulated  litter  of  our  already  too  filthy  gut- 
ters. Thou  rota  that  might  never  have  occurred  to  the  young  of  both  sexes 
are  unavoidably  Buggested,  and  their  innocent  minds  are  forthwith  poi- 
soned with  iiMiM-it  ideas,  which  had  it  not  been  for  their  scandalous  in- 
trusion, would  perchance  forever  have  remained  buried  in  the  seclusion  of 
a  pure  breast.  However  laudable  the  object  of  these  angels  of  mercy  may 
be  in  wishing  to  save  the  afflicted,  who  are  bordering  on  the  brink  of  the 
grave,  BUrelj  •  ime  judgment,  some  little  discrimination  should  be  used  in 
thus  ruthlessly  distributing  to  every  one  alike  what  may  prove  the  cause 
of  tie- very  downfall  they  prof ess  to  be  80  anxious  to  avert.  It  is  suffi- 
cient nuisance  to  be  called  on  to  wade  through  the  vaun tings  of  every  self- 
satisfied  Bowing  machine  man  or  cheap  clothing  store,  but  in  such  cases 
the  annoyance  is  the  only  barm  done.  In  the  other,  it  is  a  baneful,  per- 
nicious system,  which  is  calculated  to  produce  an  amount  of  moral  de- 
pravity terrible  to  contemplate.  Few  steps  could  be  taken  which  would 
give  more  satisfaction  to  the  well-disposed  than  the  suppression  of  so 
mischievous  an  evil  as  this. 

THE  DEAD -CONTAGIOUS  DISEASES. 
Too  great  care  cannot  be  taken  in  the  disposing  of  the  bodies  of  per- 
sons who  have  died  from  any  contagious  disease.  The  prevalence  of  diph- 
theria and  small-pox  in  our  midst  may,  perchance,  be  traced  to  this  origin. 
A  walk  through  various  portions  of  our  cemeteries  must  impress  the 
most  casual  observer  with  this  idea.  The  proper  place  for  a  corpse  is,  un- 
doubtedly, underground,  or  in  an  underground  vault  ;  but  the  placing  of 
bodies  in  open  vaults,  and  there  leaving  them  in  every  stage  of  decompo- 
sition, cannot  fail  to  be  an  extremely  dangerous  practice.  Every  breath 
of  wind  that  is  wafted  through  these  temporary  resting-places,  may 
carry  on  its  wings  the  deathly  seeds  of  fresh  disease.  Whatever  affection 
we  may  treasure  toward  our  dear  dead,  and  however  loth  we  may  be  to 
consign  them  to  the  cold,  cruel  dust,  surely  some  consideration  is  to  be 
expected  for  the  equn.Il>'  dear  living!  The  sextons  at  Lone  Mountain  tell 
of  numberless  persons  who  make  a  practice  of  daily  spending  hours  clos- 
eted in  the  damp  vault  with  the  remains  of  one  that  is  lost  to  them,  and 
then  returning  to  the  bosoms  of  their  family,  it  may  be  to  deal  yet  fur- 
ther destruction,  and  add  one  more  victim  to  the  inhospitable  charnel- 
house.  For  the  sake  of  the  public  health  such  risks  should  not  be  al- 
lowed. In  the  case  of  a  person  who  has  died  from  any  contageous  disease, 
only  those  friends  should  be  allowed  to  visit  the  vault  who  have  medical 
permits,  and  then  only  when  all  danger  of  infection  is  past.  We  are  cer- 
tainly exposed  to  sufficient  risk  on  the  streets,  and  in  the  course  of  our 
every-day  life,  without  running  the  chance  of  catching  disease  from  a  man 
who  has  not  only  succumbed  to  it,  but  is  popularly  supposed  to  have 
been  buried  some  six  months  ago.  Without  wishing  to  wound  the  feel- 
ings of  the  most  sensitive,  some  precaution  is  urgently  needed  in  the 
matter. 


i   \1  tl  OKNLA     AD\  ERTISKR.  III 

MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


TEETH    SAVED  * 

ITUIIlBJI    TOOtll     n    Npi-**l«ll>  .---(. mil     pull,  net-    iilnhlt.l     In 
Mi.  run 

i 
lu;    I10UI  ti  vs .  Di 


Druggist*,  Qroosn  uitl  General  Dealers. 

'■.  BTI  i  1.1.  a<X>.,Sai   Pi     ,  CaL    Liberal (11 


ounl  t..  the  Trade 


E 


WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 


WHOLESALE    CROCERS. 


front  street,  San  Francisco. 


Jan.  IS. 


s 


BROKERS. 


[HoJiER  S.  King. 


DR.    J.    H.    STAL  ARD, 

MnnlM-r  of  tin*   Ito.ml  «  »II<k<>  ol  1*Ii>  Mlrlnu**.   London.  SSC, 
author  Oj  "  I  ■  i  \L   l'--i  Hid   K.  fin 

Office  liouni,  |g  to  3  and  7  to  8  r.a. 

STEELE'S     SQUIRREL      POISON. 
{PaUntcd  October  !Uft,  1BTB  ] 

Si  i  r.-  dentil  to  Squirrels,  Hat*.  GOBbem*  off.     For  nnlf*  by  n  I ' 
i»   i   ..:■-  .  Orooei         h    ■  ■  ■      D    lei       moo,  hi  per  boi     Hadi 

Autf  8L 


DR.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 

Jtceiitiiitc   Hciltcal   Hour  I    for  l'ppcr  Cuiiailn.--I,lc4-ii»ed  by 
.j    the  BelocUe  Hodlcal  Bociob  ol  California  to  practloo  medicine  in  tin   . 
Callfornli lor  the  new  law     i  rfflei  :  82]  But*  t  street.  April  BL 

physician.    si  it<;i:o\    and    accoi  ciiki  u, 

J.    J.    AUERBACH,    MD, 
March  13.  284  Kearny  street,  Ban  Francisco. 

L     C.    COX.    MD-, 

Lull*  or  Washington,   I>.   C.  850   Mnrkct  Mtrect,   corner  of 
Stockton,    Office  Sour*  -'.<  toll  a.m..  2  to  I  p.m.,  7 toll  p.m. 
3p<  cja)  attention  given  t<>  the  treatment  ">f  Dlaoaaoa  ol  Women.  April  14. 

0.    P.~WAHKKN,    M.D. 
clcctlc  Phynlclau,  corner  of  Fourteenth  ami    Brondwny, 

Oakland.  June  17. 

DB.    N.    J.   MARTINACHE, 

Ijlrom  the  Pacnlty  of  ParlN,  Eye.  Ear  anil  Throat  B-lncaMea, 
1      .1J  Kearny  street.  April  28. 


CUTTER    WHISKY. 

Al'.  Eloiniinu- A-  Co.,  No.  131  JaekHou  street,  are  the  Sole 
«  Agents  i. n  thi*  i.'u'i  f..r  the  celebrated J.  If.  CUTTER  WHISKY,  shipped  di- 
rect to  thom  from  Louisville,  Kentucky.  The  Trade  are  cautioned  againsl  the  pur- 
chaaeof  Inferior  end  imitation  branch)  of  "J.  li.  Cutter  old  bourbon."  Owing  to 
its  deserved  reputation,  various  unprincipled  parties  sire  endeavoring  to  palm  off 
spurious  grades.     It  is  really  the  Best  Whisky  in  the  United  States.  March  19. 

A.    M.    GILMAN, 

Importer  ami  Wholesale  Liquor  Dealer,  308  California 
Btreet,  offers  For  sole  Fine  uld  Bourbon  and  Kyc  Whiskies,  Brandies,  vintage  oi 
iy20and  lSJd,  DM  l\.rt  anil  Sherry  Wines,  Still  and  Sparkling  Wines,  etc  Agent  for  the 
Celebrated  CACHET  BLANC  CHAMPAGNE,  Bole  Agent  fur  MILLS*  STOMACH 
BITTERS. March  4. 

J.    H.    CUTTEB    OLD    BOURBON. 

(1    P.  Moorman   «v    Co.,    Manufacturer.*,   Eouisvlllo,   Ky.— 
j%    Tin.'  above  well-known  House  is  represented  here  by  the  undersigned,  who 
have  been  appointed  their  Sole  Agents  lor  the  "Pacific  Coast. 
July  3.  A.  P.  HOTALING  &  CO.,  429  and  I'll  Jackson  street,  S.  F. 

3.    H.    CUTTEa'S    OLD    BOUBBON    AND    EYE    WHISKY, 

Mamil'aeturedl  hy  Milton  J.  Hardy  *V  Co.,  Sims-iii-rnu  and 
Successors  of  J.  U.  CL"1T1:U,  Louisville,  Ky.  E.  MAKTIN  &  CO., 

August  14.  No.  40s  Front  street.  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast 


Newton  Booth,  C.  T.  Wiikkler,  Sacramento.  |  J.  T.  Glovkr,  W.    W.    Dodgb,  S.    F 
W.    W.    DODGE    &    CO., 

Wholesale  Grocer*,  corner  Front  and    Clay  ntreetN,   Ran 
Francisco.  April  i. 

BKMOVAI,. 

L.  n.  Nkwtos.]  NEWTON    BPOTHEES    &    CO.,  fMoitRiB  Nkwton. 

Imporicrs  and  wholesale  dealers  In  Teas,  Foreign  Ooods  and 
Qfoceries,  have  removed    to  201   and  200  California  Street,  San    Francisco,   Cal- 

ttornia June  7. 

CASTLE    BROTHERS—  [Established,  1850. 1 
Tmnortcrs  of  Teas  and  East  India  Goods,  9fos.213  and  2IS 


TABEB,    HARKER    &    CO., 
ueeessors  to   Phi  Hips,  Taber  A- Co..  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
rs,  los  and  ill)  California  street,  below  Front,  San  Francisco.         April  lf>. 


.1.  K.S.  Latham.  I  LATHAH     &    KlhG, 

Successors   to  James  II.  Ijittliam  *V    Co.,  Stock  and    Money 
Brokers,  411  California  Street,  San  FraiiL'isci>.    Meinher  S.  F.  .St'".1!;  ami  ];>.- -|i;iif,'e 
Hoard.  Slocks  I.i.n^ht  ami  I'arri.il  '<n  margins. Aug.  12. 

HUBUABD    &    CO.. 

Commission  Stock  Brokers,  324  1-2  Montgomery  street,  nn> 
der  Safe  Deposit  Building,  Sao    Francisco,  will  transact  business  through   the 
San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 

E.    P.    PECKHAM, 
/    oiiMiiiNsion    Stock    Broker   and    Member   S.    F.  Stock   Rx< 

^ J    chance,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
[June.  19.] 

JOHN"    J.    MOUNTAIN, 

Dealer  in  Carpets,  Oilcloths.  Wjmlow  Shades,  Curtain  Ma- 
terials, etc.     N".  1020  Market  street ;  also,  No.  15  Lddy  street,  San  Francisco, 
California.  April  28. 


16 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER. 


May  12,  1877. 


THE    PROPHET'S    STANDARD. 

The  Sultan  calls  a  holy  war.  Each  Muscovite  or  turbaned  Turk, 

And  lifts  the  flag  the  Prophet  bore.  FYom  Istambol  to  Petersburg, 
Proudly  o'er  Tslam  doth  it  float —  Must  follow  or  must  fly  before 
The  fair  Ayesha's  petticoat.  The  garment  that  Ayesha  wore. 

The  Prophet's  favorite  wife  was  she,  For  why?     It  is  no  shame  to  yield, 
The  fairest  maid  of  Araby.  With  such  a  standard  in  the  field; 

This  standard,  by  Osinanli's  laws,     The  wisest  man  that  ever  wrote 
Is  raised  but  in  the  Prophet's  cause.  Surrendered  to  a  petticoat. 

No  Russ  need  feel  a  pang  of  shame  And  men  in  peace  and  men  in  war 
To  kneel  before  this  oriflamme—        Will  follow  such  a  garment  far, 
How  oft  did  Moscow's  gallants  bow  While  even  Christians  worship  dress 
Before  a  petticoat  ere  now!  Enshrining  female  loveliness. 

So,  high  before  the  Sultan's  troops, 

The  standard  floats.     The  Russian  stoops; 

And  who  can  blame  the  human  throat 

That  cheers  and  toasts  "  the  petticoat  ?"  — Tilton. 


WOOL 

The  market  this  week  has  shown  great  activity  —  sales  in  lots 
aggregating  1,500,000  lbs,  within  the  range  of  12@27c.  We  have  to  day 
received  about  18,000,000  tbs  of  the  Spring  clip,  leaving  about  7,000.000  lbs 
more  to  come  in.  Yesterday  H.  M.  Newhall  &  Co.  held  their  third  Spring 
eale  at  the  Wool  warehouse  of  Falkner,  Bell  &  Co.  1,355  bales  were  cata- 
logued, and  out  of  this  all  but  350  bales  were  sold,  and  at  full  market 
rates.  The  offering  consisted  entirely  of  Southern  fleece,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  one  lot  of  Northern— the  John  Parrott  clip — 63  bales  ungraded, 
which  sold  to  Mr.  Flint  at  26gc,  cash.  The  first  four  lots  catalogued  be- 
longed to  H.  M.  Newhall,  taken  from  his  flock  of  sheep  in  the  southern 
part  of  the  State.  The  first  lot  consisted  of  149  bales  grade  1,  11  bales 
grade  2,  and  2  bales  grade  3,  condition  heavy,  staple  long,  burry  on  skirts, 
and  bought  by  Koshland  Brothers  at  12.^c.  The  second  lot  consisted  of 
141  bales  grade  1, 9  bales  grade  2,  and  3  bales  black,  same  condition  as  the 
first  lot,  sold  at  13c;  40  bales  same  clip,  Newhall's  grade  1,  sold  at  14ic, 
cash;  lot  4,  balance  Newhall's  clip,  26  bales  grade  1,  1  bale  grade  2,  and  3 
bales  buck,  sold  at  ll&c,  cash;  lot  (3,  sold  to  Flint  at  I3|c,  graded,  12  bales 
No.  1,  8  bales  No.  2  audi  bale  No.  3;  lot  8,  same  buyer,  40  bales  graded, 
fair  condition,  good  staple,  few  seeds  and  burry,  18&c;  lots  9  and  10,  81 
bales  grade  1,  4  bales  grade  2,  and  2  bales  black  and  buck,  sold  at  16@16£c; 
lot  14,  18  bales  grade  1,  same  buyer  as  the  two  preceding  lots,  at  16c — 
say  18  bales  grade  1,  3  bales  grade  2  and  lambs,  condition  fair,  short 
staple;  84  bales  ungraded  Southern  fleece,  in  lota,  13&@13!ic;  14  bales, 
13|c;  42  bales,  14(o<15c.  11  bales  do,  16c;  12  bales,  18c;  13  bales  do,  20c; 
55  bales  graded,  good  condition,  short  staple,  17c — say  42  bales  grade  1, 
8  bales  grade  2,  5  bales  bucks  and  black;  23  bales  graded,  condition  fair, 
short  staple,  sold  at  14|c— say  19  bales  grade  1,  2  bales  grade  2,  2  bales 
grade  3;  21  bales  grade  1,  fair  condition,  short  staple,  sold  at  17ic;  17 
bales  ungraded  sold  at  14ic;  21  bales  do,  16£c;  19  bales  ungraded,  17c;  11 
bales  do,  17Ac;  15  bales,  2  lots,  common  and  ungraded,  12@15c;  SG  bales 
ungraded,  16£c;  15  bales  graded,  good  condition,  long  staple,  various,  sold 
at  15|c.  

ENGAGED. 

Criminals,  and  especially  murderers,  fully  appreciate  the  necessity 
of  engaging  an  attorney  who  is  so  busy  that  he  cannot  possibly  attend  to 
their  case  within  three  months.  The  delay  generally  saves  their  lives,  and 
is  one  of  the  prettiest  finesses  ever  indulged  in  by  members  of  the  bar. 
Let  us  see  how  the  matter  stands.  An  indignant  public  demands  the 
speedy  trial  of  some  hideous  assassin,  and  the  case  is  called.  He  is  rep- 
resented by  one  or  more  celebrated  lawyers,  who  inform  the  Judge  that 
they  cannot  possibly  attend  to  the  interests  of  the  wretched  criminal  for 
two  or  three  months,  and  the  Court,  recognizing  the  impossibility  of  the 
prisoner's  being  defended  by  any  one  else,  immediately  remands  the  ac- 
cused to  prison,  until  such  time  as  the  public  have  forgotten  all  about  the 
affair,  and  it  suits  couusel  to  try  it.  Our  city  is  teeming  with  lawyers, 
yet  every  day  cases  are  postponed  for  the  convenience  of  some  one  or 
other  of  them.  Months  go  on,  and  the  red-handed  violator  of  the  law 
gradually  turns  into  a  persecuted  man,  and  becomes  an  object  of  general 
sympathy.  Important  witnesses  disappear  in  the  meantime,  and  a  great 
deal  of  valuable  evidence  drifts  off  on  the  wings  of  Lethe.  The  delay 
ouens  up  endless  loop-holes,  through  which  wrong-doing  fires  a  volley,  and 
justice  is  defeated.  The  pale  prisoner  bears  no  resemblance  to  the  bloody 
hoodlum  of  three  months  since,  and  the  sympathetic  jury  forgets  the 
magnitude  of  his  crime  in  its  illimitable  pity  for  the  transgressor.  The 
rope  is  never  soaped,  nor  the  majesty  of  the  law  vindicated  ;  but  some 
years  afterward,  the  papers  contain  an  item  of  the  escape  of  some  desper- 
ate convicts,  followed  up  by  a  chapter  of  crime  and  murder.  Thousands 
of  dollars  are  spent  to  re-capture  the  escaped  prisoners,  and  the  State  has 
at  last  the  gratification  of  knowing  that  the  community  is  *ree  from  the 
presence  of  some  of  its  worst  characters,  who  would  have  been  executed 
for  their  crimes  years  before — only  their  attorney  was  engaged.  Officer 
Cootes  was  shot  down  without  a  moment's  warning,  two  weeks  ago,  but 
bis  murderers  are  not  to  be  tried,  we  believe,  till  July.  In  the  mean- 
time, the  gallows  itches,  and  the  public  shrugs  its  shoulders. 


The  old  Whig  party  is  dead;  dead  as  a  door-nail;  dead  as  a  mack- 
erel; dead  as  the  bulrushes  round  little  Moses  on  the  old  banks  of  the 
Nile.  It  is  dead,  never  to  be  recalled  to  life.  It  was  too  pure  to  live, 
and  it  died.  It  died  and  was  buried— ruffles,  silver  cane,  red  silk  hand- 
kerchief, snuff-box  and  all.  If  the  miraculous  hand  of  God  should  touch 
it  into  being,  and  should  bring  it  back  for  a  moment  to  the  face  of  the 
eaith,  its  old  eyes  would  bedazzled  and  its  old  respectability  would  be 
affronted,  and  its  old  heart  would  be  sickened  by  the  sights  it  would 
encounter.  Not  even  here  in  Kentucky,  the  source  and  resource  of 
Whigism,  the  home  of  the  greatest  Whigs  of  them  all,. is  there  so  much 
as  a  live  old  Whig  coal. — Louisville  Courier-JonrnaL 


Chiropodists  are  anxiously  watching  European  events.  The  grain 
market  will  probably  be  considerably  stiffened  if  the  struggle  goes  on, 
and,  of  course,  there  can  be  no  one  to  whom  the  subject  is  of  such  impor- 
tance as  a  corn  extractor.  The  best  thing  to  drink  after  perusing  this 
item  is  strychnine. 


RUSSIA    AND    TURKEY. 

In  another  part  of  this  issue  will  be  found  the  full  text  of  Lord 
Derby's  reply  to  the  circular  of  Prince  Gortschakoff.  It  is  a  remarkable 
document,  not  only  for  the  grave  and  logical  rebuke  it  administers  to  the 
Russian  Government,  but  also  for  the  frankness  in  which  it  is  worded  and 
the  absence  of  diplomatic  phraseology  that  usually  accompanies  such  dis- 
patches. The  letter,  although  not  imitated  by  the  other  Powers,  has  met 
with  their  approval,  and  in  Great  Britain,  spite  of  the  factious  opposition 
of  Mr.  Gladstone  and  his  followers,  the  public  entirely  support  the  bold 
and  fearless  style  with  which  England,  through  her  Premier,  asserts  her 
dislike  and  disapprobation  of  the  underhand  action  of  the  Czar.  To  the 
very  last  the  Czar  expressed  to  the  British  Minister  how  much  he  de- 
plored the  inveterate  suspicion  of  Russian  policy  and  the  continual 
fear  of  Russian  aggression  antl  conquest.  He  had  on  several  occasions 
given  the  most  solemn  assurances  that  he  desired  no  conquest,  nor  aimed 
at  any  aggrandizement,  and  that  he  had  not  the  slightest  wish  or  inten- 
tion to  be  possessed  of  Constantinople.  What,  then,  does  he  intend  ? 
What  does  he  wish?  Can  any  one  for  an  instant  believe  that  war  is  de- 
clared for  the  sake  of  securing  the  peace  and  safety  of  the  Christian  pop- 
ulation of  Turkey?  There  was  once  a  Christian  community  in  Poland, 
whose  only  difference  with  the  Russian  was  that  they  belonged  to  the 
Roman  instead  of  the  Greek  Church,  and  acknowledged  the  Pope  instead 
of  the  Patriarch.  It  was  the  object  of  the  Russian  Government  to  extir- 
pate this  heresy.  From  1871  to  1875  the  work  went  on;  the  Cossacks 
were  let  loose  on  the  unhappy  peasantry,  who  cared  little  about  the  dis- 
tinctions between  the  two  communions,  but  had  a  deep-rooted  veneration 
for  the  usages  in  which  they  and  their  forefathers  had  been  brought  up. 
Over  a  million  of  these  recalcitrants  were  either  killed,  sent  to  Siberia,  or 
became  sullen  converts  to  the  Greek  faith.  Therefore  there  is  no  faith  to 
be  placed  in  Russian  sincerity  for  Christian  welfare  when  it  clashes  with 
her  own  policy.  The  first  cry  was  autonomy,  or  self-government,  but 
that  was  found  to  be  inconvenient,  and  was  abandoned  for  the  more  pop- 
ular one  of  persecuted  Christianity,  and  on  this  plea  the  armies  of  Russia 
have  entered  Roumania,  are  swarming  in  Asia,  that  torpedoes  are  being 
sown  in  all  the  harbors  of  the  Black  Sea,  and  that  the  horrors  of  war  are 
to  be  enacted.  There  is  every  probability  that  if  the  Czar  had  his  option 
he  would  have  confined  his  attack  to  Asia  alone;  but  the  ground  of  action 
being  in  European  Turkey,  it  became  necessary  to  invest  the  Danubian 
provinces.  Fifty  years  ago  a  similar  event  occurred.  On  the  6th 
of  May,  1828,  the  Russians  crossed  the  Pruth,  defeated  the 
main  army  of  the  Turks,  and  ravaged  the  country  as  far  as  the  Balkans; 
they  took  Adrianople,  and  at  the  end  of  the  following  year  were  preparing 
to  march  upon  Constantinople.  England  at  that  juncture  came  to  the 
rescue,  and  the  well  known  treaty  <>f  Adrianople  secured  a  temporary 
peace.  Supposing  that  the  same  should  happen  again,  that  the  Ru^siaus 
should  cross  the  Danube — a  thing  they  don't  seem  to  be  at  present  in  a 
great  hurry  to  do — and  should  carry  their  victorious  arms  over  the  north- 
ern provinces,  there  is  no  reason  whatever,  till  Turkey  is  cleared  to  the 
Balkans,  why  any  other  European  power  should  even  prepare  for  war. 
The  position  of  Turkey  is  very  different  now  from  what  it  was  on  the  eve 
of  the  Crimean  war.  She  had  then  all  the  effective  force  of  Western 
Europe  on  her  side,  and  many  causes  conspired  to  excite  nations  to  slip 
into  hostilities.  Now,  while  the  whole  continent  is  an  armed  camp,  there 
is  a  strong^  disinclination  to  take  a  single  unnecessary  step  towards  war. 
Western  Europe  will  be  hostile  to  Russia  only  in  so  far  as  she  menaces  its 
interests,  and  all  that  France,  Austria  and  England  can  say  is  that  they 
have  no  interest  in  the  perpetuation  of  misrule  in  Bulgaria.  No  decisive 
action  has  as  yet  taken  place  on  either  side.  Some  slight  skirmishing  in 
the  vicinity  of  Kars,  and  endeavors  on  the  part  of  the  Russian  General  to 
intercept  communications  between  that  city  and  Erzeroum,  but  all 
accounts  of  engagements  vary  according  to  the  source  from  which  they 
proceed.  The  invading  army  has  not  yet  crossed  the  Danube,  but  the 
present  point  of  attack  appears  to  be  Ismail,  where  the  three  branches  of 
the  Danube  take  their  separate  courses.  There  have  been,  also,  some 
interchange  of  cannonading  between  Kalafat  and  Widdin,  and  the  modern 
long  range  artillery  has  certainly  become  a  drawback  to  the  Turkish  for- 
tresses on  the  Danube,  as  it  brings  them  within  range  of  artillery  fire  from 
the  Roumanian  bank  of  the  river,  and  thus  Widdin,  the  fortifications  of 
which  extend  along  the  bank,  is  now  commanded  by  thp  hights  of  Kala- 
fat. But  this  is  only  the  case  to  a  very  limited  extent,  for  these  hights 
do  not  lie  immediately  opposite  to  Widdin,  but  higher  up  the  river,  so 
that  the  nearest  range  will  not  be  much  under  three  English  miles,  while 
the  Turks  have,  right  opposite  to  Kalafat,  on  a  similar  bluff,  a  strong 
earth  battery  armed  with  large  Krupp  guns,  which  would  give  quite 
enough  work  to  any  artillery  the  Russians  might  bring  up  on  the  hights 
of  Kalafat.  There  might,  indeed,  be  some  inconvenience  to  Widdin  by 
an  occasional  shell  from  Kalafat,  but  as  to  any  real  danger  from  that  side, 
it  is  out  of  the  question.  Therefore,  it  is  not  likely  that  the  Turks  will 
maintain  a  large  force  at  Widdin,  which  might  be  so  much  more  useful 
elsewhere.  The  debate  in  the  British  House  of  Commons  on  Mr.  Glad- 
stone's motion  still  continues.  The  most  important  clauses,  Nos.  3  and 
4,  were  withdrawn  by  the  right  honorable  gentleman,  and  to  a  certain 
extent  the  motion  implying  a,  vote  of  censure  on  her  Majesty's  Govern- 
ment loses  its  force.  Few  of  the  leaders,  except  Mr,  Gladstone  and  Mr. 
Gathorne  Hardy,  have  yet  taken  part  in  the  debate,  but  the  feeling  out- 
side the  House  is  strongly  in  favor  of  the  policy  of  the  Ministers.  The 
last  news  from  the  seat  of  war  shows  that  the  Russians  were  defeated  in 
an  attempt  to  cross  the  Danube  at  Reni,  and  Constantinople  dispatches 
say  they  have  withdrawn  from  Kars,  but  the  latter  wants  confirmation. 


DEATH    OF    CHARLES    L.     LOW. 

Mr.  Charles  L.  Low  expired  last  Wednesday  at  his  residence,  No.  58 
South  Park,  after  submitting  to  a  surgical  operation  in  the  hope  of  pro- 
longing his  life.  He  had  suffered  from  cancer,  which  would  inevitably 
result  in  death,  and  Mr.  Low  had  one  chance  in  ten  for  his  life  if  the 
operation  proved  successful.  He  took  that  chance,  the  operation  was 
skillfully  performed,  the  cancerous  part  was  removed,  but  the  shock  was 
too  great  for  the  system,  and  he  sank  under  it.  Mr.  Low  came  to  Cali- 
fornia at  an  early  day,  and  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  in  which  he 
continued  for  a  number  of  years,  and  then  retired.  He  leaves  his  family 
in  good  circumstances.     He  was  a  native  of  Maine,  58  years  of  age. 

The  latest  decision  arrived  at  in  this  city  in  regard  to  the  war  in 
Em-ope  is  "  that  the  wires  are  liars." 


Postscript 


TO    THE 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


oin.-i — fso-r  to  tun  M«-i-<-iii«nt  ssii-«-<-t. 


VOLUME  iT. 


SASf  FEANCISCO,  MAT  12,  1877. 


NDTIBER  16. 


BIZ. 


We  note  a  decided  improvement  in  the  demand  for  both  Coffee 
and  Sugar.  01  the  former,  Chicago  has  been  a  buyer  of  some  5,000  bags 
within  the  past  fortnight,  while  St.  Louifl  baa  taken  about  half  aa  much 
more  since  the  first  appearance  of  the  new  crop  Central  American.  We 
■  that  about  1,500,000  "«  prime  green  Costa  Rica  and  Salvador 
Coffee  has  been  wnl  overland  by  Pacific  Railroad  since  the  1st  of  January. 
Should  the  freight  tariff  by  rail  be  reduced  to  1(5  lie  i'  Eb  bo  Chicago  and 
St.  Louis,  we  could  then  compete  successfully  with  New  York  for  this 
^offee  trade.  As  it  is,  there  is  a  steady  increase  in  the  volume  of  this 
branch  of  trade,  and  it  has  been  a  decided  relief  to  our  market  this  sea 
bod.  Imports  from  Central  America  have  been  heavy  this  year,  and  this 
Eastern  demand  has  helped  as  out  nicely.  These  interior  orders  f>>r  Cof- 
fee are  confined  entirely  to  the  very  best  No.  1  varieties.  None  but 
choice  uniform  paroela  of  Green  will  fill  the  bill,  and  thus  Ear  the  Salva- 
dor I  toffee  eomes  nearest  to  the  requirement  of  the  Chicagoans.  The 
price  paid  thus  far,  l'.'V"  20c,  and  the  price  now  advanced  to  20Ac.  These 
orders  from  the  Bast  have  given  much  strength  to  holders,  and  lias  ena- 
bled them  to  advance  prices  for  all  kinds  taken  for  local  use  about  Ac  i? 
1!-,  so  that  now  the  range  for  Pale  and  Green  Central  American  is  ls'tv 
2uV-. 

Sugar.-- Since  last  week's  reference  prices  of  all  kinds  have  been  ad- 
vanced &£.  per  pound  on  Refined,  both  White  ami  Yellow  Coffee's.  An 
invoice  of  1,01*0  hales  Xo.  1  ( 'liina  sold  at  lOAc.  to  the  trade,  and  the  price 
now  advanced  to  lie  We  continue  to  receive  a  few  small  invoices  of 
Refined  Sugar  by  rail  from  New  York,  yet  not  to  any  great  extent,  as 
our  two  Refineries— the  Bay  and  the  California — have  ample  stocks  and 
means  for  the  supply  of  all  wants  of  the  Pacific  slope.  The  present  price 
of  all  White  Kenned,  Bay  Cube,  Crushed,  etc.,  is  lie,  in  bbls. ;  Yellow 
Coffee's,  12@ll$c.  We  have  now  to  note  the  arrival  of  the  (Quickstep 
from  Manilla  with  43,782  bags  for  the  California  Refinery.  We  also  note 
the  arrival  from  Honolulu  of  the  Jolani,  with  10,5102  pkgs.  The  steamer 
Zealandia,  from  same,  with  4,400  pkgs.,  part  Grocery  Grades,  but  the  bulk 
of  it  consigned  to  the  Refineries.     We  quote  Hawaiian  Grocery  Grades  at 

? resent  at  8<§  L0$c.,  which  being  free  of  duty  returns  a  good  profit  to  the 
slanders. 

The  export  trade  in  Oregon  Salmon  for  the  season  has  fairly  begun, 
the  catch  in  the  Columbia  river  being  free.  The  Geo,  W.  Elder,  from 
Oregon,  on  her  last  trip  brought  3,609  cases,  and  more  is  soon  expected. 
The  Br,  bark  Cape  Finistere  is  on  the  Liverpool  berth,  and  is  engaged 
full  at  £3 a  carload.  A  sample  lot  of  this  cargo  has  already  been  dis- 
patched to  New  York  overland  by  Pacific  Railroad,  to  go  by  steamer 
across  the  Atlantic  to  Liverpool.  We  note  a  sale  of  1,000  cases — 4,000 
doz.  — choice  brand  Columbia  River  Salmon  at  $1  50,  to  go  forward  by 
the  ZeaJandia  to  Australia  on  the  23d  inst.  We  are  also  cognizant  of  a 
contract  purchase  of  2,500  cases  1-lh.  Oregon  Salmon,  to  arrive,  at  sl  50. 
The  Collinsville  cannery,  on  the  Sacramento  river,  has  this  seasun  packed 
more  Salmon  for  export  than  usual,  but  the  Hah  are  not  so  highly  es- 
teemed aa  those  brought  from  more  northern  waters.  In  1871  Oregon  put 
up  30,500  cases  Salmon;  1872,  3L200  cases;  1873,  91,000  cases;  1874, 
166,271  cases;  1875,  372,000  cases;  1876,  480,000  cases,  and  1877  it  is  now 
thought  will  exceed  any  former  year.  This  increase  is  something  won- 
derful. 

Case  Goods.— Our  local  cannershave  been  extending  their  markets  to 
the  Indies  for  their  surplus  fruit  and  canned  goods.  The  last  steamer  for 
China  carried  100  cs  to  Penang,  200  cs  for  Calcutta,  296  cs  for  Batavia, 
247  cs  for  Hongkong,  etc.  The  Rokeby  Hall,  for  Valparaiso,  carried  350 
cs  Salmon.  Our  canners  are  now  busy  putting  up  Strawberries  in  quan- 
tities. The  crop  this  year  is  very  large,  and  the  receipts  heavy.  Our 
daily  supplies  are  about  25  tons,  and  these  are  selling  at  very  low  prices, 
say  $4@$5  per  chest  of  80  pounds  to  canners.  Very  soon  other  Berries 
will  become  plentiful.  Cherries  are  already  coming  forward  in  quantities, 
and  in  a  few  days  Apricots,  Peaches,  Nectarines,  etc.  The  fruit  crop  is 
very  promising,  and  the  canners,  as  well  as  the  Alden  fruit  dryers,  will 
have  all  they  can  handle  to  advantage.  After  this  comes  the  Grapes, 
Raisin  Curing,  etc. 

Raisins. — We  have  now  on  hand  a  large  hold-over  stock  of  California 
Raisins,  and  we  fear  the  result  of  last  season's  curing  was  not  altogether 
remunerative,  too  much  haste  shown  in  curing  the  fruit.  Some  of  the 
Raisins  were  large  and  fine,  but  others  small  and  very  inferior,  stems  and 
seeds  altogether  too  formidable. 

Quicksilver.— The  Alaska,  for  Hongkong,  carried  1,003  flasks,  while 
the  Rokeby  Hall,  for  Valparaiso,  carried  100  flasks.  These  swell  our  ex- 
ports by  sea  since  January  1st  to  19,432  flasks,  valued  at  $666,416;  same 
time   last   year,  10,222   flasks,  valued   at   §473,081.     Increase  this    year 


11,210  Ha.-ks      value,  $193,335.      Sales    early  in    the  week    were  at  42c,  but 

at  the  close  prices  shade  off.  It  is  said  that  800  flasks  have  been  sent 
Gael  tn  New  York  by  rail  during  May.  Our  monthly  product  is  about 
6,000  flasks,    Tin'  most  of  it  goes  abroad  promptly,  Leaving  us  but  a  light 

stock  accumulation. 

SyrUp.— The  ship  Rokeby  Hall,  for  Valparaiso,  rarried  4,650  galln. 
California  Svnip.      The    price    of    1  i<st    Golden     Syrup,  in    5- gull,  kegs,  i» 

now  76c.,  67flO.  and  70c,  in  bbls.  and  hf.-bhls.  respectively. 

Coal.— There  is  perhaps  rather  more  Inquiry  for  Scotch  and  English,  to 
arrive,  but  prices  are  low.  Cargoes  of  Australia,  to  arrive,  may  be 
quoted  at  KK§  l*  25.  Seattle  and  other  coast  supplies  go  far  to  supply  the 
local  demand  at  $8,  as  the  product  has  of  late  largely  increased.  The 
Wellington  and  Nunaimo mines  are  justly  favorites  with  the  many  at  $0, 

Metals.  --  Stocks  of  Pig  Iron,  Tin  Plate,  etc.,  are  on  the  increase,  with 
no  special  demand,  even  at  the  low  prices  ruling. 

Bags  «ud  Bagging.  —  Supplies  of  Dundee  and  Calcutta  Burlaps  are 
large  and  free,  causing  low  prices  to  rule— say  8hc  for  22x36  Standard 
Grain  Sacks. 

French  Goods. —The  French  bark  San  Francisco  has  arrived  since 
our  last,  with  a  full  cargo  of  Wines,  Absinthe,  Vermouth,  Oils,  etc.  The 
demand  is  light  and  prices  nominal. 

Hamburg. —The  Superb,  from  Hamburg,  is  to  hand,  with  1,500  demi- 
johns and  984  es  Malt  Liquor,  7,615  bx's  Window  Glass,  300  tons  Coal, etc 

Wines  and  Brandies.  —  The  San  Francisco,  from  Bordeaux,  brought 
us  3,500  pkgs.  The  demand  for  Clarets  and  Champagne  is  fair  at  steady 
prices.  Native  Grape  Brandy  is  more  called  for,  with  a  lessened  stock. 
Whiskies  continue  in  favor,  particularly  Moorman's  J.  H.  Cutter's,  which 
continues  to  command  the  market.  Miller's  Gold  Dust  and  G.  O. .Blake  s 
Old  Rye  are  also  favorites  with  consumers. 

Domestic    Produce.. 

Crop  prospects  appear  to  be  more  cheery  under  the  influence  of  cool 
nights  and  cool  weather  generally.  The  wheat  berry  is  filling  out  nicely. 
We  still  hold  to  the  idea  that  California  and  Oregon  will,  after  supplying 
all  home  wants,  have  a  surplus  of  400,000  tons  for  export. 

Flour.--  Oregon  is  sending  us  her  surplus.  We  quote  Superfine,  SG  50 
@7;  Extra,  $8@9  per  bbl. 

"Wheat.— The  market  has  declined,  under  less  favorable  news  from 
Liverpool.     We  quote  best  Milling  S3;  Shipping,  £2  80(«  2  85  per  ctl. 

Barley.—  Offerings  are  free  and  prices  ease  off.  Best  Brewing,  SI  90@ 
1  95;  Feed,  li70@l  75  per  ctl. 

Corn  and  Oats.  —  We  quote  the  former  at  $1  SCK&2;  the  latter,  $2@ 
$2  25  fcf  ctl. 

Bran  and  Hay.  —  The  former  is  825;  the  latter,  ?1C@24  50  ^  ton. 

Potatoes.  —  Supplies  of  old  very  large,  at  50@75c.  tf 100  lbs.  for  old  ; 
new,  $1(«j.1  50. 

Butter  and  Eggs.  —  Some  six  or  more  car-loads  of  Ohio  and  Illinois 
Butter  have  recently  arrived  here  by  rail ;  also,  one  ear  load  New  York 
State  Butter  ;  latter  selling  at  24(a»25c.  Best  California  Table  Butter  is 
plentiful  at  30®32.lc.     Eggs  are  exceedingly  plentiful,  at  22^c. 

San  Franciscans  Abroad.  —  Pakis,  April  21,  1877:  H.  R.  Bloomer, 
F.  Donnelly,  C.  and  Mrs.  Dorris,  Mark  Elian,  S.  Hoit,  Mrs.  S.  Hoit, 
H.  W.  Kedington,  Mrs.  G.  Redington,  Miss  Redington,  Mrs.  Sunderland 
and  family.  GENEVA:  Beth  Cook,  E.  Hull,  Samuel  and  Mrs.  Hoit,  L. 
A.   and   Mrs.  (Sanderson,    Miss   I.  A.  S.    Sunderland,   F.  S.  Sunderland. 


Venice,  April  18th:  Mrs.  M.  O'Meara,  Miss  O'Meara.  London,  April 
21st,  Mrs.  M.  Cross,  0.  C:  Davis,  E.  J.  and  Mrs.  de  Santa  Marina,  Alex. 
Watson,  I.  W.  D.  Walbridge,  J.  C.  Williamson.  Nice,  April  18th:  F. 
G.  and  Mrs.  Merchant,  B.  1).  Merchant.  VIENNA,  April  18th:  R.  H. 
Mulligan.  Rosie,  April  17th:  Mrs.  John  Kelly,  J.  F.  Kelly,  Mrs.  J.  P. 
Moore.     SOHEENTO:  R.  B.  and  Mrs.  Gray,  David  Hewes,  S.  L.  Simon. 

Tonnage. — We  have  upwards  of  35,000  tons  of  disengaged  tonnage  in 
port,  seeking — a  fleet  of  33  vessels.  A  number  of  these  ships  are  at 
anchor  in  the  harbor,  waiting  the  new  crop  in  July.  £2  was  the  last 
charter  to  Liverpool;  but  for  lack  of  business,  freights  to  all  countries 
are  both  low  and  nominal. 


Earth  Oils. — Ever  since  the  completion  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Rail- 
road to  the  Colorado  river,  much  attention  is  being  given  to  the  flowing 
oil  wells  of  Ventura  and  other  southern  coast  counties.  It  is  claimed  by 
parties  in  interest  that  the  supply  is  inexhaustible,  and  is  of  good  quality, 
both  for  burning  and  lubricating  purposes. 


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POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTKP. 


May   12,  1877. 


CONDENSED    NEWS    OF   THE    WEEK, 

L04AL. 

Saturday,  May  5th.—  Another  colored  map  of  the  war  environment 
has  been  published  by  A.  Waldstein.—  The  members  of  the  Second 
Brigade  staff  will  have  another  contest  for  the  staff  medal  shortly.  ^— A 
quantity  of  petroleum  asphaltura,  brought  from  San  Luis  Obispo  County, 
;md  obtained  on  the  ranch  of  S.  P.  McDongall,  is  in  the  city.— At  lied 
Men's  Hall  a  concert  was  given  in  aid  of  St.  Peter's  Episcopal  Church, 
Ths  nr.isic  sang  was  excee  lingly  entertaining. 

Sunday,  6th.— A  boy  named  Harris  had  the  toes  of  one  of  his  feet 
cut  off  by  a  wagon  wheel  on  Howard  street,  near  Twenty-fifth.— —Some 
one  is  going  around  with  a  subscription"  list  to  collect  money,  with  which 
to  employ  counsel  to  defend  Johnny  Bunk,  who  is  under  indictment  for 
the  brutal  murder  of  Officer  Cootes.— The  attendance  at  the  annual  pic- 
nic of  the  St.  Andrew's  Society  numbered  about  3,000,  and  could  not  well 
have  been  greater  with  safety  unless  additional  steamboat  accommodation 
bail  been  provided.— Judgment  for  S15,606  33  for  plaintiff  has  been  ren- 
dered by  Judge  Morrison  in  the  foreclosure  suit  of  Otis  W.  Merriam  vs. 
Aurelia  Burrage,  administratrix,  et  al. 

Monday,  7th.-- The  Central  Anti-King  Club  met.— James  B.  Mnl- 

cahy  is  a  candidate  for  the  Assembly  on   the  Republican   ticket. The 

friends  of  Captain  L.  M.  Manzer  are  urging  bis  claims  for  Superintt-iiuHnt 
of  Streets.— A  potition  is  in  circulation  calling  for  a  Citizens'  and  Tax- 
Payers'  Convention.  The  headquarters  of  the  Committee  having  this 
matter  in  charge  is  on  the  corner  of  Montgomery  and  Pine  streets,  over 
Hickox  &  Spear's  Bank. 

Tuesday,  8th.—  The  Association  of  Veteran  Odd  Fellows  of  Califor- 
nia gave  an  entertainment  at  the  Mechanics'  Pavilion.— The  gardeners 
of  public  squares  have  been  requested  to  oust  all  persons  who  utilize  the 
benches  for  sleeping  purposes. ^— The  Knights  of  Pythias  took  an  excur- 
sion to  Fairfax  Park  to-dav.^— Theodore  Tilton  lectured  on  "The  Prob- 
lem of  Life"  at  Piatt's  Hall. 

Wednesday,  9th. —The  Academy  of  Sciences  has  asked  Governor 
Irwin  to  appoint  Professor  Davidson  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Regents 
uf  the  University  in  place  of  John  B.  Feltnn,  deceased.— —The  union 
picnic  of  the  Sunday  schools  of  this  city  and  vicinity  will  be  held  on 
Thursday,  the  7th  of  June,  at  Woodward's  Gardens,  immediately  after 
the  adjournment  of  the  public  schools.— —Eugene  Wood,  the  young  man 
who  followed  Bunk  and  Wilson,  the  Cootes  murderers,  until  they  were 
caught,  was  presented  by  the  police  force  with  a  set  of  coral  studs  and 
quartz  sleeve-butti  n.». 

Thursday,  10th.-- It  is  reported  that  the  Russian  fleet  in  San  Fran- 
cisco Bay  has  received  orders  to  be  in  readiness  to  depart  on  a  moment's 
notice. -^The  Temperance  Legion  held  a  public  gathering  this  evening. 
Ex-Chief  Whitney  and  G.  B.  Katzenstein  of  Sacramento  delivered  short 
addresses.  At  the  meeting  of  the  Mechanics'  Institute,  on  Tuesday 
evening,  the  following  members  were  chosen  a  committee  to  make  nomi- 
nations for  the  annual  election  in  June:  S.  A.  Wheeler,  Joseph  Britton, 
Irving  M.  Scott,  James  Patterson  and  A.  S.  Iredale. 

Friday,  11th.--  The  holographic  will  of  John  Sullivan,  dated  July  5, 
1876,  has  been  filed  for  probate.  He  bequeaths  to  his  wife  his  estate, 
valued  at  85,000.  —A  Jiuhn  was  arrested  yesterday  on  a  charge  of 
having  appropriated  S60,  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  jewelry  intrusted  to 
him  for  sale  ou  commission  by  a  jeweler.-^— A.  C.  Freese,  President  of 
the  Lumbermen's  Protective  Association,  baa  petitioned  the  Board  for  a 
plat  250  feet  square  in  the  City  Cemetery  for  burial  purposes  for  the  As- 
sociation.——Superintendent  of  Streets  Hagan  has  notified  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  that  Vallejo  street,  between  Front  and  Davis,  and  Davis, 
from  Vallejo  to  Pacific,  are  in  an  unsafe  condition,  owing  to  the  worm- 
eating  condition  of  the  supporting  piles  of  many  of  them. 

TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  May  5th-  Weeks,  the  murderer  of  McCormick  two  years 
ago,  was  hanged  at  Cedartown,  Ga.,  to-day.^—  The  people  of  Hamilton 
fear  a  mob  from  Ward  to  hang  Roach,  the  murderer  of  Gleeson.  Gleeson 
was  highly  respected  at  Ward,  and  his  death  created  the  most  bitter  feel- 
ing against  his  assassin.  The  Presidenthas  commissioned  O.  E.  Denny, 
of.  Portland,  Oregon,  as  Consul  to  Tientsin,  China,  to  fill  the  vacancy.^— 
The  Presbytery  to  day  unanimously  sustained  the  charges  of  heresy 
against  Rev.  John  Miller,  and  he  was  suspended  from  the  ministry  of  the 
Presbyterian  Churcb. 

Sunday,  6th.— The  Third  Army  Corps  celebrated  with  a  dinner  at 
Delmonico's,  and  listened  to  addresses  by  Daniel  E.  Sickles,  Alfred  Pleas- 
anton  and  others,  and  the  reading  of  letters  from  President  Hayes,  Gen. 
Grant,  Admiral  Rowan  and  others.^—  Tweed's  confession  was  recently 
submitted  to  Attorney-General  Fairohikl  and  Wheeler  H.  Peckham. 
Tweed's  release  depends  on  Peckham 's  report  to  the  Attorney-General  on 
the  confession.— The  residence  of  J.  N.  Domphe.in,  at  East  Walnut 
Hills,  was  burned.  Loss,  §10,000.— —Edward  Walsh,  the  noted  Fenian, 
died  at  New  York. 

Monday,  7th.  --Ex-Mayor  E  Iward  A.  Lambert,  of  Brooklyn,  was 
formally  suspended  by  the  Lafayette  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church,  Dr. 
Cuyler,  pastor,  this  morning,  on  account  of  his  misappropriation  of  funds 
belonging  to  the  estate  of  his  sister-in-law,  Mrs.  Cook.— The  official 
statement  issue:!  by  the  Treasury  Department  shows  that  the  decrease  of 
the  United  States  debt  from  March  1,  1S62,  to  April  30,  1877,  was  S455,- 
104,042.— —Nicholas  McCoy,  an  Oregon  cattle  dealer,  arrived  in  New 
York  Saturday  with  55,000  gold,  intending  to  sail  for  Europe,  but  lost  all 
bis  money  by  a  confidence  game.  ■^—Captain  Barton  Abell,  extensive!)' 
known  as  a  steamboat  man  before  the  war,  died  at  St.  Louis. 

Tuesday,  8tb.  --The  lower  coast  steamer  Waloon  exploded  her  boiler 
at  Delcroix,  killing  Bernard  Donneely,  the  engineer,  and  McGeff,  fire- 
man. Two  others  were  wounded,  and  six  are  reported  missing,  supposed 
to  be  drowned. -^— The  Supreme  Court  has  affirmed  the  decision  of  the 
lower  court,  sentencing  four  Molly  Maguires  to  death.  The  Greenman 
House,  St.  Paul,  a  three-story  frame  hotel,  was  burned  this  morning,  with 
its  contents.  The  guests  escaped,  leaving  their  baggage.— Schneidtr  & 
Bro's,  Cook  &  Bro's,  and  several  other  stores,  were  burned  at  Sherman, 
Texas.     Loss,    $100,000  or  more  ;  insurance,    §65,000. 


Wednesday,  9th.— The  President  to-day  signed  the  convention  be- 
tween the  Postal  Departments  of  the  United  States  and  Ituly.— Chas. 
T.  Beck,  of  Louisville,  foiled  to  answer  in  court  to  a  charge  of  forgery, 
and  it  is  supposed  be  has  fled  again.  His  bond  is  £2,000.—  The  Indian 
Commissioners  to-day  opened  bids  for  supplies.  Over  three  hundred  were 
put  in.— It  is  probable  that  James  Rus=ell  Lowell  will  be  oppointed 
Austrian  Minister.— The  steamship  Nurahery  has  arrived  at  Baltimore 
from  Bremen.  She  ran  into  and  sunk  the  bark  Azjre,  hence  for  Queens- 
town.     Four  of  the  crew   were   drowned, 

Thursday,  10th.— Up  to  this  hour  nothing  has  been  heard  of  the 
missing  steamer  City  of  Brussels,  and  despite  all  the  explanations  and  the- 
ories published,  the  gravest  apprehensions  are  felt.  Commodore  Beiij. 
J.  Totten.  of  the  United  States  Navy,  di*>d  at  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  aged 
71.— —Nellie  Porter,  daughter  of  the  Admiral,  was  married  to  Lieuten- 
ant Logan,  of  the  Navy,  to-diy.  The  church  was  crowded.  Mrs.  Hayes, 
General  Sherman,  and  other  notables  were  present.  —  —  A  council  was  held 
to-day  by  500  Ponca  Indians,  at  their  agency  near  Springfield,  and  their 
purpose  of  resisting  the  Government  was  abandoned.  They  finally  con- 
cluded to  go  to  the  new  reservation  in  Indian  Territory  peaceably. 

Friday,  11th  —Ex-President  Grant,  on  leaving  the  Exhibition  build- 
ing at  Philadelphia,  was  driven  to  the  Uuion  League  House  as  a  guest  of 
that  body.  On  the  way  he  was  taken  sick  and  compelled  to  stop  and 
take  a  dose  of  quinine.^—  The  permanent  exhibition  was  opened  at 
Philadelphia  yesterday.  The  President  was  loudly  cheered  on  entering 
the  building,  and  a  salute  of  twenty-one  guns  was  fired  in  hi3  honor  by 
the  battery  located  on  George's  Hill.— In  accordance  with  a  proclama- 
tion of  Governor  Nichols,  of  Louisiana,  yesterday  was  observed  as  one 
of  thanksgiving  and  fasting.-^— A  large  six-story  brick  building  in  Alle- 
ghany, occupied  as  a  manufactory  by  the  Excelsior  Cotton  Works,  fell 
with  a  terrific  crash  about  noon  yesterday. 

FOREIGN. 

Saturday,  May  5th.--  Safvet  Pasha  has  informed  Ottoman  Ambas- 
sadors abroad  that  he  has  notified  the  agency  which  represents  Koumai  ia 
at  Constantinople  that  its  functions  are  suspended.  Rou mania  in  Turkey 
will  nevertheless  continue  to  enjoy  the  protection  of  the  liws.— — A 
special  from  Bucharest  says  :  A  Consul  at  Galatz  telegraplia  that  a  Turk- 
ish monitor  has  been  firing  on  the  batteries  below  Keni  since  11  o'clock 
this  morning.  The  point  of  attack  is  probably  Irakatchi.  or  Iskia, 
between  Keni  and  Tultachai,  where  thp  Russians  are  constructing  a 
bridge.— Through  some  misunderstanding,  a  conflict  occurred  on  the 
frontier  of  Epirus,  between  Greek  tr«cp9  and  a  Turkish  detachment 
which  had  crossed  the  frontier  in  pursuit  of  brigands. 

Sunday,  6th.  —  Questionable  authority  says  Gortschakoff  is  about  to 
resign;  that  he  will  be  replaced  by  Count  Scbouvahff ;  that  Prince 
Orloff,  at  present  Ambassador  to  France,  will  succeed  Schonvaloff  at 
London,  and  that  General  Ignatieff  will  replace  Prince  Orloff  at  Paris— 
The  passage  of  the  Pruth  is  retarded  by  the  unusually  swollen  condition 
of  the  river.  Necessary  steps,  however,  have  been  taken  that  the  concen- 
tration of  the  troops  shall  not  be  interfered  with.  — On  the  bombardment 
by  the  Turkish  monitors,  the  inhabitants  of  Reni,  Ibrail  and  01tenit':er 
fled.      ■  The  Czar,  on  his  return  to  Moscow,  was  received  enthusiastically. 

Monday,  7th.  —  The  Czar  v  ill  make  a  solemn  entry  into  St.  Peters- 
burg on  Monday.  While  in  Moscow,  he  received  a  deputation  of  mer- 
chants and  German  residents,  who  presented  to  the  Empress  25,000 
roubles  for  the  wounded.  -"Servian  members  of  the  military  administra- 
tion, which  dissolved  last  February,  have  been  summoned  to  resume  their 
poets  within  one  week.  The  Government  is  purchasing  warlike  stores. 
The  question  of  Servian  neutrality  will  very  shortly  be  decided.—  The 
Porte  has  officially  notified  Germany  of  its  acceptance  of  Germany's  pro- 
tectorate over  Russian  subjects,  although  persona  who  were  formerly  ia 
the  Russian  official  service  will  be  ex\  elled. 

Tuesday,  8th.  —  The  Russians  have  commenced  to  bombard  the 
Turkish  town  of  Widin,  from  Kalafat,  on  the  opposite  bank  of  the 
Danube.  ■-■  —The  Turks  shelled  Beckeel,  and  the  Bashi-Bazouks  plundered 
the  neighboring  villages  simultaneously.— The  Sultan  has  resolved  to 
proclaim  a  Holy  War.— The  Turkish  squadron  has  been  divided  ;  one 
portion  remained  in  sight  of  the  fort,  and  the  other  left  for  Fort  St. 
Nicholas.-— A  telegram  from  Osurgheti,  a  Turkish  town  on  the  Georgian 
frontier,  near  Batoum,  dated  Saturday,  states  that  the  Turks  have  evacu- 
ated Tschurksa,  on  the  coast  north  of  Batoum. 

Wednesday,  9th.  — It  is  reported  that  Italy  has  already  joined  in 
Austria's  protest  against  any  prolonged  stoppage  of  the  navigation  of  the 
Danube.  Other  Powers  are  expected  to  follow.— —The  War  Olfice  has 
decided  that  in  the  event  of  the  English  army  having  to  proceed  to  the 
seat  of  war.  Lieu  ten  ant-General  Sir  John  Simmons  shall  be  its  Com- 
mander-in-Chief.——It  is  said  that  the  Roumanian  note  complaining  of 
Turkish  conduct  will  immediately  be  followed  by  a  forma]  declaration  of 
war. —Admiral  Popoff  will  take  command  of  the  Russian  armament  in 
the  Black  Sea. 

Thursday,  10th.  —  A  German  iron-clad  squadron  will  leave  Wilhelms- 
hofen,  on  the  30th  instant,  for  the  Mediterranean.—  4,000  French  pil- 
grims on  Monday  presented  the  Vatican  with  70,000  francs.— —A  vigorous 
contest  is  expected  between  Kalafat  and  Widin.  The  Russians  propose 
to  cross  there,  because  the  Turks  have  been  greatly  weakened  by  sending 
troops  to  the  Dobrudsoha.—  On  Friday,  Shiekul  Islam  will  solemnly 
bless  the  Sultan  as  the  leader  of  the  Holy"  War. —The  upper  part  of  the 
Dobn;dscha  is  almost  deserted.  All  the  Mohammedans  have  gone  south. 
Christians  have  been  taken  off  by  passing  steamers. -—The  Turkish  gar- 
risons in  the  northeastern  extremity  of  Bulgaria  are  very  small,  and  will 
hardly  offer  a  long  resistance. 

Friday,  11th  —  Three  hundred  Cossacks  crossed  the  Danube  in  boats 
fron  Galatz  to  Ghiacet,  and  encountered  a  numerous  body  of  Bashi- 
Bazouks.  A  smart  engagement  followed,  which  was  unfinished  at 
noon.— —The  Russians  attempted  to  cross  the  Danube  at  Reni,  but  the 
Turkish  artillery  prevented  them.  ^—Defense  works  are  to  be  con- 
structed around  Constantinople.— — Moukhtar  Pasha  is  at  Bardeze,  sixty 
miles  east  of  Eiz^roum.  The  Russian  center  is  awaiting  near  Ears,  and 
s  lpporting  the  advance  of  the  two  wings  from  Bayazid  and  Ardhan. 


j.  1877. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  TUB  SAN   FRANCISCO  \i:ws   LETTER. 


CRADLE.    ALTAR.    AND    TOMB. 

CRADLE. 

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Burnt    In  whi  city.  May  0,  to  the  wffl  ,  a  daughter. 

i  Mm  3,  to  the  wtte  of  JobnC  WocJler,  a  daughter, 

■..   f.     ..,     \     U  ■.    d 

Vaiu    inti.:  -   Warren,  a  daughter, 

ALTAR. 
AtHHT-Diiau    l-ithi-  la  Ardory  to  Anna  1   Dingle. 

Loro    In  thi- .  Banks  t"  Catfa 

I  l       .it.  thla  •  it,,  Maj  0,  Win  \v.  Bunker  to  Jo*  phlne  H.  Floyd 

•  .,  ;,  Rafael  Boradori  t->  Eninu  Inompaon 
O.      I     pman  to  Emma  A   Fowler. 
(i.i- .  ;:■  .  Maj  6,  Ejvdnej  L.  bavldi  m  to  Mar)  !■:.  On  ■■■ 
Edwasdi  h<  ll    In  thli  .'Ml.  Hull 

w   W.  Garthwalta  to  Mary  L.  Mason. 
i :  ■  m.  a.  RusselL 

Leahy, 
JaaG.  M  trttn  to  Crawford  J.  EUtchle. 
jMrru    to  'ii"  city,  April  J-.  Bugb  Walk  i  to  Mainle  Smith 
Zamlocu  Masks    In  thli  city,  M  ■  I    Zamloch  t"  KUxabotii  Marks. 

TOMB 

A  an*— 

ItoRit    li  -  F.  a.   Bond  agedsflyeara, 

■  i\  9,  John  u.  Burns,  aged  21  yean. 
On— In  Ihiacity,  i  I  84  ye  irs. 

i  |  |     .  |  SOTS. 

igedSS  years. 
■  i  -    ■  igod  27  yean. 

■<  Mary  A.  Dei  iue,  n  fed  34  year* 

i  i  tin-  .in.  Maj  I".  Ann  Featherston,  aged  75 years, 
Hon  i     In  thi-  dty,  Maj  8,  Joe  BToppj .        I 

Alice  Tl  ompson  Jordan,  aged  29  years, 
Karons —  In  tin-  las.  E  Krumme,  aged  ■■ 

l.v.i  ii    In  thli  city,  Hay  ,;.  Lawrence  Lynch,  aged  15  ]  oars. 
Low— In  i  ■  0  Chad    L    Ura  , 

HrrcHBU  -In  thu  dty,  May  8,  Catherine  Mitchell,  aged  M  years. 
Pkkrikk  — In  this  city,  May  6,  Capt  H.  Perrier,  aged  tfl  yean. 
Brnum  -In  this  dty,  May6,  Cbaa  Stedman,  aged  88  yean. 
In  i  Ma]  9,  Abraham  Slagar,  aged  05  yeara 

\  i  ilph  Torron,  aged  68  years 
Tatlor    In  Alameda,  Ma]  0,  Nellie  F.  laylor,  aged  SO  y  am 
Vas  Sr<  t-.it     i"  Weal  Oakland,  Haa  ,;.  Albert  S.  VanSyckle,  aged  34  years. 
Wa  t*    In  thi-  dty,  Maj  4,  Ambrose  C.  Wass,  seed  5J  years, 
\\  il  ox    in  thi-  ,-.t\ ,  May  7,  Samuel  Thornton  Wilcox,  aged  ;'■;  years. 


HOPS. 
■With  the  departure  of  the  next  Australia]]  steamer,  which  will  take 
a  limited  quantity,  and  the  exportation  of  another  shipment  secured  for 
England  by  a  leading  exporter,  who  has  shipped  thereto  some  1,200  bales 
since  January  1st,  the  export  trade  f« >r  the  season  may  he  considered  vir- 
tually over.     The  stocks  in  first  hands  are  light,  but  jobbers  and  brewers 

are  H  '-H  supplied,  and  im  material  change  in  pri^s  can  lie  looked  for  until 
August,  when  speculation  as  to  the  next  crop  in  the  Eastern  States  and 
Kurupt'  (-•■'•*  in.  A  retrospect  of  the  past  season  is  not  altogether  satis- 
factory.     >    ben  k 1  paying  prices  could  have  been  had  last  Fall,  many, 

in  fact,  in  ■  t  holders,  would  not  realize,  and  the  consequence  has  been 
the  acceptation  of  rates  100  per  cent.  less,  months  later.  In  Hops,  as  in 
other  articles,  the  wisdom  of   selling  when  buyers  are  eager  may  be 

learned  Bome  day. 

Pacific  i  '.  ast  Hops  are  finding  their  way  gradually  into  favor  with  for- 
eign consumers,  but  the  faults  pointed  out  by  the  writer  in  previous 
years  still  create  trouble.  Those  from  Sacramento  district  are  green  and 
leafy.  Many  from  Oregon  and  Washington  Territory  have  heated  from 
the  center  of  the  bales,  showing  they  were  immatnrely  packed.  With 
ordinary  core  and  skill  there  should  he  no  cause  for  these  complaints. 
The  season,  bo  far,  has  been  most  favorable  for  a  large  and  good  yield, 

and  as  the  quality  should  improve  as  the  plants  grow  older,  it  is  Enped 
we  may  he  aide  to  show  this  year  better  than  ever  what  can  be  done  on 
the  coast  in  this  article  of  commerce. 

Prices  on  spot,  at  date,  are  nominal—  quotable  at  13^?20c. 

Something  Like  a  Gun,  says  Coming  Events,  has  been  invented  by 
Sub-Constables  Kevnan  and  Patchells,  of  Waterford,  and  will  (so  we  arj 
informed)  shortly  he  brought  over  to  the  War  Office  or  inspect!' n  It 
consists  of  forty  chambers  of  regular  rifle  size,  enclosed  in  a  single  cylin- 
der The  chambers  can  be  simultaneously  charged  with  cartridge,  Bred, 
and  cleaned  out  with  such  rapidity  that  the  weapon  fires  800  rounds  per 
minute.  The  inventors  calculate  that  f  10,000  men  were  armed  with 
1,666  of  these  guns,  they  wotdd  fire  1,332, S00  shots  per  n.  n  itt ;  whilst  if 
100  000  men  were  armed  with  the  Martini-Henry  rifle  they  could  not  fire 
more  than  1,200,000  per  minute.  In  other  words,  10,000  men  armed  with 
1,000  of  the  "  Irresistible  Guns,"  as  they  are  called,  wotdd  be  equivalent 
to  100,000  men  each  provided  with  the  ordinary  British  rifle.  The  gun  is 
built  on  wheels,  and  is  cased  with  bullet-proof  steel;  and  in  case  of  retreat 
the  men  could  still  fire  about  800  shots  per  minute. 

We  believe  that  the  army  should  be  abolished.  It  is  unnecessary  ;  it 
is  a  heavy  drain  upon  the  resources  of  the  country,  and  it  is  a  dangerous 
and  anti-republican  institution.— iVc  |  Orleans  Democrat. 


A  noble  English  l.uly 

in  one  of  the   M  1*1 
ihootina;,  but  I  us  with  «  k'uii  to  hli 

li  i.  nd  -  -t  for 

shot  in  I  This  continued   j  ta  f"r 

eiguer  enjoyed    "Is  sport*'   without  dan  n  bird.     The 

other  d.i>  a  rabbit  pi  Li   to  tin-  unerring  aim  of  the  saw-dust 

n  The  Incautious  animal  was  sunning  Itaelf  within  a  few  feet 
oi  the  nobleman  and  his  keepers.  Bang  won)  thi  two  barrels*  bnt  the 
nbbit  was  unhurt.     An  expl  k    phare,  wb.su  the   Icospsti  wore 

to  own  tli<-  tri.k  which    tln-y  hud    play  d  OD  tie  li   master.      They, 

i.  explained   bo  him  that  they  had  done  it   in  his  own  Inten 
by  English  law,  a  sporl  nnan  taadvertently  shontunr  a  human  being  i-  at 

Ths  noble  foreigner  has  d<  rtvo  up  ahootii 

a  country  where  so  strange  s  law  t-\i>ts.     / 

A  German  editor  ha--  turned  the   leisum  afforded   him  by  the  I 
reoese  to  account  by   making  s  collection  of  mixed  metaphors,     "We 
will,"  cried  on  inspired  Democrat,  "  hum  all  our  ships,  and  with  every 
sail  unfurled  steer  boldly  out  into  the   ocean  oi  freedom!"    Justice  Min 
inter  Hyo,  in  1S48,  iii  a  speech  to  the   Vienna  students,  Impressively  de- 
clared: "The  ihari't  of  th<-  Kevolution  is  rolling  along  and  gnash 
teeth  as  it  rolls."    A  pan'Garmanist   Mayor  of  a  Rhineland  corporation 
rose  still   higher  En  an  address  to  the  Bmperor.     He  said:  "No  Austria, 
no  Prussia,  one  only  Germany,  such   were  the  words  the  mouth  of  your 
[mperial    Majesty    has    always    had  in  it-  eye."     Professor  Johannes 
inacri  i -ism  on  LenauB  Lyrics  writ*  8:  "Out  of  the  dark  regions 
of  philosophical  problems  the  poet  suddenly  lets  swarms  of  songs  dive  up 
oirrying  far  l!as  iug  pearls  of  thought  in  their  beaks." 

"Well,  you  are  a  nice  boy  to  send  on  a  message,"  said  an  Aberdeen 
woman  to  a  hoy  who  had  lost  a  bundle  with  which  she  had  entrusted 
him.  The  hoy  replied:  "Not  being  a  common  carrier  and  not  having 
entered  into  n  contract  with  you  to  carry  your  parcel  i<<v  and  in  consider- 
ation of  any  sum.  I  have  incurred  no  liability  and  am  liable  to  no  pen- 
alty.     If   I    had    undertaken    to    carry  the    parcel    for  my  own  particular 

profit,  my  father,  even,  would  not  have  b<<-u  ivs[>on-iH>-  for  the  loss  (see 
Butler  against  Bossing),  unless,  tnd  ■>■■],  he  paid  m  •  smaller  wages  because 
of  the  opportunity  thus  afforded  me  to  take  small  sums.  On  this  point  I 
will  only  quote  Smith  against  Brewster.  But,  rising  from  the  law  to  the 
etpiity  'if  the  case,  I  have  only  to  say"—  But  before  he  could  say  it,  he 
received  sufficient  to  retire  with,  remarking:  "  This  puts  a  clear  case  for 
the  law,  !  shall  have  you  served  with  a  writ  to-morrow,  and  retain  the 
Solicitor-General*"     

The  King  of,Bavaria  has  again  devised  for  himself  an  innocent  but 
rather  singular  amusement.  Near  his  chateau  of  Hohenschwangau,  in 
the  Bavarian  Alps,  he  has  had  constructed  a  reproduction  of  the  cottage  of 
Biendig  sa  it  was  represented  at  Bayreuth,  in  the  first  act  of  the  Walkare. 
This  first  act  is  to  be  performed  there  during  the  starry  summer  nights  to 
come.  The  singer,  Vogl,  and  his  wife  will  appear  as  Siegmnnd  and  Sieg- 
linde,  and  the  King,  costumed  as  a  warrior  of  the  primitive  ages  of  Ger- 
many, will  traverse  the  near  lake  in  a  boat  drawn  by  swans.  Suppose  the 
swans  won't  go  the  right  way?  There  ought  to  be  a  last  recourse  in  steam, 
well  concealed. 

A  G'.rman  preacher,  speaking  of  the  repentant  girl,  said  :  "She 
knelt  in  the  temple  of  her  interior  and  prayed  fervently,"  a  feat  no  India 
rubber  doll  could  imitate.  The  German  parliamentary  oratory  of  the 
present  day  affords  many  examples  of  metaphor  mixture;  but  two  must 
suffice.  Count  Frankenberg  is  the  author  of  them.  A  few  years  ago  he 
pointed  out  to  his  countrymen  the  necessity  of  "  seizing  the  stream  of 
time  by  the  forelock;"  and  in  the  last  session  he  told  the  Minister  of  War 
that  if  he  really  thought  the  French  were  seriously  attached  to  peace,  he 
had  better  resign  office  and  "  return  to  his  paternal  oxen." 

The  Chinese  Minister  and  suite  visited  the  Woolwich  Royal  Arsenal 
on  April  18th.  They  proceeded  first  to  the  torpedo  range  at  the  canal, 
where  they  witnessed  some  trials  of  the  Whitehead  fish  torpedo,  several 
very  successful  "runs"  being  made.  They  were  then  taken  to  the  butts 
to  see  one  of  the  38-ton  guns  fired,  and  the  method  of  measuring  the  rate 
of  flight  of  the  projectile,  both  within  and  without  the  gun,  was  ex- 
plained. One  of  the  arsenal  locomotives  next  conveyed  the  party  to  the 
B  lyal  Gun  Factories,  where  the  operations  of  rolling,  coiling  and  welding 
u  ■■!■<■  illustrated,  and  the  visitors  appeared  to  be  unusually  interested  in 
the  performances  of  the  great  hammer. 

The  steam-horse  in  the  streets  of  London,  pulling  or  pushing  train- 
cars,  is  to  be  the  next  novelty.  It  has  been  on  trial,  and  the  Select  Com- 
mittee of  the  House  of  Commons  recommend  its  adoption.  The  machine 
must  be  perfect.  No  ugly  exhibition  of  machinery,  no  danger  to  passen- 
gers, no  noise,  heat,  or  smell,  no  smoke  or  noxious  vapor.  Perfect  brake- 
power,  and  in  every  respect  the  comfort  and  safety  of  the  public  on  the 
roads,  and  passengers,  are  to  be  ensured.  What  progress  committee-men 
make  !  If  tramways  are  thus  looked  after,  we  shall  presently  hear  that 
the  absence  of  risk,  noise,  smoke,  smell,  with  attention  to  brakes,  and  the 
comfort  and  safety  of  passengers,  are  to  be  rules  for  railways. 

Doctor  to  Father. 
O,  nonsense  !    Cordials  warming,  That  *'  smile  "  was  wind  appearing; 


Within  her  stomach  forming, 
Have  made  things  better  set. 


That  cooing  so  endearing 
Was  caused  by  anisette  ! 


The  Jockey  Club,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Alexander,  has  resolved  that 
the  lowest  weight  in  handicaps  shall  in  future  be  4  st.  7  lb.,  instead  of  5 
st.  7  lb.  This  resolution  (the  Sportsman  says)  will  take  the  racing  world 
by  surprise,  as  any  change  in  the  matter  was  expected  in  the  raising 
rather  than  in  the  lowering  of  the  minimum  impost. 

The  ' '  Journal  de  St.  Petersbourg  "  says  that  the  most  northerly 
t:de,'raph  office  in  the  world  has  just  been  set  up.  It  is  at  a  Norwegian 
fishing  station  named  Gjesvor,  a  little  above  the  71st  parallel  of  north 
latitude. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO   THE  SAN  FRANCISCO   NEWS  LETTER. 


Itfsy  12, 1877. 


REAL     ESTATE     TRANSACTIONS 

Recorded  in  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco,  California,  for  the 
Week  ending  May  10,  1877. 

Compiled  from  the  Record*  of the  Mercantile  Agency  of  John  McKillop  &  Co., 
401  California  Street,  San  Francisco. 


Wednesday  and  Thursday,  Kay  9th  and  lt)th. 


Friday,  May  4th. 


GRANTOR  AND  GRANTEE. 


H  C  Anderson  to  B  A  Henricksen. 

Jas  Patereon  In  Geo  Edwards 

Neil  Anderson  to  Henrv  Unroll . . . 
Hugh  McNeely  to  Ellen  McNeely  . 

W  J  Gtinn  lo  Geo  Edwards 

J  S  Alemany  to  Jacob  'chrader... 

J  C  Reifl  to  Ralph  C  Harrison 

Wm  Hollis  to  Win  A  Phinkett. . . . 

Same  to  M  J  Donovan 

Same  to  M  Hartmau 

Same  to  Jas  N  Nisbet 

W  J  Gunn  to  Wm  Hollis 

Wm  Hollis  to  Edw  Zschiesche 

F  C  Kleebaner  to  Fritz  Koch 

Same  to  F  Todt 


DESCRIPTION. 


E  Vincent .  57:0  s  Union, 20x58:9 

W  Noe,  Hfi:6  n  23d,  50x1(15 

Lot  1    Spring  Vallev  H'd 

Lots  3,  4.  5,  bik  54,  Tide  Lands 

N  Clipper,  152:9  e  Church,  25:11x114.. . 
S  Pt  Lobos  av,  40  e  Collins  st,  25x125.. 

Sw  14th  and  Harrison,  300x204 

ESan  Jose  av,  149  n  25th,  37x90 

Ne  Sutter  and  Lyon.  93:5x107 

W  Webster,  115  s  Post,  22:6x87:6 

E  Stevenson,  173  a  20tli.  22x75 

W  Franklin,  82:8Jtf  s  Wash'n,  45x137:6. 

W  Webster,  115  n  Geary,  22:6x57:6 

S  Clipper,  202  e  Church,  26x114 

S  Clipper,  228  e  Church,  26x114 


$    850 

5- 

1,000" 

1 

5 

750 

17,500 

5,600 

5,950 

4,500 

3,583 

10,000 

4,687 

1,600 

130 


Saturday,  May  5th. 


H  SandLSoc'y  to  J  J  Foley  .... 
Jno  Pearson  to  Mary  E  Pearson. 

Tbos  Farmer  to  Janie  L  James  .. 

Jno  Pt'orr  to  F  C  Kleebaner 

A  Downey  to  Dennis  O'Connor.. 

Jas  Simpson  to  G  G  Bnrnett 

Benj  Breslaner  to  J  C  Weir 

K  Donovan  to  F  F  Taylor 


F  Arbopast  to  AV  G  Buchanan . . . 
Eliza  M  Davis  to  Bedelia  Boyd. . . 


E  E  Gilmor  to  Geo  F  Johnson  . . 

Kale  Hann  to  H  J  Tilden 

Jno  F  Kessing  to  Jno  R  Sims... 
Leopold  Weil  to  David  Weil.... 
Thos  P  Ryan  to  FM  Robinson.. 


E  Noe,  115;9s  Market,  25x100 

Lot  39,  blk  83,  Tide  Lands  granted  to  W 

Dnnphy  and  others 

W  Shotwell,  125  n  18th,  25x122:6 

N  Clipper,  254:7  e  Church,  25:11x114.... 

Lot  9.  blk  21,  Market  St  H'd 

Nw  Market,  225  sw  City  Hall  av,  25x100 

S  Post,  167:6  w  Laguna.  30x137:6 

E  Pierce,  55  s  Oak,  s  82:6,  etc  ;  bIbo,  9e 

Oak  and  Pierce,  s  55,  etc 

W  Chalbuiooga,  150  n  24th,  75x100 

N  Broadway,  162:6  w  Van  Ness,  w  36x 

45:10,  to  correct  774  D  23 

Lot  2,  blk  44,  Excelsior  H'd  ..   

Nw  23d  and  Valencia,  n  SO,  etc 

Si;  Howard  and  21st,  97x122:6 

N  Pine,  56  e  Octavia.  56x137:6 

Und  1  acre  com  on  Hunters  Pt  Rd  at  in- 

tersect'n  of  land  of  J  Middleton  et  al, 

th  s  832-i,  e  207  chains,  etc 


$1,100 

Gift 

1,4110 

425 

700 

17,700 

2,925 

1.97S 
1,800 

1 

400 

35 

5.000 

8,250 


Monday,  May  7th- 


TR  E  A  to  A  T  Green 

Jesse  D  Carr  to  Maurice  Dore 

Wm  Hollis  to  Jno  Peat 

Geo  A  Bamett  to  Merch  Exch  Bb. 

S  Hammersmith  to  J  Ham'ersmith 
Park  Mitchell  to  C  R  Holden 


Jos  Plank  to  W  J  Gunn 

W  J  Gnnn  to  Jno  Carroll 

H  Bauer  to  Edw  Sohl 

J  P  Newmark  to  J  Baumberger. . 
City  and  Co  S  F  to  C  H  Reynolds 
Wm  H  Rogers  to  P  G  Partridge... 

Chas  A  Low  to  Susan  M  Low 

Same  to  same 

Nucleus  H'd  As'n  to H  Paulsen... 

H  Paulsen  to  J  D  Rohrs 

A  Hemme  to  Rudolph  Graff 

Simmons  &  Rawe  to  A  Mecartney. 
C  H  Reynolds  to  City  and  Co  S  F  . 

T  C  Gilman  to  Wm  Leviston 

Sand  LSoc'y  to  T  C  Gilman 

Bridget  Bannon  to  A  Demortiui ... 

A  Demartini  to  G  Gninasso 

Jno  Bannon  to  A  Demartini  . 
Chas  Murray  to  Thos  Uubson 
C  S  Cousins  to  Geo  Edwards. 


W  Valencia,  31:7  s  90th,  73:5x110 

S  cor  Harrison  and  9th,  410x550 

N  Vallejo,  75  e  Lagnna,  25x100 

Sw  Polk  and  O'Farrell,  100x120,  subject 

to  mort  for  $11,000  

Com  at  nw  cor  50  v  953, 19.6x73:6. 

Lots  1,2,  7,  8,  blk  175,  and  por  blk  183, 

University  Ex  H'd 

Lots  21,  22,  blk  641,  Pt  Lobos  Av  H'd.. 

Same 

S  30th,  156:10  e  Castro,  e  38,  etc 

NeSteincrand  Tyler,  40x137:6 

Ecor  Brannan  and  6th,  ne  200,  etc 

Sw  Devisadtro  and  Vallejo,  se  12,  etc  .. 

Nw  Brannan,  251  sw  2d,  46x197:6 

Se  Mission,  206:3  ne  3d,  68:9x160 

Lots  31  and  32,  blk  37,  Nucleus  H'd  .... 

Und  %  same 

Nw  Willow  and  Mission,  30x80 

N  Clay,  68:9  e  Drumm,  22:1 1x50 

Streets  and  highways 

Sw  Montg'y  and  Vallejo,  117:5x45:6 

Same 

W  Bannon  pi,  77:6  n  Green,  20x58:9 .... 

Same 

Itfame 

!N  22d,  37:0  e  Dolores,  30x94 

'N  Clipper,  101:10  e  Church,  50:11x114... 


5 
1,500 

32,000 
5 

5 

400 

470 

850 

5,600 

"*5 

Gift 

Gift 

1,000 

9011 

8,500 

90 

1 

10,000 

3,100 

10 

10 

1,600 

1,800 


Tuesday,  May  8.h. 


Jos  Maneur  to  Henry  Gallick..    . 
S  and  L  Soc'y  to  City  and  Co  S  F 


Wm  Hollis  to  Pat'k  Downey.. 

Same  to  Harriet  A  Homer 

Same  te  Leon  Levy 

Same  to  S  Hirschfeld 

Peter  Dean  to  Levi  Stevens. . . 


H  J  Moore  to  Jno  Hinkel 

i  Chas  A  Low  to  Chas  L  Low  ... 

Jno  J  Gay  to  Geo  Edwards 

Jno  Grant  to  C  A  Low 

W  McKenzie  to  J  M  Neville... 
Wm  N orris  to  Mary  J  Blair.. . . 
Isaac  Lohman  to  Jno  F  Sterlin 

C  J  Eaton  to  C  Danker 

G  Wunsche  to  Anna  Wunsche  . 
H  J  Holmes  to  Thos  A  Porter.. 
Wm  Hollis  to  Micb'l  Norton... 

J  McMahon  to  F  P  LatBon 

M  Dore  to  Mich'l  H  Quinn 

Jno  R  Spring  to  Leon  Amadou 
Jno  Pforr  to  Wm  Stapelfeld  ... 
W  J  Shaw  to  Francis  Garrett.. 
Jas  G  Hayden  to  Rudolph  Herman 

T  Cadosran  to  P  Donovan 

Lewis  P  Sage  to  T  H  Merry 

Cath  K  Brown  to  Jno  Grace 

J  Catlow  to  Oregon  S  and  B  Co. , 

C  L  Newman  to  Fred'k  Marsh. . . 


S  Sac'to,  156:3  w  Fillmore,  50x132:6,  sub 
to  mort  for  $1 ,000 

E  Jones,  59:11^  s  Bay,  s  77:6^,  etc;  also 
com  206:3  w  Jones  tmd  71:6  )S  n  Bav,  n 
60:11^,  w50:9,  etc 

W  Noe,  76  s  15t  h.  3rtx90 

E  San  JoBe  av,  223  n  25th ,  37x90 

W  Webster,  70s  Post,  22:6x87:0   

W  Webster,  92:6  s  Post,  22:6x87:0 

Sw  4th,  30  nw  Brannan,  25x80  ;  also,  ne 
cor  Goush  and  Oak,  27:0x95,  mbject 
to  mort  tor  $5.000 

Se  Silver,  72  sw  3d,  sw  28,  etc 

Nw  Clay  and  Sansome,  91:Sx73 

|Sw  Dolores  and  25th,  114x101:10 

Nw  Francisco  and  Larkin,  137:6x137:6 

City  Slip  lot  20 


$3,200 


1,472 
1,500 
5.601) 

4,709 
4,535 


Und^n  cor  3d  and  Silxer,  70x90  .... 

S  Clay,  179:2  w  Taylor,  25x120. 

Sw  Frem't,  320:10  seFolsom.  22:11x134:6 

Se  Stevenson,  275  sw  3d,  20x70 

W  Howard,  66  s  19th,  31x122:6 

W  Noe,  115  s  14th,  39x96 

WBartlett,  195  n  25th,  65x117:6 

Sw9th,  105  nw  Bryant,  25x100 

W  Powell,  52n  Pacific,  30x45:10 

Ne  Waller  and  Fillmore,  35:6x87:6 

Harrison  w,  86:0!$  s  12th,  s  50,  etc 

Se  Baker  and  Tonqnin,  137:6x137:6 

iRitter  w,  75  s  Harrison,  25x75 i 

INw  Pacific  and  Broderick,  137:6xl27:8ii 

Nw  Howard,  100  sw  7th,  26x165 

|Lot6,  blk  23,  and  lot  8  in  blk  25,  Tide 
|  Lands  grunted  tn  Dunphy  and  others. 
1  Lot  31,  blk  2,  Johnston  Tract 


13,500 
4,000 

50.UU0 

5 

3,500 

77 

10.000 
7,500 
3.000 
Gift 
4,550 
1,600 
2,750 
2,500 
2,900 
2,750 
3,350 
2.560 
2,300 
5,000 
7,000 

25,000 
500 


Eliza  Bergevin  tn  Jesse  M  Fox |Se  Stevenson,  295  sw  3d,  20x70 

Jas  Rickards  to  M  Spellman JLots  41  and  42,  blk  5,  Peoples'  H'd. 

Sally  BDameron  to  Wm  Cnrlett..|E  Pierre,  100  n  Ta.,  lor,  37:6x105 

Jno  Grant  to  Jno  Gamble 

Wm  Box  to  Nelson  George 

Henry  J  McLerie  to  D  J  Murphy. 

Mark  E  Lewis  to  E  Lewis , 

K  Olsen  tn  Mary  A  Cattail , 

Thos  H  Hatch  to  R  M  Brangon.. 


Nelson  Provost  to  Susan  Provost  . 
O  F  Vim  Rheiu  to  Adam  H  Lieb.. 
Jos  A  Denny  to  Rob' t  Stevenson . . 


P  Fitzpatrick  to  J  H  Mnnson 
G  H  Gray  to  Mary  L  Hoffman... 
C  V  Stuart  to  Timothy  Driscoll. 
Marie  Cassou  to  Tlieo  Le  Rov... 

Wm  Hollis  to  H  C  Patrid^e 

Jacob  Lewis  to  Scltg  Lewis 


Lot  8  hlk  126,  lot  3  blk  62,  Univ'ty  Hd.. 

W  Fierce,  50  s  Eddv.  27:6x100 

S  Liberty,  212:6  w  Guerrero,  30xfl4 

SGeary,440w  St-'iner.  22x92:6 

N  Union,  186:3  e  Monts'y,  22:2l.ix00 .. . . 

Nw  Pine  and  Hyde,  137:6x117:10;  also,  ne 

Center  and  Nebraska,  n  214x100;  also. 

lots  10  to  16.  blk  457,  Bay  View  H*d„ 

Nw  24th  and  Shotwell,  92x90 

Sr  -.'  l ili  and  Guerrero,  33x85 

!S  Colombia,  255  w  Samhiz,  50x114;  also 
s  Columbia.  255  e  Sanchez,  p  25x114; 
also,  u  17th,  246:8  e  Douglass,  49:4x260 

WCalav,240s  Fair  av,  30x300 

Se  C  stand  40th  av,  lOtxlOO 

ECapp,100n  17th,  50x114 

'All  int  in  estate  of  Pierre  Cassou,  dec. 

IE  Valencia,  140  s  21st,  36x125. 

Und  J*  se  Clementina,  375  bw  5th,  se  on 

Clement  inn,  30x75 

Lot  4,  blk  37,  S  V  H'd 

S  Lombard,  246:3  e  Powell,  20x69:6 

'Lot  16,  blk  403,  S  S  F  H'd  and  R  U  As'n 
[S  Hancock,  145  w  Sanchez.  25x114 


S  V  H'd  Ass'n  to  R  D  Jones. . . . 
Wm  Mooser  to  Marie  Laclaverie 

L  Van  Ltiak  to  F  Mayville 

Jno  A  Cardinell  to  B  B  Harmon. . 

Rich'd  Ross  toElizth  Hans jN  15th,  255  w  Sanchez,  25x115.  _ 

T  J  Gallagher  to  La  Soc  Francaisc|Sw  lft  and  Folsom,  100x275 

Adam  Cannan  to  F  S  Wensinger..  N  Sac'to,  153:2  w  Montg'y,  w  22:9,  etc, 

I     subject  to  mortgage  for  $20,000 

H  S  Dexter  to  Chas  A  Hooper IE  cor  Harrison  &  Stanley  pi,  se  175,  ere. 

LATEST  PRICES  OF  IMPORT  AND  EXPORT  STAPLES. 


£3,000- 

600 

37 

300 

5,830 

1,500 

1 

620 


Gift 
2,800 


13 

5 

2,900 

10 
3,970 

1,000 
360 

4,500 
1.21)0 
4.000 
1,400 


6,000 

18.500 


METALS. 

Pig  Iron, Scotch, No. 1... 
Bar  Iron,  assorted, ¥  lb.. 

Metal  8lieatbing,%i  ft 

Tin  Plates,  J  C,  #  box... 
Tin  Plates,  IX,  ~#  box... 

Lead, Pig,  #  ft 

Lead,  Sheet,  «*  ft 

BancaTln,  #  ft 

Quicksilver 

COAL. 

West  Hartley,  ^  ton 

Australian 

Cumberland 

Anthracite 

Bellingham  Bay 

Mount  Diablo 

COFFEE. 

Guatemala,  ^  ft 

Java, Old  Government.. 

Manila 

CostaRica 

BICE 

China, No.  l,  #  ft _ 

China, No. 2 

Hawaiian 

WINES. 

Champagne,?*  doz 

Port,  according  to  brand, 

3>  gallon , 

Sherry, do.  do 

OIL. 

Coal  and  Kerosene... 


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TEAS. 

J:ipans 

Oolong 

SUGARS. 

China.No.l,^  lb 

Saiilwicu  Island.... 

Maii  a 

Crashed,  Atrt.rlcan 

.Muscovado 

Peruvian , 

CANDLES. 

Sperm  Wax,  $  ft 

Adamantine , 

SPIRITUOUS  LIQUORS. 

Wliisky,  Arrmiican 

Whisky,  Scotch , 

Whisky   J  1*1  si i 

Alcoliol,  American 

Rum ,  Jamaica 

Brandy,  French , 

BAGS  AND  BAGGING. 

Chicken  Gunnies 

Gunny  Bags  in  bales 

Burlap  Bugs 

Hessian, 45-inch,  %»  yard 

DOMESTIC  STAPLES. 

Wool,  V  ft 

Tallow 

Hides 

Wheat,  V  100  tbs 

Barley 

Oats 

Flour.  ¥  l'J6  fts 


—  9  @—  11 

—  i  @—    1% 

—  14  & 

—  8  @—    9 

—  10  @  —  10}£ 

—  SO  @  —  42 

—  iO  @  —  15 

2  25  @   5  50 

5  00  @   5  50 

5  00  @   5  50 

2  25  @   2  40 

4  50  @    5  20 

4  00  ©10  00 

-12  @-  12^ 

—  11  ®  —  Yl 

—  8K3—    9 

—  8  @—  8>£ 

—  12  @  —  27'^' 

—  6  ©—    7 

—  18  @—  19 
2  50  @    3  00 

1  75  @    1  90 

2  10  @   2  75 
7  00  @    9  00 


PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

The  Company's  steamers  will  sail  as  follows  at  12  M.: 
CITY  OF  TOKIO.  May  29th  and  August  Sth  ;  CITY  OF  PEKING,  June  20th 
and  September  1st ;  CITY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  July  14th,  for  YOKOHAMA  and 
HONGKONG. 

COLIMA,  May  15th,  for  PANAMA  and  NEW  YORK,  calling  at  MAZATLAN,  MAN- 
ZANILLO  and  ACAPULCO,  connecting  at  Acapulco  with  Company's  steamer  for  all 
Central  American  ports.  Tickets  to  and  from  Europe  by  any  line  for  sale  at  the 
lowest  rates. 

ZEALANDIA,  May  23d  ;  CITY  OF  SYDNEY,  June  20th  ;  AUSTRALIA,  July  ISth, 
CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  August  15th,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  or  on  arrival  of  the  En- 
glish mails,  for  HONOLULU,  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT  CHALMERS. 
i-10  additional  is  charged  for  passage  in  Upper  Saloon. 

CITY  <>F  PANAMA.  May  10th,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TOWNSEXD,  SEATTLE, 
and  TACOMA,  connecting  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for  PORT- 
LAND, Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11  a.m.  on  day  of  sailing:.  For 
freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  office,  corner  of  First  and  Eranuan  streets. 

May  12. WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  fr  CO.,  Agents. 

OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL  STEAMSHIP    COMPANY, 

ITior  Japan  and  China,  leave  wharf,  corner  First  anil  Bran- 
1      nan  streets,  at  noon,  for  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONGKONG,  connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

BELGIC Mavlfithand  July  27th. 

GAELIC June  9th  and  August  21st. 

OCEANIC July  3d. 

Cabin  Plans  on  Exhibition,    and    Passage   Tickets  for  sale  at    No.   4  New  Mont- 
gomery street.     For  Freight,    ppVyatthe  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 
GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President.  May  12. 

OREGON  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

The  Only  Direct  Line  to  Por tlaml.— Regular  Steamers  to 
PORTLAND  leaving  San  Francisco  every  FIVE  DAYS-Steamships  CITY  OF 
CHESTER,  GEORGE  W.  ELDER  and  A  J  AX,  connecting  with  steamers  to  SITKA 
and  PUGET  SOUND,  and  O.  and  C.  R.  R.  Co.  and  Oregon  and  C.  R.  R.  Co.  through 
Willamette,  Umpqua,  and  Rogue  River  Valleys,  Oregon.  Tickets  to  all  points  on 
the  O.  and  C.  R.  R.  sold  at  reduced  rates.  Sailing  days  in  May— 4th,  9th,  14th,  19th, 
24th,  26th,  at  10  o'clock  a.m.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 

May  5.  210  Battery  street._ 

PACIFIC   MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

Freight  Department.—From  and  after  this  date,  Mr.  Geo. 
II.  Kice  will  act  as  Freight  Solicitor  for  this  Compaivy.     He  can  be  founJ  at 
office,  218  California  street,  where  Shipping  Orders  may  be  obtained  until  12  o'clock, 
noon,  of  the  day  previous  to  the  departure  of  the  steamers.     Applications  after  that 
time  must  be  made  at  office,  corner  First  and  Brannan  streets. 
Feb.  24.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCHARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 

OFFICES  OF  THE  AEROPLANE  NAVIGATION  CO., 

Jan.  4.  No.  607  to  615  Merchaht  street,  San  Francisco. 


The  Special  Organ  of  "Marriott's  Aeroplane  Navigation  Co. "--Fred.  Marriott,  Patentee. 


Piico  p»r  Copy.  15  Cent.. 


BUSHED  JULY  SO,  lVfiB 


Annual  S»b.oriptlon  tin  iuld  .  *>■"..')<). 


DEVOTED  TO  THE  LEADING  INTERESTS  OF  CALIFORNIA  AND  THE  PACIFIC  COAST. 


Vol.  27. 


SAN  FEAN0IS00,  SATURDAY,  MAY  19,  1877. 


No.  17. 


Olficri  of  thr  Mnn  f 'rnm-l-.ro  Neni  Letter,  Chlun  *1  at  I.  <  al  i  I  or- 
uln  Mall  Buy,  South  rids  Merchant  street.  No.  607  to  CIS,  San  FYancleoO, 

GOLD  BAKS  -8909910     Sii.vr.it   Bars -6@16  #  cent,  disc,  Treasury 
Notes  art-  selling  at    96.       Buying,   9i\.      Mexican  Dollars,  3  per 
oent  than.     Trade  DoLLars,  $J<3  i  per  cent  disc, 

*3"  Exchange  on  New  York,  1  per  oent  for  Gold ;  Currency,  5 5j  per  cent 

premium.     <>n   London,  Bankers,  48jd.(5 -;  Commercial,  49|d. ; 

Puis,  ■"•  Eranoi  i**r  dollar.     Inlagi  f  cent. 

*W  Lat**t  price  <>f  Gold  «t  Mew  York,  May  Ifltb,  at  S  p.m.,  100|.    Latest 
price  of  Sterling,  488(5,490. 

an?"  Brio*  of  Money  here,  S@l  per  cent,  per  month— bank  rate.    In  the 
open  market,  1(3  1$.     Dwinaud  active. 


THE    DECLARATION    OF    WAR    BY    RUSSIA. 

Oar  faithful  and  well-beloved  subjects  know  the  warm  interest  we  have 

lj    fell  in  (he  deatinlesol  the  oppressed  Christian  population  <»f  Turkey. 

Ourdarirt  to  imollonUc  and  assure  their  l<<t  bas  been  shared  by  the  whole  Russian 

■niton,  which  now  show  to  be  k  trssb  sacrifices  In  ord  r  to  alleviate  the 

■'■■    r|iri>ti;in-  in  the  Bs!k;\n  Peninsula.     The  hlond  and    treasure    of    our 

ever  been  dear  to  as     <  >nr  whole  rrien  attests  our  constant 

for  Russia  tin-  blessings  of  p  ntiiuontdid  not 

nimnte  n-  at  the  time  of  the   sad  events    which    happened   in  Herzegovina 

an. I  Bulgaria.    The  end  we,  above  everything,  as-djrned  i"  ourselves  was  bj  means  of 

Kelftc  negotiation  and  ii  the  creat   European  Power*,  our  allies  aud 

ends,  to  imolioraic  the  position  "f  the  C  hristlana  En  the  East,    In  ooncert  with  the 
rriendlj  snd  kilted  Powers,  we  hare  for  t\<"  ye its  •  ml  efforts  to  ef- 

feel  reforms  which  ought  protect  from  the  arbitrary  will  of  the  lueal  authority  the 
Christians  ol  Bosnia,  HersegoTlna  and  Bulgaria.  The  accomplishment  of  these  re- 
forms wss  entirely  Involved  in  the  pre1  lemnly  contracted  by  the 
p.irtc towar.l-  nil' K'in'i«.    our  efforts,  beckedny diplomatic  representations  made 

r  -in   coirninin,   JiJ  nut  attain    the    desired    end.     The  Porte 

I  immoi  ibl<  in  its  categorical  refnsal  ol  inj  eiTi;i'ti\e  guar.mtei.' fur  the  se- 
curity nf  the  Christians,  and  ii  rejected  the  conclusions  of  the  Conference  of  Con* 
stantwopla,  Deshing  to  try  eVen  possible  means  ol  conciliation  In  order  to  per- 
,,.  Porto,  we  proposed  to  the  other  < Satinets  to  frame  a  special  Protocol  com- 
prising the  ssentlal  condition*  laid  down  by  the  I'mifi.Teuee.  and  i<>  invite  the  Porte 
i.i  share  Id  tblslntemaUonal  act,  tracing  the  extreme  limits  ol  our  pacific  demands. 
Our  expectation,  however,  has  not  been  realised  The  I'orte  has  not  deferred  to  the 
ananhnons  will  <•(  Christian  Kuropc  :  it  has  not  assented  to  the  conclusions  of  Uie 
ProtocoL  Having  thus  exhausted  all  pacific  efforts,  the  haughty  obstinacy  of  the 
tigi  a  us  to  proceed  t"  more  decMve  acts  A  respect  f^r  equity  and  our  own 
dignity  dictates  this  to  u-*.  Turkey,  by  t"jr  refusal,  places  us  under  the  neceasitj  ol 
resorting  to  the  force  ol  una  Profoundly  convmeed  ol  the  justice  of  our  cause  and 
humbly  trusting  in  the  Divine  grace,  we  make  known  to  our  faithful  subjects  that 
the  moment  bas  now  arrived  which  we  foresaw  when  we  uttered  at  Moscow  the 
words  to  which  -*il  Buesia  responded  with  such  unanimity.  We  expressed  an  inten- 
tion <<f  acting  Independently  of  the  other  Powers  when  ws  should  Judge  that  this  was 

iry  and  that  the  honor  of  Russia  required   it      Today,  invoking  God's   bless- 
ing 00  our  brave  armies,  we  order  them  t<-  cross  tbefrontier. 

'•Given  at  Kischciieff  this  12th  (24th)  dav  of  April,  in  the  year  of  grace  1877,  and 
the  23d  of  our  reign.       Alexander.. 

We  read  in  the  latest  telegrams  that  American  officers  in  the 
service  of  the  Khedive  of  Egypt  "  decline  to  serve  against  Russia."  Let 
us  leave  out  of  sight  the  fact  that  men  who  in  time  of  peace  have  been 
retained  trf  nest  mnn\ftct  <>'  salaries  now  decline  to  serve — in  time  of  war. 
Let  us  pass  by  the  questionable  animus  which  makes  men  say  they  cannot 
Strike  oontnet SmMia,  when  they  mean  they  cannot  strike  for  England. 
Let  us  content  ourselves  with  congratulating  the  Egyptian  potentate  *>n 
having  now  solid  grounds  and  a  good  pretext  for  doing  with  dispatch  that 
which  courtesy  has  hitherto  made  a  slow  proceeding,  namely  :  Exchang- 
ing Americau  fillibusters  for  English  officers. 

The  Stock  Market  for  the  first  part  of  the  week  was  extremely 
quiet,  but  toward  the  close  quite  an  improvement  took  place,  principally 
owing  to  the  covering  of  short  sales.  Outside  of  this  little  spurt,  the 
market  continues  dull  and  uninteresting,  and  affords  no  particular  encour- 
agement for  the  present.  The  same  uncertainty  and  distrust  prevails  con- 
cerning  the  bonanza-  mines,  and  until  this  feeling  is  eradicated  from  the 
public  mind,  and  general  confidence  restored  in  our  mines  and  man  age  - 
meut,  we  cannot  expect  any  improvement  over  the  prt-sent  situation.  At 
the  close  the  market  is  all  weakening  off  again,  under  the  pressure  of  or- 
ders to  realize  at  the  present  enhanced  rates. 

The  Hawaiian  bark  Iolani  cleared  yesterday  f<-r  Honolulu,  with  a 
miscellaneous  cargo,  including  a  large  amount  of  California  produce  in 
transit  for  Bremen. 


Mr.  F.  Al|?nr,  No.  8  < 'Inm-uf *  Lane,  London,  Is  nathorlxed  to 
receive  subBortptiena,  advertisements,  communications,  etc.,  for  this  paper. 


Published   trifh  this  week's  issue  a  Four- 
Paye  Postscript, 

LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 

Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.—  N«w  York,  May  18th, 
1877.— Gold  opened  107  ;  11  a.m.,  at  l"7:  ;  3  p.m.,  at  Mffig.  United 
States  Bonds  —  Five-twenti.s  of  ISnT,  11  U  ;  issi,  UK.  Sterling  Ex- 
change,  4  88(3  4  90s.  short.  Pacific  Mail,  2l|.  Wheat,  dull,  92  20^  s-  30. 
Western  In.'.m.t'j.  Hides,  dry.  2U@21$.  OD  -Sperm,  *128@«130 
Winter  Bleached,  $160(3  1  Hi'.  Whale,  65(^70;  Winter  Bleached, 
75@80.  Wool-Spring,  fine,  20®S0 ;  Barry,  13@15;  Pulled,  25@35. 
Fall  Clips,  15  (q  '20;  Burrv,  14@20.  LONDON,  May  18th.— Liverpool 
Wheat  Market,  12s.  ?d.@13s,  OWb,  13s.  3d.fglSs.  60.  United  States 
States  Bonds,  106J.     Consols.  94  1-16. 

Mr.  Richard  Chute,  the  well  known  shipping  agent  of  this  city,  was 
married,  on  Wednesday  evening  last,  to  Miss  Lizzie  T.  Conroy,  at  the 
house  of  the  bride's  parents,  No.  1707  Powell  street.  The  Rev.  Father 
Spreekels  officiated  on  the  occasion,  which,  it  is  needless  to  say,  was  a 
very  happy  one.  The  presents  were  as  numerous  as  costly,  and  tne  deco- 
rations of  the  house  exquisitely  rich  and  in  elegant  taste.  A  large  number 
of  guests  assembled  to  wish  the  happy  couple  many  long  years  of  unbroken 
happiness. 

The  British  residents  will  celebrate  Queen  Victoria's  birthday  and 
the  twelfth  anniversary  of  the  British  Benevolent  Society,  by  a  dinner  at 
the  Palace  Hotel,  on  Thursday  evening,  24th  May,  under  the  presidency 
of  W.  Lane  Booker,  Esq.,  H.  B.  M.  Consul,  and  President  of  the  society. 
The  Committee  cordially  invite  Englishmen  visiting  San  Francisco  to  be 
present  on  the  occasion.  Tickets  may  be  obtained  of  the  Secretary,  730 
Montgomery  street.         

At  last  mail  dates,  the  bank  rates  of  discount  were  as  follows:  Lon- 
don, 2  per  cent.;  Paris,  2  per  cent.;  Berlin,  4  per  cent.;  Brussels,  2J  per 
cent,;  Amsterdam  and  Geneva,  each  3  percent.;  Frankfort  ami  Leipsic, 
each  4  percent.;  Copenhagen  and  Vienna,  each  Ah  percent.;  Grenoa,  5  per 
cent.;  Madrid  and  St.  Petersburg,  each  6  per  cent.  Since  then  the  Lon- 
don rate  has  been  raised  to  3  per  cent. 

Having  a  special  correspondent  now  in  Globe  District,  Arizona, 
we  shall  soon  be  able  to  give  most  interesting  and  reliable  facts  with 
regard  to  that  interesting  country,  together  with  a  map  now  preparing 
from  the  most  authentic  and  original  sources. 


Tonnage  is  yet  very  plentiful,  and  grain  and  other  freights  low  and 
DOininaL  The  British  ship  Padiiha  has  been  taken  for  Liverpool  for  all 
June  loading  at  38s.     We  quote  American  ships  at  40s. 

Silver  was  quoted  in  London  yesterday  at  543d.  ^  oz.,  925  fine;  Con- 
sols, 94$;  United  States  5-percent.  Bonds,  106£,  ex  coupon,  and  102£  for 
d-J-per-cents.  

Treasure  shipments  from  January  1st  to  date,  SIS, 956,881  11.  Same 
period  1876,  $16,716,624  21.     Increase  this  year,  $2,240,256  90. 

The  Liverpool  Wheat  market  stood  yesterday  at  12s.  7d.@13s. 
for  average  California,  and  13s.  30.(0  13s.  6d.  for  dob. 

Brokers  were  buying  Half- Dollars  yesterday  at  6.15  tf  cent,  discount, 
and  are  selling  them  at  5^(5  6  \j$  cent,  discount. 

Treasure  shipments  overland  by  express,  1876,  98,051,530;  1877, 

$7,436,933.      Decrease  this  year,   9614,597. 

The  coast  steamers  Ajax,  Monterey  and  Orizaba  will  sail  for  the 
nsnal  ports  to-day.      1 

The  steamer  City  of  Panama  will  sail  for  Victoria  at  noon  to-day. 

Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  in  this  market  at  96  buying  and  96.1  selling. 

Legal  Tenders  here  are  firmer  at  94J  buying  and  95  selling. 


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  8an  Francisco,  California, 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


May   19,  1877. 


COL.    MacDONALD'S   PROPbSITION  TO  THE  AMERICAN 

GOVERNMENT  TO  ORGANIZE  AW  AUXILIARY 

INDIAN    ARMY    CORPS. 

To  the  Hon.  the  Secretary  of  the  Intc7'ior}  Washington,  D.  C: 

Sir— I  have  the  hounrto  transmit  herewith  a  proposition  of  sufficient  import- 
ance, I  trust,  to  attract  your  enlightened  attention,  your  critical  understanding, 
and,  I  hope,  your  co-operation* 

i  irenmstances  which  have  raised  a  harvest  of  prejudice?,  in  any  ordinary  matter, 
might  have  discouraged  me  from  pursuing  a  line  of  action,  which,  though  per- 
suaded in  my  own  mind  of  its  necessity,  have  led  me  to  conceive  it  te  be  a  duty, 
from  which  t  will  not  shrink. 

Such  being  the  case,  a  brief  resume  of  the.  present  status  of  the  Indian  race  will 
enable  me  to  present  my  proposirion  in  more  timet  form. 

It  is  udmitted  that  the  cause  of  these  mutual  slaughters  between  the  races  is 
the  enforced  conditions  on  which  the  primitive  proprietors  are  required  to  sur- 
render their  lands,  and  in  every  instance  their  retirement  into  the  wilderness  be- 
fore the  npproach  of  civilization,  has  been  with  feelings  of  relnctance  and  ill-dis- 
guised resentment.  The  civilized  invader,  in  apparent  consideration  for  their  in- 
terests, commences  by  setting  apart  reservations  of  land  for  exclusive  Indian  uses; 
bat  at  length  the  frontier  adventurer  trenches  on  their  rights— which  resu'ts  in  re- 
lentless war.  Massacres  of  whites  have  been  painfully  frequent;  bnt  in  too  fre- 
quent instances,  upon  investigation,  the  cause  has  been  some  wanton  infringe- 
ment upon  the  Indian's  domestic  peace.  But,  as  lex  talionis  is  their  hereditary 
principle,  we  find  that,  when  one  native  life  is  taken  by  the  "  higher  race,"  the 
principle  is  put  into  action,  a  struggle  lor  existence  ensues,  the  weaker  goes  to  l  he 
wall,  and  the  result  is  extermination.  To  the  humane  iniud,  this  is  a  sad  condi- 
tion of  things  to  contemplate.  But  at  whose  door  shall  the  blame  be  laid  .'  In  al- 
luding to  the  report  of  the  Indian  Commission  appointed  in  1SS7,  and  of  which 
General  Sherman  was  the  head,  a  prominent  statesman  of  the  day,  carried  away 
by  his  sense  of  shame  for  the  atrocities  that  were  brought  before  the  Commission 
in  its  official  capacity,  held  them  up  as  the  most  terrible  pictures  ever  drawn  of 
the  wrongs  the  Indian  had  sunvred  from  the  nation;  and,  expatiating  upon  the 
subject,  exhibited  in  unmistakable  manner  how  we  had  surrounded  him  with  de- 
moralizing influences,  and  tempted  him  to  every  vice.  On  the  plains  we  had  vio- 
lated the  rules  of  civilized  warfare,  robbed  hlni  of  his  lands,  and  uniformly  bro- 
ken faith  with  him  ;  and,  in  the  commission  of  atrocities,  they  had  simply  copied, 
at  an  hnmble  distance,  the  example  we  had  set  them.  And  again,  while  the  In- 
dian had  been  suffering  all  these  wronss,  neither  pulpit  nor  press,  nor  political 
party,  would  listen  to  his  complaint.  Even  in  the  facp  of  this,  I  may  not  be  con- 
sidered extravagant,  when  I  affirm  that  the  red  man  is  still  reclainvible,  and  wip- 
ing to  be  made  a  useful  heing;  and  that,  too,  upon  the  least  showing  of  consider- 
ation to  him,  and  confidence  in  his  integrity.  A  menial  at  present  he  cannot  he- 
come,  being  naturally  of  a  haughty  nature;  bnt  for  the  army,  here  he  would  find 
his  sphere  and  home.    He  is  apt  and  invaluable  when  properly  trained. 

In  this  connection  I  may  be  permitted  to  testify  as  to  his  capability,  having  for 
several  years  past  spent  a  large  proportion  of  my  time  in  drilling  and  perfecting  in 
the  nseofarms  numbers  from  the  various  existing  tribes.  It  has  been  my  prr- 
vince,  for  the  greater  part  of  my  life,  to  have  had  under  my  care  and  training  mili- 
tary organizations- a  fact  well-known  to  officers  in  the  West ;  and  my  experi- 
ence has  been  sufficiently  ample  to  enable  me  to  judge  correctly  of  the  material  re- 
quisite in  the  making  of  a  so.dier.  The  Indian  makes  snperh  material  for  military 
purposes,  having  the  natural  attributes  of  courage  and  endurance.  Add  to  ibis 
the  teaching  of  them  the  "art  of  aims,"  and  nothing  is  left  but  to  recognize  in 
them  at  once,  efficient  and  reliable  troops. 

The  native  Algerines  form  a  most  important  clement  of  the  French  army,  com- 
manded by  French  officers.  The  Turco  has  not  the  physique  of  the  Pawnee, 
Sioux,  or  Comanche.  The  Arab  is  no  belter  horseman,  and  the  Sepoy  is  their  in- 
ferior. The  measure  of  intelligence  is  equal,  and  in  instability  of  character,  be- 
fore the  military  training  they  received,  no  preference  is  conceded  for  the  English  or 
French  nalive  corps,  over  our  American  Indian.  I  have  invariably  found  them, 
under  the  influence  of  kind  treatment,  tractahle  and  obedient.  Their  ?noraie  is 
most  excellent,  and  they  acquit  themselves  in  their  drill  hours  with  an  earnest- 
ness and  a  dignity  even,  that  is  in  every  way  commendable.  Furthermore.  I  feel 
Bafe  in  asserting,  that  it  would  require  no  greater  effort  on  my  part  to  drill  a  greater 
or  lesser  nnmber.  The  project  of  organizing  an  auxiliary  Indian  army  corps,  to 
be  commanded  by  American  officers,  has  occupied  my  mind  for  years;  hut  it  was 
not  until  I  had  tested  by  actual  experiment  that  I  as  much  as  confided  the  mat- 
ter to  my  most  intimate  friends.  I  was  not  without  hope  at  the  outset  (having 
made  the  character  of  the  Indian  a  study  previously),  that  I  should  achieve  com- 
parative success  ;  but  as  for  meeting  with  the  signal  good  fortune  which  ultimately 
attended  my  labors  in  demonstrating  the  capabilities  of  these  men,  believe  me,  no 
such  expectation  ever  entered  my  mind;  and  I  myself  was  a  participant  in  the  sur- 
prise which  my  detachment  of  Indians  occasioned  in  their  performances  at  large 
(and  so  widely  noticed  by  the  press  in  Europe  as  we'l  as  Anvrici),  as  much  also 
as  the  public  itself.  This  much  I  state,  iu  justice  to  the  intelligence  and  reliabil- 
ity of  these  children  of  the  forest.  It  is  an  ftL'gravaring  fact,  when  we  contem- 
plate the  millions  of  dollars  that  have  been  wasted  upon  the  Indians  in  the  past, 
when  it  can  be  shown  that  another  and  oetter  method  could  have  been  emp'oyed, 
had  the  idea  happily  occurred  to  any  responsible  party.  It  is  not  only  the  sums  of 
money  wasted,  and  the  fierce  Indian  wars  that  could  have  been  prevented,  but 
the  lives  of  our  own  race,  following  the  behests  of  the  army,  that  could  have  been 
protected  from  the  malaria  of  iipw  country  places,  and  the  exposure  and  mortality 
of  distant  frontiers.  That  I  may  be  free  from  any  suspicion  of  pursuing  promo- 
tion of  any  kind  in  the  premises,  I  deem  il  proper  here  to  state,  that  I  have  an 
independence. 

To  come  at  once  to  the  proposition  which  I  now  make  to  the  Government; 

Upon  receipt  of  official  authorization,  I  will  proceed  to  the  Reservation  whereon 
are  concentrated  any  parliculartribe(.  ither Pawnees,  Sioux,  Comancbes.or  others), 
and  at  once  commence  the  task  of  training  them,  where  (hey  are,  selecting  a  suffi- 
cient number  to  form  a  regiment ;  only  asking  that  I  shall  he  tinder  no  control, 
and  not  subject  to  interference  until  such  time  as  I  shall  consider  that  I  have  per- 
fected thein  up  to  tie  point  of  full  military  requirement.  From  the  experiment., 
carried  out  as  I  propose,  an  example  would  be  set,  which  would  bring  even  all  the 
Indians  into  perfect  organization,  were  it  deemed  necessary  for  the  benefit  of  the 
nation.  The  Indian?,  in  so  far  as  military  matters  are  concerned,  would  be  very 
emulative.  Their  natural  warlike  disposition  is  at  once  the  explanation  of  this. 
The  different  tribes  would  be  eagerly  Becking  admission  into  this  auxiliary  corns, 
were  it  organized  and  set  in  motion.  And,  from  this  point  of  view,  other  branches 
of  civilization  wonld  follow,  and  emulation  be  carried  into  the  arts  of  husbandry 
— naturally  following  that  of  arms — into  mechanical  and  educational  pursuits; 
and  then,  by  transplanting  these  trained  organizations  to  other  localities,  where 
their  services  might  be  required,  order  would  spring  from  chaos,  and  friendship 
grow  up  with  esprit  de  corps,  making  a  glittering  page  in  the  solid  history  of  ad- 
vancement. First  commencing  with  their  natural  instinct,  and  the  rest  will  /  .1- 
low.  The  French  eagles  never  soared  aloft  so  proudly  as  when  borne  by  their  Al- 
gerine  Turcos.  The  pride  ot  the  Frenchman  in  Ins  native  corps  will  only  equal 
that  of  the  American,  when  the  trained  ludian  passes  in  review  before  him,  and, 
sitting  at  the  feet  of  the  statue  which  surmounts  the  Capitol,  the  savage  will  re- 
compense the  Christian. 

The  detachment  which  I  had  the  honor  of  recently  perfecting,  and  which  I  per- 
sonally accompanied  to  the  Atlantic  States  ar.d  Europe,  received  at  the  hands  of 
souie  of  the  best  masters  in  the  world,  the  most  hearty  and  unqualifiea  praise  for 
their  proficiency;  and  now  that  the,  Generals  of  the  Army,  and  politicians,  are  con- 
gratulating the  coantry  upon  the  success  of  Spotted  Tail  in  bringing  in  the  hostile 
Indians,  the  Indian  Commissioners  propose  to  form  the  same  organization  which 
for  years  I  have  advocated  and  demonstrated  throughout  the  E,ist  and  West,  as 
well  as  throughout  Europe.  But  before  I  commenced  training  these  people  I  was 
ridiculed  by  the  press  and  by  those  who  now  fall  into  my  groove.  At  this  date  it 
is  not  presumption  for  me  to  claim  originality  in  this  matter,  for  even  after  my 
death  (if  nor  before)  the  principle  will  be  established  which  was  foreshadowed  by 
the  N.  V.  Herald  of  July  10th,  187G,  and  many  other  of  the  principal  journals  of 
this  country  and  Europe,  after  they  had  witne>sed  the  results  of  my  efforts. 


My  nV\jer:t  in  training  these  Indians  was  to  prove  that  they  could  be  trained;  and 
my  exhibitions  buve  so  far  demonstrated  this  important  fact,  that  the  question  of 
annihilation  has  been  solved;  and  now.  when  we  contemplate  the  bloody  history 
of  our  frontiers,  the  nation  is  about  to  act  upon  my  proposition,  and  utilize  the 
(savage.  The  fatal  error,  however,  will  be  the  employment  or  Indians  as  officers. 
The  "  blind  leading  the  hi  nd  '—the  old  maxim.  I  see  no  reaeon  why  a  corps  of 
20.000  native  troops  could  not  be  added  to  our  army  without  additional  expense. 

I  shall  require  the  services  of  a  few  officers  only,  as  assistants.  These  to  be,  of 
course,  of  my  own  seleeimn. 

These  conditions  being  complied  with,  I  guarantee  that  at  the  end  of  six  months 
after  commencement  of  training,  I  will  march  these  Indians, by  permission  of  the 
Government,  into  the  city  of  Washington,  and  encamp  them  before  the  Represent- 
atives of  the  whole  country,  in  order  to  fullyconvince  them  that  I  have  made  them 
the  friends  of  ihe  nation,  proud  of  their  organization,  and  ready  to  successfully 
compete  with  any  military  organization  in  the  world. 

This  to  he  done  without  additional  expense  to  the  Government,  further  than  they 
incur  upon  their  squalid,  hopelessly  demoralized  reservations. 

T.ie  execution  of  an  idea  well  conceived,  brings  with  it  conviction  to  carpin" 
skeptics;  and  I  submit  to  the  American  people  this  solution  of  the  Indian  pr£ 
blem.    I  have  the  honor  to  be.  Sir. 

Verj  respeo  fally,  30  r  obedient  servant, 

San  Francisco,  Cat.,  May  !),  1877.  C.  E.  S.  MacDonald. 


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a  o  d\  California  street,  is  now  open  for  the  transaction  of 

-Jt*31r     ;i  genera)  wool  commission  business.     Sheep  and  ranch  property  bought 
and  sold  on  commission.  M;iv  5. 


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C  ILIFORNIA     ADVERTISER. 


THE    LATE    GENERAL    BARTLETT. 

IMSS,  V  ■■  Hi,    ilutio*   >i ■■■ 

he  wiin, 

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JEwa 

No  people  en  man  widely  ipread  oto  the  mrnea  ol  tha  globe  than 
tli.  J««  -.     Am  mi.  n.  and  yet, 

in  reganl  t.> 
That  Jews  prefer  wealth  to  poverty  is  no  in>- 
w  <  oristians  who  do  not  share  this  trait 
with  tl*.  in.  But  the  current  Idea  tint  their  modn  of  acquiring  lichee 
am  exclusively  the  practice  nl  usnry  and  paraimony  is  fnoonststeiit  with 
feat  When  tbe^  were  settled  in  Jiidaa,  tney  eng  gs  .like  their  neigh- 
bora,  and  even  mora  than  their  neighbors,  in  agricultural  pursuits.  They 
h.fl  flocks  sod  herds,  and  tl  hich  are  now 

El  and  rocky  deserts,  into  terraced  gardens.  When  driven  from  their 
and  no  longer  possessed  of  land,  tney,  perforce,  turned  their  atten 
ti'-n  to  !  bey  were  the  money  changers  and  banki 

daring  sn  age  when  i  oarse,  illit.-r.it.-,  feudal  barons  uiade  existence  almost 
intolerable  t"  all  except  themselves,  and  fancied  that  they  had  a  olivine 
right  to  appropriate  t<»  the  belonged  to  the 

were  not  of  their  religion The  love  of  dealing  in  money  still 

.  I. ut  in  their  monetary  ventures  they  are  singularly  bold, 
ami  are  Car  !•>•'  ready  to  incur  ri.-k  ol  toss.     It   is  very  questionable 

whether,  as  a  race,  they  are  exceptionally  rich.    Some  few  who  have  

fortunate  in  all  their  ventnrea  are  very  wealthy,  but  most  *>f  them  lose  in 
hat  they  have  made  in  another.  They  delight  too  much  in 
tami'si*  ever  to  rest  and  be  thankful.  In  monetary  cam- 
paigns Jews  rush  in  where  Christians  fear  to  tread.  Their  caution  u  ex- 
tolled to  the  skies,  when,  in  point  of  fact,  the  excitement  "f  Uk-  j^ime ren- 
ders them  habitually  ihcauboua.  Show  to  a  Jew  s  probability  of  gain, 
and  be  "ill  cheerfully  incur  the  possibility  of  loss.  En  massing  lii^  forces, 
ami  in  maneuvering  them  on  the  field  of  battle,  he  is  an  able  general,  but, 
like  the  ablest  generals,  he  can  only  minimise  the  elements  of  chance  in 
l.i-  combinations  ;  he  cannot  eliminate  them.  Were  he,  indeed,  able  to  do 
10  his  pleasure  would  be  gone  Neither  i  ictory  nor  defeat  eradicates  from 
hi-.  he.,r;  the  ml. at.     If  successful  he  seeks   new  fields  nn 

which  to  conquer  ;  ifdefeal  i- his  shuttered  forces  for  anew 

campaign. 

Still  in. -re  erroneous  i-  the  idea  that  Jews  are  penurious  and  miserly  in 

their  habits,  >>r  that  they  derive  pleasure  from  the  mere  accumulation  of 

There  are  few  people  more  lavish.    In  business  they  are  fair 

.  and  naturally  look  after  their  own  interests,  but  what   they  earn 

they  expend  freely.      The  alitiii  uriitii.t  xni  f,r>  fu.-H.i  is  applieable  to  them. 

If  they  have  an  itching  palm,  thev  have  do  sparing  hand.  Far  from  stint- 
ing themselves,  they  deny  themselves  nothing  which  money  can  afford. 
Ostentation,  rather  than  stinginess,  is  their  failing.  They  are  fond  pf 
practicing  a  large  and  liberal  hospitality.  They  are,  too,  singularly  char- 
i  cause  there  are   in*  poor  .Tew*,  that  no  Jew  ever  be- 

a  burthen  on  hi*  parish,  but  because  the  poor  are  supported  by  the 

alms  of  the  rich.     All  England  is  divided  into  districts,  and  at  the  head 

h  district  is  a  guardian,  who  affords  relief  to  those  who  require  it. 

The  means  are  provided  by  voluntary  contributions,  and  the  guardians 

meet  periodically  in  London  t"  discuss  the  affairs  of  their  districts,  and 

t<>  settle  the  manner  in  which  contributions  are  to  be  apportioned.  The 
Jews,  ;■  re  hospitals,  run  vales  cent  homes,  schools,  almshouses, 
and  soup  kitchens  for  those  of  their  race,  although  their  charity  is  not 
hedged  in  by  distinction  of  race  and  religion,  for  Beldom  is  au  appeal  made 
I.,  them  without  their  generously  responding  to  it 

II..1I.  at  men  ought  not  to  make  common  cause  with  scamps  because  the 
latter  happen  to  1 f  the  same  religion,  and  honest  Jews  have  long  suf- 
fered by  allowing  it  to  be  supposed  that  they  are  responsible  for  the  aote 
of  dial est  dew-.  They  are  wise  in  openly  repudiating  them.  No  peo- 
ple hold  in  greater  horror  the  practices  <>f  the  West-end  usurers  than  the 
. ■  ■  ■  1 1 ■  ■  (tive  Jewish  community,  and  yet,  because  amongst  these  knaves  there 
are  Jews,  usurer  and  dew  ha\  ■  become  synonymous  terras.  With  eipial 
justice  might  ill  Erish  be  called  murderers,  because  some  Irish  have  a  habit 
of  shooting  their  Landlords. 

We  have  endeavored  in  the  above  remarks  to  show  that  Jews  are  not, 
as  a  race,  the  sordid,  close-fisted  bondsmen  of  Mammon  of  popular  preju- 
dice, and  that  they  may  justly  complain  of  being  the  victims  of  a  miscon- 
ception, arising  id  part  from  their  having  been  peaceful  traders  during 
ages  of  armed  barbarism,  and  in  part  from   the  failings  of  a    few  nf  their 

race  forming  the  groundwork  for  the  approved  estimate  of  their  national 
charade]  istics.  Their  minds  are  inventive  as  well  as  receptive,  and  when- 
ever  success  is  to  be  attained  by  ucuteness  in  conception,  combined  with 
boldness  in  action,  they  have  achieved  it.  Some  of  them  who  have  tie- 
voted  themselves  to  money-making  have  acquired  almost  fabulous  wealth; 
but  others  have  achieved  fame  in  the  fields  of  art  and  of  science,  of  pol- 
itics and  of  philosophy.  As  companion-*,  they  are  as  a  rule  more  agreeable 
than  Anglo- Saxons,  because  they  are  more  cosmopolitan  in  their  views, 
and  their  thoughts  range  over  a  wider  field.  They  are,  too,  singularly  free 
from  all  narrowing  prejudices.  "J'aime,  Montrond,"  said  Tallevrand, 
■'  parcequ'il  a  si  pen  de  prejuges."  "  Et  moi,"  replied  Montrond,  "j'aime 
Talleyrand,  parcequ'il  n'en  a  pas." — Truth. 

The  following  is  griven  as  a  specimen  of  the  conversation  of  Chicago 
young  men :     "Do  you  abbreve?"    "Why,  cert.     Don't  you?"     "Bet. 
1  think  its  splend,  don't  you  ?"   "Magnif."  "  Going  to  hear  Carl  SchurzV 
lee?"    "No,  he's  on   Hayes' cab  and  won't  lee  here."     "Is  that  pos  ?" 
"  Dead  cert."     "  Well,  it  makes  no  diff  to  me,  I  wasn't  goin^." 


A  few  years  ago  there  was  a  man  in  Boston  who  had  six  very  corpu- 
lent daughters.  When  asked  how  many  children  he  had,  his  answer  was, 
about  84  cwt.  of  girls.  __„__^^ 

Call  a  lily  by  any  other  name  and  it  will  smell  as  sweet. 


Allen  Hannah,  of  Jersey  City,  was  married  recently  to  Miss  Hannah 
Allen'  Miss  Hannah  Allen  is  now  Mrs.  Hannah  Hannah,  and  is,  per- 
haps, the  only  woman  in  the  world  who  can  spell  her  entire  name  hack- 
ward  and  forward  with  the  same  letters. — Springfield  Republican* 


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Advances  nudo  on  bullion  and  ores     Dust  and  bullli                   rwsrded  from  »ny 
pan  ol  the  country,  and  returns  mode  through  w  i  li-.  Fargo  A  Co.,  "r  trj  checks. 
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THE    BANK    OF    CALIFOKNIA,    SAN    FRANCISCO. 

Capital $5,000,000. 

D.  O.  MILLS President.       !      WI.  AI.VUKI)     . Vlcc-PretTl. 

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Issues  Commercial  and  Travelers'  Credits,  available  in  any  put  of  the  world 
Makes  Telegraphic  Transfers,  and  draws  Bumange  at  customary  usances.  This  Bank 
has  special  raouitica  for  dealing  in  Bullion. 

COSBBSPOKDSJrrs :-  London— Smith,  Payne  &  Smiths.  Paris— Hnttingucr  &  Co. 
Hamburg  Hesse.  Newman  fit  Co.  Dublin— Bank  of  Ireland.  New  York— The  Bank 
ol  New  V<>rk,  N*.  B.  A.  Japan,  China,  Hast  Indies-  Branches  of  the  Chartered  Mer- 
cantile Bank  of  India,  London  ami  China.  Australian  Colonics—  Branches  of  the 
Bank  of  Australia.  Also,  in  all  the  principal  cities  of  the  United  States.  Agency  at 
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Incorporated  by  Boyal  Charter.— Capital  paid  up,  #1,800, - 
000,  with  (Miwcr  to  increase  to  $10,000,000.  Southeast  corner  California  and  San- 
soino streets.  Head  Office— 5  East  India  Avenue,  London.  Branches— Portland,  Or- 
egon; Victoria  and  Cariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Hanking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Sjieiial  I>e|n>sits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  |>art-<>f 
the  world  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  uixm  its  Head  Olhce  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows  : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada— Bank  of  Montreal;  Li  verjwol— North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland  — British  Linen  Company;  Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Meat- 
loo  and  South  America — London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America;  China  and 
Japan—Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand  Bank  ol  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dec.  0. \V.  LI.  TILLINOIIAST,  Manager. 

THE   FIEST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid    up  Capital  82,000,000,  Gold.    President,  R.  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President]  L>.  Cauaghan  ;   Cashier,  Qeorge  \V.  Hodman  ;  Assistant 

Cashier,  W.   Kilelne. 

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dia, London  ami  China  Dublin:  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg:  Hesse, 
Neuman  feCo  Paris:  BottiuguerA  Co.  New  York:  National  Bank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  ;  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business  Deposits  in  Cold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  mi  special  uVjMisil.  exchange  for  sale  nil  the  principal 
ciii.r.f  the  United  States,  Crcat  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  in  Europe,  c.'liii.i  and  Japan,  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Hxchange.  Dec.  13. 

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Capital,  88,000,000,  of  which  $»,000,000  in  fully  paid  up  a» 
present  capital.     San    Frandsi See,    l-t   California;   London   office,  22  Old 

Broad  street  President,  M.  B.  LATHAM  :  Manager,  JAMES  M.  BTRE&TEN ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  OAHILO  MAKTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
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Third  National  Bank.  Tins  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  In  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world.  October  23. 

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Authorized  Capital  Stock,  ^(i, 000,000.  Will  receive  DejKisits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buv  and  sell  Excbange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 
Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  FRED.  F.  LOW, 

Oct  4.  IGN.  STEINHART, 


Managers. 


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CAPITAL 92.000.000. 

This  Company  is  now  open  for  the  renting  or  vaults  and  the 
transaction  of  all  business  connected  with  a  Safe  Depository.  Pamphlets  giving 
full  information  and  rates  can  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the'  Company.  Hours, 
from  8a.M.  to  6  p.m.  September  18. 

CN  X.  T-fik^^  a  w*«h  to  Agents.    $10  Outfit  Free. 

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SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER    AND 


I\Iay    19,   1877. 


THE  "GEM"  OP  THE  PACIFIC. 
Her  Britannic  Majesty's  ship  "Opal  "  left  our  waters  on  Thursday 
for  Victoria,  British  Columbia,  in  obedience  to  telegraphic  instructions 
from  London.  The  presence  of  the  Opal  on  this  coast  contemporaneously 
with  the  Russian  squadron,  who  have  been  wintering  at  Vallejo,  has  af- 
forded a  fine  field  for  those  excursions  into  the  realms  of  conjecture  and 
vaticination  for  which  newspapers  in  this  country  are  so  justly  celebrated. 
One  of  our  contemporaries,  who  enjoys  a  great  reputation  for  being 
"  alive  "  and  thoroughly  well  informed  on  its  points,  gravely  told  its  read- 
ers that  the  corvette  watt  sent  here  direct  from  England  in  order  to  pre- 
vent any  contemplated  attack  upon  British  possessions  or  shipping  by  the 
Russian  vessels  of  war,  and  also  published  au  authentic  (?)  and  highly 
colored  report  of  an  entirely  suppositious  incident  said  to  have  taken 
place  on  the  departure  of  the  gun-vessel  Japonetz  fur  Vallejo,  about  a 
week  since.  On  the  occasion  the  commanders  of  the  two  vessels  were  de- 
scribed as  glaring  at  each  other  (through  strong  telescopes),  and  making 
every  possible  preparation  for  immediate  battle;  and  in  a  subsequent  issue 
the  same  inventive  genius  relates  an  entirely  imaginary  conversation,  in 
which  the  gallant  Captain  of  the  Opal  is  credited  with  the  utterance  of  a 
lot  of  bombastic  balderdash  respecting  the  capability  of  his  vessel  to  dis- 
pose of  the  whole  Russian  fleet,  which  would  disgrace,  if  it  were  possible, 
the  writer  of  the  article  himself.  It  is  almost  needless  to  say  that  no  ex- 
pression of  animosity  was  manifested  either  by  the  Russian  or  English 
officers.  No  such  feeling,  in  fact,  exists,  and  even  if  a  state  of  war  were 
in  esse  between  the  two  countries,  it  cannot  be  for  a  moment  supposed  (ex- 
cept by  the  imaginative  genius  of  a  "live"  newspaper  reporter)  that  any 
infringement  of  ordinary  etiquette  would  be  permitted.  A  rupture  of 
peaceable  relations  may  possibly  occur  betweeu  the  government  of  the 
Czar  and  that  of  Her  Britannic  Majesty,  but  in  the  meantime  official 
courtesies  are,  as  a  matter  of  course,  exchanged  between  the  officers  of 
both  countries  wherever  they  may  chance  to  meet.  When  Admiral  Pou- 
sino  arrived  from  Vallejo  last  Tuesday  in  the  Bai/an,  his  flag  was  saluted 
by  the  Opal,  and  Captain  Robinson  shortly  after  waited  on  the  distin- 
guished officer  on  board  his  vessel,  the  visit  being  duly  returned  within  a 
few  hours.  The  great  cordiality  that  exists  between  the  British  and  Rus- 
sian officers  is  proverbial,  and  must  be  well  known  to  everybody  except 
the  benighted  being  who  wrote  the  trash  to  which  we  have  referred  abo\e. 

The  Opal  is  one  of  a  new  class  of  corvettes  (known  as  the  "  gems," 
fr.^m  the  circumstance  of  their  being  all  named  after  the  precious  stones). 
Her  sister  vessels  are  respectively  called  Amethyst,  Diamond,  Emerald, 
Garnet,  Ruby,  Sapphire,  Tourmaline  and  Turquoise.  They  carry  an 
armament  of  sixteen  heavy  guns,  the  bow  and  stern  having  a  special  fit- 
ting for  direct  fore  and  aft  fire.  Their  average  tonnage  is  about  2,000 
tons,  and  their  horse  power  is  350  nominal.  They  are  all  very  fast  steam- 
ers and  are  remarkably  efficient  sailing  vessels,  enabling  them  to  make 
long  passages  with  rapidity  and  economy.  They  carry  a  complement  of 
225  officers  and  men,  and  are  the  representative  of  the  mos*  advanced 
ideas  of  the  "  cruising  "  type  of  ships  of  war  of  the  present  day. 

Captain  Frederick  Robinson,  who  commands  the  Opal,  has  served  with 
much  distinction,  and  latterly  was  Commander  of  the  Riiajldo,  in  China, 
where  he  covered  himself  with  honor  in  operations  against  the  pirates  who 
prey  upon  commerce  in  the  Malay  waters.  The  gallant  officer  was  subse- 
quently appointed  to  the  superintendence  of  the  naval  establishment  at 
Hongkong,  with  his  broad  pendant  as  Senior  Officer  in  the  Princess  Char- 
lotte (one  of  the  old  line  of  battle  ships  which  bore  the  flag  of  Sir  R.  Stop- 
ford,  at  the  siege  of  St.  Jean  DAcre  in  1843). 

The  Opal  was  commissioned  in  November,  1875,:  by  Captain  Robinson 
and  has  been  stationed  in  the  Pacific  since  leaving  England.  It  is  to  be 
regretted  that  her  stay  here  was  so  short,  as  the  officers  had  made  many 
friends  amongst  our  citizens,  and  the  vessel  herself  was  an  ornament  to 
the  bay. 

Mrs.  Robinson  arrived  by  the  overland"  train  on  Tuesday  from  Europe, 
and  leaves  by  the  next  steamer  for  Vancouver,  to  join  tier  gallant  hus- 
band. The  strict  regulations  of  the  British  Naval  Service  do  not  permit 
her  to  accompany  him  on  board  the  Opal. 

THEATRICAL,  ETC. 
California  Theater,— The  transfer  of  the  Hess  Opera  Troupe  from 
Baldwin's  to  this  theater  on  Monday  last,  resulted  at  once  in  largely  in- 
creased houses.  There  can  be  no  question,  by  this  time,  that  there  is 
something  in  the  construction  as  well  as  location  of  the  California  in- 
suring good  audiences.  There  is  a  large  class  of  our  population,  chiefly 
young  men,  who  are  sure,  in  the  course  of  the  evening,  to  drift  into  the 
most  available  theater,  where  comfortable  lounging  room  can  be  had  for 
an  act  or  two.  This  supplemental  odd  hundred  dollars  or  so  nightly  may 
seem  very  inconsiderable  at  first  glance,  but  it  often  means  financial  life 
or  death  to  a  manager  in  the  course  of  a  season.  Of  this  sort  of  patronage 
the  California's  convenient  lobby  and  accessible  orchestra  is  almost  sure. 
The  only  novelty  presented  by  Mr.  Hess  this  week  has  I  em  The  Flying 
Dutchman  on  Monday  and  Tuesday.  The  audience**  that  alternately 
yawned  and  wondered  through  its  performances  had  reason  to  congratulate 
,  themselves  that  this  work  was  written  twenty-five  years  ago,  and  before 
Wagner's  "  musi;  of  the-  future?"  insanity  became  fully  developed^ 
Whether  Wagner  has  struck  a  new  "  lead"  in  music  or  no  is  still  a  vexed 
question;  but  it  may  as  well  be  conceded  his  theories  are  not  for  the  mil- 
lion. Tlie  F/yint/  Dutchman  contains  much  uproarious  instrumentation 
and  stormy  choruses,  but  very  little  to  either  charm  or  please.  Such  ex- 
acting music  would  leave  the  best  troupe  voiceless  in  a  month's  repetition. 
Mr.  Carleton  made  an  effective  and  picturesque  Dutchman,  and  the  opera 
was  admirably  mounted  throughout,  if  we  except  the  "jireat  moving 
snips,"  which  were  ridiculously  small  and  inadequate,  their  masts  being 
hardly  larger  than  the  sail*  rs.  Fifty  years  hence  we  should  be  glad  to 
hear  from  the  "music  of  the  future"  again.  Wednesday  Maritana  waa 
given  in  capital  style.  Mr.  Castle,  who  is  by  far  the  best  actor  of  the 
combination,  sang  Don  Ceesar"  with  his  wonted  completeness  and  suc- 
cess, and  gave  "  Let  Me  Like  a  Soldier  Fall"  with  great  applause.  Miss 
Stone  sang  as  well  and  acted  as  badly  as  heretofore  as  "Maritana." 
Mrs.  Seguin,  as  "  Lazarillo,"  again  evinced  the  need  her  once  fresh  voice 
has  of  a  prolonged  rest.  Thursday  II  Trovatore,  the  time-worn  favorite, 
was  repeated,  with  all  the  stronger  voices  in  the  cast,  the  honors,  as  usual, 
falling  to  Mr.  Maw'deliciously  sweet  and  well  sustained  voice,  his  window 
song,  at  the  close  of  the  third  act,  resulting  in  an  enthusiastic  recall.  Last 
evening  Mviuon  attracted  a  large  audience  and  was  excellently  given.  To- 
day will  be  repeated  for  the  matinee  Fra  Diarolo,  the  best  constructed, 
most  enduringly  and   deservedly  popular  of   all  comic   operas.     To-night 


Mr.  Mestayer  takes  his  annual  benefit  with  an  imposing  list  of  good 
things,  and  next  week  Meyerbeer's  most  florid  composition,  The  Star  of 
the  North,  will  be  produced  for  the  firrt  time. 

Bush  Street  Theater.— Buffalo  Bill  and  his  "  parti,"  Captain  Craw- 
ford, were  lucky  in  opening  just  at  the  closing  of  the  Grand  Opera  House, 
and  so  obtaining  good  support  from  the  latter  company.  They  have  en- 
joyea  the  best  houses  of  any  of  the  theaters,  and  still  do  an  immense 
business.  Their  drama,  L'feot)  the  Border,  is  simply  beneath  criticism  as 
a  literary  effort,  being  a  dime  novel  medley  of  gunpowder  and  poker,  in- 
terspersed with  the  killing  of  a  desperado,  a  grizzy  bear  or  a  few  Indians, 
at  the  rate  of  say  six  cold-blooded  butcheries  to  an  act.  It  strikes  the 
spectators  as  almost  inhuman  for  such  stalwart  lighters  as  Cody  and 
Crawford  to  do  battle  with  the  puny  "supe"  bears  and  redskins  provided 
by  the  management.  The  real  attraction  of  the  performance  is  the  cu- 
riosity to  see  such  genuinely  famous  men  in  their  real  avocation,  as  the 
two  scouts  unquestionably  are.  Their  acting,  however,  is  what  might  be 
expected,  aud  when  contrasted  with  that  of  Mr.  Bradley,  who  also  as- 
sumes the  character  of  a  scout  in  the  piece,  aptly  illustrates  how  much  ad- 
vantage the  trained  actor  has  over  everything  he  personates,  wherr  placed 
side  by  side  with  it  before  the  footlights.  The  whole  company  manage  to 
keep  the  house  full  of  excitement  and  smoke  all  through,  though  eveu  the 
gallery  evinces  just  disapprobation  at  Crawford's  weakness  for  shooting 
off  doggerel  at  the  audience  on  the  slightest  provocation.  Miss  Granville 
has  some  good  songs.  The  "Scouts"  until  further  notice. 
*  Emerson's  Theater.  —The  Minstrels  continue  to  please  the  town  and 
attract  large  houses.  The  irrepressible  Billy  is  out  in  a  new  song — 
"  Brannigan's  Band  "—and  all  his  clever  people  are  giving  good  accounts 
of  themselves.  This  cosy  little  place  is  becoming  more  popular  every 
day,  and  if  Emerson  would  only  substitute  modern  theater  cuairs  for  the 
present  uncomfortable  benches,  his  chances  of  making  a  fortune  are  ex- 
cellent. 

Baldwin's  Theater.— The  next  attraction  at  this  theater  will  be  Mrs. 
John  Drew,  a  most  talented  commedienne,  who  has  earned  both  wealth 
and  fame  in  the  East,  especially  in  Philadelphia,  where  she  has  managed 
the  Arch  Street  Theater  for  years.  Her  initial  performance  will  be 
"  Lady  Teazle,"  in  the  School  for  Scand  U. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Bush  Street,  above  Kearny. —John  SicCiillongh.  Proprietor 
and  Manager;  Barton  Hill.  Acting  Manager.  THE  OPERA  SEASON!  Tug 
Management  hale  the  satisfaction  of  announcing  the  complete  success  of  Mli.  C.  D. 
HESS'  GKAND  ENGLISH  OPERA  COMPANY.  For  the  Matinee  this  Afternoon  will 
be  offered,  for  the  first  time  this  season,  Auber's  sparkling  Opera,  FRA  D1AVOLO. 
Matinee  Admission,  f.O  cents.  Sunday  Evening,  May  20tn,  Wagner  Night— Third 
representation  here  of  the  masterwurk  of  the  greatcomposer,  THE  FLYING  DUTCH- 
MAN. Next  Monday-  EKNANI.  In  Preparation—  Meverbeer's  grand  spectacular 
opera,  THE  STAR  OF  THE  NORTH,  will  he  produced  hi  magnificent  style.  Opera 
every  Evening  Exc.pt  Saturday  This  (Saturday)  Evening,  only  dramatic  perform- 
ance of  the  week-benefit  of  W.  A.  MESTAYER.  May  19. 

EME&SON'S    OPERA    HOUSE 

Win.  Emerson,  Proprietor  ;m  i  Malinger:  s.  E.  Wetherill, 
Business  Manager  ;  Nat.  Homer,  Treasurer  ;  G.  S.  Fredericks,  Stage  Manager. 
This  (Saturday)  Evening,  May  19th,  Entire  Change-ol"  Programme.  Continued  Suc- 
cess of  the  World-Reno wued  EMERSON'S  MINSTRELS!  BILLY  EMERSON  as 
"  Hungry  Jake"  and  *'  Branni,ran*s  Band."  JOHN  HART  as  "  Herr-Lib"  in  AM-U- 
LET.  CHEE VERS  ami  KENNEDY—"  (Juit  that  Tickling  Me."  WASH  NORTON— 
Chinese  Fiddle  Solo.  First  Week  of  the  BURLESQUE  ITALIAN  OPERA  OF  AFRI- 
CAN DESCENT.  No  Extra  Charge  for  Reserved  Seats.  Grand  Matinee  this  After- 
noon.    Look  out  for  NEW  STARS.  •  May  19. 


CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

John  McCnllongn,  Proprietor  and  Manager;  Barton  Hill, 
Acting  Manager,  'this  (Saturday)  Evening.  Benefit  of  W.  A.  MESTAYER.  The 
favorite  artiste,  MRS.  ZELDA  SEGUIN.  has  kindly  volunteered  and  will  appear,  by 
permission  of  Messrs.  C.  D.  Hess  and  Barton  Hill.  The  Only  Dramatic  Performance 
of  the  Week.  Always  Something  New  and  Novel.  All  the  Available  Talent  in  the 
City.  Look!  Look!  Look!  THE  ODD  TRICK!  WRITING  ON  THE  WALL! 
TWO  OAR  FANS!  CRANBERRY  TROUBAD  )URS !  JIMMY  FRESH!  CARAB- 
RABA  !    Songs,  Dances,  Minuets,  Cre>cenda$,  etc.     Box  Sheet  now  open.        May  19. 


PACIFIC    HALL. 

Bash  Street,  CnlifomiaThcater  BuiUingr. --Harry  Weston, 
Manager.  Third  Week  and  Continued  Success  of  the  Great  MAOALLISTER, 
who  will  present  each  evening  his  85,000  Illusion,  entitled  THE  ENCHANTED  PA- 
VILION, or  THE  MAGICIAN'S  DREAM.  Also  his  great  specialty,  entitled  THE 
COUCH  OF  THE  ANGELS.  Prof.  O.  E.  Hennigwill  preside  at  the  Piano,  ''  The  We- 
ber," secured  from  Sherman  &  Hyde.  100  Elegant  and  Costly  PRESENTS  Given 
Away  Nightly.  Admission,  Gallery,  25  cents  ;  Reserved  Seats,  50  cents.  Grand 
Matinee  this  Afternoon  at  2  o'clock.  May  19. 

BUSH    STREET    THEATEE. 

Titos  <t  Locke,  Lessees  ami  Maunders;  Frank  I,awlor,  Act- 
ing Manager.  An  <  nation  Worthy  of  the  Heroes  !  Grand  Enthusiastic  Recap- 
tion of  BUFFALO  BILL  and  CAPTAIN  JACK,  the  Famous  Scouts  of  Generals  Crook 
and  Terry.  A  Cn.  wded  House  !  Received  with  Unbounded  Applause  !  The  Thrill- 
ing Scenes  from  theGrcat  Western  Drama,  LIFE  ON  THE  BORDER,  with  its  Unap- 
proachable Cast.  Every  Night  aud  Saturday  Matinee,  THE  SCOUTS.  Seats  can  be 
secured  six  days  in  advance.  ____ May  19. 

BALDWIN'S. 

John  McCullousrh,  Lessee  and  Manager. —On  Monday  Even- 
ing, May  28th,  THE  DRAMATIC  SEASON  will  be  inaugurated  hy  the  first  ap- 
pearance in  California  of  the  Celebrated  Comedienne,  MRS.  JOHN  DREW  (Directress 
of  the  Arch-street  Theater.  Philadelphia),  as  LADY  TEAZLE,  in  Sheridan's  Comedy 
of  THE  SCHOOL  FOR  SCANDAL,  supported  by  the  California  Theater  Company. 
New  Scenery  by  Voegtlin.     Widmer's  Orchestra."  Barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager. 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER. 

Kearny  Street,  between  Washington  ami  .Uaekson. --Samuel 
Tetlow,  Proprietor.  JOHNSON  and  BRUNO,  the  Original  Acrobatic,  Contor- 
tion, Song  and  Dance  Artists  and  Master  Linguists.  THE  BRAHAMS,  HARRY  and 
LIZZIE,  the  Favorite  Society  Sketch  Artists  CHARLEY  REED,  Ethiopian  Come- 
dian, Character  Artist  and  Stump  Speech  Orator.  R.  T.  TYRRELL,  the  Celebrated 
Tenor.    The  Great  Double  Company  iu  Comedy,  Farce  and  Drama.  May  19. 

SCOTTISH  G4MES. 

The  Eleventh  Grand  Annual  Gathering  and  Games  of  the 
SAN  FRANCISCO  CALEDONIAN  CLUB  will  take  place  at  BADGER'S  PARK. 
Oakland,  on  SATURDAY,  Mav  2<3th,  1S77.  The  Prizes  this  year  are  very  valuable, 
averaging  from  $10  to  $100.  A  list  of  the  Prizes  can  be  had  from  the  Secretary,  at 
DIM  Market  street.  D.  A.  MACDONALD,  Chief. 

Hi'ou  Macleay,  Secretary.  May  19. 


r>.  1877. 


CAUFOKNIA     Al»\  KIH  ISEH. 


ART    JOTTINQa 

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I 
11  kei  in  til-*  t-  w  remaining 
tinn. 

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mltl  not  have  iMi^htfrd  the  owner  m  well  ai  the 

■  thi    Iri   \  ■     iation,  who  claim  to  have  admitted 

it  the  tin-  arta  and   popularising  the 

Institution.     It  was  thought  beforehand   that  the  exhibition  would  be  a 

bill  at  expense,  and  "   may  be  well  t"  in 

nnlre   what  effort*,  if    any,  were  nude   by  the    H";irJ  ol    Direotora  to 

ner,  Mr.  ShiUabi  r.  for  exhibition  »t  the  Art  Rooms, 

i    lilah,"  by  Storey,  the   renowned   American  sculptor, 

I                      -.-in  Bnrope,  and  wn  placed  in   Mr.  HiU 

i"    •    '.     t,wh  i    it  will  1 n  view  to  the  public,  commencing  to- 

fding  high  merit  will  attract  jreat  attention,  and  it  will, 

without  <l  ■  * 1 1  -t _  be  generally  viaited  and  universally  admired.     Mr.  Storey 

..'■  of  Sameon  into  the  hands  <>f  the  Phil- 

. .  with  which  we  are  to  Bup 

wae  done,  Ii- a  on  the  floor  .it  her  feet. 

The  figure  ted  as  in  ■  listless  advancing  motion,  graceful 

with  an  expression  of  countenance  which  t-ll-  plainly  thai  the 

deep  thought  passing  through  her  brain   is  not  unmixed  with  remorse  by 

t  which  she  baa  been  guilty.    The 
her  hand  teems  a  mockery  in  the  possession  »i  each  ;i  queen 
I    lilah  i*  here  represented. 
The  I  la   to  the  waist,  showing  a  form  <-f  Hue 

tnd   r.ir--  beauty,  which  the  easy  and  p 

I  portion  of  the  figure  is  wrapped  in  a  loose 

drapery  held   in  the  riu'l>t   band,  which  gives  evidence  of  ita  office  bj  ita 

■  -,< .■■  ■■.  hangs  in  graceful  folds,  and  is  mar- 

velonslj  chiseleoL   and  forms   tl nlj  if  the   person,  if  we 

•i  UU  and  jeweled  ornaments  universally  worn  in  those  days, 

ting  "t  :»  narrow  cincture  which  encompasses  the  bead,  binding 

down  her  exuberant  curls;  the  necklace,  which  is  a  marvel  <>f  beauty; 

wristlets  and  anklets,  all  »«f  which  are*  in  their  proper  place,  without  any 

appearance  of  clumsiness  so  often  Been  in  statuary  thus  adorned. 

The  classi  sal  I tee  of  1  telilan  is  beautifully  chiseled,  but  it  is  a  pity  the 

dejected  pose'  <•(  the  head  prevents  ita  showing  t..  the  best  advantage.    An 

urriage,  however,  would  utterly  fail  to  convey  tin.-  iil«-:i  of  remorse 

lently  intended  by  the  artist.    The  statue  i*  shown  in  an  excellent 

md  Banked  un  each  side  by  large  mirrora,  which  greatly  adds  to  the 

otherwise  small   proportions  of  the  gallery.     It  is,  too,  on  the  ground 

rl, «.r,  no  -t;iirs  to  climb,  and  will,  without  doubt,  prove  one  <>f  the  most 

Important  objects  of   interest   and    admiration    in    art   ever  shown  to  the 

public;  and  Mr.  Shillaber  deserves  and  will  doubtless  receive  the  hearty 

thanks  from  the  public  which  his  kind  and  generous  act  deserves. 

The  School  of  Design  will  be  opened  again  on  Monday.     Mr.  Williams 
has  be                    Lto  retain  tin-  Directorship,  and  Mr.  Yelland  will  assist 
him.      It  is  not  expected  that  the  attendance  will  be  quite  as  good  as  the 
nut  of  the  large  number  of  people  absent  in  the  coun- 
try at  thi  the  year. 

"Jeema  Pipes*'  has  been  "  piping  **  in  Benicia.  We  hope  to  hear 
him  Am  before  he  goea  to  Australia.  On  Friday  evening,  April  13th, 
the  *  (lj  mpic  Hall,  Benicia,  was  till.-.l  to  ovirrtb.wing  with  the  elite  of  that 
bled  to  hoar  Mr.  Stephen  Massett,  in  hia  world-re- 
nowned readings  and  recitations.  The  programme  was  an  exceedingly 
entertaining  one,  commencing  with  "The  Vagabond,"  by  Trowbridge, 
which  Mr.  Massett  moat  effectively  rendered.  The  ballad  of  "Sunset" 
was  sung  in  excellent  voice,  and  won  hearty  applause.  Then  followed 
'*  The  Dame  with  the  Camelias."  "  Little  Pest,  "The  Cripple  Story" 
and  "  Dying  tt'M't  Black,"  which  were  admirable  selections,  displaying 
great  pathos  and  feeling.  Will  Carle  ton 'e  M  Betsy  and  I  are  Out"  and 
■■  How  Betsy  and  I  Mad-  Djp  "  were  perfect  gems,  winning  prolonged 
and  energetic  applause.  '.'The  Death  of  Poor  Joe,"  from  Dickens' 
■■  Bleak  House,  in  which  the  little  street-sweeper  dies  while  repeating 
the  Lord's  Prayer,  brought  tears  to  all  eyes,  for  it  was  moat  beautifully 
read.  The  imitation  of  Madam.-  Anna  Bishop, in  "  Home. Sweet  Home," 
silent,  and  convulsed  with  laughter  the  audience,  gaining  a 
hearty  encore.  A  Scotchman,  Chinaman  and  Englishman  were  repre- 
sented to  perfection,  while  a  stammering  individual,  in  animated  conver- 
sation with  a  similarly  afflicted  Btranger,  displayed  to   advantage  Mr. 

Maeaett's  elocutionary  powers.      The  entertainment  coiirluded  with  Mark 

Twain's  comic  sketch,  "A  Nevada  Funeral,"  which  kept  all  risibilities  in 
full  play  throughout  its  rendering.  So  ended  one  of  the  most  pleasant 
evenings  we  have  spent  For  years.  The  audience  were  delighted  with  the 
entire  programme,  and  gave  Mr.  Massett  high  praise  for  these  exhibi- 
tions of  his  genius. 

The  California  Theater  Company  have  been  for  the  last  week  en- 
joying the  actors'  luxury  of  sitting  in  front  and  listening  to  the  delightful 
of  Mr.  Maasandbia  fellow  artists.  To-night,  however,  they  will 
proceed  to  spread  themselves  for  a  labor  of  love,  viz:  the  benefit  » •  f  Mr. 
W.  A.  Mestayer,  a  gentleman  whose  sunny  temperament  and  genial  dis- 
position have  endeared  to  his  acquaintances  as  fully  as  his  merit  as  an 
artist  has  made  him  popular  with  the  general  public.  A  most  attractive 
hill  is  announced.  Mrs.  Zelda  Seguin,  the  prima  donna  contralto  of  the 
Bess  Opera  Company,  has  most  generously  offered  to  aid  in  the  entertain- 
ment, and  Mr.  Mestayer  will  appear  in  several  of  the  characters  in  which 
he  has  achieved  so  decided  a  success.  In  the  burlesque  of  The  Two  Oar 
Fans  and  The  Odd  Trick— -with  the  Cranberry  Troubadours  and  the  Wri- 
ting on  the  Wall  and  the  Celestial  Swan — he  offers  an  entertainment  which 
is  replete  with  fun  and  humor.  There  may  possibly  be  also  an  exhibition 
of  some  extempore  wit  from  the  beneficiary.  The  public,  who 
much  to  Mr.  Mestayer  for  amusing  them,  should  not  fail  to  honor  him  by 
their  presence  on  this  occasion. 

We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  Daniel  Xorcross  for  an  invitation  to  attend 
the  first  annual  picnic  of  California  Chapter  No.  4,  Order  Eastern  Star. 
It  will  be  held  on  Saturday,  June  2d,  at  Badger's  Park,  East  Oakland. 


PAR  ACRAPH  IAN  A 
Fro  Bono  Publico. 


■A  thing  of  beauty  ia  n  joy  forever! '"  and  «.-  were  thrilled  with 
\ov  when  wu  heboid  at  Hil 
IVmph'.  the  " Delilah "  ol  M.  M  imerfeon   po 

;  In  hi  .  .  .  i         lied  tl 

■     Syren   la  oninmendng    to   feel   the  Namoahi    which   hai    bar 

I  upon  that  brow,  the  hair  of  n 

d.ed  of  black  treachery  committi  d  upon  bar  sleeping  husband,  and  than 

it  will  «it  daring  »11  time.    The  lun  in  heaven  baa  no  brightneaa  for  bar, 

and  Sap] at  baa  sighed  "  Farewell."    The  figure  i-  exquisite,  but  the 

•  KpreanoD  of  n  morae  upon  that  marble  countenai ibowa  that  no  man 

-   nan   miniater  to  the  "  mind   diseased*'1    Tin-  splendid  itatue  i« 
iily  of  an    old    *  'alifornian,  who   places  it  on  exhibition,  without 

,    tO   Id*   to\\  llstllell. 

The  eleventh  annual  gathering  and  games  of  the   Ban  1 
Caledonian  Club  will   take  place  at  Badgers  Ceutral  Park,  Oakland,  on 
Saturday,  the  28th  instant.    Twenty  eight   Scottish   games  are  included 
in  the  programmes,  eight  ol  them  being  open  to  all  comers.    Thi 
range  in  value  from  sin  t"  $150.     The  champion  gold  medal  is  worth  the 

last  named  ■. ,  and  a  gold-headed  cane  to  be  competed  for  is  valued  Jit 

$.so.    There  are  also  silver  seta,  ca  itore,  butler  dishes,  elegantly  mounted 
pistols,  a  napkin  ring  worth  860,  and.  numerous  other  prizes  on  the  list. 
The  Caledonians  always  have  a- good  time,  and  this  year  the  ottra 
are  unusually  great 

The  Grst  excursion  of  the  Mcrriinac  Yacht  ('lab    took    place    on 
Sunday  last.    The  trip  was  .-i  complete  success,  and  will  be  long  remem- 
bered by  the  participants.    The  AzaJine  left  the  wharf  at  8s.  m.,  with  a 
•  uipany  of  guests.     An  elegant  breakfast  was  spread  at  '.»  o'clock, 

and  the  beautiful  yacht  bore    ftWOy  to  Angel  island,       Here    fishing,  bath- 
in;,'  and  football  were  indulged  in    until    1    (I'olock,  when    tlie  ASOlint  ran 

over  to  Sauoalito  to  witness  a  rowing  race.     There  was  capital  music  and 
singing,  and  the  sail  was  thoroughly  appreciated  by  all  on  hoard. 

The  ceaseless  inventive  powers  of  Dr.  Jessup  have  of  late  been 
applied  to  the  perfecting  of  a  novel  and  very  killing  trout  spoon.  It  is 
termed  the  'ilvio,"  and  fishermen  visiting  San  Andreas,  Pilarcitos,  or 
Lake  Merced,  will  do  well  to  purchase  one-.  The  Gyro  can  be  seen  at 
Liddle  &  Breeding's  Sportman  s  Emporium,  Washington  street,  below 
Montgomery,  and  there  is  no  doubt  that  it  is  the  best  troller  yet  manu- 
factured. 


The  annual  picnic  of  Pacific  Lodge,  No.  43,  I.  O.  B.  B.,  will  take 
place  on  Sunday,  -May  27th,  at  Fassking'a  Garden,  Alameda.  Oakland 
ferry  steamers  will  convey  the  guests  to  the  grounds,  and  a  very  enjoya- 
ble time  is  expected. 

The  second  entertainment  and  ball  of  the  Orion  Uluh  will  take  place 
at  Piatt's  Hall  on  Tuesday  evening,  June  12th.  It  promises  to  be  a  very 
pleasurable  reunion,  as  the  committee  is  sparing  no  pains  to  make  it  a  suc- 
cess. 

The  White  Rubber  Stamps  get  hard  and  corrode.  The  Red  Rubber 
Stamp  keeps  soft  and  makes  a  clear  impression.  C.  A.  K.1  inker,  the  only 
manufacturer  on  this  coast  of  Red  Rubber  Stamps,  103  Montgomery  street. 


J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.  are  the  leading  Merchant  Tailor?,  and  dealers 
in  Gents'  Furnishing  Goods,  41.5  Montgomery  street,  between  California 
and  Sacramento  streets,  San  Francisco. 


Dr.  Wm.   J.    Younger  (having  returned  from  abroad)  resumed  prac- 
tice at  his  old  office,  No.  '22-1  Stockton  street,  on  Monday,  April  I'd. 


A.    F.    MAINE, 

Accountant  Office,  31H  California  street.  Complicated  ami 
litigated  accounts  adjusted  and  clearly  stated.  Hooks  examined  and  reported 
tin,  made  up  and  balanced,  etc.  All  branches  of  Accounting  attended  to.  Btuck 
Brokers'  Books  and  accounts  a  specialty,  Referenced  :  John  Weddersnoon,  Ksq., 
ot  Cross  &  Co. ;  U.  H.  Uyrick,  Esq.,  Judge  ol  tho  Probate  Court;  A.  J.  Moulder, 

Ksq.,  Pucific  Stock  Exchange  ",  J.  M.  Latham,   Esq.,  San    Francisco  Stock    Exchange, 
Formerly  with  Daniel  Gihh  &  (Jo.  May  19. 

QUEEN  VICTORIA'S  BIHT3DAY. 

The  British  Benevolent  Society  ami  their  friends  will 
celebrate  Her  Majesty's  Birthday  by  a  Dinner  at  the  Palace  Hotel,  on  THURS- 
DAY EVENING,  May 24th,  1B77,  under  the  presidency  of  W.  Lane  Booker,  Esq., 
II.  Ii.  1L  Consul  and  President  of  the  Society.  Tickets,  Five  Dollars  each,  may  be 
obtained  from  any  member  of  the  Committee,  or  the  Secretary,  780  Montgomery  at 

CALIFORNIA    S3H03L    OF    DESIGN. 

The  .School   will  open  on   Monday,   Nay  2lMt.    Applicant** 
must  be  14  yean  old  or  oyer.    Terms  ol  Tuition  as  follows,  viz. :    Drawing,  910 

|.it  month,  ■■!■  ■■'-'!  pur  term;  1'ainting  in   nil.spiper  month,  or  -;o   j.cr   term     pay- 
able in  advance.     By  order  of  the  Committee,                          VIBQIL  WILLIAMS, 
May  l'.i. Director 

STOCSKOLDERb'     MEETING. 

The   Annual    Meeting-  ol' the  Stockholder**  of  the  Market 
Street  Bank  of  Savings  will  he  held  m  accordance  with  Articles  VII.  mid  VIII. 
of  the  By-Laws  of  the  CospOratlon,  "ti    the  '.Mat  day  <ii  June,  A.  D.  1877,  at    J  o'clock 
P.M.,  at  HO.  634  Market  street,  for  the  election  of  Directors  for  the  ensuing  year. 
May  15). THOMAS  B.  LEWIS,  President. 

FOR   PORTLAND,    OREGON. 

The  Only  Direct  Line,  Leaving  every  Five  Days.— Steam  - 
ahin  AJAX,  Muckic,  Commander,  leaves  Folsom-street   wharf  SATURDAY, 
May  10th,  at  10  a.m.,  and  on  THl'KSDA  Y,  May  24th,  CITY  OF  CHESTER,  at  10a.m. 
May  19-  Ii-  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent,  210  Battery  street. 

P-    GEORGE    MURPBY, 

Attorney  ami    Counsellor   at   Law,   535    California  street, 
practices  in  all  Courts  of  the  State.     Admitted  to  practice  in  the  High  Cottrt 
of  Chancery,  in  Ireland. May  1ft. 

OPIUM    AND    MORPHINE    HABIT 

Absolutely  niitl  Speedily  Cureil.    Painless  ;  no  Publicity. 
Send  stamp  for  particulars,  DR.  CARLTON, 

May  19.  18TJ  Washington,  street,  Chicago,  Illinois. 


SAN     FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


May   19,  1877. 


COLUMN    FOR    THE    CURIOUS, 

In    Nature,    Science*    and    Art. 

The  Kriegspiel,  or  war-game,  which  has  become  so  popular  of  late 
years  in  the  army,  has  been  introduced  into  the  German  Navy,  after  ex- 
perimental trial  and  adaptation  of  it  in  Berlin,  and  found  much  accept- 
ance. The  object  of  the  Naval  Kriegspiel  is  to  excite  interest  of  naval 
officers  in  tactical  rules  of  sea-warfare;  to  enable  them  to  observe  the 
maneuvers  of  the  fleets  or  vessels  of  two  hostile  parties,  which  are  allotted 
to  a  leader  or  a  number  of  officers,  and  to  study  the  most  favorable  for- 
mation of  the  fleets  at  the  beginning  of  the  engagement,  the  grouping  of 
ships  in  separate  squadrons  or  divisions,  the  application  of  artillery,  rams, 
and  torpedoes  in  individual  cases  of  encounter  with  an  enemy,  etc.,  and 
to  provide  opportunities  of  conversation  and  the  exchange  of  opinions  on 
what  has  been  done.  Certain  problems  or  tasks  are  appointed  in  the 
game.  Thus  two  hostile  fleets,  the  number  and  strength  of  whose  ships 
are  known,  required  to  find  one  another  in  the  open  ?ea,  or  before  the  en- 
emy's harbors,  and,  if  the  leaders  think  fit,  to  give  battle.  Close  by  a 
plan  for  the  details  of  the  battle  has  to  be  worked  out.  For  the  strength, 
value,  and  work  of  the  separate  ships,  their  velocity,  number  of  guns, 
data  of  calibre,  plating,  quantity  of  coal  which  each  can  carry,  and  the 
quantity  used  in  given  times,  special  tables  are  constructed.  For  the 
turning  of  ships,  turning  circles  are  made  of  the  corresponding  diameter. 
The  weather  conditions  are  taken  from  the  weather  reports  of  the  Observ- 
atory. The  movements  of  the  individual  Ships  and  the  fleets  take  place 
on  the  ordinary  naval  maps  ;  the  battle  proper,  after  the  enemy  has  come 
in  sight,  on  a  grated  plane,  divided  into  millimetres,  on  a  scale  of  one  to 
2,000;  here  the  movements  and  evolutions  of  the  ships  are  simultaneously 
produced. 

A  painful  scene  appears,  by  the  account  given  of  it  in  the  Stirling 
Journal,  to  have  occurred  recently  in  a  church  near  Gartmore,  Scotland. 
The  minister,  who  is  in  the  habit  of  warning  his  congregation  on  special 
occasions  against  the  machinations  of  the  evil  one,  was  delivering  a  dis- 
course on  his  favorite  theme,  when  suddenly  a  large  window-blind  and 
roller  behind  the  pulpit  lost  its  hold,  falling  right  over  the  preacher,  and 
completely  concealing  him  for  a  time  from  his  flock.  In  its  descent  the 
roller  smashed  a  number  of  window  panes,  and  the  clatter  of  the  falling 
glass  added  panic  to  the  already  terrified  condition  of  the  enshrouded 
preacher.  Ignorant  of  the  cause  of  the  sudden  darkness  and  horrible 
noise,  he  thought  that  he  might  have  exceeded  the  bounds  of  discretion 
in  his  denunciations  of  the  devil,  who  had  thereupon  arrived  hastily  in 
person  bent  on  retaliation.  A  frightful  shriek  of  "I  am  gone!"  echoed 
through  the  church,  and  the  maddened  preacher  with  one  bound  cleared 
the  pulpit,  nor  ever  stopped  until  he  had  reached  the  extreme  corner  of 
the  edifice.  It  may  be  well  imagined  that  the  suddenness  of  this  alarm- 
ing- incident,  and  the  dramatic  nature,  exercised  a  most  powerful  effect  on 
the  nerves  of  all  who  witnessed  it.  Fortunately  there  was  no  general 
panic,  or  the  consequences  might  have  been  serious  ;  but  the  story  should 
be  a  lesson  to  those  ministers  who  touch  upon  the  delicate  question  of  the 
personality  of  the  devil  to  retain  their  self-possession  under  any  circum- 
stances, and  not  to  leave  the  pulpit  unless  absolutely  ejected  from  it  by 
force. 

Selling  an  Island— or  trying  to  sell  an  island— is  not  an  everyday  oc- 
currence. Aud  it  is  well  so.  Buyers  of  islands  do  not  abound.  At  the 
Mart,  Tokenhouse-yard,  Eng.,  the  other  day,  Messrs.  Chinnock  &  Gals- 
worthy put  up  for  sale  the  island  of  Herm,  which  is  situated  about  three 
miles  from  Guernsey  and  Sark,  and  sixty-five  miles  from  Weymouth.  It 
is  not  a  very  large  island — comprising  altogether  an  area  of  some  four 
hundred  acres,  one  hundred  and  thirty  of  which  are  said  to  be  in  a  high 
state  of  cultivation.  Among  other  advantages  which  would  accrue  to  the 
purchaser  were  enumerated  valuable  granite  quarries  and  important  fish- 
eries, while  for  residental  purposes  there  is  an  old-fashioned  house  (with 
an  ancient  monastic  chapel  attached  thereto)  in  one  part  of  the  island, 
and  close  by  the  sea  is  a  villa  which  has  only  recently  been  built.  And, 
happy  place!  there  are  no  taxes  whatever,  besides  no  export  or  import 
duties.  However,  notwithstanding  all  this,  and  though  there  was  a  very 
crowded  attendance  on  the  day  of  sale,  no  one  offered  to  bid,  and  the 
property  was  withdrawn.  And  yet  the  island  might  have  its  attractions — 
for  any  one  fond  of  solitude,  for  instance,  or  to  a  man  wishing  to  be  mon- 
arch of  all  he  surveyed,  and  his  right  none  to  dispute.  Or,  again,  it 
might  suit  as  a  safe  place  to  banish  Dr.  Kenealy  or  Mr.  John  De  Morgan 
to.  For  one  of  these  purposes— if  it  does  not  find  a  better— the  Land  of 
Herm  must  surely  find  a  purchaser. 

A  Wood  Fibre  Soap. — A  manufacturer  in  Tilsit,  instead  of  adding 
infusorial  earth  or  ground  quartz  to  the  soap  mass  and  thus  producing1  a 
sapolio,  introduces  a  considerable  quantity  of  very  fine  sawdust  previously 
ground  and  sifted.  The  wood  fibre  acts  mechanically  as  a  detergent,  and, 
besides  cleaning  rapidly  and  thoroughly,  occasions  a  saving  of  one-third 
in  the  consumption  of  soap.  The  soap  does  not  contain  an  excess  of  soda, 
and  has  no  ill  effect  on  the  hands.  An  analysis  of  a  specimen  eight  days 
old  yielded  :  grease,  44  per  cent ;  soda,  6  per  cent ;  wood,  glycerine,  color- 
ing matter,  10  per  cent. ;  water,  40  per  cent.  The  price  at  the  factory  is 
about  5  cents  a  pound. 

The  assimilation  of  the  sexes  goes  on,  and  it  is  now  announced  that 
we  are  to  have  ladies'  athletic  sports.  A  "  ladies'  bicycle  "  is  advertised 
in  London,  and  it  i3  within  the  range  of  probability  that  fair  bicyclists 
may  be  one  of  the  features  of  the  Row  before  the  season  is  over.  At 
Brighton  there  is  to  be  a  novelty  in  the  shape  of  a  ladies'  tilting  match. 
The  combatants  are  to  be  mounted  on  Shetland  ponies,  and  the  prize  is  to 
be  a  magnificent  bracelet.  The  weapons  are  to  be  foils,  and  they  have 
been  on  view  for  the  last  few  days  in  Bond  street.  They  are  longer  than 
the  ordinary  foil,  and  have  been  made  expressly  for  the  occasion.  These 
chivalric  exercises,  however,  will  be  confined  to  tilting  at  the  ring,  and 
perhaps  that  is  enough  for  the  present.     The  rest  will  come  in  time. 

There  died  on  Good  Friday  at  Brighton  probably  the  oldest  musician 
in  Europe.  That  was  Mr.  Charles  Neate,  whose  age  was  ninety-three, 
and  who  from  boyhood  had  been  associated  with  English  music.  He  was 
one  of  the  original  founders  of  the  Philharmonic  Society,  and  was  fre- 
quently a  director.  It  was  to  the  honor  of  the  late  Mr.  Neate  that  he 
was  one  of  the  first  English  musicians  to  discover  and  appreciate  the  ge- 
nius of  Beethoven,  to  vis't  whom  he  made  a  journey  to  Vienna,  and  lived 
in  close  intimacy  with  that  great  composer  for  many  months. 


INSURANCE. 


INSURANCE    AGENCY    OF 
HUTCHINSON    &,   MANN, 

NO    314    CALIFORNIA    STBEET,    SAN     FRANCISCO. 

AGENTS  FOR  THE 

Franklin  Ins.  Co Indianapolis,  Ind  New  Orleans  Ins.  Ass'n New  Orleans. 

Union  Ins.  Co Galveston,  Texas  St.  Paul  F.  &  M.  Ins.  Co... St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Home  Ins.  Co Columbus,  Ohio 'Atlas  Ins.  Co Hartford   Conn. 

People's  Ins.  Co Newark,  N.  J.  Kevere  Fire  Ins.  Co Boston. 

Natioual  L.  I.  Co.,  U.  S.  A..Wash'n,  D.  C.  JGirard  Ins.  Co Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  Millions. 
POLICIES    ISSUED    ON    DESIRABLE  PROPERTY  aT   FAIR  RATES.     LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  PAID. 


May  5. 


HIKUIXSOX  A  MANN,  General  Agents, 

314  California  street,  San  Francisco. 


HOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Principal  Office,  406  California  Street,  San  Francisco. 
Cash  Assets,  January  1,  1877,  ?"f.!».i,:M>l  ;  Liabilities,  $5,1152;  Surplus  for  Policy 
Holders,  S5Sy,339.  J.  F.  Houghton,  President  ;  Geo.  H.  Howard,  Vice-President ; 
Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary.     R.  H.  MAG1LL,  H.  H.  BIGELOW,  General  Agents. 

Directors.— San  Francisco — Geo.  H.  Howard,  John  H.  Rcdington,  J.  F.  Houghton 
R.  B.  Gray,  Robert  Watt,  John  Currey,  L.  L.  Baker,  W.  F.  Whittier,  C.  C.  Burr,  E. 
M.  Root,  \V.  II.  White,  J.  L.  N.  Shepard,  W.  M.  Greenwood,  George  S.  Mann,  Cyrua 
Wilson.  W.  T.  Garratt,  C.  Waterhuuse,  A.  P.  Hotaling,  A.  Block,  A.  K.  P.  Harmon, 
G.  S.  Johnson,  W.  O.  Wilson,  A.  W.  Bowman,  H.  L.  Dodge,  Charles  R.  Story.  Ala- 
meda County  Branch — V.  D.  Moodv,  Chauncy  Taylor,  A.  C.  Henry,  Robert  S.  Far- 
relly,  Joseph  B.  Marlin,  W.  B.  Hardy,  T.  B,"  Simpson.  San  Diego— A.  H.  Wilcox. 
Sacramento— Mark  Hopkins,  D.  W.  Earl,  Julius  Wetzlar,  James  Carolan.  San  Jose — 
T.  Ellard  Beans,  B.  D.  Murphy,  A.  Pfister,  J.  H.  Dibble,  J.  S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis, 
Jacob  Rich,  John  Auzerais,  John  Balbach.  Stockton — H.  H.  Hewlett,  Chas.  fielding, 
J.  D.  Peters,  A.  W.  Simpson,  H.  M.  Fanning.  Marysville— D.  E.  Knight.  Grass 
\  alky— Wm.  Watt,  T.  W.  Sigouruey.  Portland,  Oregon— W.  S.  Ladd,  O.  H.  Lewis, 
P.  Wasserman,  B.  Guldsniitb,  D.  Maeleay.  Virginia  City,  Nevada— John  Gillig,  Isaac 
L.  Requa.  March  17. 

FIRE  AND  MARINE  INSURANCE.— UMON  INS.  CO.  OF  b.  F. 

The  California  Lloyds.— Established  in  IS61.— -Nos.  416  and 
418  California  street.  Cash  capital  >75U,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  $1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  !  !  Solid  Security  !  !  DIRECTORS. 
—San  Francisco— J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N.  J.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Borel,  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  Lawrance  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Hvwes,  Nicholas  Luning,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Baum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Brandenstein,  Gustave  Touehard,  G.  Brignardello,  George  C.  Hickox,  T.  Lem- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Lindenberger.  Sachajiksto— Edw.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Makysville— L.  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  O. — 
Henry  Failing.     New  York — J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phclan. 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President.                      N.  G.  KITTLE,  Vice-President. 
Charles  D.  Haven,  Secretary.         Geo.  T.  Bohex,  Surveyor. Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
FIKE    AND    MARINE. 

Clash  Assets,  Jan.  1st,  1876,  8478,000.— Principal  Office, 
J  218  and  220  Sansome  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  :— Peter  Doxahue,  Pres- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Bryant,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Clsuiko,  Secretary ;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  of  Directors  : — Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Boequeraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailey,  E.  \V.  Corbert, 
George  O.  McMullin,  A.  J.  Bryant.  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watacn,  Dr.  C.  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblum,  Richard  lvers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Wm. 
Hood,  SonomaCounty.  H.  W.  Scale,  Maytield.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  EN3LAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  business  of  Life  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  over  Fovrteen  Million  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  the  Oxly  Com- 
pany on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
has  comt'''ed  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.  ]  313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BERLIN, 
GERMANY. 

Capital,  6,000,000  Reich-SInrks,  81, 500,000  U.  S.  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  we  are  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAN,  HI RSCHFELD  &  CO., 
Nov.  4.                               Office:  No.  302  Sansome  street,  under  W  F.  &  Co.'s  Bank. 

ESTABLISHED    1821. 

Capital,  Gold §10,000,000. 

GIARDIAX  ASSURANCE  CO.,  OF    LONDON. 

Dec.  16.  Agents  :  BALFOUR.  GUTHRIE  &  CO.,  230  California  st. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  ni5.ooo.ooo  :  Accnmulated  Funds,  up- 
wards of  £6,750.000  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insu  ranee,  ^l.MSO.OOO. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13.  No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN    ASSURANCE   CO.,    OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

(^asb  Assets,  81.207,483.— I,ondon  Assurance  Corporation, 
j    of  London,   England.    Cash  Assets,  ¥1-1,903.400.— Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.  CROSS  &.  CO.,  General  Ageuts, 

Jan.  20.  31C  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 
Capital  85, 000, 000. —Agents:    Balfour,  Guthrie  &  Co.,  No. 


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'230  California  street,  San  Fr 


FOR    SALE. 
£n  ,m*'d\  AAA  First  Mortgage  Bonds  of  tbe  Nevada  County 

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"Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January  1,  1876,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  8  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  in  this  city.  No  more  desirahle  investment  can  be  offered.  Will 
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April  21. 


May    19,  1877. 


(    _LIFOttNIA     ADVEHTISEIt. 


TOO    FAR 

UliUcriiu-    .-i 

Tin*  buttercup!  __d  dandelion 
them    by 
A  wanner,  truer  tight  than  thine, 
And   1  ni.iv    pluck  and  0*11   thein    mine. 

rainbow,  f-ir  thy  sheen 
:iiiin_   t!:-'   null  aloft, 
ufore  lasting  n>]<>r*  I  haw 
In  eyea  •■!'   \i"i<'t.   soft, 
Nor  strained  my  own  to  see  them  _low, 
A-  needs  must   1  t"  thy  distent  bow. 

Nor  oan    I  wheu 

Tbou  ting's!  lilies  « bite, 
And  bnild'st  ladders  f<>r  the 

W  ho    level    iti    til. 

Tli. mi  art  too  cold,  too  ooy,  too  far, 

K-irth'-.   myriad   gloW-WOnna   better   are. 

Ami,  <•]. >\iil.  I  love  thee  l>e*t  on  earth, 
In  stream,  and  rain,  and  dew; 

How  swiftly  now  thou  paaa'st  by, 
Proud  of  thy  thr->iK-  of  bine  ; 

But  I  can  laugh  at  such  as  thee 

That  fain  must  couw  to  earth  to  me. 


—.!/<(»(<   Lt  Baron. 


BOOK    REVIEWS. 

Literature  Primers.  Edit*d  l»y  John  Richard  Green,  M.  A.  [few  York 
I'.  Appletoa  *v  '.v.,  MU  ami  651  Broadway,    San  Francisco:  a.  Roman  &  Co. 

Two  more  of  these,  excellently  condensed  primers  are  t<»  hand.  The 
first,  "Classical  Geography,"  by  II.  F.  Tozer,  is  a  very  careful  return*  of 
ancient  Upper  Asia,  Syria,  and  Palestine,  Arabia,  K^j-pt,  Africa,  Asia 
.Minor,  Thrace,  Macedonia,  (Jreece,  Italy,  Borne,  and  outlying  Europe. 
The  whole  series  ha>  always  elicited  our  warmest  commendations,  and 
there  ran  be  ii"  greater  incentive  to  young  people  to  study  than  these 
thorough  liul   ■ 

"Philology,"  by  John  Peile,  the  second  volume  alluded  to,  is  equally 
perfect  in  it-  ways,      lt  treats  of  the  constant  change  in  language,  shows 

how  Hi-ni!/  languages  have  been  formed,  how  words  are  made,  and  how 
got  ready  for  use.  While  old  philologists  will  find  it  deeply  interesting, 
young  students  cannot  fail  to  comprehend  it;  and  the  universal  praise 
given  to  the  whole  series  is  most  decidedly  applicable  t«>  Mr.  Peile'  little 
volume. 

Black  SriRiTs  and  Wiiitk.  A  novel,  by  Frances  Ek-aiiorTmllone  ;  with  numerous 
IDnstratiOj  *  New  York:  D.  AppletOO  &  C0.,G4Q  and  661  Broadway.  Sati  Francisco; 
A.  Roman  A  Co, 

This  is  a  very  cleverly  written  story,  never  flagging  in  interest,  and 
beautifully  illustrated,  with  some  of  the  cleverest  wood-cuts  which  ever 
helped  to  adorn  a  tale.  The  Lowrys  of  Lo wry  were  one  of  these  good 
but  proud  families  which  England  loves  to  boast  of,  which  contained  the 
usual  black  sheep,  without  which  no  family  is  interesting.  This  particu- 
lar brebia  noir  was  the  heir,  Sir  Cosmo  Lowry,  who  had  recently  made  a 
wretch    I  nee  with  a  farmer's  daughter.     His  indignant   father 

had  many  years  before  disinherited  him  for  a  similar  cause,  but,  through 
the  entreaties  of  his  sister,  Mary  Lowry,  had  partially  forgiven  him,  and 
left  bim  a  portion  of  his  property.  The  first  wife  died,  and  he  had  again 
married,  when  the  old  Squire  died.  The  vulgar  bride  ^so.  '2  becomes  Lady 
Lowry,  and  is  greatly  incensed  at  the  sister  of  her  husband  having  any 
portion  of  the  property,  especially  the  family  Domain.  An  amusing  and 
excellently  drawn  character  is  an  American  spiritualist,  named  Dr.  Flagge, 
half  humbug  and  half  good-hearted,  who  leads  Lady  Lowry  on  to  the 
idea  that  Sir  Cosmo's  father  bad  made  a  second  will;  leaving  all  to  him. 
The  denouement  is,  that  a  later  will  is  found,  utterly  disinheriting  his  son 
for  his  second  \nesaUiance,  which  had  been  communicated  to  him  before 
his  death.  The  Peppiatts,  Czeruovics,  and  other  characters,  are  all  ad- 
mirably delineated. 

Two  Lilies.  A  novel;  by  Julia  Kavamtgh.  New  York:  D.  Applcton  &  Co.,  549 
and  ;..'>1  Broadway.     San  Francisco:  A.  Konian  &  Co. 

We  must  confess  that  "  Two  Lilies"  failed  to  create  iu  us  an  inordinate 
interest  by  its  perusal.  Furthermore,  we  must  admit  that  we  did  not 
read  it  all;  in  fact,  that  we  could  uot  get  through  it  after  struggling 
through  half  the  volume.  We  got  tired  of  Maitrey  Jacques  Cceur, 
''seated  on  a  stone  bench  outside,  with  the  dappled  light  and  shade  of  a 
pear-tree  playing  on  his  brown  face  and  white  cotton  night-cap;"  andwegot 
heartily  sick  of  Mr.  Graham  in  the  first  one  hundred  pages.  It  is  always 
better  to  blurt  out  truth  about  books  than  to  smother  it  in  allegorical 
sauce.  We  acknowledge  that  we  may  have  lost  some  tine  reading  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  book,  but  the  first  half  unfitted  us  for  its  enjoyment. 

From  Traditional  to  Rational  Faith:  or,  The  Way  I  Came  from  Kaptist  to 
Liberal  Christianity.  By  K.  Andrew  C-ritfiti.  Boston:  Roberts  Brothers.  San 
Francisco:  A.  Roman  &  Co. 

Mr.  Griffin  spends  219  pages  in  the  sorrowful  recital  of  the  change  in 
his  religious  opinions,  which  has  resulted  in  his  leaving  the  Baptist  Faith 
and  joining  the  Sect  <i  Unitarians.  When  he  turns  Quaker,  or  Mormon, 
we  shall  be  delighted  to  notu.-e  another  work  from  his  pen.  The  present 
one  is  very  prettily  bound  in  cardinal  red  and  gold,  and  will  ornament 
the  top  shelf  of  our  book-case  until  it  fades.  We  agree  with  Mr.  Griffin 
that  the  opinion  of  a  recent  convert  can  be  of  little  weight,  concerning 
his  ecclesiastical  relations;"  and,  furthermore,  we  beg  to  assure  him  that 
whether  he  embraces  the  doctrines  of  Mahomet,  Confucius,  or  Brahma, 
or  whether  he  becomes  a  proselyte  to  the  Roman,  Greek,  Episcopal, 
Methodist,  Presbyterian,  or  any  other  body  ecclesiastical,  we  shall  always 
entertain  the  deepest  respect  for  him  personally,  on  the  condition  that  he 
does  not  insist  on  our  perusal  of  the  latest  phase  of  his  religious  convic- 
tions.    _ 

At  the  Zoological  Society,  on  March  20th,  Dr.  E.  Hamilton,  V.P., 
in  the  chair,  Mr.  Sclater  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  a  two-horned 
rhinoceros  had  been  killed  in  February,  1876,  at  a  place  some  twenty  miles 
south  of  Comillah,  in  Tipperah.  This  is  the  third  recorded  occurrence  of 
a  two-horned  rhinoceros  north  of  the  Bay  of  Bengal. 


VALUABLE     ESTATE. 
The  Lawrence -To  wnley  Property.--MUUona  of  Pounds  Await- 
ing an  Owner. 
D.   B.   Carver,  a   promli  and  a  well  ! 

■ 
piling  and  tracing  td  Ira,  with  the 

view  of  securingto  them  tl  in    land  and  m 

Bank  of  England,  valued  in  i  I  100,000,000.     Hell 

.-.  ith  hi  ii  i  Mr.  George  Day,  ■  prominent  lawyei  of  Troy,  a  brother 
of  Son.  John  Day,  of  Montreal,  Counsel  to  the  Queen,  who  will 
Com  !  and  Banister  with  them  in  tin-  prosecution  of  the  claim  in  En- 
gland. Richard  Tjownley,  the  father  of  Mary  Lawrence,  died,  and  hu 
will  was  proved  and  recorded  in  Doctors1  Commons,  in  London.  Hi-* 
widow  survived,  and  shortly  after  died,  Leaving  her  vast  estate,  in  hind, 
iewels,  plate,  and  money,  in  the  Lank  of  England,  by  will  to  her  two 
d  Lighters,  Mary  Lawrence  and  her  heirs  in  America,  and  Dorothy  How 
ard,  of  Corby  Castle,  England,  ami  to  their  heirs  and  at  their  disposal. 
Dorothy  Howard  died  without  issue,  and  willed  her  estate,  both  real  and 
persona),  to  her  sister,  Mary  Lawrence,  in  America,  and  her  heirs  forever. 
the  estates  at  that  time,  for  want  of  an  heir  in  the  name  of  Mary  Townl.-y 
Lawrence,  were  administered  upon  by  the  government  of  England,  and 
the  rents,  as  well  as  the  money,  jewels  and  plate  of  Mary  W'edrington 
Townley  and  Dorothy  Howard,  are  deposited  hi  the  Bank  of  England, 
drawing  interest  at  three  per  cent,  a  year  on  the  money  so  deposited.  The 
entire  estate,  both  real  and  personal,  is  thus  held  subject  to  the  rei  ■  ■■ 
by  the  true  heirs  in  the  descent  from  John  Lawrence  and  Mary  Townley, 
his  wife.  Messrs.  <  Server  and  Day  leave  for  England  in  June  to  assist  in 
the  preparation  of  the  Bill  in  Chancery  to  be  filed  in  London.  Mr.  Day's 
sister-in-law,  Mrs.  Luce,  who  is  one  of  the  heirs,  now  resides  in  this  city, 
and  has  instructed  P.  George  Murphy,  of  California  street,  to  employ  .Sir 
Henry  James,  Q.C.,  M.  P.,  and  Mr.  Fleming,  Q.C.,  on  her  behalf. 

THE   AMERICAN    LINE. 

Philadelphia    and    Liverpool    Steamers. 

The  following  flrst-clnss,  f  nil-powered  steamships  nrc  in- 
tended to  sail  from  LIVERPOOL  for  PHILADELPHIA  every  WEDNESDAY: 
Pennsylvania 3104  Tons Captain  Harris- 
Ohio 3104  Tons Captain  Morrison- 

Indiana 3104  Tims Captain  Clarke- 

Illin. as 3104  Tons Captain  Shackford- 

Aobotsford 2564  Tons Captain  Delamottc- 

Kenilworth 253S  Tons Captain  Prowse- 

Cabin  Passage,  £15  15s.  tu  £21,  according  to  the  accommodation 
and  number  in  the  Staterooms,  all  having  equal  Saloon  Privileges. 

For  Passage  oh  Freight  apply  in  Philadelphia  to  Peter  Wright  &  Sons  ;  Liverpool? 
Richardson,  Spenec  &  Co.  ;  London,  Gilead  A,  Smith  &  Co. ;  Glasgow,  M.  Langlands 
&  Sons  ;  Dundee,  J.  T.  Luglisj  Belfast.  E.  J.  L.  Addy;  Oneenstown,  N.  &  J.  Cum- 
mins &  Broa  :  Paris,  Charles  Le  Gay  ;  Havre,  Burns  &  Mclver  ;  Antwerp,  II.  Klein 
&  Co.  ;  Rotterdam,  Wambersie  &  Son.  May  o. 

CUNABD    LINE. 

British  and   North   American   Royal  Mail  Steamships  be- 
tween NEW  YORK  and  LIVERPOOL,  vailing-  at  QUEEN8TOWN. 
Sailing  from  New  York  every  Wednesday. 

BOTHNIA May  30    July    4    August    8 

ABYSSINIA June    0    July  11    August  16 

SCYTH1A June  13    July  IS    August  22 

RUSSIA June  20    Jul v  25    August  2D 

ALGERIA Junc27    Aug.  1    Sept'ber  5 

Passage  ean  be  secured  and  all  information  given  on  application  to 

May  12.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCH ARD  &  CO.,  218  California  St. 

OCCIDENTAL    AND    ORIENTAL  STEAMSHIP    COMPANY, 

For  Japan  and  China,  leave  wharf,  corner  First  aud  Ilran- 
naii  streets,  at  noon,   for  YOKOHAMA  AND    HONGKONG,  connecting  at 
Yokohama  with  Steamers  for  Shanghai. 

BELG1C May  lfith  and  July  27th. 

GAELIC June  9th  and  August  21st. 

OCEANIC July  3d. 

Cabin   Plans  on   Exhibition,    and    Passage  Tickets  for  sale  at    No.   4  New  Mont- 
gomery street.     For  Freight,    pplyatthe  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company's  Wharf. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  General  Passenger  Agent. 
GEORGE  H.  BRADBURY,  President.  May  12. 

OREGON  STEAMSHIP  COMPANY. 

The  Only  Direct  Line  to  Portland.— Regular  Steamers  to 
PORTLAND  leaving  San  Francisco  every  FIVE  DAYS -Steamships  CITY  OP 
CHESTER,  GEORGE  W.  ELDER  and  A  J  AX,  connecting  with  steamers  to  SITKA 
and  PUGET  SOUND,  and  O.  and  C.  R.  R.  Co.  and  Oregon  and  C.  R.  R.  Co.  through 
Willamette,  Umpnua,  and  Rogue  River  Valleys,  Oregon.  Tickets  to  all  points  on 
the  <>  and  0  R.  K,  sold  at  reduced  rates.  Sailing  days  in  May  -  4th,  iith,  14th,  19th, 
24th.  29th,  at  10  o'clock  a.m.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 
May  5.  ____ 210  Battery  street. 

JOYCE'S    SPORTING    AMMUNITION. 

[ESTABLISHED  1820.] 

The  attention  or  Sportsmen  is  invited  to  the  following- 
Ammunition,  of  the  best  quality,  now  in  general  use  throughout  England, 
India  and  the  Colonies  :  Joyce's  Treble  Waterproof  and  F  3  (Quality  Percussion 
r.i|-i  ;  i  hemieally- prepared  Cloth  and  Felt  Gun  Wadding;  Joyce's  Gas-Tight  Car- 
tridges, f'ir  Pin-fire  and  Central-fire  Breech  loading  Guns  ;  Wire  Cartridges,  for  killing 
game  at  long  distances,  and  every  description  of  Sporting  Ammunition.  Sold  by 
all  gun-makers  and  dealers  in  gunpowder. 

FREDERICK  JOYCE  &  CO.,  Patentees  and  Manufacturers, 
Dec.  30,  67  Upper  Thames  street,  London. 

Auqustus  La  veil]  LAVER    &    CTJRLETT,  [William  Curlew. 

Architects,  Furnish    Plans,   Specifications    and    Superin- 
tendence for  the  Construction  or  Renovation  of  Dwelling  Houses,  and  every 
description  of  Building.     Offices  :  61  and  62  Academy  Building,  330  Pine  street,  San 

F  ru  i  icisi-o. _ May  12. 

"YANKEE   DOODLE,    OR   THE   S   IRIT    OF   '76," 

A  Colossal  Painting;  by  Archibald  31.  IVillard,  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  will  be  exhibited  at  Snow  Ac  May's  Art  Gallery,  21  Kearny  street,  on  and 
after  MONDAY,  April  30th. April  2a. 

WILSON    WHITE, 
ercliandise  Broker.      Jute  Goods  a  Specialty.     _to.  204 

California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.     P.  O.  Box  060.  May  5. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO    NEWS 


LETTER 


AND 


May   19,  1877. 


MATTERS  AQUEOUS. 
1 '  Wnat  dreadful  noise  of  water  in  mine  ears!"  is  a  remark  which 
the  Commissioner?  may  be  readily  excused  for  making-,  just  at  present. 
On  Tuesday  the  Feather  River  Company  made  their  proposition,  which 
embraced  six  distinct  bids.  They  are  as  follows:  First — A  supply  from 
the  headwaters  of  Feather  river,  from  S13,9u9,775  to  ^22,08-4,770.  Sec- 
ond— A  supply  from  the  waters  of  Stonv  creek,  in  the  Coast  Range,  from 
811,260.000  to" §15,110,000.  Third— A  supply  from  the  same  source,  but 
also  taking  in  the  waters  of  Putah  creek,  and  furnishing-  reservoirs  in 
Berryessa  valley,  from  812,250,000  to  817.000.000.  Fourth— A  supply 
from  the  headwaters  of  Eel  river,  from  810,150,000  to  815,000,000.  Fifth 
— A  supply  from  the  headwaters  of  Putah  creek,  with  reservoirs  in  Ber- 
ryessa valley,  from  88,500,000  to  813,000,000.  Sixth— A  supply  from  the 
headwaters  of  Russian  river,  from  89.(150,000  to  814,200,000.  The  El 
Dorado  people  followed  suit  on  Wednesday  with  th  i"  proposition  to  bring 
the  South  Fork  of  the  American  river  into  the  city.  They  gave  no  fig- 
ures, but  Mr.  Garnett  said  :  "  In  a  few  days  I  hope  to  be  able  to  submit 
to  you  in  writing  our  terras  for  the  sale  and  introduction  of  this  water. 
All  I  can  say  at  present  is  that  I  find  from  the  estimates  that  we  shall 
be  able  to  state  a  figure  considerably  less  than  $16,000,000."  Thursday 
was  occupied  with  the  Blue  Lakes  scheme,  which  may  be  briefly  stated 
from  the  report  as  follows :  They  propose  to  sell  and  convej' to  the  city 
and  county  of  San  Francisco  the  waters  of  the  Mokelumne  river  and  its 
tributaries,  the  waters  of  Blue  Lakes  and  other  lakes,  the  entire  water- 
shed specified,  the  reservoirs  and  reservoir  sites  enumerated,  the  canal 
and  waterpipos  referred  to,  built  and  constructed  in  the  manner  and  of 
the  capacity  stated,  together  with  all  the  rights  and  privileges  embraced 
herein,  and  deliver  and  turn  the  same  over  to  the  city  for  the  sum  of 
814,000,000,  to  be  paid  in  the  bonds  of  said  city  and  county  specified  in 
the  Act  creating  the  Commission.  In  the  event  of  an  acceptance  of  the 
proposition,  and  a  ratiflcation  of  such  acceptance  in  the  manner  herein- 
before stated,  they  further  propose  to  build  and  construct  a  system  of 
service  pipes  in  said  city  for  the  sum  of  83,419,900,  to  be  paid  in  bonds  of 
said  city  and  county.  This  would  bring  the  entire  cost  of  the  scheme  up 
to  817,419.900.  The  Commissioners  have  now  got  through  the  major  part 
of  their  work,  and  within  thirty  days  one  of  the  numerous  propositions 
now  before  them  will  be  offered  to  the  public  to  vote  upon.  Until  that 
point  is  decided,  all  discussion  as  to  their  relative  merits  is  out  of  place 
and  useless.  Yesterday  Caleb  T.  Fay  had  the  floor  in  conjunction  with 
the  Mokelumne  and  Campo  Seco  Canal  and  Mining  Companv.  Mr. 
Fay's  proposition  was  to  furnish  100,000,000  gallons  daily  for  816,000,000, 
and  the  Campo  Seco  people  desire  to  sell  out  for  half  a  million.  This 
completes  the  resume*  of  water  propositions  up  to  date.  The  Commis- 
sioners adjourned  until  next  Tuesday  to  hear  a  detailed  proposition  from 
the  Campo  Seco  Company. 

THE  MINISTERIAL  CRISIS  JN  FRANCE. 
Since  the  fall  of  Thiers  nothing  graver  has  happened  in  France  than 
the  resignation  or  virtual  dismission  of  Jules  Simon.  Some  time  ago  one 
of  the  followers  of  Marshal  McMahon  was  reported  to  have  said  at  Brus- 
sels that  the  Republican  Minister  of  the  Left  would  be  replaced  by  a  re- 
actionary Minister  of  the  Right.  Be  it  understood  that  Simon,  Gam- 
betta  and  their  followers,  although  they  have  mutually  their  personal 
piques,  represent  the  party  of  the  Left,  or  extreme  Republicans,  whilst 
Dufaure,  the  Duke  de  Casas,  MacMahon,  and  a  confused  mass  of  Bona- 
partists,  Legitimists,  Orleanists  and  moderate  Republicans  compose  the 
Right,  or  as  they  call  themselves  the  Conservative  party.  The  Brussels 
report  above  mentioned  was  denied;  but  recent  events  have  proved  that 
the  coup  d'etat  was  contemplated.  The  quarrel  ostensibly  arose  on  the 
question  of  the  repeal  of  the  law  restricting  the  freedom  of  the  press.  In 
the  Cabinet  Council,  presided  over  by  Marshal  MacMahon,  it  was  decided 
that  Messrs.  Jules  Simon  as  Prime  Minister,  and  M.  Martel  as  Member 
of  the  Senate,  should  oppose  the  passage  of  the  bill.  Neither  of  them  did 
so,  pleading  illness,  and  the  French  President  wrote  as  follows  to  Jules 
Simon:  "  In  view  of  the  attitude  assumed  by  the  head  of  the  Privy  Coun- 
cil, it  remains  to  be  seen  whether  he  can  sustain  that  position  in  face  of 
the  chamber."  The  letter  contained  other  remarks  of  the  like  nature, 
and  immediately  Jules  Simon  gave  in  his  resignation,  which  was  accepted, 
President  MacMahon  saying,  after  an  interchange  of  some  argument:  "  I 
belong  to  the  Right;"  "and  I  to  the  Left,"  replied  Simon.  "  That  is  very 
evident,"  said  the  other.  The  opportunity  Gambetta  has  so  long  been 
looking  for  has  arrived,  and  now  he  comes  to  the  fore.  He  preaches  the 
doctrine  of  philosophic  Republicanism,  predicts  war  if  the  Ultramontane, 
or  Conservative,  or  Bonapartist  faction  prevails.  France  applauds. 
President  MacMahon  may  form  a  new  Ministry,  may  appeal  to  the 
nation,  but  at  all  events  the  present  situation  is  eventful  for  France. 


CRIMINAL     CONCEALMENT. 

From  a  private  but  reliable  source  we  have  authentic  information  of 
the  management  of  the  Overman  mine,  which  demands  serious  investiga- 
tion. Our  correspondent  says:  "  In  the  absence  of  new  developments,  it 
seems  hard  to  see  how  matters  can  mend.  Overman  has  given  the  death 
blow  to  the  lead,  for  the  present  at  least.  Such  a  fall  is  unheard  of. 
From  the  time  the  stock  sold  for  90  until  it  reached  15,  no  one  except  A. 
Borland  was  allowed  to  go  in  the  mine;  therefore,  when  the  crash  came, 
nobody  was  prepared  for  the  bad  news  when  the  mine  was  opened,  and  it 
was  found  that  the  prospect  had  given  out.  This  is  the  place  to  he  as 
long  as  prospecting  continues.  The  different  mines  are  so  low  that  a 
strike  would  enhance  the  value  of  stock  500  per  cent.  But  until  some- 
thing of  that  kind  occurs,  there  is  no  use  buying  stocks."  This  is  only  a 
repetition  of  the  history  of  other  mines.  They  are  closed  to  the  public 
the  moment  there  are  signs  of  giving  out,  and  the  inside  ring  unload, 
leaving  the  outsiders  to  bear  the  crash  which  ensues.  The  Overman  is 
only  one  example  of  this  kind  of  robbery.  It  occurs  every  day,  and  no 
( n:  is  surprised.  Every  holder  of  one  share  ought  to  have  a  right  to  in 
spect  the  mine,  if  he  pleases,  or  to  send  an  expert  to  do  so.  He  has  a  per- 
fect right  to  know  the  result  of  the  workings  of  the  diamond  drill  just  as 
minutely  as  the  heaviest  stockholder  in  the  company.  Judge  Morrison's 
decision  in  the  recent  Borradaile  Coal  Mining  Company  is  a  valuable  pre- 
cedent for  the  assertion  of  stockholders'  rights,  and  will  doubtless  be  of 
great;  service  hereafter.  As  the  majority  of  investors  live  far  awa}'  from 
the  Corns  tock  lode,  and  could  not,  even  if  they  would,  tell  anything  from  a 
personal  inspection  of  the  property  in  which  they  have  shares,  it  is  only 
just  that  they  should  be  able  at  all  times  to  have  full  and  perfect  knowl- 
edge of  the  state  of  the  mines,  the  withholding  of  which  we  think  we  are 
justified  in  terming  criminal  concealment. 


SOMETHING    LIKE    A    CHAIN-GANG. 

As  we — the  royal  and  mystic  We— walked  out  the  other  day,  we  met 
the  chain-gang,  outward  bound  for  Washerwoman's  Bay.  We  closely 
scanned  each  member's  face — we  looked  them  through  and  through;  but 
fancy  what  was  our  surprise — not  one  of  them  we  knew. 

And  yet  the  number  of  our  friends  is  anything  but  small,  and  as  for 
scoundrels  worth  the  name,  we  think  we  know  them  all.  Struck  by  the 
strangeness  of  the  thing,  we  hastened  into  town,  and  through  the  crowded 
thoroughfares  meandered  up  and  down. 

'Twas  then  we  met  them  one  by  one — the  parties  we  had  missed;  but 
not  a  manacle  wore  they  on  ancle  or  on  wrist;  and  not  to  Washerwoman's 
Bay  were  these  tine  geutry  bound;  and  not  in  jail  when  work  was  done 
could  these  fat  rogues  be  found. 

0,  no;  in  broadcloth  they  were  clad,  and  ltnen  white  as  snow;  to  well- 
paid  offices  of  trust  and  honor  they  did  go;  and  when  they'd  drunk  and 
talked  enough,  they  left  all  care  behind,  and  driving  to  their  palace  homes 
right  royally  they  dined. 

This  set  us  thinking  what  would  he  the  limits  of  the  chain  that  shackled 
every  rogue  in  town;  it  really  gives  us  pain  to  state 'twould  reach  from 
here  to— well— we  needn't  name  the  place  it's  far  enough  away  to  make 
the  distance  a  disgrace. 

We  next  set  out  tojeount  the  cash  the  gang  would  represent,  and  found 
if  but  the  half  of  it  were  with  discretion  spent,  no  judge  or  jury  would 
convict,  no  jail  would  close  its  door,  and  chains  would  be,  as  they  are 
now,  forged  only  for  the  poor. 


KEEP  A  STIFF  UPPER  LIP. 
In  all  seriousness  it  is  a  fair  question  to  ask — whither  are  we  daifting? 
There  is  hardly  a  public  man  among  us  who  is  not  openly  accused  of  dis- 
honesty or  charged  with  venalitj7.  Stocks  are  down,  valuable  securities 
suddenly  become  worthless,  and  the  solid  paper  of  three  months  ago  is  as 
flimsy  as  the  baseless  fabric  of  a  dollar  shirt  which  has  been  once  to  the 
wash.  The  nervous  man  will  talk  about  the  terrible  depreciation  of 
mining  property,  and  his  assertions  are  unanswerable.  He  will  point  to 
the  late  failures  of  Friedlander  and  other  merchants,  and  discourse  on  the 
dry  season  and  the  stunted  wheat  crop.  His  arguments  are  incontrovert- 
ible. He  will  add  that  Federal  offices  are  held  by  corrupt  men;  that  the 
Custom  House  is  far  from  immaculate,  and  the  Mint  not  wholly  clean. 
His  views  are  probably  correct.  Pursuing  his  line  of  argument,  the  de- 
spondent prophet  will  further  urge  that  small  farmers  cannot  pay  their 
rents;  that  the  potato  crop  is  killed  by  blight,  and  the  agricultural  pros- 
pects generally  at  zero.  He  will  point  to  the  accusations  made  by  Pinney 
against  Senator  Saryent,  Congressman  Page,  Carr,  Haggin,  General  La 
Grange  and  other  prominent  men,  and  infer  from  them  that  the  State  is 
politically  rotten.  Perhaps  his  inferences  are  just.  In  conclusion,  he  will 
insist  that  San  Francisco  is  ring-ridden;  that  our  water  supply  is  inade- 
quate, and  that  we  are  in  danger  of  being  still  more  heavily  burdened  by 
chimerical  schemes  to  bring  fresh  supplies  from  the  mountains.  If  he  has 
any  breath  left,  it  will  be  expended  in  general  abuse  of  the  Supervisors; 
complaints  about  the  dust  and  dirt  of  the  town;  the  inefficient  sewerage; 
the  badly  graded  streets;  the  heavy  taxation,  and  the  Chinese  invasion. 
All  of  these  charges  are  difficult  of  denial.  This  aggregation  of  evils  is 
not  lessened  by  shelving  them,  nor  can  any  one  abuse  be  counteracted  by 
poohpoohing  it.  The  best  course  to  pursue  is  to  face  the  music.  If  our 
garden  is  full  of  weeds  it  is  idle  to  pretend  they  are  flowers.  But  by  all 
means  let  us  look  this  Black  Friday  in  our  history  square  in  the  eye,  and 
not  whine  or  cringe  because  the  night  is  darkest  just  before  day  breaks. 
The  people  must  constitute  themselves  bodily  into  a  Hercules,  and  turn 
the  cleansing  river  through  the  foul  Augean  stables  of  our  State  Govern- 
ment. They  must  also  bear  bravely  any  dry  season  and  bad  times  which 
may  come  to  us,  and  believe  that  we  do  not  get  more  than  our  share. 
Chicago  has  been  rebuilt;  France  hh.s  paid  her  huge  debt,  and  while  India 
has  been  suffering  from  famine,  Belgium  from  floods,  and  Russia  and 
Turkey  are  at  war,  at  least  we  have  had  peace  if  not  plenty.  Economy 
may  be,  nay  is  absolutely  necessary  this  year;  but  there  is  no  danger, 
which  the  veriest  pessimist  can  imagine  or  predict,  from  which  California 
cannot  and  will  not  emerge  brighter  than  the  traditional  Phccnix  from  its 
mythological  ashes.    

PANIC  AS  A  CAUSE  OF  DISEASE. 
The  social  and  pecuniary  effects  of  excitement,  like  that  now  raging 
in  San  Francisco,  New  York,  Paris  and  London — indeed,  on  all  the  Stock 
Exchanges  of  Europe — are  apparent.  The  victims  of  loss  and  embarrass- 
ment bear  the  marks  of  injury  on  the  surface  features  of  their  lives  in 
their  purses.  There  are,  however,  unhappily,  deeper  and  more  serious 
consequences  which  escape  notice,  but  nevertheless  work  dire  and  lasting 
mischief,  too  often  culminating  in  ruin.  Perhaps  there  is  no  greater  wear 
and  tear  of  mind  than  the  speculator  undergoes  in  periods  of  suspense  and 
panic.  Even  the  investor  suffers  acutely,  while  the  gambler,  who  trusts 
only  to  chance,  and  is  ever  haunted  by  the  consciousness  that  he  has  no 
solid  resources  to  fall  back  upon,  endures  an  agony  of  alternate  hope  and 
fear  few  minds  can  sustain.  All  this  mental  torture  counts  for  nothing  in 
the  estimation  of  the  public,  but  wrecks  of  mind  are  found  drifting  on  the 
stream  months  or  years  after  a  panic  has  been  forgotten,  and  many  a 
strong  craft  sinks  shattered  at  the  time.  This  is  a  terrible  aspect  of  the 
subject.  It  would  be  well  if,  by  stating  the  facts  faithfully,  we  could 
hope  to  warn  triflers  of  their  danger.  If  the  prospect  of  ultimate  profit 
by  speculation  were  more  certain  than  it  is,*the  game  would  scarcely  be 
worth  the  candle,  seeing  the  life  it  entails  and  the  springs  of  happiness  it 
may  poison  or  exhaust.  Many,  who  dare  the  chances  of  pecuniary  loss, 
are  not  aware  of  the  mental  perils  which  await  them  in  the  crisis  of  the 
venture.  The  stake  is  not  one  of  money  alone,  but  mind.  In  the  moment 
of  supreme  tension,  the  faculty  of  mental  cohesion  and  control  may  be 
overstrained.  Recovery,  in  all  cases  highly  improbable,  is  in  the  great 
majority  of  instances  impossible.  The  significant  symptoms  of  decadence 
do  not  at  once,  perhaps,  become  apparent.  The  death-blow  has  been 
dealt,  but  the  collapse  is  deferred,  and  seems  to  supervene  slowly,  perhaps 
attributed  to  some  other  cause.  We  have  no  desire  to  play  the  part  of 
alarmists  in  the  matter  of  mental  disease,  but  here  is  a  grave  and  over- 
looked source  of  deadly  mischief,  and  it  is  a  duty  to  cry  "  wolf." 

On  the  14th  instant  §11,218  was  received  from  the  Hite  mine,  Mari- 
posa county,  first  on  May  account. 


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Mr  Child*  m.uiy  friends  will  N- delighted  to  know  that  h«  bnow 

I  evening  by  hi-  family  phy- 

md  a  illver  plate,  3  r,  bsi   been  Inserted  in  tly 

t:  bia  skull  which  waaremoYad.     Efsta  -till  very  feeble, 
nt  «lt  In-  I T.iin-  have  been  carefully  put  book  again,  and  tin  planer  from 
f      As  fa*  sa  i-  Kno*  n  of  the  accident,  11 
Dl  int"  a  prominent   aportsman'a  emporium,  and   feeting  tired  est 
down  in  tin*  first  place  which  came  bandy.     Unfortunately  far  himself  be 

■    . 

u  - as  they  are  pulled.    The 

proprietor  waa  out  sod  Mr.  Child  waa  all  alone,  excepting  the  preaenoe  "f 
*  email  boy  at  the  other  end  of  tin  -■  re  By  some  >  didenl  be  toaohed 
[he  thinks  with  hie  s  and   beremem- 

more  until  be  was  htpanni  d.    He  hole  in  the  ceiling  bar 
repaired  by  a  ikiQinl  plasterer,  and  Mr.  C  la  doing  well.     It  is  not  right 

■.  ■■[■v  dangerous  traps  already  b  t.     Everybody  ii  i 
pjnainted  with  their  nee,  and  casiuutii  a  from  unavoidable  causes  are  Quite 
munemua  enough  without  their  being  added  to  by  accidents  such  as  these, 
which  si  i  criminal  thoughtK-s-ness. 

Doctors  are  not  in  the  habit  of  bleeding  oarpsea  ai  a  general  thing, 

and  ii  li  a  popular  idea  that   after  .»  man  ia  beyond  reoovt  ry  he  should  be 

nil.  ui.|  to  die  in   peace.    Thia  week,  however,  after  a  long  period  of 

;  rokera  have  parturiated  in  m,  as  is  proper, 

all. I    till-    t<  -lilt    [fl  a    II.   \\  1 V    born      BChl'Illf    to   in.lllrr      people      1. 1      LMIIlUe     SOlllf 

and  to  further  rob  a  broken  and  deluded  public  We  rejoice  in  the 
knowledge  that  public  confidence  in  mining  operationa  is  completely 
■quashed;  personally,  we  would  looser  believe  the  word  <>f  an  unsworn 
Uninese  chicken  thief  than  the  statement  <>f  s  mine  jobber  all  cinched  up 
with  stiff  oaths.     /■  uptera,  but  no  one  bets.    The 

1  :nt.l  ruined  investors  have  left  the  gambling  tables,  and  the  cor- 
moranta  aigfa  in  rain  for  the  fish  that  have  Bed.  The  strings  are  broken, 
ami  the  puppets  "ill  no  longer  dance.  All  consultations  of  the  manage- 
ment are  now  untimely  anil  useless.  The  put. lie  int.  mis  to  keep  out  of 
stocks  and  stick  to  business,  and  the  obese,  diamond-bedecked  mining- 
sharp  of  the  past  will  gradually  slide  out  from  California  street  to  the 

ring  slums,  and  shrivel  up  like  an  expiring  blow-fish,  or  a,  toad  in 
the  throes  of  dissolution. 

It  was  the  Duke  of  Clarence,  an  our  memory  be  true  to  ns,  who  was 
drowned  in  ■  butt  of  afaJmsey  wine  at  his  own  request.  Truly  he  found 
death  in  the  wine  cask.  This  week,  however,  a  quondam  Judge  of  the 
Supreme  Court  Charles  Bryant  by  name— was  choked  to  death  by  a 
piece  of  beef  which  stock  in  bis  throat  while  dining  at  a  chop  house  in 
Carson  City.  The  old  motto,  "Beware  of  the  dog/'  will  have  to  be 
.  banged  into  "  Beware  of  the  cow;"  and  care  casern  Bhould  have  an  r 
denda  inserted  in  it  so  as  to  henceforth  reatl  eon  cornem.  Truly  the 
vegetarians  nave  now  their  hour  of  triumph,  and  it  will  be  idle  to  dispute 
their  dietary  theories,  in  the  face  of  the  undeniable  proof  <>f  Mr.  Bryants 
being  asphyxiated  with  a  lump  of  meat.  Unless  some  flesh  consumer  can 
offer  in  evidence  a  case  where  a  nrin  died  from  eating  asparagus  or  preen 
corn,  we  are  afraid  that  the  advocates  of  biscuit  and  porridge  will  continue 
to  trow.  The  T.  C.  would  add  in  mitigation,  however,  that  all  men  must 
die  once;  and   personally  he  would  prefer  to  be  choked  by  a  tenderloin 

steak  rather  than  by  a  well  Soaped  rope  attached  to  a  stout  beam.  Dif- 
ferent people  have  different  opnions.  Some  likes  leeks,  and  some  likes 
inions. 

The  spectacle  of  a  Methodist  minister  suing  a  broker  has  been  one  of 
the  attractions  of  the  week.  In  our  humble  opinion,  it  is  the  universal 
stock  gambling  by  clergymen  which  has  broken  the  market  and  reduced 
it  to  its  unfortunate  condition  to-day.  Satan  loves  to  get  a  good  thing 
on  parsons,  and  when  he  sees  them  preaching  holiness  and  morality  on 

Sunday,  and  buying  mining  stock  short  on  Monday,  he  just  cinches  them 

as  tight  as  he  knows.  It  is  natural  to  presume  that  the  Almighty,  disap- 
proving of  his  ministers'  conduct,  declines  to  interfere,  and  Satan  has  it 
all   his   own    way.     The  T.  O.  predicts    that   there  will  never  be  another 

1 ming  market   in   California  until   every  proprietor  of  gospel-saloons, 

heresy  shops,  schism-dens  and  prayer-dives  parts  with  his  last  certificate, 
and  leaves  stocks  to  wicked  people.  The  Reverend  Mr.  George  Washing- 
ton Beatty,  Esquire,  is  respectfully  requested  to  lay  this  advice  to  his 
pericardium,  and  press  it  to  the  upper  ventricle  of  his  grieving  heart. 

A  curious  fact  in  ecclesiastical  architecture  has  been  developed  this 
week.     There  is  a  very  pretty  little  Episcopal  <  Ihurcfa  OH  Stockton  street, 

near  Filbert,  known  as  St  Peter's.    The  front  of  the  edifice  is  adorned 

with  the  two  cross-keys,  which  are  typical  of  St.  Peter's  position  as  por- 
ter of  the  heavenly  gates.  It  now  appears  that  these  keys  were  de- 
signed by  a  noted  burglar,  who  repented  of  his  crimes  ana  became  an 
architect.  His  passion  for  his  old  profession  of  picking  locks  never  en- 
tirely died  out,  and  when  called  upon  to  execute  the  emblems  of  Saint 
Peter  he  unwittingly  reproduced  a  fac  simile  of  his  favorite  skeleton 
door-openers.  Most  of  the  notorious  thieves  in  San  Francisco  recognize 
the  pattern,  and  in  their  unemployed  time  they  may  frequently  be  seen 
gazing  at  the  sacred  edifice  with  looks  of  undisguised  admiration. 

The  happy  way  in  which  rival  companies  are  offering  billions  of 
millions  of  water  to  the  city,  renews  oui  confidence  in  the  grit  of  Califor- 
nians.  If  bids  were  called  for  to  use  some  other  light  than  the  sun,  it  is 
quite  certain  that  a  commission  appointed  for  the  purpose  could  easily  be 
occupied  for  a  period  of  ten  years  in  entertaining  the  pro  positions.  The 
easy  manner,  also,  in  which  private  parties  recklessly  desire  to  vend 
immense  water-sheds,  suggests  to  us  that  there  must  be  nearly  as  much 
fluid  available  for  our  municipal  wants  as  covered  the  earth  when  Noah 
was  keeping  the  ark  close  to  the  wind  on  the  top  of  Mount  Ararat.  We 
feel  like  the  ancient  mariner  on  the  putrid  sea  as  regards  the  amount  of 
water  iti  sight,  but  we  trust  that  some  of  it  may  be  drinkable. 

A  contemporary  says:  "The  Police  of  Paris  embrace  2,750  per- 
sons." A  policeman's  embrace  is  not,  asm.  rule,  either  a  pleasant  or 
desirable  kind  of  hug.  It  is  not  the  kind  of  club  life  we  are  partial  to, 
any  way. 


A  morning  contemporary  rkromietet  the 

■ 
and  with  his  «  [fa  ha  ral  months  Ii 

no.     Tic  int-  i 
.to  both   leave   for   Milan,  where  Mi 
will  -(•■•iid  throe  vsaura  ii.  the  itudy  of  mu  li        n  id  the  Itemlsoi  i 
lover  of  truth,  which  la  nol   to  be  eiprctod,  be   would   have  aaid  that  a 
little  puppy,  with  a  n  toi  '■  doi  row  i .  who  married  a  not  very 

handsome  young  lady  for  her  money,  and  lately  paraded  our  atrseta  in  a 
nd  .*  pair  of  yellow   glove  ■   to  loaf  around  Ku- 

rope  al  bia  wit"'-  expense,  id  the  run  attempt  to  cultivate  and  Improve 
In-  feeble  squeak.     Nit  Scovel  always  Imagined  he  had  a  roles  until  he 
beard  Ben  *  'lark  one  night  at  the  Bohemian  '  Hub     After  finding  out  hw 
,  it  appears  he  La  going  to  try  and  Lain  lomethfaog  In  Italy. 

The  following  touching  little  ode  was  found  in  George  M    Pmnert 

note  I k-     It   \>  aupposi  I  ('i>  n  Sooting  on  th*'  ring  which 

treated  him  ao  badly.     Unlike  Silas  Wsgg,  there  is  no  extra  ohai 
thi-  occasion  for  dropping  into  poetry  : 

"I'll  example  you  with  thievery: 
The  miii's  a  thief,  and  with  his  great  attraction 
Bobs  the  vast  sea  :  the  moon'a  an  arrant  thief, 
And  her  pale  tire  she  Bnatchea  from  the  sun  : 
The  isa'a  a  thief,  whose  liquid  auras  resolves 

The   moon   into  salt  tears:  the  earth's  a  thief, 

That  f Is  and  breeda  by  a  compoature  stolen 

From  general  excrement :  each  thing's  a  thief, 
Excepting  Sargent,   Page,  and   Hilly  farr." 

When  thieves  fall  out,  we  ;dl   know  what  happens;  but  when  the 
Order  of  Caucasians  disagrees,  the  consequences  are  fearful  to  con 

template.     Mr.  Dorney  has  1 n  expelled  from  this  mighty  organization, 

and  he  now  threatens  to  reveal  all  it-  secrets.     Heaven  grant  that  we  be 

not  forced  to  listen  to  the  f»ml  arcana  which  Mr.  Dorney  is  eager  to 
thrust  onus.  Their  scoundrelly  gripe  and  winks,  their  insensate  node 
and  tomfooleries,  their  blind  hatred  of  John  Chinaman,  and  the  contents 
of  their  illiterate  and  Bplenetio  debates,  have  no  interest  for  us.  Mr. 
Dorney  can  be  prevented  from  ejecting  his  nauseous  revelations  by  being 
charged  with  and  convicted  of  lunacy,  as  evidenced  by  his  joining  the 
<  Irder  of  <  'aucasiana  in  the  first  place,  and  his  contemplated  action  at  the 
present  time. 

San  Jose  is  a  rich  valley,  boasting  its  vineyards,  oranges,  corn,  wine 
and  olives.  Figuratively  it  is  a  garden  of  Eden;  practically  it  appears  to 
be  a  kind  of  Sahara  for  poor  folks  to  perish  in.  The  latest  story  from 
there  is  of  a  man  and  his  wife  and  children  starving.  The  wife  died  with 
a  babe  at  her  breast,  after  subsisting  for  some  days  on  a  scanty  allowance 
of  potatoes  and  salt.  The  narrative  is  not  a  very  pretty  one  to  have  to 
own  up  to,  and  our  neighbor  will  hardly  be  proud  of  it.  Shakespeare  tells 
us  of  a  prince  who  was  willing  to  give  his 

11 1.ar-re  kingdom  for  a  little  crave. 

A  little,  little  grave;  an  obeenre  grave." 
And  that  we  presume  the  good  people  of  San  Jose  have  already  furnished 
the  poor  woman  who  happily  is  no  longer  in  need  of  their  potatoes. 

The  Supervisor  of  the  Twelfth  Ward  courteously  presented  us,  this 
week,  with  tickets  of  admission  to  the  Caledonian  games,  shortly  to  take 
place.  He  rather  surprised  us,  however,  by  writing  on  the  back  of  one  of 
them,  *'  Dam  a  lady."  .Supposing  that  his  municipal  labors  had  produced 
temporary  aberrat;on  of  his  intellect,  we  pocketed  the  ticket  without 
resenting  the  apparent  insult.  After  studying  the  matter,  however,  we 
find  that  the  mistake  was  ours.  I).  A.  M.  arc  the  initials  of  Mr.  Donald 
A.  Macdonald,  which  he  wrote  to  ensure  the  admission  of  a  lady  to  the 
grounds,  and  he  hud  no  intention  of  insulting  the  fair  sex  at  all.  It  would 
still,  in  our  opinion,  be  a  wise  thing  for  Mr.  Macdonald  to  alter  his  dam 
initials. 

San  Queatin  society  is  becoming'  very  aristocratic.  Mr.  Vermehr 
goes  over  there  to-morrow  for  a  little  holiday  of  six  years,  during  which 
time  his  clothes  will  cost  him  nothing.  Baron  de  Vernier  has  already 
rooms  on  the  first  floor  of  the  State  Prison  hotel,  and  the  Brothertons, 
poll  tax  forgers,  and  others,  make  up  quite  a  select  party.  Lieutenant 
Fleming,  the  defaulting  military  quartermaster,  will  probably  go  East  to 
Albany,  the  air  there  being  better  suited  to  his  complaint ;  and  there  are 
one  or  two  other  gentlemen  arranging  their  affairs  preparatory  to  a  short 
retirement  from  the  cares  and  temptations  of  our  busy  metropolis. 

Sandjak  Cherif  is  the  name  of  the  holy  banner  of  the  Turks.  When 
this  cherif  Hag  is  unfurled  the  Mussulman  glows  with  ardor  and  immedi- 
ately enlists  as  a    soldier    in    the    service    of  the  Porte.      In  this  country, 

when  the  Sheriffs  flag  is  unfurled  and  floats  gaily  over  the   doorstep  of 

our  neighbor,  the  wife  of  our  bosom  develops  a  sneer  about  four  feet 
high  and  goes  in  to  see  whether  Mrs.  Jones'  carpet  was  not  a  two-ply,  as 
she  had  always  suspected.  This  illustrates  the  advantages  of  Christian- 
ity over  Islamism,  and  the  lessons  are  so  plain  that  you  cannot  easily 
miss  'em. 

The  New  York  Commissioners  of  the  Institution  for  the  Blind 
have  lately  recommended  a  new  site  for  their  asylum,  on  the  ground  that 
it  commands  a  capital  view.  The  fine  scenery  will  doubtless  be  a  great 
comfort  to  the  sightless  inmates,  and  this  step  should  be  followed  up  by 
the  inauguration  of  a  viva  voce  debating  society  for  the  dumb,  and  a 
singing  club  for  the  deaf.  As  time  rolls  on,  science  makes  monstrous 
strides,  and  an  astronomical  observatory  conducted  by  lunatics  would 
seem  to  be  the  next  project  which  should  be  seriously  entertained. 

A  young  man  in  Dubuque  lately  manifested  considerable  annoyance 
at  his  sweetheart  for  declining  to  accept  his  advances.  His  irritability 
was  such  that  when  the  time  came  for  a  parting  kiss  he  bit  her  nose  off, 
remarking  that  in  future  uo  other  fetter  should  gaze  on  her  xmelUr.  He 
still  continues  to  write  poetry,  but  it  is  on  the  walls  of  a  whitewashed 
cell,  where  he  is  temporarily  compelled  to  mourn  his  unrequited  love,  and 
ponder  on  the  intricacies  of  the  law  of  mayhem.  His  defense  will  be, 
probably,  that  the  girl  was  sweet  enough  to  eat. 

One  of  the  Moody  converts  is  said  to  have  restored  §13,000  which 
he  stole  many  years  ago.  Moody's  commission  on  the  transaction  amounts 
to  $2,600,  and  it  is  said  that  the  parties  to  whom  the  money  was  refunded 
have  given  the  evangelist  fifty  per  cent,  of  the  whole.  This  is  the  last 
paper  we  shall  contribute  to.     Next  week  we  go  into  the  revival  business. 


10 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


May  19,   1877. 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Tea  Thousand  at  Home 
and  Abroad. 


Admiral  Hobart  Paslia  —A  Parliamentary 
paper  just  issued  contains  the  "  correspondence 
respecting  the  removal  from  Her  Majesty's  Navy 
of  Captain  Hobart  and  his  subsequent  reinstate- 
ment." The  correspondence  opens  in  18157,  when 
Lord  Stanley — then,  as  now,  Foreign  Secretary 
— is  informed  by  the  Greek  Minister  "  that  an 
officer,  supposed  to  be  named  Hobart,  in  Her 
Majesty's  service,  has  taken  service  in  the  Turk- 
ish Navy,  to  direct  the  Cretan  blockade,"  and 
Lord  Stanley  asks  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty 
for  information.  On  March  19,  1868,  the  Admi- 
ralty, acting  at  the  instance  of  the  Foreign 
Office,  state  that  they  have  that  day  removed 
Captain  Hobart 's  name  from  the  Navy  List.  In 
1874,  Admiral  Hobart  Pasha  addresses  a  letter 
to  Lord  Derby,  admitting  that  he  had  committed 
a  breach  of  naval  discipline  by  accepting  service 
under  the  Turkish  Government  without  leave, 
but  adding:  "During  seven  years  that  have 
elapsed  since  that  time  I  have  endeavored  to 
maintain  the  character  of  an  Englishman  for 
zeal,  activity,  and  sagacity,  and  I  have  been  for- 
tunate enough  to  obtain  a  certain  European  re- 
putation of  which  I  hope  I  may  be  justly  proud. 
1  prevented,  by  my  conduct  at  a  very  critical 
period  at  the  end  of  the  Cretan  revolution  (while 
1  was  in  command  of  a  large  Turkish  fleet),  much 
bloodshed,  and,  many  people  think,  a  European 
war.  I  have  organized  the  Turkish  Navy  in  a 
way  which  has  led  to  high  encomiums  as  to  its 
state  from  all  the  Commanders  in  Chief  of  the 
English  fleets  who  have  lately  visited  Constanti- 
nople. I  have  established  naval  schools,  train- 
ing and  gunnery  ships  (and  here  I  have  been 
ably  assisted  by  English  naval  officers).  While 
doing  all  this  toward  strengthening  the  navy  of 
our  ally,  I  naturally  have  made  many  enemies. 
.  .  .  .  All  that  they  can  find  to  say  (and  it 
is  bitter  enough)  is:  '  He  has  been  dismissed  the 
English  service,'  without,  of  course,  explaining 
the  cause.  This  is  most  painful  to  me  and  it  is 
very  detrimental  to  my  already  difficult  position." 
He  therefore  asks  that  his  offense  may  be  over- 
looked, and  that  he  may  be  relieved  from  the 
"ban  of  disgrace."  This  letter  is  dated  October 
16,  1874.  On  the  3d  of  November  Lord  Derby 
conveys  to  the  Lords  of  the  Admiralty  his 
opinion  that  "the  reinstatement  of  Admiral  Ho- 
bart Pasha  in  the  British  Navy  would  be  of  ma- 
terial advantage  in  supporting  him  in  the  posi 
tion  which  he  occupies  at  the  Porte,  and  might 
properly  be  accorded  as  a  matter  of  Imperial 
policy,  without  affording  a  precedent  detrimental 
in  any  way  to  the  discipline  of  tiu  service." 
In  compliance  with  thi3  letter,  My  Lords 
submit  to  the  Queen  in  Council  that  "  the  Hon. 
Augustus  Hobart  be  reinstated  in  his  former  po- 
sition as  a  captain  in  the  Koyal  Navy  and  placed 
on  the  retired  list,"  and  an  Order  in  Council  of 
November  28,  1874,  carries  out  this  recommend- 
ation, but  not  allowing  any  claim  to  arrears  of 
half-pay.  The  correspondence  closes  with  a  let- 
ter dated  January  25,  1875,  in  which  the  Secre- 
tary to  the  Admiralty  informs  Captain  Hobart 
that  "  by  the  terms  of  your  retirement  you  will 
be  retired  to  rise  by  seniority  to  the  rank  of  Re- 
tired Admiral,"  and  that  "directions  have  been 
given  for  you  to  be  allowed  to  draw  your  retired 
pay  while  holding  your  present  appointment 
from  the  date  of  your  reinstatement  in  the  Roy- 
al Navy." 

The  President  — President  Hayes'  father  and 
grandfather  had  Rutherford  for  their  first  name. 
Several  of  his  cousins  and  second  cousins  are 
also  named  Rutherford.  Indeed,  Rutherford  is 
a  favorite  name  in  the  Hayes  family.  It  came 
to  be  so  partly,  perhaps,  because  it  is  a  pleasant 
sounding  name  and  takes  a  pleasant  nick-name — 
"  Ruddy."  But  it  first  got  into  the  family  by 
an  inter-marriage,  thus:  President  Hayes'  great 
grandfather,  Ezekiel  Hayes, of  Brandford,  Conn., 
married  Rebecca  Russell ;  her  father,  John  Rus- 
sel,  married  Sarah  Trowbridge;  and  Sarah  Trow- 
bridge's grandfather,  Thomas  Trowbridge,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Rutherford.  From  this  connection 
the  name  of  Rutherford  got  into  the  Hayes  fam- 
ily and  also  into  the  Trowbridge  family,  where 
it  still  occurs.  The  Rutherfords  came  from 
Scotland.  Sir  Walter  Scott's  mother  was  Anne 
Rutherford  ;  and  in  his  "  Lay  of  the  Last  Min- 
strel," Canto  VI.  Stanza  7,  he  alludes  to  a  bloody 
deed  of 

"  A  hot  and  hardy  Rutherford 
Whom  men  call  Dickon -dr aw- the-S word." 
The  following  lines  from  the  same  stanza  might 
almost  be  quoted  as  an  apt  motto  for  the  Presi- 
dent's way  of  dealing  with  office-seekers: 

"  Stern  Rutehrford  right  little  said, 
But  bit  his  glove  and  shook  his  head." 


C.  P.  R.  R. 


Commencing  Tuesday,  May  1st,  1877,  and  until 

further  notice,  Trains  and  Boats  will  Leave 

San  Francisco: 

Overland  Ticket  Office,  at  Ferry  Lauding,  foot  Market  st, 


7f\f\  A.  M.  (daily),  Yallcjo  Steamer  (from  Washing- 
•  vv  t0n  St.  Wbarf)  --  Connecting  with  Trains  for 
Napa  (Stage  connection  for  Sonoma,  Calistoga,  Wood- 
land, Williams,  Knight's  Landing  and  Sacramento. 

(Sundays    excepted)    for    Woodland,    Williams    and 
Knight's  Landing.        (Arrive  Sao  Francisco  S:10  p.m.) 


8  An  A.M.  (daily),  Atlantic  Express  Train  (via  Oak- 
•  V/\/  land  Ferry)  for  Sacramento,  Marysville,  Red- 
ding and  Portland  (O.),  Colfax,  Reno,  Ogden  and  Oma- 
ha. Connects  at  Gait  with  train  arriving  at  lone  at 
3:10  P.M.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  5:35  P.M.) 


land  Ferry),  stopping  at  all  Way  Stations.    Ar- 
rives at  San  Jose  at  5:30  p.m. 
(Arrive  San  Francisco  9:35  a.m.) 


■4-  00  P-^'  (daily)  Express  Train  (via  Oakland  Ferry), 
^■•W  for  Lathrop,  Stockton,  Merced,  Visalia,  Sum- 
ner, Mojave,  Newhall,  San  Buenaventura,  Santi  Barbara, 
"Los  Angeles,"  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  San  Diego,  Col- 
ton  and  Pilot  Knob  (Arizona  Stages).  Connects  at  Niles 
with  train  arriving  at  San  Jose  at  b:55  p.m.  "Sleeping 
Cars"  between  Oakland,  Los  Angeles  and  Pilot  Knob. 
(Arrive  San  Francisco  12:40  p.m.) 


4AA  P.  M.  (daily),  Vallejo Steamer  (from  Washington 
•  W  st.  Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  forCalistoga, 
Woodland,  Williams,  and  Sacramento;  and  at  Sacramen- 
to with  Passenger  Train,  leaving  at  9:15  p.  M,  for 
Truckec,  Reno,  Carson  and  Virginia  City.  "  Sleeping 
Cars  "  between  Vallejo  and  Carson. 
(Sundays  excepted)  for  Napa  and  Calistoga. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  11:10  A.M.) 


4  00  **"JI"  (Sundays  excepted)  Sacramento  Steamer 
*\J\J  (from  Wash'n  St.  Wharf),  for  Benioiaand  Land- 
ings on  the  Sacramento  River;  also,  taking  the  third  class 
overland  passengers  to  connect  with  train  leaving  Sacra- 
mento at  9:00  A.  U. ,  daily.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  8:00  p.  M. 


4      0j|  P.M.  (daily),  Through  Third  Class  and  Aecom- 
•  O"     modation  Train,  via   Lathrop  and  Mohave, 
arriving  at  Los  Angeles  on  second  day  at  11:15  a.m. 

(Arrive  San  Francisco  7:30  a.m. 


FERRIES     AND     LOCAL     TRAINS. 

From  "SAN  FBANCISCO,"  Daily. 

TO 

OAKLAND. 

> 

o 
>■ 

o 

>i 

» 

p 

lit* 

<^  - 

>-> 

7---S- 
B=5p 

TO 

BERKELEY 

TO 

NILES. 

a 

A  7.00 
7.30 
8.00 
8.30 
0.00 
9.30 

p  3.00 
3.30 
4.00 
4.30 
5.00 
5.30 
6.00 
0.30 

A  7.00 
8.00 
9.00 
10.00 
11.00 
12.00 
p  1.30 
2.00 

A  7.30 
8.30 
9  30 
10.30 
11.30 

P12.30 
1.00 
3.30 
4.30 
5.30 

A  8.00 

t9.30 

Ptl.00 

3  00 

4.00 

ts.io 

A  8.00 

19.30 

p  3.00 

4.00 

ts.io 

A  7.30 
8.30 
9.30 
10.30 
1130 
p  1.00 
4.00 
5.00 

A  8.00 
10.00 

p  3.00 
4.30 
5.30 

10.30 

8.101     4.00 
9.201     5.00 
10.30      6.00 

^ 

v 

['12.30 

7.00 

S.lO'tChange  Cars 
9.20|          at 
10.30;  East  Oakland 

Change  Cars 

I 

A  0.10 
Pll.45 



F*7.00 

•s'.io 

A   6.10]  \      DAILY,       J" 
Pll.45     •  BUNDAYS  - 

A  6.10 
p  6.00 

*10.30  P.M.  Sundays  only  to  Alameda. 

To  FERNSIDE— except  Sundays  — 7.00,  9.00,  10.00 
A.M.,  and  5  P.M. 

To  SAN  JOSE— Daily-t9:30  A.M.,  3:00,  4:00  P.M. 

Extra  Excursion  Trains,  "Sundays  only,"  to  Shell 
Mound  and  Delaware  St.,  (Willow  Grove,)  9.00, 10.30,  12. 

Regular  Trains  to  Berkeley  and  Delaware  Street  will 
not  be  prepared  to  accommodate  large  excursions. 


To  "  SAX  FBANCISCO,"  Dail.v. 


A  8.00 
10.00 

p  3.00 
4.30 
5.30 


A  7.30 

8.30 

9.30 

10.30 

11.30 

p    1.00 

4.00 

5.00 

I      6.00 


Change  Cars 

at 
"West  oaklnd.l. 


A'6.25 

7.00 

8.03 

9.00 

10.03 

11.03 

12,00 

p   1.00 

3.00 

>3.20 

4.00 

5.00 

6.03 

*10.00 


A  5.40  A-5.00 

|    »5.40 

p*7.20 

I    '8.30 


11.15 

tll.45 


5H  = 


■ 


11.35 
PU208 


tChange  Cars 

at 
East  Oakland 


DAILY, 
r  SUNDAYS  " 
'  EXCKPTED 


FROM 

OAKLAND. 
(Broadway.) 


A  6.40  A 
7.40 
S.40 
9.401 
10.40 
11.401 

P12.40! 
1.25, 
2.40 
4.401 
5.40 
6.40  p 
7.50 

aool 

10.101 


0.50 
7.20 
7.50 
8.25 
8.50 
9.20 
9.50 
10.20 
10.50 
11.20 
11.50 
12.20 
12.50 
1.20 
1.50 


A  5.10;a  5.20 


p  2.50 
3.20 
3.50 
4.20 
4.50 
5.20 
6.50 
0.25 
6.50 
8.00 
9.10 
10.20 


From  FERNSIDE— except   Sundays— 8.00,  10.00,  11.00 

a.m.,  and  6.00  P.M. 

FROM  SAN  JOSE—  Daily— 7 :05  and  S:10  A.M. 

*  Alameda  Passengers  change  cars  :it  Oakland. 

A  -  Morning,     p  —Afternoon. 


THE  CREEK  FERRY 

BOAT 

Will 

run— tide  permitting—  from  5:35 

a.m.  to  6:00  P.M., 

as  follow 

s: 

< 

Leavb 

Leave 

SAN  FRANCISCO 

OAKLAND 

53 

(Market  St.  Station. 
—11:00-  3:00-5:40 

(Broadway  Wharf.) 

16 

5  4- 

- —12:50-4:30 

17 

-12.10-  3:00—5:40 

6:00- 

—  1:2'-  1:30 

18 

6:50—....  -  ?:0l-5  4) 

6  00- 

- —  1:1  -    .8) 

19 

6:50—...     -  2.  0-5:15 

6:00  ■ 

-  8:00- -  i:4> 

20 

881—  I  5-S2  — ... 

7.00- 

■  9.15-  23-500 

■i.l 

6:50—11:1  -...     — ..:.5 

6:00- 

■  S:00-  :  3    ..... 

21 

6:50—10:20-  2  5  —5:20 

«:00- 

-  8:00— 12:iO-4.20 

23 

6:50-10:10-  1:10—5:15 

6  00- 

-  8:00-11:20-3:30 

24 

6:50—10:10-  2.30—5:15 

6:00- 

-  8.00-11:20-4:00 

25 

7:50—11:10-  2.30—5:40 

6:45- 

9:00—12:30-4:40 

21 

9:41—12:20-  4:45--.... 

8  3)- 

•10:5C—  1:30-.... 

27 

9.-05— :0  40-1?  2  >- 3:03 

9.5)- 

11:30—  1:'0~>:00 

2.1 

—10:50-  2. 3 J— 5.15 

9:00- 

- •  12:00-4:00 

29 

—11:00-  2:30-5:15 

9:40- 

- —12  30-1:00 

30 

—11:35-  2:30-5:15 

10:15- 

- —  1:00-4:00 

31 

11:30-2:30     5:15 

5:50- 

—  1:00-4:00 

"Official  Schedule  Time"  furnished  by  Anderson  & 
RANDOLPH,  Jewelers,  101  and  103  Montgomery  St.,  S.  F. 
T.  H.  GOODMAN,  Gen.  Pass,  aud  Ticket  Agt. 
A.  N".  Tow>  B,  G  anern-l  Superintendent. 


SOUTHERN    PACIFIC    RAILROAD. 

NORTHERN  DIVISION  . 
SUMMER     ARRANGEMENT.' 

Commencing  April  15,  1877,  Passenger 
Trains  will  leave  San  Francisco  from  Passenger  De- 
pot on  Townsend  street  as  follows  : 


8  0  f\  a.m  (daily)  for  San  Jose,  Gilroy,  Hollister,  Tres 
•  *j\J  pinos,  Pajaro,  Salinas,  Soledad  and  all  Way 
Stations.  feiTAt  Pajaro  connects  with  the  Santa 
Cruz  Railroad  forArros  and  Santa  Cruz.  At  Salinas 
connects  with  the  M.  &  S.  V.  R.  R.  for  Monterey. 
2^**  Stage  connections  made  with  this  train.  £5F**  A 
Parlor  Car  attached  to  this  train. 


UO£  a     m.   (daily)  forMeulo  Park  and  Way  Sta- 
.AfJ    tions. 

Q  0£T  P.M.  daily  (Sundays  excepted)  for  San  Jose, 
iJ.+j*J  Gilroy,  Pajaro,  Hollister,  Tres  Pinos  and  Way 
Stations.  £§5~  Stage  connection  made  with  this  train  at 
Santa  Clara  for  Pacific  Congress  Springs.  g^°°  On 
Saturdays  Only,  this  train  will  connect  at  Pajaro  with 
the  Santa  Cruz  Railroad  for  Aptos  and  Santa  Cruz. 
Returning,  Passengers  will  leave  Santa  Cnrz  on  Mon- 
days at  4.00  a.m.  (Breakfast  at  Gilroy),  arriving  at  San 
Francisco  at  10  00  A.  U. 


|    Af\  p.m.  (daily)  for  San  Jose  and  Way  Stations. 


fi  OQ  p.m.  (daily)  for  Menlo  Park  and  Way  Stations. 


g^*  Sundays  an  Extra  Train  will  leave  for  San  Jose 
and  Way  Stations  at  9:30  a.m.  Returning,  will 
leave  San  Jose  at  5:45  p.m. 

A.  C.  BASSETT,  Superintendent. 
J.  L.  WILLCUTT,  Gen'l  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent. 


SOUTHERN      DIVISIONS. 

JSP*"  Passengers  for  points  on  the  Southern  Divisions 
of  the  road  will  take  the  cars  of  the  Central  Pacific  Rail- 
road via  OAKLAND,  leaving  SAN  FRANCISCO  via  Ferry 
Landing,  Market  street,  at  4:00  p.m.  daily,  aud  making 
close  connection  at  GOSHEN  for  Sumner,  Mojave,  Los 
Angeles,  Wilmington,  Anaheim,  Colton  and  Pilot  Knob 


S.    F.    &    N.    P.    R.     R. 

CHANGE   OF  TIME. 


Commencing  Monday,  May  7th,  1877   and  until 

further  notice.  Trains  and  Boats  will  IeaveS  P.: 

(Ticket  Office,  Washing  ton -street  Wharf.) 


71  £C  A.M.  Daily,  except  Sundays,  Mail  and  Express. 
•  A«_F  Steamer  "James  M.  Donahue"  (from  Wash- 
ington-street Wharf),  connecting  with  trains  at  Donahue 
for  Lakeville,  Petaluma,  Santa  Rosa,  Fulton,  Mark  West, 
Windsor,  Healdsburg,  Litton's,  Geyserville,  Cloverdale, 
and  way-stations,  making  stage  connections  at  Santa 
Rosa  for  Sebastopol,  Freestone,  Bodega.  Duncan's  Mills, 
Stewart's  Point,  Gualala,  Point  Arena,  Cuffey's  Cove,  and 
all  points  on  the  Coast ;  also  Mark  West  Springs  and  Pet- 
rifled  Forest;  at  Littons  for  Litton's  Springs;  at  Geyser- 
ville for  Skaggs"  Springs;  at  Cloverdale  for  the  Geysers, 
Ukiah,  Lakeport,  Clear  Lake,  Highland  Springs,  Whit- 
tier  Springs,  Bartlett  Springs,  Mendocino  City,  and  other 
points  on  the  Coast. 

ggj^"  At  Fulton  with  Fulton  and  Guerneville  R.  R.  for 
Korbel's,  Guerneville  and  the  Redwood  Forests.  (Arrive 
San  Francisco  8.30  p.m.) 


3"!  £C  p.m.  Daily,  except  Sunday,  Express.      Steamer 
•  JLtJ     "James  M.  Donahue,"  connecting  at  Donahue 
with  trains  for  Cloverdale  and  way  stations  ;  at  Lakeville 

with  stages  for  Sonoma.  (Arrive  San  Francisco  1.10  p.m.) 


8.00 


M.    Sundays    only.     Excursion,       Steamer 
James  M. Donahue,"  connecting  at  Donahue 
ith  trains  for  Cloverdale  and  way-stations.     All  stage 
connections  made  with  this  train. 

At  Fulton  with  F.  &  G.  R.  R.  for  Guerneville,  the  Big 
Trees  and  Picnic  Grounds.   [Arrive  San  Francisco  7.30P.M. 

Freight  received  from  7  a.m.  to  5  p.m.,  except  Sunday, 
A.  hPgHFS.        A.  A.  BE>N,        P.  E.  DOUGHERTY, 
Gen.  Manager.  Sup't.  Gen.  P.  &  T.  Ag't. 

General  Office  :  420  MONTGOMERY  ST.        May  12. 


Ma;    10,  1877.] 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER, 


11 


NOTADILIA. 


Wheu  you  see  n  young  fellow  il 

loolt  IT'  ..!    1.1- 

■ 
an. I  tiul    In-  Is  iin.itt*  rin-_-    t->    Inm-.-lf.    "  chi>|i|W  »,  clothee-lins 

thumb  anil  first  two  tiiutrro.     N«>»  what  ■  I i- ■  t  *t. 

Corrill  pt  pit  up  in  ontvpotuid  tin*  ;»t  their  *  '"1 

UneviUe  « banner?.  Groin  Um  •  il  th  ol  187*,  ind  some  i 

I  mm. I  ,ui\ -« ben  else. 


Seven  warnings  have  been  tent  to  Europe  l>v  (he  Bureau  ol  Meteor 
\.  u  Vork  //  I  be  end  "f  Fi 

f  1:  in  Peru.     Ho*  mure  heeded  those 

smnrings  ere  know  not.  but  all  sensible  people  beed  oar  warning  never  t" 

picnic  without  baring  ;*  bottle  »t  Steele's  Qrindttia  Lotion,     This 

tre  antidote  to  that  terrible  scourge.  Ptiaon  Oak,  which  'li- 

offerer.    J.  *;.  Steals  a  Co.,  316  Kearny  street, 

i  this  invaluable  Lotion. 


Dr.  E.  de  F.  Ciirtia.  M.  D.,  etc. ,  maybe  consulted  at  bis  office  and 
resident  ■ .  620  Sutter  stn it,  between  Powell  and  Mason  streets,  daily. 
Gram  in  v.  u,  ■  u   from  8  to  8  p.  u.j  on  Sundays  from  11  to 2 

only.     l>r.   *  "nrti>.  ia  licensed  to  practice  medicine  under  the  new  Medi- 
obtaini  d  from    A.   L.   Bancroft  8  Col. 
for   the    Pacific  coast,  ox  from   the  author,  Dr.  Curtis,  620 
Sutter  street,  s.  F. 

A  reporter,  in  deacribina  the  turning  of  a  dog  ont  of  court, 

red  from  the  room,  cast  a  [lance  ;tt  the  judge 

I   !<in>." 

The  Union  Range  cooks  perfectly;  it  \*  easy  to  manage,  ant]  simple 
retand.     The  Union  Range  ia  the  best  ever  manufactured  ;  econo- 
mliM  fuel,  end  ia  adapted  to  every  Idnd  of  cookery.    To  understand  its 
merits,  call  on  Mr.  De   La  Hontanya,  and  t- 11  him  you  have  iv;i<|  about 
it  in  th  It  costs  nothing  t->  examine  lii*  roainmoth  stink  <>f 

hardware,  and  In-  address  ta  Jackson  street,  below  Battery,    Call  and  ex- 
amine  the  Onion  B 

Josh  BUlings  -ays  it  was  in  Indiana  tliat  a  man  with  an  appetite  ate  a 
pair  of  twin  ewes  for  breakfast,  and  then  chased  his  mother-in-law  three 
mQee  and  a  half  t>>  bite  her.  If  In*  mother  tasted  half  aa  nice  aa  Genu- 
ine Old  Cotter  Whisky,  the  act  was  excusable.  A.  P.  Hotaling,  429  and 
133  Jackson  strict,  is  agent  for  this  incomparable  Bourbon. 

Many  fashionable  women  now  wear  sour  milk  as  ornaments.  A  Yan- 
kee in  Conn,  i-  making  :i  great  quantity  of  bout  milk  into  an  imitation 
1.  for  jewelry.  At  Swain's  Bakery  they  are  all  the  time  making  a 
great  quantity  of  rich  cream  into  ices.  Their  confectionery  is  the  best 
in  the  city,  and  all  high-toned  people  look  on  their  restaurant,  on  .Sutter 
street,  above  Kearny,  as,  the  only  place  to  lunch  at. 


The  teat  of  true  love  in  Wisconsin  is.  in  permitting  a  young  man 
with  measlea  t<>  Idea  hia  sweetheart. 


Biblical  scholars  will  be  pleased  to  learn  that  the  Vanderbilt  heirs 
have  unanimously  resolved  to  stand  by  the  Old  Testament;  and  persona 

anxious  to   take    a    holiday  will   be    pleased  to  learn   that  Mr.   ami  Mrs. 

Daily  have-  added  to  the  "Smith  Place,"  at  Santa  Cruz,  and  opened  it 

lu'htful  boarding  h"U»-  and  sea  bathing  establishment.      The  table 

ia  one  of  the  best  in  the  State,  and  the  Burroundings  a  perfect  Paradise. 


If  the  faintest  ray  of  sight  remains  in  the  eye  the  optometer  will  show 
it.  It  bt  a  German  invention  perfect  in  its  delicate  accuracy,  and  it  de- 
termines, >it  a"  expense,  what  oculists  often  fail  to  discover  after  payment 
of  a  large  fee.  If  there  if  anything  the  matter  with  your  sight,  look 
through  MulU-r'*  Optometer.      Mr.    Muller  in  the  well-known  optician  of 

135  Montgomery  street. 

Business  is  so  dull  in  some  branches  now  that  the  tradesman  actually 
lies  in  wait  for  a  customer,  and  lies  in  weight  as  well.  This  is  not  the 
way  V.  k  P.  -f.  Casein,  523  Front  street,  do  business.  Their  liquors, 
wines,  and  champagnes  are  tin  pure  and  good  as  they  pretend  to  be,  and 
all  our  tii  ■u.-cla>ss  families  deal  there. 


If  you  wait  long  enough  maple  sugar  will  be  down  to  ten  cents  a 
pound.  

"What  do  we  get  from  iodine?"  asked  the  medical  professor.  "  We 
can  get  -a-ah— usually  get  a  little  idiotic  add,"  yawned  the  student. 
'•  Have  you  been  taking  some?"  quietly  asked  the  professor.     "  No,  sir," 

replied  the  student:   "1   take  nothing  but  pure,  filtered  w;it-T.  and    I  use 

the  Patent  Silicated  Filter,  the  best  ever  invented,  for  sale  by  Bush  &  Milne, 
under  the  Grand  Hotel." 

Says  a  little  child:  "Mamma  cannot  punish  me  by  sending  me  to 
bed,  for  all  our  furniture  and  bedding  comes  from  the  well-known  firm  of 
F.  S.  C'hadbourne  &  Co.,  7-7  Market  street."  This  remark,  which  was 
made  last  week  by  a  saucy  little  maiden,  is  true.  Chadbourne  ft  Co.  im- 
port and  manufacture  the  finest  furniture  to  be  found  anywhere. 

"Why  do  you  use  paint?"  asked  a  violinist  of  his  daughter. 
"For  the  same  reason  that  you  use  rosin,  papa."  "How  is  that?" 
"Why,  to  help  me  draw  my  beau."  A  still  better  way  to  draw  a  beau 
is  to  get  photographed  at  Bradley  &  Rulofson's.  Their  pictures  are  the 
most  supremely  beautiful  in  creation. 

"Why  is  Saturday  the  best  day  to  make  inquiries  at  the  General 
Post  Office?  Because  it's  ten  to  one  you'll  find  the  clerks  there,  and  on 
Other  days  it's  ten  to  four.  It's  twenty  to  one  that  the  Hallet  &  Davis 
Piano  is  the  best  in  the  world,  and  it  is  a  well-known  fact  that  Badger, 
13  Sansome  street,  is  the  agent. 


A  Mr.  Porter  « 

him  with  the 
"Porter,  1  ?o  - 

as  with 
>t.     I.  I  L0  and  12  Jonea  Alley,  Is  the  agent 

CaI  craft,  the  English  hangman,  says  thai  murderers  never  dream. 
The  bast  w;.v  t"  .  —  ij-  h  tngirut  '-  to  get  in  the  habit  ol  dreaming,  The 
pleasant  sat  dream  ■  young    lady  can   have  Ei  thai  ol  ■  love  in  .»  ■ 

■  II  the  furniture  has  beam  ooughl  fromN,  P.  Cole,  220  to 220 
street,  below  Montgomery. 

A  little  boy  who  draw  the  picture  ol  s  Spits  dog  on  the  parlor  wall  is 
sure  it  i  Father  mad.     Our  lunatic  asylums 

would  be  empty,  however,  and  nothing  would  make  people  mad  u  tbey 
only  drank  Napa  Soda. 

A  Favorable  Notoriety.    The  good   reputation  of  "  / 
ehial  Troehea"  forth'-   relief  of  coughs,  colds,  and  throat  rlinnsnos.  has 
given  them  a  favorable  notoriety. 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


TEETH    SAVED ' 

FlllliiUT  Teeth    n    Specialty.— Gr«at    pntlenrc    extended    to 
children     Chloroform  kdntlnlstered,  end  teeth  skiUfuilj  extracted.    Alter  ten 

!  ml  practice,  I  can  guarantee  satisfaction.     Prlw     i Icrate.    Oflla     ISO 

Sutu>r  Hire,  i .  above  Montgomery  JJunoO.J  DR.  MORFPKW,  Dentist 


M 


DE.    J.    H.    STAL'ARD, 
ember  «f  the  ltoynl  College  of  Ph> 'SleJan*,  London,  ete., 

the  Pacific  Coast  "    B.E.  Post  and  i> | 


Uffio   Hours,  IS  to 9  urul  7  (0  B  i.M. 


Febmarj  i". 


STEELE'S     80.UIBEEL      POISON. 
[Patented  October  19<A,  1876.] 

Snre  death  to  .Squirrel*.  Rats.  Gophers,  ete.    For  snle  by  nil 
Druggist  b.  i  Irocen  and  General  I  >^-i»liT- 


Q,  STEELE  .v  CO.,  San  Franc 


,  O 


91  per  box.     Hade  bj  JAMES 

I.    Liberal  discount  to  the  Trade,        Aug  -i. 


DR.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 

Lleen  I  lale  Medlenl  Bonrd    Tor  1'pper  Canada. "Licensed  by 
the  Eclectic  Hedical  Society  ol  California  to  practice  medicine  In  the  State  ol 
California  under  the  new  Law.    Office:  821  Sutter  street.  April  "Ji 


PHYSICIAN,     Nl'KGEOX     AND     ACCOITIIEVR, 

J.    J.    AUEEBACH,    M.D., 

March  13.  224  Kearny  street,  San  Francisco. 

L.    C.    COX.    M.D., 

Late  or  Washington,   D.  C,  850  Market  Ntreet,  corner  of 
Stockton,    Office  Hours— 9  to  11a.m.,  2  to  4  p.m  ,  7  to  9  p.m. 

Special  attention  yiven  to  the  treatment  of  Diseases  of  Women.  April  14. 


E 
F 


0.    P.    WARREN,    M.D. 
cleelic  Physician,  coruer  of  Fourteenth  and    Broadway, 

"  ind.  June  17. 

DR.    N.    J.   MARTINACHE, 
rom  tbe  Faenlty  of  Paris,  Eye,  Ear  and  Throat  Diseases, 

Kearny  street.  April  SS, 


WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 

COTTER    WHISKY. 

A    P.  Ilotallns;  &  Co..  No.  Jftl  Jaekson  street,  are  the  Sole 
*    Agents  on  this  Coast  for  tbe  celebrated  J.  H.  CUTTER  whisky,  shipped  di- 

ni:i  t"  them  fnun  Louisville.  Kentucky.     The  Trade  ure  cautioned  njpiiunt  the   pur- 

ehaseof  Inferior  and  Imitation  brands  of  "J.  H.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon."    Owing  to 

it-i  deserved   reputatiun,  various   unprineipK'tl   parties  ure  endeavoring  to  palm  off 
spurtouH  grades.     It  is  really  the  BIST  WHISKY  In  the  Onitod  States.  March  19. 


A.     M.     OILMAN, 

Importer  and    Wholesale    Uqiior    I>ealer,    308    California 
street,  offers  tor  sale  Fine  old  Bourbon  and  Rye  Whiskies,  Brandiee,  vintage  of 
laiOaiid  1880,  OldPortand  Sherrv  Wines,  Still  and  Sparkling  Wines,  etc,  Agent  tor  the 

Celebrated  CACHET  BLANC   CHAMPAGNE.     Sole  Au-ent  for  MILLS"  STOMACH 
BITTERS. Man-h  4. 

J.    H.    CUTTEE    OLD    B0UEB0N. 

(1    P.  Moorman  A   Co..    Manufacturers,   Louisville,  Ky.— 
j%    The  above  well-known  Bouse  is  represented  here  by  the  undersigned,  who 

have  been  apjiointed  their  Sole  AccntS  tor  the  Pacifle  Coast. 
JulyS.  A.  P,  HOTALINQ  &  CO.,  4»l  und431  Jaekson  street,  S.  F. 


J.    H.    COTTER'S    OLD    B0DHB0N    AND    EYE    WHISKY, 
annfnctnred  hy  Milton  J.  Hardy  A  Co.,  SmiN-in-La«  antl 

Successors  of  J,  H.  COTTEB,  Louisville,  Ky.  E.  MARTIN  &  CO., 

August  14.  No.  4d8  Front  street,  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast 


31 


WHOLESALE    GROCERS. 


Newton  Booth,  C.  T.  Wiikklkr,  Sacramento.  |  J.  T.  Glovkr,  W.    W.    Dome,  S.    F 
W.    W.    DODGE    &    CO., 

Wholesale  Grocers,  corner  Front  and    Clay  streets.   Sau 
Francisco.  April  1. 

REMOVAL. 

L.  H.  Newton]  NEWTON    BPOTHEES    &    CO.,  [Morris  Newton. 

Importers  and  wholesale  dealers  In  Teas,  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed  to  204  and  20U  California  street,  San   Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia.   June  7. 

CASTLE    BE0THEES.— [Established,  1850-] 

Importers  of  Tens  and  £ast  India  Goods,  Nos.213  and  215 
Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  IS. 


S 


TABEE,    HAEKEE    &    CO., 
neecssors  to   Phillips,  Taber  A- Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 10S  and  110  California  street,  below  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  15. 


12 


SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER  AND 


May  19,  le-i. 


"THE    WORLD'S"     FORECAST. 

War  is  now  a  certainty.  The  diplomatists  are  about  to  make  way  for  the  sol- 
(V'/is.  The  Gordian  knot  that  feeble-minded  bureaucrats  thought  they  could  untie 
remains  as  hard  and  solid  :is  it  waa  eighteen  months  dgo.  and  bus  now  to  be  cut 
hy  the  sword.  Two  great  military  Power**  are  lei t  alone,  face  to  face,  to  try  the 
la>r  arbitrament'  remaining-—  the  desperate  test  of  war.  For  a  while  the  other  na- 
tions stand  aside.  While  yet  this  solemn  pause  endnres,  ere  the  clash  and  clang 
of  arms,  the  thunder  of  cannon,  and  the  cries  of  the  wounded  deadt-u  our  ears  to 
all  otiier  sound*,  and  drown  the  quiet  voiceof  reason,  it  may  be  well  to  think  for 
a  moment  of  the  probable  course  of  events.  For  long  months  past  a  mass  of  sec- 
ondary questions  has  obsennd  our  view  of  the  main  issue,  and  the  public  gaze 
has  been  so  riveted  upon  such  petty  questions  as  the  terms  of  peace  with  Servia 
and  Montenegro,  or  the  wording  of  this  or  that  document,  that  it  has  scarcely  com- 
prehended the  one  great  fact— Russia's  steadfast  resolve  to  attack  Turkey.  As  a 
man  pursued  by  wolves  throws  them  at  intervals  all  that  he  possesses,  so  Knssian 
diplomacy  has  thrown  t»>  Englishmen  bait  alter  br.it,  to  turn  their  eyes  from  its 
real  purpose.  As  the  picadr.r's  red  flag  attracts  the  enraged  bull,  so  have  Bulga- 
rian atrocities  diverted  t lie  English  people.  But  now  the  final  scene  is  prepared. 
The  mtitador  steps  forward  willi  bis  sword,  and  makes  his  bow  before  plunging  in 
the  steel.     The  Czar  repairs  to  Kischenefl",  and  launches  f.irth  his  armies. 

What  will  be  the  course  of  events;  He  would  be  a  bold  man  tint  would  dare  to 
predict  with  confidence  the  situation  of  Europe  six  months  hence;  but  by  disrcL-ard- 
Ing  minor  matters,  and  fixing  our  attention  only  upon  the  ereat  facts  which  re- 
main unchanged,  we  may  arrive  with  tolerable  certainty  at  some  idea  of  the  future. 

At  the  very  root  of  the  situation  we  find  two  great  moving  causes:  the  first,  the 
resolve  of  Russia  to  tear  up  the  Treaty  of  Paris,  to  gain  tr.e  freedom  of  the  Bos- 
phorus,  and  to  establish  her  naval  superiority  upon  IheBlack  Sea— in  a  word,  to 
obtain  for  her  ships  of  war,  as  well  as  lor  her  merchantmen!,  unrestricted  access 
to  the  Mediterranean  ;  the  second— we  doubt  if  it  should  not  even  be  placed  first — 
Bismarck's  resolve  to  compel  France  to  discontinue  those  warlike  preparations 
which,  however  unable  she  may  be  to  attack  now,  will,  in  dne  time,  euable  her  to 
Beek  in  a  war  of  revenge  the  revival  ot  her  lost  military  glory. 

To  the  honest  English  mind  it  is  repugnant  to  believe  in  such  deep-laid  plots 
and  schemes.  Our  own  policy  is  so  slraightforward.it  is  so  impossible  for  our 
Ministry  to  resort  to  shifts  and  tricks  which  Parliament  would  be  the  first  to  con- 
demn, that  average  Englishmen  can  scarcely  bring  themselves  to  believe  that  for- 
eign statesmen  can  cheat  and  lie  with  a  purpose.  Bnt  as  regards  Russia,  we  ask 
onr  countrymen  to  remember  that  her  policy  has  for  scores  of  years  been  steadily 
unchanging.  We  ask  lliem,  when  they  doubt  if  it  be  possible  lor  Russian  princes 
to  speak  falsely,  to  remember  that  Count  Schouvaloff,  by  the  Czar's  desire,  lour 
years  ago.  made  promises  to  our  Foreign  Minister  in  regard  to  the  Khivan  expedi- 
tion and  the  annexation  of  Khiva,  which  were  immediately  deliberately  broken; 
and  that  the  Russian  Emperor,  while  vowing  that  Russia  was  giving  no  aid  to  Ser- 
via last  year,  was  allowing  his  otlicers  and  soldiers  to  go  to  Servia  on  leave,  to 
fight  in  Russian  uniform  against  Turkey.  Equally  difficult  is  it  to  our  peaceful 
unaggressive  minds  to  believe  that,  without  fresh  provocation,  Germany  would  at- 
tack France;  hut  it  is  now  matter  of  history  that  two  years  ago  Bismarck  would 
have  declared  war  bnt  for  the  protest  of  Russia.  He  haB  scarcely  made  a  secret 
of  his  creed,  that  his  work  is  not  complete  so  long  as  France  is  permitted  to  build 
up  anew  her  military  strength,  compelling  Germany  to  remain  under  a  burden  of 
conscription  and  taxation  w bich  is  crushing  her  vitality.  To  the  initiated  there 
has  been  ample  proof  that  he  has  fomented  insurrection  in  the  Turkish  provinces. 
A  child  in  politics  could  eee  that  he  has  been  desirous  to  promote  war  in  the  East; 
and  our  Government,  as  well  as  those  of  the  other  Powers,  is  thoroughly  aware 
that  his  wish  was  to  embroil  all  the  countries  of  Europe— above  all.  Russia — that 
he  might  be  left  lace  to  face  with  France  alone,  sure  of  the  help  of  his  ally  Italy. 

So  far  thf  game  has  been  well  played.  By  skillful  manipulation  Russia  has  suc- 
ceeded ill  placing  Turkey  in  the  position  of  a  criminal  before  Europe,  in  isolating 
the  Sultan,  and  leaving  him  without  a  friend.  Against  him  she  is  about  to  proceed, 
after  weakening  him  by  insurrections  in  his  kingdom,  and  revolts  among  his  tribu- 
taries. She  has  assembled  on  her  frontiers  two  great  armies,  the  one  on  the 
Prnth,  the  other  in  the  Caucassus.  With  both  hands  she  is  ready  to  strike.  But 
she  has  done  even  more  than  this.  She  has  kept  open  the  wounds  inflicted  on  her 
adversary  last  sommer,  which  drain  his  b:ood  and  weaken  his  power  of  resistance. 
She  keeps  Montenegro  in  arms.  The  Emperor  had  confided  the  task  of  helping 
this  principality  to  Tchernaicff,  and  he  had  enlisted  a  foreign  legion,  in  which, 
we  grieve  to  s:iy,  nearly  three  hundred  Englishmen  were  enrolled.  But  now  he 
has  been  sent  for  by  the  Emperor,  and  is  to  have  a  post  in  the  Russian  army;  so 
Montenegro  will  have  other  help.  Russian  agents  are  again  stirring  up  the  Ser- 
vians, in  order  to  detain  Turkish  troops.  Fresh  revolts  are  prepared  iu  Bosnia 
and  Herzegovina.  Arising  in  Crete  is  certain  as  6oon  as  Russia  attacks.  Arms 
and  ammunition  are  being  smuggled  into  the  island,  and  every  detail  is  pre- 
pared. 

Forced  to  disseminate  her  troops  to  guard  her  Asiatic  frontier  on  the  one  hand, 
the  Danube  on  the  other,  to  keep  troops  ou  the  Servian  and  Montenegrin  borders, 
in  Thessaly,  Epirns,  Crete,  in  Bosnia  and  Herzegovina,  Turkey  can  bring  but  small 
forces  to  any  one  point.  Eighty  thousand  troops  in  Asia  from  Batoum  to  Baya- 
z«<l.  a  hundred  thousand  on  the  long  line  of  the  Danube,  are  all  she  can  collect 
against  her  chief  foe.  But  the  Russian  forces  on  the  Pruth  are  not  so  great  as 
they  have  been  systematically  represented  to  be.  The  best  information  phiceB  the 
arniy  of  Kischeneff,  with  the  division  at  Odessa,  as  barely  Uii),()i'U  men.  From 
Poti  to  the  Persian  frontier  there  are  scarcely  more  than  100,000.  Bnt  in  organiza- 
tion, though  not  in  arms,  the  Russian  army  is  far  superior  to  its  enemy.  Aided  as 
she  will  be  by  insurrections  in  Europe,  and  by  Persia  in  Asia,  Russia  can  win  on 
both  sides,  unless  there  is  foreign  interference. 

Will  there  be  such  interference.'  Undoubtedly  there  will  be  in  Europe.  "We 
go  back  to  first  principles.  It  is  impossible  that  Austria  can  allow  Russia  to  hold 
the  Danube.  It  is  certain  that  England  will  not  allow  her  to  take  Constantinople. 
Any  forecast  of  events  must  take  as  its  basis  these  two  facts:  Austria's  vital  inter- 
ests are  at  stake  on  the  Danube  ;  our  imperial  existence  is  at  stake  at  Constantino- 
ple. If,  therefore,  Russia  attacks  in  Europe,  she  does  so  knowing  that  she  will 
not,  even  if  successful  in  war,  be  allowed  by  Austria  to  hold  a  foot  of  ground  on 
the  Danube  ;  and  it  is  an  admitted  maxim  by  the  Russian  strategists,  that  no  Rus- 
sian army  can  remain  south  of  the  Prath,  unless  the  neutrality  of  Austria  is  se- 
cured. Further,  she  attacks,  knowing  that  Uuj  oue  great  goal  of  her  ambition — 
Constantinople— will  be  barred  to  her  by  English  fleets  and  EngliBh  soldiers, 
should  Austria  allow  her  to  advance  to  the  Balkans. 

Is  it,  then,  conceivable  that  Russia  will  attack  in  Europe  at  all?  Yes;  for  two 
reasons.  First,  because  the  army  so  long  kept  upon  the  Prutb  is  an  element  thai 
cannot  be  disregarded,  and  it  demands  action  as  a  reward  for  its  months  of  weary 
inaction,  satisfaction  for  its  miseries  and  its  hardships  of  the  winter;  secondly,  be- 
cause even  to  the  Czar,  Gorischukotf  has  had  to  cloak  his  ambitious  designs  under 
the  garb  of  Slavonic  sympathies,  punishment  to  Turkey  for  her  mis-government 
of  the  children  of  the  true  Church,  relief  for  these  from  Mussulman  oppression: 
and  the  lie  must  be  acted  out  and  covered.  But  in  Europe  Russia  can  gain  no  re- 
ward for  her  costly  preparations,  for  the  losses  in  blood  and  money  that  war  will 
yet  entail.  It  is  in  Asia  that  8he  will  seek  this.  It  is  in  the  rich  provinces  of  Ar- 
menia that  she  will  find  some  compensation;  and  when  once  she  has  crossed  the 
frontier,  she  will  make  no  peace  till  she  has  taken,  not  only  Kars,  but  Erzeroum, 
not  only  Batoum,  but  Trebizond;  till  she  has  thus  secured  for  herself  the  outlets 
of  the  Persian  trade,  and  seaports  upon  the  eastern  coast  of  the  Black  Sea;  till 
the  valley  of  the  Euphrates  is  in  her  hands,  and  that  ronte  to  India  forever  shut  to 
England,  her  jealous  foe. 

That  Austria  will  move  troops  into  Bosnia  is  most  probable.  The  line  of  action 
for  Euglaud  is  plainly  marked  out.  There  are  tasks  we  cannot,  and  tasks  we  can, 
undertake.  We  cannot  attempt  to  cope  with  Russia  in  the  open  field;  for  our 
small  contingent  ot  JO.uOO  men,  far  from  its  buse,  would  soon  dwindle  to  a  Bhadow. 
But  we  can  defend  Constantinople  if  need  be,  we  can  prevent  Crete  falling  into 
other  hands.  And  we  believe  it  will  be  found  lhat  no  sooner  will  Russia  have 
crossed  the  frontier  than  our  Government  will  dispatch  what  force  it  ean  collect, 
not  to  Constantinople,  but  to  Crete,  and  to  the  peninsula  on  the  west  of  the  Dar- 
danelles; there  lo  bide  events  in  healthy  camping  grounds,  giving  no  aid  to  the 
Turks,  but  ready,  if  our  interests  are  directly  threatened,  to  occupy  lines  west  of 
Constantinople,  and  bold  them  against  all  comers. 


Before  Russia  can  close  the  war  on  which  she  is  now  abont  to  embark  she  will 
hp  financially  bankrupt;  and  Turkey,  though  she  may  h;:ve  to  yield  Asiatic  pro- 
vinces, can  pay  no  indemnity.  Thus  the  injury  to  Russia  from  this  war  will  be 
far  beyond  the  gain.  Her  credit  will  be  ruined,  her  dream  of  a  free  Bosphorus 
will  not  he  realized. 

In  the  blackness  of  the  situation  one  gleam  of  light  shines  out.  We  have  at 
length  learned  that  Prince  Bismarck's  retirement,  which  it  is  endeavored  to  attrib- 
ute to  German  internal  polities,  is  due  to  bis  inability  to  bring  the  Emperor  to  his 
views  regarding  war  with  France.  The  Emperor,  stern  as  he  is,  shrinks  from  the 
idea  of  so  sunn  entering  on  uuorher  great  war  without  anv  immediate  striking 
provocation,  and  the  Chancellor  sees  all  his  efforts  foiled.  Ail  his  plans  have 
been  iu  vain.  While  Gortschakoft'  has  conquered  the  Czar,  and  made  of  him  an 
unwilling  tool,  the  old  German  Kaiser  is  firm  and  unyielding:  and  even  the  great 
Bismarck  has  to  give  way.  The  influence  of  the  Prince  Imperial,  and  of  "  that 
Englishwoman  "  whom  Bismarck  likes  not.  are  to  be  traced  in  this.  If  Europe 
is  spared  the  horrors  of  this  War  in  the  West,  in  which  Italy  would  have  assu- 
redly chimed  in,  all  the  horrors  of  the  war  in  the  East  may  more  easily  be  borne. 

The  voice  of  the  British  people  has  not  yet  spoken.  L"d  away  on  false  tracks, 
Englishmen  have  been  hoodwinked  and  deceived.  With  statesman-like  relicence, 
our  Ministers  have  said  no  word  against  the  Governmentof  the  Czir.  But  when 
Russia  throws  aside  the  mask;  when  our  Government  speaks  out.  and  tells  the 
deeds  of  lying  and  chicanery  which  it  knows  full  well;  when  the  English  people 
learn  how  they  have  been  cheated  and  beguiled— with  one  voice  the  nation  will 
cry  out  to  he  revenged  Tor  the  deceit,  and  will  demand  thut  our  honor  and  our  in- 
terests be  protected  by  the  might  of  our  strong  right  arm. 


IS    THIS    FELONY? 

The  quacks  still  flourish  like  weeds  iu  a  wilderness,  but  the  News 
Letter  keeps  up  its  tight  aud  incessantly  renews  its  endeavors  to  crush 
them.  For  two  years  our  Quack  List  contained  the  name  of  "  F.  Hil- 
ler,"  but  on  his  sworn  affidavit,  which  is  printed  below,  we  removed  his 
name,  and  temporarily  conceded  that  he  might  be  a  legally  qualified 
medical  man.  We  did  not  rest  here,  however,  in  spite  of  Mr.  Hitler's 
protestations  of  veracity  and  his  oft-repeated  lame  explanation  that  he 
had  dropped  half  of  his  name  in  this  country  ou  account  of  its  length. 
We  sent  the  affidavit,  sworn  to  by  Mr.  Hiller,  alias  Hillerscheidt,  and 
witnessed  by  Drs.  Sidney  Worth  and  W.  N.  Griswold,  to  Berlin,  and 
asked  for  full  information  as  to  the  credentials  of  the  party  in  question. 
We  now  give  the  affidavit  alluded  to.     It  runs  as  follows: 

I  hereby  certify  that  I  was  admitted,  in  the  year  iS38,  to  the  "  Medieimsch  and 
Chirurgisches  Frederick  Wilhelms  Inst:tut,"in  Berlin,  Prussia ;  studied  until  1840, 
when  1  was  transferred,  by  military  order,  to  the  position  of  Surgeon  to  the  Garde 
Dragoons.  After  serving  six  months,  I  was  transferred  as  Surgeon  to  the  Third 
Hussars,  where  I  remained  about  eighteen  (IS)  months.  April  22d,  ls45,  I  passed 
the  "Staats  Examination,"  and  was  assigned,  under  the  full  title  of  "Doctor,"  as 
Battalion  Surgeon  to  the  3d  Battalion  2d  Regiment  Garde  Landwehr. 

Sidney  Worth,  W.  N.  Griswold,  Witnesses.  Frederick  Hiller. 

Subscribed  aud  sworn  to  before  me  this  13th  day  of  October,  187«.  [seal.] 

This  was  forwarded  to  the  Bureau  of  Medical  Affairs  on  the  30th  Oc- 
tober last,  with  a  request  that  we  might  be  informed  as  to  the  truth  or 
falsity  of  the  document.  The  subjoined  letter,  signed  by  the  great  Ger- 
man scientist,  Sydow,  is  very  explicit  and  official.  Below  we  give  the 
verbatim  letter  and  translation  : 

MlSlSTERIUM  DER  GE1STMCHEN,  U.NTERBJCUTS  USD  MEDICINAL  AXQELEGEMIEITEN,  ) 

fiERwx,  den  12  ten  April,  1877.      ) 
I.  No.  1885  M. 

Auf  die  Zuschrift  vom  30  October  v.  Js.  erwiedere  ich  Ihnen  bei  RUekgabe  der 
Anlage,  dass  nach  Ausweis  der  Acten  des  General  Stabs-Arztes  der  Armee,  so  wie 
des  medieiniscb  cbirurgischen  Friedrieh  Wilhelms  Institute  in  Berlin  ein  Arzt  Fried- 
rich  Hiller  oder  wie  Sie  schreiben  Hillerscheidt  weder  dem  genannten  lustitnt  als 
Studirender  angehiirt,  uoeh  als  Militairarzt  boim  Garde-Draguner,  dem  3  Husaren 
noch  bei  dem  3  Bataillon  2  Garde  Landwehr  Regiments  gestanden  hat.  In  den  Acten 
des  Ministeriums  der  geistlichen  Unterrichts,  und  Medicinal  Angelegenheiten  hatsich 
liber  die  Angabe  des  p.  Hiller,  dass  er  im  Jahre  1845  die  Staats,  PrUfung  abgelegt 
habe,  Nichts  ermitteln  lassen. 

In  Vertretung  des  Koniglich  Preussischen  Ministers  der  geistlichen,  Unterrichts 
und  Medicinal  Angelegenheiten.  Sydow. 

An  Herrn  F.  Mai^rioU  {California  Adrer(iser) ,  eu  San  Francisco. 

[Trasslation.] 
Office  of  the  Clerical,  Educational  and  Medicinal  Affairs,  ) 
I,  JVo.  1885  M.  Berlin,  12th  April,  1877.      ( 

Dear  Sir  :— To  your  letter  of  30th  October,  1876,  I  have  to  reply  by  returning  the 
inclosed,  and  stating  that  according  to  the  showing  of  the  Registers"  of  the  General 
Staff  Surireon  of  the  Army,  as  well  as  that  of  the  Medicinal  and  Surgical  Frederick- 
William  Institute,  in  Rer.in,  Doctor  Frederick  Hiller,  or,  as  you  write  it,  Hillerscheidt, 
never  studied  in  the  said  institute,  nor  ever  served  as  Military  Surgeon  with  the  Dra- 
goon Guards,  the  3d  Hussars  or  the  3d  Battaliuti  of  the  2d  Landsvchr  Guard  Regi- 
ment. In  the  records  of  the  Bureau  of  Clerical,  Educational  and  Medical  Affairs,  it 
has  been  impossible  to  find  out  anything  about  the  assertion  of  the  said  Hiller,  that 
he  had  passed  the  State  examination  in  the  year  1815. 

For  the  Royal  Prussian  Minister  of  the  Bureau  of  Clerical,  Educational  and  Medical 
Affairs.  Sydow. 

Whether  Mr.  Hiller  can  be  arrested  for  perjury  on  the  above  evidence 
is  not  clear;  but  the  good  work  goes  bravely  on,  and  every  exposure  is  a 
step  in  the  right  direction. 

Section  13  of  the  Act  to  regulate  the  practice  of  medicine  in  California 
says:  "Any  person  practicing  medicine  or  surgery  in  this  State  without 
complying  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  shall  be  punished  by  a  tine  of 
not  less  than  fifty  dollars  (§50)  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars  (8500), 
or  by  imprisonment  in  the  County  Jail  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  thirty 
days  nor  more  than  three  hundred  and  sixty-five  days,  or  by  both  such 
fine  and  imprisonment,  for  each  and  every  offense;  and  any  person  filing 
or  attempting  to  file  as  his  own,  the  diploma  or  certificate  of  another,  or 
forged  affidavit  of  identification,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  felony,  and,  upon 
conviction,  shall  be  subject  to  such  fine  and  imprisonment  as  are  made 
and  provided  by  the  statutes  of  this  State  for  the  crime  of  forgery." 

Whether  this  section  or  any  portion  of  the  Act  can  be  made  applicable 
to  the  case  in  point  is  for  the  Medical  Society  to  decide.  Onr  duty  in  the 
matter  has  been  fulfilled  at  any  rate,  and  we  leave  the  matter  with  them 
and  the  public.  __ _______^^_ 

S3    WATCHES. 

(Cheapest  in   the  known  world.    Sample  watch  nnd  outfit 
J    free  to  Agents.     For  terms  address  COULTER  &  CO.,  Chicago.  May  19. 

REVOLVERS, 
ry  shot,  82.50,  70  kinds.  Gnns  nml   Rifles,  85  to  8300.   Mon- 

4      ster  111.  Cat.  for  3-eent  stamp.     Western  Cun  Works,  Chieagu,  111.        May  It). 

REMOVAL. 
W.  JffcOrnir,  Attorney  anil  Counsellor  at  Law,  removed 

to  504  KEARNY  STREET,  corner  of  California.  May  5. 


E, 


May   19,  is;;. | 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER 


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JEM    MACE. 
Prolvibly  the  moat  popular  pngiLst  rbo 

■ 

D  'H   in 
Ml  Hi 

know  I. mi  say  thai   do  i  a  tturod 

-\i-tr  I.     He  i-  free  from  ;iil   d  ^-.  and  i-    » 

Mi-  aua  down  t->  tuturi 

example  of  a  nian  who,  although  nil  pn  punch- 

iving  bard  knocks,  in  private  Ufa  commanded  the  re- 
spect >-i  .ill  who  ki.«-w  him.     'I'll-'  Sydney  -■  i  liim  : 

In  i  allfornb  bj  the 

■ 

Norfolk, 
ur  -nr*l  youthful  flffhla,  he  undertook*   prt  fe»lo»»l  tour  through  the   |>n 

•  i-  Langham  (who  after 

trwd*  <:■  I 

In  tiir  .-..ur-.1  >•(  thn 

hiucror  11   i  ;onists  in  tii,  sc  i'. .nil  i 

be  Suffolk  ohanv 

■  Uoston,  and  Sydney  Smith,  ul   '  Hereon- 

In  t  John  Pratt)  the  N-r- 

(..lk  chaojploo,  on   Musclcheath) 

at  Draytunhreaka,  vhen,  after  ra»  declared  the 

two  boon  and  twi 

i  i  rat  k  merabi  •    ■  i  on  of  Dob  Slack, 

i.  h,  whom  he  defeated,  aftei 
l*p  t"  tin*  pei  iiclal,  but  ihortl 

I    ..  ■:,.  u)  ,  ondon,  i  ii  E  - 
and,  upon  Uiia  occasion,  the  Lon  on  ring  baa  the  ftret  opportunity  of  witnessing  the 
fklll  -»f  the  roung  Korfulk  pugilist     file  Bght  took  place  in  L8&4,  and  Jem  U 

r,  after  a  watt-contested  mill  of  nine  rounds,  In  twentj  seven 
i 

1  rears  after  Jo  ipp  iraaos  In  the   London  ring.be 

:i  of  note  In  tin  P.  R      Am  rngst  the  very  few  defeats  he  over 

■Mi  in  i-.-.-i,  when  the  two  men  fought  for £100  ■  side, 

ind  Mi"-  was  beaten     He  nest  fongbl  Posh  Pries,  of  Birmingham,  for  B60  ■  side, 

ami  won  aftsr  a  I  black,  at  Alder - 

■bob  (->r  6100  ■  ride,  when,  titer  Oghting  seven  rounds,  the  police  Interfered,  and 

the  battle  was  sojourned  for  one  day  andiben  finished,  Usee  coming  off  victor  sfter 

:-.  which  lasted  lor  1  hour  and  80  minutes.     In  1  --">'.'  Mace  again  mel 

intagonist,  Bob  Brettio,  from  whom  he  bad  Buffered  defeat  In  1864      Be  now 

fougbl  him  again  tor  L  li  mpionship  of  the  middle  weights,  and 

galbuitlj  wiped  oul  his  formerdefi  it  [n  s  ahorl  and  sharp  Bght  of  five  rounds,  In  only 

17  minutes.   Ills  noxl  m  louunter  was  si  Purfleet,  In  Kent,  in  1881,  when 

bl   Bam  Hurst,  Ihi    Staylej   Bridge  Infant,  for  £400,  the  championship  and 

.    Iter  .i  smart  battle  of  20  rounds  in  12  minutes   Joe-Gossnext  entered 

tin- riiu  m  U>  light  upon  the  unequal  terms  that  Mace 

should  stake   £600  to  Joe's  £400,  and  fight  at  lost  lon\    Jem  boldlj  accepted  the 

i    the  money.  In   all  £1.000,  and  Joe  bit  tin- dust  and 

parted  with  nil  coin,  sfter  ■  brilll  hours'  duration. 

i  d  i  fought  him  for  the  eham- 

:■  md  £400;  but  Mace  was  too  much  for  him,  being  adjudged  the  \  tctor  after 
aflghtof  l  hour  and  10  mlnai  -  Not  satisfied  with  tins  defeat,  King  again  chal- 
lenge i  Ms  re  for  the  chant]  lonshlp,  and  this  time  beat  bim,  afters  fight  fur  87_min- 
ut  Haco  declaring  that  bis  conqueror  had  won  by  a  fiuke,  be  immediately 
challenged  King  to  another  fight,  which  King  declined,  and  forfeited  the  belt,  of 
which  Hi  wed  i  ''Baldwin,  the  Irish  Qiaut,  now 

undertook  to  wrest  the  bell  from  Haco  and  win  the  championship  besides.    The  men 
irdingly,  but  tbe  police  Interfered,  both  were  arrested,  and  the  match  was 
d  nil. 
in  i-ii  Hacc  again  mel  Joe  Qoss  for  £400  a  side  and  the  championship ;  bnt,  un- 
fortunately .  Hacc  sprained  bis  f<»-i,  and  the  battle  was  declared  a  draw.    As  soon  as 

5,  and  Mace  won  in  Zi  minutes.  Soon 
afterwards  Tom  King  and  Msec  bad  another  trial  of  strength  for  £50  o  Bide,  but 
■  i  dI  easily  in  BminuU — i-  rounds  si  XattorsiuTs  Joe  Wormhold 
next  entered  the  list  -  ■  i  competitor  for  the  championship  and  £400,  but  Wormhold 
paid  forfeit  tod  tin  light  Diver  came  off.  He  was  neat  matched  against  Hill  RyaD 
for  £400  and  the  champion  belt,  Ryall  forfeited  £340  the  week  |bef ore  the  cham- 
pionship came  off,  and  the  like  result  came  of  a  match  for  £100  with  Jack  Grant,  who 
[ore  tbe  day  fixed  for  the  fight  Hace  being  at  this  time  tbe  undis- 
puted Champion  ol  England,  and  holder  of  the  belt,  Issued  s  challenge  to  all  the 
world  to  fight  bim  for  the  championship  a-n.l  cumm,  ami  this  was  ai-L-qe.ed  iiy  Tom 
Soycra,  who,  however.  aftCTwanlj  de  lined  thecontest  and  paid  forfeit.    About  this 

Heenan  (the  Benicia  Boy)  and  Tom  Sayers  fought  their  celebrated  bat- 

tio,  and  soon  afterwards  Haco  offered  to  H  hi  either  of  them  for  any  amount  of 

bul  nothing  came  of  this  offer,  as,  Sayers,  after  accepting  the  cballonge, 

I  to  think  better  of  it,  and  again  forfeited  to  Hace.    Hace  being  thus  left  in 

■  igsesslon  of  all  tbe  honors  ol  the  P.  it.  In  England,  In   1871  he  firsl  visited 

America,  and  soon  after  his  arrival  In  that  country  be  w  is  ch  dlenged  by  Turn  Allen 

(the  ehampion  of  the  United  States)  to  iu-v  for  ?m, ami  n„  i_-hanit>i-m»hin  of 

America     Hace  having  accented  th*u  handsome  challenge,  the  fight  cams  off  In 

1871,  at  Slew  Orleans,  when  i!:nr  wi-  it.-.'l.ir.  A  tin:  e.  .mjiiLTer  after  Ml  rounds  in  4'2 
minutes.      -I-    ('..hitrn  then  eh  .lien,-  'ii  Mac-   to  fl^it  f-T  Si  o'm,  ami    the   ei. inhalants 

met  in  Canada;  but  for  some  unejcpfalnod  reason  the  American  champion  did  not 
the  BCrateh,  although  on  the  ground,  and  the  referee  then  ordered  the  fight 
to  come  otf  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  but  as Ooburn didnot  even  show  on  the 
ground,  although  the  ring  was  formed  and  everything  En  raadlnossj  the  referee 
ordered  the  stauces  to  be  banded  over  to  Mace.  The  next  and  last  man  who  ';..'i- 
lengcd  Jem  Mace  in  America  was  O'Baldwln,  tlie  Irish  Oiant,  who  undertook  I  p  fight 
for  the  Amirican  championship  and  8b,000,  but.  asthemen  could  not  agree  upon  i 
referee,  the  matter  fe  I  through  without  a  l  attle  ;  and  thus,  1 1  this  moment,  and  at 
the  igeol  13  vears,  James  Mace  holds  the  proud  position  of  I  elng  champion  of  both 

l   ind   America,      U  ice  IS  G  feet  S  inehes  in  hi;ht.  ami  now  weighs  14 stone. 

The  champion  belt  now  In  Hs  n  is  the  champion  belt  of  England,  be- 
tween 30  and  40  vears  old,  and  which  has  passed  through  the  hands  of  a  general I 

thL  foremost  pugilists  in  tbe  world!  and  has  been  the  subject  of  a  series  ol  the  most 
humous,  contests  In  the  annals  ..f  the  prize  ring.  It  lias  finally  become  the  property 
of  Jem  Hace.  It  consists  of  a  number  of  massive  silver  plates  with  gold  hinges,  the 
last  .'  beautiful  specimen  of  Bonansa  silver,  having  been  presented  bv-  Messrs.  Flood 
and  Mackey,  the  famous  Bonansa  Kingfti  There  are  seven  other  massive  plates  in  tiie 
belt,  with  designs  as  follows:  1.  a  lion  crouchant ;  2,  the  figures  ol  two  pugilists  in 
fighting  attitude ;  8,  the  words,  " Champion  of  England;"  4,  the  Royal  Anns  of 
England  ;  6,  plain  Qcit  for  Mace's  Inscription) :  B,  two  pugilists  in  fighting  position  ; 

7.  a  star,  with  tWO  I  ami-  clasped  in  the  center.  The  last  plate,  presented  by  the  BO" 
nanm  King.-,  is  of  pure  bullion,  taken  from  the  mine,  with  a  beautiful  figure  ef  the 
American  eagle.  The  bolt  intrinsically  is  valued  at  £200.  -It  has  been  on  view  at 
Punch's  Hotel  during  the  day. 

The  eagle  alluded  to  in  the  above  article  was  a  present  from  Mr,  Stew- 
art Meuzies  to  Mr.  Mace.  It  was  manufactured  by  -Mr.  Laird]  the  well- 
known  jeweler,  and  is  a  beautiful  piece  of  workmanship.  Mace  is  never 
tirvdof  talking  of  the  kindness  which  he  received  from'  his  San  Fran- 
cisco friends. 

St  John's  Presbyterian  Church,— Be  v.  Dr.  Wm.  A.  Scott,  D.  D„ 
pastor,  will  preach  Sunday  at  11  A.  If.  and  lh  P.  M.  At  the  beginning  of 
the  morning  service,  children  may  be  presented  for  baptism. 

The  Knickerbocker  Mining  Company  have  levied  an  assessment  of 
30c.  per  share,  delinquent  Juae  21st. 


MEDICAL    ADVERTISEMENTS. 
The  public  i  when  they  put  mi  dical  i 

on  ■  par  nrttl  Aovortleing  i-  the  legitimatei 

i  oommunloation  betwten  indenoan  and  tin-  pnblfc, 

in:  Information  with  raepi  i--j  example, 

that  dry  gnoda  may  be   porohaaed   at  a  i  ch  a  prioe,  or 

I  tut  when  it  i«  advertiaed  i  h 
manhood  can  be  reatured  by  cbemj<  .1-.  tn  thai    diphtheria  »ill   infallibly 
he  cured  b)  a  certain  garglv,  the  |  i  Iced  to  believe  a  mer 

unlit,  made  by  Interaatcxj  partiea  without  ■  particle  ol  evidence,  and  only 
t.>  b.-  vended  by  payuenl  and  ooneiderable riak.     The  ralue  ofnn  h 

!\  l>.'  determined  by  the  abilitv  and  sharaoter  "f  the  adver- 
tiser, and  ii  those  were  more  generally  considered,  medical  advcrtii 
would  have  very  little  weight     ^  hil-t  advertulng  ii  very  properly  patron* 

I  honorable  tradeament  it  hai  always  been  disoountens 
feaaiona]  men  oi  character  and  sldlL  No  honest  medioal  practitioner 
would  consent  ti>  put  bis  name  to  the  Advertising  --f  specific  remedies,  n. 
hin>w.-*  for  example  that  there  can  be  no  such  thine,*  as  a  miracul  >u 
fur  piles,  mi  Infallible  liniment  f>>r  rheumatism,  "i  sure  specifics  for  female 
.  rities.  bp  ract.  such  statements  are  simply  lies  intended  t«>  deceive 
the  public.  So  also  the  mjtn  who  advertises  Bome  special  method  of  treat- 
ment, and  who  pretends  to  have  knowledge  f;<r  beyond  that  *>i  othera, 
stands  self  condemned  amongst  the  quacka.  If  any  one  doubts  the  char- 
acter "i  iuedie.il  advertisers  let  him  turn  to  the  columns  <»f  the  daily  press, 
1  >..  we  not  find  those  who  formerly  figured  in  our  tjuat-k  List,  but  who, 
thanks  to  :i  defective  administration  of  the  law,  are  stall  permitted  to  de 
lude  the  public  in  broad  dayl  These  persons  are  even  better  utf  dow  than 
under  the  old  law,  f<>r  many  have  received  a  license  from  the  state,  and 
the  rest  we  dare  no  longer  brand  with  tbe  death's  head  and  cross 
Amongst  the  greatest  advertisers  ore  men  without  diplomas;  men  with 
bogus  diplomas;  men  with  worthless  diplomas,  and  .me  at  least  who  once 
possessed  one  <<(  the  most  honorable  parchments  in  the  world,  which  was 
canceled  and  withdrawn  on  account  of  practices  diagracefu]  to  the  honor- 
able body  from  which  lie  was  expelled. 

A  moment's  consideration  ought  to  satisfy  the  public  that  the  state- 
ments of  such  persons  are  utterly  and  entirely  worthless.      They  are  made 

only  to  deceive,  and  it  is  a  reflection  on  an  educated  community  that  they 
succeed.  But  again,  if  further  evidence  were  wanting,  no  honest  physi- 
cian could  afford  to  pay  one.  two,  and  even  three  thousand  dollars  per 
month  fm  long  advertisements  in  every  journal  in  the  State  which  will 
prostitute  its  columnB  to  their  admission.  A  physician  would  require  an 
established  reputation  and  an  iron  constitution  to  earn  such  an  enormous 
Outlay  by  legitimate  ami  proper  fees;  indeed,  such  an  one  would  have  no 
aee*d  to  advertise  at  all.  His  patients  would  be  sufficiently  his  friends. 
The  quack  advertiser  pays  his  way  simply  by  robbing  bis  victims.  He 
operates  on  their  fears.  He  magnifies  the  danger  of  their  complaint.  He 
discourses  of  the  evils  of  mercury  and  other  harmful  drugs,  and  of  the 
safety  and  innocence  of  those  which  he  employs.  He  frightens  him  with 
thi?  prospect  of  a  ruined  constitution,  and  the  injury  indicted  by  physi- 
cians of  the  ordinary  kind,  whoso  practice  he  condemns.  He  alone  pos- 
sesses the  secret  of  certain  cure.  He  then  displays  his  pile  of  gold  notes, 
and  boasts  the  number  of  his  rich  and  grateful  patients,  who,  by  the  way, 
are  never  seen  or  heard  of  by  any  one  else,  because  consultation  with  such 
persons  is  always  secret,  and  he  fails  not  to  demand  a  fee  proportioned  to 
the  effect  produced, 

Some  years  a.u'o,  in  London,  these  and  worse  practices  were  exposed  at 
the  trial  of  a  member  of  the  Royal  College  of  Surgeons  for  obtaining 
money  from  a  young  gentleman.     The   member   was   convicted    and    ex- 

Eelled  the  college.  His  diploma  was  withdrawn  and  canceled.  It  may 
e  that  he  has  transferred    bis  operations  to  another  quarter  of   the  globe, 

when.-  diplomas  and  State  licenses  are  more  readily  obtained,  and  nevev 

canceled. 

A    HEINOUS    CRIME. 

As  an  instance  of  the  extraordinary  devices  which  are  practiced  in 
the  pursuit  of  politics,  we  offer  for  perusal  the  following  remarkable  docu- 
ument,  which  was  printed  and  distributed  in  the  Eleventh  Ward  of  this 
city  on  Saturday  last,  the  clay  of  the  Democratic  primaries.  The  gentle- 
man alluded  to  actually  did  give  his  washing  to  a  Chinaman,  as  charged, 
and  his  mangling  is  still  presumably  dune  by  a  Mongolian.  The  offense, 
however,  seems  to  be  an  unpardonable  one  in  the  eyes  of  the  Democracy, 
and  although  the  regular  ticket  was  elected  in  the  Eleventh  Ward,  the 
candidate  in  question  was  badly  scratched  and  ignominioUBly  defeated. 
We  publish  the  circular  alluded  to  as  a  warning  to  all  aspiring  candidates 
fur  Democratic  offices.  They  will  be  required  in  future  to  si^n  an  affida- 
vit that  no  Chinaman  has  ever  ironed  their  shirts,  and  to  produce  a  testi- 
monial from  an  Irish  washerwoman  guaranteeing  that  the  same  is  true  : 

Information  to  the  Voters  of  the  Eleventh  Ward.  S.  F. 

QElfTLBMBK  ;     Wfl  wish  (-•  iira\*  your  ntleutioii  to  tlie  fuel,  of  a  Mr.  Woollier  being 

a  candidate  for  L>_".ri-la>ivi.'  <  ntnmiltce  in  the  seventh  precinct  of  this  S/anL     He  WM 

jutiiii.'  in  opposition  to  the  antl-l  Soolls  organization  last  Summer,  by  f.rh  ing  the  Chi- 
nese iii-  washing,  and  patronising  them  ouerwlsa.  He  was,  and  B»,on  Che  South  San 
Francisco  Anti-Coolie  black  list  (or  bo  doing,  and  he  publicly  boasted  of  his  conduct 
on  the  occasion.  We  challenge  bim  to  deny  these  f seta  They  are  too  well  known 
to  ns,  and  can  he  seen  in  part  on  the  minuted  of  the  South  San  Fmnctsco  Ami  Coolie 
<.'luh.  Too  much  Inconsistency  ror  honorable  Democratic  voters.  Gentlemen,  you 
can  have  full  proof  ol  these  assertions  if  yon  wish  otherwise. 

Thomas  RcMahon,  Johk  Crommbv. 


F0a   lOiiT   TOWNfeEND,    VICTORIA,  NANAIM0.  F0BT   WKAftGLE 
AND    S1TSA. 

The  Sf    iinivhip  California,  <'linrles  Thome.   Comirmiifler, 
will  BaUtrom  Portland,  Oregon,  on  FRIDAY,  June  1st.  1877,  and  sn  the  FIRST 
DAY  OF  BACH  UONTGI  thereafter.     For  freiffhujor  passage  apply  tn  GcOftGE  w. 
WKIDLER,  Agent,  Portland.  Oregon,  ->r                              P.  &  CORNWALL, 
M",  is>.      123  California  street. 

MONTGOMERY  AVENUE-CHANGE  OF  GRADe7~ 

Notice  i»  hereby  erftven   that  on  the  :(OtIr  tiny  of  October. 
ia?t\  judgments  were  rendered  by  tlie  County  Court  for  benefitsraccrulng  by 
reus'in  of  change  of  grade  ol  Montgomery  Avenue  and  lnton»ecting  streets,  against 

all  lota  taxed  for  the  opening  of  said  avenue.  Said  judgments,  with  interest  from 
said  date,  are  now  due  and  jiayable  to  the  City  and  County  Treasurer,  owners  will 
please  pay  to  avoid  execution  and  coats,  amounting  to  about  |50  on  each  Jtdgment, 
in  ease  of  sale  under  execution.  R,  W.   I11CNT,  Attorney  for  Commissioners. 

Sttakt  s.  Wkioiit.  Attuniey  for  Claimants.  May  19. 


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82,500    A    YJsAR    j0    AGENTS, 
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-May  IB.  J.  WOllTH  &  CO..  SI.  Louis, 


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SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTEl?  AND 


May  19,  la  / 1 . 


CHANGED. 

Ti  am  the  outskirts  of  the  town,        Is  it  changed  or  am  I  changed  ? 

Where  of  old  the  mile-stone  stood,  Ah!  the  oaks  are  fresh  and  green. 
Now  a  stranger,  looking  down  But  the  friends  with  whom  I  ranged 

I  beheld  the  shadowy  crown  Through  their  thickets  are  estranged 

Of  the  dark  and  haunted  wood.        By  the  years  that  intervene. 

Bright  as  ever  flows  the  sea, 

Bright  as  ever  shines  the  sun, 

But  alas!  they  seem  to  me, 

Not  the  sun  that  used  to  be, 

Not  the  tides  that  used  to  rum 


EGYPTIAN  BONE  TRADE 
One  of  the  most  curious  tilings  in  this  world  is  the  Egyptian  bone 
trade.  What  three  or  four  thousand  years  ago  would  a  respectable 
Egyptian  paterfamilias  have  thought  if  he  had  been  told  that  his  and  his 
children's  bones  would  be  torn  from  their  graves  to  afford  manure  for  some 
obscure  island  in  the  German  Ocean,  of  whose  name,  if  it  had  one,  not 
the  most  learned  philosopher  on  the  banks  of  the  Nile  had  ever  heard  ? 
He  would  probably  have  asked  with  "Hamlet,"  "Did  these  bones  cost 
no  more  the  breeding  "  that  they  must  be  converted  into  phosphates  for 
cornfields  ?  Yet  it  is  so,  and  the  trade,  which  is  by  no  means  a  new  one, 
has  come  rather  prominently  before  the  public  of  late.  According  to  an 
Alexandrian  correspondent,  the  Egyptian  Government  requires  the  mod- 
est sum  of  £4,000,000  to  pay  its  debts  on  account  of  wages,  goods  supplied, 
etc.  Of  this  sum  £400,000  must  be  found  at  once,  though  where  it  is  to 
come  from  the  Government  scarcely  know.  To  raise  the  wind  in  order  to 
keep  things  going,  they  have  sold  the  concession  to  export  old  bones  to  an 
English  firm,  and  the  sepulchres  of  Egypt  are  to  be  ransacked  to  provide 
English  farmers  with  bone-dust.  This  is  a  rather  new  way  of  paying  old 
debts,  or,  as  the  Vulgate  hath  it,  of  coming  "  down  with  the  dust,"  and 
must  be  credited  with  having  suggested  to  "Charles  Surface  "  the  neat 
little  plan  of  paying  his  debts  by  selling  his  ancestors  or  their  pictures  by 
auction,  for,  as  Charles  argued  "  When  a  man  wants  money,  where  the 
plague  should  he  get  assistance  if  he  can't  make  free  with  his  own  re- 
lations." 

A  farmer  of  Cherville,  in  the  district  of  Caux,  France,  was  struck 
with  horror  the  other  day,  upon  opening  a  cabinet,  to  discover  that  five 
bank  notes,  one  for  500  francs,  the  other  four  for  100  francs,  had  been 
gnawed  to  pieces  by  mice.  He  collected  the  fragments  and  sent  them  to 
the  Bank  of  France,  who,  after  much  pains  in  trying  to  fit  together  the 
pieces,  reported  that  a  considerable  portion  of  the  notes  was  missing,  and 
suggested  that  as  mice  do  not  eat  fine  paper,  but  simply  cut  it  up  to  carry 
away  as  lining  material  for  their  nests,  he  should  organize  a  hunt  and  seek 
for  the  abode  of  the  despoilers.  The  farmer  at  onca  set  to  demolish  an  old 
wall  pierced  with  mice  holes,  and  found  a  nest  composed  of  the  precious 
fragments.  These  were  put  together  and  sent  to  the  bank,  where  the  offi- 
cials managed  to  fit  them  in  with  the  pieces  previously  sent  to  them,  and 
accordingly  paid  the  farmer  the  value  of  the  notes. 


A  return  by  the  Treasury  of  the  Post  Office  telegraph  service  of  En- 
gland, for  the  year  ending  31st  March,  1876,  "prepared  on  commercial 
principles,"  has  recently  been  issued.  The  capital  account  shows  an  ex- 
penditure of  £9,520,466,  of  which  £9,425,S37  was  raised  under  the  Acts, 
leaving  a  further  capital  required,  if  all  expenditure  in  the  nature  of  cap- 
ital had  been  charged  to  the  capital  account,  of  £94,629.  The  revenue 
and  working  expenses  for  the  year  show  receipts  of  £1,287,623,  and  after 
payment  of  salaries,  wages,  maintenance,  etc.,  £1,077,533,  and  contribu- 
tions to  depreciation  £13,290,  there  is  left  a  balance  of  profit  equal  to  2'06 
per  cent,  on  capital.  The  full  amount  available  on  commercial  principles 
for  dividend  on  capital  or  reserved  is  £196,800. 


All  trie  newspapers,  it  is  said,  have  selected  their  special  correspond- 
ents for  the  war.  l)r.  Russell  is  to  be  attached  to  the  headquarters  of  the 
Prussian  Army,  and  Mr.  Archibald  Forbes,  a  terrible  thorn  in  the  side  of 
Russell,  is  to  march  with  the  Russians  for  the  Daily  News,  to  superintend 
their  military  operations.  Captain  Creagh  will  play  a  similar  part  for  the 
Daily  Tdegmpk.  Mr.  Kelly,  the  special  correspondent  at  Belgrade,  is  re- 
linquishing newspaper  work  for  the  Bar.  The  Tdajraph  has  a  dashing 
fellow  at  Constantinople,  Mr.  Drew  Gay,  and  Major  Leader,  an  Irish  cav 
a  ry  officer,  will  go  out  with  the  Turkish  army.  The  London  Graphic  and 
the  Illustrated  London  News  have  five  correspondents  and  artists  each. 


Califomians  Registered  at  the  Office  of  Charles  LeGay,  American 
Commission  Merchant,  1  Rue  Scribe,  Paris,  April  25,  1877:  General 
E.  F.  Beale  and  family,  Samuel  Hort  and  ^fe,  E.  J.  de  Santa  Marina, 
Dr.  S.  F.  Elliott,  Robert  Apple,  Mrs.  General  Redington,  Miss  Reding- 
ton,  H.  W.  Redington,  Mrs.  S.  W.  Sanderson,  Charles  Sutro,  Abe  Col- 
man  and  wife,  Mrs.  F.  F.  Low  and  daughter,  Mrs.  Hall  McAllister, 
Misses  McAlUster,  H.  R.  Bloomer,  W.  Melvin  Smith,  C.  F.  Fargo, 
Frank  Cunningham,  Charles  McCreery  and  wife,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Mowe, 
Miss  Mowe,  Hyppohte  Belloc  and  wife. 

The  sale  of  the  Shandon  collection  of  art  treasures  belonging  to  the 
late  Robert  Napier,  of  Glasgow,  created  much  interest  at  the  sale  room 
of  Messrs.  Christie  and  Manson,  a  few  days  ago.  Four  pieces  of  Sevres 
china  similar  to  the  Sevres  service  in  the  collection  of  the  Queen,  at 
Windsor  Castle,  were  sold  for  £813.  It  is  said  that  the  sale  cannot  be 
brought  to  a  close  earlier  than  the  middle  of  June  next,  so  extensive  is 
the  collection. 


Such  learned  and  honored  philologists  as  Professors  Whitney  and 
March  are  officers  of  a  spelling  reform  association,  which  gives  this  speci- 
men of  how  they  do  it:  **Ther  being  so  litl  deferens  between  the  apeerans 
oy  the  fonetic  and  the  ordinary  print  and  script,  thtez  hoo  can  reed  and 
riet  the  later  will  read  the  fouetic  print  and  script  ezily,  and  the  new 
speling  can  be  introdeust  gradeualy  without  hinderans  to  biznes  or 
frendship.1' 

The  best  fish  for  the  millions  on  Friday  comes  C.  0.  D. 


BROKERS. 


J.  K.  S.  Latham.]  LATHAM    &    KING,  [Homer  S.  Kixg. 

Successors  to  James  H.  Latham  A   €o.,  Stock  ami   Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco.  Member  S.  F.  Stock  and  Exchange 
Board.  Stocks  bought  and  carried  op  margins. Aug.  12. 

H0BBAED    &    CO., 

Commission  Stock  Brokers,  334  1-2  Montgomery  street,  un- 
der Safe  Deposit  Building,  San   Francisco,  will  transact  business  through   the 
San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 

E.    P.    PECKHAM, 
(Commission    Stock   Broker   and    Member  S.    F.  Stock  Ex- 

*"*    change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  aud  carried-      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
[June.  19.  J 

SATJCELITO    FERRY. 

Summer   Arrangement.— On   autl    alter  April    3(1,   1877,   a 
swift  and  commodious  steamer  will  leave  as  follows  : 
San  Francisco,  foot  of  Davis  street :  S:30  A.H.,  R.  R. ;  11:00  A.M.  ;  "3:30  p.m.  ;  5:30 
P.M.,  R.  R.     Sai7CM,ito  :    7:50  A.M.,  R.  R.  ;  9:30  a.m.  ;  1:00  p.m.  ;  4:30  P.M.,  R.  R. 

Sunday  Time.— San  Francisco,  foot  of  Davis  street :  8:00  A.M.,  R.  R.  ;  10:00 
a  m.  ;  12:00  m.  ;  2:00  p.m.  ;  5:00  p.m.  |Saucelito  :  0:00  a.m.  ;  11:00  A  m.  ;  1:00  p.m.  ; 
3:30  p.m.  ;  6:15  p.m.,  R.  R.     *This  trip  at  2:00  p.m.  on  Saturday. 

On  MONDAY  an  Extra  Trip  from  from  San  Francisco  at  6:50  A.M.,  and  on  SATUR- 
DAY an  extra  trip  from  Saueelito  at  6:15  p.m. 

LANDS  for  sale  in  lots  to  suit.    Inquire  at  the  office  of  the  Company,  No.  320  San- 
some  street,  or  of  51.  DORE  A:  CO.,  No.  410  Pine  street. 
May  5.  FRANCIS  AYERY,  Superintendent. 

OPENING  OF  RARE  AND  ELEGANT  BOOKS! 

HII.  Moore  takes  pleasure  in  announcing1  that  having  re* 
•  turned  from  his  annual  purchasing  trip  to  the  great  Eastern  and  European 
Literary  Dei>ositories,  that  he  has:  eceived  aud  now  has  open  the  largest  assortment 
of  ANTIQUE  and  MODERN  LITERATURE  ever  before  brought  to  this  city,  con- 
sisting of  many  old  and  rare  books,  and  other  novelties  in  literature.  No  one  can 
fail  to  find  the" most  acceptable  HOLIDAY  PRESENT  for  either  old  or  young,  male  or 
female,  amongst  our  varied  stock.  Gift  Books  in  Great  Yariety.  Call  and  examine 
aur  stock.  [Dec.  16.]  H.  H.  MOORE,  600  Montgomery  street. 


F.  C.  Snow.]  SNOW    &    MAY'S    ART    GALLERY.  [W.  E.  May. 

ssrow    «ft    MAT, 

IMPORTERS    AND    MANUFACTURERS    OF 
Pictures,    Frames,    Moldings,    and   Artists'    Materials. 

21  Kearny  St.,  near  Market,  S.  F.  Dec.  19. 


SPORTSMEN'S    EMPORIUM. 

Fishing  and  HTmiting  Pants  aud  Stockings.  Also,  the 
largest  and  finest  assortment  of  Guns,  Rifles,  Pistols,  Fishing  Tackle  and 
Sporting  Articles  on  the  Pacific  Coast ;  Breech  and  Muzzle-Loading  Double  and 
Single  Guns,  from  the  best  makers  ;  Remington  Sporting  Rifles  ;  Ballard,  Sharp  and 
Winchester  Rifles.  Also,  the  largest  and  most  complete  assortment  of  Sporting  and 
Gunmakers'  Materials  in  the  United  States.  LIDDLE  &  KAEDING, 

April  21.  538  Washington  street,  San  Francisco. 

AN    EXTRAORDINARY    RAZOR 

Has  boon  invented  by  the  Queen's  Own  Company  of  En- 
gland, the  edge  and  body  of  which  is  so  thin  and  flexible  as  never  to  require 
grinding,  and  hardly  ever  setting.  It  glides  over  the  face  like  a  piece  of  velvet, 
making  shaving  quite  a  luxury.  It  is  creating  a  great  excitement  in  Europe  among 
the  experts,  who  pronounce  it  PERFECTION.  $2  for  buffalo  handles,  §3  for  ivory, 
(currency  ;)  by  mail,  10  cents  extra.  The  trade  supplied  on  liberal  terms  bv  the  sole 
agents  in  the  United  States.  NATHAN  JOSEPH  &  CO., 
September  2. [ No.  641  Clay  street,  S.  F. 

FOR    SATE. 

Oue  or  the  Finest  Carriage  Teams  in  the  United  States, 
without  exception.  Kind,  without  any  trick,  but  very  stylish  ;  erect,  spirited 
and  sound  ;  jet  black  tails,  full  and  heavv,  reaching  ground,  with  long,  heavy 
maues.  Aged  G  and  7  years,  and  PERFECTLY  MATCHED.  16  hands  1  L.ch  big*  ; 
also  adapted  to  road  wagon.  One  with  a  record  of  2:50  to  gentleman's  road  wagon  ; 
the  other  equal  in  speed  ;  no  pullers.  Suffice  to  say  will  fill  any  requisition  from  the 
most  fastidious.  Sold  for  want  of  use.  Purchaser  extended  their  use,  with  full 
privilege  of  satisfaction,  before  purchasing-.  Apply  at  W7  Howard  street,  near 
Fourth,  from  12  si.  to  2  o'clock  p.m.  April  28. 

SKAGG3'    HOT    SPRING?,    SONOMA    COUNTY,    OAL. 
peniug  for  1S77,  April  1st.— Many  improvements  are  just 


O 


_     completed  in  the  already  commodious  hotel  ;  the  cottages  of  last  yearhave  been 

renovated,  and  several  new  ones  constructed.     Daily  line  of  stages  to  and  from  the 

Springs,  connecting  with  the  cars  to  and  from   San  Francisco.     Only  eight  miles 

staging  from  Gevserville.     Board  (rooms  included)  per  week,  §12. 

April  U. A.  SKAGGS,  Proprietor. 

ARMES    &    DALLAM, 

Manufacturers  and  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Wood  and  Willow 
Ware,  French  and  German  Baskets,  Brooms,  Brushes  and  Twines,  Cordage, 
Feather  Dusters,  Clothes  Wringers,  Mangles,  etc.     Sole  Agei.ts  for  F.   N.  Davis  & 
Co.'s  Building  Papers,  and  Irving  Bros  Japanese  Paper  Carpeting. 
March  17. N<VS  215  AND  217  SACRAMENTO  ST.,  S.  F. 

SANTA    CRUZ. 
o  rent  for  six:  months,  to  a  responsible  party,  a  furnished 

cottage  of  6  rooms.     Beautiful  view,  close  to  the  sea-beach.     Apply  to 
April  21.  MILLER  &  RICHARD,  205  Leidesdorff  street,  S.  F. 


T 


JOHN    J.    MOUNTAIN, 

Dealer  in  Carpets.  Oilcloths,  Window  Shades,  Curtain  Ma- 
terials, etc.     No.  1020  Market  street ;  also,  No.  15  Eddv  street,  San  Francisco, 
California.  April  28. 

HICKETKIER  &  W1LKE, 
/general  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast  for  the  Portable  and 

\X  Adjustable  Reading  and  Writing  Desks,  120  Montgomery  avenue  (Commercial 
Hotel  Block),  San  Francisco.  This  Desk  can  be  attached  to  a  chair  or  bedstead, 
therefore  very  useful  to  tourists  and  sick  chambers.  April  21. 

PAY   A  VISIT  TO   MESSRS    FEISTEL   &  GERRARD, 

The   French   Chiropodists   and    Manicures,    where    Corns, 
Bunions,  Warts,  Inverted  Nails,  etc.,  are  skillfully  treated.   83t>  Market  street, 
opposite  Fourth.     Sole  Agents  for  the  Sozopach  for  purifying  thefeet.        April  28. 

OFFICES  OF  THE  AEROPLANE  NAVIGATION  CO., 

Jan.  4.  No.  607  to  615  Merchant  street,  San  Francisco. 


19,  1*77. 


CALIFORNIA     A1»\  KUTISEK. 


15 


"OOD    KNOWa" 
Hh  *  wild  .iti.l  dark  vraa  Un  winter 

\\  beu  I  -I'M'  went  '!>•«  n, 

■ 
In  the  ■]  )  i  -  i  the  lUrUed  town  I 
Tlif  w lad*  ho* lad  uh!  th< 

Bevra  Uw  Utile  dq**j  on  IbtJr  mothers'  l>rv.*uit», 
b  uid  ww  i>. 
lid  live  in  tin-  MOTy  lUlf, 

\  ■  rope  c    ;l-l  mob  (ha  laml ; 
Then  were  bold(  hre>Te  hemrbi  upon  the  whore, 

There  w»i  many  ■  re«dy  hud; 
tTocdw  who  pnyeo,  ud  men  who  ■trow 

\\  heo  prayen  uid  work  were  rain  - 
for  the  mn  roee  orer  the  awful  redd 

And  the  dlenoe  <>f  tba  main  : 
All  >lav  tli>'  »»taboi  paced  the  tandi — 

All  'L»y  tiny  eoaaned  the  deep  ; 
All  njftfat  Mm  boouiing  minuto-guna 

Kill  p  to  steep  : 

"Give  up  thy  dead.  0  cruel  sea!" 

They  cried  athwart  the  epaoe; 
But  "iily  a  baby>  fragile  form 

iped  from  its  i  aoe ! 

Only  one  little  onfld  »i  all 

Who  with  the  ship  want  down 
Thai  night,  when  the  happy  babiee  slept 

So  "arm  in  the  sheltered  town? 
Wrapped  In  the  jlow  of  the  morning  light, 

It  lay  on  the  shifting  sand, 
It  aa  ■  sculptora  marble  dream. 

With  a  shell  in  it.-"  dimpled  hand. 
There  wens  Done  to  tell  oi  ita  race  or  kin, 

"(io'l   kliowetli,"'  the   I'H-t'ir  N;tiit, 

When  the  sobbing  children  crowded  to  ask 

The  name  "f  the  bajry  dead 
And  so  when  they  laid  it  away  at  but 

In  the  thuD-liyaiM's  hushed  repose, 
They  raised  a  stone  at  the  baby*a  head 

With  the  carven  words    "God  knows!*' 

OOR    JAPAN    LETTER. 

Yokohama,  April  22.1, 1877. 

Dear  News  Letter:  Kamamoto  <  'n.stle  baa  at  length  been  relieved, 
after  a  siege  of  52  days,  and  the  Insurgents  driven  out  of  the  Province  of 
Hiogo.  Wnere  the  Enaurgenb]  have  gone  to,  what  are  their  intentions,  and 
what  they  want,  no  one  oan  at  present  telL  The  foreign  newspapers  here 
in  Yokohama  are  all  in  favorof  the  Insurrection,  and  against  the  Gov- 
ernment. Why!  They  do  not  know  themselves  any  more  than  they 
know  anything  at  all  about  the  Rebellion,  its  origin,  its  cause,  the  fight- 
ing, the  number  of  killed  and  wounded,  the  battles,  or  the  politics  of  the 
nts;  in  fact,  myboots  are  about  as  well  informed  as  the  Yoko- 
ress    perhaps  better.     By  taking  the  side  of  Anarchy  against  Law 

and  Order,  the  l'n--<  . if  Yokohama  has  eternally  disgraced  itself.  Ad- 
miration for  individual  bravery  is,  no  doubt,  a  noble  sentiment,  and  that 
the  rebels  are  brave  no  one  can  for  a  moment  deny  ;  but,  looking  politi- 
cally at  the  question,  no  Government  can  allow  one  of  its  provinces  to 
be  independent  of  the  Central  Government,  however  obnoxious  one  or 

the  members  of  that  Government  may  be.  Some  excuse  maybe 
f.mnd  when  a  con«iuered  people  revolt  against  the  conquerors;  but  noth- 
ing but  the  moat  unjust  tyranny  can  excuse  a  people  rising  against  the 
rulers  it  baa  itself  elected.  The  Satsuina  ('Ian  was  one  of  the  principal 
authors  of  the  present  Government,  and  it  seeks  now  to  destroy  what  it 

ited.  Why?  In  order  to  be  the  defacto  Government  of  Japan! 
There  ia  ' ther  reason  ;  and  all  the  excuses,  if  put  forward  by  the  In- 
surgents, the  attempted  assassination  of  Saigo,  the  "New 
Virtuoua  Government,"  and  other  absurd  arguments,  are  not  worth  one 

•  >  consideration.  Satsuma  was  powerful.  It  saw  that  it  was 
soon  about  to  lose  ita  power— hence  this  revolt ;  ami  anything  that  may 
be  said  or  written  to  the  contrary  must  be  taken  for  what  it  is  worth  ; 
that  is,  a  snap  of  the  fingers,  Japan  can  no  more  allow  an  independent 
province  in  the  Empire  than  the  United  States  could  allow  itself  tube 
split  in  two;  and  the  same  euerjO"  is  li.-iu-  displayed  here,  in  crushing 
the  rebellion,  that  was  displayed  in  the  United  States  during  the  Con- 
federate War.  The  sympathies  of  some  newspapers  were  then  in  favor 
of  the  Confederites,  and  their  bravery  waa  extolled  to  the  skies;  but 
the  political  aspect  of  the  question  was  entirely  overlooked.  Such  is  the 
case  here.  The  (Government  must  win,  or  Japan,  as  a  nation,  cease  to 
exist.      I   have  said.  Yours,  as  ever,  Thk  PlOUS  Jones 

The  Empress  Eugenie  has  arrived  at  Rome  and  is  residing  in  the 
Gabriell]  Palace,  having  parted  from  l.er  son  at  Pisa.  She  purposes  go- 
ing to  Naples,  where  she  will  embark  for  Palermo  and  Spain.  'J  he  ladies 
of  the  Florentine  aristocracy,  at  the  wish  of  the  Empress,  did  not  go  to 

the  station  to  bid  her  adieu,  and  she  also  refused  a  saloon  carriage  which 
was  offered  for  her  journey,  contenting  herself  with  an  ordinary  first- 
class  compartment.  The  Prince  Imperial  has  visited  the  fortifications  of 
Spezzia,  and,  as  previously  stated,  will  go  to  Genoa  and  Turin  before  re- 
turning to  England  by  way  of  Germany. 

A  good  story  is  told  apropos  of  a  recent  Hamlet,  who  proposed  to 
plav  the  part  of  the  Dane  in  a  red  cloak,  which  intention  was  reported  to 
a  Shakspearian  actor  of  the  old  school,  who  said,  "  Very  well ;  I  do  not 
see  anything  shocking  in  that."  "  But  is  it  right  ?  "  asked  the  interlocu- 
tor. "  I  dare  say  it  is,"  said  the  actor  ;  "  red  was  the  color  of  mourning 
in  the  Royal  House  of  Denmark."  "But  how  do  you  get  over  this,  ' 
persisted  the  other  quoting:  'Tis  not  alone  my  inky  cloak,  good  mother"? 
"Well,"  said  the  old  Shakspcarian,  calmly,  "I  suppose  that  there  is 
such  a  thing  as  red  ink."       ___ 

The  Anglo-American  Telegraph  Company  announce  a  quarterly 
dividend  of  10s.  per  cent,  on  the  Ordinary  Stock,  adding  £25,000  to 
reserve,  and  carrying  forward  £26,000. 


COMMISSION     MERCHANTS. 


p   9  Hi  i  D   M    i 

PH0ZV1X    OIL    W0BK8- 

ITtatabllabad   IMO>>»HtJt«btifttnB  .t   Co.,  oil  nml  *  ommlwlon 
j  In  si*  mi,  W  ball 

•tall    9. 


J.    C.    MEKRILL    &    CO. 

Iob  BonaetSf)4  and  30 

Sale  d..  tad  Saturday*  »t  10  a. m.    Culi  advance*  on  . 


%\T  it*.  l<  wile   Auction    lloif.4-,20!   and   jih;   4'rtllfornln  nircri. 


CHARLES    LE    UAY, 
Aiii.tI.ihi    t'oinrnlsolt!..   >Iorrlianl.  -  •   I    Bne  Serlbe,  Paris. 


LEA    AND    PERKINS'    8AUCE. 

Ill     •  niis.  ,,  n. ■:.<-,.    of    *|»iirloil*    Imitation**    of    WOBCESTBK* 
SHIBE  SAIX'E,  whltl  i   public,   I. FA  AMI 

I'IKKINS   b  ■    ■     I  1.    BKAKlNti    TUMI;    mi;-. 

LEA  a  PLKKINS.  which  ta  placed  on  ovcrj  tiottlenl  WORCESTERSHIRE  I 
and  without  which  none  Is    anuiDc 

itto  for  LEA  ft  ]*i :ic iu n '^'  Bauoo,  and  m  name  on  wrapper,  label)  bottle  and  atop- 
DDT     Wholesale  and  fox  export  bj  the  proprietor*,  Worcester ;  Crossed  uuv 
London,  etc.,  etc.,  and  bj  grocera  and  oilmen  throughout  tin-  world.  To  be  obtained  •■( 
Dot    SO  MESSRS.  CROSS  S  CO.,  San  Frani  I 


I 


CAUTION.—BETTSS  PATENT  CAPSULES. 

lie  |Hil»ll<>  :u-<- i-4-».|m-<  fliill.>    rnullui  «*l  lltitl  B«t4Va  RntOBl    Cnpfttilea 

ipc  being  Infringed.    BRTTB'8  mom-  is  upon  overj  <  apsule  he  makes  tor  the 

I 'Mi  lint:    M'Ti-liini.  .n  ln.ru.'  ftlld  abroad,  :ilnl  III'  \"   l!ir  Oolj    In ViMiliT  ;onl  SOlC  MikiT 

In  the  \  nlted  Kingdom.   Maui  raoroBis:  i.  Wbabt  Road,  <  in  i.m.u..  i.hmh*, 
ami  li.Diiii:  m  a,Fi;a.mk.  June  Id, 

BEST    FO   D    FOR    INFANTS, 

Supplying  tli«'lil;fhc«t  anion  it  t  of  liouriwlimoiit  in  llic  inont 
djgwtlblo  and  convenient  form.  SAVOR"V  &  IIOORE,  143  Now  Bond  street, 
London,  and  ;iii  Chemisu  and  Btorekeepera  throughout  Canada  and  the  United 
States. Dec.  30. 

A-    S.    ROSENBAUM    &    CO., 

Southeast  coruer  of  < 'nllforiiln  and  Battery  HtreetH,  Invite 
the  attention  -ii'  their  customon  and  others  i"  their  large  assortment  -if  the 
Boat  and  Flnett  Brands  of  CHEW  INQ  and  SMOKING  TOBACCO,  HAVANA  CIGARS 

ruul  t_'i(.;.\KlTi.>s.    Ciinsig-niiu'iits  uf  cimk'i'st  brands  o!  Cigars  received  by  every 
Steamer.  [Oct.  is  ]  A.  S.  ROSENBAUM  Bt  CO. 

BAGS,    TENTS    AND    HOSE, 

NEVILLE  &   00., 

113  Clay  itnti  114  rmiiiiiriw.il  Streets, 


Sax  FaAKoisco. 


[May  24. 


W.   UORRtB. 


J.   F.   KrNHBDY, 


Jos.  Schwab. 
MORRIS,    SCHWAB    &    CO., 

Importers  aihI  Denlcrs    in    iioldiii^s.  Fniines,  ICiu'raviu^. 
Chromos,    Lithographs,     Decaleomanic,    Wax   and   Artiste'   HaterialB,  21    PoBt 
street,  nearly  opposite  Masonic  Temple,  S:ui  Fmncisco.  Feb.  4. 

THOMAS    DAY, 

Importer  of  every  variety  of  Gas  Fixtures,  Crystal,  Gilt. 
Steel  and  Bronze,  and  a  full  assortment  of  Marble  and  Hr..nz..'  Oh^ks  and  fine 
Bruizes;  also  a  lull  line  of  Plumbers'  Goods.  122  and  124  Sutter  Street,  San  Fran- 
Cisco.  Jan.  27. 

[  J.  Lee.    D.  W.  Foloer 


B.  F.  Flist.     Flint,  Bixbv  &  Co.] 

A.  P.   FLINT    &    C8-, 

Gratters,  Packers  and   Dealers  In  Wool,  corner  oi   Battery 
and  Greenwich  streets,  San  Francisco  Jan,  20. 


NOBLE    &    GALLAGHER, 

Importers  anil  Dealers  In  Painters*  Materials,  House,  Si^n 
ami  Fresco  Painters,  Plain  and  Decorative  Paper-Hangers  and  Glaciers,  No.  -ws 
Jvckson  street,  between  Montgomery  and  Sansome,  San  FraDcisco.  Ceilings  aud 
Walls  Kalsomined  and  Colored.     Jobbing  promptly  attended  to.  Hay  18, 

BRITISH    BENEVOLENT   SOCIETY   OF    CALIFORNIA. 

Attendance,  «lally,   from  10  a.m.  to    1  p.m.,  by  the  nmler- 
signed,  t"  receive  subscriptions  and  donations,  and  t<i  furnish  all  information 
relating  to  the  Society.                                             J.  P.  McCURRIE,  Secretary, 
Oct.  23. 730 Montgomery  street. 

CAREW    LEDGER    PAPERS 

Have  no  equal  Tor  making  Blank  Books.     John  «..  Hoilg-e 
&  Co..  Importers  and  Uanulacturing  Stationers,  827,  829,  :;:;i  Sansomestreet 

Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast.  Nov.  4. 

\  83T  Piusrrstgi 

>637   SACRAMENTO    STREET, 

)  BELOW    MONTOOMEKY. 

Patents  Procnred.    Total  Cost,  855,  i n.  in.liii-  CJovernment 
let 


BTiTJCE, 


fee.     Send  for  pamjihlet  to 
Hareh  8, 


KNIGHT  &  KNlfiHT,  Washington,  D.  C. 


H.    H.    MOORE. 

Dealer  In  Books  for  Libraries.— A  large  assortment  of  fine 
and  rare  books  just  received,  ano  for  sale  at    ROfl  Montgomery  street,  near 
Merchant.  San  Francisco  Oct.  '24. 


s 


JOSEPH    GILLOTT'S    S'EEL    PENS. 
old  by  all  Stationers  tliroag-hout  the  World.    Sole  Agent 

for  the   United  States  :  MR.  HENRY  HOE,  91  John  street,  N.  Y.       Jan.  16. 


QUICKSILVER. 

r or  sale— In  lots  to  salt,  by  Thomas  Bell,  Wo.  305  Sansome 
street,  over  Rank  of  California.  Nov.  10. 


F 


NOTICE. 
or  the  very  best  photographs  go  to  Bradley  *  Ru  lofMon's, 

in  an  Elevator,  429  Montgomery  street,  Oct,  29. 


STITART    S.    WRIfiHT, 


Attorney  anil  Connsellor  at  Law,   BFo.  504  Kearny  street, 
San  Francisco,  California.  Feu.  3. 


16 


SAN"    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTER. 


May  19,  1877. 


SANGUINE. 


Hold  on  !  Let  me  talk  to  you  quiet, 
I've  struck  it  at  last,  I'll  go  bail ; 
"Why,  Flood  &  O'Brien  can't  buy  it — 
It  isn't  for  sale. 

la  it  rich?  Why,  man  dear,  it's  a  cau- 
The  ore  works  as  easy  as  sand,  [tion; 
And  in  every  blast  there's  a  fortune 
Blown  right  to  your  hand. 

The  stock  would  go  up  like  a  rocket, 
But  I  don't  mean  to  let  it  be  sold. 
Look  here!  I've  a  piece  in  my  pocket: 
How's  that  for  free  gold  ? 

But  this  is  no  sample  !    A  rugged 
Outcropping  I  picked  as  I  passed, 
There's  tons   just   as  rich  a  nug- 
get 
Blown  out  every  blast. 

But  just  see  the  veins  running-  thro' 
And  this  is  no  specimen,  mind!  [it — 
My    God  !     if    these    blowers   but 

knew  it, 
'Twould  just  bluff  them  blind. 

They  talk  of  bonanzas—but  listen, 
If  ever  they  travel  my  road, 
And  see  but  my  outcn»ppings  glisten, 
They'd  sell  the  whole  lode. 


It  mills — I  don't  talk  of  an  assay- 
As  high  to  the  ton  as  you  like  ; 
No  wonder  a  fellow  feels  sassy 
Upon  such  a  strike. 

I  tell  you  it's  raining  on  velvet, 
The  first  blast  pays  all  the  expense ; 
Time  was  when  Id  dig  it  and  delve  it 
All  day  for  ten  cents. 

I'm  down  here,  but  still  I'm  not  idle, 
I  start  in  to  work  in  the  spring, 
I'm  busy  perfecting  my  title — 
No  chance  in  this  thing. 

If  you  know  some  one  wants  an  in- 
vestment^ 
And  he  needn't  be  a  millionaire, 
That's  a  mine  that  don't  want  an  as- 
I'll  give  him  a  share. 


For  there's  some  things  would  be 

great  assistance, 
That  nothing  but  money  will  buy — 
The  mill's  such  a  h — 11  of  a  distance, 
The  grade  is  so  high. 

You  see  that  the  chance  is  so  splendid 
Investors  can  hardly  go  wrong; 
I'll  see  that  your  case  is  attended 
If  you  do  it.     So  long ! 


RUSSIA    AND    TURKEY. 

The  position  of  affairs  between  the  two  nations  at  this  present 
moment  are  not  only  matters  of  grave  interest,  but  of  grave  apprehension. 
The  stubborn  resistance  of  the  Moslem  and  the  pride  of  the  Russian  are 
again  in  opposition.  The  fatal  word  spoken  from  the  Kremlin  must  be 
attempted  to  be  carried  out,  even  though  the  endeavor  result  in  failure. 
It  is  somewhat  in  the  nature  of  a  duel,  where  the  challenging  party  must 
go  to  the  ground  although  he  runs  the  risk  of  being  wounded.  But  the 
grave  matter  is  not  only  the  fact  of  the  two  combatants  facing  one  another 
on  the  banks  of  the  Danube  and  fighting  for  position  in  Asia  Minor,  but 
the  very_serious  implication  of  all  Europe  in  the  quarrel.  Two  hundred 
thousand  Russian  troops  may  have  crossed  the  Pruth  and  massed  in 
squadrons  on  the  banks  of  the  Danube.  They  may  cannonade  from  Kala- 
fat,  or  threaten  Rutschuk  from  Girgevo,  or  swarm  across  the  marshes  of 
Bruduscha;  they  may  have  battles  and  sieges  and  triumphant  conquest, 
and  the  landmarks  of  Eastern  Europe  may  appear  to  be  torn  up  until 
they  reach  the  Balkans.  The  Russian  may  also  occupy  Bulgaria,  but 
all  that  is  solely  a  question  for  Austria  aud  Germany,  who  would  never 
allow  the  Danube  to  become  a  Russian  stream.  The  integrity  of  the 
Danube  belongs  to  Germany  and  Austria,  conjointly  with  Russia  and 
Turkey;  the  integrity  of  the  Bosphorus  belongs  to  England  and  Turkey. 
The  range  of  the  Balkan  mountains  separates  the  two  political  interests, 
and  therefore  it  is  that  this  war  now  entered  upon  may  endanger  the 
peace  of  all  Europe,  and  therefore  it  is  to  be  regarded  with  apprehension. 

The  Russian  declaration  of  war  and  the  Turkish  memorandum,  which 
will  be  found  elsewhere,  are  but  in  the  one  case  the  repetition  of  the 
speech  at  Moscow,  and  in  the  other  the  expression  of  that  stubborn  resist- 
ance to  outside  pressure  which  up  to  this  moment  has  so  well  served  the 
Ottoman  diplomacy.  With  reference  to  the  Russian  manifesto,  we  may 
go  back  to  Lord  Derby's  answer  to  Lord  Stratbeden  and  Campbell  from 
his  place  in  the  upper  house.  It  was  asked  whether  it  was  true,  as  the 
Czar  said,  that  he  represented  the  interest  and  views  of  Europe  in  declar- 
ing war.  The  answer  was  that  the  Government  did  not  accept  nor  admit 
its  conclusions.  His  Lordship  followed  up  his  remarks  by  expressing  his 
opinion  that  whatever  the  Turks  had  been  willing  to  accept  the  Russians 
would  certainly  have  rejected. 

From  the  mass  of  contradictory  telegraphic  dispatches,  all  that  we  can 
gather  is  this:  That  the  Russians  are  massing  their  forces  at  Rutschuk,  to 
endeavor  to  force  the  passage  of  the  Danube  at  that  point;  that  heavy 
cannonading  is  going  on  along  both  sides  of  the  river;  that  the  invading 
army  has  suffered  a  check  on  the  shores  of  the  Black  Sea,  as  well  as  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Kars;  that  English  men-of-war  have  moved  to  Port 
"Said  to  protect  British  interests  in  that  quarter;  that  the  first  hand-to- 
hand  fight  in  European  Turkey  may  be  hourly  expected,  and  that  Rou- 
mania  has  tacitly  if  not  openly  declared  her  adhesion  to  Russia,  with  a 
protest  against  such  adhesion  on  the  part  of  Austria.  The  major  part  of 
the  telegraphic  information  furnished  the  newspapers  is  founded  on  ru- 
mor, and  must  be  accepted  with  reserve.  The  only  reliable  source  of 
news  must  be  the  European  papers,  and  although  the  telegraph  antici- 
pates, we  have  to  wait  for  those  more  certain  sources  of  information  for 
its  confirmation.  The  statement  in  a  morning  paper  of  this  city  that 
General  Kauffman  was  ordered  to  march  a  hundred  and  fifty  thousand 
Russian  troops  from  Turkestan,  and  enter  Affghanistan  by  way  of  Pa- 
meer,  in  case  of  war  with  Great  Britain,  is  an  instance  of  this  loose  style 
of  intelligence.  Affghanistan  does  not  belong  to  Great  Britain,  Its 
passes  are  extremely  difficult.  Its  inhabitants  are  more  jealous  of  Rus- 
sia than  they  are  of  England.  The  population  is  composed  of  a  warlike 
race  of  mountaineers,  whom  the  Indian  Government  have  vainly  en- 
deavored to  subdue,  and  were  too  glad  to  secure  as  allies  and  a  northwest- 
ern barrier  for  Hindostan.  Pameer  is  a  barren  table-land  almost  impossi- 
ble for  the  support  of  troops.  Its  name,  in  the  native  tongue,  signifies 
"  the  roof  of  the  world."  Its  hight  is  some  fifteen  thousand  feet  above 
the  level  of  the  sea,  and  it  would  be  a  sight  worthy  of  the  gods  to  view 
a  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  Russian  troops  looking  fram  that  eminence 
across  the  mountains  of  Affghanistan  through  the  Khyber  Pass  into  the 
Indian  Empire  that  owns  the  British  sway. 


Piety  and  steamships  evidently  do  not  agree.  The  City  of  Brussels 
took  a  lot  of  pilgrims  recently  from  "New  York,  and  the  vessel's  screw 
immediately  broke  down,  overcome  by  prayerful  emotion.  It  is  not  safe 
for  pious  people  to  indulge  in  wholesale  devotion  at  sea.  If  a  great  sin- 
ner will  give  way  under  strong  exhortations,  there  is  no  reason  why  an 
innocent  steamer  should  not  do  likewise. 


AUSTRAttA    AND    ENGLAND. 

We  have  written  so  frequently  on  the  subject,  and  given  friendly 
advice  so  often  to  the  Pacific  Mail  Steamship  Company,  that  it  stems  a 
hopeless  task  to  lead  in  the  right  direction.  How  is  it  to  be  expected 
that  this  company  can  compete  with  the  influential  and  progressive  P. 
and  O.  steamship  hue,  when  no  single  step  is  taken  to  make  proper  use  of 
the  proud  position  in  which  our  American  owners  are  placed  by  force  of 
circumstances  and  the  geographical  position  of  our  port?  All  seems  to 
be  going  along  in  the  same  lazy  and  slipshod  fashion  as  heretofore,  whilst 
the  English  capitalists  have  been  materially  advancing  their  claims  to 
preferment  by  increasing  the  power  of  steamers  placed  between  Point 
De  Galle  and  Melbourne.  In  the  present  threatening  aspect  of  affairs  it 
becomes  more  important  than  ever  that  special  attention  be  directed  to 
the  increase  of  facilities  for  travel  and  postal  communication  between  the 
Colonies  and  England,  as.  in  all  probability,  after  a  period  not  far  dis- 
tant, it  will  be  the  only  available  route.  San  Francisco  oaght  to  be 
reached  from  Sydney  {and  the  trip  can  be  made  by  the  steamers  now  on 
the  line)  in  twenty  days.  In  order  to  attain  that  desirable  end,  no  out- 
of-the-way  ports  must  be  touched  at;  a  port  of  callment  be  established  at 
the  Bay  of  Islauds  for  the  New  Zealand  traffic,  and  the  mails  ought  to  be 
delivered  to  a  coasting  steamer  at  the  Fiji  Islands.  They  are  difficult  of 
approach,  and  considerable  delay  is  experienced  in  entering  and  leaving 
the  harbor.  If  this  course  is  adopted  the  desirable  result  will  be  achieved 
of  landing  the  mails  from  Sydney  in  London  within  33  days.  Even  .if 
there  was  no  war  in  the  horizon,  the  result  can  never  be  attained  by  the 
English,  however  strenuous  their  efforts  may  be,  and  we  therefore  again 
suggest  more  energetic  and  prompt  action  than  has  been  heretofore  shown. 
The  table  of  arrivals  and  departures  which  we  publish  evinces  great 
laxity  in  the  management  at  both  ends  of  the  line,  and  it  will  be  seen  at 
a  glance  that  promptitude  and  swiftness  were,  comparatively  speaking, 
more  the  order  of  the  day  when  third-rate  vessels  were  performing  the 
temporary  service,  than  since  the  beautiful  and  powerful  steamers  now  in 
use  made  their  appearance  in  our  waters.  We  learn  by  the  wires  that 
correspondence  is  being  carried  on  between  the  authorities  at  headquar- 
ters, in  New  York,  and  the  Colonies,  to  reduce  the  expenditure.  Ener- 
getic action  is  what  is  required,  and  not  a  correspondence,  which  may  be 
prolonged  to  the  termination  of  the  contract  without  any  beneficial  re- 
sult to  the  public.  The  company  has  not  taken  the  only  course  open  to 
secure  such  a  result,  by  dispatching  an  agent  authorized  to  arrange  terms 
upon  a  proper  workable  basis,  which  the  present  contract  can  never 
admit  of. 

Temporary   Service- -1875. 


Due. 


Jan.  27th 
Feb.  17th 
Men  17th 
Apr.  12th 
May  14th 
June  6th 
July  8th 
Sept.  5th 
Sept.  2d; 
Oct.  25thi 
Nov.  22d| 


Cyphrenes Jan. 

City  Melbourne Feb. 

McGregor Meh 

Mikado [  Apr. 

Cyphrenes May 

City  Melbourne (June 

McGregor I  July 

Mikado [Aug-. 

Cyphrenes Sept. 

City  Melbourne Oct. 

Mikado Nov. 


30th' 
14th 
20th 
11th  I 
13th1 
6th 

iatb 

2d 

3d 

26ffi 

2uth 


To  Sail.] 


Feb'y  6th  Cyphrenes 

M'ch   7th  City  Melbourne  . 

M'eh  30th  McGregor 

May     lst]Mikado 

May  24th;Cyphrenes 

lJune  21st  City  Melbourne  . 
[July  19th  McGregor 

Aug.  lu'thlMikado (Aug.  16th 

Sept  13th  Cyphrenes ISep.  13th 

jOct.  11th  City  Melbourne |Oct.  11th 

Nov.    8th  j  McGregor Nov.   0th 

[Dec.    OthlMikado iDec.    9th 


Sailed. 


Feb'y  7th 
M'ch  3d 
M'ch  30th 
May  1st 
May  24th 
June  21st 
July  19th 


Permanent  Service--lS76. 


Dm. 


-Arrivals- 
Yessel. 


Jan.  17thlCity  Melbourne  .     .. 

Feb.  lOth'Mikado 

M'ch    9th  City  San  Francisco  . 

April  8th  Granada 

May    4th  I  Zealandia 

June    1st  Colima 

June  29th  I  Australia 

Jnly  27th|City  San  Francisco. 

Aug.  24th  Idty  New  York 

Sep.  19tbiZealandia 

Oct.  lSthlCity  Sydney 

Nov  16th|  Australia 

Dec.  HthlCity  New  York 


Jan. 
Feb. 

M'ch 
Apr. 
May 
June 
June 
July 

A  111;-. 
S  U;  ]  > . 

Oct 
Nov. 


21st1 
13th1 
9th  | 

11th  | 
5th 

fith 
2Sth 
27  th1 
25  th  I 
20  th1 
18th  I 
17th 
13th' 


- Departures— 

To  Sail.  |  Vessel. 


Sailed. 


Jan'y    2d| Granada 

Feb'y   2d  I  City  Melbourne  .... 

Feb.  2Sth,Mikado 

M'ch27thiCitv  San  Francisco. 
Apr.  24th  City  New  York  .... 

May  24th  Zealandia 

JunelOthlCity  Sydney 

July  17th  j  Australia 

Aug.  14th|City  San  Francisco. 

Sep.  llthlCity  New  York 

Oct.     9th|Zealandia 

Nov.  SthJCity  Sydney 

Dec.    4thl Australia 


.'Jan'y  9th 
.iFeb'v6th 
.Feb.  29th 
.  April  3d 
,  !Apr.  26th 
.|May  24th 
.  I  June  21st 
I  July  19th 
.  I  Aug.  16th 
.jSep.  13th 
Oct.  11th 
Nov.  8th 
.iDec.    7  th 


Due. 


-Arrivals- 
Vessel. 


AirivedM  To  Sail. 


-Departures- 
Vestiel. 


Sailed. 


Jan.  11th  i  Zealandi a |Jan.  10th!  Jan'v  1st  [Citv  New  York  . 

Feb'y  8th  City  Sydney IFeb.  11th    Jan."  31st! Zealandia 

M'ch    Sth'Australia |M'ch  9th    Feb.  28th|Citv  Sydney  .... 

April  5tbjCitv  New  York April  Gthi  M'ch  2Sth|  Australia 

May      3dlZealandia 'May    5thl  'Apr.  25th|City  New  York.. 


.  iJan'y  4th 
.1  Feb'y  3d 
.  I  M'ch  4th 
.  M'ch2Sth 
.  |Apr.  25th 


SEWERAGE. 

The  principal  causes  of  malaria  and  epidemics  in  our  city  are  the 
filthiness  of  our  streets  and  the  foulness  of  our  sewers.  The  former  is 
partially  counteracted  by  its  exposure  to  the  prevailing  sea  breezes,  but 
the  latter  lurks  insidiously  under  our  streets,  only  to  yield  its  pestiferous 
breath  at  the  corner  of  every  crossing.  In  many  places,  notably  at  the 
corner  of  Stockton  and  California  streets,  the  sewer  is  obstructed  by  the 
accumulation  of  noxhms  matter  to  such  an  extent  that  on  any  damp 
day  the  poisonous  gas  may  actually  be  seen  escaping  into  the  atmosphere, 
This  dangerous  condition  of  things  is  due  to  an  improper  system  of  sewer 
traps  and  imperfect  flushing.  We  are  happy  to  learn  that  Messrs.  Collie 
and  Deady  have  submitted  a  patented  invention  to  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors, which  effectually  removes  this  pestilence.  It  is  perfectly  simple, 
being  the  conveyance  of  a  sub-curreut  of  water  to  the  main  sewer  under 
the  manhole,  which  carries  off  all  feculent  matter  and  prevents  any  accu- 
mulation of  sewage  deposits.  The  remedy  must  be  applied  at  once,  or 
our  city  will  never  be  free  from  disease  and  unusual  mortaUty,  especially 
among  children. 


TO    THE 


CALIFORNIA    ADVERTISER. 


Offloe-607    to   <»1.">   SCeroIiant   Street. 


VOLUME  i.1. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  MAT  19,  1877. 


NUMBER  17. 


BIZ. 


It  is  truly  surprising  that  with  .ill  the  terrible  shrinkage  in  vain-.-  of 
mining  stock  i  -  that  bo  few  Failures  are  recorded,  and 
u  lt.it  is  more  remarkable  is  the  Fact  that  fewer  suits  and  attachments  are 
issued  by  the  *  loorts  than  the  customary  a\  erage.  It  certainly  shows  an 
unusual  degree  of  soundness  in  all  mechanical  .-mil  mercantile  pursuits. 
re  that  the  co  tisinesn  upon  the  Pacific  slope  is  based 
upon  a  good,  solid,  substantial  basis-  that  we  are  Lradn  g  upon  solid  capi- 
tal gold  and  >ilver  -as  the  basis  of  all  operation.  We  must  certainly  be 
now  down  to  about  bed  rock,  ami  it  is  time  for  us  to  begin  to  build  there- 
upon, tt  cannot  be  that  things  are  long  to'remain  in  this  present  un- 
tory  condition.  It  is  not  within  reason  that  this  unheard  of  de- 
pression  should  beef  much  longer  continuance.  There  is  yet  a  super- 
abundant  f  money  in  all  our  monetary  reservoirs.     <  Sold  and  silver  coin, 

■  i  all  credit,  were  never  more  plentiful  than  at  this  moment. 
Interest  is  lower  than  <-\  ec  before,  and  capitalists  are  only  too  glad  to  in- 

orities  that  are  unquesti ■■!    such  as  productive  real  estate, 

Government  bonds,  federal,  State  ami  county  bonds,  gas  stock,  etc.  We 
;it  of  the  question  Bonanza  Btocks,  as  they  all  are  now  looked  upon 
with  suspicion.  Hut  (Jn.i  will  not  always  In-  so.  The  time  is  rapidly  ap- 
proaching when  wiser  oouncHs  will  prevail,  and  a  more  conservative  sys- 
tem  initiated  than  dow  rules  tliestreet. 

One  of  the  great  benefits  to  result  from  tins  terrible  mining  stock 
ion,  which  ha-  h.i  long  been  rampant  upon  ( 'alifornia  street,  in  the 
scattering  of  the  swarms  of  idle  able-bodied  men,  who  have  for  two  or 
three  years  past  deserted  their  every-day  business  calling  and  gone  on  the 
-  curbstone  brokers  and  idlers,  doing  no  labor,  earning  nothing  by 
the  sweat  of  their  brows,  but  simply  seeking:  whom  they  may  devour — 
Bwa]  ping  jackets,  a-  it  were,  buying  and  selling  shares,  loafing  away  val- 
uable time  that  ou^ht  tn  he  more  profitably  and  honestly  spent.  Some 
have  already  thrown  up  the  sponge— have  fursuken  their  street  calling 
and  have  gone  into  tin-  country  to  harvest  the  grain  crops;  others  have 
gone  prospecting;  some  bave  gone  into  the  mines  that  have  long  been 
■. .  d;  they  have  gone  into  the  placer  mining  districts,  have  gone  to 
work  tike  honest  men,  determined  to  earn  an  honest  livelihood,  to  begin 
tin-  world  anew,  ami  thus  recuperate  health  and  secure  hidden,  honest 
wealth,  and  in  the  only  practical  way  known— thai  is,  by  the  well-dis- 
posed labor  of  the  head  and  hand  combined.  The  street  of  late  has  re- 
Bounded  with  rumors  of  loss  and 'disaster,  yet  in  many  cases  these  storieB 
were  fictitious  -mere  idle  rumors,  with  little  or  no  foundation  in  truth, 
and  circulated  with  a  view  to  bring  all  down  to  yne  common  level.  The 
very  worst  kind  of  communism,  that  will  not  hold  water  in  this  live 
community. 

Business  in  all  wholesale  departments  of  trade  seems  to  be  look- 
ing up— improving  day  by  day.  Orders  from  the  country  for  general 
merchandise  come  in  freelyj  and  the  volume  of  every  day's  sal-  of  Staple 
and  Fancy  Goods  is  of  considerable  moment.  We  wish  payments— re- 
mittances from  the  country  for  prior  indebtedness  -were  of  greater  mag- 
nitude. These,  however,  are  on  the  increase  from  the  sales  of  our  25,000,- 
000  lbs  of  Wool,  Spring  clip,  now  coming  forward  rapidly,  and  meeting 
with  prompt  sales  at  high  figures,  as  compared  with  Eastern  rates. 

Crop  prospects  have  greatly  improved  within  the  past  fortnight. 
Cool  weather,  with  genial  showers,  have  helped  forward  the  Wheat  plant 
astonishingly,  and  given  hope  to  the  desponding  husbandmen.  Our  cereal 
crips  arc  dow  more  promising  than  any  one  had  a  right  to  expect  a  fort- 
ni  dit  since.  California  and  Oregon  combined  will  have  a  breadstuff  sur- 
plus equal  to  400,000  tons,  after  supplying  seed  and  food  for  home  use. 
We  have  then  Barley,  Corn,  Oats,  Beans,  Potatoes,  Fruits,  etc.,  in  their 
abundance.  We  have  no  right  to  complain,  for  we  certainly  have  been 
bountifully  supplied  with  the  good  things  of  earth. 

Flour. -The  price  of  Extras,  as  well  as  of  Superfine,  has  fallen  about 
si  $  bbl  from  the  highest  rate  of  the  season— now  quotable  at  86  50(3  7 
for  Superfine;  S7  50@8  50  for  Extras. 

Wheat  —The  stock  of  old  grain  yet  left  in  the  State  is  now  computed 
at  40,000  tons.  Some  holders  are  not  offering  at  the  late  decliue,  yet 
others  are  willing  sellers.  The  decline  since  May  1st  has  been  !c.  per  lb., 
now  $2  75  tf  ctL,  as  against  £3  25  the  first  of  the  mouth. 

Barley.—  The  new  crop  is  now  being  harvested.  The  price  of  old  Feed 
has  declined  to  §1  50  per  ctl.,  as  against  SI  75  a  fortnight  since,  while 
Brewing  has  fallen  from  SI  95  to  $1  70  per  ctl. 

Oats  are  held  with  a  good  degree  of  firmness  at  S2  15@2  25  per  ctl. 

Corn. --There  is  a  fair  local  demand  at  $1  85@1  90  per  ctl. 

Wool.-- The  demand  is  about  equal  to  the  supply.  Choice  Northern 
Fleece  commands  25c.  to 28c. ;  Average,  20(5  23c. ;  Southern  Fleece,  17@20c, 


for  good  to  choice;  short  staple,  ll'c  13c,  for  Hurry;    14(5  16c.  for  ftl 

Some 2,225,000  lbs.  has  changed  hands  during  the  week  within  this  i 
Within  the  last  few  days  buyers  bave  gone  into  tin-  country  and  I 
goo  1  clips  at  25  •■  26Jc.    Tins  ,shou>  a  strong  market 

Tallow. --There  is  a  good  local  demand,  with  free  sales  of  common  at 
6(5  (Sic,  for  choice.  A  local  factory  has  contracted  for  a  large  supply, 
running  into  Jane,  at  fjja,  gold,  in  good  shipping  ord  r. 

Hides.— The  demand  is  good,  with  a  fair  supply.  Dry  sells  at  lsV. 
for  selections;  Wet  Salted,  8@9c. 

Hops. --Storks  are  moderate;  demand  fair  at  16@20c.  for  good  to 
choice. 

Potatoes  and  Onions. —Of  the  former,  old  crop,  60@?5c.  !•  100  lbs.; 
New,  SI  50(5  l  :;».    Onions,  new  and  old,  Choi..-,  si  25(5  l  M  )■  100  ros. 

Hay.— Small  cargo;  sales  at  tl6(5  26  t?  ton. 

Boiax.--Supplies  are  moderate,  demand  fair,  at  5|@6c  for  Crude; 
i'.V"  7  v.  for  Concentrated;  9@9£c  for  Refined, 

Case  Goods.— I'p  to  this  date  we  have  received  from  Oregon  10,950 
cases  of  Salmon.  Spot  price,  $1  55(5  1  iJO  for  1-tb.  cans  for  export;  "J, 500 
cases  1  lb.  .ans,  for  forward  delivery,  sold  at  SI  50  {$  doz. 

Coffee.  --  The  Dreadnaught,  from  Champerico,  brought  4,140  bags 
Central  American.  The  market  is  firm  at  19(5  20c.  for  good  to  prime  No. 
1  Green.  500  bags  Old  Government  Java  sold  at  24c,  and  the  price 
advanced  to  24£e.     Manila  is  held  at  19(5  l'.'V-. 

Coal. --There  is  perhaps  rather  more  tone  to  the  market  for  Si  tel 
Steam,  now  quotable  at  $8@8  25  for  spot  lots  ;  Australian,  $9@9  50  j 
Seattle  and  other  coast  kin  Is,  !?8 ;  California,  87  75  ;  Nanaimo  and  Wel- 
lington, $8(5  D  #  ton. 

Metals.  --  We  note  a  better  demand  for  all  manufactured  Iron,  while 
Pig  Iron,  Tin  Plate,  etc.,  rule  low,  with  few  sales  of  importance  to  record. 

Nails.  --  The  invoice  price  has  dropped  to  $3@3  25  fc?  keg  as  the  stand- 
ard rate. 

Oils.  -The  local  factory  has  advanced  the  price  of  Linseed  to  85@90c 
for  raw  and  boiled.     Castor  Oil,  SI  10(5  1  20  [S  gall. 

Quicksilver.— Holders  generally  demand  42c,  but  sales  during  the 
week  have  been  made  at  414c.  Our  exports  by  aea  since  January  1st  ag- 
gregate 20,681  Basks,  valued  at  $706,308;  same  time  in  1876,  11,387  flasks. 
valued  at  $622,302, 

Sugar.  -The  market  is  firm  for  all  sorts.  Hongkong  refilled,  104(3  lie; 
Hawaiian.  8(5  LO&c;  White  Refined  Cube  and  Crushed,  14(3  144;  Golden, 
11>  LSJofor  Extra;  Yellow  "C,"  10£@114c. 

Wine  and  Spirits. — The  Argonaute,  from  Bordeaux,  has  arrived, 
with  4,000  cases  Champagne,  and  782  casks  and  149  half  casks  Claret. 
The  Colima,  for  Panama,  carried,  en  route  for  New  York,  28,228  galls 
Native  Wine  and  1,304  galls;  ( I  rape  Brandy.  Of  Whiskies,  Moorman's 
-T.  H.  Cutter  Old  Bourbon  still  commands  the  market  at  S2  50@4  50  I »' 
gallon. 

At  the  Mansion  House,  London,  Fred.  Ford  was  brought  before  the 
Lord  Mayor,  having  been  apprehended  at  San  Francisco  for  thieving 
£2,000  of  New  South  Wales  Government  bonds,  the  property  of  his  em- 
ployer, Mr.  Hewett,  a  solicitor  in  the  city.  Mr.  Straight  was  instructed 
to  prosecute,  and  Mr.  F.  C.  Mcyhew  appeared  for  the  defence.  The 
prisoner,  it  will  be  remembered,  was  engaged  as  clerk  to  the  prosecutor, 
and  he  took  advantage  of  his  position  to  steal  twenty  £100  bonds  of  the 
New  South  Wales  Government,  and  absconded  to  San  Francisco,  where 
he  was  apprehended  by  Sergeant  Green  upon  a  warrant,  and  sent  back  to 
this  country  under  the  Extradition  Treaty.  In  his  possession  bonds  and 
money  of  the  value  of  £1,400  were  discovered  at  the  time  of  his  apprehen- 
sion. The  prisoner,  who  reserved  his  defence,  was  fully  committed  to  the 
Central  Criminal  Court  for  trial. 

Beerbohm's  Telegram.— London  and  Liverpool,  May  18th,  1877.— 

Floating  ('argoes,  turn  cheaper;  Cargoes  on  Passage,  do.;  Mark  Lane, 
do.;  No.  2  Spring  Otf  Coast,  65s.;  do.  for  shipment,  G4s.;  California  Off 
Coast,  Otis.;  do.  just  shipped  and  nearly  due,  65s.;  English  Country 
Markets,  Is.  to  2s.  cheaper;  French  do.,  turn  cheaper;  Liverpool  Market, 
more  inquiry;  California  Club,  13s.  3d.@13s.  6d.;  do.  Average,  13s.  (S': 
13s.  3d. 

San  Franciscans  Abroad  —  Paris,  April  20th  :  Robert  Apple,  Mrs. 
Bos  worth,  F.  Donnelly,  C.  Dorris,  Mrs.  Dorris,  Mark  Elias,  Captain  It. 
S.  Floyd.  Nice,  April  24th  :  Mrs.  F.  Gray,  David  Hewes  and  wife. 
Rome,  April  25th  :  Mrs.  J.  B.  Moore.  Florence,  April  25th  :  Wra.  H. 
Howard  and  wife,  Mrs.  Grace  E.  Skinner,  David  Bixler.  London,  April 
29th  :  Mrs.  T.  R.  Jones,  J.  P.  Whitney.—  American  JityisUr,  April  2'Jth. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN  FRANCISCO  NEWS  LETTER. 


May   10,  1877. 


CONDENSED    NEWS    OF    THE    WEEK. 

LOCAL. 

Saturday,  May  12th.— Thirty-five  boys  have  been  added  to  the  boys 
of  the  training  ship  since  her  arrival  in  port.  After  July  another  cruise 
will  be  had  to  the  Sandwich  Islands.— The  Granada,  which  arrived 
from  Panama  and  Mexican  ports,  brought  837,300  in  treasure.— —The 
drivers  on  the  Market  street  and  Hayes'  Valley  line  of  cars  are  now 
forced  to  wear  a  uniform  cap  of  gray  cl^th,  with  a  broad  peak.  On  the 
front  of  the  cap  there  is  a  metal  plate,  on  which  is  stamped  the  word 
"Driver." 

Sunday,  13th.  —The  Democratic  primary  election  results  in  the  defeat 
of  the  Mannix-Brady  ticket.— There  were  103  deaths  last  week,  63 
being  of  males.  Small-pox  caused  3  deaths  and  diphtheria  19.  There 
was  but  1  new  case  of  small-pox  reported — 11  cases  of  that  disease,  how- 
ever, were  reported  in  the  receiving  ship  Arizona,  and  all  transferred  to 
the  Small-pox  Hospital.  -^— The  Cube  Sugar  Machine  Manufacturing 
Company  has  incorporated,  the  object  being  to  purchase  patents  for  man- 
ufacturing cube  sugar  and  continuing  the  manufacture.  The  capital  is 
§445,000. 

Monday,  14th.—  The  Republicans  of  the  Tenth  Senatorial  District 
meet  this  evening  to  organize  a  District  Club.— —Company  A,  Golden 
Gate  Battalion,  have  elected  the  following  officers:  George  G.  Burnett, 
Captain;  Benjamin  A.  Prindle,  First  Lieutenant;  Henry  Applegate,  Jr., 
Second  Lieutenant;  Frank  A.  Mooney,  First  Sergeant.  Mr.  Swan- 
wick,  connected  with  the  commercial  department  of  a  morning  paper, was 
knocked  down  and  garroted  on  Clay  street  hill,  but  his  pockets  were 
empty,  and  the  robbers  were  not  rewarded.  A  contusion  of  the  nose  is 
an  evidence  of  the  mishap.  Major  John  B.  Burton,  a  former  resident 
of  this  city,  died  at  Huntington,  West  Virginia. 

Tuesday,  15th,  —The  owners  of  the  Con&uelo  have  issued  a  challenge 
to  race  any  yacht  in  San  Francisco  waters  for  $500,  the  course  to  be  from 
Front  street  wharf  around  the  North  Farrallone  and  back.— The 
schooner  Stagkoiutd,  Captain  Phelps,  from  Tahiti,  is  twenty  days  overdue, 
having  sailed  for  this  port  on  March  23d.  —Three  new  ferry  slips  are 
being  built  directly  south  from  the  present  landing  of  the  Oakland  boats, 
and  will  be  completed  about  the  1st  of  August.^— The  man  who  died 
in  the  doorway  of  No.  617  Montgomery  street  was  subsequently  identi- 
fied as  a  Mr.  Spooner,  about  50  years  of  age,  and  for  the  last  week  a 
lodger  at  the  Verandah  Lodging  House. 

"Wednesday,  16th.— Arvid  de  Vernier,  the  self-stjded  Baron,  who 
was  a  few  weeks  ago  sent  to  San  Quentin  from  this  city  for  embezzlement, 
has  been  appointed  librarian  of  the  prison.  Josephine  Pfister,  the 
woman  who  obtained  S16  on  a  piece  of  brass,  which  was  represented  to  be 
gold,  was  found  guilty  of  obtaining  money  under  false  pretenses  on  the 
second  trial  of  the  case  in  the  City  Criminal  Court. — The  Chilian  bark 
Tramito,  Captain  Alvarez,  which  was  bound  to  Puget  Sound,  has  put 
into  this  port  for  repairs.  Her  first  officer  has  been  down  with  the  small- 
pox for  the  last  six  days.  The  bark  is  anchored  off  Black  Point,  in  the 
Quarantine  grounds. 

Thursday,  17th.  —The  case  of  William  Reed,  charged  with  stealing 
clothes  and  a  check  for  SI, 100,  was  dismissed  in  the  Police  Court.— Fire 
Alarm  Box  1,  corner  Stockton  and  Francisco  ttreets,  has  this  day  been  re- 
tired. Box  194  is  now  in  service  at  the  above  station. ——A  four-oared 
boat  race,  in  which  the  crews  of  the  various  British  ships  in  port  will 
participate,  has  been  arranged  between  the  captains  of  the  vessels.  The 
race  will  take  place  on  Wednesday,  the  start  to  occur  promptly  at  1:30 
P.  M.  The  course  will  be  from  Long  Bridge  to  a  boat  moored  off  the 
Rolling  Mills.     Each  boat  will  carry  a  distinguishing  flag. 

Friday,  18th.— The  Jews  celebrated  the  Feast  of  Pentecost.  Confirrn- 
ation  ceremonies  took  place  at  the  synagogues  to-day.— An  entertair- 
ment  was  given  at  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  aid  of   the  building  fund. 

TELEGRAPHIC. 

Saturday,  May  12th.— Professor  Riley,  Chief  of  the  National  En- 
tomological Commission,  has  just  closed  a  three  weeks'  examination  in 
Texas  and  Kansas  of  grasshoppers,  and  submitted  his  report  to  the  Gov- 
ernor. He  says  that  throughout  the  largest  part  of  Kansas  the  battle  is 
already  fought  and  won.—  Sotnerville,  the  New  York  lawyer,  tried  for. 
complicity  in  the  safe  burglary  conspiracy,  has  sent  a  letter  to  the  United 
States  District  Attorney,  giving  details  of  the  whole  affair.— At  a  pri- 
vate exhibition  of  Bell's  telephone  at  the  St.  Denis  Hotel  before  invited 
guests  to-night,  conversation  and  music  between  New  York  and  Brooklyn 
were  perfectly  transmitted,  and  elicited  surprise  and  delight. 

Sunday,  13th.  --The  Attorney-General  has  concluded  that  the  state- 
ment of  facts  furnished  by  Tweed  cannot  be  used  in  carrying  on  prose- 
cutions against  the  old  riDg  thieves,  and  that  he  has  much  information 
reserved  which  he  refuses  to  disclose  save  to  certain  of  his  friends.  The 
Attorney- General  has  returned  the  papere  to  Tweed  and  has  declined  to 
release  him.— -In  the  rifle  contest  to-day  at  Creedmoor,  between  the 
New  York  and  Brooklyn  teams,  the  former  won.  The  distances  were 
eight,  nine,  and  ten  hundred  yards;  the  number  of  shots,  fifteen  at  each 
range.  ^—  William  H.  Vanderbilt,  accompanied  by  Samuel  A.  Barger,  a 
director  of  the  New  York  Central  Railroad,  sailed  for  Europe  to-day. 

Monday,  14th.— A  fire  which  lasted  all  day  and  destroyed  about 
§400,000  worth  of  property,  broke  out  at  ten  o'clock  this  morning  in 
Campbell's  oil  works,  on  Water  street,  between  Was!  iagton  and  Maine, 
New  York.  The  building  was  six  stories  high,  and  opcupied  half  a 
block.  -^— A  claim  has  been  made  upon  William  H.  Vanderbilt  by  Tennie 
C.  Clarnin  for  over  §100,000,  the  proceeds,  she  alleges,  of  810,000  depos- 
ited by  her  with  Commodore  Vanderbilt  in  1871  for  speculative  opera- 
tions. Vanderbilt,  before  leaving  for  Europe,  pronounced  the  claim  ri- 
diculous.-^—The  translation  of  the  relics  of  Saint  Benedict,  martyr,  was 
celebrated  with  impressive  ceremonies  by  the  Passionist  Fathers  at  Saint 
Michael's  Monastery,  West  Hoboken.  <  —J.  Evans  Edings,  while  carry- 
ing S1,2C0  to  pay  the  wages  at  the  phosphate  works  near  Charleston,  was 
shot  dead  and  robbed.  Two  negroes  were  arrested  and  have  confessed 
the  crime.    The  money  was  found  in  their,  possession. 


Tuesday,  15th. —The  famous  race-horse  Vigil,  winner  of  the  Dixie 
and  Breckenridge  Stakes  last  year,  broke  down  at  Jerome  Park.  ^— Press 
dispatches  state  that  Aristides  and  Tenbroeck  will  positively  run  their 
great  match  at  the  Louisville  meeting.— •  Anna  E.  Dickenson  was  served 
to-day  with  the  papers  in  a  suit  brought  by  Josh  Hart  to  recover  dam- 
ages for  violation  of  an  agreement  to  perform  three  weeks  in  the  Eagle 
Theater.—  The  American  brig  C.  C.  Bearce,  from  Charleston  for  Bus- 
ton,  has  been  lost  at  sea. 

Wednesday,  16th.— Forest  fires  are  raging  along  the  Hudson  in 
northern  New  York,  in  parts  of  New  Hampshire.  Pennsylvania,  etc.— — 
Camelia  Chisholro,  who  was  wounded  in  the  Kemper  affray,  died  of  gan- 
grene of  the  arm,  resulting  from  a  lack  of  prompt  surgical  attention. 
^— Upon  both  sides  of  the  Ogdensburg  and  Lake  Champlain  Railroad, 
between  Moore's  station  and  Cherubusco,  the  woods  are  on  fire.  At  Can- 
non's Corner,  five  miles  away,  every  house  was  burned.  A  fire  has  just 
broken  out  in  Stockpole,  three  miles  from  Altona  Station,  and  the  whole 
place  is  in  flames. 

Thursday,  17th.— The  Democratic  caucus  at  Columbia  to-day  unani- 
mously nominated  ..Henry  Mclver,  of  Cheraw,  Associate  Justice  of  the 
Supreme  Court,  vice  Willard,  elected  Chief  Justice.— Vessel  owners  of 
the  lakes  at  Detroit  have  adopted  a  resolution  urging  additional  signal 
service  on  the  lakes.— The  Funding  Board  of  New  Orleans  has  adopted 
resolutions  to  pay  all  bonds,  interest,  etc.,  as  soon  as  matured,  without 
defalcation  or  delay.— —The  State  Theological  Seminary  had  its  Com- 
mencement exercises  to-day  at  New  Haven,  Conn.  The  graduating  class 
numbers  twenty-two. 

Friday,  18th.  —Joseph  Wasson,  while  admitting  that  he  furnished 
Pinney's  statement  for  publication,  positively  denies  that  he  received  any 
pecuniary  compensation  for  it,  having  acted  merely  as  Pinney's  friend 
and  under  Pinney's  instruction.— Five  candy  makers  in  Boston  have 
baen  indicted  for  poisonous  adulteration  of  candy,  and  their  bonds  fixed 
at  six  thousand  dollars  each.  The  Western  excursionists  arrived  safely 
to-day  at  Charleston  and  were  warmly  received. 

FOREIGN. 

Saturday,  May  12th.  —  The  failure  of  a  great  hardware  firm  in 
Birmingham  is  imminent.  Liabilities  estimated  at  81,000,000.— —A 
slight  difficulty  has  arisen  between  France  and  England  relative  to  the 
Newfoundland  fisheries.  This  is  an  old  subject  of  discord.  -A  Russian 
battery,  hitherto  masked,  opened  fire  to*-day  on  the  Turkish  monitors 
near  Ibrail.  An  hour  after  the  commencement  of  the  action,  shells  struck 
a  three-masted  ironclad  and  sunk  her  with  her  crew  of  300  and  Hassan 
Bey.  An  English  squadron  leaves  Suda  bay  for  Port  Said  to-morrow. 
The  Christian  population  of  Crete  are  greatly  excited.-^— The  agents  of 
the  steamship  City  of  Brussels  have  sent  the  powerful  tug  Challenge  in 
search  of  her. 

Sunday,  13th.  —  The  Russians  attacked  on  Friday  in  great  force  the 
the  position  occupied  by  the  vanguard  of  Turkish  auxiliary  troops  in  the 
vicinity  of  Batoum.  An  engagement  ensued,  lasting  eight  and  a  half 
hours,  resulting  in  a  complete  rout  of  the  Russians,  who  lost  4,000  men. 
The  Turkish  loss  was  inconsiderable.  The  shipbuilders'  lockout  in 
Glasgow  will  affect  twenty-five  to  thirty  thousand  men.— The  time 
for  action  on  the  Danube  is  close  at  hand.  The  Russians  evidently  intend 
to  open  fire  on  the  Turkish  positions  along  the  whole  line,  and  under 
cover  of  an  overwhelming  artillery  fire  attempt  to  cross  the  river  at  sev- 
eral points  simultaneously. 

Monday,  14th.  —  Wingate's  shipyard  on  the  Clyde  was  partially 
burned.  The  damage  is  $400,000,  the  principal  losses  being  machinery  in 
course  of  construction  for  the  Dutch  Government.— —An  official  telegram 
from  Tiflis  states  that  after  capturing  Muhlaster  the  Russians  on  the  11th 
instant  sent  forward  two  columns  against  Khatzubane  Hights,  skirting 
the  river  Kinrisof.  This  strong  position  was  stormed  with  a  loss  of  12 
killed  and  116  wounded.  The  Turkish  losses  were  enormous.  The  Turks 
claimed  a  victory  here.  —  The  Turks  endeavored  and  failed  on  Saturday 
to  land  at  Oltenitza.  General  Maru  has  asked  for  reinforcements.  Prince 
Charles  has  gone  to  Oltenitza. 

Tuesday,  15th.  --  A  dispatch  from  Bagdad  describes  a  flood  which 
overwhelmed  both  banks  of  the  Tigris.  Floods  were  hitherto  unknown. 
The  river  threw  out  branches  completely  blockading  Bagdad,  and  swept 
away  two  hundred  houses  in  Kiamizee.  ■—  Le  Nord,  the  Russian  organ, 
saj's  :  Russia  has  but  one  aim,  namely,  the  amelioration  of  the  lot  of 
Christians,  but  if  at  the  end  of  the  war  she  claims  more  extended  guaran- 
tees, Europe  must  blame  herself  and  not  any  ambitious  design.  Whereof 
it  gratuitously  suspects  that  Russia,  after  the  war,  will  give  fresh  proof  of 
her  moderation  by  consulting  Europe  respecting  the  conditions  to  be  dic- 
tated to  Turkey  to  prevent  further  massacres.  —Gladstone's  resolutions 
were  rejected  by  a  vote  of  354  to  223. 

Wednesday,  16th.  —  The  Turks  have  dispatched  16,000  men  from 
Widin  garrison  in  all  haste  to  the  Dobrudscha.  The  Russians  are  not 
further  west  than  Turnseverim.— —Servian  volunteers  are  constantly 
passing  the  frontiers  to  join  the  Bosnian  insurgents.  The  Circassians, 
who  have  risen  in  Russian  trans- Caucasian  provinces,  have  destroyed 
almost  all  the  telegraph  wires  in  their  neighborhood. 

Thursday,  17th.  —  A  Times  Paris  correspondent  says  :  President  Mac- 
Mabon's  letter  to  Minister  Simon,  which  caused  the  latter  to  tender  his 
resignation,  is  one  of  the  most  serious  events  since  the  fall  of  Thiers.  The 
Councils-General  and  Municipal  Court,  which  are  charged  with  the  duty 
of  electing  Senators,  must  soon  be  renewed.-""  A  special  from  Erzeroum, 
Monday,  says  :  The  Russians  have  advanced  to  Karakalisa  in  great  force. 
The  Turks  will  confront  them  at  Toprack-Kalek.  Both  armies  are  pre- 
paring for  a  pitched  battle. 

Friday,  13th.  —  The  Russians  have  crossed  the  Aluta  and  entered 
Little  Wallachia,  which  it  was  expected  would  be  occupied  solely  by 
Roumanians.  General  T.  Kobeleffs  division  of  Circassian  Cossacks, 
intended  to  head  the  advance  of.  the  invasion,  is  passing  through  Bucha- 
rest en  route  for  the  Dauube.— — A  Russian  infantry  corps,  numbering 
52,000,  accompanied  by  a  proportionate  force  of  cavalry  and  artillery,  is 
marching  in  the  direction  of  Simnitza,  and  it  is  believed  the  main  body 
of  the  Russians  will  attempt  to  cross  the  Danube  there. 


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[SCRIPT  TO  THE  SAN    II:  \\»  Im  O  \l-:\\  -    LETTER 


THE    BLUE    LAKES    SCHEME. 
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M'VNY. 

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iter  for  the  use  of  tin-  Inhabitants 
Itnon  n  im  tlio 

■ 

SI  let  \      K\iM'\ll,    UfD   \v\Tni»im>. 

Mokeltrmns  river,  with  ii-  entire  tributaries 
bundant  thai  if  this 
ill  aever  Ik-  required  for  the  restriction  in  the 
■ 

available  for  the  use  of  the  city, 
ire  than  flvs  hundred  square  miles  in  tin*  high  altitude 
of  the  S  la  mountains,  commencing  at  an  elevation  of  2,500 

aching  ;»t  the  highest  i«;ik*  of  the  mountains  10,000  feet. 
Over  watershed  the  annual  rainfall  exceeds  sixty  inches, 

nii'1  in  tin*  ii  ..  ver  falls  below  thirty  in<  hi 

■  rrit-Tv  embraced  i*  of  ;i  granite  formation,  nol  susceptible  of  cul- 
tivation, nor  suitable  for  habitation,  I    *  mntrary,  is  peculiarly 
by  nature  t"  the  purposes  of  an  ample  supply  of  water  for 
the  individual  and  municipal  usee  of  this  groat  and 
■  ally  manifest. 
The  sources  and  tributaries  of  the  Mokelumne  river  are:  The  Blue 
three  in  number,  at  an  elevation  of  8,000  feet;  numerous  small 
une  vicinity;  the  South  Pork,  furnishing  at  this  time,  or  (to 
be  exact  in  this  statement]  on  the  5th  of  May  present,  39,000,000  gallons 
•  r  daily:  the  Licking  K.irk.  lti.<NKi,ooo  nf  gulh.n*;  the  Middle  Fork 
their  function,  ^.000.000  gallons;  Blue  Creek,  178,- 
000,000  gallons:  the  main    North    Fork,  above  the  junction  of  the  Blue 
3,041,000,000  gallons,   amounting  to  on  aggregate  daily  flow  of 
t  rainless  \S  inter,  and  availa- 
ble for  tli'  usee  ana  purposes  <•(  tin  city]  of  3,293,000,000  gallons. 
This  targe  Bow  of  wtfter  continues  far  into  the  Summer  months,  as  will 

■  ■■1  i.i  -  the  fact  is) 
that  the  snow  banks,  which  al  no  season  of  the  year  melt  entirely  away, 
are  now  bo  deep  that  only  the  lower  portions  uf  the  watershed  can  now 
trated. 
» in  the  north  side  of  the  North  Fork  we  have  Bear  river,  Rubicon  and 
Summit  <  Sty  Fork  as  tributaries,  emptying  their  waters  above  the  junc- 
tion of  the  North  Fork  ami  Blue  creek. 

Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  the  supply  offered  is  equal  t"  any  anil  all  re- 
quirements the  city  may  have  f"r  all  time  to  ram.-,  without  doling  it  out 
in  limited  quantities  to  the  consumers,  stinting  its  public  porks  or  curtail- 
ing Its  other  various  municipal  uses,  even  though  the  city,  in  its  bright 
i,  should  in  it-*  population  and  magnificence  rival  the  city  of  Londou 
or  Paris  ev<  n. 

ITS  QUALITY. 

As  to  the  quality  of  the  water  that  the  city  may  thus  generously  fur- 
i  her  inhabitants,  we  apprehend  that  no  eulogy  of  it  is  required, 
when  it  is  known  that  the  entire  Bupply  is  of  pure  mountain  water. 

The  RlokelumiR-  is  i.ue  of  the  large  rivers  ti-<\\  in-  westward  from  the 

Sierra  Nevada  mountains,  tin-  natural  flow  of  which,  in  the  driest  seasons, 

irtained   by  a  critical  observation  <>f  twenty-five  years,  has  never 

-  than  thirty  tw..   millions   of  gallons,    daily;  and  when  we    take 
into  col  the  fart   that  vast  Gelds  of  snow,  covering  its.  tributa- 

o  the  depth  of  many  feet,  are  deposited  every  year,  without  excep- 
tion, whether  there  lie  much  or  little  rain  in  lower  latitudes,  and  which 
the  summer  sun  gradually  transforms  into  water,  it  will  he  seen  that  the 
supply  offered  can  never  be  dependent  upon  the  contingency  of  a  season 

of  great  DT  slight  rainfalls. 

The  snow  forming  these  immense  deposits   never  fails  in  its  annual 

advent :  it  is  as  certain  as  the   immutable   laws  of  nature  ;   and   these 

its  are  never  exhausted  before  the  next  annual  snowfall,  piling  up  its 

treasure  for  the  ensuing  year  aa  before. 

IPACTTY. 

Tin-  storage  capacity  for  the  waters  of  the  lakes  heretofore  described, 
and  other  reservoir  sites,  already  examined  and  ascertained  (in  addition  to 

tin-    sumv  Storage    already  adverted    to),     is  iM.illM.Nllll.tllli)   gallons,  which, 

due  allowance  for  evaporation,  is  equal  to  :i  daily  supply  of 
100,000,000  of  gallons  for  a  period  ol  six  hundred  and  twenty  days,  to  say 
nothing  of  the  natural  supply  at  all  times  running  in  the  river  and  its 
tributaries.    During  eight  months  of  the  year  a  daily  supply  of  100, 000,000 

Hi  as  could  be  drawn  from  the  rivers,  and  still  leave  billions  of  gallons 
t"  be  stored  for  emergencies,  and  which  of  itself,  thus  stored,  would  he 
more  in  quantity  than  would  be  required  for  the  remaining  four  months. 
Not  only  this,  hut  from  the  end  of  these  eight  months,  the  natural  supply 
diminishes  only  by  degrees  for  the  other  four  months,  and,  as  has  been 
shown,  i-  never  less  than  32,000,000  gallons  daily,  so  that  the  amount  that 
Could  he  Btored  from  the  eiudit  months'  excess,  over  the  daily  ICO.000,000 
of  gallons,  would  be  far  in  excess  of  what  the  city  could  possibly  use, 
however  prodigal  ahe  might  he,  for  municipal  purposes,  or  in  supplying 
her  inhabitants  with  water  to  a  general  use  of  it  for  family  purposes,  and 
in  beautifying  their  homes. 

In  addition  to  all  this,  the  water  would  at  all  times  he  running,  mov- 
ing, living  water,  because,  however  much  might  he  stored,  every  reservoir 
would  be  constantly  fed  by  living  streams  of  clear,  cold,  pure,  fresh 
water  flowing  into  them  the  year  round  from  various  mountain  streams. 

works  BEQUEBED. 

The  line  of  works  required  to  bring  this  \yater  to  the  city  is  as  follows, 
to  wit: 

First— A  canal,  commencing  on  the  south  bank  of  the  main  North 
Fork  of  the  Mokelumne  river,  41  rods  above  the  mouth  of  Blue  creek, 
already  mentioned,  in  Oaiaveras  county,  Cal.,  extending  in  a  southwest- 
erly direction  to  the  Calaveras  Butte  Valley  reservoir,  in  sections  33  and 
34,  Township  No.  4,  N.  Range  1  E.,  Mount  Diablo  base  meridian,  in  said 


Idle  Kuril  of  1  at    the  funi  I 

Pork  with  Bear  Creek,  and  one  mfle  further  on  it  intersects  tie    I 
Pork  of  the  Intokelumne  river. 

I  '  am  this  lasl  mentioned  point, 
-;dd  canal  a  ill  I  licking  Fork 

to  tin-  Junction  of  the  name  with   the  South    l'>>rk   of  the    Mokelumne 

river,  and  thence,  at  a  dlstan f  ll   miles,  tho  oanal   forms  a  Junction 

with  the  Clark  DItoh  or  Clark  Canal 

Thence  the  oanal  extends  to  the ' '.»h>'-  ir  al- 

ready   mentioned,  and  terminates  at  an  elevation  of   1,400 
from  the  initial  point,  or  point  of  diversion  of  water, 

nd     From  the  Calaveras   Butte  Valley  Reaervior,  a  wrought  iron 
pipe,  10  inohes  in  diameter,  to   Livermore   Pass,  a  distance  of  02 

n,i  thenoe  a  wrought  iron  pipe.  42  inches  in  diameter,  by  way  of 
Niles  Station,  around  the  southern  end  of  the  buy  of  San  Francisco,  and 
along  the  western  shore  1 1 f,  to  the  citj  limits,  7 1  M  LOO  m 

The  Calaveras  Butte  Valley  Reservoir  .mentioned   will   be 
according  to  the  specifications  of  your  engineer,  with  a  storage  capacity  >-f 
564,000.000    allona. 

At.  Livermore  jt  is  proposed  to  construct  a  reservoir,  in  accordance  with 
■  Efications  of  your  engineer,  with  a  capacity  for  storage  of  16,000, 
(fix1  of  gallons,  with  a  side  pipe  running  from  the  main  pipe  (to  tw 
al-o  ,.f  wrought  iron),  through  which  the  reservoir  is  to  be  t>  11  ■  d. 

This  reservoir  i--  to  provide  for  am  smer    ncy  that  may  art 
di  nt-,  and  is  to  be  tilled  by  a  continous  stream   of    water  from   the  main 
pipe  running  into  it,  so  that  the  water,  when  withdrawn  for  use,  Bhall  i 
living  water,  like  that  running  for  daily  use   from  other  ■■■>■-.     This 

storage,  thus  provided  for,  will  he  equal  to  a  daily  supply    of    100,000,000 
of  gallons  for  a  period  of  150  days. 

THE   CANAL. 

The  canal  heretofore  mentioned,  extending  from  the  North  Fork  of  the 
Mokelumne  river  to  the  I  'alaveras  Butte  \  allej  Reservoir,  shall  b< 
structed  according  to  specifications  furnished  by  your  engineer,  with  a 
capacity  of  100,000,000  gallons  daily,  to  be  delivered  at  said  reservoir. 
The  iron  pij.es  leading  from  the  Calaveras  Butte  Valley  Reservoir  to 
Livermore,  and  from  the  latter   place  to  the  city  of   San   Francisco,  shall 

I ostructe  I  on  the  dimensions  mentioned,  of  wrought,  iron,  according 

to  the  specifications  of  your  engineer,  with  a  capacity  sufficient  to  deliver 
at  said  city  daily  40,000,000  gallons  of  water. 

We  propose  to  sell  and  convey  to  the  city  ami  county  of  San  Francisco 
the  hereinbefore  mentioned  waters  of  the  Mokelumne  river  and  its  tribu- 
taries, the  waters  of  the  Blue  Lakes  mentioned;  the  reservoir  and 
reservoir  sites  enumerated  ;  the  canal  and  water-pipes  referred  to, 
built  and  constructed  in  the  manner  and  of  the  capacity  stated,  together 
with  all  the  rights  and  privileges  embraced  therein,  and  deliver  and  turn 
the  same  over  to  the  city  for  the  sum  of  814,000,000,  to  be  paid  in  thy 
bonds  of  said  city  and  county  specified  in  the  Act  creating  your  Commis- 
sion. 

In  the  event  of  an  acceptance  of  our  proposition,  and  a  ratification  of 
such  acceptance  in  the  manner  hereinbefore  stated,  we  propose  to  build 
and  construct  a  system  of  service  pines  in  said  city  in  accordance  with  .the 
estimate  herewith  submitted,  for  the  distribution  through  the  city  of 
water,  for  the  sum  of  SS^ll^OOO,  to  be  paid  us  in  bonds  of  said  city  and 
county,  of  the  same  character  as  those  hereinbefore  mentioned. 

Respectfully  yours,  W.  V.  Clauk, 

A.  Havwaiui, 

May  17,  1877.  A.  I!.  ROSE. 

SMALL  DROPS. 

Mr.  Thise,  in  answer  to  rpiestions,  said  :  "  If  in  making  this  statement 
of  price  we  understand  the  requirements  of  the  Commission,  we  reserve 
the  right  to  change  our  figures.  If  the  Commission  should  stipulate  a 
smaller  pipe  and  a  smaller  quantity,  we  will  reduce  our  price  in  a  corre- 
sponding degree.  If  the  Livermore  reservoir  is  not  required,  our  price  will 
be  reduced. 

To  Mit.  Sc'HI'ssi.eii— I  have  known  Blue  Lakes  twenty  or  twenty-five 
years.  Never  saw  the  water  below  the  level  of  the  outlet.  It  is  seldom 
that  the  lakes  freeze  over.  Miners' ditches  all  over  the  State  fill  with 
snow.  The  evaporation  is  greater  at  the  sea  level  than  at  Blue  Lakes. 
The  lowest  minimum  supply  on  North  Fork  is  32,000,01)0  gallons  daily. 
We  say  that  our  40  inch  p'pe  will  carry  40,000,000  gal'ons  daily.  The  natu- 
ral ruun'ng  supply  will  more  than  compensate  for  the  evaporation.  We  want 
the  public  to  iis,>  Kin  gallons  a  day  per  capita,  if  they  desire  it.  We  will 
not  be  compelled  to  duplicate  the  pipe  in  thirty  years. 

Mb,  Nurut'ES— By  the  calculation  of  Scowden,  a  48-inch  pipe  will  only 
carry  'JL', 000, 000  gallons.  Accepting  this  as  true,  will  not  the  size  of  your 
pipe  have  to  be  increased? 

MB.  ROSE  -We  are  convinced  that  the  pipe  described,  with  the  press- 
sure  described  on  the  line  described,  that  a  48  inch  pipe  will  carry  40,000,- 
0U0  gallons  d:iilv.  We  have  no  doubt  whatever  of  its  capacity  to  deliver 
30.I.00.O' 10  gallons. 

The  Commissioners  will  hear  Mr.  Forman,  of  the  Ca-mpo  Seco  scheme, 
next. 

PACIFIC    MAIL    STEAMSHIP    COMPANY. 

Tho  Company's  Steamers  will  mill  n«  follou«  at  la  M„: 
OTTYOFTOKIO.  May  :!!ilh  an.)  Auimst  .-Hi  :  Cl'l  Y  I  >!■"  PhKINil,  -Inn,  uu[h 
and  September  1st;  CITY  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  .hilv  uth,  for  YOKOHAMA  and 
HONGKONG. 

GRANADA,  May  80th,  for  PANAMAnnd  NEW  YORK,  calling  at  AGAPULCO  SAN 
JOSE  DE  GCATEM\LA,  LA  LIBEHTAD  and  I'UXTA  ARENAS.  Tickets  to  and 
from  Europe  by  any  line  for  bale  at  the  lowest  rates. 

ZEALANDIA,  May  23d  ;  CITY  OF  SYDNEY,  June  20th  ;  AUSTRALIA,  July  18th, 
CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  August  15th,  at  12  o'clock  noon,  or  on  arrival  of  the  En- 
glish mails,  fur  HONOLULU;  AUCKLAND,  SYDNEY  and  PORT  CHALMERS. 
*10  additional  is  changed  for  passage  in  Upper  Saloon. 

CITY  iF  PANAMA,  May  19th,  for  VICTORIA,  PORT  TOWN'SEND,  SEATTLE, 
ami  TACOMA,  connecting  at  TACOMA  with  Northern  Pacific  Railroad  for  PORT- 
LAND, Oregon.  Tickets  must  be  purchased  before  11  A.M.  on  day  of  sailing.  For 
freight  or  passage  apply  at  the  oftc.-,  corner  of  First  and  Brannan  streets 

May  19.  WILLIAMS,  BLANCH ARD  &  CO.,  Agents. 


POSTSCRIPT  TO  THE  SAX  FRANCISCO   NlfWS  LETTER. 


May  19, 1877. 


CRADLE,    ALTAR,    AND   TOMB. 


CRADLE. 

\bbaham— In  this  city,  May  17,  to  the  wife  of  A.  Abraham,  a  daughter. 
Braver — In  this  city,  May  14,  to  the  wife  of  H.  Beaver,  a  son. 
Berxhamer— In  this  city,  May  15,  to  the  wife  of  H.  Bernhamer,  a  son. 
BoisseVain— Inthie  city,  May  17,  to  the  wife  of  Louis  D.  Boissevain,  a  daughter. 
Carter  — In  this  city,  May  11,  to  the  wife  of  Win   H.  Carter,  a  daughter. 
Dougherty — In  this  city,   May  13,  to  the  wife  of  Geo.  Dougherty,  a  son. 
Frkemax— In  this  city,  May  16,  to  the  wife  of  A.  A.  Freeman,  adaughter. 
Fiiieljlander— In  this  city,  to  the  wife  of  Siegmund  Fricdlaudcr,  a  daughter. 
Hauiu  rger  -In  this  city".  May  13,  to  the  wife  of  Gus  Hamburger,  a  son. 
Hopps— In  this  city,  May  9,  to  the  wife  of  Geo.  H.  Hopps,  a  son. 
Joosx— In  this  city,  May  S,  to  the  wife  of  B.  Joost,  a  daughter. 
Levkstritt— In  this  city,  May  14,  to  the  wife  of  Marion  Leventritt,  a  son. 
Mies— In  this  city,  May  15,  to  the  wife  of  Chas.  Mu.es,  a  sou. 
Mirphy—  In  this  city,  May  12,  to  the  wife  of  Jas.  H.  Murphy,  a  daughter. 
Newman—  In  this  city,  May  10,  to  the  wife  of  Julius  Newman,  a  son. 
Palmer— In  this  city,  May  14,  to  the  wife  of  W.  B.  Palmer,  a  son. 
Peterson— In  this  city,  May  12,  to  the  wife  of  Andrew  Peterson,  a  son. 
Riley— In  this  city,  to  the  wife  of  Edward  Riley,  a  son. 
Ritchie-  -Iu  this  city.  May  10,  to  the  wife  of  Alex.  Ritchie,  a  daughter. 
Sinclair  -In  this  city,  May  13,  to  the  wife  of  S.  F.  Sinclair,  a  son, 
Stalder— In  this  city.  May  14,to  the  wife  of  Jos.  Stalder  Jr.,  a  son. 
Btradhb — In  thin  city.  May  14,  to  the  wife  of  J.  E.  Strauss,  adaughter. 
Wuturicii— In  this  city,  May  11,  to  the  wife  of  John  Wuthrich,  a  son. 

ALTAR. 

Bates-Pi ersos— In  this  city,  May  12,  Win.  Bates  to  Annie  Pierson. 
Billixos-Halk— In  this  city,  May  f).  Geo.  E.  Billings  to  Maria  Hale. 
Canaya.n-O'Keeke— In  this  city,  May  10,  Bartholomew  Canavau  to  Ellen  O'Keefe. 
Darling-White— In  this  city.  May  10,  Geo.  L.  Darling  to  L'dlie  D.  White. 
Dcskkk  Dietz— In  this  city.  May  10.  Adolph  Dunker  to  Catherine  Dietz. 
Kuck-Gosch— In  this  city, 'May  2.  J.  H.  Suck  to  C.  M.  Gosch. 
Lerosd-Staiil— In  this  city,  May  15,  Theodore  Lcrondto  F.  Stabl. 
Lor  yea-Stern*— In  this  city.  May  lti,  Dr.  A.  M.  Loryea  and  Esther  Stem. 
Lyncei-Qluglv— In  this  city,  May  10,  Matthew  Lynch  to  Jane  Quigly. 
Moxtanya-Morse— In  Oakland,  May  10,  M.  De  La  Moiitanya,  Jr.,  E.  C.  Morse. 
Niblock-Helgeneon — In  this  city,  May  12,  S.  A.  Nibloek  to  A.  Helgenson. 
Po pert- Wolf— In  this  city,  May"  12,  Adolph  Popert  to  Lena  Wolf. 
Taylor-Wyatt— In  this  city,  May  15,  Jas.  S.  Taylor  to  Mollie  E.  Wyatt. 

TOMB. 

Blare— In  this  city,  May  13,  Michael  Blake,  aged  40  years. 
Carroll— In  this  city,  May  15,  Margaret  Carroll,  aged  68 years. 
COUS— In  this  city,  May  14,  Rosa  Cohn,  aged  29  years. 
Donnelly— In  West  Oakland,  May  15,  John  Donnelly,  aged  46  years. 
Fokdahl— In  this  city.  May  12,  J.  S.  Fordahl,   aged  60  years. 
Gilmore— In  this  city,  May  12.  Jos.  P.  Gilmore,  aged  38  years. 
I-lnLAiiAN— In  this  city.  May  15,  Frank  Holahan,  aged  35*  years. 
Kraiss— In  this  city,  May  14,  August  Krauss,  aged  46  years. 
Largan — In  this  city,  May  14,  Mrs.  Mary  Largan,  aged  SO  years. 
Marlin — In  San  Lorenzo,  May  14,  Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Marlin,  aged  32  years. 
Meyer — In  this  city,  May  16,  Frederick  Meyer,   aged  45  years. 
Pinkiiam  — In  tlii-  city.  May  10,  Jonathan  C.  Pinkham,  aged  73  years.. 
Prescott— At  Visalia,  April  27,. Lewis  Prescott. 
Pouvreac— In  this  city,  May  13,  John  PouYreau,  aged  41  years. 
Ryax— In  this  city,  May  10,  John  S.  Ryan,  aged  SS  years. 
Saunders— In  this  city,  May  12,  C.  M.*Saunders,  aged  47  years. 
Swaneerg— In  this  city.  May  14,  lone  Swanberg,  aged  23  years. 
Tri'hody—  In  this  city,  May  14,  Jane  Trubody,  aged  66  years, 
Walters— In  this  city,  May  12,  Bridget  Melly  Walters,  aged  33  years. 
Wheeler— At  Fruit  Vale,  May  14,  Mrs.  Wm.*  L.  Wheeler,  aged  6*9  years. 


SIGNAI 

SERVICE    METEOROLOGICAL   REPORT, 

WEEK 

ENDING  BU 

tYW,  1877,  SAN  FRANCI 

SCO,  CAI. 

*. 

liest   and   Lowest   Baromete 

Fri.  11. 

Sat.  12. 

Sun.  13 

Hon.  14 

Tues  15 

■Wed  16 

Thrl7 

29.97 

29.08 

29.91 

29.92 

29.94 

29.90 

29.99 

29.85 

29.87 

29.85 

29.88 

29.80 

29.93 

29.86 

Maxim 

um  and  Minimum  Thermal 

\eter. 

63 

62 

05         1          63         1          63 

62 

63 

51 

54 

52                  62                  53 
Mean  Haily  Humiditu. 

63 

52 

69 

03 

72          |          64          |           70 

Prevailing  Wind. 

73          | 

71 

SW.        | 

W 

W.         |        W.         |        SW.         | 
Wind — Miles  Traveled. 

W.         | 

W. 

207 

225 

194          |        174           |          243        | 
Slate  of  Weather. 

225        | 

195- 

Cloudy. 

Fair. 

Ra 

Fair.        |       Fair.       |       Fair.       | 
infall  in  Twenty-four  Houri 

Fair.      | 
i. 

Fair. 

Total  Ra 

in  During 

I  Season  beginAina  .July  1, 

1876... 10 

S5  inches. 

SANITARY    NOTES. 

Eighty-nine  deaths  occurred  this  week,  as  compared  with  103  last 
and  119  the  week  previously.  There  were  50  males  and  33  females;  33 
under  5  years  of  age,  5  between  5  and  20  years,  42  between  20  and  60 
years,  and  9  over  that  age.  There  was  one  death  from  old  age.  There 
were  11  deaths  from  unknown  causes,  of  which  7  were  Chinese.  We  are 
not  surprised  that  Chinese  doctors  fail  to  make  out  the  causes  «f  death, 
but  it  seems  inexplicable  that  5  whites  should  perish  without  their  dis- 
eases being  recognized.  Of  zymotic  diseases  were  diphtheria  13,  fever  1, 
small-pox  2,  puerperal  fever  1,  and  whooping  cough  1.  There  were  only 
two  deaths  from  croup.  Inflammation  of  the  lungs  is  also  less  fatal  than 
usual.     There  were  2  accidental  deaths,  but  neither  homicide  nor  suicide. 

Only  two  fresh  cases  of  small-pox  were  reported  in  the  city;  but  one 
case  has  been  removed  from  the  bark  Francito  Alvarez,  and  four  from  the 
steamship  Arizona  in  quarantine.  The  mortality  of  the  week  is  much 
lighter  than  it  has  been  for  nearly  a  year,  and  is  only  seven  more  than 
the  corresponding  week  last  year.  We  observe  that  the  contractors  are 
busily  engaged  clearing  out  sewers  in  Folsom  street.  An  inspection  of 
their  condition  ought  to  satisfy  the  most  skeptical  that  they  are  in  the 
highest  degree  dangerous  to  the  public  health. 


HIGHEST  STOCK  QUOTATIONS  FOB  WEEK  ENDING  MAY  18. 1877. 


Name  of  Mine. 


Andes 

Alpha  

Alta 

Atlantic  Con  .... 

Alps 

American  Flat. . . 

Alpine 

Advance 

Belcher 

Best  &  Belcher    . 

*BaltoCon 

♦Bullion 

Baltic 

Boston 

'Belmont 

Benton 

Crown  Point  .... 

*Chollar 

Con.  Virginia 

California 

'Caledonia 

Cosmopolitan .  . . 
Cons  Imperial.  .. 

Coso  Con 

Confidence 

Challenge 

*  Dayton 

Dardanelles.    ... 

De  Frees 

Eureka  Con 

Exchequer 

Empire 

■Could  &  Curry  . 

Gila 

Globe 

Golden  Chariot .. 
General  Thomas. 

Grand  Prize 

'  Hale  &  Norcross 

*Hussey 

Hay  ward  Con 

*Julia 

Justice 

"Jackson 

Jenny  Glynn 

*Ieffersou 

Kossutb 

Kentuck  

Knickerbocker  . . 

K.  K.  Cons 

Lady  Bryan 

*Leopard  

Lady  Wash'n 

Leviathan  

Loyal 

Leeds 

Mexican 

Monumental 

Mint 

Mansfield 

Modoc  

Manhattan 

Meteor 

Meadow  Valley  .. 

MeLcllan 

Morning  Star 

New  Coso 

Northern  Belle  . . 
"N  Con.  Virginia 

Nevada  

New  York 

Niagara  

N.  Light 

N.    Caison 

Ophir 

*l  vunnan   

Occidental 

Oregon 

Prospect .... 

*Poorman 

"Phil  Sheridan  .. 

Panther  

Pictou 

Peytona 

Raymond  &  Ely. 

Rising  Star 

Rock  Island 

Rye  Patch 

Savage 

*  Sierra  Nevada .. 

Silver  Hill 

Superior 

Southern  Star... 

Succor  

Scg  Belcher 

South  Chariot . . . 

Silver  Crown 

S.  Barcelona, .... 

Solid  Silver 

Trojan 

Trenton 

Twin  Peaks 

Union  Con 

*Utah 

Union  Flag 

Washoe 

Woodville 

Wells  Fargo.    .. . 

Ward 

WestComstock  .. 
Yellow  Jacket ... 


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Vol.  27. 


SAN  FRAN0IS00,  SATURDAY,  MAY  26,  1877. 


No.  18. 


O iin  <•■«  of  Hi'  Nitn  I'r.uicisr.i  Xcwn  Letter,  iliinu  H.ii  i .  Califor- 
nia Mall  Bait,  South  aide  Merchant  street.  No.  607  to  (115,  San  Francisco. 

C^lOLD  RARS-890®910-Sii.yf.r  BaBB— 6@l»i  fe*  cent,  disc-.  Treasury 
*     Not.s  are   nlling  *t    9&       Buying1,   'MJ.       Mexican  Dollars,  3  per 
c-nt.  disc.     Trads  Dollars,  3J@4  y>  • 

**~  Exchange  on  New  York,  \  per  cent  for  Gold  ;  Currency,  Gjper  cent 
viiiiiim.      On    London,  Bankers,  4.Sid.("rt ;  Commercial,  49\d.  ; 


premium. 

Paris,  ;">  franca  per  dollar. 


Telegrama,  i<"  1  per  cent 


-Latest  price  of  Gold  at  New  York,  May  25th,  at  3  p.m.,  107. 
prioe  "'  Sterling,  488@490f, 


Latest 


Mf  Price  of  Money  here,  Wgjl  per  cent  per  month — bank  rate.     In  the 
open  market,  \(o  11.    Demand  active. 


Latest  from  the  Merchants'  Exchange.  --  New  York,  May  25th, 
WT.  Gold  opened  107  ;  H  a.m.,  at  in;  ;  3  p.m.,  at  IOC.  United 
St.it-  Bonds  - Five-twenties  of  1807.  1142  ;  1881,  111?.  Sterling  Ex- 
change. 4  B8<&  1  90J,  short.  Pacific  Mail,  Zlg.  Wheat,  dull,  $2  O0G-$2  15. 
Western  anion,  fcg.  Bides,  dry,  21@22.  Oil—  Sperm,  SI  26(3  s]  28. 
Winter  Bleached,  $150(3  1  62.  Whale,  66&70;  Winter  Bleached, 
Wool  -Spring,  tine,  20@30  ;  Burry,  12(515;  Pulled,  25@35. 
Fall  ('lips.  15<§  20  j  Barry,  14@20.  London,  May  25th.— Liverpool 
Wheat  Market,  12-.  W.@12b.  10d.  Club,  13s.@13s.4d.  United  States 
States  Bonds,  lOfiJ.     Consols,  94  15-16. 

The  North  Pacific  Coast  Railroad  now  runs  twa  trains  daily  from 
San  Francisco  through  to  Duncan's  Mills.  The  enterprise  shown  by  the 
management  is  deserving  of  the  public  support  they  are  sure  to  receive. 
A  train  leaves  Ban  Francisco  every  morning  at  7  o'clock  for  Duncan's 
Mills  and  intermediate  stations.  The  most  beautiful  scenery  in  California 
is  on  this  route,  especially  in  the  neighborhood  of  Russian  River.  The 
early  train  gives  parties  two  hours  and  a  half  to  remain  at  Duncan's  Mills, 
where  there  is  a  first-class  hotel,  and  also  enables  them  to  return  to  San 
Francisco  by  8:15  p.m.  of  the  same  day. 

Beerbohxn's  Telegram.— Los i »os  ash  Liverpool,  May  26th,  1877.— 
Floating  I  targoes,  very  dull;  Cargoes  dd  Passage,  do.;  Mark  Lane,  heavy; 
No.  2  Spring  off  Coast,  60a.@61s.;  da  for  shipment.  58s.  6d@5w.:  Eng- 
lish Country  Markets,  cheaper;  French  do.,  quiet;  Liverpool  Market. 
dull;  California  Club,  13s.  ld.(S13s.  5d.;  do.  Average,  12s.  10d.(&13s.  Id; 
Red  Western  Spring,  12s.  4d.@13s. 

Strange  discoveries  of  petrifactions  are  reported  from  Colorado,  near 
Pueblo.  Perfectly  formed  oocoanntfl,  but  much  larger  than  the  ordinary 
fruit,  with  the  inside  of  the  shell  lined  with  white  crystal  quartz,  were 
found  imbedded  in  mounds  of  loose  sand  and  shells,  besides  several  huge 
petrified  sea-turtles,  such  as  now  frequent  the  Pacific  ocean.  All  which 
tends  to  prove  that  the  plains  at  one  time  were  the  bed  of  an  immense 
ocean. 

Adjutant  General  Townsend  has  issued  a  special  order,  giving  his 
clerks  directions  about  the  manner  of  signing  official  letters.  To  mem- 
bers of  Congress  they  are  to  sign,  "  Your  obedient  servant:"  to  Army 
officers,  "Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant;"  to  humble  citizens, 
simply,  "Very  respectfully. 

Coir  friend,  ' '  Joe  Praser, "  has  returned  to  San  Francisco,  after  a 
pleasant  trip  East  As  agent  for  the  Goodyear  Rubber  Company  in  this 
city,  he  has  done  a  great  deal  to  advance  the  interests  of  his  principals, 
besides  endearing  himself  to  a  host  of  friends.  We  congratulate  Mr. 
Fraser  on  his  safe  return. 

Mr.  Gladstone  will  not  have  to  defend  himself  against  the  charge  of 
making  money  by  his  second  Bulgarian  pamphlet.  It  has  fallen  flat,  very 
flat  The  first  edition,  published  at  2s.  per  copy,  is  not  yet  Bold  out,  and 
the  second  edition,  published  at  4d.  per  copy,  hangs  fire. 

"With  the  expiration  of  the  last  of  the  sewing  machine  patents,  last 
week,  prices  drop  at  once  50  per  cent.  The  cost  of  a  machine  that  has 
sold  for  §70  is  said  to  be  only  about  $15,  so  that  there  will  be  plenty  of 
profit  for  the  manufacturers  left 

The  Liverpool  Wheat  market  stood  yesterday  at  12s.  4d.@12s. 
lOd.  for  average  California,  and  I3s.@13s.  4d.  for  Club. 


Mr.  F.  Aliffir,  No.  8  Clement?*  Lane.  London,  In  authorized  to 

receive  subscriptions,  advertisements,  communicationa,  etc.,  for  thin  paper, 

te^T^s*  Published  with  this  week's  issue  a  Four- 
$&*>  •*    •    Page  Postscript, 


LATEST  ATOMS  OF  NEWS  OF  FACT  AND  THOUGHT. 


An  error  in  our  last  issue  blamed  the  Pacific  Mail  Company  for  wast- 
ing time  on  the  Australian  route  by  calling  at  the  Fiji  Islands.  We  re- 
gret that  our  information  was  incorrect,  and  hasten  to  rectify  the  mistake. 
The  steamers  of  the  P.  M.  Co.  no  longer  touch  at  the  Fijis,  but  go  straight 
through  via  Honolulu. 

In  consequence  of  an  interview  with  the  Commissioner-General  of 
the  Paris  Exhibition,  the  American  Charge  d' Affaires  in  Paris  has  trans- 
mitted to  Washington  a  report  in  favor  of  America's  participation  in  the 
exhibition. 

The  Stock  Market  shows  hardly  any  variation  in  prices  over  last 
week's  quotations,  and  business  is  even  more  depressed  than  ever.  At  the 
close  the  Bonanzas  showed  a  slight  improvement,  but  outside  of  this  the 
market  is  unchanged. 

An  "ex-lieutenant  of  the  United  States  Navy,"  writing  to  the  Lon- 
don Times,  May  2d,  states  that  it  is  reported  that  General  Grant  is  shortly 
about  to  visit  Russia,  where  he  will  be  the  guest  of  the  Czar. 


Late  bullion  shipments  include  S9.000  from  the  Minietta  mine, 
making  814,000  on  May  account;  also,  §11,000  from  the  Hite  mine, 
making  $22,318  on  May  account 


Dr.  Charles  McCormick,  late  Director  of  Medical  Department  of  the 
Pacific,  died  on  April  28th  in  New  York  city.  Hs  was  honored  by  men 
of  science  for  his  attainments. 


Shere  Ali,  the  Emir  of  Cabul,  seems  to  have  taken  it  into  his  head 
that  there  is  a  conspiracy  on  foot  among  European  Powers  to  stamp  out 
Mahometan  ism.  

Silver  was  quoted  in  London  yesterday  at  53.? d.  $  oz.,  925  fine;  Con- 
sols, 95;  United  States  5-percent  Bonds,  10G|,  ex  coupon,  and  102§  for 
4i-per-cents. 

Nuba  Pasha,  the  ex-Finance  Minister  of  Egypt,  and  the  steadfast 
upholder  of  what  is  termed  the  English  party  in  Egypt,  is  now  in  Lon- 
don.   

Notice  I— We  will  pay  50  cents  a  copy  for  numbers  of  the  News  Letter 
of  any  week  during  the  month  of  September,  1875. 

A  shipment  of  $11,341  was  made  from  the  Modoc  Consolidated 
mine  on  the  23d,  making  $77,494  on  May  account 

There  are  eleven  thousand  Egyptian  troops  serving  in  Turkey.  The 
Khedive  will  send  his  suzerain  no  more  troops. 

Brokers  are  buying  Half -Dollars  at  6.20®6.25  #  cent,  discount,  and 
are  selling  them  at  5A@fi  (#  cent  discount. 

The  San  Francisco  Mint  will  be  closed  for  the  annual  clean-up  on 
the  1st  of  June. 

It  is  rumored  that  extensive  gold  and  silver  mines  have  been  discov- 
ered in  Egypt. 

Jesuit  Barracks,  one  of  Quebec's  oldest  historical  landmarks,  are  to 
be  removed.  i 

The  steamer  Dakota  brought  $13,475  in  coin  from  Victoria  on  her 
last  trip. 

The  steamers  Gypsy,  Monterey  and  Senator  will  sail  for  the  usual  ports 
to-day.  ___ 

Legal  Tenders  here  are  firmer  at  94£@94j|  buying  and  94g(*.94J  selling. 

Trade  Dollars  are  quoted  in  this  market  at  96  buying  and  96J  selling. 
George  Barker,  United  States  Minister  to  Russia,  ha3  resigned. 


Printed  and  Published  by  the  Proprietor,  Frederick  Marriott,  607  to  615  Merchant  Street,  San  Francisco,  California. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTE^R    AND 


May   26,   1877. 


If  I  were  asked  the  season, 

I  could  not  tell  to-day; 
Should  say  it  still  was  Winter— 

The  calendar  says  May. 

If  this,  indeed,  be  May-day, 

I  must  be  growing  old; 
For  nothing  I  was  used  to 

Do  I  to-day  behold. 

On  May-day  in  New  England, 
In  that  old  town  of  ours, 

"We  ruse  before  the  daybreak, 
And  went  and  gathered  flowers. 

If  there  are  woods  in  Hingham 

I  have  forgot;  I  know 
That  there  were  woods  in  Seekonk 

Some  forty  years  ago. 


MAY-DAY. 

Along  the  roads  and  by-waya 
The  merry  creatures  crept, 

And  round  their  sweethearts'  lmuses, 
While  still  their  sweethearts  slept, 

The  baskets  on  their  windows 
They  hung,  and  stole  away; 

And  no  one  knew  who  did  it, 
Or,  knowing,  would  not  say. 

It  spoiled  her  simple  pleasure 

If  any  maiden  knew 
Who  sent  her  her  May  basket — 

She  had  to  guess  out  who. 

Ah!  those  indeed  were  Maydays, 
But  this — this  dreary  day— 

The  calendar's  mistaken, 
Tis  not  the  first  of  May! 


And  thither  went  the  children,  Why,  if  it  were,  my  lady. 

For  there  the  wild  flowers  grew;         I  would  have  gone  in  time, 

They  plucked  them  up  by  handfuls,  And  made  yoli  your  May  basket, 
With  fingers  wet  with  dew.  If  only  one  of  rhyme! 

And  then,  in  pretty  baskets,  But  I  haven't  done  it,  darling: 

With  little  sprigs  of  green,  The  words  that  I  have  sung 

Theyplacectthem,andstolehomewardAre  faded  recollections 
And  hoped  they  were  not  seen.  Of  May  when  I  was  young. 

— R.  H.  Stoddard. 

UNCOMMON  PETS. 
Proud  Wolsey  was  on  familiar  terms  with  a  venerable  carp  ;  Cowper 
doffed  his  melancholy  to  play  with  his  hares,  and  Clive  owned  a  pet  tor- 
toise. The  driver  of  a  London  hansom  was  wont  to  carry  a  little  cub  fox 
on  the  top  of  his  cab,  to  their  mutual  enjoyment.  G-.  F.  Berkeley  made 
a  household  pet  of  a  young  stoat,  rendered  motherless  by  his  gun.  Sir 
John  Lubbock  contrived  to  win  the  affections  of  a  Syrian  wasp.  A  lady, 
becoming  possessed  of  two  butterflies  of  different  species  in  a  chrysalis 
state,  resolved  to  try  how  far  they  would  be  amenable  to  kindness,  and 
placed  them  for  security  in  a  glazed  cabinet  in  her  well-warmed  bed- 
room. A  few  days  before  Christmas  she  was  delighted  by  the  appearance 
of  a  little  yellow  butterfly,  but  was  puzzled  how  to  cater  for  the  delicate 
little  creature.  Taking  a  fairy-rose  then  in  bloom,  she  dropped  a  little 
honey  and  rose-water  in  a  blossom,  and  put  the  plant  in  the  cabinet,  aud 
soon  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  the  butterfly  take  its  first  meal.  In  a 
fortnight  it  would  leave  the  rose  to  settle  on  her  hand  when  she  called  it 
by  its  name,  Psyche.  By  and  by  a  peacock-butterfly  emerged  into  active 
life  from  the  other  chrysalis.  The  new-comer  accepted  the  sensation  of 
active  life  at  once,  aud,  like  its  companion,  delighted  in  being  talked 
and  sung  to,  both  especially  enjoying  being  waved  in  the  air  and 
danced  up  and  down  while  quietly  resting  upon  the  hand  of  their  mis- 
tress. Upon  the  coming  of  summer  the  cabinet  was  moved  close  to  the 
window,  and  its  doors  thrown  open.  For  some  days  neither  of  its  ten- 
ants cared  to  venture  beyond  the  window-sill,  but  one  bright  afternoon 
their  protectress,  "with  many  bitter  tears,"  beheld  them  take  wing  and 
join  some  wild  companions  in  the  garden  ;  at  night,  however,  they  re- 
turned to  their  lodgings.  Next  day  they  took  the  air  again  and  were  not 
seen  until  September.  One  afternoon  there  came  a  heavy  thunderstorm, 
and  when  it  was  over,  a  yellow  butterfly  was  found  dead  on  the  window- 
sill— which  the  lady,  with  some  warrant,  lamented  over  as  her  own  parti- 
cular one ;  the  "  peacock,"  too,  would  seem  to  have  met  a  like  fate,  for  it 
was  never  seen  again.  It  would  be  hard  to  find  a  more  repulsive -looking 
reptile  than  the  iguana,  nevertheless  society  of  one  afforded  much  pleasure 
to  an  American  lady  residing  in  Brazil.  Pedro,  as  he  was  called,  was 
well  provided  with  raw  meat,  bananas,  aud  milk  ;  allowed  to  bask  in  his 
mistress's  room  in  the  daytime,  and  to  make  himself  cozy  between  the 
matresses  of  her  bed  when  the  sun  went  down,  he  cheerfully  accepted  the 
novel  situation,  like  a  wise  iguana.  His  loving  lady  was  wont  to  carry 
him  abroad  in  her  arms — a  practice  that  kept  acquaintances  at  a  respect- 
ful distance — for,  however  they  might  pretend  to  admire  Pedro's  bead- 
like spots  of  black  and  white,  his  bright  jeweled  eyes,  and  elegant  claws, 
they  were  careful  not  to  make  any  near  approaches.  Nothing  pleased 
madame  so  much  as  to  drop  her  pet  without  warning  at  the  feet  of  unsus- 
pecting gentlemen,  and  elicit  from  naval  officers  symptoms  of  terror  such 
as  would  not  have  been  drawn  forth  by  an  enemy's  broadside  or  a  lee- 
shore.  Of  course  Pedro  came  to  grief.  Rambling  one  day  unattended, 
became  across  "a  marauding  Frenchman,"  his  owner's  maid  arriving 
only  in  time  to  rescue  his  lifeless  body.  It  was  sent,  wrapped  in  black 
cra|>e,  to  a.  neighbor  with  a  weakness»for  fricasseed  lizard;  but  having 
seen  this  especial  one  fondled  and  caressed,  he  could  not  find  the  appetite 
to  eat  it ;  and  so  Pedro  was  consigned  to  the  earth  instead  of  the  pot. 
De  Candolle  tells  of  a  fair  Switzer  who  made  a  companion  of  a  young 
wolf,  and  had  the  melancholy  satisfaction  of  seeing  the  fond  beast  fall 
dead  at  her  feet  in  a  paroxysm  of  joy  at  her  return  home  after  a  long 
absence.  But  the  proprietress  of  a  loving  leopard  that  came  regularly  to 
her  chamber-door  in  the  dead  of  the  night,  and  howled  loudly  enough  to 
wake  the  Seven  Sleepers,  until  its  mistress  turned  out  of  bed  and  quieted 
her  disturber  with  an  offering  of  warm  milk,  might  well  doubt  if  she  had 
bestowed  her  affection  wisely.  When  Capt.  Burton  was  domiciled  in 
Syria,  he  left  the  management  of  his  live  stock  to  his  wife,  and  under 
her  fostering  care  that  department  assumed  formidable  proportions.  Not 
content  with  horses  and  goats,  a  camel,  turkeys,  geese,  ducks,  fowls,  and 
pigeons,  Mrs.  Burton  must  have  her  own  especial  pete — a  white  donkey, 
a  young  St.  Bernard  dog,  four  English  terriers,  a  Kurdish  puppy,  a  snow- 
white  Persian  cat.  a  lamb  and  a  leopard.  The  last-named,  according  to 
the  lady's  account,  became  the  pet  of  the  household  ;  which  it  deserved 
to  be,  if  the  household  abhorred  a  quiet  life,  for  the  leopard  behaved 
much  after  the  manner  of  the  gazelle  whose  owner  sang: 

He  riled  the  dog,  annoyed  the  cat, 
And  scared  the  goldfinch  into  fits; 

He  butted  through  my  newest  hat, 
And  tore  my  manuscript  to  bits! 
Mrs.  Burton,  with  pretty  good  care,  confesses  her  husband  had  fair  cause 
for  saying  his  happy  family  reminded  him  of  the  house  that  Jack  built ; 


for  the  fowls  and  pigeons  ate  the  seeds  and  destroyed  the  flowers  ;  the  cat 
fed  upon  the  pigeons,  the  dog  worried  the  cat ;  while  the  idol  of  the 
household  harried  the  goats  until  one  of  them  drowned  itself  in  sheer 
disgust,  and  frightened  the  donkey  and  camel  by  jumping  upon  their 
backs,  and  indulging  in  a  shrieking  solo,  horrible  enough  to  scare  any 
animal  of  a  well-regulated  mind  into  madness- — Cfuimber'a  Journal. 

BANKS. 


SWISS    AMERICAN    BANK. 

Incorporated  in  Geneva,  Switzerland,  January  2-flth,  1873. 
Head  Office,  in  Geneva.  Capital,  82, OOO, 000.  subscribed.  $1,000,000  paid 
up.  President,  HENU.Y  HENTSOH.  San  Francisco  Branch,  successors  to  Messrs. 
Hentsch  &  Berton,  527  Clav  street.  Directors  :  FRANCIS  BEKTON  and  KOBEKT 
WATT. 

This  Bank  is  prepared  to  grant  Letters  of  Credit  on  Europe,  and  to  transact  every 
kind  of  Banking,  Mercantile  and  Exchange  Business,  and  to  negotiate  American  Se- 
curities in  Europe.     Dej>osit3  received. 

Bills  of  Exchange  on  New  York,  Philadelphia,  London,  Liverpool,  Paris, 
Lyons,  Marseilles,  Bordeaux,  Oloron,  Brussels,  Berlin,  Hamburg,  Frankfort,  Geneva, 
Lausanne,  Chaux-de-Fonds,  Neuehatel,  Fribourg,  Bern,  Aarn,  Soleure,  Baden,  Basle, 
Zurich,  Winterthur,  Shaft'hausen,  St.  Gallen,  Lueorn,  Chur,  Bellinzona,  Locarno,  Lu- 
gano, Mendrisio,  Genoa,  Turin,  Milan,  Florence,  Koine. 

An  Assay  Office  is  annexed  to  the  Bank.  Assays  of  gold,  silver,  quartz  ores 
and  sulphurets.     Returns  in  coin  or  bars,  at  the  option  of  the  depositor. 

Advances  made  on  bull  ion  and  ores.     Dust  and  bullion  can  be  forwarded  from  any 
part  of  the  country,  and  returns  made  through  Wells,  Fargo  &  Co.,  or  by  checks. 
[September  18-1 

THE    BANK    OF    CALIFOBNIA,    SAN    FBANCISCO. 

Capital S5.000.000. 

i>.  o.  AEIULS President.       |      WM.  AI/VOKD...Vice-Pres't. 

THOMAS  BROWN Cashier. 

Agents  : 

New  York,  Agency  of  the  Bank  of  Calfomia ;  Boston,  Tremont  National  Bank ; 
Chicago,  Union  National  Bank  ;  St.  Louis,  Boatman's  Saving  Bank  ;  New  Zealand, 
the  Bank  of  New  Zealand ;  London,  China,  Japan,  India  aud  Australia,  the  Oriental 
Bank  Corporation. 

The  Bank  has  Agencies  at  Virginia  City  and  Gold  Hill,  and  Correspondents  in  all 
the  principal  Mining  Districts  and  Interior  Towns  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Letters  of  Credit  issued,  available  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Draw  direct  on  Lon- 
don, Dublin,  Paris,  Berlin,  Bremen,  Hamburg,  Fran  kfort-on- the -Main,  Antwerp, 
Amsterdam,  St.  Petersburgh,  Copenhagen,  Stockholm,  Christiana,  Locarno,  Mel- 
bourne, Sydney,  Auckland,  Hongkong,  Shanghai,  Yokohama.  Nov.  i. 


THE    NEVADA    BANK    OF     SAN     FRANCISCO, 

SAJf    FRAXCISCO,     CAXj. 

Capital $10,000,000  Gold,  Paid  Up. 

Louis  McLaue President.      |      J.  C  Flood.. Vice-President. 

€.  T.  Christeusen Cashier. 

Issues  Commercial  and  travelers'  Credits,  available  in  any  part  of  the  world 
Makes  Telegraphic  Transfers,  and  draws  Exchange  at  customary  usances.  This  Bank 
has  special  facilities  for  dealing  in  Bullion. 

Correspondents  :-— London —Smith,  Payne  &  Smiths.  Paris— Hottinguer  &  Co. 
Hamburg— Hesse,  Newman  &  Co.  Dublin— Bank  of  Ireland.  New  York— The  Bank 
of  New  York,  N.  B.  A.  Japan,  China,  East  Indies— Branches  of  the  Chartered  Mer- 
cantile Bank  of  India,  Loudon  and  China.  Australian  Colonies—  Branches  of  the 
Bank  of  Australia.  Also,  in  all  the  principal  cities  of  the  United  States.  Agency  at 
VIRGINIA,  Nevada— George  A.  King,  Esq  ,  Agent.  May  5. 


BANK    OF    BRITISH    C0LTJMBIA. 

Incorporated  by  Royal  Charter.--- Capital  paid  up,  $1,800,- 
000,  with  power  to  increase  to  $10,000,000.  Southeast  corner  California  and  San- 
some  streets.  Head  Office — ft  East  India  Avenue,  Loudon.  Branches — Portland,  Or- 
egon; Victoria  and  Cariboo,  British  Columbia. 

This  Bank  transacts  a  General  Banking  Business.  Accounts  opened  subject  to  Check 
and  Special  Deposits  received.  Commercial  Credits  granted  available  in  all  parts  of 
the  world.  Approved  Bills  discounted  and  advances  made  on  good  collateral  security. 
Draws  direct  at  current  rates  upon  its  Head  Office  and  Branches,  and  upon  its  Agents 
as  follows  : 

New  York,  Chicago  and  Canada— Bank  of  Montreal;  Liverpool— North  and  South 
Wales  Bank  ;  Scotland— British  Linen  Company  ;  Ireland— Bank  of  Ireland  ;  Mex- 
ico and  South  America — London  Bank  of  Mexico  and  South  America  ;  China  and 
Japan  — Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia  and  China,  and  Oriental  Bank  ;  Australia 
and  New  Zealand— Bank  of  Australasia,  Commercial  Banking  Company  of  Sydney, 
and  English,  Scottish  and  Australian  Chartered  Bank. 

Dec.  U.  W.  H .  T1LL1XGHAST.   Manager. 

THE   FIRST  NATIONAL  GOLD  BANK  OF  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 

Paid  np  Capital  $2,000,000,  Gold.  President,  K.  C.  Wool- 
worth  ;  Vice-President,  D.  Callaghan ;  Cashier,  George  W.  Rodman  ;  Assistant 
Cashier,  YV.  Ritchie. 

Directors  :— R.  C.  Woolworth,  D.  Callaghan,  C.  G.  Hooker,  C.  Adolph  Low,  Peter 
Donahue,  D.  D.  Colton,  Edward  Martiii,  James  Moffitt,  N.  Van  Bergen. 

Correspondents— London  :  Baring  Bros.  &  Co.;  Chartered  Mercantile  Bank  of  In- 
dia, London  and  China.  Dublin  :  Provincial  Bank  of  Ireland.  Hamburg  :  Hesse, 
Ncunian  &Co.  Paris:  Hottinguer  Jt  Co.  New  York:  National  Bank  of  Commerce.  Bos- 
ton :  Blackstone  National  Bank.  Chicago  :  First  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  pre- 
pared to  transact  a  general  Banking  business.  Deposits  in  Gold,  Silver  and  Currency 
received  subject  to  check  or  on  special  deposit.  Exchange  for  sale  on  the  principal 
cities  of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Ireland  and  the  Continent.  Commercial 
Credits  issued  available  in  Europe,  China  and  Japan.  Collections  attended  to  and 
prompt  returns  made  at  the  lowest  market  rates  of  Exchange.  Dec.  13. 


LOUDON    AND    SAN    FRANCISCO    BANK    (LIMITED). 

Capital,  $5,000,000,  of  which  $3,000,000  is  fully  paid  up  as 
present  capital.  San  Francisco  Office,  424  California  ;  London  Office,  22  Old 
Broad  street.  President,  M.  S.  LATHAM  ;  Manager,  JAMES  M.  STREETEN  ;  Assist- 
ant Manager,  CAMILO  MARTIN.  London  Bankers,  Bank  of  England  and  London 
Joint  Stock  Bank  ;  New  York  Bankers.  Drexel,  Morgan  &  Co.  ;  Boston  Bankers, 
Third  National  Bank.  This  Bank  is  prepared  to  transact  all  kinds  of  General 
Banking  and  Exchange  Business  in  London  and  San  Francisco,  and  between  said 
cities  and  all  parts  of  the  world.  October  23. 

THE    ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN    BANK    (LIMITED). 
4  C%C\  California  street,  San  Fraueisco.—IiOndoii  Office,  3 

-dL^C -C  Angel  Court;  New  York  Agents,  J.  W.  Seligman  A;  Co  ,  21  Broad  street. 
Authorized  Capital  Stock,  $0,000,000.  Will  receive  Deposits,  open  Accounts,  make 
Collections,  buy  and  sell  Exchange  and  Bullion,  loan  Money,  and  issue  Letters  of 


Credit  available  throughout  the  world.  fJl^^jr.-.^.V^Vu™     1  Managers. 


IGN.  STEINHART, 


96,  i-:;. 


V  \|.I1m»1;\I  V      \l>\  KliTISKK. 


POEM. 
[From  ■'  The  Ntm  firjH  |    It . mi**.) 

"    fair 

■ 
.    my   bend    I 

v.  area  fat  tin   ctrallng  v.tr. 

Colli  I  Bowers,  it ■'•■  ioh  the  inn 

aim  b  npon, 
Whore  new  shepherd  bath  driven  Book  to  gnue, 

Nor  u  □  own  : 

liut  thetej  sound  through  ;»11  the  sunny  swe_t  mm  di^ya, 
Hid  the  green  holy  plane, 
The  n  il«l  bee's  wings  alone, 
end  »  itli  jealous  outs 
The  maiden  B  Dtu  the  f;iir  things  there, 

And  wateretfa  ill  "f  them  with  iprinkling  showeks 
01  psavlect  ,t.-v  dew  from  •  dew  running  river. 
Whoso  i>  ohaste  of  spirit  utterly 
gather  there  the  leaves  end  fruits  and  llowers — 
The  unohaete.  never. 
Bui  thou,  0  Goddeee  and  ueai  mine, 

Take  and  about  thine  hair 

This  anadem  enfrn  in 
Take,  and  t""r  my  take  wear, 
Who  am  more  to  t  lit  t*  than  other  mortala  are, 

Whose  i-  the  holy  lot 
As  friend  with  friend  to  walk  and  talk  with  thee, 
Hearing  thy  sweet  mouth's  music  in  my  ear 
But  thee  K-hoMing  not. 
Thi-  i>  worth  more  than  all  die  smart  things  and  all  the  unkind  hints  and 
sneers  in  "The  New  Republic. "     No  one  who  ran  write  verses  like  these 
need  seek  success  in  personalities  nor  occupation  in  parodies. 

FAIR  TIPPLERS. 
Let  us  follow  the  mot  omenta,  for  the  brief  space  of  twelve  hours,  of  a 
much  inr. i  soi  iety.  S  imewhere  about  nine  or  ten 
a.m.  she  ma_u  s  her  appearance  in  the  morning-room  —after  having;  Jigged 
in  a  crowded  assembly  until  daybreak  languid,  heavy  eyed,  unre- 
I  by  tin-  matutinal  tub.  Without  the  ghost  "f  an  un|>etite  she  sit« 
down  to  an  unwholesome  meal  of  spice*)  ami  popiM-i-fil  <fir*he«,  hut  rolls, 
strong  coffee  and  cream.  Alter  l»re:_kfast— too  tired,  in  all  probability,  to 
ride  -she  whiles  away  the  rosy  hours  until  lunch-time  in  doing  intricate 
things  «itli  ci'lt <r.-.l  -ilk-,  writing  notes,  or  fluttering  the  pages  <>f  the 
books  sent  in  from  Mudie  a  Luncheon  is  a  heavier  Breakfast,  with  the 
addition  of  wine  and  pastry.  A  turn  or  two  in  the  park,  tolling  back  in  a 
barouche,  varied  by  an  interval  of  shopping  in  a  West  End  "emporium  ;" 
home  t"  afternoon  tea,  with  plenty  of  sweet  cakes  t«>  destroy  the  little  ap- 
petite  created  by  the  Fresh  air  ;  another  spell  "f  the  dolee  far  nit  nte,  a  lan- 
guid toilette,  and  then  dinner.  The  real  business  of  the  day  begins  long 
after  the  birds  are  asleep  and  the  stars  are  shining  in  the  sky.  A  menu 
in  which  yon  look  in  vain  for  plain  roast  or  boiled  ;  the  glare  of  a  score  of 
candles  :  a  wine  For  •  irerj  course  ;  laughter,  excitement,  coffee,  flirtation, 
and  finally  the  brougham,  in  which  the  flushed  and  feverish  girl  is  whirled 
away  to  more  hot  rooms,  more  excitement,  more  champagne;  what  can 
result  from  such  an  unnatural  ami  unhealthy  mode  of  existence  but  an 
increased  craving  for  dissipation,  and  an  impatient  desire  to  be  relieved 
from  the  lassitude  attending  reaction  by  the  abuse  of  alcoholic  stim- 
ulants?— \VhiUhail  Review. 

MONTENEGRO. 
The  May  number  of  Tht  Nineteenth  Century  contains  the  following 
sonnet,  signed  Alfred  Tennyson: 

They  rose  to  where  their  sovran  eagle  sails, 

They  keep  their  faith,  their  freedom,  on  the  bight, 
Chaste,  frugal,  Bavage,  arm'd  by  day  am)  night 
Against  the  Turk  ;  whose  inroad  nowhere  scales 
Their  ln:i')l-  ■n_*  passes,  but  his  tootstrp  fails. 

And  red  with  blood  the  Crescent  reels  from  fight 

Before  their  daunt!---  hundreds,  in  prone  flight 

By  thousands  down  the  crags  and  thro'  the  vales. 

O  smallest  anion-  peoples!  rough  rock-throne 

<  If  Freedom!  warriors  beating  back  the  swarm 
Of  Turkish  Islam  for  five  hundred  years, 
Great  Tseraogora!  never  since  thine  own 

Black  ridges  drew  the  cloud  and  brake  the  storm 
Has  breathed  a  race  of  mightier  mountaineers. 

The  experience  of  Henry  Wood  of  Woodford  shows  very  poor 
shooting,  or  that  there  is  a  special  Providence  watching  over  deaf  men  as 
well  as  over  certain  other  classes  of  unfortunates.  He  was  going  home 
from  Bennington  the  other  day*  when  be  stopped  at  a  house  for  a  drink 
of  water.    The  owner  called     Come  in"  in  response  to  his  knock,  but 

W I  didn't  bear,  and  kept  on  pouiuling,  which  so  alarmed  the  man  of 

the  house  that  he  seized  his  shot-gun,  slipped  around  to  the  front  of  the 
house  and  tired  three  charges  at  the  supposed  tramp  without  effect. 
Wood  kept  on  knocking  during  the  fusilade,  but  at  length  concluded 
that  no  one  was  at  home,  and  proceeded  on  his  way,  in  blissful  ignorance 
of  his  narrow  escape. 

In  the  event  of  British  troops  being  required  to  proceed  to  the  East, 
it  is  more  than  likely  that  two  of  the  highest  commands  will  be  entrusted 
to  Engineer  officers— General  Lord  Napier  of  Magdala,  Governor  of  Gib- 
raltar, and  Lieut. -General  Sir  Lin  torn  Simmons,  at  present  at  the  War 
Office  as  Inspector  of  Fortifications  and  Director  of  Works,  having  both 
received  intimation  that  their  services  may  be  required  at  any  moment. 
It  will  be  remembered  that  Sir  Lintorn  Simmons  rendered  important 
services  twenty-three  years  ago  as  British  Commissioner  with  the  Turkish 
forces  under  the  late  Omar  Paslia. 


SAVINCS    AND    LOAN. 


During  the  excitement  the  other  day  a  bald-headed  man  wanted  to 
be  admitted  to  the  Stock  Board  as  a  "  bear." 


COLLATERAL    LOAN    AND    SWING*  BANK.    CORNER    POST   AND 
KEARNY    STREE1S,    SAN    FRANCIS. 0 

Incorporated  Under  the  Laws  of  the  flute  of  California. 

I   -  BPI  \k.  JB     Beeretarj i    B  I  UtTER 

ROUT  8TKVI  SHON       Ap    mlm\  <■* 

TBIIiIh  Hunk  In  prepare  1  lo  loan    moiic.l    upon   col  hi  lirul  BMM* 

X       r.t 

celpts,  eta,  nt  from  I)  t-<  I  pa 

K'l-oMt-.  and  .iii^«  id.'  following  rate*  >>i  Interest:    Terra  i'  months, 

i  par  -.nt  par  month ;  Twelve  mootns,  11  per  cent  per  month, 

. i    > .  i  MCTER,  Becretary. 

G_*M*N    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 

Gnaranlee  Capital  H-.ioo.iMMi.--.oihr,-  .v_k  California  tire**, 
N- >rt m  tide,  1-  •■■■■ 
to  8  P.a     Extra  houur  on  _____      From  7  to                      giving  ol  Deposit 
made  on  Heal  ____te  and  __W  colleteial  seo_rfties,  at  current  rates  ol  ll 
President L.  GO-TIG.  |  Secretary GEO.  LETTS. 

DIRECTORS. 

P.  Bonding,  H  Bohi telLOhu    Kohler,  Bd.  Knuc,  Dan.  Meyer,  George  H   Eg- 

gen,  iv  BpreeUes,  N.  Yen  Berg  a  Feb.  l. 


MARKET     S  TREET     BANK      OF      SAVINGS, 
634  Market  St.,  Opposite  Palace  Hotel. 

President . THuMAS  It    LEWIS. 

W.B.  LATBON, 

Intorent  allowed  on  nil  deposit**  remaining;  I"  Bank  over 
thirtj  il:i>s.  Interest  on  term  deposits,  IS  per  osnt.  pat  annua  Deposits  re- 
celvedfrom  one  dollar  upwaK.  No  charge  for  Hank  Book,  On  reoelpl  of  remit* 
Uuoces  from  the  Interior,  Bank  Books  or  (.-rtiiiiato  t>f  iiu]m>it  will  i>o  forwarded  or 
delivered  to  agent    Bank  open  on  Saturdays  till  ',>  qrelook  r  a.  October  28. 

SAN    FRANCISCO    SAVINGS    UNION, 
T»>„)  California  street,  corner    hvi.i>.     Capital    and    Re- 

#r*J  -_      Servo,  8231,000.      l>t'i«isi[,s,  ^(l,{i I u.OOO.     DlftKcroiui:  James  .1.;   KrvrntTy, 

Praddont;  Albert  Uiller,  Vloe-Presldent  ;  C  Adolphe  Low,  L>.  J.  0Uvm\  Charles 
Bauiu,  Charles  Pace,  Washington  Bartlett,  A.  Campbell,  Sun.,  George  C.  Potter; 
Cashier,  LoveU  White,  Dividends  fur  two  years  past  \\-.iw  liven  7\  and  :>  («:r  rent,  re- 
spectively, "ii  ordinary  and  term  deposits.  Dividends  are  payable  semi-annually,  in 
January  and  July,  aioney  loaned  on  real  estate  and  on  United  states  Bonds,  or 
equivalent  securities. October  30. 

PIONEEB  LAND  AND  LOAN  BANK  OF  SAVINGS  AND  DEPOSIT. 

Southeast  corner  California  ami  Montgomery  Mtreetft,  Safe 
Deposit  Block.  Incorporated  1889,  Guarantee  Fund,  9200,000.  Dividend  Ne. 
LOO  payable  "ii  April  6th.  Ordinary  deposits  receive  8j  percent.  Term  de- 
positB  receive  lu  per  cent.  This  incorporation  is  in  its  ninth  year,  and  refen  to 
over  5,900  depositors  for  its  successful  and  economical  management. 

H.  KOFAHL,  Cashier. 
Tiios.  Grav,  Prosident.       J.  C.  DOHOAS,  Secretary.  March  31. 

MASONIC    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    BANK, 

No.  6  Post  sirtM'i.  Mnsuiiic  Temple,  San  Francisco,  Cal.— 
Moneys  received  on  Term  and  Ordinary  Deposits;  dividends  paid  semi- 
annually ;  loaus  made  on  approved  security.  This  bank  solicits  the  |>atronage  of  all 
persons". [March  2.f..] H  T.  GRAVES,  SecreUry. 

FRENCH    SAVINGS    AND    LOAN    SOCIETY. 
Bush  street,  above  Kearny,  <«'.  Mane,  Director.  Loans 

made  on  real  estate  and  other  collateral  securities  at  current  rates  of 


411 

Interest. 


SECURITY  SAVINGS  BANK —GUARANTEE  CAPITAL.  5300,000. 

Officers :  President,  John  Par  rot  t;  Vice-President,  Jerome 
Lincoln  ;  Secretary,  \V.  S    Jones  ;  Attorney,  Sidney  V.  Smith.     Loans  made  on 
Real  Estate  and  other  Approved  Securities.     Office  :  No.  216  Sansome  street,  San 

Francisco. Oct.  14. 

"    DIME  SAVINGS  BANK,  646  MARKET  ST.,  SAN  FRANCISCO^ 

FA.  Rutherford,  President  ;  W.  HfcMabon  O'Brien, 
*  Cashier.  A  Rank  Rook  issued  free  on  deposit  of  10  cents  and  upwards,  and 
payable  without  notice.  10  per  cent,  per  annum  on  Term  Deposits.  Open  from  9 
A.M.  to  4  P.M.     Saturday  evenlugS  till  0  o'clock.  March  24. 

THE  MERCHANTS'  EXCHANGE  BANK  OF  SAN  FPANCISC0. 

(Capital,  85,000,000.— Alvinxa  Ilayward,  President  :R.  G. 
j  Sneath,  Wee-President ;  H.  F.  Hastings,  Cashier  ;  K.  N.  Van  Brunt,  Secretary. 
Exchange  and  Tck-rraphic  Transfers  on  all  principal  Cities.  Collections  made  and  a 
general  Ranking;  business  transacted.  Auj/ust  22. 

SAFE    DEPOSIT    COMPANY,    OF    SAN    FRANCISCO. 
S.  E.  Corner  Montgomery  and  California  Sta. 

CAPITAL 82,000. OOO. 

rilhis  Company  is  now  open  Tor  the  renting  of  vaults  and  the 

X  transaction  of  all  business  connected  "ith  a  Safe  Depository.  Pampbletsgivlng 
full  information  and  rates  eau  be  obtained  at  the  office  of  the  Company,  Sours, 
from  B  a.m.  to  6  p.m.  September  IS. 

A-    F.    MAINE, 

Accountant  Office,  _1S  California  street-  Complicated  and 
litigated  accounts  adjusted  and  clearly  stated.  Books  examined  and  reported 
on,  made  up  and  balanced,  etc.  All  branches  of  Accounting  attended  to.  Btock 
brokers'  Books  and  accountfl  a  specialty.  Re7BR_u<c_  :  Jofin  Wedderspoon,  Esq., 
of  Cross  kCo. ;  M.  ll.  Uyrick,  Esq.,  Judge  ol  the  Probate  Court;  A.  J.  Moulder, 
Es  1  ,  Pacific  Stock  Excbange;  J.  n.  Latham,  Esq.,  San  Fkancdsco  stork  Exchange, 
Formerly  with  Daniel  Gibb  &  Co.  ______       ^Iay  1'^ 


CALIFORNIA    SCHOOL    OF    DESIGN. 
he  School   will  open  on   Monday,   May  21st.    Applicants 

must  be  14  years  old  or  over.     Terms  of  Tuition  as  follows,  viz.:    Drawing,  910 
per  month,  or  92_  per  term;  Painting  in  Oil,  912  per  month,  or  $30  per  term— pay- 

VIKGIL  WILLIAMS. 


T 


able  in  advance,     by  order  of  the  Committee. 
May  I1.. 


Director 


STOCKHOLDERS'     MEETING. 

The   Animal    Meeting;   of  the   Stockholders  of  the   Market 
Street  Hunk  ni  Savings  uill  be  held  in   accordance  with  Articles  VII.  and  VIII. 
of  the  By-Laws  ol  the  Cosporation,  on  the  ^i*t  day  ol  June,  A.  L».  1S77,  at  4  o'clock 
r.M.,  at  No.  tW4  Market  street,  for  the  election  of  Directors  for  the  ensuing-  year. 
May  1'.). THOMAS  ».  LEWIS,  President. 

P-    GEORGE    MURPHY, 

Attorney  and   Conuscllor  at   I,a«,  .1:1.1   California  street, 
practices  in  all  Courts  of  the  State.     Admitted  to  practice  in  the  High  Court 
of  Chancery,  in  Ireland.  j_y  in. 


SAN     FRANCISCO    NEWS     lETMfcK .  AND 


May   26,   1877. 


THEATRICAL,     ETC. 

California  Theater.  —The  first  three  evenings  of  the  present  week 
were  taken  up  by  repetitions  of  operas  already  given  during  the  present 
engagement  of  the  Hess  Troupe,  much  disappointment  being  expressed 
at  the  elimination  of  Faust  from  the  list  on  Tuesday.  _  Thursday  night 
the  most  notable  event  of  the  present  season  took  place  in  the  production 
of  VEtoile  dit  Nord.  The  superb  scenic  and  spectacular  effects  promised 
by  the  management  were  handsomely  fulfilled,  and  in  every  way  the  re- 
presentation.of  Mayerbeer's  must  imposing  work  was  an  unequivocal  suc- 
cess. The  music  of  this  opera  is  bold,  varied  and  sonorous,  abounding 
more  in  strong  effects  than  minor  or  special  harmonies.  Mr.  Conly,  as 
"Peter,"  and  Mrs.  Rosewald,  as  "  Catherine,"  had  the  more  arduous 
roles,  and  interpreted  them  most  satisfactorily,  the  former  having  an  op- 
portunity to-  display  his  remarkable  bass  not  hitherto  accorded  him. 
Miss  Stone  and  Miss  Randall  did  excellently  well,  and  the  latter 
not  only  sang  but  acted  very  fairly.  In  fact,  we  do  not  see  how  the 
opera  could  have  been  measnreably  improved  even  by  the  addition  of 
Miss  Kellogg,  whose  absence  it  seems  to  be  fashionable  to  bewail,  but  in 
regard  to  the  merits  of  whose  cleverly  managed  pocket  voice  there  ap- 
pears to  be  a  profound  misconception  in  this  locality,  as  the  next  opera 
season  will  show.  The  grand  effect  oi  the  Star  of  the  North  is  at  the  close  of 
the  second  act,  in  which  the  gorgeous  pageantry  of  battle,  ending  with  the 
Cossack  charge,  is  given  here  in  magnificent  style.  This  operatic  hit  is 
billed  for  the  rest  of  the  week,  and  will  doubtless  attract  three  more 
crowded  houses.  The  cream  of  the  California's  company  support  Mrs. 
John  Drew  at  Baldwin's  on  Monday  in  the  School  for  Scandal. 

MacalliBter,  the  wizard  of  wizards,  still  holds  his  audience  spell-bound 
with  his  performances,  and  sends  them  away  delighted  with  his  gifts.  If 
he  be  the  devil,  as  some  old  women  think,  his  mission  is  evidently  to  fur- 
nish our  houses  with  bed  sets,  sewing  machines,  sets  of  crockery,  lounges 
and  silverware.  Ergo,  he  is  a  good  devil.  At  any  rate,  he  is  charming 
our  people  so  wisely  and  well  that  he  purposes  remaining  here  to  amuse 
them  for  a  further  period  of  six  weeks.  Never  since  we  can  remember 
has  an  entsrtainment  been  so  freely  and  largely  patronized  as  Professor 
Macallister's.  The  liberality  with  which  he  gives  away  valuable  presents 
is  doubtless  an  extra  attraction,  but  the  excellence  of  his  delusions  and 
the  skill  with  which  he  performs  them  are,  after  all,  the  main  induce- 
ments which  draw  the  crowds.  Next  week  he  will  give  away  a  piano  each 
night,  besides  99  other  presents. 

Mr.  Charles  Wheatleigh  is  about  to  leave  us.  His  career  in  San 
Francisco  deserves  more  than  a  passing  notice.  Under  his  management 
the  Grand  Opera  House  became  a  successful  theater,  and  his  steering 
guided  the  theater  from  the  shoals  of  penury  to  the  deep  waters  which 
ripple  over  golden  sands.  Mr.  Wheatleigh  leaves  us  to  go  to  Australia, 
where  he  will  produce  several  plays  which  are  new  to  our  .antipodean 
cousins,  and  which  are  his  exclusive  property.  Wherever  he  goes  Mr. 
Wheatleigh  is  sure  to  command  success.  His  talent  as  an  actor  needs  no 
comment;  everything  that  he  undertakes,  every  character  that  he  plajg, 
is  a  model  carefully  conceived  and  brilliantly  executed.  He  carries  with 
him  to  Australia  the  best  wishes  of  a  host  of  friends,  and  while  we 
heartily  wish  him  a  safe  voyage  we  as  sincerely  trust  that  he  may  speedily 
return. 

Bush-Street  Theater,— The  Red  Right  Hand,  a  much  more  artistic 
and  enjoyable  play  than  its  predecessor,  is  now  the  attraction  here,  and 
in  which  "  Buffalo  Bill,"  Crawford  and  the  rest  mauage  to  draw  equally 
delighted  and  wildly  demonstrative  audiences.  The  scene  and  tableau 
where  "  Buffalo  Bill  "  scalps  '*  Yellow  Hand,"  the  Chief,  is  interesting, 
as  being,  doubtless,  a  very  good  imitation  of  the  real  thing.  The  new 
play  abounds  in  startling  situations  and  surprises,  and  is  quite  worth  see- 
ing as  a  curiosity  on  its  own  merit.  Crawford,  however,  should  be 
promptly  put  under  bonds  not  to  afflict  bis  inotfending  and  long-suffering 
audiences  with  what  he  modestly  calls  his  "  poetry  "  any  more. 

By  invitation,  William  H.  Barnes,  Esq. ,  editor  of  New  York  Heart  and 
Hand,  assisted  by  Prof.  J.  J.  Alexander,  of  New  York,  will  present  their 
celebrated  drawing-room  entertainment,  known  as  "Entertaining  an 
Audience,"  at  Piatt's  Hall  this  evening.  The  powers  of  these  gentlemen 
as  entertainers  are  very  highly  spoken  of  in  Eastern  cities,  and  our  amuse- 
ment-loving public  will  probably  greet  them  very  cordially  this  evening. 

Emerson  s  Opera  House. —Billy  Emerson's  songs  and  specialties  are 
still  the  chief  feature  here,  although  he  would  do  better  b)' repeating  his 
recent  hits,  such  as,  Brown,  the  Tragedian  and  Moriartt/,  the  M.  P.,  rather 
than  revamp  some  of  the  rather  antique  melodies  he  has  given  us  this 
week.  All  the  other  bumtcorkists  are  fully  up  to  their  work,  and  for 
Monday  the  Kazillos,  grotesque  dancers,  are  underlined. 

A  MURDEROUS  SEA-FLOWER, 
One  of  the  exquisite  wonders  of  the  sea  is  called  the  opelet,  and 
is  about  as  large  as  the  German  aster,  looking,  indeed,  very  much  like 
one.  Imagine  a  very  large  double  aster,  with  ever  so  many  long  petals  of 
a  light  green,  glossy  as  satin,  and  each  one  tipped  with  rose  color-  These 
lovely  petals  do  not  lie  quietly  in  their  places,  like  those  of  the  aster  in 
your  garden,  but  wave  about  in  the  water,  while  the  opelet  clings  to  a 
rock.  How  innocent  and  lovely  on  a  rocky  bed.  Who  would  suspect  it 
could  eat  anything  grosser  than  dew  or  sunlight?  But  those  beautiful, 
waving  arms,  as  you  call  them,  have  another  use  besides  looking  pretty. 
They  have  to  provide  food  for  a  large  open  mouth,  which  is  hidden  deep 
down  amongBt  them — so  well  hidden  that  one  could  scarcely  find  it.  Well 
do  they  perform  their  duty,  for  the  instant  a  foolish  little  fish  touches  one 
of  the  rosy  tips,  he  is  struck  with  poison,  as  fatal  to  him  as  lightning. 
He  immediately  becomes  numb,  and  in  a  moment  stops  struggling,  and 
then  the  other  beautiful  arms  wrap  themselves  around  him,  and  he  is 
is  drawn  into  the  huge  greedy  mouth,  and  he  is  seen  no  more.  Then  the 
lovely  arms  unclose  and  wave  again  in  the  water,  looking  as  innocent  and 
harmless  as  though  they  had  never  touched  a  tish. 


A  copy  of  Beaumont  and  Fletcher  which  formerly  belonged  to 
Charles  Lamb  has,  says  the  Academy,  been  bought  for  the  British  Mu- 
seum. It  has  numerous  notes  by  Lamb,  and  markings  by  himself  and 
sister  of  passages  to  be  extracted  for  his  "  Specimens  of  Early  English 
Dramatic  Poets."  Many  notes  by  Coleridge  are  also  in  it;  one  runs: 
*  N.  B. — I  shall  not  be  long  here,  Charles!  I  gone,  you  will  not  mind  my 
having  spoiled  a  book  in  order  to  leave  a  relic.     S.  T.  C,  Octr.  1811." 

A  Two-foot  Rule.— Keep  the  feet  dry.— Yorick. 


The  trial  of  Rev.  John  Miller  for  heresy,  before  the  New  Brunswick 
presbytery  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  closed  on  Friday  with  his  suspension  from 
the  ministry  of  the  Presbyterian  church  until  he  should  recant  his  errors. 
These  were  :  Holding  that  the  soul  is  not  in  itself  immortal,  but  dies  with 
the  body  and  is  resurrected  with  it ;  that  Christ,  as  a  child  of  Adam,  in- 
herited a  corrupt  nature  and  needed  and  was  redeemed  by  his  own  death  ; 
and  that  there  is  but  one  person  in  the  Godhead.  Concerning  this  trial  of 
Mr.  Miller,  the  Christian  Union  well  asks  :  "Seriously,  who  are  the  fol- 
lowers of  Christ ;  the  Moodys  and  Murphys  and  Miss  Willards,  who  are 
giving  their  lives  to  raise  the  fallen  and  redeem  the  lost,  or  the  doctors  of 
divinity  who  are  assembled  to  discuss  what  they  shall  do  with  the  man 
who  audaciously  declares  that  '  persons  and  hypostatic  differences  are 
ideas  or  terms  in  reference  to  the  Divine  Being  which  find  no  warrant  in 
the  Bible  when  critically  examined? '  Can  we  imagine  Christ  leaving 
the  blind  in  their  darkness,  the  deaf  in  their  silence,  and  the  publicans 
and  sinners  in  their  iniquity,  to  discuss  with  the  twelve  apostles  '  hypos- 
tatic differences?'  Brethren,  this  is  following  the  Pharisees,  not 
Christ." 

W.  H.  C.  Hosmer,  the  poet,  died  at  Rochester,  New  York,  this 
week. 

It  is  a  short  bill  that  has  no  renewal. 

EMERSON'S    OPERA    HOUSE 

Win.  Emeraou,  Proprietor  and  Manager;  S.  E.  Wether  ill, 
Business  Manager  ;  Nat.  Homer,  Treasurer  ;  C.  S.  Fredericks,  Stage  Manager. 
This  (Saturday)  Evening,  Mav  20th,  Entire  Change  of  Bill!  Continued  Success  of 
EMERSON'S  MINSTRELS!  The  verdict  of  the  public  is  that  we  present  for  the 
amusement  of  our  patrons  more  first  class  novelties  than  any  theater  in  the  country, 
firmly  sustaining  our  envied  reputation  of  being  THE  BEST!  Patronized  by  the 
Wealth,  Fashion  and  Elite  of  San  Francisco.  Nightly  Thronged  by  the  Intellect  and 
Beauty  of  the  Metropolis.  Universally  Pronounced  by  the  Entire  Press  to  be  the 
Best  Minstrel  Company  in  the  World.  Grand  Matinee  Saturday.  Monday,  May  28th, 
First  Appearance  in  California  of  the  RAZ1LLIA  BROTHERS,  in  their  Extraordinary 
Original  LEG  MAMA  (in  Pluck). May  20. 

CALIFORNIA    THEATER. 

Bosh  Street,  above  Kearny. —John  Mc(  'ullougfh.  Proprietor 
and  Manager  ;  Barton  Hill,  Acting  Manager.  The  Management  respcutfully 
announces  the  last  nights  of  the  engagement  of  MR.  C.  D.  HESS'  GRAND  ENGLISH 
OPERA  COMPANY.  This  (Saturday)  Afternoon,  May  26th,  at  the  Matinee,  Meyer- 
beer's Grand  Spectacular  Opera,  THE  STAR  OF  THE  NORTH  !  Superbly  Mounted  ! 
Characters  by  Mme.  Julie  Rosewald,  Miss  Marie  Stone,  Miss  Addie  Randall,  Miss  Lan- 
caster, Mr.  Joseph  Maas,  Mr.  George  A.  Conly,  Mr.  C.  H.  Turner,  Mr.  Cayia,  Mr.  Al- 
len. This  (Saturdav)  Evening,  Dramatic  Night,  Benefit  of  the  Doorkeepers  and 
Ushcrs-THE  WILLOW  COPSE  and  THE  TOODLES  !  Monday  Next,  May  2Sth— 
Farewell  Benefit  ->i  MRS.  SHGUIN.     A  Strong  Bill  in  Preparation. May  20. 

BALDWIN'S. 

John  McCulIoiijrh,  Lessee  anil  Naunger.-On  Monday  Even- 
ing, May  2Sth,  Tilt;  DRAMATIC  SEASON  will  be  inaugurated  by  the  first  ap- 
pearance in  California  of  the  Celebrated  Comedienne,  MRS.  JOHN  DREW  (Qirectresa 
of  the  Arch-street  Theater.  Philadelphia),  as  LADY  TEAZLE,  in  Sheridan's  Comedy 
of  THE  SCHOOL  FOR  SCANDAL,  supported  by  the  California  Theater  Company. 
New  Scenery  by  Voegtlin.  Widmer's  Urchestra.  The  Box  Office  will  be  open  on 
Thursday  morning,  May  24tb.  [May  26.]  Bartox  Hill,  Acting  Manager. 


PACIFIC    HALL. 

Bash  Street,  California  Theater  Btnldiiigr. --Harry  M'eston, 
Manager.  Fourth  Week.  Every  night  during  the  week,  the  Great  MAOAL- 
LISTER  and  his  Wonderful  Illusions  !  Five  Chamber  Sets  of  Furniture  Given  Away 
During  the  Week,  in  addition  to  NINETY-NJNE  VALUABLE  PRESENTS  GIVEN 
AWAY  NIGHTLY.  Admission,  Gallery,  25  cents  ;  Reserved  Portion  of  the  House, 
50  cents.     Grand  Gift  Matiuee  this  Afternoon  at  2  o'clock.  May  26. 

BUSH    STREET    THE 4 TEE. 

Titus  A  I,ocke,  Lessees  anil  Managers  :  Frank  JLawlor,  Act- 
ing Manager.  Continued  Success  of  tbc  Scouts,  BUFFALO  BILL  and  CAP- 
TAIN JACK,  and  the  Superb  Company.  Iinmense  Success  of  the  Great  Sensation, 
THE  RED  RIOHT  HAND,  or  "  Buffalo  Bill's  First  Scalp  for  Custer."  This  (Saturdav) 
Afternoon— First  Matinee  of  THE  RED  RIGHT  HAND.  Sunday  Night,  May  27th— 
RED  RIGHT  HAND. May  26. 

NEW    BELLA    UNION    THEATER. 

Kearny  Street,  between  Washington  and  Jackson. --Samnel 
Tetlow,  Proprietor.  JOHNSON  and  BRUNO,  the  Original  Acrobatic.  Contor- 
tion. Song  and  Dance  Artists  and  Master  Linguist*.  THE  BRAHAMS,  HARRY  and 
LIZZIE,  the  Favorite  Society  Sketch  Artists.  CHARLEY  REED,  Ethiopian  Come- 
dian, Character  Artist  and  Stump  Speech  Orator.  R.  T.  TYRRELL,  the  Celebrated 
Tenor.    The  Great  Double  Company  in  Comedy,  Farce  and  Drama. May  26. 


S-JOTTJSH   GAMES. 

The  Eleventh  Grand  Annual  Gathering'  and  Games  of  the 
SAN  FRANCISCO  CALEDONIAN  CLUB  will  take  place  at  BADGER'S  PARK, 
Oakland,  on  SATURDAY,  May  26th,  1877.  The  Prizes  this  year  are  very  valuable, 
averaging  from  $10  to  $100.  A  list  of  the  Prizes  can  be  bad  from  the  Secretarv,  at 
910  Market  street.  D.  A.  MACDONALD,  Chief. 

High  Macleav,  Secretary.  May  19. 

DELINQUENT  LIST  OF    MONTGOMERY  AVENUE  ASSESSMENT  FOR 

FISCAL    YEAR    1876-77. 
T^Totice  is  hereby  given,  that  the  sale  of  Ileal  Estate  for  the 

_i^|      non-payment  of    the  Montgomery   Avenue  Assessment  for    the  fiscal  year 
lSTo-77,  is  hereby  postponed  until  MONDAY,  the  30th  instant,  at  10  o'clock  A.M, 

WILLIAM  FORD, 
April  21.  Tax  Collector  of  the  City  and  County  of  San  Francisco. 

PAY   A  VISIT  TO   MESSRS    FEISTEL  &  GEBRARD, 

The    French   Chiropodists   and    Manicnres.    where    Corns, 
Bunions,  Warts,  Inverted  Nails,  etc.,  are  skillfully  treated.   83ti  Market  street, 
opposite  Fourth.     Sole  Agents  for  the  Sozopach  for  purifying  the  feet.        April  28. 

FALKNER,      ELL    &   CO.'S    WOOL    AGENCY. 
A  *>  4\  California  street,  i»  now  open  for  the  transaction  of 

-rl;€J*.r     a  general  wool  commission  business.     Sheep  and  ranch  property  bought 
and  sold  on  commission.  May  5. 

WILS'.'N    WHITE, 
erchanriise  Broker.     Jntc  Goods  a  Specialty.     So.   204 

California  street,  San  Francisco,  Cal.     V.  O.  Box"  6C9.  May  5. 


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REMOVAL. 
.  McGraw,  Attorney  and  Counsellor  at  Law, 


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»     to  504  KEARNY  STREET,  corner  of  California. 


removed 

May  5. 


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**f(*f  a  Week  to  Agents.    SIO  Ontflt  Free. 

February  10.  P.  O.  YICKERY,  Augusta,  Maine. 


M.n     M,   1-77. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVKIITISKH. 


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SANITARY    NOTES 
Eighty-seven  deaths  occurred  thisweek  ns  oompared   with  89  last, 
103  til--  wi  ek  before,  and  U9  the  week  before  that     There  i-  manifestly  ;i 
the  mortality,  doe  mainly  t<>  the  dimioution  of  res- 
piratory oomp!a:nt*  and  of  diphtheria.     There   were  BO  male  decedents 
and  28  female;  35  (a  hi.'li  prop  traon)  were  onder  0  yean  of  age;  1"  were 
1  30  years;  33  between  20  and  60  yean,  and  9  over  60.     Of 
tymotic  'li^  '■  v  er,    1  whooping  cough,   and   1 1   iliphtheria. 

There  were  2  •!   ithfl  from   apoplexy,  ana  2  from  oongestioii  <>f  tlie  brain, 
8  from  Doneumption,  and   only  -i   (rum  pnemnonK,.     One  person   died  of 
\        of  the  bmini  a  most  raw  of  death; :iI"'  1  from  glanders, 

contracted  from  an  infected  boras,  Then  were  3  accidental  deaths,  ana 
ide  "r  homicide.  Smallpox  i>  again  happily  absent  from  the  death 
r-i'l,  but  1  fresh  i  neni  have  been  reported.  It  is  now  exactly  a  year  since 
the  registration  .<f  the  first  cases,  anil  altogether  1,638  persona  oave  been 
attacked.  Sore  throats  an-  still  prevalent,  and  diphtheria  too  common. 
*  hi  the  whom,  the  improvement  <>f  the  public  health  must  be  attributed  to 
the  provide,  ce  "f  cool,  but  quick  hreezes,  which  check  fermentation  and 
dean  out  foul  air. 

PARACRAPHIANA. 

Pro  Bono  Publico. 


Mme  Zeitska's  Institute  has,  in  consequence  of  a  long-felt  necessity 
fur  increased  accommodation,  been  removed  from  South  Park  to  922  PoBt 
street,  between  Hyde  and  Larkin.  The  present  building  i&  mncli  more 
commodious  than  the  one  previously  occupied,  its,  locality  unsurpassed  in 
the  city,  and  the  scholastic  advantages  for  the  education  of  young  ladies, 
if  possible,  superior  t«  those  offered  during  the  existence  of  the  Institute, 
a  period  of  more  than  fourteen  years. 

The  Ivy  Social  Club  have  lately  remodeled  their  laws,  and  will  here- 
after give  three  regular  parties  a  year,  and  one  party  and 
social  every  four  months.  The  first  socia]  will  be  held  June  1st,  at  Red 
Men's  Hall.  «.-*  tl*e  club  are  not  able  to  procure  Pacific  Hall  for  the  even- 
in,'.  The  Ivy  Club  gives  the  pleasantest  and  best  conducted  parties  in 
San  Francisco.  

All  lots  taxed  for  the  opening  of  Montgomery  Avenue,  on  which  the 
assessments  have  n^t  been  paid,  are  now  liable  to  execution  and  costs. 
To  avoid  this,  it  will  be  well  for  owners  to  call  oil  the  City  end  County 
Treasurer  and  pay  the  amounts  set  against  their  names.     In  case  of  sale, 

the  extra  OOStS  on  each  judgment  will  amount  to  about  §50. 

The  best  Monograms,  initials  and  full  names  for  visiting  cards  are 
made  out  of  Red  Rubber  Stamps.  For  marking  clothes,  for  bill-heads 
and  all  commercial  purposes,  the  Red  Rubber  Stamps  have  no  equal.  They 
are  manufactured  only  by  (5.  A.  Klinkner,  103  Montgomery  street,  corner 
of  Sutter,  up  stairs.    

A  remarkable  suicide  has  just  been  committed  at  Kintbury,  Berks. 
A  young  woman  named  Emma  Fisher,  being  disappointed  in  love,  pois- 
oned herself  with  salts  of  lemon,  and  was  discovered  laid  out  on  her  bed, 
having  on  a  clean  night-dress  and  her  chin  tied  with  a  handkerchief.  Her 
hands  were  also  crossed  over  her  breast 

A  fearful  drouth  is  prevailing  in  the  region  of  Buenos  Avres,  South 
America.  The  streams  have  dried  to  such  an  extent  that  fish  are  putre- 
fying in  their  heds.  Sun  fires  are  destroying  the  woods  in  Kntre  Rios,  on 
the  Oruguay  river,  and  steamers  are  almost  unable  to  navigate  that  river 
because  of  heat  and  smoke. 

The  cathedral  of  Metz  caught  fire  from  the  illumination  made  in 
honor  of  Kaiser  Wilhelm  the  other  day,  while  the  Emperor,  the  Crown 
Prince,  and  Count  Von  Moltke,  and  Bishop  of  Metz  were  present,  and 
they  all  turned  to  and  helped  put  out  the  blaze  before  it  haa  done  much 
harm.  

Bradley  &  Rnlofson  have  just  issued  an  excellent  photograph  of 
Colonel  Robert  Ingersoll.  It  is  ,a  speaking  likeness,  and  by  buying  the 
picture  you  can  hear  all  the  eloquent  orator's  lectures  for  nothing. 

J.  M.  Litchfield  &  Co.  are  the  leading  Merchant  Tailors,  and  dealers 
in  Gents'  Furnishing  Goods,  415  Montgomery  street,  between  California 
and  Sacramento  streets,  San  Francisco. 


Dr.  Win.   J.    Younger  (having  returned  from  abroad)  resumed  prac- 
tice at  his  old  office.  No.  '224  Stockton  street,  on  Monday,  April  2d. 


New  Music   from  M.  Gray.— "Lillie  the   Fair,"  "  Vanity,  Let  it 
Be,"  and  from  Sherman  &  Hyde  "  Peace  on  the  Deep,"  "  Fading.  ' 


P. 

4.  LO  \  R 


B.    KENNEDY. 

♦HM    I     U     II    111 


1,000  DOZEN!    1.000  dozen: 
JU3T    RECEIVED 
JUST    RECEIVED 
OF 
KENNEDY'S    SEAMLESS 
KENNEDY'S    SEAMLESS 
Fill  KID  (.I.OVKH, 

mm;  kiii  <;i.ovi;s, 

In  all  Shades  and  Sizes,  from  2 

to  12  Buttons. 

LOOK  AT  THE  PRICES: 

LOOK  AT  THE  PRICES: 

4  Buttons,  $1  25 ;  6  Buttons,  $2. 

4  Buttons,  $1  26  ;  G  Buttons.  $2. 


1.O0ODO2EN:    1.000  DOZEN! 
JUST    RECEIVED 
JUST    RECEIVED 
OF 
KENNEDY'S    SEAMLESS 
KENNEDY'S    SEAMLESS 

rare  KineifOVsa, 

FI\E  KIIK.I.OVIS, 

In  all  Shades  and  Sizes,  from  2 

to  12  Buttons. 

LOOK    AT    THE    PRICES: 

LOOK    AT    THE    PRICES: 

4  Buttons.  $1  26  ;  6  Buttons,  £2. 

4  Buttons,  $1  25  ;  6  Buttons,  $2. 


May  20, 1 


P.    B.    KENNEDY, 

232  Kearny  Street,  bet.  Bush  and  Sutter. 


0 


NORTH    PACIFIC    COAST    RAILROAD. 

CHANGE    OF    TIME. 

u  and  after  Tnesilay.  May  15th,  1877,  Boats  and  Trains 

ill  leave  gas  Pranoisea  u  follows  : 
7:00  a.m.  and  1:20  P.M.  (via  San  QuentU)  Ferry,  Market  street),  Through  Trains 
■  huh  (Sundays excepted),  (or Sen  Rafael,  Tomales,  Valley  lord,  Freestone,  Russian 
River,  Duncan's  Mills  uud  Lntermediate  stations.  I  lose  connections  made  at  Dun* 
can's  Hills  for  Fort  Rosa,  Timber  Cove,  Bait  Point,  Stewart's  Point,  Qualala,  Finn 
Rock,  Point  arena.  Manchester,  Cuffey'fl  Cove,  Novarra  Ridge,  Mendocino  city. 
Novo  and  BJbesellan.  (Returning1,  arrive  in  San  Francisco  12:20  p.m.  and  B:10  i'.m.) 
fjSr"  Passengers  taldnej  7  am.  train  will  arrive  at  Point  Arena  same  day. 


FERRIES     AND     LOCAL     Bit  \l\N. 


LEAVE  SAX  FRANCISCO. 


Via  San  Qitkntis  Fbrky, 
(Market  Street). 


5  =  *  2 

•     C.3  T 


Daily,  Sundays  included 
Daily,  Sundays  included 
Daily,  Sundays  excepted 
Daily,  Sundays  excepted 

Sundays  only 

Via  Sauceuto  Ferry, 

Sundays  only 

Daily,  Sundays  excepted,  mix 

ed  train 

Daily,  Sundays  excepted 

Sundays  only 


7:00  a.m. 

6:80  a.m. 

1:20  i*.m. 

4:30  p.m. 

5:00  P.M. 
Davis  Street. 

8:00  a.m. 


8:30  a.m. 
iitfO  r  At. 
5:00  p.m. 


LEAVE  SAN  RAFAEL. 


Via  Sas  Qubntis. 


Daily,  Sundays  included  . 
Daily,  Sundays  excepted  .. 
Daily,  Sundays  excepted  . 
Daily,  Sundays  excepted. 

Sundays  only 

Sundays  only 


8:00  a.m. 
11:10  a.m. 

3:(in  i-.m, 
7: Of.  p.m. 
3:40  p.m. 
5:55  P.M. 


Via  Saucelito. 


Daily,  Sundays  included I   7:00  a.m. 

Sundays  only |  5:10  p.m. 


S:0O  a  m.,  Sunday  Excursion  Train,  via  Saucelito  Ferry,  Davis  street,  for  Corte  Ma- 
dura. Tamalpsl*,  San  Rafael,  Fairfax,  Olema,  Tomales,  Valley  Ford,  Freestone, 
Howards,  and  way  stations.    (Returning,  arrives  in  Sun  Francisco  (1:45  p.m.) 

W.  R.  PRICE,  General  Ticket  Agent. 
JOBS  W.  DoJlKRTY,  General  Manager.  May  26. 


MINEES,    ATTENTION! 

New  Alinatlen  Mines  Contracts  for  the  Month  of  J  tine,  1877. 
Shafts.  Drifts  and  Winsea  Hercules  or  Giant  Powder  to  be  used  on  all  work. 
Single  hand  drills  In  Oora  Rlauehi.  Will  be  let  to  the  lowest  bidder.  Contraet«trsare 
to  comply  with  all  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Quicksilver  Mining  Company,  and 
work  under  the  direction  ■■/  its  '■Ificer.s.  The  Company  reserve  the  right  to  reject 
any  and  aJi  bids.  Rids  will  be  opened  on  the  last  day  of  each  month,  at  3  o'clock 
P.M.,  at  the  Mine  Office. I  May  20.] J.  «.  RAN  DDL.  Manager. 

MME.  ZEITSKA'3   FEEKCE,   GERMAN   AND   ENGLISH  INSTITUTE 
FOE    YOUNG    LADIE?, 
Pout  Street.    Next  term  will  commence  July  18th, 

1877.      KINDERGARTEN  connected   with   the    Institute.     A   limited 
number  of  boarding  pupils  received.                                       MME.  B.  ZEITSKA, 
MayJOL Principal. 

FOE  EOdEIA,  HUMBOLDT  BAY.  CRESCENT  CITY,  POiT  OEFOED, 
AND    COOS    BAY,    0EEG0N. 

The  Al   Clyde-built     Iron    MteamMhln    **  Pelican,"    Jamea 
Carroll,  Commander,  will  sail  from  Jackson-street  wharf,  for  the  above  ports, 
i.n  Monday,  May  28th,  1877,  at  o  o'clock  a.m.    For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 
May  2ft  1'.  B.  CORNWALL,  lga  California  street 


FOE    PORTLAND,    0EEG0N. 

The  Only  Direct  Une,   Leaving-  every  Five  Days.— Steam- 
ship  GEORGE  W.  KLDIiR,  Connor,  Commander,  leaves    Folsoiu-wtrect    wharf 
TUESDAY,  May  20th,  at  10  a.m.  K.  VAN  OTERENDORP,  Agent, 


liny  ■><;. 


210  Battery  street. 


MINT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,  AT  SAN  FEANCISCO,  CAL. 

Superlntcmlenra  Office,  May  21,  1877. — This  Mint  will  be 
closed  for  the  annual  settlement  and  repairs  on  the  1st  of  June  proximo.     Due 
notice  will  be  given  of  the  reopening.                                  O.  H.  LA  GRANGE, 
May  20.  Superintendent. 

Acaiwirs  Lavrr  ]  LAVEE    &    CUELETT,  [William  Curlett. 

Architects,  Fnrnlsh  Plans,  Specifications  aud  Superin- 
tendence for  the  Construction  or  Renovation  of  Dwelling  Houses,  and  every 
description  of  Building.  Ottices  :  01  and  02  Academy  Building,  '6'M  Pine  street,  San 
Francisco.  May  12. 

E.    S.    MACBETH,    M.  D-, 

Physician  and  Surgeon.    Office:  36  Geary  street.    Special- 
ties :  Diphtheria  and  Chronic  Diseases.  May  20. 


SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER.  AND 


May   26,  1877. 


COLUMN    FOR    THE    CURIOUS, 

In    Nature,    Science,    and    Art. 

A  Ntw  Dish. — Every  one  will  wish  all  possible  success  to  the  enterpris- 
ing Americans  who  are  now  helping  to  lower  the  price  of  meat  in  our 
markets.  Any  English  speculators  who  maybe  anxious  to  develop  an 
equally  profitable  trade  from  English  ports — or  at  least  from  those  of  her 
dependencies,  and  which  might  be  profitably  shared  by  their  French 
neighbors — will  doubtless  be  thankful  for  the  following  hint,  for  which 
we  are  indebted  to  a  work  recently  published  by  Mr.  P.  L.  Simmonds. 
The  City  of  Paris  is,  it  is  well-known,  the  chosen  home  of  the  rat ;  no- 
where else  is  that  ravenous  but  useful  animal  f»und  in  such  countless 
numbers,  except  in  West  Indian  sugar  plantations,  where  his  presence  is 
an  unendurable  nuisance.  Now,  the  flesh  nf  the  rat  is  said  by  those  who 
have  tried  it  to  be  by  no  means  bad  eatiDg.  White,  firm,  and  tasting 
very  much  like  chicken,  it  is  declared  by  some  to  figure  oftener  than 
weak-stomached  epicures  imagine  on  the  tables  of  those  doubtful  Paris- 
ian restaurants  where  dinner  may  be  had  for  "  one  franc,  with  wine  and 
bread  at  discretion."  However  this  may  be,  in  China  the  rat  is  eaten 
openly,  and  the  soup  made  from  his  bones  by  the  Celestials  is  declared 
equal  to  ox-tail.  Such  is  the  demand  for  rats  in  the  Flowery  Land  that 
their  carcases  sell  for  eight  shilling  the  dozen.  Now,  Mr.  P.  L.  Simtnonds 
suggests  that  a  very  profitable  venture  might  be  made  from  Kurrachee, 
on  the  Western  coasts  of  India,  where  rats  abound,  to  Canton  and  Hong- 
kong. He  declares  that  seven  million  could  be  salted  and  packed  aboard 
a  four  hundred  ton  ship,  and  he  estimates  the  profits  of  the  speculation 
as  follows:  7,000,000  rats  at  threepence  per  dozen,  say  £7,200;  salting  and 
curing,  say  £3,700;  total  cost  under  £11,000.  Proceeds  of  7,000,000  rats 
sold  at  eight  shillings  the  dozen,  say  £233,333,  leaving  the  very  satisfac- 
tory balance  of  at  least  £220,000  for  freight  and  profit.  Should  the 
Heathen  Chinee  have  reason  to  bless  the  Western  barbarians  for  the  in- 
creased supplies  of  the  delicious  rodent,  quite  a  profitable  trade  might  be 
created,  aoii  none  be  the  worse  off  except  English  wearers  of  "kid" 
gloves. 

An  unpleasant  incident  is  reported  from  Lower  Gornal,  in  Worces- 
tershire, England.  A  few  nights  since,  a  party  of  people  were  returning 
home  from  Dudley  to  Lower  Gornal,  when  in  the  main  road,  known  as 
Bagley's  Lane,  they  were  alarmed  by  a  host  of  snakes  and  lizards  advan- 
cing along  the  road,  which  literally  swarmed  with  them  for  a  distance  of 
more  than  ten  yards.  They  were,  in  fact,  so  plentiful  that  it  was  diffi- 
cult to  walk  without  treading  on  them  at  every  step,  and  the  nerves  of 
the  ladies  of  the  party  were  so  shocked  that  they  requested  the  gentle- 
men to  carry  them.  This  request  was  of  course  immediately  complied 
with,  and  the  snakes  and  lizards,  although  squashed  by  dozens,  fortu- 
nately do  not  appear  to  have  shown  any  loss  of  temper,  but  pursued  their 
mysterious  march  without  attacking  any  one.  It  is  supposed  that  they 
came  from  "  the  Ruff,"  part  of  which  has  been  on  fire  for  years,  owing  to 
old  colliery  workings  being  there,  and  that  the  heat  has  at  last  become 
so  unendurable  that  both  snakes  and  lizards  have  been  compelled  to  re- 
treat and  find  a  new  home.  It  may  be  that  the  reptiles  are  en  route  to 
London,  with  the  intention  of  seeking  a  shelter  in  the  Zoological  Gardens. 
A  curious  and  distressing  case  has  recently  been  under  the  consid- 
eration of  the  police  at  Moscow.  A  few  months  ago  a  Russian  peasant, 
with  his  wife  and  four  children,  were  traveling  in  a  sleigh  along  the 
banks  of  the  Prutb,  when  they  were  pursued  by  a  pack  of  wolves.  The 
peasant  urged  on  his  horses  as  much  as  he  could,  but  soon  perceived  the 
horrible  fact  that  the  wolves  were  fast  gaining  upon  him.  At  the  mo- 
ment when  the  sleigh  was  surrounded  by  the  ravening  beasts,  the  man 
seized  one  of  the  children,  threw  it  into  the  midst  of  them,  and  while 
the  wolves  were  struggling  over  their  prey,  he  hastened  on  his  horses,  and 
gained  ground.  Four  times  the  wolves  came  up  with  the  fugitives,  and 
four  times  the  horrible  sacrifice  was  completed.  At  last  the  peasant  and 
his  wife  arrived  at  the  nearest  village,  leaving  behind  them  the  bones  of 
their  four  children.  In  the  bitterness  of  her  despair  the  mother  informed 
against  her  husband,  but  the  Judges,  considering  that  if  the  peasant  had 
not  resigned  himself  to  the  sacrifice,  he  woidd  not  only  have  lost  his 
children,  but  also  his  wife,  acquitted  the  prisoner. 

Important  Milk  Discovery.  —Professor  Boedeker,  with  a  view  to 
arrive  at  certain  results,  has  analyzed  the  milk  of  a  healthy  cow  at  differ- 
ent periods  of  the  day.  The  professor  found  that  the  solids  of  the  even- 
ing's milk  (13  per  eent.)  exceeded  those  of  the  morning's  milk  (10  per 
cent.);  while  the  water  contained  in  the  fluid  was  diminished  from  89  per 
cent,  to  86  per  cent.  The  fatty  matter  gradually  increases  as  the  day  pro- 
gresses. In  the  morning  it  amounts  to  2\  per  cent.,  at  noon  3i  per  cent., 
and  in  the  evening  5.^  per  cent.  The  practical  importance  of  .this  discov- 
ery is  at  once  apparent ;  it  develops  the  fact  that  while  16  ounces  of 
morning's  milk  will  yield  but  half  an  ounce  of  butter,  about  double  che 
quantity  can  be  obtained  from  the  evening's  milk.  The  casein  is  also  in- 
creased in  the  evening's  milk  from  2.|  to  2|  per  cent.,  but  the  albumen  is 
diminished  from  44-100ths  per  cent,  to  31-lOJIths  per  cent.  Sugar  is  least 
abundant  at  midnight  (44;  per  cent.)  and  most  plenty  at  noon  (4J  per 
cent.).  The  percentage  of  the  salt  undergoes  almost  no  change  at  any 
time  of  the  day. 

Automatic  Registration  of  Omnibus  Fares.-- The  alarm  punch 
and  various  other  devices  for  registering  the  number  of  passengers  who 
travel  by  tramway  cars  or  omnibuses,  and  thus  establishing  a  check  on 
the  conductors,  having  proved  comparative  failures,  a  new  plan  for  auto- 
matic registration  has  recently  been  patented  by  Mr.  Victor  J.  Feeny, 
C.  E-,  and  carried  successfully  through  the  last  phase  of  public  trial.  The 
registration  is  ingeniously  effected  by  means  of  a  couple  of  swing-bars, 
through  which  each  passenger  on  entering  the  vehicle  has  to  pass,  and  the 
pressure  upon  these  bars  causes  the  revolution  of  a  cylinder,  which  in  its 
rotation  pierces  a  slip  of  paper,  or  tell-tale.  The  invention  is  at  once 
simple  and  effectual,  and  arrangements  are  being  entered  into  for  carry- 
ing it  into  practical  use  on  tramway  lines  in  various  parts  of  the  country. 
Public  Opinion. 

There  is  now  in  Liverpool  a  cold-air  machine,  of  French  invention 
and  very  simple  construction,  which  will  shortly  be  exhibited  to  the  pub- 
lic, and  which,  it  is  expected,  will  be  largely  adopted  for  cooling  rooms, 
public  buildings,  Home  Rulers,  and  meat  and  provision  depositories.  The 
machine  produces  cold  air  by  compression,  without  the  use  of  ice  or  chem- 
icals. Experiments  were  privately  tried,  recently,  in  the  presence  of  a 
number  of  scientific  men,  when  a  very  low  temperature  was  obtained  in 
a  very  short  space  of  time. 


INSURANCE. 


INSURANCE    AGENCY    OF 
HUTCHINSON    &   MANN, 

NO    314    CALIFORNIA     SIKKKT,    SAN     FRANCISCO. 

AGENTS   FOR  TDK 

Franklin  Ins.  Co Indianapolis,  Ind  New  Orleans  Ins.  Ass'n New  Orleans. 

Union  Ins.  Co Galveston,  Texas  St.  Paul  F.  KM.  Ins.  Co... St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Home  Ins.  Co Columbus,  Obiot  Atlas  Ins.  Co Hartford   Conn. 

People's  Ins.  Co Newark,  N.  J.  Revere  Fire  Ins.  Co Boston. 

National  L.  I.  Co.,  U.  S.  A..Wash'n,  D.  C.  JGirard  Ins.  Co Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Capital  Represented,  Twelve  Millions. 
POLICIES    ISSUED    ON    DESIRABLE  PROPERTY  aT   FAIR  RATES.     LOSSES 
EQUITABLY  ADJUSTED  AND  PROMPTLY  PAID. 


May  5. 


HUTCHINSON  A  MANN,  General  Agents, 

314  California  street,  San  Francisco. 


HOME  MUTUAL  INSURANCE  COMPANY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

Principal  Office,  -IOG  California  Street,  San  Francisco. 
Cash  Assets,  January  1,  1877,  £;•:'."■. :2'.H  ;  Liabilities,  50,902;  Surplus  for  Policy 
Hulders,  $5^W,339,  J.  F.  Houghton,  President;  Geo.  H.  Howard,  Vice-President ; 
Charles  R.  Story,  Secretary.     R.  H.  MAGILL,  H.  H.  BIGELOW,  General  Agents. 

Directors.— San  Francisco — Geo.  H.  Howard,  John  H.  Redington,  J.  F.  Houghton 
R.  B.  Gray,  Robert  Watt,  John  Currcy,  L.  L.  Laker,  VV.  F.  Whittier,  C.  C.  Burr,  E. 
M.  Root,  W.  II.  White.  J.  L.  N.  Shepard,  W.  M.  Greenwood.  George  S.  Mann,  Cyrus 
Wilson,  W.  T.  Garratt,  C.  Waterhouse,  A.  P.  Hotaling,  A.  Block,  A.  K.  P.  Harmon, 
G.  S.  Johnson,  W.  O.  Wilson,  A.  W.  Bowman,  H.  L.  Dodge,  Charles  R.  Story.  Ala- 
meda County  Branch— V.  D.  Moody,  Chauncy  Taylor,  A.  C.  Henry,  Robert  S.  Far- 
rclly,  Joseph  B.  MarUn,  W.  B.  Hardy,  T.  B.  Simpson.  San  Diego— A,  H.  Wilcox. 
Sacramento— Mark  Hopkins,  D.  W.  Earl,  Julius  Wetzlar,  James  Carolan.  San  Jose  — 
T.  Ellard  Beans,  B.  D.  Murphy,  A.  Pfister,  J.  H.  Dibble,  J.  S.  Carter,  Jackson  Lewis, 
Jacob  Rich,  John  Auzerais,  John  Balbach.  Stockton— H.  H.  Hewlett,  Chas.  Belding, 
J.  D.  Peters,  A.  W.  Simpson,  H.  M.  Fanning.  Marysville— D.  E.  Knight.  Grass 
Valley— Win.  Watt,  T.  W.  Sigouroey.  Portland,  Oregon— W.  S  Ladd,  C.  H.  Lewis, 
P.  Wasserman,  B.  Goldsmith,  D.  Macleay.  Virginia  City,  Nevada — John  Gillig,  Isaac 
L.  Requa. March  17. 

FLUE  IND  MARINE  lNSLRAl.tE.— U3SI0H  )*iE.  CO.  OF  S.  F. 

The  California  Lloyds.— Established  in  1861.— Nos.  416  and 
418  California  street.  Cash  capital  $760,000  in  Gold.  Assets  exceed  $1,000,000 
Coin.  Fair  Rates  !  Prompt  Settlement  of  Loses  !  !  Solid  Security  !  !  DIRECTORS. 
—Sax  Francisco — J.  Mora  Moss,  James  Otis,  Mosses  Heller,  N"  J.  T.  Dana,  M.  J. 
O'Connor,  W.  W.  Montague,  Daniel  Meyer,  Adam  Grant,  Antoine  Borel,  Charles 
Kohler,  Joseph  Seller,  W.  C  Ralston,  I.  Lawrance  Pool,  A.  Weill,  N.  G.  Kittle,  Jabez 
Howes,  Nicholas  Lulling,  John  Parrott,  Milton  S.  Latham,  J.  Baum,  M.  D.  Sweeney, 
Joseph  Braudenstein,  Gustave  Touchard,  G.  Lrigiiardello,  George  C.  Hickox,  T.  Lem- 
men  Meyer,  J.  H.  Baird,  T.  E.  Liudenberger.  Sacramento— Edw.  Cadwalader,  J.  F. 
Houghton,  L.  A.  Booth.  Marvsvillk— L.  Cunnigham,  Peter  Decker.  Portland,  O. — 
Henry  Failing.     New  York— J.  G.  Kittle,  Benjamin  Brewster,  James  Phclan 

GUSTAVE  TOUCHARD,  President.                      N.  G.  K1TTLF,  Vice-President. 
CaARLKs  D.  Haven,  Secretary.         Geo.  T.  Bqhen,  Surveyor, Oct.  26. 

THE    STATE    INVESTMENT    AND    INSURANCE    CO. 
FIKE    AND    MARINE. 

Clash  Assets,  Jan.  1st,  1870,  $478,000.--' .Principal  Office, 
J  218  and  220  Sansume  street,  San  Francisco.  Officers  : — Peter  Donahl'e,  Pres- 
sident ;  A.  J.  Brvast,  Vice-President ;  Charles  H.  Cvshing,  Secretary  ;  H.  H.  Wat- 
son, Marine  Surveyor.  Board  of  Directors  : — Peter  Donahue,  James  Irvine,  C.  D. 
O'Sullivan,  A.  Boeuueraz,  R.  Harrison,  A.  H.  Rutherford,  R.  Bailey,  E.  W.  Corbert, 
George  O.  MeMullin,  A,  J.  Bryant,  Frank  M.  Pixley,  E  Burke,  H.  H.  Watson,  Dr.  C  F. 
Buckley,  P.  J.  White,  W.  A.  Piper,  M.  Mayblmn,  Richard  Ivers,  John  Rosenfeld. 
P.  H.  Russell,  Sacramento.  John  G.  Downey,  O.  W.  Childs,  Los  Angeles.  Win. 
Hood,  Sonoma  County.  H.  W.  Seale,  Mayfield.  Geo.  Rutherford,  San  Jose.       Feb.  13. 

NEW  ENGLAND  MUTUAL  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.,  OF  BOSTON, 

Has  transacted  the  business  of  I<ife  Insurance  for  nearly 
thirty-five  years.  Its  assets  amount  to  over  Fourteen  Million  Dollars.  The 
law  of  Massachusetts  makes  all  its  Policies  nonforfeitable.  It  is  a  Purely  Mutual  Com- 
pany, dividing  every  cent  of  surplus  among  Policy-holders.  This  is  "the  Only  Com- 
Eany  on  the  Pacific  Coast  governed  by  the  Massachusetts  Lapse  Law.  This  company 
as  corniced  with  the  new  Insurance  Laws  of  California. 

WALLACE  EVERSON,  General  Agent. 
April  23.] 313  Montgomery  street,  Nevada  Block. 

BERLIN-COLOGNE    FIRE    INSURANCE    COMPANY,     OF    BEBLIN, 
GERMANY. 

Capital,  C,0O0,000  Reich -Marks,  $1,500,000  II.  S.  Gold  Coin. 
Having  been  appointed  General  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Const,  we  arc  now  pre- 
pared to  write  Policies  at  the  usual  rates.  TIDEMAX,  HIRSCIIFELD  &  CO., 
Nov.  4. Office:  No.  302  Sansome  street,  under  W    R  A:  Co.'s  LJank. 

ESTABLISHED    1821. 
Capital,  Gold 810,000,000. 

<;i  AUOI.VN   ASSIRANCE  CO.,  OF    LONDON. 

Dec.  16. Agents  :  BALFOl'Li,  GUTHRIE&  CO.,  230  California  St. 

NORTHERN  ASSURANCE  COMPANY,  OF  LONDON  AND  ABERDEEN 

Subscribed  Capital,  $15,000,000  ;  Accumulated  Funds,  up. 
wards  of  $6,750,u00  ;  Annual  Fire  Premiums,  less  re-insurance,  .^l, 380,000. 
Losses  promptly  paid  in  United  States  Gold  Coin.  W.  L.  BOOKER,  Agent, 

April  13. No.  319  California  street,  San  Francisco. 

WESTERN   ASSDRANCE   CO.,    OF  TORONTO,   CANADA. 

("1ash  Assets,  fill. 307, 483.— London  Assurance  Corporation, 
j    of  London,    England.    Cash  Assets,  §14,903,4(50.— Issue  Policies  of  Insurance 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  equitable  rates.                     CROSS  &  CO.,  General  Agents, 
Jan.  20. 310  California  street. 

BRITISH  AND  FOREIGN  MARINE  INSURANCE  CO.  OF  LIVERPOOL. 
Capital  85,000,000.— Agents:    Balfour,  Guthrie  &  Co.,  No. 


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230  California  street.  San  Francisco. 


FOR  SALE, 
gk  B*d\  {\4\f\  First  Mortgage  Bonds  of  the  Nevada  County 
m50^F»"  f\9\W  Narrow  Gauge  Railroad,  running  between  Colfax,  Grass 
Valley,  and  Nevada  City.  These  bonds  run  20  years,  from  January-  1,  1S70,  bearing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  8  per  cent,  per  annuru,  payable  semi-annually  at  the  bank  of 
Wulls,  Fargo  &  Co.,  in  this  city.  N  more  desirable  investment  can  tie  offered.  Will 
be  sold  in  lots  to  suit.         [Sept.  9.  ;■       ANDREW  BA4RD.  No.  304  California  street. 

SUTR0    &    CO., 
ankers  and  Brokers,  -JOS   Montgomery  street. ---Highest 

price  paid  for  U.  S.  Bonds,  County  Bonds,  Scrip,  Currency  and  Foreign  Coin. 

May  20 


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Exchange  drawu  on  New  .York. 


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J.    CRAIG,    ATTORNEY   AT   LAW. 
pecial  Attention  given  to  Lmid   Suits  and  Patent  Kin  lit 

Cases.     Room  44,  Nevada  Block,  San  Francisco,  Ca!.  April  21. 


M:u   26,  is:;. 


CALIFOUNJ  \     ADVERTISER 


FIRST    LOVE. 
Wb  i  lam  u..l 

Hum  ralw  ai  uL     An. I  life,  tad 
Tho  thing  «••  planned  it  out  »n  bop«  PW  deftd  ; 

An. I  thou  ».-  women  i  uuiol  ob oar  l"t. 

Mn.-li  auurt  b«  borna  vrbiah  it  Ei  h»r>l  t*>  bear. 

Much  giin  d  »w»y  vrhlah  ll  vrera  iweel  i"  ' 
God  help  ui  till  wbo  aeod,  indeed.  Hi 

An.t  vt  -t  [  know  the  Shepherd  loves  Hi-  theep. 

My  little  boy  begins  t<>  bobble  now 

I'l  on  my  knee  hi-  earliest  Infant  pi  oyer  ; 

hi-  I'i.thi-rs  eager  eyes,  I  know, 
And,  th.v  say,  t  to,  hia  mother^  sunny  hair. 

But  when  he  sleeps  and  smiles  upon  my  kneo. 

tad  I  oan  feel  bis  light  breath  oome  and  go, 
I  think  of  one  -Heaven  help  and  pity  me 

Who  loved  me,  and  whom  1  loved  Long  ago. 

Who  might  have  been  -ah!  what,  I  dare  aol  think, 
We  are  all  changed,     God  judges  for  us  beat. 

God  help  us  do  our  doty,  and  not  shrink, 
Ami  trust  in  ffenven  humbly  for  the  rest. 

But  blame  uj  women  not  it  some  appear 

Too  cold  at  times,  and  some  too  gay  and  light; 

Soiii--  griefs  Kuan  deep;  some  woes  are  hard  to  hear, 
who  knows  the  past?  and  who  can  judge  us  right? 

Ah!  were  we  judged   by  what  we  might  have  been, 

Ami  not  by  what  we  are-  too  apt  to  fall! 
My  little  child-  he  sleeps  and  Btniles  between 

These  thoughts  and  me.  In  Seaven  we  shall  know  all. 

PORTABLE  ELECTRIC  LIGHT. 
An  ingenious  little  electric  light  apparatus,  says  the  Mutiny  Journal, 
has  been  invented  by  Mr.  Facta,  of  Paris,  ami  is  applicable  to  watches, 
walking  Bticks.  and  such  like,  Tin-  watch,  for  instance,  to  which  it  is  ap- 
plied, is  m. licit  by  a  chain  tu  a  link-oar,  which  may  be  placed  in  a  button 
Dole;  another  chain  communicates  with  a  pile  wnich  maybe  carried  in 
the  waistcoat  pocket;  to  the  link-bar  another  chain  is  attached  iu  com- 
munication with  a  receptacle  or  box  containing  wick,  and  a  "  G-eissler" 
tube,  which  will  transmit  the  spark  produced  by  the  electricity.  Thus 
the  time  can  lie  easily  seen  in  the  dark.  The  apparatus  is  composed  of 
other  conducting  chains  coming  from  the  pile,  and  of  a  receiver  which 
may  )>e  perfectly  independent,  the  receiver  being  provided  with  a  wick  or 
and  the  receiver  may  be  made  like  a  locket  or  other  article,  if  de- 
sir,  'd;  communication  between  pile  and  locket  or  other  article  may  be 
produced  by  means  of  a  button,  or  other  suitable  appliance,  placed  in  any 
convenient  position. 

We  have  all  heard  often  of  a  piano  in  the  kitchen,  but  it  was  left 
for  the  Lewes  County  Court  last  week  to  complete  the  revelations  of 
high  life  below  stairs.  A  butler  was  summoned  for  horse  hire.  Re- 
gularly every  morning  Jeaices  had  his  "constitutional"  on  his  saddle 
horse  from  the  livery  stable-keeper  who  supplied  his  master.  He  pleaded 
that  he  tipped  the  groom,  and  considered  the  mount  a  perquisite.  "But 
you  could  not  have  ridden  two  horses,"  observed  the  judge.  "You  are 
charged  for  two;  who  rode  the  other?"  "A  lady."  "Who  was  the 
lady  ?  "     "Tht  Cook!  " 

A  leading  Paris  grocer  offers  for  sale  small  bits  of  macaroni,  for  use 
in  sou 1 1,  which  are  stamped  with  the  image  of  Napoleon  III.,  instead  of, 
as  ordinarily,  with  the  letters  of  the  alphabet.  When  the  macaroni 
swells,  the  features  enlarge  until  the  nose,  moustache  and  profile  of  the 
Emperor  stand  out  in  startling  relief.  He  has  not  yet  been  prosecuted, 
as  the  judges  cannot  agree  as  to  whether  it  makes  the  cause  popular  or 
the  reverse  in  the  way  of  a  joke. 

The  impending  match  between  Weston,  Crossland,  and  Vaughan, 
for  £500  a-side,  is  likely  to  be  a  "big"  thing,  as  Crossland  has  defeated 
O'Leary  in  a  long  walking  contest,  and  is  believed  to  be  capable  of  keep- 
ing on  the  track  at  least  six:  days.  Weston  offers,  should  the  match  not 
come  off.  to  walk  or  run  any  man  in  England  for  six  days,  giving  him 
fifty  miles  start.  He  seems  to  have  more  than  regained  his  old  popular- 
ity, and  will  certainly  not  lose  by  hia  boldness. 

One  of  the  last  links  which  connected  the  present  generation  of  Eng- 
lishmen with  Lord  falmerston  has  just  passed  away  in  the  person  of  his 
chaplain,  Rev.  Thomas  J.  Theobald,  rector  of  Nunnery,  Somersetshire. 
Lord  Palmerston's  idea  of  a  domestic  chaplain  was  a  man  who  could 
carve,  play  a  rubber  at  whist,  preach  a  plain  sermon,  and  tell  a  good 
story — and  the  late  Mr.  Theobald  was  a  man  after  his  own  heart. 

It  is  reported  that  the  gorilla  which  is  to  arrive  in  London,  and  be 
the  sensation,  is  as  like  a  little  negro  boy  in  the  face  as  a  being  not  abso- 
lutely human  can  be ;  his  hands  are  almost  startlingly  human  ;  and  in 
many  of  his  childish  ways  and  solemn  courtesies  he  is  almost  more  than 
"anthropomorphic.'1    Indeed  it  is  resolved  to  call  him  Morphy. 

Miss  Minnie  Clark,  of  Baltimore,  presents  her  compliments  to  Miss 
Myra  Clark  Gaines,  and  would  like  a  slice  of  that  estate.  She  claims 
that  her  father,  a  Baptist  minister,  was  a  son  of  old  Daniel  Clark,  and 
brother  of  Myra's,  and  that  she  is  therefore  as  much  entitled  to  the 
money  as  Mrs.  Gaines. 

It  is  said  that  within  the  last  12  or  13  years  Brigham  Young  has  lost 
no  less  than  27  mothers-in-law.     He  feels,  however,  that 
"  Afflictions,  though  they  seem  severe, 
Are  oft  in  mercy  sent." 


The  Gladstone  ministry  in  five  years  reduced  the  English  debt 
£40,000,000;  the  Tory  Government  in  three  years  has  reduced  it  £14,000,- 
000.  Total  for  eight'  years  £54,000,000,  or  8270,000,000.  Decrease  in  the 
United  States  in  the  same  time  $435,000,000. 


MEDICAL    DIRECTORY. 


TEETH    SAVED  ' 

1.^111 1  i*x   Tor  Hi    n    N|ieeliil  (>.---<;  rcii  I     piitlrurr    extended    to 
.  iiil.lr.n     Chloroform  ■dmlnUteml,  had  i..ih  •klllfullj  U  r  tan 

■   : 

Bullar  Nnet,  abovs  llonl  )Juno«  i  i*k.  UURFFBW .  Di 

DR.    J,    H.    STAL'ARD, 

Member  of  the  Royal  CtoUepe  of  Phy*ieiaii»,  I^omlon,  etc., 
author  ol  "Pomali     ! ■     on     m  Lb    Pudfii   UohI."    s.i1:.  Po*1  and  Kaaroj, 

Februarj  i". 

STEELE'S 


uln.r  ■■(  "  K 
Pali     Houri,  v:  ba  Sand  ;  u 


SQUIRREL      POISON. 
[Mttttod  October  I0CA,  1815.] 

Sun-iUndi  to  Squirrels.  KuIn,  QqpbeN,  vtc.     For  *nle  by  nil 
Druggists,  Grocers  and  General  Dealers,     Price,  $1  per  box     Made  i>\  JAMES 
Q.  STEELE  &  CO.,  San  Fraaolsco,  cnl.    Libera]  discount  to  the  Trade,       Aug,  SI. 


DR.    HUNTER'S    PROFESSIONAL    QUALIFICATIONS. 

Licentiate  Medical  Itttiiril    l«r  l|>|»rr  Caiimla.-- Licensed  by 
the  Eclectic  Medical  Society  ol  California  to  practice  medldne  in  the  Btateof 
California  under  the  new  law.    Office:  ;i^i  Batter  street.  April  fi. 


physician,    sik(;i:o\    am»    A(<(ii«hi:uc, 
J-    J.    AUERBACH,    MD, 

March  13.  'J21  Konrny  street,  San  Francisco. 


L     C.    COX,    M.D., 
ate  of  Washington.    I>.    C,  850    Market    street,    corner  ef 


Stockton.    Office  Sours    DtoU  a.m..  •I  to  4  i-.m  ,  7  !■•  ;>  r. 
Special  attention  given  to  the  treatment  of  liisco.ses  r4  Women. 


April  14. 


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0.    P.    WARR*N,    M.D. 
electie  Physician,  corner  or  Fourteenth  mid    Broadway, 

Oakland.  Juno  IT. 

DR.    N.    J.   MARTINACHE, 

From  the  Faculty  or  Paris,  j;,ve,  Enr  and  Throat  Diseases, 
5i  Kearny  street  April  28. 


WHOLESALE    LIQUOR    MERCHANTS. 


CUTTER    WHISKY. 

A  P.  Hotnllns  A-  Co.,  No.  431  Jackson  street,  are  the  Nole 
•  Agents  on  this  Coast  for  the  celebrated  .1.  H.  CUTTER  WHISKY,  shipped  di- 
rect to  them  from  Louisville,  Kentucky.  The  Trade  nre  cautioned  against  the  pur- 
chase of  inferior  and  imitation  brands  of  "J.  H.  Cutter  Old  Bourhun."  Owing  to 
its  deserved  reputation,  various  unprincipled  parties  are  endeavoring  to  palm  off 
spurious  grades.     It  is  really  the  Best  Whisky  in  the  United  States.  March  19. 


A.    M.    GILMAN, 

Importer  and  Wholesale  Liquor  Dealer,  308  California 
street,  offers  for  sale  Fine  Old  Bourbon  and  Rye  Whiskies,  Brandies,  vintage  of 
1820  and  1S30,  Old  Port  and  Sherry  Wines,  Still  and  Sparkling  Wines,  etc.  Agent  for  the 
Celebrated  CACHET  BLANC  CHAMPAGNE.  Sole  Agent  for  MILLS'  STOMACH 
BITTERS. March  4. 

J.    H.    CUTTER    OLD    BOURBON. 

CP.  Moorman  A   Co.,    Manufacturers,  Louisville,   Ky.— 
*     The  above  well-known  House  is  represented  here  by  the  undersigned,  who 
have  been  appointed  their  Sole  Agents  for  the  Pacific  Coast. 
July  3.  A.  P.  HOTALING  &  CO.,  429  and  431  Jackson  street,  S.  F. 


WHOLESALE    GROCERS. 


Newton  Booth,  C.  T.  Wheeler,  Sacramento,  j  J.   T.  Glovkr,  W.    W.    Dodge,  S.   F 
W.    W.    DODGE    &    CO., 

Wholesale  ©rocers,  corner  Front  and    Clay  streets,   San 
Fr 


Francisco. 


April  1. 


REMOVAL. 

h.  H.  Newton.]  NEWTON    BROTHERS    &    CO.,  TMorrib  Newton. 

Importers  and  wholesale  dealers  in  Teas,  Foreign  Goods  and 
Groceries,  have  removed   to  204  and  21WJ  California  street,  San   Francisco,  Cal- 
ifornia. June  7. 

CASTLE    BROTHERS— [Established,  1850-] 

Importers  of  Teas  and  East  India  Goods,  Nos.213  and  215 
Front  street,  San  Francisco.  Jan.  13. 

TABEB,    HAHKER    &    CO., 
nceessors  to   Phillips,  Taber  *  Co.,  Importers  and  Wholesale  Gro- 
cers, 10S  and  110  California  street,  below  Front,  San  Francisco.  April  15. 


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BROKERS. 


J.  K.  S.  Latham.]  LATHAM     &    KING,  [Homer  S.  Kino. 

Successors   to  James  II.  Latham  A    Co.,  Stock  and   Money 
Brokers,  411  California  street,  San  Francisco.  Member  S.  F.  Stuck  and  Exchange 

Hoard.  Stocks  bought  and  carried  on  margins.  Aug.  12. 

HUBBARD    &    CO., 

Commission  Stock  Brokers,  334  1-2  Montgomery  street,  un- 
der Safe  Deposit  Building,  San   Francisco,  will  transact   business  through   the 
San  Francisco  Stock  and  Exchange  Board.  July  17. 

E.    P.    PECKHAM, 

(Commission    Stock    Broker   and    Member   S.    F.   Stock  Ex- 
J    change,  413  California  street.     Stocks  bought,  sold  and  carried.      Liberal  ad- 
vances made  on  active  accounts.     Orders  receive  prompt  execution  and  return. 
[June.  19.  J 

MONTGOMERY  AVENUE -CHANGE  OF  GRADE. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  on  the  XOth  day  or  October, 
1870,  judgments  were  rendered  by  the  County  Court  for  benefits,  accruing  by 
reason  of  change  of  grade  of  Montgomery  Avenue  and  intersecting  streets,  against 
all  lots  taxed  for  the  opening  of  said  avenue.  Said  judgments,  with  interest  from 
said  date,  are  now  due  and  payable  to  the  City  and  County  Treasurer.  Owners  will 
please  pay  to  avoid  execution  and  costs,  amounting  to  about  $50  on  each  judgment, 
in  case  of  sale  under  execution.  R.  W.  HENT,  Attorney  for  Commissioners. 

Stuart  S.  Wright,  Attorney  for  Claimants.  May  19. 


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SAK    FRANCISCO    NEWS    LETTEK    AND 


May   26,  1877. 


THE  WAR  AND  THE  CARRYING  TRADE. 
Americans  are  jubilant  over  the  prospect  of  slaughter  and  bloodshed 
in  Europe-  Already  do  they  speculate  upon  the  C.  0.  P.  orders  for  the 
munitions  and  weapons  of  war,  wherewith  the  bloody  game  [pay  be  played. 
All  this  is  fair  and  legitimate  enterprise.  They  long  to  see  England 
drawn  into  the  struggle,  and  vainly  flatter  themselves  that  such  a  con- 
tingency would  give  them  the  carrying  trade  of  the  ocean.  One  would 
suppose  that  England  set  an  embargo  upon  the  citizens  of  the  United 
States  engaging  in  such  trade,  and  that  so  long  as  English  vessels  are 
free  to  traverse  the  seas,  and  enter  all  the  ports  of  the  world,  Americans 
are  debarred  from  sharing  the  busy  commerce.  Well,  they  are  debarred, 
but  by  themselves.  By  their  own  selfish  policy;  by  their  own  Govern- 
ment. A  contemporary  says  there  is  "  a  lion  in  the  path,"  and  that  the 
protection  of  the  American  flag  cannot  be  extended  to  any  vessel  built 
out  of  the  United  States,  and  further  says  that  this  law  was  "forced 
upon  us  by  England."  Does  England  continue  to  force  this  law  upon  free 
America?  Does  England  say  that  if  a  citizen  resides  in  a  foreign  country 
and  is  owner  of  a  Bhip,  he  cannot  have  that  ship  protected  by  the  Amer- 
ican flag  duriDg  such  residence?  Does  England  force  the  forty  million 
consumers  to  pay  high  prices  for  all  they  consume  when  brought  from  an 
Atlantic  port  to  the  Pacific,  or  vice  versa,  because  the  coasting  trade  laws 
give  the  few  American  shipowners  a  monopoly  in  such  trade?  Does  Eng- 
land put  such  a  tariff  on  the  materials  for  constructing  a  ship  as  to  permit 
the  building  of  them  in  this  country?  or  do  we  do  these  things  ourselves? 
Bah!  So  long  as  American  citizens  have  such  financiers  to  conduct  their 
affairs,  and  will  allow  corrupt  officials  and  representatives  to  play  into  the 
hands  of  a  few  monopolists,  they  will  have  no  carrying  trade.  Let  them 
not  lay  the  flattering  unction  to  their  souls.  No  matter  what  wars  Eng- 
land may  engage  in  she  will  not  muzzle  the  trade  of  her  people.  They  will 
be  free  to  possess  ships  and  sail  them  under  her  protecting  flag  wheresoever 
they  may  reside  and  wheresoever  such  ships  are  constructed;  and  the 
citizens  of  other  powers  will  be  welcomed  to  her  possessions  to  share  in 
her  commerce  throughout  the  world  without  bar  or  restriction.  Let  us 
live  and  learn. 

AMERICA'S  SYMPATHY. 
In  an  article  recently  published  in  this  city,  it  was  stated  that  the 
sympathy  of  the  American  Republic  was  entirely  on  the  side  of  Russia 
as  opposed  to  England  in  the  present  Eastern  complication.  Assuming 
these  premises  to  be  true,  the  writer  deducted  a  series  of  illogical  and 
lame  conclusions,  all  of  which  were  as  baseless  as  the  starting  point.  Ad- 
mitting, for  the  Bake  of  argument,  that  a  mean  and  dirty  spirit  of  hatred 
to  England  may  exist  among  a  section  of  naturalized  citizens,  it  is  fair  to 
ask  on  what  reasons  it  is  based.  It  is  absurd  to  imagine  that  the  country 
still  fosters  ill-will  or  nurses  wrongs  committed  by  the  English  Govern- 
ment a  century  and  a  half  ago.  We  are  too  great  a  nation  for  that  suppo- 
sition to  hold  water.  It  is  equally  idle  to  pretend  that  England's  course 
during  our  late  war  still  exposes  her  to  the  undying  hatred  of  the  Amer- 
ican peopte,  and  there  are  no  other  apparent  causes  possibly  provocative 
of  ill-will.  The  truth  is  that  American  sympathies  are  not  anti-English. 
No  intelUgent  or  good  citizen  would  like  to  see  Great  Britain  worsted  in  a 
struggle  with  any  other  European  Power  for  the  following  reasons  :  We 
are  all  members  of  the  same  Anglo-Saxon  family  ;  we  speak  the  same 
tongue,  and  have  the  same  blood  in  our  veins,  drawn  from  common  ances- 
tors. We  are  cousins  of  close  degree,  and,  as  is  right,  we  are  on  terms  of 
perfect  peace  one  with  the  other.  When  a  great  disaster  fell  on  us  re- 
cently, and  one  of  our  largest  cities  was  consumed  by  fire,  it  was  England 
that  telegraphed  us  her  gold  before  even  San  Francisco  could  forward  her 
generous  relief  to  the  sufferers.  Sadly  we  admit  that  there  is  a  class  of 
citizens  in  our  midst  who  would  rejoice  over  England's  downfall ;  a  class 
of  turbulent,  plotting  malcontents  ;  men  who  wring  the  last  dime  from  the 
pockets  of  the  poor  working-girl  under  the  false  pretence  of  liberating 
their  country;  men  who  are  not  good  citizens  here,  nor  would  be  any- 
where else  ;  loud-mouthed,  ignorant  champions  of  fancied  wrongs,  ever 
ready  to  discover  an  insult  under  every  bush  they  pass.  These  men  are 
not  true  Americans — ten  generations  will  not  make  them  such;  but  their 
influence  on  American  sentiment  is  happily  as  insignificant  as  it  is  un- 
healthy. 

VTVAT    BEGIN  A! 

The  fifty-eighth  anniversary  of  the  birthday  of  Queen  Victoria  oc- 
curred on  Thursday  last — Her  Majesty,  having  been  born  at  Kensington 
Palace,  on  the  24th  of  May,  1819.  It  is  said  that  the  sun  never  sets  on 
the  British  Dominions  ;  and  there  is  no  corner  of  the  world,  however  re- 
mote, in  which  there  cannot  be  found  some  hearts  who  loyally  celebrate 
"  the  Queen's  Birthday."  Even  to  the  Englishmen  living  in  this  land  of 
liberty,  under  the  beneficent  eegis  of  Republican  institutions,  such  an  oc- 
casion causes  a  flow  of  affectionate  regard  toward  "the  old  country," 
which  is  apt  to  get  blunted  or  faded  by  long  absence  and  the  associations 
which  surround  us.  There  are  a  few  persons  who  affect  to  despise  the 
proud  privilege  of  being  Englishmen  ;  but  these  are  exceptional  cases, 
and  such  individuals  are  usually  those  of  whom  their  country  has  no  rea- 
son to  be  proud.  In  San  Francisco  the  day  was  celebrated  chiefly  afloat, 
as  is  most  fitting.  The  numerous  British  vessels  in  the  bay  were  dressed 
with  flags,  and  gay  with  bunting.  On  shore  the  Union  Jack  was  dis- 
played over  the  British  Consulate  on  California  street,  the  Palace  Hotel, 
the  British  Benevolent  Society's  Rooms,  the  Union  Club,  the  London  and 
San  Francisco  Bank,  and  other  buildings,  while  the  flags  of  the  foreign 
Consulates  were  also  hoisted  in  honor  of  the  day. 

In  the  evening  a  banquet  was  held  at  the  Palace  Hotel,  at  which  Her 
Majesty's  Consul,  Mr.  Lane  Booker,  Esq.,  took  the  chair.  Covers  were 
laid  for  250  persons.  After  dinner  the  Chairman  proposed  the  health  of 
"The  Queen,"  which  was  drunk  with  the  usual  honors.  Other  loyal  and 
patriotic  toasts  followed,  and  the  entertainment  was  not  concluded  until 
after  midnight. 

It  is  pleasant,  on  such  an  occasion,  to  remark  that  Her  Majesty  is  in 
the  enjoyment  of  excellent  health,  and  that  she  has  latterly  emerged  a 
good  deal  from  the  comparative  seclusion  in  which  the  years  of  her  wid- 
owhood have  been  passed.  Let  us  trust  that  it  may  please  Providence 
to  spare  her  for  many  years,  to  continue  the  Victorian  era. 


Lord  Beaconafield  was  recently  congratulated  by  a  brother  peer  upon 
his  translation  to  the  Upper  House.  "  I  feel,"  said  the  Premier,  "  like  a 
man  already  dead,  and  — for  he  suddenly  remembered  that  he  was  ad- 
dressing a  peer—"  in  the  realms  of  bliss." 


"WAR    NEWS. 
[By  Special   Wire  to  the  "Daily  L;Vtr."] 
Says  Russophobe:  "O  have   you  heard 

The  latest  news  about  the  war? 
The  gallant  Turk  has  won  again, 

And  slaughtered  Russians  by  the  score. 
I  see  a  smile  light  up  your  face; 

I  know  you're  glad  to  hear  the  news; 
That's  right— the  thrashing  of  the  Rues 

Should  match  with  every  good  man's  views." 
Says  Russophile:  "Good  sir,  I  smile 

That  you  should  be  so  misinformed; 
I  beg  to  state  that  by  the  Russ 

The  Turk  has  had  his   jacket  warmed. 
I  saw  the  fact  chalked  up,  just  now, 

So  I  am  sure  the  news  is  true; 
I'm  really  glad,  and  beg  to  add, 

I'm  just  as  good  a  man  as  you." 

Yells  Russophobe:  "Well,  I  declare! 

You  sorely  do  my  temper  try! 
Take  that— you  Russian  pig,  and  learm 

To  never  give  a  Turk  the  lie!" 
Howls  Russophile:  "You  Moslem  vile, 

Take  that,  and  that,  and  that,  and  that! 
I'll  show  you,  sir,  that  I  can  use 

The  logic  of  an  autocrat!" 
Groans  Russophobe:  "You've  bruised  my  nose!" 
Moans  Russophile:  "You've  blacked  my  eye! 
So  come  with  me  and  be  convinced — 
The  news  is  written  up  close  by." 
Says  Russophobe:  "I'll  gladly  go, 

But  you  will  find  the  Turks  have  won." 
"I'll  bet  my  pile,"  says  Russophile, 
"  That  you  will  learn  the  Turks  have  run!  " 

Reads  Russophobe:  "The  latest  from" ■ 

Spells  Russophile:  "the  seat  of  war" 

Reads  Russophobe:  "is,  that  the  fight" 

Spells  Russophile:  "which,  just  before" 

Reads  Russophobe:  "this  latest  news," 

Spells  Russophile:  "we  really  thought  " ■ 

Reads  Russophobe:  "had  taken  place," 

Spells  Russophile:  "was  never  fought!" 


SEA  SERPENTS  AGAIN. 
A  Scotch  paper  has  been  trying  its  hand  at  a  sea  serpent  story, 
which  nut  only  was  copied  extensively  in  Europe,  but  also  appeared,  this 
week,  in  the  San  Francisco  Post  and  the  Evening  Bulletin.  "Flaneur," 
in  the  Court  Journal,  alludes  to  the  matter  as  follows:  "  It  is  really  too 
bad.  I  did  believe  in  the  sea  serpent  this  time,  and  was  looking  forward 
to  hearing  what  such  a  naturalist  as  Mr.  Henry  Lee  would  have  to  say 
to  His  Marine  Highness,  when  the  vision  of  the  interesting  stranger  is 
thus  dispelled.  Mr.  Robertson,  manager  of  the  Royal  Aquarium,  writes 
tome:  '  It  may  interest  some  of  your  readers  to  know  that  a  detailed 
statement  of  the  capture  of  the  Sea  Serpent  at  Oban  having  appeared  in 
some  of  the  daily  papers,  I  immediately  telegraphed  to  Duncan  Clark, 
Writer,  at  Oban,  offering  to  purchase  the  same  for  exhibition,  and  re- 
ceived the  following  reply:  "The  whole  thing  is  a  shameful  hoax,  deserv- 
ing no  attention  except  to  punish  the  author."  That  is  all  very  well;  but 
who  is  the  man  who  thus  destroys  our  hopes  of  the  sea  serpent,  and  why 
didn't  he  rig  one  up  and  send  it  off  to  the  energetic  Robertson  by  the 
next  mail?"  We  have  a  slight  recollection  of  doing  up  a  sea  serpent 
story  ourselves  about  a  year  ago,  which  went  the  rounds  of  the  Eastern 
and  European  press,  and,  up  to  this  day,  has  never  been  impugned.  It  is 
evident  that  they  are  not  skilled  in  this  kind  of  mystical  writing  on  the 
other  side  of  the  water,  which  induces  us  to  announce  to  Transatlantic 
editors  that  we  supply  this  sort  of  narrative,  well  authenticated  and  per- 
fectly ready  for  use,  on  very  moderate  terms. 

THE     "SHAH." 

Following  close  upon  the  departure  of  the  Opal  from  our  waters  may 
be  expected  the  arrival  of  Her  Britannic  Majesty's  ship  Shak,  bearing  the 
flag  of  Rear-Admiral  Frederick  Rous  de  Horsey,  C.  B.,  Commander-in- 
Chief  of  the  British  squadron  in  the  Pacific.  The  Shak  is  an  iron  frigate 
cased  with  wood,  and  is  the  latest  improvement  on  the  class  of  heavily 
armed  and  swift  frigates,  of  which  the  Inconstant  was  the  pioneer.  The 
ship  is  4,210  tons  register,  and  her  engines  have  a  nominal  power  equal  to 
1,000  horses.  She  carries  26  guns  on  the  broadside  principle,  and  has  ar- 
rangements for  fore  and  aft  fire  similar  to  the  Opal.  Her  sailing  qualities 
are  very  superior  to  that  of  most  ships  of  war  of  the  present  day,  and  in 
steaming  she  can  attain  a  speed  of  17  knots  an  hour.  The  Shak  is  com- 
manded by  Captain  F.  G.  L\  Bedford,  who  was  lately  commander  of  the 
Serapis,  the  ship  in  which  the  Prince  of  Wales  was  conveyed  to  India. 
The  vessel  was  originally  named  the  Blonde,  which  was  changed  to  Shak, 
in  compliment  to  the  ruler  of  Persia,  on  the  occasion  of  that  monarch's 
visit  to  England. 

All  the  newspapers,  it  is  said,  have  selected  their  Special  Corre- 
spondents for  the  war.  Dr.  Russell,  we  hear,  is  to  be  attached  to  the 
headquarters  of  the  Russian  Army,  and  Mr.  Archibald  Forbes,  a  terrible 
thorn  in  the  side  of  Russell,  is  to  march  with  the  Russians  for  the  Daily 
News,  to  superintend  their  military  operations,  of  course,  rather  than  to 
write  letters  for  Bouverie-street,  and  Captain  Creagh  will  play  a  similar 
part  for  the  Daily  Telegraph.  We  have  not  heard  who  is  to  represent  the 
Times  with  the  Turkish  Army,  for  Mr.  Gallenga,  the  best  man,  is  not 
popular  with  the  Turks,  and  Mr.  Kelly,  the  Special  Correspondent  at 
Belgrade,  is  relinquishing  newspaper  work  for  the  bar.  But  the  Telegraph 
has  a  dashing  young  fellow  at  Constantinople,  Mr.  Drew  Gay,  and  Major 
Leader,  an  Irish  cavalry  officer,  will  go  out  with  the  Turkish  Army.  If, 
however,  all  thai,  we  hear  is  true,  that  the  Persians  mean  to  act  with  the 
Russians  on  the  Asiatic  frontier — in  Armenia — that  the  Montenegrins  and 
Servians  will  take  the  field  again,  and  possibly  the  Swedes  to  reacquire 
their  Finnish  provinces,  twenty  or  thirty  more  correspondents  may  find 
occupation  for  their  pens  and  distinction  for  themselves. 


Miv    88,   1877. 


CALIFORNIA     ADVERTISER. 


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THE    TOWN    CRIER. 

"Hmi  the  Orlet Wtaai  th«  d*»ii  srl  ihou!*' 

0  ■»  "ill  i»Ujr  iti*  d.\.l.  -it.  »nh  ).u ." 

"  ll»  >l  «  MUM  IB  In*  tail  u  limit  »•  ft  iIaiI, 

n  j.I.'  Imui  crv>«  buttlvr  uid  (h>1i1«t." 


Here  s  a  pretty  Bill !    "Ttv  Simon  Schuaterhaum,  de- 

U  M  *th<  a    II      I  lii  -,  \ is: 

diwntangliog  the  intestines  of  ■  cat,  and  preventing  rapture  oJ  the  name, 
rfai  heir,  of  tii.-  aetata  proteased  against  payment  of  this  mon- 
and  averred  that  the  doctor  never  was  in  deceased's  house, 
new  laa  hi*  oat)  tad,  In  fact,  had  no  acquaintance  with  deceased  beyond 
having  rone  hunting  and  fishing  with  him.  The  case  was  tried  in  the 
t Oakland  Probata  '  '■■i;rt.  this  week,  and  the  doctor  swore  thai  ha  had  per- 
formed the  operation  which  was  ■  very  difficult  one,  and  occupied  a 
5 real  deal  of  tune.  Ha  swore,  also,  that  it  was  done  at  the  requestor1 
i  llir  oaaa  teemed  entirely  in  bis  favor,  until  tin-  defendants  in 
Induced  the  testimony  of  Mr.  Charles  rXaedingand  Dr,  TolandJr.  The 
of  tin-.'  gentlemen  was  to  the  effect  that  tin'  disentanglement 
of  the  feline  intestines  alluded  to,  simply  consisted  in  Or.  Haxeldine'a 
having  olimbed  a  tree  on  several  occasions  when  out  fishing  with  the  de- 
ceased, in  order  to  extricate  hi>  cat-out  line,  which  was  caught  in  a  branch. 
They  admitted  that  ;i  doctor  could  do  this  better  than  an  ordinary  man, 
but  thought  the  charge  monstrous  and  unprofessional.  Deceased  was  a 
terj  awkward  bsherman,  and  was  always  entangling  hi*  line.  The  plain- 
tiff, re-examined,  slated  that  the  evidence  of  the  hist  witness  was  correct, 
hut  he  bad  climbed  one  nek  alone  at  PUarcitoa  over  thirty  times,  ami  he 
valued  his  services  at  95  ;»  visit  to  the  tree,  and  $6  for  the  disentangle- 
ment, Deceased  was  vary  fat,  anil  could  not  climb.  The  jury,  after  re- 
trring  for  rive  minutes,  brought  iu  a  verdict  for  the  plaintiff  for  $15,  and 
ordered  him  bo  pay  his  own  costs. 

A  child  on  its  mother's  breast ;  an  autumn  sunset ;  the  dew  on  a 
budding  rose,  or  the  ocean  at  rest ;  all  these  are  beautiful  objects  to  con- 
template; vet  their  glories  fade  like  the  last  ray  of  an  idiotic  rainbow 
before  the  foil  .  so  touching,  bo  utterly  and  transcendently 

Lovely  in  its  peaceful  tranquility,  that  a  bolder  pen  than  ours  might  falter 
at  the  effort  to  describe  it.  The  hour  was  noon,  and  the  place  Montgom- 
ery street,  —not  the  Baring  sidewalk  with  its  busy  hum,  but  a  cool,  quiet 
retreat,  inviting  the  wayfarer  to  step  aside  and  rest,  or  slake  his  thirst 
with  a  co.. 1  iced  drink,  and  recruit  his  strength  at  a  modest  repast.  To 
be  brief,  it  was  a  saloon  where  lawyers  love  to  congregate.  The  center- 
piece of  the  picture  was  a  table  on  which  reposed  in  calm  indifference  a 
cold  pig's  head.  The  eyes  were  sightless  (having  previously  been  extracted 
by  the  cook),  but  the  placid  face  seemed  to  gaze  mournfully  on  three  emi- 
nent and  learned  Judges,  who  were  trying  it.  Solemnly  they  cross- 
examined  the  snout,  and  cut  out  the  evidence  of  its  ears  j  pitifully  the 
poor  head  scanned  the  learned  faces  of  its  investigators,  but  justice  was 
ruthless.  The  covering  of  its  cheek-bones  was  laid  bare,  and  the  impos- 
ture of  its  jaw  detected — silently,  yet  vigorously  and  ceaselessly.  As  the 
tri.i  moved  gently  away  from  the  corpus  they  had  habeated,  nothing  broke 
the  perfect  stillness  of  the  hower  save  the  gurgling  of  the  falling  stream 
of  ruby  wine,  and  the  faint  click  of  the  ligneous  toothpick.  It  might 
have  been  a  dream,  but  it  wasn't. 

The  following  points  of  analogy  between  a  fool  and  a  wise  man  are 
respectfully  offered  to  Messrs.  Tilton,  Ingersoll  and  the  other  learned  lec- 
turers who  have  recently  been  exhibiting  their  oratorical  powers  at  the 
small  charge  of  one  dollar  a  head.  A  circus  clown  and  a  professional  lec- 
turer both  advertise  their  entertainment.  Both  plaster  our  walls  with 
their  bills  and  render  our  windows  grotesque  with  their  pictures.  They 
both  employ  advance  agents  to  work  up  the  business.  They  are  both,  as 
a  rule,  servants— one  the  hireling  of  a  Lecture  Bureau,  the  other  of  a  Bar- 
num.  They  both  indulge  in  an  equal  amount  of  weak  platitudes,  Shak- 
spearean  quotations,  dull  anecdotes  and  bad  conundrums,  but  the  clown 
follows  his  natural  profession,  whereas  the  lecturer  too  frequently  degrades 
that  of  the  Bar  or  the  Church.  They  both  advertise  themselves  as  the 
most  brilliant  men  living,  so  that  modesty  can  hardly  be  called  a  candle 
to  their  merit.  Of  the  two  who  play  the  braggart  with  their  tongues,  the 
T.  C.  infinitely  prefers  the  clown.  Hia  dress  is  livelier,  and  his  reputation 
as  a  ruler  better  than  that  of  the  lecturer.  Of  the  latter  it  may  be  said  in 
most  cases  with  Cowper  : 

"  His  wit  invites  you  by  his  looks  to  come, 
But  when  you  knock,  it  never  is  at  home." 

The  corresponding  degradation  of  humanity,  which  seems  to  be 
evolved  by  the  startling  marches  of  science,  presents  our  readers  this  week 
with  the  piteous  spectacle  of  a  jury  being  impanneled  to  try  a  case  of 
clairvoyance.  The  point  at  issue  is  whether  spiritualism  and  its  concom- 
itant tomfoolery  of  mediums,  table  rappings  and  dark  cabinets,  is,  or  is 
not,  a  religion.  It  was  thought  that  when  atheism  and  materialism  were 
in  full  swing,  the  intellect  of  man  would  cease  to  advance  in  the  field  of 
religious  inquiry.  The  gelatinous  protoplasm,  and  the  glories  of  the  mas- 
todon, might  reasonably  be  supposed  to  require  all  the  spare  time  of  the 
doubting  Didymuses  or  Didymi  of  the  nineteenth  century.  Alas,  no  ! 
Ceaseless  ingenuity  has  constructed  a  religion  out  of  tambourines,  and 
men  tied  with  ropes  in  dark  closets.  The  new  altar  is  dedicated  to  Mes- 
mer,  and  the  priests  change  places  with  the  congregation,  and  for  the 
nonce  are  somnolent  during  divine  service.  The  clairvoyants  may  have 
the  power  of  raising  some  spirits,  but  hardly  those  of  the  jury  in  the 
present  instance.  It  would  perhaps  be  wiser  for  the  professors  of  spiritual- 
ism to  conform  to  the  modern  usage  of  keeping  their  own  names,  as  we 
notice  that  Dr.  (?)  Clarence  Mathews  is  summoned  under  the  alias  of  John 
Doe  Maynard,     However,  what's  in  a  name  ? 

Mr.  Happy  Jack,  the  gentleman  who  advertises  his  subterranean  mu- 
sical hell  by  appearing  on  the  streets  in  grotesque  costumes,  recently  per- 
sonated "  Buffalo  Bill  "  on  Kearny  street.  It  is  said  that  the  renowned 
star  pulled  the  dive  proprietor's  nose.  Now  Buffalo  Bill  cannot  posi- 
tively certify  to  having  slaughtered  any  one,  whereas  it  is  a  matter  of  re- 
cord that  Happy  Jack  killed  Billy  Dwyer.  If  first-class  actors  have  to 
be  first-class  murderers,  it  still  seems  to  ns  that  Happy  Jack  has  the  call 
on  Mr.  Bill  in  either  capacity. 

The  firm  of  PoDe  &  Dam  has  lately  been  swindled  by  a  clever  rascal 
to  the  tune  of  $3,500.  Mr.  Pope  was  always  a  bosom  friend  of  Mr.  Dam, 
but  now  he  swears  by  Dam  from  morning  till  night.  It  is  the  first  word 
he  utters  in  the  morning  and  the  last  at  night. 


Persona  who  think  that  anyone  c»n  fulfill  the  duties  of  an  usher 
at  a  theater  nowadays,  know  very  little  about  the  requirements  of  the 
imaition.  Everybody  has  noticed  how  tin-  young  gentleman  applaud  with 
their  hands,  husxa  with  their  lungs,  and  stamp  with  their  feet,  after  the 
sudien  rvices,     This  is  especially 

noticeable  ;it  the  Calif  ornia,  where  the  ushers  have  to  learn  then*  parts 
and  lift,  d  t"  the  actors'  speeches,  which  are  the  cuee  for  their  applause, 
A  competent  usher  has  to  have  a  number  nine  hand  to  applaud  with,  a 

two-inch  soh  on  hi*  1 t  to  rtamp  with,  and  his  voice  i*  Invariably  tested 

by  the   leader  of   the  orchestra,  to  see  if   he  nm  I ray  in  the   key  of  '■■ 

In  addition  to  these  stringent  conditions,  it.  is  obligatory  on  the  usher  to 
part  his  hair  in  the  middle,  and    perfume  himself   badly   with  stale 

patchouli.  1  [e  Cant  g0  OUt  between  the  acts  and  gat  a  drink,  and  his 
black  pants  have  to  be  kept  iti  a  constant  state  of  repair.  Any  one  who 
can  Successfully  pa.-s  the    necessary  examination   could    graduate  with  the 

greatest  ease  at  Harvard,  which  accounts  probably  for  the  limited  number 

of  ushers  and  graduates  Hying  round  just  at  present. 

Mauy  odes  have  been  written,  fulsomely  praising  the  months  of  May 
and  June,  but  to  the  average  newspaper  reader  they  bring  no  pleasant 
memories.  In  place  of  useful  intelligence,  the  columns  of  the  dailies  are 
filled  with  long  lists  of  dirty-nosed  little  boys  who  have  learned  to  spell 
p-i-g  "under  the  aide  tuition  of  Miss  Snuffles,"  and  an  endless  string  of 
names  of  vain  little  girls  who  have  made  great  proficiency  in  arithmetic, 
"under  the  efficient  care  of  Mr.  Prig."  In  despair  the  reader  turns  to  an- 
other page,  only  to  be  met  with  a  long  description  of  the  commencement 
exercises  of  some  fifth-rate  seminary,  in  which  whole  paragraphs  of  but- 
ter are  spread  on  the  figurative  bread  of  young  Toodles,  aged  four  years, 
for  his  masterly  recitation  of  "The  Boy  Stood  on  the  Burning  Deck." 
Principals  are  smothered  in  commendatory  sauce,  and  the  crimpy  faced 
schoolmarms  all  oiled  up  preparatory  to  their  summer  vacation.  Perhaps 
the  worst  is,  that  whatever  of  interest  the  paper  may  contain  is  unintel- 
ligible, for  the  children  are  all  at  home,  and  making  more  noise  than  the 
Falls  of  Niagara. 

Our  great  general  who  wields  the  sword  as  easily  as  the  pen,  and 
who  one  day  leads  our  troops  on  to  glory,  and  dismounts  from  his  charger 
only  to  exchange  the  sharp  sabre  for  the  equally  keen  pen  of  the  dramatic 
critic— this  great  general,  the  Bismarck  of  California,  the  Napoleon  of 
San  Francisco,  and  the  Wellington  of  our  Metropolis,  Brigadier-General 
John  Mc<  \imb,  is  the  greatest  living' combination  of  military  and  literary 
genius.  This  week  he  spits  on  his  barbed  lance  the  wretched  author  of 
the  libretto  of  L'etoile  du  Nord,  for  daring  to  make  one  of  the  characters 
say  "  shoulder  bayonets."  Horror  of  horrors!  that  a  driveling  rhymster 
should  dare  to  profane  the  sacred  orders  which  only  the  greatest  com- 
manders dare  utter!  Yet,  while  the  T.  C.  is  crushed  at  the  contempla- 
tion of  the  writer's  offense,  the  crime  fades  before  the  consideration  of 
the  magnitude  of  the  intellect  which  thus  exposes  the  villany  of  the  scrib- 
bler, and  he  humbly  thanks  Providence  for  the  creation  of  that  almost 
omniscient  hero,  General  John  McComb. 

The  Fashion  Gazettes  are  always  very  interesting  reading,  especially 
in  the  month  of  May,  when  new  enstumes  for  the  summer  are  in  order. 
The  latest  style  in  boys'  dresses  is  particularly  good  this  year,  and  the 
young  T.  C.  may  be  seen  any  day  in  front  of  our  house  on  Nob  Hill 
dressed  in  it.  The  pantaloons  are  of  the  finest  yellow  gunny  bag,  with 
brass  kneecaps  and  a  fancy  seat  of  rawhide.  A  pretty  sack  of  thick  sail- 
cloth, trimmed  with  leather  at  the  elbows  and  the  buttons  riveted  on  all 
over,  constitutes  the  upper  part  of  the  costume,  which  is  greatly  set  off 
by  alligator -skin  shoes,  with  copper  toes  and  heels.  It  is  a  delightful  dress 
for  the  country,  as  should  it  need  repairing  at  any  time,  the  job  can  be 
easily  done  by  a  neighboring  blacksmith. 

Mr.  Thomas  Mclnerny  will  probably  give  up  going  to  pic-nics  for 
some  time  to  come.  Anayed  in  the  uniform  of  the  Jackson  Dragoons 
(to  which  fie  does  not  belong),  he  joined  their  festivities,  lost  all  his 
money  at  pool -shooting,  got  his  nose  inflated  to  the  size  of  a  child's  ba- 
loon,  and  had  his  head  laid  open  with  a  sabre.  The  T.  C.  has  written 
about  pic-nics  ad  nauseam.  The  theme  is  a  beautiful  one,  only  it  requires 
deep  contemplation  in  a  sewer  for  several  days,  in  order  to  do  it  justice. 
The  resort  of  the  foul  hoodlum,  the  drunken  bummer,  and  the  abandoned 
girl — truly  an  average  public  pic-nic  is  a  disgrace  to  the  State  and  citizens 
of  California. 

They  rush  with  a  will  to  fires  at  Chico,  however  busily  citizens  may 
be  engaged  in  business  at  the  time  of  the  alarm.  This  week  the  tocsin 
sounded  while  one  of  the  murderers  of  the  six  Chinamen  was  on  trial. 
In  less  than  a  minute  the  Court  was  empty,  the  Judge  had  hold  of  the 
nozzle,  the  jury  and  spectators  worked  the  hand-engine,  while  the  prisoner 
unreeled  the  hose.  They  had  that  fire  out  in  less  than  ten  "minutes,  all 
took  a  drink  at  a  saloon,  and  then  returned  to  try  the  accused.  That's 
the  way  they  do  business  in  Chico,  which  accounts  for  the  purity  of  its 
municipal  administration  and  the  harmony  which  prevails  among  the 
citizens. 

A  Mauuis  and  Brady  partisan  writes  us  that  he  knows  a  man  who 
voted  the  Opposition  ticket  at  the  Democratic  primaries  thirteen  times 
during  the  day.  Our  correspondent  is  probably  wrong  in  his  figures,  be- 
cause there  is  nothing' remarkable  in  them  as  they  stand.  Being  evi- 
dently unused  to  writing  he  perhaps  placed  the  three  on  the  wrong  Bide  of 
the  one.  To  vote  thirty-one  times  at  a  primary  requires  ingenuity  and 
a  frequent  change  of  horses,  but  there  is  nothing  in  the  feat  as  it  stands 
which  challenges  our  powers  of  belief  or  causes  the  slightest  sensation  of 
surprise. 

Sires  of  Revolutionary  Sons  is  the  name  of  a  new  society  just 
started.  Any  parent  who  has  an  unmanageable  son  is  eligible  for  mem- 
bership, and  the  club  will  hold  debates  once  a  week  on  the  best  method  of 
co whining  their  rebellious  progeny,  and  effecting  the  reformation  of  their 
intractable  offspring.  The  subject  of  the  next  discussion  is,  "Does  a 
strap  or  a  cane  hurt  most  ?  "  Several  interesting  practical  experiments 
are  expected  to  illustrate  the  arguments  and  enliven  the  meeting. 

Mr.  Mullan  alluded  this  week  to  a  political  opponent,  who  has  unfor- 
tunately lost  his  sight,  as  "  a  blind  cur."  The  meeting  took  exception  at 
his  remarks,  and  considered  them  ungenerous.  Why  it  is  hard  to  tell. 
Mr.  Mnllan's  remark  was  slightly  satirical,  but  there  is  certainly  no  more 
unkinilness  in  it  than  torturing  a  helpless  prisoner,  or  practising  vivisec- 
tion on  a  dumb  beast.    - 

Queen  Victoria  was  fifty-eight  years  old  last  Thursday.  In  answer  to 
many  correspondents  the  T.  C.  would  say  he  is  only  thirty-three.  There 
is  therefore  twenty-five  years  difference  between  the  two  celebrities. 


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SAN    FRANCISCO     NEWS    LETTER    AND 


May  26,  1877. 


COURT    CHAT, 

And  the  Upper  Ten  Thousand,  at  Home 
and  Abroad. 


The  St.  Petersb